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The Gifts of the Spirit pt 9: The Gift of Prophecy

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  1. Welcome to NECF Sermons. Each message here is

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  5. right in. Glory. Glory. Glory. Glory. Glory to

  6. God. Hallelujah. Before we start the message,

  7. sorry, before we continue the message. Sorry

  8. if you are new and this is your first time. In

  9. this church, we are always drunk like this in

  10. the Holy Ghost. There are two people here. The

  11. Lord has been putting so much in your heart this

  12. week. You know, regarding the work of ministry.

  13. Most especially to the youths. You see yourself

  14. teaching youths. Who are the people that pray

  15. for you? Who are the people? Where is Victory?

  16. Victory, join them. Your last week during service,

  17. I saw it upon him. Amen. I saw Victory teaching

  18. a group of youths. Praise God. Hallelujah. Come

  19. on, join them. Come on, join them. I see you.

  20. I see youths before you. Every one of us is close

  21. to the work of ministry. But I see you specifically,

  22. I see youth. I see youth before you. Yes. Hallelujah.

  23. Please, Pastor Osaka, can we just pray for them?

  24. Can you pray in the Holy Ghost towards them?

  25. Can you pray in the Holy Ghost? Can you pray

  26. in the Holy Ghost, please? Pray in the Holy Ghost.

  27. Stretch forth your hands towards these people

  28. here. I'm telling you. In the next few years

  29. to come, you're going to see this prophecy is

  30. a reality. Hallelujah. You will see them doing

  31. exploits. You will see so many youths gathered

  32. before them. I know what I'm saying and I know

  33. what I've seen. You will see them so many in

  34. multitudes. The words of their mouth as much

  35. as carry power and authority. They are teaching.

  36. And I hear people even ask questions. Where are

  37. these ones from? We believe the things they are

  38. saying. But where truly are they from? Because

  39. the Lord is training them. The Lord is building

  40. them. The Lord is equipping them. And the Lord

  41. has prepared them for such a time as this. So

  42. much of the supernatural back in the works of

  43. their hands. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Holy

  44. Ghost. Thank you, Holy Ghost. Someone here, you've

  45. been desiring to see much more of the prophetic.

  46. Right now, receive that. Receive that. Receive

  47. that. Receive a seeing eye by the Spirit. And

  48. receive a hearing ear by the Spirit. In the name

  49. of Jesus, even as you're seated right now, your

  50. desire regarding the prophetic, in the name of

  51. Jesus, is strengthened much more. In the name

  52. of Jesus, the Lord uses you for healing. In the

  53. name of Jesus, In the name of Jesus, I pray for

  54. you. In the name of Jesus, many are healed. Many

  55. are healed through your hands. In the name of

  56. Jesus. There is so much power of the Lord through

  57. your hands to heal, to heal, to heal. That compassionate

  58. heart, Jesus turns it. All the virtue for healing

  59. is released in the name of Jesus. Thank you,

  60. Lord. Thank you, Lord. We bless you, Jesus. Thank

  61. you, Father. Thank you, Jesus. Glory to God.

  62. Glory to God. Coming up to 1 Corinthians chapter

    1 Corinthians 12 chapter mention

  63. 12. I have 18 minutes. So in these 18 minutes,

  64. I still want to teach and I still want us to

  65. do some things of the Spirit. Hallelujah. Is

  66. that possible? All things are possible to Custon

  67. since he believes. Amen. Praise God. I will introduce

  68. what we will have and we will finish it on Wednesday.

  69. Praise God. So I will encourage you to come on

  70. Wednesday. Amen. Praise God. I will encourage

  71. you to do what? Because there will be a mighty

  72. expression of the things of the Spirit. Hallelujah.

  73. Praise God. How did I know it? I saw it since

  74. from yesterday. Hallelujah. Praise God. You know

  75. this is not compared to what I've seen that will

  76. happen this morning. And much more is happening.

  77. Amen. Leaders, the people you gave word to, have

  78. they confirmed that? By the Spirit of the Lord?

