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The Gifts of the Spirit 2 | The Believer's conference 2025 day 4 · Near East Christian Fellowship Sermons

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Please, if by any chance, times and times in
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your life, you still question God's calling upon
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your life. Please speak to any of the pastors.
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If sometimes you feel you are not called, if
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any of such thoughts comes to you, please speak
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to any of the pastors. They will guide you in
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divine understanding. They will guide you in
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divine understanding. If by any chance as well
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you have been trusting God to walk in the gifts
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of the Spirit, and doubts are arising or you
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are exercising and it looks like it's not functioning,
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please also talk to any of the pastors. I believe
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that there will be laying of hands for impactation
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much more so that we can be able to work in these
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things in abundance. Hallelujah. All right, so
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let's continue from where we stopped. Let's continue
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from where we stopped. Thank you, Jesus. Thank
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you, Holy Ghost. Thank you, Holy Ghost. Thank
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you, Holy Ghost. All right. John chapter 16,
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where we were before we started. John chapter
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16. I said that there are things we have accredited
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to the Holy Ghost, but it's not what the Holy
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Ghost do. Because we did not quite pay sufficient
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attention, right? We did not pay sufficient attention
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to what? To scriptures, right? We didn't pay
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sufficient attention to it. So now that we are
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paying sufficient attention, what does the scripture
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say about convicting the world of sin? Does the
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Holy Ghost convict? So that word convict is actually
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electro. Electro, actually. I'll spell it. E
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-L -E E -L -E G Eleg E -L -E -G C -H -O E -L
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-E -C -H -O. Thank you, Holy Ghost. Thank you,
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Jesus. E -L -E -C -H -O. And I've given us the
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different variations, right? That it means to
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shame. It means to find fault. It means to reproach.
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It means to make people feel sorry for themselves
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or feel sorry of themselves. I start again. Electro
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have variations of meaning, right? Electro have
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variations of meaning. And one is to feel ashamed
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of themselves, to find faults, to reproach, to
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make them feel sorry for themselves, right? So
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this is the meaning. Do you have this translation?
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Literal emphatic translation. Do you by any chance
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can pop that up? And contemporary English version.
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I want to see how these two versions give expression
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to or explain this verse. Maybe because it became
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very difficult actually. to find uh in type uh
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what you call translations that actually render
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it in a way that aligns with the communication
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of that verse so it's a literal emphatic translation
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means makes emphasis on the literal right a contemporary
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english version contemporary english we want
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to see if it pops that up so while you're looking
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for that i've given the meaning so It means the
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world, if we take this meaning, it means that
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the Holy Ghost will be making the world ashamed.
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The Holy Ghost will be showing the world its
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faults. The Holy Ghost will be making them feel
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sorry, which is incorrect on two bases, right?
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I want to show us two bases by which such interpretation
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would be incorrect. we head into what the correct
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interpretation is. So there are two bases upon
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which this is incorrect to say that the Holy
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Ghost will shame the world. So first, the first
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basis is just to look at the text like that first.
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Okay? Please, if you find that contemporary English
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version or literal emphatic translation, let
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me know if you find it. You couldn't find it?
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Okay, it's fine. It's okay. They are the ones
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that actually gave something very close, quite
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close to it. Right? So, yes, thank you for staying
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on this verse. And when he comes, he will convict
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the word of sin. So let's start. Of righteousness
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and judgment. Stop there. Just this is a contradiction
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in the sense that you can be convict of sin.
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Now, can you also be punished and shamed for
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righteousness? You cannot be shamed and punished
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for righteousness. It means two things. Something
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is happening there. They're punishing you for
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sin. You did the right thing. They're punishing
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you. You don't know what to do. Right? Of judgments.
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So you cannot be convicted of sin. And at the
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same time, you are convicted of righteousness.
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Right? So something must have to be explained.
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And of judgment. Now, go further. Let's see what
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I say. Concerning sin because they do not believe.
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Okay? Right? So, no, stay on that one. Concerning
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sin that they do not believe. Okay, if someone
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does not believe, we can take that. Now, go to
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the next one. Maybe because of unbelief, they
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will be shamed. Concerning righteousness because
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I go to the Father and you will see me no longer.
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To convict the word of righteousness. Right?
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To punish them because of righteousness because
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Jesus is going to the Father. He does not align.
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Right? So to punish them because of righteousness.
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In fact, the world does not have this information.
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You have to give this information to them because
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this was told to the disciples. Right? So it
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means that there's something more. The last one
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that talks about judgment. Okay. Concerning judgment
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because the ruler of the world is judged. Right?
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So it seems that there's a little bit of contradiction
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here. So on the first basis is that the statement
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itself does not align. to use shaming, the Holy
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Ghost shaming, or to use shame, or to use punish,
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right? To punish people because another person
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is punished, right? So concerning judgment, you
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want to punish them because it's like you want
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to punish the world because the God of the world
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is punished. So you want to punish the world
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alone. You want to shame the world. So it's not
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something that aligns. Now, that's on the first
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basis. Now, the second basis is that it contradicts
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the character of the Spirit. From Genesis to
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Revelation, this statement contradicts the character
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of the Spirit. And there has been no other part
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of the Scripture that gives such a pattern that
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the Holy Spirit punishes. Okay? So it contradicts
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the character of God. Contradicts the character
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of God. So where do we see The character of God.
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John 3, 16 and 17. Let's see. Especially 17.
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For God so loved the world that he gave his only
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begotten son, his only son, that whosoever believes
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in him should not perish, but have what? Eternal
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life. Right? Verse 17. What did he say? Everybody,
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can we read together? So God did not send his
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son to earth to condemn the world. So can we
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say shaming is condemnation? Yes. Convicting
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someone is condemnation? Yes. Can we say that?
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Yes. Finding reproach, making them feel sorry
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for themselves is condemnation? Yes. So here,
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foundationally, it does not align. James 1 verse
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5. James 1 verse 5. I think we probably read
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that. James 1 verse 5. Quickly, please. If anyone
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of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God. Who gives
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generously to all without what? Reproach. That's
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another word for that convict. Reproach. And
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it will be given to him. Say, God gives generously
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to all without reproach. Right? Finding faults.
