 Okay, so welcome back once again everyone and I hope you're enjoying this Study on the prophetic we have just seen the introduction and we've also gone over the various into incidents of the prophetic and You know not just incidents but Insights from the Old Testament about the prophetic anointing So in the last class we saw how there were different expressions used to describe the experience of various Prophets in the Old Testament and how God laid his word on their hearts and how they ministered God's word so Today, we are going to do a survey of the New Testament and then you know move on from there and build on how we can move in the prophetic anointing, you know sooner like in maybe in about Five or five five or six classes. We should be getting into Learning, you know how each one of us can move in the prophetic anointing So that's that is we are going to take more time on that. I'm just trying to build the foundation and share some of the key Concepts about the prophetic anointing before us and so, you know, you might find that from today I Go a little bit faster You know, it's we don't have the time to cover every line and sentence in our books But the key thoughts I will share with us and I encourage you to go back and read from our publication on the Publication called Understanding the prophetic. Okay, you can find it in the APC Publications online Okay, so I'm on page number three Sorry page number 57 and chapter number three prophetic menacing the New Testament We've been here with the life of John the Baptist now John the Baptist No, he was called. He is known as the greatest of the Old Testament Prophets and it is said about him that he came in the spirit and the power of Elijah Okay, now we might ask the question. Why is it that John the Baptist is? Said to be associated with the Elijah anointing well Elijah in many ways was a forerunner He was a forerunner and the prophetic came through very powerfully through his life and God accomplished You know various things through that prophetic anointing and in the same way when you compare the life of John the Baptist We know that he prayed he Was the one proclaiming The preparation for the way of Jesus so he was saying that you know prepare the way for the Lord and he had that Preparation or the forerunner anointing upon him, which is why both of them are associated so This also helps us understand that the anointing are transferable across Generations and we've we've seen that you know, we've studied about that in the previous section So John the Baptist is the first one that we talk about in the New Testament And when you study the life of John the Baptist, you know, he Was there he you would say that this individual is a very unlikely Based on the description that you have about him No, he wasn't going around saying that says the Lord or You know the all of that but still no God had placed his prophetic anointing upon him And the main thing that the prophetic anointing accomplished is the preparation of the way for the messiah So he came before the messiah and he proclaimed and you know invited people to repent and be ready for the Ready to receive the work of the messiah. So that's what John the Baptist did now As we continue on in the New Testament, we study a lot about the life of our Lord Jesus Christ and the beautiful thing about the Lord Jesus is in Where is this? I think it's John 3 you you read there that he had the spirit without measure Okay, spirit without measure missing the reference. Let me quickly share that reference Yeah, John 3 John 3 and verse 34 this verse says For he whom God had sent Speak at the words of God for God give it not the spirit by measure unto him Okay, so the way we understand this is the Lord Jesus carried the anointing of The five-fold offices Okay, so no one human being can have the anointing of all the five-fold ministry offices You may find somebody who's in the role of an apostle and Teacher so there are combinations of that are nothing but know where do you see a single individual with all the anointing? But Jesus, you know in Hebrews Hebrews 3 I think Verse 1 you read that like he he is the Apostle right. He's the apostle And the high priest of our confession. So the apostolic. He's the apostle We are told that obviously we know that he was a great teacher of God's word He was the word himself. So he had the teaching anointing. He also is a prophet Okay, and he carried that prophetic anointing on him and similarly the other Capacities of the five-fold anointing everything rested upon the Lord Jesus and that's where we see that the spirit upon his life was without Measure and talking about the prophetic anointing No, Jesus In a couple of places you you don't really again see him Saying that says the Lord or things like that, but there are references where Like in the Old Testament Moses had said that God is going to raise up a prophet like me Who was he referring to? He was referring to Jesus and then again Jesus about talking about himself in Luke 4 24. No, he makes this statement. He says no Prophet is accepted in his own country. So