The Gifts of the Spirit pt 13: The Gift of Prophecy in the Believer Today

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right in. 1 Corinthians 12. Verse 10. To another

the working of miracles. And to another what?

Prophecy. Hallelujah. Praise God. So today, what

we're talking about today to complete the part

on the gifts of the prophecy is the gift of prophecy

in the believer today. The gift of prophecy in

the believer when? Today. Please, if you don't

have a writing material, you can use your phone.

There's a notes part on your phone. You can just

take the notes there because these words will

benefit you. Amen. So the church. It's not a

place where you come and then do it like concert.

The church is a training school for the believer.

Praise God. The believer is taught the word.

The believer is trained in the word of righteousness

and in the word of faith. Amen. The believer

grows and he is not only equipped, but that he

measures up to the fullness of who? Of Christ.

Hallelujah. Praise God. So when you come to the

believer's training school like this, on a Saturday,

on a Sunday, on a Wednesday, on a Friday. Come

for lecture time to be taught and to be equipped.

Praise God. So, we read 1 Corinthians 12 verse

1 Corinthians 12:10

10. Let me read it again. To another, the walking

of miracles. To another, prophecy. To another,

discerning of spirits. To another, diverse kinds

of tongues. To another, the interpretation of

what? Of tongues. Hallelujah. So one of the things

that we're able to establish that the word prophecy

was translated from the Greek word prophetia,

right? Yes, prophetia, which is from the root

word prophetio. Praise God. And the word prophetia

or prophetio, right? The root word is to prophesy

and prophesy means to speak forth. Hallelujah.

Amen. If you have seen the documentary of Volcano,

right? If you have seen the documentary of Volcano,

suddenly there will be a crack on the ground,

right? And then there is this molten magma that

will do what? That will suddenly what? Erop!

Hallelujah. That's the strength of that word

prophetio, right? To bubble up with words. Hallelujah.

To speak forth. With words. On the spur of the

moment. And we say that to speak forth under

the inspiration of the Holy Ghost. Praise God.

So the source of our speaking is from who? From

the Holy Ghost. So when I bubble with words,

when I speak forth with words, instantly that

inspiration, that utterance is coming from where?

From the Holy Ghost. So the believer is a man,

when it comes to the gifts of the prophecy, the

believer is a man under the inspiration of the

Holy Ghost, right? That will always speak. Speak

what? The will of God. The mind of God. The plans

of God. The purposes of God. So the believer...

He's a man under the inspiration of the Holy

Ghost. Why the inspiration of the Holy Ghost?

Because that is the Spirit he has received. Amen?

Yes, so the believer has received what? The Holy

Ghost. So the source of his inspiration should

not be from another spirit, but from where? But

from the Holy Ghost. So however, that is why

the believer ought to be careful to be taught

and trained. If the believer is not taught and

trained in the word of faith, the believer can

hear words from demons and still say them. Do

you hear what I said? I didn't say the demons

are inside him. Amen? I said he can what? He

can hear words from where? From demons. One.

He can also hear words from non -believers. And

he will do what? He will speak them. So if the

believer is not taught and trained, the reality

and the source of inspiration can change. So

what is going to happen is that he will despise

the source of his inspiration, the Holy Ghost,

and he will look for another source of what?

Inspiration. So in the gifts of prophecy, the

believer must be careful to stay on the source,

to stay with the source, who is the Holy Ghost.

Hallelujah. That is prophecy. Amen. Speaking

forth, bubbling forth with words. However, on

the spur of the moment. Do you know what I said?

On the what? On the spur of the moment. The words

you are speaking, they are not plain words. Amen.

That is why one of the things that will deprive

you from receiving from one another is familiarity.

Is he not pastorifying? I know him and I know

he knows all my troubles and fears and concerns.

So I know if he's going to speak now, he is going

to speak from the abundance of his heart because

he knows me. Pastor Victor says something. He

says something that every time we meet, we are

meeting to do what? In fact, let me add one word

to bring value to the other person. Acts chapter

Acts 1 · chapter mention

1. Let me say something here. Acts chapter 1.

Acts 1 · chapter mention

See what the scripture says about Christ. Acts

Acts 1:3

chapter 1 verse 3. had given commandment unto

the apostles, whom he hath, what? Chosen three

now, to whom also, Acts chapter 1, from verse

Acts 1 · chapter mention

1 to 3, to whom also he showed himself, how?

