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The Power Gifts Of The Spirit Pt. 26 | Pastor Craig Field | Wed. Feb. 25, 2026
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Okay. Much to your chagrin, I remembered my notes. I know many were praying. I could feel it today. Lord, let him forget them. Let him forget the notes. But I forgot my password, so it might have the same effect. Let's try it a third time. We're trying to save the rainforest by not printing so much. Amen. Thank you, sister. If you keep playing, I won't get into the word because it's so beautiful. So quit being beautiful and sit down. Hallelujah. Amen. Is everyone well tonight? Okay, well, the first challenge we have overcome is we bought the laptop. The second challenge. Peter, stop texting me, please. The second challenge is we remembered the password. And the final challenge is let's find the file. This may not work. I'm just warning you. So we might just order pizza and call it an early evening. They're so sweet, Jenny. Did you hear how they were all so aggressive there in saying, oh, no, I'm not the most technical person, but Happy did teach me how to click, so I think we'll get there. Amen. How are you all doing tonight? Are you going to start to worship him in spirit more? Amen. And not just in English. And don't just keep tongues for your traditional prayer time. Amen. Now let's. Sorry. I found it. So we have to move forward. Hallelujah. It's so good to see you all. Did you have a good day today? Hallelujah. Well, let's start from the beginning. It's been so long, I can't remember what Jesus did. He apparently did 37 supernatural acts. What was the first one? For all of you religious folks, he made people wine. And I think I spent time explaining that it was actually wine. So let's just get over it. Although I'm not telling you to drink. And now put. What the thing was, was it okay? What does that mean? What does Gough mean? Gift of faith. And what is Jeewam? Gift of the working of miracles. Why? Because water does not become wine on its own. And it takes a supernatural act on a natural plane. Amen. It's an intervention. This is the definition of working miracles in the ordinary course of nature. And when God intervenes. I love looking at this because Jesus only gave us 37 to go with, so it's not like he gave us 6,000. He gave us 37 out of the all four Gospels, Jenny. 37 acts. Because they're enough to teach us whatever we need to know about the supernatural. And I've taken time explaining to you in great length in detail what is the Gifts of healings. What is the gift of faith? What is the gift of the working of miracles? This is our Power Gift series that we're almost finished now. But the first thing he did was that, and it was the gift of faith and the working of miracles. Second one he did was he healed the nobleman's son in Capernaum. And what was that? Do you remember that? I'm not going over it because I've already gone over it. Do you remember what that was? That. That was the gifts of healings. Why? Because the guy didn't believe when Jesus said, from this hour he will be healed. Then after he said it, he said, I can believe now. But before Jesus said it, the man had no faith. And he even told him that he had no faith. So we know he had no faith. So this is just the mercy of God, because really when the gifts of healings operate and you don't need faith to receive it, it's the mercy of God. Especially when he corrected the guy and said, you don't have faith. That's just nothing but the mercy of God operating toward the nobleme and his son. So that was the gifts of healings. Third one we talked about was Jesus cast out a devil from a man in the synagogue in Capernaum. And again, this wasn't the Gadarene demoniac. This is not a big heavy case. This is simply somebody going, wah, you know, and you know what I'm saying. And of course, anytime there's a demon involved, we don't know if it's his faith or if it's the gift of faith, because the gift of faith at times is required, but the Bible doesn't specify, so we kind of have to guess. And so if you want to think that Jesus needed the gift of faith to cast out the devil from that man in the synagogue, if you feel like you want to say that he needed the gift of faith, then put the gift of faith. But really it's Jesus faith. Because I don't believe he needed the gift of faith for something that small and insignificant. That was not a big devilish problem that he needed to overcome. So what's the next one now? Now number four is he heals Peter's mother in law of a fever. Now that one should say JF and in brackets ahp. Is that what you've got? So this is. We spent a long time talking about this and because I used to say H A hp what is ahp? The anointing of healing power. What does that mean? Somebody is reaching out Faith, it's not the gifts. Somebody's faith is being released and, and they are saying, lord, I believe. And now that anointing of healing power from the minister comes, or the person doesn't have to be a minister comes out of that person. It's a hook and it hooks onto the faith of the person that's believing. And that anointing of healing power heals them. So remember we've been talking about are things gifts or are things by the faith of the people. Remember Jesus? Dad Hagin said Jesus had more of the of faith people using their faith than he did in the gifts. And I wanted to prove to see he was right. So I did this big Bible study and looked at all 37 acts to see is it true? Are there more cases of people releasing their faith than there are of the gifts of the spirit operating? And it is true what he said. And so in this case, originally I had said anointing of healing power. Why? Because Peter, it says they beseeched him, lay hands upon my mother in law. Do you understand? And so by beseeching him and they've just seen the devil come out in the synagogue, they have faith to believe. So you'd think, well, this is a simple, I'm going to put my faith out, please. So that's why I've got it in brackets. But the reason I'm not putting it as the main thing HP is because Jesus is casting out a demon. And I spent time explaining to you that that fever is most likely 98% a demon based on the original language because it speaks of an entity. It is speaking of something alive. A fever can, can't leave you like an entity can. Do you understand? And when he said I rebuke you and he said come out. You know, we went through all the different scriptures there, we read all three of them, but all of them give it a little bit of a different aspect of it. But there's no question that he rebuked the fever. And that word rebuked is speaking of an entity, something, something that can leave and instantly change. Whereas