1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:04,300 We Are One church. We love God love. 2 00:00:04,300 --> 00:00:07,100 People love his mission and love his church. 3 00:00:07,500 --> 00:00:09,700 Welcome to the one Church podcast. 4 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:16,900 Hello. Welcome to the one Church 5 00:00:16,900 --> 00:00:19,000 podcast. We're so glad you could tune in 6 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,800 today and we believe you're going to learn something new and 7 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:25,900 encounter God in these next 23 or so minutes. 8 00:00:26,500 --> 00:00:30,500 So today we begin a new teaching Series in the life of one church 9 00:00:30,500 --> 00:00:33,700 and over these next four weeks. We are focusing on hearing 10 00:00:33,700 --> 00:00:37,000 guard. We believe that all believers 11 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:41,300 can hear God and we believe that we can all speak out his words 12 00:00:41,300 --> 00:00:44,800 to impact others. Hours and the world to begin our 13 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:46,500 Series. Today we have a message from 14 00:00:46,500 --> 00:00:50,700 Simon breaker who has spoken in everyone Church site this past 15 00:00:50,700 --> 00:00:53,800 weekend, Simon and Joe, they're part of one church and they 16 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:56,700 attend the Central site. They walk closely with pastors 17 00:00:56,700 --> 00:01:00,100 David and Susan Simon's. The co-founder of Legacy 18 00:01:00,100 --> 00:01:03,500 Ministries International, which is a prophetic Apostolic 19 00:01:03,500 --> 00:01:06,900 Ministry, dedicated to the Practical equipping training and 20 00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:10,500 activation of leaders and churches and they run events and 21 00:01:10,500 --> 00:01:14,200 many other things focusing on the Phatak in Leicester and 22 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:17,800 around the world. So today assignment introduces 23 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:22,200 the series about hearing, God be encouraged and be reminded of 24 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:26,200 that core truth. We can all hear God. 25 00:01:26,500 --> 00:01:28,900 So open your hearts and here we go. 26 00:01:32,900 --> 00:01:36,500 Hi, I'm Simon breaker. And it is an absolute joy to be 27 00:01:36,500 --> 00:01:38,300 with you. My wife and I job in coming to 28 00:01:38,300 --> 00:01:40,000 the church for nearly twelve months now. 29 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,100 So it's a pleasure to have the opportunity. 30 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:44,400 Unity to speak to you for the first time. 31 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:48,700 And also to open up this massive subject about hearing the voice 32 00:01:48,700 --> 00:01:51,200 of the Lord. If you think about it, the Book 33 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,800 of Genesis, what would be in the first chapter? 34 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:57,500 If you were to actually put anything there, do you think 35 00:01:57,500 --> 00:02:00,100 it's? They're deliberately that maybe 36 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:03,300 in what God put in the first chapter of the Bible, there was 37 00:02:03,300 --> 00:02:06,800 something that he was wanting to catch as with and I believe 38 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:09,400 that's the truth. So, in the first chapter of the 39 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:12,100 Book of Genesis, this phrase happens more. 40 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:17,200 Triple X and God said and God saw and God saw that. 41 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:19,300 It was good. In fact, it's about nine times 42 00:02:19,300 --> 00:02:23,200 that God says that. So what could it be that we 43 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:25,200 could grasp just from that one statement? 44 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:30,400 And what I want to say is this God speaks and God speaks and 45 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:32,900 when God speaks good stuff happens. 46 00:02:32,900 --> 00:02:34,500 And that's where we want to start. 47 00:02:34,500 --> 00:02:37,500 Want to start with the understanding that God wants to 48 00:02:37,500 --> 00:02:39,600 speak to us. And over this month, we're going 49 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,600 to go into it in more detail. And right now, I'm Just going to 50 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:46,000 try and give an overview of it. So that you've just got that if 51 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:50,100 you like the umbrella picture of the voice of the Lord, and how 52 00:02:50,100 --> 00:02:54,200 we might be able to access the prophetic Ministry in our own 53 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:55,900 lives. So let's kick off. 54 00:02:56,100 --> 00:02:58,400 So we are going to look at four questions. 55 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:03,700 And these four questions are what why who and how. 56 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:07,900 So we're going to look at those questions in light of or in the 57 00:03:07,900 --> 00:03:10,600 pit backdrop of the prophetic Ministry. 