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The Gifts of the Spirit pt 15: Revelational Gifts - The Word of Knowledge · Near East Christian Fellowship Sermons

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right in. That there will be direction by the
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will be clarity by the Spirit of God. Amen. I
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believe that our ears are not only open, but
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we listen to the voice of the Father. I believe
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that our eyes are not only open, but we see what
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the Father is showing us. Hallelujah. Because
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the spirit of revelation and wisdom is at work
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in our hearts this morning. Amen. Hallelujah.
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For we know all the things that have been freely
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given to us in Christ Jesus. We don't only know
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them. But we also acknowledge all of them. Hallelujah.
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Praise God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
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Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Praise God. Praise God.
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1 Corinthians chapter 12. 1 Corinthians chapter
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12. We are just going to read from verse 8 to
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10. For to one is given by the Spirit the word
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of wisdom, to another the word of knowledge by
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the same Spirit, to another faith by the same
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Spirit, to another the gifts of healing by the
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same Spirit, to another the working of miracles,
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to another prophecy, to another discerning of
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Spirit, to another diverse kinds of tongues,
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to another the what? The interpretation of what?
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Of tongues. Let's just end at 11 then. But all
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these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit,
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dividing to every man severally, as what? As
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he will. Praise God. Hallelujah. So this morning
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we are discussing revelational gifts. Revelational
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gifts. Not the gifts of the Spirit. We are looking
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at revelational what? Revelational gifts. And
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today we'll just look at the word of knowledge.
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You can write the word of knowledge. Where we
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read in verse 8, it says, So we'll look at the
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word of what? Of knowledge. So revelational gifts,
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the word of what? The word of knowledge. Are
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we all here? Praise God. Hallelujah. So what
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are revelational gifts? We are starting. What
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are revelational gifts? What are revelational
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gifts? These are gifts. By the Spirit that relate
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to perceiving spiritual entities and activities.
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These are gifts by the Holy Spirit that relate
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to what? That relate to perceiving spiritual
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entities and what? And activities. If you remember
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when we started this series, right? I remember
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vividly telling us that revelational gifts, they
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are gifts that see. They know, they perceive
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and hear things by the Spirit. Amen. These gifts
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they do what? They see. Amen. They know, they
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perceive and hear things by what? By the Holy
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Spirit. Amen. So what are revelational gifts?
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They are gifts that what? That they see. They
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are relating to what? To seeing, to hearing,
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to knowing, to perceiving things by the Holy
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Spirit. Praise God. So the Holy Spirit speaks
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something to us. Amen. So we either see it or
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we do what? Or we hear it or we what? Or we know
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it. So suddenly you just tell somebody, I don't
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know, but I just know. If you are not well taught,
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you say, I just feel something. inside me is
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saying that this is the direction you should
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take. Hallelujah. Yes, you just know. You perceive,
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you just know. You get into a place and then
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somebody now is demonically possessed and then
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you just say, you know, Tiki, I think this guy,
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there's something just off about him. But don't
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worry, we'll confirm it. Let's just get into
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the place of the meeting. So, revelational gifts
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are what? Gifts that are relating to what? To
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seeing, to hearing, to perceiving, and to what?
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To knowing by the Holy Spirit. Hallelujah. So,
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there are three of them, which we just read in
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1 Corinthians 12. The word of knowledge, the
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word of wisdom, and then discerning of spirits.
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It's not discernment of spirits. Discerning of
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what? Of spirits. There's a reason for that because
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we are coming to it. Word of knowledge. Word
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of wisdom. Discerning of what? Of spirits. So,
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revelational gifts, when they are in operation,
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they deal with insight into facts. That is, Seeing
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into facts, knowing into facts, perceiving facts
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about people, places, events and things. This
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gives when they are in operation, they deal with
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inside into facts. That is seeing into facts,
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knowing into facts, perceiving facts about people,
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about places, about events or what? All things.
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Praise God. Hallelujah. By the Spirit of God.
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Amen. Revelational gifts are not prior knowledge
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gifts. They are not what? They are not prior
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knowledge what? Gifts. No. The Holy Spirit gives
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me insight on the spur of the moment. Information
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that I don't know about you, the Spirit of the
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Lord tells me when? Now. Information about events
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I don't know about, the Spirit of the Lord tells
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me about them when? Now. Information about locations
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that I don't know about, and the Spirit of the
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Lord tells me about them when? Now. Praise God.
