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Wade A. Tisthammer
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Date Posted: 09/13/03 8:11pm
In reply to:
Ron
's message, "Yabbut" on 09/13/03 1:29am
>>>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?
I guess I just have to use my own judgment, think things through to decide which, if any, are coming straight from God. I have discovered at least one earmark to help me in similar cases, but sometimes the process can be difficult, too limited data, and sometimes I just have to plead ignorance.
In Mosaic Law people had a similar problem. How are we to know the prophet is truly from the Lord? The answer: empirically test him. The prophet should make a prediction and you see if it comes true. If it doesn’t, the prophet has spoken prematurely, “do not be afraid of him.” Gotta love the Jews. Alas, seldom do we get that kind of testability in modern day Christianity in cases like this; none I’ve encountered so far have put themselves to the test.
>Thanks,
You’re welcome.
>Ron
Wade A. Tisthammer
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