By Revd 'Remi Tejumola
Good day to you, my friend. I bring you today an excerpt from my book The Revelation of the Awesome Power of the Holy Spirit for you to enjoy. If you want the full book, please get in touch with me through the following means: CellPhone: +2348033449182; email: rev_remitejumola@yahoo.com
Good day to you, my friend. I bring you today an excerpt from my book The Revelation of the Awesome Power of the Holy Spirit for you to enjoy. If you want the full book, please get in touch with me through the following means: CellPhone: +2348033449182; email: rev_remitejumola@yahoo.com
For your information I will be ministering with the Christ Chapel International Churches [CCIC], D-Line Centre, Port Harcourt, Rivers State from the 29th-31st May 2009 in a special Holy Spirit programme which starts with an All-Night programme on Friday 29th in the Church Auditorium. Plan to be there with your family and friends. It will be an awesome service by the grace of God.
Fixing Ministry Engagements
If you require my ministry in your church, ministry and fellowship, please get in touch through both my email and cellphone for details. God bless.
Fixing Ministry Engagements
If you require my ministry in your church, ministry and fellowship, please get in touch through both my email and cellphone for details. God bless.
In June, I will be with a church in Isolo, Lagos State, from the 7th-9th of June 2009; and also with another church in Abuja, Nigeria from the 25th-28th of June 2009. I will provide you with details in my next postings. As of now, enjoy todays message:
The Revelation Gifts:
The gifts of the Spirit are so called because they are manifested [by the Holy Spirit] through people as Paul said in 1 Corinthians 12:8: “For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom, and to another the word of knowledge ...”
These gifts manifest so frequently in some people’s lives that it is almost as if they can operate them at will. Even though these gifts manifest frequently through those people, it is still the Holy Spirit who initiates the manifestation of the gifts as He wills.
I was a member of a Christian fellowship in the College of Education, inside the Wesley College compound at Elekuro, Ibadan, for some months. In that fellowship, there was a sister that God used frequently in the gift of prophecy. Also, in the ministry where I grew up as a born-again Christian [The Faith Clinic], there were some sisters and brothers that were consistently used in the revelation gifts. Some of these people stood in the ministry office of the prophet, so these gifts manifested in them frequently. Of course, nobody should claim he is a prophet without having been called by God into that office and without having the revelation gifts manifesting in his life and ministry consistently. On the other hand, you must not claim to be a prophet just because these revelation gifts manifest in your life. You will surely get into deep trouble if you do. You see, you don’t assume a ministerial office by your own choice. You have to be called by God into that ministry office and spiritually equipped to fill it. The same is true concerning every other area of the ministry (Hebrews 5:4).
The revelation gifts reveal the Omniscient and Omnipresent qualities of the Holy Spirit to us.
All of the nine spiritual gifts reveal to us the entire scope, extent or range of the power and the ability of God the Holy Spirit. Discovering all these will help you understand fully the reason why the Holy Spirit is God and the great resources there are present in Him for you to tap into.
The Revelation Gifts:
The gifts of the Spirit are so called because they are manifested [by the Holy Spirit] through people as Paul said in 1 Corinthians 12:8: “For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom, and to another the word of knowledge ...”
These gifts manifest so frequently in some people’s lives that it is almost as if they can operate them at will. Even though these gifts manifest frequently through those people, it is still the Holy Spirit who initiates the manifestation of the gifts as He wills.
I was a member of a Christian fellowship in the College of Education, inside the Wesley College compound at Elekuro, Ibadan, for some months. In that fellowship, there was a sister that God used frequently in the gift of prophecy. Also, in the ministry where I grew up as a born-again Christian [The Faith Clinic], there were some sisters and brothers that were consistently used in the revelation gifts. Some of these people stood in the ministry office of the prophet, so these gifts manifested in them frequently. Of course, nobody should claim he is a prophet without having been called by God into that office and without having the revelation gifts manifesting in his life and ministry consistently. On the other hand, you must not claim to be a prophet just because these revelation gifts manifest in your life. You will surely get into deep trouble if you do. You see, you don’t assume a ministerial office by your own choice. You have to be called by God into that ministry office and spiritually equipped to fill it. The same is true concerning every other area of the ministry (Hebrews 5:4).
The revelation gifts reveal the Omniscient and Omnipresent qualities of the Holy Spirit to us.
All of the nine spiritual gifts reveal to us the entire scope, extent or range of the power and the ability of God the Holy Spirit. Discovering all these will help you understand fully the reason why the Holy Spirit is God and the great resources there are present in Him for you to tap into.