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Pastor told us in most of our teachings, you
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find fault is not something, God does not find
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fault in man. He doesn't find fault. Right? All
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right. That's all for that. John 5, 45. John
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5, 45. I said, do you think? that I will accuse
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you to the father. Do not think rather, do not
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think that I will accuse you to the father. There
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is one who accuses, even Moses, on whom you've
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set your hope. Next. For if you believe Moses,
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you believe me. For he wrote of me, right? He
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wrote of me. So he's saying that I do not, Christ
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is saying, I'm not coming to accuse you. Right?
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I'm not coming to accuse. Accusation is found
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when a man holds the law and does not see Christ.
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That is when a man is accused. So it's in their
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unbelief. But God does not accuse men. Also,
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again, if you read John 15. From that verse 18,
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and you read it until where it says convicts
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the world, right? You will see that it looks
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like a revenge. Oh, so when the world has dealt
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with the believers, then the Holy Spirit will
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now punish them, shame them, right? Since the
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believer cannot do anything, hands over the world
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to the Holy Spirit. Revenge is not a character
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of God, if that's another thing you want to check.
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It's not a character of God, right? But God takes
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care, right? For example, we've seen that scripture
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that says that he visits the sins of the fathers,
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right? From one generation to another. And visiting
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the sins, we said is that God is taking care
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of the issue of sin. Hold on to that one, right?
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Because that's the foundation that we should
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have. So it means that God does not visit generation
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to generation of sin, but rather from one generation
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to another, forgiveness is made available. That's
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what God does. If you use that and bring it here,
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you will get it, the right interpretation. So
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let's bring it. Let's bring this foundation and
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just use it. on that basis to just check. So
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he said he would convict the world of sin. First
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of all, we have to change the word convict. I'm
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going to show you why. I'm going to show you
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why. It's because convict is elegatio, right?
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There is a correct use or the right use of the
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word or the right translation of the word in
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2 Timothy 3 .16. 2 Timothy 3 .16. So 2 Timothy
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3 .16. He said, all scriptures is breathed out
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by God and profitable for words. It's profitable
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for words and for reproof, right? Reproof is
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elegachos. You just add S. That's the difference.
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So the one that says convict is elegacho. This
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one is S. How can the difference be two? And
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this one means to provide sufficient evidence
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pertaining a matter. It is not to shame. So the
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doctrine is not for shaming people. Right? So
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reproof here is to provide sufficient evidence.
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So it means that the choice of words of the translators
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must have been influenced by probably, you know,
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like I said, they read the context and they gave
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an interpretation to the context. themselves.
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So, elegatio and elegatios, what is the difference?
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It's the same word, right? The same word. So,
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here, it says to give evidence. So, from here
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now, we now know that that elegatio means to
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give sufficient evidence of something. Right?
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Can we carry this reproof and put it there and
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say, reproof the word of sin, elegatios? Yes.
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Right? So, what would that mean? What would that
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mean? What would to reprove the word? Now we've
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adjusted it to reprove, right? Some scriptures
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use convince. Does anybody's version use convince
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here instead of convict, right? Some people use
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convince. So we can bring in convince too. We
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can bring in reprove too, right? Because both
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of them would reflect to give sufficient evidence
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about the matter. Okay? So to give sufficient
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evidence about a matter. So you should write
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it down. Provide sufficient evidence regarding
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a matter. To give enormous evidence of the core
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of the matter. To give enormous evidence of the
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core of the matter. Another one to add to it
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is by that to establish the truth of the matter.
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To establish the truth of the matter. So let's
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go back to John 16. In this John 16, now we'll
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now see. Let's now start beginning to work on
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it. So nevertheless, I tell you the truth. It's
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the advantage that I go. If I do not go, the
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helper will not come. But I will send you. But
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if I go, I will send him to you. Verse 8. And
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when he comes, he will reprove the world concerning
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sin. It will reprove. It will convince the world
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concerning sin. Now, when an evidence is given,
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right? When a doctrine is taught, let me give
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you an example. When we come here and we sit
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down, we teach doctrine, we explain the scripture.
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What is the essence of it? It's for you to believe,
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right? is for you to believe. When a doctrine
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is taught and explained and explained. For example,
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we're going to teach on speaking in tongues.
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It's for you to believe it so that you don't
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doubt it. Right? When we talk about the things
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of the spirit, we teach it, teach it. So, it's
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for you to believe it so that you don't doubt
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it. Good. So, now, we can say that to give evidence
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concerning sin. So, the point is, does it mean
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that it would explain sin to them? No. That's
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not what it means. to give evidence concerning
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sin. The question is, what will be the truth
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about sin when Jesus Christ resurrects? What
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will be the truth about the sin when Jesus Christ
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resurrects? That is, has been dealt with. Do
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you get? So, the truth about sin when Jesus is
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raised will be that sin has been dealt with.
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That is the established matter at resurrection.
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Right? So the established matter that the Holy
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Spirit will give sufficient evidence to the world
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about is that he will show them that sin has
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been dealt with on the basis of Christ's death.
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and resurrection. Don't forget the saying, I
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will go, I will go, I will go. You must add that
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I will go to the explanation of this thing that
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is happening. So when I go and I come to you,
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means I'm raised, right? The world will know
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that I have given them victory over sin. They
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just need to believe. Right? So the established
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truth about sin at the resurrection is that It's
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solved. It's solved. Right? And give them evidence
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concerning righteousness that they can receive
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it. So the Holy Spirit does not convict the world
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of sin, convict, but convince them of what Christ
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has done to sin. So the Holy Spirit will give
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evidence, sufficient evidence pertaining all
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Christ has done to sin. How he has made righteousness
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available so that they can believe. Therefore,
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the convincing of the word, the convince of the
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word of what Jesus did to sin, right? Is the
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appropriate explanation of the space. So the
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Holy Spirit convinced them, explains to them.
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What does he explain? He explains, what would
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the Holy Spirit explain? So you need to write
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this, add this to it. That the Holy Spirit will
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explain the suffering. and the glory of Christ.
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Please write it, right? The Holy Spirit will
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explain the suffering and the glory of Christ.
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The suffering and the glory of Christ. The Holy
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Spirit will explain the suffering and the glory.
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You know why? Because the world could not comprehend
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that as a path to salvation. They couldn't imagine
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that it is the death and resurrection of Christ.
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that will bring eternal life. At that point,
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it's only the Spirit that reveals these things,
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right? The Holy Spirit will reveal it, will explain
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it to them. Good. So, he said, I go to my father
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concerning all of this. Now, how does the Holy
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Spirit do this? How does the Holy Spirit do this?
