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The Gifts of the Spirit pt 10: The Gift of Prophecy · Near East Christian Fellowship Sermons

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Welcome to NECF Sermons. Each message here is
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designed to uplift and strengthen you in your
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walk with God. Don't miss out. Stay with us until
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the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive
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right in. You must have faith that as I pray,
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I'm not praying for the answers to come, but
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I'm praying so that the answers can be seen in
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the natural. Hallelujah. Because all of God's
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promises for the believer are yea and what? And
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amen. They have been fulfilled. They have been
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settled. Hallelujah. So what we do in the place
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of prayer is that that which we know has been
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fulfilled in Christ, we make it visible in the
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natural. Praise God. You see, when you have knowledge,
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as you take the place of prayer, you are praying,
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you are praying, you don't quit. Because you
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know that that which has been made available,
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you need it or you need to insist that you will
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see it where? In the natural. Sir, when I pray,
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I feel weak. When I pray, I feel tired. No, no,
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no, no, no, no, no. Don't pray by your feeling.
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Pray by God's word. Hallelujah. Don't pray by
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your feeling. Don't pray by your body. Pray by
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what? By God's word. Why? Because we are making
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tremendous power what? Available. So there is
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something we want to see. And we know that via
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prayers these things will be. Hallelujah. Praise
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God. Hallelujah. First Corinthians, Acts chapter
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1, verse 14. He said, these all continue with
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one accord in prayer and what? Supplication with
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the women and Mary, the mother of Jesus. And
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with what? With his brethren. Acts chapter 2.
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And when the day of Pentecost was fully come,
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they were all with, verse 1, with one accord
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in one place. They were what? They were praying.
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Amen. Making tremendous power available. And
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then the Holy Ghost was released. Amen. Then
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Acts chapter 3. Acts chapter 3. You can see verse
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1. Now Peter and John went up together into the
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temple at the hour of what? At the hour of prayer.
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Acts chapter 4. Acts chapter 4. Verse 24 or 23.
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And being let go, they went to their own company
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and reported all that the chief priests and elders
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had done. What? Said unto them, what is the next
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verse? And when they had that, they did what?
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They raised their voice saying what? To God with
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one accord in prayers. They didn't go out to
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protest. They didn't go out to complain. They
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didn't mount roadblocks. They did what? They
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raised their voice with what? Loud voice in the
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place of prayer. So whatever the believer wants
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to see to change, he changes it in the place
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of what? In the place of prayer. 29. And now,
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Lord, behold their threatening, the content of
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their prayer, and grant unto thy servants that
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with all boldness they may speak thy word by
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stretching forth thy hand and to heal, and that
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signs and wonders may be done by the name of
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thy word. Holy child, the content of their prayers
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was not anything to resist them. The content
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of their prayers was the will of God. The same
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thing that they were facing persecution on is
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the same thing they were praying for. We want
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to do it more. So the believer ought not to be
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praying anything that the will of God. Hallelujah.
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Now, Acts chapter 6. Acts chapter 6. Verse 4.
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But we will give ourselves what? Continually
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and what? To the ministry of what? Of the word.
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Verse 8. Verse 7. And the word of God did what?
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Increase and the number of disciples did what?
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Multiply. Hallelujah. Because they gave themselves
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to the ministry of what? Of prayers. Praise God.
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Hallelujah. And we will keep reading. We will
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keep reading all through. You will see in Acts
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chapter 12. You will see in verse 7. Acts chapter
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12 verse 7. Or verse 5. Sorry. Peter therefore
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was kept in the prison but complained and murmuring
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was made without ceasing by the church. What
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was made? Constant prayer was made without ceasing
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of the church unto God. For who? For Him. And
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we saw or we see subsequent verses and what?
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An angel's minister. They were praying in the
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house and tremendous power is made available
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and something is happening in the prison. Hallelujah.
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Acts chapter 13 is the product of prayer. They
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fasted. They ministered to God. Verse 2. As they
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ministered to the Lord and fasted, The Holy Ghost
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did what? Saved. So in prayer, we are receiving
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instructions. Hallelujah. In prayer, we make
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power available. We receive instructions. We
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receive direction. We receive Jesus in the place
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of prayer. He asks that the Lord be able to what?
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Strengthen him. The scripture says, and angels
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minister unto him. Hallelujah. Mark chapter 11.
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Can we open to Mark chapter 11? So please, when
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we say pray, Let there be faith and see. When
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we say pray, with the eyes of faith, see what
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must change. And as you're praying, don't pray
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as though the thing you're... No, no, no, no,
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no, no. See it is already done. Hallelujah. See
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it is already what? It's already done. The need
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is done. I was talking with somebody here in
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this church, no name withhold, you know. And
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I told the brother, I said, in all the plans
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that you're planning, pray more about it. Don't
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just plan just like that. Amen. Take time. And
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what? Soak the thing in prayer. Pray, pray, pray.
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Pray more about a matter than you plan about
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it. You hear what I said? Pray more about a what?
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A matter than you what? Than you plan for it.
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This is the position of the believer. Hallelujah.
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Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. So, we're
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going to make tremendous power available in a
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short time again. Amen? There is no gift of prayer.
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In all the places we are reading in 1 Corinthians
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12, there is no place called what? Gift of prayer.
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Mark 11 verse 22. And Jesus answering said unto
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them, Have faith in who? In God. For verily I
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say unto you, that whosoever shall say to this,
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what? Be thou removed and be thou cast into what?
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And shall not what? That in his heart, but shall
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do what? Shall believe that those things which
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he what? Said shall do what? Shall come to pass,
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he shall have whatsoever he what? He said, therefore
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I say unto you, N .E .C .F., whatsoever things
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ever he desire, when you pray, believe that you
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have what? Receive them and it's what? And it's
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yours. Hallelujah. There's a version that says,
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and it's yours. Faith in the place of prayer.
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But you see, 22 says, have faith in who? So the
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source of our faith is God. We could read lots
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of scriptures. Make power available. Don't lock
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up yourself inside the bathroom and be crying.
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Don't lock up yourself inside your room and be
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playing songs and cry and cry. Go out and take
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cold water and come back. You can shed tears,
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oh. You can cry, oh. But ensure you do what?
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Pray. Take advantage of prayers. Conrad says
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something. He said, through prayers, whatever
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that we want to see, we what? We make it visible.
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Praise God. Say this evening. Say this evening.
