The Gifts of the Spirit 2 | The Believer's conference 2025 day 4

Please, if by any chance, times and times in

your life, you still question God's calling upon

your life. Please speak to any of the pastors.

If sometimes you feel you are not called, if

any of such thoughts comes to you, please speak

to any of the pastors. They will guide you in

divine understanding. They will guide you in

divine understanding. If by any chance as well

you have been trusting God to walk in the gifts

of the Spirit, and doubts are arising or you

are exercising and it looks like it's not functioning,

please also talk to any of the pastors. I believe

that there will be laying of hands for impactation

much more so that we can be able to work in these

things in abundance. Hallelujah. All right, so

let's continue from where we stopped. Let's continue

from where we stopped. Thank you, Jesus. Thank

you, Holy Ghost. Thank you, Holy Ghost. Thank

you, Holy Ghost. All right. John chapter 16,

John 16 · chapter mention

where we were before we started. John chapter

John 16 · chapter mention

16. I said that there are things we have accredited

to the Holy Ghost, but it's not what the Holy

Ghost do. Because we did not quite pay sufficient

attention, right? We did not pay sufficient attention

to what? To scriptures, right? We didn't pay

sufficient attention to it. So now that we are

paying sufficient attention, what does the scripture

say about convicting the world of sin? Does the

Holy Ghost convict? So that word convict is actually

electro. Electro, actually. I'll spell it. E

-L -E E -L -E G Eleg E -L -E -G C -H -O E -L

-E -C -H -O. Thank you, Holy Ghost. Thank you,

Jesus. E -L -E -C -H -O. And I've given us the

different variations, right? That it means to

shame. It means to find fault. It means to reproach.

It means to make people feel sorry for themselves

or feel sorry of themselves. I start again. Electro

have variations of meaning, right? Electro have

variations of meaning. And one is to feel ashamed

of themselves, to find faults, to reproach, to

make them feel sorry for themselves, right? So

this is the meaning. Do you have this translation?

Literal emphatic translation. Do you by any chance

can pop that up? And contemporary English version.

I want to see how these two versions give expression

to or explain this verse. Maybe because it became

very difficult actually. to find uh in type uh

what you call translations that actually render

it in a way that aligns with the communication

of that verse so it's a literal emphatic translation

means makes emphasis on the literal right a contemporary

english version contemporary english we want

to see if it pops that up so while you're looking

for that i've given the meaning so It means the

world, if we take this meaning, it means that

the Holy Ghost will be making the world ashamed.

The Holy Ghost will be showing the world its

faults. The Holy Ghost will be making them feel

sorry, which is incorrect on two bases, right?

I want to show us two bases by which such interpretation

would be incorrect. we head into what the correct

interpretation is. So there are two bases upon

which this is incorrect to say that the Holy

Ghost will shame the world. So first, the first

basis is just to look at the text like that first.

Okay? Please, if you find that contemporary English

version or literal emphatic translation, let

me know if you find it. You couldn't find it?

Okay, it's fine. It's okay. They are the ones

that actually gave something very close, quite

close to it. Right? So, yes, thank you for staying

on this verse. And when he comes, he will convict

the word of sin. So let's start. Of righteousness

and judgment. Stop there. Just this is a contradiction

in the sense that you can be convict of sin.

Now, can you also be punished and shamed for

righteousness? You cannot be shamed and punished

for righteousness. It means two things. Something

is happening there. They're punishing you for

sin. You did the right thing. They're punishing

you. You don't know what to do. Right? Of judgments.

So you cannot be convicted of sin. And at the

same time, you are convicted of righteousness.

Right? So something must have to be explained.

And of judgment. Now, go further. Let's see what

I say. Concerning sin because they do not believe.

Okay? Right? So, no, stay on that one. Concerning

sin that they do not believe. Okay, if someone

does not believe, we can take that. Now, go to

the next one. Maybe because of unbelief, they

will be shamed. Concerning righteousness because

I go to the Father and you will see me no longer.

To convict the word of righteousness. Right?

To punish them because of righteousness because

Jesus is going to the Father. He does not align.

Right? So to punish them because of righteousness.

In fact, the world does not have this information.

You have to give this information to them because

this was told to the disciples. Right? So it

means that there's something more. The last one

that talks about judgment. Okay. Concerning judgment

because the ruler of the world is judged. Right?

So it seems that there's a little bit of contradiction

here. So on the first basis is that the statement

itself does not align. to use shaming, the Holy

Ghost shaming, or to use shame, or to use punish,

right? To punish people because another person

is punished, right? So concerning judgment, you

want to punish them because it's like you want

to punish the world because the God of the world

is punished. So you want to punish the world

alone. You want to shame the world. So it's not

something that aligns. Now, that's on the first

basis. Now, the second basis is that it contradicts

the character of the Spirit. From Genesis to

Revelation, this statement contradicts the character

of the Spirit. And there has been no other part

of the Scripture that gives such a pattern that

the Holy Spirit punishes. Okay? So it contradicts

the character of God. Contradicts the character

of God. So where do we see The character of God.

John 3, 16 and 17. Let's see. Especially 17.

For God so loved the world that he gave his only

begotten son, his only son, that whosoever believes

in him should not perish, but have what? Eternal

life. Right? Verse 17. What did he say? Everybody,

can we read together? So God did not send his

son to earth to condemn the world. So can we

say shaming is condemnation? Yes. Convicting

someone is condemnation? Yes. Can we say that?

Yes. Finding reproach, making them feel sorry

for themselves is condemnation? Yes. So here,

foundationally, it does not align. James 1 verse

James 1:5

5. James 1 verse 5. I think we probably read

James 1:5

that. James 1 verse 5. Quickly, please. If anyone

James 1:5

of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God. Who gives

generously to all without what? Reproach. That's

another word for that convict. Reproach. And

it will be given to him. Say, God gives generously

to all without reproach. Right? Finding faults.

