Reflections
But strong meat belongs to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. (Heb 5:14)
Discernment is not merely the ability to compare teaching against scripture, and from that, to determine whether it is the Truth. That is not without value because all true teaching will agree with scripture. But all cults and heretics and false teachers claim to do this. The problem is a person’s heart – a heart that cannot see Jesus Christ. Unless we see Jesus Christ and have a single eye to Him, we may be able to read what the Bible says, but we will not get far in seeing the what it means.
All true discernment is the by-product of knowing and seeing Jesus Christ. If Christ is being formed in me (Gal. 4;19) – which means I am inwardly realizing Him – I am going to grow to know what is OF Him and what is not of Him. He is the LIGHT – and we can know nothing for what it is unless we are in the Light as He is in the Light. He is the Truth and it is only by seeing Him that we can see what is of Him.