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Right? To an unbeliever, how does the Holy Spirit
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convince them of what Christ has done? The Holy
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Spirit, Convince the world through the preaching
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of the believer. Don't forget chapter 15, verse
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26 and 27. You will witness after the Spirit
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has witnessed unto you. So it means that the
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Spirit witnesses to the apostle, the apostle
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witnesses to others, right? That is how the Spirit
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witnesses to others. So the Spirit witnesses
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to others through... Our witnessing, right? The
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spirit witnesses to others through our witness.
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So it conveys the word of sin, right? Regarding
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sin by our preaching, by our preaching. Glory
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to God. So the witnessing of Christ is actually
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what the spirit would do. The witnessing of Christ
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is what the spirit would do. Hallelujah. So we
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have been able to go through that and all of
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that. Now, how do we see this in the entire picture
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of the Bible? Is that from Genesis as we check
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across, right? From Genesis as we check across,
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we see that it has been about passing this message
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from generation to generation until the fulfillment
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of it. And now that is fulfilled, we would carry
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on. So what is God doing on earth today? What
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is God doing on earth today? He's changing men
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through me and you. The Spirit is changing lives
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through myself and you. When we go to preach,
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when we go to witness, right? And it's not just,
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he said, signs and wonders will follow our witnessing.
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So all of that is what the Spirit is doing on
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it, walking through us. Hallelujah. All right,
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let's go to 1 Corinthians now, teaching 1 Corinthians
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12, to go into the gift of the Spirit, right?
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The gift of the Spirit, much more. Just to highlight
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something, because I know someone is thinking,
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What about when I sin and something is telling
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me that what I've done is bad. I've done something
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very terrible. I don't feel good about it. What
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is speaking? Is that not the Holy Spirit? Right?
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Is that a question in someone's mind? Is that
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a question? Do you feel that way when maybe you
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do something wrong? Do you feel like, and you
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feel very remorse? Right? I'm looking for Paul's
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writing. What works and what functions in that
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time, right, is your conscience. Paul will say,
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if our conscience judges, he said, God is what
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is greater than our conscience, right? It means
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the Spirit is greater. Than your conscience.
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So. When you are judged by your conscience. You
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should go back to the spirit. To know what is
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yours. In Christ. I just feel like you address
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that. Okay. You will say. Paul will say. If our
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conscience judges. Right. God is greater than
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our conscience. Right. So when you feel. When
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you feel sorry. Right. By your conscience. By
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your morality. By everything. Your knowledge
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is functioning. To tell you what you have done
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is bad. When you come to the spirit. Do you know
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what is yours in spirit? Forgiveness, redemption
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by his blood, right? Grace to walk in righteousness.
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So it's not, you know, it's not like the Holy
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Spirit is the one convincing you. It's because
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all the body of knowledge you have settled in
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your mind tells you you have done something wrong.
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You judge it. And when you come to the Spirit,
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God is greater than all. You have to go in God,
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in the Spirit, and you grow. Otherwise, that's
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why, you know why people find it hard to forgive
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themselves? You know, they do something very
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terrible and they're like, I can't forgive myself.
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I'm like, hey, does forgiveness even come from
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me in the first place? You know, people do that
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and you tell them, forget, you are angry. They
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just feel down. It's because they don't know
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the place of God. They don't know the place of
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the Spirit. Because it's in the Spirit. Romans
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8, there is what? There is now no condemnation
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to them who are in what? Christ. There is now
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no condemnation. You are in Christ. So that is
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what you have to tell yourself. Come back to
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what the Spirit says about you. Then your consciousness
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would be healed. Did I say that? Yes. Your consciousness
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would be healed. Your conscience would be healed.
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Right? your conscience will be healed. There
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is healing. There is healing. Alright, so 1 Corinthians
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12, I think that's where we are going. 1 Corinthians
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12. So to introduce, right, the things of the
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Spirit. Now concerning spirituals, brothers,
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I do not want you to be uninformed. You know
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that when you were pagans, we were led astray
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to mute idols. However, you were led. Therefore,
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I want you to understand. So can you shout, I
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want you to understand. I want you to understand.
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Say, I receive understanding. I receive understanding.
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So Paul wants us to understand things concerning
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spirituals. He doesn't want us to be ignorant.
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So we have to check one after the other. So again,
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the word spirituals is nomaticos, right? Nomaticos,
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and we had that before. And we can divide it.
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We can divide it into two, right? We can divide
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it into two. The pneuma there means spirits.
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And the tiko there means the things. Means things.
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Right? Means things. Concerning spiritual. So,
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pneuma means spirit. The tiko there implies the
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things. And it reflects in different ways. Okay?
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So, first, things of the spirit. Right? The things
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of the spirit. Right? The things of the spirit.
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Things in the spirit. of the Spirit, things in
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the Spirit, and things by the Spirit. Right?
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Things by the Spirit. So, demonstration is by
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the Spirit. I come to you not in the eloquence
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of war, that is by the Spirit. Right? What we
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are doing here, we are doing it in the Spirit.
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This conference is In the spirit. Right? We are
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in the spirit of God. The scriptures are of the
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spirit of God. That is why the law is spiritual.
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It's of the spirit. It is not away from the,
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it's not something anti -spirit. The law is of
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the spirit. It's given by the spirit. Scriptures
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is of the spirit. Right? They are inspired by
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the spirit of God. Right? So, those are the,
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he's talking about the things of the spirit,
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in the spirit and by the spirit. Right? Things
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in the spirit and by the spirit. So those are
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the things we're going to discuss. Now let's
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go to a little bit to backtrack. Acts chapter
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2 verse 38. Acts chapter 2 verse 38. Acts chapter
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2 verse 38. And Peter said to them, repent and
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what? Be baptized. Every one of you in the name
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of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins
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and you will receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
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You receive what? The gift of the Holy Ghost.
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Now, in this place, it's not talking about gift
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of the Spirit. Okay? So be careful when you see
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gifts, gifts here and there, gifts, you know,
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you have to read it very well. Right? Gift here
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means that the Holy Spirit Right? It refers to
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the Holy Spirit, the gift cells, the nature of
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the gift, which is to give freely. Like freely
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given. Let me put it that way. It refers to the
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Spirit is freely given. So, receive the gift,
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the Holy Spirit. So, remove off. Right? Maybe
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some of the off, off, off are causing so many
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challenges. Actually, the off is not there. You
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can remove the off. So receive the gift, the
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what? The Holy Spirit. So the Holy Spirit is
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given, is nature of it, right? Is given freely.