Pastor told us in most of our teachings, you

find fault is not something, God does not find

fault in man. He doesn't find fault. Right? All

right. That's all for that. John 5, 45. John

5, 45. I said, do you think? that I will accuse

you to the father. Do not think rather, do not

think that I will accuse you to the father. There

is one who accuses, even Moses, on whom you've

set your hope. Next. For if you believe Moses,

you believe me. For he wrote of me, right? He

wrote of me. So he's saying that I do not, Christ

is saying, I'm not coming to accuse you. Right?

I'm not coming to accuse. Accusation is found

when a man holds the law and does not see Christ.

That is when a man is accused. So it's in their

unbelief. But God does not accuse men. Also,

again, if you read John 15. From that verse 18,

and you read it until where it says convicts

the world, right? You will see that it looks

like a revenge. Oh, so when the world has dealt

with the believers, then the Holy Spirit will

now punish them, shame them, right? Since the

believer cannot do anything, hands over the world

to the Holy Spirit. Revenge is not a character

of God, if that's another thing you want to check.

It's not a character of God, right? But God takes

care, right? For example, we've seen that scripture

that says that he visits the sins of the fathers,

right? From one generation to another. And visiting

the sins, we said is that God is taking care

of the issue of sin. Hold on to that one, right?

Because that's the foundation that we should

have. So it means that God does not visit generation

to generation of sin, but rather from one generation

to another, forgiveness is made available. That's

what God does. If you use that and bring it here,

you will get it, the right interpretation. So

let's bring it. Let's bring this foundation and

just use it. on that basis to just check. So

he said he would convict the world of sin. First

of all, we have to change the word convict. I'm

going to show you why. I'm going to show you

why. It's because convict is elegatio, right?

There is a correct use or the right use of the

word or the right translation of the word in

2 Timothy 3 .16. 2 Timothy 3 .16. So 2 Timothy

3 .16. He said, all scriptures is breathed out

by God and profitable for words. It's profitable

for words and for reproof, right? Reproof is

elegachos. You just add S. That's the difference.

So the one that says convict is elegacho. This

one is S. How can the difference be two? And

this one means to provide sufficient evidence

pertaining a matter. It is not to shame. So the

doctrine is not for shaming people. Right? So

reproof here is to provide sufficient evidence.

So it means that the choice of words of the translators

must have been influenced by probably, you know,

like I said, they read the context and they gave

an interpretation to the context. themselves.

So, elegatio and elegatios, what is the difference?

It's the same word, right? The same word. So,

here, it says to give evidence. So, from here

now, we now know that that elegatio means to

give sufficient evidence of something. Right?

Can we carry this reproof and put it there and

say, reproof the word of sin, elegatios? Yes.

Right? So, what would that mean? What would that

mean? What would to reprove the word? Now we've

adjusted it to reprove, right? Some scriptures

use convince. Does anybody's version use convince

here instead of convict, right? Some people use

convince. So we can bring in convince too. We

can bring in reprove too, right? Because both

of them would reflect to give sufficient evidence

about the matter. Okay? So to give sufficient

evidence about a matter. So you should write

it down. Provide sufficient evidence regarding

a matter. To give enormous evidence of the core

of the matter. To give enormous evidence of the

core of the matter. Another one to add to it

is by that to establish the truth of the matter.

To establish the truth of the matter. So let's

go back to John 16. In this John 16, now we'll

now see. Let's now start beginning to work on

it. So nevertheless, I tell you the truth. It's

the advantage that I go. If I do not go, the

helper will not come. But I will send you. But

if I go, I will send him to you. Verse 8. And

when he comes, he will reprove the world concerning

sin. It will reprove. It will convince the world

concerning sin. Now, when an evidence is given,

right? When a doctrine is taught, let me give

you an example. When we come here and we sit

down, we teach doctrine, we explain the scripture.

What is the essence of it? It's for you to believe,

right? is for you to believe. When a doctrine

is taught and explained and explained. For example,

we're going to teach on speaking in tongues.

It's for you to believe it so that you don't

doubt it. Right? When we talk about the things

of the spirit, we teach it, teach it. So, it's

for you to believe it so that you don't doubt

it. Good. So, now, we can say that to give evidence

concerning sin. So, the point is, does it mean

that it would explain sin to them? No. That's

not what it means. to give evidence concerning

sin. The question is, what will be the truth

about sin when Jesus Christ resurrects? What

will be the truth about the sin when Jesus Christ

resurrects? That is, has been dealt with. Do

you get? So, the truth about sin when Jesus is

raised will be that sin has been dealt with.

That is the established matter at resurrection.

Right? So the established matter that the Holy

Spirit will give sufficient evidence to the world

about is that he will show them that sin has

been dealt with on the basis of Christ's death.

and resurrection. Don't forget the saying, I

will go, I will go, I will go. You must add that

I will go to the explanation of this thing that

is happening. So when I go and I come to you,

means I'm raised, right? The world will know

that I have given them victory over sin. They

just need to believe. Right? So the established

truth about sin at the resurrection is that It's

solved. It's solved. Right? And give them evidence

concerning righteousness that they can receive

it. So the Holy Spirit does not convict the world

of sin, convict, but convince them of what Christ

has done to sin. So the Holy Spirit will give

evidence, sufficient evidence pertaining all

Christ has done to sin. How he has made righteousness

available so that they can believe. Therefore,

the convincing of the word, the convince of the

word of what Jesus did to sin, right? Is the

appropriate explanation of the space. So the

Holy Spirit convinced them, explains to them.

What does he explain? He explains, what would

the Holy Spirit explain? So you need to write

this, add this to it. That the Holy Spirit will

explain the suffering. and the glory of Christ.

Please write it, right? The Holy Spirit will

explain the suffering and the glory of Christ.

The suffering and the glory of Christ. The Holy

Spirit will explain the suffering and the glory.

You know why? Because the world could not comprehend

that as a path to salvation. They couldn't imagine

that it is the death and resurrection of Christ.

that will bring eternal life. At that point,

it's only the Spirit that reveals these things,

right? The Holy Spirit will reveal it, will explain

it to them. Good. So, he said, I go to my father

concerning all of this. Now, how does the Holy

Spirit do this? How does the Holy Spirit do this?