58 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:14,400 So, first of all, what If I was to say to you, what is the 59 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:17,600 purpose of the church? I wonder what your answer would 60 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:20,700 be. You might say it's to see people 61 00:03:20,700 --> 00:03:25,800 saved or it's to preach the gospel and shared a kingdom. 62 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:28,900 It's to heal the sick. It's to set the captives free. 63 00:03:29,100 --> 00:03:32,300 Of course, all of those statements are true, but I want 64 00:03:32,300 --> 00:03:37,200 to suggest to you that they are part towards the destination. 65 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:40,500 For example, if you go to the airport and there's a sign that 66 00:03:40,500 --> 00:03:43,600 says Madeira it's At the destination, it's a sign 67 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:45,400 pointing to. So, I want to say to you that 68 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:49,600 all of those things are points in the journey, but not the 69 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:52,800 destination. So what is the destination? 70 00:03:52,900 --> 00:03:56,200 Well, the good news is, we don't have to guess the Bible, 71 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:59,000 actually tells us. And if you look in the Bible in 72 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:03,700 Ephesians, 3:10 the Apostle. Paul tells us directly what 73 00:04:03,700 --> 00:04:06,800 God's intention for the church is, and this is what Ephesians 74 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:10,600 3:10 says. It says his intent was that now 75 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:14,500 through the church, The multi-faceted wisdom of God 76 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:18,000 should be demonstrated to rulers and principalities. 77 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,800 So we've just been told, why do we have the church? 78 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:25,200 What's the purpose, its to reveal the multi-faceted wisdom 79 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:27,500 of God? Now you might hear that and go. 80 00:04:27,500 --> 00:04:31,000 What an earth does that mean? Well, the Bible answers that 81 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,500 question as well. If you go to the beginning of 1 82 00:04:34,500 --> 00:04:38,700 Corinthians, again, the Apostle Paul makes this statement, we 83 00:04:38,700 --> 00:04:43,900 preach Christ, the wisdom of God, And the power of God. 84 00:04:43,900 --> 00:04:47,500 So when we're told that the church is to reveal the 85 00:04:47,500 --> 00:04:50,800 multi-faceted wisdom of God, what we are literally being 86 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:55,900 told, is the purpose of the church is to reveal Jesus deep. 87 00:04:55,900 --> 00:05:00,700 So, actually as a Christian, we are called to reveal Jesus. 88 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,400 That's the bottom line. Why do you want to see somebody 89 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:05,200 saved? When they see somebody come into 90 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:09,700 a relationship with Jesus so that they can testify and reveal 91 00:05:09,700 --> 00:05:14,300 the nature character. Story of Jesus to the world to 92 00:05:14,300 --> 00:05:18,500 what end to see the kingdom of God established on the earth. 93 00:05:18,500 --> 00:05:21,800 Now, the next question you've got to ask in this what is how 94 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:25,900 much, how much of Jesus is the church meant to reveal. 95 00:05:26,100 --> 00:05:31,400 So Ephesians 1:22 says this and God placed all things under his 96 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:33,400 feet. This is speaking about Jesus and 97 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:36,900 appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which 98 00:05:36,900 --> 00:05:40,500 is his body. The fullness of him who fills 99 00:05:40,500 --> 00:05:44,500 everything in every way So how much of Jesus is the church to 100 00:05:44,500 --> 00:05:49,100 reveal all of Jesus? So let's for a moment, just take 101 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:53,700 the life of Jesus and just put it into two categories and say 102 00:05:53,700 --> 00:05:57,700 the character of Jesus and then the ministry of Jesus. 103 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:01,400 So just look at those two things and consider this, how much of 104 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:03,200 the character of Jesus are we to reveal? 105 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:06,000 And we just to reveal his love and not these Mercy, or we to 106 00:06:06,008 --> 00:06:08,900 review righteousness. And not just this, obviously, 107 00:06:08,900 --> 00:06:12,300 your answer is going to be what were meant to reveal all of We 108 00:06:12,300 --> 00:06:13,600 don't going to walk around going. 