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The gift there, right, is the word doron, D -O
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-R, right? Doron. Which means to be offered freely,
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to be given freely. The gift there is doron,
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which means to be offered freely, to be given
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freely. So the Holy Spirit is the gift. The gift
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is the Holy Spirit, right? The Holy Spirit is
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the gift and the gift is the Holy Spirit. All
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right. Still under scripture, still under scripture.
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So the giving of the Holy Spirit here is salvation
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to them. So Peter just finished preaching and
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they were... They were in unbelief. I said, okay,
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what can we do to be saved? He said, believe,
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right? And you will receive the Holy Spirit.
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So, it's not believe and receive. It's actually,
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you will receive the Holy Spirit if you believe
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what I've said. And that's salvation for them.
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Now, the word receive there, the word receive
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is the Greek word, is the Greek word lambano.
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L -A -M -B -A -N -O. Lambano. Lambano, which
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means to take hold of what is provided. So something
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is provided freely to take hold of it is lambano.
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Right, you will see it used in Acts. Luke 24,
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47, right? Luke 24, 47. I think that should be
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it. We can confirm that. All right. So Peter
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is teaching them, right? That the promise of
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the father has been given. Therefore, they need
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to receive it. They need to take hold of it by
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believing, right? They need to take hold of it
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by believing. And it's free. So they needed not
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to do. anything than to receive because it's
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free, right? It's a free gift. They needed not
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to do anything than to receive. So let's go back
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to 1 Corinthians 2 and continue on the journey.
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Just wanted to clarify that and we'll proceed.
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1 Corinthians 2. Now the next word we should
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examine is actually the word ignorant. Right?
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It's the word ignorant. It's the word ignorant.
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Why we are examining it is because we need to
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know you can identify your state as we are proceeding.
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Right? You can identify where you are about your
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belief, about the things of the spirit. Okay?
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That's what this session, this particular session
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is about. I want you as I proceed in explaining
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step by step the things, identify where you are
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and when the word of God comes to correct it,
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You receive what? The correction, right? You
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receive the understanding. You receive the evidence,
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right? You receive the evidence. So this one
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says ignorance. The word is A -G -N -O -E -O.
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A -G -N -O -E -O. Which is to be ignorant means,
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right? Ignorant means to refuse to recognize
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actually. To see, but refuse to recognize. So,
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to refuse to recognize things pertaining to the
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things of the Spirit. So, a believer can be saved
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and refuse to recognize the things pertaining
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to the Spirit. My scripture is uninformed there,
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but I think ignorance stays. So, you can be a
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believer and you are ignorant. You don't know
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it. You even see it. But you say, no, it does
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not exist. Right? You say, no, these things don't
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exist. So that is ignorance. So he's telling
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them, don't be ignorant about these things. Of
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course, this church, their issue is not even
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not knowing because they came out superb in all
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gifts, right? But they had a problem with regards
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to how the conduct of the Spirit. So the word
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is to be ignorant. So a believer can be. So you
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need to be cautious to take yourself away from
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that. A believer endured by the Spirit should
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not be ignorant of the things of the Spirit.
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Right? A believer indwelled by the Spirit should
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not be ignorant on the things of the Spirit.
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Should not be ignorant on the things of the Spirit.
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And that's what we are going through this teaching.
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Now, it's a therefore, verse 3. Therefore, I
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want you to understand that no one speaking in
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the Spirit of God says Jesus is our cause and
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no one says Jesus is Lord except in the Spirit.
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Right? In the Holy Spirit. So here is laying
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a foundation that first, Know that when somebody
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says Christ Jesus is the Lord, it means the person
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has believed. So believing comes. Then the gifts.
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Believing. So just establish believing. Jesus
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is Lord. You can add the scriptures here. Romans
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10. I don't know if I'm moving too fast. Romans
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10. You can add Romans 10 to that. Romans 10.
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Let's see. Romans 10 from verse 9 and 10. You
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can add Romans 10 verse 9 and 10 there. You can
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put Philippians 2. Of course, in many cross references,
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you will not find Philippians 2. Romans 10 verse
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9 and 10. Philippians 2 verse 9 and 10 as well.
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Philippians 2 verse 9 and 10. It's talking about
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people who, say, who profess their faith in Christ.
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People who believe and profess their faith. Because
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if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is
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the Lord and believe in your heart that God raised
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him from the dead, you will be saved. Next. For
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with your heart one believes and is justified
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and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
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Philippians 2. Therefore God has highly exalted
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him and bestowed on him the name that is above
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every name so that at the name so that at the
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name Of Jesus, every knee should bow in heaven
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and on earth and under the heads and every tongue
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confess that Jesus Christ is the Lord to the
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glory of the Father, right? The whole context
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of that is believers coming to give glory to
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God by coming into faith, right? They come into
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faith. Good. So back to Philippians, back to
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our key scripture 12. So ignorance, we've passed
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that. Now we are in... Believing. So being born
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again comes. So the moment someone is born again,
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he can walk in the things of the spirit and should
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not be ignorant. Should not be ignorant. So four,
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verse four. He said, now there are varieties
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of gifts. Yes. Now this is where gifts is. This
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gift here is not the same thing as Doron. The
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gift here is charisma. Okay. The gift here is
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charisma. It means something that can be expressed.
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Right? The gift here is the word charisma. It's
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a diversity of gifts, diversity of charisma.
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Something that can be expressed. So you start
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with something that can be expressed. Charisma.
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A supernatural endowment. You need to get this
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one so that you would not... that the gift of
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the Spirit is something that will be added into
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you. No. As you have believed and you have received
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the Spirit, as you are born again, right? Born
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into the supernatural, it's inside. You get it.
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It's inside the supernatural. It's inside the
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Spirit. So, the gift here is supernatural endowments.
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Ability given to someone because of where they
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are, because of who they are, rather. Because
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of who they are. Ability given to someone because
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of who they are. So it means it is part of that
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person. It's like your talent. It's part of you.
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It's like your inherent ability. So the things
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that we'll be listing are not things that are
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strange to you. Are not things that you should
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be looking for outside. They are things that
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are within you and would be made available to
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people through you. Do we get it? Right? So they
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are ability inherent in persons. Two key things.
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It is not applied for and it is not learned.
