Divine Discernment

Ephesians 4:

12 For the perfecting of the saints unto the work of the ministry, unto the building up of the Body of Christ,

13 Until we all arrive at the oneness of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God, at a full-grown man, at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,

14 That we may be no longer little children tossed by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching in the sleight of men, in craftiness with a view to a system of error,

Today's Christianity with all its attempt to evangelize by all means seems to have a side effect. With the rampant multiplication of Christian ministries, only God knows who are genuinely of Him, many winds of teachings have polluted the Christian atmosphere. Even a new believer is surprised to see the unorthodox division in the Body of Christ, yet all divisions are serpentine in nature and subtly uses Bible verses quoted out of context or misaimed to meet one's personal and hidden ambition of being someone in the so called ministry of God.

A brother messaged me a clarification on the authenticity of the so called "prosperity gospel" so prevailing among Christianity today, especially on TV programs. That was a question to  be handled with care, lest I myself fall into the subtle trap of the enemy and turn out to be an accuser of the brothers, which was reserved for the devil. My simple and humble reply was such:

Though we are nobody to judge anybody, we must exercise our spirit to discern in the light of the word of God, of what is according to the Bible concerning God's word among men on earth today.

Any teaching that is not "For the perfecting of the saints unto the work of the ministry, unto the building up of the Body of Christ," as in Ephesians 4:12, is not healthy; it may not be wrong, perhaps, may be biblical and even spiritual, yet if they do not build up the Body of Christ, we ought to be careful.

Today there are thousands of preachers, teachers, minister and ministries, sorry to say, many of them missed the mark of God's economy. We do not condemn them nor do we condone them. We only look to the Lord for more grace that we be preserved pure and wholly for His divine purpose of building up of the church, the Body of Christ, the one New Man, that satisfies the Lord and bring the Him back to consummate this age.

That's why brother, we must be men of prayer, equipped with the healthy teaching of the Word of God and practice the fellowship in the church-life to build up one another for the Lord's testimony and build up the Body of Christ.

The Lord be your discernment. Amen

Considering before the Lord in prayer, I felt the need for more believers to be equipped in the word of God by loving the Lord and pursuing the word "That we may be no longer little children tossed by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching in the sleight of men, in craftiness with a view to a system of error," and "we all arrive at the oneness of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God, at a full-grown man, at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ."

Lord, reconstitute us with the purity of Your Word, and grant us Your divine discernment that we be one with You for Your divine purpose on this earth.