WEBVTT 00:00:01.159 --> 00:00:06.660 Welcome to NECF Sermons. Each message here is 00:00:06.660 --> 00:00:09.660 designed to uplift and strengthen you in your 00:00:09.660 --> 00:00:13.939 walk with God. Don't miss out. Stay with us until 00:00:13.939 --> 00:00:17.879 the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive 00:00:17.879 --> 00:00:28.719 right in. 1 Corinthians 12. Verse 10. To another 00:00:28.719 --> 00:00:31.269 the working of miracles. And to another what? 00:00:32.409 --> 00:00:35.729 Prophecy. Hallelujah. Praise God. So today, what 00:00:35.729 --> 00:00:37.530 we're talking about today to complete the part 00:00:37.530 --> 00:00:40.350 on the gifts of the prophecy is the gift of prophecy 00:00:40.350 --> 00:00:44.770 in the believer today. The gift of prophecy in 00:00:44.770 --> 00:00:48.030 the believer when? Today. Please, if you don't 00:00:48.030 --> 00:00:49.969 have a writing material, you can use your phone. 00:00:50.250 --> 00:00:52.250 There's a notes part on your phone. You can just 00:00:52.250 --> 00:00:55.210 take the notes there because these words will 00:00:55.210 --> 00:00:58.509 benefit you. Amen. So the church. It's not a 00:00:58.509 --> 00:01:01.909 place where you come and then do it like concert. 00:01:01.950 --> 00:01:04.010 The church is a training school for the believer. 00:01:04.129 --> 00:01:06.530 Praise God. The believer is taught the word. 00:01:06.730 --> 00:01:08.950 The believer is trained in the word of righteousness 00:01:08.950 --> 00:01:11.609 and in the word of faith. Amen. The believer 00:01:11.609 --> 00:01:15.010 grows and he is not only equipped, but that he 00:01:15.010 --> 00:01:18.650 measures up to the fullness of who? Of Christ. 00:01:18.849 --> 00:01:22.409 Hallelujah. Praise God. So when you come to the 00:01:22.409 --> 00:01:25.349 believer's training school like this, on a Saturday, 00:01:25.530 --> 00:01:28.870 on a Sunday, on a Wednesday, on a Friday. Come 00:01:28.870 --> 00:01:33.150 for lecture time to be taught and to be equipped. 00:01:33.230 --> 00:01:39.250 Praise God. So, we read 1 Corinthians 12 verse 00:01:39.250 --> 00:01:41.450 10. Let me read it again. To another, the walking 00:01:41.450 --> 00:01:43.829 of miracles. To another, prophecy. To another, 00:01:43.930 --> 00:01:46.510 discerning of spirits. To another, diverse kinds 00:01:46.510 --> 00:01:49.349 of tongues. To another, the interpretation of 00:01:49.349 --> 00:01:53.260 what? Of tongues. Hallelujah. So one of the things 00:01:53.260 --> 00:01:56.219 that we're able to establish that the word prophecy 00:01:56.219 --> 00:01:59.840 was translated from the Greek word prophetia, 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:04.980 right? Yes, prophetia, which is from the root 00:02:04.980 --> 00:02:09.979 word prophetio. Praise God. And the word prophetia 00:02:09.979 --> 00:02:14.240 or prophetio, right? The root word is to prophesy 00:02:14.240 --> 00:02:18.080 and prophesy means to speak forth. Hallelujah. 00:02:18.599 --> 00:02:23.080 Amen. If you have seen the documentary of Volcano, 00:02:23.219 --> 00:02:26.500 right? If you have seen the documentary of Volcano, 00:02:26.580 --> 00:02:29.840 suddenly there will be a crack on the ground, 00:02:29.919 --> 00:02:32.620 right? And then there is this molten magma that 00:02:32.620 --> 00:02:35.360 will do what? That will suddenly what? Erop! 00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:39.120 Hallelujah. That's the strength of that word 00:02:39.120 --> 00:02:43.780 prophetio, right? To bubble up with words. Hallelujah. 00:02:44.240 --> 00:02:48.860 To speak forth. With words. On the spur of the 00:02:48.860 --> 00:02:52.800 moment. And we say that to speak forth under 00:02:52.800 --> 00:02:56.580 the inspiration of the Holy Ghost. Praise God. 00:02:57.039 --> 00:03:01.719 So the source of our speaking is from who? From 00:03:01.719 --> 00:03:05.360 the Holy Ghost. So when I bubble with words, 00:03:05.460 --> 00:03:09.259 when I speak forth with words, instantly that 00:03:09.259 --> 00:03:12.039 inspiration, that utterance is coming from where? 00:03:12.219 --> 00:03:16.599 From the Holy Ghost. So the believer is a man, 00:03:16.620 --> 00:03:19.080 when it comes to the gifts of the prophecy, the 00:03:19.080 --> 00:03:23.159 believer is a man under the inspiration of the 00:03:23.159 --> 00:03:27.240 Holy Ghost, right? That will always speak. Speak 00:03:27.240 --> 00:03:31.240 what? The will of God. The mind of God. The plans 00:03:31.240 --> 00:03:36.159 of God. The purposes of God. So the believer... 00:03:36.439 --> 00:03:39.120 He's a man under the inspiration of the Holy 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:41.620 Ghost. Why the inspiration of the Holy Ghost? 