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Raise your hand and say this evening. This evening,
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I give myself to the things of the Spirit. I'm
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going to pray and I'll receive direction. I'll
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receive instructions and my life will never remain
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the same. Hallelujah. Before we start, let me
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say this lastly. Please ensure that every time
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you take prayers, be fervent about it. Amen.
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Let your mind be there. Let your attention be
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there. Let everything about you be there. Don't
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pray mindlessly. Amen. Hallelujah. Put, you see,
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in Acts that we read in Acts chapter 12, put
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the thing before you. Amen? This is Pastor Victor
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now. I say, Pastor Victor, I want to pray for
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you. Will I be praying for the door? How will
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I do? I put Pastor Victor in my mind. Lord, increase,
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increase. Work of ministry, flourish, flourish
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in the life of Pastor Victor. Let there be sighs
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and wonders much more, much more. You see, as
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my eyes are closed. But Pastor Victor is before
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me in my heart. As I pray more, it's his picture
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that I see. As I pray more, it's his picture
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that I see. As I pray, it's... I begin to see
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with the eyes of faith, signs, wonders, miracles
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are being written through his hands. I begin
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to stand more in the place of prayer. I see Jesus.
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Taking him from one crusade to another, I see
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blind eyes open, dead are raised, deaf ears are
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hearing, lame are walking, all via what? Prayers.
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I put him before me. So the next time you are
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praying about anything, put the thing away. Before
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you see, if you can put it before you, all your
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energies will be directed at it. Hallelujah.
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Praise God. Hallelujah. Are we ready for the
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word? Let's sit. Let's sit. Let's quickly run
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this. Glory to God. Glory to God. Hallelujah.
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Hallelujah. Hallelujah. So be consistent. Set
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up a time of prayers. Amen. Set up a time of
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what? Please, I beg you, any CF, one of the mark
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that shows that you're learning and you're following
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the trainings and then the teachings that are
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happening to you. Set up a time of what? Of prayer
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to do what? To pray. Philippians chapter 6. Is
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it chapter 4 now? Verse 6. He say, do not be
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anxious for what? For nothing. Hallelujah. But
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by prayer and what? And supplication. Praise
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God. Hallelujah. Prayer and supplication. 1 Thessalonians
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chapter 5 where we always read. Say rejoice always.
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Pray without ceasing. Luke chapter 18 verse 1.
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Men ought to always. Pray and not what? And not
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faint. Hallelujah. We can go on and on and on,
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scriptures upon scriptures about what? About
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prayers. Praise God. Hallelujah. Amen. Yes, so
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let's quickly continue from where we stopped.
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Glory to God. Glory to God. Thank you, Holy Spirit.
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So, gift of prophecy. Gift of prophecy, amen?
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So we stopped at prophetio, which means it implies
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to speak forth by what? By the Spirit, to speak
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forth by inspiration from the Spirit, amen? And
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we say it is usually at the spur of what? of
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the moment hallelujah it's not something that
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you have planned you know like the way other
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people will do in africa they arrange a prophecy
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session you know know the name check the facebook
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trail your tracks and then know a lot of things
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about you and then when you apply suddenly say
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do i know you have we met before do i know you
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i see as i'm here the angel is taking me to atakaka
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street i see a black gate i see number 15 you
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know and then you see the guy that is arranged
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the thing with you go And then somebody with
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mic, somebody say, prophesy, major, major, forensic
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prophecy, Papa. No. With the Holy Ghost, it's
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at the what? Spore of the moment. At the moment
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now. Hallelujah. Say, I receive prophecy at the
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spore of the moment. Praise God. Can you turn
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to your right and left and say, I'm going to
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receive a prophetic word for you now. Yes. Hallelujah.
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Some people did not just believe what they just
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said. Even after all the things we say, I receive
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a prophetic word for you now. And by the end
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of the service, you will know that truly I have
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the gift of prophecy. Hallelujah. Yes. And we're
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going to do it. Amen. So, we read Joel chapter
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2 verse 28. We said, and it shall come to pass
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afterward that what? I will pour out of my spirit
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upon all flesh. Joel chapter 2 verse 28. However,
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we read Acts chapter 2, right? If you check your
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notes, Acts chapter 2. But this is that which
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was spoken by what? By prophet Joel 17. And it
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shall come to pass in the what? Last day said
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what? Said God. Acts chapter 2 verse 16. Upon
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all flesh and your sons and daughters shall do
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what? And we said that prophecy, definition of
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prophecy is what? The Greek word for prophecy.
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From the root word, good. So, we said that now,
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what Peter was saying is that there is a man
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named Prophet Joel. Amen? And Prophet Joel spoke
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from God. You know, we said in the definition
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that he's speaking by inspiration from a source,
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right? But for the believer from the Holy Ghost,
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amen? So Peter knew or Peter knows who prophet
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Joel is. However, he has not met him in the flesh
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or in the natural, right? But he has read through
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the scriptures, amen? And he could be able to
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say this event that is happening is a fulfillment
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of what prophet Joel had prophesied. But at this
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time, Peter will say prophet Joel and God said
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it through who? through prophet joel but now
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when we read prophet joel let's go to joel 228
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we won't see as it were that god was speaking
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say prophet joel this is my word you know but
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it was looking as though that day if you met
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prophet joel you will just meet him and he will
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be saying you know and in the last days right
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i will pour out of my spirit upon all flesh you
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know and it will look come on what is he saying
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amen hallelujah so now let's go to joel chapter
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2 verse 28 Joel 2 .28 And it shall come to pass
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afterwards that what? Let's read it everybody.
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And it shall come to pass what? That I will You
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know if you are there to look as though Joel
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is saying out of him. He is the one that will
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pour it right? But we see Peter now is saying
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that God was the one doing what? Speaking. So
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where was prophet Joel speaking from? From who?
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From inspiration from who? inspiration of God,
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right? Praise God. And he says that what? Upon
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our flesh, your sons and daughters shall prophesy,
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your old men shall dream dreams, your young men
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shall do what? Shall see visions. And we see
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Peter now, will say in Acts chapter 2 now, after
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many years, right? That these things you see
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happening, right? Prophet Joel spoke about it.
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And God was the one that spoke about such an
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event that will happen. However, Right? When
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we are going to deal with the prophetic, we're
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going to come to this scripture. Because you
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will understand that this same scripture was
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also fulfilled that time. Praise God. Hallelujah.
