 Hello and good morning everyone. Thank you for connecting to this class where we will study more about the prophetic. Let's pray and we'll get started. Let's pray together. Heavenly Father, we thank You Lord for another opportunity to Lord focus on Your Word. And Father, we thank You for the release of the gifts, especially for the prophetic gift, Father God. Lord, thank You that, Lord, we can see Your power and glory, Lord, through the words that You speak into our lives. So, Father, we ask that each one of us will be equipped and that, Father, we will excel in operating in the gifts of the Spirit, Father. Lord, today help us, Father God, to truly get a hold and a grip, Lord, on the things that you want to speak to our hearts. We commit ourselves into Your hands, Father. We speak blessings upon every single student, their families. Father, we also commit the teachers into Your hands. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen. Okay, so in the last class we touched on the prophetic in the New Testament. And we saw that it was nothing new. Already the prophetic anointing was operational under the Old Testament. It continued in the New Testament. The major difference is when Jesus died, He ascended up into heaven. The Holy Spirit was poured out on all the believers. And from that point onwards, we look at the empowering of the Holy Spirit, which all believers have. So once we are baptized in the Holy Spirit, all the believers who are baptized in the Holy Spirit can operate in the gifts of the Holy Spirit. So that's the major difference. But in the Old Testament, there were only select few people who could operate in the prophetic anointing. Okay, so that was the main thing. Then we saw how the Lord Jesus operated in the prophetic. He was a prophet. We see how John the Baptist had a prophetic anointing. We also see in the early church how different people were moving in the gifts of the Spirit. And it was not just the leaders, but also the believers were able to operate. Then we talked about the gift of prophecy, which Paul wrote to the Corinthian church about. And we see that there were nine gifts that he mentioned in 1 Corinthians chapter 12, one of which is the gift of prophecy. And we saw that the basic gift of prophecy that the work of that gift is to exalt, edify, exalt and comfort. Which scripture is that? Yeah. Okay, 1 Corinthians 14 and verse 3. Okay, remember that because that is one of the key verses we have to remember in the prophetic. So 1 Corinthians chapter 49 verse 3, which talks about the expression of the basic gift of prophecy and what it is supposed to do. And how does it help? Verse 4 clarifies that when somebody prophesies, they edify the church. So that is what it does. It builds up the believers, it builds up the church. And that's why this gift is so important. We also saw that there is a progression of the gifts, isn't it? The simple gift of prophecy, then the grace gift of prophecy or the ministry gift of prophecy and then you have finally the office of a prophet. So grace gift of prophecy is when, excuse me, we see that God calls different people to have a ministry. Okay, or they're also known as membership gifts, membership gifts. So such gifts are given to people, things like prophecy, teaching, exaltation, giving, leading, having a ministry of mercy. So all these are certain graces that God gives people in the body of Christ. And we see that their ministry is marked quite powerfully by these gifts. So can all believers function in the gifts? Yes, they can. Everyone to some extent can prophesy, can teach, can lead, can give. But there are people who have the grace gift, meaning there is a greater ability that God gives them to serve with these particular gifts. And there can be people who operate in the grace gift of prophecy. Okay, so then what will happen? We'll notice that their ministry has so much of the prophetic. And when we say grace gift of prophecy, it could also be that not only is there ministry prophetic, like, you know, in terms of serving within the church, they can be extremely prophetic, even if they have some other role, like let's say they are a business person, or they are a musician, or they are a teacher. But it'll be marked by the prophetic, because you'll have, they'll be hearing from God and serving in that area and making a tremendous impact. Okay, so their ministries have a greater impartation of the prophetic, more grace and greater faith and they operate in that level. So that is the grace gift of prophecy. Now coming to the ministry of the office of a prophet, we've already seen five offices that the chapter, Ephesians chapter four talks about. And there one of the offices is that of a prophet. Okay. Similarly, another passage to remember is first Corinthians chapter 12 and verse 28. Can somebody please read that passage? Yeah. And verse 28, please. After 12 and verse 28. And in the church, God has appointed, first of all, apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having gifts of healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of administration and those speaking in different kinds of tongues. We have at least two clear passages that talk about prophets. When we say prophets, it automatically means that they're operating in the office that they're