“Deborah’s Drash”
“Sitting at the feet of
Yeshua”
Today’s Date:
June 3
This Months
Theme – The Ruach HaKodesh and Pentecost/Shavuot
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Meditation
Verse
Joel 2:28
“And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my
spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your
old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.”
Quote Of The Day:
John G. Lake Apostle to Africa
“I can see…that there is
coming from heaven a new manifestation of the Holy Spirit in power, and that
new manifestations will be sweetness, in love, in tenderness…beyond anything
your heart or mine ever saw. The very
lightning of God will flash through men’s souls.”
Deborah’s Drash Commentary:
Now About Spiritual Gifts
Part V
The Gift of Discerning of Spirits
1 Corinthians 12:8-10
8 To one is given in and through the
[Holy] Spirit/Ruach [the power to
speak] a message of wisdom, and to another [the power to express] a word of
knowledge and understanding according to the same [Holy] Spirit/Ruach;
9 To another [wonder-working] faith by the
same [Holy] Spirit/Ruach, to another the extraordinary powers of healing by the
one Spirit/Ruach;
10
To another the
working of miracles, to another prophetic insight (the gift of interpreting the
divine will and purpose); to another the ability to
discern and distinguish between [the utterances of true] Spirit/Ruachs
[and false ones], to another various kinds of [unknown] tongues, to
another the ability to interpret [such] tongues.[2]
Very often these three
gifts work together
Word of Wisdom – Gives us the revelation of the mind and purpose of God
Word of Knowledge-Gives us the revelation of things that are now or have been
Discerning of Spirits-Gives insight into the spirit world as the Ruach
HaKodesh wills
Remember, Ha Satan is a counterfeiter, the occult, horoscopes, fortune telling
etc., are a perversion of the Gifts of the Ruach HaKodesh. He can not create, he can only imitate in
order to deceive, i.e. when people say they see ghosts, or have talked to dead
loved ones, what they really have been seeing and talking to are demons, but
they are deceived into thinking they have seen the ghost of someone from the
past, or have talked with a loved ones.
Fortune tellers get their information from demons also. A Messianic believer/Christian has no business getting involved in ANY
OCCULTIC PRACTICES, for they are an abomination to God.
2Ch 33:6 And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley
of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used
witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much
evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
Gal
5:19 Now the works of the flesh are
manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness,
lasciviousness,
Gal
5:20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred,
variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
Gal
5:21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness,
revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you
in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of
God.
That is why it is so important to understand the
gifts and workings of the Ruach HaKodesh and how they operate. All of these gifts are as the Ruach wills,
you can not manipulate these gifts, that is witchcraft.
This was what Simon wanted to do, he had wrong
motives…..
Act
8:18 And when Simon saw that through
laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them
money,
Act
8:19 Saying, Give me also this power,
that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
Act
8:20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money
perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be
purchased with money.
Act
8:21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in
this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
Act
8:22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness,
and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
Act
8:23 For I perceive that thou art in
the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
Act
8:24 Then answered Simon, and said,
Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come
upon me.
The Gifts of the Ruach HaKodesh are to bless and
help people and bring glory to God.
The Discerning of
Spirits
Definition of Discerning – Noah Webster Dictionary
Discerning
DISCERNING, ppr.
1. Distinguishing; seeing;
discovering; knowing; judging.
2. a. Having power to discern;
capable of seeing, discriminating, knowing and judging; sharp-sighted;
penetrating; acute; as a discerning man or mind.
DISCERNING, n. The act of discerning;
discernment.
Discernment
DISCERNMENT, n. The act of discerning; also,
the power or faculty of the mind, by which it distinguishes one thing from
another, as truth from falsehood, virtue from vice; acuteness of judgment;
power of perceiving differences of things or ideas, and their relations and
tendencies. The errors of youth often proceed from the want of discernment.
discerning.
1Co_14:29;
29 So let
two or three prophets speak [those inspired to preach or teach], while the rest
pay attention and weigh and discern what is said.[3]
Act_5:3;
3
But Peter said,
Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart that you should lie to and
attempt to deceive the Holy Spirit, and should [in violation of your promise]
withdraw secretly and appropriate to your own use part of the price from
the sale of the land?[4]
1Jo_4:1-3
BELOVED, DO not put faith in every spirit, but prove
(test) the spirits to discover whether they proceed from God; for many false
prophets have gone forth into the world.