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That this scripture was what? Was fulfilled upon
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the children of Israelites as of that time too.
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So, when we say the prophecy or prophetic word,
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we are not saying that the prophets spoke something,
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right? And then God was waiting for ages, ages,
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ages, ages, ages, oh. Wait, when will this one
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happen? No, no, no, no, no. You see, even when
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they were speaking about the scriptures about
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Christ, you see, we're going to read it now.
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Let's read so that you'll see what I'm saying.
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So we establish, right, that prophecy, prophetia,
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prophetio, to prophesy, right? In the Hebrew
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word, prophecy is naba, N -A -B -A. Write it,
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naba. The same explanation, to speak by inspiration.
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or to speak forth to another. Naba, N -A -B -A.
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N -A -B -A. Naba means to speak by inspiration
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or to speak forth to another. To speak by inspiration
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or to speak forth to what? To another. So when
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you go in the Hebrew language, you're going to
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see, probably you check some of your concordance,
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you're going to see, That word prophesy is almost
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about 114 to 115 times depending on the version
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that you're using. So it was used for the prophets
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of God. Hallelujah. 85 % of those 114 to 115
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times was used for what? For the prophets of
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God. Let me put it this way. The servants of
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God. I have a reason why I'm saying the servants
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of God. Amen. Because I want to connect it to
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something. So then we just have few, about 10
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% of it for non -prophets of God. So Luke 24,
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25 now, so that you see what I'm saying now in
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context. Luke 24, everybody let's go there. Luke
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24, verse 25. That the prophets have what? Have
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spoken. Amen. 26 now. Ought not Christ to have
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what? Suffered these things and to do what? And
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to enter into his what? Into his glory. Amen.
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27. And beginning at prophet Moses and all the
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prophets, he expounded unto them in how many
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scriptures? All the scriptures, the things concerning
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who? concerning himself. Hallelujah. So we see
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that the focus of the prophets, amen, they prophesied
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the things concerning who? Concerning Christ.
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Hallelujah. They didn't prophesy. So God or Jesus
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will come to go back to all their prophecies
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and then be able to teach the disciples or the
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apostles as it were, right? And then be able
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to bring to their understanding all the things
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that the prophets have spoken concerning who?
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Concerning himself. Concerning the redemptive
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walk. However, They were not speaking at that
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time as though they were unsure about what will
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happen. Praise God. Even though they were speaking
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and Jesus didn't happen in their time. Amen.
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But they know or they knew that this thing truly
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is what? It has already been concluded. So how
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do we know? When we now read Hebrews chapter
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11. We are not going to read but write it down.
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Hebrews chapter 11 and then the first few verses
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of chapter 12. We will now be able to see that
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these men were not only speaking under the inspiration
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of God, but they were also speaking and also
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looking forward to it happening in their time.
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Praise God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Are we all
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here? So the prophets were prophesying concerning
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God's promise of commitment. God's promise of
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what? Commitments regarding what he is fulfilling
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or what he will do in Christ. So they were not
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just prophesying anyhow. No, those 85 % that
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we say the prophets or the servants of God were
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prophesying about God's commitments. Hallelujah.
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What he has already fulfilled and what he is
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already doing in who? In Christ Jesus. Amen.
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Please stay with me as we are moving. Romans
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chapter 1 verse 11 now. So the prophets were
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speaking concerning who? Concerning who? Concerning
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Christ. Amen. Romans chapter 1 verse 1. Let's
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quickly do a fast word study about the prophets
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now speaking. Romans chapter 1 verse 1. Paul,
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a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle,
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separated unto the gospel of God, which he had
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promised what? A fourth time by his prophets
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in the holy scriptures. Concerning who? What
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has he promised? Concerning his son, Jesus Christ,
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who? Our Lord, which was made the seed, made
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of the seed of David, according to the flesh,
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and declared to be the son of God with what?
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Power, according to the spirit of holiness, by
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the resurrection of what? From the dead. Hallelujah.
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So what were they prophesying? They were prophesying
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things concerning Jesus Christ. They were prophesying
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things that Jesus will be made the seed of David
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according to what? According to the flesh. Amen.
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They were prophesying and then declaring that
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Jesus is the son of God with what? With power.
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They were prophesying, right? Regarding the resurrection
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of Jesus from where? From the dead. Praise God.
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Hallelujah. You know, if you were in their time,
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you would say, are you sure this thing will happen?
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Praise God. I just said something now to someone
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now. In the little time that we have, when you
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receive a word of prophecy, right? Whether it's
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an instruction, whether it's a direction, whether
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it's a comfort, don't be, your first response
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should not be a doubt. You hear what I said?
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Your first response should not be a what? Your
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first response is that receive it first by faith.
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Hallelujah. One, receive it by thanksgiving.
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I'm just saying another thing now. Add it to
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my notes now. That when you receive a prophetic
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word, your first response should not be a doubt.
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Your first response should be what? You receive
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it with faith and then you receive it with thanksgiving.
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You see, these things I just said now already
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cancel the effect of familiarity. Do you know
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a wife can prophesy to her husband and if the
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husband is not actually taught and trained, he
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will say, ah, ah. Sweetness, you have started.
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You have come again. You, you know, you know
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that how things have been. Now you are already
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saying all these, your big, big things. You see?
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The big, big things will happen. And we pray,
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not me, oh. Not this sweetness, oh. Another sweetness
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somewhere. Amen? Because me, I'm part of the
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big, big things that will happen. Hallelujah.
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And that already happening. Amen? Praise God.
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Yes. So your first response should not be a what?
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You say, oh, Prince, are you sure? This thing
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you are saying. You know, some people, they even
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go to the extent, they say, I think somebody
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gossiped my story to this person. That's why
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he's saying this thing. You know, there is no
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how you will know this thing. And then immediately
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your mind starts doing one plus, one plus, two
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plus, three plus. They say, ah, he's close to
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Pastor Victor. Ah. Pastor Victor told him about
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me. You see this church? That's why I don't like
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this church. Somebody's story cannot be private.
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Good news. With the Holy Ghost, there's nothing
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about you that is private. Hallelujah. Once you
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need a help and direction, and God will be glorified
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in your life, He will respond to your needs.
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Hallelujah. Praise God. Hallelujah. Amen. So
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the prophets prophesied concerning Christ, right?