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They reveal. Hallelujah. Amen. So if you observe,
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the scripture says, it calls it the word of knowledge
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is not the gift of knowledge. The word of knowledge
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is definite. It's not what? The gift of knowledge.
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The word of knowledge is not the gift of knowledge.
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There's no such thing as spiritual gift of knowledge.
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Amen. Yes, we're going to build on it. However,
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there's a spiritual gift called what? The word
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of what? Knowledge. Praise God. Given by the
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Spirit of God to the believer. Amen? So, the
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word of knowledge is a supernatural revelation
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by the Holy Ghost about these certain facts from
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the mind of God. Amen? The word of knowledge
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is what? is the supernatural revelation of facts
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from the mind of God to the believer. This is
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important. It's a supernatural revelation by
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the Holy Ghost of certain facts from the what?
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From the mind of who? Mind of God. Amen. So now,
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and that word of knowledge is a fragment of God's
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knowledge. This is important. So God will tell
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you things that are happening about people, about
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places, about events that you have never known.
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Nobody around know about it. Amen. So the spirit
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of God tells you because God is about doing something
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or God is doing something or he has done something
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about the matter. That is why that is received
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from the Holy Ghost. Amen. Yes, because that
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matter is already handled or is going to be handled.
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Amen. And God has to bring the facts out. Praise
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God. This is important. Amen. So it may not be
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spectacular. Praise God. It may not be what?
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Spectacular. It may just be casual. It may just
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be there. So something happened yesterday in
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the evening. As I was still preparing, the thought
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of one brother, they visited us here a couple
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of weeks ago, just passed by my mind. I said,
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ah, these people, I remember they visited us,
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so what an amazing time that they came. Just
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a thought. Guess what? In less than two minutes,
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it's not up to two minutes, his text message
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came into my phone. In fact, before the message
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came in, I said, why is this brother's thoughts
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coming? Is it that I should pray for him? I've
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already started probing why randomly. We rarely
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talk, but randomly just the thoughts just came.
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So the first question, I think whether Pastor
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Chidi thought here or Pastor Victor or Pastor
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Fred, is that when thoughts of people just flood
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your mind, instead of saying, no, no, no, no,
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do what? Pray. If you don't have the idea about
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anything, do what? Pray. Learn this. Once a thought
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of a person, of a place, events, facts, that
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normally you will not have access to, will just
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flood your mind, the first posture you should
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take about them is to what? Is to pray. Hallelujah.
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We're in a meeting in Girne, and then we're asked
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to pray in a prophetic activation. They were
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teaching us about the things of the Spirit. And
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I remember vividly, we prayed, we prayed. I don't
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know because he didn't share with us. It's not
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a matter he will share with us. It has nothing
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to do with us because we will not sponsor him.
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We will not help him in any way. But he said,
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okay, everybody should receive a word here for
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everybody. You know, in the midst of it. And
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I told him, the word I received is that I see
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you have something that has to do with moving
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to France. Moving to Europe. Right? So after
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we finished, he was looking at me and smiling.
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You know, he said, ah, Kostin, you messed up.
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You know, that kind of. He said, Kostin, how
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did you know about it? Where, particularly in
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Europe? I said, sir, I don't have more information.
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But you see, I've grown now. If it's now, I will
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not do the thing that stopped me. If it's now,
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ah, we'll give him the location. Hallelujah.
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Praise God. I will do something, but they say
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I should not do it again. My management have
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erased that part. But you know, that information
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is not the information that all of us in that
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place know about. Amen? But by the Spirit of
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God, it came there. Hallelujah. Most of the information
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that you get here by the Spirit of God that say,
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give him a word. Give him a word. Give him a
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word. This is where we are going to dwell on
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them. Revelational gifts. And I say, you know,
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some people can just be amazing. First, when
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they give you the word, you look at the person
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first from head to toe, sizing. One. Two, you
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now look, who is his friend in this church? Because
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this information, maybe it has started circulating.
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You say, ah, the last time I think I told Pastor
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Fred. But this guy is not close to Pastor Fred.
