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Sunday, October 5, 2008

dIscErNmEnT

message on 28th of September
discernment
Discernment is the ability to distinguish between what is good and what is evil in order to make wise decision..
today,many people in the world have no sense of discernment at all.
In fact,they demonstrate the opposite of discernment.
everyday newspaper show the people that being cheated of large sums of money,broken hearts and so on..
the bookshops that are supposed to disseminate knowledge..
"of making many books there is no end,and much study wearies the body"
"you cannot imagine how great is people's foolishness,they have no sense of discernment,having lost it by hoping themselves and putting their trust in their own knowledge"

there are 3 basic questions that we needed to ask ourselves..
1.Have you discerned that knowledge of the bible is essential for spiritual grown?
A discernment heart is a learning heart.A discerning heart needs knowledge.A discerning heart acquires all the knowledge through experience,observation and reasoning added by the Holy Spirit to come to a wise decision.We cannot develop discernment without adequate knowledge of what the bible teaches.We cannot defeat lie unless we know the truth.
2.Have you discerned the difference between 'discernment' and 'judgement'?
"Thou shall not judge for in the same way you judge others,you will be judged".Some of us afraid to speak out even we know something is really or correct.
So,there are the differences between discernment and judgement.
a)discerns :sees or acknowledge own fault
judge :overlooks own fault
b)discerns :check out all the facts
judge :jumps into conclusions and look for evidence
c)discerns :deals privately
judge :spread the news publicly


3.Have you discerned that the gift of Discernment si also a gift of the Holy spirit to the body of
Christ-the Church?
discernment is also a gift of Holy Spirit to distinguish between what is good and bad..

Discernment is developed through knowledge ,interaction and experiences.