The Gifts of the Spirit (Part 19): The Gift of Discerning of Spirits (Part 1)

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right in. Designing of spirits. What is designing

of what? Of spirits. Hallelujah. first corinthians

1 Corinthians 12:10

chapter 12 verse 10 let's go first corinthians

1 Corinthians 12:10

chapter 12 verse 10 first corinthians chapter

1 Corinthians 12:10

12 verse 10 to another the working of miracles

to another prophecy to another designing of what

of spirit to another diverse kinds of tongues

to another the interpretation of what of tongues

so is the gift of what designing of what spirits

hallelujah is a gift of the designing of spirit

so the word designing the word designing that

word designing is translated from the greek word

diacrisis d i a k r i s i d i a k r i s i s diacrisis

diakrisis diakrisis diakrisis diakrisis diakrisis

diakrisis diakrisis diakrisis diakrisis diakrisis

which means to distinguish to distinguish to

recognize to distinguish to recognize to distinguish

to recognize to separate to make a distinction

to separate to make a distinction to determine

to give judgment you are not writing use your

phone to write yeah so use your phone to write

you're gonna need this you're gonna need this

to give judgment distinguish a distinction to

determine to give judgment to pick out to pick

out to think to think to give an opinion between

what is right or wrong to give an opinion between

what is right or what or wrong and then lastly

disputations disputations disputations disputations

so designing of spirits we start and saying what

is what designing right what is designing designing

is to separate to distinguish to determine to

give judgment right you want to judge to know

this is right and this is what is wrong you want

to separate this is good and this is what bad

or this is evil right good so you want to give

an opinion so i think this matter This is where

I believe it should be placed. Right? So every

time, let's assume we're getting into an apartment,

a new house. Right? And then, you know, with

my wife, let's take for instance, right? With

housemates, they don't care where the fridge

is. It should be in the ceiling. Nobody cares.

As far as you can open it and take water, nobody

cares. But, you know, with your damn self, there

has to be care. the position of the fridge you

know where the microwave how it should look and

all those things you see so that ability for

them to get into the city room and so i think

this table needs to shift and then they go and

say ah there's a line small line push it again

push it perfect that is designing that is what

designing is that word what designing because

you are giving a what a judgment you are picking

out to know where something is placed is it right

or what or is it wrong do we know what designing

is do we know what designing is perfect good

hebrews chapter 5 verse 14 now let's get a couple

Hebrews 5:14

of scriptures where we see that use hebrews chapter

Hebrews 5:14

5 verse 14 Hebrews 5 verse 14 And I read Seeing

Hebrews 5:14

that Sorry But strong meat belongeth to them

that are of what? Of full age Even those who

by what? Reason of what? Use, have their what?

Exercise to do what? To design what? both and

what good and evil can you see that so as many

that are full of edge even them that are able

to use their senses to give judgment between

what what is good and what is what evil to separate

good and evil to distinguish good and evil to

pick out on good and evil perfect good so matthew

16 3 matthew 16 3 Matthew 16 verse 3 Matthew

Matthew 16:3

16 3 see what the scripture says and in the morning

it will be foul weather today for the sky is

red and what lowering all ye hypocrites ye can

discern the face of what ye can discern the what

but can ye not discern the signs of what of end

times 1 Corinthians chapter 6 verse 5 1 Corinthians

1 Corinthians 6:5 1 Corinthians 6:5

chapter 6 verse 5 and Romans chapter 14 verse

Romans 14:1

1 So you can add that as extra scriptures 1 Corinthians

1 Corinthians 6:5

6 verse 5 Romans chapter 14 verse 1 So we can

Romans 14:1

say that designing of spirit means to distinguish

spirits To distinguish what? Spirits to distinguish

spirits to recognize spirits, to separate spirits,

to determine spirits, to give judgment about

spirits. Amen? So you see, this is kind of different

from all the things that we've been discussing

so far regarding the gifts of the Holy Ghost.

