 Let's pray. Father God, we thank You for Your presence, Father God, we thank You. Your presence is always welcome. God, You are welcome in this place. Lord, we thank You for what You do among us. Lord, we thank You for speaking to us. We thank You for being so close to our hearts, Lord. We thank You for the work of Your Holy Spirit. We thank You, God, for the release of Your gifts, Father God. We thank You for every good gift, O God, that You have released among us, God. We thank You for the call that each one of us has, O God. We thank You for commissioning us, Lord. We thank You for calling us, Lord, to be ambassadors of Christ. We thank You for calling us, O God, to be Your spokesperson. So, God, we thank You. We thank You. We thank You. We bless Your name, Lord. And at this time, Lord, we, yes, Lord, we just connect today these things, Lord, into Your mighty hands. And we pray that You would speak to us, that You would, Lord, add to our understanding, Father God. Lord, did it be line upon line and precept upon precept, Lord. I just pray this morning that, Lord, whatever we have learned till now, Father God, that whatever, Lord, has been, Lord, laid upon our hearts, Lord, by You, Father God, I pray that we will have a strong grip on it, Father God. We will have a strong hold on it, Father God. And I just pray that, Lord, that we will not lose it, O Father God. And no matter what happens, Lord, I pray that we will hold on and it will remain with us. The seed of Your Word, Lord, will take root in us and will bear fruit, Lord. I just pray this over each and every one, every person here. Yes, Lord, to You be the glory and honor. In Jesus' matchless name, we pray. Amen. So we were talking about, like Hebrews chapter 2 and verse 1, right? So it says, we must give the more earnest heed to what, to the things we have heard, right? To the things that we have received, to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. So that's the danger that we, what we are hearing is important and what we have heard is also equally important. And because the Lord has, you know, released that or ensured that we listen to His Word. But we need to, like we see in Mark chapter 4, we need to ensure that the Word that we received, the revelation, the understanding, the prophecies, whatever we have received, that we don't lose it, right? So because if we can drift away, you know, if we don't have a firm grip on it, we can tend to drift away, right? Okay, so let's look at where we stopped last class. Okay, does anyone recollect where did we stop last class? 14 and? 14. Okay, so one contains 14, we, I think we continued on till, we continued on till verse, maybe verse 9. 18, no? Okay, I, yeah, okay, I will sing with the spirit. Okay, let's just pack up a little and we'll kind of review. It's where Paul says, you know, first you love, desire, spiritual gifts, and from verse 1. And then he goes on to say about, makes, you know, a comparison between praying in tongues and also prophecy, right? Praying in tongues and prophecy. And the reason he does that is because he is, you know, he's addressing one issue here. He's, and what is that issue? The issue of praying in tongues in public or speaking in tongues in public to a gathering, right? So there's a church that is gathered and, you know, and here is this person who's praying in tongues. And so he is, Paul is addressing that and he's saying, okay, that's great if you can do this. But, you know, this is what praying in tongue does, and this is what prophecy does, right? So he says, he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God. For no one understands him, however, in the spirit he speaks, mysteries. But he who prophesies speaks edification, exhortation, and comfort to men. So this is what happens when you pray in tongues that you are edified. You speak the mysteries of God, you receive the mysteries of God in your spirits, in your heart, in your spirit. And well, no one understands. And but in the spirit you are speaking mysteries. But when it comes to prophecy, you are actually speaking edification, exhortation, and comfort to men, to the hearer, right? And so he says, he who speaks in a tongue, the next verse edifies himself or builds up himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church. Well, does praying in tongue have a benefit, definitely? Says there is edification, but it's edification of the person, of the self, of the person who's actually praying in tongues, right? But when it comes to prophecy, when you're prophesying, who is edified? The hearer is edified, okay, which includes the one who is prophesying. But also specifically, it's addressing the one who is deceiving the prophecy or hearing the prophecy, right? So it brings edification, exhortation, and comfort to men. And verse 6 says, if I come to you speaking with tongues, okay? So that is what he's again, he's addressing. If I come to you and if I'm speaking in tongues, well, watch how I profit you. How can I bring you benefit unless I speak? Okay, this is verse 6. Unless I speak either by revelation, knowledge, by prophesying or by teaching, okay? Any of these four ways. Unless I bring these, I speak to you in this, how will it profit you? And then he goes on to talk about an instrument and how