1 00:00:13,040 --> 00:00:16,440 My husband was studying yesterday and had this 2 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:18,600 scripture. I was like, I'm starting it out 3 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:23,360 with that because that's this is where it's at for Romans 111 and 4 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:29,480 12 says for I long or I earnestly desire to see you that 5 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:34,160 I may impart to you some spiritual gift and and literally 6 00:00:34,160 --> 00:00:35,560 there. We're not talking about the 7 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:37,880 gifts of the Spirit. It's just talking about I'm 8 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:42,560 longing to be here this morning with you, to do the will of God, 9 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:47,520 to follow the Holy Ghost, so that you may be established. 10 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:52,800 That is, that I may be, that I may be encouraged together with 11 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:57,520 you by the mutual faith, both of you and me, that we would be 12 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:00,200 established this morning. That means that we would be 13 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:05,000 fixed, that we would understand, and that we would be steadfast 14 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,680 in this. Now, if you're a first time 15 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:11,800 guest, we are ministering on spiritual gifts the whole month 16 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:16,480 of September. We started this off with being 17 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:20,440 hungry and learning how to earnestly desire spiritual 18 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:25,560 gifts, how to be filled with the Spirit, how to stay filled with 19 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:27,640 the Holy Ghost, how to be hungry. 20 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:30,000 You know, we've got to be a body that's hungry. 21 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:33,840 And I believe you are hungry. Actually this morning I believe 22 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:37,240 we did come hungry, but all month we're doing these. 23 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:41,720 There are 9 gifts of the Spirit and we laid some foundation that 24 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:44,360 first week. And if you don't know when you 25 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:49,280 get born again, we understand your spirit is made brand new 26 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:53,640 and the Holy Ghost comes to live on the inside of you and and 27 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:59,120 within you, you can cultivate the 9 fruits of the spirit which 28 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:03,720 is love and joy and peace, patience, kindness, goodness, 29 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:06,360 gentleness, faithfulness and self-control. 30 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:09,600 We used to sing a kid song. Don't be a coconut. 31 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:14,560 I won't sing it for you, but it was, it was about the fruits of 32 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:16,640 the Spirit. Something about it. 33 00:02:16,640 --> 00:02:20,000 Don't be a coconut, but be but bear the fruits of the Spirit 34 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,680 instead. OK, so when you're born again, 35 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:25,680 you ought to be bearing those fruits. 36 00:02:25,920 --> 00:02:29,400 But then when you get the baptism of the Holy Ghost, that 37 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:34,280 is the endowment of power from on high, there are 9 gifts or 38 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:38,600 spirituals or things of the Spirit that you can operate in. 39 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:42,240 And then we should be operating in, we're going to see today 40 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:46,720 that in the Old Testament, in the New Testament, everywhere, 41 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:48,920 the gifts of the Spirit were in operation. 42 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:51,920 Why are they not in operation as much today? 43 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:55,680 I think because sometimes there's two, there can be two 44 00:02:55,680 --> 00:03:00,240 extremes. People that get off and get 45 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:04,640 kooky and get weird about spiritual things, and then 46 00:03:04,640 --> 00:03:07,880 people that just are so afraid because they don't want to be 47 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:11,600 kooky and they don't want to yield to the gifts of the 48 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:13,400 Spirit. But you know, it'd be good if we 49 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:17,400 just stick right here where we're supposed to be and go with 50 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:20,720 Scripture and make sure we're doing what the Scripture says, 51 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:25,640 earnestly desiring those things. And then and then Pastor last 52 00:03:25,640 --> 00:03:30,920 week, he talked about the three power gifts, which was the gift 53 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:34,960 of faith, gifts of healings and workings of miracles. 54 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:39,400 And so you understand, and we'll talk about it, The gift of faith 55 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:42,040 that is a spiritual gift. All of these that we're talking 56 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:45,960 about is not the same as your everyday faith. 57 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:50,080 Your everyday faith is you live by faith. 58 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:55,120 But this gift of faith is a supernatural endowment of, of a 59 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:58,880 supernatural resting faith that'll cause you to do or 60 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:03,680 perform something miraculous. And all of these gifts of the 61 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:06,640 Spirit are that way. They're all that way. 62 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:10,440 But today we're going to talk about the revelation gifts. 63 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:15,480 And the revelation gifts are the Word of Wisdom, the Word of 64 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:19,120 knowledge and discerning of spirits. 65 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:23,120 Now we're going to jump into all three of these, but I've got to 66 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:27,560 set some foundation first, OK, before we talk about it. 67 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:29,120 And we're going to look at examples. 68 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:32,960 And I'm trusting the Holy Ghost. The Lord already spoke to me in 69 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:36,760 the shower about one thing we needed to do, and we'll just 70 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:38,680 trust Him the rest of the way. Amen. 71 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:42,840 So let's read. Let's start out in First 72 00:04:42,840 --> 00:04:46,480 Corinthians chapter 12 and let's read that and then we're going 73 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:50,120 to lay some foundation, it says in verse one. 74 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:54,640 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to 75 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:56,840 be what? Ignorant. 76 00:04:56,840 --> 00:04:59,640 We're not going to be ignorant of these spiritual gifts. 77 00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:01,880 I do not want you to be ignorant. 78 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:05,440 You know that you were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb 79 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:07,440 idols. However you were led. 80 00:05:07,840 --> 00:05:10,840 Therefore, I make known to you that no one speaking by the 81 00:05:10,840 --> 00:05:14,320 Spirit of God calls Jesus a cursed, and no one can say that 82 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:17,680 Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit. 83 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:21,680 There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 84 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:25,680 There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord, 85 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:29,360 and there are diversities of activities, but it is the same 86 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:33,560 God who works All in all. But the manifestation of the 87 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:39,760 Spirit is given to each one for the prophet of all, for to one 88 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:42,480 is given the Word of wisdom. We're going to talk about that 89 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:45,560 today. Through the Spirit to another, 90 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:49,480 the word of knowledge, through the same Spirit and to another 91 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:53,880 faith, by the same spirit, to another gifts of healings, by 92 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:57,520 the same Spirit to another working of miracles, to another 93 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:01,520 prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, and to another, 94 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:05,400 different kinds of tongues, to another, the interpretation of 95 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:08,160 tongues. But one and the same Spirit 96 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:11,280 works all these things, distributing to each one 97 00:06:11,280 --> 00:06:15,240 individually as He wills. Now, one of the main things 98 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:18,040 we've got to understand about these spiritual gifts is that 99 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:22,240 it's as He wills. I can't just decide I'm going to 100 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:25,440 do a word of knowledge. I can't just decide I'm going to 101 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:29,080 have a word of wisdom. I can't just decide that a a 102 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:31,960 miracle's going to take place or gifts of healings. 103 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:36,760 It is as he wills, but we we learned the first week how we 104 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:41,280 can be in a posture, a position to be ready and eagerly 105 00:06:41,280 --> 00:06:43,920 desiring. I can't tell you how many 106 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:48,720 hospital visits I've been on where I've said, Lord, I 107 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:50,640 earnestly desire spiritual gifts. 108 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:54,760 If you desire to move in the gifts of the Spirit, I am ready. 109 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:58,560 I'm ready, and we've got to posture our hearts to be ready. 110 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:02,920 So in First Corinthians chapter 12, he distinguishes between 111 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:05,960 gifts, ministries, and operations. 112 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:09,000 And we understand that that word gifts was added. 113 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:13,320 So that word gifts is really actually not in the original 114 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:15,680 text. So it really should say, 115 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:20,560 brethren, now when he's talking to you concerning spirituals are 116 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:24,360 concerning things of the Spirit, which is my favorite. 