Amen? Yeah, so to recognize spirits, to distinguish

spirits, to separate spirits, to determine spirits,

to give judgment about what? About spirits. the

gift of the designing of spirits gives us supernatural

insight into the realm of spirits it gives us

supernatural what? insight into the realm of

what? of spirits it gives us insight into the

realm of what? of spirits so the Holy Ghost supernaturally

gives us access into the realm of what of spirits

this teaching is important this morning it will

reveal the kind of spirit that is involved in

any operation or behind an operation it will

reveal the kind of what of spirit that is behind

what an operation a manifestation it reveals

what the kind of spirit that is behind what an

operation a manifestation of supernatural knowledge

or power it reveals the kind of spirit that is

behind an operation a manifestation of a supernatural

knowledge or what or power so what i mean by

supernatural knowledge or power is that now you

can be able to distinguish even when somebody

just randomly meets you inside the school bus

or meets you in the market and then begins to

call your name let's assume this turkish man

just walks up to you and then begins to call

your name samuel you are from nigeria you are

from adamawa you are you are living on dtb roads

number 36 or number 29 or number 50 you have

this and this and this and then you cannot like

serious first this guy is white secondly he has

never been to africa you are sure about that

yeah so english is not good my brother you know

and then he starts to speak the turkish english

maybe he mixes it with some turkish and then

you look what is nevertheless however he mentions

the things and then you go how did this guy know

the person is not from any cf so the person will

just kneel down papa prophesy because if you

are from any cf you can do that amen or maybe

you will take number because you have found whom

now knows all the details about your life so

what is happening is that that man is exhibiting

some form of supernatural power because naturally

he will not know this information amen so now

you have an ability right or is in your hands

or is in your responsibility to be able to distinguish

is this of god or is not what of god why because

you are seeing an operation or a manifestation

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to pick out on it and know is this of God or

let me make something practical so that i can

take home now this illustration and then we are

here and then we say can everybody just play

in the holy ghost and give interpretation and

leave these guys go come on the tongues are powerful

and as they give you an interpretation and then

the guys goes giving an interpretation and then

suddenly the whole group just stands I know some

people who just touch one another face. What's

happening here? You see? Let me say something.

You see that thing that has made you to quickly

start tapping each other and start eyeing each

other, right? Something is happening where? From

the inside. We had this long prayer session and

before the meeting and then someone just, one

of us just came and say, you see that brother?

Don't allow him to say anything here. we didn't

know what he meant so we sustained the atmosphere

pray pray pray pray pray pray pray pray pray

and then we now give an opportunity for for for

for people to speak what they've received and

then the guy goes i see the currency of zimbabwe

the economy of zimbabwe and then he said some

funny funny things sorry most of us were laughing

i don't know why we're laughing that day but

you know it made sense to us why he caution us

from the beginning you know why because he has

already prior to this meeting has already designed

this person and This person coming to that meeting.

He was even surprised to see him in the meeting

Amen, so ahead of time. He has already given

us what and information about the manifestation

We're going to receive and the operation we what

we will see glory to God hallelujah So three

weeks we can tell whether the source of that

spirit is human divine that is from god or an

angel or is satanic through designing of spirit

we can be able to distinguish we can be able

to tell whether that kind of manifestation whether

that kind of operation whether the source is

what is human is divine that is from god or an

angel or what or satanic And so, in designing

of spirit, we judge the spirit by God's word.

Hallelujah. We judge the spirit by what? By God's

word, by the knowledge of God's word. We subject

the spirit and their operation to God's word

so that we can distinguish them. We judge the

spirit, we subject them to God's word so that

we can what? So that we can be able to pick out

on them or know them or recognize them. So what

is the purpose of these gifts? The purpose of

these gifts, one, is to lift the veil that covers

the unseen spiritual world. The purpose of these

gifts is what? Is to lift the veil. You know

we are talking about a kind of operation, right?

A kind of manifestation, is it not? So when we

see the manifestation, we see the operation because

now normally, people naturally, people will just

receive it. Like I always say jokingly, in the

prayer thing, that one of these days, we will

just take everybody to one secondary school.