a fever, you know, it's, it would have to die in your bloodstream. A fever can't jump out of you, but a demon can leave you. So based on I went through all of this, I'm just giving you a little overview. I can't go over it all again. But because this is a demonic thing which included healing. Do you understand? So sometimes you've got a sickness and it's just healing. There's no demon I mean, the ultimate source of it is the devil, but it's not a demon causing. So don't get too extreme on that. Not every time is it a demon causing the sickness. But in this case, there was a demon causing the fever. That gives you a little hint. Out of 37. Only 37. That's a tiny number. And all the things you're going to face. Remember, in this case, a fever was caused by a demon. That doesn't mean every time, but it gives me permission to be suspect when I see a fever that I say, well, this could be demonically inspired, but I need to follow my spirit, because it may not be. But we've got one out of 37 that tells us fevers are demons. Are you with me? So maybe we should pay attention to that. Now, Greg, you remember the great story of Wigglesworth, who's dying. He's dying of appendicitis, his appendix burst. He's literally dying in agony. The doctors came. They didn't believe in doctors. See, they didn't have our balance. But I respect their raw faith. So don't knock them too much because they got a lot more done than we do. But he did not believe in doctors. And so he's dying, literally dying in agony for days and days. If you've ever had appendicitis or anything close to that, even gallstones, you know, the pain we're talking about. So he is dying, literally. And the doctor said he won't make the night. He'll be dead before morning. He's that far gone. But because he knew now there's inquests. So he knew that if he died without a doctor coming, they would put his wife Polly, under investigation, that maybe she killed him. That's one good way. Take notes. It's one good way, ladies. Okay, Sorry. Let's just get right out of the flesh and back in the spirit. I just thought of that. That's a great way to kill your husband anyway. But we're doing marriage seminars, so don't kill anybody. Just come to the marriage seminar. But he knew they're going to think that she wouldn't let the doctor come. He's too weak to go to the doctor. He can't walk. He can't hardly move. And maybe she purposely didn't have the doctor come so that he'd die. And if she's an inquest there, they could arrest her. Back then, it was a little different than it was today. So he called the doctor. He said, call the doctor because I don't want you to be accused. But he didn't believe in doctors. So the doctor just came so that Polly would be protected. That's the only reason that he knows he's going to die. He knows it's too far gone. Just he knows in his body. The doctor confirms it. He says he won't make. He won't make the night. And so just, you know, I'll come back in the morning. I know he'll be dead. I'll pronounce him and then we'll get the morgue and get the coffin and all that stuff. So he leaves. I guess somebody told somebody, you know, because he had had a bit of a healing ministry by that point. Not a big one, but a bit of a one. And a word got out that Wigglesworth, who prayed for the sick, is dying. This lady shows up, an older lady with a young man, just a teenager, knocks on the door in the middle of the night as he's about to die. And he can't move. You can't, you know, when you're in that much pain, any touch, you cringe. So that young youth in his book, that young man comes in and says, you've got a devil. Now, Wigglesworth did not believe that he could have a devil because he's got the Holy Ghost. And I don't know if they fully understood that demons can be on you, not necessarily in you, but. But your appendix is in you. So if there's a demon in the appendix, then the demon would have to be in you. And that went against everything in Wigglesworth's doctrine. I do not. So he, in his weakened state, he's shaking. No, no, I don't. And the young man says, yes, you've got a devil. But he's too weak to fight the kid. And it's only a kid. He's in his, what, his 40s, his almost early 50s at this point. So he, I mean, he's a grown man. This is a kid that's arguing with him. And so the kid, I mean, he's dying in bed. You better know what you're doing. But that kid walked up and said, yes, you do. And he hollered him. What am I trying to say? Not hollered. He hit him as hard as he could with his fist in the appendix. Now that alone could have killed him. The shock of that pain, seriously, when you're that weak, a strike like that, you die. Bang. And he said, you come out in Jesus name. And he hit him. Wigglesworth didn't feel any pain. A demon came out of him, and he was instantly healed. From that moment he stood up, he said, I'm healed. I'm healed. He would say healed because he's like a Newfie. Jenny, we're going to honor you for the rest of your life. Because Wigglesworth was worse on the H's than the Newfies are. Isn't that amazing? It's hard to be hard to believe, but it's true. So don't ever make fun of a Newfie again because you're making fun of Wigglesworth. He said, I'm healed. I'm healed. And he got up and he started walking around. He said, I'm healed. And he. And he couldn't believe that. That kid, a kid. It turned his whole doctrine upside down. And so he thanked the kid, and the kid left with the older lady. And he went back to sleep. And. And he got up in the morning. And I don't think Polly even witnessed that, if I remember correctly, because he got up. Maybe she did. But he got up in the morning, came downstairs, and he said, any work come in? Because he's a plumber. And they would send, you know, notices that they needed a plumber. And. And. And the. The man had just. The doctor had just walked in to pronounce him dead. And he saw him and he heard him say, is there any. Is there any work that's coming? And he's. The doctor said to Paulie, he'll come back a corpse. This is impossible. If he leaves this house, he should be dead already. If he leaves this house, he'll die in the day. And Wiggles looked at him and said, I'm healed. And when he said, only believe, he didn't say only believe. He said, honly, believe. Only believe. Honly, believe. All things are possible. I'm yield only belief. God don't seem to care about your grammar or the way you speak. He cares about your faith. But he said, from that day forward, he changed his doctrine. And I'm not. See, he's extreme because I wouldn't say this, but I'm not him. I don't have his fruit. So why don't we just trust him? He said, every time somebody has appendicitis, it's a demon. There is never a chance that it could just