Today’s Thought “Godly Virtues” G. Ward

 

“Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.” Philippians 4:8

 

Discerning what is godly should never emanate from what perceivably has been tagged morality. Morality can/will often be construed from cultural mandates and preclude every other authority as insignificant. These types of traditional values more impede authoritative (proven) positioning, even when factually presented. The Word of God is entirely authoritative and is without human prioritization (Ro. 10:13). Most value systems stem from it, to then be diluted from ideologies (cf. Deut. 4:2, Pr. 30:5-6, Rev. 22:18-19) that can damage any soul.

Spiritual Discernment is not the mystical practice exacerbated by our charismatic generation (i.e. speaking into someone’s life, interpreting dreams, etc.). It is and has always been the great opportunity from every believer to distinguish right vs. wrong in accordance to Holy God’s word (2 Ti. 2:15, Heb.5:12 1 Pe. 3:15,).

Happy Thursday!