2 By this you may know (perceive and recognize)
the Spirit of God: every spirit which acknowledges and confesses [the
fact] that Jesus Christ (the Messiah) [actually] has become man and has
come in the flesh is of God [has God for its source];
3 And every
spirit which does not acknowledge and confess that Jesus Christ
has come in the flesh [but would annul, destroy, sever, disunite Him] is
not of God [does not proceed from Him]. This [nonconfession] is the [spirit] of
the antichrist, [of] which you heard that it was coming, and now it is already
in the world.[5]
Rev_2:2;
2 I know
your industry and activities, laborious toil and trouble, and
your patient endurance, and how you cannot tolerate wicked [men] and have
tested and critically appraised those who call [themselves] apostles
(special messengers of Christ) and yet are not, and have found them to be
impostors and liars.[6]
It has to do with spirits, good and bad, it is
supernatural insight into the relm of spirits.
Example Isaiah 6:1
1 In the year of King Uzziah’s death I saw the Lord
sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the
temple.
2 Seraphim
stood above Him, each having six wings: with two he covered his face, and with
two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
3 And
one called out to another and said,
“Holy, Holy, Holy,
is the Lord of hosts,
The whole earth is
full of His glory.”
4 And
the foundations of the thresholds trembled at the voice of him who called out,
while the temple was filling with smoke.
5 Then
I said,
“Woe is me, for I
am ruined!
Because I am a man
of unclean lips,
And I live among a
people of unclean lips;
For my eyes have
seen the King, the Lord of hosts.”
6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand,
which he had taken from the altar with tongs.
7 He touched my mouth with it and
said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away and
your sin is forgiven.”[7]
Through the discerning of spirits, seeing in the spirit
relm, you could discern the risen Messiah/Christ. Through this super natural
gift of discerning of spirits people have been able to see into the spirit relm
and sometimes have seen Yeshua.
i.e. some people have seen angels, or Yeshua has
appeared to them, or they were ministering to someone to get them set free from
demonic forces, and they saw into the spirit relm the kind of demon that was
keeping the person in bondage. All
such visions would be a manifestation of the gift of discerning of spirits. To
discern means to see, or seeing into the relm of spirits.
In the spirit world there are Divine spirits, i.e.
Angels, and evil spirits, i.e.demons.
We also have the human spirit to deal with.
#1. Discerning of Spirits may be a vision as in Isaiah 6:1
1 In the year of King Uzziah’s death I saw the Lord
sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the
temple.
#2. The discerning of the risen Messiah/Christ –
Revelation 1:12-18
12 Then I
turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned I saw
seven golden lampstands;
13 and
in the middle of the lampstands I saw one like a son of man, clothed in
a robe reaching to the feet, and girded across His chest with a golden sash.
14 His
head and His hair were white like white wool, like snow; and His eyes were like
a flame of fire.
15 His
feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a
furnace, and His voice was like the sound of many waters.
16 In
His right hand He held seven stars, and out of His mouth came a sharp two-edged
sword; and His face was like the sun shining in its strength.
17 When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. And He
placed His right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid;
I am the first and the last,
18 and the living
One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of
death and of Hades.[8]
#3. The discerning of the Ruach HaKodesh –
Revelation, Wisdom and seeing into the spirit relm
It also means discerning Cherubims, Seraphims, archangels
or the host of angels or the discerning of legions, also discerning of the
human spirit, the good or evil tendencies in the spirit, or the power that is
evil or good that may be behind the manifestation.
A lot of manifestations in the relm in which we
live come from different sources, things that seem miraculous to us, actually
do not come from God. Ha Satan is a supernatural being also.
When the Ruach HaKodesh gives you this gift of
discerning of spirits it is for a purpose, and that purpose is always to help
people and bring glory to God.
We do not need discerning of spirits to know when
something is wrong. We should know the
Torah/Word of Yahweh well enough for ourselves that our inward witness, the
spirit within, lets us know whether a manifestation, teaching etc is of G-d or
not.
We are to be led by the Ruach
Romans 8:14
14 All
who are led by God’s Spirit are God’s sons. [9]
Warnings
This is gift, is not spiritual thought reading.
There are three kinds of spirits that we have to deal with.
#1. Divine
#2. Satanic
#3. Human
This is not psychological insight. It is not mental penetration, it is not
power to discern the faults of others.