not operating at a lower level. And we've, we've seen that when we say somebody is a prophet, it has to do with governmental authority and governmental responsibility and their prophetic words go beyond what a basic gift can accomplish. So they may call out moves of God for the body of Christ. They may speak to regions and nations. They may bring about very strong instructions. They may, you know, speak of a correction, some major corrections, right? So, but it carries an authorization from God when they move in that realm. So there are prophets, God has given prophets in the church. We must not dismiss that. As you look at first Corinthians 1228, it also states that God is appointed. It says first prophets, second, sorry, first apostles, second prophets, okay? And then the entire list or some of the ministries, okay? That has been mentioned. But the point I want to make is we'll study this later. First apostles, second prophets, it does not mean that there is a ranking in the five-fold ministry gifts. There's no ranking, but it's more like who goes out to do the work of the ministry first. So generally we see that apostles are the ones who may initiate the work. And then the others come in their work and, you know, they have to function in their role. So it's more like that. It does not mean that apostle is greater than prophet. That's not the understanding. We'll come to it, okay? But I just want to clarify that right now. But notice the main point that we wanted to make is in two passages, very clearly there is a mention that God has given prophets to the church. So it is something that we must accept. Are there any scriptures that say that right now in the current scenario where we live, God has taken away the offices of apostles, prophets, teachers, you know, evangelists, pastors. No, there is no such scripture. So we can expect more and more to see people function in these roles. We will see apostles, we will see prophets. We will see teachers, evangelists and pastors. Okay, so God continues to work through all of these offices. Now, how do we distinguish between the three? We've given quite a bit of explanation over here. We've said that people can be prophesying believers. Then there can be people who have like a very clear ministry, prophetic ministry. That's the grace gift or the membership gift of prophecy. Then office of a prophet. Okay, now when it comes to believers, if at all believers are trained very well, they can become prophesying believers wherever they go. Okay, so that's what we want to learn. All of us can move in the gift of prophecy and when we can be equipped about how to hear from God, how to, as some of the questions we have been asking, how to know whether it is God who is speaking, is it aligned to the word. So when believers are equipped and they understand these things, they can flow in the prophetic wherever they are. Okay, so that can happen. So God can enable all of us to be prophesying believers who are operating greatly in the prophetic whenever God has called us to be. But that will need some equipping, that will need some guidance, that will need some training for the believers. Okay, now when we talk about the prophetic in the New Testament, one more aspect which I think I kind of missed. I'm on page 72 in the PDF version, is that the prophetic is usually a larger term. When we say prophecy, that is referring to one of the gifts, one of the nine gifts. But the prophetic can have a bunch of gifts, like sort of operational. Now, what are some of these gifts? When we take the nine gifts from 1st Corinthians chapter 12 verse 7 to 11, there are some other gifts known as word of wisdom, word of knowledge, discerning of spirits and prophecy. So these four gifts together are what we term as the prophetic. So we are operating in the prophetic, does not mean that one is only giving prophetic word, prophetic word, prophetic word, may not be, they may be giving a word of knowledge, a word of wisdom or discerning of spirits. But all this comes under the umbrella of the prophetic. Now, what do these gifts stand for? Just some simple explanation, word of knowledge. Just the way we see the name, word of knowledge. So it's not a sentence, it's a word, meaning it's a small piece of information. That is what word of knowledge stands for. So when someone is releasing a word of knowledge, it could be like some information about the person. God says, okay, or I sense that you have studied in, you have studied some form of arts. What is this? A small piece of information, that is word of knowledge. Got it? Word of wisdom, what is word of wisdom? Same thing, it says word, right? A small solution or a small word that brings a solution. For example, somebody may come to us and they may look so stressed, tense, we are praying for them. And suddenly God reveals that they are worried about their job and they don't know which job to pick. And God gives them a solution and says that wherever you find this policy, take that job. So that person suddenly they get a solution. Till now they were stressed out about what should I do. So the solution is word of wisdom, as it says wisdom. So word of knowledge is just information. Word of wisdom is solution. Then discerning of spirits, gift of discerning of spirits. As it states, we