109 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:17,100 Well I'm only meant to reveal. God's justice, nothing else. 110 00:06:17,500 --> 00:06:20,200 Women should be whole round Christians. 111 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:24,400 When it comes to his character, we're generally pretty quick to 112 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:27,800 just accept that but when it comes to his ministry, what can 113 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:32,000 happen sometimes is we can be a little bit to pick and mix and 114 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,800 we can go or we believe that part of the ministry of Jesus is 115 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:39,400 meant for my life but not this. And actually that's not true. 116 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,000 What God wants for us is for us to reveal. 117 00:06:42,100 --> 00:06:45,100 Feel the fullness of God's Ministry or fullness of Jesus's 118 00:06:45,100 --> 00:06:48,100 Ministry and it says in Ephesians 4:12 that when he 119 00:06:48,100 --> 00:06:53,300 ascended on high that Ministry was divided into five facets. 120 00:06:53,500 --> 00:06:55,700 Now we've already looked at some of them but the facet we're 121 00:06:55,700 --> 00:06:59,000 looking at now is the facet, the prophetic. 122 00:06:59,100 --> 00:07:03,700 And we're going to look at that. So why do we need to engage with 123 00:07:03,700 --> 00:07:05,400 the prophetic? What the answer is this? 124 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:09,500 Because we're meant to review Jesus and Jesus is the model, 125 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:12,000 Prophet is obviously the model Pastor teacher. 126 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:15,500 Evangelist but he's also the model prophet. 127 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:18,500 He is the prophet and we are called to reveal. 128 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:22,100 The prophetic aspect of Jesus. It's not a choice. 129 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:25,700 It's really something that we're called to do in obedient to him. 130 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:28,800 So hopefully you're now in the place that you go. 131 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:31,800 Right. So I definitely need to do this. 132 00:07:32,100 --> 00:07:34,800 So then the second question, is this, why? 133 00:07:35,100 --> 00:07:39,700 So we've had the W now, the, why why do we need to be prophetic? 134 00:07:39,700 --> 00:07:41,900 What do we mean by being prophetic? 135 00:07:42,300 --> 00:07:46,200 So, the answer to that is revealed right at the beginning 136 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:49,800 of Jesus ministry, when he was in the wilderness, when the 137 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:54,000 Devil comes to him and says to him, since you're the Son of God 138 00:07:54,300 --> 00:07:58,200 turn this Stone into bread and Jesus response. 139 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:02,900 Is this man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word 140 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,300 that precedes from the mouth of God. 141 00:08:05,500 --> 00:08:08,000 Now, it's important to understand that when Jesus says 142 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,400 word, that word their word is the Greek word. 143 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:13,900 Rhema. Literally means the living 144 00:08:13,900 --> 00:08:16,700 voice. So Jesus basically says this 145 00:08:16,900 --> 00:08:21,200 that we are to draw our life from the living voice. 146 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:24,800 So, everything we do everything we say should come out of 147 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:28,700 communion with Jesus, with God, which is what it means to be 148 00:08:28,700 --> 00:08:31,900 prophetic. It means to hear him and it also 149 00:08:31,900 --> 00:08:36,000 means to respond and obedient to what he says a little bit later 150 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:39,400 in 1 Corinthians 14:1, we're given a little bit more 151 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:44,000 understanding of the why follow the The way of Love eagerly 152 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:48,800 desire spiritual gifts, especially literally to a 153 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:52,000 greater measure the gift of Prophecy. 154 00:08:52,300 --> 00:08:55,900 So Paul's just gone through 1 Corinthians and he's given all 155 00:08:55,900 --> 00:08:58,000 this information about the gifts of the Spirit. 156 00:08:58,100 --> 00:09:02,600 But then he puts an emphasis and he says, the emphasis is upon 157 00:09:02,900 --> 00:09:05,700 prophecy. Why would that be the case? 158 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:09,400 Follow the way of Love, eagerly desire, spiritual gifts, 159 00:09:09,700 --> 00:09:13,100 especially prophecy. Number of years ago. 160 00:09:13,100 --> 00:09:16,500 I was actually ministering in the city center of the church in 161 00:09:16,500 --> 00:09:19,500 Leicester. And just as we were walking out, 162 00:09:19,500 --> 00:09:22,400 it was about 11:00 at night, we're walking out the door. 163 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:24,900 And there were two young girls walking pass, it was probably 164 00:09:24,900 --> 00:09:28,300 about midnight, and let me say they weren't dressed in a way 165 00:09:28,300 --> 00:09:31,800 you'd expect to see them at church and and they won't walk 166 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:34,200 past and they said that. Is this a nightclub? 