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The Gifts of the Spirit pt 15: Revelational Gifts - The Word of Knowledge

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  5. right in. That there will be direction by the

  6. Spirit of God. Hallelujah. I believe that there

  7. will be clarity by the Spirit of God. Amen. I

  8. believe that our ears are not only open, but

  9. we listen to the voice of the Father. I believe

  10. that our eyes are not only open, but we see what

  11. the Father is showing us. Hallelujah. Because

  12. the spirit of revelation and wisdom is at work

  13. in our hearts this morning. Amen. Hallelujah.

  14. For we know all the things that have been freely

  15. given to us in Christ Jesus. We don't only know

  16. them. But we also acknowledge all of them. Hallelujah.

  17. Praise God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

  18. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Praise God. Praise God.

  19. 1 Corinthians chapter 12. 1 Corinthians chapter

    1 Corinthians 12 chapter mention 1 Corinthians 12 chapter mention

  20. 12. We are just going to read from verse 8 to

  21. 10. For to one is given by the Spirit the word

  22. of wisdom, to another the word of knowledge by

  23. the same Spirit, to another faith by the same

  24. Spirit, to another the gifts of healing by the

  25. same Spirit, to another the working of miracles,

  26. to another prophecy, to another discerning of

  27. Spirit, to another diverse kinds of tongues,

  28. to another the what? The interpretation of what?

  29. Of tongues. Let's just end at 11 then. But all

  30. these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit,

  31. dividing to every man severally, as what? As

  32. he will. Praise God. Hallelujah. So this morning

  33. we are discussing revelational gifts. Revelational

  34. gifts. Not the gifts of the Spirit. We are looking

  35. at revelational what? Revelational gifts. And

  36. today we'll just look at the word of knowledge.

  37. You can write the word of knowledge. Where we

  38. read in verse 8, it says, So we'll look at the

  39. word of what? Of knowledge. So revelational gifts,

  40. the word of what? The word of knowledge. Are

  41. we all here? Praise God. Hallelujah. So what

  42. are revelational gifts? We are starting. What

  43. are revelational gifts? What are revelational

  44. gifts? These are gifts. By the Spirit that relate

  45. to perceiving spiritual entities and activities.

  46. These are gifts by the Holy Spirit that relate

  47. to what? That relate to perceiving spiritual

  48. entities and what? And activities. If you remember

  49. when we started this series, right? I remember

  50. vividly telling us that revelational gifts, they

  51. are gifts that see. They know, they perceive

  52. and hear things by the Spirit. Amen. These gifts

  53. they do what? They see. Amen. They know, they

  54. perceive and hear things by what? By the Holy

  55. Spirit. Amen. So what are revelational gifts?

  56. They are gifts that what? That they see. They

  57. are relating to what? To seeing, to hearing,

  58. to knowing, to perceiving things by the Holy

  59. Spirit. Praise God. So the Holy Spirit speaks

  60. something to us. Amen. So we either see it or

  61. we do what? Or we hear it or we what? Or we know

  62. it. So suddenly you just tell somebody, I don't

  63. know, but I just know. If you are not well taught,

  64. you say, I just feel something. inside me is

  65. saying that this is the direction you should

  66. take. Hallelujah. Yes, you just know. You perceive,

  67. you just know. You get into a place and then

  68. somebody now is demonically possessed and then

  69. you just say, you know, Tiki, I think this guy,

  70. there's something just off about him. But don't

  71. worry, we'll confirm it. Let's just get into

  72. the place of the meeting. So, revelational gifts

  73. are what? Gifts that are relating to what? To

  74. seeing, to hearing, to perceiving, and to what?

  75. To knowing by the Holy Spirit. Hallelujah. So,

  76. there are three of them, which we just read in

  77. 1 Corinthians 12. The word of knowledge, the

  78. word of wisdom, and then discerning of spirits.

  79. It's not discernment of spirits. Discerning of

  80. what? Of spirits. There's a reason for that because

  81. we are coming to it. Word of knowledge. Word

  82. of wisdom. Discerning of what? Of spirits. So,

  83. revelational gifts, when they are in operation,

  84. they deal with insight into facts. That is, Seeing

  85. into facts, knowing into facts, perceiving facts

  86. about people, places, events and things. This

  87. gives when they are in operation, they deal with

  88. inside into facts. That is seeing into facts,

  89. knowing into facts, perceiving facts about people,

  90. about places, about events or what? All things.

