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right in. Designing of spirits. What is designing
of what? Of spirits. Hallelujah. first corinthians
chapter 12 verse 10 let's go first corinthians
chapter 12 verse 10 first corinthians chapter
12 verse 10 to another the working of miracles
to another prophecy to another designing of what
of spirit to another diverse kinds of tongues
to another the interpretation of what of tongues
so is the gift of what designing of what spirits
hallelujah is a gift of the designing of spirit
so the word designing the word designing that
word designing is translated from the greek word
diacrisis d i a k r i s i d i a k r i s i s diacrisis
diakrisis diakrisis diakrisis diakrisis diakrisis
which means to distinguish to distinguish to
recognize to distinguish to recognize to distinguish
to recognize to separate to make a distinction
to separate to make a distinction to determine
to give judgment you are not writing use your
phone to write yeah so use your phone to write
you're gonna need this you're gonna need this
to give judgment distinguish a distinction to
determine to give judgment to pick out to pick
out to think to think to give an opinion between
what is right or wrong to give an opinion between
what is right or what or wrong and then lastly
disputations disputations disputations disputations
so designing of spirits we start and saying what
is what designing right what is designing designing
is to separate to distinguish to determine to
give judgment right you want to judge to know
this is right and this is what is wrong you want
to separate this is good and this is what bad
or this is evil right good so you want to give
an opinion so i think this matter This is where
I believe it should be placed. Right? So every
time, let's assume we're getting into an apartment,
a new house. Right? And then, you know, with
my wife, let's take for instance, right? With
housemates, they don't care where the fridge
is. It should be in the ceiling. Nobody cares.
As far as you can open it and take water, nobody
cares. But, you know, with your damn self, there
has to be care. the position of the fridge you
know where the microwave how it should look and
all those things you see so that ability for
them to get into the city room and so i think
this table needs to shift and then they go and
say ah there's a line small line push it again
push it perfect that is designing that is what
designing is that word what designing because
you are giving a what a judgment you are picking
out to know where something is placed is it right
or what or is it wrong do we know what designing
is do we know what designing is perfect good
hebrews chapter 5 verse 14 now let's get a couple
of scriptures where we see that use hebrews chapter
5 verse 14 Hebrews 5 verse 14 And I read Seeing
that Sorry But strong meat belongeth to them
that are of what? Of full age Even those who
by what? Reason of what? Use, have their what?
Exercise to do what? To design what? both and
what good and evil can you see that so as many
that are full of edge even them that are able
to use their senses to give judgment between
what what is good and what is what evil to separate
good and evil to distinguish good and evil to
pick out on good and evil perfect good so matthew
16 3 matthew 16 3 Matthew 16 verse 3 Matthew
16 3 see what the scripture says and in the morning
it will be foul weather today for the sky is
red and what lowering all ye hypocrites ye can
discern the face of what ye can discern the what
but can ye not discern the signs of what of end
times 1 Corinthians chapter 6 verse 5 1 Corinthians
chapter 6 verse 5 and Romans chapter 14 verse
1 So you can add that as extra scriptures 1 Corinthians
6 verse 5 Romans chapter 14 verse 1 So we can
say that designing of spirit means to distinguish
spirits To distinguish what? Spirits to distinguish
spirits to recognize spirits, to separate spirits,
to determine spirits, to give judgment about
spirits. Amen? So you see, this is kind of different
from all the things that we've been discussing
so far regarding the gifts of the Holy Ghost.