a trumpet is used in battle and these need to make a definite sound or a definite, in a note is played or when an instrument is played, it needs to make a specific sound, right? And only then will you be able to identify and say it is nice, it is not nice and is talking about the trumpet which is used in battle and how can it make an uncertain sound? You know, if it makes an uncertain sound, then people will not know. It will not alert the troops. It will not be a call for readiness for battle and so on. And so he says, unless you utter by the words, utter by the tongue, words easy to understand, how will it benefit? How will it benefit the person? So it is very clear that he is talking about addressing a gathering or speaking in tongues to a gathering. So he goes on to say, you know, even so, you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, let it be for the edification of the church that you seek to excel. Now, you are zealous. You have a zeal for the gifts of the spirit, but let it be for the edification. Now, let it edify the body, let it edify the gathering and you work, you know, let it, you seek that. You seek the edification of the church gathering. Will tongues edify? Definitely. It will benefit. It will profit the person who is praying in tongues. But since you are in a gathering, you seek to excel or seek to edify, you know, the church and you seek to excel in that. Okay. So, and then he goes on to say, what is the conclusion verse 15? What is the conclusion? Then I will pray with the spirit. I will also pray with the understanding and I will sing with the spirit. I will also sing with the understanding. And he goes on to say that, you know, you indeed give thanks well, but since the person is not edified when you give thanks in tongues or sing out in tongues or pray in tongues. He also says, you know, I pray in tongues more than you all. Right. So he's very clear. I pray in tongues. I spend a lot of time praying in tongues. I spend, you know, he's saying I pray in tongues more than you all. Yet in the church, yet in the church, he says, I will rather speak five words with my understanding that I may teach others also than 10,000 words in a tongue. So that's the understanding. So he's saying, you know, if you're addressing the group, you know, you speak with the understanding or speak in a known, known tongue or known language so that the person understands it. So, but he also, you know, says that when we gather together, he goes on to say later, you know, we're going to look at that verse 28. You can pray in tongues. You can address, but under these circumstances. Okay. So let's verse 19. So yet in the church, sorry, I would rather speak five words with my understanding that I may teach others also than 10,000 words in a tongue. Okay. Okay. Verse 20 onwards. Let's read. Brethren, do not be children in understanding. However, in malice, be babes, but in understanding, be mature. In the law, it is written with men of other tongues and other lips. I will speak to this people. And yet for all that they will not hear me says the Lord. Therefore, tongues are for a sign. Not to those who believe, but to unbelievers, but prophesying is not for unbelievers, but for those who believe. Therefore, if the whole church comes together in one place and all speak with tongues and there comes in those, sorry, they come in those who are uninformed or unbelievers. Will they not say that you are out of your mind? But if all prophesy and an unbeliever or an uninformed person comes in, he is convinced by all he is convicted by all. Thus, the secrets of his heart are revealed. And so falling down on his face, he will worship God and report that God is truly among you. He will worship God and report that God is truly among you. So what is he saying? Do not be, when it comes to understanding, be mature. Do not be babes, grow up, don't remain immature. Then he goes saying that with men of other tongues and other lips, I shall speak to this people and yet for all that they will not. So he is referring to what happened on the day of Pentecost and this outpouring of the Holy Spirit happened. And everything, something happened which is supernatural that they were speaking in other tongues in other languages. And then in the law it is written that with men of other tongues and other lips I will speak to this nation. So Paul is referring to that and he is saying this is what the Lord has said earlier that this would happen. So it is a supernatural act that tongues are given. But the Holy Spirit can prompt the use of tongues as a sign to the unbeliever. So like how it happened that day in the early church, that those who had gathered there, they were not believers in the Lord Jesus. But they were amazed, they became curious and they gathered near and they said, how can this be? These are Galileans but we hear them speaking in our language. But there were others who also said that these people are drunk, which means for them there were these known languages. But there was also some utterances which they felt was just gibberish. They said, how can these people are drunk? So they behaved what they spoke and what they heard and they said these people are drunk. And then Peter shares with them the word of God. So it is for a