Discernment Is Key To Surviving 2025, And The Year Of The AntiChrist

Discernment is key to surviving

2025 and the year of the

Antichrist. That's our message. The text

is taken from first Kings

3:5-28. Recently a lady came up to us

while we were doing Street Ministry. She

said that we should have been able to

immediately recognize that she was a

serious woman of God, saved and

sanctified. She expected that because we

were claiming to be born again believers

in Christ and sharing His good news. That

we should have eyes and ears to be able

to spot a believer right away. In truth

we still do not know whether the woman

was truly born again or not. And without

judging her we had to admit that her

self-righteous attitude and lack of

knowledge might make us wonder what

she

was all

about. And up to this point the Spirit of

God has not impressed upon us of what

sort she really is. Some like this

unlearned woman also believe that the

gift of discernment is like having

superman eyes and ears that can spot a

genuine person

immediately. There is no one in scripture

other than Christ Himself who had this

kind of power, this super power in fact.

Father we thank You today for Your love

and mercy and pray the blood of Jesus

upon this message. That it may go far and

wide and transform the thinking of Your

people in Jesus precious name we pray,

amen. There is a story in Acts 16 and 16

that shows us that even the Apostle Paul

had to wait patiently for the Holy

Spirit to reveal the true character and

motive of a gifted slave girl who had

attached herself to their evangelism

team. She had an ability to tell the

future and made money for her owners

because of her gift. Perhaps the Apostle

thought that her dedication to following

them every day and announcing who they

were as they went along might have been

an indication that she had truly been

converted by the Word of God. For she

followed them everywhere they went for

many days and she repeatedly announced

the following, 'These men are born

servants of the Most High God who are

proclaiming to you a way of

salvation. Perhaps this sounded good and

was good advertisement drawing people to

Paul and to his team so that they could

be

saved. However after many days scripture

says that the Apostle Paul became

annoyed. He turned around and rebuked

the

spirit and commanded that it come out of

her, and the spirit came out of her

immediately.

And so this brings us to a discussion

about discernment, a gift or ability to

understand what is good and what is evil

especially in people. A gift that is

badly needed by all true followers of

Christ in this season of false doctrines.

And yes it is the ability to tell the

difference between what is truth and

what is

error. According to the dictionary, it

comes from the Latin term discernere

meaning to separate, divide or separate

apart. Therefore to discern is to be able

to separate things in people and

situation that seem similar but are not.

It is a wisdom kind of gift or a gift of

those who have been made wise by the

Lord

God. The Greek word discern when

translated gives us a greater insight

into its meaning. Because the word for

discern in Greek means to sieve or sift

something. And when you sieve or sift

some

things that are found together you are

separating one kind of particle or

substance from another. And so this

definition tells us that error hides

itself among the truth. Mixes itself up

with the truth. And only the wisdom of

God can sift it out or separate one from

the other. And this is sometimes a

painstaking or meticulous process that

is done very

carefully. For instance the Apostle Paul

wrote that the natural man or the one

who is of the world does not have this

kind of gift to separate good from evil

and error from truth. As a result he's

blinded by Satan. In fact to the natural

man this is foolishness and he cannot

know this scripture says because it is

given spiritually.

Here's the proof of this in the actual

reading of 1 Corinthians 2:14 and

15. But a natural person does not accept

the things of the spirit of God for they

are foolishness to him and he cannot

understand them because they are

spiritually discerned. In other words

detected only by spiritual

examination. Then the scripture goes on

to say but the one who is spiritual

discerns all things. Yet he himself

is discerned by no one. And this means

that those who are of the kingdom of the

world do not have an understanding of

spiritual matters and neither do they

understand those who are led by the

spirit. Because their eyes have been

spiritually darkened by the prince of

this world who is Satan. Therefore the

one who has this gift is not understood

by the one who is not of Christ. And

scripture says the one born of the

spirit is like the wind and is a

mystery to the one who is

not. The wisest man that ever lived

wanted this gift of discernment more

than he desired material riches.

According to scripture in first Kings 3

and 9 King Solomon asked the Lord to give

him an understanding heart to judge the

people of God, so that he would be able

to discern or tell the difference

between good and evil when he was

judging them.

And he was able to anticipate the great

weight that would be placed on his

shoulders as a result of being made King

over God's great nation and he wanted to

govern them with

equity. Because he asked God for wisdom

and a discerning heart and not for

wealth or the death of his enemies he

was blessed beyond measure. The Lord

made

him the wisest man ever and also threw

in riches and honor as an extra bonus.