Right? To an unbeliever, how does the Holy Spirit

convince them of what Christ has done? The Holy

Spirit, Convince the world through the preaching

of the believer. Don't forget chapter 15, verse

26 and 27. You will witness after the Spirit

has witnessed unto you. So it means that the

Spirit witnesses to the apostle, the apostle

witnesses to others, right? That is how the Spirit

witnesses to others. So the Spirit witnesses

to others through... Our witnessing, right? The

spirit witnesses to others through our witness.

So it conveys the word of sin, right? Regarding

sin by our preaching, by our preaching. Glory

to God. So the witnessing of Christ is actually

what the spirit would do. The witnessing of Christ

is what the spirit would do. Hallelujah. So we

have been able to go through that and all of

that. Now, how do we see this in the entire picture

of the Bible? Is that from Genesis as we check

across, right? From Genesis as we check across,

we see that it has been about passing this message

from generation to generation until the fulfillment

of it. And now that is fulfilled, we would carry

on. So what is God doing on earth today? What

is God doing on earth today? He's changing men

through me and you. The Spirit is changing lives

through myself and you. When we go to preach,

when we go to witness, right? And it's not just,

he said, signs and wonders will follow our witnessing.

So all of that is what the Spirit is doing on

it, walking through us. Hallelujah. All right,

let's go to 1 Corinthians now, teaching 1 Corinthians

12, to go into the gift of the Spirit, right?

The gift of the Spirit, much more. Just to highlight

something, because I know someone is thinking,

What about when I sin and something is telling

me that what I've done is bad. I've done something

very terrible. I don't feel good about it. What

is speaking? Is that not the Holy Spirit? Right?

Is that a question in someone's mind? Is that

a question? Do you feel that way when maybe you

do something wrong? Do you feel like, and you

feel very remorse? Right? I'm looking for Paul's

writing. What works and what functions in that

time, right, is your conscience. Paul will say,

if our conscience judges, he said, God is what

is greater than our conscience, right? It means

the Spirit is greater. Than your conscience.

So. When you are judged by your conscience. You

should go back to the spirit. To know what is

yours. In Christ. I just feel like you address

that. Okay. You will say. Paul will say. If our

conscience judges. Right. God is greater than

our conscience. Right. So when you feel. When

you feel sorry. Right. By your conscience. By

your morality. By everything. Your knowledge

is functioning. To tell you what you have done

is bad. When you come to the spirit. Do you know

what is yours in spirit? Forgiveness, redemption

by his blood, right? Grace to walk in righteousness.

So it's not, you know, it's not like the Holy

Spirit is the one convincing you. It's because

all the body of knowledge you have settled in

your mind tells you you have done something wrong.

You judge it. And when you come to the Spirit,

God is greater than all. You have to go in God,

in the Spirit, and you grow. Otherwise, that's

why, you know why people find it hard to forgive

themselves? You know, they do something very

terrible and they're like, I can't forgive myself.

I'm like, hey, does forgiveness even come from

me in the first place? You know, people do that

and you tell them, forget, you are angry. They

just feel down. It's because they don't know

the place of God. They don't know the place of

the Spirit. Because it's in the Spirit. Romans

8, there is what? There is now no condemnation

to them who are in what? Christ. There is now

no condemnation. You are in Christ. So that is

what you have to tell yourself. Come back to

what the Spirit says about you. Then your consciousness

would be healed. Did I say that? Yes. Your consciousness

would be healed. Your conscience would be healed.

Right? your conscience will be healed. There

is healing. There is healing. Alright, so 1 Corinthians

12, I think that's where we are going. 1 Corinthians

12. So to introduce, right, the things of the

Spirit. Now concerning spirituals, brothers,

I do not want you to be uninformed. You know

that when you were pagans, we were led astray

to mute idols. However, you were led. Therefore,

I want you to understand. So can you shout, I

want you to understand. I want you to understand.

Say, I receive understanding. I receive understanding.

So Paul wants us to understand things concerning

spirituals. He doesn't want us to be ignorant.

So we have to check one after the other. So again,

the word spirituals is nomaticos, right? Nomaticos,

and we had that before. And we can divide it.

We can divide it into two, right? We can divide

it into two. The pneuma there means spirits.

And the tiko there means the things. Means things.

Right? Means things. Concerning spiritual. So,

pneuma means spirit. The tiko there implies the

things. And it reflects in different ways. Okay?

So, first, things of the spirit. Right? The things

of the spirit. Right? The things of the spirit.

Things in the spirit. of the Spirit, things in

the Spirit, and things by the Spirit. Right?

Things by the Spirit. So, demonstration is by

the Spirit. I come to you not in the eloquence

of war, that is by the Spirit. Right? What we

are doing here, we are doing it in the Spirit.

This conference is In the spirit. Right? We are

in the spirit of God. The scriptures are of the

spirit of God. That is why the law is spiritual.

It's of the spirit. It is not away from the,

it's not something anti -spirit. The law is of

the spirit. It's given by the spirit. Scriptures

is of the spirit. Right? They are inspired by

the spirit of God. Right? So, those are the,

he's talking about the things of the spirit,

in the spirit and by the spirit. Right? Things

in the spirit and by the spirit. So those are

the things we're going to discuss. Now let's

go to a little bit to backtrack. Acts chapter

Acts 2:38

2 verse 38. Acts chapter 2 verse 38. Acts chapter

Acts 2:38 Acts 2:38

2 verse 38. And Peter said to them, repent and

what? Be baptized. Every one of you in the name

of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins

and you will receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

You receive what? The gift of the Holy Ghost.

Now, in this place, it's not talking about gift

of the Spirit. Okay? So be careful when you see

gifts, gifts here and there, gifts, you know,

you have to read it very well. Right? Gift here

means that the Holy Spirit Right? It refers to

the Holy Spirit, the gift cells, the nature of

the gift, which is to give freely. Like freely

given. Let me put it that way. It refers to the

Spirit is freely given. So, receive the gift,

the Holy Spirit. So, remove off. Right? Maybe

some of the off, off, off are causing so many

challenges. Actually, the off is not there. You

can remove the off. So receive the gift, the

what? The Holy Spirit. So the Holy Spirit is

given, is nature of it, right? Is given freely.

