 Good morning. Good morning, Lubega, Siddiquenu and Rosalind. Thank you for joining class. We'll begin. So can I ask Lubega, can you please lead us in prayer, please, this morning? Let's pray. Father, we thank you for this wonderful day. Another chance to breathe in the world of the living. Lubega, also thank you for the students and the lecturer who has already joined the class, ready to teach us from the Foundation Lord. Lord, we are here not because of our mighty, we are here because of your will and the grace in Jesus Christ. But again, we put this lesson into your hands. Let us be here to understand so that whatever we learn can be used in order to expand the Kingdom of the body. We do pray in the name of the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, and ever where it says, Amen. Amen. Thank you, Lubega. So on Wednesday, we began, we looked at Deity of Christ. We looked at the two names of, that is ascribed to God the Father and how it's ascribed to God the Son in the New Testament. The names Theos and Kurios or Kyrios and hence we proved that Jesus Christ is Deity. Then we looked at, we are looking at the doctrine of the Holy Spirit. And you've studied about the third person of the Trinity. We studied about the Holy Spirit in your first semester. So it's just going to be a review of what all that you have learned. So in the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, we first established the fact that the Holy Spirit is God. We know that many people don't ascribe to Him the, you know, the honor of Him being God. They don't worship Him, give Him the reference that He is God. But they also don't consider that the Holy Spirit is God. But we established the fact that the Holy Spirit is God. We looked at His nature of Him being God, that He is omnipresent, He is omnipotent, He is omniscient. He is eternal and that He is sovereign, that He has all the nature that makes God God. And we saw that in the Holy Spirit as well. And hence we established the fact that the Holy Spirit is God. And this is something that we need to reiterate, we need to confess because, you know, He's the one personal Trinity who's not given the worship that is due to Him, the reference, the honor of Him being God. So it's important that even as we fellowship with God the Father, even as we commune and fellowship with God the Son, we also need to fellowship and commune with God the Holy Spirit. It's important that we give Him the reference, the worship, the honor that is due to who He is because He is God Himself. And we also looked at that the Holy Spirit is co-equal with God the Father and God the Son and hence He is God. And we established the fact that also He is not a thing, He is not some force, He is not a thing. So we don't address Him as it, but He is a person, He has a personality. So wherever you read about the Holy Spirit, He's referred to as Him or He, okay? With the capital H, which is referring to not a human being, but to God Himself. So He's not just simply a force or an influence, He's not a dove, He's not fire, He's not just water, He's God. But these are all symbols that represent the person and the work of the Holy Spirit. You know, water, river, fire, dove are all symbols that represent or help us understand the person and the work of the Holy Spirit. And then we looked at the work of the Holy Spirit towards a sinner. Holy Spirit convicts a sinner of sin, righteousness and judgment. We read about this in John chapter 16 verse 8 where it says, And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin and of righteousness and of judgment. So Jesus is talking about the Holy Spirit and He says, When He has come and you look at the He here, both the H is in capital, talking about the Holy Spirit. So when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, of righteousness and of judgment. So has the Holy Spirit come into the world or is the Holy Spirit active in the world? Yes. Yes, okay. When did the Father promise to send the Holy Spirit or when did Jesus say that the Holy Spirit will come and dwell in the believer's life forever? Jesus promised them that after His, yes, His death, His ascension, His resurrection ascension that God the Father will send them the Holy Spirit. And so we see the Holy Spirit is active in the lives of believers, those who accept Jesus, He comes and dwells in them forever. And we know that the Holy Spirit was not just active on the day of Pentecost, but Holy Spirit is God. He has been active throughout history, time, from the very beginning. We see His work even in the Old Testament, but we as part of the New Covenant are more privileged people in that we have the Holy Spirit who lives and dwells in us forever. But if you look at the Holy Spirit, the work of the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament over the lives of people, He would just come upon them for a certain period of time, for a certain assignment to be done which