Is it unloving to deal with negative things and point out error? Paul tells us we are to let our love abound in knowledge and judgement. We are to approve by testing the things which differ (negative) and are more excellent. It is part of a process of walking free from offense until the day […]
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To be discerning, to speak and act on what we believe to be true and to expose and separate ourselves from error is also considered to be negative. It is in fact negative. However, it is what God’s word tells us to do. God spoke to Isaiah about the people of Israel, calling them rebellious
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Much of the stigmatization against discernment comes in the name of unity. Those who do not go along with the “flow” are considered to be divisive. One of the more popular quotes is from Augustine but was picked up again by the Moravian brethren a couple of hundred years ago: “In essentials unity, in nonessentials
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We’ve already established that discerning between truth and error is biblical. Consider what John, the Apostle of Love says: 1Jn 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Not every spirit is of God – because many false
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In these environments, the believer is left with two choices. Stay and smile (but shut up), or leave. Unfortunately, to stay and smile and not speak up damages the conscience and quenches the Spirit. It is dishonest, and your Christian church life becomes a game of keeping the peace and acting like everything is okay.
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In addition to teaching to not know truth, the visible church has stigmatized discernment. Anyone who has had a chance to directly witness the power and accuracy of the word (especially through the study of prophecy) will have a love for the word and its precision. Those who insist unwaveringly upon accuracy and adherence to
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PART 3 TO DISCERN Chapter 11 Satan’s method of attack – to steal and to counterfeit It is impossible to talk about guarding what we have received without talking about discerning that which differs. Light by nature exposes darkness, and the mere exercise of focusing on truth causes us to recognize lies and error. The
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Throughout the New Testament we are continually admonished to guard and keep what we already have. Jesus says: Rev 2:25 But that which ye have already hold fast till I come. Rev_3:11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. We already have something we are to
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Of all people in the New Testament, Peter perhaps speaks most soberly of the coming of the Lord. He says that we must be diligent to be without spot at His coming, and not fall away from our steadfastness. 2Pe 3:14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may
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Watching has to do with being ready for His appearing. But what does it mean to be ready? Perhaps the simplest statement made by the Apostle John related to this is: 1Jn_2:28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at
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