 So in the last session we looked at the classification of the gifts of the Spirit and as Paul writes to the believers, we saw the listing of the gifts of the Spirit and also we saw the classification about the gifts of the Spirit, the membership gifts and the ministry gifts. So we saw the places where they are listed but we also need to know that there will be an overlap and we looked at the example of the gift of prophecy which is listed in all three of these listings. So we know that there will be an overlap, they could be even though they are used in different ways but there will be an overlap or different roles or responsibilities of the believer but there will be an overlap of these gifts. Okay, so let's just go back to the notes and let me just address one question. So while we look at the gifts of the Spirit, we see this classification of course. It's actually helpful for us to study, to learn about these gifts but we also need to understand that we cannot be rigid about it and say okay now the believer is ministering through the gifts of the Spirit and now here is the membership gift and so on. So there is a growing and there is an undergrowing from the membership gift into the ministry gift as the Lord calls and so on. Now just want us to look at one question that like many people would face or ask based on this scripture which is 1 Corinthians 12 28. And then I will come back to the gift of the prophecy working through as a gift of the Spirit as a membership gift and so on. So 1 Corinthians 12 and verse 28. Now this says in this verse, I mean this portion we see Paul writing and God has appointed these in the church. First apostles, second prophets, third teachers. After that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues. Verse 29. Are all apostles, are all prophets, are all teachers, are all workers of miracles. Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? Okay so he asked this kind of rhetorical question for which the obvious answer is that no, the obvious answer is no. So let's look at each of this is saying who appoints God has appointed these in the church. So God appoints these specifically for some and not for all. That's the implication. God appoints these in the church. The word first meaning it's either first in time or it also talks about rank or place or order. So it could be rank or place or it could be first in time or first way in the first manner in which it unfolded. So God has appointed these in the body of Christ in the church. So which means that God has put some people in these places or in these roles. So let's go back to the verse again. So God has appointed these in the church. He has placed, appointed these in the church. Which means it's not all and the Old King James also translates as some, appointed some which means specific people and not all, not everyone. So it talks about the apostle, it talks about the prophet, it talks about the teacher and then lists down several other gifts, miracles, gifts of healings, helps administrations and so on. So what are these helps, helps any kind of help, any kind of service, any kind of assistance, administrations meaning the ability to govern or rule. So all these are listed here. So we see that it's a list which involves the ministry gift, what we see in Ephesians 4 and which is the apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, teacher. And we also see these membership gifts like helps or administration and so on. So what is the conclusion? So there are differences we need to know. The answer is no obviously. The answer is no that not everybody is appointed for this. Not everybody is an apostle, not everybody is a prophet, not everybody is an evangelist. So which is fine but the problem happens when the problem is when we look at all the others are the listing like gifts of healings, tongues, interpretation and then we go and say we say okay I don't have this so maybe it's not I'm not the one who's appointed for this. But the issue is that the thing is in verse 28 that it's God who's appointing. He's God is appointing these in the body. He is placing this and calling some specifically for this kind of ministry being an apostle, being a pastor, or being an evangelist, being a prophet. God is calling and appointing this in the body of Christ and it could be a ministry again consistently a ministry of healing, a ministry of you know maybe intercession, praying in tongues, interpretation of tongues and so on. So the answer is no, not everybody is called for that kind or called and appointed in the church in the body for that kind of ministry, not all are called. You know if you look at verse 31 20 the same chapter, the last verse in the chapter verse 21, 31 says but earnestly desire the best gifts. Okay so again which means that we ought to desire the best gifts. Okay what is the best gift? You know we're going to look at that. It is a gift which is best suited to take care of a particular need or maybe a challenge. So if it's some sickness, the best gift there is the gift of healing or if it needs the miraculous intervention of God and that is the gifts of miracles, working of miracles. So that is the best gift which takes care of the need or which which overcomes that particular challenge. So Paul is saying earnestly desire. Okay so he's putting the responsibility on the believer and he's saying you earnestly desire. Okay verse 11 the same one of the same spirit works all things distributing to each one individually, each one which was all individually as he wills as he desires but here he's talking about something that you will you