KNOW YOUR ENEMY #2 DISCERNMENT
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DISCERNMENT
DISCERNMENT
RECAP AND INTRO
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE GETTING THOSE PHONE CALLS THAT TELL YOU THIS IS FROM CRA OR YOUR SOCIAL INSURANCE NUMBER HAS BEEN COMPROMISED. OR YOUR COMPUTER NEEDS FIXING AND THEY WANT CONTROL OF IT.
THESE PEOPLE THEIR INTENT IS EVIL.
LAST WEEK WE LOOKED AT THE TRUTH OF THE ENEMY WE ALL FACE EACH DAY
SPITIUAL WARFARE IS REAL
EPHESIANS SLIDE
SLIDE #1
*DISCERNMENT IS: THE ABILITY TO JUDGE A SITUATION ACCURATELY, TO SEE THE FULL REALITY OF A SITUATION, RELATIONSHIP,EXPERIENCE OR CIRCUMSTANCE.
*DISCERNMENT FOR THE BELIEVER IS SEEING AND UNDERSTANDING AS GOD SEES AND UNDERSTANDS.
*CHARLES STANLEY - WHEN THE ENEMY STRIKES
SLIDE #2
FIVE OF THE SADDEST WORDS: “I NEVER SAW IT COMING”
SPOUSAL AFFAIRS
FINANCIAL SITUATIONS
HEALTH PROBLEMS
EMPTY NEST SYNDROME
WAYWARD CHILDREN
DEMOTION
THE BIBLE TELLS US TO LIVE EACH DAY FULLY
DON’T DWELL ON THE PAST AND DON’T TRY TO FIND OUT THE FUTURE
HOWEVER DO NOT LIVE BLINDLY TO WHAT IS GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE
GOD WANTS US TO HAVE A DISCERNING SPIRIT
for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child.
But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.
TO LOOK BENEATH THE SURFACE AND ASSESS THE UNSEEN BUT ALSO TO TAKE STEPS TO EXPOSE IT.
REMEMBER THE ENEMY DOES POSE AS A SPIRIT OF LIGHT
BIBLE VERS SLIDE TEST THE SPIRITS
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.
NOW THERE IS A CAUTION HERE: WE ARE NOT TO JUDGE PEOPLE BUT TO JUDGE SITUATIONS AND CRCUMSTANCES. WE ARE TO JUDGE BEHAVIOUR AS GOOD OR BAD BEHAVIOUR.
WE CAN NOT PASS SENTENCING ON OTHER PEOPLE.
SLIDE #3
WE ARE TO KNOW :
RIGHT FROM WRONG
GOOD BEHAVIOUR FROM BAD BEHAVIOUR
EFFECTIVE AND INEFFECTIVE
TRUE AND UNTRUE
SLIDE #3
4 ASPECTS OF DISCERNMENT
DISCERNING BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL
WOLF IN SHEEPS CLOTHING
PEOPLE THAT FUNCTION WITH EVIL INTENT
OFTEN TIMES THEY APPEAR HARMLESS YET WREAK HAVOK IN OUR CHURCHES OR OUR COMMUNITY
AND YES YOUR LEADESHIP IN CHURCHES CAN BE CORRUPT
WE SEE THIS ALL THE TIME IN CULTS AND SECTS THAT HAPPEN
Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”
Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
WHAT IS REAL AND WHAT IS AN ILLUSION
WHAT WE ARE SEEING AND HEARING IS FACT OR FICTION
SOMETIMES WITH HOLLYWOOD TODAY IT IS HARD TO DO THIS, THE ACTING IS SO REAL THEY ARE NOT REALLY LIVING - WE FORGET THIS
STORY?? -
WHAT IS GOOD AND WHAT IS BEST
GOD DESIRES WE LIVE AN EXCELLENT LIFE
MORALLY
SPIRITUALLY
RELATIONALLY
ITS NOT ABOUT HO MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE BUT ABOUT HOW MUCH
LOVE, JOY AND PEACE YOU HAVE
STORY?? -
OUR DESIRES AND GOD’S PLANS
GODS PLAN FOR US IS THE ONE THAT WILL BRING US THE GREATEST FEELING OF SATISFACTION AND MEANING
WE NEED TO GUARD AGAINST PERSUING OUR OWN PLANS AND DESIRES
STORY??