sign. When Peter is speaking in tongues, definitely it will be a sign. It points to the person of Jesus. So at the end, when Peter starts to share, he brings that message, this is what happened. This is what was prophesied by the prophet Joel and he shares all that and shares about Christ. Acts chapter 3 just captures that. That is that they were cut to the heart, which means that they were convicted. Let's read that verse. Yeah, sorry, Acts chapter 2 and then verse 37. Acts chapter 2 verse 37. Now, when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, and brethren, what shall we do? So you see that here, the gift of tongues and speaking in other languages, that's how they didn't realize they spoke and it was a known language and it drew the people who were not believers to the Lord Jesus. And they asked the question, just like that Philippine jailer, what must we do? What should we do? And then Peter goes on to say, believe, repent, and you will be baptized and you will have remission of sins. So that day, there was a mighty harvest, so many people come to know the Lord Jesus. So we see that. So it is a sign for the unbeliever. Now, when it comes to prophecy, so Paul writes and let's just go back to 1 Corinthians 14. So it says, if the whole church comes together and all speak with tongues, those who are uninformed or unbelievers, now that's also possible. They will say, hey, you're out of your mind. But if all prophesy, then what happens? This person comes and he is convicted. The secrets of his heart are revealed. Maybe it's a word of knowledge, a word of knowledge of some prophecy. And the information that he thinks nobody knows or he or she thinks nobody knows is revealed. Secrets of his heart are revealed. And so falling down on his face, he will worship God and report that God is truly among you. So Paul is still talking about in public gathering to prophesy. Prophecy is what will edify. And edify in the sense even unbelievers will be drawn. But he also mentions that though tongues are for self-edification and we pray and we are edified personally, it can be publicly when it's prayed, it is a sign to the unbeliever as well. But we need to know, we need to discern, we need to be aware. So then he goes on to talk about how we can actually, in public, how can we pray in tongues? He goes on to say that. So anyway, so he says that the secret service, this is what will happen if a person prophesies. Tongues can be assigned to the unbeliever just like how it happened that day at Pentecost. But when you prophesy, the whole church is prophesying, then the secrets are revealed and the person testifies that yes, this is of God. This cannot be from man. There is something supernatural. So verse 26 onwards, he goes on to explain, how can you in a public gathering, what should you do? Let's read that. How is it then, brethren, whenever you come together, each of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification. If anyone speaks in a tongue, let there be two or at the most three each in turn and let one interpret. But if there is no interpreter, let him keep silent in church and let him speak to himself and to God. So let's look at that. So he's saying whenever you come together, whenever there's a gathering, each of you, you can come with a psalm. You can come with a teaching. Another person has a tongue, has a message in tongue. And the other person has a revelation, has an interpretation. So if it is done like that, then it is fine. Let all things be done for edification. So if this will bring in edification. So even if there is tongues spoken in a gathering, when there is interpretation, then there is edification. When the tongues is released, when spoken and announced to the congregation, and when we have interpretation and revelation, then there is edification. So he's saying let all things be done for edification. And the verse, of course, he says, what should be done? Verse 27, if anyone speaks, let there be two or three each in turn and let one interpret. But if there is no interpreter, let's say there is no interpretation or there is no gift of interpretation, then let him keep silent in church. So that does not mean that one should not pray in tongues in church. So he says let him keep silent in church and goes on to explain what does that mean, how? Let him keep silent in church and let him speak to himself and to God. So what is happening is not speaking or releasing a message in tongues for the congregation, but he's praying in tongues. He's praying personally and he's praying to God, so that is absolutely fine. So in a way that answers the question, should there be tongues being spoken in church, declared in church? Should we have that? So this gives an answer. Yes, you can, but this is how it is done. And if not, let there be people praying in tongues. That's absolutely no problem. People can pray, but let it be between them and God. Let it be between them and God. So he's very clear. Okay, then let two or three prophets speak. Okay, let's read from 29 to 40. Let two or three prophets speak and let the others judge. But if anything is revealed to another who sits by, let the first keep silent. For you can all prophesy one by one and that all may learn and all may be encouraged. And the