 Good morning and welcome to the session on Keys to Supernatural Ministry. We'll pray and go into our discussion. Let's pray together. Would someone like to lead? Jesus, we thank you for this time that we have to come together and to study your word. And Lord, I pray that as Pastor Nancy teaches us, I pray that we would be able to understand and also apply in our lives and thank you Jesus for a good time that we would have. In your name, I pray. Amen. So in the last class we had some discussions about what is supernatural ministry and why there are hindrances to believing in the supernatural. We also looked at the fact that miracles and supernatural happenings are quite important in scripture. Jesus did say that those who believe in Him will walk in the supernatural. So we'll kind of build on it. We'll come to the keys in a class or two. But today I just want to reiterate the fact that there is a possibility of a supernatural life and ministry. So each believer, we need not let go of this power of God and just believe that we have to live our lives in our own strength, in our own capacity. But instead, as we go by what God is saying in His Word, definitely He has given us that authority to walk in the supernatural. So let's just look at some of the scriptures today. We'll see how Jesus spoke to His disciples and what is it that He commanded them, what is it that He... or the boundaries in which He asked them to function when it comes to the supernatural. So let's look at this incident in Matthew chapter 10. I would need people to read the scriptures today, so please be ready. So Matthew chapter 10 verse 1 and then verse 7 and 8. One of us can turn to it. Matthew chapter 10 verse 1, Jesus called His 12 disciples to Him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and illness. 7 and 8, as you go proclaim His message, the kingdom of heaven has come near. Heal those who are ill, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy. Drive out demons freely, you have received freely, give. Yeah, so thank you Nikhil for reading these scriptures. We see the mandate that He gave His disciples. So these are the 12 disciples whom He had chosen. Jesus was already moving in the supernatural and there are so many miracles that He did. He preached and He healed. We read about those instances. But then in this situation, He is calling His 12 disciples and He gives them power. Or He gives them the authority, right? Exucia, He gives them the authority. That word power there is exucia. He gives them the authority over unclean spirits to cast them out and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease. So why is it that He is delegating this responsibility to His disciples? What do you think? Yeah, yeah, that's right. So one thing is Jesus is teaching and then He is giving them opportunities so that they can experience the power of God through the authority that has been given to them. So while He was there, from that time He wants them to move in signs, wonders, miracles, healings. So we saw in the verses that are listed out, right? What did He say? He gave them power over unclean spirits to cast them out. Then heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease. What else is there part of it? In verse 7, He said, Preach the kingdom of God is at hand and verse 8, again, heal the sick, cleanse the leper, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give. So Jesus is wanting them to exercise that authority, exercise that power, you know, power, we know that word is dunamis and He wants His disciples to exercise both authority as well as power and see all the things that can happen through it. We listed out now, healings, healing, cleansing of the lepers, raising of the dead, even casting out demons. So at least four things are listed but we know that much more is possible through the authority and power which Jesus gave His disciples. So this is nothing new. Jesus did not keep the power all to Himself. He wanted it to be given to His disciples. That's how He trained them. Now let us look. How is it that He is treating others? Luke chapter 10, let's go to Luke chapter 10 and can somebody read please verse 1 and then verse 17 through 19. Luke chapter 10, sorry, Luke 10. Luke 10 verse 1, after these things the Lord appointed 70 others also and send them two by two before His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to go. Verse 17, then there's 70 returned with joy saying, Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name and He said to them, I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Okay, so we can understand and accept that He gave authority to His disciples but who are these people? These are also His disciples but not the close circle of 12. Outside of that close circle, 70 others and Jesus never felt insecure to just share His power. We may wonder when we look at others, who are so-called moving in the supernatural like, you know, what I'm not talking about believers but I'm just saying like in general we see those who have some kind of supernatural power they may want to keep it to themselves and keep the secrets of what makes them so powerful but Jesus freely gave to His disciples, freely have received, freely give and then our question is that, okay, maybe His exclusive group He wants to give them, He doesn't want to give it to the others but in Luke 10, He appointed 70 others and sent them two by two. Okay, and what do they go and do? Verse 17, they returned with joy saying demons are subject to us in your name meaning they were casting out demons in the name of Jesus, they were carrying the authority of the name of Jesus and they were amazed at