00:03:41.780 --> 00:03:46.000 Because that is the Spirit he has received. Amen? 00:03:46.539 --> 00:03:49.560 Yes, so the believer has received what? The Holy 00:03:49.560 --> 00:03:52.840 Ghost. So the source of his inspiration should 00:03:52.840 --> 00:03:56.479 not be from another spirit, but from where? But 00:03:56.479 --> 00:04:00.360 from the Holy Ghost. So however, that is why 00:04:00.360 --> 00:04:02.659 the believer ought to be careful to be taught 00:04:02.659 --> 00:04:05.310 and trained. If the believer is not taught and 00:04:05.310 --> 00:04:08.469 trained in the word of faith, the believer can 00:04:08.469 --> 00:04:15.229 hear words from demons and still say them. Do 00:04:15.229 --> 00:04:18.069 you hear what I said? I didn't say the demons 00:04:18.069 --> 00:04:22.189 are inside him. Amen? I said he can what? He 00:04:22.189 --> 00:04:27.089 can hear words from where? From demons. One. 00:04:27.250 --> 00:04:34.269 He can also hear words from non -believers. And 00:04:34.269 --> 00:04:38.529 he will do what? He will speak them. So if the 00:04:38.529 --> 00:04:43.670 believer is not taught and trained, the reality 00:04:43.670 --> 00:04:47.529 and the source of inspiration can change. So 00:04:47.529 --> 00:04:49.910 what is going to happen is that he will despise 00:04:49.910 --> 00:04:52.470 the source of his inspiration, the Holy Ghost, 00:04:52.589 --> 00:04:54.930 and he will look for another source of what? 00:04:55.529 --> 00:05:01.860 Inspiration. So in the gifts of prophecy, the 00:05:01.860 --> 00:05:05.459 believer must be careful to stay on the source, 00:05:05.680 --> 00:05:09.019 to stay with the source, who is the Holy Ghost. 00:05:09.660 --> 00:05:13.420 Hallelujah. That is prophecy. Amen. Speaking 00:05:13.420 --> 00:05:17.079 forth, bubbling forth with words. However, on 00:05:17.079 --> 00:05:20.199 the spur of the moment. Do you know what I said? 00:05:20.259 --> 00:05:23.500 On the what? On the spur of the moment. The words 00:05:23.500 --> 00:05:27.779 you are speaking, they are not plain words. Amen. 00:05:28.519 --> 00:05:31.600 That is why one of the things that will deprive 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:34.819 you from receiving from one another is familiarity. 00:05:36.360 --> 00:05:39.980 Is he not pastorifying? I know him and I know 00:05:39.980 --> 00:05:42.339 he knows all my troubles and fears and concerns. 00:05:42.620 --> 00:05:45.660 So I know if he's going to speak now, he is going 00:05:45.660 --> 00:05:48.319 to speak from the abundance of his heart because 00:05:48.319 --> 00:05:53.639 he knows me. Pastor Victor says something. He 00:05:53.639 --> 00:05:56.319 says something that every time we meet, we are 00:05:56.319 --> 00:05:58.850 meeting to do what? In fact, let me add one word 00:05:58.850 --> 00:06:04.069 to bring value to the other person. Acts chapter 00:06:04.069 --> 00:06:07.910 1. Let me say something here. Acts chapter 1. 00:06:08.750 --> 00:06:10.850 See what the scripture says about Christ. Acts 00:06:10.850 --> 00:06:27.959 chapter 1 verse 3. had given commandment unto 00:06:27.959 --> 00:06:30.939 the apostles, whom he hath, what? Chosen three 00:06:30.939 --> 00:06:34.160 now, to whom also, Acts chapter 1, from verse 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:37.879 1 to 3, to whom also he showed himself, how? 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:43.459 Alive, after his, what? His passion, his death, 00:06:43.480 --> 00:06:46.220 burial, and what? And resurrection, by how many 00:06:46.220 --> 00:06:51.959 proofs? By many infallible, what? Proofs being 00:06:51.959 --> 00:06:55.579 seen of them 40 days and speaking of the things 00:06:55.579 --> 00:06:59.500 pertaining to what? To the kingdom of God. When 00:06:59.500 --> 00:07:02.180 you now go back to Luke 24, you will see some 00:07:02.180 --> 00:07:04.279 of the things that he had to show them for them 00:07:04.279 --> 00:07:09.339 to know that Christ... Luke 24. Now see the infallible 00:07:09.339 --> 00:07:11.560 proofs now. Some of the infallible proofs now. 00:07:12.839 --> 00:07:14.819 One of the proofs which we know in this church 00:07:14.819 --> 00:07:17.699 is that he taught them. Hallelujah. And his teachings 00:07:17.699 --> 00:07:19.660 that he taught them, he opened their understanding. 00:07:19.920 --> 00:07:22.040 All the things that the prophet has spoken concerning 00:07:22.040 --> 00:07:24.920 what? Concerning him. He brought those things 00:07:24.920 --> 00:07:28.639 open, bare unto them. Amen? That is the major 00:07:28.639 --> 00:07:31.740 proof. Any other proof we are going to talk about 00:07:31.740 --> 00:07:34.779 here are minor. For example now, right? Luke 00:07:34.779 --> 00:07:42.420 24. Luke 24. Verse 36. And as he and... As their 00:07:42.420 --> 00:07:44.860 thoughts spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst 00:07:44.860 --> 00:07:46.800 of them and said unto them, Peace be unto you. 00:07:46.980 --> 00:07:49.860 But they were terrified and affrighted. And suppose 00:07:49.860 --> 00:07:52.920 that they had seen a what? And he said unto them, 00:07:53.019 --> 00:07:56.199 Why ye trouble? And why do thoughts arise in 00:07:56.199 --> 00:08:01.500 your heart? Behold my what? My hands and my feet, 00:08:01.699 --> 00:08:08.079 that it is I what? Myself. Handle me and see. 00:08:08.439 --> 00:08:12.089 For a spirit hath not what? flesh and bones, 00:08:12.410 --> 00:08:15.610 as ye see me have. And when he had thus spoken, 00:08:15.709 --> 00:08:17.430 he showed them his hands and his feet. And while 00:08:17.430 --> 00:08:19.089 they had not believed, not for the joy wondered, 00:08:19.290 --> 00:08:22.029 and he said unto them, Have ye here any what? 00:08:22.730 --> 00:08:26.649 Any meat. And they gave him a piece of broiled 00:08:26.649 --> 00:08:30.490 fish, and of a what? And a honeycomb, and a what? 00:08:30.750 --> 00:08:35.690 And he took it, and did eat what? Before them. 00:08:36.070 --> 00:08:38.149 By now they now believe that he is not a spirit. 