Here’s the definition of the word discernment. Having discernment means having the ability to be able to understand, judge, and distinguish things clearly, especially when things are not obvious or straightforward. Unfortunately…because biblical discernment is lacking ‘big time’ in the born-again churches these days…a lot of Believers don’t know what they don’t know about the Truths of Scriptures. Oh…these Believers will give you lots of opinions about they think the Truths of Yahweh’s written Word are. (You’ll witness this at most “Bible studies” these days.) Believers without discernment will share all kinds of beliefs that they have…without really knowing where it is in the Scriptures those beliefs come from. And when ‘challenged’ to ‘defend’ why it is they believe what they believe…most Believers simply get irritated or get that ‘deer in the headlights’ look on their faces. I couldn’t tell you how many Believers I’ve met over the years who simply tell me that they believe what their shepherds tell them!

I’ve been a serious ‘student’ of the Scriptures for over 40 years. Now, even with that said, I don’t claim to know it all. However…I have learned ‘a thing or two’ about biblical Truth in those 40 plus years of studying the Scriptures. I can hear it already. Brother Bob is claiming to have learned the Truths of Scriptures thru his own human logic. I never said that! I know quite well that IF it wasn’t for the Spirit of Yahweh faithfully ‘helping’ me ‘see’ the complex diversities of the written Word…I too would be as biblically ignorant as many of today’s Believers are. Now, even with that said…make no mistake the Spirit of Yahweh ‘revealed’ the Truths of His written Word to me because I was seriously seeking to know (i.e. DISCERN) biblical Truth! The Spirit of Yahweh not only ‘reveals’ the Truths of His written Word to Believers who genuinely seek to know them…He also gives the Believer the ability to DISCERN what the ‘hidden meaning’ of the Scriptures are.

Hebrews 3:7-13 That is why the Holy Spirit says, “Today when you hear HIS voice, don’t harden your hearts as Israel did when they rebelled, when they tested ME in the wilderness. There your ancestors tested and tried MY patience, even though they saw MY miracles for forty years. So I was angry with them, and I said, ‘Their hearts always turn away from ME. They refuse to do what I tell them.’ So in my anger I took an oath: ‘They will never enter MY place of rest.’” Be careful then, dear Brothers and Sisters. Make sure that your own hearts are not evil and unbelieving, turning you away from the living Lord. You must warn each other every day, while it is still “today,” so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God.

Lord knows that I’m consistently trying to ‘warn’ Believers about the earthly and eternal consequences of having (and dying with) a calloused, unteachable heart!

Brother Bob