what the authority of the name of Jesus could do. So they come back and they give a joyful report. Okay, so Jesus did not hold on to that authority instead He wanted people to flow in it. Why? Why did Jesus want people to flow in that authority? Because? Yes, that is His desire that everyone should express we will see what exactly that term is called Sonship Glory. So we will look at a couple of scriptures regarding that. Let's now read from John 17 Verses 5 and 22 So Jesus is talking about going back to the Father to regain His glory He had a heavenly glory when we read Philippians chapter 2 we see that He left behind His glory and He became a man so when He became a man in His earthly form He didn't want to be a man in His earthly form. He did not carry that heavenly glory. Okay, so that is very clear. But Jesus is talking about having that heavenly glory restored. But at the same time He says, I give them that glory which you have given me. So what is that other glory that He's talking about which He carried on the earth and He wants His people to walk in? That is what we term as Sonship Glory. So there is a certain glory in which the Lord Jesus walked and He wants us to walk in that glory and that is exactly the reason why He wanted His 12 disciples to walk in that glory. He wanted His 70 others to walk in that glory. Now we looking at all these people, we can still accept it and say these are the disciples of Jesus. They were with Jesus. That's why He told them to walk in that glory. But notice there was a man who was unrecognized among the disciples. Meaning he was probably an outsider who knew about Jesus but believed in Jesus. Even that man was walking in miracles. So let's read from Mark 9 verse 38 to 40 38 to 40 So Jesus is accepting of a third person flowing in miracles, flowing in the supernatural. He's not stopping it because that's the way it's supposed to be because that person also is a believer even though he's not a like a direct disciple in that group of disciples he still believes and Jesus says don't stop him. So what if he's doing the miracles? He's still a part of us. He's not against us. So this gives us an idea that this is God's desire. He really wanted everyone to flow in miracles. Everyone who believed in Him. Whether it is the closed circle or some person outside of the disciples group. And we are not just connected to the time when Jesus and his disciples lived. In fact in the great commission he told us that everyone who comes, those who believe will also be doing these wonderful and powerful works. So let's just read that portion again. It is in Matthew 28 verses 18 through 20. I would request us to read into the mic because that will be helpful for the online students. Matthew chapter 28 was from verse 18 and Jesus came and spoke to them saying all authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Go forth and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit teaching them to observe all the things that I have commanded you and I am with you always even in the end of the age. Amen. Amen. So it says you are teaching them to observe all things I have commanded you. All things I have commanded you earlier we saw what he commanded his disciples to do. He commanded them to move in the supernatural. So he is saying as you make more disciples ensure that you teach them everything that I have taught you. So he taught about the kingdom of God. He taught about heaven and hell. He taught about good stewardship. There were many teachings that Jesus gave but he definitely commanded or commissioned his disciples to flow in the supernatural. So we can't leave that out and only do the teachings of Jesus because he accepted even an unknown man so to speak who was flowing in the supernatural. Now let's talk a little bit more in depth about the sonship glory we mentioned that the Lord Jesus came to reveal the glory of God but he also carried his own glory so let's look at the life of Jesus and the first time when he revealed that glory in the form of God's power. So we look at two passages John chapter 1 verse 14 and then John chapter 2 and verse 11. First one is John 114 the second is John 211. John chapter 1 was 14. The word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only son who came from the Father full of grace and truth. So we have seen his glory what glory is this? Obviously it's not heavenly glory because he left behind his heavenly glory. It's a certain glory that he carries on the earth which we already talked of it as a sonship glory. So we beheld him full of grace and truth. How is this glory? Full of grace and truth so it projects the nature of God to us. So in John chapter 2 and verse 11 there is a mention after Jesus did a miracle that he revealed his glory. So can we read that John 2 verse 11? This beginning of science Jesus stood in Cana of Kerala and manifested his glory and his disciples believed in him. Okay so we beheld his glory full of grace and truth and now he manifested his glory. How did he manifest his glory? Manifest his glory through good works. Yeah good works but this specific one is turning water into wine. So that miracle is being told as manifesting the glory. So today when we want to manifest the glory of God it's so clear that miracles manifest the glory of God. So we must expect miracles to take place. We must expect God to intervene in supernatural ways in people's lives. And we already read that passage in John chapter 17 where he says okay Father restore like give my glory I'll come back. Restore that glory to me. But the glory which you have given me I'm giving them. Which means now that sonship glory is what he's expecting