John 1:1 ¶ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Greek: In the beginning was the logos, and the logos was in fellowship and communion with God, and God was the logos.

· · The word of God is comprised of the logos and the rhema word. Both are absolutely essential in furnishing us with the fullness of God’s knowledge and will, both as individual believers and corporately in our churches. The logos word defines God in general concepts and ideas to give us the “big picture” of who God is.

· · The rhema word is a moment-to-moment portion of the logos word uttered by the voice of God’s Spirit and “tailored made” to equip us with God’s commands, guidance, and the fulfillment of our needs in accordance to our specific circumstances.

· · With God: Not that Jesus was with God as one who was next or alongside Him, but as one that is with God because He lives in continual fellowship and communion with Him.

· The word was God. More correctly, “God was the logos”. Jesus, as God the Son, is first found in an eternal and continual communion with God the Father, so He can then come to mankind as the logos word, which translated and interpreted to us the conceptuality of the Father.

John 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.

· · This one was from all eternity is in constant communion and fellowship with God. (John repeats the theme of verse one to emphasize the complete sufficiency of Jesus to assume the role of “God, the logos word” to humanity.

Hebrews 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power ( the rhema words put out by His dunamis power), when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

· · Greek paraphrase: Who being the perfect reflection of God’s glory (Jesus is) and the perfect expression of the character and integrity of God’s substance, He also bears all things by the rhema word, which when He speaks releases His acts of dunamis power, through which acts, He bears all…..

Hebrews 11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

· · Greek paraphrase: Through faith we understand that the worlds and periods of times that span eternity are made, furnished and equipped, framed, and then hung (as completed paintings along the walls of God’s eternal plans) through His rhema word, so that what we see today was made out of things which are invisible to the naked eye.

· · Heb 2:4 God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?

· · Greek paraphrase: God adding His evidence (to that of those that were ministering for Him) both by signs and wonders, and different types of displays of His dunamis power, and distributions of His Holy Spirit in accordance to His will.

Romanss 15:19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel ( I have filled the glad tidings) of Christ.

· · A witness, or the bearer of testimony in the court of law, produces sufficient evidence for a jury to reach an adequate verdict of innocence or guilt. The ministries of all believers should operate to produce sufficient witness of the life of Jesus so that the jury of the world can accept or reject Him.

· · The “bulk of judicial testimony for His acceptance or rejection” can only come through a combinatory evidence of the word of God, the signs of wonders produced by miracles, and the gifts of the Holy Spirits, such as prophecy, and physical healing (really the gifts of instantaneous cures), all done in love.

I Sam 9: 18 Septuagint ¶ And Saul {1} drew near to Samuel into the midst of the city, and said, Tell me now {2} which is the house of the seer? (Which is the house of the glancing one?)

Mark 11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in (Have the “God kind” of faith, or the faith OF GOD!) God.

q q (God is in the genitive Greek case signifying possession; therefore it is “God possessing something”; in this case, “God’s possession of faith”)

Gal 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith, of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

(Greek: The life which I now live in the flesh, I live in faith, this being the faith which dwells in the Son of God. (Genitive Greek case signifying possession)

q Now that we comprehend that we are commanded to have the faith of the Son of God, or that we must live in dependency to the faith, which the Lord owns, we need to define what is the faith OF CHRIST?

q q The faith OF CHRIST is His rhema word. This is a crucial point!

q q God’s rhema word is a specific word, which the Holy Spirit speaks into our hearts when He wants to minister His purposes into a specific circumstance.

Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Rhema word of God.

(Greek: So then faith gets its life from hearing, but the type of hearing, which describes faith, must be exclusively one which comes through the rhema word of God.

Romans 10:8 But what saith it? The rhema word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the rhema word of faith, which we preach;

q q Every rhema word represents an itemized description of God’s measure of faith, as He has tailored it for every situation in which He speaks the rhema word into. It is therefore an account of what the Lord can accomplish within a particular circumstance.

Luke 1:37 For with God nothing( Rhema word) shall be impossible.

q q (The English is a poor translation: Greek: For with God every rhema word has the (indwelling) dunamis power to come to pass.

q q Secondly, the rhema word not only carries with it God’s measure of faith, but also God’s measure of dunamis power adapted for, and greater than the circumstance into which God speaks it into, assuring God a complete victory.

q q Thirdly, every rhema word reveals the Person of Christ. As Christ is revealed, the faith and power that He possesses, is manifested alongside with Him.

Romans 10:6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)

7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)

8 8 But what saith it? The rhema Word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the rhema word of faith, which we preach;

q q Verse six and seven of Romans ten tells us that we are not forced to take extraordinary measures to bring the Lord down from heaven or to bring up from the dead. In other words, we do not have to travel far and wide to find the Lord. As we go on to verse eight we suddenly find that the apostle Paul has switched gears from the Lord Jesus and is now talking about the rhema word. He says that Christ is not far from us, because the rhema word is near to us; even in our mouth and in our heart. Therefore the rhema word is the revelation of the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ, or is what brings the Lord Jesus to us as we walk in the Spirit.

q q In verse eight of John chapter seventeen, likewise, we observe that the rhema word reveals the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Learning to Live By the Rhema Word

How then, do we learn to walk in the Spirit and live our lives by God’s measure of faith?

q q The first step is to learn how to hear and discern the rhema word, which are the voice and the faith of God.

q q We must realize that the Lord Jesus in a non-stop fashion lives His life in us, as He dwells within us. Every work, which the Lord executes, is translated to us in our spirit as a rhema word. It is the rhema word, which shows us, what the Lord does within us.

q q We can go on to say that the more effective and discerning we are to live by the rhema word, the more that we will be in tune with that the Lord in us and what he desires to do. This futuristic aspect of the Lord’s rhema word is prophecy.

