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The Discerning of Spirits | Episode #386 | Encore Episode #057 · Reflections On The Word With Richard Kay

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of Reflection on the Word with
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  Speaker 1: Richard K. I'm Chuck Christie, and today we are asking
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  Speaker 1: you to spend a few moments of your time with
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  Speaker 1: us each day as Richard shares from God's work with notes, quotes,
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  Speaker 1: and story along with some of his own personal experiences,
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  Speaker 1: to confirm for you God's great love for us, that
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  Speaker 1: his compassion for us never fails, and that He has
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  Speaker 1: a great faithfulness toward us in every regard. Now, if
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  Speaker 1: you miss a portion of today's broadcast or would like
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  Speaker 1: to recommend it to a friend, you can hear this
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  Speaker 1: program anytime online at Talknetwork Radio dot com. Well, now
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  Speaker 1: here's Richard with today's reflection.
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  Speaker 2: Now, there are different gifts, but the same Spirit. There
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  Speaker 2: are different ministries, but the same Lord. And there are
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  Speaker 2: different activities, but the same God is active in everyone
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  Speaker 2: and everything. A manifestation of the Spirit is given to
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  Speaker 2: each person to produce what is beneficial. First Corn Bends
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  Speaker 2: twelve four through seven. We actually have been talking about
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  Speaker 2: the gifts of the Holy Spirit. We have defined there
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  Speaker 2: are nine gifts of the Holy Spirit. We also have
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  Speaker 2: discussed some of the functioning operation of those gifts. We
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  Speaker 2: know that because they are given by the Holy Spirit
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  Speaker 2: as he wills. He does it for the purpose of
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  Speaker 2: glorifying God, of bringing hope and additional knowledge and wisdom
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  Speaker 2: to the body of Christ. He does it so that
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  Speaker 2: others can come to know Jesus as Lord. He does
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  Speaker 2: it so that ultimately we will walk in His power
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  Speaker 2: and demonstrate that as He wills. Today we have looked
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  Speaker 2: at several of those gifts. We have just mentioned the
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  Speaker 2: gift of the Word of Knowledge and the gift of
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  Speaker 2: the Word of wisdom. We talked about the gift of
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  Speaker 2: faith that is offered by the same spirit. We have
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  Speaker 2: also mentioned and talked about that there is another gifting
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  Speaker 2: of healings, not just one type, but many types that
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  Speaker 2: are demonstrated. There's also the gift of performing of miracles,
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  Speaker 2: and there are gifts of prophecy. There's also a very
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  Speaker 2: important gift in spiritual warfare, and that is referred to
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  Speaker 2: as discerning of spirits. Another way of saying that is
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  Speaker 2: distinguishing between spirits. What does it mean discern spirits? You know,
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  Speaker 2: as we looked at the gifts of the whole spirit,
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  Speaker 2: we want to be able to see how is this
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  Speaker 2: gift manifested? Why is it being manifested? Why is it
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  Speaker 2: so important in the body of Christ? Today? We're probably
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  Speaker 2: all familiar with childlike experiences, a feeling as if someone
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  Speaker 2: or something was ready to scare or harm us. Many
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  Speaker 2: children have what grown ups refer to as imaginary friends.
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  Speaker 2: Just because horror films and other forms of fear producing
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  Speaker 2: entertainment have become more acceptable by adults, it doesn't mean
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  Speaker 2: that we are not continually being influenced by spirits. What
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  Speaker 2: does it mean to discern the spirits? If all we
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  Speaker 2: have are feelings that may serve to warn us, then
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  Speaker 2: why do we seem to be drawn to the types
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  Speaker 2: of entertainment mentioned above. First, we must realize that there
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  Speaker 2: are good spirits and evil spirits. The good spirits are
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  Speaker 2: described throughout the Bible as angels. The evil spirits are
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  Speaker 2: fallen angels, or referred to as demons. Good spirits or
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  Speaker 2: angels are sent to protect us and help us. Evil
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  Speaker 2: spirits or demons are sent to harm us and deceive us.