00:08:39.850 --> 00:08:41.929 After they now believe there is not a spirit, 00:08:42.029 --> 00:08:46.409 since spirits don't eat this kind of food. Spirit 00:08:46.409 --> 00:08:49.970 cannot eat fish and broiled fish and honey. Right? 00:08:50.889 --> 00:08:55.389 Then 44 now. He now said, and he said unto them, 00:08:55.950 --> 00:08:59.590 These are what? These are the words. Hallelujah. 00:09:00.690 --> 00:09:04.990 Do you know that Jesus is still alive today with 00:09:04.990 --> 00:09:09.399 infallible proofs? Ha! No, no, no, no, no, no. 00:09:09.419 --> 00:09:13.620 Do you know that Jesus is still alive today with 00:09:13.620 --> 00:09:17.860 infallible proofs? But the proofs are not eating 00:09:17.860 --> 00:09:25.659 food now. They are not honeycomb. Amen? We read 00:09:25.659 --> 00:09:29.320 somewhere in Acts chapter 4, verse 29. It said, 00:09:29.360 --> 00:09:32.419 Lord, behold their what? Threatenings. Grant 00:09:32.419 --> 00:09:35.080 unto thy servants that with all boldness that 00:09:35.080 --> 00:09:37.259 we may what? That we may speak. You can put it 00:09:37.259 --> 00:09:40.200 up. Acts chapter 4. Right? That we may speak. 00:09:40.679 --> 00:09:44.980 Stretch forth your hands. Hallelujah. Do what? 00:09:45.480 --> 00:09:51.580 Stretch forth your hands and heal in the name 00:09:51.580 --> 00:09:55.360 of thy holy son who? Jesus Christ. How is God 00:09:55.360 --> 00:09:59.990 stretching forth his hands? Through us. How is 00:09:59.990 --> 00:10:03.470 the infallible proof that Jesus is alive happening 00:10:03.470 --> 00:10:07.230 today? How is this happening today? Through whom? 00:10:07.669 --> 00:10:13.370 Through us, believers. So the gifts of prophecy 00:10:13.370 --> 00:10:16.830 in the believer is one infallible proof that 00:10:16.830 --> 00:10:24.210 Jesus is alive. Do you hear what I said? The 00:10:24.210 --> 00:10:26.970 gifts of prophecy in the believer is also what? 00:10:27.909 --> 00:10:31.049 One infallible what? Proof. Because when it comes, 00:10:31.330 --> 00:10:36.049 it reveals the mind of God. It reveals the purposes 00:10:36.049 --> 00:10:39.549 of God. It reveals the will of God for the believer 00:10:39.549 --> 00:10:47.070 now. Praise God. So one of the things that we 00:10:47.070 --> 00:10:48.730 see also that the scripture has told us, which 00:10:48.730 --> 00:10:51.769 we've learned here, that the prophets spoke as 00:10:51.769 --> 00:10:54.730 they were inspired by who? By the Spirit of God. 00:10:54.769 --> 00:10:57.330 Amen? So that which way that the prophet did, 00:10:57.549 --> 00:11:01.029 same root word. In prophecy, same root word. 00:11:01.250 --> 00:11:04.309 There is foretelling and there is foretelling. 00:11:05.490 --> 00:11:09.389 Prophecy has two meanings. There is foretelling, 00:11:09.409 --> 00:11:14.889 F -O -R -E, foretelling, and there is what? Foretelling, 00:11:15.129 --> 00:11:20.490 F -O -R -T -H, telling. Foretelling, F -O -R 00:11:20.490 --> 00:11:24.490 -E, and there is foretelling, F -O -R -T -H. 00:11:26.970 --> 00:11:30.450 Foretelling is what we saw or what we see in 00:11:30.450 --> 00:11:34.549 the scriptures that Moses, right? And the other 00:11:34.549 --> 00:11:38.029 prophets spoke about God's plans that will be 00:11:38.029 --> 00:11:41.269 fulfilled in Jesus Christ. So foretelling was 00:11:41.269 --> 00:11:43.830 revealing. The prophets were revealing the things. 00:11:43.909 --> 00:11:47.009 It's a futuristic, the things God is going to 00:11:47.009 --> 00:11:50.789 do. God's commitment for humanity, but happening 00:11:50.789 --> 00:11:58.259 in the future. In who? In Christ Jesus. But foretelling 00:11:58.259 --> 00:12:05.639 is not in the future. It's when? It's now. So 00:12:05.639 --> 00:12:11.080 the gift of prophecy is what? Foretelling. Now 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:16.100 reality. So the believer is not going to prophesy 00:12:16.100 --> 00:12:18.360 that another Jesus will be given birth again. 00:12:20.299 --> 00:12:23.090 Do you understand? So the believer is not going 00:12:23.090 --> 00:12:26.450 to say there will be another woman, a virgin, 00:12:26.649 --> 00:12:33.669 she will be from Casablanca. You know, some people 00:12:33.669 --> 00:12:35.309 have, before I say Casablanca, some people have 00:12:35.309 --> 00:12:38.889 mentioned Casablanca. You know, a virgin from 00:12:38.889 --> 00:12:44.169 Casablanca, right? In the village of Timbuktu. 