SLIDE FOR KEYS
DISCERNMENT FOR THE BELIEVER
A KEY TO GOD’S WILL
A KEY TO GOOD JUDGEMENT
A KEY TO KNOWING GODS VOICE
Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.
SLIDE
But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”—
these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.
For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.
1 COR 2
WE NEED TO DESIRE SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT
WE MUST RELY ON THE HS
WE MUST BE WILLING TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD
Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.
Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is ever with me.
I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.
I understand more than the aged, for I keep your precepts.
I hold back my feet from every evil way, in order to keep your word.
I do not turn aside from your rules, for you have taught me.
How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Through your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
TEACH ME
SHOW ME
LEAD ME
DISCERNMENT IS GODS GIFT TO ALL
ANY DECISION IS FILTERED THROUGH GODS WORD
for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child.
But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.
HEBREWS 5:13
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue.
Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
DISCERNMENT IS: THE ABILITY TO JUDGE A SITUATION ACCURATELY, TO SEE THE FULL REALITY OF A SITUATION, RELATIONSHIP,EXPERIENCE OR CIRCUMSTANCE.
DISCERNMENT FOR THE BELIEVER IS SEEING AND UNDERSTANDING AS GOD SEES AND UNDERSTANDS.
SLIDE #2
FIVE OF THE SADDEST WORDS: “I NEVER SAW IT COMING”
SPOUSAL AFFAIRS
FINANCIAL SITUATIONS
HEALTH PROBLEMS
EMPTY NEST SYNDROME
WAYWARD CHILDREN
DEMOTION
THE BIBLE TELLS US TO LIVE EACH DAY FULLY
DON’T DWELL ON THE PAST AND DON’T TRY TO FIND OUT THE FUTURE
HOWEVER DO NOT LIVE BLINDLY TO WHAT IS GOING ON IN YOUR
GOD WANTS US TO HAVE A DISCERNING SPIRIT
TO LOOK BENEATH THE SURFACE AND ASSESS THE UNSEEN BUT ALSO TO TAKE STEPS TO EXPOSE IT.
BIBLE VERS SLIDE TEST THE SPIRITS
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.
1 JOHN
DISCERNMENT IS: THE ABILITY TO JUDGE A SITUATION ACCURATELY, TO SEE THE FULL REALITY OF A SITUATION, RELATIONSHIP,EXPERIENCE OR CIRCUMSTANCE.
DISCERNMENT FOR THE BELIEVER IS SEEING AND UNDERSTANDING AS GOD SEES AND UNDERSTANDS.
NOW THERE IS A CAUTION HERE: WE ARE NOT TO JUDGE PEOPLE BUT TO JUDGE SITUATIONS AND CRCUMSTANCES. WE ARE TO JUDGE BEHAVIOUR AS GOOD OR BAD BEHAVIOUR.
WE CAN NOT PASS SENTENCING ON OTHER PEOPLE.
SLIDE #3
WE ARE TO KNOW :
RIGHT FROM WRONG
GOOD BEHAVIOUR FROM BAD BEHAVIOUR
EFFECTIVE AND INEFFECTIVE
TRUE AND UNTRUE
SLIDE #3
4 ASPECTS OF DISCERNMENT
DISCERNING BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL
WOLF IN SHEEPS CLOTHING
PEOPLE THAT FUNCTION WITH EVIL INTENT
OFTEN TIMES THEY APPEAR HARMLESS YET WREAK HAVOK IN OUR CHURCHES OR OUR COMMUNITY
AND YES YOUR LEADESHIP IN CHURCHES CAN BE CORRUPT
WE SEE THIS ALL THE TIME IN CULTS AND SECTS THAT HAPPEN
:33-34
Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”
Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
WHAT IS REAL AND WHAT IS AN ILLUSION
WHAT WE ARE SEEING AND HEARING IS FACT OR FICTION
SOMETIMES WITH HOLLYWOOD TODAY IT IS HARD TO DO THIS, THE ACTING IS SO REAL THEY ARE NOT REALLY LIVING - WE FORGET THIS
STORY?? -
WHAT IS GOOD AND WHAT IS BEST
GOD DESIRES WE LIVE AN EXCELLENT LIFE
MORALLY
SPIRITUALLY
RELATIONALLY
ITS NOT ABOUT HO MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE BUT ABOUT HOW MUCH
LOVE, JOY AND PEACE YOU HAVE
STORY?? -
OUR DESIRES AND GOD’S PLANS
GODS PLAN FOR US IS THE ONE THAT WILL BRING US THE GREATEST FEELING OF SATISFACTION AND MEANING
WE NEED TO GUARD AGAINST PERSUING OUR OWN PLANS AND DESIRES
STORY??