This gift is not the power to discover the faults of others; that is absolutely forbidden in the scriptures.
Matthew 7:1-5
DO NOT judge and criticize and condemn
others, so that you may not be judged and criticized and
condemned yourselves.
2 For just as you judge and criticize and
condemn others, you will be judged and criticized and condemned, and
in accordance with the measure you [use to] deal out to others, it will be
dealt out again to you.
3 Why do you stare from without at the very
small particle that is in your brother’s eye but do not become aware of and
consider the beam of timber that is in your own eye?
4 Or how can you say to your brother, Let me
get the tiny particle out of your eye, when there is the beam of timber in your
own eye?
5 You
hypocrite, first get the beam of timber out of your own eye, and then you will
see clearly to take the tiny particle out of your brother’s eye.[10]
TO DISCERN A SPIRIT IS TO SEE THE SPIRIT, AS THE
RUACH HA KODESH WILLS, NOT AS YOU WILL.
THE WORD OF KNOWLEDGE OR WORD OF WISDOM REVEALS THINGS TO YOU, GIVES YOU
INSIGHT INTO WHAT OR WHY SOMETHING IS HAPPENING, OR REVEALS SOMETHING TO YOU
ABOUT A PERSON YOU ARE MINISTERING TO IN ORDER TO HELP THEM GET FREE FROM
DEMONIC INFLUENCE OR POWERS; OR TO HELP YOU INTERCEED AND PRAY FOR A
PERSON/PERSONS, MINISTRIES, COUNTRIES ETC. ACCURATELY.
Example
2 Kings 5:26
2Ki 6:16 And he
answered, Fear not: for they that be
with us are more than they that be with them.
2Ki 6:17 And Elisha
prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes,
that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw:
and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round
about Elisha.
Instance of the Operation of this gift
Acts 13:6-12
6 When they had passed through the entire
island of Cyprus as far as Paphos, they came upon a
certain Jewish wizard or sorcerer, a false prophet named Bar-Jesus.
7 He was closely associated with the
proconsul, Sergius Paulus, who was an intelligent and sensible man of
sound understanding; he summoned to him Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear
the Word of God [concerning salvation in the kingdom of God attained through
Christ].
8 But Elymas the wise man—for that is the
translation of his name [which he had given himself]—opposed them, seeking to
keep the proconsul from accepting the faith.
9 But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled
with and controlled by the Holy Spirit, looked steadily at [Elymas]
10 And said, You master in every form of
deception and recklessness, unscrupulousness, and wickedness, you
son of the devil, you enemy of everything that is upright and good, will
you never stop perverting and making crooked the straight paths of the
Lord and plotting against His saving purposes? [Hos. 14:9].
11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is
upon you, and you will be blind, [so blind that you will be] unable to see the
sun for a time. Instantly there fell upon him a mist and a darkness, and he
groped about seeking persons who would lead him by the hand.
12 Then the
proconsul believed (became a Christian) when he saw what had occurred, for he
was astonished and deeply touched at the teaching concerning the Lord and
from Him.[11]
Acts 16:16-18
16 As we were on our way to the place of
prayer, we were met by a slave girl who was possessed by a spirit of divination
[claiming to foretell future events and to discover hidden knowledge], and she
brought her owners much gain by her fortunetelling.
17 She kept following Paul and [the rest of]
us, shouting loudly, These men are the servants of the Most High God! They announce
to you the way of salvation!
18 And she
did this for many days. Then Paul, being sorely
annoyed and worn out, turned and said to the spirit within her, I charge
you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her! And it came out that very
moment.[12]
Peter had this gift
Acts 5:1-11
BUT A certain man named Ananias with his wife
Sapphira sold a piece of property,
2 And with his wife’s knowledge and
connivance he kept back and wrongfully appropriated some of the
proceeds, bringing only a part and putting it at the feet of the apostles.
3 But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan
filled your heart that you should lie to and attempt to deceive the Holy
Spirit, and should [in violation of your promise] withdraw secretly and
appropriate to your own use part of the price from the sale of the land?
4 As long as it remained unsold, was it not
still your own? And [even] after it was sold, was not [the money] at your
disposal and under your control? Why then, is it that you have proposed and
purposed in your heart to do this thing? [How could you have the heart to do
such a deed?] You have not [simply] lied to men [playing false and showing
yourself utterly deceitful] but to God.
