There is a smell of rain in the air. Many saints are testifying of a powerful revival to come. We have been commanded to pray for rain in the time of the spring rain, the rain that will bring both the wheat and the tares to maturity.
If often is true that before a real move of God takes place there are counterfeits. Some scholars have stated that prior to the appearing of the Lord Jesus a number of false Messiahs vaunted themselves.
The purpose of this article is to set forth some guidelines we think can be employed to test the validity of any spiritual movement claiming to come from Christ. If we wish to be in the Lord's army we must be careful how we drink the water of the Spirit. If we stick our head in the water, so to speak, abandoning all caution, we likely will be left out of the glorious things that are ahead.