 Would one of you please lead in prayer? Submit this class into God's hands and then we can begin our study. Okay, anyone would like to lead in prayer? I'll pray. Yeah, yeah, please Kennedy. Thanks. I have a Nihoga. A very grateful to you for this opportunity that you've given us to come in prayer with the family Nihoga. Thank you for everything. Thank you for who you are. Amen. Thank you. Thank you, Kennedy. So yesterday we did a survey of the New Testament to see what we can learn about the prophetic there. Today, we will complete the last section in that chapter. So chapter three, we left one portion which is about the prophetic presbytery. So this is also seen in the New Testament where you have leaders coming and laying hands on those who are being, you know, I would say people that they are guiding, leading. So mentors basically lay hands on these people and commission them for the work of the ministry. When this is done, we see that there is an impartation. There is an activation of the gifts which God has, you know, put inside those people. So this is a common practice in the New Testament and this is something that we can do even today. We may not see a lot of this happening currently, but this is a New Testament practice. So when you look at what Paul writes to Timothy, he says in 1 Timothy 4 and verse 14, do not neglect the gift that is in you which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership. So notice that through prayer, Paul and the leadership had imparted gifts into Timothy. And during this commissioning, certain things were activated and put into Timothy. This is a spiritual dynamic which we may not completely be able to describe, but it happens. So Paul was just telling Timothy, there are gifts inside of you which you received during this time of prayer and because it is in you, don't neglect those gifts. Fan them into flame, put them into use, be led into the purposes of God through these gifts which are in you. Similar thing is seen in Acts 13 when the leadership at the Church of Antioch Commission, Paul and Barnabas to go into the missionary journey. So I am not sure how many of you know at APC Bible College as well, generally during the graduation. Just before the graduation, we have a couple of activities. There is one meeting that we have where it's a time of sharing, generally the students share their experience. Now that we are not having the in-person classes, it hasn't happened for the last two years. And I don't know about this year as well, the graduating batch, whether they can come here physically and whether we can have these sessions. But we generally have that time and it's a pretty extended time so the students share their learning, their experience. And towards the end of this session, we have a time of prayer commissioning impartation where we have the faculty come. We gather around the students and all the faculty, we pray over the students, we lay hands as the Lord leads us. This is prophetic presbytery. Presbytery is nothing but you know like a godly leadership. So we impart what God has put on our lives upon the lives of the students so that they can carry on the work of God the way God has called them. Now remember from what we have learnt about the transfer of the anointing, we don't just conclude that people will be replicas of other individuals and other ministries. It doesn't work like that. We've already understood that whenever we talk about impartation, the anointing which is imparted upon the life of an individual, that anointing is connected to the life goal and purpose of that individual. So what kind of anointing is imparted into people, all that it's very hard to answer. But what we recognize is whatever that person needs, whether it's leadership, whether it's teaching, so God does the work and we know that God is the one who anoints people. So we just believe that. In the New Testament we've seen that happen, prophetic presbytery where leaders lay hands to pray, to bless, to commission. There is an impartation and activation. So we believe that and by faith we continue to do it and God continues to do his work of anointing people suitably and leading them forward in their work in their ministry. So Sri Kumar, I see your hand raised. Any question with regard to this? Yes, Prabhupada, I just want to know. Is it the same what we call the ordination or is it anything different? Like as you said, we impart the gifts. So when we say we impart the gift, is it based on the call of that particular individual or is it the desire of the one of the leader who is praying for him? And the second question is both are the same. The ordination and this prophetic presbytery is both the same only. I just want to thank you first. Okay. Yes, thank you Sri Kumar. Now when we talk about ordination, my understanding of ordination, let me just look it up as well. Okay. So you see ordination is also positioning someone for the work of the ministry, let's say as a pastor or a leader, generally the term ordination is used. But when we talk about prophetic presbytery, this need not be ordination. It could just be a time of impartation. That's it. Now the prophetic presbytery can accompany ordination where we are commissioning people very specifically as the Lord leads. Of course, the Holy Spirit is the one who leads and guides based on what each