 Okay, once again a very good morning and welcome to each one. Thank you for connecting on this call Let's pray and begin. We will take time to study Chapter 9 in the book of you know, we are understanding the prophetic So firstly, I want to request one of us to lead in prayer and after that we'll get into chapter 9 Okay, anyone here? Okay, roughly is it possible for you to pray, please? All right, let me just start off with the word of prayer Heavenly Father, we thank you for this day. We thank you Lord for This time to study your word Father even as we do this we pray that Lord you will give us revelation by your spirit Give us deep understanding Father so that Lord we can hear clearly from you above We thank you for the truth of your word Lord, which is available And we just pray that Lord with all of this we will grow In our personal walk with you and also Lord in the kind of ministry that we engage in We worship and honor you. We bless you. She's a snake. We pray Okay, so let's quickly go to chapter 9 of understanding the prophetic and I will share my screen with us So page 155 is a very important page that we need to look at. I hope you can see this well All right. So in the last class, I remember we talked about the spirit and how the spirit of a man receives God's communication And we said that when God wants to convey something it is spirit to spirit We've understood that it's like a lamp that the Lord chooses to light up and when Illumination comes or communication comes one picks it up and then you know one is able to Analyze it assess it and apply it in their lives So this picture here is a very good representation of how this communication works So if you notice we have spirit soul and body All three have been mentioned here and we stated that the spirit has senses just the way body has senses And the senses perceive from the outside world as far as the body is concerned The spirit senses perceive from the spiritual realm and this information then comes into the soul And the soul is where it gets processed Once it is processed what does process mean? It means one is thinking about what they have just heard or what they have just perceived Then one is analyzing if this is from the Lord or if it is from them or if it's any other suggestion And one also determines action What needs to be done on the basis of this communication So that is the meaning of processing that goes on in the soul And as we said last time all three parts of us the spirit the soul as well as the body are very very important We can't just say that because we are believers we give more importance only to the spirit and we neglect the soul Soul is not necessary we definitely need the soul our mind needs to be renewed Our will has to be healed and our emotions also need to receive healing from the Lord That's when they function at their optimum and we will have the ability to make right choices And live our lives as per the standard of God's word So the soul is also important and of course the body God has given us this body we learn in scripture that our bodies or every part of us even our bodies is created by God And we use this for the glory of God So body is not a bad thing it's a good thing we are supposed to take care of it It's the temple of the Holy Spirit Now having discussed these matters let's focus on the spirit senses And the spirit senses there are five senses as we discussed last time These five senses that we will look at individually are feeling the ability to see, hear, taste, smell And here in this very diagram there are examples already it's listed out But what we will do is we will go into the rest of the section where each of these senses is explained quite thoroughly So let me just read out a few of the examples that are listed So when it comes to our feeling a continued feeling or a flash of a feeling You have a positive feeling where you are sensing something good, joy or comfort or calmness That communicates something positive a flash it just comes and goes So we may have a continued feeling so you are constantly sensing the same thing about a matter and God is communicating through that Or a sense of being stirred up in Acts 17 that was Paul's experience of being stirred up in the spirit And pressed bound in the spirit we see that in Acts 18 so that happens to Paul And similarly sorry Acts 20 and then we see experiences of people like Ezekiel Feeling bitterness or heat in the spirit So here are all these feelings that are happening in the spirit man When it comes to seeing we see pictures we have dreams We may have what we call as a trans experience Dreams and visions we talk about visions, visions Sometimes we look at things that we view when we are awake as visions And even in the case of prophets like Ezekiel there are other experiences such as out of body experience Seeing the spirit realm, you know other people like Elisha he saw into the spirit realm So there can be empty number of experiences that exist out there But some of the basics is to be able to receive some pictures or dreams visions And maybe even you know a trans is something that we commonly hear