Alive, after his, what? His passion, his death,

burial, and what? And resurrection, by how many

proofs? By many infallible, what? Proofs being

seen of them 40 days and speaking of the things

pertaining to what? To the kingdom of God. When

you now go back to Luke 24, you will see some

of the things that he had to show them for them

to know that Christ... Luke 24. Now see the infallible

proofs now. Some of the infallible proofs now.

One of the proofs which we know in this church

is that he taught them. Hallelujah. And his teachings

that he taught them, he opened their understanding.

All the things that the prophet has spoken concerning

what? Concerning him. He brought those things

open, bare unto them. Amen? That is the major

proof. Any other proof we are going to talk about

here are minor. For example now, right? Luke

24. Luke 24. Verse 36. And as he and... As their

thoughts spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst

of them and said unto them, Peace be unto you.

But they were terrified and affrighted. And suppose

that they had seen a what? And he said unto them,

Why ye trouble? And why do thoughts arise in

your heart? Behold my what? My hands and my feet,

that it is I what? Myself. Handle me and see.

For a spirit hath not what? flesh and bones,

as ye see me have. And when he had thus spoken,

he showed them his hands and his feet. And while

they had not believed, not for the joy wondered,

and he said unto them, Have ye here any what?

Any meat. And they gave him a piece of broiled

fish, and of a what? And a honeycomb, and a what?

And he took it, and did eat what? Before them.

By now they now believe that he is not a spirit.

After they now believe there is not a spirit,

since spirits don't eat this kind of food. Spirit

cannot eat fish and broiled fish and honey. Right?

Then 44 now. He now said, and he said unto them,

These are what? These are the words. Hallelujah.

Do you know that Jesus is still alive today with

infallible proofs? Ha! No, no, no, no, no, no.

Do you know that Jesus is still alive today with

infallible proofs? But the proofs are not eating

food now. They are not honeycomb. Amen? We read

somewhere in Acts chapter 4, verse 29. It said,

Acts 4:29

Lord, behold their what? Threatenings. Grant

unto thy servants that with all boldness that

we may what? That we may speak. You can put it

up. Acts chapter 4. Right? That we may speak.

Acts 4 · chapter mention

Stretch forth your hands. Hallelujah. Do what?

Stretch forth your hands and heal in the name

of thy holy son who? Jesus Christ. How is God

stretching forth his hands? Through us. How is

the infallible proof that Jesus is alive happening

today? How is this happening today? Through whom?

Through us, believers. So the gifts of prophecy

in the believer is one infallible proof that

Jesus is alive. Do you hear what I said? The

gifts of prophecy in the believer is also what?

One infallible what? Proof. Because when it comes,

it reveals the mind of God. It reveals the purposes

of God. It reveals the will of God for the believer

now. Praise God. So one of the things that we

see also that the scripture has told us, which

we've learned here, that the prophets spoke as

they were inspired by who? By the Spirit of God.

Amen? So that which way that the prophet did,

same root word. In prophecy, same root word.

There is foretelling and there is foretelling.

Prophecy has two meanings. There is foretelling,

F -O -R -E, foretelling, and there is what? Foretelling,

F -O -R -T -H, telling. Foretelling, F -O -R

-E, and there is foretelling, F -O -R -T -H.

Foretelling is what we saw or what we see in

the scriptures that Moses, right? And the other

prophets spoke about God's plans that will be

fulfilled in Jesus Christ. So foretelling was

revealing. The prophets were revealing the things.

It's a futuristic, the things God is going to

do. God's commitment for humanity, but happening

in the future. In who? In Christ Jesus. But foretelling

is not in the future. It's when? It's now. So

the gift of prophecy is what? Foretelling. Now

reality. So the believer is not going to prophesy

that another Jesus will be given birth again.

Do you understand? So the believer is not going

to say there will be another woman, a virgin,

she will be from Casablanca. You know, some people

have, before I say Casablanca, some people have

mentioned Casablanca. You know, a virgin from

Casablanca, right? In the village of Timbuktu.

