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right in. 1 Corinthians 12. Verse 10. To another
the working of miracles. And to another what?
Prophecy. Hallelujah. Praise God. So today, what
we're talking about today to complete the part
on the gifts of the prophecy is the gift of prophecy
in the believer today. The gift of prophecy in
the believer when? Today. Please, if you don't
have a writing material, you can use your phone.
There's a notes part on your phone. You can just
take the notes there because these words will
benefit you. Amen. So the church. It's not a
place where you come and then do it like concert.
The church is a training school for the believer.
Praise God. The believer is taught the word.
The believer is trained in the word of righteousness
and in the word of faith. Amen. The believer
grows and he is not only equipped, but that he
measures up to the fullness of who? Of Christ.
Hallelujah. Praise God. So when you come to the
believer's training school like this, on a Saturday,
on a Sunday, on a Wednesday, on a Friday. Come
for lecture time to be taught and to be equipped.
Praise God. So, we read 1 Corinthians 12 verse
10. Let me read it again. To another, the walking
of miracles. To another, prophecy. To another,
discerning of spirits. To another, diverse kinds
of tongues. To another, the interpretation of
what? Of tongues. Hallelujah. So one of the things
that we're able to establish that the word prophecy
was translated from the Greek word prophetia,
right? Yes, prophetia, which is from the root
word prophetio. Praise God. And the word prophetia
or prophetio, right? The root word is to prophesy
and prophesy means to speak forth. Hallelujah.
Amen. If you have seen the documentary of Volcano,
right? If you have seen the documentary of Volcano,
suddenly there will be a crack on the ground,
right? And then there is this molten magma that
will do what? That will suddenly what? Erop!
Hallelujah. That's the strength of that word
prophetio, right? To bubble up with words. Hallelujah.
To speak forth. With words. On the spur of the
moment. And we say that to speak forth under
the inspiration of the Holy Ghost. Praise God.
So the source of our speaking is from who? From
the Holy Ghost. So when I bubble with words,
when I speak forth with words, instantly that
inspiration, that utterance is coming from where?
From the Holy Ghost. So the believer is a man,
when it comes to the gifts of the prophecy, the
believer is a man under the inspiration of the
Holy Ghost, right? That will always speak. Speak
what? The will of God. The mind of God. The plans
of God. The purposes of God. So the believer...
He's a man under the inspiration of the Holy
Ghost. Why the inspiration of the Holy Ghost?
Because that is the Spirit he has received. Amen?
Yes, so the believer has received what? The Holy
Ghost. So the source of his inspiration should
not be from another spirit, but from where? But
from the Holy Ghost. So however, that is why
the believer ought to be careful to be taught
and trained. If the believer is not taught and
trained in the word of faith, the believer can
hear words from demons and still say them. Do
you hear what I said? I didn't say the demons
are inside him. Amen? I said he can what? He
can hear words from where? From demons. One.
He can also hear words from non -believers. And
he will do what? He will speak them. So if the
believer is not taught and trained, the reality
and the source of inspiration can change. So
what is going to happen is that he will despise
the source of his inspiration, the Holy Ghost,
and he will look for another source of what?
Inspiration. So in the gifts of prophecy, the
believer must be careful to stay on the source,
to stay with the source, who is the Holy Ghost.
Hallelujah. That is prophecy. Amen. Speaking
forth, bubbling forth with words. However, on
the spur of the moment. Do you know what I said?
On the what? On the spur of the moment. The words
you are speaking, they are not plain words. Amen.
That is why one of the things that will deprive
you from receiving from one another is familiarity.
Is he not pastorifying? I know him and I know
he knows all my troubles and fears and concerns.
So I know if he's going to speak now, he is going
to speak from the abundance of his heart because
he knows me. Pastor Victor says something. He
says something that every time we meet, we are
meeting to do what? In fact, let me add one word
to bring value to the other person. Acts chapter
1. Let me say something here. Acts chapter 1.
See what the scripture says about Christ. Acts
chapter 1 verse 3. had given commandment unto
the apostles, whom he hath, what? Chosen three
now, to whom also, Acts chapter 1, from verse
1 to 3, to whom also he showed himself, how?