God had purpose for that person. And once that person's assignment was done, complete, the Holy Spirit will leave them. But we as part of the New Covenant are very privileged in that the Holy Spirit, when we accept Jesus as our personal Savior, will come and dwell in us or live with us forever. He will never leave us, no, forsake us. And so we looked at the work of the Holy Spirit towards a sinner that he convicts the world of sin, righteousness, gets them to see themselves in relationship with the righteousness of Jesus, who lived as a man but yet was sinless and will cause them to repent of their sin and accept Jesus. He also convicts the world of judgment. And we also saw this point that the Holy Spirit testifies to people about Jesus. Now we will look at the work of the Holy Spirit in a believer, I just called out all of his works in the life of a believer. We will just kind of be going through, it will be kind of a review because you've already learned about this in your course when you studied about Holy Spirit, about the Holy Spirit. And I also mentioned it in our last class on velocity. So, you know, what is the work of the Holy Spirit in a believer when a person is born again, they are born again, you know, by the work of the Holy Spirit in their life. And we will read about this in John chapter 3, verses 3 and to 6, where Jesus said, you know, I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the spirit. So it's a capital S there, so it's meant referring to the Holy Spirit. And Jesus says flesh gives birth to flesh, but the spirit gives birth to the spirit. He said the last phrase in this verse, it says, but the spirit, which is a capital S gives birth to spirit, which is a small S. So the capital S is the Holy Spirit referring to the Holy Spirit. So the Holy Spirit gives birth to spirit, that means gives birth to the spirit of a human being, a small S there, the spirit of man. So when we are born again, we receive the life of God in our spirit man, and we are born again by the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives. And once we are born again, the Holy Spirit gives us the assurance that we have received salvation, that we are sons and daughters of the Most High God. We read about this in Romans chapter 8, verses 14 to 16. Can one of you please read Romans chapter 8, verse 14 to 16, please. Romans 8, 14 to 16. For as many as are led by the spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the spirit of adoption by whom we cry out above Father. The spirit himself bear witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children then as, as of God and join us with Christ. And if indeed we suffer with him, then we may also be glorified together. Thank you John Paul. So here we see that, you know, we have, this, this, when you have been born again, you know, you received not a spirit that makes you a slave again, but to live in fear. But you received this, you know, the spirit of sonship, you've been adopted to sonship. It says in the spirit you received the spirit here is the capital as the Holy Spirit, whom you received as your Lord and Saviour has brought about your adoption to sonship. And hence we can cry our Father, we can call God the Father as our Father. Abba is a very intimate, you know, name, or an intimate relationship that we share with the Father. And the spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God. So even if you look here, capital S, which is talking about the Holy Spirit himself testifies with our spirit, a small S, that we are God's children. Okay, so the Holy Spirit, you know, confirms or gives us the assurance that we are, you know, we have received salvation and that we are sons and daughters of God, we are children of God. The Holy Spirit also helps us to live a holy and sanctified life. We already studied about this in the just the previous classes. So we are not going to talk about that. It's mentioned in Romans chapter six, chapter seven and verse chapter eight. Okay, the Holy Spirit gives us the knowledge of things that God has prepared for us. The Holy Spirit reveals the heart and the mind and the plans and the purposes of God to us. It says in 1 Corinthians chapter two verses nine to 16 that no ISC, no hear has heard, no mind or human mind has conceived the things that God has planned and prepared for those who love him. But it says, these are the things God has revealed to us by his spirit. So the Holy Spirit reveals the mind and the purposes of God to us because by our human minds, we are not able to comprehend or understand, but the Holy Spirit reveals the plans and the purposes and the mind of God to us. Because it's the Holy Spirit as the verses go on here in 1 Corinthians chapter two. It says the Holy Spirit searches the deep things of God. No one knows the thoughts of God except the Holy Spirit of God. And it says that, you know, the Holy Spirit reveals the mind and the purposes and the things of God