167 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:37,600 And I said, no, tonight's not a nightclub, it's a church. 168 00:09:37,900 --> 00:09:40,300 And this one young girl, she just dropped her eyes and she 169 00:09:40,300 --> 00:09:44,400 said, well, my grandma. Died and suddenly she just 170 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:45,900 started opening our height. Was it? 171 00:09:45,900 --> 00:09:49,400 Something we asked her to do. She just obviously felt safe to 172 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:51,900 do so. So we invited her into church 173 00:09:51,900 --> 00:09:55,400 and I remember standing with her in the building and she was 174 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:57,600 holding onto the pulpit while we were talking. 175 00:09:57,900 --> 00:10:01,200 And God spoke to me, I got a sense of God saying to me ask 176 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:03,300 her why she dresses the way that she does. 177 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:05,800 And I've got to be honest, there was a bit of my foot. 178 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:08,100 I don't really want to do that because I don't actually know, 179 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:10,600 but I took a step of faith and I said, I asked her. 180 00:10:10,608 --> 00:10:14,300 I said, do you know why? You dress the way you do and 181 00:10:14,300 --> 00:10:17,500 there was shame cut on her face and she dropped her eyes and she 182 00:10:17,500 --> 00:10:20,600 said, no not, not really. And in response. 183 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:22,900 The holy spirit said to me said, the reason why she dresses the 184 00:10:22,900 --> 00:10:26,300 way she does is because she feels she needs to sell herself 185 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:29,700 and she doesn't really value herself for who she is, what 186 00:10:29,700 --> 00:10:32,600 happened, in that moment we were able to minister to her. 187 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:35,800 We were able to see the love of God come to her but what was it 188 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:38,900 that happened? I didn't look at these two young 189 00:10:38,900 --> 00:10:44,100 ladies through natural eyes but Looked at them Through The Eyes 190 00:10:44,100 --> 00:10:47,500 Of Jesus. We cannot love people the way 191 00:10:47,500 --> 00:10:51,300 that God loves people. If we don't see people the way 192 00:10:51,300 --> 00:10:55,200 that God sees them and this is the reason why we need to 193 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:59,800 understand how to communicate with God, how to catch God's 194 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:05,200 voice and hear God speak to us. So that's the why we need to be 195 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:09,500 a people that understand that to minister to the world, 196 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:13,800 effectively, we need to see People in the world, the way 197 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:19,900 that God sees them. So, we have looked at what and 198 00:11:19,900 --> 00:11:22,200 why. Now, what we're going to do is 199 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:24,800 we're going to look at who because the challenge is, as 200 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:28,100 you've just heard me talk about the fact that God wants to talk 201 00:11:28,100 --> 00:11:31,400 and that you, that we can Minister the voice of God to 202 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:33,500 others. But the challenges is this, if 203 00:11:33,500 --> 00:11:36,400 you're listening and you're thinking, well, yes, this is for 204 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:39,300 the special people. This is for the prophets. 205 00:11:39,300 --> 00:11:44,000 This is for the really gifted people than what can happen is 206 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,200 in the same way, years back, when we Talked about evangelism. 207 00:11:47,300 --> 00:11:49,800 There was a perspective that evangelism was standing on a 208 00:11:49,808 --> 00:11:52,600 street corner course. There is an aspect of evangelism 209 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,800 but most people look at that and go I couldn't do that. 210 00:11:55,900 --> 00:11:58,000 If you do that with the prophetic, you're just going to 211 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:02,300 go while this is not for me. So who is it actually for, who 212 00:12:02,300 --> 00:12:05,000 is meant to function in the prophetic? 