Thematic Bible: Discerning
Thematic Bible
Discerning » Discerning the times
Learn the lesson taught by the fig tree. As soon as its branches are full of sap, and it is bursting into leaf, you know that summer is near. And so may you, as soon as you see all these things, know that he is at your doors. I tell you, even the present generation will not pass away, till all these things have taken place.
Learn the lesson taught by the fig-tree. As soon as its branches are full of sap, and it is bursting into leaf, you know that summer is near. And so may you, as soon as you see these things happening, know that he is at your doors. I tell you that even the present generation will not pass away, until all these things have taken place.
And to the people Jesus said: "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once 'There is a storm coming,' and come it does. And when you see that the wind is in the south, you say 'It will be burning hot,' and so it proves. Hypocrites! You know how to judge of the earth and the sky; how is it, then, that you cannot judge of this time?
Then he taught them a lesson thus-- "Look at the fig tree and all the other trees. As soon as they shoot, you know, as you look at them, without being told, that summer is near. And so may you, as soon as you see these things happening, know that the Kingdom of God is near. read more.
I tell you that even the present generation will not pass away till all has taken place.
I tell you that even the present generation will not pass away till all has taken place.
Discerning » Who discerns
But 'solid food' is for Christians of mature faith--those whose faculties have been trained by practice to distinguish right from wrong.
Discerning » What is spiritually discerned
The merely intellectual man rejects the teaching of the Spirit of God; for to him it is mere folly; he cannot grasp it, because it is to be understood only by spiritual insight.
Discerning » What is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart
God's Message is a living and active power, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing its way till it penetrates soul and spirit--not the joints only but the very marrow--and detecting the inmost thoughts and purposes of the mind.