CAP73 Posted December 22, 2009 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 6 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 183 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 32 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/22/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted December 22, 2009 Does anyone know of a site or book that lists all the (known) gifts? I can't find one, plus I wanted to make sure I went to a reputable site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shiloh357 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Just to be clear, there is no such thing as the gift of discernment. There is the gift of discerning of spirits, but that is not discernment. Discernment pertains to having the insight to correctly judge a matter. A person who has discernment is often described as a person who is perceptive. That is a mental faculty, and is not one of the gifts of the Spirit mentioned in Scripture. Discerning of Spirits pertains to spiritual gift that allows one to know the difference between a person who speaks by the Spirit of God and one who speaks by a false, lying spirit. If a person who spoke was under the control and impulse of a evil spirit, a person with this gift would know it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkins Posted December 23, 2009 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 289 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 45 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/25/2008 Status: Offline Share Posted December 23, 2009 (edited) Does anyone else here feel that they sometimes have a strong gift of Discernment from God??? Hmm...sometimes I saw people with pride think that they have the gift of discernment. To me, ability of discernment comes from the Holy Spirit who guides you to the Bible knowledge to allow you to discern more correctly. That's the way I see it too. That's why sometimes they consider using experience to expose the nature of the evil spirits as a sin. Edited December 23, 2009 by Hawkins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkins Posted December 23, 2009 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 289 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 45 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/25/2008 Status: Offline Share Posted December 23, 2009 Just to be clear, there is no such thing as the gift of discernment. There is the gift of discerning of spirits, but that is not discernment. Discernment pertains to having the insight to correctly judge a matter. A person who has discernment is often described as a person who is perceptive. That is a mental faculty, and is not one of the gifts of the Spirit mentioned in Scripture. Discerning of Spirits pertains to spiritual gift that allows one to know the difference between a person who speaks by the Spirit of God and one who speaks by a false, lying spirit. If a person who spoke was under the control and impulse of a evil spirit, a person with this gift would know it. Spiritual gift usually means something not all Christian can obtain. Some kind of specialty God gifted for a purpose. Yet the discernment of spirit is the job of all Christians in general. Chritians discern more correctly just at the time when they are closely with the Holy Spirit. No one can be accurate persistently all the times. As the distance between God and someone is not always the same, his relationship with God is not always the same close. And even the prophets are warned against pride and disobedience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shiloh357 Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Yet the discernment of spirit is the job of all Christians in general. We are commanded to test every spirit. But the gift of discerning of spirits is a spiritual gift that does not fall to all Christians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oana Posted February 19, 2010 Group: Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 10 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/19/2008 Status: Offline Birthday: 01/24/1989 Share Posted February 19, 2010 I'm still confused...No one answered my post. I don't know what to think...Something else happened. One night before bed, I prayed to God to help me know if I have this gift(I described everything in my previous post here, left unanswered), and that I would not be afraid anymore and accept it if it's for me. I closed my eyes and suddently I opened them and saw something I am not sure I can explain exactly. It was like particles of dust, glowy...and they were still, not moving like actual dust. I was a little afraid because it was so close to my face...I sensed that it was a spirit...but it didn't appear to be evil because I didn't get that vibe...I was just afraid because it was suddently so close...appeared from nowhere. Then I closed my eyes and prayed to God to make it dissapear because I had seen enough and wasn't totally ready for it, I was afraid. When I opened my eyes, it wasn't there anymore. I don't know why but I have the feeling that it was an angel and God let me just peek at one...not seeing it completely because I wasn't ready to see it clearly. So I'm not sure what to think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prycejosh1987 Posted July 16, 2020 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,176 Content Per Day: 0.85 Reputation: 126 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/07/2020 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/29/1987 Share Posted July 16, 2020 On 7/10/2007 at 5:54 AM, MeCajunboy said: Does anyone else here feel that they sometimes have a strong gift of Discernment from God??? I didn't realize that I sometimes had it until a few of my Christians friends brought it to my attention. In my case I sometimes can read others sins that God has placed before me. I may cross a strangers' path whom I have never met and will never meet again and had felt the need to tell them of their "cross" or "burden" So far none have been insulted or angry because I felt that since God directed me to them that God also prepared their hearts and minds for me and what I was about to tell them. Strangest thing is that many times it's not necessarily a pain or burden that you can easily see or feel eminating from their spirit. Anyone else have these strange experiences???? Anyone? Blessings Cajunboy I feel similar to you, although i would say that we should leave judging to God in terms of sins. Even pastors shouldnt say what sins people do, but they should give alerts in their messages which is what they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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