5 Upon hearing these words, Ananias fell down
and died. And great dread and terror took possession of all who heard of
it.
6 And the young men arose and wrapped up [the
body] and carried it out and buried it.
7 Now after an interval of about three hours
his wife came in, not having learned of what had happened.
8 And Peter said to her, Tell me, did you sell
the land for so much? Yes, she said, for so much.
9 Then Peter said to her, How could you two
have agreed and conspired together to try to deceive the Spirit of the
Lord? Listen! The feet of those who
have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out [also].
10 And instantly she fell down at his feet and
died; and the young men entering found her dead, and they carried her out and
buried her beside her husband.
11 And the whole church and all others who
heard of these things were appalled [great awe and strange terror and dread
seized them].
Acts 8:23
23 For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and
in a bond forged by iniquity [to fetter souls]. [Isa. 58:6].[13]
Last Day Demons – Ha Satan’s purpose is not only to
torment and afflict his victims, but to use them as tools to oppose the Gospel
and to deceive.
1 Timothy 4:1
BUT THE [Holy] Spirit distinctly and
expressly declares that in latter times some will turn away from the faith, giving attention to deluding and seducing spirits and
doctrines that demons teach,[14]
11 Thessalonians 2:9-10
9 The coming [of the lawless one, the
antichrist] is through the activity and working of Satan and will be
attended by great power and with all sorts of
[pretended] miracles and signs and delusive marvels—[all of them] lying
wonders—
10 And by unlimited seduction to evil and with all
wicked deception for those who are perishing (going to perdition) because they did not welcome the Truth but
refused to love it that they might be saved.[15]
Revelation 13:14
14 And because of the signs (miracles) which he is allowed
to perform in the presence of the [first] beast, he deceives
those who inhabit the earth, commanding them to erect a statue (an image)
in the likeness of the beast who was wounded by the [small] sword and still
lived. [Deut. 13:1–5].[16]
Revelation 16:14
14
For really
they are the spirits of demons that perform signs (wonders, miracles). And they go forth to the rulers and
leaders all over the world, to gather them together for war on the great day of
God the Almighty.[17]
Do you know how they train people to know a
counterfeit bill from a real bill (money), the person is trained to know the
real bill (money) so well, every line and detail, that he is able to spot a
counterfeit immediately, he knows immediately what is real and what is
fake.
It is our responsibility to know the Torah/Word of
G-d so well and the Gifts and operations of His Ruach HaKodesh that we will not
be able to be deceived by Ha Satan and his counterfeits but unmask them so
people can be set free.
Bonus: Prayers of The Bible – Prayers of the
Israelite Leaders
1 Samuel 2:1-10
Torah Nuggets:[i]
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Halacha – The Way One Walks or Goes- Derived from
the Hebrew word “Halakh” which means “To Walk”. The Way to follow the Torah/Word of God.
In this weeks Torah Portion, what is God
saying to me today about my walk with Him?
How can I apply this Torah Portion with
my walk with Yeshua this week?
Bible Study Nuggets From Daily Bible Reading:
Golden Nuggets From Gods Word: (Write
the Revelations and Insights you have received from Him today)
Word from the Lord (Write out verse, quote
or anything that was spoken to you by the Ruach HaKodesh/The Holy Spirit.
Today I
will…. (write down how you will apply what the Lord has spoken to your heart
through His Holy Word to your daily walk with Him in your Journal.)
Worship Time - Psalm
100:4 “I will adore you Adonai” Put in your favorite Worship CD or Tape and Praise
Adonai-See Amidah #1-4 Below and Shema
Waiting Time - Psalm 62:5
– I will wait in Your presence and surrender my thoughts to you! Clear your
mind of the clutter and focus on Ha Shem.