  79. Glory to God. Hallelujah. 1 Corinthians chapter

    1 Corinthians 12 chapter mention

  80. 12. Let's run. Amen. Is this the kind of church

  81. this NECF, these Near East people have? Yes.

  82. I kind of like that church. Yeah, yes. 1 Corinthians

    1 Corinthians 12:10

  83. chapter 12 verse 10. If you're writing, You are

  84. correct. We are continuing actually with the

  85. teaching from Catechismos. Amen. This morning

  86. we are talking about the gifts of prophecy. The

  87. gifts of what? Prophecy. Hallelujah. So this

  88. is gifts of prophecy, not the prophetic ministry

  89. or the prophetic office. Amen. We are going to

  90. teach that in detail when we come to ministry

  91. gifts. Hallelujah. Amen. Yeah, so please, as

  92. many of you that have been desirous to see more

  93. of the manifestation of the prophetic, right?

  94. Please stay tuned. Praise God. So we're going

  95. to talk about the gifts of what? Prophecy. Turn

  96. to the right and to the left and tell the person,

  97. do you know you can prophesy too? What's the

  98. person's response? Please ask the person, what's

  99. the person's response? Ask the person, do you

  100. know you can prophesy too? Yeah. Hallelujah.

  101. Hallelujah. Praise God. Let's chorus something

  102. here like a Sunday school. Chorus this in the

  103. way they do it. Can we chorus something? Can

  104. we say in Jesus' name? Everybody, let's raise

  105. our hands. We'll do it like... Everybody. Everybody.

  106. Please, by the way, let me tell you, when I teach

  107. and I see you don't participate, I'll pick you

  108. out. Don't be offended at that. Amen? Yes, that's

  109. how I do it. Can I say in Jesus' name, in Jesus'

  110. name, I believe that I have the Spirit of God

  111. in me and I believe I have all His gifts in me

  112. and I believe I can prophesy. I prophesy always

  113. and every day. Say prophecy in motion. Yes. Praise

  114. God. Yes, that's our reality. Amen. Okay, so

  115. let's read 1 Corinthians 12 .10 now. To another,

  116. the walking of miracles. To another, prophecy.

  117. To another, discerning of spirit. To another,

  118. diverse kinds of tongues. Actually, if you're

  119. reading King James Version, you're going to see

  120. that diverse is italicized. Originally, it's

  121. not supposed to be there. Amen. It's kinds of

  122. tongues. Praise God. And then to another, the

  123. interpretation of what? Of tongues. Praise God.

  124. Hallelujah. Let's read it again. To another,

  125. the walking of miracles. To another, prophecy.

  126. To another, discerning of spirits. To another,

  127. kinds of tongues. To another, the interpretation

  128. of what? Of tongues. So during the Karatismos,

  129. one of the things that we've learned is that

  130. the Holy Spirit It's the gifts. Amen. The Holy

  131. Spirit himself is what? It's the gifts. Praise

  132. God. And in the gifts, we now have gifts. So

  133. in the Holy Ghost, we now have what? His diversities.

  134. Amen. If you're not going to be writing, use

  135. your phone. Don't be looking at me. Amen. Yeah,

  136. so we write in this church. if you have not come

  137. here with writing materials, they say, brother,

  138. he said I was going to pray with. He came here

  139. with a book and passed. Ah, the brother beside

  140. that sister. Yes, you, that brother. Yes. You

  141. know, the way your hair, I'm checking, are you

  142. actually looking at me or not? I'm going to pray

  143. with you, right? Yes, I'm led to do that. Praise

  144. God. So, in Karatismos, we learned that what?

  145. The Holy Ghost is what? Is the gift. And in the

  146. gift, we now have what? we now have gifts. And

  147. those gifts, we call them diversities of the

  148. spirit. Amen? It's almost like I have a carton

  149. and then inside the carton, I put different gifts.

  150. What do they call this during Christmas? Hamper.

  151. Okay. So, they give you a hamper. Right? And

  152. inside, I hope the thing will not harm you. So

  153. inside the hamper, there are different things.