John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

q q In John five nineteen and twenty Jesus teaches us the secret of Christian life and ministry!

John 5:19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.

20 20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

q q Jesus only does what He sees the Father do. The seeing obviously is not physical, but spiritual. In fact Jesus greatest responsibility at all times is to continuously discern what the Father does in Him as His works become manifested to the Lord Jesus by the rhema word.

q q Herein lies ministry in the power of signs and wonders. It is our constant discernment of the works of Jesus within us, and our faithful execution of His rhema words without to the world at large, that brings forth the power of God into this world,

Luke 1:37 For with God nothing( Rhema word) shall be impossible.

(The English is a poor translation: Greek: For with God every rhema word has the (indwelling) dunamis power to come to pass.

q q When we accurately hear and minister a rhema word to a certain individual, it will have both the dunamis power and the faith of God to accomplish what the Lord has intended for that person. If the Lord working within us by a rhema word tells us to rebuke a cold and we do so, His word, full of His faith and power will heal the Person. This is how we operate by the faith of God.

q q However, if we were supposed to rebuke the enemy who was causing the cold, and we rebuked the cold instead, because we have ministered to the individual out of our feelings and rational understanding, and not by the rhema word, the person will not get healed. This is one reason why the church sees far less healings and deliverances than what it is ought to.

q q The rhema word is ALWAYS extremely specific. Success in ministry therefore lies in our ministering as narrowly as possible in accordance to the specifics of a particular rhema word.

q q If a rhema word shows us darkness and deception; darkness and deception must be rebuked. The more accurately that we minister in accordance to the specifics of the rhema word, the greater will be the release of the anointing of the Lord.

q q Likewise, one of the keys to our maturing in prophecy is to discern the rhema word of God and speak it out as it is seen within, adding and subtracting nothing from it.

The Cross and The Rhema Word

q q Our ability or inability to hear and discern the rhema word of God has a great deal to do with how deeply we allow the cross of the Lord Jesus to work in our lives. As I have taught before, the work of the cross of Christ daily kills off our diseased self-life.

q q Our self-life is plagued by the emotional tumults and noises of sins, hurts, fears and bondages. The tumults of our fettered soul drown out the small still voice of the rhema word of God. As the cross of Christ kills off what is not of the Lord, we become free and healed, and our souls become stilled in subjection to the voice of the rhema word of God. The deeper the cross of Christ works in us, the more stilled our inner life will become, and the ‘louder” will become the rhema word of God in our hearts

q q The work of the cross is only completely effective in a life of uncompromising obedience to the Lord. There are no shortcuts! An attitude of continual yieldedness to God’s will is absolutely essential for us to function be the rhema word of God.

Practice Makes Perfect

q The first time that we encounter God speaking within us it might come as a fluttering in our hearts, sweaty hands, and an unstoppable desire “to give a word”. Other times the word of the Lord comes to us as something that we know, that we know. These are examples of rhema words.

q q If we regard ourselves as obedient believers who embrace the cross, and are indeed learning to hear God’s rhema word, then our next step must be to put into play that old adage, “practice makes perfect.”

q q Whenever the Lord speaks to us a rhema word, we must learn to“step out in faith” to obey it. There is not two ways about it! We know that the rhema word is God’s measure of faith brought into a specific circumstance. Since the rhema is word that made up of faith, it will take our faith to discern it within, and execute it without. This is why the apostle James says the following.

James 2:20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

(Greek: ..that faith apart from works is a corpse)

q q In Hebrews five and fourteen we are taught the necessity of stepping out in faith again, and again, so that our discernment will mature sufficiently, and we will be able to distinguish between the rhema word of God in our spirits, and the desires of the flesh in our souls.

Hebrews 5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised ( Greek word; naked (gymnos) and also gymnastics) to discern both good and evil.

(Greek: But only for the mature and spiritually fully-grown man or woman that is attaining to Christ’s character belongs solid food. Even to him, or her, who has a developed the habit of entering into fellowship with spiritual perception and discernment that can distinguish the good from the evil. Their mature perception and discernment blossoming as the result of spiritual training performed like athletes as they have voluntarily discarded and became naked from all worldly things, so that their spiritual training may be vigorous and unhindered.

John 14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the (Rhema words) that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

· · We now see in John 14:10 that the rhema words of the Spirit are the translation of the Father’s works within us. The translated rhema words contain the power of God to make the works of the Father come to pass.

· · Philippians tells us that the Father is constantly empowering us and showing us His works as He speaks one rhema word after another in our hearts.

· · We work out or complete our salvation, step by step, as we obey the rhema word. The Lord never requires us to obey Him without a rhema word that will empower us with the discernment to know His will, and then provides us with God’s power so that His activity can be effectively displayed through us as we obey the discerned word.

· · Let us go to another example of how we are to walk with the Lord.

John 17:8 For I have given unto them the RHEMA WORDS which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.

