Please, if by any chance, times and times in
your life, you still question God's calling upon
your life. Please speak to any of the pastors.
If sometimes you feel you are not called, if
any of such thoughts comes to you, please speak
to any of the pastors. They will guide you in
divine understanding. They will guide you in
divine understanding. If by any chance as well
you have been trusting God to walk in the gifts
of the Spirit, and doubts are arising or you
are exercising and it looks like it's not functioning,
please also talk to any of the pastors. I believe
that there will be laying of hands for impactation
much more so that we can be able to work in these
things in abundance. Hallelujah. All right, so
let's continue from where we stopped. Let's continue
from where we stopped. Thank you, Jesus. Thank
you, Holy Ghost. Thank you, Holy Ghost. Thank
you, Holy Ghost. All right. John chapter 16,
where we were before we started. John chapter
16. I said that there are things we have accredited
to the Holy Ghost, but it's not what the Holy
Ghost do. Because we did not quite pay sufficient
attention, right? We did not pay sufficient attention
to what? To scriptures, right? We didn't pay
sufficient attention to it. So now that we are
paying sufficient attention, what does the scripture
say about convicting the world of sin? Does the
Holy Ghost convict? So that word convict is actually
electro. Electro, actually. I'll spell it. E
-L -E E -L -E G Eleg E -L -E -G C -H -O E -L
-E -C -H -O. Thank you, Holy Ghost. Thank you,
Jesus. E -L -E -C -H -O. And I've given us the
different variations, right? That it means to
shame. It means to find fault. It means to reproach.
It means to make people feel sorry for themselves
or feel sorry of themselves. I start again. Electro
have variations of meaning, right? Electro have
variations of meaning. And one is to feel ashamed
of themselves, to find faults, to reproach, to
make them feel sorry for themselves, right? So
this is the meaning. Do you have this translation?
Literal emphatic translation. Do you by any chance
can pop that up? And contemporary English version.
I want to see how these two versions give expression
to or explain this verse. Maybe because it became
very difficult actually. to find uh in type uh
what you call translations that actually render
it in a way that aligns with the communication
of that verse so it's a literal emphatic translation
means makes emphasis on the literal right a contemporary
english version contemporary english we want
to see if it pops that up so while you're looking
for that i've given the meaning so It means the
world, if we take this meaning, it means that
the Holy Ghost will be making the world ashamed.
The Holy Ghost will be showing the world its
faults. The Holy Ghost will be making them feel
sorry, which is incorrect on two bases, right?
I want to show us two bases by which such interpretation
would be incorrect. we head into what the correct
interpretation is. So there are two bases upon
which this is incorrect to say that the Holy
Ghost will shame the world. So first, the first
basis is just to look at the text like that first.
Okay? Please, if you find that contemporary English
version or literal emphatic translation, let
me know if you find it. You couldn't find it?
Okay, it's fine. It's okay. They are the ones
that actually gave something very close, quite
close to it. Right? So, yes, thank you for staying
on this verse. And when he comes, he will convict
the word of sin. So let's start. Of righteousness
and judgment. Stop there. Just this is a contradiction
in the sense that you can be convict of sin.
Now, can you also be punished and shamed for
righteousness? You cannot be shamed and punished
for righteousness. It means two things. Something
is happening there. They're punishing you for
sin. You did the right thing. They're punishing
you. You don't know what to do. Right? Of judgments.
So you cannot be convicted of sin. And at the
same time, you are convicted of righteousness.
Right? So something must have to be explained.
And of judgment. Now, go further. Let's see what
I say. Concerning sin because they do not believe.
Okay? Right? So, no, stay on that one. Concerning
sin that they do not believe. Okay, if someone
does not believe, we can take that. Now, go to
the next one. Maybe because of unbelief, they
will be shamed. Concerning righteousness because
I go to the Father and you will see me no longer.
To convict the word of righteousness. Right?
To punish them because of righteousness because
Jesus is going to the Father. He does not align.
Right? So to punish them because of righteousness.
In fact, the world does not have this information.
You have to give this information to them because
this was told to the disciples. Right? So it
means that there's something more. The last one
that talks about judgment. Okay. Concerning judgment
because the ruler of the world is judged. Right?
So it seems that there's a little bit of contradiction
here. So on the first basis is that the statement
itself does not align. to use shaming, the Holy
Ghost shaming, or to use shame, or to use punish,
right? To punish people because another person
is punished, right? So concerning judgment, you
want to punish them because it's like you want
to punish the world because the God of the world
is punished. So you want to punish the world
alone. You want to shame the world. So it's not
something that aligns. Now, that's on the first
basis. Now, the second basis is that it contradicts
the character of the Spirit. From Genesis to
Revelation, this statement contradicts the character
of the Spirit. And there has been no other part
of the Scripture that gives such a pattern that
the Holy Spirit punishes. Okay? So it contradicts
the character of God. Contradicts the character
of God. So where do we see The character of God.
John 3, 16 and 17. Let's see. Especially 17.
For God so loved the world that he gave his only
begotten son, his only son, that whosoever believes
in him should not perish, but have what? Eternal
life. Right? Verse 17. What did he say? Everybody,
can we read together? So God did not send his
son to earth to condemn the world. So can we
say shaming is condemnation? Yes. Convicting
someone is condemnation? Yes. Can we say that?
Yes. Finding reproach, making them feel sorry
for themselves is condemnation? Yes. So here,
foundationally, it does not align. James 1 verse
5. James 1 verse 5. I think we probably read
that. James 1 verse 5. Quickly, please. If anyone
of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God. Who gives
generously to all without what? Reproach. That's
another word for that convict. Reproach. And
it will be given to him. Say, God gives generously
to all without reproach. Right? Finding faults.