can understand what spirits are operational. We can easily tell, oh, God's presence is here. Or we can send some other presence, ungodly presence. Or maybe while casting out demons, we can tell there is this demon which is oppressing this individual. That is discerning of spirits. So these are the set of gifts that can operate together which come under the umbrella of the prophetic. Now when we are operating in the prophetic, we cannot separate. So the way God works is, let's say we start praying. There will be a little bit of word of knowledge, little bit of wisdom, little bit of discerning of spirits. It will all happen sort of organically on its own. Now we should not get very technical about, I prayed and I am expecting God only for word of knowledge. God limited to word of knowledge. God will be like, hey, no, I want to say more. So we have to be open. When it flows, you just let it flow. Don't get stuck on, what did I just say? Was that word of knowledge? Was that word of wisdom? It's just technical information for us. That's all. But in reality, there is a whole bunch of gifts that flow together. Let it flow if it's flowing. So then now we've understood, word of knowledge, word of wisdom, discerning of spirits. What about prophecy, the gift of prophecy? How does that operate? Gift of prophecy is when we are able to speak to that person. Now notice word of knowledge is usually something that they've done like in the past. But prophecy can be foretelling. It can be future. So that is prophecy. You're speaking into their future. So when we are ministering to someone, everything might get covered or some of them might get covered. Allow it. Whatever the spirit of God is releasing, we just let it flow. So any questions, anything? Yeah, we can just take it up. Yeah, tell me. So this question I heard before. One of the students asked me, same thing, what you explained. So I want to clarify any particular definition for what is prophetic and prophecy. We can say any particular definition. This is what prophetic and this is what prophecy. Instead of explaining this much, because they don't know what is word of knowledge and all. That time he asked, so we are explaining what is prophetic. Any particular sentence we can make like that. Hear from God. That's what it is. Now we hear so many things from God. We discern so many things from God. That's where all these gifts come in. Now prophecy, if you want just that word prophecy. Prophecy is one of the prophetic gifts and it can speak of what is to come. Okay, so you can put it that way. Yeah, is that okay? Okay, fine. All right. Now moving on to the next section here in the chapter on the prophetic in the New Testament. Prophetic Presbytery. What is that? We see that there seems to be a practice of the elders of the church praying for the people whom they are commissioning. What is commissioning to send them out, right? To release them into their call and say, okay, now you go. You'll be a blessing in the kingdom of God. So when that happens, when the leaders finally are ready to release the commission. Okay, they authorize them. Now you can go. Okay, serve the Lord as whoever he has called you to be. At that time, there can also be prophetic words that are released over the people whom we are praying for. There is a practice which we notice in the New Testament, which is called the laying on of hands. Laying on of hands where the leaders will bless, impart spiritually and commission the mentees to now go, step out. Okay, so the leadership that is doing or the eldership, a presbyter is elder. So the leaders or the elders who are doing this are what are known as prophetic presbytery. Okay, prophetic presbytery. So for Timothy, it would have been Paul who prayed over him and he laid hands on him and there are some scriptures also. First Timothy 4.14 where it says, do not neglect the gift that is in you which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership. Meaning, at that time when you were being commissioned, right? Something has been imparted to you, a spiritual gift. So see, this is also something we must understand. We've learned about impartation. Okay, so is it possible to impart gifts? Yes, it's possible. It can happen. Paul is talking about it. There is some gift that has been imparted to you through prophecy, the laying on of hands. And he says, don't neglect that gift. So it's about faith. When we are talking about operating in the gifts of the spirit, it's a matter of faith. So by faith, those who are praying, they release. By faith, those who are being prayed for receive and the gift needs to be developed and the person needs to start operating in it. So these things happen. So this is a process, laying on of hands. Is it biblical to lay hands on people, commission them, confirm their calling, ordain them, release them or activate some gift which is in them? Yes, it's in the Bible. It's the way the early church went about sending out their ministers. So in Acts 13 also we see, before Paul and Barnabas went, the elders joined together. They prayed and then they said, okay, as the Holy Spirit is leading, you go. You do the work of the ministry. Okay, so any questions on this? Prophetic Presbytery? Congratulations. So we have it here at ABC also. When the students finally