We don't know, I don't know whether they have

that. You know, in left K, I always use left

K. And then in the secondary school, they now

send a secular to us, that these children, they

just feel there is something demonic. Let me

tell you, everybody in the world, whether they

are safe or not, they know what demons are. Everybody

knows what evil spirits are. right and then they

may not know God but you know what evil spirits

are and then we now take everybody and we say

these two their own when it starts they shout

like lions you cast them out you these two when

they start they hop on people and tear their

clothes tear make marks you cast them out and

then we arrive into the place and all the students

are ha ha ha how's gilding this how's gilding

this you know and you're wondering so how why

did they bring us here these guys are all normal

and then suddenly now we just change gears you

know spirits are very amazing demonic spirits

are amazing so we change gears and then maybe

one just walks up to you and said ha ho jam and

starts laughing planning to hop up on you you

know and then the guy just go what will you do

i just somebody say i will run you came to cast

them you're running it's easier to recognize

an evil spirit or a good spirit when you see

their manifestation but it's very difficult when

now you don't see any what manifestation and

yet they are in operation hallelujah so that

means that the holy spirit has to give us access

there has to be an unveiling amen so that point

that i mentioned now there has to be a lifting

of the veil to uncover that what that spiritual

world to the believer spirit number one number

two the purpose of giving of this gift to the

believer is to enable us see as god sees hallelujah

god is spirit amen so to enable the believer

to see as god what as god sees so the believer

will not judge things only by his side but rather

also he judges by what by the ability of the

spirit of God that is within him. Hallelujah!

Praise God! So, it helps us to be able to see

beyond the outward appearance and to see the

spirit that is behind an operation. Three, this

gift helps to protect us from deception. It protects

us from what? Deception. Why? Because sometimes

will parade himself to us as what as angel of

what of light hallelujah four to help us know

the spirit behind some problems affecting people

and to be able to help them to help us know the

spirit behind what some problems affecting what

people you see i'm using the word some problems

because some problems are not spirits hallelujah

probably the person has taken too much of colorado

right arizona goskolo and all the things i've

got scored his mind colorado his brain arizona

his soul so that kind of a thing is not spiritual

though there is a spirit behind it amen but we

know this person subjected himself to what to

this kind of thing they call us with pastor ima

i carry pastor ima pastor if i was not available

so at least pastor ima with me we can be able

to hold the guy down so we went to see the guy

the mom called all the way from nigeria our son

is running mad he needs help and all those things

they told her i'm a pastor and also i'm a professor

plis kan we just go and then help the boy out

you know so we got into the house and here is

this boy inside the bathroom life this is a life

story and then with the tap on and he's begging

the tap i am sorry the shower is flowing i am

sorry oh i'm sorry i am sorry so why are you

begging water prior to that day he went to do

he celebrated bad day and enjoyed himself and

then he went to his neighbor you know met this

lady the lady too is a pro in taking drugs so

and he is not at her level so he took at her

level and the thing took him off also a man is

here we struggle with the boy eventually took

him to psychiatric hospital on a saturday he

was released on a thursday i asked him what is

today's day we're driving out he said today is

sunday i said no it's not sunday it's thursday

i didn't know how he remembered his mom's number

and also he could also reach out to me he remembered

my number i don't know how right you know that

kind of a thing will not want us will not need

us to stay there and be casting out devils just

need hastane to just remove the thing four days

and they did a deliverance and he was fine however

two weeks later he returned back to it summary

he's back to angiria right yes so why am i saying

that some problems you see i mentioned what some

problems so some problems affecting people so

which means we will need designing of spirit

to know that there are certain manifestations

and operations that we see in people's lives

that are not natural hallelujah and now we have

an ability to do what to help them then the last

now right the last now number five the purpose

of these gifts for the believer is that to bring

to your mind that you have authority over unclean

spirits you have what authority over what unclean

spirits you have authority over what unclean

spirit you see as i teach i am also receiving

this same teaching i know what i'm saying as

i'm teaching i'm also what receiving what same

teaching so the same way you are reading and

you are writing and hearing me same way also

i'm receiving let me tell you how i know i'm

also receiving because even now when i leave

this place my mind goes to meditation on many

things so please pay attention as i'm teaching

you i'm not carrying away i'm telling you this

i'm all here i'm paying attention inside too

amen good so have you said all this now so we

have defined what designing of spirit is right

have we done that we have defined designing what

designing of spirit is right and then a little

about designing of spirits the purpose of these

gifts so what designing of spirit is not what

designing of spirit what is not we have defined

designing right what designing of spirit is the

purpose of these gifts right so now what designing

of spirit is not that's what we are talking about

are you writing What designing of spirit is not

one It is not the gift of discernment You know

yesterday for the first time I say Even you are

still studying. I've been doing it for a few

days now, you know going through it going through

it and I'm like so why why have i been praying

not increase my discernment increase my discernment

increase my discernment increase my gift of discernment

see there is nothing in the scripture called

what gift of discernment never what we call gift

of discernment or discernment is what is called

word of knowledge In fact, for the first time,

I am learning that instead of saying, Lord, increase

my gift of discernment, I should pray that, Lord,

I want to see more of the manifestation of the

word of knowledge in my life. Hallelujah. Because

in the scriptures, there is nothing called what?