Pastor told us in most of our teachings, you
find fault is not something, God does not find
fault in man. He doesn't find fault. Right? All
right. That's all for that. John 5, 45. John
5, 45. I said, do you think? that I will accuse
you to the father. Do not think rather, do not
think that I will accuse you to the father. There
is one who accuses, even Moses, on whom you've
set your hope. Next. For if you believe Moses,
you believe me. For he wrote of me, right? He
wrote of me. So he's saying that I do not, Christ
is saying, I'm not coming to accuse you. Right?
I'm not coming to accuse. Accusation is found
when a man holds the law and does not see Christ.
That is when a man is accused. So it's in their
unbelief. But God does not accuse men. Also,
again, if you read John 15. From that verse 18,
and you read it until where it says convicts
the world, right? You will see that it looks
like a revenge. Oh, so when the world has dealt
with the believers, then the Holy Spirit will
now punish them, shame them, right? Since the
believer cannot do anything, hands over the world
to the Holy Spirit. Revenge is not a character
of God, if that's another thing you want to check.
It's not a character of God, right? But God takes
care, right? For example, we've seen that scripture
that says that he visits the sins of the fathers,
right? From one generation to another. And visiting
the sins, we said is that God is taking care
of the issue of sin. Hold on to that one, right?
Because that's the foundation that we should
have. So it means that God does not visit generation
to generation of sin, but rather from one generation
to another, forgiveness is made available. That's
what God does. If you use that and bring it here,
you will get it, the right interpretation. So
let's bring it. Let's bring this foundation and
just use it. on that basis to just check. So
he said he would convict the world of sin. First
of all, we have to change the word convict. I'm
going to show you why. I'm going to show you
why. It's because convict is elegatio, right?
There is a correct use or the right use of the
word or the right translation of the word in
2 Timothy 3 .16. 2 Timothy 3 .16. So 2 Timothy
3 .16. He said, all scriptures is breathed out
by God and profitable for words. It's profitable
for words and for reproof, right? Reproof is
elegachos. You just add S. That's the difference.
So the one that says convict is elegacho. This
one is S. How can the difference be two? And
this one means to provide sufficient evidence
pertaining a matter. It is not to shame. So the
doctrine is not for shaming people. Right? So
reproof here is to provide sufficient evidence.
So it means that the choice of words of the translators
must have been influenced by probably, you know,
like I said, they read the context and they gave
an interpretation to the context. themselves.
So, elegatio and elegatios, what is the difference?
It's the same word, right? The same word. So,
here, it says to give evidence. So, from here
now, we now know that that elegatio means to
give sufficient evidence of something. Right?
Can we carry this reproof and put it there and
say, reproof the word of sin, elegatios? Yes.
Right? So, what would that mean? What would that
mean? What would to reprove the word? Now we've
adjusted it to reprove, right? Some scriptures
use convince. Does anybody's version use convince
here instead of convict, right? Some people use
convince. So we can bring in convince too. We
can bring in reprove too, right? Because both
of them would reflect to give sufficient evidence
about the matter. Okay? So to give sufficient
evidence about a matter. So you should write
it down. Provide sufficient evidence regarding
a matter. To give enormous evidence of the core
of the matter. To give enormous evidence of the
core of the matter. Another one to add to it
is by that to establish the truth of the matter.
To establish the truth of the matter. So let's
go back to John 16. In this John 16, now we'll
now see. Let's now start beginning to work on
it. So nevertheless, I tell you the truth. It's
the advantage that I go. If I do not go, the
helper will not come. But I will send you. But
if I go, I will send him to you. Verse 8. And
when he comes, he will reprove the world concerning
sin. It will reprove. It will convince the world
concerning sin. Now, when an evidence is given,
right? When a doctrine is taught, let me give
you an example. When we come here and we sit
down, we teach doctrine, we explain the scripture.
What is the essence of it? It's for you to believe,
right? is for you to believe. When a doctrine
is taught and explained and explained. For example,
we're going to teach on speaking in tongues.
It's for you to believe it so that you don't
doubt it. Right? When we talk about the things
of the spirit, we teach it, teach it. So, it's
for you to believe it so that you don't doubt
it. Good. So, now, we can say that to give evidence
concerning sin. So, the point is, does it mean
that it would explain sin to them? No. That's
not what it means. to give evidence concerning
sin. The question is, what will be the truth
about sin when Jesus Christ resurrects? What
will be the truth about the sin when Jesus Christ
resurrects? That is, has been dealt with. Do
you get? So, the truth about sin when Jesus is
raised will be that sin has been dealt with.
That is the established matter at resurrection.
Right? So the established matter that the Holy
Spirit will give sufficient evidence to the world
about is that he will show them that sin has
been dealt with on the basis of Christ's death.
and resurrection. Don't forget the saying, I
will go, I will go, I will go. You must add that
I will go to the explanation of this thing that
is happening. So when I go and I come to you,
means I'm raised, right? The world will know
that I have given them victory over sin. They
just need to believe. Right? So the established
truth about sin at the resurrection is that It's
solved. It's solved. Right? And give them evidence
concerning righteousness that they can receive
it. So the Holy Spirit does not convict the world
of sin, convict, but convince them of what Christ
has done to sin. So the Holy Spirit will give
evidence, sufficient evidence pertaining all
Christ has done to sin. How he has made righteousness
available so that they can believe. Therefore,
the convincing of the word, the convince of the
word of what Jesus did to sin, right? Is the
appropriate explanation of the space. So the
Holy Spirit convinced them, explains to them.
What does he explain? He explains, what would
the Holy Spirit explain? So you need to write
this, add this to it. That the Holy Spirit will
explain the suffering. and the glory of Christ.
Please write it, right? The Holy Spirit will
explain the suffering and the glory of Christ.
The suffering and the glory of Christ. The Holy
Spirit will explain the suffering and the glory.
You know why? Because the world could not comprehend
that as a path to salvation. They couldn't imagine
that it is the death and resurrection of Christ.
that will bring eternal life. At that point,
it's only the Spirit that reveals these things,
right? The Holy Spirit will reveal it, will explain
it to them. Good. So, he said, I go to my father
concerning all of this. Now, how does the Holy
Spirit do this? How does the Holy Spirit do this?