00:12:44.879 --> 00:12:47.399 You know, and then she will, there will be a 00:12:47.399 --> 00:12:50.039 child, he will be in a manger and they will go, 00:12:50.080 --> 00:12:59.440 hmm, hmm, speak papa. The gifts of prophecy for 00:12:59.440 --> 00:13:05.879 the believer went today, now. All of God's promises, 00:13:06.440 --> 00:13:12.659 his plans, his commitments for humanity. has 00:13:12.659 --> 00:13:16.379 been fulfilled in Christ Jesus. You need this 00:13:16.379 --> 00:13:19.759 now because of the things I want to say. All 00:13:19.759 --> 00:13:23.220 of God's promises, his plans, his commitment 00:13:23.220 --> 00:13:26.879 for humanity has been fulfilled in who? In Christ 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:31.740 Jesus. So, Sama, what will gifts of prophecy 00:13:31.740 --> 00:13:36.220 do to us? If they have been fulfilled in Christ 00:13:36.220 --> 00:13:39.139 Jesus, gifts of prophecy, when the believer speaks 00:13:39.139 --> 00:13:42.860 it, will reveal those plans for the now. Praise 00:13:42.860 --> 00:13:46.500 God. Hallelujah. Oh, it will bring direction 00:13:46.500 --> 00:13:50.360 now. It will bring clarity when? Now. It will 00:13:50.360 --> 00:13:53.120 bring comfort when? Now. It will bring instruction 00:13:53.120 --> 00:13:56.159 when? Now. But all of these things that are coming 00:13:56.159 --> 00:13:59.600 are happening in who? In Christ Jesus. It's important 00:13:59.600 --> 00:14:04.220 that it must happen in Christ Jesus. It's important 00:14:04.220 --> 00:14:07.240 that it must happen in who? In Christ Jesus. 00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:13.049 Praise God. Hallelujah. Purpose of the gift of 00:14:13.049 --> 00:14:21.149 prophecy. Purpose or purpose. Purpose. Okay. 00:14:22.190 --> 00:14:24.549 Let me say the way we say in my village. Purpose. 00:14:27.129 --> 00:14:30.190 Praise God. You know, I have an English teacher, 00:14:30.370 --> 00:14:34.950 Mr. Jabez, but he let her change his name to... 00:14:34.950 --> 00:14:39.870 No. He changed his name to God... Is it God Will? 00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:43.379 Or God knows. Or God something. He changed his 00:14:43.379 --> 00:14:46.899 name to God something. Because his name Jabez 00:14:46.899 --> 00:14:50.759 continued to produce suffering. Seriously, oh. 00:14:51.840 --> 00:14:53.980 He was the senior staff in my secondary school. 00:14:54.320 --> 00:14:56.600 But he was the miserable staff in my school. 00:14:57.980 --> 00:15:00.700 My principal called him Jabez. He is the one 00:15:00.700 --> 00:15:02.440 that will run. Coppers, they will call them. 00:15:02.460 --> 00:15:05.179 They will not run. Go to my office and get Cain. 00:15:05.679 --> 00:15:07.860 This man will run from the assembly ground to 00:15:07.860 --> 00:15:11.460 the principal office. Get something. I don't 00:15:11.460 --> 00:15:13.860 know what's the spiritual thing behind it. But 00:15:13.860 --> 00:15:16.019 immediately he changed his name. He married. 00:15:17.840 --> 00:15:20.139 I'm serious. When he changed his name, I don't 00:15:20.139 --> 00:15:21.740 know anything spiritual about Jagat. I don't 00:15:21.740 --> 00:15:24.940 know. I'm just saying what we saw. When he changed 00:15:24.940 --> 00:15:27.600 his name, he married. When he changed his name, 00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:30.340 he built his own house. When he changed his name, 00:15:30.379 --> 00:15:34.480 his life changed. Sincerely, I cannot tell you 00:15:34.480 --> 00:15:43.190 anything about it. For whatever reason, I don't 00:15:43.190 --> 00:15:53.169 know. So, but you know, this man, he was our 00:15:53.169 --> 00:15:56.629 English teacher. So he was teaching us English 00:15:56.629 --> 00:16:00.649 phonetics. He say, he's not, once you say, popos, 00:16:00.750 --> 00:16:11.190 you said, Takunda, give Kolade a knock. He said, 00:16:11.269 --> 00:16:15.289 it's not purpose, it's purpose. I said, hey. 00:16:17.350 --> 00:16:25.629 Praise God. The purpose. My wife said, please, 00:16:25.710 --> 00:16:28.570 I hope you know you will become global. All this 00:16:28.570 --> 00:16:32.710 is your Newman English. The purpose. You know, 00:16:32.730 --> 00:16:35.990 I saw Pastor Victor's video. It was just his 00:16:35.990 --> 00:16:43.590 English. I said, ah, my brother. Hallelujah. 00:16:46.370 --> 00:16:50.710 That was a joke. Amen. The gifts of prophecy 00:16:50.710 --> 00:16:53.450 has a purpose. Hallelujah. Praise God. So let's 00:16:53.450 --> 00:16:54.950 look at the purpose of the gifts of prophecy. 00:16:55.909 --> 00:16:57.830 Please, as we are discussing this, pay attention 00:16:57.830 --> 00:17:00.850 because now you will begin to know why the gifts 00:17:00.850 --> 00:17:03.889 of prophecy are important and why the believer, 00:17:03.929 --> 00:17:06.529 when he is given a gift of prophecy, what we 00:17:06.529 --> 00:17:09.069 should begin to see as the content of what he 00:17:09.069 --> 00:17:11.849 is saying. When we say a purpose of a thing, 00:17:11.930 --> 00:17:16.150 what do we mean? The function of a thing, yes. 00:17:17.529 --> 00:17:22.490 The reason for a thing, yes. The why of a thing, 00:17:22.569 --> 00:17:33.230 yes. Another word? The importance of a thing, 00:17:33.269 --> 00:17:37.789 right? Good. So which means that Acts chapter 00:17:37.789 --> 00:17:46.309 1 verse 8. Acts chapter 1 verse 8. Acts chapter 00:17:46.309 --> 00:17:50.829 1 verse 8. See what the scripture says. But ye 00:17:50.829 --> 00:17:52.849 shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost 00:17:52.849 --> 00:17:56.170 is what? Is come upon you and ye shall be what? 00:17:57.690 --> 00:18:00.589 Witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem and in all 00:18:00.589 --> 00:18:03.609 what? Judea and in what? Samaria and unto the 00:18:03.609 --> 00:18:06.589 uttermost part of what? Part of the earth. Right? 