Alive, after his, what? His passion, his death,
burial, and what? And resurrection, by how many
proofs? By many infallible, what? Proofs being
seen of them 40 days and speaking of the things
pertaining to what? To the kingdom of God. When
you now go back to Luke 24, you will see some
of the things that he had to show them for them
to know that Christ... Luke 24. Now see the infallible
proofs now. Some of the infallible proofs now.
One of the proofs which we know in this church
is that he taught them. Hallelujah. And his teachings
that he taught them, he opened their understanding.
All the things that the prophet has spoken concerning
what? Concerning him. He brought those things
open, bare unto them. Amen? That is the major
proof. Any other proof we are going to talk about
here are minor. For example now, right? Luke
24. Luke 24. Verse 36. And as he and... As their
thoughts spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst
of them and said unto them, Peace be unto you.
But they were terrified and affrighted. And suppose
that they had seen a what? And he said unto them,
Why ye trouble? And why do thoughts arise in
your heart? Behold my what? My hands and my feet,
that it is I what? Myself. Handle me and see.
For a spirit hath not what? flesh and bones,
as ye see me have. And when he had thus spoken,
he showed them his hands and his feet. And while
they had not believed, not for the joy wondered,
and he said unto them, Have ye here any what?
Any meat. And they gave him a piece of broiled
fish, and of a what? And a honeycomb, and a what?
And he took it, and did eat what? Before them.
By now they now believe that he is not a spirit.
After they now believe there is not a spirit,
since spirits don't eat this kind of food. Spirit
cannot eat fish and broiled fish and honey. Right?
Then 44 now. He now said, and he said unto them,
These are what? These are the words. Hallelujah.
Do you know that Jesus is still alive today with
infallible proofs? Ha! No, no, no, no, no, no.
Do you know that Jesus is still alive today with
infallible proofs? But the proofs are not eating
food now. They are not honeycomb. Amen? We read
somewhere in Acts chapter 4, verse 29. It said,
Lord, behold their what? Threatenings. Grant
unto thy servants that with all boldness that
we may what? That we may speak. You can put it
up. Acts chapter 4. Right? That we may speak.
Stretch forth your hands. Hallelujah. Do what?
Stretch forth your hands and heal in the name
of thy holy son who? Jesus Christ. How is God
stretching forth his hands? Through us. How is
the infallible proof that Jesus is alive happening
today? How is this happening today? Through whom?
Through us, believers. So the gifts of prophecy
in the believer is one infallible proof that
Jesus is alive. Do you hear what I said? The
gifts of prophecy in the believer is also what?
One infallible what? Proof. Because when it comes,
it reveals the mind of God. It reveals the purposes
of God. It reveals the will of God for the believer
now. Praise God. So one of the things that we
see also that the scripture has told us, which
we've learned here, that the prophets spoke as
they were inspired by who? By the Spirit of God.
Amen? So that which way that the prophet did,
same root word. In prophecy, same root word.
There is foretelling and there is foretelling.
Prophecy has two meanings. There is foretelling,
F -O -R -E, foretelling, and there is what? Foretelling,
F -O -R -T -H, telling. Foretelling, F -O -R
-E, and there is foretelling, F -O -R -T -H.
Foretelling is what we saw or what we see in
the scriptures that Moses, right? And the other
prophets spoke about God's plans that will be
fulfilled in Jesus Christ. So foretelling was
revealing. The prophets were revealing the things.
It's a futuristic, the things God is going to
do. God's commitment for humanity, but happening
in the future. In who? In Christ Jesus. But foretelling
is not in the future. It's when? It's now. So
the gift of prophecy is what? Foretelling. Now
reality. So the believer is not going to prophesy
that another Jesus will be given birth again.
Do you understand? So the believer is not going
to say there will be another woman, a virgin,
she will be from Casablanca. You know, some people
have, before I say Casablanca, some people have
mentioned Casablanca. You know, a virgin from
Casablanca, right? In the village of Timbuktu.