about Let's talk a little bit about hearing Hearing from God So hearing has to do with the audible senses of the spirit man But we have clarified that it may not come with sound It generally is a word that is picked up in our spirit or it can be a sentence It can be a paragraph or it can even be a book So a lot of content that we receive in the spirit and then we have to use it So a sense of taste and smell is also a part of the spirit So let us now look at the content in this section And we will go over a little more detailed regarding each of these senses So the spirit sense of feeling What are the different kinds of feelings? Positive feelings Or it can also be a negative feeling So negative feelings can be the kind that we described in the case of Paul He felt bowed He felt provoked So in Acts chapter 17 when he is in the city of Athens He is provoked in his spirit The scripture says because he looks at the fact that the gospel has not been preached in that city And people were worshipping idols and that upset him So provoked in the spirit So that is a negative sense in a way But it was calling him to action Thankfully he felt those feelings But he knew that he has to do something positive out of it And so he goes ahead and he does the ministry in Athens So it can be like this It can be a positive sense It can be a negative sense It can process it through our renewed mind We can come to the conclusion Regarding the action that needs to be taken about that particular feeling So one might have a sense of peace Peace is usually go ahead It's good And Colossians 315 says that the peace of God rule in your hearts So when we have that sense God is asking us to flow with what is happening And the negative senses we've already seen But there are also experiences such as bitterness and heat And that was the experience of Ezekiel So Ezekiel 314 Ezekiel says the spirit lifted me up and took me away And I went in bitterness in the heat of my spirit But the hand of the Lord was strong upon me So notice it's an unusual feeling Compared to the other normal expressions of how God presents this feeling In our spirit, so bitterness and heat Any feeling could be from God But the important thing is to pick it up And then know what needs to be done on the basis of that feeling So this is a little bit about the spirit sense of feeling Let me just pause for a bit And I've shared a lot of my stories over the last couple of classes I want to know if any of you have had the experience of feeling Right, feeling in the spirit And if that led you to some form of action Okay, I would like to share It would be Nina Nina, have you ever had an experience where you sensed positively about something And it was a lot speaking to you Would you be okay to share? Any such experience please? Okay, alright Okay, so if there's no experiences to share Then we'll just continue here The sense of seeing is as it states the ability to see We know that the Lord Jesus when he spoke parables He made a very interesting statement We look at one such statement Matthew 13 and verse 13 Where he says, therefore I speak to them in parables Because seeing they do not see and hearing they do not hear Nor do they understand So it's a very sad state of affairs That though people know they don't get it They don't get the point And there are some senses that are referred to here They are seeing but they cannot perceive That sight is not perceptible or hearing The words are going in But it's not reaching where it needs to So what was Jesus talking about? These were all people with eyes, ears Who were listening to the sermons of Jesus He was talking about the spirit senses And saying that though people hear the word of God It does not penetrate beyond a certain level And the right way to take in the word is in our spirit Right through our spirit senses to really see what he's saying And to really hear what he's saying To really understand the message Rather than looking at it at a surface level So those were the eyes and the ears that he was referring to Not the natural organs that we have So in the spirit how does this sight sense work? We may receive some pictures The picture could be a single picture Or it can be accompanied by multiple pictures Sometimes it can be a motion picture Where you are seeing things happen one after the other And you know primarily this is how it works And what we see can either come in as just an image Or the other categories that we mentioned earlier Like dreams, visions, trances And once we receive this The next responsibility that we have is Remember we said the spirit perceives Then you have the soul which processes Rationalize, reasoning, analyzing And acting on what needs to be done So what are some examples? The prophet Jeremiah when God spoke to him In Jeremiah 1 and verse 11 God asks Jeremiah what do you see? And he says I see a branch of an almond tree So what is God speaking about? God is speaking about the word that he's going to perform But for that an image was granted to him That was the branch of an almond tree So a branch of an almond tree will come to interpretation later But the