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Romans 16, 25. Romans 16, verse 25. Now to him
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that is of power to establish you according to
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my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ,
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according to the revelation of the mystery, which
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was kept secret since the world, what? Began.
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26. But now is no more secret. Hallelujah. But
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now is no more what? Secret. Why? Because it's
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made what? Manifest. And by the scriptures of
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the prophets, according to the commandment of
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the everlasting God, made known to how many nations?
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To all nations for the obedience of what? Of
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faith. So the revealing of Jesus prophesied by
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the prophets is not for one man, it's for how
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many nations? For all nations. No wonder in Matthew
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28, Mark chapter 16, he will still tell them,
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go ye into how many nations? All nations because...
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Christ was not manifested for few. Christ was
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made manifest for how many nations? For all nations.
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So the prophets were not prophesying for a few.
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The prophets were prophesying for how many nations?
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For all nations. They were prophesying about
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God's commitment and his promise, what he is
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doing for all nations. That he is reconciling
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all nations back to himself. Hallelujah. That
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all nations carry his spirit. That is what is
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happening. And let me say it now, in a way, that
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till today, that is still happening. Amen? You
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see, and Jesus in Matthew chapter 9, and Jesus,
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after he has moved from city to city, to synagogue
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to synagogue, and then he came and he turned,
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and then he saw the people, they were fainted.
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They were like sheep without what? Shefat. After
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he has healed, he has taught and preached from
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synagogue to synagogue, and then he turned to
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them. And he said, truly, the harvest is what?
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Plentious, but the laborers are what? Few. Pray
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ye to the Lord of the harvest that he may what?
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Send forth laborers into his world. Hallelujah.
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Say I'm a laborer. I'm a laborer. I'm a laborer.
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I'm a laborer in God's harvest. And it's happening
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through me. Hallelujah. Praise God. 1 Peter 1
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.10. 1 Peter 1 .10. I hope we know the context
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of all that we are reading, right? All that the
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prophets have what? Prophesied. Amen. 1 Peter
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1 .10 Of which salvation the prophets have what?
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Inquire and say diligently, Who prophesied of
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what? Of the grace that shall what? That shall
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come to you, such in what manner, what manner
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of time, the Spirit of Christ which was in them.
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We have already treated this in the cell meeting.
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Right? And also in the church here. Right? Because
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at this time, now the Spirit was not indwelling
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them. Right? The Spirit was what? Was upon them.
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Praise God. And if you have followed that, the
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time we are taking is under concerning spirituals.
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Right? And we say that the Spirit upon is for
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task. Right? For work, for assignment. Praise
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God. So in the Old Testament as it were, the
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Holy Ghost will come upon them for what? For
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a function. Praise God. Hallelujah. Does this
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place look like Luke 24? Does it look like Luke
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24? Praise God. Hallelujah. You see, the people
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that are following are able to respond. People
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that are following Luke 24. What did we go in
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there? What, what, what? What did we? Okay, and
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they are already going to Luke 24. Praise God.
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Okay, let's go to Luke 24 so that some people
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can be with us. Luke 24. Let's go to Luke 24,
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verse 25. So that's, hold your hand in 1 Peter,
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hold it, and then go to Luke 24. 26. Ought not
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Christ to have what? Suffered these things and
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to enter into his what? Into his glory. 1 Peter
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chapter 1 now. Go to 1 Peter chapter 1 verse
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11. the sufferings of, and the glory that should.
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Does it align? Prophets speaking. Amen? Praise
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God. Hallelujah. Hebrews chapter 1 verse 1. Hebrews
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chapter 1 verse 1. God who at sundry times and
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in diverse manners spake in time past, unto who?
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The fathers by how? By the prophets. See verse
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2 now, everybody. Had in these last days, right,
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spoken unto us by his what? By his son, whom
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he hath appointed here of all things, by whom
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also he made what? He made the world. Hallelujah.
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Praise God. So you see, that in the Old or in
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the Scriptures, what we see happening regarding
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prophecy or prophesy, that God will prophesy
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through His servants called the who? The prophets.
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Amen? Praise God. They are called the servants
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of God because they walk hand in hand with God.
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How? By the Spirit of God. So they receive inspiration
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by the Spirit of God and they speak forth for
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God. Amen? But what are they speaking forth?
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They are speaking the things concerning who?
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concerning Christ. Hallelujah. But do you know
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today, we are the servants of God and we also
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what? Prophesy. Hallelujah. Why and how? Because
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we have the Spirit of God indwelling in us. So
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if you are writing, write it too. Write it this
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way in your note. That I am, I am a servant of
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God and I prophesy because I have the Spirit
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of God indwelling in me. I am a servant of God.
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And I prophesy because I have the Spirit of God
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dwelling in me or indwelling me. So every believer
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has the ability to prophesy. Hallelujah. Every
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believer, not one believer, not two believers,
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not three believers, all scriptures concerning
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Christ, we see prophesying. Hallelujah. All believers
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that have received Christ, amen, They have the
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Spirit of God indwelling them. All of us. Also
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what? Prophesy. We can prophesy. We are prophesying.
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In fact, let me take it now to extreme. We must
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prophesy. Praise God. Hallelujah. Somebody just
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said in his heart, Sir, do you mean I can prophesy?
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Your answer, yes. Sir, how do you know I can
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prophesy? Because you have the Spirit of God.
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Where? dwelling in you. Praise God. Are we all
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here? Is it clear everybody? Is it clear everybody?
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So all of us can prophesy because what? We have
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all the gifts of the Holy Ghost where? Indwelling,
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indwelling us. So now, Acts chapter 2 verse 16.
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Let's go back there. Don't get tired because
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we are going scriptures. Please don't forget
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we are talking about the gifts of what? The gifts
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of prophecy. It's important that we establish
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this that every believer can prophesy. Why? Because
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we have the gifts of the Holy Ghost. Amen? Yes,
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we can prophesy. 16. But this is that which was
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spoken by what? By the prophet. Joel, and it
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shall come to pass in the last days, said God,
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I will pour out of my what? Of my spirit, right?
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Upon all flesh and your sons and your, this is
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how I always say, right? Right, with the Holy
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Ghost, right? Nobody escapes it. Praise God.
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With the Holy Ghost, nobody what? Escapes it.