Right? To an unbeliever, how does the Holy Spirit
convince them of what Christ has done? The Holy
Spirit, Convince the world through the preaching
of the believer. Don't forget chapter 15, verse
26 and 27. You will witness after the Spirit
has witnessed unto you. So it means that the
Spirit witnesses to the apostle, the apostle
witnesses to others, right? That is how the Spirit
witnesses to others. So the Spirit witnesses
to others through... Our witnessing, right? The
spirit witnesses to others through our witness.
So it conveys the word of sin, right? Regarding
sin by our preaching, by our preaching. Glory
to God. So the witnessing of Christ is actually
what the spirit would do. The witnessing of Christ
is what the spirit would do. Hallelujah. So we
have been able to go through that and all of
that. Now, how do we see this in the entire picture
of the Bible? Is that from Genesis as we check
across, right? From Genesis as we check across,
we see that it has been about passing this message
from generation to generation until the fulfillment
of it. And now that is fulfilled, we would carry
on. So what is God doing on earth today? What
is God doing on earth today? He's changing men
through me and you. The Spirit is changing lives
through myself and you. When we go to preach,
when we go to witness, right? And it's not just,
he said, signs and wonders will follow our witnessing.
So all of that is what the Spirit is doing on
it, walking through us. Hallelujah. All right,
let's go to 1 Corinthians now, teaching 1 Corinthians
12, to go into the gift of the Spirit, right?
The gift of the Spirit, much more. Just to highlight
something, because I know someone is thinking,
What about when I sin and something is telling
me that what I've done is bad. I've done something
very terrible. I don't feel good about it. What
is speaking? Is that not the Holy Spirit? Right?
Is that a question in someone's mind? Is that
a question? Do you feel that way when maybe you
do something wrong? Do you feel like, and you
feel very remorse? Right? I'm looking for Paul's
writing. What works and what functions in that
time, right, is your conscience. Paul will say,
if our conscience judges, he said, God is what
is greater than our conscience, right? It means
the Spirit is greater. Than your conscience.
So. When you are judged by your conscience. You
should go back to the spirit. To know what is
yours. In Christ. I just feel like you address
that. Okay. You will say. Paul will say. If our
conscience judges. Right. God is greater than
our conscience. Right. So when you feel. When
you feel sorry. Right. By your conscience. By
your morality. By everything. Your knowledge
is functioning. To tell you what you have done
is bad. When you come to the spirit. Do you know
what is yours in spirit? Forgiveness, redemption
by his blood, right? Grace to walk in righteousness.
So it's not, you know, it's not like the Holy
Spirit is the one convincing you. It's because
all the body of knowledge you have settled in
your mind tells you you have done something wrong.
You judge it. And when you come to the Spirit,
God is greater than all. You have to go in God,
in the Spirit, and you grow. Otherwise, that's
why, you know why people find it hard to forgive
themselves? You know, they do something very
terrible and they're like, I can't forgive myself.
I'm like, hey, does forgiveness even come from
me in the first place? You know, people do that
and you tell them, forget, you are angry. They
just feel down. It's because they don't know
the place of God. They don't know the place of
the Spirit. Because it's in the Spirit. Romans
8, there is what? There is now no condemnation
to them who are in what? Christ. There is now
no condemnation. You are in Christ. So that is
what you have to tell yourself. Come back to
what the Spirit says about you. Then your consciousness
would be healed. Did I say that? Yes. Your consciousness
would be healed. Your conscience would be healed.
Right? your conscience will be healed. There
is healing. There is healing. Alright, so 1 Corinthians
12, I think that's where we are going. 1 Corinthians
12. So to introduce, right, the things of the
Spirit. Now concerning spirituals, brothers,
I do not want you to be uninformed. You know
that when you were pagans, we were led astray
to mute idols. However, you were led. Therefore,
I want you to understand. So can you shout, I
want you to understand. I want you to understand.
Say, I receive understanding. I receive understanding.
So Paul wants us to understand things concerning
spirituals. He doesn't want us to be ignorant.
So we have to check one after the other. So again,
the word spirituals is nomaticos, right? Nomaticos,
and we had that before. And we can divide it.
We can divide it into two, right? We can divide
it into two. The pneuma there means spirits.
And the tiko there means the things. Means things.
Right? Means things. Concerning spiritual. So,
pneuma means spirit. The tiko there implies the
things. And it reflects in different ways. Okay?
So, first, things of the spirit. Right? The things
of the spirit. Right? The things of the spirit.
Things in the spirit. of the Spirit, things in
the Spirit, and things by the Spirit. Right?
Things by the Spirit. So, demonstration is by
the Spirit. I come to you not in the eloquence
of war, that is by the Spirit. Right? What we
are doing here, we are doing it in the Spirit.
This conference is In the spirit. Right? We are
in the spirit of God. The scriptures are of the
spirit of God. That is why the law is spiritual.
It's of the spirit. It is not away from the,
it's not something anti -spirit. The law is of
the spirit. It's given by the spirit. Scriptures
is of the spirit. Right? They are inspired by
the spirit of God. Right? So, those are the,
he's talking about the things of the spirit,
in the spirit and by the spirit. Right? Things
in the spirit and by the spirit. So those are
the things we're going to discuss. Now let's
go to a little bit to backtrack. Acts chapter
2 verse 38. Acts chapter 2 verse 38. Acts chapter
2 verse 38. And Peter said to them, repent and
what? Be baptized. Every one of you in the name
of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins
and you will receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
You receive what? The gift of the Holy Ghost.
Now, in this place, it's not talking about gift
of the Spirit. Okay? So be careful when you see
gifts, gifts here and there, gifts, you know,
you have to read it very well. Right? Gift here
means that the Holy Spirit Right? It refers to
the Holy Spirit, the gift cells, the nature of
the gift, which is to give freely. Like freely
given. Let me put it that way. It refers to the
Spirit is freely given. So, receive the gift,
the Holy Spirit. So, remove off. Right? Maybe
some of the off, off, off are causing so many
challenges. Actually, the off is not there. You
can remove the off. So receive the gift, the
what? The Holy Spirit. So the Holy Spirit is
given, is nature of it, right? Is given freely.