be the appendix. Now that's Wigglesworth. I don't know if you can swallow that or not. But he said, every time there's appendicitis, that's a devil. And he said, punch him as hard as you can in the stomach and say, come out in Jesus name. And he went. It's his, his own testimony. He went all over the world. And every time somebody had appendicitis, he said, come up here. And he hollered and he hit them as hard as he could and he said, come out in Jesus name. And they would drop to the floor. In every case, they never felt any pain. In, in every case, a demon came out. And in every case they were instantly healed. So I challenge you this week, some of you bold ones go to the hospital, find the appendicitis ward and just turn your faith loose. But if you don't have faith, I'm not bailing you out of prison when they call because they arrested you. So you better know what you're doing. So I don't know why I said all of that, but I was just thinking that in some cases, things are always a devil. Amen. Fevers. That's where I went. So if an appendix is always a demon, in his opinion, do you think a fever could always be a demon? Probably not, but in this case it was. So that's why I'm saying if Jesus is casting out a devil, yes, there was probably an anointing, a pull on that healing. Anointing and demons casting out is under the umbrella of healing. But when you're casting out a devil, it is kind of like a separate operation. So it was probably just Jesus faith because he saw that this is an evil spirit that is causing the fever and he rebuked it and said, come out. Is that really somebody putting a demand on the healing, anointing? You could look at it from one perspective that it is, but when you're dealing with demons, it's kind of its own separate issue. So that's why I've redone what I've said and I've said this is probably just his faith more than the anointing of healing power. Although we know that they were putting a demand on his faith because they beseeched him to pray. But when it's a demon, it kind of complicates how we're going to describe it. And so that's why we put it that way. So what was number five? Jesus heals many sick, casts out many devils in a crowd. Crowd. You see the word crowd outside Peter's house. We read all these scriptures and do you remember I told you we'll just put up the next one so we can see what the. That is all anointing of healing power. Why? Because in every case Here, especially here, the people were coming and they were definitely releasing their faith because they just heard about the mother in law. They just heard about the demon. And, and, and there's no indication. I'm not saying gifts of healings didn't flow, but the way it's worded, and we went through every scripture to prove it, the way it's worded is that they were, they were putting a demand on that healing, anointing. And that means that most likely it was just that healing, anointing, flowing. It wasn't necessarily the gifts. Do you remember I told you that there were other scriptures? I'll just, I'm not going to read them, but I'll just list them to you as well. There were other occasions. And we see it in, we see it in the book of mark, sorry, Matthew 4:23. We see it in Luke 6:19. We see it in Matthew 9:35. There were other occasions where there were crowds gathered. But why do we not include those crowds as part of. We'll add them to the 37. Why do we not do that? Remember I told you, if it's a crowd, it is not considered by theologians as an event, okay? You have to have a certain time and a certain place. A place has to be listed and a time has to be listed. So see, with the crowd outside Peter's mother in law, the reason that's an event is because it says in the evening, there's the time, it says outside the house, there's the place. Even though it was many people, it's a specific time and place. So it's considered an event. The other ones don't say, it just says a crowd gathered, doesn't say the time, doesn't say the place. So even though we know tens of thousands could have been healed in those crowds, but because it's not listed as a time or a place, the theologians don't consider it an event, okay? Although it is an event. But it's like you can't quantify the event. Do you understand? So there were many other times that there were crowds. And we read all of those scriptures about the crowds, not just this crowd, the other crowds. And you'll see many times we know it's the anointing of healing power because it says they pressed on him. Well, if you're pressing on him to. Even one of them says to touch his garment, just like that woman did. But there's hundreds of people now touching the garment. That means that that anointing of power is going because the touch of faith is being reached out. So those must have been very exciting healing crusades to see people press on him and get healed. Other times it says he laid hands on them. But, but again, how do we know it's most likely the anointing of healing power, not the gifts? Because in every case of a crowd, it says he taught them. When he teaches the Bible, what happens? Faith comes by hearing you reach out. That doesn't mean there's no gifts that they could have been in operation. But in most cases it's people releasing their faith. So we talked about the crowd thing. Are we okay to move on? Are you sure? Does anybody here have appendicitis? Because I want to test it. Dear God, I shouldn't say that. What if somebody put their hand up? Jenny? Then I might have to actually do it. I need to pray and fast before I do that. Praise the Lord. Okay, Jesus first act. Now you say Pastor, don't be joking now. Am I actually supposed to do that? Follow the leading of the Holy Ghost. Because if he don't tell you to do that, then don't. Don't just take Wigglesworth's word. I'm just saying Wigglesworth had 100% success on that. So I think that's interesting. There could be some things that are always demon related when they're coming to sickness and others not necessarily. So don't just think everything is a demon, but let the Lord lead you on that one. Amen. Demons certainly like to enforce sickness. We know that. So amen. In our society. Can I just tell you, in our society, in 2026, we are becoming, we are moving the church at large. The body of Christ at large, I'm talking about in general is moving so mental in their assessment is moving so, so far away from the things of the Spirit that Today, more than 20 years ago, more than 50 years ago, to tell somebody a demon is causing that sickness, you'll get a lot more what than you would 20 years ago. Because the church has moved so much to the left in terms of the mental arena of processing medical science. What is sickness? And most Christians don't even