As followers of Christ, we need to be vigilant in testing what we hear from any Bible teacher.

To accept instruction from a voice of authority without validation from the Scriptures, can

be a recipe for disaster.

Today, on Insight for Living, Chuck Swindall presents message number two in his teaching

series called, Growing Deep in the Christian Life.

In this study, we'll be reminded that the perfect ingredients for a wholesome biblical meal

always include sound scriptural doctrine.

And that requires a personal working knowledge of God's Word and a measure of sensitivity.

Our lives can become too dimensional if we're not careful.

Avoid of depth and color and excitement.

And that makes us unhealthy and imbalanced, rather than vital in whole.

This often happens if we acquire knowledge without also gaining the depth of discernment.

The Bible gives us an inspired recipe for a balanced, healthy approach to life that requires

a cup of discernment mixed in well with biblical knowledge.

There are many negative and positive examples in the Scriptures, and we'll be looking

at several.

But the church members in Berea had the right attitude.

They were a positive example of mixing discernment with biblical knowledge.

Let me read a couple of verses for you from Acts 17 out of the Amplified Bible.

Acts 17 verses 11 and 12.

Now these Jews in Berea were better disposed and more noble than those in Thessalonica, for

they were entirely ready and accepted and welcomed the message concerning the attainment through

...