This teaching is not an introduction to the personality of the Holy Spirit, but an exposé on the make-up of the Holy Spirit, an analysis of His power.
As we begin to examine the depth and height, the length and breadth of His mighty power, remember that the Holy Spirit is a real person who is always present with you.
The Word of Wisdom
The gift of the word of wisdom is a supernatural manifestation of the Holy Spirit which gives a man insight into the future or reveals the future to him. Through this gift, the Holy Spirit gives information by speaking or showing the individual a fragmentary part of His knowledge about the future.
This gift shows us that the Holy Spirit sees and knows the future. He knows all that will ever happen. The Holy Spirit knows what is in the mind of the Almighty Father pertaining to the future – the Father’s plan for the entire universe. The Bible says, “...for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 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” (1 Corinthians 2:10-11).
God gave King Solomon a gift of wisdom, but this was not the gift of the word of wisdom mentioned in 1 Corinthians 12:7-11. The wisdom Solomon had, gave him the ability to discern judgement as he ruled the people of Israel, the people of God (1 Kings 3:9). Unlike the word of wisdom, however, it did not enable him to see into the future. A person who has the gift of the word of wisdom may not even be wise like Solomon (2 Chronicles 1:7-12). We have the book of Proverbs and the book of Ecclesiastes as a result of the wisdom God gave Solomon. Both the wisdom Solomon had and the word of wisdom are very important. No wisdom from God should be despised.
If you have the kind of wisdom that Solomon had you will be able to handle the affairs of life wisely. You can easily see that the wisdom of Solomon was not the revelation gift of the word of wisdom.
All the gifts of the Spirit manifest as the Holy Spirit wills. The gift of the word of wisdom will, therefore, only manifest as the Spirit wills. The wisdom that God gave Solomon was resident in him and was part of him so that he could make use of that wisdom anytime he needed to. He did not have this wisdom until God visited him and said to him, “Ask what I shall give thee” (2 Chronicles 1:7). He, therefore, asked God to give him wisdom and knowledge so that he could go out and come in before the people of God to judge them (2 Chronicles 1:10).
This wisdom is yours for the asking. You can believe God for it. The Bible actually encourages you to ask God for wisdom if you feel you need it (James 1:5-6). [...to be continued]
My newest book, The Reality of the Holy Spirit, is still in writing. I can honestly tell you that you have a lot coming your way in this book. A lot of questions are going to be answered.
As we begin to examine the depth and height, the length and breadth of His mighty power, remember that the Holy Spirit is a real person who is always present with you.
The Word of Wisdom
The gift of the word of wisdom is a supernatural manifestation of the Holy Spirit which gives a man insight into the future or reveals the future to him. Through this gift, the Holy Spirit gives information by speaking or showing the individual a fragmentary part of His knowledge about the future.
This gift shows us that the Holy Spirit sees and knows the future. He knows all that will ever happen. The Holy Spirit knows what is in the mind of the Almighty Father pertaining to the future – the Father’s plan for the entire universe. The Bible says, “...for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 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” (1 Corinthians 2:10-11).
God gave King Solomon a gift of wisdom, but this was not the gift of the word of wisdom mentioned in 1 Corinthians 12:7-11. The wisdom Solomon had, gave him the ability to discern judgement as he ruled the people of Israel, the people of God (1 Kings 3:9). Unlike the word of wisdom, however, it did not enable him to see into the future. A person who has the gift of the word of wisdom may not even be wise like Solomon (2 Chronicles 1:7-12). We have the book of Proverbs and the book of Ecclesiastes as a result of the wisdom God gave Solomon. Both the wisdom Solomon had and the word of wisdom are very important. No wisdom from God should be despised.
If you have the kind of wisdom that Solomon had you will be able to handle the affairs of life wisely. You can easily see that the wisdom of Solomon was not the revelation gift of the word of wisdom.
All the gifts of the Spirit manifest as the Holy Spirit wills. The gift of the word of wisdom will, therefore, only manifest as the Spirit wills. The wisdom that God gave Solomon was resident in him and was part of him so that he could make use of that wisdom anytime he needed to. He did not have this wisdom until God visited him and said to him, “Ask what I shall give thee” (2 Chronicles 1:7). He, therefore, asked God to give him wisdom and knowledge so that he could go out and come in before the people of God to judge them (2 Chronicles 1:10).
This wisdom is yours for the asking. You can believe God for it. The Bible actually encourages you to ask God for wisdom if you feel you need it (James 1:5-6). [...to be continued]
My newest book, The Reality of the Holy Spirit, is still in writing. I can honestly tell you that you have a lot coming your way in this book. A lot of questions are going to be answered.
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