HOMEWORK 8, DISCERNING SPIRITS

Name _________________________

Directions: Please either print or copy and paste to a Word Document the following questions and then answer them. Answer them from the assigned reading.

1. Discerning of spirits can test whether prophecy is coming from God or not.

True   False

2. Discerning of spirits only works on bad spirits.

True   False

3. Men have seen God by discerning of spirits.

True   False

4. The vision seen by Elisha's servant was a discerning of spirits.

True   False

5. All miraculous, supernatural things that people experience comes from God.

True   False

6. God is not concerned about our involvement with familiar spirits.

True   False

7. We can discern spirits through the word of God.

True   False

8. The word of God is the best criteria for judging spiritual things.

True   False

9. We need the gift of discerning of spirits _.

A. To help expose false ministries

B. To discern the angel of light

C. To discern demons

D. All of the above

E. None of the above

10. Discerning of spirits is psychological knowledge used to test people’s minds. True   False

11. No one thinks tongues are emotional. True   False

12. Tongues are not a devotional gift. 

True   False

13. There is a public ministry of tongues but not private tongues.

True   False

14. Diverse tongues are supernatural utterances in a known language. 

True   False

15. Speaking in tongues is the same as the gift of tongues.

True   False

16. Paul believed and received tongues as his private devotional gift.

True   False

17. Interpretation of tongues is ability to know and give meaning to a message in tongues. 

True   False

18. Interpretation of tongues is actually a translation of tongues.

True   False

19. The interpreter of tongues always has knowledge of the message whether moving in faith or not.

True   False

20. The length of time speaking in tongues and the interpretation should always be about the same.

True   False