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This will help you in praying in tongues. This
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is what I'm saying now. That it is not applied
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for, right? You apply to be trained, right? Or
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learned. No. It is exercised because it's inside
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of you. It's like someone, let me use very, let
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me go into the natural a little bit. Physical
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and useful. Someone that has big stomach, right?
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Are they going to import packs and fill the place
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up? No. The packs is there. It's just underneath.
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So if you have big stomach issue, you have hopes.
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You have some hopes if you got big stomach. It's
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just underneath. You just need to work it out.
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Right? So nobody's going to import it. No, it's
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there. You just need to. So the things of the
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Spirit, the gift of the Spirit is inherent in
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you. It is there. You don't need to apply for
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it. You don't need to learn it. You only exercise
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it. It is in the exercising of it that you see
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the great demonstration of it. It is exercising
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of it that you see the great demonstration of
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it. 2 Timothy 1, 6 -7. 2 Timothy 1, 6 -7. 2 Timothy
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1, 6 -7. For this reason, I remind you to do
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what? To fan into flame the gifts of God, which
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is what? In you through the lane of hands, right?
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So fan into flame, fan into flame, right? Fan
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into flame that gift of God, which is inside
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of you. Fan into flame. So it's inside of you.
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So it's inside of me. It's inside of me. And
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I give expression to it. Okay. So the Holy Spirit
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is freely given. Therefore, the abilities, therefore
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the gifts and the abilities in the Holy Ghost
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is freely given. Right? The Holy Spirit is freely
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given. Therefore, the gift and the abilities
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in the Holy Spirit is freely given. It's freely
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given. It is available. To all believers. It's
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freely given and it is available to all believers.
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So you have the spirit. Then you have the abilities
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of the spirit, the gift of the spirit. Then you
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can exercise it. You can exercise it. Nothing
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is to come upon you before you give expression
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to that which is inside of you. Now the next
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word we need to check is diversities. Diversities,
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right? Diversities. Diversities is the word diuresis.
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Diuresis. I think this was the word that was
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used in Acts chapter 2. Thank you. So diuresis.
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It implies varieties and different forms. Varieties
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and different forms. Numerous. More than one.
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So diuresis. D -I -A -I -R -E -S -I -S. D -I
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-A -I -R -E -S -I -S. D -I -A -I -R -E -S -I
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-S. I mean, the word dia is already there telling
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you it's multiple, right? It's multiple. It's
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in versions. It's in versions, yes. So it implies
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varieties, different, numerous. Therefore, the
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gift of the Spirit are varieties, right? And
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that is why it was the listing that followed,
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right? After that verse, the gift of the spirit
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are varieties. The spirit is one has varieties
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of gifts. You will see that it said there are
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varieties of gift, but the same spirits, the
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same spirits, the same spirits. So can you pray
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in tongues? Yes. Because you have the same spirit
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in you. Can you function in the miraculous? Yes.
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Because you have the spirit in you. Can you heal?
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Yes. Because it is of the same spirit. That same
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spirit. So, variety means it's not one. So, it
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means that a believer can flow in tongues. Right?
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A believer can give what? Interpretation of tongues.
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Right? A believer can prophesy. Right? Yes. A
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believer can give expression to supernatural
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faith. You know? I think, I don't know. Someone
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was telling me recently that there's somebody
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that, I think it was Mariah, that someone has
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a particular kind of faith. Like their faith
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is so strong. I'm like, you know, it's by the
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Spirit that is in them. We all have it. We give
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expression. And I asked the person, I said, what
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does the person do? He said, the person always
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believe whatever comes by the Spirit. Just believe.
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Whatever sees that. He wants the Spirit to take
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over in a situation. He believes that, like,
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just, the person goes beyond all the natural
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and the physical things that happen and say,
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no, this is how this thing will be. And the person
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doesn't doubt. That's an expression. That's an
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expression that allows it regularly, you know,
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and people will not be saying, ah, this guy said
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this thing, he believed it and it happened. Oh,
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this person said, because they are giving expression
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to it. So they are divested. So you can walk
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in any of it, any of these gifts, right? The
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walkings of miracles, The faith, discernment
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of spirits, right? We can walk in these gifts.
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So, the next one that we need to see is the same
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spirit. The same spirit. The same spirit, right?
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The same spirit. Don't forget this same spirit.
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Where did we start tracing the spirit from? Genesis.
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The same spirit. The same spirit. Now we come
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to the gift of the same spirit is giving us.
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Right? The same spirit. So he said, the same
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spirit, right? The same spirit, the same pneuma,
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right? The same pneuma, which is, of course,
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the same spirit in John 14. So let's write, 1
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Corinthians 2 .12, to emphasize the same spirit,
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it reflects the spirit of God at work in us.
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1 Corinthians 2 .12. We see that as the same
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Spirit of God. 1 Corinthians 3 .16 It says, Now
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we have not received the Spirit of the world,
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but the Spirit who is from God. I like this,
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right? The Spirit who is from God. The Spirit
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who is from God. That we might understand the
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things that are what? Freely given to us by God.
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This is what we are doing today. We are understanding
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the things that are freely given to us. By God.
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Because we have what? We have received the Spirit
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of God. Only the Spirit understands the things
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of the Spirit. And it's the one that explains
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it. So we have seen this. Now that's 1 Corinthians
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3 .16. Quickly. 1 Corinthians 3 .16. Do you not
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know that you are the temple and that God's Spirit
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dwells in you? So the Spirit that is in the believer.
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So not other spirits. Not something else. Nothing
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external. So something from within. So when I
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want to function in tongues, it's from what?
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It's from within. When I want to function in
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tongues, it's from within. I don't wait or sing
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some song, sing some song, sing some song, wait,
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sing some song, drum, drum, drum, drum, wait.
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Then all of a sudden, I go unconscious. Ah, no,
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it doesn't work like that. Right? It's from within.
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From the abundance. of the indwelling, then you
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begin to prophesy, you begin to speak in tongues,
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you begin to do all that is found in that same
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spirit. All right, 1 Corinthians 6, 17, the spirit
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that brought us into union with Christ. 1 Corinthians
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6, 17 to 20, actually. 17 to 20. But he who is
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joined to the Lord become one spirit with him.
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flee from sexual immorality. Every sin and person
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commits outside the body, but the sexual immorality
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person sins again in his own body. Or do you
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not know that your body is a temple of the Holy
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Spirit within you, whom you have from God? So
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that same spirit is from God. You are not your
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own. 20. For you were bought with a price and
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glorified God in your body. So that same spirit
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that is ours from God. 1 Corinthians 2 of 3.
