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Right so just wanted us to you know spray on those lines just ask the Lord even as we study that the Lord is the one who sanctifies and all the work that we see right what he does in the life of a believer you know it's for you it's for me right we see in scripture this is what he does just like you know how we look at the supernatural works of the Lord Jesus the way he ministered we see that and the Lord says he who believes in me the works that I do he will do also and greater works right so which means it's you and I so the best thing to do when we come across that you know that's the scripture like that and when we look at the life of the Lord Jesus the way he minister the best thing to do is to say Lord you know thank you that you've called me to this thank you that you call me to minister in this thank you that you've called me to be a blessing in people right so so that is agreeing with with God when we agree with this word we agree with God himself because we are agreeing with what he says we are continuing to we're engaging our heart and we're saying Lord I believe that right and and whatever we have problems with you know challenges with believing everything God you know it seems to do wonderful it seems too impossible you know how is this even possible you know ask the Lord for ask the Holy Spirit for more revelation ask the Lord and he will testify about he will witness he will testify and he will lift up the name of Jesus exalt Jesus so it's all plain and clear and he will give us the understanding and one of the prayers I think there are many prayers that we can pray but one of the prayers that we see in Paul's episode to think to Ephesians and we see that and that's something that we can pray over ourselves and pray and declare over ourselves right where he's this is what he you know prays over the efficient the believers in Ephesus right Ephesians chapter one and this is what he says therefore I also after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints do not cease to give thanks for you making mention of you in my prayers that the God of our Lord Christ the Father of glory may give to you the spirit of revelation and wisdom in the knowledge of him the eyes of your understanding being enlightened that you may know what is the hope of his calling what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints and what is the exceeding greatness of his power towards us who believe according to the working of his mighty power which you worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places far above all principality and power and might and dominion and every name that is named not only in this age but also in that which is to come so you know we can just pray this over ourselves and say Lord I just pray that I want to give thanks to you and I pray that that I just want to give thanks that you've given me the Holy Spirit who is the spirit of revelation and wisdom and that you will give me revelation and wisdom in the knowledge in the knowledge of Jesus in the knowledge of God and you know that and pray and say Lord the eyes of my understanding may be open maybe enlightened that I may know what is the hope of your calling that I may know what is the hope of your calling and the riches of the glory of your inheritance in the saints and and what is the exceeding greatness of your power Lord may I know this the greatness of your power towards me towards us who believe and according to the working of your mighty power which you worked in Christ so you know this is a great prayer to pray and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal the spirit of wisdom and revelation okay so so yeah so every as we learn these things you know just pray and engage with God agree with God acknowledge and declare that you know this is so in my life right so that's that's you know walking closely with him right okay so last class we we were looking at the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of a believer and in every day life of believer and we looked at several things right we looked at him with regards to holiness and sanctification you know bringing a believer from various things that a believer is held by right you and I held by to that work of sanctification he does the work of sanctification right what does it mean the work of separation from the world the work of separation from the works of darkness work of separation from the things of the flesh right so we saw that he he helps us to crucify the flesh bring to put to death the deeds of the body and he helps us and huge portions of scripture you know Galatians and also Galatians chapter 5 Galatians 6 Romans 6 7 and 8 talks about that the work of the spirit in our lives right and in a way also looked at how he's the one who sanctifies he's the one who does the work of sanctification which means that he helps us he gives us the understanding he helps us empowers us to sanctify ourselves set us set ourselves apart make those choices to separate ourselves right from the things of the world from the works of the flesh and so on we also saw that he abides in us and just like the Lord Jesus said he said that I will give you he will I will give you another comforter he will come he will he will abide with you forever he will stay with you forever and one Corinthians 3 and also one content 6 talks about how collectively and personally individually that the Holy Spirit that we are the temple of the Holy Spirit we are the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit so he stays with us he abides with us and what an awesome privilege to have this God of creation to have the one who one who did these miracles and continues to do these supernatural continues to do this work of refining to have him dwell in us to have him stay with us what an awesome privilege right he also transforms us into Christ likeness to be like Christ okay so that's you might think okay that seems to be a tall order you know I know I read about Jesus I see how he was and how he lived and you know so how is it even possible right but scripture says second second Corinthians 3 and verse 18 says that we are being transformed into his likeness right whose likeness second Corinthians 3 and verse 18 but we all with unveiled face be holding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord okay so that's the first thing we are seeing we are beholding as we look in a mirror we ought to what are we looking at the well the well the unveiled face you know we have that veil has been taken away whatever was hiding us whatever was you know preventing