The gift there, right, is the word doron, D -O

-R, right? Doron. Which means to be offered freely,

to be given freely. The gift there is doron,

which means to be offered freely, to be given

freely. So the Holy Spirit is the gift. The gift

is the Holy Spirit, right? The Holy Spirit is

the gift and the gift is the Holy Spirit. All

right. Still under scripture, still under scripture.

So the giving of the Holy Spirit here is salvation

to them. So Peter just finished preaching and

they were... They were in unbelief. I said, okay,

what can we do to be saved? He said, believe,

right? And you will receive the Holy Spirit.

So, it's not believe and receive. It's actually,

you will receive the Holy Spirit if you believe

what I've said. And that's salvation for them.

Now, the word receive there, the word receive

is the Greek word, is the Greek word lambano.

L -A -M -B -A -N -O. Lambano. Lambano, which

means to take hold of what is provided. So something

is provided freely to take hold of it is lambano.

Right, you will see it used in Acts. Luke 24,

47, right? Luke 24, 47. I think that should be

it. We can confirm that. All right. So Peter

is teaching them, right? That the promise of

the father has been given. Therefore, they need

to receive it. They need to take hold of it by

believing, right? They need to take hold of it

by believing. And it's free. So they needed not

to do. anything than to receive because it's

free, right? It's a free gift. They needed not

to do anything than to receive. So let's go back

to 1 Corinthians 2 and continue on the journey.

Just wanted to clarify that and we'll proceed.

1 Corinthians 2. Now the next word we should

examine is actually the word ignorant. Right?

It's the word ignorant. It's the word ignorant.

Why we are examining it is because we need to

know you can identify your state as we are proceeding.

Right? You can identify where you are about your

belief, about the things of the spirit. Okay?

That's what this session, this particular session

is about. I want you as I proceed in explaining

step by step the things, identify where you are

and when the word of God comes to correct it,

You receive what? The correction, right? You

receive the understanding. You receive the evidence,

right? You receive the evidence. So this one

says ignorance. The word is A -G -N -O -E -O.

A -G -N -O -E -O. Which is to be ignorant means,

right? Ignorant means to refuse to recognize

actually. To see, but refuse to recognize. So,

to refuse to recognize things pertaining to the

things of the Spirit. So, a believer can be saved

and refuse to recognize the things pertaining

to the Spirit. My scripture is uninformed there,

but I think ignorance stays. So, you can be a

believer and you are ignorant. You don't know

it. You even see it. But you say, no, it does

not exist. Right? You say, no, these things don't

exist. So that is ignorance. So he's telling

them, don't be ignorant about these things. Of

course, this church, their issue is not even

not knowing because they came out superb in all

gifts, right? But they had a problem with regards

to how the conduct of the Spirit. So the word

is to be ignorant. So a believer can be. So you

need to be cautious to take yourself away from

that. A believer endured by the Spirit should

not be ignorant of the things of the Spirit.

Right? A believer indwelled by the Spirit should

not be ignorant on the things of the Spirit.

Should not be ignorant on the things of the Spirit.

And that's what we are going through this teaching.

Now, it's a therefore, verse 3. Therefore, I

want you to understand that no one speaking in

the Spirit of God says Jesus is our cause and

no one says Jesus is Lord except in the Spirit.

Right? In the Holy Spirit. So here is laying

a foundation that first, Know that when somebody

says Christ Jesus is the Lord, it means the person

has believed. So believing comes. Then the gifts.

Believing. So just establish believing. Jesus

is Lord. You can add the scriptures here. Romans

10. I don't know if I'm moving too fast. Romans

10. You can add Romans 10 to that. Romans 10.

Let's see. Romans 10 from verse 9 and 10. You

can add Romans 10 verse 9 and 10 there. You can

Romans 10:9

put Philippians 2. Of course, in many cross references,

you will not find Philippians 2. Romans 10 verse

Romans 10:9

9 and 10. Philippians 2 verse 9 and 10 as well.

Philippians 2:9

Philippians 2 verse 9 and 10. It's talking about

Philippians 2:9

people who, say, who profess their faith in Christ.

People who believe and profess their faith. Because

if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is

the Lord and believe in your heart that God raised

him from the dead, you will be saved. Next. For

with your heart one believes and is justified

and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

Philippians 2. Therefore God has highly exalted

him and bestowed on him the name that is above

every name so that at the name so that at the

name Of Jesus, every knee should bow in heaven

and on earth and under the heads and every tongue

confess that Jesus Christ is the Lord to the

glory of the Father, right? The whole context

of that is believers coming to give glory to

God by coming into faith, right? They come into

faith. Good. So back to Philippians, back to

our key scripture 12. So ignorance, we've passed

that. Now we are in... Believing. So being born

again comes. So the moment someone is born again,

he can walk in the things of the spirit and should

not be ignorant. Should not be ignorant. So four,

verse four. He said, now there are varieties

of gifts. Yes. Now this is where gifts is. This

gift here is not the same thing as Doron. The

gift here is charisma. Okay. The gift here is

charisma. It means something that can be expressed.

Right? The gift here is the word charisma. It's

a diversity of gifts, diversity of charisma.

Something that can be expressed. So you start

with something that can be expressed. Charisma.

A supernatural endowment. You need to get this

one so that you would not... that the gift of

the Spirit is something that will be added into

you. No. As you have believed and you have received

the Spirit, as you are born again, right? Born

into the supernatural, it's inside. You get it.

It's inside the supernatural. It's inside the

Spirit. So, the gift here is supernatural endowments.

Ability given to someone because of where they

are, because of who they are, rather. Because

of who they are. Ability given to someone because

of who they are. So it means it is part of that

person. It's like your talent. It's part of you.

