It’s staggering to stand back and look at the tidal wave of changes coming into the church. Not long ago things like New Age (contemplative) spirituality or the notion of the “Manifest sons of God” would not have been able to make headway in the mainstream Evangelical churches. One has to wonder – why is […]
Chapter 21 A Secret Weapon – Small Groups Read More »
For those of us who love what the Church truly should be – the Body of Christ and the true Temple of God, Jesus Gave two more parables in Matthew 13 which are a refreshing encouragement. After the parable of the sower, the wheat and the tares, and the parable of the Great Tree and the
Chapter 25 A Contrast – Precious and Hidden Reality Read More »
Earlier we talked about Satan’s method of attack – to steal and counterfeit the word, producing a harvest of “tares.” In the void produced by carelessness and unwatchfulness (“while men were sleeping”) the enemy sowed evil seed and has produced many tares. As we have seen these tares are a counterfeit of the wheat. They
Chapter 19 Sowing Bad Seed Read More »
The time the world is being plunged into is characterized by strong delusion. There are many factors contributing to this, but the chief one that can be scripturally identified is a lack of love for the Truth of the word of God. Instead of searching the scriptures to know the Lord, people follow the philosophies
Chapter 18 Lack of Love for the Truth Read More »
PART 4 TO WARN Chapter 17 The Church in the Last days – revival or apostasy? One of the greatest signs that Jesus and the Apostles told us to watch for has to do with the condition of the Church. Jesus, Paul, Jude and Peter all gave us prophetic words concerning the condition of the
Chapter 17 The Church in the Last days – revival or apostasy? Read More »
As I close this section on discernment, I’m reminded of Paul’s word to the Philippians. Paul says that we are to let our love abound yet more and more, in “all knowledge and discernment” that we may prove by testing the things which differ and are “more excellent.” This section was about discerning that which
Chapter 16 That Which is More Excellent Read More »
It is critical that we do not make decisions about truth based on how nice the teacher is, how warm the personality is, how “mightily” they speak or how many good things are being done. We are not even to judge based on how we feel while the message is preached (whether we “sense” the
Chapter 15 Section 6 What Standard of Measure? Read More »
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
Chapter 15 Section 2 Is it Divisive? Read More »
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
Chapter 15, Section 1 Is it Biblical? Read More »
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
Chapter 11 Satan’s method of attack – to steal and to counterfeit Read More »
ChristiansNeedTheGospel
davidbenjaminsearching@gmail.com
David Benjamin
1200 Lake Saint Louis Blvd
Unit #172
Lake Saint Louis, MO 63367
