Bjcorbin's Blog

In speaking to the religious establishment of His time, Jesus lamented their inability to “discern the signs of the times”.  In the book of Isaiah (5:13) it speaks of God’s people going into exile due to their lack of understanding and in Hosea (4:6) it says that God’s people perish for their lack of knowledge (understanding).  As a people who live in what has ironically been called “The Information Age”, I believe that we need to move beyond simply having the information, to a place of understanding and discernment.  To that end, I felt led to share this list of distinctions that could be important.

The people of God must understand (or discern) the difference between:

Resting and slumber

Remorse and repentance

An experience and an encounter

Ritual and relationship

Peace and quiet

Pleasure and joy

Abundance and prosperity

Imagination and inspiration

Brokenness and depression

Being discerning and being critical

Being called and being commissioned

A visitation and a habitation

Tolerance and forgiveness

Spirituality & Christianity

Believing and trusting

Justice and mercy

Personality and anointing

Association and brotherhood

Information and understanding

A gesture and a commitment

The sin and the sinner

Petition and prayer

A wish and a hope

Affection and intimacy

Favor and good fortune

A blessing and comfort

Fellowship and friendship

Confidence and presumption

Knowledge and wisdom

Admiration and adoration

Reverence and submission

Humility and low self esteem

Cooperation and covenant

Grace and compromise

Ideas and revelation

Adrenaline and passion

Goals and covetousness

Being an heir and being a son (or daughter)

What is pleasing to the flesh and what is pleasing to the Spirit

A Savior and a Lord