Soul Discerment

Soul Discernment.....

The word soul is popping up often in my Bible reading.

The word soul. Used 537 times in the KJV, the first and last are.

Gen 2:7    And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Rev 20:4    And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

It's even in the next verse of our small group Bible study in 1Peter.

1Pe 2:11    Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

1Pe 2:12    Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

One of the most powerful is....

Mat 10:28    And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

It even came up in a blog I read today. This is a new blog to me, I can not vouch for other posts from this woman and her husband, who seem to be Christian Missionary Alliance CMA people. 

As always with bloggers they too may be misleading, but her message appears consistent with other readings I've been doing. But note, these are directionally opposite from the overwhelming trend of the visible church in this direction. I personally, a few years ago decided to turn from this line of contemplative thinking which I had been involved with for some twenty years. But I've seen it grow increasingly popular since then. And today is commonly accepted, taught and practiced.

Before reading the article, perhaps note the few too many verses from the Bible I've listed below. 

Btw...I had to write this twice...since it accidentally deleted before I published it.

Beware! Get to the Heart of Soul Care!

Beware!  Get to the Heart of Soul Care!

http://whputnam00.blogspot.com/2014/04/beware-get-to-heart-of-soul-care.html

I suggest reading these verses first...or better yet looking them up and studying in context.

We are also given these warnings in the New Testament.

Mat 7:15  Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Mat 24:11  And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

Mat 24:24  For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

Mar 13:22  For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

Luk 6:26  Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

Also Peter and John comment.

2Pe 2:1  But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

1Jn 4:1  Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Add to this a verse from Paul.

2Co 11:13    For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.

2Co 11:14    And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

2Co 11:15    Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

Note it is easy to fall into the trap Eve was tempted unto.

Gen 3:1    Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

Gen 3:2    And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

Gen 3:3    But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

Gen 3:4    And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

Gen 3:5    For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

Gen 3:6    And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

Easy trap to be right in our own eyes.....

Deu 12:8  Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.

Jdg 17:6  In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

Jdg 21:25  In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

Pro 12:15  The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

Pro 21:2  Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.

Discernment is hard.

Mar 13:22    For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

To see, to hear, to discern.....

Deu 29:4  Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.

Eze 12:2  Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.

Ears to hear...

Mat 11:15  He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Mat 13:9  Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Mat 13:43  Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Mar 4:9  And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Mar 4:23  If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

Mar 7:16  If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

Luk 8:8  And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Luk 14:35  It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Eyes to see...

Mat 9:30  And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.

Mat 13:15  For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

Mat 13:16  But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

Mar 8:18  Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?

Luk 10:23  And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:

Joh 9:15  Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.

Joh 12:40  He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

Act 28:27  For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

Rom 11:8  (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.

Rom 11:10  Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.

Rev 3:18  I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.