know that involves your will or involves the will of the believer saying earnestly desire. Like you go ahead and you use your choice you use your will and you earnestly desire the best gifts. Yes God this desire is for him to manifest these gifts but you desire. Okay so we see this as well. What is it you know some differences between gifts of the spirit and the ministry gifts. Those that are appointed, those that are called specifically and appointed for that kind of a ministry. Okay ministry gifts you know. You know simple even before we go into that a simple thing is you know all are called to evangelize. Okay so if I've asked the question you know is everyone called to evangelize? Yes share the gospel? Yes and can everyone do that? Well the answer is again yes. Right but is everyone called to be an evangelist? Right the answer is no. Right and a simple thing would be like you know can everyone take care of hurts and aches in the body you know if there's a cut of course you know we can take care of that we can apply some medication and all that but does that make you a doctor? Does that make me a doctor because I put some bandaid and took care of some cuts and took care of you know I know how to apply some ointment. Does that make me a doctor? No. Right so similarly you know we can of course share the gospel we can teach another believer you know what we have learned. We can nurture another believer in the faith but that does not make us an evangelist or a teacher or a pastor. Right though we can do these things right so what is the difference which means that there is a call specific call and specific appointing in the body of Christ at which we see in Ephesians 4 and 11 onwards for the edification of the body for equipping the saints for the work of ministry and all those things are mentioned there so um so if you look at the questions in 1 Corinthians 12 28 and say uh are you know are all apostles or all prophets and then we say okay no so you know maybe you know you or someone you know is not praying in tongues yet okay don't candle out and say the answer for this is no therefore it doesn't apply to me verse 31 don't stop with verse 30 verse 31 earnestly desire earnestly desire the best gifts you go through chapter 13 in 1 Corinthians and you come across chapter 14 and verse 1 again he says desire spiritual gifts okay so um so that's something that we need to understand okay so let's look at okay let's look at the difference between the gifts of the spirit and ministry gifts okay the gifts of the spirit are given by the spirit ministry gifts are given by the Lord Jesus you know we see that differentiation okay these are called gifts of the spirit or manifestation of the spirit um the ministry gifts efficiency talks about how the Lord is giving these gifts so we see that difference but we know that it's the triune God okay but we see that usage in scripture the gifts of the spirit are available for all believers okay available for all we need to you know we need to understand that ministry gifts are given to some okay only some are called that doesn't make uh the believer a second class believer on you know no it's just that some are called into the five fold right okay the gifts of the spirit are directed towards spiritual edification spiritual building up of God's people okay when it comes to the ministry gifts they are directed towards equipping God's people for the work of ministry okay so when we look at these uh you know the spiritual gifts um it is for the edification of all building up of all uh prophecy talks about uh how it brings edification exhortation and comfort right um and and so and so on so when we look at uh maybe we can look turn to Ephesians chapter four Ephesians chapter four and uh let's look at verses let's read from verse 11 onwards and then we'll come back to this Ephesians four verse 11 okay and he himself referring to the Lord Jesus he himself gave some to be apostles some prophets some evangelists and some pastors and teachers okay so you you see that some are apostles some are prophets verse 12 talks about why okay why are they called to be apostles prophets evangelists verse 12 says for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry for the edifying of the body of Christ till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God to a perfect man to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ and so on okay so it's uh so we see one of the primary responsibilities of the uh of this of these ministry gifts okay so just guess get familiar with those terms gifts of the spirit membership gifts or ministry gifts so Ephesians four we're talking about ministry gifts right so these are appointed these are some who are called and some who are appointed in the body and we see the primary responsibility as you know a prophet of course is moves in prophecy prophesying consistently and and and so on you know evangelists and so on the primary responsibility or the primary role calling of that calling is to proclaim the gospel but we see another uh responsibility that is to equip the saints equip the saints the believers for the work of ministry right to equip the believer probably the same things right as a prophet would equip the believer in the church to in the uh in the gift of prophecy right how to move in it you know what is the gift of prophecy how does it work to equip the believer for the work of ministry so that they would do further they would serve or they would do they would minister okay so which is why you know we say every believer is a minister because saint is a believer right when we