WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:03.359 This is Ronald Hopkins, and thank you for joining the Life Center Church. 00:00:03.759 --> 00:00:11.119 Series where I inquired of the Lord as to what, and he just simply said, Holy Spirit. 00:00:14.320 --> 00:00:17.440 There's some things that I'm going to show you throughout this series. 00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:24.239 I'm not sure how long this is going to go, because there are different manifestations of Holy Spirit. 00:00:24.640 --> 00:00:35.439 And for most people, the only manifestation that they may know, and there's been a lot of confusion on this, is praying in other tongues. 00:00:35.759 --> 00:00:47.200 But yet it's interesting that although God's people are filled with God's Spirit, the moment that you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord, Master, and Savior, God's Spirit lives on the inside of you. 00:00:47.439 --> 00:00:49.039 Absolutely 100%. 00:00:49.759 --> 00:00:54.320 Yet another manifestation is praying in other tongues. 00:00:54.640 --> 00:01:16.159 And even though they pray in other tongues, even though God's Spirit lives on the inside of every person that's born again, people are stuck and they are having a difficult time hearing from God because they're not really in tune with Holy Ghost. 00:01:18.159 --> 00:01:28.879 The church of the Lord Jesus Christ is not in tune with the very God whose responsibility is to manifest the kingdom in your life. 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:36.000 Well, and we get to this place when we don't know what to do because we're not in tune. 00:01:36.719 --> 00:01:41.359 So he said, teach on the Holy Spirit. 00:01:43.840 --> 00:01:49.120 Because he gives you a divine advantage in every area of your life. 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:56.719 He is the most important asset in the life of anybody that is born again. 00:01:57.040 --> 00:01:59.040 He is the Holy Spirit. 00:01:59.120 --> 00:02:08.000 And what I understand is that when you teach on Holy Spirit, there will be manifestations of Holy Spirit. 00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:25.680 We know about God the Father, we know about Jesus, but we lack understanding, light, revelation about this person, this individual called the Holy Spirit or the Holy Ghost. 00:02:26.240 --> 00:02:27.520 He is a person. 00:02:28.560 --> 00:02:34.240 And what I'm understanding, we had the 12 here on Friday, and I said something to the guys. 00:02:34.400 --> 00:02:40.319 I said, it's interesting that if you don't talk to a natural man, I know you're not talking to God. 00:02:44.719 --> 00:02:51.759 So if you can't talk to somebody face to face that you see, what makes you think you're gonna talk to somebody that you cannot see? 00:02:53.039 --> 00:03:01.360 And so he does not then begin to be a divine asset in your life because you're not communing with him. 00:03:02.240 --> 00:03:06.479 How can you live with somebody and not even talk to them? 00:03:07.199 --> 00:03:09.919 You see this happening in marriages all day. 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:15.360 You are living with somebody, and the only time you want to talk to them is when you want to have some sex. 00:03:17.520 --> 00:03:20.000 But you don't want to have a relationship. 00:03:20.319 --> 00:03:28.639 So this series really about Holy Spirit is to get you to a place where you develop a relationship. 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:34.560 Yes, you want to have a relationship with everybody else. 00:03:35.919 --> 00:03:43.520 You want to be good with everybody else, but the first person you should have a relationship with is the Holy Ghost. 00:03:44.800 --> 00:03:46.560 Now, let's get into this today. 00:03:47.360 --> 00:03:49.280 First John chapter five. 00:03:49.520 --> 00:03:50.879 I'm back right now. 00:03:55.680 --> 00:03:58.240 Shout out to Minnesota for holding it down. 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:27.040 Not everybody can handle that. 00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:34.079 That was gonna take me down a whole different route. 00:04:34.160 --> 00:04:35.680 I don't want to go down that. 00:04:38.079 --> 00:04:39.680 I was gonna talk about it. 00:04:41.199 --> 00:04:41.519 Okay. 00:04:42.079 --> 00:04:43.920 First jump, she held it down. 00:04:44.399 --> 00:04:45.439 And she held it down. 00:04:50.879 --> 00:04:59.360 What's dangerous, what's dangerous is many pastors don't trust the gifting that's in their spouse. 00:05:04.959 --> 00:05:10.160 Because of a lack of confidence in who God created them to be. 00:05:11.439 --> 00:05:15.839 So what they do is that they belittle their spouses. 00:05:18.079 --> 00:05:28.399 When you really go back and you get into the word and you understand who she is and what she's been created to do, she's been created to help you. 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:41.600 So when you don't listen to your spouse, you may think that you are ignoring her, but that word helper is the same word that's translated Holy Ghost. 00:05:42.399 --> 00:05:51.199 So what you're doing and you don't realize, and you are neglecting and not listening to the Holy Spirit who's been sent to help you. 