believe that demons even exist, let alone cause sickness. So you're kind of in like a. You're in a rough and ready church. Book of Acts. We just going to choose to believe what the Bible says and also what our forefathers have proven by faithful ministry that has proven itself out. And I'm certainly not saying that every time it's a demon, but there is a lot more involved than you think. So don't let this leftist, this mindset of non spirituality try to grip you and change your thinking on things because they're real devils and you've got real authority over them. Hallelujah. Why do you think the devil's doing that? He doesn't want people to acknowledge what's going on. He doesn't want them to even believe what's going on. And then he doesn't want any teaching on dominion so that you can deal with what's going on. Do you understand? Hallelujah. But we have dominion. And a lot of it is. Let me remind you of what the great Dr. Sumrall said. He said, there's not a devil behind every bush, but there's a devil behind every other bush. Meaning there's a lot more associated to the demonic caused by the demonic than you realize. And I'm noticing, my wife, Joey, myself, others that are getting into prayer more. The Lord is revealing more to us about the influence of demons in people's lives. And it's far more than even I realized. Far more than even I realized. But you got to get in the spirit and you got to let the Holy Ghost show you these things so you're not just making something up. But I'm telling you, it's his master trick to get people to not realize that demons are real and they're deeply involved and that we have tremendous dominion over them. That's his plan. And that's why most churches will not teach on dominion. I'm serious. And that's why most churches will not bring up the word demons. But don't get sucked into that vortex. We're not demon conscious, but we are demon aware. Amen. Now number six. Put that up. Jesus, first act of miraculous catch of fish on the lake of Gennesaret. What is the Lake of Gennesaret? Is the Lake of Galilee or the Sea of Galilee or the Sea of Tiberias. It's all the same thing. And by the way, when we were there just recently, we went into that synagogue, remember? And Jesus was there. That's where the devil cried out. Now, if you stand in that synagogue and they tell you some of the original floor is there from 2,000 years ago. And the woman had to sit on this side. It's like in a separate area. And the men here. And Jesus was back here because this is where the table was to read. So he's facing outward. And it's not that big, but it's bigger than I thought it was, but it's not that big. But I mean if you look at it, if you look at where that is, they know where Peter's house was. And so he is, it's literally what, 30ft. He comes out of the front door of the synagogue, he walks from here to where Sandy is sitting and he's walking into Peter's house. So he just cast that devil out and everybody just saw that. And then he walks just from here to Errol into Peter's house. And they say, please heal my mother in law. And he heals her. And people are chit chatty and no wonder he has a snack, maybe some cheese and crackers, whatever he had, because maybe she, she made food for them. She got up and made food for them. So he had some kind of meal and then he comes out of her house, the synagogue's right there and everybody in that town is standing there that is sick. And it's now evening time. But when you're there, it makes it come alive to you that this is like, this is not like we think, okay, we're here in church and then we're going to go to our home and it's on a donkey or a horse or something back then, or walking. And it's 30 minutes, whatever. It's like 12 seconds from the time he left the synagogue into the time he's in Peter and his mother in law's. Well, Peter's house. His mother in law lived with him. And so it just, and it makes it come alive to me because I'm realizing this is what actually happened here. He did this, he walked there, he did that, he turned around the whole city. Amazing, Amazing. So what did I say? Luke chapter five. I'm doing old school with an actual page. I'm more spiritual because I have a page. Luke chapter five. And it came to pass that as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret and saw two ships standing by the lake. This is the only gospel that refers to this. None of the other gospels refer to it. But the fishermen were gone out of them and were washing their nets. And he entered into one of the ships which was Simon's and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people out of the ship. And when, when he had left speaking, he spoke unto Simon, launch out. He said unto Simon, launch out into the deep. Let your nets down for a draught or a catch. And Simon answered and said unto Master, we have toiled all night and, and have taken Nothing. Nevertheless, at your word. So in other words, faith came. He's saying, at your word, faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word. So as he sat there washing, listening, faith came into his heart. So really, when he says, at thy word, what he's really saying is, I believe at your word, I will let down the net. Net? Jesus said nets. Simon has faith for a net. What do you have faith for? Net or nets? And when they had done this, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes, and their net break. And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came and filled both ships so that they both began to sink. You know how much fish it takes to sink a boat? When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus, down at Jesus knees, saying, depart from me, for I am a sinful man. So the power of God, the glory of God, the miraculous force of God reveals a heart condition, reveals who you are. Because he says, I'm sinful. Are you listening to me? So what if you have a miraculous occurrence in your job? What if you prayed for somebody and something supernatural happened? Listen to me. You don't ever have to hold back about will they be offended or will they not understand? Because the power and the glory of God reveals people, reveals to people their sin. So you can witness, and they can see it from the Word and say, yes, I'm a sinner. I need to be saved. Or you can get them healed. That power will reveal to them their sin. So that's what I'm saying. Part of evangelism, you've got to include power in it. Because the power reveals I'm an unclean man, I'm an unclean woman. I need God. This power is so holy that. And I'm not holy, but that power reveals their state to them. That's why I say, like, we need to get bold in praying for people. You shouldn't just invite them to the healing service. Invite