person's calling is. So the prophetic presbytery can accompany ordination. But as far as I understand, a prophetic presbytery is, you know, it's more of a general thing. Like we just pray, we bless and we let the Holy Spirit work. Thank you pastor. Yeah, sure. Thank you. So this is prophetic presbytery. Some of you may be familiar with it. Others may not. But I just want to share that we also try and do this for our students before they graduate. Okay. It's because we do believe in it. We do believe that God works by his spirit when we pray in faith over the people whom we are building up in the Lord. So now we move on to chapter four. If there are no questions from chapter three, you can always interrupt me if at all something arises, then you want to clarify it. But let's continue chapter four. Chapter four is about the prophetic word. Okay. And when we talk about the prophetic word, it's a message that we are really talking about. This prophetic word can be released in different ways and we will discuss that a little later. So basically it's a message from God. Okay. However, when we consider the prophetic and we consider what God is doing in the now, there's not just the prophetic word but the prophetic can play out in different ways. So one is to say or to give the message that God is giving us that would be the prophetic word. There can also be prophetic intercession. I know there is a slight overlap over here with prayer and intercession class that we did in the first year. So some of those insights you would find that they are repeated. But we'll try and go over them quickly. So prophetic intercession is also something that is part of the prophetic ministry. So basically this means that one prays through what they hear from God. So prophetic intercession. There is something called as prophetic power. Prophetic power is the demonstration of God's power. You know, when God is ministering in Israel, we'll touch on the most specific details and then you will have a better understanding. Prophetic power for now. We understand that it is the demonstration of power that accompanies the release of the prophetic. Then there's prophetic song. Now we are going to study this as well in depth. Song hearing from God and singing the praise, the praises of God, you know, worship unto God and also the accompanying music that can be a prophetic release. It may not just be a time of singing, but it can be a prophetic release. So the prophetic could come through in this manner in the form of prophetic song. And then there is the prophetic action. Prophetic action is when something is enacted. And in the Old Testament, we said that a lot of the prophecies were demonstrated creatively. And also in the New Testament, I think I shared the example of Agabus. He takes Paul's belt and he ties it around his waist. He could have said, Paul, you are going to go through a difficult time and you shall be imprisoned. Instead, there was an action, a prophetic act that he performed. So it can come through in the manner of an action. Today, we will touch on the prophetic word and learn about it and eventually we will touch all the other methods in which the prophetic is released. Now, once again, you know, whenever we come across these classifications in the last class, we classified the gifts of the spirit in a category, revelatory gifts. It's not to limit our understanding. You know, God is very out of the box. The way he works, we might think only two gifts will flow together, but it's not necessary. Even what I shared just now about the way the message comes through, maybe when the release of the prophetic happens, you begin by saying the prophetic word, but eventually it goes into a prophetic song and then maybe an action, a prophetic action. So it's hard to classify and be very technical about these matters. We just have to let the spirit flow. But all this categorization is only for a better understanding and clarity for us. Okay, now talking about the prophetic word, we have repeated regarding 1 Corinthians 14-3 quite often, you know, so far. And we've said that the prophetic word brings edification, exhortation and comfort. So this basic thing about the prophetic word needs to be understood. Now we're not saying that there will be no words of warning or no words of judgment. You know, God does communicate these things to his people because he wants everyone to align to his purposes. But you know, primarily what we're saying is when one flows in the basic gift of prophecy, the simple gift of prophecy that accomplishes edification, exhortation and comfort. And you know, when we go to the part where we talk about, you know, how do you prophesy? How do you perceive if a word is from the Lord? We would then also say that if one is a prophesying believer, we're just getting started with hearing from God and releasing God's word. It's better to, if at all, we get a word which is outside of this zone of edification, exhortation and comfort. So there's a lot of confirmation required before that word is actually released because you see, every word which we release, we have to take responsibility for it. Now I do understand that as we grow in the prophetic, there can be times where we slightly miss the exact message because of our interpretation. But the key is, yeah, that could happen. But as an individual who is