2 ‘Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die, for I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of My God.
3 ‘So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. Therefore if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.
Rev. 3:2-3 (LSB)
Discernment
God's Word makes it abundantly clear that He wants us to use our minds. And one of the most vital duties facing every Christian — especially in an era (such as ours) when the church is overrun with contradictory ideas and spiritual confusion —
is the duty of discernment.
First Thessalonians 5:21-22 teaches that it is the responsibility of every Christian to be discerning: "But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good; abstain from every form of evil." The apostle John issues a similar warning when he says, "Do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world" (1 John 4:1).
According to the New Testament, discernment is not optional for the believer-it is required.
The Condemnation of False Spiritual Leaders, Part 2
Who are the blind guides?
Romans 2 says, “You Jews think you’re guides of the blind, light to those in darkness, instructors of babes, you’re giving wisdom to those that are foolish and you don’t know the truth. You’re nothing but blind guides.” That’s what our Lord is saying here. In fact, earlier, in Matthew 15:14, He said, “The blind are leaders of the blind, and if the blind lead the blind, both are going to fall in a ditch.” So here were the people blind, here were their leaders blind, and the blind leaders trying to guide the blind people, “You blind guides.”