The gift there, right, is the word doron, D -O
-R, right? Doron. Which means to be offered freely,
to be given freely. The gift there is doron,
which means to be offered freely, to be given
freely. So the Holy Spirit is the gift. The gift
is the Holy Spirit, right? The Holy Spirit is
the gift and the gift is the Holy Spirit. All
right. Still under scripture, still under scripture.
So the giving of the Holy Spirit here is salvation
to them. So Peter just finished preaching and
they were... They were in unbelief. I said, okay,
what can we do to be saved? He said, believe,
right? And you will receive the Holy Spirit.
So, it's not believe and receive. It's actually,
you will receive the Holy Spirit if you believe
what I've said. And that's salvation for them.
Now, the word receive there, the word receive
is the Greek word, is the Greek word lambano.
L -A -M -B -A -N -O. Lambano. Lambano, which
means to take hold of what is provided. So something
is provided freely to take hold of it is lambano.
Right, you will see it used in Acts. Luke 24,
47, right? Luke 24, 47. I think that should be
it. We can confirm that. All right. So Peter
is teaching them, right? That the promise of
the father has been given. Therefore, they need
to receive it. They need to take hold of it by
believing, right? They need to take hold of it
by believing. And it's free. So they needed not
to do. anything than to receive because it's
free, right? It's a free gift. They needed not
to do anything than to receive. So let's go back
to 1 Corinthians 2 and continue on the journey.
Just wanted to clarify that and we'll proceed.
1 Corinthians 2. Now the next word we should
examine is actually the word ignorant. Right?
It's the word ignorant. It's the word ignorant.
Why we are examining it is because we need to
know you can identify your state as we are proceeding.
Right? You can identify where you are about your
belief, about the things of the spirit. Okay?
That's what this session, this particular session
is about. I want you as I proceed in explaining
step by step the things, identify where you are
and when the word of God comes to correct it,
You receive what? The correction, right? You
receive the understanding. You receive the evidence,
right? You receive the evidence. So this one
says ignorance. The word is A -G -N -O -E -O.
A -G -N -O -E -O. Which is to be ignorant means,
right? Ignorant means to refuse to recognize
actually. To see, but refuse to recognize. So,
to refuse to recognize things pertaining to the
things of the Spirit. So, a believer can be saved
and refuse to recognize the things pertaining
to the Spirit. My scripture is uninformed there,
but I think ignorance stays. So, you can be a
believer and you are ignorant. You don't know
it. You even see it. But you say, no, it does
not exist. Right? You say, no, these things don't
exist. So that is ignorance. So he's telling
them, don't be ignorant about these things. Of
course, this church, their issue is not even
not knowing because they came out superb in all
gifts, right? But they had a problem with regards
to how the conduct of the Spirit. So the word
is to be ignorant. So a believer can be. So you
need to be cautious to take yourself away from
that. A believer endured by the Spirit should
not be ignorant of the things of the Spirit.
Right? A believer indwelled by the Spirit should
not be ignorant on the things of the Spirit.
Should not be ignorant on the things of the Spirit.
And that's what we are going through this teaching.
Now, it's a therefore, verse 3. Therefore, I
want you to understand that no one speaking in
the Spirit of God says Jesus is our cause and
no one says Jesus is Lord except in the Spirit.
Right? In the Holy Spirit. So here is laying
a foundation that first, Know that when somebody
says Christ Jesus is the Lord, it means the person
has believed. So believing comes. Then the gifts.
Believing. So just establish believing. Jesus
is Lord. You can add the scriptures here. Romans
10. I don't know if I'm moving too fast. Romans
10. You can add Romans 10 to that. Romans 10.
Let's see. Romans 10 from verse 9 and 10. You
can add Romans 10 verse 9 and 10 there. You can
put Philippians 2. Of course, in many cross references,
you will not find Philippians 2. Romans 10 verse
9 and 10. Philippians 2 verse 9 and 10 as well.
Philippians 2 verse 9 and 10. It's talking about
people who, say, who profess their faith in Christ.
People who believe and profess their faith. Because
if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is
the Lord and believe in your heart that God raised
him from the dead, you will be saved. Next. For
with your heart one believes and is justified
and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
Philippians 2. Therefore God has highly exalted
him and bestowed on him the name that is above
every name so that at the name so that at the
name Of Jesus, every knee should bow in heaven
and on earth and under the heads and every tongue
confess that Jesus Christ is the Lord to the
glory of the Father, right? The whole context
of that is believers coming to give glory to
God by coming into faith, right? They come into
faith. Good. So back to Philippians, back to
our key scripture 12. So ignorance, we've passed
that. Now we are in... Believing. So being born
again comes. So the moment someone is born again,
he can walk in the things of the spirit and should
not be ignorant. Should not be ignorant. So four,
verse four. He said, now there are varieties
of gifts. Yes. Now this is where gifts is. This
gift here is not the same thing as Doron. The
gift here is charisma. Okay. The gift here is
charisma. It means something that can be expressed.
Right? The gift here is the word charisma. It's
a diversity of gifts, diversity of charisma.
Something that can be expressed. So you start
with something that can be expressed. Charisma.
A supernatural endowment. You need to get this
one so that you would not... that the gift of
the Spirit is something that will be added into
you. No. As you have believed and you have received
the Spirit, as you are born again, right? Born
into the supernatural, it's inside. You get it.
It's inside the supernatural. It's inside the
Spirit. So, the gift here is supernatural endowments.
Ability given to someone because of where they
are, because of who they are, rather. Because
of who they are. Ability given to someone because
of who they are. So it means it is part of that
person. It's like your talent. It's part of you.
It's like your inherent ability. So the things
that we'll be listing are not things that are
strange to you. Are not things that you should
be looking for outside. They are things that
are within you and would be made available to
people through you. Do we get it? Right? So they
are ability inherent in persons. Two key things.