DISCERNMENT FOR THE BELIEVER
A KEY TO GOD’S WILL
A KEY TO GOOD JUDGEMENT
A KEY TO KNOWING GODS VOICE
Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.
However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”— the things God has prepared for those who love him—
these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us.
WE NEED TO DESIRE SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT
WE MUST RELY ON THE HS
WE MUST BE WILLING TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD
Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.
Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is ever with me.
I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.
I understand more than the aged, for I keep your precepts.
I hold back my feet from every evil way, in order to keep your word.
I do not turn aside from your rules, for you have taught me.
How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Through your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
TEACH ME
SHOW ME
LEAD ME
DISCERNMENT IS GODS GIFT TO ALL
ANY DECISION IS FILTERED THROUGH GODS WORD
For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds.
We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,
being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.
2 COR 10:
The weapons of the world are learning, personal influence, impressive credentials (), rhetorical polish (), and the like.
These things Paul had discounted and discarded (). He did not wage war as the world does or use their weapons.
The weapons Paul used were the proclaimed Word of God and prayer (), weapons with divine power. In dependence on God () these weapons, frail by worldly standards, are able to demolish the arguments and every pretension of the gospel’s foes. Neither the god of this Age () nor his henchmen (11:15) could oppose the knowledge (or power) of God on which Paul relied.
TO PR
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TO COLOUR SIN AS GOOD
TO COLOUR SIN AS GOOD
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TO MINIMISE THE EFFECT OF SIN
TO MINIMISE THE EFFECT OF SIN
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TO MAKE YOU FOCUS ON YOUR SIN AND MISS YOUR PROGRESS
TO MAKE YOU FOCUS ON YOUR SIN AND MISS YOUR PROGRESS
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TO PRESENT GOD AS ALL MERCY
TO PRESENT GOD AS ALL MERCY
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TO POINT OUT HOW WELL NON-CHRISTIANS LIVE
TO POINT OUT HOW WELL NON-CHRISTIANS LIVE
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TO POINT OUT THE LOSSES, SUFFERING AND TOUGH CIRCUMSTANCES OF SOME CHRISTIANS
TO POINT OUT THE LOSSES, SUFFERING AND TOUGH CIRCUMSTANCES OF SOME CHRISTIANS
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TO MAKE CHRISTIAN STANDARDS SEEM IMPOSSIBLE
TO MAKE CHRISTIAN STANDARDS SEEM IMPOSSIBLE
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TO COMPARE YOURSELF TO PEOPLE WHO'S SINS ARE WORSE THAN YOURS
TO COMPARE YOURSELF TO PEOPLE WHO'S SINS ARE WORSE THAN YOURS
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TO GET YOU TO FOCUS ON YOUR SIN NOT YOUR SAVIOUR
TO GET YOU TO FOCUS ON YOUR SIN NOT YOUR SAVIOUR
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TO CONVINCE YOU YOU DON'T HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO FOLLOW JESUS
TO CONVINCE YOU YOU DON'T HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO FOLLOW JESUS
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TO MAKE THE SUCCESSFUL OBSESSED WITH THEMSELVES
TO MAKE THE SUCCESSFUL OBSESSED WITH THEMSELVES