say saint yes they are the separated ones right the consecrated ones and we are the saints and every believer is called to the work of ministry okay it need not be the five-fold it need not be um you know this is you know it need not be something that you're called and commissioned and placed in the body as the five-fold but we are called to minister right we could be doing we could be having a vocation we could be working we could be running a business but we are called every believer is called to minister okay and the five-fold ministry gift operates in order to equip the believer uh in the five or in the uh in in these gifts right for the work of ministry okay so any any doubts about the spiritual gifts the gifts of the spirit the ministry gives is that classification clear right any doubts yeah yeah divya thank you pastor um my doubt is regarding uh the ministry gifts um one is uh when paul says about uh church does it uh talk about a particular you know a particular uh physical church or is it about the body of christ as a whole that's one question and the other is um these ministry gifts uh which I listed uh is it like every believer when we say that every believer is a minister so everyone falls into one of these five categories is it right to say like um okay so um okay this I'll just answer the second question so we say when we say every believer is a minister you know uh we're not saying that they are called into the five-fold ministry or we are they are called an appointed as a you know in these five ministry gifts you know when we when I'm saying that every believer is a minister um 12 verse 12 talks about equipping the saints of god for the work of ministry okay so in one conscience 12 we saw there are differences of diversities of uh you know uh let me just read that diversities of ministries by the same spirit right um activities ministries gifts right verses verse five verse four talks about gifts verse five talks about differences of ministries for the same lord and verse six talks about differences of activities but the same same god right so any form of ministry ministry just means to serve minister to serve so we see that uh Romans 12 we see that leadership compassion serving helps administrations all these things by which you serve another like for the profit of all so that it benefits help someone so we are equipped to serve uh the body equipped to serve equipped to um if you look at the second part of verse 12 for the edifying of the body of christ right so um equipping the saints for the work of ministry for the edifying so the uh when when somebody's reaching out when somebody's equipped to reach out and serve uh share the gospel then you know they are gathering in souls for the kingdom there is the edifying of the body then somebody's um you know equipped to nurture another believer in the faith and and get them grounded in the word of god then again the body of christ is is being edified built up there is spiritual progress right um so that is what we mean when we say they are equipped to all believers are ministers and they are equipped for ministry okay so it could be anyone you know it could be uh maybe it's um you know they could be uh software engineers they could be doctors they could be you know they could be teachers school in schools or whatever you know they could be home makers but they are all equipped to minister right minister to serve so that's what it means so not uh not particularly for uh you know not necessarily for five full ministry well they could be also right because but that's a call which god uh that's a decision which god takes right because he gave some to be apostles some to be evangelists and so on so we understand that the first question uh was about the body of christ you know is it church is it uh you know globally etc so when we say um the body of christ of course it talks about you know we have several uh realms of it right we see the global body of christ we see the the you know the body of christ in a nation and so on right so it is applicable but when we typically talk about um uh the the five-fold ministry well uh the pastor you know it starts uh it the local church is a wonderful place to start and yes it is the gift is encouraged and established and nurtured in the local church but the realm of ministry will go beyond the local church you know like uh the apostolic uh pioneering work um starting uh new work in areas and opening up new territories and uh and also new methods of ministry and so on you know like just like paul the apostle the sent one so we know that the realm of influence and the realm of ministry reach of ministry would go beyond the local church right so uh like the pastor as well you know like the pastor ministry could be the local church but the the realm of ministry would would be on go beyond the local church a pastor could be a pastor's pastor you know pastoring other pastors which paul also did for timothy and you know titers and so on he was pastoring these pastors mentoring them right so uh the realm uh would be uh the geographical territory the realm would be a more of a governing thing to go beyond the local church right that helps yes yes thank you so okay okay okay isak you have a question yes pastor yeah um as already established the gift of the holy spirit is bestowed and available at the will of the holy spirit is that means it's given to us believers at the will of the holy spirit yeah but uh when the ministry gives uh it's a calling how is this calling made and how can we recognize that someone or i have been called for this ministry gift