spirits of the prophet are subject to the prophets. For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints. Then, yeah, so let's just keep it there. Let's look at that. Those three verses, 29 to 33. So let two or three prophets speak. Just like how you prayed in tongues and how someone would bring an interpretation. So it's let two or three prophets speak. So which means the prophetic gift was also strong. You know, here was used was was manifesting in this church, the gift of prophecy. And they were also people who are in the office of the prophet. Right. So who who are identified as prophets. Okay, so saying, you know, let two or three prophets speak. Okay, there are prophets. And, you know, they, you know, they walk in that regularly and that is their calling. So let them speak and let the others judge. Okay. What does that mean? That means to to discern. Okay, to discern what is what is right. You know, is there anything wrong that is being said. Is there anything off, right? What is correct in that? What is often that, you know, so we know that we've studied that the prophetic is definitely wonderful gift. And it comes from him from the Lord and the message, the prophecy is also, you know, is inspired by God. It's come from him. But the vessel through which the prophecy is released is fragile is human does have limitations. Right. So we judge. So in the New Testament, this is what we see. And this is a scriptural principle for the New Testament church that when the prophecy is released, let the others judge. So you hear it and you judge it, you discern. Right. So you test it in other words, with the word of God, with the character and the nature of God. And, you know, with the leading of the Holy Spirit, you judge it, you discern it. And the, obviously, the, the instruction that we see late, you know, in first Thessalonians five, let's look at that also. Okay. When Thessalonians five and verse 19 onwards, do not quench the spirit. Do not despise prophecies. Okay. Test all things. Hold fast. What is good? So, so that's the, you know, the other instruction about prophecy. So we need to judge. We need to test. Don't despise prophecies. Hold on to what is good. Okay. Which means you don't hold fast or you don't have a tight grip on. Don't even hold what is not good. Okay. Hold fast to what is good. What is in line with the word? What is in line with the character nature of God? What is in line with holiness and so on. So, so you hold fast to what is good, abstain from every form of evil. Right. So we see this about prophecy. And then he goes on to say God is not the author of confusion, but of peace as in all the churches of the same. So God is not the author of confusion. God is the author of peace. Okay. So in between. So he is here, you know, making some statements in the, in the verses. We've already studied this, but let's look at that, you know, he says, let your women keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but they are to be submissive as the law also says. And if they want to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home for it is shameful for women to speak in church. Okay. Verse 3435. Okay. So one of the things that we see is that, you know, so this can be some sometimes when we take it out of context. When we don't look at it with the rest of the episode, you know, it can, it can be misinterpreted and misapplied. Okay. So how, how can it be misinterpreted? You know, here is Paul talking about tongues. He's talking about prophecies and so on. And here, you know, he's giving an instruction and in the same way, you know, he's giving an instruction saying, let your women be silent in the church. You know, for it is not permitted for them to speak. Let them keep silent. So now, what do we make of it? You know, should, if, if there's a woman in the congregation, should they not prophesy? Should they not pray in tongues? Should they not, you know, what is it? You know, when we looked at 1 Corinthians 11, right? We, when we address the whole thing of head coverings, headship, divine order. And when we looked at that, we saw that Paul addressing something, Paul saying, mentioning that in verse five, that every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered, dishonors the Lord. Okay. So he's talking about head covering, which we saw was a cultural thing. And, you know, it's, it's for that particular group, for that people, et cetera. And also he talks about headship and so on, you know, who's the head and so on. So now he says in addressing that he says for every woman who prays or prophesies. So the thing is that, yeah, in the church, there were, you know, women who were praying and prophesying. So he's just addressing, you know, you pray, prophesy. But, you know, with the head uncovered, then, you know, it means something in the Corinthian culture. If the head is uncovered, it means something in the Corinthian culture. If there is a short air, it means something in the Corinthian culture. But the issue is that, you know, women were praying and prophesying. Okay. So if someone prays and prophesies, which means that, well, women can pray, women can prophesy. So he's saying, you know, let them keep silent. What does it mean? Right? So when we look at it, he's referring