 Okay, welcome everyone. Welcome back. Wait. Thank you for joining back We will stop the session with Chapter 13 Shawnee you have a question. I see you raised your hand. Yeah, I just want to make sure I'm understanding terms It's or a word of not is something that you may know Something the person does not know But somebody else knows is that kind of have a word of knowledge is like you were saying in terms of Finance is an example about the red car, but you knew but yeah, she didn't actually know the prophecy is something in the future Yes Okay, so how about when because I've been to a church when the pastor was a prophet and he was Saying stuff about people like I see you crying to Lord and crying out to Lord about certain situations What about that? Is that like a word of knowledge? That's not really prophecies He's saying like I see you crying about something and the person was like Like you know how you know this like that's a word of knowledge then correct. Yes, because they know that Right the individual knows that they were crying out to God, right? So it's a word of knowledge has two individuals where one individual knows about it What has happened? Oh what is happening? Okay, thank you. So somebody can have the gift against the word not and also be a have a gift of prophecy can have both Yes element of both but you know, so all it's like for example in context to worship All prophetic worship, sorry, what how do I say this? All spontaneous songs All spontaneous songs are not prophetic in nature right for example or No, I can I can pick up a guitar as for example if someone I've passed Arshish asks me to lead worship on the spot I could take my guitar and start leading On the spot that means I'm leading worship spontaneously But I can lead us, you know sing a song that is familiar to everyone that's familiar to me Here I am to worship here. I'm to follow. What am I doing? I'm seeing spontaneously or I can spontaneously you know Yeah, basically saying but The prophetic is different is where I'm singing leaning into I'm declaring what God wants me to declare So that's basically it has an element of both with regards to word of knowledge and the prophetic But one is more distinct than the other. Sorry. Just going to put my phone in silent Am I making sense Shani? Yes. Yeah, I mean you understood it. Yeah, so that's awful. Thank you Just one small question So sometimes you pray for anyone who is undergoing any physical challenge or a sickness Now it's in our heart's desire that he or she gets Healed and it is also the will of God that it is to be healed. But how do you stop? Telling them in a sense like you know do not worry you will be healed or What's the right way to put it across we will continue to pray and seek God or Don't worry you will be healed Because they're looking up to me example when you're praying they look up to us and they know that It's God who heals. Yes. So how do you slowly distinguish and? No, we we continue to stay on the truth. Okay, we do not deviate from the truth the fundamental truth Is we keep emphasizing Reassuring what the Bible says who God is what the Bible says That's all I would do Yeah, you know, we'll continue to contend for this we we will not have the answer It I think it's very safe to say that I don't know You know why this is happening what I say I don't know but what I know is we can pray for You know continue to pray for our healing or deliverance of miracle because this is what the word says Jesus hasn't changed the same Jesus who healed you know Who did all of this in his day is the same Jesus that I worship and I serve and he's alive and the Bible says by his stripes We are healed. He carried our sorrows. He carried our griefs. What we are what are we doing is we are using the word Right and Hebrews chapter 4. I think yeah, yeah, it says his word is like a sword double-edged sword in a sharper than a double-edged song that can pierce through the spirit and soul and They can differentiate so it can minister to us it can minister to us is what so I will not deviate from the truth No matter how many times I have to say it That's what I will say it because it's the truth. It's constant. It doesn't change Are you with me? Yeah, because that's what the Bible says. Yeah, and you know, I mean I have this conversation with my son You know at this so we are content and believing for a miracle for my dad my dad is in an advanced stage of cancer at the moment and You know, I was taking these three days of emergency leave And I didn't want to miss today because I have to finish the potions You know, he is right now undergoing radiation therapy and whatnot, right? But you know every night when I put my son to bed, he asks is like, okay, when is Jesus going to heal? You know granddad When is he going to heal? When is he going to heal? How the hardest thing to answer is a child's question, you know, because they're so innocent and they know completely You know, when you they take They take they take God at his word more than anybody else more than any other adult when we see Jesus heals It's like, okay, when is he going to heal? Why he hasn't he healed? I mean, you know, stop asking such hard questions like you my students and colleges don't ask me hard questions like this, but But the our faith is I wouldn't say test it, but It it reminds us it rekindles our faith It it should those questions like that from