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:54.399 You should never try to change your spouse. 00:05:55.680 --> 00:05:58.560 Because I can tell you right now, it's not gonna work. 00:05:59.759 --> 00:06:03.920 The only person that can change any individual is God. 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:15.360 So stop trying to force your ways, your thinking, on your spouse or even on your children, because what they will do, they will rebel against you. 00:06:17.360 --> 00:06:18.959 Then you upset. 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:24.560 Holy Spirit is vitally important to our lives. 00:06:24.720 --> 00:06:30.399 Now, 1 John chapter 5, verse number 7, it says, For there are three that bear record in heaven. 00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:39.439 There's the Father, there's the Son or the Word, who is Jesus, and then there's the Holy Spirit or the Holy Ghost. 00:06:39.519 --> 00:06:46.639 And the Bible says these three separate individuals operate as one. 00:06:46.800 --> 00:06:56.000 So there's God the Father, there's Jesus Christ, who is the Son, and then there's the Holy Spirit who is God. 00:06:56.800 --> 00:07:07.199 All three of them have different ministries, different responsibilities, but they all function as one. 00:07:07.600 --> 00:07:10.480 You won't see God and Jesus fighting. 00:07:12.639 --> 00:07:16.959 You won't see Holy Spirit and the Father arguing. 00:07:17.199 --> 00:07:23.360 No, they operate and they cooperate one with each other. 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:27.199 Now, Holy Spirit is a person. 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:31.680 He has a personality. 00:07:33.040 --> 00:07:34.879 Need you to understand this. 00:07:35.519 --> 00:07:39.439 He's a person with a personality. 00:07:40.879 --> 00:07:45.839 He's a person with a personality. 00:07:46.720 --> 00:07:53.600 He is in charge of the affairs of the kingdom of God on earth today. 00:07:53.759 --> 00:07:55.040 Let me say this. 00:07:55.439 --> 00:07:59.680 Without him, we're not able to communicate with God. 00:08:03.040 --> 00:08:04.560 Gotta understand this. 00:08:04.879 --> 00:08:17.680 Without understanding who he is, what his responsibility is, what his ministry is, there is no way you're able to talk to God. 00:08:18.399 --> 00:08:20.639 He is that important. 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:25.920 Now, let's jump into this. 00:08:26.079 --> 00:08:27.759 Point number one today. 00:08:29.279 --> 00:08:33.360 Holy Spirit is heaven's instructor. 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:40.960 Holy Spirit is heaven's instructor. 00:08:43.519 --> 00:08:55.200 Now, by a natural example, I went to school, my undergrad, and I have a degree in education. 00:08:55.600 --> 00:09:01.440 So for many years prior to ministry, I taught school. 00:09:02.879 --> 00:09:10.399 I was only able to teach based off of the information that I got from a book. 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:19.600 Or I would teach many times from the word, teaching the principles of God's word. 00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:27.679 Not necessarily telling the children what the Bible says, but telling them the principles of what God said. 00:09:28.320 --> 00:09:36.320 That was from a natural perspective that's different than the ministry of the Holy Ghost. 00:09:37.840 --> 00:09:56.639 The Holy Spirit has been sent to live on the inside of each and every born-again believers to teach you the things from God, to teach you the things from heaven's perspective. 00:09:57.600 --> 00:10:13.519 He's been sent to teach you the way God functions, the way God thinks, the way God would act, the way God would do certain things, which is quite different than how you might think. 00:10:15.120 --> 00:10:32.960 So if we are not listening to the teachings and the leading and the guiding and the instructions of the Holy Spirit, we can be functioning as a natural individual, missing out on his spiritual journey. 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:40.559 Now, let's go to John chapter 16. 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:45.679 He's gonna teach you what heaven knows. 00:10:50.080 --> 00:10:53.039 John chapter 16, let's start at verse number 12. 00:10:53.279 --> 00:10:58.000 Jesus said, and he's talking to his disciples, he says, I have many things to say unto you. 00:10:58.960 --> 00:11:01.279 But you can't hear them right now. 00:11:04.320 --> 00:11:13.039 I've got many things to tell you, but right now you're not able to hear what I'm saying. 00:11:13.279 --> 00:11:17.120 You're not able to see what I'm showing you. 00:11:19.039 --> 00:11:20.639 That's how important he is. 00:11:20.879 --> 00:11:30.000 Says, how be it when he, the spirit of truth, which is another name for Holy Spirit. 00:11:30.240 --> 00:11:33.759 So, Holy Spirit is the Spirit of truth. 00:11:33.919 --> 00:11:38.159 Notice what he has done, he's already here. 00:11:38.799 --> 00:11:42.799 So, Holy Spirit, if you're born again, has already come. 00:11:43.120 --> 00:11:50.080 Holy Spirit now lives on the inside of you right now. 00:11:51.279 --> 00:11:58.480 For he shall not speak of himself, but whatsoever he hears, that shall he speak. 