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right in. You know you can still be praying in
tongues and still listen to me, amen? Praise
God. You can still be praying and what? And still
listen. So Lord, as I'm here, privileged to be
here. As I'm speaking and also what? Listening
within. Hallelujah. Praise God. So in the week
I had someone say something, just a few days
ago. He was teaching about the gifts of the Holy
Ghost. The gifts of prophecy. You know, and he
said something. which is not in the scriptures,
however. He said that the gifts of the Spirit
are in ranking. And he said he's going to show
them how it is ranked. But he said something.
He said, you know, him, he's privileged to have
all the nine. Ha! And he said he will show them
how to just start operating in few. Because he's
in rank. So there are, you know our people, there
are dimensions you must reach to now see the
nine. But for him, he's privileged to have the
nine. Do you know the implication of that? He
is Lord of the Rings. Yeah, so everybody has
to look up to him. He's the general. Yes, that's
the right word. Hallelujah. Say, I have all the
gifts of the Holy Ghost. I have all the gifts
of the Holy Spirit. You know, when you say, I
have resources, what you are saying is that all
that is in Christ Jesus, the Holy Ghost has deployed
it to you. Hallelujah. The Holy Spirit didn't
forget one in heaven. He didn't forget one somewhere.
He has deployed what? All the resources. To who?
To you. Praise God. So when you get to somewhere
and then somebody tells you, you see, you, and
then he says something. He said, you know, the
one that every one of you have here is tongues.
That one is free for you. It's free. But you
see every other one? He said, it's the Holy Spirit.
The gifts are with the Holy Spirit. So he is
the one that when he didn't fit to see it at
operation, then he threw it. He releases it.
It's somebody that I know, I respect. Amen? So
I said, okay, so if the Holy Spirit has it, and
then now we need one, and he has made up his
mind not to give the one, come on, we'll be in
trouble. Hallelujah. See, I have all the gifts
of the Holy Spirit because God's word says so.
And that is my reality. Hallelujah. Choose to
believe God's word above every man's word. Amen.
That is why I would encourage us to stay. Stay
and be taught and be trained. Praise God. Stay.
Be patient. Be patient. Be patient. Be patient
to be taught and what? And trained in the word
of faith. That is our security. That is our security
against every kind of wind of doctrine. that
is flying to and fro everywhere. That is our
security. That is how we measure up unto maturity
to the fullness of Christ. That is why we hear
wind of doctrine, right? We are not traced to
and fro by it. So if I stand here and tell you
that every one of you just have only tongues
and I am the one that have the nine. Do you know
the implication of that? After this service,
there will be a line of people waiting for word
of wisdom, waiting for word of knowledge, waiting
for the prophetic. Praise God. That's the implication.
So question, what will I do as a believer, oh
Lord, to have this line? What will I do? Maybe
they will say 16 hours. I do 16 hours and I don't
see it. One video will say 100 days of tithing
and I will do 100 days and I don't see it. Do
you know what it starts becoming? I become a
frustrated believer that has a desire that cannot
be met. Hallelujah. But is that what Paul taught
the church in Corinthians? No. Praise God. That
all is at work in them. Hallelujah. And you know
that all is at work in us this evening? In RECF,
local church, we have all the gifts of the Holy
Ghost. Praise God. And we have all of them in
demonstration. Praise God. We see them. In fact,
he went out to say, he said, why you are seeing
some common and why some are not common is because
those ones are rare. Lord, gifts of the Holy
Ghost is rare. We have them in abundance. Hallelujah.
None of them is rare. None of them. No word of
knowledge is rare. No word of wisdom is rare.
No working of miracles is rare. No gift of faith
is rare. None of them is rare. All of them are
in abundant supply. You know? The guy that was,
the legs are gone, balls are finished. This young
guy walked. This man, they do miracles without
thinking. I always use this word. They do miracles
without what? They don't analyze it. The power
flows through my hands. The power of the Holy
Ghost flows through my lips. When I speak words,
I build things. When I speak words, I edify.
When I lay hands on things, I see things change.
Oh, I see the blind, the blind eyes open. Because
the power of the Holy Ghost flows through my
hands. Oh, I see deaf ears open. I see someone
here that has been having difficulty sleeping
through the night as a result of this meeting.
You're going to sleep every night without that
condition again in Jesus' name. Someone here
also that you've had a communication with your
mom regarding high blood pressure. From this
meeting tonight, that high blood pressure is
normal and is born in the name of Jesus. Someone
here, you have been reading the scriptures. and
you have been finding it difficult to understand.
