Discernment is a good gift from a loving Father, and it was never meant to build walls between you and others. I’m not saying that we open our doors and lives to people who are unsafe, but we shouldn’t let discernment keep us from connecting with people and life in the real world. Jesus didn’t.
Conspiracy is rampant right in the body of Christ. This word can be very hard when you get around conspiracy-minded individuals. The Bible is clear, we are not supposed to be conspiracy-minded but rather love based. One of the reasons I don’t like conspiracy is because it can break down fundamental ability to be able to trust and love humanity.
January 25, 2020
In exercising your spiritual discernment, remember: the word “devil” means “slanderer.” To slander is to do more than to accuse or speak evil of one to another. Literally, the word devil means “one who puts himself or something between two in order to divide them.” Satan’s goal is not just to speak evil but divide us. He seeks to divide spouse from spouse, children from parents, race from race, and church from church, and he will use unresolved issues from the past. The antidote is to restore and then magnify Christ’s love; love covers a multitude of sins.
If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it.