us to walk in. Some passages in the notes there and no need to read it. So just one scripture I'll highlight on John 417 it says as he was so are we in this world. As he was so are we in this world meaning the glory with which Jesus walked we need to walk in that glory today in this world. So that is God's expectation. Jesus already said I'm giving them that glory. The glory which you gave me I'm giving it to them and just the way Jesus was in his character and you know his power in his purity we can discuss different aspects about Jesus and say this is how Jesus was but so should we be in this world and that's what God wants for us to be like Jesus to walk like Jesus and one very integral part of that is to walk in the supernatural. So we cannot deny the supernatural when we talk about the glory of God now the question is can we can we walk in the power of God yes but what is the but reasons why it feels challenging to walk in the glory what are those concerns okay we should have the intimacy with God okay hmm we must have intimacy with God be able to spend lots of time then preparation prepare our hearts okay okay we should have the faith faith and be able to take the risk to move in the supernatural sure so yeah these are these are the things right that will really help us live it out we know we have to but then do we know that we can okay if we are walking in all these things yes we should be able to demonstrate the supernatural and I just want to remind us that the Bible says that God has given us the power it's not like you know God asks us to do something which we can't do now this for me it was a very powerful revelation one Sunday long back in North Church I had just sort of started attending that location pastor in a sermon he shared this he said if there is something in the Bible that God says you do this okay it's because you can do it God will never tell you to do something which you cannot because it's not logical it hit me like a thunderbolt that day I was like actually you know if there's anything that God is calling us to do it's because we can and so if there is sonship glory and he's telling us go make disciples teaching them teach them everything that I've taught you and do all these supernatural works it's because we can and there is a powerful scripture that reminds us of this this is in 2 Peter chapter 1 and verse 3 if somebody would like to read it you can yes this as his divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness through the knowledge of him who called us by glory and virtue we are told here that his divine power has given us all things right pertaining to life and godliness through the knowledge of him who called us by glory and virtue so first of all God has given us all these things and through the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ he has even called us by glory so it's just meaning to say that God empowers us and God has given us through himself whatever it is that we need to walk in the supernatural so that's one thing to settle in our minds that yes we can okay and even I mean I am just digressing a little bit like even in terms of calling somewhere I used to wonder can I can I do this yeah you know God wants me to do but can I yes if he's calling you to do something it's because you can okay so that confidence and that assurance in our hearts is required it's only then that we can really begin to flow in what God has in store for us so to be convinced it's one thing to know yeah God expects this of us it's in the Bible but it's in the Bible it's not in my heart I'm not yet convinced that's not possible but when I'm convinced that yes and coming to the supernatural Jesus asked his disciples Jesus told everyone who believes will move in the supernatural and he has given us the sonship glory as he was in this world so are we so yes you know we can do this and God is calling us to do this because the way Jesus came to reveal the glory of the Father today you and I was to reveal the glory of the Father so yesterday we had this session right where people were sharing testimonies for the on campus students we had one session but in that session I was just thinking as different people were sharing so many of them said that I didn't know Jesus and you know somebody said this or somebody prayed for me some pastor gave a prophetic word something like that and I felt see some someone has ministered by the power of the spirit into their lives which has made all the difference what if that one person did not prophesy or that one person did not pray for healing or you know and we don't even know who these people are some neighbour some pastor some friend but it's because people are walking in the glory of God that there are others who have now come to believe in Christ because they saw the power of God and yesterday I was amazed how people were saying you know I got healed of this my father got healed of that and then we believed in Jesus so it's because the glory was demonstrated that they came to faith in Christ so I mean something to think about I'm not saying every testimony is like the same thing there can be other kinds of testimonies but my observation yesterday was that somebody ministered the power of God into the lives of these people and so now here they are wanting to not just follow but to serve God so we should not stop telling people about God a praying for people and trusting God for miracles is what I told myself yesterday so God is looking for the church that is you and me to demonstrate the power if you are not moving in power we are not doing God's work and it is the power that's impacting so let's remind ourselves