And I tell you this by the Spirit of the Lord,
that the eyes of your understanding are open
as a result of this meeting. Spirit of Revelation
is rocking in your heart right now from this
meeting in the name of Jesus. Hallelujah. Praise
God. Hallelujah. Let's quickly do what we have
to do. We will take 30 minutes to 35 minutes
and then finish on the gifts of prophecy. And
we'll do something. Hallelujah. So, so far so
good from Pastor Emmanuel, myself. We've been
able to talk about a long, different series on
the gifts of the Holy Ghost. And we want to practice
all of them tonight. Hallelujah. Amen. We want
to practice what? All of them when? Tonight.
Hallelujah. Praise God. Amen. Yes, so, as we
are practicing them, the pastors, as they are
led in their heart, or they perceive in their
heart, they will move around and then imparting
people. Hallelujah. Praise God. Amen. Yeah, so
we're going to group ourselves. A couple of people
will be assigned to different groups to minister.
Amen. And then as we are doing that, the pastors
move around. As they perceive in their heart,
they are going to lay hands on people. Praise
God. Amen. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Glory to God. I believe
in miracles. I believe in miracles. I believe
in miracles. I see miracles. They happen through
my hands. They happen at my words, by the Spirit
of the Lord, in the name of Jesus. Praise God.
Hallelujah. One Sunday I came to church. Somewhere
around here I was feeling, I don't know what
was holding me. I could not stand. I didn't know
what was it. Pastor, if I... drove me to Gilney.
We went to a hospital. The guy took whatever,
whether he checked me or did not check me, I
don't know. But he tied some drugs, put some
things, gave me some prescriptions. I came home,
kept laying hands there. I'm healed, I'm healed,
I'm healed, I'm healed. Just within a week, I
remembered we had a pastor's meeting that same
week. You know, I also asked the pastors, I said,
please, that Saturday, I told them, I said, please,
can we just lay hands on my stomach and then
let's pray? I know they prayed, I slept, I woke
up, the pain gone. Sunday morning I came, I was
jumping everywhere, nothing. Monday morning I
waited to see whether he's there, nothing. Tuesday
I woke up, you know, nothing. I was like, hope
it's not my kidney. But kidney is at the back.
You know, I went on Goku. Demons are real. They're
on Goku. Don't allow any demon send you to God
to check what is disturbing you. Do you know
the result you see? That you have died last two
weeks. Yes, that's what you will see. With the
advent of Chadji Pitina, he will tell you anything
he wants to say. One day. One day? He said you
died last two weeks. So if you have been, maybe
it's kidney of so -and -so, maybe it's this,
this, maybe it's a liver, this, maybe it's a,
but liver where? Kidney where? I said on Sunday,
all you need to see is one miracle. Hallelujah.
You don't need 10. If you can see one, it means
that you can see 10. If you can see 10, it means
you can see 1 ,000. Hallelujah. The same power
you need for headache is the same power that
you need for cancer. The same power you need
for cancer is the same that will open the blind
eyes. It's same spirit. We don't have spirit
that casts out headache. We don't have spirit
that heals cancer. We don't have another spirit
that drives out demons. The Holy Ghost is Holy
Ghost. He is the Spirit of God and He walks sane.
Praise God. I choose to see the miraculous every
day in my life. Both in the things that pertain
to the spiritual and both in the things that
pertain to the natural. Praise God. So we ended
1 Corinthians chapter 14 on Sunday. Verse 3.
Verse 3. Edification, exaltation and what? And
comfort. Praise God. Hallelujah. And we read
1 Corinthians 14 verse 6. And we said, now brethren,
if I come to you speaking with tongues, what
shall I profit you except I shall speak to you
either by revelation or by knowledge or by prophesying
or by what? Or by doctrine. Hallelujah. Praise
God. And that word revelation in 1 Corinthians
14, 6 is apocalypses. A -P -O -K -A -L -Y -P
-S -I -S. A -P -O -K -A -L -Y -P -S -I -S. Apocalypses.
Which implies to means full disclosure. Full
disclosure. To uncover. To lay open what has
been veiled. Hallelujah. Revelation. Full what?
Disclosure. Amen. To uncover. To unveil what
has been veiled. Praise God. So when we say revelation,
we're not saying that something is not there
and suddenly something happens. Praise God. Already
something is there and then we now see an unveiling
of the thing. Praise God. Hallelujah. So, and
when there is a full disclosure, it means that
the mind should be able to understand what is
seen. Praise God. Hallelujah. So Paul is saying
that when prophecy comes, prophecy brings full
disclosure. Prophecy unveils. Your understanding
will be able to be fruitful from it. So you will
benefit from it. Hallelujah. Prophecy does not
come to confuse you more. Prophecy comes to unveil.
