 Yeah, good morning everyone Trust that you're all doing well and that you're able to hear see clearly The video and audio so let's pray and get started for this morning Okay, we'll have somebody from our class here to pray please can use the mic Father we thank you for this day for this time Lord we come to your presence and we worship you we praise you Lord as We're gonna start our classes father. We are asking your wisdom knowledge so we can understand your word deeply for the Transition you teachers father. Thank you Jesus in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. Amen So we'll continue with what we have been learning so far we talked about the Prophetic in the Old Testament and there were some wonderful insights. We particularly stopped at Samuel's experience and we said that he was in a time when the voice of the Lord hearing the voice of the Lord was not very common and so He developed himself in the prophetic because he had such a heart for the prophetic he also trained others and we said that the prophetic the gift is from God the anointing is from God, but that the Preparation of oneself is possible And we can develop the gift so to speak and learn how to release it How to a flow in it and be a blessing to others So that's where we were at and then we saw that Samuel established the schools of the prophets And we said that may be even people like Elijah, Elisha Gehazi, they were all trainees from the school that Samuel established Then we went on we Yeah, we went on discussing about the prophetic and we said that The prophetic can be demonstrated through creative expressions Right, and we slide one other emphasis that we saw was the association of music Music a prophetic song. So those were some key things from the last class. Now we will move on Okay, I think we were at Transfer yeah transfer the the PDF that I have open here. It's like moving on its own So I'm just trying to control. I don't know what's happening. Anyway, so the prophetic influence Now, what is the prophetic influence and how would knowing this help us? Okay, so the prophetic influence is basically The Receiving of the prophetic anointing when we are in Association give it Someone who carries the prophetic someone or some ministry that carries the prophetic, but the influence here You could also Mean that when you come close to the prophetic, okay, there is a chance of that prophetic anointing Coming upon us. Okay, so there are two examples which are given here in our notes Just go to it So one miss about Moses and the 70 elders now We all know that there was a time when Moses wanted to Was unable to take care of so many people it was too much for him to handle and so It was wisdom for him to have others to help him out. Now in this situation Appointing them was a good thing. However, we find that For them to have The anointing on them to serve well was necessary. Okay, so in numbers chapter 11 Okay, I'll just open the PDF once again. Please give me a minute Right numbers chapter 11 we can go to verse 25 if there's anyone Who can read it, please Verse 25 Yes Then the Lord came down in the cloud and he spoke to him and took of the Spirit that was upon him and placed the same upon the 70 elders and it happened when the spirit Rasted upon them that they prophesied Although they never did so again. Okay, so notice for leadership Moses Prayed over or you know, he blessed 70 other elders who can help him in Governing the people But when he did that, what do we see here? The prophetic anointing came upon them and they prophesied they prophesied only once because Moses was a prophet Right, so this anointing came upon them But they prophesied once and they never did so again it says now in that passage when we read it We'll also find that There was one person who was in the tent. He did not one or two people. They were in the tent They did not gather With the 70 but apparently wherever they were they prophesied The spirit of God came upon them and they prophesied. So what does this tell us about? The anointing the anointing can be Transferred and there is something known as its influence People come under the influence of the prophetic anointing. Okay, and when they come under the influence of the prophetic anointing They may begin to prophesy. Where do we see another similar situation where somebody comes? In contact with prophets and they prophesy but their calling is not to be a prophet anybody like that if you can Recall from the Bible Yes, so when Saul he comes into the company of prophets Just at that time he prophesies, but otherwise he doesn't Okay, why did that happen because he is with the prophets. It's the prophetic influence Got it. So that's how the prophetic influences. Now. How does this help us in our? Growing in the prophetic see now that we recognize that this is possible in a way, right like what we saw earlier in the case of Moses when he was Blessing other leaders The anointing came upon the others So similarly when we are associated with the ministry or something the prophetic anointing that they carry It's possible that it can come upon us. Okay, that is one thing second is When we are in the presence of the prophetic, so let's say we went for a prophetic conference or