· · We can now victoriously walk out of that sin since we now operate in God’s wisdom and prudence. The rhema word has given to us the power of God found in the works of the Father and the revealed Christ to carry them out for us. All we need to do is to be faithful to obey every rhema word. If we have not received the portion of the revealed Christ for the specified sin, and try to overcome it by ourselves we fall into the law whose job is simply to expose our sinfulness. If we do it by the portion of the Lord’s revelation within us, we operate by the grace or labor of Christ to which sin has no dominion over.

Mark 2:5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.

· · Verse five tells us that Jesus saw their faith. This is the same Greek word for “instinctively knowing.” Whenever Jesus instinctively sees a grain of pure faith in us, He always acts.

· · Thy sins be forgiven thee. The bondage is broken and your sins are released and sent far away from you so that they no longer afflict you with paralysis. The Lord Jesus’ command for the forgiveness of sins in this case is in the Greek perfect tense. The Greek perfect tense is an aorist or an accomplished event but with effects or impact that lasts forever.

Mark 2:8 And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?\

· · Perceived: The word for perceive is defined as having a thorough, accurate, and precise knowledge of an object, so that by our thorough understanding of it we can grasp it and make it our own. Jesus’ command of spiritual gifts was so complete and the clarity of the Father’s voice was so precise within Him, that His discernment of the rhema word was thorough.

· · We must minister in the same thorough, accurate and precise knowledge of the rhema word. It is required that we accurately discern a malady as caused by a generational or habitual sin, a demon, or just a simple sickness.

· · For example, there are number of occasions in which physical sicknesses are directly caused by the demonic, and unless the demonic is taken care of, the person will never be healed, no matter how much faith we have.

Mark 5:30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?

· · Knowing: As with the word perceived in Mark 2:8; Jesus knew in this same accurate and through knowledge of the rhema word, that dunamis power had gone out of Him.

· · The woman’s faith released the dunamis power of God! A pure grain of faith always releases the dunamis power of God!

1 Tim 1:3 I thank God, whom I serve(our religious service to the Lord) from my forefathers with pure (free from evil, innocent because it is free from evil, and resulting in nothing that the devil or man can point an accusatory finger at) conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;

· The voice of the Lord is in our conscience

· · The conscience is a simple barometer of what dwells in our lives. A pure conscience reflects a life that has nothing for the devil to hold on to and keep us in bondage, or for the worse of heathen to lawfully charge us with wrongdoing.

· · Serve: There are different aspects that describe the Christian as a servant of the Lord. One is the servant in the capacity of his or her relationship to God. Yes, our relationship with God is always one of sons or daughters. Our sonship however must be executed in the capacity of “love slaves” of the Lord Jesus Christ or what is called a “doulos.” The second aspect is the servant in the capacity of his or her ministry by the use of spiritual gifts. This is the “diakonos”. The third type, which is the one mentioned in verse three, is the servant in the capacity of rendering general religious service versus another type of occupation. This is “latreo”

· The bottom line is that for believers to serve in their religious occupation, it must be done with a pure conscience.

I Tim 1:5 ¶ Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

· · Secondly is our conscience. Watchman Nee tells us that the conscience is a component of or a barometer of the voice of the Holy Spirit. Let us look at what the apostle Paul has to tell us about the conscience.

Romans 2:15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;

· · Greek: Their consciences also bearing witness with their hearts, and between one another (in their conscience) their collective thoughts constantly accusing or defending. (Seems like the operation of the voice of the Holy Spirit!)

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Romans 9:1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,

· · My conscience bears witness to me in the realm or world that belongs to the Holy Spirit. (My conscience operates within the world that belongs to the Holy Spirit.)

2 Corinthians 1:12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

· · We use the testimony (of accusing or defending) that our conscience gives to conduct ourselves in this world.

2 Timothy 1:3 I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;

· · I thank God whom I render religious service to…in a world that belongs to a pure conscience.

John 5:20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

Greek: For the Father is fond of the Son and shows Him all things that He does in a way that can be proven and for proof, and greater than these works will he show you with the goal in His mind that you may wonder.

· Ministers of God must know that continually, at all moments, the Father is exhibiting within them all that He does in way that the minister can understand and prove the work of God, and then manifest it as proof into the world. The well is always uncovered, and always gushing and bubbling in us. The rhema word is continually at operation within every believer at all times, and in all places. If we cannot hear the rhema word, we must find out why.

Mat 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

· · By every rhema word that proceeds from moment to moment out of God’s mouth.

John 5:16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day

John 5:17 ¶ But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

· · Worketh is defined in exactly the same way that a company strives to be successful in producing the services for which it is in business for.

· · Hitherto: Until now. My Father has been continually at work, producing the services that pertain to the business of the kingdom of God in an unbroken flow, right through all of your Sabbaths; and even now as we speak, He works.

· · And I work: I, in like manner.

· · This is a tremendously important point of instruction for ministers who desire to work in the Spirit.

· · Jesus tells us that we are to work out into the world, what the Father works into us with exactly the same intentions, intensity, and procedures used by the Father. Our ministry must be a carbon copy of the Father’s ministry in us. Remember that every work of the Father is translated into a rhema word that we can understand.

John 14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the rhema words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

· · The greater our understanding of the intentions, intensity, and procedures used by the Father, the greater will be the manifestation of the flow of the well.

· · Likewise the operation of the gift of faith gives clarity to the rhema word

Gal 3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ( submerged into the domain, sphere, or world of Christ’s influence and sovereignty ) have put on Christ (now wear Christ, whom as clothes which totally cover us, influences and affects back through us to conform us into His image.)

