Didn't See That Coming - Discernment

The church has been scattered by persecution, but God uses this thing that seems like an obstacle as an opportunity. And all sorts of people, who some thought had no business coming to faith, are coming to faith.
This leads to another challenge for the church, but the tools they use to handle this are not prayer, worship, fasting, meditation, or scripture reading - although those are all good things we ought to do. In this case, they use discernment.
So, what is discernment, and why is it important?
Discernment is separating things from each other. It’s like weeding things out.
This video explains that as Christians, we might think discernment is about distinguishing right from wrong, but what if it’s more subtle and harder than that? Think about the world we live in today. It’s filled with cover bands, AI, and deepfakes. This is where we run into trouble because it’s not that simple.
Discernment isn’t necessarily the differentiation between right and wrong, it’s surgically separating the difference between right and almost right.
Pastor Michael Hoddy explains that Discernment is not a certainty, but it always calls us farther into the same direction of God’s Word, character, and demonstrated pattern of action.
In the Book of Acts, the Gospel spreads to the Greeks. Is this in line with the Jewish law? No. But it’s in line with God’s heart and His demonstrated course of action through history, pursuing people, often to ridiculous degrees. This is revealed in His Word and through His son, Jesus.
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