Like here at APC we have the weekend school or Even now we are studying about the prophetic All these things can actually activate the prophetic in us You got it whether we How do I put it just because we attended a prophetic workshop We may find that there is an easier flow of the prophetic through our lives So making an effort that way is helpful to be around The prophetic anointing Okay, great. So let's move on now. Let's read about the transfer Of the prophetic anointing same incident of Moses praying for the 70 Elders now what exactly happened for the sake of leadership the anointing came upon them, right? So there was a transfer of the anointing which was on Moses that came upon these 70 elders We have talked about this even in the recent conference. We talked about you know transfer of the anointing Is it possible for the anointing to be transferred? That's the first question answer is yes Because we see that like in the case of Moses and elders anointing was transferred, but It's not the entire anointing the way one person carries it. It can't be transferred in the same way So we noticed that the 70 elders did not become like Moses in their leadership. Did they able to lead the people? Yes, but to whatever extent God called them Now Moses if you consider the life of Moses, he carried a Mighty leadership anointing, but he also carried a Prophetic anointing he was a prophet Moses considered as a prophet But what did we read earlier? They prophesied the 70 others, but they did not prophesy again Everything didn't come to them only Leadership and to the extent that they were called Okay, so how does this apply for us today when we trust God for a transfer of the anointing? We may not receive a hundred percent It will be aligned to the call of God on our lives and to whatever extent Okay, I think we've discussed this in the supernatural keys to supernatural ministry as well. Similarly Moses later on You know bless Joshua and released him But we find that Josh was leadership was quite different So though there is an association and a transfer of the anointing, it doesn't look exactly like how it was for Moses so in transfer of the anointing This is what we have to recognize and in the transfer of the anointing. We can also understand that the anointing in a way is Has a measure Okay, when we read about Jesus the Bible says that Jesus had the spirit without measure Meaning there was no limitation of the anointing that he carried. How do we understand that? Spirit without measure I've seen somebody explain that as all the anointing the apostolic the prophetic, you know the pastoral everything all the five-fold anointing Jesus carried because we find that he functioned in all the offices He was a prophet. He's the apostle and the high priest of our confession. He Bruce 3 1 so like that He carried all the anointing's in a in a immeasurable way but when it comes to people again anointing has measures and how much we receive and how we develop it can Sort of increase it or cause it to decrease So when you look at an example such as Elijah, Elisha, okay? There there is this thought of a double portion So it's possible. The point is there are measures of anointing That people can carry so if somebody had a certain measure another person can have more than that or less than that So to to desire Right, we look at someone and we say, oh wow, you know, I wish I could minister like that It's a good thing not out of envy but out of a Sincere heart where we are desiring It's it's nice and when you trust God that we align to our calling and gifting God will release The anointing but then from that point on it's our responsibility to see to it that the anointing grows Okay, so there are measures of the anointing. It can grow. It can decrease and so on. Yes Yeah, okay Did you I'll do more I mean you do more greater miracles And then can we tell that can we tell like that and the second thing is Anointing is in the sense only for doing miracles and all or else Anointing you told that Jesus have different different office Like in preaching like can we consider this anointing in preaching or or or evangelizing some people are very good in evangelizing To just make them sit and listen and some people. Yeah, that they're in a great crusades. They can preach So people have the ability to teach well Can we consider this anointing for these things? Yeah, so see the anointing essentially Again, we have discussed this in keys to supernatural ministry. We said that we understand it as The anointing that indwells us one John 2 27 the anointing in you will teach you all things It says so there is an indwelling anointing, which is nothing but the the presence of the Holy Spirit Within every believer. So all of us carry an anointing. No, we are anointed the Bible says In Christ, we are anointed meaning we carry the presence of the Holy Spirit And there are certain functions of the Holy Spirit when he is within us like he guides us He leads us he speaks to us Right. So all that happens But the Bible also talks about the anointing upon us and you shall receive power when you know What you shall receive power when Just not the Holy Spirit has come upon you and you shall be my witnesses. So the Holy Spirit Comes upon