my son It makes my faith strong and to remember remind myself of who God is What his word says because as human beings we constantly think to forget Right, it's like But it's very important that you remind us of it by his stripes we are healed That's the truth, you know, sometimes he might choose to give me an explanation But he doesn't owe me an explanation. I Work for him. He is my boss. I don't work. You know, he doesn't work for me right and so just being in the posture of Of knowing your place and knowing who he is. Yes He's our father, you know, and and you know, he's he's holy. He's our healer But we do what we have to we believe in the truth. That is the word of God. That is our hope Right. Our hope is not wishful thinking Right. It's not say I hope he heals Yeah, that's not wishful. Right. I hope it rains today. I hope it doesn't rain today I hope India wins this match. I hope, you know, etc. That is wishful thinking that is hope according to the world But when we say we have hope in Jesus Christ, it's a rock solid. It's more real than the chair You're sitting on it's more real than the ground. We are standing on when we see that Jesus is going to return We are not saying that I hope he returns His return is imminent Right 100% sure Guarantee he is coming back acts chapter 1 verse 11 says this same Jesus who went up is going to come back That's his word and and he does not lie Right. We've learned that he cannot lie Right. It's not that he doesn't lie He cannot lie and if his word says that he is a healer I'm going to take him at his word regardless of my situation myself of my circumstances because my situation Circumstances can change one day good next day bad one day good next day bad up and down up and down But he is the constant line He's the unchanging one and so my faith my hope everything is going to be dependent on his word And that's what I'm going to use to encourage the other individual as well to be strong Be strong right as Christians when we go through life we have this We have this mysterious privilege that we can carry we all learn the story of you know Daniel and his friends and all of that, right? You know what the friend says, you know, we are not going to bow down to this idol You can throw us into the fire our God is more than able to save us, but even if he doesn't you know the story, right? Even if he doesn't It's fine. We will not bow down to your idol. It's all very nice when we read it and this is like wow What a story amazing no chance You know, but there are times and moments in life when we go through We don't realize it that we can we have this Beard or a strange privilege where we can make statements like they did Right, I know my God is a healer, you know, I know he's Jehovah Rafa. That's what who he is right and But even if he doesn't doesn't change the fact that he is not the healer You get what I'm saying, right? So, yeah Okay, all right, there's a question from Lucy says how do we go about in an unbeliever for their sickness simultaneously? Where they do their rituals also applying the ash on them. They asked me also to pray It was like let any other ways that any other any of the ways work. Okay. Yeah Yeah, Lucy, I think, you know, we need to realize that we are living a world that is desperate that is Desperate for a breakthrough, you know, they will do they will do whatever they want to do to receive a breakthrough They will go wherever they have to spend how much ever they can to receive a breakthrough and whatnot But we seize every opportunity we get To introduce Jesus to them if you have the opportunity to declare and speak the word of Good news of Jesus over them do it do it with absolute conviction And you leave the rest to the Holy Spirit, right? Yeah, because he does his thing Yeah, okay That's more like an opportunity, you know, because You're ministering to an unbeliever and thing and it because I've personally felt it's more of a joy Rather than no reaching out to Christians who heard the gospel heard everything and know everything Other than somebody who doesn't know and they have a different background and they ask you to pray for yes It's more of contentment. Correct. Yeah, it's God wills nothing like yeah, absolutely. Yeah, I mean we Christians We need to realize You know, I understand that we get scared of evangelism I mean in the context of India given the political climate that we are in I Understand the fear But just think about this with me The good news of Jesus is the best news anyone can ever receive Isn't it? It's the best news anyone can ever receive. It's the news of eternal life Isn't it and we need to be excited about it if we are going to if we know otherwise, you know There's not going to be any convection in what we're sure Okay, yes, brother the moment I the moment I go to their house To visit her the sister comes and ask for the prayer the other sister comes with the hash to apply it on her Yeah Situation but I just make made her to speak the words of God Jesus to speak out the words that Jesus Christ is my healer and Something that she had a stroke last week, right? So it happened like this Yeah, yeah, let's see. I think you know, it's It's wonderful that you have that opportunity It's incredible. So you do what you have to do You leave the rest to God, yes, yes, brother. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah, Shawnee Yeah, I'm just I just curious that when your son asks you the question about your father Like what is your answer because I asked about the same answer for me in terms of my conditions I wouldn't be here my mom has to I've been dealing with the medical dishes I was eight years old and I you know do this forget people do this and you know Meditonese healing scriptures and my healing has not manifest So what do you do for people who've been dealing with something almost their entire lives and still no breakthrough? Yeah, I mean none of us want to be in a place like that. Isn't it Shawnee? It's what life is we will not have all the answers to it I can give you an answer right now to your question But that will not satisfy you because I mean they're going to be different challenges, but What I would say, I mean I am glad I should say them this is specifically towards me and I should say that I am Sorry, I'm glad that I'm in a place spiritually that over the years Or the last two and a half decades or so I've had Wonderful men and women of God who've poured into my life who've helped me grow Spiritually in spiritual maturity as well in understanding the word of God studying his word his nature his attributes who God is and that's helped me to be in a place Stronger place I would say then I was 20 years ago And so now as challenges come I don't have the answer to all the challenges, you know, I Can share a lot of it right now. I wish I had all the answers to like a Lot of questions that I have right now, but I don't But I've learned to trust him and you encourage the person, you know, you walk with a person The only thing that's going to give us hope that what the difference between a person who does not have a hope and Fighting for a breakthrough versus a person who's fighting for a breakthrough and has a hope is very different thing And again, as I mentioned, hope is not wishful hope wishful thinking. It's Our hope is in Jesus. We know how our story ends so to speak so My immediate answer to my son when he asked me the question when he said, okay, when is Jesus going to heal Tara or you know, Grandfather is I said, I don't know and he asked me, okay, why he hasn't he healed him yet I don't know Ethan, but we'll continue to pray for my son's name is Ethan. So if you're wondering, I Said I don't know Ethan and he I think he appreciates that saying that I don't know Part as well. I don't know, but we will make sure that we pray about it every day and Declare the truth That's what I would do Shani no matter how many nights it takes to receive the breakthrough no matter how many months how many years it takes My faith is on a solid rock and that is Jesus Christ And that's all that's all it is and I'm going to keep praying without giving up Every day because if the Bible says that he died for us he by stripes. We are healed I'm not going to leave that blank check As is Without using it. I'm going to make sure I use that word declare that word as much as I can as often as I can Yeah Okay, thank you. So kind of just kind of kind of state, you know, stay in the word and just you know, keep your You know, keep your faith when you're kind of stuck in a situation in terms of you through healing I mean I stuck but when you kind of hope to firm is the heart sick that kind of thing He kind of just if you have people around you like a church Whatever if you don't just try to get into the word and you know stay, you know by his stripes, you are healed So that would you that was you're saying? Yes, it's not easy. I realize that I understand that I've experienced that it is not easy it's you know, it's I'm just not saying this is one thing to say it and And it's you know, it's I understand that it's as we declare that that we are going to stay in the word it the challenger The mountains was not going to become smaller or whatnot, but Go he gives us the strength to endure it, right? One day at a time one day at a time as as I afford he says, you know, those who wait upon the Lord In other translations is those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength like Eagles, you know We'll rise on Eagle's wings That means one day at a time the next day He'll give you the strength the next day. He'll give you the strength to face that day And so that's that's what I Yeah, that's the focus Okay, thank you. Yeah, you're welcome Okay, you you speak in here you ask in Hindi, you know, someone can translate it Okay translation. Okay, so we had a question from Joseph who shared a bit in Hindi again someone please translate that Can you use the mic please? Joseph is asking like When we receive the salvation and Now we are walking in righteousness, but later on we commit a sin. So like the salvation can go Gifts the gifts of the spirit and all what we receive while walking on the righteousness path they will go and No, I mean, that's a simple answer So, yeah, see Yeah, when we when we give our life to okay, we just kind of deviated a little bit from healing and deliverance, but okay Yeah, so you know when you give your life to God you receive salvation, right? And then your journey of righteousness begins, but you may fail, you know For whatever reason something might happen But John chapter 1 John chapter 1 verse 8 says if you confess our sins and repent of it He's faithful and just to forgive Jesus, right? It talks about his forgiveness. So Why is the stuff? Yeah, so, okay. Yeah question I went