213 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:09,100 So if I was to say to you, right now, put up your hand, if your 214 00:12:09,100 --> 00:12:11,800 prophetic. I wonder how many of you would 215 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:14,200 raise your hand. My experience has been on the 216 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:18,400 most part in many churches. Probably five ten people in a 217 00:12:18,408 --> 00:12:21,700 Congregation of 100 dependent on obviously on the stream of 218 00:12:21,700 --> 00:12:24,400 church. But if I then ask this question, 219 00:12:24,700 --> 00:12:27,300 how many of you believe you're called to reveal Jesus? 220 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:31,800 Everybody in the room lifts the hands, that's what prophetic 221 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:36,200 means, it's not some kind of spooky weird strange thing. 222 00:12:36,500 --> 00:12:42,400 Being prophetic is simply revealing Jesus and that is what 223 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:45,900 we are called to do. So if you look at Ephesians, For 224 00:12:45,900 --> 00:12:50,100 11, it says this. So Christ himself gave some to 225 00:12:50,100 --> 00:12:53,400 be Apostles, prophets evangelists pastors and teachers 226 00:12:53,700 --> 00:12:57,100 to equip God's people for works of service. 227 00:12:57,300 --> 00:12:59,800 Now, I want you to think about that for a minute, the job of 228 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:05,000 the fivefold ministry, is to equip the church, to fulfill the 229 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:08,300 ministry of each one. So, when you're around a pastor, 230 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:11,300 you'll find yourself wanting to love people. 231 00:13:11,300 --> 00:13:14,000 When you get around a teacher, you'll find yourself wanting to 232 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,800 go deeper into God's word. When Around an evangelist to 233 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:19,500 side of being embarrassed. You'll probably also find 234 00:13:19,500 --> 00:13:23,200 yourself of a burden of wanting to reach the lost when you get 235 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:26,200 around a prophet, what should happen is. 236 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:30,400 You should get inspired motivated and equipped to 237 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:35,400 understand how to hear God's voice and also, how to flow with 238 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:38,400 the sub, with the spirit, with the gifts of the Spirit and the 239 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:40,900 movement of the holy spirit. That is what a prophet does. 240 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:44,800 So if the Bible says, it's to equip the Saints and we are the 241 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:48,700 Saints that I must therefore mean that we have the capacity 242 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:52,000 to step into this. There's a really interesting 243 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:59,000 verse in Acts 325 that says this, you are the sons of the 244 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:02,700 prophets and of the Covenant that God made with their fathers 245 00:14:02,700 --> 00:14:06,600 saying to Abraham in your Offspring shall all families of 246 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:10,400 the earth. Be blessed that term there that 247 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:15,200 Peter uses sons of the prophets actually refers to a term that's 248 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:17,500 used many. Times in the Old Testament, and 249 00:14:17,500 --> 00:14:19,800 you'll find it referred to multiple times in different 250 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:23,400 places where you'll hear the sons of the prophets and what 251 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:26,200 the sons of the prophets were was a guild. 252 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:29,500 Another way you could say Sons would be a guild of profits or 253 00:14:29,500 --> 00:14:32,700 company of prophets. And what they were were a group 254 00:14:32,700 --> 00:14:37,300 of people within the nation of Israel who understood and knew 255 00:14:37,300 --> 00:14:39,700 how to minister the voice of the Lord. 256 00:14:39,700 --> 00:14:43,400 And the people of God would go to them to get the voice of the 257 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:45,700 Lord. But now in the New Testament, 258 00:14:45,700 --> 00:14:48,900 Testament, we find ourselves in a different place. 259 00:14:48,900 --> 00:14:52,700 Where as in the Old Testament, it was a small company of people 260 00:14:52,900 --> 00:14:57,600 in the New Testament. Peter says, you you need to take 261 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:00,400 your finger and point it at yourself and say that means me 262 00:15:00,500 --> 00:15:05,300 that we the church are now the company of prophets and there's 263 00:15:05,300 --> 00:15:12,200 this striking image where we see this overlap in scripture in 1, 264 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:16,400 Samuel 10:5. It says this this Talking about 265 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:20,200 Soul. As soon as you come to the city, 266 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:23,300 you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the 267 00:15:23,300 --> 00:15:24,700 high place. These are the sons of the 268 00:15:24,700 --> 00:15:28,200 prophets with hops and tambourines and flutes and 269 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:31,100 liars, and they will be prophesying the spirit of the 270 00:15:31,100 --> 00:15:35,200 Lord will Rush upon you and you will prophesy with them and be 271 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:38,300 turned into another man. So this all comes into the 272 00:15:38,300 --> 00:15:41,700 company of prophets and he gets transformed in the midst. 