prophesying, I have to take full responsibility for what I'm saying because someone might act on that word. Now if someone else is also well versed in the understanding of the prophet, they will know that, hey, I need to test every prophetic word. But otherwise, in general, someone who hears the prophetic word and many a time people also put the prophetic word in such a way that it's hard to reject it. If someone says, that says the Lord, a person who is listening to that who doesn't have a deep understanding of the prophetic might be like, okay, I need to do this. What if that was not an accurate word from God and this person acts on it? So we'll come to that. You really need a confirmation if a word is seemingly outside of this realm of edification, exhortation and comfort. But this is the main and primary intention of the prophetic word. And we see that in 1 Corinthians chapter 14 and verse 3. So every time we hear prophecy, immediately 1 Corinthians 14, 3 should come to our minds. A prophetic word is for edification, exhortation and comfort to men. And yesterday I kind of touched on what each one of these mean, edify means to build someone up. So when the message comes, it's really strengthening and building up people. Exort comes from the term paraclyses, which means calling to one side. Again, it's a word of encouragement as if you want to be there for them. So that is what exhortation means. And we said comfort, comfort is a little deeper than encouragement. It comes from the word paramuthia, which is translated speaking closely to anyone. Now again, this is to bring, to console someone and as if you're speaking tenderly to them. Now as you look at the three major things that a prophetic word does, if you look at it closely, you would understand that the exhortation part is prospective. Meaning one can be encouraged regarding the future. One can be given hope for the future. So exhortation brings that kind of hope when people look at the future. Now when we talk about comfort, generally it may have to do with the past in their lives. There could have been a loss, there could have been a failure, there could have been something the individual has gone through. And the comforting word really binds them up and we recognize that it's more retrospective. Retrospective meaning looking back at the trials that one has experienced so on and so forth. So this is the primary work of the simple gift of prophecy. Now the prophetic word, let's look at what the other aspects of the prophetic word are. What is it that the prophetic word can accomplish? What is it that the prophetic word brings to us as a revelation? So when we look at the prophetic word and we've touched on some of these examples earlier as well. Prophetic word can reveal one's true character and potential. Now this may have happened in your own experience when somebody has prayed and said early on in our lives and said, oh so and so this is what the Lord is going to do in your life. I see that you are and they might have said you are a pillar of strength or you are an encourager. I see God's healing touch on your hands. God is going to use you mightily in the healing ministry and then lo and behold as yours passed by and you are walking with the Lord. That's the direction in which God is taking you. So how did these people discern your character, your potential, your destiny when nothing was apparent through the prophetic. And this is the release of the prophetic word over our lives. Even in scripture, I gave us the example of Nathaniel. When Jesus looked at Nathaniel, he could see the character or the buildup or the makeup of this individual and he could tell, here is a good person. Here is a person of integrity. There is a person without any guile. That's what Jesus told about him. So today, we are not going to go into the depths of this, but I would also recommend that you read an APC publication called Gifts of the Spirit, Gifts of the Spirit which goes into details on the gift of prophecy and also the discerning of spirits because it's very practical as we are living our lives and having our interactions. Even without interacting, sometimes, I'm not saying all times, this is not a gift to judge people prematurely. That's not what this is, but there are times when God could give us a witness in our spirit about an individual and say, yes, this is a good person, you can partner with them in the ministry or you can do this or that the other way around where you have a sense that, okay, I'm not sure whether I can go forward with a business deal or a partnership or something like that. So the prophetic word can really reveal the character of an individual. Now, the prophetic word can also, as I said, reveal the potential of an individual. So someone, maybe they're going through a very rough patch and they don't know what can be accomplished through their lives, but a prophetic word is like patting them on the back and giving them that strength to look ahead because God is going to do great things with their life. You know, Gideon, Gideon is a great example. Here he was under the terebin tree and he was just sitting there and wondering why so many disasters, why, you know, why are we being oppressed by our enemies continuously? And that's what he was thinking about. He never knew what he can accomplish through his life. And that's when the