· · I once read an excellent example on Biblical baptism. In the days of Christ there was a recipe to create a “pickled” vegetable. It was said that a vegetable was BAPTISED into THE LOCATION or SPHERE of a vinegar solution. After awhile, the vinegar WORKED INSTRUMENTALLY BACK through the vegetable and “pickled” it.

· · Tofu, likewise, acquires the taste and texture of any food that it is baptized into. We can say that with whatever food the tofu is BAPTISED INTO, it is INSTRUMENTALLY influenced back by that food to make the tofu like it.

Gal 5:25 If we live in ( Instrumental (By)) in the Spirit, let us also walk (Greek word which is defined as “marching in the footsteps of a soldier”) in (Instrumental (By)) the Spirit.

· · Greek paraphrase) (It is a given that we should be living our lives not in the present day world system, but in the domain, influence, and sovereignty of the world of the Holy Spirit. Because we are being continually affected and influenced by the Spirit, in that influence and effect we must march in step as soldiers so that the Spirit’s influence can go on, deepen, intensify, and continue interrupted.

· · In the gospel of John we find number of instances in which the Lord Jesus tells us that we are not of this world system.

· · In Galatians five and twenty five, we then see the apostle Paul telling us that it is a given that we should be living in the world of the Spirit. In Galatians five and twenty-five we find a wonderful example of location and instrumentality. We live in the world of the Holy Spirit, and must march as a soldier in step to the Spirit’s workings back through us as He instrumentally influences and affect us.

· · Paul exhorts us to live continually in the world of the Holy Spirit, so that every action of our lives becomes permeated, influenced, affected, and controlled by the work, power, strength, and liberty of the Holy Spirit.

· · Victory and liberty in the Lord is found in proportion to how much the Spirit can control and take over our every action. Victory is not found in our trying to overcome. It is found in our being submerged deep enough into the world of the Holy Spirit so that He can influence and affect us at ever point. We are filled with the Spirit, in proportion to how much the Spirit is working back through us to influence, affect, control, and overtake our every action of ours.

· · Paul tells us in Galatians five and twenty-five that our lives must be lived BY THE INSTRUMENTALITY of the Spirit’s actions.

Gal 5:16 This I say then, Walk( The totality of our daily activities and the way that we conduct ourselves in them) in the Spirit) (Instrumental (BY), and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. (Greek double negative: and it will be impossible for you to fulfill the flesh’s strong desire through act of your will

· · Let us now look at Galatians five and sixteen. The Greek word for “walk” is the sum total of our daily affairs, and the ways in which conduct ourselves in them.

· · Paul commands us TO BAPTISE every affair in our daily life into the world of the Holy Spirit so that the Spirit through His instrumentality can affect, influence, reconcile, control, and overtake every one of those affairs.

· · THEN, AND ONLY THEN, shall we not fulfill the lusts of the flesh!!

John 14:20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, ( Jesus lives continually in the domain of the Father’s world and ye in me( We must be therefore located in the domain of Christ’s world), and I in you.(So that Christ can instrumentality work back through us, by pervading, influencing, and affecting.)

2 Cor 3:17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is,(Location: sphere or domain) there is liberty.

· · Greek: There, where the Spirit is, and ONLY within the domain and influence of the Spirit, EXCLUSIVE OF ANYTHING OTHER LOCATIONS, DOMAINS, OR SOVEREIGNTIES, is there liberty.

· · Two Corinthians three and seventeen tells us that only inside the world of the Spirit will we find liberty, which is the result of the availability of all things now in the state reconciliation.

Prophecy in The World of the Spirit.

John 1:33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with (Greek case of location: into the domain, world, and sphere of) the Holy Ghost.

· · The baptism of the Holy Spirit is simply our ticket into the oceans of the Spirit. The baptism of the Spirit will not become a reality unless we dive deeper and deeper into these oceans on a daily basis.

2 Cor 2:17 For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.(prophetical speech must be done in the domain or sphere of the Spirit.)

Acts 2:4 And they were all filled (by being baptized into the world of the Holy Ghost) with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak( not just the content of what is being said, but mainly the utterances or the expressions used) with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them(The instrumentality of the Spirit now working back through them as they were “located and filled inside the domain of the Spirit”, to give them prophetic utterance) utterance. (The language of prophets, ecstatic speech, miraculous verbal impulses, the oracles of seers)

· · The Holy Spirit not only gives to us, the content of our speech, but the expressions and utterances used to manifest it. The deeper our lives are in the realm of the Spirit, the clearer will the content of what we must speak prophetically, and the stronger will be the verbal expressions and utterances through the which it is manifested.

· · The prophetic flow of speech, or what the Old Testament calls prophesying the oracles of the Lord, is a flow of God’s speech, which bubbles up in our spirits. As we are filled with the Spirit of God, the bubbling of God’s speech, which rides on the surface of the waters of the Spirit, as He progressively fills us up with them, arises higher and higher upon these rising waters until it reaches the level of our mouths and flows out.

· · Let us look at a few more examples of the Spirit’s ability in giving us both the content and the expressions and utterance of prophetical speech.