It's like your inherent ability. So the things

that we'll be listing are not things that are

strange to you. Are not things that you should

be looking for outside. They are things that

are within you and would be made available to

people through you. Do we get it? Right? So they

are ability inherent in persons. Two key things.

It is not applied for and it is not learned.

This will help you in praying in tongues. This

is what I'm saying now. That it is not applied

for, right? You apply to be trained, right? Or

learned. No. It is exercised because it's inside

of you. It's like someone, let me use very, let

me go into the natural a little bit. Physical

and useful. Someone that has big stomach, right?

Are they going to import packs and fill the place

up? No. The packs is there. It's just underneath.

So if you have big stomach issue, you have hopes.

You have some hopes if you got big stomach. It's

just underneath. You just need to work it out.

Right? So nobody's going to import it. No, it's

there. You just need to. So the things of the

Spirit, the gift of the Spirit is inherent in

you. It is there. You don't need to apply for

it. You don't need to learn it. You only exercise

it. It is in the exercising of it that you see

the great demonstration of it. It is exercising

of it that you see the great demonstration of

it. 2 Timothy 1, 6 -7. 2 Timothy 1, 6 -7. 2 Timothy

1, 6 -7. For this reason, I remind you to do

what? To fan into flame the gifts of God, which

is what? In you through the lane of hands, right?

So fan into flame, fan into flame, right? Fan

into flame that gift of God, which is inside

of you. Fan into flame. So it's inside of you.

So it's inside of me. It's inside of me. And

I give expression to it. Okay. So the Holy Spirit

is freely given. Therefore, the abilities, therefore

the gifts and the abilities in the Holy Ghost

is freely given. Right? The Holy Spirit is freely

given. Therefore, the gift and the abilities

in the Holy Spirit is freely given. It's freely

given. It is available. To all believers. It's

freely given and it is available to all believers.

So you have the spirit. Then you have the abilities

of the spirit, the gift of the spirit. Then you

can exercise it. You can exercise it. Nothing

is to come upon you before you give expression

to that which is inside of you. Now the next

word we need to check is diversities. Diversities,

right? Diversities. Diversities is the word diuresis.

Diuresis. I think this was the word that was

used in Acts chapter 2. Thank you. So diuresis.

Acts 2 · chapter mention

It implies varieties and different forms. Varieties

and different forms. Numerous. More than one.

So diuresis. D -I -A -I -R -E -S -I -S. D -I

-A -I -R -E -S -I -S. D -I -A -I -R -E -S -I

-S. I mean, the word dia is already there telling

you it's multiple, right? It's multiple. It's

in versions. It's in versions, yes. So it implies

varieties, different, numerous. Therefore, the

gift of the Spirit are varieties, right? And

that is why it was the listing that followed,

right? After that verse, the gift of the spirit

are varieties. The spirit is one has varieties

of gifts. You will see that it said there are

varieties of gift, but the same spirits, the

same spirits, the same spirits. So can you pray

in tongues? Yes. Because you have the same spirit

in you. Can you function in the miraculous? Yes.

Because you have the spirit in you. Can you heal?

Yes. Because it is of the same spirit. That same

spirit. So, variety means it's not one. So, it

means that a believer can flow in tongues. Right?

A believer can give what? Interpretation of tongues.

Right? A believer can prophesy. Right? Yes. A

believer can give expression to supernatural

faith. You know? I think, I don't know. Someone

was telling me recently that there's somebody

that, I think it was Mariah, that someone has

a particular kind of faith. Like their faith

is so strong. I'm like, you know, it's by the

Spirit that is in them. We all have it. We give

expression. And I asked the person, I said, what

does the person do? He said, the person always

believe whatever comes by the Spirit. Just believe.

Whatever sees that. He wants the Spirit to take

over in a situation. He believes that, like,

just, the person goes beyond all the natural

and the physical things that happen and say,

no, this is how this thing will be. And the person

doesn't doubt. That's an expression. That's an

expression that allows it regularly, you know,

and people will not be saying, ah, this guy said

this thing, he believed it and it happened. Oh,

this person said, because they are giving expression

to it. So they are divested. So you can walk

in any of it, any of these gifts, right? The

walkings of miracles, The faith, discernment

of spirits, right? We can walk in these gifts.

So, the next one that we need to see is the same

spirit. The same spirit. The same spirit, right?

The same spirit. Don't forget this same spirit.

Where did we start tracing the spirit from? Genesis.

The same spirit. The same spirit. Now we come

to the gift of the same spirit is giving us.

Right? The same spirit. So he said, the same

spirit, right? The same spirit, the same pneuma,

right? The same pneuma, which is, of course,

the same spirit in John 14. So let's write, 1

Corinthians 2 .12, to emphasize the same spirit,

it reflects the spirit of God at work in us.

1 Corinthians 2 .12. We see that as the same

Spirit of God. 1 Corinthians 3 .16 It says, Now

we have not received the Spirit of the world,

but the Spirit who is from God. I like this,

right? The Spirit who is from God. The Spirit

who is from God. That we might understand the

things that are what? Freely given to us by God.

This is what we are doing today. We are understanding

the things that are freely given to us. By God.

Because we have what? We have received the Spirit

of God. Only the Spirit understands the things

of the Spirit. And it's the one that explains

it. So we have seen this. Now that's 1 Corinthians

3 .16. Quickly. 1 Corinthians 3 .16. Do you not

know that you are the temple and that God's Spirit

dwells in you? So the Spirit that is in the believer.

So not other spirits. Not something else. Nothing

external. So something from within. So when I

want to function in tongues, it's from what?

It's from within. When I want to function in

tongues, it's from within. I don't wait or sing

some song, sing some song, sing some song, wait,

sing some song, drum, drum, drum, drum, wait.

Then all of a sudden, I go unconscious. Ah, no,

it doesn't work like that. Right? It's from within.

