“ππ¦ ππππππ πππ πππ π‘πππ¦ππ πππ ππππ ππ ππππ€πππππ. π΅ππππ’π π π¦ππ’ βππ£π ππππππ‘ππ ππππ€πππππ, πΌ πππ π π€πππ ππππππ‘ π¦ππ’ ππππ πππππ πππππ π‘ πππ ππ; π΅ππππ’π π π¦ππ’ βππ£π ππππππ‘π‘ππ π‘βπ πππ€ ππ π¦ππ’π πΊππ, πΌ πππ π π€πππ ππππππ‘ π¦ππ’π πβππππππ.” Hosea 4:6.
The Bible verse above shows us that believers don’t perish due to lack of power but the lack of knowledge, and that lack of knowledge usually gets spawned by ignorance. It takes the messages of this nature to confront one’s ignorance, which then guarantees you full deliverance. Apostle Paul wrote a letter to the church of Corinth in the book of 1 Corinthians 12:1-10; he taught them about spiritual gifts. This should show that it is possible for one to be a believer and still have no knowledge of spiritual gifts; you can walk with the Lord and still be ignorant of spiritual gifts. One of the spiritual gifts is πππ πππππππ ππ π πππππ‘π .
Discerning spirit is not a gut feeling, instinct, or intuition, so if this doesn’t define discerning of spirit. In the book of 1 Corinthians 12:10, it says, ” ππ ππππ‘βππ π‘βπ π€ππππππ ππ ππππππππ ; π‘π ππππ‘βππ ππππβπππ¦; π‘π ππππ‘βππ πππ πππππππ ππ π πππππ‘π ; π‘π ππππ‘βππ π πππππ πππππ ππ π‘ππππ’ππ ; π‘π ππππ‘βππ π‘βπ πππ‘ππππππ‘ππ‘πππ ππ π‘ππππ’ππ .” By the position of discerning of spirits according to the construction of this verse, we find a clue about the definition of discernment. ππ’π¬πππ«π§π¦ππ§π is the ability to:
1.β β Distinguish what is genuinely from God and what is not.
2.β β β Discern the truth from error 3.β β β The faculty of your spiritual perception.
4.β β β The divine ability to judge things of the spirit.
5.β β β The ability to see what the spirit realm is imposing into the physical realm.
πΎππ πππ πππ ππππ πππππ? It was given so that believers could distinguish if a message or a messenger was from God.
It took the spirit of discernment (an ability to distinguish what was genuinely coming from God or not) in the book of Acts 16:16-18 for Paul to know that though what the damsel was saying sounded like it was coming from the Lord, and it could potentially bring more souls to the Lord, it was sponsored by a spirit of divination. In this dispensation, the gift of discerning of spirits is more needed than ever before, and one of the reasons that makes believers not move in this gift is prayerlessness.
π ππππππ πππππ:
1 KINGS 13 (KJV)
1 THESSALONIANS 5:18-23 (KJV)
1 JOHN 4:1 (KJV)
HEBREWS 5:14 (KJV)
ππππππ:
Oh, God, unlock the spirit of God in me so that I do not go into the future blind. Help me, Lord Jesus, so that I do not become ignorant of the devil’s devices and methods. May the gift of discerning of spirits not be dormant in me but be operational in Jesus name. I receive the ability to see, to sense, and to feel in the spirit in the name of Jesus. ππππ ππ ππ!