us from having a clear picture of who Jesus was and you know that that is taken away because we turn to the Lord and we see clearly the glory of the Lord what is the glory of God what is the dox of the Lord it is who God is like as a person who we who he is and what he does what are the works of God so we see very clearly we clearly see the dox of God and when we see that when we behold the glory of God we are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory just as by the Spirit of the Lord which means that by the Spirit of the Lord by the work of the Spirit we we behold the glory of God we he takes us he shows us the glory of God who who he is and and what he does and it doesn't stop there there is transformation right we hold the glory of God and we are being transformed into that same image right so so that's the thing you know that's a beautiful thing of being in the presence of God worshipping the Lord being in his presence being in the presence of you know in the Holy Spirit that we are being changed we are being transformed like metamorph which means that it's a drastic change and sometimes the change is unbelievable sometimes we you know it's it's unbelievable to unbelievable to us unbelievable to the two others around us and there is steady change happening from one level of glory to another level of glory change from glory to glory just as by the Spirit of the Lord by the Spirit of God so this is what happens that we are being changed to be like Christ okay to be like Christ with regard to character to be like Christ you know just like Ephesians the the the portion that we read talked about that that we will want to know the power of the Spirit the work of the Spirit right the same Holy Spirit who raised Christ from the dead that we might know the power the eyes of understanding being open that we might know the greatness of his power okay so so that's the beautiful thing that we don't have to shy away from you know just like we don't away from being like right we pray and we ask I want to be like you and I want to be changed to be like I want to be transformed to be like you the same way he opens eyes so that we come and have that understanding of the power of God right so when it when it's transformation transformation in all aspects right there is change we get to know and understand the power of God we get to experience the power of God we get to minister in the power of God right so there's transformation happening and that's by the Holy Spirit praise God right then the revelatory work of the Spirit okay now this is again something that's wonderful so we need to have fellowship with the Holy Spirit we need to have those conversations with the Holy Spirit we need to be dependent on the Holy Spirit why you know we look at these scriptures first one is second Corinthians chapter first first Corinthians chapter 2 verses 9 to 16 the first Corinthians 2 where it says that I has not seen okay as it is written I has not seen nor your heard nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love him okay the next verse is even more wonderful yes but God has revealed them to us how through his spirit for the spirit searches all things yes the deep things of God for what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of man which is in him even so no one knows the things of God except the spirit of God now we have received not the spirit of the world but the spirit who is from God that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God these things we also speak not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches comparing spiritual things with spiritual but the natural man does not receive the things of the spirit of God for they are foolishness to him nor can he know them because they are spiritually discerned but he who is spiritual judges all things yet he himself is rightly judged by no one for who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him but we have the mind of Christ okay so several things we see here is actually Paul talks about wisdom you know he the beginning of the chapter he talks about you know how he came and how we shared and preach to the believers that they might have their faith not in the wisdom of man but in the power of God okay so that's how he he starts this whole this I mean this this section right that your faith should be in the power of God and then he goes on to say talk about the Holy Spirit right so he says I has not seen nor you heard okay so I natural our physical organs of perception right physical organs of perception all this is how we get our information this is how we process information or receive information from the outside world or from the environment through our eyes through our ears right so here he says you know I has not seen nor you're heard so you're physically you may not have seen it heard it nor I've entered into the heart of man okay so there's no deep revelation in the Spirit as well the things which God has prepared for those who love him but God revealed them to us through the Spirit so the revelatory work okay to reveal the things that are hidden to reveal the mysteries right so he gives us a revelation and understanding God has revealed and it's like God saying okay you know have you seen this like shining light on it or highlighting something a text and saying have you seen this have you read this and God reveals them to us how through his spirit or by his spirit right so he knows the things of God he is omniscient he knows everything he is God so he reveals that to us by the Spirit to our hearts through through the Holy Spirit verse 14 says that the natural man or you know natural man could mean while well be a person who is unregenerate or not born again right natural Bible talks about natural man it talks about carnal man and of course a spiritual man as well so a natural man does not receive these things why because it is not there in that grid of understanding right they are foolishness and he know them because they are spiritually discerned you know there's a faculty of the natural man which is he's not using because it's not come alive right his spirit is not born again and his spirit does not engage or commune with the Holy Spirit because nor can he know them talks about ability right nor can he know them because they are spiritually decide and but he who is spiritual referring to a person who is who is spiritual who's inclined to the works of the spirit he talks about in our judges all things and so on so because he is able to see things with a different perspective through the eyes of the spirit right there's an added realm that is that is