From the abundance. of the indwelling, then you

begin to prophesy, you begin to speak in tongues,

you begin to do all that is found in that same

spirit. All right, 1 Corinthians 6, 17, the spirit

that brought us into union with Christ. 1 Corinthians

6, 17 to 20, actually. 17 to 20. But he who is

joined to the Lord become one spirit with him.

flee from sexual immorality. Every sin and person

commits outside the body, but the sexual immorality

person sins again in his own body. Or do you

not know that your body is a temple of the Holy

Spirit within you, whom you have from God? So

that same spirit is from God. You are not your

own. 20. For you were bought with a price and

glorified God in your body. So that same spirit

that is ours from God. 1 Corinthians 2 of 3.

1 Corinthians 2 of 3. The same spirit that we

receive from salvation, right? Therefore, I want

you to understand that no one speaking, right?

This is one of God ever says Jesus is a cause,

right? No one can say Jesus is Lord. It means

that someone who is saying, who is believing

Christ, believe Christ through the spirit, right?

They believe Christ through the spirit. So the

word spirit, the word same day is actually autos,

right? A -U, normal autos that you know, A -U

-T -O -S, right? It's autos. And it reflects

the same over and over again. You can just put

this scripture, Acts 2 .36. It's using also the

reflection of the same man, Jesus, the same person,

Jesus, that same Christ, right? So if all gifts

are from the same spirits and all believers have

the same spirits, all believers can function

in all the gifts. If all... If, sorry, if all

gifts, yes, are from the same spirit, right?

And all, if all gifts are from the same spirit

and all believers have the same spirit, then

all believers can function in all gifts. If all

gifts are from the same spirit, then all believers

that have the same spirit can function in all

the gifts. See this? It's one that will clear

us in many ways. All right. Let's see. So go

to 1 Corinthians. Go to just that same chapter,

verse 11. 1 Corinthians 2 of 11. 1 Corinthians

2 of 11. It says, but all these, okay, all these

are empowered by one and the same Spirit who

apportions to, each one individually as he wills.

We'll come to as he wills, right? It means that

this same spirit helps every believer to function

as they desire to function. Okay? So here we

always say that when people read it, they say,

oh, the spirit is the one that wills and decides,

right? So the spirit decides what it will give

you. Right? The spirit will decide. But this

is actually talking about the believer, that

the believer, right, is empowered by the same

spirit as a desire. So you can desire to speak

in tongues. You can desire to prophesy. You can

desire to walk in healing. You can desire to

walk in the miraculous. You can desire to prophesy,

to speak, to do all of these, right? You can

desire to walk in word of wisdom, word of knowledge,

discernment, as you will. Ask your will because

the Spirit is inside of you. So all this is being

worked in on. Now this next one is what we should

check. It said varieties of service, right? Varieties

of service. Varieties of service. Of course,

we already know what variety is, which is diuresis.

So it's talking about varieties of service. It

means that these gifts are given They are administered

in diverse ways, right? Varieties of service

means these give are administered in diverse

ways, right? Healing, word of wisdom, word of

knowledge, right? So if you are healing someone,

that is, of course, most of them, some of the

time they go together, but when you are healing

someone, right? There's a way you administer

healing. You pray in tongues, right? You prophesy.

So there are ways by which these gifts are administered.

Because the administration is the word diakonia,

which we know is ministering to people. It's

service to people. It's ministering to someone.

So you need to know how all these gifts are administered.

Now that you know that you have them in you,

you need to understand how they are administered.

You need to know how they are administered. You

need to know how they are administered. Another

word is the Lord, the same Lord, right? The same

Lord, we should check that as well. We've seen

administration, which I just touched upon briefly,

is diakonia. Diakonia means different ways of

ministering to people, right? Different ways

of ministering to people, right? Ministries.

So let's take the word, the same Lord. It's the

same varieties of services, but the same Lord.

The same Lord simply means, right? Same Lord

simply refer to the fact that we are in the same

family. We are under the same authority. We are

in the body of Christ. We are in the same family.

We are under the same authority. We are in the

body of Christ. You know, the same Lord, under

the authority in the same family, we are in the

body of Christ. So it's referring to the body

of Christ, right? It's referring to the body

of Christ. So, it's referring to the body of

Christ. If you read, how do we know? If you read

verse 12 of that chapter 12, It says, for just

as the body is one and has many words, members,

and all members of the body, though many, one

is it with Christ. Same Lord, same Christ, same

spirit. Verse 12 of chapter, body in the body

of Christ. So under the same authority, under

the same Christ, right? That is what's reflected.

So it means that nobody prophesying should prophesy

anything that is outside Christ. Right? It means

that anybody prophesying, anybody walking in

the things of spirit can only function within

that that is available in Christ. Right? You

function within that. So what you say, what you

prophesy, what you administer to people. is what

is found in Christ, right? Is what is found in

Christ. So varieties of administration, but one

Lord. One Lord means we all function in Christ,

not outside Christ, not outside the authority

of what Christ has done. The next one is the

varieties of activities, which is the word operations

in some books, right? Varieties of activities.

excuse me, varieties of activities, which is

operations. That word operation is important

because we are going to explain, right, the three

operations of the things of the spirit. We're

going to explain the three operations of things

of the spirit. We're going to see them, how they

function. It's actually enajima, right, enajima,

which comes from enagio, operation, E -N -E -R.

The varieties of activities, right? In other

things, it gives operation. So, E -N -E -R -G

-E -M -A. E -N -E -R -G -E -M -A. E -N -E -R

-G -E -M -A. Which refers to the active working

out of these gifts. Right? The active working

out of these gifts. How do you... How do you

function in tongues? What do you do when you

function in tongues? We do what? We speak. Exactly.

We speak. So you can also, you are murmuring

in tongues. You are still groaning. You have

not entered. You have not entered tongues. You

are still somewhere. You know, you are groaning.

Tongues, you must say. So that is how that operates.

That's how that functions. So how is tongue active?

