The Gift of discerning of spirits
1 Cor. 12:10
The next Spiritual Gift in our passage is the “discerning of spirits”. Simply stated: the ability to know whether a thing is from the Lord or not. This is a very valuable gift in your Christian life. We all need to know whether a circumstance or situation before us is from the Lord or from our adversary.
This is not the “try the spirits” of 1 John 4:1, and without teaching another lesson notice one difference. To “discern” something means to distinguish; to see the difference between two or more things. To “try” something means to prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality. The gift of “discerning of spirits” is being able to see the difference between two or more things.
The biggest danger is for a Christian to have one foot in the world and the other in church. All the adversaries tricks work! You have no discernment of what is of the Lord. You think because you came to church that the open door that you perceive is of the lord trying to bless you.
Bank tellers are trained to spot (discern) counterfeit currency by handling the REAL thing, and then when the fake shows up it is easy to discern. The more you know the Lord, the more you will be able to discern the adversary.
Commit to being led by the Spirit of God, his way is perfect [Ps.18:30] and covet the gift of discerning of spirits [1 Cor.12:31] it is one of the best gifts.