00:11:58.799 --> 00:12:01.440 He will show you things to come. 00:12:01.840 --> 00:12:08.639 He shall glorify me, for he shall receive of what's mine, and then he'll show it to you. 00:12:09.519 --> 00:12:13.840 All things that the Father have, Jesus says, belong to me. 00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:20.559 Therefore I said, He that shall take of mine shall show it unto you. 00:12:20.879 --> 00:12:25.120 So number one, Holy Spirit is a guide. 00:12:39.200 --> 00:12:45.519 This word guide, one definition means to lead you along the path. 00:12:46.799 --> 00:12:57.360 Everybody in this room, or everybody watching me online, has a certain path that you are going down. 00:12:58.399 --> 00:13:10.240 Whether or not you are successful in the eyesight of God, not man, because God doesn't determine success the way man does. 00:13:10.799 --> 00:13:24.399 Whether or not you are successful going down this path that God has called you to walk on will be determined how well you follow the Holy Spirit. 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:35.039 There are bumps and bruises and straps on the path called life. 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:47.919 Whether or not you overcome, whether or not you jump over, whether or not you escape, is based upon whether or not you're gonna listen to the Holy Ghost. 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:54.240 Second definition means to escort. 00:13:59.840 --> 00:14:08.080 One who will show you the way, one who will lead you. 00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:17.840 And what I understand about Holy Spirit, if you don't yield, he can't lead. 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:27.600 You can take this path, this journey on your own. 00:14:27.840 --> 00:15:08.960 The journey of being a successful single, the journey of having heaven on earth in your marriage, the journey of raising godly children, the journey of dealing with difficult people on your job, on your assignment, in your neighborhood, whatever your path in life is, Holy Spirit has been sent to grab you by the hand and walk you through that journey so that it is sweatless, it is easy, it is effortless. 00:15:09.360 --> 00:15:16.480 And whether or not you have struggles will all be determined if you are willing to be led. 00:15:19.679 --> 00:15:23.519 He's there to help you, but you gotta want to be helped. 00:15:26.159 --> 00:15:28.480 He's responsible for showing you the way. 00:15:51.840 --> 00:15:58.879 So a degree in something doesn't how should I say that, Lord? 00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:02.720 Doesn't mean that's what he wants you to do. 00:16:04.320 --> 00:16:07.440 Just because you have a degree doesn't make you smart. 00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:14.320 Just because you don't have a degree doesn't mean that you aren't smart. 00:16:14.559 --> 00:16:24.240 What will make you smart, what will make you intelligent, what will make you wise is that you learn how to follow the Holy Ghost. 00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:36.000 There is a spiritual school that the body of Christ refuses to attend. 00:16:39.440 --> 00:16:46.320 We attend church, but we don't go to the school of the Holy Ghost. 00:16:47.519 --> 00:16:51.600 Do you realize that education didn't happen to after the fall? 00:16:53.200 --> 00:17:06.079 The only school that Adam had was the school of God, where he learned how to walk and talk and have a relationship with God and inquire of the Lord and ask the Lord, what should I be doing at this time? 00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:07.519 How should I be doing it? 00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:08.880 When should I be doing it? 00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:10.559 Why should I do this? 00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:15.599 It's the school of the Holy Ghost. 00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:19.680 It's the school of knowing what to do, when to do it, and why to do it. 00:17:19.759 --> 00:17:25.680 It's the school of I should not be doing this at this season because this is not the right time. 00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:31.200 It is the school of the Holy Ghost. 00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:36.799 Listening to the Holy Ghost will save your life. 00:17:40.640 --> 00:17:48.319 Now, going fast in the wrong direction only gets you to the wrong place faster. 00:17:53.279 --> 00:17:57.599 And just because you're busy doesn't mean you're effective. 00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:03.599 You're missing directions. 00:18:07.119 --> 00:18:09.599 You're missing direction. 00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:14.000 You're missing instructions. 00:18:15.119 --> 00:18:21.839 It's interesting as a parent that you always want to give instructions, but you don't want to take them. 00:18:25.359 --> 00:18:31.119 And many mishaps happen in life because you don't have the right direction. 