It's active in such matters. It's energy. We

see that in that. So let's see. Varieties of

everybody. The same Lord empowers them all. Empowers

them all. It means everybody. It means everybody,

everybody is empowered. But before we go to this,

before I go to empower them all, let's talk about

the operations, actually. The operations is very

important. So let's write it down. How do we

function? How are we active? How do we work in

these things? How do we make them... So you will

not say that you want... How do you know you're

working in it? Maybe that's another way to put

it. How do you know you're working in it? How

to work in it? How are they active? How are they

effective? Right? So first, Tongues. Write it

down. Tongues, interpretation of tongues and

prophecy. Put them together. Tongues, interpretation

of tongues and prophecy. Tongues, interpretation

of tongues and prophecy. Are activated through

all trances. All trance. So we call them the

all trance gifts. So they are effective. By all

trans. You've never seen, you'll never see a

prophet that is keeping quiet. So you cannot

say you are prophesying and you're keeping quiet.

You'll never say, you'll not say you are praying

in tongues and you're keeping quiet. You'll not

say you are, you are interpreting tongues and

you're not saying anything. Right? So it's by

all trans. It's all trans. This is how we operate

in this thing. Right? So this is how we operate.

Now the next one is, Word of knowledge, word

of wisdom, and discernment of spirits, which

you have seen. You will see that those listings

started from eight. Word of wisdom, word of knowledge,

discernment of spirits. And scriptures will say,

test every spirit. You discern your discernment

of spirits. Word of knowledge, word of wisdom.

The assignment of spirit. We're going to teach

them in detail. We take them gradually. These

ones are called revelational gifts. They operate

by revelation. So there's a revelation granted

unto you to give a word of wisdom to a brother.

Then you give the word of wisdom. There's a revelation.

By the spirit, you receive a revelation. By the

spirit, you can tell which spirit is of God,

which spirit is not of God. By revelation, you

know. Word of knowledge, right? Things happening,

things taking place, circumstances around, you

know by the Spirit. You have not been there,

you have not been, but by the Spirit you know,

you have this knowledge, right? You have this

knowledge. It is supernatural. It is supernatural.

You can be somebody, that's why when we minister

to each other, what we do sometimes, we give

word, after we pray in tongues, right? We give

interpretation. Then we give word of knowledge.

Sometimes we perceive, right, people having problems

in different areas of their life and we share

with you. That's where you say you're having

this problem, right? And we give you the comfort

of the spirits. Sometimes it comes as, it comes

as word of wisdom, right? Word of wisdom, yes.

It comes at that. So we tell you what to do.

Okay, this is the circumstances and you tell

us, okay, sir, this is the situation I find myself

and that's true. Then do the simple word that

helps you out of that. Because all the gifts

of the Spirit are supposed to help you out of

trouble. They're supposed to edify you. We're

going to come to that. It is the word to profit

with all. Right? So, all these gifts is for profiting

of the recipient. Right? It's for the profit.

So, the word of knowledge and the sign of Spirit,

they are revelation. You see something. You know

something. It comes to your mind. you function

in it. The third one, the third one, which we

call the power gifts, the third one, which we

call the power gifts, they are actually workings

of miracles, workings of miracles, gifts of healing,

and gifts of faith. Workings of miracles, gifts

of healing, and gifts of faith. They are power

gifts, right? They are power gifts. They are

power gifts. So this is how they function. So

in this ones, right, of course you can, it's

sometimes, most of the time they walk with altruism,

but you're healing someone, you're laying hands

on someone and the person is healed. You find

someone in trouble and you're believing and having

faith alongside, holding their hands that they

will come out of this in faith in God, walkings

of miracles. So this is how they function. These

are the operations of it. So we have the three

different operations of the things, of the gifts

of the spirits. It's given to every man. Every

man. It means that every man has it. Every man

does what? Has it. Every man has this in them.

Every man has this. Let's go back to the scriptures.

Verse 7. It said, To each is given the manifestation

of the Spirit for common good. Right? So, because

of the way it follows the listing. Right? Because

that verse, It's followed by the listing of the

gifts. We assume it's actually demonstration,

but it's not demonstration, right? It's not demonstration.

It's phanerosis, right? Which is another word

to explain the indwelling. It's phanerosis. It

means to open up, to lay bare, right? To make

available. It's another phrase that expresses

the man. So, and you will see that it is manifestation,

not manifestations, right? It's not a plural.

Anyway, you see, at least within this context,

it keeps it as the manifestation of the Spirit

in a man is given for another man to profit.

It means for the benefit of another man. Why?

Because you yourself have received the benefit

of the Spirit. Therefore, All that will benefit

from you. Right? He said, for each is given the

manifestation of the Spirit. The revelation of

the Spirit that is in them for common good. Right?

It's given for common good. It's the same thing

as Ezekiel 36, 26. It's the same thing as John

14. So, it's only explaining that now that you

have the Spirit working these things. Right?

Hence, it is when you receive the Holy Spirit,

you walk in these things that I'm listing. And

it's saying that this list is for those that

will receive it. It's for those that will receive

it. So, is the manifestation right? Is it demonstration?

No, it's not demonstration. Let's go to demonstration

1 Corinthians 2 and see. 1 Corinthians 2. 1 Corinthians

2 from verse 1. He said, and when I came to you,

brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the

testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom,

right? For I decided to know nothing among you

except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. And I

was with you in weakness and in fear and more

trembling. And with my speech, my message, were

not implausible words of wisdom, but the demonstration

of the Spirit, which is power, so that your faith

might not rest. in the wisdom of men, but in

the power of God. My not resting words, in the

wisdom of men, but in the power of God. So Paul

is saying that, you know, as I preach the gospel,

right? In my speech, I do not come in just the

preaching of the gospel, but the preaching of

the gospel is followed by the demonstration of

the things of the spirits, which is powerful.

So here is actually demonstration. Over here

is demonstration. Paul is demonstrating. As he

is preaching the gospel, as he is explaining

to them, he is demonstrating the abundance of

the power of God. So is there demonstration?

Yes, there is demonstration. The reason why we

explain scripture like this is that we want to

use the right scripture to explain the right

practice. Do we get it? We try to use the right

scripture to explain the right practice, right?