graduate, they say, okay, fine, we have done. I want to go now to start the ministry. Then all of us finally lay hands so that we can release spiritual gifts and impart spiritual gifts. So we do that for every batch. I think COVID batch we missed because you couldn't, they couldn't come, right? We just had a session on the online, but of course we prayed for them. So that's how it is. Ma'am, we are looking about this one laying of hands and the practice of it. And like there is also some people practice of soaking up. Like they go to some dead person's grave and they be with them. And like the practice that they think like soaking near the person's tomb or with some person's cloth, things that they will receive their anointing or they will receive the gifts of them. Like the impartation will happen by soaking. So is this the practice also, is that true and is it biblical? And it's a prophetic word. See, all this is coming from, I think two things. When you say soaking or seeking God or waiting in the presence of God, that is biblical. We see the Psalmist writes so much about, you know, I wait upon the Lord and you see other passages like they that wait upon the Lord shall mount up with wings. So being in the presence of God to receive from God, it's a biblical thing. Many people call that as soaking, just being in the presence, worshipping, hearing from God. So that we understand. Now, when concepts like this come up, like you go somewhere to soak up, you know, the anointing and all, I wouldn't say it's biblical. We don't see such things happening in the Bible. Okay. Now, why have people come up with these concepts? Because they have learned about the anointing and impartation and they desire it. Is it a good thing to desire impartation? Yes, that is very good. When we see something good and we say, Lord, I want it, you know, I want that kind of an anointing. What is the desire? Hopefully our desire is very sincere. What we are saying is Lord, I want to serve you. I want to be empowered by this spirit. I want to be a blessing to the people. So then when we desire impartation, that's a good thing. Now, the problem is that what people do to receive that impartation is questionable. See, if I am learning, I'm reading some books. I'm listening to some sermons. I'm evaluating it with the word and then I want to receive an impartation or, you know, I'm attending some worship. I'm being a part of some conference, workshop, seminar. Makes sense. Or being a part of a ministry, serving faithfully over there. How impartation happens through all these means. All that's fair. Now, some really exceptional ways, like you said, grave and all. It's really questionable. Okay. Because I'll tell you where that comes from. It comes from one incident. You read it in the case of Elisha. Yeah. Where there is a, yeah, there's a, there's a dead person. And I think Elisha is there or something. He's hiding. Oh, no, sorry, sorry. I'll tell you. No, no, what happens is there's the tomb of Elisha and there is a dead person who comes in contact with that thing and he comes alive. And the, what we understand is that even though Elisha was dead. Okay. His, his body, like his, his remains carried the anointing. So with that concept in mind, now what people are doing is, okay, if there was an anointed person, but they are now in the Lord, they've gone to be with the Lord. They think, let's go get some anointing from their remains. I don't think we need to do that. You know, just based on one incident in the case of Elisha, it's very weird. You can get it in so many other ways. So, yeah, it's not biblical. Okay. Great. So we'll move on then. Let's come to chapter four, which is about the prophetic word. The prophetic word is God speaking to us. He speaks and that can be released in different ways. It can be said that this is what I think God wants to tell you. You know, God has this plan for you. God wants to bless you like this. God wants to lead you like this. So it can be spoken. What we call as prophetic word. Okay. That's quite easy to understand. Or when God speaks, we may release it in the form of an intercession. So we've learned this in the prayer course where there are many things God speaks, not for us to go and tell, but for us to pray through. So the other expression can be prophetic intercession. I go into intercession based on what God is revealing to my heart. Or the third one is where that prophetic word that God gives us, it may say, it might tell us, go do this, you know, go do that. Like when we look at the lives of prophets like Elijah, Elisha, they went and they told the widow, whatever you have, make bread, bring it to me. So there is an instruction that's coming. But what is happening through that the power of God is released. Miracles are released. Then suddenly, you know, the food doesn't run out. They have sufficient. They continue to live for some more days or go to Elisha story where the widow, he goes and says, okay, that widow is ready to die with her sons because of the debt. But he instructs power of God is released. So there are times when the prophetic, we hear from God the instructions, but it's meant to release the power of God. Okay. So it can be expressed as the power of God or demonstrated as the power of God. Sometimes the prophetic