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SPIRITUAL DISERNMENT

 



HH, Patriarch Sir Johnson

Dear Discerning Ones,

In these complex times, the ability to discern truth from deception, light from darkness, genuine from counterfeit has never been more critical. The enemy of your soul is sophisticated, presenting lies wrapped in attractive packages, mixing just enough truth with poison to make it palatable. You must sharpen your spiritual discernment.

Discernment is not suspicion or paranoia. It is not judging everyone harshly or assuming the worst. Rather, discernment is the spiritual capacity to perceive the true nature of things beneath surface appearances. It is seeing with spiritual eyes what physical eyes cannot detect.

Many of you are too trusting, accepting everything presented to you without testing it. You believe every emotional story, every charismatic teacher, every popular movement, without examining whether it aligns with eternal truth. This naivety makes you vulnerable to manipulation and leads you into bondage while thinking you are pursuing freedom.

Others among you have become cynical, trusting nothing and no one, seeing threats everywhere. This is not discernment but fear. True discernment can recognize both genuine good and real evil. It can celebrate truth wherever it appears while also identifying deception regardless of how it is packaged.

How do you develop discernment? First, immerse yourself in truth. You cannot identify a counterfeit if you do not know the genuine article intimately. Study sacred texts, meditate on eternal principles, saturate your mind with divine wisdom. Second, pay attention to fruit. Jesus taught that you will know them by their fruits. Look at the results produced, the character developed, and the trajectory over time. Pretty words mean nothing if they produce rotten fruit.

Third, listen to the still, small voice within. The Divine has placed an inner witness in your spirit that signals a warning when something is off. Do not ignore that check in your spirit. Do not talk yourself out of what you sense. That quiet discomfort is often divine protection.

Walk wisely. Test everything. Hold fast to what is good.

In wisdom, Patriarch Johnson

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