it's possible to walk in the supernatural and that is why God is telling us to do it right and I mean we can go on with so many testimonies I have my own testimonies to talk about the power of God and how you know it that's what has like even the way we came into the faith was because my grandmother she was going to die of terminal condition and she was fairly young at that time but somebody in her village came and preached about Jesus to her and I mean it's a whole story in itself that I understand a thing but after that person came spoken when in her weakest condition like they were expecting her like maybe 2-3 days she'll pass away but she had a vision of Jesus and she never knew Jesus because she's not even from a Bible reading sort of a community but she described the exact image of that man you know a man with long hair and this and that and all the Bible which she had no idea about and later they told her oh you're talking about Jesus Jesus healed you so that in the vision like Jesus healed her and it translated into her real life she physically also got healed after that happened and she believed and then so many others believed and that's how like you know so for me I heard the gospel so see that people have walked in these things even in our own lives is very encouraging because it confirms the word of God when Jesus told even in the great commission he said you know you go make disciples teach them everything that I've taught you one of which is to demonstrate the power of God and when it happens surely God's glory is revealed God's grace is revealed and it's life transforming we are empowered by the Holy Spirit that we all know and we you know talk so much about it here in the life of Jesus also he was empowered by the Holy Spirit remember he went fast at 40 days he came and in the synagogue when he read from the scriptures he said the spirit of the Lord is upon me as he quoted from a passage in Isaiah so did he do his ministry you know preach the good news to the poor and set the captives free heal the broken hearted by the power of the Holy Spirit he began by saying the spirit of the Lord is upon me and through the anointing he was able to do the supernatural works of God and even when he cast out a demon in Matthew chapter 12 he said that he did it by the power of the spirit he did it by the Holy Spirit so by the Holy Spirit Jesus performed all these wonderful miracles for us as believers know he wants us to move in these things not you know just like that he empowers us for it so acts 1 verse 8 this is the time when Jesus is with the disciples in the last moments in some time he will go to heaven and he needs to tell them the most important things at that time he tells them wait till you receive power from on high the Holy Spirit will come upon you and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem Judea Samaria and to the ends of the earth so he is saying that the disciples can flow powerfully just the way he did but for that they need something is that the baptism in the Holy Spirit which is the empowerment of the Holy Spirit to demonstrate this you know this glory that we are all talking about so for us to flow in the sonship glory what do we need one very critical thing is baptism in the Holy Spirit because we don't see the disciples flowing in the miraculous powerfully before that yes through the authority there were some demonstrations of healings and miracles and all but Jesus told them you better wait wait okay after you receive this endowment from heaven you go you will be my witnesses and witnesses is like witnesses by fire and then when you read the book of Acts after Acts chapter 2 the people that you read about earlier are different and the entire scene is with demonstrations of power right through the apostles and then eventually you find lots of believers coming into the picture who are also able to do powerful things for God yeah so what made the difference the baptism in the Holy Spirit so the same thing applies for us today when we trust God to receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit we also will be able to move in the supernatural all right so any baptism in the yeah I can just I mean the question is is the baptism of the Holy Spirit is equal to the anointing of the Holy Spirit okay so when we talk about anointing we will come to it later it's a very broad term while it's okay to say the baptism in the Holy Spirit is anointing we'd rather just call it the baptism in the Holy Spirit because there are two anointings that we will refer to the anointing within and the anointing upon yeah so then there'll be some confusion because there's already an anointing within which Apostle John writes about in John I think one John 2 if I'm not wrong that's where he mentions about the anointing will teach you all things nothing but the presence of the Holy Spirit and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit that's why I'm saying if you just use the word anointing it's not like exact or accurate so when we talk about baptism in the Holy Spirit better to call it baptism in the Holy Spirit than anointing yeah like is it interconnected to this Holy Spirit baptism in any way so is any way this one interconnected to this Holy Spirit baptism yes it is connected because baptism in the Holy Spirit is that distinct experience after which the believers started manifesting the supernatural in it very powerfully earlier you can say that with the authority that Jesus gave yes they when they cast out some demons in the name of Jesus they were able to do all those things to some extent but in fullness that demonstration of the power only happened after