Spiritual Gifts part 169: the devil's deadliest weapons are words!

Spiritual Gifts Part 169: the devil’s deadliest weapons are words.

The Doctrine of Spiritual Gifts

Point 3: What is a “Spiritual Gift”?

What is discernment?

Discernment is being able to determine what is coming from the thinking of Christ and what is coming from doctrines of demons, 1TI 4:1.

satan became proud.
He became antagonistic toward God.
He developed lies to try to trap other creatures into following him.

The all-important fruit of satan’s pride is the fact that “he does not stand or abide in the truth”.

Biblical discernment is identifying whether something or someone is motivated by God or by the kingdom of darkness.

The Bible gives us a clear picture of the essential nature of the two sides, the two sources.

JOH 8:44b
[the devil] does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. …he is a liar and the father of lies.

The wicked = OSN, world system, kingdom of darkness - by their nature are deceitful.

That means they try to come off as being good.
 
But they can’t quite pull it off.

There are two lights: true and false.

JOH 14:6
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.”

The righteous (living in the new nature under the filling of the Spirit and the word of God) have integrity.

Their words and actions match the thoughts of their heart, because all are rooted in truth.

Integrity is loyalty to truth.

There are two kinds of lights: true and false.

“What are they thinking?”

MAT 6:21
for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

If you want to understand someone better (starting with yourself!), observe how they spend their money.

The Bible predicts the areas of doctrine that the cults and false teachers will attack.

The devil’s deadliest weapons are words.

Satan always uses agents, and he does what he can to select the agent that is the most crafty.