to us. So verse 14 says, the person without the spirit does not accept the things that come from the spirit of God, but considers them foolishness and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the spirit. So if he even want to understand the deeper thoughts or the deeper revelations of the truth of God or the way God works his will, the way he manifests himself. It's also only the spirit who reveals things of God to us because by our own understanding, it will look as foolishness to us, but the spirit of God will make known things of God to us. The person with the spirit makes judgment about all things, but such a person is not subject to mere human judgments. So it says who can know the mind of God, who can instruct him. It's only the Holy Spirit who can. It says we have the mind of Christ. So when we are born again, when the Holy Spirit comes and dwells in us, he reveals the heart and the mind of God to us and hence we can say that we have the mind of Christ. We also know that the Holy Spirit teaches us about all things. John chapter 14 was 26 where Jesus says, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and remind you of everything that I have said. The Holy Spirit reminds us of everything that we read, we have heard, we have been taught about, and the Holy Spirit also helps us to understand when we read God's word. So when you're reading God's word, you can just say Holy Spirit even as I'm going to spend time reading the truths in your word, reveal your deeper truths, reveal the deeper things, help you to understand, give me the discernment, reveal the heart and mind of God to me even as I read. And we also know that the Holy Spirit helps us to pray. Romans chapter 8 was 26 and 27. Very powerful and important verses. Can somebody please read Romans chapter 8 was 26 and 27 please. Romans chapter 8 was 26 and 27. The Spirit helps us what we ought to pray for. But the Spirit himself is grown that words cannot express. 27. And he who searches our heart knows the mind of the Spirit because the Spirit in the seeds for the seeds in our will. Thank you. So here we see that the Spirit helps us in our weakness. Sometimes we do not know what we need to pray for the situations that we're going through, challenges, the problems. What we need to pray for the person that has asked us to pray or we're praying for somebody else. We do not know, but we can quietly just ask the Holy Spirit to put his words in our mouth and the Holy Spirit will help us. The Holy Spirit himself intercedes for us when we are not able to intercede, when we are just weeping or crying for the presence of God. The Holy Spirit himself intercedes for us. And even when we pray in the Spirit that is pray in tongues, we do not know what to pray for a particular situation for someone. But we can just, you know, if you have, if you pray in tongues, it's a wonderful benefit of, you know, just praying at that time in tongues for yourself, for the person. Because when you pray in tongues, you know, you pray according to the will of God, the Holy Spirit just puts in the words and you're praying in accordance with the will of God and praying rightly for that situation. According to what God is revealing in your spirit, man. So the Holy Spirit helps us to pray so we can depend on the Holy Spirit to help us to pray and intercede on behalf of us. Okay. We also know that the Holy Spirit gives us the access to the Father in Ephesians chapter two was 18. Paul is writing and talking about Jews and Gentiles. And he says that both the Jews and Gentiles have access to the Father by one spirit. Okay. So we know that the Gentiles in the temple they had the Gentile court, which was the outer court. You know, but when Jesus died, the whale of the temple that said that separated the holy place of the Holy of Holies was torn. That means we have access to the Father. We do not have to go through any saints or any angels or any pastor or any Godly person, God man. But we have direct access to the Father and we have the direct access to the Father by the one spirit who makes us one. Okay. The Holy Spirit also enables us to hold on to the things that have been committed to us. You know, he helps us to hold on to our position as sons and daughters. Holds on to a position that we are righteous in God's sight. We are justified. He reminds us of our standing, our calling. He helps us to fulfill the calling. We know the verses that say he will call you is faithful. He will do it for you. He who began a good work in you will be faithful to completed. It is also the power of the Holy Spirit that is in us will enable us to complete what God has portioned for us, what God has called us, what God has enabled us and trusted in our hands to do. The Holy Spirit will also give us the creative skills, the ideas, the strategies that we need to fulfill God's plan and purpose here on earth to build his kingdom, to extend his kingdom here on earth. He also