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  Speaker 2: The problem we face today is trying to understand the
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  Speaker 2: intentions of these spirit beings and how they're used in
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  Speaker 2: our natural intellect. The spiritual encounter that we described in
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  Speaker 2: an earlier series is often called warfare. The Apostle Paul
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  Speaker 2: writes to the Corinthian Church that the weapons of our
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  Speaker 2: warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the
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  Speaker 2: pulling down of strongholds. This means that we are able
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  Speaker 2: to utilize the gifts of the Holy Spirit to fight
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  Speaker 2: the spiritual enemies of our soul. So the gift of
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  Speaker 2: discerning of spirits is used to identify the good and
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  Speaker 2: evil spirits influencing our lives. As we read in Second Corinthians,
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  Speaker 2: chapter ten and verse four, and also in Ephesian six
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  Speaker 2: and verse twelve, we find that the gift of discerning
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  Speaker 2: of spirits is manifested in your life as you continue
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  Speaker 2: to grow in Christ. We are told not to be
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  Speaker 2: ignorant about matters of the spirit. In verse Corinthians twelve one,
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  Speaker 2: we are admonished not to be ignorant. That means we
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  Speaker 2: are to be responsive to the Holy Spirit. Remember, the
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  Speaker 2: Holy Spirit gives these gifts for the Body of Christ
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  Speaker 2: to utilize for the benefit of the whole body. We
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  Speaker 2: are to walk in the power of the Gospel as
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  Speaker 2: we live for Christ, discerning the good and evil influences
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  Speaker 2: in this world. Discerning of spirits simply gives us supernatural
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  Speaker 2: ability to define who is directing that influence. If it
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  Speaker 2: brings glory to the Lord Jesus Christ, then you can
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  Speaker 2: rest assured it is a good spirit. If it does
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  Speaker 2: not bring glory to the Lord Jesus Christ, it is
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  Speaker 2: not a good or angelic spirit. It is a fallen
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  Speaker 2: angelic spirit, a demon. Yes, they are operating and functioning today.
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  Speaker 2: They try to influence our thoughts, our words, and our deeds.
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  Speaker 2: We must be mindful, supernaturally aware of their presence, and
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  Speaker 2: we must be able to discern or distinguish between the
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  Speaker 2: good and the evil, regardless of how it is presented.
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  Speaker 1: Richard will be right back in a moment to wrap up.
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  Speaker 1: But if you've just joined us, you've been listening to
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  Speaker 1: Reflections on the Word with Richard K. You can hear
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  Speaker 1: this message in its entirety again online as well as
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  Speaker 1: Richard's entire archive at Talknetwork Radio dot com. We would
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  Speaker 1: like to acknowledge our theme song, how Great is Thy
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  Speaker 1: Faithfulness from the America's twenty five Favorite Hymns album, unless otherwise.
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  Speaker 1: Express scriptures are read from the Holman Christian Standard Bible,
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  Speaker 1: which is published by Homann Bible Publishers in Nashville, Tennessee.
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  Speaker 1: Additional resources used for reflections on the Word with Richard
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  Speaker 1: K include Great is Thy Faithfulness by Our Daily Bread
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  Speaker 1: and printed by Discovery House Publishers. Again here is Richard
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  Speaker 1: to wrap up today's message.
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes what is presented in a natural manner is accepted
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  Speaker 2: by society and given a good slogan, but it is
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  Speaker 2: not good and it is not good for us. So
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  Speaker 2: we don't want to ingest poison in our lives, and
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  Speaker 2: we would certainly not want to give poison to our children.
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  Speaker 2: God does not want us to receive the poisonous influences
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  Speaker 2: of the devil. He wants us to have victory over
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  Speaker 2: those influences because He has given us the authority to
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  Speaker 2: do just that. But not in our own strength. In his.
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  Speaker 2: You see, our dependence on Him becomes more and more
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  Speaker 2: of our surrender as He becomes more and more power
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  Speaker 2: full in us. It is Christ in you, believer, that
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  Speaker 2: is the hope of glory for this world. Go in
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  Speaker 2: God's power and let the Holy Spirit give you the
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  Speaker 2: gifts that are going to bring glory to Him. And
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  Speaker 2: that is today's reflection on the Word.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Richard, join us again tomorrow when we continue
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  Speaker 1: with the next edition of Reflections on the Word with
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  Speaker 1: Richard k or Richard the entire team. This is Chuck
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  Speaker 1: Christie saying thanks for listening to this edition of Reflections
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  Speaker 1: on the Word.
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  Speaker 2: To h