 recording in progress. Just waiting for the recording to start. Yes, welcome back to the next session on the anointing. So the anointing of God, so even before we could move on to the anointing. Yes, there are some questions. We have a session. Yes, Sid has posted saying that there's some political people in the state where they come and use the church pulpit to ask for votes and okay, yeah that happens sometimes in some of the small churches but then that's not the right thing as we study today as we discuss saying that you know we should not give the pulpit time to anything else other than the Word of God. Okay and we also see another question. Brother Elisha, okay as a preacher of the Word when we discover that a doctrine you would have thought congregation over the period was wrong you need to apologize to them that you were wrong initially and begin the teaching of the truth or you just put it behind and move on. Okay it is a very important thing. Thank you Elisha for sharing this. As a preacher or as a teacher of the Word when we teach or preach and then later we have found that is not right or it was incorrect. It is good thing. It is the right thing to apologize to the congregation and share the right, share the truth in the right way what the scripture says. It is very very important to do that. Yeah, thank you and we should never feel that as a leader how I can apologize. There's nothing like that as a leader we should learn to apologize. We should learn to accept our mistake and correct ourselves. So that is the right thing to do. Okay so with this we will move on to the next chapter on anointing. So if you have a books we can turn to chapter 6 on anointing. So it is the anointing of God's Spirit. It's the anointing of God. We all know it is really important. That's what makes all the difference and in the ministry. At the end of the day it is not our eloquence of words. It's not how we speak. It is not our skill. It is not our natural ability that is going to make a difference in the lives of people when we minister, preach or teach the word but it is ultimately the Holy Spirit. He is the one who moves through us through this earthen vessel and who uses the gifts that he has given to us to bless people lives. So the anointing that we all understand is what makes all the difference but here are some safeguards that we must keep in mind that anointing and gifts are given to people. The reason God is anointed each one of us and he has given us this gift is to minister and serve people to bless the lives of people, to edify them, to build them up. That's why God has blessed us with the gifts of the Spirit. To edify the church, to edify the body of Christ, to build them, to nurture them, to draw them to the Word of God, to get them rooted in the Word. So let's turn to 1st Corinthians chapter 12 verse 7 please. 1st Corinthians 12 verse 7 but the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the Prophet of all. Thank you. Can I also request someone to read on 1st Corinthians chapter 14 verse 12 please. Even so you, since you are zealous for spiritual gift, let it be for the edification of the church that you seek to excel. Yes and can one of us please turn to 2nd Corinthians chapter 4 verse 5 please. For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus the Lord and ourselves your born servants for Jesus 2nd Corinthians 4 verse 5. Thank you. Thank you. So that means the gifts that God has given us. It's for the edification of the people. It's for the edification of the people. It's to get there, to see the lines been transformed. We must always remind ourselves that this is for the blessing of people. Now here's what we make. The mistake is that many times once we have someone recognize that God has anointed them and God has given them certain gifts and we see them flow in that gift. So we now tend to think that that people you know they have been gifted so we need to serve them or they also as an individual when we see ourselves being gifted and we are flowing that gift. Now we think that we are someone who are much greater than others and we expect the church, the people to serve us. No that should not be the case because we have been anointed and gifted so we want us we want to serve others because as we know that Jesus came not to be served but to serve so we need to be ready enough to serve others. So what we actually doing is sometimes the nature of people. I'm not blaming anyone but then the nature the very nature is the minute they recognize themselves when gifted they try to elevate themselves. They try to separate themselves from people. They try to do things reverse from what God intended the gifts and calling that God has placed in their life is to be with people to serve them but then here we see something different. People try to elevate themselves above people. They try to separate themselves and they expect people to serve them but then this is not what Jesus has taught us. Jesus has taught us Jesus being 100% God and 100% man. When he came onto this earth he humbled himself. He was one among everyone. He dined with sinners. He lived with them. He ate with them. He was one among the people. He never separated himself from others. Well he also said that I've come here to serve and not to be served. We need to learn so never an anointing that was on Jesus separated Jesus from others or made Jesus to look down upon others but then here he was moved into compassion. That's what we see in Matthew 14-14 saying that Jesus was moved into compassion and he was always with people and wherever Jesus was there was a huge crowd following him. You see, wherever Jesus was there was a huge crowd following him. Always Jesus was with people. He was serving them tirelessly. He never took any time away for himself but then he gave in for them. He