what is he saying talking about himself? He's saying that he's a prophet So definitely he was a prophet when he raised up the dead son of the lady from nine Even then people rejoice they say a great prophet has risen up among us So the Lord Jesus definitely carried demonstrated the prophetic anointing and in its You know the the greatest grace That that is available in the prophetic office, you know at in that extent he demonstrated the prophetic anointing now when we continue to You know study about his life and ask the question What exactly did this prophetic anointing do we see that? He was able to reveal the hearts of people what do you recall when People came against him the Pharisees the Sadducees They said something but they thought something else and Jesus was able to point it out and tell them I know what you're thinking right now and you know that was through the prophetic anointing We also see that he was able to reveal the true character and potential of people for example, Nathaniel Nathaniel When Jesus found him he said hey here is a man without Kyle or here is a very Clean This man has a clean heart. How would one know? You know whether someone has a clean heart or not to so to look into the character of a person It was possible through the prophetic anointing. So in this manner the prophetic anointing was rested upon Jesus and There were many demonstrations powerful demonstrations of the anointing as he went about healing people and working miracles in their lives And Matthew 24 25 those passages talk about the end times the things that are going to Unfold on the earth and the Lord Jesus was the one who Revealed it to us. How is it possible through the prophetic anointing? So the Lord Jesus himself Functioned in the prophetic anointing and at the level of a prophet now as we move further in the New Testament We come to the age of the early church and over there We see the rising of 12 Apostles, okay, and As we study about these Apostles and the activities they were engaged in no We we recognized that you know the prophetic was flowing among them as well We most specifically read about the emergence of certain profits and later on in Acts chapter 11 when the church of Antioch is set up This set of you know a prophetic team from Jerusalem is sent to Antioch to just help The spiritual development and growth of the church and one particular prophet who was sent was Agbas and You know soon after this team went to the church of Antioch in just a matter of let's say two or three years you find that the Church of Antioch really began to grow in the things of God and you know the work of God was Activated in a powerful way and you could say that was a powerful Impartation and stirring up of the prophetic in the lives of the people in the church of Antioch Okay, so that is something we study and Later on you know we we see how God Speaks and ministers to people in Acts 13 as the leadership of the church of Antioch are praying Okay, they hear from God. You know God speaks to them and tells them You set aside for me Paul and Barnabas for the work that I have for them. So there are people commissioned into a Ministry of missions as the leadership of Antioch hears from God So, you know, all this is the prophetic in the New Testament for us And we continue from there. We continue from there And you know, we see how the Holy Spirit is working in the lives of the people In the early church later on some time you study about God's wisdom upon the leadership of In the Jerusalem Church and Paul and Barnabas go over to the Jerusalem Church in Acts chapter 15 They have to make a decision regarding customs that people from a non-Jewish background need to follow in order for them to fully Experience and walk in the in the life of salvation and you know They come up with the decision that all Jewish customs need not be followed for salvation So if one believes in the Lord Jesus, that is fine and they also They also tell the Gentiles to stay away from certain practices that dishonour God So even at that time, you know, it is really God speaking to them the Holy Spirit moving upon their hearts to bring the right word of God now later on when we talk about the office of a prophet, you know, we will see that presenting directives of this kind which is leading the Leading large parts of the body of Christ or giving direction to the entire body of Christ Okay, so that is part of the prophetic anointing from the prophetic office. So We see these things unfold. There are names of people like Judas and Silas also as part of the new the early church team who were prophets They exalted the people they strengthened the brethren You know, they they brought encouragement to the prophetic ministry and as we continue on, you know, we see That Paul had four of sorry Philip had four daughters and all these four daughters prophesied So, you know, these are all people who were releasing the prophetic anointing and of course There's a lot more about Agibus about how he prophesied regarding an impending famine and this prophecy help the church plan and raise funds to Help