It is not applied for and it is not learned.
This will help you in praying in tongues. This
is what I'm saying now. That it is not applied
for, right? You apply to be trained, right? Or
learned. No. It is exercised because it's inside
of you. It's like someone, let me use very, let
me go into the natural a little bit. Physical
and useful. Someone that has big stomach, right?
Are they going to import packs and fill the place
up? No. The packs is there. It's just underneath.
So if you have big stomach issue, you have hopes.
You have some hopes if you got big stomach. It's
just underneath. You just need to work it out.
Right? So nobody's going to import it. No, it's
there. You just need to. So the things of the
Spirit, the gift of the Spirit is inherent in
you. It is there. You don't need to apply for
it. You don't need to learn it. You only exercise
it. It is in the exercising of it that you see
the great demonstration of it. It is exercising
of it that you see the great demonstration of
it. 2 Timothy 1, 6 -7. 2 Timothy 1, 6 -7. 2 Timothy
1, 6 -7. For this reason, I remind you to do
what? To fan into flame the gifts of God, which
is what? In you through the lane of hands, right?
So fan into flame, fan into flame, right? Fan
into flame that gift of God, which is inside
of you. Fan into flame. So it's inside of you.
So it's inside of me. It's inside of me. And
I give expression to it. Okay. So the Holy Spirit
is freely given. Therefore, the abilities, therefore
the gifts and the abilities in the Holy Ghost
is freely given. Right? The Holy Spirit is freely
given. Therefore, the gift and the abilities
in the Holy Spirit is freely given. It's freely
given. It is available. To all believers. It's
freely given and it is available to all believers.
So you have the spirit. Then you have the abilities
of the spirit, the gift of the spirit. Then you
can exercise it. You can exercise it. Nothing
is to come upon you before you give expression
to that which is inside of you. Now the next
word we need to check is diversities. Diversities,
right? Diversities. Diversities is the word diuresis.
Diuresis. I think this was the word that was
used in Acts chapter 2. Thank you. So diuresis.
It implies varieties and different forms. Varieties
and different forms. Numerous. More than one.
So diuresis. D -I -A -I -R -E -S -I -S. D -I
-A -I -R -E -S -I -S. D -I -A -I -R -E -S -I
-S. I mean, the word dia is already there telling
you it's multiple, right? It's multiple. It's
in versions. It's in versions, yes. So it implies
varieties, different, numerous. Therefore, the
gift of the Spirit are varieties, right? And
that is why it was the listing that followed,
right? After that verse, the gift of the spirit
are varieties. The spirit is one has varieties
of gifts. You will see that it said there are
varieties of gift, but the same spirits, the
same spirits, the same spirits. So can you pray
in tongues? Yes. Because you have the same spirit
in you. Can you function in the miraculous? Yes.
Because you have the spirit in you. Can you heal?
Yes. Because it is of the same spirit. That same
spirit. So, variety means it's not one. So, it
means that a believer can flow in tongues. Right?
A believer can give what? Interpretation of tongues.
Right? A believer can prophesy. Right? Yes. A
believer can give expression to supernatural
faith. You know? I think, I don't know. Someone
was telling me recently that there's somebody
that, I think it was Mariah, that someone has
a particular kind of faith. Like their faith
is so strong. I'm like, you know, it's by the
Spirit that is in them. We all have it. We give
expression. And I asked the person, I said, what
does the person do? He said, the person always
believe whatever comes by the Spirit. Just believe.
Whatever sees that. He wants the Spirit to take
over in a situation. He believes that, like,
just, the person goes beyond all the natural
and the physical things that happen and say,
no, this is how this thing will be. And the person
doesn't doubt. That's an expression. That's an
expression that allows it regularly, you know,
and people will not be saying, ah, this guy said
this thing, he believed it and it happened. Oh,
this person said, because they are giving expression
to it. So they are divested. So you can walk
in any of it, any of these gifts, right? The
walkings of miracles, The faith, discernment
of spirits, right? We can walk in these gifts.
So, the next one that we need to see is the same
spirit. The same spirit. The same spirit, right?
The same spirit. Don't forget this same spirit.
Where did we start tracing the spirit from? Genesis.
The same spirit. The same spirit. Now we come
to the gift of the same spirit is giving us.
Right? The same spirit. So he said, the same
spirit, right? The same spirit, the same pneuma,
right? The same pneuma, which is, of course,
the same spirit in John 14. So let's write, 1
Corinthians 2 .12, to emphasize the same spirit,
it reflects the spirit of God at work in us.
1 Corinthians 2 .12. We see that as the same
Spirit of God. 1 Corinthians 3 .16 It says, Now
we have not received the Spirit of the world,
but the Spirit who is from God. I like this,
right? The Spirit who is from God. The Spirit
who is from God. That we might understand the
things that are what? Freely given to us by God.
This is what we are doing today. We are understanding
the things that are freely given to us. By God.
Because we have what? We have received the Spirit
of God. Only the Spirit understands the things
of the Spirit. And it's the one that explains
it. So we have seen this. Now that's 1 Corinthians
3 .16. Quickly. 1 Corinthians 3 .16. Do you not
know that you are the temple and that God's Spirit
dwells in you? So the Spirit that is in the believer.
So not other spirits. Not something else. Nothing
external. So something from within. So when I
want to function in tongues, it's from what?
It's from within. When I want to function in
tongues, it's from within. I don't wait or sing
some song, sing some song, sing some song, wait,
sing some song, drum, drum, drum, drum, wait.
Then all of a sudden, I go unconscious. Ah, no,
it doesn't work like that. Right? It's from within.