You know, and then she will, there will be a

child, he will be in a manger and they will go,

hmm, hmm, speak papa. The gifts of prophecy for

the believer went today, now. All of God's promises,

his plans, his commitments for humanity. has

been fulfilled in Christ Jesus. You need this

now because of the things I want to say. All

of God's promises, his plans, his commitment

for humanity has been fulfilled in who? In Christ

Jesus. So, Sama, what will gifts of prophecy

do to us? If they have been fulfilled in Christ

Jesus, gifts of prophecy, when the believer speaks

it, will reveal those plans for the now. Praise

God. Hallelujah. Oh, it will bring direction

now. It will bring clarity when? Now. It will

bring comfort when? Now. It will bring instruction

when? Now. But all of these things that are coming

are happening in who? In Christ Jesus. It's important

that it must happen in Christ Jesus. It's important

that it must happen in who? In Christ Jesus.

Praise God. Hallelujah. Purpose of the gift of

prophecy. Purpose or purpose. Purpose. Okay.

Let me say the way we say in my village. Purpose.

Praise God. You know, I have an English teacher,

Mr. Jabez, but he let her change his name to...

No. He changed his name to God... Is it God Will?

Or God knows. Or God something. He changed his

name to God something. Because his name Jabez

continued to produce suffering. Seriously, oh.

He was the senior staff in my secondary school.

But he was the miserable staff in my school.

My principal called him Jabez. He is the one

that will run. Coppers, they will call them.

They will not run. Go to my office and get Cain.

This man will run from the assembly ground to

the principal office. Get something. I don't

know what's the spiritual thing behind it. But

immediately he changed his name. He married.

I'm serious. When he changed his name, I don't

know anything spiritual about Jagat. I don't

know. I'm just saying what we saw. When he changed

his name, he married. When he changed his name,

he built his own house. When he changed his name,

his life changed. Sincerely, I cannot tell you

anything about it. For whatever reason, I don't

know. So, but you know, this man, he was our

English teacher. So he was teaching us English

phonetics. He say, he's not, once you say, popos,

you said, Takunda, give Kolade a knock. He said,

it's not purpose, it's purpose. I said, hey.

Praise God. The purpose. My wife said, please,

I hope you know you will become global. All this

is your Newman English. The purpose. You know,

I saw Pastor Victor's video. It was just his

English. I said, ah, my brother. Hallelujah.

That was a joke. Amen. The gifts of prophecy

has a purpose. Hallelujah. Praise God. So let's

look at the purpose of the gifts of prophecy.

Please, as we are discussing this, pay attention

because now you will begin to know why the gifts

of prophecy are important and why the believer,

when he is given a gift of prophecy, what we

should begin to see as the content of what he

is saying. When we say a purpose of a thing,

what do we mean? The function of a thing, yes.

The reason for a thing, yes. The why of a thing,

yes. Another word? The importance of a thing,

right? Good. So which means that Acts chapter

Acts 1:8

1 verse 8. Acts chapter 1 verse 8. Acts chapter

Acts 1:8 Acts 1:8

1 verse 8. See what the scripture says. But ye

shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost

is what? Is come upon you and ye shall be what?

Witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem and in all

what? Judea and in what? Samaria and unto the

uttermost part of what? Part of the earth. Right?

And that word witness is the word matiah. Right?

When you check the word witness, it's the word

what? Mattiah. And Mattiah is not somebody that

they say he laid, put his head and they cut him.

Right? When you check the meaning of Mattiah,

it's not a person that put his head and then

they do what? They slaughter and say, ah, this

man, he died for Jesus. That word Mattiah, when

you check it, it's a legal word. Amen? It's a

legal what? When we say you are a witness, it

means that you have seen something, you have

touched something, right? And you are the only

person that has been legalized to have a proof.

If you say that thing, everybody will believe

it. You are the only person that can stand for

a case and the judge can give a verdict on that

thing. Why? Because you have seen something,

you have touched something or you have an information

and that information is a high priority information.

And anytime and anywhere you say that thing,

nobody can say you are what? You are lying. So,

when they bring them to court, they will enter

a box and they will make them to do what? To

swear. When they swear, they are bound under

a legal authority. That everything I will say

here is true to this case. The presence of the

Holy Ghost in the believer has legalized the

believer to have a proof that Jesus is alive.

So we are not mere men roaming about the surface

of the earth. without a legal authority bounding

over us. He said, ye shall receive what? Power.