you. That's the difference. But that again is anointing So the Holy Spirit is the anointing you asked me is it the same anointing that Jesus carried of course because it's the same Holy Spirit You got it same Holy Spirit. So when we say the anointing upon us It's nothing but the Holy Spirit In an empowering manner Who comes upon us now even Jesus he had the Holy Spirit working Throughout his ministry Right, that's how he did all the miracles and everything. So same Holy Spirit Now when we say same anointing See, it's a very broad question when we say same anointing. Are we saying same measure of anointing? Are we saying same same type of anointing all those questions come up? Okay, so you your second question makes sense because when we say Anointing there are various kinds anointing is nothing but something that enables us or empowers us to do something So we may categorize and we say we may say things like healing anointing teaching anointing prophetic anointing Right, so there are all kinds of anointing. So do we have the same anointing that Jesus had? It's the same Holy Spirit, but the measures will vary because he had the anointing without measure Now people may carry it to a certain measure and a certain kind of anointing Got it, but in Jesus it was Everything will say Correct correct. Yeah So greater works we we will do that Empowered by the Holy Spirit. I don't think any like Measure even if you have a little bit of anointing you can still do the greater works So I don't think it really depends on, you know, how much once anointing is developed Of course if the anointing has developed a lot you can do more Greater works for God, but yes, there are types. There are many types of anointing People carry Yeah Every believer have this Holy Spirit which invades in us Yeah, but the other thing is which Holy Spirit up on us. That's another anointing Yes, see it starts at that point Okay That's why Jesus asked the disciples to wait Acts 1-8 he tells him you wait and then in Acts 2 We see that the Holy Spirit comes upon them then we can ask the question whether disciples Born again or not if they were born again Holy Spirit is already indwelling them. Then what is the need for Jesus to say wait? Till you receive power from on high Isn't it? There has to be a difference if Holy Spirit is already indwelling a believer Then they should be able to do the greater works as it is But we see Jesus told them tarry wait till you receive power from on high. So I think John 20 We have Scripture where it says Jesus breathed on them Receive ye the Holy Spirit Okay, so that that point in the lives of the disciples is considered as the born again experience Because it's the resurrected Christ Breathing the Holy Spirit on them. So the Holy Spirit Goes within them, right? They are born again in that moment. So John 20 is where they are considered born again till That they were not born again because no question Jesus did not die and rise again, right? So they are born again But they still need an anointing on them, which is the baptism in the Holy Spirit, but that's the beginning Once we have up to us in the Holy Spirit, there's really no limit To the extent of the anointing that we can all flow in so Yeah, hold this Holy Spirit come upon us and this anointing. So can we consider it like as a gift? Like see if if if someone if someone needs an anointing on particular healing anointing at all Preaching an anointing. So can we consider it same like the gift gift from God? Yeah, is it the same? We don't we may not use the word it is a gift Okay, because what is a gift gift is anything that we receive without deserving it So it is a gift, but we would use more of a term like grace It's the grace of God again grace if you look at the meaning It has many different meanings, but grace also means Empowering God's empowering So it's God Giving us that power though. We don't deserve it. So it's actually a gift only, right? And out of the the grace of God that we have the minister then again We say that there are the gifts of the Holy Spirit Also that come into action right Through this empowering of the spirit of God. Yeah, okay, so I Think we have a fair idea But anointing and how the transfer happens no and the measures of the anointing So in this case, we are saying prophetic anointing When we look at people like Elijah, Elisha, Moses, they were prophets Isn't it? And that's why we were discussing about their lives and the transference of the anointing from them to the next generation Now one more interesting thought here Sorry when we discuss about the transference of the anointing is That anointing can be transferred across generations Okay, so I know this is like what is that but Let me just explain it Here Luke 1 verse 17 It talks about John the Baptist Saying he came in the spirit and power of Elijah Okay, so that that is somewhat Challenging for us to to kind of digest what's happening. There is the anointing of Elijah That John the Baptist carries Okay, and the Bible is confirming that John the Baptist Lived, you know way later than Elijah, but he carried that anointing Even though we've said this what we stated earlier about the Parts of the anointing being transferred that still remains when we