people who would be need at the time of the famine So Agibus gave that that very important prophecy and not just that Agibus was also instrumental in confirming What God had already spoke into Paul. So Paul knew Paul knew that, you know chains and Tribulations await me or wherever I am gonna go. He knew later on this journey that he's going to be Taken into prison and come under trial But still he was moving in the direction. He was moving towards Jerusalem and at that time Agibus comes and you know, he Does this whole prophetic act where he takes Paul's belt. He ties himself I think this is an act 21 where he says that, you know, the man Whose belt this is will be bound in this way So Paul already knew God had already spoken to him and yet, you know, Agibus was there Re-confirming that Paul is going to go through a great time of trial and tribulation So in this manner We see the The the prophetic and prophecies ministering The lives of the people now as we study the New Testament further. No, there is a lot more insight about the Simple gift of prophecy, which is one of the spiritual gifts And there is also insight about what we call as the grace gift of prophecy where, you know, people some people some individuals are called for the prophetic ministry, okay to be demonstrated through their lives and the The next one would be the office of a prophet and this progression I've touched upon this when we started our course So I know that you have an idea already, but we will build on it. So now coming to The gift of prophecy and this is spoken of in first Corinthians chapter 12 verses 1 through 11 Here Paul wrote to the Corinthian church and he said, you know now concerning spiritual gifts brethren I do not want you to be ignorant You know that you were Gentiles carried away to these dumb idols. However, you were led Therefore, I make known to you that no one speaking by the spirit of God calls Jesus a cursed, you know And then he goes on to describing further and then, you know, he enlists all the gifts Which are a manifestation or let's say the work of the Holy Spirit and in that list Now he says I'll read it from the beginning but the manifestation of the spirit is given to each one for the prophet of all For to one is given the word of wisdom. Okay, so note the list now word of wisdom to another word of knowledge through the same spirit to another Faith by the same spirit to another gifts of healings By the same spirit to another the working of miracles To another prophecy. So notice that prophecy is part of the manifestation of the gifts of the spirit to another prophecy to another discerning of Spirits to another different kinds of tongues To another the interpretation of tongue. So there are nine and then he wraps it up by saying But one and the same spirit works all these things Distributing to each one Individually as he wills. So basically what he's saying is though there are diversities of These gifts, they are all from one source That would be the Holy Spirit and as we've noticed The gift of prophecy is a part of the gifts of the Holy Spirit now if we go to first Corinthians chapter 14 and verse 3 that describes this particular gift of prophecy and No, it says that this gift of prophecy is for edification exhortation and comfort to men and we would say that This is we call it the simple gift of prophecy in other words, we understand it as The gift of prophecy that every believer can Manifest or the simple gift of prophecy and what does the simple gift of prophecy do? Edification edification means building up. So whenever there is a prophetic word, it must build us up It must build our faith. It must build our Our fervor our You know strengthen our relationship with God. So that's what prophecy is intended to do So prophecy is for edification. Then there is Exortation exhortation is encouragement again in the things of God in the purpose of God In our relationship with God a word of prophecy brings Encouragement and comfort. Okay. So in the same chapter There is a little deeper Examination of these words comfort is to speak tenderly comfort is to Speak more closely. So, you know, it's an encouragement But it's a deeper form of encouragement where where God is really lifting us up And you know speaking his his words of affirmation into our hearts So the simple gift of prophecy is supposed to do all of this for the people And you know Paul also added in first Corinthians 14 verse 4 He said he who prophesies Edifies the church now he also kind of Contrasted this with tongues and he mentioned that when we speak in tongues What we are doing is we are building ourselves up. So when I speak in tongues, it's beneficial for me personally Because again, I'm talking about the simple tongues the gift of simple tongues is given for personal edification in the way in Jude Jude 21 where we read that by Speaking in tongues. We are strengthening our inner man. So tongues is for personal edification But in this passage, you know Paul talks about Prophecy being something that edifies the church. It strengthens the church So we see here how The gifts of the