117 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:27,760 That's the way I like to say it concerning things of the Spirit 118 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:30,520 because they're not all gifts. Some of them are ministries, 119 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:33,360 some of them are administrations, some of them 120 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:35,640 do. Some of them say they're 121 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:38,600 different gifts, but the Scripture says they profit 122 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:43,160 everybody. They profit everybody involved 123 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:46,120 in the gift. So 2 important things when a 124 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:52,600 gift is in manifestation is that Jesus will be glorified and the 125 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:57,800 body will benefit, or if you do them outside of here, the person 126 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:00,360 that receives it will benefit from it. 127 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:04,840 Now remember the Holy Ghost upon you is for service. 128 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:09,200 Remember we talked about that. So, so for service, these 9 129 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:13,760 manifestations of the Spirit are really for outside of here, 130 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:17,640 therefore here and we can operate in them here. 131 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:21,040 And actually tongues, interpretation of tongues and 132 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:26,160 prophecy are the main three that operate in the church, But the 133 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:30,960 the other six really mainly would be happening outside of 134 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:33,799 here. You know, how do, how do we 135 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:37,840 trust that the community that people we encounter all the time 136 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:40,159 are going to believe in the power of God? 137 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:44,600 It's because we walk in it and we demonstrate it and we can 138 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:48,400 give a word of knowledge if the Holy Ghost wills, and we can 139 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:52,440 give a word of wisdom, or we can operate in gifts of the Spirit 140 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:56,560 in any kind of way as a Holy Spirit draws us to do that. 141 00:08:56,920 --> 00:09:00,360 So I want to tell you, I want to share this with you. 142 00:09:00,560 --> 00:09:05,040 I believe when we began, our pastors are led by the Holy 143 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:08,560 Ghost. And when we began this series, 144 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:14,160 we didn't even realize the influx of guests that we would 145 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:18,760 have that showed up on that first Sunday and the wave of the 146 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:22,560 Spirit that began to move. And when we were in prayer 147 00:09:22,560 --> 00:09:27,880 Monday or Tuesday night, I remember seeing that this move 148 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:31,960 of the Holy Ghost in this wave that He wants to do through us. 149 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:36,840 It's not about who's up here. It's about you and it's about 150 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:40,400 you operating in these gifts, and it's about you being led by 151 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:45,320 the Spirit outside of here. It's about you the, the, the 152 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:48,720 word that that he spoke. It's about you having knowledge 153 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:52,560 when you need it and wisdom when you need it or a word when you 154 00:09:52,560 --> 00:09:56,000 need it. And this is the move of God. 155 00:09:56,000 --> 00:10:00,280 Not that not that we can just come up here and fall out in the 156 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:02,920 spirit. Not that we can just do that, 157 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:05,760 but that we can have the preaching of the word because 158 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:10,480 after the preaching of the word, signs and wonders and miracles 159 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:14,920 should follow that. And so you've got to be just as 160 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:19,480 engaged as we dive in because sometimes I, this has happened 161 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:22,320 for me. You hear the word of God and 162 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:27,200 something goes off in you and you got to run or do something. 163 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:30,320 I remember when I was at Rhema, I'm going to share some personal 164 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:32,360 stories. Actually, my son is here and he 165 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:33,640 didn't know I was ministering today. 166 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:36,840 I said, oh, good, I can talk about you because I was going 167 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:40,160 to. I love to talk about him. 168 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:45,920 But when I was at Rhema, I remember I was in my little, I 169 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:50,320 drove a little Mazda Miata that had a broken door. 170 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:55,600 And so in at Rhema we used to have to wear pantyhose and, and 171 00:10:55,680 --> 00:10:57,640 you know, get all dressed up all the time. 172 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:01,200 So when I went to school every day and I, I had to crawl over 173 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:05,360 my stick shift and crawl out of the car and get my little self 174 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:07,800 together. And it wasn't cute. 175 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:09,840 It wasn't cute. But he liked me still. 176 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:13,480 So it's all good. But I was at Raymond, I went 177 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:18,320 home one night and I was listening to Brother Hagin. 178 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:23,880 And he was talking about, it was a Casting Your Care series, I 179 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:25,760 think. And he was talking about how 180 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:29,160 we're seated at the table. And I'm just saying this to you 181 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:35,320 because the word should be that alive to you that that when you 182 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:42,200 hear the word, it's like glory to God, yes, that that something 183 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:44,840 goes off in you, I in your spirit. 184 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:49,160 Not just that we could do it during worship or, or if we have 185 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:53,200 a, a healing line or baptism of the Holy Ghost or a refreshing 186 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:57,440 or what not just here, but that the word is alive in you. 187 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:03,440 So back to my story. So I was in my car, pulled up to 188 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:07,840 my apartment, and he was talking about sitting at the table and 189 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:13,400 grabbing a big bowl of victory. But pass me the the joy. 190 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:17,080 Pass me the big bowl of joy. And I was sitting there and I 191 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:24,600 was like, yeah, yeah, yeah. And then next thing you know, my 192 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:27,800 door was open. And I took his pitch black dark. 193 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:31,480 And I took off running down the street all by myself, All by 194 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:32,880 myself. I didn't care. 195 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:37,120 It was alive in me. And I was like, this is good. 196 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:40,160 Yes, I love this. And that's what the Word should 197 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:44,480 do in you. So let's get into it, OK? 198 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:48,040 You know, Lester Sumar all said this about the gifts of the 199 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:50,680 Spirit. He said he believes that the 200 00:12:50,680 --> 00:12:53,920 gifts of the Spirit will be part of the last day revival. 201 00:12:55,200 --> 00:13:01,800 They will be so sensitive to the Holy Ghost that we can yield 202 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:06,000 quickly. And that's why as a body, we've 203 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:09,360 got to learn how to take dominion in our own personal 204 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:11,920 lives. To understand that, wow, this 205 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:15,240 isn't about me. This actually isn't about me. 206 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:19,680 And then I can go outside of here and yield to the Holy Ghost 207 00:13:19,680 --> 00:13:22,200 easily for you because God loves you. 208 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:26,400 He's going to speak to you for you, for your finances, for your 209 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:29,560 brokenness, for your hard things that you walk through, for your 210 00:13:29,560 --> 00:13:31,080 mountain that's standing in front of you. 211 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:32,680 He'll talk to you about those things. 212 00:13:32,680 --> 00:13:36,680 He's such a good loving father and he'll do those kind of 213 00:13:36,680 --> 00:13:39,200 things. But man, it gets exciting when 214 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:42,480 you start getting the victory in in those things. 215 00:13:42,560 --> 00:13:45,840 And then you can start given out the victory. 216 00:13:46,560 --> 00:13:49,600 You can start giving out the bowl of joy. 217 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:53,680 You can start giving out the bowl of peace or whatever it is 218 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:56,480 because it's in you. It's in you. 219 00:13:56,760 --> 00:14:00,560 OK Matthew chapter 16. I don't have it for them. 220 00:14:00,560 --> 00:14:03,640 I just want to say this. And Simon Peter answered and 221 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:06,920 said thou art Christ, the Son of the living God. 222 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:10,360 And Jesus answered and said to him, blessed are thou Simon 223 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:14,280 Barjona, for flesh and blood has not revealed it to to you, but 224 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:18,320 my Father, which is in heaven. And I say unto thee that thou 225 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:21,280 art Peter. And upon this rock I will build 226 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:22,920 my church. And this is the part I just 227 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:24,760 wanted to ignite you with real quick. 228 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:29,240 And the gates of hell will not prevail against the church no 229 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:32,760 matter what's happening in these last days, no matter what you 230 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:35,160 see, no matter what you watch on the news. 231 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:38,240 And you ought to guard your your ears and your eye, your eye 232 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:40,880 gate, your ear gate, everything that you're hearing and 233 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,080 watching. But no matter what you see, the 234 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:47,160 Bible says the gates of hell will not prevail against the 235 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:51,280 church. Nothing can stop the move of 236 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:54,480 God. Nothing can stop the move of the 237 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:57,360 church in the last days. Not one thing. 238 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:02,760 So you better get in. You better not be hanging out on 239 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:05,320 the fringe or straddling the fence. 