to, he's using a word, you know, let your women. And the word, of course, gunay, which means a woman, it can be a feminine, you know, it can be like, it can be a single woman, but mostly it is used for a wife. It can be used for a female gender, the word that he used there, gunay. Also, it means a married woman. Okay. So here he's referring to married women because he's saying, you know, let them ask their husbands at home. So he's talking to married women. And there is something that is happening there. It's not about praying or prophesying. There's something that is happening there. They were, you know, doing something, speaking. And they were not, you know, they were speaking something which was disrupting. Okay. They were speaking something which were disrupting the order. And therefore he says, keep silent. Okay. But this is not the only time that Paul writes, and he says, keep silent. Okay. Like we saw, you know, earlier in verse 28 itself, okay, same chapter, verse 28, if there is no interpreter, let him keep silent. Okay. So he's talking about transcendent interpretation. He's saying, if there is no interpretation, let him keep silent. Again, in verse 30, if anything is revealed to one other who sits by, first keep silent when it comes to prophesying, ministering in prophecy in the church. So this is the third time he says, be silent and ask your husband at home. Right. So this is, you know, an instruction not to stop praying or not to stop prophesying and not, you know, not to restrict women to not do these things. But we need to look at why he's saying, you know, why should we, why is he saying that they should keep silent? So, which means that he's addressing an issue that here that women were disrupting. Right. They were speaking and asking questions, some things that they did not understand. And so Paul is saying, you know, let them ask later. Let them ask their own husbands at home. Let them not interrupt. So the word and also one interesting thing is the word that he used there, le leo. Okay. He says, let your women keep silent for it's not permitted to speak. For they are, it's not, they're not permitted to speak. Okay. And now there are two Greek words which are used. One is, one is Lego. Okay. Which is A-L-E-G-O. Let me just put it here. Okay. That is one word. And this is another word, le leo. So lego is used where it's a discourse. It's a sermon. It's an organized speech. Right. It's an organized speech. But le leo is also used for casual talk. Okay. Casual talk or, you know, just some chatter. It's used for that also. So the thing is to just declare, you know, whatever's coming to your mind, you're just declaring it, you're speaking it. So Paul is also using that word. No, that's also something to take note of. So he's here, he's saying, let you, it is shameful for women to le leo. And he doesn't say lego, le leo. So again, you know, idle chatter or, you know, something that is disrupting. So that is the context behind let your women keep silent in the church. Okay. So we need to understand this. I know, you know, sometimes when we misinterpret it, it's misapplied and it can really, you know, it's not what God wants, right, to keep women silent, to not allow women to minister. And when you look at the rest of scripture, we see that's not the case. We know of Philip's daughters who prophesied. We know of, you know, you know, right there in 1 Corinthians 11 itself, he says, women, when they prophesy, when they speak, you know, let their head be covered. So let their head not be uncovered. So that is very clear. Okay. And so it goes on to say, if they want to learn something, let them ask their own husbands at home for it is same for women to speak in the church. Or did the word of God come from, originally from you? Or was it you only that it preached? Okay. If anyone thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things which I write to you are the commandments of the Lord. Okay. So if you're, you know, I know that you might be considering yourself as, you know, prophetic or spiritual. So, you know, you discern this because what I'm writing are the command, what I'm writing are the commandments of the Lord. But if anyone is ignorant, let him be ignorant. If anyone chooses not to receive this and if you want to stay ignorant, you know, let him be ignorant. Okay. Because if you look at chapter 12, how does it start? Verse one, now concerning spiritual gifts, I do not want you to be ignorant. Okay. So he's saying, I don't want you to be without knowledge. I don't want you to be without this understanding. Right. So he's saying with regard to spiritual gifts, I don't want you to be ignorant. So when it comes to the end of chapter 14 says, if anyone is ignorant, he's explained everything, you know, how to, you know, use the, what are the gifts, how to, you know, use the gifts in a gathering, how to use the gifts for a personal edification. And he's talked about all that, explained all that. And he said, if anyone is ignorant, let him be ignorant. Now, after all this, if you choose to, you know, be, not walk in this, not walk in knowledge, then you can, you know, it's your choice. Right. Verse 39, therefore brethren earnestly desire. Okay. Therefore brethren, you know, therefore is, you