  91. Praise God. Hallelujah. By the Spirit of God.

  92. Amen. Revelational gifts are not prior knowledge

  93. gifts. They are not what? They are not prior

  94. knowledge what? Gifts. No. The Holy Spirit gives

  95. me insight on the spur of the moment. Information

  96. that I don't know about you, the Spirit of the

  97. Lord tells me when? Now. Information about events

  98. I don't know about, the Spirit of the Lord tells

  99. me about them when? Now. Information about locations

  100. that I don't know about, and the Spirit of the

  101. Lord tells me about them when? Now. Praise God.

  102. They reveal. Hallelujah. Amen. So if you observe,

  103. the scripture says, it calls it the word of knowledge

  104. is not the gift of knowledge. The word of knowledge

  105. is definite. It's not what? The gift of knowledge.

  106. The word of knowledge is not the gift of knowledge.

  107. There's no such thing as spiritual gift of knowledge.

  108. Amen. Yes, we're going to build on it. However,

  109. there's a spiritual gift called what? The word

  110. of what? Knowledge. Praise God. Given by the

  111. Spirit of God to the believer. Amen? So, the

  112. word of knowledge is a supernatural revelation

  113. by the Holy Ghost about these certain facts from

  114. the mind of God. Amen? The word of knowledge

  115. is what? is the supernatural revelation of facts

  116. from the mind of God to the believer. This is

  117. important. It's a supernatural revelation by

  118. the Holy Ghost of certain facts from the what?

  119. From the mind of who? Mind of God. Amen. So now,

  120. and that word of knowledge is a fragment of God's

  121. knowledge. This is important. So God will tell

  122. you things that are happening about people, about

  123. places, about events that you have never known.

  124. Nobody around know about it. Amen. So the spirit

  125. of God tells you because God is about doing something

  126. or God is doing something or he has done something

  127. about the matter. That is why that is received

  128. from the Holy Ghost. Amen. Yes, because that

  129. matter is already handled or is going to be handled.

  130. Amen. And God has to bring the facts out. Praise

  131. God. This is important. Amen. So it may not be

  132. spectacular. Praise God. It may not be what?

  133. Spectacular. It may just be casual. It may just

  134. be there. So something happened yesterday in

  135. the evening. As I was still preparing, the thought

  136. of one brother, they visited us here a couple

  137. of weeks ago, just passed by my mind. I said,

  138. ah, these people, I remember they visited us,

  139. so what an amazing time that they came. Just

  140. a thought. Guess what? In less than two minutes,

  141. it's not up to two minutes, his text message

  142. came into my phone. In fact, before the message

  143. came in, I said, why is this brother's thoughts

  144. coming? Is it that I should pray for him? I've

  145. already started probing why randomly. We rarely

  146. talk, but randomly just the thoughts just came.

  147. So the first question, I think whether Pastor

  148. Chidi thought here or Pastor Victor or Pastor

  149. Fred, is that when thoughts of people just flood

  150. your mind, instead of saying, no, no, no, no,

  151. do what? Pray. If you don't have the idea about

  152. anything, do what? Pray. Learn this. Once a thought

  153. of a person, of a place, events, facts, that

  154. normally you will not have access to, will just

  155. flood your mind, the first posture you should

  156. take about them is to what? Is to pray. Hallelujah.

  157. We're in a meeting in Girne, and then we're asked

  158. to pray in a prophetic activation. They were

  159. teaching us about the things of the Spirit. And

  160. I remember vividly, we prayed, we prayed. I don't

  161. know because he didn't share with us. It's not

  162. a matter he will share with us. It has nothing

  163. to do with us because we will not sponsor him.

  164. We will not help him in any way. But he said,

  165. okay, everybody should receive a word here for

  166. everybody. You know, in the midst of it. And

  167. I told him, the word I received is that I see

  168. you have something that has to do with moving

  169. to France. Moving to Europe. Right? So after

  170. we finished, he was looking at me and smiling.