240 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:09,560 You better not be hanging out over here still wanting to do 241 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:12,800 your do your little stuff when the Holy Ghost is talking to 242 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:16,200 you, when the Holy Ghost is saying I told you to let that 243 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:20,040 go, man. If you only knew the freedom 244 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:23,040 that's on the other side of letting it go. 245 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:27,720 If you only knew the freedom for you, If you just let go of those 246 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:32,120 things that keep you in a stronghold, they keep you in the 247 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:35,360 things that you're in. Things need to be broken. 248 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:38,680 Things are going to be broken today. 249 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:42,720 I believe it in Jesus name. If I can get to this message, 250 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:46,640 we're going to do it. In Daniel it says those who know 251 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:49,120 their God will do great exploits. 252 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:52,680 Great. Are we doing great exploits? 253 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:57,280 Are we set up for that? Are we believing God for that 254 00:15:57,920 --> 00:15:59,720 man? OK, this is exciting. 255 00:15:59,920 --> 00:16:03,000 Now I want to say something about First Corinthians chapter 256 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:07,800 212 that we just read. If you go on to read after, he's 257 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:09,600 talking about the gifts of the Spirit. 258 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:13,760 If you go on to read, he's talking about unity and love and 259 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:16,280 those that's the foundation we got to start with real quick. 260 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:21,120 The two components that must be in operation as we begin to 261 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:25,200 operate in the gifts of the Spirit are unity and love. 262 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:29,920 Unity and love has to be in position, has to be in place. 263 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:34,320 And so if we keep reading in verse 12, it says just as a 264 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:39,400 body, though one has many parts, but all its many parts form 1 265 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:44,320 body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by 1 266 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:49,560 spirit so as to form 1 body, whether Jews or Gentiles, slave 267 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:53,840 or free, And we were all given the one spirit to drink. 268 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:58,000 And so the body is not made-up of one part, but many. 269 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:02,240 And then if you jump down to verse 31, it says now eagerly 270 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:05,880 desire greater. The greater gifts are the best 271 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:07,480 gifts. And we understand as we learn 272 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:10,800 about these spiritual gifts, the best one is the one that's 273 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:13,960 needed at the time. That's the best one. 274 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:17,680 And then he goes on to say, and yet I'll show you a more 275 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:21,319 excellent way. So what is this more excellent 276 00:17:21,319 --> 00:17:24,319 way? In First Corinthians 14 and in 277 00:17:24,319 --> 00:17:29,520 verse one, in the beginning it says, pursue love and desire 278 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:32,920 spiritual gifts. So we can't just come up in here 279 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:36,160 going, I'm earnestly desiring spiritual gifts or go to our 280 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:37,920 work. I'm earnestly desiring spiritual 281 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:42,440 gift, yet you ain't right with your brother and you're not 282 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:44,400 right with your sister in Christ. 283 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:49,840 Love is first. Love is the foundation and 284 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:52,440 unity. They have to be part of this. 285 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:57,600 It says pursue love 1st and desire spiritual gifts. 286 00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:00,800 And what is the chapter that sandwiched in between 1st 287 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:05,320 Corinthians 12 and 1st Corinthians 1413? 288 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:07,080 And we all know First Corinthians. 289 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:14,200 Here we go. 1st Corinthians 13 is the love chapter. 290 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:18,280 I'm going to read it. Verses 4 through 8 though, I 291 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:20,280 speak. I'm going to start a little bit 292 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:23,160 before that though. I speak with the tongues of men 293 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:26,280 and of angels, but have not love. 294 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:29,920 I have become a sounding brass or a clanging symbol. 295 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:33,800 And though I have the gift of prophecy and understand all 296 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:37,520 mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith so that 297 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:40,160 I could remove mountains, but I have not love. 298 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:45,960 I am nothing. And though I bestow all, I have 299 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:50,720 to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but I 300 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:53,720 have not love. It profits me nothing. 301 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:59,120 Love suffers long and is kind. Love does not envy. 302 00:18:59,360 --> 00:19:03,080 It does not parade itself. It is not puffed up. 303 00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:07,440 It does not behave rudely. It does not seek its own. 304 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:10,760 It's not provoked. It thinks no evil. 305 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:16,320 It does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth. 306 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:21,800 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, 307 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:26,280 endures all things. Love never fails, but where 308 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:28,440 there is prophecies, they will fail. 309 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:30,800 Whether there are tongues, they will cease. 310 00:19:31,120 --> 00:19:34,360 Whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. 311 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:37,880 But love never fails. It's the first. 312 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:41,080 It's the first thing, and your faith won't even work without 313 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:45,240 it. Love is the foundation of your 314 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:48,640 faith. Ephesians chapter 4. 315 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:53,480 I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk 316 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:57,120 worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all 317 00:19:57,120 --> 00:20:01,280 lowliness and gentleness, with long-suffering, bearing with one 318 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:05,200 another in love, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring 319 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:09,760 to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 320 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:15,400 There is one body and one spirit, just as you were called 321 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:19,120 in one hope. Of your calling, 1 Lord, 1 322 00:20:19,120 --> 00:20:24,440 faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all 323 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:29,640 and through all, and in you all. Now when it says bearing with 324 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:32,600 one another, that means to hold each other up. 325 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:37,920 In other words, I got you. We support each other, we're for 326 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:41,680 each other, we love each other, we encourage each other, we 327 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:46,680 highlight each other's gifts because we're all a different 328 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:50,040 part of the body and we need each part. 329 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:56,040 I remember when I dislocated my pinky toe and I dislocated it on 330 00:20:56,040 --> 00:21:00,520 the Princess table at my house when the girls were little and I 331 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:04,680 was walking to open the blinds in the morning and somehow my 332 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:08,680 pinky toe got caught just right on that table and it was 333 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:12,720 shooting to China or somewhere. It was shooting somewhere and, 334 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:15,680 and so it was completely sideways. 335 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:17,720 I had socks on. I could see that. 336 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:21,640 And so I was like, oh, wow. And it hurt. 337 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:25,440 It hurt, but nothing hurt worse than Miss Evelyn putting it back 338 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:28,520 in place. That made me cry. 339 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:30,960 That was the worst. I don't know why it's worth 340 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:33,120 putting it back in place or if it was Miss Evelyn's fault. 341 00:21:33,120 --> 00:21:37,360 Was it your fault? I don't know, it hurt. 342 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:40,040 My point I'm going to get, oh, it hurt. 343 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:44,840 I'm getting all focused on it. My point though, is that P, that 344 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:49,480 toe, that piece of my body that was shooting sideways, man, I 345 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:51,200 knew it. I knew it was out of place. 346 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:52,920 It hurt. It wasn't right. 347 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:56,040 I needed it back where it belonged. 348 00:21:56,760 --> 00:22:02,280 And that's how it is with you. Just think of my pinky toe. 349 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:06,560 When you start getting sideways and you're thinking, just think 350 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:09,800 about, just think about it. I want you to because I need you 351 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:13,520 to just think about that toe. You just think about that when 352 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:19,120 you're getting crooked, OK? You just remember you have a 353 00:22:19,120 --> 00:22:24,200 place in the body, and He's placed you where it pleases Him 354 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:29,160 not, not you. So don't get ahead of Him. 355 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:35,000 The Bible says your gifts make room for you and you just got to 356 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:39,440 take that first step, whatever that is, and jump in. 357 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:46,560 OK, Psalms 133 Behold how good and how pleasant it is for 358 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:48,920 brethren to dwell together in unity. 359 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:53,680 It is like the precious oil upon the head running down on the 360 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:57,560 beard, the beard of Aaron running down on the edge of his 361 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:00,280 garments. It's like the dew of Herman 362 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:03,640 descending upon the mountains of Zion for listen. 363 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:08,360 For there the Lord commanded the blessing, life forevermore. 