spirit the manifestation of the genuine gifts of the spirit You really causes the church to Be built up in faith Okay, how it causes the church to thrive and a great example to look back on is the church of Antioch When a team of prophets and teachers came from Jerusalem To the church of Antioch, you know in in a very short period of time There there were more people who rose up who were hearing God's voice and you know, they they were Functioning in the gift of prophecy. So it strengthens the church and and it's really beautiful For us to be moving in the gift of prophecy. So it's something to look forward to I know that sometimes Some of us might have that inhibition and think oh what will happen if everyone starts prophesying What if you know people say all kinds of things we'll talk about it later, you know, it's it's it is going to take that much effort to teach on Prophecy and guide people In flowing in this gift But when you come to a place where people are flowing in the genuine gift of prophecy, it is Most beneficial for the local church as well as the body of Christ So we need this and this is really great and we must look forward to it now Moving forward from the simple gift of prophecy. We talk about what is known as the grace gift of prophecy So the passage that we will refer to would be from Romans chapter 12 Romans chapter 12 versus 4 through 8 it lists out, you know, some of the other Gifts that contribute to the building up of the body of Christ. So I'll read it for us in this passage So Romans 12 From verse 4 to verse 8 for as we have many members in one body But all the members do not have the same function So we being many are one body in Christ and individually members of one another Having then gifts Okay, again the term you is here is gifts. But what kinds of gifts is he talking about Gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us. So earlier First Corinthians 12 we talked about gifts of the Holy Spirit Okay, the manifestation of the Holy Spirit and there was a list of nine gifts over there But here he's talking about gifts according to the grace of God given to us Let us use them So he says if prophecy there's a mention of prophecy here as well Well, if prophecy let us prophesy In proportion to our faith or ministry, let us use it in our Ministering he who teaches in teaching he who exalts in exhortation He who gives with liberality. He who leads with diligence. He who shows mercy with cheerfulness. So there is Prophecy mentioned here Which is a grace gift of prophecy and what does this mean? This simply means that While all believers can prophesy they can manifest a simple gift of prophecy which is to Edify exhort and comfort One another there are some believers who have been given the grace to Minister prophetically. So the Manifestation of the prophetic is greater in their lives. Okay, so we may also term it as oh, this person has a prophetic ministry Okay, so some have the grace gift of prophecy where we see Uh, the the measure of the prophetic In a Greater manner in the work that they do now. They might be people who um Just release the prophetic word or they might be people who are engaging in a Uh, different kind of a ministry altogether, but they are prophetic in some way. Let's say I'm just giving you an example There is a writer and God has given God has gifted this person to write and you know, they are writing songs. They're writing You know stories. They're writing different things, but every time you read what they're writing It's it's as if you're hearing from God So there is a grace, right? Upon the ministry of this individual and it is prophetic You know in that sense. So there are some people who might move In the grace gift of prophecy and the measure of the prophetic over their lives would be certainly more than The simple gift of prophecy that we talked about earlier. Okay Yeah, okay. I think that uh would suffice now the next Part of the progression if you remember we said gift of prophecy Grace gift and then the minister the office of a prophet. So the the final I don't want to use the term level because uh, uh, it's really the calling of God, you know where God Positions us. So there are people who are Selected by God chosen by God to be in the office of a prophet and Key passage for this is efficiency for we are very well aware You know from that passage Verses 11 through 13 how the Lord Jesus himself gave Some to be apostles some prophets some evangelists some pastors and teachers for what For the equipping of the saints for the work of the ministry And for the edifying of the body of Christ so further to build up God's people to build up God's house Jesus has chosen some Yeah, then the five-fold ministry offices. So some would be prophets That is the reason we say that everyone who prophesies is not a prophet Okay, they could just be moving in the simple gift of prophecy or they could have the grace gift of prophecy manifesting through their lives, but The office of a prophet is uh, you know, uh Greater calling and uh one who is in this uh position Has greater responsibility okay, uh