through a situation where I and my elder sister I was in my eldest sister's house and we both were there and one in the family came and And Their garden was in hospital in ICU Is there garden? Gargene What is that? Gargene miss there garden garden family head Family head family head Head oh, okay. Okay. Yeah, he was in ICU So they came and they said that what God can do you pray to God? So if God will heal then we will give our life to God So we prayed We said that God is able to heal in any situation and we prayed for two days and after that We got news that he's no more. So we were feeling that how why not happen? We're feeling same that we said many scriptures to them and they were they were about to give their life to Jesus Yeah, it's one of the great mysteries know as in why it didn't happen Wish we have all the answers to it, but we don't know We do not know common But you did your bit. I think that's that's what is necessary that you don't give up Maybe that's I mean, let's see that you planted God can use it to you know Bring forth fruits much later. You might never know God in his sovereignty can use any seed that is planted For his glory As his children, let's be obedient and do what we are called to do. That's important Because we will not and that's just one instances and as we go through life There will be numerous instances where you will not have the answers to which to circumstances which you wish you had answers to but That's Yeah Cool. Okay So somehow 25 minutes is gone answering questions, which is fine. Thank you for asking questions and I think Yeah, I like having this conversation just sharing my experience whatever I know With you guys Okay, we look at chapter 13 very quickly chapter 13 Titled the local church as a healing and delivering community the local church as A healing and delivering community in the next semester next year You will have a subject called the local church where you will learn in depth about Just the local church as a body of Christ You know again its origins its story and whatnot. It's exciting But we'll just look at a little glance of it in this chapter God's heart is to dwell among his people Okay, you can highlight it or you can write it down in your notebook if you are writing it God's heart he desires to dwell among his People okay from Genesis to Revelation. There is this one recurring thing It's repeated in different ways from Genesis to Revelation. You will see this theme that is God saying I Will be your God you will be my people I will be your God. You will be my people. You will be my people. I will be your God I will be your God. You will be my people. It's And that you will see the theme reflecting in all the 66 books of the Bible Even in Revelation Towards the end of Revelation you see that I will be your God. You will be my people God's desire this burning desire is that he will dwell among his people Dwell means in another word for dwell in the Hebrew is tabernacle Right he will have a knackle. That's just the other word. So in Genesis in John chapter 1 If you we know the Chapter very well right in the beginning was the word Word was with God and the word was God and we come down to verse 14. What does it say? He became flesh and Dwelled among us in other words. He became flesh and tabernacled Among us that he Jesus came. He's the manifest Son of God. He Dwelled among his people. Are you with me? right and so in this chapter what we're going to look at is the importance as a community to host his Presence everybody say host his presence Okay, thank you. So hosting is what you're taking care You're you know, you're preparing if a guest is coming to your house. You are the host Right, you are going to cook food or swiggy. Okay, whichever is fine It's the choice is yours But you are the host right you want to take make sure that the guest is feeling welcomed and the guest feels comfortable Isn't it? So that's what a hosting is So but in the Bible context, right? Now we know we learned a little bit about it in praise and worship class last semester From the fall when did the fall happen Genesis chapter threesh right middle when So before that Adam and Eve was in the garden and they had they would God would walk in the cool of The garden they would speak with them right there was this Relationship that was there or what happened sin came sin came and separated them from God Isn't it? So from Genesis chapter 3 all the way to Exodus chapter 25 Genesis chapter 3 to Exodus chapter 25 omniers gap 2500 years for 2500 years there was no dwelling place for God On earth like it was before the fall Right now again between Genesis 3 and Exodus 25 you would see that there was a visitations of God God visited Noah very God visited Abraham his hand was on him, right? He would speak to Joseph in dreams Exeter-exeter right there were visitations of God, but there was no resting place for him Right there was no a place of habitation Since the fall and then Moses comes into the picture and then God tells Moses to build him a sanctuary Where they're in the middle of the cherubim. He will meet with people I'm just going to take us through a quick history lesson very quick history lesson in five minutes Are you paying attention? Yes, this is what happened in the book of Exodus right now after Exodus what happens? What comes after Exodus? Thank you Numbers and then Deuteronomy Deuteronomy in many cases is like