angel showed up and said mighty man of valor. So speaking the potential over an individual, it's only God who knows. So God speaks that over our lives. Peter is another example. If you study the life of Peter in the Gospels, you would think, don't trust this person. You know, he can't make up his mind. He can't be firm on his law, you know, his commitment to the master, but Jesus knew and early on Jesus said, you are Simon, the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas, which is translated a stone. So Jesus knew the potential and surely enough during the early church age, you see Peter rise up without anyone trying to tell him, Peter, you need to take up leadership. No, from Acts one, you see that he begins to speak up. He makes the first sermon. So there was something in him which he did not know about. So the prophetic word can reveal once potential. Now, how does this help in the ministry in the church? What can happen is when there is an awakening of the genuine prophetic, just imagine, you know, in a church setting when we as leaders, as pastors, when we pray for people, people are sitting on the sidelines. You don't even know what potential they have. But when you begin to call out people's character, potential, encouraging them, strengthening them, showing them the way forward. And of course, we need God's wisdom for this, to minister this in an appropriate way. But when this begins to happen, you will see the church are rising because people are able to see what God sees about them. Okay, so it's as if blinders are taken off of people and they have the motivation to accomplish the purposes of God. So that's how the prophetic word really awakens one to the character and the potential of individuals or themselves. Now, moving forward, the prophetic word brings a revelation of God's plans and purposes. You know, the Holy Spirit is the one who releases the gift of prophecy, isn't it? So the gifts of the Spirit are from whom? They are from one Spirit, the Holy Spirit. Now, the Holy Spirit is also the Spirit of revelation and understanding. He is the Spirit who leads us. And that is why Paul wrote in the book of Romans, Romans 8.14, that we must be led by the Holy Spirit, led by the work of the Holy Spirit, the revelation of the Holy Spirit in our lives. And the Holy Spirit is the one who reveals the mind of God. What does God want done through my life? How does God want to lead me in the season of my life? I need to depend on the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit through the inner witness. It brings that revelation, confirmation to our spirits and then there is direction for us. Also, when we talk about the prophetic word revealing the plans and purposes of God, we must recognize that the word of God is our primary source of direction because the word of God covers everything. As you study 2 Timothy 3, verse 16-17, there is word in there for our correction, for our reproof, for rebuke, for everything. It is already there in the word of God logos. However, the Holy Spirit, he knows how to bring the word alive to us. He gives us the wisdom to apply the word in our lives. So, the prophetic word brought about by the Holy Spirit, in general we are led by the Spirit and how does the Holy Spirit lead us with the help of God's word? But the prophetic word, you can consider it as a bonus over and above in addition to. So, the prophetic word as a guide to the plans and purposes of God is a bonus for us giving us direction. Now, the good example is that of Paul. I told us that Paul already knew God had confirmed it in his spirit that he is going to be imprisoned and undergo trial. But as you see the journey of Paul, first he communicates it to the efficient leaders. But as he journeys along, you have different believers telling him, Paul, don't go to Jerusalem, don't go to Jerusalem. You have Agabus coming in again, reconfirming it. So, it was not just Agabus. You had two or three incidents that reconfirmed what Paul already knew. So, it was not that Paul was waiting on Agabus to reveal a prophetic word. No, God had already led him by the Holy Spirit but there was a confirmation that came through the Holy Spirit. So, the prophetic word, it would be good to take it as a confirmation but to be primarily led by the word of God and the witness of the Holy Spirit. Now, another way in which this prophetic word for one's purpose and God's plans over somebody's life is seen in Scripture is when Zechariah speaks over his own son, John the Baptist. So, filled with the Holy Spirit. You know how wonderful, isn't it? That a parent is given the revelation about the life of the child. Before the child lives, you know, a few days or weeks, the parent knows through the Holy Spirit what direction God is going to take this child in. So, Zechariah prophesies over him. He says, and you child will be called the prophet of the highest. For you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission of their sins through the tender mercy of our God with which the day spring from on high has visited us. And, you know, this is in Luke chapter 1 verses 67 and then 76 through 79. But when you hear this, you wonder, how can a mortal man have this kind of insight? Not just about John the Baptist, but you notice there, he says to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission of their sins. He's talking about Jesus, the work of the cross, the work of salvation. So tremendous insight and it's not possible to have this kind of insight through normal human mind and logic. So, we see here that God can reveal the plans and purposes that he has for someone through the Holy Spirit. And as we've said, you know, depend on the word of God for our specific purpose as well, because there is a general purpose of God for all of us. And then there is a specific purpose. The specific purpose will reveal whether one will go into, you know, let's say ministry or full-time ministry, part-time ministry, or go into business, go into the field of arts, media, entertainment, technology. So, how do we get to specific? Because in the Bible, you don't have those specifics. It says, thou shalt study Java program. You don't. Then what should I do as an individual? There is the general instruction of God, but even as you study the general instruction of God, you know, okay, I need to walk in the path of righteousness. I need to have all these principles for the right kind of workplace ministry. So you're walking in all of that. And then the Holy Spirit brings revelation. He brings revelation about, okay, I want you to move in this certain direction. Somebody comes to you and says, we have this opportunity. Will you take it up? The inner witness of the Holy Spirit guides us, right? So we sense peace and we do all our calculations and we know, hey, God is leading me. I must take up this opportunity. Now, over and above, if there is a prophetic word, sometimes there is, okay, then it's an additional confirmation. In my own life, I remember this was a youth camp and in the camp, you know, we had these times of worship and all that was going on. And towards the end, people were laying hands on one another. They were praying. And at that point in my life, I was really trusting God for my postgraduate education. And I wanted to know, you know, where God is going to lead me. And during that time, one auntie, she came, she started praying and then she started prophesying. You know, I did hope in my life that I would do a certain course. I would go abroad and all that. But, you know, I wasn't keen on doing it right away. It was a plan. Sometime in my life, I will do that. So she came and she started praying and she started saying specific things. I can see you, you know, with the kind of bags that you have, you know, those trolley bags in the airport. So she started prophesying what she was seeing. I see you taking the bag and this and that. So I was like, yeah, okay, we'll see. You know, I just kept it in my heart and I prayed about it. And I was like, Lord, we'll see because it is a desire. It is a plan, but not right away. But, you know, certain things happened in my life that it almost immediately transpired. It happened. It happened. And then when I was doing my course, you know, and I had traveled. I traveled abroad and I was doing my course there. One day I remembered, oh my goodness, you know, this person had said all these things. It's actually happened like that. But it was a confirmation. It was a confirmation. So I didn't wait for a prophetic word to make a decision. And similarly, I know of a lot of people who don't wait for a prophetic word. If God moves us on our hearts and you're fine that, hey, this isn't the word of God. This is the witness of the Holy Spirit in my heart. Go for it, you know, with the wisdom that you have, step into it. Sometimes, only sometimes there are prophetic words and that helps us. It gives us that additional strength to make the move. So the point I'm making is don't sit around for a prophetic word. If God chooses to reveal it, then there is a reason why he does that. And that brings the extra strength we need to step into it. Now, this could be because what we're doing needs greater affirmation. Maybe sometimes we might doubt ourselves. Is this me? Is God leading me in this way? God knows. He is gracious enough to give us that additional confirmation and strength to move in a certain direction. So that's about revealing the plans and purposes of God through the prophetic word. Now, the prophetic word, the next aspect here is prophetic word stirs up and causes a release of faith. We see this in the life of Elijah when he's ministering to the widow, woman in Zarefa. God tells him, you know, gives him a word. So Elijah comes to her and, you know, in her difficult times, the word that he releases is, thus says the Lord, God of Israel, the bin of flesh shall not be used up nor shall the jar of oil run dry until the day the Lord sends rain on the earth in first Kings 17. That brings faith in that woman's life and strengthens her to go on. Similarly, Elisha, we see him ministering to a desperate family. The Shunamite woman where, you know, her husband has died and she is worried about debts. And at that time, the prophetic word comes through Elisha and the word encourages the family and she does. There's faith in her heart. Okay, if God is going to solve my problem, I will do what the prophet is telling me to do. So she goes, gets those jars, fills them up with oil and the oil begins to overflow. She sells it and makes, you know, lives out of what she gets there. So the prophetic word can actually build faith in a person's heart. And we know that once there is