From the abundance. of the indwelling, then you
begin to prophesy, you begin to speak in tongues,
you begin to do all that is found in that same
spirit. All right, 1 Corinthians 6, 17, the spirit
that brought us into union with Christ. 1 Corinthians
6, 17 to 20, actually. 17 to 20. But he who is
joined to the Lord become one spirit with him.
flee from sexual immorality. Every sin and person
commits outside the body, but the sexual immorality
person sins again in his own body. Or do you
not know that your body is a temple of the Holy
Spirit within you, whom you have from God? So
that same spirit is from God. You are not your
own. 20. For you were bought with a price and
glorified God in your body. So that same spirit
that is ours from God. 1 Corinthians 2 of 3.
1 Corinthians 2 of 3. The same spirit that we
receive from salvation, right? Therefore, I want
you to understand that no one speaking, right?
This is one of God ever says Jesus is a cause,
right? No one can say Jesus is Lord. It means
that someone who is saying, who is believing
Christ, believe Christ through the spirit, right?
They believe Christ through the spirit. So the
word spirit, the word same day is actually autos,
right? A -U, normal autos that you know, A -U
-T -O -S, right? It's autos. And it reflects
the same over and over again. You can just put
this scripture, Acts 2 .36. It's using also the
reflection of the same man, Jesus, the same person,
Jesus, that same Christ, right? So if all gifts
are from the same spirits and all believers have
the same spirits, all believers can function
in all the gifts. If all... If, sorry, if all
gifts, yes, are from the same spirit, right?
And all, if all gifts are from the same spirit
and all believers have the same spirit, then
all believers can function in all gifts. If all
gifts are from the same spirit, then all believers
that have the same spirit can function in all
the gifts. See this? It's one that will clear
us in many ways. All right. Let's see. So go
to 1 Corinthians. Go to just that same chapter,
verse 11. 1 Corinthians 2 of 11. 1 Corinthians
2 of 11. It says, but all these, okay, all these
are empowered by one and the same Spirit who
apportions to, each one individually as he wills.
We'll come to as he wills, right? It means that
this same spirit helps every believer to function
as they desire to function. Okay? So here we
always say that when people read it, they say,
oh, the spirit is the one that wills and decides,
right? So the spirit decides what it will give
you. Right? The spirit will decide. But this
is actually talking about the believer, that
the believer, right, is empowered by the same
spirit as a desire. So you can desire to speak
in tongues. You can desire to prophesy. You can
desire to walk in healing. You can desire to
walk in the miraculous. You can desire to prophesy,
to speak, to do all of these, right? You can
desire to walk in word of wisdom, word of knowledge,
discernment, as you will. Ask your will because
the Spirit is inside of you. So all this is being
worked in on. Now this next one is what we should
check. It said varieties of service, right? Varieties
of service. Varieties of service. Of course,
we already know what variety is, which is diuresis.
So it's talking about varieties of service. It
means that these gifts are given They are administered
in diverse ways, right? Varieties of service
means these give are administered in diverse
ways, right? Healing, word of wisdom, word of
knowledge, right? So if you are healing someone,
that is, of course, most of them, some of the
time they go together, but when you are healing
someone, right? There's a way you administer
healing. You pray in tongues, right? You prophesy.
So there are ways by which these gifts are administered.
Because the administration is the word diakonia,
which we know is ministering to people. It's
service to people. It's ministering to someone.
So you need to know how all these gifts are administered.
Now that you know that you have them in you,
you need to understand how they are administered.
You need to know how they are administered. You
need to know how they are administered. Another
word is the Lord, the same Lord, right? The same
Lord, we should check that as well. We've seen
administration, which I just touched upon briefly,
is diakonia. Diakonia means different ways of
ministering to people, right? Different ways
of ministering to people, right? Ministries.
So let's take the word, the same Lord. It's the
same varieties of services, but the same Lord.
The same Lord simply means, right? Same Lord
simply refer to the fact that we are in the same
family. We are under the same authority. We are
in the body of Christ. We are in the same family.
We are under the same authority. We are in the
body of Christ. You know, the same Lord, under
the authority in the same family, we are in the
body of Christ. So it's referring to the body
of Christ, right? It's referring to the body
of Christ. So, it's referring to the body of
Christ. If you read, how do we know? If you read
verse 12 of that chapter 12, It says, for just
as the body is one and has many words, members,
and all members of the body, though many, one
is it with Christ. Same Lord, same Christ, same
spirit. Verse 12 of chapter, body in the body
of Christ. So under the same authority, under
the same Christ, right? That is what's reflected.
So it means that nobody prophesying should prophesy
anything that is outside Christ. Right? It means
that anybody prophesying, anybody walking in
the things of spirit can only function within
that that is available in Christ. Right? You
function within that. So what you say, what you
prophesy, what you administer to people. is what
is found in Christ, right? Is what is found in
Christ. So varieties of administration, but one
Lord. One Lord means we all function in Christ,
not outside Christ, not outside the authority
of what Christ has done. The next one is the
varieties of activities, which is the word operations
in some books, right? Varieties of activities.
excuse me, varieties of activities, which is
operations. That word operation is important
because we are going to explain, right, the three
operations of the things of the spirit. We're
going to explain the three operations of things
of the spirit. We're going to see them, how they
function. It's actually enajima, right, enajima,
which comes from enagio, operation, E -N -E -R.
The varieties of activities, right? In other
things, it gives operation. So, E -N -E -R -G
-E -M -A. E -N -E -R -G -E -M -A. E -N -E -R
-G -E -M -A. Which refers to the active working
out of these gifts. Right? The active working
out of these gifts. How do you... How do you
function in tongues? What do you do when you
function in tongues? We do what? We speak. Exactly.
We speak. So you can also, you are murmuring
in tongues. You are still groaning. You have
not entered. You have not entered tongues. You
are still somewhere. You know, you are groaning.
Tongues, you must say. So that is how that operates.
That's how that functions. So how is tongue active?