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Could it be that my information now from Pastor
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Fred is moving around? Focus on what you are
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receiving because Jesus is helping your life.
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You are concerned about your image, concerned
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about whether who spoke to who or who. We don't
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know anything about you. Because the one we know
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about you, we have been fighting with you about
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it. So this one that we don't know, that the
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Spirit of God is making bear, because he wants
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to do something about it. Amen. You see, there's
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something that you wrote there. It does not have
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to be spectacular. I could just be talking with
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Pastor Victor. I could just be talking with Pastor
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Victor. Boom. He say, Bishop, have you thought
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of this and this? I say, ah, who told this man
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this thing? He say, what's coming to my heart
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regarding it is this, this, this, this, this,
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and this. It will be a witness with my spirit.
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Because I didn't share it with him. I didn't
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share it with his wife. I didn't share it with
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anybody. And for him to say it now on the spur
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of the moment, it has to be by the Spirit of
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God. Dear brethren, let's learn this. Activities
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of the Spirit of God in the believer are true.
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Hallelujah. Amen. They are what? They are true.
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So the word of knowledge is not a revelation
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of what will happen in the future, but a revelation
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of what has happened or what is happening now.
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The word of knowledge, please write it because
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we're going to do word of knowledge, we're going
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to do word of wisdom, and we're going to do designing
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of spirits. And then we will give all balance
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to it. So when something comes to you, when an
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information comes to your mind and you are speaking
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it to the person, you already know this is the
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word of knowledge. This is the word of wisdom.
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This must be discerning of what? Of spirits.
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Praise God. Amen. So far, so good. Are we clear?
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Praise God. So, the word of knowledge is not
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a revelation of facts or information that will
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happen in the future. Rather, revelation of what
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has happened in the past or what is happening
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now in the present. The word of knowledge is
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not a revelation of facts or information about
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things that will happen where? In the future.
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Rather, they are revelation of facts, of information,
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of things that have already what? Things that
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has happened in the past or things that are happening
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when? Now. Why are they happening now? To build
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faith. To build faith. To build faith. One, to
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bring the truth of God's knowledge regarding
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the matter. To build faith, to bring the truth
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of God's knowledge regarding the matter. To preserve.
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To preserve. To correct. And to confirm God's
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word to the recipient. Let me say it again. What
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has happened or is happening to build faith,
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to bring the truth of God's knowledge, to preserve,
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to correct and to confirm God's word to the recipient.
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Hallelujah. You've been praying about a matter.
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You've been praying about a matter. You've been
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praying about it. You know, one of these meetings
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we had in Orange Hall, a lady struggled to come
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to church that Wednesday. Then we used to meet
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on Tuesday. And then she came to the meeting.
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And she didn't only struggle because she had
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a bad knee, right? And she came to that meeting.
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So during the message, the message was going
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on. And then the Spirit of the Lord gave a word
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that there's a lady who came here. You're seated
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on this side. You have a bad knee. Who is the
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person? Boom, she stood up, right? And then hands
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were laid on her. You know, the next meeting,
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she didn't actually tell us this. All this information
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I'm saying came after. Amen. So, and then the
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next meeting, she came with her knee. In fact,
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she said as she was reaching home, the pain was
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gone. Totally gone. So the next time we met,
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that was when she said, actually that day, she
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struggled to come to the meeting. She said, okay,
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let her carry herself. Just be there. Hallelujah.
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There was no how we would have known that there
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was somebody in that hall with a bad knee because
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everybody walked in. Yeah, no wheelchair, no
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crutches. Everybody walked in. Everybody sat
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down. Everybody prays. Everybody was laughing.
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Everybody is smiling. Please, as the teaching
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is going on, pay attention to the Holy Spirit
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because the Spirit of God is bringing instructions
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to your heart. For people, for this local church,
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to people far away from here also. Amen? And
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she now said that these are the things that happened.
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She came that day, you know, she was called out,
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hands were laid on her, and then the pain left.
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Hallelujah. Something that is happening when?
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Now, praise God. So the word of knowledge is
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given to us to guide the believer, but it is
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not the guidance itself because the spirit of
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the Lord is the guide. Amen. So the word of the
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knowledge is given to the believer to do what?