faith, then, you know, God, that's an opportunity for God to work and God can do miracles. The prophetic word also provides motivation and strength to carry out the plans and purposes of God. Now, the example here in our notes is that of the building of the church, the building of the temple at Jerusalem. We understand that they went through a hard time. And the rebuilding work of the temple was stalled for about 16 years. And that's when God raised up two prophets, Haggai and Zechariah. And we see, like even in the book of Ezra, we read about this. So God raises up these two prophets, Haggai and Zechariah, and they begin to prophesy. They begin to prophesy at that time, Zarubabel. Zarubabel was in charge. They strengthened him with the prophetic words and say that, come on, you know, you're going to do this. You're going to complete it and that strength comes back. You know, sometimes we need that encouragement to carry on with the purposes of God and complete it. And we might lack the motivation, but the prophetic word can bring the motivation back into our lives. And so, you know, God works through it. The next thing here is that the prophetic word releases God's power. In Isaiah 44, verse 26, we've seen the word says that God confirms the word of his servant and performs the counsel of his messengers. So once the word has been spoken, that God is going to bring light in your darkness. God is going to open a door. It might seem like, you know, an impossible thing, but sometimes it takes the prophetic word to release God's power. Unless that is spoken, you know, that whatever God is going to do, you know, that power is not released. But once the word is spoken, something begins to take place, right? In the prophetic realm and things are set in order, things are set in motion. And so, there is a release of the prophetic power through the prophetic word of God. And even this can take place. And that's why the prophetic word is so important. And we know that, you know, God is someone who performs the word which he has spoken. So if there's a genuine word from God and God is saying, I'm going to open doors for you and you're wondering, how is it possible? The prophetic word, you know, God waits on that prophetic word and he will make sure that it is fulfilled. So I have a pastor friend of mine. He always used to say, in the beginning when we were all flowing in the prophetic and, you know, we had our own challenges and questions. Really, you know, I said this, I don't even know how I said it. It came to me for this particular person. And then, you know, I just happened to share this word. I don't know how such a thing can take place in their life. So he used to tell us and he used to tell me also, don't worry. It's God's responsibility. You did your part to discern the prophetic word well enough and to be careful to release the right prophetic word beyond that, you know, to fulfill that word in that person's life. Leave it on the Lord. God takes charge to fulfill the word that he has spoken. So, you know, in a way, it's a partnership with God. We do our part. Hear from God, release that genuine word as accurately as possible and then, you know, he takes over. He has to do the rest. Otherwise, you know, we really can't, we can't make anything happen in people's lives. Okay. So the prophetic word releases God's power and God works with that word in people's lives. Then the prophetic word brings correction and restoration. While we're talking about prophecy, remember, I began today by saying that, yes, the, the, the simple gift is to bring that kind of strength and encouragement to people. But when there is a need for correction, God knows, God knows what each person's life is like. And if they need correction and restoration for them to realign themselves to God, then the prophetic word can bring that as well. And the good example that we talked about earlier was the way Nathan communicated to David. So correction was brought to David, you know, he had sinned against God, sinned with Bathsheba. He had killed Bathsheba's husband and God knew everything. God knew everything and David thought he can cover it up. But the prophetic word actually exposed David's sin. But the good part is David responded in the right way and he said, okay, God, you know, I repent of this and therefore restoration was possible in David's life. So God can bring correction and restoration through the prophetic word. The prophetic word can cause conviction, repentance and turning to God. So a good example is when Paul writes to the Corinthian church and he says, look, if everyone prophesies and if there's someone coming into the church who doesn't know God, now that person will be convicted. That person will wonder, how do these people know all these things about me? There is a God, right? Conviction will come upon the unbeliever, then repentance will come upon the unbeliever and that person will turn to God. Jesus also, through the prophetic word, you know, moved in this, the woman at the well in John chapter 4 is a good example. When Jesus went to her in Samaria and started, you know, telling her things about her life and she's wondering, how does this man know? Jesus told her, whatever she said, yeah, I don't have a husband. You're right, you don't have a husband. You know, you've been with these men and even right now the