them to the healing service. But how many are you going to pray for before April 3rd congregation? Are you listening to me? How many people are you going to pray for? For healing you, not me, before we have our Good Friday healing service. Because statistically, maybe one in this room will do that. And that's why our church doesn't grow. Because the people in the church don't want to talk to people about the power of God. And I'm trying to tell you that you've got the power of God. And all you need to do is be led by the Spirit, and step out and be bold about it. Because if you stretch out your hand, trusting God, he will meet you. And sometimes you don't even have to witness to them. Just get them healed. Just get them healed, and that power will reveal their sinful state. And they'll say, I'm sinful. What do I do? Are you with me? Okay. So he says, where was he? Verse 8. And Simon Peter saw it. He fell down at Jesus knees, saying, depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord. For he was astonished. See, the power of God makes people astonished. And all that were with him at the drought or the catch of fishes which they had taken. And so was also James and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, fear not from henceforth thou shalt catch men. And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all and followed him. So this is this catch of fish. This is a miracle. So what is this? This is pretty easy. Put the other screen back on. This is what. What would you call this? Do you know what the answer is for this? What is it? I think you know that, don't you? Was this a miracle? Was this a miracle? Now, you can't prove it, but Dr. Winston believes this. I don't think you can prove it, but I think what he's saying is very interesting and most likely right. Because the point is, there was no fish. Now, maybe they were sleeping, maybe they were hiding. Maybe there was a fish party on the other side of the lake and they were just having fun, but there was no fish. And if you've been on the Sea of Galilee, you now have, you'll know what we're talking about. It's on the northwestern, maybe the north, just a little bit western, part of the north shore. And so if they're in that area, there's no fish. They've already been in the deep, and there's no fish. Now they're cleaning and cleaning. If you learn anything about what they had to do, that was a very laborious process. So when you've just cleaned your nets, ready for the next day, you don't want to go put them out and get the seaweed and all this other nonsense in the net again. But Jesus said, do it. And faith came by hearing the Word. And so he said, now it's not healing, anointing. This is a miracle. But still he had faith. He said, at your word, I'll do it. And he goes and does it. He goes into the deep and he was already in the deep. There was no fish in the deep. And he did it all night. And that's the best time to catch fish because it's not hot. So he knows that there's no fish. So why is it he goes out, he puts it down. There's so much fish. I've seen the boat. They've excavated boats from the Sea of Galilee that they say were identical to what Peter used. And there may be from where Jenny is to probably about here. And they're, you know, they're not that wide, but they can fit a good five, six people with nets. I mean, but they're not huge. Okay, but to get enough fish to sink that boat and then enough fish to sink the other boat, I mean, you're talking hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of pounds of fish. Now, how could there be no fish? And then now there's literally thousands of pounds of fish. Where did the fish come from? I'm being honest. You got to think about this stuff. You think about Facebook. Wow, she was so ugly, and now she looks so beautiful. How did that happen? Well, now forget about that girl with the makeup thing. And now there was no fish, and now there's thousands of pounds to sink two boats. Where did the fish come from? I asked myself that. The answer is, yes, it's a miracle. But where did the fish come from? What did God do? God had to. Either there was a fish party and the angels had to school the fish, move the fish together to that place, or God had to create fish. But what is a miracle? What is a miracle? Miracles are of the creative arena. So God created fish. I need you to think about this. There was no fish. Now there's thousands of pounds of fish in the same area. So I always thought angels just brought them over until I realized now that is maybe still an intervention in the ordinary course of nature that an angel would bring fish. And I'm not saying that that's not possible, but a miracle really is of the creative order. So if there's no fish and then there's tons of fish, it meant God made the fish. Right. So where did he make them from? Well, that's why I like Dr. Winston, because he thinks different. Well, he says in the fourth dimension, in the spiritual realm, there's any supply that we need. So the fish were already in the spiritual realm. God already created them in advance, knowing that Peter needed it. And what. What happened was they went from the fourth dimension into the third dimension. They went from the spiritual realm and literally manifested or appeared in the water in the natural realm and then got in the net. Sometimes, if you think about it, you need to think about these things, not just read a gloss over them. This is an amazing event. There's no fish. Then there's thousands of pounds of fish. Because God created the fish and they went from the spiritual realm into the. But what blesses me is that Dr. Winston said God knows the need and has already prepared it in the fourth dimension. He's already prepared the need in the spiritual dimension. He's just waiting for our faith. What was the faith? I've just spent hours cleaning these stupid nets. I don't want to do it again. And it didn't work all night. So it took an act of faith. Now he said, I believe at your word. So he spoke it, but he acted on it. Corresponding action and he went out and threw the brand new nets, clean nets, into the water again. That was an act of faith. Now the act of faith, just like the act, the touch of faith turns loose the healing anointing in the fiber of the cloth of Jesus garments. Lots of people touching, no one getting healed. But the touch of faith released the healing, anointing. The faith unlocked the anointing from that fabric into her body. So faith caused the fish to come from the fourth dimension into the third. It's amazing. But bring it home. What need do you have? He's already supplied the need in the spiritual realm. It's already there. The fish were already created in that realm and the faith caused