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1 Corinthians 2 of 3. The same spirit that we
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receive from salvation, right? Therefore, I want
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you to understand that no one speaking, right?
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This is one of God ever says Jesus is a cause,
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right? No one can say Jesus is Lord. It means
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that someone who is saying, who is believing
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Christ, believe Christ through the spirit, right?
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They believe Christ through the spirit. So the
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word spirit, the word same day is actually autos,
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right? A -U, normal autos that you know, A -U
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-T -O -S, right? It's autos. And it reflects
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the same over and over again. You can just put
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this scripture, Acts 2 .36. It's using also the
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reflection of the same man, Jesus, the same person,
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Jesus, that same Christ, right? So if all gifts
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are from the same spirits and all believers have
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the same spirits, all believers can function
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in all the gifts. If all... If, sorry, if all
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gifts, yes, are from the same spirit, right?
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And all, if all gifts are from the same spirit
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and all believers have the same spirit, then
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all believers can function in all gifts. If all
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gifts are from the same spirit, then all believers
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that have the same spirit can function in all
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the gifts. See this? It's one that will clear
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us in many ways. All right. Let's see. So go
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to 1 Corinthians. Go to just that same chapter,
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verse 11. 1 Corinthians 2 of 11. 1 Corinthians
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2 of 11. It says, but all these, okay, all these
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are empowered by one and the same Spirit who
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apportions to, each one individually as he wills.
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We'll come to as he wills, right? It means that
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this same spirit helps every believer to function
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as they desire to function. Okay? So here we
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always say that when people read it, they say,
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oh, the spirit is the one that wills and decides,
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right? So the spirit decides what it will give
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you. Right? The spirit will decide. But this
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is actually talking about the believer, that
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the believer, right, is empowered by the same
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spirit as a desire. So you can desire to speak
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in tongues. You can desire to prophesy. You can
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desire to walk in healing. You can desire to
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walk in the miraculous. You can desire to prophesy,
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to speak, to do all of these, right? You can
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desire to walk in word of wisdom, word of knowledge,
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discernment, as you will. Ask your will because
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the Spirit is inside of you. So all this is being
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worked in on. Now this next one is what we should
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check. It said varieties of service, right? Varieties
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of service. Varieties of service. Of course,
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we already know what variety is, which is diuresis.
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So it's talking about varieties of service. It
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means that these gifts are given They are administered
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in diverse ways, right? Varieties of service
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means these give are administered in diverse
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ways, right? Healing, word of wisdom, word of
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knowledge, right? So if you are healing someone,
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that is, of course, most of them, some of the
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time they go together, but when you are healing
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someone, right? There's a way you administer
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healing. You pray in tongues, right? You prophesy.
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So there are ways by which these gifts are administered.
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Because the administration is the word diakonia,
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which we know is ministering to people. It's
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service to people. It's ministering to someone.
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So you need to know how all these gifts are administered.
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Now that you know that you have them in you,
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you need to understand how they are administered.
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You need to know how they are administered. You
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need to know how they are administered. Another
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word is the Lord, the same Lord, right? The same
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Lord, we should check that as well. We've seen
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administration, which I just touched upon briefly,
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is diakonia. Diakonia means different ways of
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ministering to people, right? Different ways
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of ministering to people, right? Ministries.
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So let's take the word, the same Lord. It's the
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same varieties of services, but the same Lord.
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The same Lord simply means, right? Same Lord
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simply refer to the fact that we are in the same
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family. We are under the same authority. We are
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in the body of Christ. We are in the same family.
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We are under the same authority. We are in the
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body of Christ. You know, the same Lord, under
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the authority in the same family, we are in the
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body of Christ. So it's referring to the body
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of Christ, right? It's referring to the body
52:59
of Christ. So, it's referring to the body of
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Christ. If you read, how do we know? If you read
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verse 12 of that chapter 12, It says, for just
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as the body is one and has many words, members,
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and all members of the body, though many, one
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is it with Christ. Same Lord, same Christ, same
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spirit. Verse 12 of chapter, body in the body
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of Christ. So under the same authority, under
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the same Christ, right? That is what's reflected.
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So it means that nobody prophesying should prophesy
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anything that is outside Christ. Right? It means
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that anybody prophesying, anybody walking in
53:54
the things of spirit can only function within
53:58
that that is available in Christ. Right? You
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function within that. So what you say, what you
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prophesy, what you administer to people. is what
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is found in Christ, right? Is what is found in
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Christ. So varieties of administration, but one
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Lord. One Lord means we all function in Christ,
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not outside Christ, not outside the authority
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of what Christ has done. The next one is the
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varieties of activities, which is the word operations
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in some books, right? Varieties of activities.
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excuse me, varieties of activities, which is
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operations. That word operation is important
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because we are going to explain, right, the three
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operations of the things of the spirit. We're
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going to explain the three operations of things
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of the spirit. We're going to see them, how they
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function. It's actually enajima, right, enajima,
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which comes from enagio, operation, E -N -E -R.
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The varieties of activities, right? In other
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things, it gives operation. So, E -N -E -R -G
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-E -M -A. E -N -E -R -G -E -M -A. E -N -E -R
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-G -E -M -A. Which refers to the active working
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out of these gifts. Right? The active working
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out of these gifts. How do you... How do you
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function in tongues? What do you do when you
55:35
function in tongues? We do what? We speak. Exactly.
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We speak. So you can also, you are murmuring
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in tongues. You are still groaning. You have
55:50
not entered. You have not entered tongues. You
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are still somewhere. You know, you are groaning.
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Tongues, you must say. So that is how that operates.
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That's how that functions. So how is tongue active?
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It's active in such matters. It's energy. We
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see that in that. So let's see. Varieties of
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everybody. The same Lord empowers them all. Empowers
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them all. It means everybody. It means everybody,
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everybody is empowered. But before we go to this,
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before I go to empower them all, let's talk about
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the operations, actually. The operations is very
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important. So let's write it down. How do we
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function? How are we active? How do we work in
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these things? How do we make them... So you will
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not say that you want... How do you know you're
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working in it? Maybe that's another way to put
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it. How do you know you're working in it? How
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to work in it? How are they active? How are they
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effective? Right? So first, Tongues. Write it
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down. Tongues, interpretation of tongues and
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prophecy. Put them together. Tongues, interpretation
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of tongues and prophecy. Tongues, interpretation
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of tongues and prophecy. Are activated through
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all trances. All trance. So we call them the
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all trance gifts. So they are effective. By all
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trans. You've never seen, you'll never see a
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prophet that is keeping quiet. So you cannot
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say you are prophesying and you're keeping quiet.
