Spiritual Perception and Discernment

Rev. denHartog is pastor of Hope Protestant Reformed Church in Redlands, California. My interest in this subject was stirred recently in connection with preparing a sermon on Philippians 1:9, 10. In this passage the inspired apostle of our Lord earnestly prays for the beloved church of Philippi. His prayer is an emphatic one, as is indicated by the opening words of these verses: "And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; that ye may approve...