look at John the Baptist We don't see him Flowing in miracles the way Elijah did Okay, it's a completely different kind of a ministry that John the Baptist had He was calling people to repentance. He was asking people to turn to God And so his ministry was turning people to God We can also Say the same of Elijah because of the miracles, you know, the hearts of the people Would have looked to God. So that part Seems like it is common But you don't see the exact nature of Elijah's ministry in John the Baptist Okay, so the point is The anointing can get transferred across generations So how does that apply for us today, how do we take that and you know use it No, see there is a possibility There is a possibility Of an anointing that existed Generations ago Operating now Okay, so how do we apply it? One of the things that we will learn about anointing is Or let's say the gifts of the Spirit is it it first comes to us through desire Remember earnestly desire Paul says the best gifts. So when we desire Again It has to be aligned to our call any and everything will not be given to us But when we desire Align to our call It's possible to draw the anointing. So I've heard people say things like When they read about men and women You know in in history who have served God mightily And maybe they have a similar calling like us and we desire and we say wow, you know They moved in these signs and wonders they moved in these miracles or they preach like this They impacted multitudes and we desire God. I want that anointing. There is a possibility When you desire you kind of pull on it You got it. So it may be way beyond generations But because you're desiring it, it's possible see and again We can't give one another anointing because in the case of Elijah, Elisha. What happened? Elisha said you give me double portion But Elijah said you're asking me a very hard thing But if you watch me being taken up, then you will receive it because what Elijah understood is Anointing comes from God. He can't give it to Elisha Right. God can give it to Elisha And so he told him, okay, you be obedient May the Lord give it to you. That was the point. So now Excuse me when we desire Can God take from the anointing of somebody in history and put it on us? Why not? It can happen. That's how we apply it Okay, so the key here is to desire Desire particularly aligned to our call and purpose and Then is it possible that we flow in the anointing of someone who Went before us, of course. Will it look exactly the same? Maybe not Okay, so these are all truths from the word of God that are very helpful for us. We've understood how Anointing is pure. It comes from God. There are measures of anointing But ultimately, you know through human agency or you know us Developing in that anointing we can serve better. We can Minister better Okay So there are any thoughts any questions? Let's talk about it. Otherwise, I'll just move on to the next section here So we are considering the ministry the prophetic ministry in the Old Testament and we Have discussed many Insights from there One of the last sections here talks about the ministry of prophets to leaders We know that in The Old Testament people would depend Particularly kings would depend on prophets Okay, so for Saul It was Samuel. He'll depend on Samuel like hey, tell me what to do when we read about David There are many prophets David seers there are lots of prophets, you know who would hear from God and speak to David So speaking to leadership was also a responsibility that prophets had and they would Guide the kings they would, you know speak to them about Where God is leading them and how to fight their battles, you know things like that if you go back even to people like Elisha They also remember they heard from God and they were guiding and they were saying hey How is this battle going to take place? What is a certain enemy king planning against God's people all this? They were able to reveal So there was a role that the prophets played in Ministering to leadership Okay, then talking about the prophetic anointing We see that there was a definite demonic opposition to the prophetic ministry a classic example here would be the opposition that Moses faced in the palace of Pharaoh There were sorcerers who came against him and they tried to imitate the anointing, but we know what ultimately happened Moses's Serpent it kind of you know it Defeated the other serpents Defeated the other serpents swallowed up the other serpent now the next one is Elijah So in the case of Elijah, he lived in a time where Jezebel Jezebel and Ahab they were the Rulers of the land and one thing about Jezebel is that Jezebel Was involved in the occult. She was very strongly involved in Saucery and you know all these Kind of practices and we know about the story of Elijah that he calls down fire on Mount Kamal But after that we find him running for his life Because Jezebel is after him Jezebel wants to kill him as she killed many prophets of the Lord and so he is So scared we also read about him becoming depressed So what exactly is happening? You see there is the demonic If you may call I know what As Jezebel is giving a lot of attention to the you know all the sorcery and black magic and things