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You'll never say, you'll not say you are praying
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in tongues and you're keeping quiet. You'll not
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say you are, you are interpreting tongues and
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you're not saying anything. Right? So it's by
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all trans. It's all trans. This is how we operate
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in this thing. Right? So this is how we operate.
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Now the next one is, Word of knowledge, word
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of wisdom, and discernment of spirits, which
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you have seen. You will see that those listings
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started from eight. Word of wisdom, word of knowledge,
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discernment of spirits. And scriptures will say,
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test every spirit. You discern your discernment
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of spirits. Word of knowledge, word of wisdom.
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The assignment of spirit. We're going to teach
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them in detail. We take them gradually. These
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ones are called revelational gifts. They operate
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by revelation. So there's a revelation granted
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unto you to give a word of wisdom to a brother.
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Then you give the word of wisdom. There's a revelation.
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By the spirit, you receive a revelation. By the
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spirit, you can tell which spirit is of God,
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which spirit is not of God. By revelation, you
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know. Word of knowledge, right? Things happening,
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things taking place, circumstances around, you
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know by the Spirit. You have not been there,
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you have not been, but by the Spirit you know,
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you have this knowledge, right? You have this
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knowledge. It is supernatural. It is supernatural.
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You can be somebody, that's why when we minister
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to each other, what we do sometimes, we give
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word, after we pray in tongues, right? We give
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interpretation. Then we give word of knowledge.
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Sometimes we perceive, right, people having problems
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in different areas of their life and we share
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with you. That's where you say you're having
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this problem, right? And we give you the comfort
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of the spirits. Sometimes it comes as, it comes
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as word of wisdom, right? Word of wisdom, yes.
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It comes at that. So we tell you what to do.
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Okay, this is the circumstances and you tell
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us, okay, sir, this is the situation I find myself
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and that's true. Then do the simple word that
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helps you out of that. Because all the gifts
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of the Spirit are supposed to help you out of
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trouble. They're supposed to edify you. We're
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going to come to that. It is the word to profit
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with all. Right? So, all these gifts is for profiting
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of the recipient. Right? It's for the profit.
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So, the word of knowledge and the sign of Spirit,
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they are revelation. You see something. You know
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something. It comes to your mind. you function
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in it. The third one, the third one, which we
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call the power gifts, the third one, which we
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call the power gifts, they are actually workings
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of miracles, workings of miracles, gifts of healing,
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and gifts of faith. Workings of miracles, gifts
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of healing, and gifts of faith. They are power
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gifts, right? They are power gifts. They are
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power gifts. So this is how they function. So
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in this ones, right, of course you can, it's
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sometimes, most of the time they walk with altruism,
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but you're healing someone, you're laying hands
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on someone and the person is healed. You find
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someone in trouble and you're believing and having
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faith alongside, holding their hands that they
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will come out of this in faith in God, walkings
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of miracles. So this is how they function. These
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are the operations of it. So we have the three
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different operations of the things, of the gifts
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of the spirits. It's given to every man. Every
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man. It means that every man has it. Every man
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does what? Has it. Every man has this in them.
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Every man has this. Let's go back to the scriptures.
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Verse 7. It said, To each is given the manifestation
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of the Spirit for common good. Right? So, because
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of the way it follows the listing. Right? Because
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that verse, It's followed by the listing of the
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gifts. We assume it's actually demonstration,
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but it's not demonstration, right? It's not demonstration.
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It's phanerosis, right? Which is another word
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to explain the indwelling. It's phanerosis. It
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means to open up, to lay bare, right? To make
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available. It's another phrase that expresses
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the man. So, and you will see that it is manifestation,
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not manifestations, right? It's not a plural.
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Anyway, you see, at least within this context,
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it keeps it as the manifestation of the Spirit
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in a man is given for another man to profit.
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It means for the benefit of another man. Why?
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Because you yourself have received the benefit
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of the Spirit. Therefore, All that will benefit
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from you. Right? He said, for each is given the
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manifestation of the Spirit. The revelation of
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the Spirit that is in them for common good. Right?
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It's given for common good. It's the same thing
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as Ezekiel 36, 26. It's the same thing as John
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14. So, it's only explaining that now that you
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have the Spirit working these things. Right?
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Hence, it is when you receive the Holy Spirit,
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you walk in these things that I'm listing. And
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it's saying that this list is for those that
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will receive it. It's for those that will receive
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it. So, is the manifestation right? Is it demonstration?
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No, it's not demonstration. Let's go to demonstration
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1 Corinthians 2 and see. 1 Corinthians 2. 1 Corinthians
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2 from verse 1. He said, and when I came to you,
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brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the
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testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom,
1:03:54
right? For I decided to know nothing among you
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except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. And I
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was with you in weakness and in fear and more
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trembling. And with my speech, my message, were
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not implausible words of wisdom, but the demonstration
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of the Spirit, which is power, so that your faith
1:04:14
might not rest. in the wisdom of men, but in
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the power of God. My not resting words, in the
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wisdom of men, but in the power of God. So Paul
1:04:27
is saying that, you know, as I preach the gospel,
1:04:31
right? In my speech, I do not come in just the
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preaching of the gospel, but the preaching of
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the gospel is followed by the demonstration of
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the things of the spirits, which is powerful.
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So here is actually demonstration. Over here
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is demonstration. Paul is demonstrating. As he
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is preaching the gospel, as he is explaining
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to them, he is demonstrating the abundance of
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the power of God. So is there demonstration?
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Yes, there is demonstration. The reason why we
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explain scripture like this is that we want to
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use the right scripture to explain the right
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practice. Do we get it? We try to use the right
1:05:18
scripture to explain the right practice, right?
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So there's demonstration of things of spirit,
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right? Demonstration of the things of the spirit.
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Praise God. So it's given to every man, to prophets.