image meant something And that's the important part to grasp So Jeremiah saw it and he told God Okay I see this Lord and then the Lord himself speaks back to verse 12 He says you have seen well for I am ready to perform my word So God gives him the interpretation of that particular image And we notice that this is how God spoke to the prophets And many men and women of God to the prophet Amos God showed him a basket of summer fruit In Amos chapter 8 and verse 1 and verse 2 God is asking Amos what do you see? So that's the way it works where God is asking What is it that you're perceiving by sight of your spirit senses And then Amos says God I see a basket of summer fruit And then the Lord speaks to him about the meaning of what he just saw So in verse 2 the end of that verse God says the end has come upon my people Israel I will not pass by them anymore So God is speaking about what is on his heart And communicating it to the prophets Similarly today when we pick up pictures in our spirit man God is saying something And we must interpret it So what kind of pictures might we receive It can be any kind of picture We may receive a lot of pictures that are mentioned in scripture for us And that makes interpretation very easy So when I see water Once I remember praying with another young lady And we had gone on missions And we were praying together for one particular person And the way it was happening is the way we spoke earlier Where two or three can pray and then others can challenge That's a safe way to learn So that's how we were praying And it's incredible that I saw a water body And she also saw another form of water body And we both shared it at the same time And that was a great confirmation that God is speaking About pouring out his spirit Because water we know out of your belly shall flow rivers of water That's what scripture teaches us So we see the connection in scripture And then we are able to accurately interpret So water would have a couple of meanings in the word of God And we trust the spirit of God to help us understand that particular meaning Now there can be images that are outside I think we talked a little bit about it earlier also Some of the modern day gadgets which we don't have in Or they are not mentioned specifically in scripture But interpreting them is possible And for that we have to depend on the spirit of God Let's move on So there can be some of these images Dreams, we've seen earlier when we started the course on the prophetic We read from Job 33 And there what God said is that God gives a dream In a vision of the night So when people are asleep God still continues to communicate And how does it communicate? God drops a dream in our spirit And that is the instruction of God To guide man, to lead man And when we pick up these godly dreams and we interpret them There is a message coming through Which again is useful, helpful for us to apply and take action Visions Would you know of anyone who had a lot of visions in scripture? There is lots of people but anyone particular Okay, Ezekiel, that's great Any other prophets? How about Daniel? Oh yeah, correct So Prince is also Saint Daniel So he had many many visions And visions even about the end times So it's incredible when we go through his visions God was speaking to him In his days about what is taking place now and will take place In the years to come So that's how amazing the communication of God is And it's another thing One could be speaking about our now Or he could be speaking about the past or the future It can be anything that comes in the form of a picture, a dream or a vision Now moving on to trans So what is trans? Trans is the kind of experience that Peter had We see in Acts chapter 10 That when Peter was waiting for food to be prepared He was very hungry And in that situation he went into a trance Meaning his body became weak So his body was sort of inactive But at that time his spirit was very active And his spirit was seeing a vision where God brought down He saw a sheet being brought down with many animals And God was telling him, you go kill and eat So the final interpretation of this particular vision Is God was just telling him that now that Jesus has accomplished his work on the cross Jew and Gentile All are accepted So don't discriminate between communities of people The gospel is opened out to everyone So don't call a set of people unclean Because right after this he was going to be sent to the house of Cornelius, a Gentile And before Peter was someone who never wanted to do that But God had to speak to him This is the way God spoke to him That in the trance he saw this vision And he understood that God is telling him Go to the Gentiles Don't say that they are not accepted by God In this way you know God communicated to you But in the trance the difference is yes we could be seeing a vision But physically we may feel weak or just momentary Just momentary I've heard in the case of Maria Woodworth Etter She's a minister of God You know, years gone by And in her meetings There was a lot of trance happening to her also And to many of the people who were in the prayer meetings