Discernment

Luke 7:36-50

Theme: Jesus the Life

Key verse: v.12

50 verses; 1,209 words

Grade level: 3.6

Outline:

I. Curing. Vs.1-10

II. Conquering. Vs.11-18

III. Commendation. Vs.19-30

IV. Condemnation. Vs.31-35

V. Capacity. Vs.36-50

v.39 “…if he were a prophet”

Discernment

(Miriam Webster)

The quality of being able to grasp and comprehend what is obscure.

An act of perceiving something.

Synonyms - insight, perception

I. Did Jesus Have Discernment?

He knew who she was.

She owed a debt she could not pay. V.40

He forgave her. V.48

He knew what she was.

She was a sinner. V.47

She is a saint. V.50

Proverbs 2:8 KJV

He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

II. Do YOU Have Discernment?

The discerning of spirits.

1 Corinthians 12:10 KJV

To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:

Phrase study: “Ye know not what”

6 Verses Found, 6 Matches

Mat 20:22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.

Mat 24:42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

Mar 10:38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?

Luk 9:55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.

Joh 4:22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.

Jas 4:14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

1 Corinthians 2:14 KJV

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

The discerning of self.

1 Corinthians 11:29 KJV

For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.

The discerning of Scripture.

Hebrews 4:12 KJV

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

and

Hebrews 5:14 KJV

But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

Conclusion:

Do you have the gift of salvation?