part of his perception which is the spirit being taught by the spirit right so it's a wonderful thing that the Holy Spirit shows us teaches us verse 12 that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God okay so what are those things that have been freely given to us by God by the grace of God the you know the first thing that comes to my mind is you know the gifts and gifts of the spirit they are freely they're not to earn they are freely given to us here they are what is called karis or works of grace or gifts of grace right they it is it is something that we cannot earn it is not because of performance it is unmerited right so the Holy Spirit gives us a knowledge of that understanding of that he also gives us you know understanding of who we are who we have become because in Romans we read let me just read that word Romans was 8 sorry chapter 8 and verse 15 for you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear but you see the spirit of adoption by whom we cried above father the spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God so there's a revelation of our identity hey you are not a nobody you are not an often but you are a child of God right so the spirit of God does that he gives the revelation he gives the level he does the revelatory work and the three things you know the things that have been freely given to us by God he gives us an understanding of that right so it is critical that we as believers develop this fellowship intentionally no walk with the Holy Spirit otherwise we are missing out on this right so the things that have been freely given to us by God our identity as children of God among you know other things that comes to us when we engage with the Holy Spirit when we fellowship with the Holy Spirit and he is the spirit of revelation right so so that's something what else Ephesians 1 17 that's I think the verse that we just read that he would open our understanding that you know that the God let me just read that again Ephesians 1 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ the Father of glory may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him the eyes of your understanding being enlightened that you may know the eyes of your understanding being enlightened that you may know the that the Father may give revelation in the knowledge of him so the knowledge of the most high God you know how does how does one have access to it and the knowledge that the wisdom that comes from God how does that one access to it of course you know we are one in Christ we are one spirit within but it's through the work of the Holy Spirit right so as believers you know we grow we need to grow in our understanding of him we need to grow in our knowledge and understanding of him and the Holy Spirit gives us and it says that you know what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the sense what is the hope of his calling right so when we when our mind when our understanding is enlightened which means that there's there's light that's light which is understanding which has come in and which dispels the darkness of ignorance right so that that is just swept away maybe it's a darkness of even lies and deception or wrong understanding right of ourselves understanding of God you know very low estimation of God sometimes you know and very low estimation of ourselves as children of God very low estimation of ourselves what we can do for you know in the kingdom by his very very low estimation and say okay I'm just gonna go through life I'm just gonna struggle I'm just gonna do this and get by and get to heaven right all that ignorance is cleared away by the light of the understanding that comes from him enlightened the eyes of understanding enlightened that we may see like spiritually look into see and receive okay he also gave this revelation to the Apostles and the prophets Ephesians 3 talks about that if you go to the next yeah next couple of chapters 3 and then verse 5 how that maybe from verse 3 how that by revelation he made known to me the mystery okay so Paul is testifying saying he made known to me that mystery by which when you read you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ so he's testifying no this knowledge this understanding is by the Spirit of God okay it came by revelation it's not something that I I learned earlier as I was training to be a Pharisee okay in fact in if you turn to Philippines right Philippines 3 what does he say what things were gained to me these I have countered laws for Christ okay and in that he talks about circums verse 5 in a Philippines 3 and verse 5 circumcised the 8th day of the stock of Israel of the tribe of Benjamin he talks about his background a Hebrew of the Hebrews concerning the law of Pharisee you know about his credentials about his training and all this and then he says what things were gained to me I have counted loss for Christ indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord for whom I have suffered the laws of all things and count them as rubbish that I may gain Christ okay and let's go back to efficiency so he's saying you know how that by revelation he made known to me the mystery so it's something something which is very very precious right he's saying that this is so precious that if else I counted counted worthless in fact though you know he says rubbish the Greek word use there is the word which you use for refuse or excretion excretement or dung you know who uses such a such strong language to say just to say that this is so precious I've been trained in the best of the best under the best you know teachers but this which came by revelation of the Holy Spirit well this is so valuable I count the other things worthless right says verse 5 which in the other ages was not made known to the sons of men as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to his holy Apostles and prophets and what was the understanding that Gentiles the non-Jewish people should also be fellow heirs of the same-body partakers of that promise in Christ through the gospel okay so this this mystery that Paul is writing about in fact you know Peter testifies and he says you know our brother our brother Paul what he writes sometimes is very complex that people who who don't understand it they twist it and they they speak of things that they don't understand so but he testifies that because of the revelation that has been given he writes these things so Peter himself testifies to Paul's writings right so the thing is that he received by revelation by the work of the Spirit what was revealed to the apostles and prophets as founding you know as founding