And it was something very unique So apparently she would just freeze for hours Just freeze So I mean this is not something that doesn't happen The only point I'm making is There are examples even in history Where people have had similar experiences And you know this could happen You can see into the spirit realm We have a classic example of Elisha playing for his servant And then God opens up his eyes And he's able to see the armies While they were thinking that they were alone God shows them, no you're not alone Look all the armies are with you Heavenly armies are with you So which eyes did Elisha serve and perceive this through the spirit eyes He was able to see this And Palam's eyes were open That's something we have already discussed in Numbers 22 Isaiah chapter 6 So after repeated We talk about the year when King Uzziah died The Lord Isaiah saw the Lord sitting on a throne high and lifted up And the train of his road filled the temple How has Isaiah seen this? Obviously it's not through the natural eye It's through the spirit eye But there are cases like as we saw earlier In the case of Elisha and his servant That even the natural eye can be like an agent To perceive the spiritual realm So in some instances We are seeing through our normal eyes Physical eyes But then we are seeing things of the spirit Happening around us Even that is a possibility So we can't box God up He will work whichever way he wants to We need to be open to perceive it Out of body experiences The kind that Ezekiel had Is also something that took him away To other places And he was able to see things in the spirit Paul once talks about going up to heaven And Not he But he says I know a man Christ Who 14 years ago Whether in the body I do not know Out of the body I do not know God knows such a one was caught up to the Third heaven So even Paul is affirming Something like an out of body experience And this is in 2nd Corinthians chapter 12 In the passage from verse 1 to verse 4 So these are possibilities And just for us to know and Remember The sense of hearing So the sense of hearing A classic example is That of Samuel And in the case of Samuel it was audible But most of the time We just receive Maybe a word So I might see earlier I said We see water Or a water body Hearing could come in light We see the letter Water written W-A-T-E-R So when it's coming in like that We usually say it's a sense of hearing We are not seeing a picture But the word is coming in And That is hearing Sound So this is another way That the word of God comes to us So the experience of Philip We've mentioned this Philip In Acts chapter 8 When he was traveling He Scripture says The spirit said to him So when somebody is saying something We are supposed to hear it So how would the Holy Spirit Come into him So we could Guess that It's like the words coming into his spirit Go near and overtake this Chariot So he had that Those words come into his spirit And he actually went there and did it And that's when He met the Ethiopian eunuch See when we Do what God is asking us to do We will see the results of it It can be Just a simple thing Like on that day Philip Was told Just go a little faster And he did it Like he never knew That he's going to meet the treasurer Of Ethiopia A very influential personality And that the gospel will go From The region of Judea Into Africa It's an entirely different continent That's what happened that day Because Philip followed A simple instruction Just one line from God Go overtake the chariot And this is also a way in which God speaks He may not tell us everything That you're going to meet The treasurer Of the nation of Ethiopia So I'm asking you to do this Sometimes it's just a small instruction Do this Don't do this That you're going to meet the treasurer Of the nation of Ethiopia And you've got to learn To portray the presence of God And to understand God And to do this Then we will see the results Of the 10 verses 19 and 20, where Peter, you know, God's speaking to him. So let me just read it out for us. So Acts 10 19 and 20, while Peter thought about the vision, the spirit settled him, behold, three men are seeking you arise, therefore, go down and go with them doubting nothing for I have sent them. So it's more than one sentence. It's almost three sentences there. We all three men are seeking you arise, therefore, go down and go with them, doubting nothing for I have sent them. So God can speak many sentences. Okay, and we've already talked about a download, receiving a download of a lot of information in one go. And that is a possibility. So the spirit sense of hearing. Let's move on to the spirit sense of taste and touch. If you recall, the scripture in Psalm 34 and verse eight, it says, taste and see that the Lord is good. So how, obviously, the natural, we don't get that. But in the spirit, you know, we may have a sense of taste, like maybe in the presence of God, sometimes the people, people feel like, oh, I'm tasting honey, or I'm tasting a sweet. But what's actually happening, the spirit is perceiving the presence of God in a positive way. Now, they can be the opposite of that as