can come forth as song. God is speaking, but it's being released in music song or maybe some instrumental music, but it's prophetic. It's literally from the heart of God and it's bringing healing. It's bringing restoration. So it can be released in music. It can be released through art. It can be released through action. Action is we mentioned earlier. We said, see, when in the book of Isaiah, you see Isaiah is prophesying. A porter is on the wheel. There's some action going on there, right? Or when we said Agabus, he takes the belt and he expresses like a drama. He doesn't say it. He does an action. So it can also come forth in the form of an action, somebody doing something. Okay. So these are all the expressions of the prophetic. It can be a simple word or it can be in all the other ways that we have listed out. Now, why is it being released? There are many things that the prophetic can do. The prophetic word can do. The prophetic song can do, right? Or prophetic intercession can result in these things ultimately. So we'll list down all of those. First is it brings edification, exhortation, comfort that we've already understood. That is the basic thing, what a prophetic word can do. We've seen that in 1 Corinthians chapter 14, verse 3, edify means build up. So here we are at this time when God is pouring out his spirit and he is strengthening the church so that we can be a glorious church, we can be a radiant church, we can be a powerful church. How is all this going to happen? In many different ways, God will build us up in many different ways. The preaching of the word, the pouring out of his spirit, the release of the gifts. One of the gifts is prophecy. So when we as believers start operating in the gift of prophecy, the church will be built up. It's getting stronger and stronger. Okay. So it's a good thing to be prophetic is a good thing. Now I know we've also discussed because of the way it has been done in the past. Some of the abuses of the prophetic, it makes it harder for us to agree or accept. But what does the Bible say? It's a beautiful thing, the genuine gift when it is operational, it is going to build up the body of Christ. We need people to be built up and so we need a lot of the prophetic in our midst. So it will edify, it will exalt. Exalt simply means to encourage. It comes from the Greek word paraclysis and it means to, you know, sort of uplift someone in the Lord. So prophecy can do that. Then comfort, what is comfort? But comfort is from the Greek word paramutia, which means speaking closely to someone. So we know when let's say someone has had a loss or they are going through great discouragement. How do we speak to them? Very gently, we speak, you know, close to them, our language, we change it like, okay, I understand. I am praying for you. It brings so much of peace, assurance and comfort, speaking closely to someone or speaking tenderly to someone. So the prophetic can do that. Like God has seen your tears, you know, God has seen your labor. It brings comfort when someone feels, oh, I'm so far away from God. I don't even know whether God sees my faithfulness. So it clearly, it's like a bam, soothing bam that you put on a hurt. So that is comfort. This is the basic thing that the prophetic word does. It brings edification, exhortation, comfort. Prophetic word can also reveal one's character. I think I gave these examples earlier, but I'll just repeat it. See, by looking at a person, we can't predict like what they, the kind of heart that they carry. Okay, we just cannot. But spiritually, sometimes God can impart that knowledge to us. Now we're not judging them. Okay, it's not judging in the logical sense. That's not what we're talking about. But discerning spiritually, by looking at a person, maybe only once we met them, but we have the sense in our spirit. Oh, you know, such a dedicated person to God or such a faithful person, such an honest person. How can we even know in the spirit it's possible sometimes to discern and God may want to do that for many reasons. So we had the example of Nathaniel. Jesus looked at Nathaniel and said, very honest man, you know, great character this man has. So this is a man without any kind. Without knowing Nathaniel, Jesus discerned the spirit about his character. So the prophetic can do that. It can help discern what people are made up of. How does it help? It helps us to guide them. It helps us to lead them into God's destiny for their lives. Or think about this, you know, Peter. Peter came and he was so raw. But Jesus, when he met Peter in the initial time itself, he said, you are the rock. Okay, something about you that brings firmness to the kingdom, stability to the kingdom. Whereas if we look at his personality, we can never say that. But through spiritual understanding, the prophetic, Jesus says, no, this man will be the rock. And we know what happened later on after Jesus ascended up. He was the rock for the church in so many different ways. Okay, so we are able to discern people's character and their destiny. So when we are able to understand this, what happens as leaders, as mentors, working with others, we can pray for them and say Holy Spirit reveal which is the direction you want this person to go. Then maybe we are not even telling them but we can start guiding