Background

Joshua Selman encourages us to grow our discernment of people and the spirit workings.

What is discernment?

What is discernment?

1. It is the faculty of perception
2. The ability to perceive the influences behind actions
3. The ability to perceive the spirits behind a physical activity
4. The ability to understand whether an activity is driven by God or driven by Satan

 

Videos

1. SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT IS A MAJOR KEY TO EXEMPTION FROM EVIL – Apostle Joshua Selman
   • Videos
     • Video #1
       Channel:- KOINONIA WATCH TV
       Date Published:- 2022-October-11th
       Date Added:- 2022-October-14th
       Link

 

Scripture

SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT IS A MAJOR KEY TO EXEMPTION FROM EVIL – Apostle Joshua Selman

Righteousness, Peace, and Joy

1. Romans
   • Romans 14:17 – The Law of Love ( Link )
     • …¹⁶ Do not allow what you consider good, then, to be spoken of as evil.
       ¹⁷ For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
       ¹⁸ For whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.…
2. Galatians
   • Galatians 5:22 – Living By The Spirit ( Link )
     • ²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
       ²³ gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.…

 

Revealed Vipers

1. Acts
   • Acts 28:3 – Ashore on Malta
     • …² The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. They kindled a fire and welcomed all of us because it was raining and cold.
       ³ Paul gathered a bundle of sticks, and as he laid them on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself to his hand.
       ⁴ When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”…

 

Restoration from Captivity

1. Psalm
   • Psalm 126:1 – The Lord has done great things
     • …¹ When the Lord restored the captivity of Zion.

 

Teaching

SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT IS A MAJOR KEY TO EXEMPTION FROM EVIL – Apostle Joshua Selman

1. End Times
   • If you use physical eyes in these end times, you will call many good things bad; and many bad things good
   • Even darkness from afar looks like light
   • It is a risk to trust your senses and impulses alone in these end time
2. Discernment At Work
   • Discernment to collect and when to know to say thank you
   • Discernment to see a door open, and yet to say thank you
     • You have heard me say, even the prison door must be open, for you to step in and enter
3. Fine Tune Discernment
   • Word of God
   • Praying In the Spirit
4. The scripture states that manifestation of the Spirit is based on ( Romans 14:17 )
   • righteousness
   • peace
   • joy
5. Waiting on God
   • When the Lord tuned again the captivity of Zion
6. End Times
   • If you do not learn discernment in these end times, you will get in trouble
   • especially in regards to men and their association
7. Cases
   • Wrong Chariot
     • There are many people who got into trouble because they got into the wrong chariot
     • And, still others did well
   • Phillip
     • Look at the story of Phillips saving the Ethiopian eunuch
     • The spirit of God told Eunuch get into the chariot and open the scripture to the Ethiopian Eunuch
   • Jonah
     • Who is in your boat?
     • It depends on who is in your boat
     • If you share your boat with the wrong person, you will be in trouble
     • They lost so many things and Jonah was sleeping
     • Instead of Jonah just confessing that it is me
     • Yet, Jonah was fast asleep
     • They were casting lost and he was seeing the lots being cast
     • Yet, he still kept quiet
     • Till the lot fell on him
     • You can imagine that kind of a thing
8. Creating Havoc in one’s life
   • These various spirits can harm/ruin your life
     • Wicked
     • Selfish
     • Foolish ( Stupid )
   • Differences
     • Wicked
       • A wicked person will be happy before and after
     • Selfish
       • A selfish person once used by Satan will then suddenly realize I have been used because of my selfishness
     • Stupid
       • A stupid person will be open to Satan’s manipulation due to his stupidity
       • His undiscerning
   • Come into your life
     • Selfishness
       • There are many people that will come into your life
       • They are not wicked
       • They are just very self centered
       • Satan can use their selfishness
       • Satan will still bring them into your life to cause the same pain that a wicked man would have wrought
     • Stupid
       • There are people that will come into your life
       • They are not wicked, they are not selfish
       • They just lack spiritual illumination
       • That lack of spiritual illumination will cause them to be used by Satan to damage your life
   • Use Cases
     • Selfish
       • Judas Iscariot
         • Judas was not wicked, he was only selfish
         • He wanted to make money out of Jesus
         • It still led to Jesus’ death
     • Stupid
       • Peter
         • Peter, on the other hand, was not wicked
         • He was not selfish
         • He simply lacked insight into deep things
         • He ran away when things got testy
       • Thomas
         • Thomas was not wicked
         • He was not selfish
         • He just needed to see it, before he believed it