273 00:15:41,700 --> 00:15:45,600 Now, listen to this verse in 1 Corinthians 14, 24. 274 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:50,100 But if an unbeliever or an Enquirer comes in, while 275 00:15:50,100 --> 00:15:54,700 everyone is prophesying, there are convicted of sin and brought 276 00:15:54,700 --> 00:15:58,600 under Judgment of all as the secrets of their hearts are laid 277 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:01,400 bare. So they fall down and worship. 278 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:04,000 Exclaiming, God is in your midst. 279 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:07,700 So, in the Old Testament, you have a small company of 280 00:16:07,700 --> 00:16:11,000 prophets, that's all comes into in the New Testament. 281 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:14,600 You have the culture of the church is prophetic. 282 00:16:14,700 --> 00:16:17,800 People come into That culture and what happened in the small 283 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:21,200 company of people for Saul is actually meant to be an entire 284 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:24,500 body of people for us. So that's amazing. 285 00:16:24,500 --> 00:16:28,800 So, that's the who so God's purpose is for you to learn how 286 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:32,500 to be prophetic and how to flow with God. 287 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:36,000 So, that leaves us with that last question, doesn't it leaves 288 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:37,600 us with the how? It's all? 289 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:39,700 Well, and good to know it's possible. 290 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:42,700 It's all well. And good to know what happens 291 00:16:42,700 --> 00:16:44,700 when you do it. It's fantastic. 292 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,900 When you begin to Understand that it's available, but what 293 00:16:47,900 --> 00:16:50,500 can happen is, it's all well and good nights and weeks available. 294 00:16:50,500 --> 00:16:52,900 But how do you actually engage with it? 295 00:16:52,900 --> 00:16:57,300 And how do you step into it? And it's less complicated than 296 00:16:57,300 --> 00:17:01,100 we might think sometimes the things that can cause us to fail 297 00:17:01,100 --> 00:17:05,700 to step into this stuff is, it's made, super spiritual, super 298 00:17:05,700 --> 00:17:08,200 complicated. It's made mystical. 299 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:11,900 And and it almost creates this kind of stigma where it's like 300 00:17:11,900 --> 00:17:16,300 this is for the elite group, but actually that's not the Case. 301 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:19,400 So we know you will know this verse very well. 302 00:17:19,700 --> 00:17:24,300 John 10:27 my sheep listen to my voice. 303 00:17:24,599 --> 00:17:29,200 I know them and they follow me. Another translation says, my 304 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:32,800 sheep hear my voice. It doesn't say, my sheep. 305 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:34,800 Might hear my voice and my sheep. 306 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:38,000 Could hear my voice, and my sheep should hear my voice. 307 00:17:38,300 --> 00:17:41,800 It says, my sheep hear my voice. And that would they here 308 00:17:41,900 --> 00:17:46,200 literally means to perceive and understand so God doesn't want 309 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:48,700 to talk to us in code. It doesn't want to talk to us in 310 00:17:48,700 --> 00:17:52,200 some kind of confusing thing, but actually is communicating to 311 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:54,700 us constantly. So we need to be in the place 312 00:17:54,700 --> 00:17:57,900 where we go. Not is God speaking, but we move 313 00:17:57,900 --> 00:18:01,200 to the place that we learn. How is God speaking. 314 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:05,300 If you look at the root meaning of the word voice, it literally 315 00:18:05,300 --> 00:18:08,000 means a one of the meanings is language. 316 00:18:08,100 --> 00:18:11,300 If you take that statement, suddenly, you find yourself in 317 00:18:11,300 --> 00:18:14,100 the place that language is much bigger than voice. 