them in that direction. You know, one day God is going to release an amazing prophetic ministry through this brother or I can see this worship leader is so prophetic or God is calling so and so to be a leader in the workplace. So we pick it up and then we can start to guide them, lead them, pray for them so that these gifts and graces which are in their lives get activated. Now, what if we don't discern these things? It's really sad because people will come to church their whole life. And as pastors leaders, we're not discerning. We're not guiding them in line with what God has for them. So that way, the prophetic word can help us or the prophetic can help us understand people's character, people's destiny. Then we can guide them and we can ensure that they are journeying well to do what God wants them to do. So that is another impact of the prophetic. Are you all with me or is it too fast? I'll go on. It's good. Okay, fine. Let's move on then. Fine. So what else does the prophetic do? The prophetic word can give us an idea about God's plans and purposes. God's plans and purposes. Okay, we know that those who are the sons of God, they are led by God. Romans 814 says the sons of God, they are led by God. So God leads, God guides, he has a purpose for his people. Through the prophetic, we can understand what exactly God wants to do in someone's life. Now when we look at the life of Paul, remember he was moving towards Jerusalem. Okay, and there was a purpose. He knew that he has to go to Jerusalem. Now through the Holy Spirit, God gave him a confirmation not once, not twice, many times. There were some brothers from Tyre who said, you're going to Jerusalem, you're going to be bound Paul. Similarly, you find Agabus, he says, you're going to be bound Paul. So like that, there were many instances where there was a confirmation. Holy Spirit was telling what is going to happen. So in this way, we know that God is able to reveal. Through so many different people, God was revealing to Paul, this is what is coming ahead of you. Or think about John the Baptist. John the Baptist, when he was born, his father couldn't speak at that time. But finally, when he saw the baby, he begins to prophesy. He states many things, you child, you will do this, you will do that. So the baby is in the hand, but what is happening? God is revealing the purpose. God is revealing the plan before the child even has an opportunity to grow. And the father can understand what the behavior of the child is like. Without any of that, Zacharias, he starts to tell, this is what you're going to do. This is who you're going to be. So God's Spirit can reveal plans and purposes for our lives. So that is also something the prophetic can do. We can trust God for that. God reveal where you want to lead us, what you want to do through our lives. So I mean, in my own life, there are all some of these stories. If you start stories, you won't finish it. So maybe some other time. There were words that were spoken over my life way before, way before. I could even imagine, you know, that God is going to lead me in ministry and all. But those years, you would wonder how can it happen? But now you're like, God actually did it, right? So there are these prophetic words that are spoken, which are revealing the plans, the purposes of God for us. So we can trust God for that. Now, one more quick thing I want to tell in this context. We don't have to depend on prophetic word for everything, okay? Because how God works is, He will lead us by the Spirit, Romans 8, 14. The sons of God, they are led by the Spirit of God. So He'll lead us by the Spirit. Only sometimes for a confirmation, there may be a prophecy or a prophetic word. Which is helpful because we are very sure then, ah, correct, you know, God is speaking through all His people. So this is what God is saying or maybe through the word He confirms, right? But we should not run after it. Sometimes what we tend to do as believers, we don't take action till we get a prophetic word, okay? Now that is not good. For everything, we won't receive a prophetic confirmation. So don't depend on it so much. If we get a prophetic word, great, well and good. But if not, we need to be so strong in God that we are okay to be led by the word. We're okay to be led by, you know, the confirmation of His Spirit directly speaking to us. Okay? You're getting what I'm saying, right? Okay, so don't depend so much prophecy, prophecy. If it comes, well and good. Alright, so let's move on. So prophetic word can reveal plans, purposes. Prophetic word can stir up, can cause faith to arise. So if you go back to those same examples, Elijah and the widow, Elisha and the widow, when they gave them the instruction, obviously faith would have risen in their lives saying, okay, there is some hope. Let's do this because they did not have any hope. They did not have any faith. But the instruction would have stirred up hope in their hearts. And then they did it and they saw how miracles started happening. So sometimes people may be so discouraged. But when the prophetic word comes and says, come on, you know, God is telling you, do this, take the step, go. There will be an open door. Suddenly from hopelessness, we arise in faith. And we can, question is there? Okay, okay. I'll just