John 12:49 For I have not spoken of myself ( LOCATION: (Jesus is located within, or submerged into the Father) I absolutely have not uttered anything from my independent and exclusive self); but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment (The instrumentality of the Father working back through Jesus), what I should say, and what I should speak. (So permeated Jesus the Father, as to give to Him both the utterances and expressions of speech, and the content of the speech carried by them)

John 8;28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he ( I am) , and that I do nothing of myself (and that from my independent and exclusive self I do nothing); but as my Father hath taught me( but as the Father has instrumentally penetrated, affected, and influenced me) I speak these things (these things I utter and express prophetically, by that divine influence which has permeated me.)

Mat 10;19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought ( don’t try to figure out or speculate) how or what ye shall speak (how the expressions and utterances of prophetic speech will come out, or what their content will be): for it shall be given you in that same hour( in the very moment that you need it) what ye shall speak.(what you shall speak prophetically)

for it is not ye that speak (For it is absolutely not you expressing and uttering forth out by your own strength) , but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in (instrumental BY) you.(But the Spirit of your Father expressing Himself back through you)

1 Cor 12:3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by(both the domain, location, and sphere, of the world of Christ and the instrumentality or influence of its working back through us) the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

2 Cor 13:3 Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me,(Location; domain, sphere) which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you (Instrumentality: The greatest display of Christ’s power and prophetical speech as He is located within us, is in His ministry through us to others.)

1 Cor 12:8 For to one is given through the Spirit ( Agency) the (A) word of wisdom; and to another the ( A) word of knowledge, according( reference, respect to, or in relationship) to the same Spirit:

· · A word of knowledge, or wisdom, is a mode of prophecy. The King James is incorrect in calling it “the” word of wisdom or knowledge. It should be “a” word of wisdom or knowledge. In other words, the word (of wisdom and knowledge), which is given to us by the Spirit of God, is a type of word, which has a “wisdom or knowledge content”, exclusively of being made up of any other contents. Because it is one specific logos word, with a specific content, it is in fact a rehma word.

· · We have studied location and instrumentality. I would not like to discuss with you agency. The agent of action, or agency, in grammar, is the vehicle through which the second item is able instrumentality work back to affect the first item, which had been baptized into it. In other words when we immerse ourselves into the world of the Holy Spirit, the Spirit works back through us. However the Spirit needs a vehicle or agent THROUGH which He can work back to affect us. As we will study later on, the Spirit of God uses on many occasions, our mouths and hands as an agent to work back through.

· · 1Cor 12:8 tells us in this case the Spirit of God is the agent or vehicle by which the word of prophecy works itself back through us as we are immersed in the Spirit of God. It would go to say, that the more that we immersed into the world of the Spirit, the greater will be the ability for prophecy to flow through us, in that the Spirit Himself, is the vehicle for prophecy to flow through.

· · The second term of significance is the preposition “according or according to”. Defined, this means: “With reference or respect to, limited to, in relationship to, or bounded by.”

· · In other words, only the portion of the prophetical word, which is done in, and by the Spirit of God, will be accurate. Once again, we can see from this example, the importance of living as much and as deeply as possible in the world of the Holy Spirit.

· · Let us look at a few examples of agency, or the vehicle, which the Holy Spirit uses to work through and back to us. Without an agent the Holy Spirit has no channel through which He can affect us as we submerge ourselves into His world.

Luke 1:70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:

· · Because the gift of prophecy is a verbal manifestation of faith and the mouth is THE AGENT through which the Holy Spirit affects the world back through us, we must open our mouths with just a word or two. We will find that our steps of faith will allow the Spirit to give to us more as the process of prophecy goes forth.

Acts 5:12 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.

Acts 19:11 And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:

The Power of the World of the Spirit

Mat 8:8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only By a word, or by the instrumentality of a word. The word itself healed the servant), and my servant shall be healed.

· · Herein we see the power of the world of the Spirit. The Greek tells us, “speak by a logos word,” not the logos word, but “a” logos word, making it into a specific word with a content of healing, or a rehma word.

· · “By” a logos word” tells us that it is the word itself influencing and affecting the situation, causes the healing. Jesus did not heal the servant. The rehma word of God working through Jesus is the one, which healed. Jesus’ life was so submerged in the Spirit of God, that He lived in the domain of supernatural faith found within this world. Secondly, He lived in the world in which all is new and reconciled to God, and all is available. The faith released through Him inside the word that He spoke, caused the word itself to heal the servant.

Hebrews 4:2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith ( The word “mixed” is defined as the beating, melting, or tempering together of equal measures of two alloys, the rhema word and faith, to create the element termed as the power of God) in them that heard it

· · Let us look at a few more examples the rhema word, tempered or beat in every instance with an equal measure of faith as found in the domain of the Spirit, to create a “word” itself which heals, or casts out a demon.

Matthew 8:16 When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word (By the instrumentality of the word; Jesus did not cast out the devils, but the word of God operating in Him), and healed all that were sick:

Luke 4:32 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with (Instrumental) power.(His word had the “instrumentality of authority”; The word itself, in the domain of the Spirit, exercises God’s jurisdiction over the works of the enemy in the same way that a state trooper exercises jurisdiction over the interstate highways.

Luke 7:7 Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word( By a word or by the instrumentality of a word. The word itself healed the servant), and my servant shall be healed.

Luke 11:20 But if I with the finger of God(By the instrumentality of the Spirit; Jesus did not cast out the devils. The rehma word originated in the Spirit and operating through Jesus, cast out the devil) cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.