  154. Amen? So when we carry the hamper and give you,

  155. we are not giving you only the carton. We are

  156. giving you with everything inside what? The hamper.

  157. So you have the hamper, you already have everything

  158. inside. Praise God. So that's why we're saying

  159. that the man that has the Holy Ghost has everything

  160. in the Holy Ghost. So you don't have some things.

  161. You don't have one thing. You don't have two

  162. things from the Holy Ghost. You have how many

  163. things? All the things in the Holy Ghost. So

  164. let me ask, when a hamper is given to you, is

  165. it yours or is it for your neighbor? It's yours.

  166. So when we see you, Not using everything inside.

  167. Are we to question you or not? Yes, we should

  168. question you. I always give an illustration.

  169. Where is Theodora and her group? Yes, I always

  170. give an illustration. Right? And I gave them

  171. that illustration and they gave me a perfect

  172. answer. For example, we calculated their tuition

  173. fees. And it's run to about how many million?

  174. Don't be shy. How many million? Eh? 82 million?

  175. No, it's not 22 million. It's more than 22 million.

  176. It's almost 100 and something million. Everything.

  177. Aside accommodation, NERA, please, not dollars.

  178. Right? Yes. That is the tuition fees they are

  179. going to use for six years. 100 and something

  180. million NERA. Oh, boy. Do you know that you ladies

  181. are millionaires already? But you know, I gave

  182. them my illustration. I said, take that money

  183. now to ICAS. And then you walk there. You know,

  184. with 100 and something millionaires in Nigeria,

  185. you're going to have bodyguards. Security is

  186. 360. And then you just walk in there and everybody's

  187. questioning, who is this guy or who is this young

  188. lady? And then you go in there, you know, and

  189. I ask them a question. What is the highest thing

  190. you have bought in ICAS? The most expensive thing.

  191. And you say, how many? 1 ,000 TL, right? 200

  192. TL? Confesso. Okay, let's say it's 1 ,000 TL.

  193. And then you run into this place and you then

  194. drop 100 and something million and just say,

  195. use the rest. I just take 1 ,000 TL team and

  196. then you just walk out of the place. And they

  197. are calling you, come back, come back. No, no,

  198. no, no, no, no, no. You say, I leave it to you.

  199. And I asked them, what do you think the people

  200. in IKAS will say? Some of them say, they will

  201. say you are stupid. Some of them say, they say

  202. you are mad. Some of them say, they say you are

  203. foolish. I said, do you know that at the end

  204. of medical school, if you're not careful, that's

  205. how you'll be termed? Because this institution

  206. is like a business sector and you come with 100

  207. and something million and the equivalent of what

  208. you're supposed to take out of it is 4 .0 and

  209. you decide to go with 0 .4. What should we call

  210. you? You're stupid. When we say you're stupid

  211. and foolish, we're not insulting you. We're just

  212. saying that you don't have sense to utilize.

  213. You're not wise. We're not insulting you. Having

  214. said that, sorry, I'm not insulting us. Do you

  215. know every time you don't utilize the gifts of

  216. the Holy Ghost, you are not wise? Praise God.

  217. You are not what? You are not wise. Every time

  218. you limit yourself from laying hands on the sick,

  219. you are not what? You are not being wise. Every

  220. time you are supposed to give a prophetic word

  221. and bring instruction, don't sleep on me. Tell

  222. your friend, don't sleep on me. Yes, I don't

  223. want to point my hand to that direction. But

  224. don't sleep on me. If not, I will ask you to

  225. stand up. Every time, because this message is

  226. very important. And if you are sleeping here,

  227. question the demons are oppressing you so that

  228. you won't hear it. And you are not wise. Every

  229. time you refuse to be led by the Spirit of God,

  230. you are not what? You are not wise. Why? Because

  231. we know that you have the gift of the Holy Ghost

  232. residing where? In you. Praise God. Hallelujah.

