Spiritual Gift of Discerning of Spirits...why do we need it today?

Conquering Our Unseen Enemies

Welcome Back! I am your host Dawn Simmons and in this episode of Conquering Our Unseen Enemies we are going to be discussing the Spiritual Gift of Discerning of Spirits. We will discuss what it is, what it isn’t and how we can use this gift in our lives. I will share some stories of discernment in my life and explain why it is so important in our everyday life.

As always let’s discuss our Top Show Points:

· Discussing the Gift of Discerning of Spirits

· 1 Cor 12:4-11

· To summarize what Paul shared, the 9 Spiritual Gifts are: wisdom, word of knowledge, faith, healings, miraculous powers, prophecy, discerning of spirits, tongues, interpretation of tongues.

o Gifts we use out of the Power we have from the Holy Spirit are: faith, healings, miraculous powers

o Gifts we have where the Holy Spirit uses us in Revelation are: wisdom, word of knowledge, discerning of spirits

o Gifts where the Holy Spirit uses us and are Spoken are: prophecy, tongues, interpretation of tongues

· Discerning of spirits is often considered the least of the revelation gifts because it involves the spirit realm. By its very nature the spirit realm has to be an active participant in order for this gift to be in operation.

· With the gift of Discerning of Spirits, we are able to “discern” or perceive, recognize spirits by their nature.

· 2 Timothy 2:15 tells us to be ones who “correctly handle the word of truth” in other words, we want to make sure we are using the word to guide us correctly into truth, not twist it or use it in a way that benefits us.

· Paul in Acts 16 when he was in Philippi, Paul was able to discern the evil spirit in the female slave who was involved with divination

· We do nothing in our own power, only through the Holy Spirit.

· I think it is easy to think of discerning of spirits and assume it is associated with things like fortune telling or psychic activity. It’s not mind reading or anything psychological.

· Story of when I was on a walk and the Holy Spirit revealed to me the evil intention of the man hiding in the bush

· Story where the Holy Spirit allowed me to see the demon in my guest room

· Story of the Holy Spirit allowing me to see the angels in my church one Sunday afternoon

· A person who receives visions will generally have the gift of discerning of spirits because visions require the use of the discerning of spirits and seeing into the spirit realm to reveal and explain.

· I think it is a basic need in Christianity. Without it, you have no compass. You have to be able to discern between what is of God and what is not

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