person that you're with, you're not married. So many things that Jesus knew about this woman, what was the result of that? He didn't say to put her down, he didn't say to condemn her, but ultimately it led to conviction, repentance. And the wondrous thing that happened is not only did she turn to God and, you know, to Christ, the Lord Jesus, but she went and told her whole village. I have seen somebody who told me everything about me, you know, you come, you meet this man. So it brings repentance and conviction. The prophetic word, of course, brings transformation of nations. No wonder we've had all these prophets, these mighty prophets of God prophesying over nations. You have your Jeremiah, Isaiah, Ezekiel, people like this prophesying over nations. And the prophetic word causes the purpose of God to be accomplished over that nation. Beautiful passages from Jeremiah 1, verses 9 and 10, God tells Jeremiah that the Lord put forth his hand and touched my mouth. And the Lord said to me, behold, I have put my words in your mouth. See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms to root out and to pull down, to destroy and to throw down, to build and to plant. How is all this going to happen? The building, the planting, the rooting out, the pulling down through the word, the prophetic word from the mouth of the prophet. And you know, if you recall, Ezekiel, he prophesies to an army of dry bones to the nation. He is prophesying to a nation that you're dead, you're seemingly dead, but you will rise up. And through that prophetic word comes the release of the prophetic power and the work that God wants to do in that nation or the community. So the prophetic word can work and transform nations. And finally, the prophetic word helps us in warfare. Paul told Timothy 1, Timothy 118. I charge, discharge, I commit to you some Timothy according to the prophecies previously made concerning you that by them you may wage the good warfare. Sometimes we have these prophetic words and the current circumstance in life seems like you're never going to make it. But you have the prophetic word. God is telling you one day this is what you will be flowing in. So right now in the season when I don't say anything happened, I can use the prophetic word in spiritual warfare. So when I'm praying, I say the word and I say, God, but you said this, this and this. So what does that become? It becomes my weapon. The prophetic word becomes my weapon. We begin to use it and we say, Lord, but you said you're going to do this in my life. So the prophetic word can be used in warfare. I know I kind of went a little fast on these insights. But if you have any quick questions, we have two minutes, we could take it up and we can wrap up this class for today. Yes, yes. Pastor, I want to know, as you said, the word which is spoken through the prophet and God brings it or God performs it. So I just, I heard so many prophecies where it, maybe they release the word, but it never come to pass. Like, so in that case, is it the problem of the one who receive it? Or is the one who, the man who is ministering, he heard it in a wrong way. And second question is that, as you said one line that when you prophesy, you should take the responsibility of your word. So what do you mean by that actually? See if I am praying for someone and if I release a word. So how can I should be responsible for that? Thank you. Okay, sure. Thank you, Shikumar. So I'll answer it in the shortest way that I can. So the answer to your first question is every prophetic word is conditional. Okay, so it will not automatically happen. And we will touch on that in depth soon. So I hope for now you're happy with that answer. Okay, it's conditional. Now coming to the second question that you have, which is person takes responsibility. See, we will talk about the character of the prophet because the anointing is the wine, but the character is the wine skin. So if I don't have, I mean, I have to do my best to have integrity in what I'm saying. See, because interpretation is my responsibility. Did I really hear from God? Is this my flesh? Is this my spirit? Is this in line with what God's word? See, all that processing, no? That is my responsibility. So that's what I mean. Again, we will get into the depths of it soon. How and what goes into the processing. Okay, thank you. Yeah, sure. Okay, so I think these are the fastest answers I've ever given my life. Thank you. Thank you and thank you everyone. This is a very lively subject. So please do go back, read your notes and let's come back next week and study more. Okay, let's close with a word of prayer. Anyone? Could you please pray and close please? I'll pray. Father, thank you Lord. Thank you for what you've been teaching us. Father, we pray that as we become your mouthpiece, we pray that we get to hear from you and be that channel of blessing to others, exhorting, edifying and comforting each other and that we get to only share what we hear from you, Father. We pray that as we teach, let it be your spirit that surrounds us and helps us to learn in the right direction. We ask this in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Thank you Tarun and have a good day everyone. God bless you. Thank you pastor. God bless you too. Thank you. Thank you. Bye for now. Thank you ma'am. Thank you. Thank you. Bye. God bless.