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To guide the believer. Why? Because it unveils
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the knowledge of God to the human mind via the
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Spirit. To guide the believer because what? It
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unveils the knowledge of God to the human mind
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through the Spirit. And this will happen so that
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the believer can learn how to minister effectively.
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Amen? so that the believer can learn how to minister
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what? Effectively. Praise God. So out of God's
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counsel, out of God's knowledge, God will now,
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through the Spirit, impart that knowledge to
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us about facts, about people, about events, about
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locations. Amen? Yes. We're going to come...
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to discuss on how these things flow through us.
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So now, write this, the word. The word. The word.
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The phrase, the word, is translated from the
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Greek word logos. The phrase, the word, is from
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the Greek word what? Logos. So far so good. Do
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we know the definition of the word of knowledge?
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Do we know the definition of the word of knowledge?
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Amen? Good. So, the word is a phrase translated
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from the Greek word, what? Logos. And the meaning
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of logos is an account, an idea, summation of
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an idea, mindset. The meaning of logos is an
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account, an idea, summation of an idea, mindset.
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And then the word knowledge. The word knowledge
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is translated from the Greek word gnosis, G -N
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-O -S -I -S. Logos is L -O -G -O -S. Gnosis is
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G -N -O -S -I -S. G -N -O -S -I -S. It refers
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to an experience. It refers to an experience.
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And it's from the root word ginosko. G -I -N
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-O -S. K -O, ginosko, which means to learn, to
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know, to come to know, and to understand. Gnosis
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or G -N -O -S -I -S, right? An experience. From
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the root word ginosko, which means to learn,
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to come to know, to come to understand. Amen?
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Praise God. So, we have logos and we have experience.
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Amen? So, what is happening is that the Spirit
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of God will bring a knowing to the mind of the
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believer, right? From the knowledge of God. Hallelujah.
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So, he will bring an information. He will bring
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an idea. He will bring, you know, an essence
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from the mind of God to the believer. Praise
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God. So, the believer now is what? His faith
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is built up. Amen? He has a guide now. He has
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help now. Amen? Hallelujah. So in other words
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now, in other words, we can say now, we are moving
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now from the definition now, finally. In other
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words, we can say this now, that the word of
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knowledge will imply to have divinely granted
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knowledge. It will imply to have what? Divinely
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granted knowledge. Divinely granted knowledge
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into the knowledge of God. Divinely granted knowledge
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into the knowledge of God about people, about
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places, about events. So, for example, yesterday,
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I was, was it yesterday? This morning, I was
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scrolling a page on the Instagram. And I thank
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God he's here. Amen. And I saw that brother on
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the cap, the one with the yellow cap. I saw one
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of his pictures. And I just felt that this morning,
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if he comes, let me pray with him. Praise God.
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I'm saying this one, I'm saying it real now.
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What happened? Praise God. If you ask me, why
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should I pray with him? I don't know. What I
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know is that I have received an information and
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by practice daily, I know this is not ordinary
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in my heart. Praise God. But when we meet and
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then we talk and we pray, we will have what?
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A direction why that came. Hallelujah. Praise
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God. Hallelujah. Amen. Are we all here? Yes.
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So divinely granted what? Divinely granted knowledge.
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Praise God. Hallelujah. So now, the word of knowledge.
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What the word of knowledge is not. Write this
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now. What the word of knowledge is not. What
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the word of knowledge is what? Is not. So the
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word of knowledge is not a natural knowledge.
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The word of knowledge is not a what? A natural
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knowledge. For example, now I've been with, we've
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been with the pastors now for like, me, let me
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talk about myself. I've been with them for 11
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years, getting to 12 years. We've been together,
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right? Pastor Chidi has been with Pastor Fred
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more than myself and a few others too. Pastor
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Emma, right? All the information I know about
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them, there is still an information that the
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Spirit of God will give me regarding what is
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happening currently. with them that they have
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not what? Yet spoken to me. Praise God. It could
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be, let's even say, it could be that there is
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a matter on ground and they are praying and they
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are praying. Or there is something that needs
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to be fixed. And yet they have not what? Informed
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me. So the fact that I have a knowledge, natural
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knowledge about them for this number of years,
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right? That does not mean that that is the word
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of what? Knowledge. We've practiced it several
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times during Catartismos and during Prayer Cruise,
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where we gather in groups and say minister to
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one another. And you know, in the midst of I'm
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saying what is happening in our own group, the
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pastors, I don't know what happens in your group,
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right? But in our group, you now realize that
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when the word is coming, it's like, ah, how?
