Jeremiah TiptonFounder in president of David Hernandez ministries

This Is Paranoia, Not Discernment

24 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this segment of his sermon, Jeremiah Tipton warns against a fear‑driven, paranoid approach to spiritual discernment that treats every potential threat as a demonic attack and demands absolute perfection from others. He explains that recognizing God’s love, protection, and the guiding presence of the Holy Spirit should replace fear‑based judgment. By breathing, calming, and trusting in God’s saving and preserving power, believers can avoid cutting people off and instead practice discernment rooted in love rather than terror.

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When you recognize that you're loved by God, you realize that you're protected, that he's watching out for you, that he has good plans for your life, that he intends on doing good things in your life, as opposed to the sky is falling, just around the corner is a demonic attack that if I don't see it will absolutely destroy my life within the first few seconds of having encountered it. These are paranoid approaches to discernment. And what it does— here's what it does— is it causes you to demand Absolute perfection from everyone around you, or you cut them off. The problem with that is you're not perfect. Calm down, take a breath, think about the love of God. Think about the fact that he protects you, that the Holy Spirit guides you, that ultimately he's going to keep you because he has saving power and keeping power. So don't judge based on fear, don't discern based on fear. Instead, the cure for this is the love of God.