  171. You know, he said, ah, Kostin, you messed up.

  172. You know, that kind of. He said, Kostin, how

  173. did you know about it? Where, particularly in

  174. Europe? I said, sir, I don't have more information.

  175. But you see, I've grown now. If it's now, I will

  176. not do the thing that stopped me. If it's now,

  177. ah, we'll give him the location. Hallelujah.

  178. Praise God. I will do something, but they say

  179. I should not do it again. My management have

  180. erased that part. But you know, that information

  181. is not the information that all of us in that

  182. place know about. Amen? But by the Spirit of

  183. God, it came there. Hallelujah. Most of the information

  184. that you get here by the Spirit of God that say,

  185. give him a word. Give him a word. Give him a

  186. word. This is where we are going to dwell on

  187. them. Revelational gifts. And I say, you know,

  188. some people can just be amazing. First, when

  189. they give you the word, you look at the person

  190. first from head to toe, sizing. One. Two, you

  191. now look, who is his friend in this church? Because

  192. this information, maybe it has started circulating.

  193. You say, ah, the last time I think I told Pastor

  194. Fred. But this guy is not close to Pastor Fred.

  195. Could it be that my information now from Pastor

  196. Fred is moving around? Focus on what you are

  197. receiving because Jesus is helping your life.

  198. You are concerned about your image, concerned

  199. about whether who spoke to who or who. We don't

  200. know anything about you. Because the one we know

  201. about you, we have been fighting with you about

  202. it. So this one that we don't know, that the

  203. Spirit of God is making bear, because he wants

  204. to do something about it. Amen. You see, there's

  205. something that you wrote there. It does not have

  206. to be spectacular. I could just be talking with

  207. Pastor Victor. I could just be talking with Pastor

  208. Victor. Boom. He say, Bishop, have you thought

  209. of this and this? I say, ah, who told this man

  210. this thing? He say, what's coming to my heart

  211. regarding it is this, this, this, this, this,

  212. and this. It will be a witness with my spirit.

  213. Because I didn't share it with him. I didn't

  214. share it with his wife. I didn't share it with

  215. anybody. And for him to say it now on the spur

  216. of the moment, it has to be by the Spirit of

  217. God. Dear brethren, let's learn this. Activities

  218. of the Spirit of God in the believer are true.

  219. Hallelujah. Amen. They are what? They are true.

  220. So the word of knowledge is not a revelation

  221. of what will happen in the future, but a revelation

  222. of what has happened or what is happening now.

  223. The word of knowledge, please write it because

  224. we're going to do word of knowledge, we're going

  225. to do word of wisdom, and we're going to do designing

  226. of spirits. And then we will give all balance

  227. to it. So when something comes to you, when an

  228. information comes to your mind and you are speaking

  229. it to the person, you already know this is the

  230. word of knowledge. This is the word of wisdom.

  231. This must be discerning of what? Of spirits.

  232. Praise God. Amen. So far, so good. Are we clear?

  233. Praise God. So, the word of knowledge is not

  234. a revelation of facts or information that will

  235. happen in the future. Rather, revelation of what

  236. has happened in the past or what is happening

  237. now in the present. The word of knowledge is

  238. not a revelation of facts or information about

  239. things that will happen where? In the future.

  240. Rather, they are revelation of facts, of information,

  241. of things that have already what? Things that

  242. has happened in the past or things that are happening

  243. when? Now. Why are they happening now? To build

  244. faith. To build faith. To build faith. One, to

  245. bring the truth of God's knowledge regarding

  246. the matter. To build faith, to bring the truth

  247. of God's knowledge regarding the matter. To preserve.

  248. To preserve. To correct. And to confirm God's

  249. word to the recipient. Let me say it again. What

  250. has happened or is happening to build faith,

  251. to bring the truth of God's knowledge, to preserve,

  252. to correct and to confirm God's word to the recipient.

  253. Hallelujah. You've been praying about a matter.

  254. You've been praying about a matter. You've been

  255. praying about it. You know, one of these meetings

  256. we had in Orange Hall, a lady struggled to come

  257. to church that Wednesday. Then we used to meet

  258. on Tuesday. And then she came to the meeting.