Descendment, gift of discernment. Praise God.

Why am I saying that? All the gifts that we've

been able to discuss, reverential gifts, all

of them help you to judge, to discern. There

is nothing called gift of what? Discernment.

So, discerning of spirit is not what? Gift of

discernment. So many a times what people call

the gift of discernment is really the gift of

the word of knowledge in what? in operation in

other words practical now because this is class

practical practical practical practical practical

practical practical practical practical practical

polo what is word of knowledge yes word of knowledge

not designing of spirit we have done word of

knowledge before we have done word of wisdom

right Have we done it in this church? Have we

done what is word of knowledge? Have we done

what is word of wisdom? Perfect. So, word of

knowledge. Revise back, revise back. Okay, somebody

is raising their hand. Yes, help us. Gift of

discernment. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,

no, no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,

no, no. this part is done practical practical

practical practical practical practical somebody

say don't call my name lord you should not see

me lord you should not see me so people are already

opening their book people are fast opening their

books fast i always mix their name i always mix

okay i know teodor i always mix rosaleen and

who sophia yes sophia word of knowledge about

what yes facts from the mind of god yes somebody

should help out now about what okay the past

and the present hallelujah amen so to have facts

from the mind of God about what has happened

in the past and happened now right is that not

knowledge does it have to do with anything called

spirits I just know things by the spirit of God

hallelujah I just know events amen praise God

so that in itself right is automatically you

are able to recognize I remember we use the word

to recognize praise God so there is nothing so

that thing that you call gift of discernment

oftentimes is what the word of knowledge in operation

you know you just work somebody he said ah you

know when we're praying when we're praying i

i have discern i discern and then and i i know

that this is baba you are not designing anything

what what is happening is that word of knowledge

is in what is in operation you say you know pastor

fretsa the gift of my discernment when I engage

it is so heavy brother there is nothing if you

want engage anything you want to engage we know

that is the word of knowledge in what? please

know this in the scriptures there is nothing

called the gift of what? discernment we're gonna

put a balance to it because we are building secondly

now it is not a kind of spiritual thought or

mind reading it is not brothers help me with

this time before i will see is minus one the

last time i saw it was on 16 now i know if you

open it i will see two it is the car is it is

not a kind of spiritual thought or what or mind

reading this gift is not the revelation of men's

thoughts or hearts you know sometimes have you

used this word on somebody is that i think this

guy or this lady has some nasty spirit or she

or he has some devilish spirits the guy just

did something i say i think he has a he has a

bad spirit have you had somebody use that kind

of word have you had somebody use that kind of

word he said i think this person has a bad spirit

or let me use the one that you know he has a

bad omen is omen right okay okay okay so he has

a bad spirit you see the gift of discerning of

spirit is not some form of supernatural or spiritual

what mind reading or what or help me out or thought

reading hallelujah three it is not a kind of

witchcraft and mediums it is not a kind of witchcraft

and mediums activities it is not a kind of witchcraft

and medium activities who commonly possess demonic

familial spirits i'm gonna say it again don't

worry it is not a kind of witchcraft and medium

activities who commonly yi yi yi yi yi yi yi

of fishing them out fishing the bad guys no it

is not it is not it is not the gift of discovering

faults in what in others you can't just go around

you alone the only thing you see in people is

evil bad things bad things bad things bad things

bad things bad things that's the only thing you

see you see you don't need to be safe to know

that there is fault in people hallelujah you

don't need to be saved unbelievers automatically

have the ability to know and judge what is wrong

and what is what what is right praise god so

it is not a gift of discovering fault in others

it's not it is not the gift of mental or psychiatric

counseling it is not the gift of mental or psychiatric

what counseling No, it's not. Some form of psychoanalysis.

