A Call to Discernment

Yesterday Pastor Emilio Ramos preached from 1 John 4:1 a message called “A Call to Discernment“.

As Pastor Emilio explained, we live in an age where it is still critical to have discernment, just like is was for John’s audience in the 1st century (Listen to the 1 minute clip below):

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Those who talk about discernment are often accused of not being loving, however Pastor Emilio explains how love and discernment actually go together (2 minutes):

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Knowing we have enemies from without and within the church walls we need to be a discerning people and not open ourselves up to heresy because it has real devastating consequences (2 minutes):

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The outline is as follows:

A Discerning Church is called to:

  • Caution
  • Evaluation
  • Expectation

You can listen or download the entire sermon below:

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