364 00:23:08,360 --> 00:23:11,400 In other in other words, where there's unity, there's blessing. 365 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:15,680 That's where God commands the blessing, where there's unity. 366 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:19,600 So we've got to be all joined, all fitted. 367 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:22,560 And you know that word unity actually means all alike. 368 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:26,120 So look at your neighbor and say you're just like me. 369 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:31,560 I saw some of your faces. You're thinking your heart ain't 370 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:34,720 right. You're thinking, Nope. 371 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,680 They they're not like me. He's not like me. 372 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:40,800 She's not like you ain't right. We'll have an altar call for you 373 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:42,440 at the end. You're not right. 374 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:48,400 OK, love. Love, unity, unity, such a big 375 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:52,040 deal. Now as we begin to operate and 376 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:55,520 yield and see the supernatural, we got to talk about one more 377 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:57,280 thing. One more thing. 378 00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:00,000 The Bible says to test everything. 379 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:06,720 OK, First Thessalonians chapter 5, verses 19 through 21 says do 380 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:11,440 not quench the spirit, do not despise prophecies. 381 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:17,320 Listen, test all things, hold fast to that which is good. 382 00:24:18,120 --> 00:24:22,160 We've got to test all things. This is important as things 383 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:25,480 begin to happen in the church, that we have proper discernment, 384 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:29,360 that we know what is right according to Scripture, that we 385 00:24:29,360 --> 00:24:31,520 know what bears witness with our spirit. 386 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:36,520 First John chapter 4 verse one says, beloved, listen beloved, 387 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:43,000 do not believe every spirit, do not believe every spirit, but 388 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:47,520 test the spirits, whether they are from God. 389 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:52,560 So as things begin to happen in the church, we need to make sure 390 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:55,400 that we're always in a position to to look to. 391 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:57,120 I'm not talking about being critical. 392 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:01,920 I'm not talking about quenching the Holy Ghost and despising 393 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:05,720 what God is doing. God is going to do some things 394 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:10,640 in our church that are not going to look perfect, may look a 395 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:16,000 little sloppy sometimes It may be like that sometimes. 396 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:17,440 I'm not talking about being critical. 397 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:20,680 I'm talking about judging according to the word of God and 398 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:22,680 the Holy Ghost. What's right? 399 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:28,720 So the scripture tells us to prove it, test it, judge it by 400 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:32,680 the word and the Spirit of God. Now I want to tell you this, 401 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:36,280 there's three sources of of the way things can come. 402 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:38,800 It's something can come through the Spirit of God. 403 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:45,840 Something can come through the flesh or it could come through a 404 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:49,040 wrong spirit. And there's a difference. 405 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:52,120 You know, the Bible says many people are drawn away by their 406 00:25:52,120 --> 00:25:54,760 flesh. Not and always some people think 407 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:56,440 it might be a spirit or demonic thing. 408 00:25:56,440 --> 00:26:00,400 No, sometimes it's just your flesh and sometimes it just 409 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:03,760 means you need to get control of your flesh all the time. 410 00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:06,880 Actually, it means that you need to get control of your flesh. 411 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:10,480 But but it's going to be one of those three things. 412 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:14,080 The Holy Ghost is moving, God is moving through the word and the 413 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:16,680 Spirit. Or it could be a wrong spirit, 414 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:20,080 or it could be the flesh. Not everybody who quotes 415 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:24,000 scripture and says it's God is right. 416 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:28,120 Not everyone. Remember the devil tempted Jesus 417 00:26:28,120 --> 00:26:31,160 and he quoted scripture. Was he right? 418 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:35,000 No, he wasn't right. You know, I remember, I'll give 419 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:36,560 you, I'm going to give you several stories today. 420 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:41,680 When I was at Rhema, I had somebody come to me and tell me, 421 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:44,960 and this was somebody that was in ministry at the church before 422 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:48,840 I went to Rhema. And they came and and up to 423 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:51,880 Tulsa and had a meeting with me and sat across from me and said, 424 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:54,080 I believe you're supposed to be my wife. 425 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:57,280 God spoke to me, you're supposed to be my wife. 426 00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:01,440 And he already had gone to my dad and spoken to my dad. 427 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:07,560 And I was totally taken aback. And I was like, well, God's 428 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:11,240 going to have to tell me. And that's what I told him. 429 00:27:12,120 --> 00:27:16,120 And I walked away from that meeting going, it ain't right. 430 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:20,560 That was not that was a wrong spirit is what that was. 431 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:24,040 And so everybody that thinks they hear from God doesn't mean 432 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:27,920 it's God. So you shouldn't believe 433 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:32,480 everything unless you test it and you test it according to the 434 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:36,280 word and you test it according to the the Spirit of God. 435 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:40,080 Remember the, the slave girl that was possessed with the 436 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:43,760 spirit of divination that kept going to Paul and, and saying 437 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:47,200 these men are servants of the most high God, these men. 438 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:50,680 And she just kept saying it, You know, people in the church that 439 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:53,920 don't have discernment would be like, oh, that's so nice. 440 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:57,360 Oh, that's so great. Oh, yay, she's glorifying God. 441 00:27:57,360 --> 00:28:01,880 But Paul got irritated because she was of a wrong spirit. 442 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:05,760 And the Scripture says he turned and looked at the Spirit and 443 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:09,440 told it to go. And so you need to understand 444 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:15,320 not everything that's quoting and and shouting and, you know, 445 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:18,240 saying it's of God. Not everything's right. 446 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:22,960 And so we need to have enough wisdom and enough knowledge of 447 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:27,160 the word of God to go set me right with that. 448 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,880 That don't seem right to me. You know, that's the number one 449 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:35,080 way the Holy Ghost will lead you is by bearing witness on the 450 00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:38,040 inside of you. So, so you can say, no, that 451 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:42,240 doesn't seem right or oh, that does seem right. 452 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:44,840 And that's how he'll lead you and guide you. 453 00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:46,640 Now. Acts chapter. 454 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:49,920 No, I don't want to go to Acts. Let's jump into we are going to 455 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:52,520 go to Acts. Let's jump into these revelation 456 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:57,800 gifts, the Word of Wisdom, Word of knowledge and discerning of 457 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:00,480 spirits. I want to start with the word of 458 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:02,160 Wisdom. Are y'all taking notes today? 459 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:06,920 Good. The Word of Wisdom is defined as 460 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:12,120 supernatural revelation of the mind and purpose of God 461 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:17,800 communicated by the Holy Spirit. Supernatural revelation of the 462 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:22,040 mind and purpose of God, communicated by the Holy Spirit. 463 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:26,080 In other words, it's God's wisdom imparted to man. 464 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:30,080 A word of wisdom always speaks of the future. 465 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:34,280 Always. It's supernatural revelation of 466 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:38,200 things that are to come, concerning the world, concerning 467 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:40,840 cities, concerning your personal life. 468 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:45,840 A word of wisdom is something that would be not happened yet, 469 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:51,000 and God can give you a word of wisdom personally through a 470 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:57,920 dream, through an Angel, through a person, through a pastor, you 471 00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:01,560 can get a word of wisdom. Now I want to give you a couple 472 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:08,680 of examples of word of wisdom. Joseph in Genesis 37, verses 5 473 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:11,760 through 11. Remember, Joseph had a dream, 474 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:16,640 Joseph had a dream and he went to his brothers and he went to 475 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:20,000 his dad and he shared his dream that he would rule, that he was 476 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:23,280 going to be in a position to rule over them, which was 477 00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:25,760 accurate. I'm not sure if it was super 478 00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:30,120 wise for him to to share that. And that's another thing. 