1. Discernment exercises good timing
Ecclesiastes 8:5 he who keeps his command will experience nothing harmful;
And a wise man’s heart discerns both time (timing) and judgement.
1Corinthians 14:40 Let all things be done decently and in order.
2. Discernment removes personal obstacles that hinder the Spirit of
God.
1Corinthians 11:28-30 (v28) But let a man examine himself, and so let
him eat of that bread and drink of that cup. (v29) For he who eats and
drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgement to himself, not
discerning the Lord’s body.
3. Discernment disallows obstacles that hinder the Spirit of God in
the Body
1Corinthains 2:11-15 For what man knows the things of a man except
the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things
of God except the Spirit of God (v12) Now we have received, not the
spirit of this world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might
know the things that have been freely given to us by God (v13) These
things we also speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teaches
but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
(v14) ‘But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit
of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because
they are spiritually discerned. (v15) But he who is spiritual judges
all things,
1Corinthians 1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no
divisions among you; but that you be perfectly joined together in the
same mind and in the same judgement..
1Corinthians 11:16 But if anyone seems to be contentious, we have no
such custom, nor do the churches of God.
1Corinthians 12:25 that there should be no schisms in the body, but
that the members should have the same care, for one another.
3. Discernment empowers Worship
1Corinthians 14:24-25 But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or an
uninformed person come in, he is convinced by all, he is judged by all.
(v25) And thus the secrets of his heart are uncovered; and so, falling
down on his face, he will worship God and report that God is truly among
you.
4. Discernment empowers the body
1Corinthians 12:24-25 but our presentable parts have no need. But God
composed the body, having given greater honor to that part which lacks
it, (v25) that there should be no schisms in the body, but that the
members should have the same care, for one another.
5. Discernment searches out the word of God, exercising and growing
in maturity
1 Kings 3:9 “Therefore give to your servant an understanding heart
to judge this people, that I may discern between good and evil. For
who is able to judge this great people .
Hebrews 5:14 But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that
is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern
both good and evil.
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is powerfully alive and sharper than
any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit,
joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of
the heart..
6. Discernment understands unseen realities
1Peter 1:10 Of this salvation the prophets have inquired and searched
diligently, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you.
7. Discernment allows or disallows according to knowledge
1Corinthians 4:17 For this reason I have sent Timothy to you, who is
my beloved and faithful son in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways
in Christ, as It is everywhere in every church.
1 Corinthians 5:3 For I indeed as absent in body but present in spirit,
have already judged, as though I were present, concerning him who has
so done this deed. (v4) In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you
are gathered together, along with my spirit, with the power of our Lord
Jesus Christ, (v5) deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of
the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of Our Lord Jesus
Christ.
1 Corinthians 6:2 Do you not know that the saints will judge the world?
And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the
smallest matters. (v3) Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How
much more, things that pertain to this life?
1Corinthians 7:17 But as God has distributed to each one, as the Lord
has called each one, so let him walk. And so I ordain in all the churches.
1Corinthians 11:16 But if anyone seems to be contentious, we have no
such custom, nor do the churches of God.
1 Corinthians 14:29-31 Let two or three prophets speak, and let the
other judge. (v30) But if anything is revealed to another who sits by,
let the first keep silent. (v31) For you can all prophecy one by one,
that all may learn and all may be encouraged.
1Corinthians 14:32-33 And the spirit of the prophets are subject to
the prophets. (v33) For God is not the author of confusion but of peace,
as in all the churches of the saints.
1Corinthians 14:37 If anyone thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual,
let him acknowledge that the things which I write to you are the commandments
of the Lord.
1Corinthians 14:40 Let all things be done decently and in order.
