When we scroll through the daily news, we're confronted with gloomy stories about a world

gone awry.

Just when we think we've seen it all, something else happens that shocks our senses and weakens

our confidence in mankind.

Most of the time we sit back in disbelief and wonder, why do evil people seem to prevail?

Today on Insight for Living, Chuck Swindall invites us to follow along in 2 Peter 2, where

we find a raw description of depravity.

Chuck titled this portion of our study, Disobedience Gone to Seed.

I've come to realize that a Christian without discernment is a lot like a submarine that

plows full speed ahead without either a periscope or sonar.

It's a disaster waiting to happen.

It's like a triple seven airplane attempting to land without any instruments in a dense

fog.

Believers in Jesus Christ should not believe everything we hear.

Listen to me, discernment is the answer.

I'm referring to skill and accuracy in reading character, as well as the ability to detect

and identify the truth.

It's the ability to see beneath the surface, between the lines, and correctly size up

the situation.

So important, discernment helps us recognize error whenever it appears.

The letter of 2 Peter reminds us in vivid terms that false teachers are ready and waiting

for anyone who lacks discernment.

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