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Praise God. Every one of us can prophesy. Praise
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God. It's upon the sons, it's upon the daughters,
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it's upon the young men, it's upon the young
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women, it's upon the maidservants, it's upon
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the handmaidens. Hallelujah. Everyone, 18, I
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say, I will pour out in those days of my spirit
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and they shall all what? Prophesy. Praise God.
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So you see, the gift of prophecy is not left
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for major one. Or major three. I don't know how
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you came by or how they came by by giving those
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ranks. Right? And then suddenly now everybody
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is looking up to major. Right? But if you are
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here, let me say this now to you. Probably, I
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will say it so that we can laugh. You are a major
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prophet. Nobody should deceive you. You are what?
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You are a major prophet. You know, I attended
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a church before I came to the island. This is
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like 11 years, 12 years ago. And then the man
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was moving out. He was doing this. TV was showing
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everywhere. You know, actually, I accompanied
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my mom to the place. You know, our mothers, I
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don't know, for whatever reason, they like all
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these places. So I said, no, no, no, I'm not
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going. I said, you people, what do you know about
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Christ? You just entered university, went to
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NYC and came back. And they said, okay, Momsi,
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we'll call her Momsi. I said, Momsi, let's go.
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Let me accompany you there. You know, I was outside
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because we came late, so there's overflow. So
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we are overflowed by the dog. But you know, as
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the man was coming out, I knew in my spirit he
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was going to call me. So I was seated at the
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end, like the way Queen was seated, that way.
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There's nobody. You know, he came out this way.
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I said, The guy at the end, there's nobody I
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had to turn and look at the... He said, no, no,
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I mean you, you, you, you, you. And you know,
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his church is on TV. It's on satellite. So my
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brother came back from church. They were now
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playing his station. They now saw that. They
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came at that time where the thing was on me.
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I now stood up. He said, no, rise, rise, rise.
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I now stood up. Ah, I know again, NYC, we came
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with stubborn head. No, you can't use us and
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shine. You know, so, at the end there, he said,
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do you know you're a smart chap? He's a chap.
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He used to say, I've not forgotten you till today.
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He said, do you know, do you know you're a smart
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chap? I was looking. My mom was sitting beside
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me. She was looking to see. Maybe I'll go, hey,
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oh, it's true, papa. It's true. Wallahi, I was
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standing. He said, where are your documents?
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I said, my documents, they are not with me. They
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are in Gwagwalada. You say, I can't see your
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documents. I can't see toilet tissue. All of
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them are tissue paper. I say, tissue paper? But
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I use them to apply for visa. You say, I see
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you in a white man's land. Oh, everybody knows
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I'm collecting visa. I'm going to white man's
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land. However, we're in the white man's land,
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amen? Amen. You know? So he finish. I did not
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do, hey, pray for me, Papa, pray for me, pray
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for me. I went back and sat down. I saw my mom's
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face change. You know, we came back home. The
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first thing, as we just entered the room, what
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do I think? The man of God saw it by the Spirit.
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And I did not say, Papa, pray for me. I said,
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Mom, even native doctors will see that I'm going
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to abroad. The information is not hidden in the
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Spirit. Even my name, he will know it. So there's
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nothing spiritual. What do I mean by there's
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nothing? We, these children, we think we know.
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We think we know. My brothers and sisters, you
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know. I hope you heard what I'm saying. You do
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what? You know. Nobody should use you and shine.
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I see P. I see R. I see I. I can see. N, N, N,
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N, N. I see C. C, I see E. Yes, yes, yes. I see
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C, C, C. Prince, prince, prince. Prince, you
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are... Yeah, I see N, N, I see... Ewo! Ewo! Have
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you forgotten your name? That you need somebody
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to remind you. You see, I'm saying this now because
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I will say something very important here. You
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see, the prophets were not talking about streets.
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All the places we read, did you see them talk
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about streets? Did you see them talk about anything
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natural, material? What were they speaking about?
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The things concerning who? Concerning Christ,
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right? And they were speaking for all nations,
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things that God, God's promise, God's commitment
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to all nations, right? What He is doing in Christ
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Jesus, amen? The salvation He is bringing, praise
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God. Please hold these thoughts because I will
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say something that is important for every one
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of us. Amen? Praise God. Please, these teachings
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are going to save you from moving from one native
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doctor's house to another, trying to know who
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knows your name, who knows whether you should
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be in Canada or America. Come on now. If you
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are in any CF, say, I have grown past this level.
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Say it. Say, I have grown past this level. Hallelujah.
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Yes. When people call your name and say, I am
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what again? Don't begin to say, ah, I am on television.
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Don't say it. Let them see it. It has passed.
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Praise God. So he said now, upon all flesh. So
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the emphasis, upon what? Upon all flesh. So I
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said that when we read Acts chapter 2 because
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I was making an emphasis that every believer
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can what? Can prophesy. So prophecy or prophesying
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is not exclusive. It's not an exclusive gift
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for a few people. The Holy Ghost is not an exclusive
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gift for few people. So also the things of the
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Holy Ghost or the gifts of the Holy Ghost is
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not exclusive for only what? Few people. So you
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can write it. Prophecy or prophesying is not
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an exclusive gift. For what? For a few people.
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Are you writing, my sister? Come on, write. You
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have phone, write. I don't want to see you. If
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not, they will shine with you now. They will
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go and call your name. You will kneel down and
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be rolling on ground. So prophecy or prophesying
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is not what? It's not exclusive for what? for
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few people. It's for everyone, every believer.
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It's for every believer. 1 Corinthians 14 verse
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5. So now we'll start reading now. You now keep
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seeing. 1 Corinthians 14 verse 5. Every believer,
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every believer, the gifts of the Holy Ghost is
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not exclusive for a what? For a few people. It's
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for how many believers? Every believer. Why every
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believer? Because every believer has the Spirit
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of God. Amen? Why I say prophecy is for every
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believer is because every believer has what?
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The spirit of what? The spirit of God. And if
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every believer has the spirit of God, it means
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every believer has the gifts of the spirit of
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who? The spirit of God. Do we understand? Okay,
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praise God. 1 Corinthians 14 verse 5. If it's
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your Bible, please walk with me and then be on
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the line in it. Verse 5. I will that few of you
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spoke in tongues. Is that what your scripture
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say? How many of you? Please be on the line in
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the word all. I would that ye all speak with
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what? Tongues. But rather that ye all do what?