It's active in such matters. It's energy. We
see that in that. So let's see. Varieties of
everybody. The same Lord empowers them all. Empowers
them all. It means everybody. It means everybody,
everybody is empowered. But before we go to this,
before I go to empower them all, let's talk about
the operations, actually. The operations is very
important. So let's write it down. How do we
function? How are we active? How do we work in
these things? How do we make them... So you will
not say that you want... How do you know you're
working in it? Maybe that's another way to put
it. How do you know you're working in it? How
to work in it? How are they active? How are they
effective? Right? So first, Tongues. Write it
down. Tongues, interpretation of tongues and
prophecy. Put them together. Tongues, interpretation
of tongues and prophecy. Tongues, interpretation
of tongues and prophecy. Are activated through
all trances. All trance. So we call them the
all trance gifts. So they are effective. By all
trans. You've never seen, you'll never see a
prophet that is keeping quiet. So you cannot
say you are prophesying and you're keeping quiet.
You'll never say, you'll not say you are praying
in tongues and you're keeping quiet. You'll not
say you are, you are interpreting tongues and
you're not saying anything. Right? So it's by
all trans. It's all trans. This is how we operate
in this thing. Right? So this is how we operate.
Now the next one is, Word of knowledge, word
of wisdom, and discernment of spirits, which
you have seen. You will see that those listings
started from eight. Word of wisdom, word of knowledge,
discernment of spirits. And scriptures will say,
test every spirit. You discern your discernment
of spirits. Word of knowledge, word of wisdom.
The assignment of spirit. We're going to teach
them in detail. We take them gradually. These
ones are called revelational gifts. They operate
by revelation. So there's a revelation granted
unto you to give a word of wisdom to a brother.
Then you give the word of wisdom. There's a revelation.
By the spirit, you receive a revelation. By the
spirit, you can tell which spirit is of God,
which spirit is not of God. By revelation, you
know. Word of knowledge, right? Things happening,
things taking place, circumstances around, you
know by the Spirit. You have not been there,
you have not been, but by the Spirit you know,
you have this knowledge, right? You have this
knowledge. It is supernatural. It is supernatural.
You can be somebody, that's why when we minister
to each other, what we do sometimes, we give
word, after we pray in tongues, right? We give
interpretation. Then we give word of knowledge.
Sometimes we perceive, right, people having problems
in different areas of their life and we share
with you. That's where you say you're having
this problem, right? And we give you the comfort
of the spirits. Sometimes it comes as, it comes
as word of wisdom, right? Word of wisdom, yes.
It comes at that. So we tell you what to do.
Okay, this is the circumstances and you tell
us, okay, sir, this is the situation I find myself
and that's true. Then do the simple word that
helps you out of that. Because all the gifts
of the Spirit are supposed to help you out of
trouble. They're supposed to edify you. We're
going to come to that. It is the word to profit
with all. Right? So, all these gifts is for profiting
of the recipient. Right? It's for the profit.
So, the word of knowledge and the sign of Spirit,
they are revelation. You see something. You know
something. It comes to your mind. you function
in it. The third one, the third one, which we
call the power gifts, the third one, which we
call the power gifts, they are actually workings
of miracles, workings of miracles, gifts of healing,
and gifts of faith. Workings of miracles, gifts
of healing, and gifts of faith. They are power
gifts, right? They are power gifts. They are
power gifts. So this is how they function. So
in this ones, right, of course you can, it's
sometimes, most of the time they walk with altruism,
but you're healing someone, you're laying hands
on someone and the person is healed. You find
someone in trouble and you're believing and having
faith alongside, holding their hands that they
will come out of this in faith in God, walkings
of miracles. So this is how they function. These
are the operations of it. So we have the three
different operations of the things, of the gifts
of the spirits. It's given to every man. Every
man. It means that every man has it. Every man
does what? Has it. Every man has this in them.
Every man has this. Let's go back to the scriptures.
Verse 7. It said, To each is given the manifestation
of the Spirit for common good. Right? So, because
of the way it follows the listing. Right? Because
that verse, It's followed by the listing of the
gifts. We assume it's actually demonstration,
but it's not demonstration, right? It's not demonstration.
It's phanerosis, right? Which is another word
to explain the indwelling. It's phanerosis. It
means to open up, to lay bare, right? To make
available. It's another phrase that expresses
the man. So, and you will see that it is manifestation,
not manifestations, right? It's not a plural.
Anyway, you see, at least within this context,
it keeps it as the manifestation of the Spirit
in a man is given for another man to profit.
It means for the benefit of another man. Why?
Because you yourself have received the benefit
of the Spirit. Therefore, All that will benefit
from you. Right? He said, for each is given the
manifestation of the Spirit. The revelation of
the Spirit that is in them for common good. Right?
It's given for common good. It's the same thing
as Ezekiel 36, 26. It's the same thing as John
14. So, it's only explaining that now that you
have the Spirit working these things. Right?
Hence, it is when you receive the Holy Spirit,
you walk in these things that I'm listing. And
it's saying that this list is for those that
will receive it. It's for those that will receive
it. So, is the manifestation right? Is it demonstration?
No, it's not demonstration. Let's go to demonstration
1 Corinthians 2 and see. 1 Corinthians 2. 1 Corinthians
2 from verse 1. He said, and when I came to you,
brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the
testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom,
right? For I decided to know nothing among you
except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. And I
was with you in weakness and in fear and more
trembling. And with my speech, my message, were
not implausible words of wisdom, but the demonstration
of the Spirit, which is power, so that your faith
might not rest. in the wisdom of men, but in
the power of God. My not resting words, in the
wisdom of men, but in the power of God. So Paul
is saying that, you know, as I preach the gospel,
right? In my speech, I do not come in just the
preaching of the gospel, but the preaching of
the gospel is followed by the demonstration of
the things of the spirits, which is powerful.
So here is actually demonstration. Over here
is demonstration. Paul is demonstrating. As he
is preaching the gospel, as he is explaining
to them, he is demonstrating the abundance of
the power of God. So is there demonstration?
Yes, there is demonstration. The reason why we
explain scripture like this is that we want to
use the right scripture to explain the right
practice. Do we get it? We try to use the right
scripture to explain the right practice, right?
So there's demonstration of things of spirit,
right? Demonstration of the things of the spirit.