Amen? Yeah, so to recognize spirits, to distinguish
spirits, to separate spirits, to determine spirits,
to give judgment about what? About spirits. the
gift of the designing of spirits gives us supernatural
insight into the realm of spirits it gives us
supernatural what? insight into the realm of
what? of spirits it gives us insight into the
realm of what? of spirits so the Holy Ghost supernaturally
gives us access into the realm of what of spirits
this teaching is important this morning it will
reveal the kind of spirit that is involved in
any operation or behind an operation it will
reveal the kind of what of spirit that is behind
what an operation a manifestation it reveals
what the kind of spirit that is behind what an
operation a manifestation of supernatural knowledge
or power it reveals the kind of spirit that is
behind an operation a manifestation of a supernatural
knowledge or what or power so what i mean by
supernatural knowledge or power is that now you
can be able to distinguish even when somebody
just randomly meets you inside the school bus
or meets you in the market and then begins to
call your name let's assume this turkish man
just walks up to you and then begins to call
your name samuel you are from nigeria you are
from adamawa you are you are living on dtb roads
number 36 or number 29 or number 50 you have
this and this and this and then you cannot like
serious first this guy is white secondly he has
never been to africa you are sure about that
yeah so english is not good my brother you know
and then he starts to speak the turkish english
maybe he mixes it with some turkish and then
you look what is nevertheless however he mentions
the things and then you go how did this guy know
the person is not from any cf so the person will
just kneel down papa prophesy because if you
are from any cf you can do that amen or maybe
you will take number because you have found whom
now knows all the details about your life so
what is happening is that that man is exhibiting
some form of supernatural power because naturally
he will not know this information amen so now
you have an ability right or is in your hands
or is in your responsibility to be able to distinguish
is this of god or is not what of god why because
you are seeing an operation or a manifestation
that is not normal Ḥaleluyah Ḥaleluyah Ḥaleluyah
Ḥaleluyah Ḥaleluyah Ḥaleluyah Ḥaleluyah Ḥaleluyah
Ḥaleluyah Ḥaleluyah Ḥaleluyah Ḥaleluyah we want
to pick out on it and know is this of God or
let me make something practical so that i can
take home now this illustration and then we are
here and then we say can everybody just play
in the holy ghost and give interpretation and
leave these guys go come on the tongues are powerful
and as they give you an interpretation and then
the guys goes giving an interpretation and then
suddenly the whole group just stands I know some
people who just touch one another face. What's
happening here? You see? Let me say something.
You see that thing that has made you to quickly
start tapping each other and start eyeing each
other, right? Something is happening where? From
the inside. We had this long prayer session and
before the meeting and then someone just, one
of us just came and say, you see that brother?
Don't allow him to say anything here. we didn't
know what he meant so we sustained the atmosphere
pray pray pray pray pray pray pray pray pray
and then we now give an opportunity for for for
for people to speak what they've received and
then the guy goes i see the currency of zimbabwe
the economy of zimbabwe and then he said some
funny funny things sorry most of us were laughing
i don't know why we're laughing that day but
you know it made sense to us why he caution us
from the beginning you know why because he has
already prior to this meeting has already designed
this person and This person coming to that meeting.
He was even surprised to see him in the meeting
Amen, so ahead of time. He has already given
us what and information about the manifestation
We're going to receive and the operation we what
we will see glory to God hallelujah So three
weeks we can tell whether the source of that
spirit is human divine that is from god or an
angel or is satanic through designing of spirit
we can be able to distinguish we can be able
to tell whether that kind of manifestation whether
that kind of operation whether the source is
what is human is divine that is from god or an
angel or what or satanic And so, in designing
of spirit, we judge the spirit by God's word.
Hallelujah. We judge the spirit by what? By God's
word, by the knowledge of God's word. We subject
the spirit and their operation to God's word
so that we can distinguish them. We judge the
spirit, we subject them to God's word so that
we can what? So that we can be able to pick out
on them or know them or recognize them. So what
is the purpose of these gifts? The purpose of
these gifts, one, is to lift the veil that covers
the unseen spiritual world. The purpose of these
gifts is what? Is to lift the veil. You know
we are talking about a kind of operation, right?
A kind of manifestation, is it not? So when we
see the manifestation, we see the operation because
now normally, people naturally, people will just
receive it. Like I always say jokingly, in the
prayer thing, that one of these days, we will
just take everybody to one secondary school.