See below for Personal Word Confessions to build up your Faith and
Spirit and to plant the Word in Your Heart
Intercession Time –Ezekial
22:30-31 I will stand in the Gap for
the world and for others as Yeshua is doing for us as our High Priest at the
right hand of The Father
31 Day Cycle of Prayer for the World…(Use a
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Amidah #11-12, 14-17 Below
1 Timothy 2:1 1 First
of all, then, I counsel that petitions, prayers, intercessions and
thanksgivings be made for all human beings, 2 Including kings and
all in positions of prominence; so that we may lead quiet and peaceful lives,
being godly and upright in everything. 3 This is what God, our
deliverer, regards as good; this is what meets his approval.[18]
President,
Government Leaders, Family, Friends, Church, Ministers, Spouse, Children,
Ministries, Schools, Salvation, Missions, World Revival – See 40 Day Prayer
Focus Below
Petition Time – My Abba
Father hears me when I pray and answers when I pray in faith/trust and
according to His Word. Write down personal petitions for today. See Amidah #7-8 Below
Watching
Time – Colossians 4:2a – I will
keep watch in the spirit and be alert to what & who I need to pray
for. See
Amdiah #13
Prayer Alert: Today
Adonai has specifically laid these people upon my heart to pray for: Write it
down in your Prayer Journal
Listening Time: Psalm
85:8 Write down what Ruach HaKodesh/The Holy Spirit has revealed to you today
in Prayer.
Praise, Waiting, Confession, Singing,
Watching, Intercession, Petition, Thanksgiving, Devotions, Meditation,
Listening and Praise
Suggested Prayer
Books: Prayer’s That Avail Much Volumes
1,2 and 3 by Germain Copeland[ii] and The Artscroll Seder Series[iii].
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Messiah Volume 1, 2 and 3 Avi Ben Mordachi
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Restoring the Two Houses of Israel- Eddie Chumney
The Feasts of Messiah – Eddie Chumney
Who is The Bride of Christ-Eddie Chumney
Who is Israel – Angus and Batya Wooten
Restoring Israels Kingdom – Angus and Batya Wooten
First Fruits of Zion – Torah Club Volume 1,2,3, 4
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[1] An excellent Torah Devotional is the Walk Series, Walk Genesis, Walk Exodus, Walk Leviticus, Walk Number, Walk Deuteronomy , by Jeffery Enoch Feinberg, PHD by Lederer Books, a division of Messianic Jewish Publishers. Easy to read, with Hebrew nuggets, and illustrations. Also FFOZ Torah Club is a more detailed study, and worth enrolling for.
[2]The Amplified New Testament, (La Habra CA: The Lockman
Foundation) 1999.
[3]The Amplified New Testament, (La Habra CA: The Lockman
Foundation) 1999.
[4]The Amplified New Testament, (La Habra CA: The Lockman
Foundation) 1999.
[5]The Amplified New Testament, (La Habra CA: The Lockman
Foundation) 1999.
[6]The Amplified New Testament, (La Habra CA: The Lockman
Foundation) 1999.
[7]The New American Standard
Bible, 1995 Update, (La Habra, California: The Lockman Foundation) 1996.
[8]The New American Standard
Bible, 1995 Update, (La Habra, California: The Lockman Foundation) 1996.
[9]The Jewish New Testament, (Clarksville, MD: Jewish
New Testament Publications) 1996.
[10]The Amplified New Testament, (La Habra CA: The Lockman
Foundation) 1999.
[11]The Amplified New Testament, (La Habra CA: The Lockman
Foundation) 1999.
[12]The Amplified New Testament, (La Habra CA: The Lockman
Foundation) 1999.
[13]The Amplified New Testament, (La Habra CA: The Lockman
Foundation) 1999.
[14]The Amplified New Testament, (La Habra CA: The Lockman
Foundation) 1999.
[15]The Amplified New Testament, (La Habra CA: The Lockman
Foundation) 1999.
[16]The Amplified New Testament, (La Habra CA: The Lockman
Foundation) 1999.
[17]The Amplified New Testament, (La Habra CA: The Lockman
Foundation) 1999.
[18]The Jewish New Testament, (Clarksville, MD: Jewish
New Testament Publications) 1996.
[i] An excellent Messianic Jewish Devotional called The Walk Series, Walk Genesis, Walk Exodus, Walk Leviticus, Walk Numbers and Walk Deuteronomy by Jeffery Enoch Feinburg, PhD. Published by Lederer Books Messianic Jewish Publishers is a wonderful Daily Devotional to use for studying Torah, along with FFOZ Torah Club which is more detailed. Both will give you additional insights into Torah.
[ii] This book is filled with Scripture Prayers to help you pray the Word – Harrison House Publishers, Germaine Copeland –Available in any Christian Book Store
[iii] You can order The Art Scroll Seder Series through Amazon. Com or First Fruits of Zion