You know, and then she will, there will be a
child, he will be in a manger and they will go,
hmm, hmm, speak papa. The gifts of prophecy for
the believer went today, now. All of God's promises,
his plans, his commitments for humanity. has
been fulfilled in Christ Jesus. You need this
now because of the things I want to say. All
of God's promises, his plans, his commitment
for humanity has been fulfilled in who? In Christ
Jesus. So, Sama, what will gifts of prophecy
do to us? If they have been fulfilled in Christ
Jesus, gifts of prophecy, when the believer speaks
it, will reveal those plans for the now. Praise
God. Hallelujah. Oh, it will bring direction
now. It will bring clarity when? Now. It will
bring comfort when? Now. It will bring instruction
when? Now. But all of these things that are coming
are happening in who? In Christ Jesus. It's important
that it must happen in Christ Jesus. It's important
that it must happen in who? In Christ Jesus.
Praise God. Hallelujah. Purpose of the gift of
prophecy. Purpose or purpose. Purpose. Okay.
Let me say the way we say in my village. Purpose.
Praise God. You know, I have an English teacher,
Mr. Jabez, but he let her change his name to...
No. He changed his name to God... Is it God Will?
Or God knows. Or God something. He changed his
name to God something. Because his name Jabez
continued to produce suffering. Seriously, oh.
He was the senior staff in my secondary school.
But he was the miserable staff in my school.
My principal called him Jabez. He is the one
that will run. Coppers, they will call them.
They will not run. Go to my office and get Cain.
This man will run from the assembly ground to
the principal office. Get something. I don't
know what's the spiritual thing behind it. But
immediately he changed his name. He married.
I'm serious. When he changed his name, I don't
know anything spiritual about Jagat. I don't
know. I'm just saying what we saw. When he changed
his name, he married. When he changed his name,
he built his own house. When he changed his name,
his life changed. Sincerely, I cannot tell you
anything about it. For whatever reason, I don't
know. So, but you know, this man, he was our
English teacher. So he was teaching us English
phonetics. He say, he's not, once you say, popos,
you said, Takunda, give Kolade a knock. He said,
it's not purpose, it's purpose. I said, hey.
Praise God. The purpose. My wife said, please,
I hope you know you will become global. All this
is your Newman English. The purpose. You know,
I saw Pastor Victor's video. It was just his
English. I said, ah, my brother. Hallelujah.
That was a joke. Amen. The gifts of prophecy
has a purpose. Hallelujah. Praise God. So let's
look at the purpose of the gifts of prophecy.
Please, as we are discussing this, pay attention
because now you will begin to know why the gifts
of prophecy are important and why the believer,
when he is given a gift of prophecy, what we
should begin to see as the content of what he
is saying. When we say a purpose of a thing,
what do we mean? The function of a thing, yes.
The reason for a thing, yes. The why of a thing,
yes. Another word? The importance of a thing,
right? Good. So which means that Acts chapter
1 verse 8. Acts chapter 1 verse 8. Acts chapter
1 verse 8. See what the scripture says. But ye
shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost
is what? Is come upon you and ye shall be what?
Witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem and in all
what? Judea and in what? Samaria and unto the
uttermost part of what? Part of the earth. Right?
And that word witness is the word matiah. Right?
When you check the word witness, it's the word
what? Mattiah. And Mattiah is not somebody that
they say he laid, put his head and they cut him.
Right? When you check the meaning of Mattiah,
it's not a person that put his head and then
they do what? They slaughter and say, ah, this
man, he died for Jesus. That word Mattiah, when
you check it, it's a legal word. Amen? It's a
legal what? When we say you are a witness, it
means that you have seen something, you have
touched something, right? And you are the only
person that has been legalized to have a proof.
If you say that thing, everybody will believe
it. You are the only person that can stand for
a case and the judge can give a verdict on that
thing. Why? Because you have seen something,
you have touched something or you have an information
and that information is a high priority information.
And anytime and anywhere you say that thing,
nobody can say you are what? You are lying. So,
when they bring them to court, they will enter
a box and they will make them to do what? To
swear. When they swear, they are bound under
a legal authority. That everything I will say
here is true to this case. The presence of the
Holy Ghost in the believer has legalized the
believer to have a proof that Jesus is alive.
So we are not mere men roaming about the surface
of the earth. without a legal authority bounding
over us. He said, ye shall receive what? Power.