know, after all this explanation, therefore brethren, I've shared all these things. I've given all these important things, points. Therefore earnestly desire earnestly to prophesy. Okay. It edifies the church. It brings edification. It's a, it's a, you know, it's a gift from God. It's a manifestation of the spirit. It comes from the Holy spirit and prophecy. So earnestly desire to prophesy and do not forbid to speak with tongues. Okay. So, so what was actually happening was maybe people were speaking in tongues and instead of saying, you know, you, you speak in tongues in this way, like between you and God, people are actually saying, you know, stop it, no tongues, creating too much confusion, right? Or, you know, maybe the prophecy also, you know, one person prophesying there, the other person prophesying there, and you know, everything happening. So people were saying, you know, maybe, maybe they were saying, stop it, enough of this. So he's giving the importance of tongues, sharing the importance of prophesying and why it is, it's necessary, it is important, it is valuable. And he's saying, you know, earnestly desire to prophesy. Okay. Earnestly desire. It's a gift from God, but it's, it requires your desire, earnestly desire to prophesy and do not forbid, do not forbid, do not stop, do not restrict, do not forbid people from speaking in tongues. Okay. Because they can, if there's no interpretation, let them speak in praying tongues between themselves and God, verse 40, let all things be done decently and in order. So all this, which is done, let it be done decently and in order. Okay. So that's something for us to learn, to understand, and also to, to, to teach as well, you know, when there is, when there is some kind of misinformation about tongues and misinformation about the gifts, this is for us to, to learn and to teach as well. You know, so in these chapters, we also see, you know, several wonderful revelations right from 12 to 14 about the gifts and how, you know, we should not compare one another because of the gifts or because of the role and function. And, you know, look, we should not look down on ourselves because somebody, you know, because we compare with somebody. And we should not look down on others because you, you know, you compare and you think that you're superior. All that is mentioned in chapter 12. We looked at chapter 13 where it talks about the love of God and the agape love, the nature of God's love. And the reason he, you know, he talks about love is that you can have these gifts, but if you don't have love, if you're not expressing love, like if you're not showing forth this God kind of love in all these gifts, in all these ministering, how love is patient and kind and does not keep a record of wrongs. It's not proud, right? If you don't do that, then you're missing the point. It is nothing, right? It is futile. It's empty. And then he goes on to say, what is eternal? This prophecy, it will stop. Tongues, it will stop. And he says, you know, it will fail. It means that it will come to an end. There is a limit. There is a time because when we're good, when we see Jesus face to face, when we are with him, there's no need for all these things, right? But what will remain is love. Therefore, then he goes on to say in verse chapter 14, pursue love. Go after this kind of love. Express this kind of love and desire spiritual gifts because, well, while we are living on earth, on this side of eternity, these gifts are for the edification of the church. It's for the prophet of all, right? And goes on to talk about tongues and prophecy and how, you know, it can, tongues can be assigned to the unbeliever. It can lead a person to Christ. And how, you know, and specifically it's a known language, right? When tongues come as a known language and it leads a person, suppose, you know, a person knows that language and is stunned, how can you speak that language? And you say, you know, I don't know. I just prayed and, you know, they come to Christ because it's something supernatural and prophecy also, right? It is again something supernatural, revelation by the Spirit of God. Therefore, the person who is not a believer now becomes a believer, believes in God, believes in the supernatural and says, hey, there is a God who knows me, who knows my deep secrets, who knows the things in my heart. And so therefore, it has to be done in a certain way. And he talks about that towards the end of the chapter, says, let all things be done decently and in order. Okay? So any questions here? Any questions that you might have? Sorry, maybe about tongues, about prophecy or any particular verse? Let's take, like we have about three more minutes, so let's take time to talk about that. Any questions? Any questions at all? It's clear? Okay. So can women pray prophesies? Okay, here's a question. If church members are not believing in tongues, how can we engage them speaking in tongues? Okay, so the thing is, if people do not believe, so obviously there needs to be teaching. What is the reason they don't believe? Because maybe it has not been taught. So they don't believe. Reason one, reason two could be, maybe they have a different understanding of it. Maybe they've been taught wrong that it's not for today. So maybe