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I just love God’s Word – it tells it like it is. Wisdom is usually point-blank, it pulls no punches. God’s Word tells us what maturity is, it gives encouragement and warning. So thankful that the God of wisdom, shares with anyone who will ask. God’s Word gives instruction that applies to these times. 2 Timothy 4:3 – For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. But you, keep a clear mind in every situation. Don’t be afraid of suffering for the Lord. Work at telling others the Good News, and fully carry out the ministry God has given you. If there ever was a time, when truth is hard to find, now may be that time. People have rejected God’s truth, so many ideas and beliefs popular in today’s culture are mere opinion, not fact. God instructs His people in how to conduct themselves, in mind, word and action. Ephesians 4:14 – Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. Something to remember in a culture of misinformation. What is your new information filter? How do you assess and process new information? #1: Is It True? Just because someone says something, or everybody believes something – doesn’t make it true. #2: Where is the evidence? The difference between opinion and fact – is evidence. Proof – to make clear to the mind. #3: What’s in it for them? This isn’t scepticism – it’s discernment. A sceptic – is one who doubts the truth and reality of any principle or system of principles or doctrines. A discerner is one who sees, discovers or distinguishes. The motivation of the speaker is a factor in coming to right conclusions about any new information. What’s in it for them is something to be aware of. Just because someone gets paid, doesn’t mean they aren’t telling the truth, (A doctor gets paid, but most doctors know more than you. Second opinions help – but doctors need not be mistrusted, just because they receive compensation for the medical advice they give. The fact that a sales person is on commission, doesn't disqualify their recommendation - but it is a factor to consider. #4 – What does God say? While the Bible won’t speak directly to every situation. God’s Word does share principles that inform decisions. What principles from God’s Word are applicable to this question or situation? Is it true? where’s the evidence? what’s in it for them? and what does God say? Praying that you will be discerning, not skeptical, that you will be loving, not judgmental, that you will be wise, not deceivable. Praying that you will seek counsel as God’s Word instructs, that you will filter new information with humility and kindness, and that God will lead you in what to believe, and what to say. Praying that your focus will not change from what He told you to do, so that maturity will grow in you, so you become more like Him. The best way God’s Word builds discernment – is when used as a meal, not a pill. Some people don’t use God’s Word until needed, they try to get a dose – instead of a meal. When they think they need it, not when they really need it... before they need it. God says it’s Daily Bread, not just an antidote. Praying that PRISM – those five things you can do in God's Word - has you building discernment every day – so when the day comes that you need it, it will already be in operation in you. Praying that you will know God’s will, have discernment to do what you are called to do, seek Godly counsel as God instructs, and trust God to reveal truth, and your part in it. When it’s time to speak, and when to be silent. Praying that your words will be His Words - that they will always be life. Love you all, dad
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