I said it on Sunday, to unveil what? The will
of God, the plans of God, the purposes of God.
So that we can have direction. Amen? So that
we can have guidance. Praise God. Hallelujah.
Praise God. So that we can have what again? There's
another word there. Guidance, direction, encouragement,
and then help. Hallelujah. Praise God. Hallelujah.
That's what revelation is. And then he said knowledge.
What is knowledge? Translated from the word mercies.
G -N -O -S -I -S. Which implies insights. Gnosis.
G -N -O -S -I -S. Gnosis, actually. Which implies
insights. Insight into what? Insight or experiential
knowledge. Expiration knowledge. From where?
From God's words. And when that kind of knowledge
comes to you, it does not come in tongues. It
comes in plain words that your mind can understand.
Hallelujah. Praise God. Hallelujah. I said if
I come to you by prophecy, which we are doing
now. Amen. Or by doctrine. Doctrine means, it
implies an instruction. Amen. I often will say
if I come here and I just instruct you by tongues.
And then you go, yes, sir, I know what to do.
You don't know what to do. But as if I come and
I give you instruction. I said, this hall, actually,
we need to repaint it. We need to fix the windows.
We need to fix the doors. Actually, there have
been sound going out. We need to put some soundproofs
and ETC. Your mind and your understanding now
can understand, can take it. Amen. And you are
fruitful. Your mind is fruitful from it. Praise
God. Hallelujah. And may you live this blessed.
So what Paul is saying in 1 Corinthians 46 is
that if I come to you speaking with tongues only,
how can I profit you, brother? Except I come
to you by what? By revelation. Amen. Or by what?
Knowledge. Or by what? Prophesying or by what?
Or by teaching. Because if I come to you like
this now, your understanding will be blessed.
Hallelujah. Praise God. Hallelujah. Yeah, so
what is the purpose of prophecy? The gift of
prophecy? The purpose is what? For edification.
Hallelujah. So building. So building. So building.
So building. Lying in the wall is the ability
to build. Lying in is ability to what? To build,
build people by the Spirit of the Lord. Build
people by the Spirit of the Lord. Build what?
People. One of the words I got in the place of
prayer is that you have received so much information
on the other side, on the negative, and you have
used it and it has become your reality. Let me
use this word, your virtual reality. Because
your reality is in Christ Jesus. Amen? It's not
time for you to redefine what you're seeing about
your life. Redefine it how? By speaking. Speak
it how? By God's words. Take God's words and
then make them, speak them, prophesy them, pray
upon them. Declare them over your life. Ah, we
have prayed this prayer. I can give you my younger
brother's number. You can call him. We have prayed
this. We will never be like the people from my
village. We have prayed it. We will do work of
ministry. We will do this. We will do that. Every
night, we will fast and pray. We will go. One
of the things that drove us to go and do those
things is because of where we are coming from.
It wasn't knowledge, however. What drove us?
For example, what drove us is that since they
built our house, the house, 10 years, no paint,
no nothing, and there's this big crack. You can
see our neighbor's house. Lizard always coming.
So we said, no, if words cannot change it, we
know prayers can change it. We put it as a first
item. This house must be fixed. We started fasting.
We started praying every day. We started fasting.
Two weeks, our mom called us. She said, your
dad just came back and said, I think it's enough
now. This house needs to be painted and it needs
to be this thing. Ha! She said, this one that
we are seeing, it has happened. It means all
other ones will work. We intensified prayers.
We called Sam. We call other sabo. We call other
people. We say, see, we are praying every night.
And these things are working. I'm telling you,
we kept praying every night. I will tell you
this by the Spirit of the Lord. I know it because
we are still experiencing. All the things we
have prayed for, all of them happened. Even though
when they painted the houses, I don't know the
people that painted it. The color that was supposed
to be outside was inside. The ones inside, they
took it outside. I say they painted it. However,
the pillars are fixed. Everywhere is good. Who
carries that color? Brown color, maru, I've put
inside the room. Now I say, okay, it's okay,
no problem. Carry yellow color and paint outside.
At least now I can say, come and visit. I don't
bring people to my house. But for whatever reason,
our parents are okay with it. You know those
times my dad would say he's waiting for the crack
to reach to his end. No, cracks don't reach ends.