how can we realize or how is the call made thank you pastor yeah yeah so um so the best thing for any believer is to is to start uh not be ignorant of these gifts um uh to be um to be aware that we are equipped we are called to be equipped to minister to serve and to be faithful and start doing this right and to do it consistently to to just start walking in it first of all to start serving to walk in it and uh and as the lord would open up avenues give opportunities to be faithful and doing it right so um so the lord when he uh of course we're just digressing a bit but then the lord when he calls us uh into the fivefold uh there is the season of training there is a season of training uh equipping and then comes the commissioning okay if you look at uh how paul called timothy you know timothy traveled with him he was in i think listran derby and in on on missionary journeys he hears about he has a good reputation and so on and uh he so he starts traveling along with paul and sees and um and paul obviously taught him by also by preset and also by example of his own lives and own life and also what he saw right so and then comes a time when he is grown and uh and obviously recognizes his uh role and responsibility and probably he's walking in it you know even when the Corinthian church is planted paul is also part of the i'm sorry timothy is also part of the team that uh that you know alongside paul in the planting of the church so uh in ministering there so uh he's done that and there comes a time when paul says you know you remain in Ephesus and uh you pass to the work there you take care of the work there so we see you know he as a young man he's been learning he's been getting trained he's equipping and he's seen how things how things are done and then comes to a place where he himself is you know we're taking care of that work so that is one you know that one we see that pattern so so the best thing is for us to start doing it right and and not just sit around wait for that you know call you know well there would be a significant call sometimes you know it just happens that god sovereignly has that encounter and then you have the call of god maybe it's a supernatural encounter and it's wonderful you know or or it could be that somebody prophesies and then you have the call of god on you and but thing is we go through this path of being trained because god does not want us to be novices inexperienced in in handling the work he will equip us he will train us and come to a place of commissioning and and this equipping and training well it can happen you know it involves the body of Christ you know it involves god sending several people using you know people to mentor us and so on so we just be open to that and be faithful in serving him you know that's the main key thing then we grow in our influence then we grow in our understanding as we grow in understanding we grow in our ministering as well and we see that biblical pattern yeah hope that helps Isaac yes yes I mean I actually asked because in our setting hope I'm not using the time of the class anyway no again yeah in our setting what is happening now in our country you see the prevalence of local churches and young pastors some don't even wait to go through mentoring like you mentioned the case of Timothy and the next woman they break away from one church and they form another church the next time you do it yeah the next time you hear he has been ordained as an apostle he has been ordained as a bishop and sometimes we cry down that that's why I actually answered properly thank you very much for right right Isaac yeah okay so um any other questions before we move on okay okay so the other fourth difference that we see is is that let me just put that there is I think the question which we are asked you know is it in a local church context or is it something wider so the gift of spirit if you see usually you know like it's in a local church or local body but then ministry gifts will do this way you know the gifts of the spirits are gifts of the spirit are manifest in the ministry gifts like in the apostle like the apostle the prophet you know there is a gift of prophecy there is the evangelist the gifts of healings and miracles and flowing but it is in a wider context it is in you know across the body of Christ like maybe to a city to a nation to a entire neighborhood and so on right so we see that okay um we'll come back to some of these other questions you know apostle and prophet you can just go through um on your own and if you have doubts you can answer um it has more to do with the uh you know with the ministry gifts right so um so you will anyway you know these things will be addressed in like the future courses as well yeah so I'm just uh moving on to um understanding the gifts of the spirit so we get the understand basic understanding um but we started out looking at a few like uh firstly we saw that you know the gifts of the spirit are given for all believers okay so um you know how do we say that of course we we looked at you know how all believers are expected to desire all believers are expected to you know desire the best gifts and pursue spiritual gifts and so on first you love and desire spiritual gifts and so on some other scriptures is you know when you look at one current things 12 and verse 7 says it's given to each one by implication to each one in the fellowship each one in the gathering which means to all right holy spirit distributes gifts to each one again one current in 12 and 11 also we see that okay and all believers are expected to walk the more excellent way