  259. And she didn't only struggle because she had

  260. a bad knee, right? And she came to that meeting.

  261. So during the message, the message was going

  262. on. And then the Spirit of the Lord gave a word

  263. that there's a lady who came here. You're seated

  264. on this side. You have a bad knee. Who is the

  265. person? Boom, she stood up, right? And then hands

  266. were laid on her. You know, the next meeting,

  267. she didn't actually tell us this. All this information

  268. I'm saying came after. Amen. So, and then the

  269. next meeting, she came with her knee. In fact,

  270. she said as she was reaching home, the pain was

  271. gone. Totally gone. So the next time we met,

  272. that was when she said, actually that day, she

  273. struggled to come to the meeting. She said, okay,

  274. let her carry herself. Just be there. Hallelujah.

  275. There was no how we would have known that there

  276. was somebody in that hall with a bad knee because

  277. everybody walked in. Yeah, no wheelchair, no

  278. crutches. Everybody walked in. Everybody sat

  279. down. Everybody prays. Everybody was laughing.

  280. Everybody is smiling. Please, as the teaching

  281. is going on, pay attention to the Holy Spirit

  282. because the Spirit of God is bringing instructions

  283. to your heart. For people, for this local church,

  284. to people far away from here also. Amen? And

  285. she now said that these are the things that happened.

  286. She came that day, you know, she was called out,

  287. hands were laid on her, and then the pain left.

  288. Hallelujah. Something that is happening when?

  289. Now, praise God. So the word of knowledge is

  290. given to us to guide the believer, but it is

  291. not the guidance itself because the spirit of

  292. the Lord is the guide. Amen. So the word of the

  293. knowledge is given to the believer to do what?

  294. To guide the believer. Why? Because it unveils

  295. the knowledge of God to the human mind via the

  296. Spirit. To guide the believer because what? It

  297. unveils the knowledge of God to the human mind

  298. through the Spirit. And this will happen so that

  299. the believer can learn how to minister effectively.

  300. Amen? so that the believer can learn how to minister

  301. what? Effectively. Praise God. So out of God's

  302. counsel, out of God's knowledge, God will now,

  303. through the Spirit, impart that knowledge to

  304. us about facts, about people, about events, about

  305. locations. Amen? Yes. We're going to come...

  306. to discuss on how these things flow through us.

  307. So now, write this, the word. The word. The word.

  308. The phrase, the word, is translated from the

  309. Greek word logos. The phrase, the word, is from

  310. the Greek word what? Logos. So far so good. Do

  311. we know the definition of the word of knowledge?

  312. Do we know the definition of the word of knowledge?

  313. Amen? Good. So, the word is a phrase translated

  314. from the Greek word, what? Logos. And the meaning

  315. of logos is an account, an idea, summation of

  316. an idea, mindset. The meaning of logos is an

  317. account, an idea, summation of an idea, mindset.

  318. And then the word knowledge. The word knowledge

  319. is translated from the Greek word gnosis, G -N

  320. -O -S -I -S. Logos is L -O -G -O -S. Gnosis is

  321. G -N -O -S -I -S. G -N -O -S -I -S. It refers

  322. to an experience. It refers to an experience.

  323. And it's from the root word ginosko. G -I -N

  324. -O -S. K -O, ginosko, which means to learn, to

  325. know, to come to know, and to understand. Gnosis

  326. or G -N -O -S -I -S, right? An experience. From

  327. the root word ginosko, which means to learn,

  328. to come to know, to come to understand. Amen?

  329. Praise God. So, we have logos and we have experience.

  330. Amen? So, what is happening is that the Spirit

  331. of God will bring a knowing to the mind of the

  332. believer, right? From the knowledge of God. Hallelujah.

