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The gift of discernment is the special ability that God gives to certain members of the body of Christ to distinguish between truth and error, and to know with assurance whether certain behavior purported to be of God is in reality divine, human, or satanic.
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Discernment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Discernment is a term used in Christian tradition to describe the process of discerning God's will for one's life. In large part, it describes the interior search for an answer to the question of one...
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What is the Gift of Spiritual Discernment? ... Men and women with the gift of discernment are specially gifted in distinguishing between those words, deeds and appearances that are true and those that are false. ... In his commentary on 1 Corinthians John MacArthur summarizes the implications of the gift of discernment in this way:
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"The mystery of Pentecost is that the gift of discernment is breathed into the world, enabling us to see the presence of the divine in the midst of the human -- not as an aside or an afterthought, but as the main event of our lives" ;
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The Gift of Discernment ... It is not my purpose to elaborate on the Ignatian theology of discernment. It is rather to look at the vast subject in biblical perspective; to first ask three questions and then close with some practical observations.
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Laura and I both have the gift of discernment, and struggle with the natural "flesh" thing as well; Laura more than me--since she is better than me, naturally. An excellent training tool has been email. We got 445 emails just last night.
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