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Tom Goka Discernment

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Discernment
I. Dilemma in church today
A.  Confusion, fears, doubts, chaos, anger, unforgiveness
B.  What is God’s will?  Who do I trust?  Where is God in my issues?
Why is everything so hard?  Am I supposed to judge; do I have to love everybody?
C.  right vs wrong; legal vs illegal; fair vs unfair; ethical vs unethical; truth vs lies;
good vs evil
II. Dilemma of Discernment (or lack thereof)
      A.  A major factor in the dilemma is a lack of discernment by the body
      B.  Discernment is expected of the mature body members (Heb 5:14)
      C.  If we discern then Eph 1: 18 = eyes of our understanding (heart) would
       be enlightened and we would know the hope of God’s calling and the riches
       of the glory of His inheritance and the exceeding greatness of His power
       toward us
      D.  Discerning is a sifting through, close examination, perceiving,
       understanding, scrutiny, discriminating deciphering thought
III. Tree of knowledge of good and evil {Genesis 3: 5-6} appeals to the soul
      A.  be like God
      B.  appealing to senses  (see, good to eat) and desirable to make one wise
        (so we can decide what is good and what is evil)
      C.  can’t trust feelings (Jer 17: 9) for out of heart comes the issues of life
        (Prov 4: 23)
      D.  Discerning meant to be spiritual.  If we use it in soul, we find ourselves.
        judging with bias.  In the flesh we are condemning
IV. To discern, we must trust in God and not lean on our understanding (Prov 3: 5)
      A.  vs 7:  not wise in own eyes
      B.  vs 13, 18:  find wisdom, gain understanding – tree of life
V.  Not discerning Joshua and the Gibeonites (Josh 9)
      A.  crafty vs 4
      B.  not discern 14
      C.  forced to defend and protect enemy; site of high place where Saul placed
  tabernacle
VI.  Examples of discern
      A.  Eli for Samuel (boy) who did not know God or His Word `1 Sam 4
      B.  1 Kings 3: 4 Solomon asks; 12 God gives; 16 Solomon puts into practice;
        exceedingly great understanding (4: 29)
      C.  Acts 16: 16 Paul discerns spirit of divination even though it spoke
         accurately
      D.  Acts 13: 9 Paul studies intently to realize the opposition of Elymas
      E.  Jesus realizes the entrapment (Luke 20:23) by hypocrites (Mark 12: 15)
        and perceived their wickedness (Matt 22: 18)
      F.  Nathaniel without guile (John 1: 47)
      G.  Jesus perceives people want to make Him king (John 6: 15)
VII.  Luke 12: 54-56 Jesus asks why we can discern weather and weather changes but not discern the time
      A.  Father gives Matt 11: 25
      B.  Priests teach Ez 44: 23-24
      C.  Word of God Heb 4: 12
      Spiritually discern 1 Cor 2: 14
      D.  Exercise senses, as mature Heb 5: 13-19
      E.  manifestation of Holy Spirit discern spirits 1 Cor 12: 10
      F.  Test spirits 1 John 4:1 for spirits masquerade as angels of light
        2 Cor 11: 14-15
VIII.  Results from learning to and actually discerning
      A.  examine everything and hold on to good 1 Thes 5: 21-22
      B.  Phil 1: 9-10 love abound with knowledge and discernment
      C.  Rom 12: 2 renewed, discerning mind prove good, acceptable, perfect
        will of God.
      D.  Prayer (from Phil 1: 9-11)
  E.  Song
Open the eyes of my heart Lord.  Open the eyes of my heart.
I want to see You.  I want to see You
Open the eyes of my heart Lord.  Open the eyes of my heart.
I want to see You.  I want to see You
To see You high and lifted up, Shinin’ in the light of Your glory
Pour out Your power and love As we sing holy, holy, holy
Holy, holy, holy, I want to see You.
Feb 2024
Roy Cypher, Teaching

Being Driven

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Join Roy Cypher as he encouraged followers about going through trails.

Mark 1:9-13
American Standard Version
9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John [a]in the Jordan.
10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens rent asunder, and the Spirit as a dove descending upon him:
11 and a voice came out of the heavens, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased.
12 And straightway the Spirit driveth him forth into the wilderness.
13 And he was in the wilderness forty days tempted of Satan; a
nd he was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.

James 1:

12 Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. 13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. 14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. 15 Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.