They just end the building. Yes. We kept praying
that, Lord, we know that our parents cannot afford
even natural things. You are sending us to places
on scholarships. You are sending us to everywhere
around the world. Scholarships everywhere, around
the world, around the world, around the world.
See, I'm telling you, they're all here. They
know it. People kept thinking maybe our father
knows anybody. Our father don't even know anybody.
He only knows us. That God is pushing us far.
No way. You can change the story. You can change
the narrative. You can change everything you
see. Not with another man's words. With his words.
With your words. You are anointed. You have the
spirit of God. Forget about the people you see
from Kenya. Who is from Kenya here? Yes, forget
about all those things you see from Kenya. I
don't know why I'm calling Kenya. Forget about
them. You can do much more for Jesus beyond what
you see young people do there. Forget about it.
Just take hold of these realities that we are
teaching and discussing here, all of us, and
give us some time. Some of them are already speaking
now about your life. Some of them will speak
tomorrow. Some of them are going to see it in
the next one year. Some of them are going to
see it in the next 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
years to come. But truly we will say, when we
all gather together in this room, the Spirit
of the Lord... actually was working in our hearts
all. Praise God. So, the gifts of prophecy come
to edify. For building. For edification. For
comfort. For what? For exaltation. Praise God.
Hallelujah. So, then expressing the gifts of
prophecy. Expressing the gifts of prophecy. Don't
allow negative people come close to you. Don't
allow negative words, negative statements come
close to you. Always stay, stay, stay, stay,
stay. Declaring God's word as your reality. Praise
God. Expressing the gifts of the Holy Ghost.
So firstly, the gifts of the Holy, which we have
said, the gifts of, okay, firstly, please write
this. When gifts of prophecy are in manifestation,
there is a sense in which That God is speaking,
right? When the gifts of prophecy are in manifestation,
when the gifts of prophecy are in manifestation,
there is a sense in which God is what? Is speaking.
But if God actually is speaking, then we will
not have rights to judge those words. Praise
God. When gifts of prophecy are in manifestation,
there is a sense in which God is what? Is speaking.
But if actually God is the one speaking directly
to us, then we don't have the right to judge
those speakings. Amen? Because it will be literally
His voice speaking through the clouds or some
form of medium. Amen? And if that happens, which
means we can't what? We don't have the right
to do what? To judge it. Don't forget that the
subtopic is expressing the what? The gifts of
the Spirit. Amen? And we cannot judge or question
it because God is speaking through the clouds.
He's speaking through some form of medium. Amen?
So it's God that is speaking. We can't what?
We can't judge it. Secondly, if God actually
were speaking, we will not need any instructions
for the use of the gifts. In 1 Corinthians now.
Amen? If God is actually and literally speaking
to us, then we will not need any instruction
for the use of what? For the use of the gifts
because God will always come down and speak.
I will not need Pastor Victor to speak. I will
not need Pastor Fred to speak. I will not need
you to speak to me. You understand, right? Because
God is speaking. So God is speaking. Why need
anybody and why need any gifts of spirit again?
I don't need gifts of spirit. So he went to speak
and went not to speak because God does not need
any instruction. Amen? So if he is the one speaking,
he will not need any what? Instruction. Went
to silence him and went not to silence him. Praise
God. Thirdly, the gifts of God are perfect. All
the gifts of the Spirit are what? Are perfect.
The Holy Spirit is perfect. But these gifts are
not or are often not perfect in their manifestation.
The gifts of God are perfect. The Holy Spirit
is perfect. But these gifts are often not what?
Perfect in their manifestation. Why? Because
they are manifested through imperfect channels,
men and women. Praise God. These gifts are manifested
through what? imperfect channels. Through what?
Men and women. We're going to talk about them.
So when these deeds are manifested, men and women,
what is happening is that something from our
personality gets mixed with the divine flow.
Praise God. So there's a divine flow. Amen? The
mind of God being revealed. But as the mind of
God is being revealed, it gets mixed up with
our what? With our own personality. Praise God.
So for example, it will be mixed with our minds.
Because when it flows from the Spirit, our mind
understands it. So it will be mixed with our
minds. It will be mixed based on our understanding.
It will be mixed based on our emotions. It will
be mixed based on our maturity in the things
of the Spirit. Hallelujah. Let me say it again.
We say because they are manifested through what?