479 00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:34,440 And I remember learning that when I was in Bible college that 480 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:38,480 when God tells you something, it's not always for you to go 481 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:40,280 shouting it from the mountain tops. 482 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:45,600 If he tells you something about somebody to pray, you know, 483 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,000 something you have discernment about, or he tells you something 484 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:52,280 about your life, you know, it's a major red flag when somebody 485 00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:56,840 says, I believe I'm going to be the next Joyce Meyer or 486 00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:59,360 whatever. You know, when people have to 487 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:02,640 announce it, then you're probably not going to be that, 488 00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:07,480 probably not because you know, in the in the last days, the 489 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:09,800 Bible talks about people being lovers of themselves. 490 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:12,240 And you know, that happens even in the ministry. 491 00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:17,600 That happens even in the church. And people want to say, I laid 492 00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:19,480 hands on so and so and they were healed. 493 00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:21,800 I did that. I did that. 494 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:25,120 If there's a lot of eyes in your in your mouth, you might ought 495 00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:28,840 to check yourself. It's not about you. 496 00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:33,800 It's not about me. It's about his word, his glory, 497 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:37,120 him being glorified and everything that we do, 498 00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:40,240 everything that we do. So he went to them. 499 00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:44,200 He told them that was a word of wisdom that God gave him that 500 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:46,880 dream. And then remember, after he got 501 00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:50,280 thrown in prison, remember he was with the Baker and the 502 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:54,920 Butler and, and they had dreams and he was able to interpret 503 00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:58,320 their dreams for them. In three days one of them was 504 00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:02,080 going to be killed, and in three days one of them was going to be 505 00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:06,640 restored back to the position. And so that again a word of 506 00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:10,360 wisdom that the Lord gave him. If the Lord can give in the Old 507 00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:14,840 Testament, have the Holy Ghost come upon men in the Old 508 00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:17,600 Testament for gift of the Spirit to operate. 509 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:21,760 How much more should we be operating a gift of the Spirit 510 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:26,040 who have the Holy Ghost within us and upon us? 511 00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:30,360 So much more we should be operating in these things. 512 00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:35,040 And then remember, after the Butler went and told Pharaoh 513 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:40,240 about Joseph and remember they he had a dream and it and Joseph 514 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:43,080 was able to say, Yep, you're going to have seven years of 515 00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:45,440 plenty. You're going to have seven years 516 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:48,280 of famine. And if you can find a wise man, 517 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:51,920 you know, to govern it for you. And of course, they were like, 518 00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:55,240 well, you're that, you know, and that's what's going to happen in 519 00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:59,160 the church when we begin operating in these gifts of the 520 00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:02,680 Spirit and yielding to the Spirit of God that that people 521 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:05,800 look at us and say, I believe you're the one that needs to 522 00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:08,360 take this role. I believe you're the one that 523 00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:11,880 needs to take this position. You got such wisdom. 524 00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:14,520 There's there's something. And in that moment, I'm going to 525 00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:17,400 tell you everything that anybody ever says to you. 526 00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:20,400 That's a compliment. You ought to let that just go 527 00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:26,320 just like that. Anybody anything somebody says 528 00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:28,760 to you say glory to God. Yeah, I'm not saying you have to 529 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:31,600 be weird and glory to God. I remember when I was at 530 00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:33,040 Raymond, I said, how are you doing today? 531 00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:36,200 Bless highly favor. And they go through all the 532 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:40,120 thing. I'm like, you're weird and 533 00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:43,360 that's not a right. You're a coconut for sure. 534 00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:45,640 You're you're that you're a coconut. 535 00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:51,080 OK, let's do this word of knowledge. 536 00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:56,240 Word of knowledge. Some of these examples that I'm 537 00:33:56,240 --> 00:34:00,680 going to give are going to have a word of knowledge and a word 538 00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:03,240 of wisdom and discerning of spirits in them. 539 00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:07,520 You know multiple gifts can operate at the same time and 540 00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:11,080 that that will happen. Where's four or five gifts at 541 00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:15,159 one time can operate. So let's do the definition real 542 00:34:15,159 --> 00:34:18,120 quick before I give you these examples of a word of knowledge. 543 00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:21,920 A word of knowledge is supernatural revelation of the 544 00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:26,880 existence or nature of a person or a thing or the knowledge of 545 00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:30,760 some event given to us by the Holy Spirit for a specific 546 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:32,880 purpose. A word of knowledge is not 547 00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:36,639 learned, it's revealed. It's a gift of the Spirit. 548 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:40,320 It's revealed to you, it's always word of knowledge is 549 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:44,600 always past or present. Word of wisdom is future. 550 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:46,880 OK? These are going to operate 551 00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:50,679 together oftentimes. So a word of knowledge could be 552 00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:55,760 a supernatural insight that just comes from him about something. 553 00:34:55,960 --> 00:35:01,280 I believe what I got in the shower this morning was a word 554 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:04,880 of knowledge for someone that I know when we close up here 555 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:07,840 today, I'm going to lay hands on them and they're going to be 556 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:11,520 completely free from that because a word of knowledge 557 00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:14,840 came. I believe a word of wisdom came 558 00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:18,800 in a dream recently and and I believe that thing is going to 559 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:21,880 come to pass and we should be having dreams. 560 00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:26,120 I'm not talking about you go to bed and you ate pizza and you 561 00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:28,880 had a weird dream. I'm talking about a dream that's 562 00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:33,160 from God, and you should know the difference, A dream that's 563 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:38,200 from God where he speaks to you. The Bible says even at night my 564 00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:42,920 heart instructs me. So even at night the Lord can 565 00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:46,960 speak to you and say things to you, give you a dream about 566 00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:48,720 something. And the Bible says that in the 567 00:35:48,720 --> 00:35:52,400 last days we will have dreams, we will see visions. 568 00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:57,400 Those things will be happening. OK, Acts Chapter 9, verses 10 569 00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:00,480 and 11. I'm going to start back at verse 570 00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:04,120 one and get there. Then Saul, still breathing 571 00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:08,040 threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to 572 00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:11,120 the high priest and asked letters from him to the 573 00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:14,600 synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the 574 00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:18,000 way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to 575 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,640 Jerusalem. As he journeyed, he came near 576 00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:24,400 Damascus and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven, 577 00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:27,960 and he fell to the ground. Thank God he was persecuting the 578 00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:31,760 church, and a light came and shone around him from heaven, 579 00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:35,280 and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, 580 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:37,880 Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? 581 00:36:38,240 --> 00:36:42,160 And he said, Who are you, Lord? And then the Lord said, I am 582 00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:46,320 Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick 583 00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:50,240 against the goads. So he, trembling and astonished, 584 00:36:50,240 --> 00:36:53,120 said, Lord, what do you want me to do? 585 00:36:53,720 --> 00:36:57,440 When the Lord said to him, Arise and go into the city, and you'll 586 00:36:57,440 --> 00:37:00,640 be told what you must do. And the men who journeyed with 587 00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:04,920 him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no one. 588 00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:08,640 And Paul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were open, he 589 00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:12,640 saw no one, but they led him by the hand and brought him to 590 00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:15,320 Damascus. And he was three days without 591 00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:17,880 sight, and he neither ate nor drank. 592 00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:22,920 Verse 10 Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named 593 00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:25,480 Ananias. Now Ananias was a person in the 594 00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:28,320 church, a disciple like you and me. 595 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:33,200 And to him the Lord said in a vision, Ananias. 