like that during that period of time We could say that there were certain spirits Right that were opera operating and because Elijah was operating under the prophetic anointing What they tried to do is they tried to go against Elijah in the spiritual realm So how did a prophet like Elijah become depressed? Sometimes we ask that question But the answer may be that There was spiritual intimidation Okay, that could have been some kind of oppression that these demonic spirits You know Afflicted on Elijah So when he was intimidated in this way It's possible that you know he came to a point where he was so depressed and he wanted to give up And we know what God that you know God just encouraged him and lifted him up from that difficult situation But the point again very similar to the story of Moses where he found demonic opposition To the prophetic anointing that he carried Even Elijah faced opposition So the question that we have today When we operate in the prophetic anointing will there be opposition? Yes, if there's any genuine anointing of God The devil will try to compete the devil will try to oppose but One thing we have to recognize we've learned this in believers authority. Don't make that a big deal because In any given case Satan will oppose God's people, you know, whether you're functioning in an anointing or not Okay, we need to learn to overcome In prayer, right? We need to learn to overcome battle and defeat the powers of the enemy But yes, there will be a definite challenge from the enemy's side and We can be prepared for it Okay, let's now move on this is about public ministry as a prophet and our personal obedience to God There is a passage about a young prophet in first Kings Chapter 13. So it's the entire passage It's a fairly long passage so Maybe we can read one or two Scriptures and then I can explain it to us. Can someone please read Okay in in our notes. I think page 45 has one Kings chapter 13 Verses four and five Someone can read that first One King's chapter 13 verse four and five. Yeah, so it came to pass when King Jeroboam Heard the saying of the man of God who cried out against the altar in Bethel That he stretched out his hand from the altar saying arrest him then his hand which he stretched out toward him Withered so that he could not pull it back to himself The altar also was split apart and the ashes poured out from the altar According to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord So there is a young prophet who goes To King Jeroboam and he speaks God's word It makes the King very angry and the King wants to attack him But when he stretches his hand out, what do you see here his hand withered? Okay, so one thing we can understand about this prophet is he's really hearing from God and Very boldly is prophesied to the King. He knows how to take a stand Okay, and when the King is trying to attack him You can see the power of God that he's not able to attack this young prophet So we've understood that he's very sincere in his calling and he also seems to be very strong as a Minister now, let's read on in one Kings chapter 13 versus eight and eight through 10 One King chapter 13 will say through 10 Yeah, but the man of God said to the King if you were to give me half your house I would not go in with you nor would I eat bread nor drink water in this place But so it was commanded me by the word of the Lord Saying you should not you shall not eat bread not drink water nor return by the same way you came So he went another way and did not return by the way he came to Bethel, okay, so Another thing that we notice about this young prophet is he's obedient to God God tells him after you go and prophesy to the King you return in a different route don't eat anything Don't drink anything so Even when the King tries to offer him something he refuses Okay, but as you read further about this young prophet, we'll see that Another prophet comes to him Okay, and all the prophet comes to him and He invites him home offers a meal to this junior prophet Unfortunately, what happens in the passage in the passage later on is that this young prophet He goes with the older prophet for a meal he eats and God is angered By the disobedience because what did God say he said go by another route. Don't eat bread. Don't drink, you know water he kept the Word of God when the King offered him something he said sorry King. I can't do it But when he goes out he meets a senior prophet and the senior prophet tells him Hey, come have a meal with me come to my house. He actually goes with that senior prophet and he ends up eating Then we read that he actually got killed It says when he was gone a lion met him on the road and killed him and his corpse was thrown on the road And the donkey stood by it. That was the end This is in the section between one Kings 13 20 to 26 We see the death of this young prophet, okay, so what do we learn from? this passage We may be very strong in our prophetic anointing and Sincerely operating right in that grace that God has given given us Or the gift that God has given us but sometimes, you know the mistake we make is that We let ministry associations dictate You know our Decisions and maybe even our values Which can be very dangerous Because in this