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Gifts of the Holy Spirit 5
The Word of Knowledge
by Pastor John Hamel
We’ll shift gears
in this study and move over into the Revelation Gifts. These are
Gifts that reveal something.
The first
Revelation Gift we will study is the Word of Knowledge.
The Word of
Knowledge is a Supernatural revelation from the mind of God. It is
unrelated to natural, human knowledge. It always has to do with
people, places, events or things. It always, and only, deals with the
past or the present. It never has to
do with future events.
This will become
clearer to you as we go. Let’s look at an example of the Word of
Knowledge from Jesus’ Ministry.
Jesus met a woman
at a well one day. He wanted to prove to her who He was so He
challenged her.
“Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come
hither. The woman answered and said, I have no
husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no
husband: For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast
is not thy husband: in that saidst thou
truly. The woman saith unto him, Sir, I
perceive that thou art a prophet.” (John 4:16-19)
Here Jesus
supernaturally revealed part of this woman’s past. He told her that
she had been married five times. Then Jesus revealed something about
her present life. He told her that she was presently shacking up with
a man she hadn’t even bothered to marry! The woman realized that she
was encountering supernatural revelation knowledge.
This is an
excellent example of the Word of Knowledge. It has to do with people
and events. It also has to do with both the past and the present.
Notice something
else in this narrative. Jesus only revealed certain parts of this
woman’s life. He didn’t reveal everything about her life.
That’s why it’s called a “Word” of Knowledge. A word is a fragmentary
part of a sentence. A Word of Knowledge is only a fragmentary part of
all that God knows.
Possibly the
greatest Word of Knowledge in all the world is found in the Old Testament
Book of Isaiah.
“I am the Lord, and
there is none else, there is no God beside me…” (Isaiah 45:5)
Before God could
speak such an all-inclusive word, even about Himself,
He had to search all of Eternity, past and present, to be sure it was
true. This is why I consider this to be the greatest Word of
Knowledge of all.
Possibly the
smallest Word of Knowledge I know is as follows. One day my dump
truck refused to start. I said, “Father, what’s wrong with that
truck?” Immediately, on the inside of my
spirit, I saw a picture. It was the coil on my dump
truck. I could see right through it. There was a bead of water
inside of it. It was hindering the proper flow of electricity.
I went outside and
stuck the rolled up tip of a paper towel into the coil. It became
saturated, wicking the water up into it. I
jumped inside the truck, turned the key and the engine fired up
immediately. I was a baby Christian and that completely “blew my
mind.” You can believe that I shouted praises. My dump truck
mattered to God because my dump truck mattered to me and I matter to God.
Big or small, the
Word of Knowledge is equally as supernatural! It brings fear and
repentance to sinners and blessings to God’s people. Most of all, it
brings great glory to God. We’re about to see more of it in the
Earth, too. Just you wait and see.
Be Blessed … John and Barbara Hamel
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