6th October 2024
Gift of discerning of spirits
I Corin 12:10
Revelation Gift
discerning – here, it refers not only to just discerning of Spirit- but discerning between good spirits, bad spirits, and also the human spirit.
discerning is necessary as evil spirits may not always be behind every problem. It could also be ones own flesh ,or it could be a human spirit that could be in operation.
●One of the major benefits of the gift of discernment is that you can go to the realm of God and see things in the realm of God .It infact enables one to see things of the spiritual realm.
●This gift helps discern evil spirits.
●Satan is a created being and is actually a fallen angel.
●Isaiah 14:12 calls him Lucifer .
This is actually his old name, which actually means “light bearer.”
he fell from the glory of God ,so he does not carry light anymore ! But most people continue to call him by his old name, ” Lucifer”. But I suggest you dont call him Lucifer anymore and call him by the names satan , devil etc”
●Satan means adversary or opponent.
●His second name is the devil, which comes from the Word “diabelos.”
●Devil means – accuser,defamer , slanderer
●Revelation 12:9-10 we see all these names mentioned here
So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan , who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
10 Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.
● another name we find from this verse mentioned above is ” accuser.”
●He is called the accuser because he accuses the children of God, day and night before God.
●We see the names devil,satan ,dragon,serpent of old, accuser,deceiver all being mentioned in Revelation 12:9-10
●1 Peter 5:8 calls him ” adversary “
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
●Mathew 4:1,3 says
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 3 Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
●So ,another name used for the devil is tempter
●John 8:44 reads
You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it .
●Here the Satan is called a murder ,lier, and also the father of lies.
●John 12:31 says
Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.
●So another name of satan we gather from this verse is ruler of this world
John 14:30, John 16:11
●2 Corinthians 4:4 whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe.
●So another name is god of this age
●The devil is the cause behind all sorrow ,behind curses and death.
●Orgin of the Devil- There is no specific verse about nor any direct reference to the orgin of the devil.
●When God created angels, He created numerous ones.
●Revelation 5:11 says
Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands.
●There are a lot of verses that show that God created
numerous angels.
●Psalms 68:17
The chariots of God are twenty thousand,
Even thousands of thousands;
●We believe 1/3rd of them fell from the glory of God.
●According to Revelation 12:4
His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth.
●Theologians believe that 1/3rd of the angels became demons.
●Satan used deception to draw the angels over to his side .
●In Revelation 1:20, stars 🌟 mean angels.
(Writings in the book of Revelation are mostly symbolic)
●So this verse suggests that one-third of the stars fell with Satan as they were won over by his deception.
●They were drawn to the earth by his tail.
●Isaiah 9:15
The prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
●Here , the tail actually refers to false teachings.
●Based on all these, theologians conclude that Lucifer used deception and lies to become a leader of one-third of God’s angels.
●Ezikiel 28:1-19
Though not directly implied, these verses suggest the fall of satan and that he was a cherubim who was full of wisdom ,was perfect ,and was also beautiful.
All this made him proud ,and then he rebelled against God, hence fell from the glory of God