a recapturing the events of Exodus and Leviticus, right? Okay, and then comes the book of Joshua you're welcome. Okay, so Right, so what happens is now in the book of Joshua the people of Israel have entered the Promised land right God has commanded them to go and chase the enemy away all the canonites, you know all the heights Those who are work worshipping all these idols and whatnot. God is saying don't mingle with them Don't don't compromise with your way of life, right? I've called you to be set apart, right? But what the people of Israel do? They don't chase their enemies away. They compromise, right? They begin to Worship that they're idols that you know the canonites idols and whatnot. So that's the book of Joshua Now suddenly the book of Joshua you don't read about the tabernacle anymore The thing that they had through the wilderness suddenly disappeared and then you go into the book of Joshua They've gone back to the to the method of worshipping through altars What used to happen in Genesis? Again, there is no news of the tabernacle or the Ark of the Covenant the thing That was with them through the 40 years in the willing that led them, right? There's no news that there's no place or there's no news of this common place where God met with them The tabernacle The meeting place the dwelling place it was a common place where divinity met with humanity. It was not there But when you come to first Samuel you will you know There's a mention of the Ark of the Covenant and where it is placed It says the Ark of the Covenant was in a place called Shiloh. That's all we know So from Exodus we've come to Leviticus numbers deutronomy Joshua. There's no news that is gone Forgotten right judges chapter 2 verse 10. It says there grew a generation That did not know Who this God is and what they what he had done for the people of Israel? That means that it came a time where a generation grew up. They had no clue Of what this God had done nothing. That's how much they had erased They had no idea of the tabernacle of Moses no Ark of the Covenant thing and Then fast forward to first Samuel we know that this arc was in the place called Shiloh. That's it and then You know the Philistines attack Israel. I'm going through history lesson guys. I want you to pay attention. Okay. There's a lot The first Samuel chapter 4 Philistines attack Israelites and Then Phil Israelites get killed 30,000 people are killed 30,000 Israel soldiers men are killed by Philistines right first up first Samuel chapter 4 The Eli is the high priest then and he had two sons very evil sons There were priests, but they slept with women who came to the you know to the temple They did every evil thing in the eyes of the Lord and they they were like, okay Philistines are attacking us You know what in the history book it says if we took the Ark of the Covenant and went ahead God will give us the victory. So they thought Victory was a formula to take the Ark of the Covenant without any relationship Are you following now? They lost big time 30,000 people died You know both Eli sons die Eli falls off the chair and he breaks his neck and he dies The Ark of the Covenant is now captured by the Philistines Okay, and then fast forward to first Samuel chapter 16 David is anointed as king forget Saul You know Saul Was the first king of Israel he did not even during his time the Ark of the Covenant was not there It was still captured. It was not in Jerusalem But he did not bother but David comes into the scene and then fast forward to second Samuel chapter 6 The first thing that David does when he is anointed as a king of Israel and Judah in second Samuel chapter 6 It says David took 30,000 men Went and brought the Ark back to Jerusalem Now somewhere David again must have gone to the history books and said okay on the day Ark was captured 30,000 men were killed I'm going to take the same number of men and go get the Ark back to Jerusalem Are you following now the time gap between first time in chapter 4 and second time in chapter 6 is about 70 odd years Now for 2,500 years from Genesis to 3 to Exodus 25 nobody felt like pursuing the presence And then from Joshua to Second time you'll six until you know David 70 odd years nobody felt to pursue the presence of God They had forgotten that it was God's desire to dwell among his people It took a worshipper A radical worshipper to realize that That okay. Hey God desires to dwell with us and so I desire for him to dwell with us Are you with me? So you we cannot host his presence if there is no pursuit I'll say that one more time We cannot host his presence if there is no pursuit of his presence We pursue his presence to host his presence. Are you following? We pursue him for us for us to host him eventually. Okay, so what happens when we host him as a community in some 132 was 13 to 18 It says for the Lord has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his dwelling place now in the new covenant Zion is the the spiritual name for the church Okay, we are the church that means we are Zion we are God's people. That's what Zion means God's chosen people In the new covenant understood So when the scripture says for the Lord has chosen Zion he has desired it for his dwelling place This is my resting place for ever Here I will dwell for I have desired it. Okay. Now pay attention from verse 15 It says I will abundantly bless her provision. I will satisfy her