00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:44.559 And not having the right direction or instructions can cost you money, time, energy, effort. 00:18:45.279 --> 00:18:47.200 It can stop progress. 00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:52.400 So you gotta have the right instructions. 00:18:52.640 --> 00:19:04.640 And when you get the right instructions, you have to listen to find out the specific details on what and where you're supposed to go. 00:19:04.880 --> 00:19:06.319 Now, let me give you an example. 00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:08.400 Go to Genesis chapter 16. 00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:14.000 Genesis chapter 16. 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:21.119 Very interesting story about a man by the name of Abram and a woman by the name of Hagar. 00:19:26.640 --> 00:19:30.079 Somebody said, mm-hmm, because they already know the story. 00:19:32.079 --> 00:19:36.240 God gave this man in Genesis chapter 15 a promise. 00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:42.319 Or let's just say it this way: He had the word on this particular issue. 00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:48.640 They, him and his wife Sarah, couldn't conceive. 00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:54.720 So God comes to this man and tells him, You're going to have a son. 00:19:56.000 --> 00:20:06.720 In the natural, they couldn't see it because the Bible says they were past the age of bearing children. 00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:14.400 So it looked in the natural impossible to bear children, to have children. 00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:17.200 But yet, God wasn't moved by that. 00:20:19.759 --> 00:20:24.559 He wasn't moved by natural, normal circumstances. 00:20:24.880 --> 00:20:27.039 So God gave them a word. 00:20:27.440 --> 00:20:29.359 You shall have a son. 00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:31.680 Boom. 00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:35.839 He had the word on it. 00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:38.640 Genesis chapter 16. 00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:40.880 You would think that would be enough. 00:20:41.680 --> 00:20:43.359 God told you this. 00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:46.400 That settles it. 00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:52.079 I believe, I receive, I'm not moved by my feelings, I'm not moved by anything else. 00:20:52.160 --> 00:20:55.359 I'm only moved by what God said. 00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:59.279 But that's all he had was the word. 00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:03.119 And many times that's what happens. 00:21:03.359 --> 00:21:06.160 That's all you have is a word. 00:21:06.960 --> 00:21:10.319 And you've got to do something with that word. 00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:13.039 Now watch this. 00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:14.720 Genesis chapter 16. 00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:19.599 Now, Sarai, Abram's wife, had not been able to build children for him. 00:21:19.839 --> 00:21:24.240 But she had an Ethiopian servant, somebody say, named Hagar. 00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:28.559 So Sarah said to Abram. 00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:53.200 Go and sleep with my servant, go and have intercourse with another woman. 00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:02.720 And notice what she says. 00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:05.839 Perhaps I can have children. 00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:07.440 Think about that. 00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:12.799 I can have children through her. 00:22:17.119 --> 00:22:19.279 That doesn't even sound right. 00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:25.359 That lets you know right there that she was desperate. 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:35.119 And when you are desperate, if you are not renewing your mind, don't point a finger at her. 00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:40.319 You can make a bad decision just like she did. 00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:43.680 She wasn't in her right mind. 00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:51.200 And Abram being a man. 00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:25.359 So he agreed with her proposal. 00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:34.880 So Sarah, Abram's wife, took Hagar, the Egyptian servant, and gave her to Abram as a wife. 00:23:35.680 --> 00:23:41.200 This happened ten years after Abram had settled in the land of Canaan. 00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:46.640 So God gave him a promise ten years ago and it still didn't come to pass. 00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:49.039 That's a word. 00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:59.359 You have to get to a place where you do not allow the pressures of men to be greater than the promise of God. 00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:06.400 It was the pressure. 