because of that. So there could be many reasons. So the thing is, unless there is teaching and revelation, they cannot step into it. So there has to be teaching from the word of God. They need to see for themselves in the word of God. Okay, this is here. It's for today, it is there. And when we pray and minister and ask them to step out in faith, they'll just pray, believe, receive and pray in tongues. So that's the thing. We cannot force it. We need to teach. We need to show from the word of God. And the Holy Spirit will speak to them and convict them. And also, he's careful to perform the word. Just one verse, and then Erin, you can ask a question. Just one more verse I'll just share. So Hebrews, it says, God also bearing witness, Hebrews two and verse four, God also bearing witness, both with signs and wonders, with various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will. So God bears witness. So you are teaching here, you're showing from the word. This is what God has said. This is what God has spoken. This has been in the church. It's for today. And maybe you can share your personal testimony. This is what happened. Then what happens is that people are also built up in faith and God bears witness to that. God bears witness to your words. And he's saying yes, he's testifying. And his way of saying yes is to release that into their lives and they receive it by faith. Okay. So Erin, what is your question? Yeah, sure. Pastor, some women of... Some people they prophesy from A to Z. So how are we going to know that it's from the Lord or it's from the... So how do we know... So that's how we've been learning, how we've learned in the past also, that certain specific things, right? So if it's something that will come to pass, let's say there's somebody sharing and saying, okay, this is what will happen. Then when it comes to happen, you will know, in hindsight, right? But to test it is to definitely against the word of God. If something is blatantly unrighteous, not totally against the word of God, then you know, you can just totally discard it, reject it. But the thing is, what if it's... It is mixed. In the sense, it's not wrong, right? It's not scripturally wrong, but still, it's like something very specific. Okay, God is calling you to do this. God is calling you, asking you to go there, which means that it can happen. So then it raises the question, how do we go about it? So then several things. We personally, we can ask the Lord, Lord, you confirm it to my heart. You confirm it to my spirit, right? Let there be confirmation. So the thing is, many times, prophecy is a confirmation of what God has already spoken to you in your heart. Well, some things come as a surprise. Like for me, when I first heard that God is calling me to be a pastor, it was a total surprise. I was not expecting that. I was working in sales and a company, and I came to all people's church for the first time, and I get this prophecy, right? That this person was ministering, saying, God is calling you to be a pastor. That's the first time anybody has told me that. So for me, it was a total surprise. It was not something that God was confirming. It was something new, right? But God was proclaiming that. So what happened was, okay, I just kept it aside. Let there be... Let's see what will happen to it. There's no witness in my heart, nothing. So I'm just keeping it aside. But over a period of time, this is something very significant. It's a life calling. So over a period of time, there were confirmations. There were confirmations. Others would also prophesy the same thing. Others would say, and the Lord also confirming through His word in my spirit through a dream and very specific dreams and things like that. So we give it time. So give it time when we're not sure. Just give it time. Ask the Lord for confirmation, and He will confirm. So that's the way to go about it. And also, it's something that is being shared. Is it against the nature of God? It's against the character of God. Is it in line with how the Lord has been leading all these years? As a believer, God has a certain way of teaching you, learning from Him. You hearing His voice. God has a way of doing it. And He's been leading you to a certain place. So if something is totally opposite, diametrically opposite, then you know that I need to give it time. Well, it can be God, but I need to give it time. I need to check. And the Lord will confirm. Or the Lord will not confirm. So then you know that you can just reject it. So that's the thing. So especially when it comes to time, when it comes to these major things, it's good to give it time. And like you said, specifics, details. I want you to move to this. God is calling you to move to this house, move to the city, move to this. You give it time, ask for confirmation. The Lord will confirm. If He's already confirmed in your heart, you just do it. That's the thing. So we'll take a break. It's already time 54. Verse 22. 14 and verse 22, is it? Therefore, tongues are for a sign. Is that the verse? Thomas? 8. Yeah, okay. So we'll come back. What we do is we'll come back at 10.5. I think I've already taken five minutes. So we'll come back at 10.5 and we'll look at that question and any other question also that you might have. Okay.