Doing Nothing From Myself

John 7:17 If any man will do his will( If any one out of His own will desires to do God’s will) he shall know of the doctrine( Instrumental: teaching), whether it be of God, or whether I speak of ( from the edge of; the idea of separation or departure from) myself.( exclusively and independently from myself as a source and from none other.)

· · Jesus never did or spoke anything, which originated from Himself. Everything He did, originated from the Father, and was revealed to Jesus through the Holy Spirit. Secondly, Jesus never did anything that was exclusively His ideas, agenda or timetable. Everything, which he planned and carried out, was inclusive of what the Father desired. Finally every action, which He took, and every word, which He spoke, was in dependency to the workings of the Holy Spirit within Him. The Lord Jesus never acted independently from the Father.

· · This was the key to the Lord’s supernatural faith and miracle working power. The fact that while on the earth, the Lord lived dependent, inclusive, and originated everything with the Father, shows us the depth of Jesus life in the world of the Holy Spirit.

· · This is what Jesus means when he tells us that He does nothing from Himself.

· · To the degree that we do not seek ourselves as the ones from whom anything originates, and then carry it out independently and exclusively from God, will automatically live in the teaching of the Father.

18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

· · They that speak independently, selfishly, and exclusive, of the Spirit of God, seeks their own glory…(but they which from the world of the Spirit, allowing for the Spirit to permeate and work back through them, will be seeking the glory of God, and will speak ecstatically, prophetically, and under divine impulse, as oracles of God that will bring forth His glory.)

John 8;28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he ( I am) , and that I do nothing of myself (and that I do nothing independently and exclusively from the Father); but as my Father hath taught me( but as the Father has instrumentally penetrated, affected, and influenced me) I speak these things (these things I utter, express, and speak prophetically, by that divine influence which has permeated me.)

John 12:49 For I have not spoken of myself ( LOCATION: (Jesus is located within, or submerged into the Father) I absolutely have not uttered anything independently and exclusively from the Father); but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment (The instrumentality of the Father working back through Jesus), what I should say, and what I should speak. (So permeated Him the Father as to give Him both the utterances and expressions of speech, and the contents of them)

John 6:28 ¶ Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?

29 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God (The Father works His works back through the disciples, as He affects and influences them in proportion to how much he or she submerges into the world of the Spirit.), that ye believe on him (Greek “INTO”; location, domain, submerging into) whom he hath sent.

Modes of Ministry

· · To glance in the Spirit, not particularly with understanding, at what the Father does within us, gives us the ability to externally minister with identicalness to the Father. This is because ministry is initiated by faith without understanding. Much ministry can be initiated with a spiritual glancing at what the Father does within us to allow us to minister it externally with identicalness. Please look with me at the following verse.

John 5:9Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth (To habitually glance at what the Father does in the Spirit. This is not discernment with understanding) the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. ( Greek word “homos” )

· · Glancing in the Spirit to what the Father does, gives us that momentary instinctive knowledge, which on many occasions, is enough for us to step out in faith and do with identicalness what we have acquired instinctively in our spirits.

· · Our right to do so is based on the fact that we have an equal inner spiritual nature to that of the Father, giving us identity with Him in our outward actions. We are responsible to work with identicalness to what we see on the Spirit. This is what the term “homos” means.

· · Sometimes however, prophecy, and probably with more of the type, which involve visions, and of more detailed and intricate ministry, requires more than a simple glancing in the Spirit. It requires spiritual vision with discernment, and understanding.

John 8:38 ¶ I speak (INSTRUMENTALITY: to utter and express prophetically (not the content of the speech)) that which I (What I) have seen ( To see with a spiritual discernment which causes me to understand) with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.

· · Compare with John 3:11 below.

John 3:11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know (We utter prophetically what we know instinctively in the Spirit in one moments time, and not as needing the acquisition of knowledge in the continuum of time), and testify ( but however bear acquired knowledge as with a prophetic vision) that we have seen (only when we see with discernment and understanding); and ye receive not our witness.

John 5:17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto ( My Father never ceases working in the Spirit) and I work.(and I work externally, using exactly the same procedures and in exactly the same manner in which I see instinctively the Father working within me.)

· · For us to know by instinct, in one moment of time, what the Father speaks in us (without understanding what He is saying, and without having to get the whole message of what the Father wants to say first) is what we need to begin to open up our mouths and speak prophetically.

John 3:11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know (We utter prophetically what we know instinctively in the Spirit in one moments time, and not as needing the acquisition of knowledge in the continuum of time), and testify ( but however can only bear testimony as with a prophetic vision) that we have seen (only when we see with discernment and understanding); and ye receive not our witness.

· · Simple prophecy does not require our understanding, but an instinctive knowing in our spirits of what the Father is doing.

· · However, in order to bear witness, as in seeing and explaining a detailed prophetic vision (in a sequence of pictures or details), we need to see in the Spirit with discernment and not just as a simple glancing.

· · Hearing the voice of the Spirit allows us to administer the kingdom step by step alongside the “continuum in time” of what we are hearing.

John 5:30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father, which hath sent me.

· · “Judging”, in the verse above is the administration of God’s kingdom in the Spirit.

Romans 12:6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion(Greek “corresponding to the word) of faith;(belonging to faith)

· · Prophecy is faith in one of its manifestation, this manifestation being in the “the word belonging to faith, or which is produced in the spirit as an expression of faith.