00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:11.839 It was the pressure that they were experiencing. 00:24:12.160 --> 00:24:15.359 It became greater than the promise. 00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:21.119 So they acted not on the promise, they responded to the pressure. 00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:35.200 Instead of waiting, because this is the part where we have a difficult time. 00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:45.279 I need it right now. 00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:48.079 If it don't happen right now, I'm out. 00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:52.000 Okay, maybe this side will talk to me. 00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:56.400 If it don't happen right now when I want it, I'm leaving. 00:24:56.640 --> 00:24:58.480 I'm getting ready to do something else. 00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:05.200 There are divine delays. 00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:47.440 So there's some development that God needs you to develop in in order to handle what he has planned for you. 00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:52.160 Don't shortcut the process. 00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:59.680 Because what looked like progress was a delay. 00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:05.200 Yeah. 00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:13.839 Human planning can get you to a place where you miss God. 00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:19.759 Something can be right but be wrong. 00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:24.400 Something can be wrong, but it's right. 00:26:25.119 --> 00:26:33.359 It's going to take the Holy Ghost to reveal to you what's wrong is actually right. 00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:38.319 It actually can be good. 00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:41.039 But it can be at the wrong time. 00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:51.200 But is this the right timing for me? 00:26:55.279 --> 00:27:00.079 Eliminating the frustration in life has to deal with no direction. 00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:07.839 So many of God's people are frustrated because you don't have direction. 00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:25.920 If you look at your life right now, you ask yourself the question has Holy Spirit directed me in this area, or have I decided which way I'm going to go? 00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:34.079 Because that'll determine whether or not you stand in the mess that you're in. 00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:42.960 Because maybe just like Abram and Sarah, you created an Ishmael instead of an Isaac. 00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:49.039 You created problems instead of peace. 00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:58.240 It all boils down to direction and being able to follow Holy Spirit. 00:27:58.319 --> 00:27:59.759 Now go back to John. 00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:02.079 John chapter 16. 00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:04.000 Let's really start unpacking it some more. 00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.480 Truth. 00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:26.640 And it's interesting about this word truth because the word truth means to see things as God sees them. 00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:33.599 So He will guide you into how God sees things. 00:28:35.359 --> 00:28:37.119 Want you to think about that. 00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:42.240 He will guide you into the way God sees your marriage. 00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:46.720 You're seeing it one way. 00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:56.000 He'll walk step by step on how God sees your husband. 00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:58.960 Not how you feel like it. 00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:04.799 He'll guide you into being a successful single. 00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:13.680 So that you can be presented or you can present yourself as an asset and not a liability. 00:29:15.599 --> 00:29:20.240 He will guide you into all truth. 00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:24.559 The truth is, how does God see my situation? 00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:35.200 Holy Spirit's responsibility is to guide you and to show you and to announce to you what's your responsibility. 00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:36.400 I receive. 