of love right the last verse in one current in 12 all believers it is not for some but it is for all uh because paul let's read that verse says earnestly desire the best gifts and yet I show you a more excellent way he's talking about the way of love so um it is for all right and again one current things 14 and verse one is also for all believers pursue love and desire spiritual gifts and uh if you look at last uh but one verse in one current things 14 therefore brethren earnestly desire to prophesy and do not forbid to speak with tongues you know this is again for all believers so so we understand that the gifts of the spirit are for all believers it's not for a special few right it is not for a anointed few but these are available for all believers okay so we we looked at this we won't go into it the gifts of the spirit are a supernatural manifestation so it's something not natural it's not naturally learned on how we naturally train but we are we receive it it's a supernatural gift work of the spirit of God okay and these are gifts of grace something that we don't earn something that is not based on performance okay uh we see that the gifts of the spirit are given to build up people okay edify meaning to build up um it means spiritual bring spiritual uh constructive spiritual progress in people like edify people and we know when we learned about you know the what the Holy Spirit does we know that he glorifies Christ like he lifts up Christ and Jesus the Lord Jesus himself uh you know uh describe that and explain that okay so to edify people 1 Corinthians 12 verse 7 the manifestation of the spirit is given to each one for the profit of all 1 Corinthians 14 and verse 12 since you are zealous for spiritual gifts let it be for the edification of the church that you seek to accept okay let this be the focus why you are zealous for spiritual gifts that it benefits people right it it's off it brings edification um so it's for the profit of all it's for the edification of all okay um the gifts of the spirit are manifested okay are expressed when we walk in love when we also personally desire and when they when we step out in faith okay we need to understand that okay um because um when whenever we look at that verse 11 1 Corinthians 12 and verse 11 it says yeah distributing each one as he individually as he wills so it's easy to come to a conclusion and say if he wants to he will if he doesn't want to he will not so I'll just stay quiet right it's easy to come to that conclusion but we when we read the next you know uh you know next few verses and the rest of scripture rest of the instructions we see that we are called to desire we are called to uh desire why so that we can manifest you know the spirit of God expects us to desire these gifts so that we he might work in us right um okay so some of the uh simple instruction is that we walk in love okay uh 1 Corinthians 13 talks about walking in love we're going to look at that we walk in love with this with the character and the nature of God himself and don't walk in hatred we don't walk in pride but we walk in love okay we desire the gifts we walk in love and we step out in faith okay so it involves faith it involves taking that step of faith taking a risk in order to uh in order to move in these gifts you know the first time I'm sure you know praying in in tongues uh it involves taking that step of faith and giving voice to those words um that are you know forming in our in your spirit they are giving voice to those sounds um because you don't know these words and you the first time it's happening and and obviously these words seem to be you know devoid of meaning because it's not an earthly language and so we hesitate sometimes you know why should I speak out these words but the thing is that it is by faith which means you you trust God you believe in him you trust God you trust his word you trust the instruction that is there in scripture and you step out in faith you you say okay God okay Lord you know logically I don't understand I'm not able to reason out but you know it is explained clearly in scripture and here's your will to bless all believers to for for all believers to receive and walk so I will step out in faith right and do this right so Paul writing to the Galatian church and you know Galatian 3 verse 2 just this only I want to learn from you did you receive the spirit by the works of the law or by the hearing of faith and he's talking about the baptism of the spirit how did it happen in faith you obeyed in faith you prayed and this is how you received right uh verse 5 therefore he who supplies the spirit to you and works miracles among you does he do it by the works of the law or by the hearing of faith okay so the Galatian church the problem they had was that there were some people who were coming in and teaching that you need to be circumcised you know you need to obey the law of Moses you need to continue in it it's not just enough for you to receive Christ by faith or receive the salvation by you know grace you know through faith but but you need to do all this so he's addressing that and he's teaching them and he's saying you know did you receive by faith or was it by law okay so the works of the spirit we receive by faith okay the miracles how does it happen how does the supply of the spirit you know how does God do that by the hearing of faith okay so we see that Romans 12 verse 6 another instruction having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us let us use them if prophecy let us prophesy in proportion to our faith so you see faith is very much integral