helps us to, he guards our salvation. We are sealed, you know, with the Holy Spirit. We are sealed. That means, you know, we have this seal of ownership that we belong to Christ. We are no longer slaves of Satan and also all of the things that have been imparted to us, the spiritual gifts that have been imparted to us, the spiritual legacy, the spiritual blessings. The gifts of the Spirit that has been entrusted to us, the Holy Spirit enables us to hold on to these things that have been committed to us. The Holy Spirit also enables us to obey God, to walk in his ways, even as he sanctifies us, cleanses us. He helps us to purify us so that we can be presented, you know, without any blemish spot or blame before the Most High God. The Holy Spirit also, you know, enables us to endure persecutions, you know, when we are insulted for Christ's name. The Holy Spirit, it says in 1 Peter chapter 4 verse 14, if you are insulted because the name of Christ, you are blessed for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. Even when we are persecuted or we are brought before authorities, we do not have to be afraid to what we will answer them because the Holy Spirit will give us the answers. The Holy Spirit will speak to us. The Holy Spirit will help us to overcome temptation, just like he helped Jesus to overcome temptation. The Holy Spirit will also help us to preach, to teach. He gives us the anointing that is required to preach and teach. He will give us the anointing that is required to flow in mighty signs, miracles and wonders. Even as he, you know, manifests the gifts of the Spirit in and through our lives. So this is all the work of the Holy Spirit in a believer's life. Before we look at the gifts of the Spirit and the ministry of the Holy Spirit and how he ministers the gifts in us, do you have any questions about the work of the Holy Spirit in a believer's life? Any questions, any thoughts on the Holy Spirit as a whole? Any doubts you have? You also know that the Holy Spirit is our comforter. He comforts us. He's a counselor. He counsels us. So, you know, if you have a problem, you have a difficulty, before you run to any human being, you can go and ask the Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit, who is your comforter, who is your guide, who is your counselor, will counsel you. Counsel you in the decisions that you have to make, the choices you have to make, what you need to speak, what you need to say, how you need to act on the situation. The Holy Spirit will guide and counsel you. He's your wonderful counselor. Anything else you'll want to add about the work of the Holy Spirit in a believer's life? You know, the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament, we see the Holy Spirit, you know, perfected the skills that were required for different people to do different things. When God told Moses to build a tabernacle, you know, God came upon Bezal and the other person who is, you know, given the work of craftsmanship, of doing all of the work in the tabernacle, the Holy Spirit came upon them and the Holy Spirit enabled them to do exactly as God had planned and purpose. So the Holy Spirit gives us the skills. So if you want to be, you know, good in acting, the Holy Spirit will aid you with the skills. If you want to be an excellent painter, you know, a cook, make wonderful recipes, a worship leader, any instrument you want to play, whatever, you know, even if you are just doing some carpentry work, electrician work, whatever, you know, the Holy Spirit can aid you with the skills to be the best, to be on top because you can that way glorify God. And you can also ask the Holy Spirit through those skills to minister into the lives of people that you are, you know, working for. So whether you're doing the carpentry work, you can say, God, I'm just making this chair or this bed, whoever sits on it or whoever sleeps on it, you know, let them just experience your peace or experience your power, experience your healing, you know, so it's just powerful, the Holy Spirit will just work, you know. So even if you're cooking, you know, whoever eats this God, if they're depressed, they're lonely, they're sick, if they're feeling contemplating suicide, just pray that this food will just, you know, just work in their lives, will just bring the peace of God to joy and, you know, this whole aspect that there is a God who loves them and cares for them. So the Holy Spirit can even aid us with the skills and work through the different creative skills that God has given us, the different vocations that he has called us to different areas that he has given us the creativity to be excellent, even if you're painting, you know, you can say, God, even as I'm painting, release a supernatural work through this painting, so, you know, whoever sees this painting, just let them experience your peace, your joy, your healing, deliverance, freedom from bondages, from strongholds, and we