00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.279 I take that. 00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:46.880 I'm following the steps that you've already walked down so that it's easy for me. 00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:54.480 Life for a believer should be the easiest thing that you're doing right now on planet earth. 00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:58.079 But for most people, it's a struggle. 00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:00.640 You know why? 00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:02.799 Not following Holy Ghost. 00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:07.039 He sent, He was sent to make things easy. 00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:08.400 Thank you, Jesus. 00:30:09.279 --> 00:30:09.920 Simple. 00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:12.720 But we try to get so deep. 00:30:13.839 --> 00:30:16.000 You want the deep things of God. 00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:19.359 Well, the deep things of God are simplistic. 00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:22.079 Just do what he said. 00:30:24.400 --> 00:30:24.880 That part. 00:30:26.319 --> 00:30:31.519 All truth is not just in spiritual matters. 00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:38.880 He'll lead you, he'll guide you in every affair of your life. 00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:42.720 He'll show you how to stop smoking weed. 00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:47.279 He'll show you how to break the addiction. 00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:52.000 He'll show you how to maintain freedom. 00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:58.720 That's his ministry and all the truth. 00:30:58.960 --> 00:31:01.920 Now, go to Hebrews chapter 5. 00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:05.440 Because he's called the spirit of truth. 00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:08.720 The spirit of truth. 00:31:09.119 --> 00:31:13.599 So if there's a spirit of truth, there's a spirit of lying. 00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:18.480 You gotta know who's telling the truth. 00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:24.720 And you gotta know who is a liar or the father of lies. 00:31:25.119 --> 00:31:34.079 Now, Hebrews chapter 5, verse number 13 says, For everyone that useth milk is unskillful in the word of righteousness. 00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:35.519 Why? 00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:37.039 Because he's a baby. 00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:51.440 But strong meat belongs to them that are of full age, even those who by reason use their senses, exercise, here's a word, to discern. 00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:57.039 Both good and evil. 00:31:57.519 --> 00:32:04.880 So one of the ministries of Holy Spirit is to help you with your discernment. 00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:10.720 I want you to think about that. 00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:17.440 He's been sent on the inside of you to help you to discern. 00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:20.480 Now, listen to this. 00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:40.559 Discernment is the God-given ability to recognize, distinguish, judge correctly, and perceive the true nature of something beyond an appearance. 00:32:44.400 --> 00:33:03.039 Discernment will help you detect danger before damage happens, it is the God-given ability to know evil from good. 00:33:06.640 --> 00:33:16.079 Now, recently, the Lord revealed that there was a Jezebel spirit in this church. 00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:26.319 Discernment. 00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:31.200 Because from the outside, they looked like everything was right. 00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:38.240 They presented a certain way about themselves. 00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:48.000 But the Lord said, that is a Jezebel spirit. 00:33:48.079 --> 00:33:48.960 Don't trust that. 00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:55.519 It's true. 00:33:57.039 --> 00:34:00.240 So when that's there, then you've got to deal with it. 00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:03.279 But there was discernment. 00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:11.920 He'll show you what's real and he'll tell you what's a counterfeit. 00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:16.480 Because it may look a certain way on the outside. 00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:20.079 Don't you realize that is what the enemy can do? 00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:31.119 The Bible says that the enemy walks about like a, like a, like, a, like, a, like a roaring lion. 00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:37.039 He appears to be this big and this strong. 00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:40.000 But on the inside, he's a coward. 00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:43.199 Weak. 00:34:44.880 --> 00:34:52.719 But you have to be able to discern that by Holy Spirit, that, nah, she not right. 