 Hello David Digger Hernandez here and you are watching Spirit Church on the encounter TV network I'm now finishing up my series on the prophetic We're gonna go all throughout the scripture and I'm gonna show you many different powerful truths concerning the prophetic I know that this will inform you. I pray that it inspires you But first Steven Maktezuma is here with me He's gonna lead you in some very anointed worship and then we're getting right into this message here is Steven Maktezuma We could have a scene Worthy of all the praise we could have a brain Worthy of every breath we could ever be we live for you We live for you Jesus the name above every other name Jesus the only one who could ever say Worthy of every breath We could ever breathe We live for you We live for you Holy There is none beside you Open up my eyes With your heart and lead to those of So let's get right into this I want to first take a look at the different types of prophetic Giftings that there are so there is one prophetic ministry and under that category of the prophetic There are many different types of prophetic gifts So number one let's take a look at the first one the word of knowledge and this is found in 1st Corinthians chapter 12 In verses 7 and 8 the scripture says but the manifestation of the spirit is given to every man to profit with all in other words It's not given to this person that they might glorify themselves or that they might receive from this gift themselves These gifts are given so that people might minister to others in verse 8 The scripture says for to one is given by the spirit the word of wisdom to another the word of knowledge by the same spirit So the word of knowledge is like what we see in John chapter 4 where Jesus confronts the woman at the well And he reveals to her details about her lives I've had experiences with the word of knowledge myself one time while ministering in a small group setting the Lord revealed to me To tell a man I see that there's a woman in your life who was recently in a car accident And she drove a silver car God says the word of the Lord to her is and then I gave her a very personal word for her life But it was the word of knowledge knowing the information about her life that others would not have known other than by divine Revelation had they not known her that was what opened the door to her heart That was what opened her up to receive the word of the Lord that was ministered to her So the word of knowledge allows you to see the situation Supernaturally so when I look at an individual I can look and I can see all of the different things going on in their lives I can look and I can see all of the different aspects all of the different problems all the different Circumstances and that right there is revealed by the word of knowledge It's when you see the situation or you receive information in a divine way now the knowledge you receive is Itself mundane to somebody who doesn't know it but to the person who's receiving this knowledge in other words the fact that you knew Their name or you knew their exact situation or you knew what they prayed last night in their bedroom That right there is what opens them up to receive the prophetic word of the Lord through that gift of the word of knowledge So that's number one the word of knowledge that allows you to see the situation Number two the word of wisdom and this doesn't necessarily allow you to see the situation It does allow you to see the solution That's also found in the same portion of scripture that we just read first Corinthians chapter 12 verses 7 through 8 Now an example of this might be the daily navigation of a ministry or a business or some task that God has given you to perform This wisdom this knowing what to do in each circumstance is itself a prophetic expression So the word of knowledge I receive Knowledge supernaturally the word of wisdom is I receive wisdom supernaturally when I first began the ministry I was 13 years old. I never went to business school. I never studied media I didn't know the ins and outs of broadcast and communication It was the Holy Spirit who gave me the wisdom for each and every circumstance that he wanted me to understand This reminds me of Solomon in the book of Proverbs the man was full of divine wisdom this reminds me of Joseph and His solutions that he gave remember Joseph was not only able to give wisdom He was also able to interpret dreams. There was another prophetic expression there But here we see the word of wisdom and the word of wisdom I believe is what's applied when interpreting somebody's dream and Interpreting a spiritual meaning behind a vision so number one the word of knowledge you see the situation Number two the word of wisdom you see the solution Number three discernment you see the spirit and this is found in first Corinthians chapter 12 verse 10 where the scripture says To another the working of miracles to another prophecy to another discerning of spirits to another diverse kinds of tongues to another the interpretation of tongues so here we have to Slow it down just a little bit because I want you to understand that being able to see into the spirit is not the same as being cynical or critical or judgmental or negative about people often people say things like oh well I can see things in people that nobody else can see and really what they're talking about is their own suspicion their own Negativity which is not necessarily always the Holy Spirit sure often God will reveal to you when someone is coming in the wrong spirit or God will expose people who are coming in the wrong Spirit, but if you're someone who just walks around and always just is able to see the negative in people That's not a plus. That's not a gift That's a flaw in yourself that you really need to work on if all you ever see is the negative and people are oh Everyone else thinks that person is a good person, but I see deeper I see the negative of course everyone has negative inside of them So this is not at all the application of the spiritual gift known as the discerning of spirits that is criticism That's negativity. That's legalism. That's that's a religious mindset Just looking at everybody judging and that is also your own suspicion So be careful to distinguish between the gift of discernment and your own negative judgments of people So number one the word of knowledge you see the situation number two the word of wisdom you see the solution Number three discernment. You see the spirit Number four Insight this is where you see the soul Matthew chapter 12 verse 25 the scripture says Jesus knew their thoughts and replied Any kingdom divided by civil wars doomed a town or family splintered by feuding will fall apart there We read that Jesus knew their thoughts first Corinthians chapter 14 verses 24 and 25 say But if all of you are prophesying and unbelievers or people who don't understand these things come into your meeting they will be convicted of sin And judged by what you say As they listen their secret thoughts will be exposed And they will fall to their knees and worship god declaring god is truly here among you So it is possible To see into the thoughts and to see into the souls of men now this does not mean that prophets are mind readers This does not mean that prophets can always see the hearts of people This is just one expression of the prophetic where god reveals what's in the soul or in the mind or in the thoughts So let's recap before I give you the last one here Number one the word of knowledge you see the situation Number two the word of wisdom you see the solution number three discernment you see the spirit number four insight you see the soul And number five is prophecy where you can actually