  333. So, he will bring an information. He will bring

  334. an idea. He will bring, you know, an essence

  335. from the mind of God to the believer. Praise

  336. God. So, the believer now is what? His faith

  337. is built up. Amen? He has a guide now. He has

  338. help now. Amen? Hallelujah. So in other words

  339. now, in other words, we can say now, we are moving

  340. now from the definition now, finally. In other

  341. words, we can say this now, that the word of

  342. knowledge will imply to have divinely granted

  343. knowledge. It will imply to have what? Divinely

  344. granted knowledge. Divinely granted knowledge

  345. into the knowledge of God. Divinely granted knowledge

  346. into the knowledge of God about people, about

  347. places, about events. So, for example, yesterday,

  348. I was, was it yesterday? This morning, I was

  349. scrolling a page on the Instagram. And I thank

  350. God he's here. Amen. And I saw that brother on

  351. the cap, the one with the yellow cap. I saw one

  352. of his pictures. And I just felt that this morning,

  353. if he comes, let me pray with him. Praise God.

  354. I'm saying this one, I'm saying it real now.

  355. What happened? Praise God. If you ask me, why

  356. should I pray with him? I don't know. What I

  357. know is that I have received an information and

  358. by practice daily, I know this is not ordinary

  359. in my heart. Praise God. But when we meet and

  360. then we talk and we pray, we will have what?

  361. A direction why that came. Hallelujah. Praise

  362. God. Hallelujah. Amen. Are we all here? Yes.

  363. So divinely granted what? Divinely granted knowledge.

  364. Praise God. Hallelujah. So now, the word of knowledge.

  365. What the word of knowledge is not. Write this

  366. now. What the word of knowledge is not. What

  367. the word of knowledge is what? Is not. So the

  368. word of knowledge is not a natural knowledge.

  369. The word of knowledge is not a what? A natural

  370. knowledge. For example, now I've been with, we've

  371. been with the pastors now for like, me, let me

  372. talk about myself. I've been with them for 11

  373. years, getting to 12 years. We've been together,

  374. right? Pastor Chidi has been with Pastor Fred

  375. more than myself and a few others too. Pastor

  376. Emma, right? All the information I know about

  377. them, there is still an information that the

  378. Spirit of God will give me regarding what is

  379. happening currently. with them that they have

  380. not what? Yet spoken to me. Praise God. It could

  381. be, let's even say, it could be that there is

  382. a matter on ground and they are praying and they

  383. are praying. Or there is something that needs

  384. to be fixed. And yet they have not what? Informed

  385. me. So the fact that I have a knowledge, natural

  386. knowledge about them for this number of years,

  387. right? That does not mean that that is the word

  388. of what? Knowledge. We've practiced it several

  389. times during Catartismos and during Prayer Cruise,

  390. where we gather in groups and say minister to

  391. one another. And you know, in the midst of I'm

  392. saying what is happening in our own group, the

  393. pastors, I don't know what happens in your group,

  394. right? But in our group, you now realize that

  395. when the word is coming, it's like, ah, how?

  396. How did you get this thing now? Because this

  397. is the current matter now. Let me put it this

  398. way. Current news. This is what is happening

  399. on the spot now. It has to be by the Spirit of

  400. God. So you could just write this. Learn to always

  401. trust the voice of the Holy Spirit in your heart.

  402. The Holy Spirit will never lead the believer

  403. astray. In fact, the Holy Spirit is yearning

  404. always to lead you to places where you are preserved.

  405. Just pay attention, pay attention, pay attention

  406. to the voice and the leading of the Spirit of

  407. God in your heart. So the word of knowledge is

  408. not natural knowledge or sense knowledge or intellectual

  409. knowledge. It's not. The word of knowledge is

  410. not what? Natural knowledge or sense knowledge

  411. or what? Intellectual knowledge. It's not. Why?

  412. Because the word of knowledge is a supernatural

  413. manifestation of the Spirit of God. It's a supernatural

  414. what? Manifestation of the Spirit of God. And

  415. if the word of knowledge is supernatural, then

  416. all other gifts are also what? Supernatural.

  417. They cannot be natural. Hallelujah. So if the

  418. word of knowledge is a natural knowledge, then

  419. what we are saying is that the gift of healing

  420. is a natural healing that you go to the hospital

  421. and the doctors see you and then they treat you.

  422. Praise God. So the word of knowledge is not that.

  423. It's a supernatural manifestation of what? Of

  424. the Spirit of God through the believer. Hallelujah.

  425. Praise God. It's not those kind of knowledge

  426. that we've learned in the classroom. It's not

  427. biomedical engineering. It's not medical biochemistry.