We don't know, I don't know whether they have
that. You know, in left K, I always use left
K. And then in the secondary school, they now
send a secular to us, that these children, they
just feel there is something demonic. Let me
tell you, everybody in the world, whether they
are safe or not, they know what demons are. Everybody
knows what evil spirits are. right and then they
may not know God but you know what evil spirits
are and then we now take everybody and we say
these two their own when it starts they shout
like lions you cast them out you these two when
they start they hop on people and tear their
clothes tear make marks you cast them out and
then we arrive into the place and all the students
are ha ha ha how's gilding this how's gilding
this you know and you're wondering so how why
did they bring us here these guys are all normal
and then suddenly now we just change gears you
know spirits are very amazing demonic spirits
are amazing so we change gears and then maybe
one just walks up to you and said ha ho jam and
starts laughing planning to hop up on you you
know and then the guy just go what will you do
i just somebody say i will run you came to cast
them you're running it's easier to recognize
an evil spirit or a good spirit when you see
their manifestation but it's very difficult when
now you don't see any what manifestation and
yet they are in operation hallelujah so that
means that the holy spirit has to give us access
there has to be an unveiling amen so that point
that i mentioned now there has to be a lifting
of the veil to uncover that what that spiritual
world to the believer spirit number one number
two the purpose of giving of this gift to the
believer is to enable us see as god sees hallelujah
god is spirit amen so to enable the believer
to see as god what as god sees so the believer
will not judge things only by his side but rather
also he judges by what by the ability of the
spirit of God that is within him. Hallelujah!
Praise God! So, it helps us to be able to see
beyond the outward appearance and to see the
spirit that is behind an operation. Three, this
gift helps to protect us from deception. It protects
us from what? Deception. Why? Because sometimes
will parade himself to us as what as angel of
what of light hallelujah four to help us know
the spirit behind some problems affecting people
and to be able to help them to help us know the
spirit behind what some problems affecting what
people you see i'm using the word some problems
because some problems are not spirits hallelujah
probably the person has taken too much of colorado
right arizona goskolo and all the things i've
got scored his mind colorado his brain arizona
his soul so that kind of a thing is not spiritual
though there is a spirit behind it amen but we
know this person subjected himself to what to
this kind of thing they call us with pastor ima
i carry pastor ima pastor if i was not available
so at least pastor ima with me we can be able
to hold the guy down so we went to see the guy
the mom called all the way from nigeria our son
is running mad he needs help and all those things
they told her i'm a pastor and also i'm a professor
plis kan we just go and then help the boy out
you know so we got into the house and here is
this boy inside the bathroom life this is a life
story and then with the tap on and he's begging
the tap i am sorry the shower is flowing i am
sorry oh i'm sorry i am sorry so why are you
begging water prior to that day he went to do
he celebrated bad day and enjoyed himself and
then he went to his neighbor you know met this
lady the lady too is a pro in taking drugs so
and he is not at her level so he took at her
level and the thing took him off also a man is
here we struggle with the boy eventually took
him to psychiatric hospital on a saturday he
was released on a thursday i asked him what is
today's day we're driving out he said today is
sunday i said no it's not sunday it's thursday
i didn't know how he remembered his mom's number
and also he could also reach out to me he remembered
my number i don't know how right you know that
kind of a thing will not want us will not need
us to stay there and be casting out devils just
need hastane to just remove the thing four days
and they did a deliverance and he was fine however
two weeks later he returned back to it summary
he's back to angiria right yes so why am i saying
that some problems you see i mentioned what some
problems so some problems affecting people so
which means we will need designing of spirit
to know that there are certain manifestations
and operations that we see in people's lives
that are not natural hallelujah and now we have
an ability to do what to help them then the last
now right the last now number five the purpose
of these gifts for the believer is that to bring
to your mind that you have authority over unclean
spirits you have what authority over what unclean
spirits you have authority over what unclean
spirit you see as i teach i am also receiving
this same teaching i know what i'm saying as
i'm teaching i'm also what receiving what same
teaching so the same way you are reading and
you are writing and hearing me same way also
i'm receiving let me tell you how i know i'm
also receiving because even now when i leave
this place my mind goes to meditation on many
things so please pay attention as i'm teaching
you i'm not carrying away i'm telling you this
i'm all here i'm paying attention inside too
amen good so have you said all this now so we
have defined what designing of spirit is right
have we done that we have defined designing what
designing of spirit is right and then a little
about designing of spirits the purpose of these
gifts so what designing of spirit is not what
designing of spirit what is not we have defined
designing right what designing of spirit is the
purpose of these gifts right so now what designing
of spirit is not that's what we are talking about
are you writing What designing of spirit is not
one It is not the gift of discernment You know
yesterday for the first time I say Even you are
still studying. I've been doing it for a few
days now, you know going through it going through
it and I'm like so why why have i been praying
not increase my discernment increase my discernment
increase my discernment increase my gift of discernment
see there is nothing in the scripture called
what gift of discernment never what we call gift
of discernment or discernment is what is called
word of knowledge In fact, for the first time,
I am learning that instead of saying, Lord, increase
my gift of discernment, I should pray that, Lord,
I want to see more of the manifestation of the
word of knowledge in my life. Hallelujah. Because
in the scriptures, there is nothing called what?