Is anybody studying psychiatry here or psychology?

Do you know why? Because in psychiatry or psychology,

what happens is that these guys are trained.

They study patterns. So because they study patterns,

those things guide them. in trying to probe and

restructure a man's mind and then after they

finish with you you pay them some form of $250

and then you say I feel good and you return home

and the demon say that no you ain't feeling good

today yeah so it is no form it is not it is not

some form of mental counseling no hallelujah

and then lastly now it is not primarily the gift

of discernment of evil spirits only are you writing

you're not writing now you're smiling pick up

your phone and be writing copy copy what she

has been writing yes you're looking at me with

your glasses i know today is your first time

don't worry here we we have nothing in your face

we write we write you know some people met me

and say oh pastor costin you know you are sometimes

you are too harsh some people just come newly

you know and then this is no when you come newly

when you see people doing things just do it except

maybe you don't have a knowledge about it then

you are okay you are exempted but when we are

able to see and check why are you not doing it

especially everybody and then we realize you

are new right you say okay if it's something

that we can quickly tell you about it we will

take you aside and what quickly tell you about

it but something like this we're we're trying

to teach on god's word so we don't need to drag

you aside so we expect that you should be what

you should be writing amen so now have you said

all these things the last thing i said is not

a gift of discernment of what devils or evil

spirit what primarily only no so there are evil

spirits in this we had we had a challenge with

one brother he just came one day met me i was

walking to the teacher hospital he says sir in

this church all the sisters have jezebel spirits

the pastors are laughing they're knowing he says

i just i just sense they have jezebel spirits

ah he said all of you are laughing like it's

the same way i laugh you have spirits for you

to know that you have spirits however if you

are a good spirit you'll still be here seated

right he's not here and i don't know whether

he even attends a local church god bless his

darling heart So, what are the spirits that can

be discerned in the discerning of spirits? What

are the spirits that can be discerned? What are

the spirits that can be what? That can be discerned.

The word spirit, the word spirit, I put a summary

to all this now from this part. The word spirit

is translated from the Greek word pneuma, pneuma.

p -n -e -u -m -a p -n -e -u -m -a newma greek

word newma and in hebrew rua and in hebrew what

rua rua r -u -a -h in greek newma in hebrew what

rua r -u -a -h amen so let's do some studies

more now I checked the BLB, KJV version, right?

That word spirit is mentioned about 456 times.

There's a reason why I'm saying that now. 400

and what? 56 times. So write it down. That's

from Genesis to Revelation now. 456 times. So

you can cross check that at home. So the word

Numa or what? or Rua is used to represent the

human spirit the human spirit in these 456 times

there is human spirit human spirit about 160

to 180 times don't worry you don't need to write

all those things human spirit number one number

two supernatural beings such as angels supernatural

beings such as what angels number three demons

or unclean spirits demons or what unclean spirits

or you can write evil spirits then we have the

spirit of god holy spirit the spirit of god holy

spirit The spirit of God what? Holy spirit and

lastly you could find also where the word Numa

or Rua is used as wind or breath Wind or what?

or breath So the context in which the word Numa

or Rua is used will determine the kind of spirit

that particular scripture is communicating yes

so the context right the context in that 456

times whether human spirit whether supernatural

beings as angels whether what whether demons

evil spirit unclean spirit whether what holy

spirit the spirit of god right or in other words

wind or breath so the context in which newma

or rua is used will determine the kind of spirit

the scripture is what communicating about hallelujah

yes so now we'll just write these scriptures

and on Wednesday we're going to build on it because

by the time we are done with these scriptures

from the gospel to the arts and all true right

we will now identify the spirits and then be

able to practically uh practice that hallelujah

matthew chapter 8 verse 16 matthew chapter 8

Matthew 8:16 Matthew 8:16

verse 16 so we are we are starting deeper bible

studies from here now much more matthew chapter

Matthew 8:16

8 verse 16 about discerning of spirits Matthew

Matthew 12:45

chapter 12 verse 45 thank you holy spirit Mark

Mark 1:23–27

chapter 1 verse 23 to 27 Mark chapter 3 verse

Mark 3:11

11 Luke chapter 10 verse 19 to 20 three more

Luke 10:19–20

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