case Initially the prophet was obedient to God then when the senior prophet said no you come He disobeyed God Because of his ministry association, you know, like oh, this is my senior. I have to listen to him But what do we see here see even our Associations our affiliation Should not take the place of God sometimes we have to stand up In our obedience to God Even maybe the people are associations may be telling us no you do this you do that But our obedience first of all is to God we may need to say no sometimes Because we have to go by what God told us what did God say God said don't eat bread. Don't eat. Don't drink the water Whether it is the king or whether it is your senior ministry associate Right so obedience Not just in public ministry In personal life is so very important see nobody would have come to know whether he ate or whether he Drank water and the king told nobody will come to know what God told that man and what he did, right? But that is personal obedience to God Even in our lives, we can operate in the anointing. We can do many things But what did God tell us? Are we walking in obedience? That is a question we have to ask ourselves every time and we must not let our ministry associations Override what God has spoken to us Okay, because I think That's a tendency that we all have Okay, if you're not careful we may end up disobeying God and just pleasing people around us So that is also something that we notice here Now moving on to the next section here. It talks about many different profits and their Experiences each of their experience was different. So there is an entire list of it. We can go through it There were profits like Isaiah Ezekiel Nahum have a cook Zachariah Malachi and when we Notice how the scriptures talk about them hearing from God there would be words such as They receive the burden of the Lord Okay, so they received a burden of the Lord means what they're getting a prophetic word and They're going to prophesy about it or there can be Word such as the hand of the Lord Came upon them the hand of the Lord came upon me, you know, and and I Spoke something so that is another way that someone experienced they felt like God's hand came upon them But what was that? It was actually the prophetic anointing which was leading them to prophesy Other terms like the spirit of the Lord lifted me up So when Ezekiel like he says things like that It means that he's going to prophesy because God is showing him something God is doing something in in the spirit realm a Sense of seriousness, you know, that's also another way that we notice people Experiencing the prophetic anointing coming upon them Jeremiah. No, he felt a Sense of seriousness in his spirit when he had to prophesy so these were all the Experiences of different prophets. It came to each one in a certain way right, so Similarly for us today, we may sense it in various ways We'll come to one particular chapter where we will learn about how to operate in the prophetic How could we sense it in our times? We'll discuss about it Okay, but these were the experiences of the Old Testament prophets I'm moving on to the next section here About warnings and Judgments, obviously in the Old Testament there are a lot of warnings That come as Prophecies right these warnings are for cities for nations for individuals and Judgments as well judgments where we know that God is going to Do something or there's gonna be a consequence for the way that people have disobeyed God Even when we talk about judgments, I think I don't know in which course we have discussed this I'm just trying to think about it. Maybe prayer and intercession where we said that Ahab a judgment came against him, but because he repented It repented in the sense Not fully he could not Undo whatever he did but at least he had a heart that Relented and so God kind of staggered the judgment So the point is yes, God is quite severe When people disobey, but we also see the grace of God even to a wicked king like a have God said, okay, you know, I know I have given you these consequences It's gonna come upon you this judgment is gonna come upon you, but it'll be delayed It'll be staggered. That was God's grace Right even over somebody as wicked as a have so I think what we'll do is let's Pick up from this portion next Judgment because there are a couple of things to discuss regarding, you know judgment through prophecy And then we will move on to the next section here So Let's pray and close for this morning. I want to request somebody from our online batch to pray, please Could you kindly unmute and pray? Father God, thank you Lord. Thank you for this time that you've given us Lord God Father whatever that you have taught us Lord God the gifts that you've given each of us Lord God Help us Lord God consciously to realize in your presence Lord God and flow in that anointing Lord God and always Remember Lord God anointing comes from you Oh God and because you have given us help us to obey Lord God to your voice All the time Father God Father we pray that you bless each and every one of us Lord God in Jesus mighty name Amen, thank you Like a jacket. Thank you everyone God bless you. We will meet again on Friday and pick up from where we stopped. Bye for now