and The function of the Office of a prophet. I already told us that you know, they would be somebody who uh gives has governmental authority or Governmental authority is given by Christ to this individual and they release Words that bring direction to communities large parts of the body of Christ or The entire body of Christ and You know to nations things like that. So Now some of us might ask the question. How are these prophets different from the um prophets in the early church or the new testament well We understand that There are different kinds of prophets. Okay, so uh, obviously the church is built on the foundation Ephesians 2 20 says built on the foundation of apostles and prophets Jesus Christ himself being the cornerstone. So the The early church Okay had prophets whom we could refer to as um Like found founding prophets Okay, founding prophets and they had a mandate they had The calling of God to lay down certain standards So as we talked about um acts 15, you know, when they when they spoke and and declared That you don't need to fallish or follow any Jewish customs If you are born again and saved by believing in the work of the cross you are You already have received salvation. So they laid down those things And today the kind of prophets that we have in the body of Christ Their calling is different Okay, are they prophets the present day prophets whom we have? Yes, they are also prophets, but you would not find them meddling with the foundational truth of God's word. So you see in the office of the prophet itself, you know, the Function can be varied functions can be varied and that's how we understand the office of the prophet. So we can't really Say that the prophets of today Have to be exactly like the prophets in the New Testament. Okay, but yes, there are some of the Common common functions that we see that these prophets would prophesy Moves of God, uh, they would prophesy You know the mind of God to the larger body of Christ They would go and speak to cities. They would go and speak to nations, you know, things like this happen even today They can also bring Insights to solve problems These could be problems within the body of Christ or these could be problems You know, which are external And they could also bring a word to government. Okay We've seen that in the Old Testament as well. We saw how prophets were giving instructions from God to kings and leaders and rulers. So No, this is how we understand these The the progression here of the prophetic anointing, uh, which has been described in the New Testament. So, um Yeah, so the the inference for us is that We can all We can all prophesy. Okay, but Given the way, you know, God calls and pours out his grace There would be some people Uh, who who have a prophetic ministry as such and there will be some who are called into the office of a prophet Okay, so I just want to pause here and ask us if you're doing okay. If there are questions or You know something that you want to clarify at this point And then I can proceed I am at page 60 Yeah, finish 66. So we are moving to page 67 now Uh, but yeah anything that you want to ask or Talk about Okay, yeah, thank you. Thank you for that. Thank you. Thank you, brother Kennedy. Um, I couldn't understand the difference between, uh, the grace of Prophecy and other prophecies like the fivefolds uh gift of prophecy because The Bible say that we receive everything by grace how come there is One prophecy that is grace of prophecy and how How do we receive the other ones if it's not by grace? Thank you first Yeah, thank you, mangi. Uh, good question so mangi the Categorization that we have done is for our understanding So when I say The gift of prophecy the simple gift of prophecy, which is a gift of the holy spirit I am not eliminating the Grace of God from it. No God we receive that by God's grace and you notice Uh, when we talk about the gifts of the holy spirit Charismatic the the term the gift It is a gift We do nothing to earn a gift on my birthday if somebody gives me a very expensive Um, you know a watch or a cell phone or even flowers I did nothing to get it It is their love for me. It's grace It chose to give that to me. So what do I do with the gift? I say, thank you and I just receive it So is that gift the gifts of the holy spirit grace or not very much because it's not Based on my performance. It's based on What jesus has done on the cross. So Point I'm making is grace is everywhere grace is in all the three, uh, you know the the Grace the simple gift the grace gift and the prophetic office. It's just for our understanding that we are calling the Level, okay. I'll just say level higher than the simple gift of prophecy. We're calling it grace gift of prophecy Do you understand? It's a greater measure of the prophetic anointing Yes, bazaar. Thank you. Okay. It it's cleared your doubt your confusion Uh, yes, it did Okay. Yeah, okay. Thank you. Yes. Yeah. Yes, canady. Please go ahead Yeah, thank you. I think we are reading from the same cup Yeah, my brother mine the question is related there Okay, okay, so great Yeah, all