go to our chat section here. Yes, Nina. Yes, please. I see it's, can you hear me? Nina, please give us a moment. We'll just add this in the sound. Yeah, she's speaking. Can you hear me now? Okay, I'll just put it on the chat there. Yes. Yes, Nina. Please go ahead. Thanks, Prince. You can hear me now. Not yet. Yeah, I think now we can hear you. Okay. I think there's not so much about the prophetic like that. But what you had mentioned that about Peter that Jesus had prophesied that he is the rock. So, I mean, my understanding was, so I just wanted to clarify that the few verses prior to that, when Jesus asked, who do you say I am? And when Peter says, thou art Christ, the son of the living God, and then Jesus of course says that fresh and blood has not revealed to you and my father. So when he comes down and when I think those verses that follow say that when he says, but what I'm saying is when he said that Peter, when he said you are Peter, Cephas, I thought that meant really stone. So because and that the rock or the foundation on which the church was built was really Jesus. And that was what I thought. So I just wanted to clarify that because you mentioned that it is that he also I mean he also is a rock on which the church was built. So I just wanted to clarify that. Yeah. Sure. Nina, thank you for that question. So what you're saying is, yes, the name of Peter is Cephas, but you're saying it's a stone. And if we call that rock, then, you know, it's like saying we are giving credit to Peter more than Jesus. Ultimately, Jesus is the firm foundation on which the church is built. Yeah. I take your point. The Cephas also means rock or stone, whichever, you know, English term you want to use for it. So I was making that limited point that Cephas means rock. Yeah. I didn't mean that, you know, he is the basis for the church because later on, I think it's Matthew 16, right, where it says on this on this rock, I will build my church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. Matthew 16. But the context of that, Nina, is the revelation. You know what Peter says? You are the Christ. Yes. So when we read Matthew 16, our understanding is that when Jesus says you are Peter and on this rock, this rock is not Peter. Yeah, that's what I thought. Yeah. He was talking about the foundation that he is the Christ. Yeah. He is the revelation that he is the Christ. He is the foundation on this rock. I will build my church. Yes. Okay. I think the confusion arises because what Jesus was revealing prophetically about the destiny of Peter that the context is completely different. He was just saying that Peter, you're going to be a very stable personality for the church. Okay. Yeah. I knew that he was talking about that, you know, Jesus was prophesying over him. And that was what happened that he was an important person in the, as far as the building of the church was concerned, but I just wanted to clarify that. I'm like, what really we meant when we said that Peter, are we really saying that he's, of course, there is a few inefficience that these prophets are the foundation but there's only one verse which refers to Peter in that way, or even the prophets generally we say it's the rock only. I mean, Jesus alone is the rock. So I just wanted to clarify that. I knew what you were saying that Jesus was prophesying over Peter, but I just wanted to clarify. Yeah. Yeah. Sure. Yeah. Thanks, Nina. Good question actually. And the context is different when we say rock with regard to Peter or stone with regard to Peter. And then, you know, we're talking about Jesus building his church on the rock. The context is totally different. Okay. All right. Thank you. Thanks for that. We've reached the end of our time here. So we were saying the prophetic causes faith to arise. It stirs up faith in our hearts. And then we are able to release it. We are able to see the power of God. So maybe we'll just stop here for today and then we can pick up from this. So even as we go, let's desire for more of the prophetic because it will truly build up the body of Christ stronger, preparing us to be the kind of church that Jesus is coming back for. So would any of us like to pray? Please feel free to unmute and pray. Can anyone from the online batch, please? Father God, thank you, Lord. Thank you for all that you have taught us from your word, Lord God, especially regarding the gift of prophecy that you have for us, Lord God, where we get to hear from you, Lord God. Thank you, Lord. We pray, Lord God, that we will receive this gift and grow in the grace of this gift. Father God, bless each of us. Lord God, give us the desire. Lord God, the thirst for this gift, Lord God, and operate in that love that you've given us, Lord God, for the benefit of others. Father, whatever is the calling that you have for us, help each of us to fulfill Lord God. And even as we hear your word, Lord God, may it strengthen each of us, Lord God, so that each of us have this calling, Lord God, and you bless each of us, Lord God, because you have called us, Father. Father, we come at this time into your hands, help each of us, Lord God. In Jesus' mighty name we pray. Amen. Amen. Thank you. Thank you, Jack in. Thank you, everyone. God bless you. Let's connect on Monday. Have a blessed weekend. Bye for now.