was there for them. He was there to serve them. So we need to be mindful of this when God has blessed us with certain gifts and callings. He has placed us in our life. It is for us to edify the church. It is for us to minister to people, serve them and not elevate ourselves or you know stay away from people. So God moves in and through us with this gifts and calling to serve people and we need to be there and also one more character we see is people being very short tempered. They could be really terrible behind the pulpit. I mean they become very short tempered. They become very angry. They become very rude, ill mannered but when they are under the anointing, they are very calm, properly mannered. They have greater understanding. They speak well but outside the anointing they are very different. They are totally a different person. So we need to, we shouldn't avoid making such things in our way of life, in our walk of our life. We need to identify the spirit that is within us. We need to stay calm always. We need to be the same on the pulpit or outside. We need to stay same. We are in Jesus and Jesus isn't abiding in us. So this gifting and calling are in us is the role of the body of Christ and our identity is in Christ. So we must know we must know our identity of who we are and Christ is who we really are and we need to maintain that always. We are not trying to, you know, pretend ourselves a different person on the pulpit and you know after that we are somebody else, a different person. No, we should be always aware of our identity is in Christ and all such other things are not from the spirit of God. They are not the fruit of the spirit. We need to be filled with the gifts and with the fruits of the spirit so that we can see the overflow of that anointing in our lives. So another part of the anointing of God is that you and I must be determined to always desire the genuine and not tolerate the imitation. Very important. Some people can fake meaning pretending that they are anointed and they may pretend to have the gifts flowing in their lives and they just fake it. Remember, what is imitation? The imitation cannot carry the power. They are not genuine. There is no life in it. They cannot impact or change or transform life by their words because it is just an imitation. But then when it is flowing from the anointing, we know that it is flowing from God himself. He is speaking. He is teaching in and through them. And we can also see the attitude of the minister of God always wanting to serve God, service people with all his heart, mind and soul. So we see the anointing that flows in and through that person to others. So we need to see that and we cannot tolerate any such thing. So can we turn to Exodus chapter 30 verse 31 and 32, please? Exodus chapter 30 verse 31 and 32. And you shall speak to the children of Israel saying, this shall be a holy anointing oil to me throughout your generations. It shall not be poured on man's flesh, nor shall you make any other like it. According to its composition, it is holy and it shall be holy to you. Amen. So God is speaking to Moses and talking to him about the holy anointing oil, which is a type of the Holy Spirit. The anointing in the New Testament. He says these things to the children of Israel. He's saying the only anointing oil to me is throughout your generation. It shall not be poured out on man's flesh, nor shall you make any other like it. According to its composition, it is holy. So to you. So God is saying, don't make an imitation of this only anointing oil because it is not to be used on flesh. It's not to be used on for any ordinary purposes because it is holy. It is consecrated before God. So we must not tolerate the imitation, you know, because this is a consecrated oil. The anointing is holy. So we need to go behind the genuine. Do not run after the latest fad in the Christodom. We know in the church today, there are a lot of things can arise, can amuse us, but we need to know the identity. We need to know the right, the genuine thing and not run behind the imitations because the scripture also warns us that in the, you know, there will be many such things arising with all kinds of fads that can come in the church over time and all things, you know, people are doing in certain way, which is different from the Word of God. And they call it as the anointing, the gifting. This is how the Holy Spirit moves, but we need to check with the Word of God. That's the word say so. And then discern and then go for it. But do not run behind every move which they call as the gifting or the anointing or the Holy Spirit or the move of the Holy Spirit. Let's turn to John chapter 6 verse 63 please. John 6, 63. It is the Spirit who gives light, the flesh perfects nothing, the words that I speak to you are spirit and they are light. Thank you. For some reason we observe all kinds of fads or you know, the noble ways, but we need to be very careful because the Spirit gives life and the flesh profits nothing. They are generated by the flesh that people, you know, went after their own understanding, profits nothing. It is the Holy Spirit who gives us the life and we must learn to stay alert and learn the flow with the Spirit of God. Remember, as far as the anointing is concerned, we cannot have something unless we receive it from God. We may desire that is the right thing because that's when we receive the gifts of the Spirit. Only when we hear it, we have been educated. We have been learning about the gifts of the Spirit and then we desire for it and then we can hear and pray and see God for that gift. Then we're running after people, post and pillar to get that gift from them. We should remember that God gives the anointing. The anointing comes from God. God releases the gifts and anointing. Yes, He also releases the