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Now, this one is the one that's, I think we have
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been talking about it for a while, but we need
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to talk about it now. When you receive, when
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you are functioning in the gifts, Right? When
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you're functioning in any of the gifts, when
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you're functioning in any of the gifts, you are
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not ministering to yourself. Okay? You are not
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ministering to yourself. You are ministering
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to somebody. The recipient is the person that
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will receive. Then somebody else will now come
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and what? Minister unto you. That is why in chapter
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14, it says, verse 26, When them brethren, when
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you come together, each of you has something
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to give. Do you get it? So everybody come because
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we have something to give, right? This is not,
1:06:29
you know, they say we have come to a generation
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where everybody comes to church to just receive,
1:06:33
right? You receive from your pastor. You receive
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both financially and spiritually and economically
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and politically and in all forms, educationally.
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You just want to receive. Now minister to your
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pastor, spiritually too. You still want to be
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laid out on you. Ah, no, no. It doesn't work
1:06:52
like that. We all, when we come together, we
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do what? We have something to give. He said,
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each of you has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation,
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a tongue, an interpretation. Let all things be
1:07:03
done for building up. We are building each other
1:07:04
up. Right? So it is to give. So I cannot say,
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I want to minister to myself. Right? That's not
1:07:11
a practice we see there. Okay. So the recipient
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is the one, right? That's will receive. The recipient
1:07:20
is the one, right? So the word profit with all
1:07:23
is some Pharaoh, right? Some Pharaoh. Some Pharaoh
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is the word S U M P H E R O. S U M P H E R O.
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S U M P H E R O. So when we begin to receive
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teachings in this direction, we should know that
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we want to some Pharaoh, right? We want to do
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it. Give something to each other, common advantage.
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So you must be prepared to give. Regularly when
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you say the believers meeting, you must set your
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heart. I'm going to pray in tongues. I'm going
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to give an interpretation. I'm going to prophesy.
1:08:07
I'm going to walk in healing. I'm going to walk
1:08:09
in faith for my brother. I have the word of wisdom
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regarding my sister. I have the word of all.
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I have the signing of spirit. I discern for them.
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I walk in the things of the spirit. This is how
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you come. You don't just come. You have to prepare
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your mind. You have to prepare your hearts. that
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this is what you want to do. That is why he says,
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as you will. He giveth every man as the man wills.
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So the Spirit allows you to function in those
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things because you have willed. You have set
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your heart to function in interpretation of tongues.
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You have set your heart to prophesy to someone
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as you will. So, it is for the common good. The
1:08:52
common good there is used because you give me
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and I give you. Right? That's why we hold each
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other to. This is where the practice is, right?
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We hold each other to. Minister to somebody that
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the person must minister to you back. That is
1:09:05
the common good. That is the common good. Every
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man that has believed the gospel can give the
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things of the Spirit, can minister the things
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of the Spirit. So, let's see. Other scriptures
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that use the word the prophet without. Other
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scriptures that use the word the prophet without.
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We'll just write it down. We'll just write it
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down. We'll just write it down. We'll do a few
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little bit of practice before we go for break.
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We'll do practice now. We have thoughts and therefore
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let it be. There's more teaching coming. This
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is just introduction to the gift of the Spirit.
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So, Mediatim is introduction one and two. All
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these things that I've been saying since morning.
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It's just introduction. So, when Pastor Kirsten
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comes, we'll take it up again. Alright, so. And
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other scriptures that we can find some fair.
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1 Corinthians 6, 12. Right? Everything is loveful
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to me, but not everything is expedient. 1 Corinthians
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6, 12. Right? 1 Corinthians 7 .35. 1 Corinthians
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7 .35. 1 Corinthians 10 .23. 1 Corinthians 10
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.23. All right, good. So this is actually, now
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for demonstration of the spirit, can you write
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this down? The demonstration of the spirit. Can
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you write it down? Can I write the Greek quote
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down? Then we find where it's used. Apodexis,
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A -P -O, right? That word demonstration, which
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is different from manifestation. A -P -O -D -E
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-I -X -I -S. A -P -O -D -E -I -X -I -S. So this
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is demonstration of the power of God. It means
1:11:38
that Paul was doing something that is visible.
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Okay? Something that is visible. Something that
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is observable. Something that can be seen in
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the physical. Right? Something that can be acknowledged
1:11:53
in the physical. That's the demonstration of
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the Spirit, right? Something that can be acknowledged
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in the physical. So now we can see, right? We
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can see after this introduction that the same
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Spirit from Genesis dwells in us, right? The
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same Spirit from Genesis dwells in us. We all
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have the same Spirit and this Spirit functions
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through every one of us. We can walk in all the
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gifts, right? We can walk with, do we agree on
1:12:29
that? We saw that from the scripture. We are
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under the same authority of Christ to function
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and minister what is in Christ to each other.
1:12:38
Are we together? Yes, we can minister what is
1:12:42
in Christ to each other. We can minister. As
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I minister, I minister to my brother for his
1:12:48
edification and somebody minister to me for my
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what? Edification. Glory to God. Can we be on
1:12:54
our feet? Let's do this now. A little bit of
1:12:57
practice. A little bit of practice. Let's just
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hold each other. Let's hold. Just pick one person.
1:13:04
Pick one person. Quickly, quickly, quickly. Let's
1:13:06
minister to one another. Now, I've told you the
1:13:09
gifts. I've told you the gifts. As you desire,
1:13:12
I want you to desire. I want you to desire. Just
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hold one person. Hold one person. Desire this
1:13:20
gift. As you desire, the Spirit will give you
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To function in these things, right? Let's hold
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each other quickly. As we desire. As we desire.
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As we desire. So we start. How do we do it? We
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start by praying in tongues, right? We start
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by praying in tongues, right? Ultrons. The ultrons
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of tongues is supernatural, right? It guides
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us to flow in what? In the gift of the Spirit,
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okay? It guides us to flow in the gift. So when
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you see that, when the message is preached, one
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of the first signs is what? Tongues. It just
1:13:55
flows, right? It's the space of the believer,
1:13:59
right? So we will pray in tongues now and we
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will minister to each other. So you know the
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gifts, right? You know them in your mind. You
1:14:04
have the power gift, which is healing faith,
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right? You have walking of miracles. You can
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desire that and you can walk in it. We have the
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Ultron's gift. You have tongues. You have interpretation
1:14:17
of tongues and we have prophecy in there. You
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can desire that. We have revelation, word of
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wisdom, word of knowledge, right? And the sermon.
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You can have that. You have it in you. Rather,
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you can walk in that. You can flow in that. Can
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we begin to pray in tongues? Thank you for listening
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