  428. It's not international relation. No, it's not.

  429. It's having access into the purposes of God for

  430. the believer. Into the events that God wants

  431. to be established now in the believer. Praise

  432. God. Hallelujah. The word of knowledge is not

  433. a profound knowledge of the Bible. The word of

  434. knowledge is not what? A profound knowledge of

  435. what? Of the Bible. You remember when we were

  436. ending the teachings, you know, on the all trans

  437. gifts, I said something that when it comes to

  438. all trans gifts, God does not place premium priority

  439. on the education of the receiver. Amen? But you

  440. see, when it comes to the knowledge of his word,

  441. God does not use foolish people and ignorant

  442. people that don't know his word. God places priority

  443. on the knowledge of his word. You will see Paul

  444. will admonish Timothy, study, study, study, continue

  445. in it, continue in it. He will tell Joshua to

  446. meditate on it. How? Day and night. God is always

  447. interested in his children understanding his

  448. heart. And how can we know his heart, his ways?

  449. Through where? Through his word. However, the

  450. word of knowledge is not the knowledge of what?

  451. Of the Bible. That I've read Genesis from 1 to

  452. Revelation, the last part. Alpha and I end in

  453. Omega. Does not mean that is what? The word of

  454. knowledge. I wrote something here. However, the

  455. scriptures validates the word of knowledge when

  456. it comes. So, through the scriptures, we judge

  457. the word of knowledge when it comes. Hallelujah.

  458. This is a huge balance. So, that is why the believer

  459. ought to study the Bible. You must study. You

  460. must study. So that when you go out there, you

  461. don't meet one Babalao and then the Babalao uses

  462. you and shine. Or Satan will appear to you in

  463. sheep or lamb's clothing, you know, and then

  464. give you a word and he said, this must be of

  465. God. He did that to Jesus. If truly you are the

  466. son of God, turn this stone into what? Into bricks.

  467. You don't know the word, you will turn it into

  468. a bakery house. You will prove a point. No. We

  469. judge the word of knowledge through the scriptures.

  470. So the knowledge of the scriptures is important

  471. for the believer. In fact, let me say it this

  472. way as it's coming to my heart. All the gifts

  473. of the spirit of God, the knowledge of God's

  474. word is important to judge. All of them. Hallelujah.

  475. Praise God. The word of knowledge is not the

  476. knowledge of God through experience. So please,

  477. the last portion I gave us, please, can you write

  478. this scripture about Paul admonishing Timothy

  479. to study? The knowledge of God is a profound

  480. knowledge of the Bible. 2 Timothy 2 verse 15.

    2 Timothy 2:15

  481. He said, study to show yourself what? Yes, study.

  482. Be diligent at it. Give yourselves to it. So

  483. the knowledge, the word of knowledge is not a

  484. knowledge of what? Of God through experience.

  485. Can we read 1 Samuel, everybody? 1 Samuel. I

  486. think we read it here a couple of weeks, maybe

  487. last week. I think either our brother Kola read

  488. it or so, or he mentioned it, one of it. Let's

  489. go to 1 Samuel, everybody, chapter 3. 1 Samuel,

    1 Samuel 3 chapter mention

  490. chapter 3. Let's read verse 1. The Lord called

  491. Samuel and he answered, Here am I. And he ran

  492. on to Eli and said, Here am I, for thou callest

  493. me. And he said, I called not. Lie down again.

  494. And he went and lay down. And the Lord called

  495. yet again Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to

  496. Eli and said, Here am I, for thou didst call

  497. me. And he said, I call not my son. Lie down

  498. again. Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord,

  499. neither was the word of the Lord yet what? revealed

  500. to him. And the Lord called Samuel again the

  501. third time, and he arose and went to Eli and

  502. said, Here am I, for thou didst call me. And

  503. Eli perceived that what? That the Lord had what?

  504. Experience. Eli didn't hear the Lord call Samuel.

  505. He did what? Perceived. He is a prophet. He has

  506. been with God. He has known. When this thing

  507. is happening like this. It is God that is doing

  508. it. Praise God. And he told him something now.