part of us moving in these gifts right we receive by faith we express through faith right so faith is involved in this okay we looked at that right this one the point number six which is every believer can manifest all nine gifts of the spirit now why do we say that okay why do we say every believer can several scriptures we looked at that you know the spirit of God is is disputing to each one okay now in a gathering is disputing to each one which means all but how can I say that believer can manifest all nine gifts of the spirit okay well the thing firstly to understand that the gifts of the spirit belong to the Holy Spirit it is it is from him and he has come to indwell us and he is the one who manifests right so he can manifest the gifts of healing working of miracles even as I desire the best gift right so and so he he will desire he will manifest through the believer so a believer every believer can manifest all nine gifts of the spirit then when we look at the instruction right one Corinthians 12 verse 31 he says earnestly desire the best gifts so it doesn't stop with one doesn't stop with two doesn't stop you know he's saying earnestly desire the best gifts okay plural and the reason is that God wants to manifest that's the only desire that's the only reason right why should I desire the best gifts plural and you know and God saying okay I have only one for you right or you know scripture we see maybe there's only one or maybe there is none why should I desire if that is the case the only reason there is an instruction to desire is that there is the answer that God wants to express in all nine gifts of the spirit okay so so that's something for us to learn and it I'm sure it's an eye opener say okay God you know I see these gifts and Lord you move in through me right I want to minister in these in these in these ways okay because that's a you know that's a very strong instruction first you love desire special gifts so we need to ask ourselves am I desiring first of all like God desires it is his will but what about my desire am I desiring and am I putting a limit on myself or because of some wrong idea or wrong teaching right am I putting a limit am I putting the fence you know am I restricting myself where God does not restrict right so we need to change we need to change our mindset and perspective and say okay God you are not limiting you are not putting limits you are not closing the doors but so if you are not doing then no one else has a right to do that as well right I don't have a right to do that as well and as an act of humility or I humble myself and I agree with your word right so so we see that instruction right okay best gifts are the best ones which are needed for the occasion and best suited for the function or you know the challenge which is right there before us okay now yeah I think someone has a question okay yeah you can go ahead yeah I had a question so it's based on the last point that was discussed like every believer can have the nine gifts yeah all the all the nine gifts so why is it in first Corinthians 12 verse 7 onwards it says like 4 to 1 8 onwards to 4 to 1 is given the word of wisdom through the spirit to another the word of knowledge to another so it seems a little confusing yeah yeah so so the thing is it seems contradictory right he's saying you know desire the best gifts and here again 14 also desire the best gifts and then I'm sorry desire spiritual gifts and then here we seen 7 I'm sorry not 7 which is yeah for 8 right to 1 is given was word of wisdom and so so the thing is that it is in the context of their gathering together they are we need to understand that as well you know and they are corporately gathering together and you know in a church meeting or whatever meeting they're gathering together having fellowship and at that you know in that gathering yes one is having a you know maybe a tongue the other one is having interpretation one is having a gift of healing and the other one is manifesting right so it also means that at another time when they meet you know maybe the following Sunday or you know whenever they are meeting then to one is given this to one is given the other so so today I might manifest the gift of tongues and interpretation you know next day when I you know gather together and as I desire got to work through me there would be a word of knowledge right and I say okay this is what God is showing me that you have this problem maybe another time it could be something else so so that is what you know it's in the context of a gathering together and we'll understand that when we actually go to chapter 14 also you know he's talking about you know a public gathering and he's talking about the time and you all gather together and an unbeliever walks in so he's in that context okay so yeah yeah I just had a follow-up so the uh except for praying in the tongues or you know speaking in tongues except for that the other gifts are in a in the context of a gathering yeah so so we see that praying in tongues when we when we study praying in tongues it has it has a wide range of there are different kinds of tongues you know and and we see that there is praying in tongues for personal edification right so when I'm personally edified and that's what we see in 1 Corinthians 14 where he says that he who speaks he prophesies speaks edification and exhortation which versus that verse four okay he who speaks in a tongue edifies himself but he who prophesies edifies the church so we know that there is tongues for personal edification but also there is tongues for interpretation you know suppose