see the future as god reveals it mark chapter 8 verse 31 The scripture says he then began to teach them that the son of man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders The chief priests and the teachers of the law and that he must be killed and after three days rise again Jesus saw into the future the prophets who foretold of the coming of christ also themselves saw into the future So this is one expression of the gift of the prophetic that really does differentiate a true prophet from a false prophet Anyone can go and gather information on somebody and pretend it's a word of knowledge People do it through facebook all the time Anyone can navigate a situation and say that god gave them wisdom Anyone can look at someone and say oh, I called it. I knew they were negative That's sometimes again as I said someone's suspicion now. I'm not saying that any of these gifts are um Not something that god wants you to have of course He wants you to have these gifts and I'm not saying any of these gifts are negative things unto themselves I'm simply saying that out of all of these the insight or seeing into the soul seeing the thoughts in the heart And seeing into the future are two of the greatest demonstrations of the prophetic power that god has given to his church that we can that I can think of Those two in and of themselves are very powerful persuasions of the power of god So when someone can see into someone's thoughts or when someone can see into someone's hearts Or when someone can see into the future Then they are truly demonstrating the power of god Now i'm not saying that the other ones that were mentioned are not the power of god or not demonstrations But they are lesser expressions. These are higher levels of expressions when someone can look into the future And declare it with detail and then that comes true then that prophet is obviously shown to be a true prophet Now again, this does not necessarily mean that if you miss a prophetic word that you're there for a false prophet In fact, I'll give you some quick references now. I'll throw those up for you here A wrong prophet is not a false prophet. That's very important to remember In acts chapter 20 in acts chapter 21 You'll see that there are various prophets prophesying and they're saying contradicting things yet The scripture calls each one of them prophets. So a wrong prophet is not a false prophet We're under a different dispensation new covenant prophets Sometimes do miss it and I just gave you the scripture references for that But I want to focus in here before I close up this lesson On the different ministries of the prophetic So I gave you the different types of the prophetic But I want to I want to show you the different ministries and there are two of the different ministries Okay, and I want to give you a simple explanation for being able to tell the difference between the gift of prophecy And the office of the prophet Let's go first to the scripture first Corinthians chapter 12 verse 10 says to another the working of miracles To another prophecy to another discerning of spirits to another diverse kinds of tongues to another the interpretation of tongues There we read of the gift Of prophecy now here in first Corinthians 12 Paul the apostle is describing gifts that affect the body as a whole So think about this in that same chapter Paul the apostle describes gifts of healing and he even asked rhetorically If people have these gifts or if everyone has these gifts But remember this There is a gift of healing Yet the bible says in mark chapter 16 that Every believer can lay hands on the sick and see them recover There's the gift of the evangelists in Ephesians chapter 4 verse 11 Yet we're all called to evangelize the same for the teacher We're all called to know the word and give an answer Of a reason for the hope that is within us We're all called to study to show ourselves approved yet not all of us are called to be teachers What then does this mean? There is a difference between the function in a gift And the specific focus that god has given a specific grace So in other words i'm an evangelist with a teaching gift God has graced me to win the lost now i'm not a pastor I'm not an apostle. I'm not a prophet Those aren't my areas of grace though at sometimes the gift of prophecy comes on me That gift is something that god gives to you as a focus and the office i'm going to show you in a moment what that is So let's go now to Ephesians chapter 4 verse 11 through 12 Where the scripture says now these are the gifts christ gave to the church the apostles the prophets the evangelists and the pastors and the teachers Their responsibility is to equip gods people to do his work and build up the church the body of christ So again, let me recap here on this point We have the gift which is the function or the specific area of grace All believers can to some degree function in all of the gifts because we all have the holy spirit And I think they should be called gifts of the holy spirit because they belong to the holy spirit They're not functions that I do their functions that the holy spirit does through me So if we all have the same holy spirit, it stands to reason that we can all at some degree in some way Flow in these different operations. So then The gift is that special area of grace that special area of focus The office is like that in that there's someone who's given this special area of focus or grace Yet the office of the prophet comes with authority and influence and this really is The only differentiating factor between the gifts and the office. I'm going to give it to you simple Let's not complicate this. Let's not try to describe Well, a prophet can prophesy this good and someone with the gift of prophecy can prophesy this good There's no differences in the accuracy because they both come from the holy spirit So what is the major difference? I'm giving it to you now. It's two words authority and influence Now church authority is different than the influence that a believer has in the local church And again, there's not much of a difference between the gift and the office other than the level of authority So the authority must first be given by God and it is cultivated by man God will position you read Isaiah chapter 6 when he called Isaiah the prophet as a prophet And then he told them go and tell the people who will not listen Tell them to look and not see to listen and not hear in other words God decided just how far his ministry would go. He decided just how far his influence would reach So then the gift of the prophet the prophet the office of the prophet is someone who's in Ephesians 4 11 One of those ecclesiastical leaders of the church whom God has grace to lead To guide to correct and to help build and equip the church as a whole as opposed to the individual So again the difference between the gift and the office is simply the authority and the influence Well, that is it for this lesson now. I want to pray with you I hope that as we were going through the scripture today that you're Hunger for the things of God was stirred Let me pray with you now and pray that God would guide you as you begin to grow in your spiritual gifts Especially the gift of prophecy father in the name of Jesus I pray for that one receiving this now And I ask you lord to stir up that gift within them. Let it be like fire in their bones, lord I pray lord you would stir them and you would cause them to speak forth the oracles of God in the name of Jesus And I want you to receive it by saying amen Well, that is it for the lesson. I want to welcome now the new members of spirit church There you are up on the screen. 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