Through imperfect channels as men and women,
through us. Why? Because when they are in manifestation,
they get mixed with our what? Personality. Because
God will speak through us as vessels. The Spirit
of God will speak through us as what? As His
vessels. Amen? And when He is speaking through
us, the instructions will be lit with our minds,
our understanding, our emotions. Our maturity
in communication and our knowledge of spiritual
things. Hallelujah. Our knowledge of spiritual
things or the things of the Spirit. Hallelujah.
So we must understand something, that when it
comes to the expression of the gifts of the Spirit,
like gifts of the prophecy, God does not put
a premium on ignorance and education. When it
comes to the manifestation of the themes of the
spirit, God does not put a what? A premium on
what? On ignorance or what? Or education because
he is using the vessel that carries his spirit.
He does not put a premium on ignorance or what?
Or education. Pastor Vic, Vic, Victor, this man
is an associate professor. I think what is going
to be happening? he will be flowing like water.
The things will be happening. And then suddenly
now, he will look at somebody now doing undergraduate,
he say, oh, he's doing undergraduate. Even the
undergraduate is not medicine, it's archaeology.
Studying of soil. I think, let him just remain
at tongues and interpretation. No. God does not
put a premium on what? On ignorance or what?
Education, Acts chapter 4, verse 7 to 13. Facts,
let's read. Acts chapter 4, verse 7 to 13. Then
Mayoko filled with what? Then Takunda filled
with what? With the Holy Ghost sent unto them.
Ye rulers of people and the elders in Israel,
if we this day be examined of the good deed drawn
to the impotent man. What is the good deeds?
What is the good deed they did to the impotent
man? They healed him. Hallelujah. They healed
him. See what he said. by what means he is made
whole. Be it not unto you all, and to all the
people of Israel, but that by the name of Jesus
Christ of Nazareth, whom they have crucified,
whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth
this man stand before you at home. This is the
stone which was set at the Lord of you builders,
which is become the hair of the corner. Neither
is there salvation in any other. For there is
none other name on that heaven given among men,
where be we must be saved. 13. Now when they
saw the boldness of Peter and what? Fear with
the spirit, boldness. Hallelujah. Fear with the
spirit, what? Boldness. Fear with the spirit,
a display of the gifts of healing. Fear with
the spirit, receive power. Fear with the spirit,
boldness to what? To speak to the rulers. And
see what they said now. And they perceived that
they were what? Unlearned and what? Ignorant
men. They marveled and they took knowledge of
them that they had been studying books. That
they had been with who? The man that is being.
Let me put it this way. The man. I don't know.
This is not a good English. But let me put it
this way. The man that is being. English people
are weaker than me. The man that is being with
Jesus always. Ah, that man can never be termed
an uneducated man. That man can never be termed
an ignorant man. Oh boy, I saw a testimony of
a woman that just attended Rema Bible Institute
in Kaduna. She said she does not know how to
read. She does not know. In fact, even her husband
said that that place is only for educated people.
He was not giving her transport money because
he knows she's going there to waste her time.
She made up her mind to go to Rema Bible Institute.
She registered. She attended. During the graduation,
she was sharing her testimony. She said, it's
from this school that the Holy Spirit opened
her understanding. For the first time, she could
read the Bible and understand the Bible. That
is not there. And she can speak articulate English
language. Her husband has never called her honey.
But because of the miraculous he has seen in
her life, he is calling her honey. I'm using
her sound. And he's not only calling her honey,
he's giving her transfer money. Till the graduation
day. She has been with Jesus. Amen. The man that
is always with Jesus, that man is a supernatural
man. He defies every law of natural. You see,
they took cognizance of them. You know, I went
to check. That word on land, it means agrammatos.
That word on land, in Greek what it means is
agrammatos. A -G -R -A -N -M -A -T -O -S. Grammar.
Grammar. Agrammatos. You're not writing. You're
a worker. Workers are supposed to be writing
and be following. Because now, those gathered
go somewhere in Iskele. Gather ten people that
are demon possessed. You're the one that will
curse them. Agrammatos. Agrammatos means not
formally educated in the scriptures or rabbinical
school. A formal institution. These guys were
not formally educated. You know what we are about
starting this church? Some people told us that
we have not gone to theological school. Number
one. Number two. We are not even married. Number
three. We are just going there to just... Yes.
And we are going to disturb. Is there even a
matured woman among us? No. So we are going to
go and deceive the young ladies. Ladies, have
anyone deceived you here? Okay. You know, we
were laughing about it in the past, right? I
said, at least now, we have ticked one of the
criteria. We are all married. According to the
standards, We are still on agrammatos. Because
there is no any formal theological school that
we have gone. Have your life been the same since
you joined us? All the things you have received
so far, does it look like we are uneducated?