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Prophesy. For greater is he that prophesied than
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he that speaketh with what? With tongues, except
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he interprets, and that the church may receive
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what? A defying. And during the Karatis Mosque,
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we said that he wasn't saying that prophecy is
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greater than what? Than tongues. Hallelujah.
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So what he was bringing to the church of the
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Corinthians is that when I prophesy, I bring
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benefits more to the church. Amen? And the same
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way I will bring benefit through prophecy, that
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is how when I give tongues and what? Interpretation,
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such benefits also what? Comes to the church.
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And he calls that benefit edification, edifying.
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And we checked, if you remember in Catechismos,
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that edification means what? To build. Hallelujah.
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Praise God. Are we all here? Okay, perfect now.
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So you have underlined all, right? So which means
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all can speak in tongues. All can what? Prophesy.
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1424 now. 1 Corinthians 1424. Everybody. But
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if all. 1 Corinthians 1424. Please, if it's your
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Bible, still underline it. But how many all?
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If all do what? Prophesy. And there come in one
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that believeth not all. One unlearned. He is
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convinced of how many? Of all. He is what? He
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is judge of all. 25. And thus are the secrets
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of his heart made what? Manifest. And so, falling
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down on his face, he will do what? Worship God
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and report that God is where? Is in you of what?
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Of a truth. Right? Because in the charismos we
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learned that tongues and interpretation of tongues
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is equal to what? Prophecy. And every time we
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prophesy, we are bringing God's mind, right?
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Or we are bringing instructions that the mind
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can be able to what? Understand. So, when we
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gather and then an unbeliever come in among us,
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that's what the verse is saying, and then a prophecy
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is given, so which means his mind can also what?
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can understand. So certain things about him are
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being spoken of from God. Amen? And the end of
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what will happen to him, he will fall down on
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his face and do what? And worship God and report
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that God is in you of a what? Of a truth. We're
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going to read other verses that when they come
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and then we only do tongues. Unbelievers now.
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And there is no interpretation. They will say,
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are all not these ones foolish people? And then
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they are barbarians and then they are just babbling
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things. Right? Okay, we are coming to that. So,
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all prophesy. Amen. All do what? Prophesy. Amen.
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All speak in tongues and what? Interpret the
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tongues. Are we all here? Are we all here? Verse
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26 now. How is it then brethren? When you come
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together, every... Can you see it in your Bible?
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How many of you? Every one of you had a what?
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Psalm. Please, let's read it this way. Let's
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read it this way. Go to your Bible, everybody.
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Say, read it this way. How is it, brethren? When
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you come together, every one of you had a psalm.
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Every one of you had a doctrine. Every one of
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you had a tongue. Every one of you had a revelation.
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Every one of you had an interpretation. Let all
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things be done unto what? A defying. Praise God.
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Because that verse is not saying some of you
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have psalm, some of you have doctrine, some of
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you have tongue, some of you have revelation,
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some of you have interpretation. No. That scripture
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is saying that every one of you had a psalm.
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So all of us sitting here, we have a psalm, we
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have a what? We have a doctrine, we have a tongue,
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we have a revelation, we have what? Interpretation
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of what? And let all things be done unto what?
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Edifying. Does this place look like verse 5 where
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we came from? That when we prophesy, we edify
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the church? That when we give tongues and interpretation
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of tongues, we edify the church? Okay. Praise
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God. Hallelujah. Amen. So, why are all these
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things happening? Because all the diversities
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of the gifts of the Holy Ghost are resident in
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the believer. Praise God. The work of the Holy
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Ghost is in and through the believer. In fact,
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if you are writing this, I'll write it. The work
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and the function of the Holy Ghost is in and
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through me. The work of the Holy Spirit is in
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and what? And through me. So the Holy Ghost is
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working in me. And the Holy Ghost is working
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what? Is working through me. The Holy Ghost is
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giving a psalm in me. The Holy Ghost is giving
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a psalm through me. The Holy Ghost is giving
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a prophecy in me. The Holy Ghost is prophesying
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through me. The Holy Ghost is giving interpretation
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in me. The Holy Ghost is giving interpretation
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through me. The Holy Ghost is bringing edification
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in me. The Holy Ghost is edifying through me.
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Hallelujah. Are we all here? Are we all here?
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Praise God. Hallelujah. Because when we read
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verse 4 now, 1 Corinthians 14 verse 4. See now,
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why we said that now. 1 Corinthians 14 verse
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4. Is everybody there? Can we read it this way?
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Let me show us how to read it. For when I speak
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in an unknown tongue, I edify myself. But when
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I prophesy, I edify NECF. Can we read it that
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way? Can we read it that way, everybody? Can
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we read it that way? 1, 2, go. Verse 4. When
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I speak in tongues, yes, I edify myself. But
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when I prophesy, I do what? I don't put you on.
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I edify NECF. You remember in Charismos what
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we have learned regarding tongues, right? That
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when the believer is having a tongue. Let's go
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to verse 1, everybody. Verse 2. For he that speaketh
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in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto what?
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Not unto humanity. Hallelujah. You remember from
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our teaching, right? But he speaketh unto what?
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Unto God. How be it for no man do what? Understand.
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What is it that the man does not understand?
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Humanity does not understand the tongue. Amen.
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Hallelujah. But now he said that, how be it in
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the spirit, he's speaking what? Mysteries. Mysterion.
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Amen. So in the teaching, we've learned that
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what the believer is having with God, the believer
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is having an elevated discussion. He's having
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an audience with who? With God. Praise God. He's
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having an audience with God. So when humanity
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is around him, they cannot be able to do what?
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Understand what he's saying until he interprets
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what he's saying. However, verse 4 now, let's
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tie it to verse 4. Verse 4, that verse 4 say
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what? What is he doing? Another word for edifying.
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He is building himself. Why? Because he has audience
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with God and not with humanity. There's a discussion
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that is happening between him and God and not
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with humanity. He is building himself. But now
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where he prophesies? Suddenly now, everybody
49:58
will go glory. Why? The mind is no more unfruitful
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again. Hallelujah. The understanding is fruitful
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because that which was spoken between the man
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and God, now understanding is brought and everybody
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can be able to what? Be edified. So when we shout
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glory. It's because our understanding now has
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received that which has been conversed between
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the man and God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Must
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every Christian speak in tongues? Must every
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Christian speak in tongues? Thank you. Praise
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God. 14 .6 now. See 14 .6. Now, brethren, if
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I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall
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I what? What shall I profit you? So what did
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I say, man of God? Did I profit you? That's what
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Paul was saying. That if I come to you in tongues,
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what shall I what? Profite you. Except I do what?