318 00:18:14,500 --> 00:18:17,700 I remember years ago, I Walking out, used to work at Holy 319 00:18:17,700 --> 00:18:20,400 Trinity Church. I was walking out of the church 320 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:24,000 and the dear lady stopped me as I was walking out and she said 321 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:26,100 this to me. She said, Simon, I wish I could 322 00:18:26,100 --> 00:18:29,900 hear God like you and the Lord spoke to me and he said, ask her 323 00:18:29,900 --> 00:18:33,300 if she ever finds herself in the place that she wants to give 324 00:18:33,300 --> 00:18:35,500 gifts. And that she gives gifts and and 325 00:18:35,500 --> 00:18:38,300 people respond and go. Wow, that's just what I needed. 326 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:41,200 And she immediately went. Yeah, I do that all the time. 327 00:18:41,300 --> 00:18:44,000 I just feel compelled that I meant to give a gift is in the 328 00:18:44,008 --> 00:18:46,100 Lord said to mrs. Teller that the wire I speak to 329 00:18:46,100 --> 00:18:49,000 her is for acts of kindness and I said to us. 330 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:52,900 So one of the primary ways that God communicates to you is by 331 00:18:52,900 --> 00:18:57,100 compelling, you to make acts of kindness and this dear lady, 332 00:18:57,500 --> 00:19:01,100 literally in the foyer of the church started sobbing and went 333 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:04,600 I've been doing that all my life and I didn't realize it was God. 334 00:19:04,900 --> 00:19:08,100 See the thing of it is, is this, the voice of the Lord is 335 00:19:08,100 --> 00:19:11,600 familiar? And so familiar, at times that 336 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:15,500 we miss it because we chart kite kind of try and make it more 337 00:19:15,700 --> 00:19:19,600 Spiritual than it needs to be. So we are God's sheep. 338 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:24,900 The other factor in there. We are told in Joel 2 that in 339 00:19:24,900 --> 00:19:29,500 the last days, God or POI Spirit on All Flesh and they will 340 00:19:29,500 --> 00:19:33,600 prophesy. So prophecy is a product of you 341 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:36,200 communing, with God. What do I mean by prophecy? 342 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:41,400 Prophecy is literally revealing God's heart to other people and, 343 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:44,400 you know, as well as I do. Sometimes that involves words, 344 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:48,300 sometimes it ABS a hug. Sometimes it involves a gift, 345 00:19:48,300 --> 00:19:52,500 sometimes it involves silence. But the issue is this coming to 346 00:19:52,500 --> 00:19:56,700 that place that you recognize that the voice of God in you is 347 00:19:56,800 --> 00:20:03,100 absolutely unique and absolutely stand alone that nobody else can 348 00:20:03,100 --> 00:20:04,400 reveal God. Like you do. 349 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:07,800 And that's the reason why we need everybody in the church to 350 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:12,100 understand that they have the opportunity to step into it. 351 00:20:12,100 --> 00:20:16,000 The last one I want to say to you is we need to be in Place 352 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,800 that we ask questions and we actually begin to look at 353 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:25,000 situations and talk to God and see what we perceive from God. 354 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:28,400 And sometimes you might just get a memory in, might get a sense. 355 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:31,700 But all of these things, begin with baby steps. 356 00:20:31,900 --> 00:20:35,900 So first of all, you come to the place that you recognize God is 357 00:20:35,900 --> 00:20:38,900 speaking to me. Then you asking the question, 358 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:41,500 how is God speaking to me, not easy. 359 00:20:41,900 --> 00:20:45,500 But how is he speaking to me and what that causes you to do? 360 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:48,300 Do is to view your world a little bit differently and you 361 00:20:48,300 --> 00:20:52,000 take God out of the little box that says, if God's going to 362 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,800 speak, it's going to be for a microphone that the front or 363 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:57,300 it's going to be this way or that way actually. 364 00:20:57,400 --> 00:21:02,200 God might speak through wind and the tree we need to be much much 365 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:06,700 wider in our understanding, so we need to be in the place that 366 00:21:06,700 --> 00:21:10,200 we live in the reality of these four questions. 367 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:14,300 What? Why, who how we're called to 368 00:21:14,300 --> 00:21:17,700 reveal Jesus? We're cool to see people through 369 00:21:17,700 --> 00:21:21,500 Jesus has eyes. We are the people that God wants 370 00:21:21,500 --> 00:21:24,300 to speak through. And lastly, we need to 371 00:21:24,300 --> 00:21:28,000 understand that all of this is going to be by faith. 