  233. Are we good? The word prophecy. Is translated

  234. from the Greek word. Prophetia. The word prophecy.

  235. Is translated from the Greek word. Prophetia.

  236. P -R -O. P -H -E. T -E -I -A. Prophetia. P -R

  237. -O -P. H -E -T -E -I -A. And that word is derived

  238. from a root word, prophetio. Just the same thing,

  239. just add a U -E -O. Prophetia, from the root

  240. word, prophetio. Prophetio. I'm not a Greek,

  241. so. P -R -O, the root word, P -R -O -P -H -E

  242. -T -E -U -O. Prophecy is prophetia. Prophetio

  243. is prophesy. Is that clear? Is that clear? So

  244. the word prophecy is from the Greek word what?

  245. Prophetia. And it's derived from the root word

  246. prophetio. Right? Prophetia. Prophecy. Prophetio.

  247. To do what? To prophesy. Hallelujah. So what

  248. does it mean to prophesy? To speak forth? Under

  249. an inspiration. Hallelujah. To speak forth. Under

  250. what? An inspiration. To speak forth. So you

  251. meet a man that is drunk. With 10 bottles of

  252. red label. Or red horse. Or white label. Right?

  253. The guy suddenly starts behaving like a white

  254. horse. Or a red horse. At least I've been privileged.

  255. Our house I've been privileged to be beside a.

  256. Biapalo. Local Biapalo. You know? Yes. So everything

  257. is coming crude. We call that BKT. Right? Yes.

  258. So the people that know BKT, they understand

  259. what I mean. You know? Pastor Fred will always

  260. say, is it Pastor Fred or Pastor Victor? He say,

  261. is it Ruan Firhauna or Ruan what? He say, the

  262. water from Egypt. You know? So when these guys

  263. take that brukutu, right? What happens is that,

  264. at least we have had lots of sin. I can remember

  265. it. You will see them, they are under stupor,

  266. right? Is it not? Don't, don't, please. If in

  267. your past life you have been, just say yes. I'm

  268. not trying to expose anybody. I'm just giving

  269. an illustration. So, you know, when they drink,

  270. they are under what? Stupor, influence, right?

  271. And today start saying, God bless you. God bless

  272. you. What do they start saying? Eh? Stupid things.

  273. You know, they will start hallucinating. Some

  274. of them, suddenly they will even start singing.

  275. They will sing, hallucinate. Some of them will

  276. fall inside gutter. Some of them will urinate

  277. on their body. At least we've known the ones

  278. that will sleep in the beer pallet till morning.

  279. They will start speaking from the inspiration

  280. of the bottle. The formula for that fermentation

  281. will enter their head. let me say it this way,

  282. their brain will be fermented and they will start

  283. speaking rubbish. You see, in prophecy, you speak

  284. forth by what? Inspiration. But do you know for

  285. the believer, we know our inspiration. Hallelujah.

  286. That our inspiration is from who? The Holy Ghost.

  287. They do not be drunk with wine, wear it in excess,

  288. but be filled by what? By the Spirit or with

  289. the Spirit. Sorry. So I am filled with the Spirit.

  290. The Spirit becomes my source of what? Inspiration.

  291. Every instruction, every direction, everything

  292. that will proceed forth will be controlled by

  293. what? By the Holy Ghost. The leaders that minister

  294. to every group here, they spoke under the inspiration

  295. of who? The Spirit of God. Are we all here? So

  296. it means to speak forth by the Spirit. To speak

  297. forth by the inspiration of the Spirit. And if

  298. you are writing, write it this way. And usually

  299. is on the spur of the moment. Usually is what?

  300. Is on the spur of what? Of the moment. Like right

  301. now. Shimdi, shimdi, shimdi. Is happening now.

  302. So you see now, what we are saying is that prophecy,

  303. let me put it this way. Prophecy, right, is speaking

  304. forth from the inspiration of the Holy Ghost

  305. on the moment. Praise God. We are speaking when?

