The Holy Spirit, The Gifts: The Discerning spirits "continue" Discerning the similitude (likeness) of God is also included within the scope of this gift. We see an example of this in Exodus 33:22-23, it record an account of God allowing Moses to see into the realm of spirits. And he (the Lord) said, Thou canst not see my fact; for there shall no man see me, and live. And the lord said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock: And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen. Moses was seeing in the spirit realm, he was able to discern the similitude of God by the manifestation of this gift of the spirit. Another instance of a person seeing the similitude of God we find in Isaiah 6. The prophet Isaiah said, In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up. Having the gift of discerning of spirits isn't just seeing into the realm of evil spirits. This gift gives one a supernatural insight into the spirit world where there are divine spirits as well as evil spirits. It can also be manifested to reveal the human spirit. Discerning of spirits deals with three kinds of classes of spirits: divine, satanic, and human. We must remember, supernatural manifeatations can come from different sources, Many things that seem miraculous or supernatural to us actually do not come from God. We must remember that satan is also a supernatural being. Far to often people are ready to follow anything that is supernatural or spectacular, whether we prove it by scripture to be of God or not. Acts 16:17 gives us an example of this. Here Paul dealt with an evil spirit behind an operation. When the maiden who had a spirit of divination followed Paul and said, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. Paul finally turned to her and spoke directly to the spirit, he didn't deal with the woman. It was probably the gift of discerning of spirits in operation on Paul. I want to close this by saying, even without having the gift of discerning of spirits in manifestation, if we know the Word of God and if we are walking in the spirit, we will have an inward witness if someone is operating by a wrong spirit. The Holy Spirit on the inside of us will warn us if we are at all sensitive to Him. The realm of the spirit is very real, altough we cannot perceive it with our natural senses. God has provided the gift of discerning of spirits into this spiritual realm, and only as His Spirit wills. All of these lessons may not agree with everyone Theology, my prayer is that everyone who read these posts will at least walk away with something that is wrote here. May God continue to bless you in your walk, and may He always be glorified in all that we do for His kingdom. Next Lesson "The Gift Of Faith"
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