know we've seen God work just through paintings, through worship times, you know, people have just painted and they've released a word of knowledge, a word of wisdom and it's just ministered to people. You're just playing your instrument, it can just release demonic oppressions like David played for Saul, just experience peace, people have played musical instruments, people have been delivered, they've been healed. So you can ask the Holy Spirit to just release the supernatural through your natural skills through your natural giftings. Okay. So any and every area the Holy Spirit can just minister through you. So any questions? Nothing on the work of the Holy Spirit in a believer's life? Okay, then we'll move on to the gifts and the ministry of the Holy Spirit. So how many gifts of the Spirit are there? Nine. Nine gifts, thank you. When do we receive the Nine Gifts of the Holy Spirit? When do we receive the Nine Gifts of the Holy Spirit? When you're born again. When you're born again, okay. Now we need to know, I don't know if you've been taught in the Holy Spirit class that then, you know, there are two aspects that is an indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit and there's an infilling power of the Holy Spirit. So these two aspects we need to know, there's the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit and infilling aspect of the Holy Spirit. So indwelling work of the Holy Spirit or the presence of the Holy Spirit happens the moment we accept Jesus Christ as our personal savior. The infilling power of the Holy Spirit happens when we are baptized in the Holy Spirit. And this can be, you know, you don't have to have anyone lay hands upon you and pray for the baptism of the Holy Spirit. You just desire to flow in the supernatural. You just desire to take God's word, Jesus's word. He said that you can do greater things than what I have been doing. You want to take Him as His word. You want to glorify Christ. You want to make His glory manifest here on earth. You can just say, God, fill me with your Holy Spirit and when you desire that the Holy Spirit will fill you and when you're baptized in the Holy Spirit. One of the first signs is that you speak in tongues and also you receive the power of the Holy Spirit to be as witnesses like the 120 believers on the day of Pentecost. We read in Acts chapter 2 that, you know, they received, they were baptized in the Holy Spirit. They spoke in tongues and then after that we see them doing mighty signs, miracles and wonders. And they just, you know, they just manifested all the gifts of the Holy Spirit. So there are nine gifts of the Holy Spirit. It's for us, given for us in 1 Corinthians chapter 12. 1 Corinthians chapter 12 basically talks about the gifts of the Holy Spirit. So if you'd like to turn to 1 Corinthians chapter 12, all of you. So we saw the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit is when we accept Jesus Christ as our whole, as our personal Savior, the Holy Spirit comes and dwells in us forever. The infilling power of the Holy Spirit happens when we are baptized in the Holy Spirit. And the gifts of the Spirit is released at that time. So what are the gifts of the Spirit? It's given for us in 1 Corinthians chapter 12 verse 8, 9 and 10. It's the word of wisdom, the word of knowledge. It is the gift of faith, the discerning of gifts, discerning of spirits, speaking in different kind of tongues, interpretation of tongues, gift of prophecy, working of miracles. So these are the nine gifts of the Holy Spirit will release to us the moment that we are baptized in the Holy Spirit. So are these gifts the Spirit given to all believers? Yes, it is. Yes, it is given to all believers. We read this in 1 Corinthians chapter 12 verse 7. It says, but the manifestation of the gift is given to each one for the profit of all. So all of us can receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit. We can be baptized in the Holy Spirit. The main requisite for it is that you have to just be, you know, just, you have to be born again, you know, receive Jesus as your personal savior. And when you do, you desire to flow in the gifts of the Spirit. You desire to be baptized in the Holy Spirit. You pray for that. And when you pray, you know, the Holy Spirit will baptize you. And one of the signs you know, the outward signs that you know, that you've been baptized in the Holy Spirit is when you start speaking in tongues. Okay, that was what happened on the day of Pentecost. We also see in other, you know, incidents or narratives in acts when Philip was in Samaria, where Peter and John go and pray for the believers there who pray for the believers there. Who Peter did, you know, who preached there in Samaria, sorry, Philip preached in Samaria. He did mighty signs and miracles and wonders the whole town. Many of them accepted Jesus Christ as a personal savior. They were baptized and Peter and John here, the good news, they