So there's demonstration of things of spirit,

right? Demonstration of the things of the spirit.

Praise God. So it's given to every man, to prophets.

Now, this one is the one that's, I think we have

been talking about it for a while, but we need

to talk about it now. When you receive, when

you are functioning in the gifts, Right? When

you're functioning in any of the gifts, when

you're functioning in any of the gifts, you are

not ministering to yourself. Okay? You are not

ministering to yourself. You are ministering

to somebody. The recipient is the person that

will receive. Then somebody else will now come

and what? Minister unto you. That is why in chapter

14, it says, verse 26, When them brethren, when

you come together, each of you has something

to give. Do you get it? So everybody come because

we have something to give, right? This is not,

you know, they say we have come to a generation

where everybody comes to church to just receive,

right? You receive from your pastor. You receive

both financially and spiritually and economically

and politically and in all forms, educationally.

You just want to receive. Now minister to your

pastor, spiritually too. You still want to be

laid out on you. Ah, no, no. It doesn't work

like that. We all, when we come together, we

do what? We have something to give. He said,

each of you has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation,

a tongue, an interpretation. Let all things be

done for building up. We are building each other

up. Right? So it is to give. So I cannot say,

I want to minister to myself. Right? That's not

a practice we see there. Okay. So the recipient

is the one, right? That's will receive. The recipient

is the one, right? So the word profit with all

is some Pharaoh, right? Some Pharaoh. Some Pharaoh

is the word S U M P H E R O. S U M P H E R O.

S U M P H E R O. So when we begin to receive

teachings in this direction, we should know that

we want to some Pharaoh, right? We want to do

it. Give something to each other, common advantage.

So you must be prepared to give. Regularly when

you say the believers meeting, you must set your

heart. I'm going to pray in tongues. I'm going

to give an interpretation. I'm going to prophesy.

I'm going to walk in healing. I'm going to walk

in faith for my brother. I have the word of wisdom

regarding my sister. I have the word of all.

I have the signing of spirit. I discern for them.

I walk in the things of the spirit. This is how

you come. You don't just come. You have to prepare

your mind. You have to prepare your hearts. that

this is what you want to do. That is why he says,

as you will. He giveth every man as the man wills.

So the Spirit allows you to function in those

things because you have willed. You have set

your heart to function in interpretation of tongues.

You have set your heart to prophesy to someone

as you will. So, it is for the common good. The

common good there is used because you give me

and I give you. Right? That's why we hold each

other to. This is where the practice is, right?

We hold each other to. Minister to somebody that

the person must minister to you back. That is

the common good. That is the common good. Every

man that has believed the gospel can give the

things of the Spirit, can minister the things

of the Spirit. So, let's see. Other scriptures

that use the word the prophet without. Other

scriptures that use the word the prophet without.

We'll just write it down. We'll just write it

down. We'll just write it down. We'll do a few

little bit of practice before we go for break.

We'll do practice now. We have thoughts and therefore

let it be. There's more teaching coming. This

is just introduction to the gift of the Spirit.

So, Mediatim is introduction one and two. All

these things that I've been saying since morning.

It's just introduction. So, when Pastor Kirsten

comes, we'll take it up again. Alright, so. And

other scriptures that we can find some fair.

1 Corinthians 6, 12. Right? Everything is loveful

to me, but not everything is expedient. 1 Corinthians

6, 12. Right? 1 Corinthians 7 .35. 1 Corinthians

7 .35. 1 Corinthians 10 .23. 1 Corinthians 10

.23. All right, good. So this is actually, now

for demonstration of the spirit, can you write

this down? The demonstration of the spirit. Can

you write it down? Can I write the Greek quote

down? Then we find where it's used. Apodexis,

A -P -O, right? That word demonstration, which

is different from manifestation. A -P -O -D -E

-I -X -I -S. A -P -O -D -E -I -X -I -S. So this

is demonstration of the power of God. It means

that Paul was doing something that is visible.

Okay? Something that is visible. Something that

is observable. Something that can be seen in

the physical. Right? Something that can be acknowledged

in the physical. That's the demonstration of

the Spirit, right? Something that can be acknowledged

in the physical. So now we can see, right? We

can see after this introduction that the same

Spirit from Genesis dwells in us, right? The

same Spirit from Genesis dwells in us. We all

have the same Spirit and this Spirit functions

through every one of us. We can walk in all the

gifts, right? We can walk with, do we agree on

that? We saw that from the scripture. We are

under the same authority of Christ to function

and minister what is in Christ to each other.

Are we together? Yes, we can minister what is

in Christ to each other. We can minister. As

I minister, I minister to my brother for his

edification and somebody minister to me for my

what? Edification. Glory to God. Can we be on

our feet? Let's do this now. A little bit of

practice. A little bit of practice. Let's just

hold each other. Let's hold. Just pick one person.

Pick one person. Quickly, quickly, quickly. Let's

minister to one another. Now, I've told you the

gifts. I've told you the gifts. As you desire,

I want you to desire. I want you to desire. Just

hold one person. Hold one person. Desire this

gift. As you desire, the Spirit will give you

To function in these things, right? Let's hold

each other quickly. As we desire. As we desire.

As we desire. So we start. How do we do it? We

start by praying in tongues, right? We start

by praying in tongues, right? Ultrons. The ultrons

of tongues is supernatural, right? It guides

us to flow in what? In the gift of the Spirit,

okay? It guides us to flow in the gift. So when

you see that, when the message is preached, one

of the first signs is what? Tongues. It just

flows, right? It's the space of the believer,

right? So we will pray in tongues now and we

will minister to each other. So you know the

gifts, right? You know them in your mind. You

have the power gift, which is healing faith,

right? You have walking of miracles. You can

desire that and you can walk in it. We have the

Ultron's gift. You have tongues. You have interpretation

of tongues and we have prophecy in there. You

can desire that. We have revelation, word of

wisdom, word of knowledge, right? And the sermon.

You can have that. You have it in you. Rather,

you can walk in that. You can flow in that. Can

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