You’re Not Paranoid… The Holy Spirit Is Trying to Warn You
Vlad Savchuk Podcast
Vladimir Savchuk
4.9 • 665 Ratings
🗓️ 10 December 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
The Holy Spirit sees what you can’t see and hears what you’ll never hear. Some people are sent to sharpen you, but others are sent to sabotage you.
So how do you know the difference?
⚠️ If you notice these warning signs, the Holy Spirit may be showing you: that person is a fake friend.
Chapters
0:00 - Intro
0:39 - What the Bible says about true friends
2:23 - Fake friends in the Bible
Practical Signs of Fake Friends:
4:15 - 1. They drain your peace
4:35 - 2. They love your platform, not your pain
5:15 - 3. They gossip
5:48 - 4. They manipulate who you can honor
6:28 - 5. They compete with you instead of celebrating you
7:07 - 6. They use access as currency
8:44 - 7. They always take, never give
9:07 - My personal experience with true friends
11:46 - Outro
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Vlad's Subject podcast. Our mission at Vladimir Subject Ministries is to reach the world globally |
| 0:14.4 | and disciple them digitally. Let's dive into this episode. |
| 0:29.6 | The Holy Spirit sees what you can. He hears conversations you will never hear. Not everyone who smiles at you is truly for you. |
| 0:32.6 | Some people are sent by God to sharpen you. |
| 0:35.6 | But some people are sent to sabotage you. |
| 0:38.5 | So how do you know the difference? If you will notice these warning signs that I'm |
| 0:43.3 | going to share with you, the Holy Spirit might be showing you that that person is not your real |
| 0:49.4 | friend. They are fake. Now before we talk about the fake friends, what does the Bible say about the true ones? |
| 0:56.6 | The Bible doesn't just warn us about toxic relationships, it also shows us what godly friendships look like. |
| 1:03.4 | A godly, good friend is loyal. Proverbs 1717, it says, a friend loves at all times and a brother is born for adversity. |
| 1:13.4 | See, loyalty is not just when you succeed, but also when you're struggling. |
| 1:17.8 | A true friend, number two, sharpens you. |
| 1:20.6 | As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. |
| 1:24.2 | Proverbs 2717. |
| 1:26.2 | Real friends don't just dull your spiritual edge. |
| 1:29.0 | They make you better. They make you wiser. They make you stronger. |
| 1:32.8 | Thirdly, real friends or true friends, tell the truth in love. |
| 1:38.0 | Proverbs 27 verse 6, it says, |
| 1:40.2 | Faithful are the wounds of a friend. A good friend won't flatter you into your destruction. |
| 1:46.8 | They will correct you into your spiritual growth. Fourthly, true friend sometimes will |
| 1:53.1 | stay closer than your actual biological family. Because Proverbs 1824 says there is a friend |
| 2:00.3 | who sticks closer than a brother. |
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