We have been with Jesus. And we are still with
Jesus till we die. Hallelujah. Kai. We will go
all the way with him till we die. And everywhere
we go, people see. We're not here with Jesus.
Nobody. Who cares about my certificates? Jesus.
That I'm head of department. That is associate.
Who cares that you're associate professor? Nobody.
Oh, we know that you are be with who? With Jesus.
And every time you speak, you don't speak in
word only. But you speak in the spirit and power.
With not assurance in the heart of your hearers.
Hallelujah. Rabbinical school. Ignorant in Greek
word means idiot. But the meaning is a layman
or someone without professional or scholarly
status. A layman, right? A layman or someone
without what? Professional or scholarly what?
So they perceive that these guys were nobody
in the society. But they know that they have
been with Jesus. And they've seen and tested
the authority of Jesus. And it's an undeniable
power and authority. Hallelujah. Praise God.
So the person who speaks, the person who speaks,
the person who speaks, the person who speaks
does not mean He or she is not a believer or
is not filled with the Spirit of God. Amen? When
it comes to the expression of the gifts of the
Holy Spirit, the speaker, the person that you
are hearing, right? When he licks those things,
that does not mean that he is a non -believer.
Amen? And that does not mean that he does not
have the Spirit of God. Like I told us, what's
happening is that as the manifestation is coming,
it's mixed with emotions, it can be mixed with
the mind of the person, the maturity of the person,
how the person understands the things of the
Spirit. Amen? Hallelujah. So that is why we must
give so much emphasis to the teaching of God's
words. Because so that the man that is speaking,
now he has been taught and trained in the word
of faith much more, much more, much more, much
more. When the manifestation is coming now, it
can be felt that well. Hallelujah. Because now
you are taught and you are trained that the gifts
of prophecy and the gifts of the Holy Ghost,
when they come, is to build, right? So, because
you have been taught and trained and you are
now mature or you are maturing, as the manifestation
is coming, you know how to now pass it so that
there will be a building. Praise God. Hallelujah.
Do we understand? Yes. So, expressing the gifts
of what? The gifts of prophecy. So, we need the
operation of the gifts of prophecy in our congregation.
We need everything God has provided for us. But
we need to follow the instructions of God for
the proper use of the gift. Praise God. 1 Corinthians
14, 26. He said, let all things be done unto
a divine. 1 Corinthians 14, 26. 1 Corinthians
14, 26. See what the scripture says. Very fast.
See what it says. Hi, brethren. Hi, 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 drawn unto what? Edifying. Hallelujah. The
aim of the expression is to what? To edify. Even
as it's mixing with your mind, edification. As
it's mixing with your emotions, edification.
As it's mixing whether you have a bad day or
you have a good day, the aim is to what? Is to
edify. Hallelujah. Praise God. Hallelujah. So
although, We may be inspired to speak. We may
have a message in tongues or interpretation of
tongues or a word of prophecy. It is not always
wise to just jump into it. Because the aim is
to edify. The aim is not just to bubble up. Praise
God. It's not just to what? Bubble up words.
The aim is to what? Is to edify. Let me say this
now as it's coming to my heart. Then as a believer,
we need to be cheerful how we communicate. the
instructions of God to our hearers. We must be
careful. Our words build. We must be careful
how we communicate. So the manifestation and
the expression of the gifts of the prophecy are
a product of both God and man. The manifestation
of the expression or the expression of the gifts
of the prophecy are what? Are a product of both
what? Divine and what? And human. God and man.
So God will lead me to edify somebody. Hallelujah.
God will lead me to build what? To build someone.
Praise God. So nowhere in the Bible does it say
that the Holy Spirit ever talked with tongues.
Nowhere. Instead, we read that the Holy Spirit,
what? Gives you utterance and you are the one
that do the talking. Praise God. Hallelujah.
Nowhere that the Holy Ghost is the one that is
doing the healing directly. But the Holy Ghost
has the power to heal his way. It's in us. Who
does the healing? In my name, yes, I'll do it.
Lay hands on what? On the sea. Praise God. So
the power of loss, we read Acts chapter 4, 29,
does stretch from your hands and heal. How Jesus
stretched out his hands? Through my hands. Hallelujah.
So as the manifestation of the feats of the Spirit
are happening, they are happening through who?
They are happening through who? They are happening
through me. Hallelujah. Write this down there.