00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:58.800 Why am I being yoked up with no, ain't no way. 00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:05.760 This deal right here, nah, this is about to get me bound up, twisted up. 00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:10.239 Holy Spirit will give you discernment. 00:35:18.079 --> 00:35:21.440 Not every connection, listen, is covenant. 00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:28.239 Need you to understand that? 00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:36.400 Because you get into relationships with people or things, and you've established a covenant. 00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:44.239 Not every relationship is supposed to be covenant minded. 00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:48.320 Covenant, listen, bind it. 00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:53.119 You can be in covenant with debt. 00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:59.199 You just made an agreement to become a slave. 00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:08.079 Because it was something that you desired instead of waiting on God to pay for it. 00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:10.880 You didn't want to wait. 00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:21.199 So now you got an agreement, and every single month is being debited from your account with interest. 00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:27.119 So now you're paying triple because you got incovenant. 00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:33.440 Oh, yeah, I'll say this too. 00:36:33.599 --> 00:36:35.360 Not every opportunity is God. 00:36:39.039 --> 00:36:40.239 I wrote this down. 00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:46.000 What Holy Spirit shows you will determine what cannot surprise you. 00:36:52.079 --> 00:37:00.159 What Holy Spirit shows you will determine what you cannot or what cannot surprise you. 00:37:01.840 --> 00:37:11.920 You're surprised when things aren't going right because you haven't taken the time to consult with the Holy Spirit. 00:37:13.199 --> 00:37:19.760 He will show you ahead of time that if you get involved with that, it's going to turn to this. 00:37:22.400 --> 00:37:29.119 You have to make a decision whether or not you want to be, you want to be led by Him. 00:37:29.360 --> 00:37:32.719 Because He will only leave those who will listen. 00:37:33.599 --> 00:37:39.840 He's going to give you the instructions, give you the wisdom, show you, announce to you, and even tell you. 00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:43.119 It's up to you whether or not you will say, I receive that. 00:37:43.920 --> 00:37:50.400 And the reason why you struggle and the reason why you're stuck is because you're not listening. 00:37:54.159 --> 00:37:55.360 He already knows. 00:38:05.760 --> 00:38:06.639 Come on. 00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:13.199 And what he does, he gets it because remember, I showed you in 1 John chapter 5. 00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:19.199 That the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, they operate as one. 00:38:20.400 --> 00:38:24.960 So he's receiving the mind of God, the wisdom of God. 00:38:25.760 --> 00:38:31.280 And he's downloading God's plan for your life in you. 00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:50.400 He's receiving from God, getting the plan, what God wants you to walk in to enjoy life, and he's downloading the plan in you. 00:38:52.719 --> 00:38:58.480 You got all the answers that you would ever need to any problem that you would ever face. 00:38:59.440 --> 00:39:01.679 And it's living in you. 00:39:02.159 --> 00:39:05.760 You got an automatic cheat sheet from heaven. 00:39:08.320 --> 00:39:09.920 It's been downloaded. 00:39:10.079 --> 00:39:12.239 It is always being downloaded. 00:39:12.320 --> 00:39:14.559 And he's always talking to you. 00:39:14.719 --> 00:39:15.119 Why? 00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:18.320 Because his endeavor is to know you. 00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:27.519 The plan of God for every believer can be revealed and can be known. 00:39:28.639 --> 00:39:31.679 If you listen and follow. 00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:40.880 Let's go back to John chapter 16. 00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:49.840 He will show you unsafe alliances. 00:39:52.239 --> 00:39:52.880 Yeah. 00:39:55.360 --> 00:39:57.920 He'll even show you hidden motives of people. 00:40:00.719 --> 00:40:02.880 You think that therefore you're good. 00:40:05.280 --> 00:40:09.199 He'll show you the motive of a person. 00:40:10.480 --> 00:40:13.199 Then it's up to you whether or not you're gonna receive that. 00:40:13.440 --> 00:40:16.880 But they my friend, they've been there for 30 years. 00:40:21.039 --> 00:40:23.280 You know how long demons been here? 00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:32.719 He is the revealer of truth. 00:40:33.679 --> 00:40:36.159 He will uncover stuff. 