gifts and anointing through other people, but at the end of the day, you still have to receive it from God. That's what we see in John chapter 3 verse 27. Can I request one of us to please turn to John chapter 3 verse 27, please. John chapter 3 verses 27, John answered and said, a man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven. Yes, thank you. See, it works this way. The minute you start desiring, minute you start desiring for that spiritual gift, that is the first place. It is the right thing to do and then you start praying. You start seeking God for it. Yes, there are ways how God can release that anointing in your life. God can release it through His Word in your prayer time, in your spiritual walk with God or there are times when He can release it to the man of God. As He has prepared you, He can release it through that, but at the end of the day, we receive it from God. We receive it from God in time. So John said, a man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven. So ultimately, it has to come to us from God. Now it is important and it is useful and it is also valuable to follow the examples of men and women of God and to learn and receive from their ministries, but a heart must not be set on that man or that individual to receive the gift. But our heart should be set on God and God alone, because it is God who is the giver of the anointing and the gift to us, not any individual or any man. We should not pursue any individual, but we need to pursue God who is the giver of all gifts. So it is very important when we minister under the anointing is that we must allow ourselves to be judged at the same time, because God's spirit moves through us. So it doesn't mean that we are perfect. We are not the perfect vessel. We have been used. We are imperfect, but God is perfect. His gifts are perfect. But the vessel through which God is using is imperfect. The gift that has been expressed through this vessel is imperfect. So the process of His anointing been manifested through this earthen vessel is a process of the gift being released to us. So we need to be very careful. We should not misrepresent anything or miscommunicate anything. We need to release the gifts of the spirit in a manner that is worthy. We should be mindful of how we release this gift to others, because the giver of the gift is perfect, because God is perfect. And He is the giver of all gifts. And as God releases this gift in and through us, as He allows it to flow in and through us, we need to judge ourselves. We need to be correct. So we can improve in the area. We can improve how we release the anointing to a congregation, to minister to people, how we express the gifts of the Holy Spirit to others and we don't allow so we don't allow others to judge what God is releasing in and through us. So the important aspect of ministering the anointing is to avoid any sensationalism or hyper-emotionalism. Yes, it is wonderful to see Gods touch the emotion of people and how they respond to the anointing, some respond by crying, some respond by laughing or some experience, joy and peace and all that is beautiful. But if we try on our own web to stir the emotions of people or to do something to, you know, to instill them to cry or instill them to laugh, what I just try is some way that we are whipping and playing up the emotions of people in order to get a response which actually should come from the Holy Spirit and not what we are actually through our own effort. That is actually not right. And it's not our responsibility to create an emotion in people but they should receive a touch from God that emotion should be stirred from the Holy Spirit so that internally they have been transformed. The word what we are releasing from the pulpit should minister to people. That emotion needs to be created by the understanding of the Holy Spirit in them. So it is the more of the Holy Spirit upon people which will create, which will make them to react to the message that has been shared to the ministry of the Holy Spirit which has been ministered with an anointing from the pulpit. That's how we see some people cry, some people feel free, they experience the peace, experience the joy of the Holy Spirit so it is the work of the Holy Spirit and not work of a man and we should not stir it with our own effort. We should not create any emotional response in people because that won't last long, that won't transform the heart of the people, that won't make a person to be transformed inside out because these kind of emotion that has been stirred it will be just like a pep talk which will just last as soon as they step out of that auditorium or the church or out of that place it won't last long. So when we depend on the Holy Spirit for the Holy Spirit to minister to the people, minister to the congregation, when it is the work of the Holy Spirit we see the real transformation in people which will last long in them. So through this we can avoid any kind of personal stirring among people but when we depend on the Holy Spirit there's a lasting change from them and those moments those few moments will be important which will be fruitful to us in the ministry and also to the people because at the end of the day the Lord wants us to be fruitful. He has called us to bear fruit in our ministry. We also see in in John chapter 15 he says that as I abide in you can I request one of us to turn to John chapter 15 verse 1 and 2 please. John chapter 15 verse 1 and 2 I am the true wine and my father is a wine dresser every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away and every branch that bears fruit he prunes that it may bear more fruit. So it may bear more fruit. So the Lord so we are so we need to be watchful about the result that we have in our ministry as Lord Jesus has called us and ordained us so