I must strive to daily become better in the things
of the Spirit. For more edification, I must strive
to get better at what? At the things of the Spirit.
I must strive to get better in the study of God's
Word. I must strive to get better in the place
of prayer. I must strive to get better in the
place of preaching the Word. I must strive to
get better. I must strive to do what? to get
better. We pray something that our brother led
us. One of the things we pray that he would,
we should stay what? We should stay fresh. Ah,
the man that is always fresh, the man that is
always boiling hot with the themes of the spirit,
oh boy, he is limitless when it comes to building
others. Everywhere you go, you bring so much
edification to your hearers. Praise God. Hallelujah.
So right is lastly now. Having said all these
things, prophecy is a result of merging the divine
and the human. Prophecy, prophecy is a result
of merging the divine and what? And the human.
1 Timothy 4 verse 14. We've read it a couple
of times here. Neglect not the gift that is in
thee. Prophecy is a result of merging of the
divine and the human. 1 Timothy 4 .14 Neglect
not the gift that is what? That is in thee, which
was given thee by the prophecy, with the laying
on of the hands of the what? Presbytery. Praise
God. Who is the one not to neglect? Who is the
one not to neglect? Me. Hallelujah. 1 Timothy
4 .6 again. Sorry, 1 .6. Wherefore I put thee
in remembrance that thou stir up the gifts of
God, which is in what? In thee. Who does the
stirring? Who does the speaking? Who does the
tongues and interpretation? Who does the laying
of hands? Who does the one that gives the gifts
of the word of wisdom, the word of knowledge?
Casting out devils. Who's the one? I do it. Hallelujah.
Praise God. So in essence now, when it comes
to the expression now of the things of the spirit,
God needs you for the manifestation of the gifts
of prophecy. Hallelujah. But God does not need
you to be the way you are always. He will always
need you to grow unto maturity. Amen. Hallelujah.
Because as the gifts are perfect, the Holy Ghost
is perfect, the manifestations are perfect, they
are going to move and flow through who? Through
me. Hallelujah. So every day I must stay refined.
Ah, I love this word now. Every day I must stay
what? I must stay refined. Refined in the place
of prayer. Refined in the place of the words.
Refined praying in tongues. Refined praying in
tongues. Because I want when the gift is manifested,
you get edified. Hallelujah. The last thing we
are discussing now and we pray, how to judge
prophecy? How to judge prophecy? I'm going to
list it. I will list it and then list the scriptures
so that we can catch up with time. Amen? How
to judge what? Prophecy. Even though when we
come to the prophetic office, We're going to
talk about it in detail. Amen? Praise God. How
to judge what? Prophecy. 1 Corinthians 14 .29.
Fast. 1 Corinthians 14 .29. Let the prophets
speak. 203. And let the other judge. Let the
prophets speak. 203. And let the other what?
Judge. So the word judge. is the word diacrino.
The word judge is the word diacrino. D -I -A
-K -R -I -N -O. Diacrino. D -I -A -K -R -I -N
-O. Which means to discern, to distinguish, to
test, to evaluate, to weigh carefully the message
received, whether it is genuine and edifying
or not. I'm going to repeat it. Diacrino, which
means to discern, to distinguish, to test, to
evaluate, to weigh carefully the message received,
whether it is genuine and edifying or not. To
test, to discern, to distinguish, to test, to
evaluate, to weigh carefully the message received,
whether it is genuine and edifying or what? Or
not. Hallelujah. Let the other judge. Because
the essence is that when these words come, right,
that we don't quench the spirit. Hallelujah.
We don't despise the prophesying. Amen. And also
we're able to prove all things and hold fast
to that which is what? Which is good. 1 Thessalonians
5, 19 -21. Like we said, even though we acknowledge
that the gifts of prophecy are God's words, But
they are coming through what? Through fallible
human vessels. So therefore, there is an instruction
for us to be able to what? To weigh them carefully.
I remember, you remember the first prayers we
had, the 14 -hour retreat we had. One brother
came in. And then Yurman Papa Saulu told us that
we should not allow him to prophesy. Because
if we allow him to prophesy, he's going to say
something. The people that were around, they
know what I'm talking about. I know when we gave
him opportunity to speak. He said he sees Zimbabwean
currency getting better. So when we came, we
now started correcting what he's saying. Maybe
he needs this. Maybe he needs that. Amen? Often
we're going to do it now in the next minutes.
Don't be afraid to give the instructions. Don't
worry, there will be people in your group that
are going to say what actually that instruction
is by the Spirit. Amen? Hallelujah. See if you
get better at it. Amen? Number one, write it.