poor with bread I will also clothe her priests with salvation and her saints shall shout aloud for joy There I will make the horn of David grow. I will prepare the lamp for my anointed His enemies I will clothe with shame but upon himself his crown shall flourish Okay So God chooses where he wishes to dwell. He's made it very clear that I want to dwell among you guys You are my people. I want to be your God. Okay verse 15 onwards. What does it say? I will abundantly bless her provision. I will satisfy her poor with bread So what happens as a result? When we host his presence, there will be supernatural provision supernatural prosperity supernatural blessing as mentioned in verse 15 And verse 16 says I will also clothe her priest with salvation and her saints shall shout aloud for joy So when we host his presence, there is salvation. What's the greek word for salvation? Sozo it's it's not just salvation. It's being saved. It's A word Loaded with all the goodness of the kingdom of God right from healing deliverance wholeness, etc. Right um, so there is Forgiveness healing deliverance victory wholeness total well-being and the joy of salvation that resounds continually among us Um, there I will make the horn of david grow I will prepare a lamp for my anointed now verse 17 says I will make the Horn of david grow. What does that mean? What is the horn of david mean that david had a horn or something? Horn was symbolic of strength Horn was a symbolic of strength Now if you look at all the altars in the tabernacle of moses every four corners had a horn Okay, now if you look at the cross references for just all the scriptures that has horn mentioned, you'll be amazed Okay, so horn is a is a symbol of strength. Okay, so When verse 17 says there I will make the horn of david grow It simply means that there will be continual increase in strength and Dominion And then it says I will prepare a lamp for my anointed I will prepare a lamp for my anointed. What does lamp do? Brings light That causes revelation So God is saying okay when I am hosted when I'm with you when I dwell among you there will be constant revelation Of who I am and of everything around you. Okay Are you all with me guys? Okay, so some 132 is wonderful. You should read it And then to go on when the king is enthroned his kingdom manifests Psalm 22 verse 3 where you are wholly enthroned in the praises of Israel you are wholly enthroned in the praises of israel now again in the praise and worship class we learn something If god is enthroned Someone else is dethroned Okay, if god is enthroned The devil is Dethroned. Okay, so how is he enthroned? God is enthroned on the praises of our in office people Right some hundred says I will enter his gates with thanksgiving his courts with Praise so Again, if you are entering god's praise god's gates with praise and thanksgiving Whose gates are we entering when we complain wine grumble and mumble? Devils, thank you very much. Okay, so when the king is enthroned his kingdom Manifests, okay is sane. Okay When we are gathered together his power ought to be there I'm first going things chapter five verse four. It says in the name of our lord Jesus christ When you are gathered together along with my spirit with the power of the lord jesus christ We are right now we are gathered together in the name of jesus, isn't it? Yes, um, so our gatherings need to look like the gatherings You know like how it was when jesus was there Okay, um, there has to be a demonstration of his power of his presence Right, it should not be focused on the glitter of the stage and the light Uh and whatnot if the focus is shifted from jesus to just celebrate Uh and make your pastor a celebrity or super pastor or whatever it is the focus is shifted Right, if the focus is on the equipments if it's if the focus is on the grandeur of how we can do things How we can make a better ppt and if the focus is all only on that but not on jesus We are missing the point All right, you guys with me Okay, um, right. I think I'll pause here because too much information. I just finished go through this chapter. It's very simple um you know The pursuit of his presence and hosting his presence is the most wonderful thing a journey that any one of us can be on as individuals and also as a collective The pursuit of his presence and learning to host his presence is the most wonderful journey Anyone can be on there is a huge price to pay but On the other hand you are getting god so The price is fine Okay, uh Well, so that's about it for this course and uh, I hope you there's something that you could learn from it. Um For ministering healing and deliverance. I will share the your assignment in the stream section Uh, it will be a simple assignment. See guys. I'm I'm very good like that. I give only one assignment final Okay, unlike Okay, uh Yeah, shani, yeah, so how many classes um, can you miss before you just automatically fill the class no matter What grades you get? I I I don't know the math behind that shani. Yeah Okay, I don't know the math behind that but The way how many class did you miss? I've missed two I'll say two. It's okay 15% Sorry, what? 15% you have to have attendance 85% Okay Yeah Okay, all right. Thank you. You're welcome. Let me stop the recording for a minute and just hang on online. Okay You um, so officially this is the last lecture Thank you all for joining I'm going to stop the recording