that door to open and they came right into the water. My God, Jenny. What we need is in the spiritual realm. The reason you don't have it is because you're not releasing faith. Faith unlocks. Faith opens the faith connects the realms. Faith opens the one, so it comes into the other. Praise God. You can meditate on that for a while because I'm telling you, it's a blessing. So the miraculous catch of fish on the lake of Gennesaret was the working. Okay, number seven, please. Jesus heals the man with leprosy. And I want to read you some scriptures here because we're really taking far too long on this. But I'm just having tremendous amount of fun and so I don't really care. It's not like he's coming this week or this year. So we've got lots of time to spend. Lots of time doing a Bible study. Okay, so Jesus heals the man with episodes. Let's look at Matthew 8. Can you look up that with me? Matthew chapter 8, verse 14. I think it's good that we honor what Jesus did because he's given us examples in his Word, and we want to show God that we're serious about that. Matthew 8, chapter 1, not 14, chapter 8, verse 1. When he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. This is Jesus heals the man with leprosy. Matthew 8, chapter 8, verse 1. He came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. And behold, there came a leper and worshiped him. And saying, lord, if you wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth his hand, verse 3, and touched him, saying, I will be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus said unto him, see thou tell no man, but go thy way, show thyself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded for a testimony unto them. Now this man has leprosy. Well, let's just read the others. That was Matthew 8, 1 4. What about Mark 1 and verse 40? Can you turn there? Mark, chapter 1, Mark, chapter 1, and verse 40. And it says, and there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus moved with compassion. Notice Matthew didn't talk about compassion. That's why you got to read all the Scriptures about it. And Jesus moved with compassion, put forth his hand and touched him, and saith unto him, I will be thou clean. And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him and he was cleaned and. And he was cleansed. Now have a look, please, at the next one, which is. There's only three. The gospel of John doesn't record it, but Luke 5, verse 12, Luke, chapter 5 and verse 12. And it says here, it says, and it came to pass when he was in a certain city, behold, a man full. The other ones didn't say full. A man full of leprosy. That word full means to be completely covered from head to toe. In the Greek, he is completely covered. That means he's lost digits and body parts. A man full of leprosy, who, seeing Jesus, fell on his face and besought him, saying, lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And he put forth his hand and touched him. Other ones didn't say that. Do you see why you got to read. All of them said he had compassion. The first one said, I will. The second time it shows that he had compassion. The third time he touched him. You know that when somebody was with leprosy it's very contagious. You're not allowed to touch them. In fact, according to the Mosaic law, if you touch a leper, you become a leper, you become unclean, whether you get the leprosy disease or not. So Jesus is breaking the legalistic law because the Holy Ghost led him to break the legalistic law. And he didn't just have compassion. He put forth his hand and touched him, saying, I will be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he charged him to tell no man, but go and show yourself to the priest. Because in Leviticus it talks about when you're a leper to be cleansed, there's all these things you have to do and offer for the cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony of them. And so much the more went their fame abroad of him. And great multitudes came together to hear and to be healed of their infirmities. So the question is, this man that wants to be clean, could it be the anointing of healing power? Or is it the gifts of healings? Let me ask you. Be Sherlock Holmes for the Bible. Now be a detective, look at the evidence and tell me what it is. It's actually very easy. So the fact that you're not telling me shows me you're either not listening or you're not smart. But I know you're all smart, so I know you're all going to give me the good answer. Tell me, come on now, if thou wilt, if you will, you can make me clean. Jesus says, I will be clean. So does the man have faith or not? Oh, God, Jesus, just delay the rapture because we've got a long way to go. Just delay it. Lord, how can the man have faith if he doesn't even know the will of God? So everybody, if your neighbor said yes, just hold their hand and pat them right now and just say, it's okay, God is with us. How does faith come? Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word. What is the Word? It's the Testament. It's the will. When you know the Word, you know the will. That's why if you don't know the Word says that by his stripes you're healed. You don't know it's the will of God for you to be healed. But when you know the Word that it says, I want to heal you and Jesus has healed you, right? When you know the Word or the will, faith comes by that word. So if you don't know the will and you're saying, is it your Will, you don't have any faith. Are you with me? Can you see that? That's why a lot of denominations that don't teach healing, they'll say if it's God's will, and they'll use the Scripture. They'll use the scripture as though the leper was doctrinally correct. If it's your will, you can heal me. But that's not. Now, the leper may not have known because he may not have known because Jesus hadn't died and risen and the doctrine hadn't been listed, but he still had access to Isaiah 53. He still could have read in the Torah and in the prophets that God in the Torah it says, I am the God that healeth thee. So he still got Scripture before Jesus died and rose again to say that God's a healer. But for whatever reason, he does not believe because he does not even know if God wants it. If you don't know that God wants it, you can't believe for it. If you will. I don't have faith. If you say, Lord, if it be your will, you're automatically saying, I don't know what I'm talking about. I have no knowledge. I have no doctrine, and I have no faith. That's why we don't say, when it comes to healing, if it be thy will, because 100% out of 100%, it's always his will. Now, whether you receive it or not, there could be you have a lack of faith, you haven't renewed your mind, or maybe you have, but you're not walking in