ministers who laid down doctrine the revelation right first Peter 1 and 11 and first Peter 1 11 okay again of the same thing you know of this salvation maybe I'll just read from 10 of this salvation the prophets have inquired and searched carefully who prophesied of the grace that would come to you okay so he's talking about the prophets who prophesied about this salvation through Christ through the cross they inquired and searched carefully searching what or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating when he testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow to them it was revealed not to themselves but to us they were ministering the things which have now been reported to you through those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven things which angels desire to look into I know that's a long sentence but but it just talks about how the early prophets and prophets were inquiring and searching and these things which was of course which was revealed to them in part same has been revealed to us today in the preaching of the gospel by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven okay second Peter 1 and verse 21 right prophecy never came by the will of man but holy men of God spoke as they were moved or conveyed by the Holy Spirit so you see that this revelation the knowledge of God the wisdom of God the understanding of his power who he is and everything coming from the Holy Spirit and being revealed by the Holy Spirit to us okay Hebrews 10 talks about how Hebrews 10 verse 14 teaching us the things of God just like how God reveals the things that have been freely given to us by God and Holy Spirit does that 14 and 15 right for by one offering he is perfected forever those who are being sanctified but the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us for after he had said after he had said before this is the covenant I will make with them after those days says the Lord I will put my law into their hearts and in their minds I will write them and they says you know their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more so again the work of the spirit the spirit witnesses and this is what he witnesses to our hearts that what God already said or already spoke that his law he will write his word he will write upon our hearts and in our minds he will write them and the Lord Jesus again spoke about this right that he will teach that he will remind okay his words he will teach us and he will remind us so he does that he teaches us the things of God he reveals God's wisdom God's knowledge God's understanding right so yeah so I know that we all of us we need the revelation from God we need you know need to grow in this we need it and and and also the things that God has for us as plans and purposes and and you know discovering that and walking in that you know that's that's the life of the believer right it's an exciting adventure is joyful joyous life of discovering and walking in his ways and that has been given to us and that has been made possible by the Holy Spirit so you see it's it's it's amazing you know work the ministry of the Holy Spirit right if you look at Ephesians 2 verse 10 we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them so there are good works there are things that the plans that God has and he wants them he wants us to discover and walk in them and the Holy Spirit has been given to us to help us to discover to to reveal these things to us now that we might know those things that have been freely given to us by God that we might have an understanding that we might understand the greatness of his power and the power according to the Holy Spirit who rose up who raised up Christ from the dead right so these are things that are there for us so again just to encourage us to you know to spend time to fellowship with with God and receive the ministry of the Holy Holy Spirit right okay right any any questions anything that you want to add do it what we said okay nothing at all okay let's move on then fine so let's talk about prayer okay prayer we know is communication communicating with God right talking to God having him speak to us having receiving instructions from him revelation from him so you know that is one aspect of prayer you draw near to God in prayer and spend time in his presence so there's we or we increase in our intimacy in our you know closeness with him through prayer right that's one aspect of it the other thing is also that prayer is there is warfare prayer is you know when we declare and in prayer prayer is also a spiritual act it's a warfare by which we bring down the strongholds of the enemy so various aspects to prayer prayer is ministering right different kinds of prayer when we when we study the prayer of faith prayer of intercession you know in in the aspect of ministry like for others in addition to our personal needs as well so the Holy Spirit helps us right with regard to prayer the Holy Spirit helps us let's look at some scriptures to understand how does this work you know how does he help us okay let's look at Romans 8 again Romans 8 and verse 26 Romans 8 26 so it says that the spirit also helps in our weaknesses okay the Holy Spirit helps us in our weaknesses okay so it goes on to explain why how how does he help says here well we do not know what we should pray for as we ought okay maybe it's in the understanding of the will of God okay now when we don't know what the will of God is then we lack the under or lack the faith to pray on those lines right so I don't suppose you you know you feel that okay this taking up an a or you know taking going to a place a is not the will of God or you're not sure okay then to pray on those lines it's gonna be difficult right so we might pray okay Lord whatever your will is right that's something that we can pray but to pray with surety and to pray with faith you know it's it'd be difficult not as I go to you know destination a or as I take this decision a sometimes we do not know okay so here it says that the spirit helps in our weaknesses where we do not know what we should for as we ought to pray but the spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered okay and talks about he who searches the heart knows what the mind of the spirit is and he makes intercession for us okay and is that perfect prayer according to the will of God so so that's the beautiful thing that the Holy Spirit prays that perfect prayer according to the will of God according to the mind of Christ or over our lives right over our life situations when we don't know what we should pray for maybe there are certain weaknesses in our