- Principles for Discernment, Part 1 - Grace to You
This week does provide an opportunity for me to have a little continuity with you all, and I really cherish that Just kind of dropping in from
- Discernment - Grace to You
Discernment is the ability to distinguish and separate two ideas which must not be confused Therefore, applied to spiritual matters, discernment is the skill of gaining understanding of God’s truth by a process of separation
- Spirit-Powered Discernment - Grace to You
Discernment ultimately depends on the Holy Spirit As we are filled with and controlled by the Spirit of God, He makes us discerning He leads us into all truth by granting us hunger for God’s Word and the ability to discern its true meaning—something the “natural man” is incapable of doing (1 Corinthians 2:14)
- Discernment: Spiritual Survival for a Church in Crisis (Booklet)
Conclusion Spiritual discernment requires desire, prayer, learning from the gifted and mature, dependence on the Holy Spirit, and a diligent study of God's Word If you follow those steps, you will strengthen your doctrinal convictions, think antithetically, be kept from worldly approaches, be a good interpreter of God's Word, and confront sin
- Blog Post - Discernment - Grace to You
Discernment is the ability to distinguish and separate two ideas which must not be confused Therefore, applied to spiritual matters, discernment is the skill of gaining understanding of God’s truth by a process of separation
- Discernment: Spiritual Survival for a Church in Crisis
Discernment: Spiritual Survival for a Church in CrisisThe modern church has become a free-flowing marketplace of ideas, with countless notions about truth Christians urge fellow believers to avoid a dogmatic approach to biblical truth and, instead, tolerate all sorts of aberrant beliefs that are in direct conflict with Scripture Truth, it seems nowadays, is in the eye of the beholder When
- Divisiveness vs. Discernment - Grace to You
Discernment, then, is a synonym for discrimination In fact, the Greek verb translated “discern” in the New Testament is diakrinō It means “to make a distinction” and is translated that way in Acts 15:9 So discernment is the process of making careful distinctions in our thinking about truth
- Discernment and Opposing Evil - Grace to You
True discernment doesn’t work that way, as Paul made clear in his very next line to the Thessalonians: “Abstain from every form of evil” (1 Thessalonians 5:22) The word translated “abstain” is a very strong verb, apechō, meaning “hold oneself back,” “keep away from,” “shun ”
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