go there. They see that they've accepted Jesus. They've been baptized in the Holy Spirit, but they have not been baptized. So they, sorry, they've been baptized in water, but they have not been baptized in the Holy Spirit. And they pray for the baptism, the Holy Spirit. And then, you know, they start speaking in tongues. We also see that this happens in Paul's case, where Ananias, you know, Paul after his, his encounter on the road to Damascus, Ananias goes and prays for him. And his eyesight is, his receives back his eyesight. And we see that Paul is also baptized in the Holy Spirit. And then he goes and has, takes his water baptism. We also see this in, you know, Cornelius's house, Peter goes when he receives a vision. He goes to Cornelius house and all the people in Cornelius house, including Cornelius Gentiles. And Peter is just preaching the gospel to them. And it says, you know, they are cut in their heart. That means they repent in their heart. And immediately, even before he gives them an altar call, or he gets them baptized in water before all of that. Even before he thinks that they need to be prayed for the baptism of the Holy Spirit because they're Gentiles. They start speaking, they're baptized in the Holy Spirit. So how do they know they're baptized in the Holy Spirit? Because it says, I think in this event is recorded for us in Acts chapter 10, you know, it says that, you know, they started speaking in tongues. And how did Peter and all of them, all the Jews who had gone along with Peter to Cornelius house, Gentiles, and how did they know that they're baptized in the Holy Spirit? Because Peter is preaching there and all of these people start speaking in tongues. And Peter later on, when he goes back to Jerusalem, he's, you know, we read this, I think, in Acts chapter 11, and he's talking about, you know, what happened at Cornelius house. He says, you know, he says that they start, they experience the same way that we experience on the day of Pentecost. That means on the day of Pentecost, when the disciples started speaking in tongues, they spoke in different human languages of different nations and people who gathered there from all nations were able to understand that these Gentiles were speaking in their own native languages from the places they had come from. And that, you know, they were worshiping God, all of them were worshiping God. And the same thing happens here. And so Peter understands the vision that he has, and he says who can stop God's work. So we see that even the Gentiles, you know, were blessed with the baptism of the Holy Spirit. So it's not important that somebody lays hands on you. You know, it's just the work of the Holy Spirit. You just desire it and the Holy Spirit will work in your life. So Zillatoli's question is speaking in tongues, the only sign for baptism, or there is also some other signs. Yeah, that is one of the outward signs is kind of a confirmation that yes, we are baptized in the Holy Spirit, but sometimes it does not just happen immediately. You can pray for the baptism of the Holy Spirit for somebody and you just believe that they have received it, but they can start speaking in tongues maybe when they go back home or one day later or five days later. But yes, that is one of the signs that we can say that person is, you know, evidence sign that we can say that they are baptized in the Holy Spirit. Yeah. Okay, so we know that the gifts the Holy Spirit is given to all believers. The gifts of the Spirit are the manifestation of the Spirit. What do we mean by the manifestation of the Spirit? It means that the Holy Spirit is expressing himself. That means, you know, when we manifest the gifts of the Spirit, whether it's the prophecy speaking in tongues, interpreting of tongues, working of miracles, discerning of spirits. It's the, you know, it's a manifestation of the Holy Spirit. It means that the person, the power and the presence of the Holy Spirit is seen or felt very tangibly through the supernatural works that are taking place. So the gifts of the Holy Spirit are a manifestation or an expression of the Holy Spirit, His person, His presence, His power, and it's the operation of the gift of the Spirit is the Holy Spirit expressing himself in and through us. And so we see that whenever the gifts of the Spirit are manifested, it always brings glory to God. Or it says here in John chapter 16 verse 14, we read that the Holy Spirit will always do things that will glorify Jesus. And we see this in the life of Jesus himself. Now Jesus did, you know, mighty supernatural works. It was all through the manifestation of the gifts of the Spirit. You know, Jesus was able to discern the spirits behind the person, what they were speaking, what they were saying. He gave a word of wisdom, knowledge. He did mighty miracles. And all of this was the manifestation of the Spirit. And we see that the end result was if you read the Gospels, you know, what