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Speak to you either by what? Revelation or by
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knowledge or by prophesying or by what? Or by
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doctrine. Hallelujah. For I perceive in my spirit
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that the Lord is saying, Oh, I'm strengthening
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you. I'm bringing more strength to you. I'm taking
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your feet beyond your imagination. There are
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certain desires. There are certain expectations
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regarding the places you want to step your feet
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upon. I'm taking you there. Believe me. Believe
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me. I'm holding your right hand. I make things
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possible. All those things that you see that
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look like big and you're asking, when shall these
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things be? When shall these things happen? I
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am making them happen speedily. Glory to God.
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You see, now he's understanding. He's profited.
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There is fruitfulness that has come to him now.
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And then now faith is stirred up. Faith is stirred
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up. Faith is stirred up. You know, in between.
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And then suddenly, there's a faith that is stirring.
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Maybe he came here doubting. Maybe he came here
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asking questions. Suddenly now the Holy Ghost
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is bringing answers. The Holy Ghost is bringing
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comfort. The Holy Ghost. Why? Verse 6. That is
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why Paul said, Except I speak with what? I come
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to you by what? revelation. Next is what? By
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knowledge or by what? Or by what? Have you noticed
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revelation, knowledge, prophesying, doctrine,
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writing, all of them brings, let me put it this
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way, it's not in my notebook, but let me put
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it this way, brings fruitfulness to the understanding
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of the receiver. Are we all here? Are we all
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here? Revelation, knowledge, prophesying, doctrine,
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all of them bring fruitfulness to the understanding
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of what? Of the receiver. You see, that is why
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there was a heavy emphasis in the Karatismos
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that do not just only speak in tongues, but speak
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in tongues and words. But now, speak in tongues
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and words. Praise God. And in the Charismos,
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we said revelation. Revelation is the word apocalypsis,
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which implies disclosure, uncover. Revelation.
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Please, you can write it very fast. Let's go.
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Revelation is the word apocalypsis, which implies
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disclosure. uncover, to lay open. Can you see
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why it brings fruitfulness to the understanding,
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right? Because now the information, the instruction
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is open. Revelation is the word apokalipsis.
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A -P -O -K -A -L -Y -P -S -I -S A -P -O -K -A
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-L -Y -P -S -I -S Apokalipsis, which implies
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disclosure. to uncover, to lay open what has
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been veiled, to lay open what has been veiled,
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to make manifests, hallelujah, what has been
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hidden. Praise God. So the understanding is fruitful.
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Knowledge is the word gnosis, G -N -O -S -I -S.
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G -N -O -S -R -S, which implies insight or experiential
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knowledge of facts, places, people, events, time.
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It implies insight or experiential knowledge
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of people, right? Information about people, places,
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events, time. So you see, when that kind of information
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comes to you, your understanding can take it,
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right? It's not going to be strange to your mind.
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Are we all here? Doctrine. Doctrine implies instruction.
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Just write instruction. Are we all here? Are
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we all here? Then prophesying. We've handled
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prophesying. Praise God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
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Hallelujah. Hallelujah. So we see, from all that
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we are learning, is that what? Prophecy is for
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how many believers? For all believers. Hallelujah.
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And let me just write this now. It's not here,
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but let me just, as it's coming to my head, write
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it now. Prophecy is for all believers. Prophecy
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is for all believers. and to make all receivers
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fruitful. Prophecy is for all believers and to
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make all receivers fruitful. So we see that prophecy
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as it were is turns an interpretation of what?
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An interpretation So an interpretation of tongues.
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So when we see the prophecy or when we see prophecy
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in operation, what we are seeing directly is
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tongues and what? Interpretation of tongues.
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So probably in the next few minutes, when we
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say turn to your right and to your left and prophesy,
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and somebody goes and then give a tongue and
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then interpret it and tell you what he's receiving,
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he's already prophesying to you. Amen. And somebody
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may not do tongues and interpretation of tongues.
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He will just go directly and speak to you. You
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see, it's not always that when we say, can you
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give him a word? You have to go. How about if
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you're inside the bus and everybody is there?
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Will you start that kind of drama? No, no, no,
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no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. You have gifts
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and interpretation of tongues in you. And you
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also have what? The gift of what? Prophecy. Sir,
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can I give tongues and interpret it? Yes. Can
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I also prophesy? Yes. All of them are what? The
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same thing. Why? Because your mind or the understanding
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what? Is profited. So it's not always that. My
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son, my son. My son, my son. You know we have
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heard all those things in all those crusades
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that we're having? You see the lady will roll,
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roll, roll, roll. Say, leave her, leave her.
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The Spirit of God is upon her. The Spirit of
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God shall roll. Yes, he's speaking now. He's
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speaking. He's speaking. And then the next thing
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you hear is that Jesus is coming soon. Repent.
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Repent. Say, everybody quiet. The Spirit of the
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Lord is speaking. He's speaking. He's speaking.
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Everybody. Write it. The Spirit of the Lord does
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not need to do drama before he brings forth the
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mind of God to us. When we come to the prophetic,
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you understand that we can tap you from sleep
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and say prophesy and you prophesy without brushing
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your teeth. The Spirit of the Lord, this is what
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I said, the Spirit of the Lord does not need
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to do drama. before he brings forth the mind
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of God to his church. In fact, let me say this
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now. Oftentimes when we see that kind of drama,
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we term it as a demonic manifestation. Get out
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of here in Jesus' name. I'm telling you, most
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times you see demons. Once you give that instruction,
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you will see the person will start rolling more,
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rolling more, rolling more. Pastor Vito knows
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what we will do. We will always carry church
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people out of the church. Then I will go take
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you to the back. One of these days, we are treating
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this because we are going to start all these
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things. We will just say, Polo, Polo, you and
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Dr. Mayowa, please, can you just go deal with
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this person? Let's continue what we are doing
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here. And after like maybe two minutes, we don't
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expect you to do seven hours there. Yes. After
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two minutes, we'll now see the person coming
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back. Cleaning their body. Cleaning their body.
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And say, what happened to me? Say, no, nothing
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happened to you. We just got a demon out of you.