After that, the Holy Ghost is what? It's come
upon you. Let me repeat what I said. So which
means the believer, the believer is a man that
is legalized by the Spirit of God to prove that
Jesus is what? He's alive. So connect this thing
that I just said now to the purpose of the gift
of what? Prophecy. So which means that the believer
is not just prophesying. The believer is giving
proofs. Hallelujah. Praise God. And that proof
is to better the local church. That proof is
to better the what? The local church. 1 Corinthians
14 verse 3 now. 1 Corinthians 14 verse 3. After
this particular topic, every one of us would
desire it more. Hallelujah. 1 Corinthians 14
verse 3. But he that prophesied, speaketh, will
read. Okay, let's retrain. But he that prophesied
speaks what? Speaks, speaketh unto men. To who?
He that prophesied speaketh unto who? He that
prophesied speaketh unto who? So your prophecy
is for who? Your prophecy is for who? And when
you prophesy, what happens? See what happens
now. For their edification and exhortation and
what? And comfort, straight. Now let's start
this class very fast now. What is the purpose
of prophecy? Edification and exhortation and
comfort. Hallelujah. So when somebody walks up
to you and gives you a word of prophecy and then
tells you it's by the Spirit of God, what you
should be setting out in those speakings are
what? Edification. Hallelujah. Which is what?
Which is exaltation and what? And comfort. Hallelujah.
So now, you will see why Paul will say prophecy
throughout 1 Corinthians 14 is about edification.
Edification. Edification. That word to edify,
which we know here, is oikodomio. Or oikodom.
Why are we going back to the root words? We are
going back to the Greek words. Right? So that
we will know the context of why that word is
used. Amen? That word oikodomeo is O -I -K -O
-D -O -M -E -O. O -I -K -O -D -O -M -E -O. Oikodomeo.
And it means to build. Ah, I just got something
now. It means to what? To build. that every time
I come to Pastor Imah and I'm speaking the words
of the prophecy to him by the Spirit of God,
kick, kick, kick, kick, kick, kick, kick, kick,
I'm building, I'm building. Oh boy, with my mouth,
say with my mouth, say with my mouth, by the
Spirit of the Lord, with my mouth, I build lives.
I don't tear down lives. I don't tear down places.
I build lives. So every time you speak under
the inspiration of the Spirit of God, you are
building lives. You are building systems. You
are building people. You see, your words are
not ordinary. So don't just look at situations.
I got this now from somebody. The next time you
have an opportunity to speak, don't say negative
things. Hallelujah. Don't say what? The more
you say negative things, you tear down those
people. The more you say negative things, you
tear down that system. The more you say negative
things, you tear down the entire environment.
Don't say negative things. Remember that words
from your mouth should edify, should build. They
should build. They should build. They should
build. They should what? They should build. Have
you ever seen anybody takes time to build? You
know, we have been reading Matthew 24, 1, 2,
3. And when Jesus told them, he said, each of
these stones you see, all of them will be what?
Will be thrown down. They say, you don't know
what you're talking about. It took us 46 years
to build this. And you tell us. In three days,
let's pull it down. You must be kidding us here.
Go to salamis. You have an idea of what they
are saying. Those stones are not the bricks in
your house that if you do, it will break. It
will take something unusual made by man to bring
those stones down. The scripture says, majestic
buildings, impressive decorations. And Jesus
said, all these things will do what? Will come
down. Every time the believer speaks under the
inspiration of the Holy Ghost, he is bringing
the beauty in the life of others that is already
in Christ Jesus. He's bringing them out. You
see, what I just said now should inform you that
you don't see anybody and begin to just say,
your life will waste. Do you know that your life,
the way you continue like this, with this your
brain that is empty. How can somebody have head?
You know there is brain inside. I say the brain
is empty. When you see empty brains, put something
inside. Do you know what I said? When you see
empty brains, do what? When you see wayward lives,
correct them. By the Spirit of God, I just heard
this. Learn to bring order, not chaos. Learn
to bring order, not chaos. With your words, bring
order, not chaos. With your words, bring what?
Order, not what? Not chaos. Write this now. In
verse 3, in verse 4. In verse 5, in verse 12,
in verse 17, in verse 26. We are going to see
the words now. Verse 3, 1 Corinthians 14, verse
3. Verse 4, verse 5, verse 12, verse 17, verse
26. Let me say it again. Verse 3, verse 4, verse
5, verse 12, verse 17, verse 26. All these places
talks about the word edify, edifies, edification,
edifying. And all of them are connected to prophecy.