596 00:37:33,720 --> 00:37:37,680 And he said, Here I am Lord. This is how we ought to be, that 597 00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:41,160 he's talking to us as disciples, as people in the body of the 598 00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:43,320 Christ. And when he speaks, we say, here 599 00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:47,920 I am Lord, I'm ready. So the Lord said to him, Arise 600 00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:52,560 and go to the street called straight, and inquire at the 601 00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:56,040 House of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus. 602 00:37:56,200 --> 00:38:00,160 For behold, he is praying. And in a vision he has seen a 603 00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:03,840 man named Ananias coming in and putting his hand on him so that 604 00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:07,120 he might receive his sight. This is a word of knowledge. 605 00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:10,360 He is telling Ananias, You're going to go, he's going to be 606 00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:12,280 praying. And this is what's happening 607 00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:14,920 right now. That's a word of knowledge, 608 00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:20,640 verse 15 But the Lord said to him, go, for he's a chosen 609 00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:24,960 vessel of mine, to bear my name before the Gentiles, kings, and 610 00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:27,840 the children of Israel. For I will show him how many 611 00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:29,560 things he must suffer for my sake. 612 00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:33,880 That is a word of wisdom. So you see the difference? 613 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:38,720 He's saying go right now. Saul is there, he's praying, and 614 00:38:38,720 --> 00:38:41,280 I've told him what's going to happen that's happening right 615 00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:43,840 now, a word of knowledge. But then he says, here's what 616 00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:47,280 I'm going to do for Saul. This is what he's going to do. 617 00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:49,880 This is what I've created him to do. 618 00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:51,680 And that's a word of wisdom in play. 619 00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:55,480 So a word of knowledge is always present or past, and they can 620 00:38:55,480 --> 00:38:58,640 operate together. A word of knowledge can come 621 00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:02,920 through revelation, open vision, a dream, or a tongue in 622 00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:07,360 interpretation or a prophecy. And word of wisdom always has to 623 00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:11,960 do with the future plan of God. Everybody got it, Everybody with 624 00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:14,880 me. And the wisdom of God always is 625 00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:16,400 going to include the plan of God. 626 00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:20,920 Now let's look at Revelation chapter one in this that we're 627 00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:22,720 going to read. You're going to see word of 628 00:39:22,720 --> 00:39:26,480 knowledge, word of wisdom and discerning of spirits. 629 00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:29,560 And I'll point it out to you. Revelation chapter one, verse 630 00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:32,520 10. I was in the Spirit on the Lords 631 00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:37,400 day, and I heard behind me a loud voice as of a trumpet 632 00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:42,520 saying, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the 1st and the last. 633 00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:46,000 And what you see, write it in a book and send it to the seven 634 00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:50,200 churches which are in Asia, to Ephesus, to Smyrna, Pergamos, 635 00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:53,920 Thyatira, as Sardis and Philadelphia, and to Laodicea. 636 00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:57,960 Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me, and having 637 00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:02,520 turned, I saw 7 golden lampstands, and in the midst of 638 00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:07,000 the seven lampstands, one, like the Son of Man, clothed with a 639 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:10,040 garment down to his feet and girded about the chest with a 640 00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:13,440 golden band. His head and hair were like 641 00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:18,440 white wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like a flame 642 00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:21,280 of fire. His feet were like fine brass, 643 00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:26,120 as if refined in a furnace, and his voice as the sound of many 644 00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:29,080 waters. He had in his right hand seven 645 00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:33,280 stars, and out of his mouth when a sharp 2 edged sword, and his 646 00:40:33,280 --> 00:40:36,560 countenance was like the sun shining and its strength. 647 00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:41,040 And when I saw him, I fell as his feet as dead. 648 00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:45,600 And he laid his right hand on me, saying, Do not be afraid. 649 00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:50,200 I am the 1st and the last. I am He who lives and was dead, 650 00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:52,920 and behold, I am alive forevermore. 651 00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:55,640 Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and 652 00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:57,640 death. Write the things which you have 653 00:40:57,640 --> 00:41:00,440 seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take 654 00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:03,480 place after this. So you see in the vision, the 655 00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:07,800 Lord revealed the current spiritual position of the seven 656 00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:12,320 churches to him. That is a word of knowledge, the 657 00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:14,680 current current spiritual condition. 658 00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:19,560 And then the word of wisdom came instructing each church what to 659 00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:22,760 do in the future plan what they were going to do. 660 00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:25,920 If you do this, you know how the the letters to the churches say 661 00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:28,840 if you did do this, you'll overcome and eat from the tree 662 00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:31,120 of life. If you don't do this, this is 663 00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:32,680 what's going to happen to your lampstand. 664 00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:37,360 But then discerning of spirits is also in play because he saw 665 00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:40,440 the Lord. He saw the Lord. 666 00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:44,040 And that's what discerning of spirits is, is that you will see 667 00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:49,320 into the spirit realm whether you see the Lord or you see a 668 00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:54,600 demon or you see an Angel. That's discerning of spirits. 669 00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:59,720 So he saw clearly the Lord and what he look like, what he had 670 00:41:59,720 --> 00:42:01,920 on. That's discerning of spirits. 671 00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:06,480 Now Acts chapter 10, verses 9 through 20. 672 00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:09,880 I'm not going to read it to you, but Peter had fallen into a 673 00:42:09,880 --> 00:42:13,560 trance and had a vision. It's there that the Holy Spirit 674 00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:15,880 told him, three men are coming for you. 675 00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:17,640 Three men are coming to seek you. 676 00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:22,840 This was a word of knowledge, but the vision was discerning of 677 00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:25,680 spirits because he saw something. 678 00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:28,480 Now, why do we lay all these things out? 679 00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:31,440 Is it so that we can say I'm about to give you a word of 680 00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:36,400 wisdom, I'm about to give you a word of knowledge, or I'm having 681 00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:40,040 discerning of spirits right now? Not at all. 682 00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:42,760 In fact, you're not ever really going to do that. 683 00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:45,080 You're really not ever going to do that. 684 00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:48,680 And I guarantee you, a lot of you have operated in a word of 685 00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:51,840 knowledge already where you may be. 686 00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:55,160 I know in counseling, it's happened where I may be talking 687 00:42:55,160 --> 00:42:59,200 with someone and it's just coming from, you know, from me, 688 00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:02,960 from from the Holy Ghost, just everyday wisdom that God gives 689 00:43:02,960 --> 00:43:04,800 me. But then they'll be a 690 00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:10,600 supernatural word that comes and I know it, and I know it, and 691 00:43:10,600 --> 00:43:14,400 I'll say it. And sometimes I'll even say that 692 00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:20,760 was God, that was the Holy Ghost to differentiate between that 693 00:43:20,760 --> 00:43:23,840 was a Rhema, that was a word of knowledge. 694 00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:25,920 That was a right now word for you. 695 00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:29,760 You better grab that. And so I guarantee you, a lot of 696 00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:32,680 you have probably operated in a word of knowledge before and 697 00:43:32,680 --> 00:43:34,960 just didn't know. And you're not going to you're 698 00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:39,320 not going to go claiming it or advertising that you did it. 699 00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:43,920 We just teach it so that we understand it because if we 700 00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:48,240 understand it, then we can go, yeah, that was a word of wisdom. 701 00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:51,880 That was just why did I walk into this place? 702 00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:56,360 And and I was able to actually see into the spirit, the demon 703 00:43:56,360 --> 00:43:59,800 that was on that person that was discerning of spirits. 704 00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:03,040 And we understand it when we're taught it. 705 00:44:03,240 --> 00:44:06,160 So the three men seek you. That was a word of knowledge. 706 00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:09,200 And then he saw because he had a vision that was discerning of 707 00:44:09,200 --> 00:44:12,320 spirits. The woman at the well, John 708 00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:15,320 chapter 4. That was a that was a word of 709 00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:17,960 knowledge where she said, I don't have a husband. 710 00:44:17,960 --> 00:44:20,480 She said, you're right, you got 5 or 4. 711 00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:22,960 Whatever he said you got, what was it? 712 00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:27,280 5 And the one you're with now is actually not your husband. 