· · Faith, which produces a rehma word, is the FAITH OF GOD working in us. The rehma word is a translation of God’s faith into a medium that we can discern, minister externally, and understand. When we minister the rehma word we are ministering the faith that God Himself has.

· · Prophecy is God’s faith in the verbal expression of His rehma word. Therefore, prophecy is faith, and must be given by faith.

· · Prophecy therefore does not require our understanding, but a simple instinctive knowing of the “corresponding word” (proportion of faith), which God by His faith, or God’s faith, produced in us.

· · To the proportion that we hear or see the word is to the proportion that we prophesy.

· · Degrees of ministry in the Spirit

1 John 1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;

· · Heard,

· · Seen with discernment,

· · Behold as a movie in a theater,

· · Felt, touched, and handled of the “Word of The Life” or the word which when ministered contains God’s “kind of life” and the operations of that life within it, to make the ministry operational.

Eph 6:12 For we wrestle (arm to arm to arm encounters at close quarters) not against flesh and blood, but against ( Greek word for fellowship and communion; in this case hostile in nature) principalities, against (Greek word for fellowship and communion; in this case hostile in nature) powers, against (Greek word for fellowship and communion; in this case hostile in nature) the rulers of the darkness of this world, against (Greek word for fellowship and communion; in this case hostile in nature) spiritual (must be handled in the Spirit) wickedness in high places.( In spiritual places or must be handled by the Spirit of God in us)

· · Herein we find that spiritual warfare must be always done at close quarters with the enemy, because it is a wrestling match. Because the wickedness is spiritual, it can only be combated in the Spirit. Likewise, because the spiritual wickedness dwells in heavenly places, it must be likewise executed in the Spirit.

John 5:20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

Greek: For the Father is fond of the Son and shows Him all things that He does in a way that can be proven and for proof, and greater than these works will he show you with the goal in His mind that you may wonder.

· · Ministers of God must know that continually, at all moments, the Father is exhibiting within them all that He does in way that the minister can understand and prove the work of God, and then manifest it as proof into the world. The well is always uncovered, and always gushing and bubbling in us. The rhema word is continually at operation within every believer at all times, and in all places. If we cannot hear the rhema word, we must find out why.

John 5:16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day

John 5:17 ¶ But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

· · Worketh is defined in exactly the same way that a company strives to be successful in producing the services for which it is in business for.

· · Hitherto: Until now. My Father has been continually at work, producing the services that pertain to the business of the kingdom of God in an unbroken flow, right through all of your Sabbaths; and even now as we speak, He works.

· · And I work: I, in like manner.

· · This is a tremendously important point of instruction for ministers who desire to work in the Spirit.

· · Jesus tells us that we are to work out into the world, what the Father works into us with exactly the same intentions, intensity, and procedures used by the Father. Our ministry must be a carbon copy of the Father’s ministry in us. Remember that every work of the Father is translated into a rhema word that we can understand.

The Spirit versus the Soul

Romans12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God

The intellect then, through wisdom put into motion the promptings of the Lord.

The Natural versus the Spiritual Christian

As we begin tackling the issue of walking in the spirit it is vitally important that we understand that there are three types of people, and two types of believers. There is the carnal, (sarkikos or fleshly) the natural,(psychikos; or psychological man: the man of the soul, or psyche) and the spiritual.(pneumatikos; or spiritual man: the man of the spirit, air, or breath) Believers are either natural or spiritual. God desires all of us to be “pneumatic Christians; discerning the breath of the Spirit of the living God.” Unfortunately most of us function as natural people. Let us finish our study today by looking at the second chapter of first Corinthians.

1Cor 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

10 10 But God hath revealed them( taking the lid off) unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth(sounds out) all things, yea, the deep things of God.

11 11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

These verses explain to us that the only way for us to know instinctively the things of God is through our spirit. God only knows how many times, and sadly enough, have we put wheels to God’s visions and plans upon the whims of our intellect and reasoning. Now wonder our churches are so weak!

14 But the natural man(psychikos) ( receiveth(to welcome with open rams) not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. (to investigate, examine and determine something so as to render a decision)

15 15 But he that is spiritual(pneumatikos) judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

We have stopped short beloved! Many of us have made psychology the means, and the end of our Christian life. We understand with our minds, and plan with our intellects. The natural Christian will not welcome the things of the Spirit of God. Our Lord many times works through seemingly irrational means. Our souls quite the opposite work logically and rationally. God must heal our souls so that they can uncompromisingly submit themselves to the leading of the Holy Spirit. Only the spiritual man can accurately investigate the plans of God. Only can he sound them out and render decisions in line with the will of God. God can only truly bless what comes from His Spirit. Any work done outside of the Holy Spirit carries a transitory blessing at best!

God Bless You! We shall continue to delve into this most important topic in subsequent lessons.

My dear brethren:

Today’s study will give attention to the Greek word “rhema”. The rhema is one of two Greek words for the word “word”, and especially in connection with the “word of God” . Let us look at these two words.

· · John 1:1 In the beginning was the LOGOS (word), and the LOGOS(word) was with God, and the LOGOS(word) was God.

· · Matthew 12:36 But I say unto you, That every idle RHEMA (word) that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

The “logos” describes “the word of God” as an idea or a concept, usually in a written form. The “rhema” however is a personally spoken word of revelation, prophecy, or knowledge, through the mouth of God to us, in regards to a particular circumstance. We have all said at one time or another, “this scripture really leaped out at me”! This is a “rhema word” given you by the Lord to minister to you in a particular situation. Gross misunderstanding and ignorance of the distinction between these two types of “words”, lends greatly to the weak state of our church today. Let us look at some examples that will help us to learn.