Prophecy is primarily speaking unto men to edification,
exhortation, and comfort. So first, we must judge
that is what? Is edifying, is building. Number
one. 1 Corinthians 14, verse 3. You can write
that scripture. That's number one. Number two.
Is it in conformity with the scriptures? Prophecy
is primarily, that's number one. Prophecy is
primarily speaking unto men to edification, exhortation,
and comfort. 1 Corinthians 14, verse 3. So when
these instructions are coming, what we should
see is that what? There's a building. There's
a guidance. There's a help. Amen? There's encouragement.
Praise God. Not fear. Hallelujah. Not chaos happening
in the heart of receivers. It's a spirit of love.
So two, is it in conformity with the scriptures?
Is it in conformity with the scriptures? Does
it agree with the scriptures? Like on Sunday
I said something, everybody laughed. My children
or my son, my son, do not be afraid. For I, your
father, sometimes I often get afraid and scared.
So question. Does God get scared? Does He conform
with the Scriptures? Does He agree with the Scriptures?
But you know, some people can receive it and
say, Oh God, don't be scared. We will not be
scared. I'm telling you. Does He conform? Does
He agree with the Scriptures? 2 Peter 1 .21 2
Timothy 3 .16 -17 1 John 4, 1, 3. 2 Peter 1,
21. 2 Timothy 3, 16, 17. 1 John 4, 1, 2, 3. Revelation
19, verse 10. Revelation 19, verse 10. 1 Corinthians
14, 37. Do I need to say it again? As you say
it. 2 Peter 1, verse 21. 2 Timothy 3, 16 -17.
1 John 4, 1 -3. Revelation 19, 10. 1 Corinthians
14, 37. 3. Do the prophecies produce faith and
liberty or fear and bondage? Do the prophecies
produce what? Faith and liberty. Or fear and
bondage? Do the prophecies produce faith and
liberty? Or fear and what? And bondage? 2 Corinthians
4 .13 Do the prophecies produce faith and liberty?
Or fear and bondage? Romans 8 .15 Romans 8 .15
2 Corinthians 3 .17. 2 Corinthians 3 .17. 2 Corinthians
11 .20. 4. Does it glorify God or draws attention
to man? Does it glorify God or draws attention
to who? To man. So when you receive these words,
does it glorify God? or draws attention to who?
To man. 1 John 4, 1 -2. 1 John 4, 1 -2. 1 John
4, 1 -2. John 16, 14. John 16, 14. We have two
more here. The gift of prophecy is not to be
used to introduce new doctrine. The gift of prophecy
is not to be used to introduce what? New doctrine.
Jude 1 .3 Jude 1 .3 You see, I'm bringing a deeper
truth. I want to take you people and we'll dive
into a new dimension. There is no any dimension
anyway. The dimension is here. It's already revealed
here. Amen. Hallelujah. Jude 1 .3, 1 Timothy
6 .3 -4. 1 Timothy 6 .3 -4. 1 Timothy 6 .3 -4.
Ephesians 2 .20. Ephesians 2 .20. 1 John 4 .1
-2. 1 John 4 .1 -2. 2 Timothy 3, 16 -17. 2 Timothy
3, 16 -17. And then lastly, the gift of prophecy
is not to be used merely to satisfy curiosity.
The gift of prophecy is not to be used merely
to satisfy what? Curiosity about the future.
They want to predict who wins the UEFA Champions
League. A lady met me. She came and met me and
said, please, there are two guys and pastor,
can you pray? Real, I'm telling you real. Can
you pray? I want to know whether the man is my
husband. I said, why do I need to pray? She said,
because she came to the house during weekend
and she saw the clothes of another lady. And
the cleaner told her that the lady has been there
for two weeks. I asked her, have you been having
sex with him? She said, yes. I said, he's not
your husband. Straight. She said, even my mother
has endorsed him. I said, even if your mother
has endorsed him, I don't need to pray about
it. He's not your husband and you're not his
wife. They never liked this statement. She left
and never came till today. I don't know. I think
I deleted her number too from my phone. Praise
God. You want to satisfy curiosity about the
future. Should I pick the husband? He see my
husband. He see my wife. They already having
feelings for him. Why do you want me to know?
Praise God. Hallelujah. Let's rise to our feet.
Did I give any scripture about that? 2 Peter
1, 20 -21. Matthew 7, 15 -20. Matthew 7, 15 to
what? To 20. Hallelujah. Let's rise to our feet.
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