713 00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:33,840 If if those kind of words start operating in here and they have 714 00:44:33,840 --> 00:44:37,480 they have if they start operating more and more. 715 00:44:37,640 --> 00:44:42,280 I'm telling you what the fear of God, the fear of God should come 716 00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:46,600 on you and and it shouldn't make you go. 717 00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:50,040 How dare, how dare he say that to me? 718 00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:55,440 How dare she say that to me? I'm telling you something better 719 00:44:55,440 --> 00:44:58,160 rise up in you. I better do that. 720 00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:03,000 I better go do that. The Lord spoke to me recently, 721 00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:06,000 probably a month ago at night, woke me straight up in the 722 00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:09,680 middle of the night and spoke some things very clear to me. 723 00:45:09,880 --> 00:45:16,760 And I had a, an awe that came over me like I will obey this 724 00:45:17,360 --> 00:45:20,000 and people. And if I can just say this to 725 00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:26,240 you, people wonder why they're sick or they, they consistently 726 00:45:26,240 --> 00:45:31,280 walk with strongholds or consistently have lack or 727 00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:36,280 consistently have troubles. And we, they, we, they want to 728 00:45:36,280 --> 00:45:40,720 blame it on God when actually, if you go back to what he 729 00:45:40,720 --> 00:45:45,160 actually told you to do that you didn't yield to, there's not 730 00:45:45,160 --> 00:45:48,520 anything that he can't give you the answer to. 731 00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:52,720 There's not anything that he can't speak to you about to 732 00:45:52,720 --> 00:45:57,160 cause you to get over and to, to overcome. 733 00:45:57,440 --> 00:46:01,800 We shouldn't be consistently walking in lack or walking in 734 00:46:01,800 --> 00:46:05,280 poverty, walking in discouragement, walking in 735 00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:08,360 depression, walking in anything like that. 736 00:46:08,360 --> 00:46:10,120 We shouldn't be consistently doing that. 737 00:46:10,320 --> 00:46:15,520 And if you are, you should stop and go, OK Holy Ghost, be like 738 00:46:15,520 --> 00:46:20,760 David and just say, Lord, search my heart and see if there's any 739 00:46:20,760 --> 00:46:24,840 offensive way in me and lead me in the way everlasting. 740 00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:28,680 He will do it every time. He will do it every time. 741 00:46:29,000 --> 00:46:32,080 OK, let's get through here. Old Testament examples first 742 00:46:32,080 --> 00:46:36,160 Kings 19 when Elijah fled for his life because of Jezebel. 743 00:46:37,520 --> 00:46:42,920 He was bold up until that point, but then he he then asked God to 744 00:46:42,920 --> 00:46:47,040 let him die and he thought he was the only one who had not who 745 00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:50,640 had not bowed his knee to bail. And God opened his eyes and 746 00:46:50,640 --> 00:46:54,400 showed him, spoke to him. Nope, there's 7 thousand others 747 00:46:54,840 --> 00:46:57,720 that are doing that. That was a word of knowledge. 748 00:46:57,720 --> 00:47:01,600 It brought him encouragement. It lifted him up to say I'm not 749 00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:03,240 the only one. I don't have to die. 750 00:47:03,400 --> 00:47:06,400 Some of y'all need to get off the little corner of your 751 00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:08,120 housetop going. I'm going to die. 752 00:47:08,440 --> 00:47:11,080 I everything is so bad. It's not. 753 00:47:11,080 --> 00:47:14,360 And you got a lot of believers who are going through similar 754 00:47:14,360 --> 00:47:18,000 things that have overcome. So just overcome. 755 00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:22,600 Just know that you can. You don't have to stay there and 756 00:47:22,600 --> 00:47:27,120 shouldn't stay there. So a word of wisdom can be 757 00:47:27,120 --> 00:47:31,640 conditional. For example, God told Isaiah to 758 00:47:31,640 --> 00:47:34,520 tell Hezekiah to set his house in order because he was going to 759 00:47:34,520 --> 00:47:38,440 die. And then Hezekiah repented, 760 00:47:38,440 --> 00:47:42,200 prayed, and God said, OK, I'm going to give you another 15 761 00:47:42,200 --> 00:47:45,120 years. That's a word of wisdom. 762 00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:47,480 But that word of wisdom was conditional. 763 00:47:47,480 --> 00:47:51,120 He was going to die if he didn't get things right, but he got 764 00:47:51,120 --> 00:47:53,400 things right and the Lord gave him more time. 765 00:47:53,680 --> 00:47:55,480 Thank God for that word of wisdom. 766 00:47:55,680 --> 00:47:58,960 Thank God for the first word of wisdom that caused him to repent 767 00:47:59,800 --> 00:48:03,600 and that was the goal. Some personal examples of a word 768 00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:07,240 of knowledge. I remember not knowing Jacob 769 00:48:07,440 --> 00:48:08,720 totally was going to be here today. 770 00:48:09,480 --> 00:48:12,720 I remember he may not remember this, but when we lived out at 771 00:48:12,720 --> 00:48:16,480 World Golf Village, him and Mike were out somewhere. 772 00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:19,040 There must have been some water. I don't remember where they were 773 00:48:19,040 --> 00:48:23,360 at, but I was in the kitchen and I remember the Lord spoke to me 774 00:48:23,360 --> 00:48:28,360 and said, there's danger, there's danger, pray right now. 775 00:48:28,800 --> 00:48:31,600 And so I, I began to pray in the spirit. 776 00:48:31,600 --> 00:48:33,040 I didn't know exactly what it was. 777 00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:36,280 And they came back and told me they had encountered a water 778 00:48:36,280 --> 00:48:38,160 moccasin. Do you remember that happening? 779 00:48:38,280 --> 00:48:41,360 Some kind of snake that you know, I'm sure would have killed 780 00:48:41,360 --> 00:48:45,000 both of them. And I, I would, I definitely 781 00:48:45,000 --> 00:48:46,920 would have been sad. I was going to, I was going to 782 00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:48,440 play with you. I would have definitely been 783 00:48:48,440 --> 00:48:53,240 sad. But but that came to me to say 784 00:48:53,800 --> 00:48:57,360 something's dangerous, Pray right now, do it. 785 00:48:57,440 --> 00:48:59,640 And so I did. And it wasn't 5 minutes. 786 00:48:59,640 --> 00:49:02,560 They both came running back into the house and told me what was 787 00:49:02,560 --> 00:49:06,600 happening. The Lord gave me a word of 788 00:49:06,600 --> 00:49:10,960 wisdom and told me that my dad was going to die. 789 00:49:11,240 --> 00:49:14,240 And I remember my dad was only 53. 790 00:49:14,960 --> 00:49:19,040 And so my dad was a man of God, loved the Lord, grew up Baptist. 791 00:49:19,040 --> 00:49:23,000 I grew up Baptist. But there were things going on, 792 00:49:23,000 --> 00:49:25,520 and there's things going on in people's hearts that you don't 793 00:49:25,520 --> 00:49:28,200 know about. And that's why you can't just 794 00:49:28,200 --> 00:49:32,160 walk up into a hospital and say, everybody's going to live and 795 00:49:32,160 --> 00:49:39,800 not die unless the Holy Ghost told you that that's what's 796 00:49:39,800 --> 00:49:42,480 going to happen. And so you got to know. 797 00:49:42,480 --> 00:49:47,520 And when my dad passed away, I remember I was playing healing 798 00:49:47,520 --> 00:49:51,360 scriptures in the room and I was standing, you know, I had been 799 00:49:51,360 --> 00:49:54,320 taught, I knew. And I was like, he's going to 800 00:49:54,320 --> 00:49:56,040 live. It's not his time to go. 801 00:49:56,040 --> 00:49:59,200 I thank you, Lord, for healing. And I just, I just give you all 802 00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:01,480 the praise. Pray played the scriptures for 803 00:50:01,480 --> 00:50:03,880 him. And I remember we took turns 804 00:50:03,880 --> 00:50:06,280 with him. I went back to wherever I was 805 00:50:06,280 --> 00:50:08,680 staying that night and the Lord spoke to me. 806 00:50:08,680 --> 00:50:11,400 I think it was a dream. I can't remember exactly. 807 00:50:11,480 --> 00:50:13,440 Well, it wasn't said your dad is going to die. 808 00:50:14,360 --> 00:50:19,280 And so the next day I went up there and I already knew right 809 00:50:19,280 --> 00:50:21,200 here. And I was obviously sad, but I 810 00:50:21,200 --> 00:50:25,600 had such a peace. God will supernaturally tell you 811 00:50:25,600 --> 00:50:30,440 things, good or bad, that are coming so that you can conquer 812 00:50:30,440 --> 00:50:32,680 it. Because how would it have been 813 00:50:32,760 --> 00:50:35,160 if I would have said Nope, Nope, that was the devil. 814 00:50:35,480 --> 00:50:38,840 I don't believe it, not one bit. He's going to live. 815 00:50:38,920 --> 00:50:41,440 And what if he died and I was right there in the hospital room 816 00:50:41,440 --> 00:50:44,120 and I'm like, you're supposed to live. 817 00:50:44,800 --> 00:50:47,000 This is not right. That's how people get 818 00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:50,960 discouraged. It's how people say this word is 819 00:50:50,960 --> 00:50:53,440 not real. It's not right. 820 00:50:53,560 --> 00:50:57,760 No, we just need to hear God. We just need to hear what he's 821 00:50:57,760 --> 00:51:01,200 saying. And so my dad passed that next 822 00:51:01,200 --> 00:51:04,520 day and I was with him and I had such a peace and I knew it was 823 00:51:04,520 --> 00:51:07,120 going to happen and, and we had to make decisions. 824 00:51:07,120 --> 00:51:10,120 I knew what decisions needed to be made because I knew he wasn't 825 00:51:10,120 --> 00:51:12,280 going to live. And the Lord gave me a 826 00:51:12,280 --> 00:51:15,200 supernatural peace about that. That's a word of wisdom. 827 00:51:15,440 --> 00:51:20,520 This is what's going to happen. I'm preparing your heart for 828 00:51:20,520 --> 00:51:22,600 this and that's what he'll do for you. 829 00:51:23,120 --> 00:51:27,960 Vision of future ministry or future plans for your business 830 00:51:27,960 --> 00:51:30,080 or future things to come in your life. 831 00:51:30,080 --> 00:51:32,080 God can can show you those things. 832 00:51:32,080 --> 00:51:33,920 I'll give you another personal example. 833 00:51:34,200 --> 00:51:38,480 When I was at Rhema, I was in my apartment and I was went down to 834 00:51:38,480 --> 00:51:41,920 pray. I was on my knees praying and I 835 00:51:41,920 --> 00:51:49,240 saw, I saw a vision of, of just, it was just a simple thing, but 836 00:51:49,240 --> 00:51:53,960 I just saw laying hands on on women, I saw emotional healing. 837 00:51:53,960 --> 00:51:57,080 You can't necessarily lay hands on someone for that 838 00:51:57,080 --> 00:51:59,960 specifically. You know, they can get a word 839 00:51:59,960 --> 00:52:02,280 that delivers them and sets them free emotionally. 840 00:52:02,280 --> 00:52:06,720 But but, but that's what I saw and and I remember going, huh, 841 00:52:07,000 --> 00:52:09,600 what is that? Well, they had taught us, just 842 00:52:09,600 --> 00:52:12,560 put that on the shelf. You know, if you don't know and 843 00:52:12,560 --> 00:52:15,920 you trust in God, I didn't walk out of my apartment and walk up 844 00:52:15,920 --> 00:52:20,800 on the campus and say I'm going to be the next choice Meyer or 845 00:52:21,040 --> 00:52:24,160 I'm going to be because I didn't believe that or think that at 846 00:52:24,160 --> 00:52:26,000 all. But I knew what the Lord had 847 00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:28,280 showed me and I I just hid it in my heart. 848 00:52:28,640 --> 00:52:34,720 And it wasn't until about 15 years later, Pastor Marcy and I 849 00:52:34,720 --> 00:52:37,720 were in a doing a call her blessed together in Nautilus. 850 00:52:38,080 --> 00:52:41,880 And I'll never forget it because it was when the Lord spoke to me 851 00:52:41,880 --> 00:52:44,000 about it. And we, I don't even remember 852 00:52:44,000 --> 00:52:47,840 what we ministered on. We tag teamed and ministered 853 00:52:47,840 --> 00:52:50,160 something. We were going through the the 854 00:52:50,160 --> 00:52:53,800 crowd of women and we were just praying with them and laying 855 00:52:53,800 --> 00:52:55,800 hands on them and talking with them. 856 00:52:55,800 --> 00:53:00,360 And when I was doing it, the Holy Ghost spoke to me and said, 857 00:53:00,600 --> 00:53:05,440 this is that. And in that moment I went, Oh 858 00:53:06,320 --> 00:53:10,760 yeah, I see it. And to, to, to tell you, you 859 00:53:10,760 --> 00:53:13,120 know what God has done since that time. 860 00:53:13,920 --> 00:53:17,480 But but he'll speak to you. You have a job, you have a 861 00:53:17,480 --> 00:53:20,680 business. The Lord wants to tell you 862 00:53:20,960 --> 00:53:23,440 places to invest, things that are going to happen. 863 00:53:23,800 --> 00:53:27,120 Do you think that he wouldn't tell you a decline in the 864 00:53:27,120 --> 00:53:30,160 economy or something that was coming down the pipe that would 865 00:53:30,160 --> 00:53:32,040 affect you? You think he wouldn't tell you 866 00:53:32,040 --> 00:53:35,200 about that? No, He'll tell you, He'll prep 867 00:53:35,200 --> 00:53:37,120 you. He'll tell you anything that you 868 00:53:37,120 --> 00:53:40,800 need to know about business, about life, about ministry, 869 00:53:41,240 --> 00:53:43,720 about everything. Now let me give you the 870 00:53:43,720 --> 00:53:47,480 definition of discerning of spirits so we can move through 871 00:53:47,480 --> 00:53:50,920 this. The definition of discerning of 872 00:53:50,920 --> 00:53:56,000 spirits is the gift of the Holy Spirit by which the possessor is 873 00:53:56,000 --> 00:53:58,400 enabled. The one having that gift is 874 00:53:58,400 --> 00:54:02,480 enabled to see into the spirit world, to see the likeness of 875 00:54:02,480 --> 00:54:07,120 God, the Risen Christ, the Holy Spirit, angels or demons. 