00:18:06.930 --> 00:18:10.720 And that word witness is the word matiah. Right? 00:18:10.779 --> 00:18:12.759 When you check the word witness, it's the word 00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:15.880 what? Mattiah. And Mattiah is not somebody that 00:18:15.880 --> 00:18:17.799 they say he laid, put his head and they cut him. 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:20.359 Right? When you check the meaning of Mattiah, 00:18:20.400 --> 00:18:22.779 it's not a person that put his head and then 00:18:22.779 --> 00:18:25.000 they do what? They slaughter and say, ah, this 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:29.339 man, he died for Jesus. That word Mattiah, when 00:18:29.339 --> 00:18:34.700 you check it, it's a legal word. Amen? It's a 00:18:34.700 --> 00:18:38.119 legal what? When we say you are a witness, it 00:18:38.119 --> 00:18:41.079 means that you have seen something, you have 00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:44.200 touched something, right? And you are the only 00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:47.220 person that has been legalized to have a proof. 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:50.960 If you say that thing, everybody will believe 00:18:50.960 --> 00:18:55.539 it. You are the only person that can stand for 00:18:55.539 --> 00:18:59.220 a case and the judge can give a verdict on that 00:18:59.220 --> 00:19:03.319 thing. Why? Because you have seen something, 00:19:03.500 --> 00:19:06.640 you have touched something or you have an information 00:19:06.640 --> 00:19:10.400 and that information is a high priority information. 00:19:12.619 --> 00:19:15.740 And anytime and anywhere you say that thing, 00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:21.440 nobody can say you are what? You are lying. So, 00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:23.680 when they bring them to court, they will enter 00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:26.420 a box and they will make them to do what? To 00:19:26.420 --> 00:19:30.980 swear. When they swear, they are bound under 00:19:30.980 --> 00:19:35.240 a legal authority. That everything I will say 00:19:35.240 --> 00:19:41.680 here is true to this case. The presence of the 00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:46.680 Holy Ghost in the believer has legalized the 00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:50.200 believer to have a proof that Jesus is alive. 00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:56.359 So we are not mere men roaming about the surface 00:19:56.359 --> 00:20:00.809 of the earth. without a legal authority bounding 00:20:00.809 --> 00:20:03.990 over us. He said, ye shall receive what? Power. 00:20:05.289 --> 00:20:07.549 After that, the Holy Ghost is what? It's come 00:20:07.549 --> 00:20:09.609 upon you. Let me repeat what I said. So which 00:20:09.609 --> 00:20:14.309 means the believer, the believer is a man that 00:20:14.309 --> 00:20:20.170 is legalized by the Spirit of God to prove that 00:20:20.170 --> 00:20:26.400 Jesus is what? He's alive. So connect this thing 00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:29.160 that I just said now to the purpose of the gift 00:20:29.160 --> 00:20:35.980 of what? Prophecy. So which means that the believer 00:20:35.980 --> 00:20:40.039 is not just prophesying. The believer is giving 00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:46.500 proofs. Hallelujah. Praise God. And that proof 00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:50.000 is to better the local church. That proof is 00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:53.950 to better the what? The local church. 1 Corinthians 00:20:53.950 --> 00:21:02.529 14 verse 3 now. 1 Corinthians 14 verse 3. After 00:21:02.529 --> 00:21:06.390 this particular topic, every one of us would 00:21:06.390 --> 00:21:09.369 desire it more. Hallelujah. 1 Corinthians 14 00:21:09.369 --> 00:21:15.609 verse 3. But he that prophesied, speaketh, will 00:21:15.609 --> 00:21:22.700 read. Okay, let's retrain. But he that prophesied 00:21:22.700 --> 00:21:28.619 speaks what? Speaks, speaketh unto men. To who? 00:21:30.220 --> 00:21:34.400 He that prophesied speaketh unto who? He that 00:21:34.400 --> 00:21:37.579 prophesied speaketh unto who? So your prophecy 00:21:37.579 --> 00:21:42.039 is for who? Your prophecy is for who? And when 00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:44.000 you prophesy, what happens? See what happens 00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:48.480 now. For their edification and exhortation and 00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:51.440 what? And comfort, straight. Now let's start 00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:54.480 this class very fast now. What is the purpose 00:21:54.480 --> 00:22:00.640 of prophecy? Edification and exhortation and 00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:03.759 comfort. Hallelujah. So when somebody walks up 00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:07.220 to you and gives you a word of prophecy and then 00:22:07.220 --> 00:22:09.599 tells you it's by the Spirit of God, what you 00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:12.099 should be setting out in those speakings are 00:22:12.099 --> 00:22:15.430 what? Edification. Hallelujah. Which is what? 00:22:16.109 --> 00:22:21.009 Which is exaltation and what? And comfort. Hallelujah. 