After that, the Holy Ghost is what? It's come

upon you. Let me repeat what I said. So which

means the believer, the believer is a man that

is legalized by the Spirit of God to prove that

Jesus is what? He's alive. So connect this thing

that I just said now to the purpose of the gift

of what? Prophecy. So which means that the believer

is not just prophesying. The believer is giving

proofs. Hallelujah. Praise God. And that proof

is to better the local church. That proof is

to better the what? The local church. 1 Corinthians

1 Corinthians 14:3

14 verse 3 now. 1 Corinthians 14 verse 3. After

1 Corinthians 14:3

this particular topic, every one of us would

desire it more. Hallelujah. 1 Corinthians 14

1 Corinthians 14:3

verse 3. But he that prophesied, speaketh, will

read. Okay, let's retrain. But he that prophesied

speaks what? Speaks, speaketh unto men. To who?

He that prophesied speaketh unto who? He that

prophesied speaketh unto who? So your prophecy

is for who? Your prophecy is for who? And when

you prophesy, what happens? See what happens

now. For their edification and exhortation and

what? And comfort, straight. Now let's start

this class very fast now. What is the purpose

of prophecy? Edification and exhortation and

comfort. Hallelujah. So when somebody walks up

to you and gives you a word of prophecy and then

tells you it's by the Spirit of God, what you

should be setting out in those speakings are

what? Edification. Hallelujah. Which is what?

Which is exaltation and what? And comfort. Hallelujah.

So now, you will see why Paul will say prophecy

throughout 1 Corinthians 14 is about edification.

Edification. Edification. That word to edify,

which we know here, is oikodomio. Or oikodom.

Why are we going back to the root words? We are

going back to the Greek words. Right? So that

we will know the context of why that word is

used. Amen? That word oikodomeo is O -I -K -O

-D -O -M -E -O. O -I -K -O -D -O -M -E -O. Oikodomeo.

And it means to build. Ah, I just got something

now. It means to what? To build. that every time

I come to Pastor Imah and I'm speaking the words

of the prophecy to him by the Spirit of God,

kick, kick, kick, kick, kick, kick, kick, kick,

I'm building, I'm building. Oh boy, with my mouth,

say with my mouth, say with my mouth, by the

Spirit of the Lord, with my mouth, I build lives.

I don't tear down lives. I don't tear down places.

I build lives. So every time you speak under

the inspiration of the Spirit of God, you are

building lives. You are building systems. You

are building people. You see, your words are

not ordinary. So don't just look at situations.

I got this now from somebody. The next time you

have an opportunity to speak, don't say negative

things. Hallelujah. Don't say what? The more

you say negative things, you tear down those

people. The more you say negative things, you

tear down that system. The more you say negative

things, you tear down the entire environment.

Don't say negative things. Remember that words

from your mouth should edify, should build. They

should build. They should build. They should

build. They should what? They should build. Have

you ever seen anybody takes time to build? You

know, we have been reading Matthew 24, 1, 2,

3. And when Jesus told them, he said, each of

these stones you see, all of them will be what?

Will be thrown down. They say, you don't know

what you're talking about. It took us 46 years

to build this. And you tell us. In three days,

let's pull it down. You must be kidding us here.

Go to salamis. You have an idea of what they

are saying. Those stones are not the bricks in

your house that if you do, it will break. It

will take something unusual made by man to bring

those stones down. The scripture says, majestic

buildings, impressive decorations. And Jesus

said, all these things will do what? Will come

down. Every time the believer speaks under the

inspiration of the Holy Ghost, he is bringing

the beauty in the life of others that is already

in Christ Jesus. He's bringing them out. You

see, what I just said now should inform you that

you don't see anybody and begin to just say,

your life will waste. Do you know that your life,

the way you continue like this, with this your

brain that is empty. How can somebody have head?

You know there is brain inside. I say the brain

is empty. When you see empty brains, put something

inside. Do you know what I said? When you see

empty brains, do what? When you see wayward lives,

correct them. By the Spirit of God, I just heard

this. Learn to bring order, not chaos. Learn

to bring order, not chaos. With your words, bring

order, not chaos. With your words, bring what?