 

Roy Cypher, Teaching

The War by Roy Cypher

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REv 12:1 (NSAB)
1 A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars;
2 and she was with child; and she *cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth.
3 Then another sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven diadems.
4 And his tail *swept away a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.
5 And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron; and her child was caught up to God and to His throne.
6 Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she had a place prepared by God, so that there she would be nourished for one thousand two hundred and sixty days.
7 And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon. The dragon and his angels waged war,
8 and they were not strong enough, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying,“Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day and night.
11 And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even [e]when faced with death.

 

Online House Church, Teaching, Tom and Lalla Goka

Tom Goka Our Testimony

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I. Revelations 12: 11
A. One of three weapons for us to overcome the enemy
1. Blood of the Lamb
2. Word of OUR TESTIMONY
3. Not loving OUR lives unto death
B. A testimony is the equivalent of evidence – to affirm, support, prove
1. a means for us to rise above influences of our past
2. also to rise above our fears
3. provide hope because of what we know God can do
4. remind us what God has done and is capable of doing
5. along with not loving our lives to the death, testimony put to death the past (2 Cor 5: 17)
6. remind us that we are coming out of darkness into His marvelous light (1 Peter 2:9)
7. MOST IMPORTANT: to declare the Goodness of God
C. Testimony is not to promote us, what we did, who we are, our ministry.
D. Testimony need not be spectacular, need not be long, need not be historically detailed
E. 1 John 1: 1 in regards to our GOD – what we heard; what we saw; what we understood/comprehended; what we physically experienced

II. Testimony can be worship
A. Psalms 105
1. verse 1 …make known His deeds among the peoples
2. verse 2 …talk about His wondrous works
3. verse 5 …remember His marvelous works which He has done, His wonders, and judgement of His mouth
B. Psalms 66: 16
1. come hear (those who fear God) — this is to believers
2. I will declare what He as done for my soul
3. testimony to encourage fellow believers who fear our God
C. Psalms 40: 1-3, 5
1. verses 1-3 …is a testimony by David: David cried out to God, knowing God would hear, so David waited: God got David out of the pit and onto solid ground and ordered David’s steps; caused David to sing a new song, a declaration of what God has done lately, to praise God
2. verse 3 …David’s intent of giving this testimony is so many will see it and fear and trust in the Lord
3. verse 5 …God’s wonderful works and thoughst to us are too many to recount every one.

III.. Even Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon thought it would be good to declare the signs and wonders (including Nebuchadnezzar receiving much deserved chastening from God) the Most High God worked in Nebuchadnezzar (Dan 4: 2)
A. This entire chapter tells the prophetic dream of Nebuchadnezzar; its interpretation by Daniel of judgement on Nebuchadnezzar; and the fullfillment of this prophetic dream that resulted in Nebuchadnezzar recognizing the Most High God.
B. Nebuchadnezzar chose to give this testimony; one that did NOT promote him but humbled him to recognize and praise our God

IV. Woman at the well – John 4: 27 —
A. Woman’s encounter with Jesus moved her from religious and habitual behavior to realizing who Jesus is
B. She goes tell the men that Jesus knew what she was and did
C. She invites the men to come see this Jesus, could He be the Christ? (verse 29)
D. Many believed because of her testimony (verse 39)

V. Evidence for believers and unbelievers 1 John 1: 1-3
A. verse 1 …about the Word of Life (Jesus) what we heard, saw, comprehended/understood, and experienced in the flesh
B. verse 2 …declare the eternal life
C. verse 3 …we declare to you
1. to bring you in fellowship with us
2. our fellowship is with God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ
3. in other words, the word of our testimony is to bring you into communion with our God with whom we are in communion

VI. Word of our testimony
A. for warfare to set us and others free
B. for warfare while weary
C. for warfare through worship
D. for warfare for evangelism
E. for warfare be in communion of our Father God

VII. Something Beautiful by Bill and Gloria Gaither
A.Something beautiful, something good…alll my confusion, He understood.
All I had to offer Him was brokeness and strife,
But He made something beautiful of my life.
B. If there ever were dreams
That were lofty and noble
They were my dreams at the start
And hope for life’s best were the hopes
That I harbor down deep in my heart
But my dreams turned to ashes
And my castles all crumbled, my fortune turned to loss
So I wrapped it all in the rags of life
And laid it at the cross.