· · Matthew 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every RHEMA that proceedeth( from moment to moment) out of the mouth of God.

Oh how this scripture burdens me time and time again, because the precious bride of Christ does not dig deep enough into God to know how to cultivate the voice of God within its heart. Secondly, the church does not learn to live in total dependency to the personal word of revelation from God to it, moment by moment. Beloved, our learning to do this is the difference between spiritual life and death!

· · Luke 1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible. The literal interpretation of this verse is as follows: Every “rhema” of God has absolute power to come to pass! Wow!

The power of the living word of God will never ever cease. The more of the rhema we have revealed within us, the more we will operate in the power of God.

· · Luke 5:5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy RHEMA I will let down the net. The disciples of Jesus had been painfully laboring throughout the night to catch fish, and had accomplished little. This account describes perfectly the activity of our churches. Much of our goings-on have been spent upon programs, agendas, and committees, and little upon the guidance, strategy, and power of the Holy Spirit through the rhema. Notice that the “one rhema” of Jesus brought a huge catch.

John 3:34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the RHEMAS of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. . Each time we hear, speak, and act upon the rhema word, the power of God will be released. This is the key to a healing and deliverance ministry.

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· · John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the RHEMAS that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. What ever we do beyond the voice of God, no matter how noble, noteworthy, merciful, or charitable it is, will always produce a measure of spiritual death. Every activity in our Christian walk, and in our congregations must be based wholly upon the voice of the living God.

· · John 6:68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the RHEMAS of eternal life. Only the voice of God produces eternal life. Even the best voices of our intellects, promoting church activities and functions, which have not been commanded by the Lord will generate some spiritual death.

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· · John 12:47 And if any man hear my RHEMAS and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

· · John 12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my RHEMAS>, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. What a sobering admonition Jesus gives us here! Can you imagine that our willful disobedience to the voice of God during our earthly life will be our judge in the next one?

· · John 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my RHEMAS abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Many times we take the name of Jesus as a “magic wand” and have believed that asking in that name will get us anything we want. My brothers and sisters, our asking and receiving must always be in accordance to the rhema of God. God will always honor his rhema word since it comes from Him. According to His rhema, our prayers will always be answered, and we will get anything that we ask for!

· · John 17:8 For I have given unto them the RHEMAS which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. This scripture supports the vital importance of spiritual gifts. The revelatory words of God make manifest the Christ to the world. Christ today dwells in glory. Glory is what makes the invisible Christ visible! How we need the full manifestation of spiritual gifts in our churches for the full manifestation of Christ. What a ploy of the enemy it is to shut them out, or to tell us that they are not needed today.

· · Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the RHEMA of God. We must shed some extra light on this ever-important and much quoted scripture. God wants us all to move in faith, and will take us from faith to more faith, until it becomes totally naturally to live in it. However, as we have been learning, everything must start with the voice of God revealed within our hearts. Obedience acts upon the rhema, and faith is developed through our obedience. I heard a true story of some kids that attempted to walk on the ocean or maybe a lake like Jesus and Peter. They drowned, because they had attempted this miracle without the rhema. Remember brethren, stepping out into ministry without having heard the voice of God is presumption, and you and I will really get burned.

· · Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

· · Ephesians 5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the RHEMA. These scriptures “hit home” at one of the very major problems within our churches today. The church will only be purified and made holy by the revelatory word of God. The rhema is what washes the bride of Christ and heals and restores it. Let me ask you a question. If the flow of spiritual gifts is curtailed in our congregations, and the rhema is quenched, how will the church ever be washed and made holy? Pretty serious stuff!

· · Ephesians 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the RHEMA of God: Brethren, it is time for us to know that the only offensive weapon that we have against Satan and his schemes such as sickness, bondage, and sin is the rhema word of God. If we don’t know how to operate in the revelatory word of God, we will never attain a complete victory against the devil, the world, and the flesh !

· · Peter 1:25 But the RHEMA of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the RHEMA which by the gospel is preached unto you. Finally my beloved brothers and sisters; our witnessing and evangelism must be always done in the power of God through the rhema, if it is it to be truly effective. Evangelism programs are good yes, but without the living word spoken into the lives of every lost soul that we encounter, the effectiveness of every program will be limited. May God Richly Bless You, Jose Alvarez

(I Cor 12:4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.

5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.

6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.

7 7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.)

· · Verse four, of First Corinthians chapter twelve, tells us that God has given to the church a diversity of spiritual gifts. Verse five describes for us that God has likewise given a variety of ministries and offices to Christians. Verse six tells us that God administers His gifts and ministries in a multitude of ways, according to the person whom He works through, and the circumstances in which He releases these gifts and ministries in. Verse seven tells us that God’s spiritual gifts and or ministries have been given to every Christian; none is exempt! No one has the luxury of being a pew sitter, and no one has the right to prohibit the manifestation of the Spirit through another believer. Verse seven goes on to tell us that the function of spiritual gifts and ministries is simply to the manifest the Holy Spirit. What is so important about manifesting the Holy Spirit? Look with me now at John 15:26.

John 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

Revelation 19:10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. (Prophecy through the rhema word is the testimony or the revelation of the Person of Christ.)