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Sir, is that simple that way? Yes. Are we all
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here? Yes, so let's read this scripture and then
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for this session, we'll hold it here. When we
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come in the next session, we'll build from there.
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Sorry, let me get it from 1 Corinthians here.
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1 Corinthians 14, verse 3. I've closed my Bible.
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1 Corinthians 14, verse 3. Praise God. Yes. But
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he that prophesied, speaketh what? Unto men,
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number one. When prophecy comes, for what? Edification?
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Let's read together, oh. And exhortation? And
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what? Come for next verse. He that speaketh what?
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In an unknown tongue, he defied himself, but
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he that prophesied what? He defied what? The
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church. Previous verse, so that we can see it
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now because I want to say something. Thank you.
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He that prophesied, speaketh what? Unto men.
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Why? So that what? Men can be what? So when you
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are receiving prophecy in the next minute, don't
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take my time, please. Don't take it. Who is controlling
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the time? Don't take it, please. Just two minutes.
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Don't take it. Because we'll do something, please.
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So, which means that when I prophesy, men, receiver,
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the people that are receiving now, to your left
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and right, right? You're going to bring what?
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Edification, exhortation, and what? And comfort.
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Let me say something now. Sorry. So if you check
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that place, right? You see, it tells us edification
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and exhortation and comfort. Edification is a
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compound word for exhortation and what? And comfort.
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Edification, what? It's an encompassing word.
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For what? For exhortation and comfort. So the
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word comfort, write this fast, please. We're
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going to do something now. Very soon, we're going
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to stand up and then do something very fast.
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The word comfort, it implies to provide help.
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To provide what? Help. It's not that comfort
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that, you know, something has happened, yes,
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to somebody, pity. You say, hey, take heart,
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you know. Something, no, you know, just be, there's
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another second chance. No, no, no, no, no, no,
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no. If you check the original word, it's not
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pity. You're not coming to pity. He said, hey,
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my sister, queen. Ah, the spirit of God has pity
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on you. And God is saying, receive my love. Receive
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it. Ah, ah. The word comfort, to provide what?
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To provide help, exhortation. And the word exhortation
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means to stand by someone. To stand by someone.
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So which means the information that is being
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spoken via prophecy, it gives help. When we say
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help, it gives guidance. Amen? It gives guidance.
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It gives direction. It gives encouragement to
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the believer. So the word spoken via prophecy,
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it gives what? Guidance, right? It gives what?
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It gives direction. And it gives what? Encouragement
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to who? To the believer. So the believer now
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has counsel. He has direction. Why? He has received
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what? Did you see fear in that place? Did you
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see anxiety in that place? Did you see worry
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in that place? Did you see anything like, oh,
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my life is finished in that place? Good. Even
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though we're going to treat it now when we're
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talking about the prophetic in detail, when we're
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talking about judging prophecies or how to judge
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prophecy. No prophecy will come to bring fear
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to you. When prophecies come and they bring fear
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to you, they are not from Jesus. I hope you heard
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what I'm saying. When prophecies come and they
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bring fear to you, they are not from who? When
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prophecies come and they bring anxiety to you,
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they are not from the Holy Ghost. When prophecy
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come and they put so much worry and burden in
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your heart, they are not what? They are not from
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the Holy Ghost. Prophetic words or prophetic
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sayings will bring comfort. They will bring what?
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Exhortation. Hallelujah. They will bring guidance.
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They will bring help to you. You will realize
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that God has not left you. Hallelujah. You will
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realize that God is standing with you and God
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is where? And God is in you. I just told us now
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how to judge prophecies. Amen. So when somebody
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now, because we are rising to our feet now, rise
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to your feet. When somebody gives now a word
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of prophecy to you and then suddenly now you
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are beginning to see, don't worry, when we come
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to... the prophetic, we're going to learn how
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to be able, let me say it this way, how to be
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able to say what you are receiving from your
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spirit, right? To your receiver, to edify him.
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Hallelujah. So we need to be taught. We need
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to be what? We need to be taught. You know, somebody
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will just receive a word in his heart and then
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to warn a brother and tell him that, you know,
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God is saying, let me put it this way. Maybe
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the person has prayed as we pray. We're going
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to pray now. Clearly, he received a prophetic
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word that this person is living in outright iniquity.
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In fact, he just came from one of the clubs along
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Alakoi Road. And then he just come. He say, I'm
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not going to anybody, so I'm just going there.
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After they held their hand, you just say, God
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said, let me warn you. If you don't receive,
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if you don't stop what you're doing, soon time
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will catch up with you. Jesus will never do that.
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Praise God. So we need to be taught how to what?
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How to communicate that which we are what? Which
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we are receiving. Let me say it now. We have
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learned one now. When you receive a thing and
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the instruction you are receiving is a warning.
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Right? God say, I must tell you that you should
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not be stupid. No. Amen. One of the ways. Are
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you receiving instruction from the Holy Ghost?
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Yes. Do you have a mind? Yes. Do you have an
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understanding? Yes. But it is in your responsibility
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to ensure that what you are receiving is converted
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to edification. That my brother is what? Is edified.
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So I will come and say, the spirit of the Lord
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is saying, right? The Lord says he loves you.
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And he's saying that, remember, he gave his son
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for you. And he's saying that the life that he
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has given for you is a precious blood. And he's
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saying that, turn away. Don't stay so much on
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that path because he has been calling you. He
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has been speaking to your heart. You see, as
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you are speaking to him, instead of feeling condemned,
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already something is happening within his mind.
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Amen? As he's receiving it, a light is shining.
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A light is shining. A light is shining. And suddenly
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from nowhere, he starts crying. And then you
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have not asked him why is he crying or she is
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crying. But you know, after everything, you just
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drag the person aside and then you say, ah. The
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idea of the gifts of the Holy Ghost is that they
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make ministry. Right? The work of ministry, Jesus
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is not only seen, Jesus is not only glorified,
1:11:08
but souls are saved. Souls are not to be condemned.
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Hallelujah. So you don't come using the gifts
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of the Holy Ghost to condemn. You come using
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the gifts of the Holy Ghost to do what? To save.
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So we are going to prophesy now in the next five
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minutes. That's why you're laughing. You know
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you're going to prophesy? You don't know that
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you're going to prophesy? Or you will prophesy?
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Okay. The way you laugh, like me? Can't we pray
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in the Holy Ghost? If you were encouraged, share
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this message with someone you care about. Until
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next time, stay blessed.