Defined as ... Understanding the deeper reasons why things happen and being able to read between the lines and apply them to myself and others.
“Discernment is not knowing the difference between right and wrong; it is knowing the difference between right and almost right.”
~ Charles Spurgeon ~
“Discernment is the ability to see things for what they REALLY are and not for what you WANT them to be.”
~ Author Unknown ~
“Context is the best interpreter of the actual text.”
~ Author Unknown ~
1. Solomon & the Mothers
(1 Kings 3:9, 11, 15-28)
2. Jesus' Teaching Discernment
(Matthew 16:1-4, Luke 12:54-57)
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“A wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment. Because to every purpose there is time and judgment.”
Ecclesiastes 8:5-6
“Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?”
Luke 12:56
“Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?”
1 Kings 3:9
“Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature … for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.”
1 Samuel 16:7
“The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.”
Proverbs 18:15