372 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:31,000 So, God bless you. I hope that's given you a little 373 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:34,700 bit of an oversight on just what's possible, as a part of 374 00:21:34,700 --> 00:21:38,700 your inheritance. As a prophetic person, who is 375 00:21:38,700 --> 00:21:46,100 born of the spirit, God bless. Thank you, Simon for that 376 00:21:46,100 --> 00:21:48,700 message. Let's be encouraged today and 377 00:21:48,700 --> 00:21:52,400 hold on to some of those key truths that Simon shed and over 378 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:55,800 the next three weeks, we will be looking at how we can hear God 379 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:59,700 through his word through relationship and how we can hear 380 00:21:59,700 --> 00:22:02,900 God for other people. So let's step into more of the 381 00:22:02,900 --> 00:22:07,900 prophetic together and the fullness of who Jesus is, there 382 00:22:07,900 --> 00:22:10,600 is so much to be encouraged about in the life of one church. 383 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:13,600 At the moment, we have just completed the third of our 384 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:18,400 weekend away, Ways we're close to 200 different children, young 385 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:22,100 people and young adults have come together and been impacted 386 00:22:22,100 --> 00:22:25,000 in leicestershire. So we praise God, for all he did 387 00:22:25,100 --> 00:22:31,200 and coming up. Here's your family news for this 388 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:34,600 Friday is the next United youth event, our final one of the 389 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:36,700 school year. So come and join us at hungered 390 00:22:36,700 --> 00:22:41,100 and farm if you're between the ages of 11 and 18 for an amazing 391 00:22:41,100 --> 00:22:45,200 Summer Event fun with worship with encounter with And chips. 392 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:48,200 And we do it together with many other churches. 393 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:53,800 So we'll see you hundreds and farm this Friday at 7 p.m. on 394 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,200 Saturday. The first of July, we're joining 395 00:22:56,200 --> 00:23:00,300 with the redeemed Worship Center to open their new building as 396 00:23:00,300 --> 00:23:03,100 they dedicate and celebrate. What God has done. 397 00:23:03,100 --> 00:23:07,200 We also celebrate what God has done allowing us to sell the 398 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:10,500 building in high Fields so quickly and to such a faith 399 00:23:10,500 --> 00:23:13,100 filled and vibrant Church who are going to carry on the 400 00:23:13,100 --> 00:23:15,600 mission there in the out of high Fields. 401 00:23:15,700 --> 00:23:18,400 So if you want to come and celebrate with us, we'll be 402 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:22,400 there at the building 45 upper tichborne Street in high fields 403 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:26,200 from 6 p.m. on Saturday. And anybody is welcome. 404 00:23:27,100 --> 00:23:30,300 If you're new to One Church, we'd love you to attend our 405 00:23:30,300 --> 00:23:33,000 newcomers evening, where you have the chance to hear the 406 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:36,300 heart of one Church. Meet many of the leaders, ask 407 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:40,000 any questions and hear about how you can get involved and make 408 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:41,900 one Church. Your home Church? 409 00:23:41,900 --> 00:23:43,800 These are always such brilliant evenings. 410 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,700 So Is it? And if you can be there on 411 00:23:46,700 --> 00:23:50,400 Thursday, the 13th of July, and if you want to sign up, get in 412 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:54,600 touch with the office today. And finally, we are running for 413 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:58,900 Open Hands, run. Lester is a 10 kilometer run and 414 00:23:58,900 --> 00:24:01,900 a half marathon that takes place every year and we're encouraging 415 00:24:01,900 --> 00:24:06,200 people to run this distance and raise money for the work of Open 416 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:08,500 Hands. We'd love 50 people to get 417 00:24:08,500 --> 00:24:11,400 involved, raising around 200 pounds each, that would be 418 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:14,600 10,000 pounds being used to help those. 419 00:24:14,700 --> 00:24:16,600 Those most in need around leicestershire. 420 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:19,500 If you're interested in doing this run and making a 421 00:24:19,508 --> 00:24:23,500 difference, then get in touch today or visit the Open Hands 422 00:24:23,700 --> 00:24:26,200 website. That is your family news for 423 00:24:26,300 --> 00:24:32,400 have a brilliant week. The Lord bless you and keep you 424 00:24:32,500 --> 00:24:34,700 the Lord. Make his face shine upon you, 425 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:38,300 and be gracious to you. The Lord turn his face toward 426 00:24:38,300 --> 00:24:32,400 you and give you peace. The Lord bless you and keep you 427 00:24:32,500 --> 00:24:34,700 the Lord. Make his face shine upon you, 428 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:38,300 and be gracious to you. The Lord turn his face toward 429 00:24:38,300 --> 00:24:40,000 you and give you peace.