Praise God. So it's given to every man, to prophets.
Now, this one is the one that's, I think we have
been talking about it for a while, but we need
to talk about it now. When you receive, when
you are functioning in the gifts, Right? When
you're functioning in any of the gifts, when
you're functioning in any of the gifts, you are
not ministering to yourself. Okay? You are not
ministering to yourself. You are ministering
to somebody. The recipient is the person that
will receive. Then somebody else will now come
and what? Minister unto you. That is why in chapter
14, it says, verse 26, When them brethren, when
you come together, each of you has something
to give. Do you get it? So everybody come because
we have something to give, right? This is not,
you know, they say we have come to a generation
where everybody comes to church to just receive,
right? You receive from your pastor. You receive
both financially and spiritually and economically
and politically and in all forms, educationally.
You just want to receive. Now minister to your
pastor, spiritually too. You still want to be
laid out on you. Ah, no, no. It doesn't work
like that. We all, when we come together, we
do what? We have something to give. He said,
each of you has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation,
a tongue, an interpretation. Let all things be
done for building up. We are building each other
up. Right? So it is to give. So I cannot say,
I want to minister to myself. Right? That's not
a practice we see there. Okay. So the recipient
is the one, right? That's will receive. The recipient
is the one, right? So the word profit with all
is some Pharaoh, right? Some Pharaoh. Some Pharaoh
is the word S U M P H E R O. S U M P H E R O.
S U M P H E R O. So when we begin to receive
teachings in this direction, we should know that
we want to some Pharaoh, right? We want to do
it. Give something to each other, common advantage.
So you must be prepared to give. Regularly when
you say the believers meeting, you must set your
heart. I'm going to pray in tongues. I'm going
to give an interpretation. I'm going to prophesy.
I'm going to walk in healing. I'm going to walk
in faith for my brother. I have the word of wisdom
regarding my sister. I have the word of all.
I have the signing of spirit. I discern for them.
I walk in the things of the spirit. This is how
you come. You don't just come. You have to prepare
your mind. You have to prepare your hearts. that
this is what you want to do. That is why he says,
as you will. He giveth every man as the man wills.
So the Spirit allows you to function in those
things because you have willed. You have set
your heart to function in interpretation of tongues.
You have set your heart to prophesy to someone
as you will. So, it is for the common good. The
common good there is used because you give me
and I give you. Right? That's why we hold each
other to. This is where the practice is, right?
We hold each other to. Minister to somebody that
the person must minister to you back. That is
the common good. That is the common good. Every
man that has believed the gospel can give the
things of the Spirit, can minister the things
of the Spirit. So, let's see. Other scriptures
that use the word the prophet without. Other
scriptures that use the word the prophet without.
We'll just write it down. We'll just write it
down. We'll just write it down. We'll do a few
little bit of practice before we go for break.
We'll do practice now. We have thoughts and therefore
let it be. There's more teaching coming. This
is just introduction to the gift of the Spirit.
So, Mediatim is introduction one and two. All
these things that I've been saying since morning.
It's just introduction. So, when Pastor Kirsten
comes, we'll take it up again. Alright, so. And
other scriptures that we can find some fair.
1 Corinthians 6, 12. Right? Everything is loveful
to me, but not everything is expedient. 1 Corinthians
6, 12. Right? 1 Corinthians 7 .35. 1 Corinthians
7 .35. 1 Corinthians 10 .23. 1 Corinthians 10
.23. All right, good. So this is actually, now
for demonstration of the spirit, can you write
this down? The demonstration of the spirit. Can
you write it down? Can I write the Greek quote
down? Then we find where it's used. Apodexis,
A -P -O, right? That word demonstration, which
is different from manifestation. A -P -O -D -E
-I -X -I -S. A -P -O -D -E -I -X -I -S. So this
is demonstration of the power of God. It means
that Paul was doing something that is visible.
Okay? Something that is visible. Something that
is observable. Something that can be seen in
the physical. Right? Something that can be acknowledged
in the physical. That's the demonstration of
the Spirit, right? Something that can be acknowledged
in the physical. So now we can see, right? We
can see after this introduction that the same
Spirit from Genesis dwells in us, right? The
same Spirit from Genesis dwells in us. We all
have the same Spirit and this Spirit functions
through every one of us. We can walk in all the
gifts, right? We can walk with, do we agree on
that? We saw that from the scripture. We are
under the same authority of Christ to function
and minister what is in Christ to each other.
Are we together? Yes, we can minister what is
in Christ to each other. We can minister. As
I minister, I minister to my brother for his
edification and somebody minister to me for my
what? Edification. Glory to God. Can we be on
our feet? Let's do this now. A little bit of
practice. A little bit of practice. Let's just
hold each other. Let's hold. Just pick one person.
Pick one person. Quickly, quickly, quickly. Let's
minister to one another. Now, I've told you the
gifts. I've told you the gifts. As you desire,
I want you to desire. I want you to desire. Just
hold one person. Hold one person. Desire this
gift. As you desire, the Spirit will give you
To function in these things, right? Let's hold
each other quickly. As we desire. As we desire.
As we desire. So we start. How do we do it? We
start by praying in tongues, right? We start
by praying in tongues, right? Ultrons. The ultrons
of tongues is supernatural, right? It guides
us to flow in what? In the gift of the Spirit,
okay? It guides us to flow in the gift. So when
you see that, when the message is preached, one
of the first signs is what? Tongues. It just
flows, right? It's the space of the believer,
right? So we will pray in tongues now and we
will minister to each other. So you know the
gifts, right? You know them in your mind. You
have the power gift, which is healing faith,
right? You have walking of miracles. You can
desire that and you can walk in it. We have the
Ultron's gift. You have tongues. You have interpretation
of tongues and we have prophecy in there. You
can desire that. We have revelation, word of
wisdom, word of knowledge, right? And the sermon.
You can have that. You have it in you. Rather,
you can walk in that. You can flow in that. Can
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