right. Thank you canady. I'll say please go ahead Your turn. Yes. Yes, pastor. I'm just in line with the question. I would just like to confirm Could could we say that the simple gift of prophecy, you know only does Um, this to the believer a defying the believer Comforting the believer and encouraging the believer Whereas when it comes to the prophetic office the person who is called to the to as a prophet Is that beyond just a defying beyond just comforting beyond just encouraging There's revelation that comes with the prophecy. So, so that whenever he prophesies He's not just a defying. He's not just encouraging things are being revealed, you know Word of wisdom word of knowledge Incorporated into his prophecy. I don't know if that will be right to say Uh, yes say so you put it beautifully With the office of a prophet there comes greater revelation Um, and yeah to a certain extent you could say that the other gifts also Um, you know flow together, but we you mentioned the other gifts, but we'll come to that later Say, uh, but the part that you said about greater revelation. That's true Okay, so as you progress that is, uh, greater revelation greater impartation of the anointing Thank you pastor. Yeah. Thank you say yes. Are you Shri kumar? You have something to add Yeah, I have a question. Sorry pastor. Um, my question is, um, when, uh, the gift of prophecy Uh, it's a gift and um And then um as it is written in robins, um 1248 that Let us use if the prophecy the prophecy in proportion to our faith So I just want to know that when it is a gift as you said that somebody Uh, give you a gift, uh, you know, you will receive it with thanks So you don't need any faith on that so you can use it the way how But in that case then why that that a proportion of for you know, the faith is needed or What is that? That you know the interconnection of faith and the gift in that in that area. Thank you. Yes. Yes. Thank you Thank you. Shri kumar as you've rightly pointed out also the scripture reference romans 12 for to use the gift, you know in Uh, proportion to the faith that one has The same answer that I gave mangi You know just because something, um You you don't mention the word grace there the simple gift of prophecy is not devoid of grace So similarly when it comes to the operation of the prophetic at any level Though it's not mentioned it is uh, we do call it grace, uh But you know, it has to it it is activated by faith. Shri kumar. It's like salvation You know, there is something called as saving faith So it's only when the individual has that faith that you even receive the gift of salvation You can't receive the gift of salvation without That level of faith saving faith So in the same way for the operation of the gifts Of the spirit We do require faith though it is a gift If there is no faith It will not function and we are going to study about this the Now, uh, I I'll just put it. I'll just share something basic right now. See we need a We need uh, uh, if you want to say a basic amount of faith to receive the gift And that's how it is. But as we once we receive it, you know How we use the gift depends on our faith level, so All the gifts in fact are operational Based on our faith So as an individual once I have received the gift of prophecy If I keep increasing in my level of faith The manifestation of that gift in my life will keep increasing get keep getting better Okay, so, uh Though we don't mention it Yes, the operation of the gifts of the spirit is based on our faith. We cannot Disconnect the two so just because we call it a gift We must not misunderstand that there is uh, you know, faith is not required So I I hope it makes sense to you I'm only thinking what did I say? Yeah So, thank you faster. You you you said it correctly. Thank you. Okay. Great. Yes. Yes. Thank you for that So, yeah faith is definitely needed and the greater faith we develop the the smoother the flow of the anointing one of the ways That we build faith is through the word. Isn't it now all of us Just taking time in God's word about the gift of prophecy will cause our faith to rise and thereby A greater manifestation of the profiting gift Through our lives. Okay, so that's how it would work So, thank you. Thank you pass. Thank you everyone. Good, uh pertinent questions. We'll move forward. So I'm on page 67 now Yeah, the gifts of the spirit and the prophetic now say touched on this a little bit Uh, uh, but I wanted to bring in Uh, you know more clarity So when we talk about the prophetic Um, and the gifts of of the Spirit there are four Gifts that we list from the list that I mentioned earlier First Corinthians 12 there are four gifts Which for the sake of our convenience and our understanding we classify under the prophetic anointing now Don't get too technical because the point is not technicality. The point is just ease of understanding Okay, so Now these four gifts, you know, uh, they may flow Together maybe two Happened together or three happened together all four happened together. Our point is not to figure out. Okay Just now whatever a particular individual said is