  509. Therefore Eli 9 said unto Samuel. Go what? Lie

  510. down. And it shall be. If what? If he call thee

  511. that thou shall what? Say. Speak Lord. For thy

  512. servant what? Hear it. So Samuel went and lay

  513. down in what? In his place. Then, and the Lord

  514. came and stood and called us the other times.

  515. Samuel, Samuel, then Samuel answered and said

  516. what? Speak, for thy servant what? Hear it. Practical

  517. experience. The word of knowledge is not what?

  518. Is not experience. The fact that you have had

  519. a dealing with God about a matter does not mean

  520. that that is how God will deal with every other

  521. person about the matter. Praise God. I got a

  522. word of wisdom about a thing. We're going to

  523. talk about word of wisdom. That's why I'm specifically

  524. using it now. I got a word of wisdom about a

  525. thing. And then now that thing came with instruction

  526. and I have to do them. Amen. And then suddenly

  527. now you met me and then you say, sir, this is,

  528. this is, this is. Huh? That last time it was

  529. 16 hours closed doors. And 21 days prayers. And

  530. then with one week of worship. And then the guy

  531. just leaves. And then goes. Do 16 hours closed

  532. doors. Do 21 days. Right? And then 7 days worship.

  533. And then the thing did not change. God didn't

  534. speak. You spoke. So the word of knowledge is

  535. not what? An experiential information that you

  536. are bringing. Please pay attention that this

  537. manifestation or operation happens on the spot

  538. of the moment. I don't know you, you don't know

  539. me, or I know you, you know me, but I don't have

  540. access to the information. There was just no

  541. how I could have access to it. Praise God. So

  542. the word of knowledge is not that kind of knowledge.

  543. So now, what the word of knowledge is? What the

  544. word of knowledge what? Is. What the word of

  545. knowledge is? 1 Samuel chapter 9. So from here

    1 Samuel 9 chapter mention

  546. now, we're going to run through scriptures upon

  547. scriptures upon scriptures upon scriptures. Amen?

  548. To establish this background for us. Praise God.

  549. So we know what the word of knowledge is, right?

  550. We know what the word of knowledge is not, right?

  551. Good. So we will look at now scriptures upon

  552. scriptures to establish this truth about what

  553. the word of knowledge is for the believer. Praise

  554. God. And please don't forget. All the manifestations,

  555. all the gifts of the Holy Ghost is not... What's

  556. the word now? Okay, let me put it this way. Has

  557. been in operation before the New Testament. Let

  558. me put that context so that it will be much more

  559. clear for us. Amen? All the what? All the gifts

  560. of the Spirit aside tongues. and interpretation

  561. of tongues has been in operation before the New

  562. Testament. I have a reason why I'm saying the

  563. New Testament. Praise God. So what I'm saying

  564. in simple terms is that all the gifts of the

  565. Holy Ghost aside tongues and interpretation of

  566. tongues has been in operation even in the Old

  567. Testament. Hallelujah. Praise God. And don't

  568. forget, these gifts are in operation where the

  569. Spirit of God is also in operation. Hallelujah.

  570. Amen. Amen. Good. So, we needed to say that now.

  571. So, what the word of knowledge is. 1 Samuel chapter

    1 Samuel 9 chapter mention

  572. 9. 1 Samuel chapter 9. 1 Samuel chapter 9. We're

    1 Samuel 9 chapter mention 1 Samuel 9 chapter mention

  573. going to read verse 3. Well, let's start reading

  574. from verse 1. Now there was a man of Benjamin

  575. whose name was Kish, the son of Abel, the son

  576. of Zeror, the son of Bekorat, the son of Aphia,

  577. a Benjamite, a mighty man of power. And he had

  578. a son whose name was Saul, a choice young man

  579. and a goodly. And there was not among the children

  580. of Israel a goodlier person than he. From his

  581. shoulders and upward he was higher than any of

  582. what? Of the people. Verse 3, everybody. And

  583. the asses of Kish, Saul's father, were lost.