Descendment, gift of discernment. Praise God.
Why am I saying that? All the gifts that we've
been able to discuss, reverential gifts, all
of them help you to judge, to discern. There
is nothing called gift of what? Discernment.
So, discerning of spirit is not what? Gift of
discernment. So many a times what people call
the gift of discernment is really the gift of
the word of knowledge in what? in operation in
other words practical now because this is class
practical practical practical practical practical
polo what is word of knowledge yes word of knowledge
not designing of spirit we have done word of
knowledge before we have done word of wisdom
right Have we done it in this church? Have we
done what is word of knowledge? Have we done
what is word of wisdom? Perfect. So, word of
knowledge. Revise back, revise back. Okay, somebody
is raising their hand. Yes, help us. Gift of
discernment. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
no, no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
no, no. this part is done practical practical
practical practical practical practical somebody
say don't call my name lord you should not see
me lord you should not see me so people are already
opening their book people are fast opening their
books fast i always mix their name i always mix
okay i know teodor i always mix rosaleen and
who sophia yes sophia word of knowledge about
what yes facts from the mind of god yes somebody
should help out now about what okay the past
and the present hallelujah amen so to have facts
from the mind of God about what has happened
in the past and happened now right is that not
knowledge does it have to do with anything called
spirits I just know things by the spirit of God
hallelujah I just know events amen praise God
so that in itself right is automatically you
are able to recognize I remember we use the word
to recognize praise God so there is nothing so
that thing that you call gift of discernment
oftentimes is what the word of knowledge in operation
you know you just work somebody he said ah you
know when we're praying when we're praying i
i have discern i discern and then and i i know
that this is baba you are not designing anything
what what is happening is that word of knowledge
is in what is in operation you say you know pastor
fretsa the gift of my discernment when I engage
it is so heavy brother there is nothing if you
want engage anything you want to engage we know
that is the word of knowledge in what? please
know this in the scriptures there is nothing
called the gift of what? discernment we're gonna
put a balance to it because we are building secondly
now it is not a kind of spiritual thought or
mind reading it is not brothers help me with
this time before i will see is minus one the
last time i saw it was on 16 now i know if you
open it i will see two it is the car is it is
not a kind of spiritual thought or what or mind
reading this gift is not the revelation of men's
thoughts or hearts you know sometimes have you
used this word on somebody is that i think this
guy or this lady has some nasty spirit or she
or he has some devilish spirits the guy just
did something i say i think he has a he has a
bad spirit have you had somebody use that kind
of word have you had somebody use that kind of
word he said i think this person has a bad spirit
or let me use the one that you know he has a
bad omen is omen right okay okay okay so he has
a bad spirit you see the gift of discerning of
spirit is not some form of supernatural or spiritual
what mind reading or what or help me out or thought
reading hallelujah three it is not a kind of
witchcraft and mediums it is not a kind of witchcraft
and mediums activities it is not a kind of witchcraft
and medium activities who commonly possess demonic
familial spirits i'm gonna say it again don't
worry it is not a kind of witchcraft and medium
activities who commonly yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
of fishing them out fishing the bad guys no it
is not it is not it is not the gift of discovering
faults in what in others you can't just go around
you alone the only thing you see in people is
evil bad things bad things bad things bad things
bad things bad things that's the only thing you
see you see you don't need to be safe to know
that there is fault in people hallelujah you
don't need to be saved unbelievers automatically
have the ability to know and judge what is wrong
and what is what what is right praise god so
it is not a gift of discovering fault in others
it's not it is not the gift of mental or psychiatric
counseling it is not the gift of mental or psychiatric
what counseling No, it's not. Some form of psychoanalysis.