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How did you get this thing now? Because this
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is the current matter now. Let me put it this
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way. Current news. This is what is happening
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on the spot now. It has to be by the Spirit of
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God. So you could just write this. Learn to always
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trust the voice of the Holy Spirit in your heart.
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The Holy Spirit will never lead the believer
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astray. In fact, the Holy Spirit is yearning
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always to lead you to places where you are preserved.
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Just pay attention, pay attention, pay attention
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to the voice and the leading of the Spirit of
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God in your heart. So the word of knowledge is
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not natural knowledge or sense knowledge or intellectual
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knowledge. It's not. The word of knowledge is
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not what? Natural knowledge or sense knowledge
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or what? Intellectual knowledge. It's not. Why?
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Because the word of knowledge is a supernatural
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manifestation of the Spirit of God. It's a supernatural
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what? Manifestation of the Spirit of God. And
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if the word of knowledge is supernatural, then
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all other gifts are also what? Supernatural.
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They cannot be natural. Hallelujah. So if the
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word of knowledge is a natural knowledge, then
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what we are saying is that the gift of healing
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is a natural healing that you go to the hospital
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and the doctors see you and then they treat you.
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Praise God. So the word of knowledge is not that.
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It's a supernatural manifestation of what? Of
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the Spirit of God through the believer. Hallelujah.
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Praise God. It's not those kind of knowledge
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that we've learned in the classroom. It's not
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biomedical engineering. It's not medical biochemistry.
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It's not international relation. No, it's not.
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It's having access into the purposes of God for
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the believer. Into the events that God wants
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to be established now in the believer. Praise
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God. Hallelujah. The word of knowledge is not
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a profound knowledge of the Bible. The word of
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knowledge is not what? A profound knowledge of
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what? Of the Bible. You remember when we were
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ending the teachings, you know, on the all trans
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gifts, I said something that when it comes to
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all trans gifts, God does not place premium priority
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on the education of the receiver. Amen? But you
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see, when it comes to the knowledge of his word,
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God does not use foolish people and ignorant
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people that don't know his word. God places priority
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on the knowledge of his word. You will see Paul
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will admonish Timothy, study, study, study, continue
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in it, continue in it. He will tell Joshua to
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meditate on it. How? Day and night. God is always
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interested in his children understanding his
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heart. And how can we know his heart, his ways?
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Through where? Through his word. However, the
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word of knowledge is not the knowledge of what?
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Of the Bible. That I've read Genesis from 1 to
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Revelation, the last part. Alpha and I end in
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Omega. Does not mean that is what? The word of
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knowledge. I wrote something here. However, the
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scriptures validates the word of knowledge when
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it comes. So, through the scriptures, we judge
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the word of knowledge when it comes. Hallelujah.
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This is a huge balance. So, that is why the believer
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ought to study the Bible. You must study. You
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must study. So that when you go out there, you
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don't meet one Babalao and then the Babalao uses
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you and shine. Or Satan will appear to you in
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sheep or lamb's clothing, you know, and then
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give you a word and he said, this must be of
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God. He did that to Jesus. If truly you are the
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son of God, turn this stone into what? Into bricks.
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You don't know the word, you will turn it into
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a bakery house. You will prove a point. No. We
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judge the word of knowledge through the scriptures.
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So the knowledge of the scriptures is important
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for the believer. In fact, let me say it this
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way as it's coming to my heart. All the gifts
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of the spirit of God, the knowledge of God's
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word is important to judge. All of them. Hallelujah.
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Praise God. The word of knowledge is not the
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knowledge of God through experience. So please,
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the last portion I gave us, please, can you write
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this scripture about Paul admonishing Timothy
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to study? The knowledge of God is a profound
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knowledge of the Bible. 2 Timothy 2 verse 15.
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He said, study to show yourself what? Yes, study.
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Be diligent at it. Give yourselves to it. So
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the knowledge, the word of knowledge is not a
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knowledge of what? Of God through experience.