  584. And Kish said to Saul, his son, Take now one

  585. of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek

  586. the what? Seek the asses. Verse 6. Now, let's

  587. go now. Let's keep reading. And he passed through

  588. Mount Ephraim and passed through the land of...

  589. And five now. Verse six. And he said unto him,

  590. Behold, now there is in this city a who? A man

  591. of God, and he is what? An honorable man, all

  592. that he said, does what? Surely to pass. Now

  593. let us go thither, but eventually he can show

  594. us our way that we shall what? We shall go. Sharp

  595. guys. Don't allow over familiarity deprive you

  596. from receiving from your brothers and sisters,

  597. from your wife, from your husband, from your

  598. children. Praise God. Hallelujah. See now, let's

  599. go to verse 15, everybody. Now the Lord has told

  600. Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,

  601. 16. Assis, right? God is telling Samuel what?

  602. About a man that he should anoint. Did God tell

  603. Samuel that this young man went out to look for

  604. Assis? You see? So, from God's mind, God is revealing

  605. something. Amen? So, there was no prior information

  606. to all these activities. Saul and his servants

  607. are somewhere. Samuel is in another place and

  608. God is revealing this information. Amen? Very

  609. important. Then now, see now, verse 19. Verse

  610. 19, now let's go. And Samuel answered Saul and

  611. said, I am the seer. Go up before me unto the

  612. high place, for ye shall eat with me today, and

  613. tomorrow I will do what? I will let thee go and

  614. will tell thee all that is what in thy heart.

  615. C20 everybody now. And as for thy what? That

  616. were how many days? Precise. Can you see? Set

  617. not thy mind where? On them. For what? They are

  618. found. Is Samuel where these things are found?

  619. No. They are just in Samuel's house. Eating and

  620. drinking because a big event is happening. But

  621. information is happening when? Now, on the spur

  622. of the moment. He is telling him that the asses

  623. that were lost three days before you guys, you

  624. know, took off and then to this place, these

  625. asses have been what? Have been found. And see

  626. now, and on whom is all the desire of Israel?

  627. Is it not on thee and on all thy what? So Samuel

  628. is concerned about what God had what? Had told

  629. him regarding what? However, I'm going to say

  630. something here and then we'll continue on Wednesday.

  631. However, right? God has orchestrated that Samuel

  632. is going to be anointed. Amen. Hallelujah. But

  633. now, through the means of the lost asses. We

  634. see now Samuel meeting the man of God and then

  635. now that which God has in his mind is now what?

  636. Established. Hallelujah. So now, sometimes and

  637. often when you start receiving a word of knowledge,

  638. it may not start out coming to you spectacular.

  639. God, said his spirit is upon you. He's called

  640. you to Zimbabwe. You're going to do this. You're

  641. going to, a doctor is already looking at me.

  642. I hope this word that he's saying, I will not

  643. be in Zimbabwe. Let me go to this side. You know,

  644. and then, you know, this is this, this is that.

  645. It may not start out that way. Do you know it

  646. may start out as simple as, how are you? Have

  647. you eaten today? What did you eat today? He said,

  648. oh, so, you know. What did you eat? He said,

  649. ah, sir, actually, I have not eaten. Ah, you

  650. have not eaten? But look at the way you are dressed

  651. now. You are even looking like a big boy. Everybody

  652. is smiling. He said, ah, sir, forget this, you

  653. know. You know, I'm a small boy here. But you

  654. know, it didn't start out spectacularly. There

  655. was nothing. But the man that is speaking already

  656. has received an information. That this man, there's

  657. a need in his life for this, this, this, this,

  658. this, this, this, this, this. Amen? And then

  659. suddenly now, in the midst of the discussion

  660. and the rest, and then now, you say, what? This

  661. happened, this happened, this happened, this

  662. happened last week. Because you did this, you

  663. did this, you did this, and this and this. And

  664. then now you now say, first, I know you will

  665. hear me well now. But let's go, I will buy kebab

  666. for you first. When you eat, let here be handled.

  667. Amen? You have solved one need. The asses have

  668. been what? Found. The food has been found. So

  669. the man will now eat. When he eats, yes. And

  670. then now, the instruction that has been received

  671. from God regarding what God wants to use him

  672. to do. will now what? Will now be unveiled to

  673. him. Praise God. Can we rise to our feet? Until

  674. next time, stay blessed.