did people do? You know, people did not fall. Of course, some of them, you know, thank Jesus, they fell at His feet. But we see that they gave glory to God. They all glorified God. They all thanked God for His work in their lives in their midst. So when Jesus, you know, did mighty science, miracles, and wonders, it led to people glorifying God. And when the Holy Spirit makes himself manifest in and through our lives, through the nine gifts of the Holy Spirit, you know, people will glorify God. They will glorify Jesus. Now, why are the gifts of the Spirit given? Why are the gifts of the Spirit given? For the edification of believers. Yes, thank you. Yes, thank you. It's given for the edification of the church and also that, you know, God can be glorified. I remember saying that, you know, God created us so that we can manifest His glory. One way that we can manifest the glory of God here on earth is through the nine gifts of the Spirit when the Holy Spirit manifests Himself through us through the nine gifts. So the gifts of the Spirit are given for the edification of the church or to edify people, to build them up in their faith, to show them that God loves them. He cares for them. He's interested in their lives. And also it brings glory to Christ Himself. Okay. So we read in 1 Corinthians chapter 12 verse 7 that the manifestation of the Spirit is given for each one for the profit of all. And 1 Corinthians chapter 14 verse 12. Can somebody read that please? 1 Corinthians chapter 14 verse 12. Thank you. Since you are eager to try to excel in gifts that build up the church. Thank you. So here it says that even as you are zealous for the spiritual gifts or even as you desire to flow in the spiritual gifts, let it be for the edification of the church that you seek to excel. Now, the church at Corinth, you know, all of them just mightily manifested all the gifts of the Spirit. You know, every time they came on to a church service on the day they worship, you know, they all were ready with a word of wisdom, word of knowledge, prophecy. They were ready to interpret the tongues that had been spoken. So they were all very passionate, very zealous, they were flowing mightily. But, you know, Paul in this chapter verse 12, 13, 14, he's talking about the gifts. He's saying, it's good that all of you desire and are zealous for the spiritual gifts. But when you do it, you need to do it in an orderly way so that it can bring edification for the church and will not just, there will not be chaos in the church or in the body of believers. So it is important for us even as we desire to manifest the gifts that it is for us to serve God, to serve people, and also to bring glory to Christ. Because the gifts that are given to us is for the prophet of all is for the edification of the church. The gifts of the spirit is not given for us to make us look good or for our self proportion or to show how spiritually mature or spiritually sensitive we are to God or how prayerful we are. It is also not to show that we are better than other believers. But let us remember that even as some of us flow in the gifts of the spirit, or some of you are desirous to be baptized in the Holy Spirit to flow in all the gifts of the spirit, that it is not for your self promotion, not for you to look good or super spiritual like Superman. But it is for the prophet of all and for the edification of the church. So how does the gift of the Holy Spirit flow or manifest in us? We need to cooperate with the Holy Spirit and our desire should be that people are being benefited and people are being edified. And so Paul is instructing the believers at Corinth even as all of them in the church flowing mightily in the gifts of the spirit, he tells them that do everything for the building of the people. Like he says in 1 Corinthians chapter 4 he gives a 14 he gives an example of himself versus 18 and 19. He says I thank God that Paul says I thank God that he that I speak in tongues more than all of you get in the church. I would rather speak five words with my understanding that I might teach others also then 10,000 words in a tongue. So what Paul is saying is I speak in tongues. Yes, but when I come to church, I kind of restrain the use of speaking in tongues wise that I can speak in a language that people can hear and understand and be edified. So also when you are manifesting the gifts, you know, do it in a way that will bring edification and not chaos in the church. Okay, and that is what he also talks again in verse 26. Like I said, you know, the church at Corinth were very zealous and very eager to, you know, share whatever word of wisdom knowledge prophecy they have received. So he says, whenever you come together, this is in chapter 14 verse 26 says whenever you come together, each of you has a psalm has a teaching has a tongue has a revelation has an interpretation. So Paul is saying good, you know, but when you do it to do it for the edification