love. Or there's things that are blocking that healing power. But if you don't get it, that's up. That's. But your side. But on God's side, 100%, healing is always his will. In the New Covenant, because we have the Bible to say that, and the Word is His will, so we know it's his will for that. And His Word produces faith. So now that we know it's his will, we have faith for that. So if a man says, if it's your will, he doesn't have any faith. So if he doesn't have any faith, I'm trying to help you be a detective. If he doesn't have faith, could it be the anointing of healing power? No, because the anointing of healing power goes out when faith comes out of the person to hook onto it and goes into them and drives out the sickness. If you don't have faith, it can't be the anointing of healing. Power. So that's one way. The biggest obvious way is the guy don't have faith because he doesn't even know the will of God. So it has to be the gifts of healings. But what's another, let's see if you're listening. What's another big indicator? The first, the first Matthew says, he just said I will. Okay, the last one in Luke says he laid hands on him. Now laying hands could be the anointing of healing power or the gifts of healings because both can operate by the laying on of hands. So just saying it is fine, but it doesn't give us the clue I'm talking about. Laying hands is great, but it doesn't give us the clue I'm talking about. But the second one, the second one in Mark gives us a very important clue. Do you understand? He said and Jesus had compassion on him. Now let's put it all, put all three together. I will be thou clean. Compassion rises up and he reaches out his hand. You need all three scriptures to get that picture. Why do we know now? We know because I don't have faith. So we know it can't be the anointing of healing power. We know it has to be the gifts of healings. So we've already answered the riddle. But what is another element to back up our another layer of confirmation that it was the gifts? Why? Because every time you see and I went through it with you months ago, I went through every scripture that has compassion in the ministry of Jesus. We talked about every time the word compassion is listed and in every case the gifts operated. Remember I said that's one way you'll know that the gifts of the spirit are about to operate through you is because this is sympathy, this is feeling sorry, feeling sad. Oh, I feel so bad for that person that's here. But when something rises up out of your spirit, it is a compassion from God. It is a spiritual element, not a soulish element. You may feel it in your soul, but the origin point is your spirit and you can can sense it rise up. Now your emotions are going to, are going to be affected by this compassion because you're going to feel sorry. But you didn't start with your mind. It started in here. When it rises up out of you recognize compassion is coming up. And that's a divine spiritual thing. When that happens, I'm not saying 100%, although scripturally 100%. So I do have confidence to say anytime true compassion rises up, you've got Bible precedents to say the gifts of the spirit are going to operate through me right now. They're about to operate. So it's a huge. It's a huge telltale sign. So, Jesus, we know it has to be the gifts because God doesn't have faith. But now we see another element of further confirmation. Compassion comes up. And we know anytime compassion comes up, gifts are about to operate. Hallelujah. Pay attention when compassion comes up in you. But compassion is not feeling sad. Compassion is not feeling sorry for them. I can see people in a. In a chair, like I said, when I was walking through with Quinn in that hospital, and that young little boy, eight years old, was there. And I looked at him. I don't know anything about him. And there's little boys all over the hospital that are sick. Do you understand? So I saw probably 10 of them from where we left to where we were. There's lots of little kids that are sick. I'm not feeling anything about any of them. I mean, I feel. Look at them. Oh, I feel sorry, bad for that kid, man. God. Poor the little kid. He's in a body cast. My God, what happened to him to get run over? So you feel sorry for people, but feeling sorry is not compassion. I look at that young man, the little boy, when I really say young man, he's eight years old. When I looked at him, there was something that went. That didn't happen on any other people. I felt sorry for all the other people. People. But when I looked at him, that compassion rose up. I knew the gifts were going to operate. I don't know how I knew it, but I just knew it because I didn't even know what I'm teaching you fully right now then. But I just knew, my God, God is here. God is here. And immediately, as I was about to minister, my son started freaking out, causing havoc, screaming, yelling, doing all this stuff. And you see how the devil works because he knows the miracle is about to happen. The gifts of healings are about to flow. So he causes a major distraction. So I turn, because I'm the only one there. I have to control my own child. And I'm trying to get him under control. And then he takes off. He breaks my grip, and he starts running out the front door into the street. This is University Avenue, where there's cars driving and I'm in a Twix. Lord, what do I do? I know I need to do this, but my son is in the street. Do you understand? By the time I got to him, because really, I don't know what I should have done. But by the time I got to him and tried to control him, because that was a devil that took a hold of him to try to alter his behavior, I'm telling you, it was a demon spirit. And he yielded to it. Because sometimes kids don't know always what to do, you know. So I'm not judging him. I'm just saying he yielded to that. By the time I got that, I turned back to go there, but he was so fighting me. I said, lord, I can't go back in there. I mean, how am I going to control him? And so I just. I walked away. That boy was about to be healed because of compassion. Compassion shows the gifts. So I was heartbroken over it. And of course, you know, you can kind of blame your child and be upset with them, but you know, it's a devil more than it is him. So I just said, lord, I don't know what I should have done. What should I have done? Like after the fact, right? Because in the moment your mind is spinning and you don't know what to do. I'm just being honest with you. I don't always know what to do in the moment. I'm like you. I'm trying to be led by the spirit. But the Lord spoke to me. He said, did you sense the compassion? I said, yes. He said, did you know that healing power was going to flow? I