Pam Padgett - teacher
1 Thess. 5:21 Prove all things; ...
prove:
- test the accuracy of (is this according to scripture? is it true?)
- demonstrate the truth by evidence (turn to God with the matter; what God gives me is evidence showing truth in the matter)
- establish if genuine and valid ( is the thought from the Holy Spirit or the devil? try the spirits )
Need to prove all things ...
- thoughts, including scripture brought to my mind (I have to remember that the devil quotes scripture)
- what I hear people say in person or on tv
- doctrines
... hold fast that which is good (truth, that which is from God).
hold fast:
- believe
- pay attention to
- don't ignore or explain away
- conform my thinking and what I do to what is proven to me by God to be good