  306. Now, on the moment. Are we all here? Are we all

  307. here? So Acts chapter 2 now. Let's go to Acts

    Acts 2 chapter mention Acts 2 chapter mention

  308. chapter 2. Have we all gotten the definition

  309. of prophecy? Have we gotten the definition of

  310. prophecy? Good, perfect now. So let's move on.

  311. Acts chapter 2, everybody. Let's start building

    Acts 2 chapter mention

  312. now. Let's start building. Acts chapter 2. Acts

    Acts 2 chapter mention Acts 2 chapter mention

  313. chapter 2 from verse 16. Let's start reading

  314. from verse 14 so that we can have a context to

  315. it. Acts chapter 2 from verse 14. Be this known

    Acts 2 chapter mention

  316. unto you and hearken to my words. For these are

  317. not drunken as ye suppose, seeing it is what?

  318. But the third hour of the day, 16. But this is

  319. that which was spoken. Hallelujah. Which was

  320. what? By who? So Prophet Joel spoke under the

  321. inspiration of what? He spoke under the inspiration

  322. of? The Spirit of God. What did he say? 17. And

  323. it shall come to pass in the last days, said

  324. who? God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all

  325. flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall

  326. prophesy, and your young men shall see visions,

  327. and your old men shall dream what? Shall dream

  328. dreams. So where is Peter quoting this from?

  329. Amen? Because we understand, as a way of training

  330. and teaching in this church, right, that Matthew,

  331. Mark, Luke, John, and all the epistles, right,

  332. all of them were written from where? Huh? From

  333. the scriptures, right? And when we say the scriptures,

  334. we mean what? Okay, Old Testament. Okay, keep

  335. saying anything old. What is Old Testament? Genesis

  336. 2. Malachi. So if Peter is going to talk at this

  337. point, because let's take ourselves and stand

  338. where Peter was standing. At this point, there

  339. is nothing called book of Acts, right? Because

  340. this was written, right, in the life of Peter.

  341. Praise God. So Peter will not quote from any

  342. book. Peter will go and quote from where? From

  343. Genesis to where? To Malachi. So from Genesis

  344. to Malachi, the event that is happening in the

  345. room. Where Peter saw its fulfillment is nowhere

  346. from Joel. Praise God. Because he said, Prophet

  347. Joel prophesied about this event that is happening.

  348. That there is going to be a time that the Spirit

  349. of God will be put and it will be upon everyone.

  350. Hallelujah. Praise God. So now let's go to that

  351. Joel. Joel 2, 28. Let's read Joel 2 .28. And

  352. on Wednesday, we're going to build solidly on

  353. this as a way of introduction. Joel 2 .28. And

  354. it shall what? Come to pass afterwards that I

  355. will do what? That I will do what? Pour my spirit

  356. on what? On all flesh. But you see, what he said

  357. in Acts, he said, and the Lord said. But you

  358. see, Joel here is saying, I will pour out of

  359. my spirit and all flesh, your sons and your works.

  360. So you see, and it shall come to pass. This wasn't

  361. Joel that is speaking. Praise God. This is God

  362. speaking through who? And that is why you will

  363. see the statement as though Joel is the one that

  364. is what? Speaking. I will pour out of my what?

  365. Spirit. But Peter said that, and God what? He

  366. will do it. But when Joel was speaking this as

  367. a word of prophecy, because now we're going to

  368. build on it on Wednesday, right? The Spirit came

  369. upon Joel and he is speaking as it were God is

  370. what? He's speaking. Praise God. He said, your

  371. daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall

  372. dream dreams, your young men shall see what?

  373. Shall see visions. Hallelujah. Say I speak under

  374. the inspiration. Of the Holy Ghost. And I prophesy.

  375. Under the inspiration. Of the Holy Ghost. I see.

  376. By the Spirit. I hear. By the Spirit. I perceive.

  377. By the Spirit. In the name of Jesus. Can we just

  378. give thanks to the Lord? Can we give thanks to

  379. the Lord everybody? we hope you carry this word

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