00:22:21.730 --> 00:22:25.930 So now, you will see why Paul will say prophecy 00:22:25.930 --> 00:22:28.710 throughout 1 Corinthians 14 is about edification. 00:22:29.569 --> 00:22:32.630 Edification. Edification. That word to edify, 00:22:32.750 --> 00:22:38.269 which we know here, is oikodomio. Or oikodom. 00:22:38.369 --> 00:22:40.869 Why are we going back to the root words? We are 00:22:40.869 --> 00:22:43.660 going back to the Greek words. Right? So that 00:22:43.660 --> 00:22:46.279 we will know the context of why that word is 00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:51.579 used. Amen? That word oikodomeo is O -I -K -O 00:22:51.579 --> 00:22:57.839 -D -O -M -E -O. O -I -K -O -D -O -M -E -O. Oikodomeo. 00:22:57.859 --> 00:23:03.299 And it means to build. Ah, I just got something 00:23:03.299 --> 00:23:08.890 now. It means to what? To build. that every time 00:23:08.890 --> 00:23:11.970 I come to Pastor Imah and I'm speaking the words 00:23:11.970 --> 00:23:14.609 of the prophecy to him by the Spirit of God, 00:23:14.789 --> 00:23:18.230 kick, kick, kick, kick, kick, kick, kick, kick, 00:23:18.230 --> 00:23:22.829 I'm building, I'm building. Oh boy, with my mouth, 00:23:23.049 --> 00:23:26.670 say with my mouth, say with my mouth, by the 00:23:26.670 --> 00:23:30.269 Spirit of the Lord, with my mouth, I build lives. 00:23:30.589 --> 00:23:34.029 I don't tear down lives. I don't tear down places. 00:23:34.329 --> 00:23:38.849 I build lives. So every time you speak under 00:23:38.849 --> 00:23:41.809 the inspiration of the Spirit of God, you are 00:23:41.809 --> 00:23:45.410 building lives. You are building systems. You 00:23:45.410 --> 00:23:50.509 are building people. You see, your words are 00:23:50.509 --> 00:23:54.750 not ordinary. So don't just look at situations. 00:23:55.490 --> 00:23:58.190 I got this now from somebody. The next time you 00:23:58.190 --> 00:24:00.809 have an opportunity to speak, don't say negative 00:24:00.809 --> 00:24:05.269 things. Hallelujah. Don't say what? The more 00:24:05.269 --> 00:24:07.230 you say negative things, you tear down those 00:24:07.230 --> 00:24:09.369 people. The more you say negative things, you 00:24:09.369 --> 00:24:11.549 tear down that system. The more you say negative 00:24:11.549 --> 00:24:14.210 things, you tear down the entire environment. 00:24:14.710 --> 00:24:18.549 Don't say negative things. Remember that words 00:24:18.549 --> 00:24:23.849 from your mouth should edify, should build. They 00:24:23.849 --> 00:24:27.410 should build. They should build. They should 00:24:27.410 --> 00:24:37.829 build. They should what? They should build. Have 00:24:37.829 --> 00:24:42.650 you ever seen anybody takes time to build? You 00:24:42.650 --> 00:24:45.710 know, we have been reading Matthew 24, 1, 2, 00:24:45.750 --> 00:24:49.130 3. And when Jesus told them, he said, each of 00:24:49.130 --> 00:24:51.529 these stones you see, all of them will be what? 00:24:51.910 --> 00:24:54.029 Will be thrown down. They say, you don't know 00:24:54.029 --> 00:25:00.329 what you're talking about. It took us 46 years 00:25:00.329 --> 00:25:06.059 to build this. And you tell us. In three days, 00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:09.960 let's pull it down. You must be kidding us here. 00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:15.759 Go to salamis. You have an idea of what they 00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:18.920 are saying. Those stones are not the bricks in 00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:23.319 your house that if you do, it will break. It 00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:28.359 will take something unusual made by man to bring 00:25:28.359 --> 00:25:36.029 those stones down. The scripture says, majestic 00:25:36.029 --> 00:25:41.210 buildings, impressive decorations. And Jesus 00:25:41.210 --> 00:25:43.470 said, all these things will do what? Will come 00:25:43.470 --> 00:25:48.109 down. Every time the believer speaks under the 00:25:48.109 --> 00:25:51.809 inspiration of the Holy Ghost, he is bringing 00:25:51.809 --> 00:25:56.210 the beauty in the life of others that is already 00:25:56.210 --> 00:26:03.319 in Christ Jesus. He's bringing them out. You 00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:05.500 see, what I just said now should inform you that 00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:07.599 you don't see anybody and begin to just say, 00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:11.839 your life will waste. Do you know that your life, 00:26:11.900 --> 00:26:14.900 the way you continue like this, with this your 00:26:14.900 --> 00:26:18.500 brain that is empty. How can somebody have head? 00:26:18.859 --> 00:26:20.640 You know there is brain inside. I say the brain 