it gift one gift two gift three gift four It doesn't matter as long as there has been a manifestation Of the spirit through the gifts and it has built up the body of christ built up another believer So our our motive our focus is only that You know, god is glorified people are blessed. So that's the whole point but for our understanding Whenever we talk about the prophetic anointing the gifts that we refer to are What we also know Call as the revelatory gifts. So the revelatory gifts would be word of wisdom Word of wisdom means And again These gifts are not an acquired skill Okay, instead they are Um, you know, it's like a grace which is imparted So you we can't train anyone in developing You know, this this this particular skill of having the word of wisdom or having the uh word of knowledge or things like that So it it comes from god and we look at the examples later. So one would be the uh gift of the word of wisdom word of wisdom is Being able to provide guidance Solution to somebody's problem Okay, not out of our logic, but you know while we're praying for someone you suddenly it just comes to you like I see this this this happening Like solomon remember, uh, but again, you know, solomon you could say that uh, uh some extent of acquired knowledge and all he had but We are primarily talking about the wisdom that's imparted by the spirit of god to us in those moments Where you don't even know what to say, but then here you are providing a solution or a direction And it works out. So that is the word of wisdom. So basically it's a solution Then the gift of the word of knowledge word of knowledge is to have a piece of information which You you know, normally you can't have because you don't know a certain person But when you're praying for them, you're suddenly saying things like, you know, I I see that you have done this or you've done that You went here. You went there It's coming from god. Okay, so that is a word of knowledge. That is information Having supernatural information. The third one Is the discerning of spirits discerning of spirits is to have Uh, uh, you know, like have a sense of What kind of spirit you're dealing with if it's a human being like Jesus looked at Nathaniel and said Here is a man without any guile. Oh, you're the righteous man How do you know Jesus or Jesus looked at Peter and said you are rock But you look at the life of Peter and you're like, look at this individual. You know, he is not making firm decisions He did not uh, stay faithful to Jesus At the time of his crucifixion But then you see the life that he led after he was filled with the holy spirit No, he became one of those solid rocks of the early church But Jesus discerned it earlier and he said you are Simon. You are seafers. You know, you are the rock So discerning of spirits and this can also be operational When it comes to uh, you know dealing with demon spirits and ministering deliverance and your ministering You don't know what kind of spirits are binding an individual but By the holy spirit through the operation of the gifts of the spirit. We recognize. Oh, okay This is a spirit of fear. I come against your spirit of fear in the name of Jesus I take authority and cast you out. I command you to come out of this person in the name of Jesus So the discerning of spirits and notice all these are revelatory or they bring Some sort of an understanding to us outside of our natural realm Okay, so they are revelatory gifts and in addition to that we add the gift of prophecy All four of these are revelatory gifts and you know, it's it's a Like a package uh in the prophetic realm that Help us manifest the work of God. Okay. Uh, we've run out of time. I'll have to stop right here But we'll pick up from this uh tomorrow and request someone to please close with the word of prayer, please Okay, anyone who can Okay, man. Would you be able to? I'm sorry Okay, can I pray? Yeah, yeah, okay The precious precious father we thank you and praise you father god We humble ourselves and father god we pray That every word what we received of father god let it deeply rooted in our heart of god We pray that father that everything what we learned today each one of us for god Let it be protected under the blood of jesus and he pray that father that we grow in this gift of father god So that we can edify the church We can able to lord build the kingdom We can use this gift as a tool as a weapon Lord master to build the church to build the nation build the city lord master To establish the power and the glory of the kingdom of god in the nations of father god We thank you father god for your anointed servant. Thank you father god We ask you strengthen her more so that she can be used powerfully for your kingdom of god Thank you for everything what you revealed to us for god through the power of the holy spirit I give you all the glory on her and praises in jesus name. We pray amen. Thank you pastor Amen. Amen. Thank you shri kumar. Thank you everyone. Have a blessed day. We'll meet tomorrow Again in class. Take care. Thank you pastor. Yeah, thank you. Thank you. Thank you everyone