Acting as a spiritual referee

Acts 13:9-12 (AMP)But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with and controlled by the Holy Spirit, looked steadily at [Elymas]10 And said, You master in every form of deception and recklessness, unscrupulousness, and wickedness, you son of the devil, you enemy of everything that is upright and good, will you never stop perverting and making crooked the straight paths of the Lord and plotting against His saving purposes?11And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind, [so blind that you will be] unable to see the sun for a time. Instantly there fell upon him a mist and a darkness, and he groped about seeking persons who would lead him by the hand.12Then the proconsul believed (became a Christian) when he saw what had occurred, for he was astonished and deeply touched at the teaching concerning the Lord and from Him.

Paul was not a man who would speak out of his flesh or understanding. He was a man who spoke under the authority of the Holy Spirit. As you can see in Acts 13 verse 9, scripture says, he was filled and controlled by the Holy Spirit. Then the Holy Spirit speaking through Paul said, "You master in every form of deception and recklessness, unscrupulousness, and wickedness, you son of the devil, you enemy of everything that is upright and good, will you never stop perverting and making crooked the straight paths of the Lord and plotting against His saving purposes?11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind, [so blind that you will be] unable to see the sun for a time."

Are Christians allowed to say such things against other professing Christians, ministry, or other people? Are we allowed to call people masters of deception, recklessness, wickedness, son of the devil, false prophet and/or the enemy? When we do observe people saying such things the MOST IMPORTANT thing you must discern is whether they speaking out of their own flesh or under the control and AUTHORITY of the Holy Spirit as Paul had. 

I see many people speak against ministries or individual ministries using Facebook as their venue. They speak against the charismatic movement. I am not saying the charismatic movement is all good or bad but those who are not even spiritual speak against what they do not know. I see so many attempting to teach and they DO NOT HAVE or BEEN GIVEN THE AUTHORITY TO TEACH. 

Moreover, on the flip side, what if someone had spoken against Paul when he had said such things. Then that person would actually be speaking against the Holy Spirit. 

It can be dangerous either way if a person continues to speak out of their authority or to judge a matter in their flesh. Therefore, it may better to stay neutral if you do not know instead of reacting in the flesh and with one's emotions. Many people on Facebook, in real life, or on the internet need to be spiritually feeding themselves instead of trying to feed other people for their own glory. 

Learn to discern brethren instead of acting as a referee. Many Christians do not even have the authority to be a referee. I say this for your own benefit. 

Fire of God
From part of our previous note revised
Steve Yong Kim