lives that we are not even aware of those hidden things and so we might not even pray about those things right but the Holy Spirit plays that praise according to the will of the Father and praise the will of the Father into our lives right how does that here interesting you know he talks about how he prays with groanings which cannot be uttered so there are groanings which cannot be uttered meaning it says that that with Greek uttered meaning each can it cannot be uttered into articulate speech right these are groanings and this ties in with 1 Corinthians 14 and 1 Corinthians 14 read about praying in the spirit of praying in tongues 1 1 Corinthians 14 and several verses there let's look at verse 2 says for he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God for no one understand his understands him however in the spirit he speaks mysteries okay in the spirit he speaks mysteries verse 14 or if I pray in a tongue my spirit prays but my understanding is unfruitful what is the conclusion then I will pray with the spirit and I will also pray with the understanding I will sing with the spirit and I will also sing with the understanding right we are going to look at that whole thing of praying in tongues later but we just going to touch upon this saying that the Holy Spirit helps us to pray and he helps us to pray with groanings which cannot be uttered into articulate speech and when the Holy Spirit helps us to pray it's it's you know praying with the spirit praying in the spirit these are some phrases that I use for praying in tongues right and and when when we do that right when when we pray in line with the spirit then we are edified we can also you know we receive the mysteries of God right and all these things happen when we do not know what we should pray for as we ought he helps us in our weaknesses right some things might be very hidden some things we might not be aware of and we might not even pray you know maybe like some anger issues okay we don't even think it's a big thing or something to do with lust and you know thinking like okay it's it's a problem everybody has and you know I'm not even going to pray about it but when we spend extended time spraying in tongues the Holy Spirit knows the will of the Father the Holy Spirit prays what our need is and what our weaknesses are and he prays that prayer and sometimes we in and you know most times we are not even aware unless there's a revelation we're not even aware but the fruit of it is seen right the fruit of it is seen when he leads us in victory over these areas when those those weaknesses are dealt with right so prayer in the spirit okay prayer motivated out of love of the spirit okay let's look at Romans 15 and verse 30 and now I beg you brethren through the Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the spirit that you strive together with me in prayers to God for me that I may be delivered from those in Judea who do not believe and that my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints you know he now Paul has these prayer requests and he says you know he really entreats them he says you know I beg you brethren through the Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the spirit that you strive together with me that you work together with me that you labor together with me in prayers for these needs right prayers to God so something that is motivated out of love of the spirit love of the spirit prayer again right Ephesians 2 18 how we have access to the Father through the spirit okay Ephesians chapter 2 verse 18 for through him we have access we both have access he's talking about the Jews the non-Jews for through him we both have access by one spirit to the Father so we have access by one spirit to the Father right okay so these references are there in your notes okay I'm on page 18 if you're following in the notes page 18 right thank you that we are putting the scripture there right so Ephesians 2 for through him we both have access through Christ we both have access through the work of Christ we both have access to by the spirit by one spirit to the Father right so access to God by the Holy Spirit well he leads us he leads us to the Father he draws us to the Father right in the same book when we turn to the last chapter we see that there is a weapon and that is called the sword of the spirit Ephesians 6 which talks about 10 non-words talks about the armor of God different weapons weapons of offense and defense and these are used in spiritual warfare right and it says that the take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the spirit which is the word of God and interesting to see that that word Reema is used there okay the word of God Reema the word that is quickened by the Holy Spirit that is stirred up or brought to our awareness by the Holy Spirit right it could be a portion of scripture it could be a verse it could be you know as understanding of it a certain knowing that you receive in your spirit about you know about the word certain scripture so it is that which has been quickened by the Holy Spirit right and the Reema of God the word of God what is the Reema of God and when the Reema of God has been given to us what is it used as what is it employed as it's used as a sword as a weapon and it's the sword of the spirit sword of the Holy Spirit a weapon that has been given to us by the Holy Spirit and what is it what does it look like it's the quickened word of God right so the quickened word of God don't take it for granted or don't treat it likely because it is a weapon right it is a sword which cuts down the work of the enemy right which pierces the darkness of the enemy right so it's it's a weapon it's called the sword of the spirit right okay okay I think we'll just look at one more thing and then we'll take a break and the next verse talks about praying with all prayer and supplication in the spirit you know in the spirit with the spirit right so so which means that as led by the spirit of course as led by the spirit of God but specifically this this usage or this you know this phrase in the spirit with the spirit refers to praying in tongues refers to praying in tongues so praying in the spirit or praying with the spirit so so he says here that you pray with all prayer and supplication in the spirit being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the same so as a as an armor this is also prayer there's also listed as one and we see that prayer as led by the spirit prayer in the spirit and it is specifically specifically referring to praying in tongues okay okay so let's we'll take a break and we'll come back in 10 minutes right