that we will bear fruit in our ministry. So as we read in this chapter John 15 verse 1 and 2 that you know any branch that does not bear fruit will be cut off but every branch that bears fruit it will be pruned so it can bear more fruit. So in the ministry we can either be pruned or cut and the option is our choice would be pruned so it can you know if you are pruned we can bear much fruit for the kingdom of God. So God works in us through pruning and cutting things off that does not belong to him and his kingdom and we need to allow God to do that very important. So when we go into the presence of God we can say Lord here I am you can approve the things that does not belong to you. You can prune me so that I can be more fruitful in the kingdom of God I can be of more hues in your kingdom to serve people to minister to people. As we continue to move in this we will continue to move in greater level of being fruitfulness in the kingdom in the ministry of God that God has placed in us so when God prunes us so that we can even become more fruitful in our life there more fruit so God is at constant pruning taking up all the unnecessary things he can uproot it from our life so that you know we can move on to a greater level of fruitfulness in the ministry in the kingdom of God with much talent and God can multiply that skill and talent in us because Jesus described that as he spoke to us about the parable of talents in Matthew 25 we see that you know how he expects this talent to be multiplied and he also says to the servant well done good and faithful servant so the same way God is asking us to be fruitful so that God one day you know he can look at us and he can say this is your reward well done good and faithful servant so in ministry we have new levels but we must always keep in mind that fruit comes in its season so there are times we need to wait for the fruit but we should always not always comes in its season and there is a time there is a time and God is working in and through us and we need to be patient we need to have that endurance to see the fruit in our ministry in our life in people to whom we are ministering we should not give up in the process because God takes us through where we are actually not being nurtured to things so that we can germinate from inside and then bear much fruit in season sometimes we also be looking for fruit in a season when it's not due yet we can get discouraged thinking that it may be God's not doing things in our life or this is not God's will or God does not want me to be fruitful or you know many things God does not want to multiply my talent or scale or my ministry my congregation is so small we can just go on adding the reason to the list when we are stagnant or when God is asking us to wait but one thing we should know for everything there is a season and every person goes through each season in our life even now in our class if I open to all each of us are in different season but at the end of the day we all are waiting on God we are waiting for him in a waiting time is not a wasted time when we wait on him there's endurance there's patience there's something happening within us there's nurturing there is a time of germination that is happening within us we may not understand the work of God now but when we wait on God without any question but just praising and waiting and seeking God what needs to be done and continue to do what you are doing because the labor and the Lord is not in vain when we depend on God he leads us he leads us and we will see the hand of God after a few months or after few weeks months or years when we look back the season that we went through we will see God's hand on our life he will yes take us through the time of pruning take us through the time of waiting that is the germination time the growth time we may see nothing happening on the surface but always remember the seed that is sown you know it is it is getting rooted it is growing internally so in our waiting time we need to see what are the areas that we need to work on what are the areas that we need to get equipped trained build a skill build a learn talents as we keep doing at UC God working in and through us so this is not the time period for us to be discouraged or stay quiet and keep complaining what God is not doing in our life because we don't understand God completely with her little mind we need to just praise and understand and wait and try to understand God what he is doing in our life so let's turn to John chapter 7 verse 18 please John chapter 7 verse 18 a person making things up tries to make himself look good but someone trying to honor the one who sent him sticks to the facts and does not tamper with reality now if our intent is to glorify Jesus you may say the facts we state the facts we don't tamper with the evidence we don't tamper with reality because we know that ultimately God will be glorified so if I want to make myself look good then I'm going to try to make things up and try to exaggerate things and talk things beyond what the reality is so it's very important in Christian ministry that we only talk about Christ we only talk about the fact that has actually happened and we don't try to exaggerate things and talk beyond the reality so when we talk about any any testimonies it just states simply what happened firmly believe that when we just state the fact state the fact just let things happen it will impact the lives of people so God can be glorified through that but if we try to exaggerate and create a lot of hype or it you know actually trying to draw attention to ourselves and getting others distracted and ourselves also distracted with the attention of people and that is which was due to God and the and also when we give testimonies or talk about results it is important that we state whether we are