00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:27.000 is empty. When you see empty brains, put something 00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:30.259 inside. Do you know what I said? When you see 00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:33.430 empty brains, do what? When you see wayward lives, 00:26:33.490 --> 00:26:36.049 correct them. By the Spirit of God, I just heard 00:26:36.049 --> 00:26:40.170 this. Learn to bring order, not chaos. Learn 00:26:40.170 --> 00:26:43.329 to bring order, not chaos. With your words, bring 00:26:43.329 --> 00:26:46.289 order, not chaos. With your words, bring what? 00:26:46.630 --> 00:26:58.230 Order, not what? Not chaos. Write this now. In 00:26:58.230 --> 00:27:02.380 verse 3, in verse 4. In verse 5, in verse 12, 00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:05.640 in verse 17, in verse 26. We are going to see 00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:09.460 the words now. Verse 3, 1 Corinthians 14, verse 00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:18.599 3. Verse 4, verse 5, verse 12, verse 17, verse 00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:23.200 26. Let me say it again. Verse 3, verse 4, verse 00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:29.759 5, verse 12, verse 17, verse 26. All these places 00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:35.779 talks about the word edify, edifies, edification, 00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:43.119 edifying. And all of them are connected to prophecy. 00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:50.019 Edify, edifies, edifying, or what? Edification. 00:27:50.099 --> 00:27:52.359 Verse 3. But he that prophesies speaketh unto 00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:55.220 men to edification and exhortation and what? 00:27:55.660 --> 00:28:23.369 Verse 4. Verse 5. Verse 12. of the church verse 00:28:23.369 --> 00:28:26.509 17 for thou verily verily give us thanks well 00:28:26.509 --> 00:28:30.529 but the order is not edified 26 how is it then 00:28:30.529 --> 00:28:32.869 brethren when you come together every one of 00:28:32.869 --> 00:28:35.170 you had a psalm had a doctrine had a tongue had 00:28:35.170 --> 00:28:38.450 a revelation had an interpretation let all things 00:28:38.450 --> 00:28:42.349 be done unto what edifying so take the original 00:28:42.349 --> 00:28:46.650 word building and put all in these places building, 00:28:46.809 --> 00:28:49.769 building, building, building. You see, what Paul 00:28:49.769 --> 00:28:52.309 is emphasizing is that every time you gather 00:28:52.309 --> 00:28:55.809 in fellowship, let there be what? Building. Let 00:28:55.809 --> 00:28:58.509 there be edification. Brother, edify the other. 00:28:58.809 --> 00:29:00.970 Sister, when I stood there, one of the words 00:29:00.970 --> 00:29:03.809 that I got, he said, husband and wife don't marry 00:29:03.809 --> 00:29:06.869 because they should just marry. No, no, no. God 00:29:06.869 --> 00:29:10.029 first will bring you to edify one another. My 00:29:10.029 --> 00:29:12.500 responsibility as a husband is to what? due to 00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:15.400 my wife. Her responsibility is to what? Due to 00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:21.920 me. You have not borne me even straight. You 00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:23.680 have not borne me this way. You have not borne 00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:25.380 me. You have not borne me this way. You have 00:29:25.380 --> 00:29:27.640 not borne me. Me, oh. Me in this house, I will 00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:29.779 not cook again. Me in this house. Me in this 00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:35.859 house. Me in this house. Is not receive. Is what? 00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:40.920 Give. Give. Give. Say, I have been created by 00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:46.500 God. I have his image. I have his image. And 00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:52.700 I know the lifestyle of giving. Every resources 00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:56.940 God has put inside you is to be released. Hallelujah. 00:29:58.200 --> 00:30:05.220 To build others. And we've learned here, I'm 00:30:05.220 --> 00:30:07.160 going to, in the next two, three minutes, we're 00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:09.299 going to stop here for today. And we've learned 00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:13.410 here that the word, Comfort and exhortation. 00:30:13.569 --> 00:30:17.130 Edify is to build, right? And that word edification 00:30:17.130 --> 00:30:21.789 is a compound word for comfort and what? Exhortation. 00:30:21.869 --> 00:30:26.910 The word comfort is to provide help. Amen? The 00:30:26.910 --> 00:30:29.930 word comfort is to do what? To provide what? 00:30:30.490 --> 00:30:35.029 Help. Comfort is not pity. Do you hear what I 00:30:35.029 --> 00:30:40.009 said? Comfort is not what? Is not pity. The word 00:30:40.009 --> 00:30:42.710 comfort is to provide what? To provide what? 00:30:43.049 --> 00:30:47.250 Help. Hallelujah. And then the word exhortation. 