00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:39.360 That's why he is so important. 00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:43.760 John 16, verse 13, he shall not speak of himself. 00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:46.800 But whatsoever he hears. 00:40:48.880 --> 00:40:50.960 Let me read this from the Amplified. 00:40:52.079 --> 00:40:58.400 It says, But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth, the full and complete truth. 00:40:58.639 --> 00:41:17.920 For he will not speak on his own initiative, but he will speak whatever he hears from the Father, the message regarding the Son, and he will disclose to you what is to come in the future. 00:41:20.000 --> 00:41:28.480 Now, let me give you a scripture reference for this because John chapter 15 tells you where he gets his information from. 00:41:29.199 --> 00:41:32.239 I mentioned it, but I want you to put your eyes on it. 00:41:32.559 --> 00:41:37.519 He gets his information from the Father Himself. 00:41:40.079 --> 00:41:45.039 Now go to 1 Corinthians chapter 2. 00:41:49.760 --> 00:41:52.559 I'm gonna read this from the Amplified. 00:41:56.159 --> 00:42:15.599 Verse number nine says, just as it is written in the scripture, things which the eye has not seen, and ear have not heard, and that which have not entered into the heart of man. 00:42:16.639 --> 00:42:21.440 All that God has prepared for those who love him. 00:42:21.679 --> 00:42:23.360 Let me ask you a question. 00:42:23.679 --> 00:42:25.360 How many of you love God? 00:42:27.760 --> 00:42:29.920 That didn't sound too convincing. 00:42:36.480 --> 00:42:39.360 So there are things that your eye hasn't seen. 00:42:40.639 --> 00:42:52.159 There are things that your ear has not heard of that God is specifically prepared for those that say that you love him. 00:42:55.119 --> 00:43:04.880 And then he describes individuals who say that they love him, who hold him in affectionate reverence, those who obey him. 00:43:06.639 --> 00:43:09.840 So you can't say you love God and you're not willing to obey him. 00:43:11.360 --> 00:43:13.519 That'll disqualify you right there. 00:43:14.320 --> 00:43:21.039 Who gratefully recognize the benefits that he's bestowed. 00:43:21.280 --> 00:43:24.800 There are benefits that God has planned for his children. 00:43:25.760 --> 00:43:26.880 Watch this. 00:43:28.639 --> 00:43:42.000 For God has revealed them and revealed them to us through. 00:43:43.360 --> 00:44:03.199 So all those things, all those benefits that God has for us, the way that you and I are going to walk in that, receive that, enjoy that, is through the Of the Holy Ghost. 00:44:05.599 --> 00:44:21.840 So without us being intimate and communing with Him and talking to Him and inquiring of Him, you can live life on earth and not experience what God has for you. 00:44:26.559 --> 00:44:28.159 You can just go through the motions. 00:44:31.039 --> 00:44:36.159 He is vitally important to our existence. 00:44:39.920 --> 00:44:56.320 The Holy Spirit searches all things diligently, even sounding and measuring the profound depths of God, the divine counsel, and things beyond human understanding. 00:44:56.480 --> 00:45:02.480 There are things that your mind cannot understand that God has stored up for you. 00:45:02.800 --> 00:45:11.039 Holy Spirit is sitting down for lack of better terms and talking to God, giving God's plan for your life. 00:45:13.840 --> 00:45:19.360 All of the details and everything that goes along with it. 00:45:20.639 --> 00:45:31.119 And he says, What I want to do, I want to talk to God's creation and tell them everything that the Father has planned for you. 00:45:36.480 --> 00:45:39.280 It's beyond what you can comprehend. 00:45:39.519 --> 00:45:41.920 That's why he doesn't talk to your head. 00:45:45.599 --> 00:45:50.719 Because your head cannot receive the depth things of God. 00:45:53.920 --> 00:45:55.920 That's why prayer is so important. 00:45:56.880 --> 00:46:00.480 Because the more you pray, the more your spirit expands. 00:46:01.440 --> 00:46:09.199 The more your spirit, man, becomes bigger so that you can receive the more the depth things of God. 00:46:10.000 --> 00:46:12.960 That's why most believers don't have a prayer life. 00:46:16.719 --> 00:46:18.800 And you're small on the inside. 00:46:19.039 --> 00:46:21.760 But your problems become bigger on the outside. 00:46:23.199 --> 00:46:27.119 You get bigger on the inside, you have little problems on the outside. 00:46:31.199 --> 00:46:42.000 Verse 11 says, For what person knows the thoughts and the motives of a man except a man's spirit within him? 00:46:43.599 --> 00:46:48.960 So also no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 00:46:50.159 --> 00:46:56.559 Now we have received not the Spirit of this world, but the Holy Spirit who is from God. 00:46:56.719 --> 00:46:57.280 Why? 00:46:57.519 --> 00:47:09.760 So that we may know and understand the wonderful things freely, freely given to us by God. 00:47:24.880 --> 00:47:30.239 But in those taught by the Spirit. 00:48:14.559 --> 00:48:16.079 After so many years. 00:48:30.960 --> 00:48:33.920 See, don't think you know everything. 00:48:34.960 --> 00:48:40.239