giving an exact or an estimate and not just pretend or exaggerate with the kind of numbers for example if we have gone to minister in some place minister in a place and where we have seen many people come to to that to that conference so we don't have to exaggerate by saying I had we had six thousand people or seven thousand people who had come for the ministry instead just give the actual number this many people had come for the ministry and they were blessed we don't have to exaggerate with some big numbers but just give the actuals and we give the glory to God and leave it because we have seen many times like you know people quote big numbers and say we had about this many people come well the actual may be very different from what people have come so it is very important as a minister of God to say exactly how many people came and they're blessed than giving a big number for the promotion sake or getting or just being exaggerating things beyond the actual and that's not true just give me a minute please excuse me one second the next point here we are about to discuss is acknowledge another man's labor can I request one of us to turn to second Corinthians 10 15 and the other turn to Galatians 6 chapter 6 verse 4 second Corinthians chapter 15 not boasting of things beyond measures that is in man's labor but having hope that as faith is increased we shall be greatly enlarged by you in our spare next Galatians chapter 6 verse 4 Galatians 6 verse 4 but let each one examine his own world and then he will have a choice seen in himself alone and not in another not in one I'm sorry I'm not in another yeah sorry no problem we must learn to acknowledge another man's labor you know in that we mentioned in another so like you know we have also studied I'm sure you will be studying in the kingdom of God or in others where we should acknowledge another man's labor we are co-labor we work with each other we enter into one another man's labor and we compliment each other so we cannot take all the credit for ourselves but especially when we are working as a team we work as a team together so we need to give credit to everyone and the team and not take it to ourselves because without them we would not have achieved what we are even in the scripture we see how Paul and Apollos and other disciples work together as a team in ministering the word of God Paul never took the credit for himself but then he gave the credit to others even though people brought a lot of division between Paul and Apollos but then Paul was very clear there's always one man sows the seed another waters but the growth comes from the Lord and at the end of the day Paul gives all glory to God he does not take any credit to himself he says yes there's one man who sowed the seed there's another watered it but God gave the growth so we need to acknowledge another man's labor and we should not be you know selfish enough to take all the credit to ourselves but then acknowledge others who have worked and who have also invested their time into the ministry so yes by acknowledging another man's labor is by giving God the glory as well for the life that that person lived and toiled in the ministry because the word of God says that your labor in the Lord will never be in vain will never be in vain that's what you know the scripture says so when when we see people working and toiling give glory to God and to that person give God all the glory it all happened because of him yes we need to give glory to God as I said it is God who brings and gives the result so do not compare do not complete in the ministry can I request one of us to please turn to second Corinthians chapter 10 verse 12 please second Corinthians chapter 10 verse 12 for we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with those who commend themselves but they measuring themselves by themselves and comparing themselves among themselves are not wise thank you so when they're looking at the result the in our congregation maybe the size the growth or the growth of our ministry do not compare ourselves with the other ministry leaders because this is not a competition we should not compete with others with how many people are we reaching out or they're reaching out how big is our local church with them so these things do not matter in the eyes of the Lord what matters is the Lord requires us to be faithful in whatever we are doing are we faithful are we pleasing God in all the area of our life are we giving our best to the church to the ministry are we growing into what God has ordained in our lives are we staying faithful to our call so these are what really matters to God so when we stay focused on the fruit that God wants us to bear so we can stay focused on the kind of result God is looking for through us in our life in our ministry that God has put in our hands we are responsible to it so God decides whom he calls he calls them to and how he blesses those he calls Romans 14 for says who are you to judge another's servant to his own master he stands or foils indeed he will be made to stand for God is able to make him stand so we should not be comparing ourselves to others or competing with others he just needs to be focused on our self in the ministry which God has blessed us with and we need to be we are totally responsible for the souls that God has placed in our life how we are toiling in our own area how we are ministering to our people how we are serving them and are we giving our best as a question than we looking at others than we seeing the growth of other churches and getting ourselves discouraged no that does not matter we need to see God God what you have called me am I doing it well am I there for my people am I the ministering the word of God am I giving my best to the church at the end of the day the growth comes from God we need to