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Subject: Yabbut


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Ron
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Date Posted: 09/13/03 1:29am
In reply to: Wade A. Tisthammer 's message, "Possible definition of “spiritual discernment”" on 08/30/03 1:06am

>>Hey folks, it's been a long time. I see a bunch of new
>>names here.
>>
>>There is a new buzz-phrase in Christian circles that
>>kind of bothers me: "spiritual discernment."
>>Basically, if you are considered to be good at
>>"spiritual discernment," then you are simply receiving
>>messages straight from God. You don't have to worry
>>that Jesus said to "judge not," because
>>what's in your mind is not your own judgement - it's
>>straight from God. Now, I don't have to tell you how
>>this can be misused.
>
>What I’ve read, “spiritual discernment” has to do with
>discerning what is truly from God and what is not from
>God, e.g. whether or not a person claiming to be
>speaking on behalf of an angel really is doing so,
>whether a spirit claiming to be from God really is
>from God, and the like.

Yes, but what bothers me is that there have been, and are now, many who state emphatically that their judgement is a discerment straight from God, yet they differ with others who claim emphatically the same thing. In those cases, who do you believe?

Thanks,

Ron

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FruitsBen09/13/03 10:35am
I have no idea what Yabbut means.Wade A. Tisthammer09/13/03 8:11pm


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