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Can we read 1 Samuel, everybody? 1 Samuel. I
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think we read it here a couple of weeks, maybe
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last week. I think either our brother Kola read
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it or so, or he mentioned it, one of it. Let's
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go to 1 Samuel, everybody, chapter 3. 1 Samuel,
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chapter 3. Let's read verse 1. The Lord called
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Samuel and he answered, Here am I. And he ran
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on to Eli and said, Here am I, for thou callest
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me. And he said, I called not. Lie down again.
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And he went and lay down. And the Lord called
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yet again Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to
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Eli and said, Here am I, for thou didst call
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me. And he said, I call not my son. Lie down
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again. Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord,
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neither was the word of the Lord yet what? revealed
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to him. And the Lord called Samuel again the
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third time, and he arose and went to Eli and
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said, Here am I, for thou didst call me. And
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Eli perceived that what? That the Lord had what?
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Experience. Eli didn't hear the Lord call Samuel.
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He did what? Perceived. He is a prophet. He has
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been with God. He has known. When this thing
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is happening like this. It is God that is doing
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it. Praise God. And he told him something now.
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Therefore Eli 9 said unto Samuel. Go what? Lie
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down. And it shall be. If what? If he call thee
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that thou shall what? Say. Speak Lord. For thy
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servant what? Hear it. So Samuel went and lay
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down in what? In his place. Then, and the Lord
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came and stood and called us the other times.
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Samuel, Samuel, then Samuel answered and said
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what? Speak, for thy servant what? Hear it. Practical
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experience. The word of knowledge is not what?
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Is not experience. The fact that you have had
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a dealing with God about a matter does not mean
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that that is how God will deal with every other
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person about the matter. Praise God. I got a
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word of wisdom about a thing. We're going to
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talk about word of wisdom. That's why I'm specifically
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using it now. I got a word of wisdom about a
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thing. And then now that thing came with instruction
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and I have to do them. Amen. And then suddenly
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now you met me and then you say, sir, this is,
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this is, this is. Huh? That last time it was
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16 hours closed doors. And 21 days prayers. And
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then with one week of worship. And then the guy
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just leaves. And then goes. Do 16 hours closed
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doors. Do 21 days. Right? And then 7 days worship.
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And then the thing did not change. God didn't
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speak. You spoke. So the word of knowledge is
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not what? An experiential information that you
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are bringing. Please pay attention that this
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manifestation or operation happens on the spot
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of the moment. I don't know you, you don't know
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me, or I know you, you know me, but I don't have
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access to the information. There was just no
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how I could have access to it. Praise God. So
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the word of knowledge is not that kind of knowledge.
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So now, what the word of knowledge is? What the
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word of knowledge what? Is. What the word of
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knowledge is? 1 Samuel chapter 9. So from here
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now, we're going to run through scriptures upon
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scriptures upon scriptures upon scriptures. Amen?
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To establish this background for us. Praise God.
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So we know what the word of knowledge is, right?
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We know what the word of knowledge is not, right?
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Good. So we will look at now scriptures upon
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scriptures to establish this truth about what
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the word of knowledge is for the believer. Praise
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God. And please don't forget. All the manifestations,
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all the gifts of the Holy Ghost is not... What's
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the word now? Okay, let me put it this way. Has
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been in operation before the New Testament. Let
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me put that context so that it will be much more
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clear for us. Amen? All the what? All the gifts
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of the Spirit aside tongues. and interpretation
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of tongues has been in operation before the New
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Testament. I have a reason why I'm saying the
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New Testament. Praise God. So what I'm saying
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in simple terms is that all the gifts of the
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Holy Ghost aside tongues and interpretation of
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tongues has been in operation even in the Old
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Testament. Hallelujah. Praise God. And don't
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forget, these gifts are in operation where the
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Spirit of God is also in operation. Hallelujah.
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Amen. Amen. Good. So, we needed to say that now.
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So, what the word of knowledge is. 1 Samuel chapter
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9. 1 Samuel chapter 9. 1 Samuel chapter 9. We're
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going to read verse 3. Well, let's start reading
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from verse 1. Now there was a man of Benjamin
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whose name was Kish, the son of Abel, the son
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of Zeror, the son of Bekorat, the son of Aphia,
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a Benjamite, a mighty man of power. And he had
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a son whose name was Saul, a choice young man
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and a goodly. And there was not among the children
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of Israel a goodlier person than he. From his
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shoulders and upward he was higher than any of
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what? Of the people. Verse 3, everybody. And
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the asses of Kish, Saul's father, were lost.