Is anybody studying psychiatry here or psychology?
Do you know why? Because in psychiatry or psychology,
what happens is that these guys are trained.
They study patterns. So because they study patterns,
those things guide them. in trying to probe and
restructure a man's mind and then after they
finish with you you pay them some form of $250
and then you say I feel good and you return home
and the demon say that no you ain't feeling good
today yeah so it is no form it is not it is not
some form of mental counseling no hallelujah
and then lastly now it is not primarily the gift
of discernment of evil spirits only are you writing
you're not writing now you're smiling pick up
your phone and be writing copy copy what she
has been writing yes you're looking at me with
your glasses i know today is your first time
don't worry here we we have nothing in your face
we write we write you know some people met me
and say oh pastor costin you know you are sometimes
you are too harsh some people just come newly
you know and then this is no when you come newly
when you see people doing things just do it except
maybe you don't have a knowledge about it then
you are okay you are exempted but when we are
able to see and check why are you not doing it
especially everybody and then we realize you
are new right you say okay if it's something
that we can quickly tell you about it we will
take you aside and what quickly tell you about
it but something like this we're we're trying
to teach on god's word so we don't need to drag
you aside so we expect that you should be what
you should be writing amen so now have you said
all these things the last thing i said is not
a gift of discernment of what devils or evil
spirit what primarily only no so there are evil
spirits in this we had we had a challenge with
one brother he just came one day met me i was
walking to the teacher hospital he says sir in
this church all the sisters have jezebel spirits
the pastors are laughing they're knowing he says
i just i just sense they have jezebel spirits
ah he said all of you are laughing like it's
the same way i laugh you have spirits for you
to know that you have spirits however if you
are a good spirit you'll still be here seated
right he's not here and i don't know whether
he even attends a local church god bless his
darling heart So, what are the spirits that can
be discerned in the discerning of spirits? What
are the spirits that can be discerned? What are
the spirits that can be what? That can be discerned.
The word spirit, the word spirit, I put a summary
to all this now from this part. The word spirit
is translated from the Greek word pneuma, pneuma.
p -n -e -u -m -a p -n -e -u -m -a newma greek
word newma and in hebrew rua and in hebrew what
rua rua r -u -a -h in greek newma in hebrew what
rua r -u -a -h amen so let's do some studies
more now I checked the BLB, KJV version, right?
That word spirit is mentioned about 456 times.
There's a reason why I'm saying that now. 400
and what? 56 times. So write it down. That's
from Genesis to Revelation now. 456 times. So
you can cross check that at home. So the word
Numa or what? or Rua is used to represent the
human spirit the human spirit in these 456 times
there is human spirit human spirit about 160
to 180 times don't worry you don't need to write
all those things human spirit number one number
two supernatural beings such as angels supernatural
beings such as what angels number three demons
or unclean spirits demons or what unclean spirits
or you can write evil spirits then we have the
spirit of god holy spirit the spirit of god holy
spirit The spirit of God what? Holy spirit and
lastly you could find also where the word Numa
or Rua is used as wind or breath Wind or what?
or breath So the context in which the word Numa
or Rua is used will determine the kind of spirit
that particular scripture is communicating yes
so the context right the context in that 456
times whether human spirit whether supernatural
beings as angels whether what whether demons
evil spirit unclean spirit whether what holy
spirit the spirit of god right or in other words
wind or breath so the context in which newma
or rua is used will determine the kind of spirit
the scripture is what communicating about hallelujah
yes so now we'll just write these scriptures
and on Wednesday we're going to build on it because
by the time we are done with these scriptures
from the gospel to the arts and all true right
we will now identify the spirits and then be
able to practically uh practice that hallelujah
matthew chapter 8 verse 16 matthew chapter 8
verse 16 so we are we are starting deeper bible
studies from here now much more matthew chapter
8 verse 16 about discerning of spirits Matthew
chapter 12 verse 45 thank you holy spirit Mark
chapter 1 verse 23 to 27 Mark chapter 3 verse
11 Luke chapter 10 verse 19 to 20 three more
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