Order, not what? Not chaos. Write this now. In

verse 3, in verse 4. In verse 5, in verse 12,

in verse 17, in verse 26. We are going to see

the words now. Verse 3, 1 Corinthians 14, verse

1 Corinthians 14:3

3. Verse 4, verse 5, verse 12, verse 17, verse

26. Let me say it again. Verse 3, verse 4, verse

5, verse 12, verse 17, verse 26. All these places

talks about the word edify, edifies, edification,

edifying. And all of them are connected to prophecy.

Edify, edifies, edifying, or what? Edification.

Verse 3. But he that prophesies speaketh unto

men to edification and exhortation and what?

Verse 4. Verse 5. Verse 12. of the church verse

17 for thou verily verily give us thanks well

but the order is not edified 26 how is it then

brethren when you come together every one of

you had a psalm had a doctrine had a tongue had

a revelation had an interpretation let all things

be done unto what edifying so take the original

word building and put all in these places building,

building, building, building. You see, what Paul

is emphasizing is that every time you gather

in fellowship, let there be what? Building. Let

there be edification. Brother, edify the other.

Sister, when I stood there, one of the words

that I got, he said, husband and wife don't marry

because they should just marry. No, no, no. God

first will bring you to edify one another. My

responsibility as a husband is to what? due to

my wife. Her responsibility is to what? Due to

me. You have not borne me even straight. You

have not borne me this way. You have not borne

me. You have not borne me this way. You have

not borne me. Me, oh. Me in this house, I will

not cook again. Me in this house. Me in this

house. Me in this house. Is not receive. Is what?

Give. Give. Give. Say, I have been created by

God. I have his image. I have his image. And

I know the lifestyle of giving. Every resources

God has put inside you is to be released. Hallelujah.

To build others. And we've learned here, I'm

going to, in the next two, three minutes, we're

going to stop here for today. And we've learned

here that the word, Comfort and exhortation.

Edify is to build, right? And that word edification

is a compound word for comfort and what? Exhortation.

The word comfort is to provide help. Amen? The

word comfort is to do what? To provide what?

Help. Comfort is not pity. Do you hear what I

said? Comfort is not what? Is not pity. The word

comfort is to provide what? To provide what?

Help. Hallelujah. And then the word exhortation.

The word exhortation, it means to stand by someone.

Praise God. To do what? To stand by someone.

So which means that when prophecy is given, it

brings direction, guidance, help, and encouragement.

When prophecy is given, right? When gifts of

prophecy is in operation, it brings direction,

it brings guidance, it brings help, it brings

encouragement. Let me say it again. When prophecy

is given, it brings direction, it brings guidance,

it brings help, and it brings encouragement.

Purpose of what? Of the gifts of what? Prophecy.

Hallelujah. Let's read this and then we stop.

1 Corinthians 14 verse 6 now. Now, brethren,

1 Corinthians 14:6

if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what

shall I what? Profite you. What he's saying is

that how can I build you? Hallelujah. How can

I benefit you? Except I shall speak to you either

by what? Revelation or by knowledge or by prophesying

or by doctrine. Hallelujah. Because all these

words find expression through intelligible words

that the mind can understand. Hallelujah. Amen?

So when we come, by God's grace, on Wednesday,

we're going to exhaust this purpose of the gifts

of prophecy and then we're going to do how to

judge what? Prophecy. Then we'll practicalize

it. How to judge what? Prophecy. Then we'll do

what? We'll practicalize it. Maybe, not in this

church however, because we'll be taught. Amen?

He said, my children, my children, don't be afraid.

For I also am also afraid. But know that I am

with you. If you are close to the person there,

just hold the hands of the person and just keep

him in the sight first and say, don't be praying,

just be watching us. Because we have to start

checking which source. Like that young man that

they say, do you have a word? He came up here.

I can't see him again in our church. He said

to all the fine ladies, God says he's with you.

Praise God. Say I have the gifts of prophecy.

Say, I have the gifts of prophecy. Say, I have

the gifts of prophecy. One of the words I got

in the course of preparation, which we will talk

about it on Wednesday, is how every one of us,

we have to be mindful of our words. Hallelujah.

We have to be what? We're going to read a couple

of scriptures on Wednesday, and I believe the

Holy Spirit will bring so much revelation at

work in our hearts, and you will go about saying

the right things by the Spirit of God. Can you

just bless God, everybody? Can I just bless Scott?

Say, Father, thank you for I have the ability

to build. I have the ability to build. I have

the ability to build. I have the ability to build.

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