of the church, that means all of you don't do it together. Take turns when you finish with give a chance to others so that people can hear so that the church can be edified. Okay. So we see that the gifts of the spirit are for the edification of the church and also will bring glory to Christ. We'll stop here. Any of you have any questions on the gifts of the Holy Spirit? Well, I have a doubt. I want you to clarify this doubt like I'm a bit confused there. Okay, like when a person is born again, does he receive all the gifts or the blessing in Christ? And that includes the, you know, the gifts of the Holy Spirit and does that give manifest after the baptism of the Holy Spirit? Or when a person is born again, then only that gift comes and start to manifest. When a person is born, good questions a little bit. So when a person is born again, yes, we receive the life, the nature of God. We receive the Holy Spirit who comes and indwells in us the Holy Spirit also works in and through our lives. And yes, you know, we can, you know, some of them are so ignorant about the gifts the Holy Spirit, they do not know what is the gifts. But we see that, you know, when a born again believer prays for somebody else and believes with faith in their heart for healing, the person is healed. They can also, you know, the Holy Spirit can also give them a word of wisdom, a word of knowledge, a prophecy. That they can minister to others, but, you know, to receive that, to flow mightily or fully in all of those gifts in a very powerful way is when they are baptized in the Holy Spirit. And baptism, the Holy Spirit is not, you know, something that is, we can say it's like something that is a big fun fair thing or something that is, you know, something that is a big event that happens. Yes, it is something big that happens in a person's life, but it can also be something that you just quietly pray in your heart. You just desire to flow mightily, move mightily in science, miracles and wonders, do the same works that Jesus has done. You just desire that and, you know, you will, the Holy Spirit will just manifest all of the nine gifts. You will be baptized in the Holy Spirit at that time. You can also go for the baptism of the Holy Spirit when the church classes, when the church has and can have somebody prayed for. But when you're born again, yes, the Holy Spirit comes and dwells in you. The Holy Spirit will work in you, in that you would, you know, you can pray for people, they can be healed, but we see that happening in a much powerful way after you are baptized in the Holy Spirit. Because we see that in the, you know, the biblical thing is that, you know, when Jesus, he first called the 12th and he said, you know, go and preach and teach and baptize, heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers. And so the 12th went and they came back and they did it by these signs and miracles and wonders and they were not even born again. They were not even baptized in the Holy Spirit. But we see that, you know, the 70 after that Jesus, you know, sent out the 70. They also came back and they said, you know, the demons, we just take the name of Jesus and the demons shattered and shiver and flee. And they were so excited about all that, you know, God had enabled them to do when they were sent out in twos. But we see that, you know, when the father bought the son who was sick and who was, you know, with had epilepsy and was demon possessed, he said the disciples could, they prayed, but the disciples could not do anything. And Jesus rebuked them for their lack of faith. But Jesus went ahead and healed that boy. But we see that after they, you know, on the day of Pentecost, when they were baptized in the Holy Spirit, they did mighty signs and miracles and wonders. So for us to do greater things than what Jesus said that he is even done to do, given those greater mighty miracles or supernatural work of God. Yes, we need, you know, to be baptized the Holy Spirit, we need the nine gifts and we can flow mightily in the nine gifts and we can do the supernatural work of God. Did that help? Zillatoli? Okay, thank you. That was helpful. So that means, so what? Sorry, it's already time for your class, for your next class. I don't want to keep us up if you're waiting. For those of you who want to leave class, you can leave. I'll just hear out Zillatoli's question and then maybe she can leave class. Yes, go ahead Zillatoli. Okay, so when a person is born again, it means like the gift is already there, but in a greater way, they will manifest when they receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Yes, the gifts are not there, but they receive it when they are baptized in the Holy Spirit, but the Holy Spirit manifests himself in and through them, yes, in small ways. Okay, thank you. Okay, thank you everyone for joining class today. Have a blessed day and a blessed weekend and I'll see you on Monday. Okay, thank you.