there is a message in tongues and there is you know there is the interpretation of tongues now that happens it can happen both in a you know personal setting individually and it can happen in a corporate setting as well right so he's addressing that uh so we see that well tongues works in that way there's a sign for the unbeliever again a corporate setting you know just like just like how it happened in Acts chapter 2 um you know it it was a corporate setting as well so we see tongues you know specifically for tongues we see both um yeah okay okay buster thank you okay okay so um yeah so just so we are just kind of laying a foundation you know about tongue about the gifts of the spirit and you know how they work how they move and and so on how they function sorry okay so what are the best gifts so he's talking about the best gifts right so we see that best gifts are the gifts that are required for that particular occasion for that particular challenge for that particular um you know scenario right if somebody is if somebody needs encouragement then the best gift will be a gift of prophecy which brings edification exhortation and comfort right or it could even be a word of knowledge um and uh which you know tells the believer that god knows god knows me he's he knows my past he knows my present and therefore I can trust in him for the future right so um so it can be uh even work that way okay so point number eight right that is where we look where we stop because spiritual things can be taught okay believers can be taught and trained uh to move in the gifts to release the gifts of spirit um so um we we need to again understand that okay because uh whenever we uh you know we look at maybe training in the gifts of spirit you know there is a wrong understanding okay maybe these people are taught to pray in tongues you know they are given these words to pray in tongues no that's not the case right uh what is this teaching what is this learning it's to it's like how paul wrote to the current in church and he's actually teaching them right he's teaching them in the spiritual things right he's saying I don't want to be want you to be ignorant now these are the gifts this is what you do like he's actually teaching them like how to use it how not to use it use the gifts and so on so um so people can be taught these spiritual gifts um we see several ways by which it happened you know spiritual discipling social training uh and also timothy being trained in the spiritual things by paul right so he's writing to timothy you know especially uh second timothy chapter two verse two you know in in this verse we see that uh he's saying you know commit these to faithful men okay you have heard these things taught to you and uh you've heard me among many witnesses commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also what is he referring to spiritual matters right so these can be passed on taught to other believers same when it comes to timothy again paul says you know you don't neglect the gift stir up the gift uh you know so we we know that yes god we use people to train to uh to teach uh and to get people to move in these gifts you know encourage um to exercise and move in the give move in the gifts right so we see several examples of that okay um so yeah just moving on to like okay i think that's all we have time for okay just one one last thing um to know just to state that these gifts can flow in conjunction with one another you know there which means that uh well there could be a word of knowledge uh followed by uh let's say uh when gifts of healing right so the word of knowledge oops i think somebody's presenting something abu bhakar um i think why mistake you're presenting something okay fine so um so that's the that's the thing right so so it'll flow together like there is a word of word of knowledge probably uh about some condition somebody's struggling with some out you know some physical condition some emotional condition and then the gift of healing right uh why because god wants to set it right and so so just flowing together maybe god you know through the word of knowledge god is talking about some um some difficulty some some struggle that people are going through and then the word of wisdom um just like joseph right he said he also gave a solution for that famine he said you know let's do this for the first seven years build granaries collect the grain and so you know you can sell it when people do not have it through the years of famine so there was that wisdom which solved the problem right so so it can flow to um together right so we need to understand that okay so we'll stop here and just want to encourage us to um to you know to begin to i mean to continue praying in tongues maybe spend the extended time praying in tongues those of you who who do pray in tongues um yes we've you know we've seen that uh okay when i pray in tongues i may not understand that's fine you continue to pray pray in tongues ask god for the interpretation you know and just wait and see what is the what is the thought what is the picture what is the impression that god is putting in your hearts in your heart vocalize it right for those of us who have not yet started praying in tongues you know just want to encourage you to start doing that right pray and perceive and you know you you pray out in in faith start out in faith maybe in your quiet time uh in your you know personal time with god do that right and pray loud enough so you can hear yourself and um yeah and just continue to do that right okay so we'll meet next class thank you so much god bless you guys