said, yes. He said, and you recognize that this is a distraction? I said, yes. He said, was it a devil? I said, I believe it was. He said, yes, it was to stop you. He said, well, how do you deal with devils? Are you listening? Because I went natural. Let me grab him, get him out of the street, calm him down. But that's not how you deal with devils. He said, what you should have done is look at him and say, I bind you in Jesus name. Shut up and sit down. And that devil would have loosed him and he would have sat down and been quiet. Then you would have turned around and moved and that miracle would have happened. He said, but you dealt with the devil with your mind instead of with your dominion. Are you listening to me? Because I'm trying to help you. When the devil knows something in his foreknowledge that something's about to happen, he will try to stop it if he can. But it's. But he will use people too. So because he uses people, we get thrown off the trail. Well, because we're thinking some big demon monster is going to appear. And when it's a person, especially your own child, you're not thinking necessarily demon. You're thinking, this is my kid. So he throws you off the trail that it's a demonic origin. Because now you're looking at a person that you love. But he said, next time, recognize the devil behind the situation and deal with it with your words. It will obey you and then move into that mirror, that healing flow. Because the compassion was showing you the gifts were about to operate, but you aborted the whole thing. Are you listening to me? Because you dealt with the devil with your mind. You don't deal with devil with your mind. You deal with the devil with your words. I don't care who he's using. Your wife, your child, your boss. Now, if you're going to do it with your boss, you better know what you're doing. Because if you look at your boss and say, I command you to shut up and come out of that. You be quiet and sit down there and shut up. You better make sure you're in the spirit because you might have to look for a new job and get out your resume. I'm trying to bring humor to it, but you understand what I'm saying, right? Hallelujah. So we see here. Can you put that screen back up, please? We see here. There. That it is the gifts of healings. 100%. Because he didn't have faith. So it had to be the gifts. And there was compassion, which 100% of the time in the New Testament is the gifts. Are you with me? It's 9:02. Didn't get nothing done. But I'm going to do one more. It's only going to take two minutes. Matthew 8. 5. Come on now. Just stay with me two more minutes. Matthew, chapter 8 and verse 5. Can you read it with me? Matthew 8. 5. When Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion beseeching him, saying, lord, my servant lieth at home, sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. And Jesus said unto him, I will come and heal him. That's illegal for Jesus to go into a Roman home. But remember, he just violated it and touched the leper, so we might as well just keep going and keep violating. And the centurion answered and said, lord, I'm not worthy that you should come under my roof. He recognized that it was not good for Jesus, but also he didn't feel worthy. But speak the word only and my servant shall be here. Listen to this. Amazing. I'm a man under authority. See, faith and authority are twin brothers. I'm a Man under authority, having soldiers under me. If I say to this man go, he goes. If I say another one come, he comes. If I say to this one do it, he does it. In other words, if you just say it, it'll obey you. Just like I have authority over a soldier, you have authority over sickness. See, this is faith. This is true faith. And Jesus heard it and marveled and said unto him, verily, verily, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith. He's talking about authority. But Jesus called it faith. Because remember, he said, Matthew, Mark 11:23. If you say to the mountain, it's authority. But verse before, he said, have faith. So if you're going to have faith, you've got to use your authority. If you're not using your authority, you don't have faith. Faith and authority are. You can't separate them. They're intermingled. When you have faith, you speak. When you speak, you're using authority over something or you're talking to God. You're not using authority over God, but you're releasing trust in him that he will provide. Or if you're dealing with a problem, you're dealing with dominion over that thing, right? So Jesus said, I've not found so great. And I say unto thee that many will come, and goes. Because he's telling them, basically, this sinner is better than all of you. And they don't like that. But anyway, Jesus corrected in verse 13. And Jesus said unto the centurion, go thy way. As thou hast believed according to your faith. Be it unto you as you have believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour. What is this? Is this gifts or the anointing of healing power? Come on, please, get it right. Put the other screen. Is this gifts or the anointing of healing power? Yes, put it up there, please. It is the anointing of healing power. Why? Because he had faith. And anytime you have faith, you are putting out a hook. That hook will connect with the power of God coming out of the person, in this case, Jesus. And it will bring that power right into your situation and fix it. You don't need gifts when you've got faith. This man didn't just have faith. He had the greatest faith in the entire country. And he's a heathen. So it shows me that just because you're in church doesn't mean you have great faith. Because sometimes a sinner can actually have more faith than people sitting in church. Because this is a sinner and everybody else is sitting in church as a Jew or as a believer. Do you understand? So this is obviously the greatest example in the New Testament, because Jesus said, you've got the greatest faith, more than anyone else. With the woman, he said, great is thy faith. But he didn't say, you've got the greatest faith in the whole country. This is the only one that he said, there's not one person that is greater than you in their faith. Walk. And notice. What did he call it into? If I say go, they go. If you say go, it goes. And Jesus says, you've just nailed it. Great. Greatest in the whole country. Because you understand, when I speak things, listen to me. They obey me. Say unto this mountain, be thou removed, cast into the sea. Don't doubt in your heart, but believe that what you say will come to pass. In other words, believe what you say will obey you and you'll have whatever you say. You say go, it goes. Great faith. Anointing of healing power. Number eight. Hallelujah.