depend on God because in the early church when we read the the book of Acts in the first two to three chapters we see that God added people to the church that means a growth comes from God when we genuinely desire seek God to see the word when we seek to share the word of God with others God brings in people even when we read the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John we see wherever Jesus was people gathered there was a huge crowd gathered wherever people was so wherever the presence of God is in these days we'll see people getting attracted to that presence of God so what we need to be mindful of is the anointing of God when God is there when his presence is there when he's moving in and through us we see people being attracted to that anointing God will bring in people God will add people who are in need to us to our church to our congregation and we'll see God adding people to the congregation the church will grow by him and not by us or by your eloquent in speech or by our gift an anointing no it is God who does everything it is God who gives us the gifts it is God who called us it is God who anointed us and God who gives us the gift and it is God who moves and then through us so in everything there is nothing for us to take pride or take credit for but give all glory to God because he is the ultimate he is the God about everything he needs to be praised he deserves all praise and all glory because this anointing is from God just imagine as a mere man as a human can we change a person can we transform a person's heart by our words by our speech we cannot not by our words it is the Lord it's the spirit of the Lord who moves in and through us it's the same spirit of the Lord who will be moving in and through that person the hearts are been transformed by the move of the Holy Spirit and not by any man it's not done by any individual but it is definitely done by God and is anointing over us over our ministry so with everything what we learn is it is the God who deserves all glory he is the one who gives us the anointing and we need to seek him for every spiritual gift for us to be a blessing in the ministry so with this I end this chapter to see the fruitful result in us and as an individual and in the ministry we need to be dependent on God as as the scripture says in John 15 when we abide in him and he abides in us as we are one in spirit with God we shall be fruitful but this I leave I end the session and I open up to the class for discussion you would like to share add or discuss please go ahead this is not regarding the session this is regarding assignment can I ask okay okay yes so for ministers foundation like what are we need to include like from those both resources like fulfilling God's purpose and how much do you expect us to like yeah how do you want us to go about writing it because I but just the main points or yeah so you can just give share a few points of your own understanding I don't expect you to write more pages on it but just few I wanted your personal understanding on each chapter we can on that particular book on each chapter would actually be benefit okay okay yeah yeah okay yeah thank you okay I see Elisha's question here under the anointing is it right for preachers to use words like foolish stupid because they are under the anointing or finding find referencing scripture scripting okay is it something when they preach Elisha are you saying that when they preach is it right for us to use such words is it so yes yes mother yes one thing we need to remember is to keep our words clean and listen until we are reading it in scripture but when we preach and teach I think it is good for us to avoid such words which may offend people okay and I don't think that is not the right word to be used in fact in some of the scriptures when we were studying in our old testament survey there are some scriptures which talks about when we talking about the wisdom books the proverbs and song of songs we came across such words like foolish and you know the other words but I was just thinking how I can use it in the class and I use the words like unwise or silly some some words you know which can actually give a meaning as that but then we as much as possible try to use words that is that is pleasant to others and not offend others is that is that did that answer your question Elisha yes madam it's it doesn't it's perfectly resonates my my thoughts on some of these things thank you there thank you and Rebekah there's a question okay some places we see pastors selling anointed oil water even handkerchief to people it's a right or wrong thing okay yes we believe in the anointed oil water handkerchief but then it should not become a marketplace of selling and making money out of all those things I think that part is not right but then when we we can always pray over the oil because that's what the scripture says when somebody sick use the anointing oil water or the anchorchief but then yes in some churches or some places people have made it a business that is not right as the time is running we can end the session with a word of prayer can I request anyone to lead or to dismiss us and prayer please Sid can you dismiss us and prayer please yes ma'am father we come to the throne of grace thank you for this day thank you for the app that we have spent in learning about your world lord whatever you have learned about preaching a lot about about the results lord we pray that it should be added to our life lord our learning log and it should be used for the kingdom expansion and your work and your word lord that every initial war and every tongue was that Jesus is a lot thank you for this day not all the privileges that you have given us with this our lord thank you in Jesus name pray amen amen amen thank you so much see y'all next week god bless