00:30:49.470 --> 00:30:53.650 The word exhortation, it means to stand by someone. 00:30:54.730 --> 00:30:58.369 Praise God. To do what? To stand by someone. 00:30:59.109 --> 00:31:03.910 So which means that when prophecy is given, it 00:31:03.910 --> 00:31:08.029 brings direction, guidance, help, and encouragement. 00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:13.839 When prophecy is given, right? When gifts of 00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:17.180 prophecy is in operation, it brings direction, 00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:22.500 it brings guidance, it brings help, it brings 00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:28.640 encouragement. Let me say it again. When prophecy 00:31:28.640 --> 00:31:33.180 is given, it brings direction, it brings guidance, 00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:37.119 it brings help, and it brings encouragement. 00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:41.269 Purpose of what? Of the gifts of what? Prophecy. 00:31:51.329 --> 00:31:54.769 Hallelujah. Let's read this and then we stop. 00:31:54.950 --> 00:32:00.769 1 Corinthians 14 verse 6 now. Now, brethren, 00:32:01.150 --> 00:32:06.589 if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what 00:32:06.589 --> 00:32:10.029 shall I what? Profite you. What he's saying is 00:32:10.029 --> 00:32:13.569 that how can I build you? Hallelujah. How can 00:32:13.569 --> 00:32:17.210 I benefit you? Except I shall speak to you either 00:32:17.210 --> 00:32:22.529 by what? Revelation or by knowledge or by prophesying 00:32:22.529 --> 00:32:27.269 or by doctrine. Hallelujah. Because all these 00:32:27.269 --> 00:32:33.750 words find expression through intelligible words 00:32:33.750 --> 00:32:39.119 that the mind can understand. Hallelujah. Amen? 00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:41.700 So when we come, by God's grace, on Wednesday, 00:32:41.900 --> 00:32:45.240 we're going to exhaust this purpose of the gifts 00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:48.799 of prophecy and then we're going to do how to 00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:52.380 judge what? Prophecy. Then we'll practicalize 00:32:52.380 --> 00:32:56.799 it. How to judge what? Prophecy. Then we'll do 00:32:56.799 --> 00:33:02.980 what? We'll practicalize it. Maybe, not in this 00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:05.200 church however, because we'll be taught. Amen? 00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:10.940 He said, my children, my children, don't be afraid. 00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:18.380 For I also am also afraid. But know that I am 00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:25.759 with you. If you are close to the person there, 00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:29.279 just hold the hands of the person and just keep 00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:31.579 him in the sight first and say, don't be praying, 00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:39.829 just be watching us. Because we have to start 00:33:39.829 --> 00:33:46.190 checking which source. Like that young man that 00:33:46.190 --> 00:33:48.309 they say, do you have a word? He came up here. 00:33:49.029 --> 00:33:52.730 I can't see him again in our church. He said 00:33:52.730 --> 00:33:59.450 to all the fine ladies, God says he's with you. 00:34:03.130 --> 00:34:06.190 Praise God. Say I have the gifts of prophecy. 00:34:07.850 --> 00:34:11.289 Say, I have the gifts of prophecy. Say, I have 00:34:11.289 --> 00:34:14.429 the gifts of prophecy. One of the words I got 00:34:14.429 --> 00:34:17.110 in the course of preparation, which we will talk 00:34:17.110 --> 00:34:20.429 about it on Wednesday, is how every one of us, 00:34:20.469 --> 00:34:22.429 we have to be mindful of our words. Hallelujah. 00:34:23.329 --> 00:34:26.070 We have to be what? We're going to read a couple 00:34:26.070 --> 00:34:28.570 of scriptures on Wednesday, and I believe the 00:34:28.570 --> 00:34:30.449 Holy Spirit will bring so much revelation at 00:34:30.449 --> 00:34:33.369 work in our hearts, and you will go about saying 00:34:33.369 --> 00:34:35.809 the right things by the Spirit of God. Can you 00:34:35.809 --> 00:34:39.050 just bless God, everybody? Can I just bless Scott? 00:34:40.250 --> 00:34:42.010 Say, Father, thank you for I have the ability 00:34:42.010 --> 00:34:47.570 to build. I have the ability to build. I have 00:34:47.570 --> 00:34:49.849 the ability to build. I have the ability to build. 00:34:52.829 --> 00:34:56.030 We appreciate you being here today. We hope you 00:34:56.030 --> 00:34:58.150 carry this word with you throughout your week. 00:34:58.809 --> 00:35:00.989 Don't forget to check the show notes for additional 00:35:00.989 --> 00:35:03.909 insights. Stay connected with us through our 00:35:03.909 --> 00:35:07.769 website or follow us on social media. If you 00:35:07.769 --> 00:35:10.030 were encouraged, share this message with someone 00:35:10.030 --> 00:35:13.590 you care about. Until next time, stay blessed.