876 00:54:07,360 --> 00:54:12,320 It can reveal a demon possessing or oppressing a person. 877 00:54:13,120 --> 00:54:17,080 Discerning means to look at or to distinguish and into the 878 00:54:17,080 --> 00:54:20,400 realm of the spirit. Like I said, it can be good or 879 00:54:20,400 --> 00:54:24,400 bad what you see. It can be demonic or not what 880 00:54:24,400 --> 00:54:27,520 you see in the spirit. Discerning of spirits means the 881 00:54:27,520 --> 00:54:30,840 discerning of angels, demons, and even the human spirit, 882 00:54:30,840 --> 00:54:35,480 whether good or evil. When you entertain angels, the 883 00:54:35,480 --> 00:54:37,400 Bible says we entertain angels unaware. 884 00:54:37,640 --> 00:54:39,440 This is not discerning of spirits. 885 00:54:39,440 --> 00:54:42,880 If they're in a bodily form and you entertained an Angel 886 00:54:42,880 --> 00:54:46,120 unaware, that's not discerning the spirits because they have a 887 00:54:46,120 --> 00:54:48,600 body. I remember when I'll give you 888 00:54:48,600 --> 00:54:51,760 another example, when I was at Rhema and the Lord had spoke to 889 00:54:51,760 --> 00:54:56,880 me about going to Bible college. And so I drove down to campus 890 00:54:57,000 --> 00:55:01,080 and I was sitting in the gazebo in the park and out of nowhere 891 00:55:01,080 --> 00:55:03,800 Sunday afternoon, nobody's on campus at all. 892 00:55:03,920 --> 00:55:06,000 And I didn't know anything about Rhema other than my 893 00:55:06,000 --> 00:55:07,520 brother-in-law had told me about it. 894 00:55:07,800 --> 00:55:10,880 And so I go and I'm sitting in the gazebo and I'm watching the 895 00:55:10,880 --> 00:55:14,680 faith show build, go around and around and I'm thinking there is 896 00:55:14,680 --> 00:55:17,440 no way they would accept me because I know what I did. 897 00:55:17,760 --> 00:55:21,360 I know what my past life was. There's no way I'm dealing with 898 00:55:21,360 --> 00:55:23,480 that. I'm thinking about it and this 899 00:55:23,480 --> 00:55:28,040 little girl comes out of the woods area where the tracks 900 00:55:28,040 --> 00:55:30,640 were. This little girl comes out of 901 00:55:30,640 --> 00:55:34,880 there and has a stick in her hand like a a baton in a race, 902 00:55:35,280 --> 00:55:41,040 runs up to me, hands me the baton and I when when she handed 903 00:55:41,040 --> 00:55:47,960 me that something went off in me and I knew do it apply go. 904 00:55:48,000 --> 00:55:51,640 You need to do this and and it I believe to this day that was an 905 00:55:51,640 --> 00:55:54,200 Angel, but that was not discerning of spirits because 906 00:55:54,200 --> 00:55:56,720 that was just entertaining angels unaware. 907 00:55:57,240 --> 00:55:59,280 I was like, where'd that girl come from? 908 00:56:00,440 --> 00:56:02,800 Because there was no reason that she would have come out of 909 00:56:02,800 --> 00:56:04,560 there. I kept that stick for a long 910 00:56:04,560 --> 00:56:05,920 time and then my Mama threw it away. 911 00:56:06,960 --> 00:56:09,800 She came and cleaned my house and threw my stick away. 912 00:56:10,520 --> 00:56:13,120 Good thing I'm not attached to that stick. 913 00:56:13,680 --> 00:56:17,320 Good thing we don't have to to be attached with gimmicks and 914 00:56:17,840 --> 00:56:22,320 things that that are promoted and sometimes in ministry on TV. 915 00:56:22,720 --> 00:56:26,640 We don't have to trust in that. We have the Holy Ghost, we have 916 00:56:26,640 --> 00:56:29,800 the greater one on the inside. My heart was not attached to 917 00:56:29,800 --> 00:56:32,080 that stick. And so I'm doing good today. 918 00:56:33,080 --> 00:56:39,440 So discerning of spirits. Another example that was not was 919 00:56:39,440 --> 00:56:43,600 just knowing an Angel was present years ago. 920 00:56:43,880 --> 00:56:47,920 Years ago, we went to the one of those festivals they have 921 00:56:47,920 --> 00:56:49,640 downtown here in Saint Augustine. 922 00:56:49,880 --> 00:56:53,920 And Abby and Coco were little and I shouldn't have gone. 923 00:56:54,160 --> 00:56:56,880 And that's the first thing you need to understand. 924 00:56:57,000 --> 00:57:01,400 I knew in my spirit I shouldn't have gone and I made an excuse 925 00:57:02,120 --> 00:57:05,920 and I went anyway. And when I was there, I wasn't 926 00:57:05,920 --> 00:57:11,000 there 5 minutes and I was holding Coco and Abby was right 927 00:57:11,000 --> 00:57:15,680 beside me. Some kid got on a golf cart and 928 00:57:15,680 --> 00:57:20,080 stood up and just floored it, stood up and was standing on. 929 00:57:20,080 --> 00:57:25,200 It hit us from behind. I went, I was holding Coco. 930 00:57:25,520 --> 00:57:28,680 It went over Abby's, ran over Abby's head. 931 00:57:29,560 --> 00:57:33,200 The tire, she had a tire mark over her ear and her head. 932 00:57:33,440 --> 00:57:38,560 I went down like this in a cocoon and covered Coco. 933 00:57:38,760 --> 00:57:40,920 But I knew, I knew when it was happening. 934 00:57:41,000 --> 00:57:43,600 There's an Angel here. I knew it. 935 00:57:43,800 --> 00:57:46,680 I knew there was an Angel and that wasn't discerning of 936 00:57:46,680 --> 00:57:50,160 spirits because I didn't see it, but I knew it was there. 937 00:57:50,480 --> 00:57:53,640 I knew that my Angel was there. And I thank God for that and I 938 00:57:53,640 --> 00:57:59,760 thank God for his mercy. You know His mercy will keep you 939 00:58:00,040 --> 00:58:03,800 and protect you, but you better not be putting yourself out 940 00:58:03,800 --> 00:58:06,680 there saying, ah, the mercy of God will cover me. 941 00:58:09,520 --> 00:58:12,080 You ought to have the fear of the Lord enough that you 942 00:58:12,080 --> 00:58:15,280 understand. I have such a, a reverence. 943 00:58:15,480 --> 00:58:18,840 I felt so grieved in my spirit after that. 944 00:58:19,440 --> 00:58:23,840 I was so thankful that God ambulance came, but I knew we 945 00:58:23,840 --> 00:58:25,800 were OK. I knew we were going to be fine. 946 00:58:25,920 --> 00:58:30,000 It was really miraculous for Coco and really for Abby that 947 00:58:30,000 --> 00:58:32,840 nothing happened to her. But I knew we were going to be 948 00:58:32,840 --> 00:58:35,320 fine. I knew God protected us and I 949 00:58:35,320 --> 00:58:40,280 went home and I repented and I said, Holy Ghost, I'll yield to 950 00:58:40,280 --> 00:58:41,280 you. I'll listen to you. 951 00:58:41,280 --> 00:58:43,240 Forgive me. I should not have even gone and 952 00:58:43,240 --> 00:58:44,400 I knew it. I knew it. 953 00:58:44,720 --> 00:58:47,680 I knew I shouldn't have done it. But that wasn't discerning of 954 00:58:47,680 --> 00:58:49,160 spirits. I'm giving you a lot of what's 955 00:58:49,160 --> 00:58:52,400 not discerning of spirit because I didn't see it. 956 00:58:52,560 --> 00:58:55,880 In discerning of spirits, you can see into the spirit world. 957 00:58:55,880 --> 00:58:57,400 Let me give you a couple of examples. 958 00:58:57,400 --> 00:59:02,600 Isaiah 61 says in the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord 959 00:59:02,600 --> 00:59:07,640 sitting on a throne high and lifted up in the train of his 960 00:59:07,640 --> 00:59:12,000 robe filled the temple. That is discerning of spirits. 961 00:59:12,680 --> 00:59:18,760 Also Stephen in Acts 7 verse 51 they you stiff necked and 962 00:59:18,760 --> 00:59:22,320 uncircumcised in heart and ears. You always resist the Holy 963 00:59:22,320 --> 00:59:24,800 Spirit as your father's dead, and so do you. 964 00:59:25,040 --> 00:59:28,040 Which of the prophets did your father's not persecute? 965 00:59:28,280 --> 00:59:31,360 And they killed those who foretold the coming of the just, 966 00:59:31,360 --> 00:59:35,520 one of whom you now have become the betrayers and the murderers, 967 00:59:35,640 --> 00:59:38,600 who have received the law by the direction of the angels, and 968 00:59:38,600 --> 00:59:40,920 have not kept it. Verse 54. 969 00:59:41,000 --> 00:59:43,400 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and 970 00:59:43,400 --> 00:59:45,320 they gnashed him with their teeth. 971 00:59:45,760 --> 00:59:50,320 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven, and 972 00:59:50,320 --> 00:59:54,120 saw. He saw that's discerning of 973 00:59:54,120 --> 01:00:01,120 spirits, he saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right 974 01:00:01,120 --> 01:00:05,640 hand of God and said, look, I see the heavens opened and the 975 01:00:05,640 --> 01:00:08,240 Son of man standing at the right hand of God. 976 01:00:08,760 --> 01:00:11,200 And then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their 977 01:00:11,200 --> 01:00:13,280 ears, and ran at him with one accord. 978 01:00:13,680 --> 01:00:15,920 And they cast him out of the city and stoned him. 979 01:00:16,240 --> 01:00:19,000 And the witnesses laid their clothes at the feet of the young 980 01:00:19,000 --> 01:00:22,400 man named Saul. And they stoned Steven as he was 981 01:00:22,400 --> 01:00:26,120 calling on God and saying, Lord Jesus received my spirit. 982 01:00:26,680 --> 01:00:30,320 Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, Lord, do not 983 01:00:30,320 --> 01:00:33,280 charge them with this sin. And when he said this, he fell 984 01:00:33,280 --> 01:00:36,040 asleep. That is an example of discerning 985 01:00:36,040 --> 01:00:41,400 of spirits where he saw the Lord Elijah Elisha when he had to 986 01:00:41,400 --> 01:00:45,560 comfort his servant and say open his eyes so he can see. 987 01:00:45,720 --> 01:00:50,960 That's in Second Kings 616. So he answered, do not fear for 988 01:00:50,960 --> 01:00:54,000 those who are are with us or more than those who are with 989 01:00:54,000 --> 01:00:56,200 them. And Elisha prayed and said, 990 01:00:56,200 --> 01:00:59,200 Lord, I pray open his eyes that he may see. 991 01:00:59,480 --> 01:01:03,120 And the Lord open the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and 992 01:01:03,120 --> 01:01:07,640 behold, the mountain was full of horses and Chariots of fire all 993 01:01:07,640 --> 01:01:11,000 around Elisha. That is discerning of spirits. 994 01:01:11,160 --> 01:01:17,440 Joseph seen an Angel in a dream to go and marry, marry and and 995 01:01:17,440 --> 01:01:21,760 to, to tell him about Herod and to tell him what to do, tell him 996 01:01:21,760 --> 01:01:24,760 when he can go home. That's discerning of spirits. 997 01:01:25,000 --> 01:01:29,040 This is why, if I can be honest with you, This is why the devil 998 01:01:29,040 --> 01:01:32,920 wants you caught up in the things of the flesh. 999 01:01:35,760 --> 01:01:38,680 And, and I'll say this, and I know this is not our church 1000 01:01:38,680 --> 01:01:43,520 majority, but drinking drugs, the the, the alternative to 1001 01:01:43,520 --> 01:01:53,360 having a sound mind keeps you unaware of the spirit realm and 1002 01:01:53,360 --> 01:01:57,960 what you do, whether you drink or do drugs or do any of those 1003 01:01:57,960 --> 01:02:01,600 kind of things at all. What you do every day to stay in 1004 01:02:01,600 --> 01:02:04,400 tune with the Spirit of God is so important. 1005 01:02:05,240 --> 01:02:09,040 It's so important that you're yielded that you're aware. 1006 01:02:09,040 --> 01:02:14,640 Some of us go about our day and we don't even think about what 1007 01:02:14,640 --> 01:02:18,280 the Holy Ghost is saying to us. Band, you can come. 1008 01:02:18,560 --> 01:02:23,560 We don't even think about what what the Lord wants to say. 1009 01:02:23,640 --> 01:02:26,440 Two of the most important things that you do in life, listen to 1010 01:02:26,440 --> 01:02:31,000 me while they're coming up, is learning what to yield to and 1011 01:02:31,000 --> 01:02:36,720 what to resist. That you know what's God and 1012 01:02:36,720 --> 01:02:43,480 what's not, that you don't allow your mind to entertain anything 1013 01:02:43,480 --> 01:02:49,760 that is not of God ever. And and that includes any 1014 01:02:49,760 --> 01:02:53,640 thought process that goes against who you are in Christ. 1015 01:02:56,280 --> 01:03:00,120 That includes that. And that applies to a whole lot 1016 01:03:00,120 --> 01:03:04,880 of people right here today. Anything, if you're, if you're 1017 01:03:04,880 --> 01:03:07,840 being water baptized, I want to go ahead and release you to go 1018 01:03:08,400 --> 01:03:12,720 and change anything that comes against your mind that you're 1019 01:03:12,720 --> 01:03:19,280 believing is dulling your senses and dulling your spirit to the 1020 01:03:19,280 --> 01:03:23,600 Holy Ghost. And we need to be aware of that. 1021 01:03:23,960 --> 01:03:28,880 The Scripture in Hebrews chapter 12 says pursue peace with all 1022 01:03:28,880 --> 01:03:35,560 people and holiness without which no one, no one will see 1023 01:03:35,560 --> 01:03:39,320 the Lord. Pursue peace with all people and 1024 01:03:39,320 --> 01:03:46,760 holiness, love, can I say love and unity, without which no one 1025 01:03:46,760 --> 01:03:50,280 will see the Lord. We've got to position ourselves 1026 01:03:50,280 --> 01:03:54,880 as a body to not only be consistent in the Word. 1027 01:03:55,080 --> 01:03:59,240 And I pray for you today that the Word of God becomes alive to 1028 01:03:59,240 --> 01:04:03,960 you, that it's not just a religious exercise that you go 1029 01:04:03,960 --> 01:04:06,600 through every day even though you need to be going through it 1030 01:04:06,600 --> 01:04:12,120 every day, but that it becomes alive to you that when you open 1031 01:04:12,120 --> 01:04:15,760 the word of God that you say, Lord, speak to me.