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And Kish said to Saul, his son, Take now one
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of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek
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the what? Seek the asses. Verse 6. Now, let's
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go now. Let's keep reading. And he passed through
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Mount Ephraim and passed through the land of...
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And five now. Verse six. And he said unto him,
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Behold, now there is in this city a who? A man
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of God, and he is what? An honorable man, all
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that he said, does what? Surely to pass. Now
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let us go thither, but eventually he can show
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us our way that we shall what? We shall go. Sharp
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guys. Don't allow over familiarity deprive you
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from receiving from your brothers and sisters,
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from your wife, from your husband, from your
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children. Praise God. Hallelujah. See now, let's
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go to verse 15, everybody. Now the Lord has told
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Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,
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16. Assis, right? God is telling Samuel what?
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About a man that he should anoint. Did God tell
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Samuel that this young man went out to look for
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Assis? You see? So, from God's mind, God is revealing
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something. Amen? So, there was no prior information
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to all these activities. Saul and his servants
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are somewhere. Samuel is in another place and
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God is revealing this information. Amen? Very
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important. Then now, see now, verse 19. Verse
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19, now let's go. And Samuel answered Saul and
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said, I am the seer. Go up before me unto the
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high place, for ye shall eat with me today, and
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tomorrow I will do what? I will let thee go and
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will tell thee all that is what in thy heart.
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C20 everybody now. And as for thy what? That
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were how many days? Precise. Can you see? Set
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not thy mind where? On them. For what? They are
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found. Is Samuel where these things are found?
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No. They are just in Samuel's house. Eating and
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drinking because a big event is happening. But
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information is happening when? Now, on the spur
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of the moment. He is telling him that the asses
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that were lost three days before you guys, you
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know, took off and then to this place, these
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asses have been what? Have been found. And see
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now, and on whom is all the desire of Israel?
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Is it not on thee and on all thy what? So Samuel
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is concerned about what God had what? Had told
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him regarding what? However, I'm going to say
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something here and then we'll continue on Wednesday.
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However, right? God has orchestrated that Samuel
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is going to be anointed. Amen. Hallelujah. But
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now, through the means of the lost asses. We
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see now Samuel meeting the man of God and then
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now that which God has in his mind is now what?
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Established. Hallelujah. So now, sometimes and
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often when you start receiving a word of knowledge,
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it may not start out coming to you spectacular.
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God, said his spirit is upon you. He's called
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you to Zimbabwe. You're going to do this. You're
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going to, a doctor is already looking at me.
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I hope this word that he's saying, I will not
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be in Zimbabwe. Let me go to this side. You know,
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and then, you know, this is this, this is that.
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It may not start out that way. Do you know it
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may start out as simple as, how are you? Have
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you eaten today? What did you eat today? He said,
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oh, so, you know. What did you eat? He said,
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ah, sir, actually, I have not eaten. Ah, you
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have not eaten? But look at the way you are dressed
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now. You are even looking like a big boy. Everybody
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is smiling. He said, ah, sir, forget this, you
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know. You know, I'm a small boy here. But you
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know, it didn't start out spectacularly. There
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was nothing. But the man that is speaking already
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has received an information. That this man, there's
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a need in his life for this, this, this, this,
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this, this, this, this, this. Amen? And then
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suddenly now, in the midst of the discussion
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and the rest, and then now, you say, what? This
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happened, this happened, this happened, this
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happened last week. Because you did this, you
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did this, you did this, and this and this. And
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then now you now say, first, I know you will
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hear me well now. But let's go, I will buy kebab
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for you first. When you eat, let here be handled.
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Amen? You have solved one need. The asses have
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been what? Found. The food has been found. So
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the man will now eat. When he eats, yes. And
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then now, the instruction that has been received
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from God regarding what God wants to use him
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to do. will now what? Will now be unveiled to
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him. Praise God. Can we rise to our feet? Until
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next time, stay blessed.