well. So the demonic presence, maybe we feel bad taste. And that's the sense that something is not okay, because our spirit is perceiving it. Now, when we look at the example of Ezekiel, Ezekiel three versus two and three. Now Ezekiel is asked to take it. He is asked to eat the scroll. And when he eats it, he says, it was in my mouth like honey in sweetness. So even he had a feeling or an experience of tasting in the spirit. Let's talk about touch. Okay, touch. How could one experience the sense of touch? Do you remember when Jesus was walking and this woman with the show of blood came to him? He was surrounded by a crowd. So it would have obviously been very difficult for him to notice anyone who touched him. Right? But he asks the question, suddenly he asks the question, who touched me? And we also know she touched the hair of his garment. So did he feel it? Most likely physically, he may not have felt it because just a touch of the hair in a crowd where people are pushing you, people are touching Jesus from every side. But he's asking, who touched me for the lady who touched the hem of his garment by faith? So what does that show us? A sense of touch like Jesus would have perceived. He would have perceived that something has happened, something has happened. And similarly, when it comes to and in that entire scenario, another thing that he feels is the power of God flowing out of him. So he is experiencing all these things after that lady actually came and touched him. So the flow of the anointing can happen through a touch. So God or Jesus at the time he perceived, he perceived this feeling of being touched in the spirit. Now we too can experience it. Now we could say something like, you know, I felt touched by God or I felt somebody put their hand on my shoulders or I felt the embrace of God, we say all these things. It's possible that it happens in this spirit where we are experiencing these matters. Now what about smell? Scriptures say that we are the aroma of Christ. So even smell is sensing what God is speaking through smell is a possibility. And you know, I remember in one of the prayer sessions at church one of our pastors had this experience of standing in a corner and only in that corner there was a fragrance of flowers. And they called a few others to come and check it also. And nobody was standing there. Like at least if somebody was standing there, we could say it was like one corner of the hall. If at least somebody was had been there or somebody was standing there earlier, we could say it's perfume or you know, some kind of a spray, but nobody was there for a long time. Only this particular pastor was walking and praying over there. And they shared how in one spot there was a strong smell of beautiful smell. And another person also went and checked it out and they could confirm that this is unusual. So when we were worshiping, it's most likely that the presence of God showed up in that manner. And we could actually smell the presence of God. So we've talked about all the senses right now. Now the question arises, how do we become more, like how do we develop the ability to perceive all these things? And for that we've to become more sensitive to the voice of God. And one must train their spiritual senses. Okay, training is like exercising. Hebrews chapter five, verses 13 and 14, it teaches us that when we talk about maturing, right in Christ, maturing is when one has exercised their senses, it says. That's a lot of exercising. That's a lot of practice of the spirit senses over at the course of time that one has been a believer. And then they are moving on towards maturity. We would find that it's a lot easier to perceive. Okay, and one gets better and better at picking up the information from God as we are exercising our senses. So it's like just exercising our muscle as well. So when we exercise our muscles, we know that it becomes stronger. And in the same way, if we exercise our spirit senses, they become stronger. And once they become stronger, we are able to hear clearly from the Lord. So with that, we come to the end of this particular section. So what we will do is we will take time to go through this chapter. It's really important to discuss it through. And I know today we've not had any discussion. So we'll come back the next class, we will have a little bit of discussion about the spirit senses and then move on to the other chapters. And I hope that's okay. So for now, we will just close the class. And I request one of us to please go ahead and lead and pray. Yes, yes, please. Father God, I thank you for all that you've done in our life. Thank you for the wonderful teaching, my father. Thank you for Nancy, ma'am. Father God, whatever we learn, whatever we're learning, my father, help us to grow in all areas of our life, my father. We give you glory and honor. We thank you, my heavenly father. In the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. Amen. Thank you. Thank you, Chirah. Thank you, everyone. Really appreciate you joining today's class. God bless you. Have a great week ahead. See you all in the next class on Friday. Bye for now.