Gifts of the Spirit Series: Word of Knowledge

 Welcome Back! I am your host Dawn Simmons and in this episode of Conquering Our Unseen Enemies we are continuing our discussion of the spiritual gifts and this episode is specifically devoted to the gift of a word of knowledge, which is one of the Revelation gifts. We are going to go through some examples of how the Holy Spirit uses us with a word of knowledge, some do’s and don’ts if you are looking to develop this gift and clarify what this gift is not.  
Top Show points:

·      Discussed word of knowledge, one of the Revelation gifts. 

·      1 Corinthians 12:4-11.

·      Power Gifts, Spoken Gifts, Revelation Gifts 

·      The 9 Spiritual Gifts are: wisdom, word of knowledge, faith, healings, miraculous powers, prophecy, discerning of spirits, tongues, interpretation of tongues.  

·      Like the word of wisdom, the word of knowledge has zero to do with the amount of natural or human knowledge we have obtained.  

·      A word of knowledge relates to a fact, whether it is past or present.  A word of knowledge entails a person receiving a word of knowledge, or information, that they could not have known otherwise but for that information being revealed through the Holy Spirit.  

·      Example of a meeting  where I gave a word to a woman that included both a word of knowledge and a word of wisdom.

·      John 1:43, Jesus used the gift of a word of knowledge and Nathanael believes Him because Jesus gave Nathanael a fact that Jesus could not have known on his own.  

·      There are times you have to use discernment.  Not all words of knowledge provided by the Holy Spirit are meant to be shared. A word of knowledge can be provided to provide background or context for a situation so you can respond or react appropriately.  Ex, abuse

·      Everything is done for His glory, not to expose or embarrass anyone. 

·      2 Kings 6: 8, God was giving Elisha a word of knowledge

·      An unintended consequence for the person who has this gift is the people around you may shy away from you. God is all knowledge, and nothing is hidden from Him. People are fearful of what about them that you may know.

·      When the Lord chooses to use someone for the gift of knowledge, it is at God’s discretion, not ours.  We have no control over when, where, why, how much or for what purpose.  We are just obedient with what He has asked us to do with the information.  

·      If the Lord wants to share something that will be used for his glory to help bring someone closer to Him, then He will share it. 

·      If the Lord is trusting you with information, that trust should not be violated.  If you are not trustworthy in this area, then how can the Lord trust you with His gift.

·      Words of knowledge reveal circumstances or events from the past or the present, not the future.  The reason it is used will be revealed at the time and always for God’s purposes, not man’s.  

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