Acts 2 the way Peter stands up and you know he preaches and all the miracles, signs, wonders all that take place so when we talk about glory remember John 2.11 with that miracle Jesus manifested his glory it says so it doesn't mention it like that for let's say the teachings of Jesus or the goodness of Jesus or the good works of Jesus but it's specifically saying for the miracle that Jesus manifested his glory so when we are saying sonship glory yes miracles are a huge part of it I come and see sonship glory glory is different sonship glory is different I mean sonship glory being identified as a son of God it is different right it's not only the doing manifesting glory and all right so we can be identified as a son of God like how Jesus came glory I mean we can speak about this manifestations and healings and miracles as we come to sonship glory we can take all this identity in Christ yeah that's what I'm saying I'm saying that miracles are a part I'm not saying that miracles are the only thing okay but because so clearly in John 2.11 for a miracle it says Jesus manifested his glory so if I say that all this healing supernatural and all is not the glory then I'm wrong but it is part of the glory so as much as we talk about the character of God identity of God you know John 1.14 we beheld his glory full of grace full of truth we can't subtract miracles so it's very much a part of it yes it is definitely it is yeah so if we are talking about manifesting the sonship glory we should be manifesting everything virtues as well as power both we can't leave either glory itself is a manifestation yeah we'll come to that glory when we use the term glory glory is like yeah yeah yeah yes yes yes yeah yeah so we are saying the supernatural along with everything else which is part of the glory of God yeah definitely so we cannot leave out anything yeah so talking about the supernatural I said that we are empowered empowered by the Holy Spirit and we also have authority that we receive from God we know that Jesus said we can use his name okay so in my name we find huh sorry cast out demons yes right so and these sons shall follow those who believe so the authority of God we demonstrate because he vested that authority in us through the name of Jesus and you know who we have become in Christ we have we have authority as heirs of God as sons of God obviously we have authority we have delegated authority because Jesus said you go in my name you do these things so he sent us the way the father sent him he sent us we have delegated authority so we have all those dimensions of authority as well which we've studied about earlier so because of the authority because of the baptism in the Holy Spirit as the gifts of the Holy Spirit are activated in us we can demonstrate the power of God which is I would again say a part of the sonship glory yeah right so yeah any other we are quite clear that Jesus always invited his disciples to walk in that glory and today he wants us to walk in that glory as well so chapter John 17 only John 17 this okay so is in this particular course you mean I don't think that the content in this course elaborates on sonship glory but you can look at resources on apcwo.org I think there is a sermon on sonship glory so you can read it okay I'll just go to the chat quickly because there is a comment by Jacken who says our own doubts and unbelief can keep us from moving freely in the supernatural yes that's right so that's why we are saying faith would be one of the keys that we will study to move in the supernatural and Nina is asking can we say glory is the manifest presence of God in our lives which is seen in both virtue and operating in the gifts what if there is not that much of the miraculous operating always okay so Nina will come to glory glory is yes it is the manifest presence of God but we notice that in the glory the miraculous signs do happen a lot of miracles happen in the glory okay so again we will explain the distinction between we can simply say presence of God we are experiencing the presence of God so in the presence of God as you are suggesting you know maybe we have some miraculous but not so much but whenever we use the term glory glory is the heightened presence of God where even sovereign works of God can take place whether there is faith or no faith okay so in the biblical context when we say that we are experiencing the glory of God it's a very intense presence of God which is connected to the operation of the miraculous so it cannot be without the operation of the miraculous okay so I'll just state that much for now I hope it is clear okay Nina okay sure thank you so alright I'll just stop here then we can think about what we have built so far and from the next class we'll go into the keys finally it's time to take a hold of the keys which we are waiting for yes we'll talk about how to be sensitive to the Holy Spirit okay so let's close with a word of prayer maybe yeah anyone can pray Lord Jesus we come before you Lord Father in the name of your beloved Son Jesus we thank you for this session Lord Father thank you for everything that you have taught us God Jesus what we have learned Lord Father Jesus we pray Lord Father it will not be just a knowledge towards a Lord Father but help us out to implement in our lives a Lord Father and walk in it a Lord Father so that we can present your glory a Lord Father and walk in the sonship glory a Lord Father that you have given us a Lord Father we just surrender everything to your hands a Lord Father give you glory and honor in Jesus name we pray amen amen thank you thank you everyone God bless you have a good day and a good weekend