Clearly we must pray for the gift of

discernment because it is one of the

greatest gifts a man or woman of God can

possibly

have. The great king applied this

God given gift of wisdom with brilliance

one day when two women who were both

harlots and lived in the same house

claimed to be the mother of the same

baby

boy. These two women lived alone

together

in the same house and so there was no

witness to the event to say which one of

them the baby really belonged

to. So they came to King Solomon that he

may judge between them and settled the

ownership of the baby. The story is known

as the Judgment of Solomon and is one of

the most outstanding stories in all of

the holy scriptures. As the scriptures

outlined it, both women had conceived and

brought forth a male child three days

apart. However one woman lay on her child

during the night causing the child to

suffocate and die. And she then

exchanged

her dead baby with the live baby of the

other woman who was fast asleep. And

when

the other woman whose baby was 3 days

older awakened and looked at the dead

baby laying on her breast she knew it

was not her baby. Meanwhile the other

woman had a live baby laying on her

breast and insisted that the live baby

was hers. Now the two women, arguing

and fussing each other heatedly over the

live baby, went before King Solomon

asking him to judge between them. The

king could not decide which woman was

right, he could not make head nor tail of

the matter, and was probably greatly

perplexed as each of the two women

continued to claim to be the child's

mother in an animated

way. King Solomon then called for a sword

and ordered the living child to be cut

in half and half given to each

woman. The first woman accepted the

judgment as a fair settlement of the

matter. She did not care if the baby died.

But the second woman begged Solomon to

give the baby to the first woman

preferring for the baby to live and not

to die. She loved the baby genuinely and

wanted the child to live even if the

baby was taken away from her. And then

the wise and discerning King ordered the

baby to be given to the the second woman.

Because her love for the child was real.

By this he knew that she was the real

mother of the

baby. We see discernment at work here in

an interesting way. Clearly the king

could not tell who was the real mother

just by looking at them, and looking at

the baby, and listening to their argument.

However he might have had a theory or

sense in his Spirit but was not fully

certain whether he was correct. And

therefore he relied on the wisdom of God

to give him a sure method to prove once

and for all to

everyone which of the two was the real

mother of the baby. My friend God will

help you apply this gift using different

methods in differing

situations. Discernment is an essential

tool for believers in Christ today

because the devil comes as an angel of

light and therefore those led by him

come with a deceiving spirit using sweet

talk and convincing words. And their

strategy make it difficult to flush out

the or to expose their real motive. They

come saying and doing the right things

and it takes some time and going through

a process in order to discover what they

are really all

about. Proverbs 3:5 tells us not to

depend upon our own understanding but

rather to trust totally in the Lord. We

are to consult Him in all our

endeavors and He will certainly direct

our steps. He will give us understanding

and this is what discernment really is.

Discernment is not judging by appearance

but rather waiting for God to give us

the answer. Starting out we often rush to

a conclusion too quickly and make errors.

And we are told in the gospel of John

that we should not judge by outward

appearance but judge with righteous

judgment, according to John 7:24.

In conclusion here are the key points of

the message. Discernment is not a magical

gift in which we wave a magic wand and

the answer pops up. The wise approach is

to refrain from rushing to a

conclusion. Also we should patiently wait

for God's move directing us to the

answer. Error and fake news hide

themselves cleverly among the truth. And

discernment is the God led process of

sifting them out and getting to

truth. In addition the natural man or the

one who is of the world does not have

the ability to discern what is good and

what is

evil. And neither does he understand the

way of the one who is led by the spirit

of the Living

God. Who is like the wind. Another point

is that discernment can only be received

from God through prayer. And is there for

the asking by every born again believer

in

Christ. Because the devil comes as an

angel of light this is going to be an

essential gift in the days leading up to

the time of the Antichrist. May God give

you this gift of discernment and bless

you with the wisdom, knowledge and

understanding of how to use it. God bless

you in Jesus mighty name,

amen. You've been listening to this

message and perhaps you do not know

Jesus Christ as Lord and savor and

you want to know Him. And you want to be

able to tell the difference between good

and

evil. Please engage your heart and I will

lead you through the sinner's

prayer. Say after me, Father I am a

sinner. I am sorry for all my

sins. I crave Your forgiveness

Lord. I want to return to You.

Thank You Lord for Your

forgiveness. Today I invite Jesus Christ

into my

heart. Dear Lord Jesus make my heart

Your

home. I give You the key to my heart

because I now belong to You

forever. Please give me the Holy Spirit

to lead me into all

truth. Thank You Lord for saving my soul,

amen. Welcome friend to the body of

believers in Christ. There are many of us

here awaiting the return of the Good

Master. In the meantime we want to

encourage you to become water baptized

as quickly as

possible. Begin reading the Word of God.

Begin in the Book of John then go to

Matthew, Mark and Luke, reading audibly

as

often as possible because faith comes by

hearing the Word of God. Pray daily.

Attend at your local church. And one glad

morning the Savior will come and receive

us all unto Himself and we shall indeed

forever be with the Lord. God bless and

keep you in Jesus mighty name, amen.