Edify, edifies, edifying, or what? Edification.
Verse 3. But he that prophesies speaketh unto
men to edification and exhortation and what?
Verse 4. Verse 5. Verse 12. of the church verse
17 for thou verily verily give us thanks well
but the order is not edified 26 how is it then
brethren when you come together every one of
you had a psalm had a doctrine had a tongue had
a revelation had an interpretation let all things
be done unto what edifying so take the original
word building and put all in these places building,
building, building, building. You see, what Paul
is emphasizing is that every time you gather
in fellowship, let there be what? Building. Let
there be edification. Brother, edify the other.
Sister, when I stood there, one of the words
that I got, he said, husband and wife don't marry
because they should just marry. No, no, no. God
first will bring you to edify one another. My
responsibility as a husband is to what? due to
my wife. Her responsibility is to what? Due to
me. You have not borne me even straight. You
have not borne me this way. You have not borne
me. You have not borne me this way. You have
not borne me. Me, oh. Me in this house, I will
not cook again. Me in this house. Me in this
house. Me in this house. Is not receive. Is what?
Give. Give. Give. Say, I have been created by
God. I have his image. I have his image. And
I know the lifestyle of giving. Every resources
God has put inside you is to be released. Hallelujah.
To build others. And we've learned here, I'm
going to, in the next two, three minutes, we're
going to stop here for today. And we've learned
here that the word, Comfort and exhortation.
Edify is to build, right? And that word edification
is a compound word for comfort and what? Exhortation.
The word comfort is to provide help. Amen? The
word comfort is to do what? To provide what?
Help. Comfort is not pity. Do you hear what I
said? Comfort is not what? Is not pity. The word
comfort is to provide what? To provide what?
Help. Hallelujah. And then the word exhortation.
The word exhortation, it means to stand by someone.
Praise God. To do what? To stand by someone.
So which means that when prophecy is given, it
brings direction, guidance, help, and encouragement.
When prophecy is given, right? When gifts of
prophecy is in operation, it brings direction,
it brings guidance, it brings help, it brings
encouragement. Let me say it again. When prophecy
is given, it brings direction, it brings guidance,
it brings help, and it brings encouragement.
Purpose of what? Of the gifts of what? Prophecy.
Hallelujah. Let's read this and then we stop.
1 Corinthians 14 verse 6 now. Now, brethren,
if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what
shall I what? Profite you. What he's saying is
that how can I build you? Hallelujah. How can
I benefit you? Except I shall speak to you either
by what? Revelation or by knowledge or by prophesying
or by doctrine. Hallelujah. Because all these
words find expression through intelligible words
that the mind can understand. Hallelujah. Amen?
So when we come, by God's grace, on Wednesday,
we're going to exhaust this purpose of the gifts
of prophecy and then we're going to do how to
judge what? Prophecy. Then we'll practicalize
it. How to judge what? Prophecy. Then we'll do
what? We'll practicalize it. Maybe, not in this
church however, because we'll be taught. Amen?
He said, my children, my children, don't be afraid.
For I also am also afraid. But know that I am
with you. If you are close to the person there,
just hold the hands of the person and just keep
him in the sight first and say, don't be praying,
just be watching us. Because we have to start
checking which source. Like that young man that
they say, do you have a word? He came up here.
I can't see him again in our church. He said
to all the fine ladies, God says he's with you.
Praise God. Say I have the gifts of prophecy.
Say, I have the gifts of prophecy. Say, I have
the gifts of prophecy. One of the words I got
in the course of preparation, which we will talk
about it on Wednesday, is how every one of us,
we have to be mindful of our words. Hallelujah.
We have to be what? We're going to read a couple
of scriptures on Wednesday, and I believe the
Holy Spirit will bring so much revelation at
work in our hearts, and you will go about saying
the right things by the Spirit of God. Can you
just bless God, everybody? Can I just bless Scott?
Say, Father, thank you for I have the ability
to build. I have the ability to build. I have
the ability to build. I have the ability to build.
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