THE SEVEN SKILLFULS OF THE BIBLE
(The King James Old English - Skilful)
Exodus 31:1-11 Then the Lord said to Moses, 2 “See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills— 4 to make arIsIc designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, 5 to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of craKs. 6 Moreover, I have appointed Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan, to help him. Also I have given ability to all the skilled workers to make everything I have commanded you: 7 the tent of meeIng, the ark of the covenant law with the atonement cover on it, and all the other furnishings of the tent— 8 the table and its arIcles, the pure gold lampstand and all its accessories, the altar of incense, 9 the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, the basin with its stand— 10 and also the woven garments, both the sacred garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons when they serve as priests, 11 and the anoinIng oil and fragrant incense for the Holy Place. They are to make them just as I commanded you.”
Noah Webster Defines Skill / Skillful:
A: the ability to use one's knowledge effecIvely and readily in execuIon or performance
B: dexterity or coordinaIon especially in the execuIon of learned physical tasks
C: a learned power of doing something
Skillful: possessed of or displaying skill
OUR PRAYER: LORD, SEND US SKILLED LABOURERS TO REAP THE HARVEST!
Mat 9:38 - Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
A WORD OF WISDOM FROM MY SPIRITUAL FATHER, BISHOP TUDOR BISMARK
“Joe & Lynelle (he always calls her Lynelle), these are crucial days and years for you. You have served what belongs to another, and now the LORD brings you into your own. As you begin to see your harvest and you pray for help to reap what’s in your vision from the LORD, you must pray for not just any workers, you must now call for SKILLED LABOURERS. You don’t have time to teach others everything you’ve learned over the last thirty plus years. You will need to pray that the LORD of The Harvest send you those with of quick understanding and those that possess great skill.” +Poppa Bismark
7 SKILFULS OF OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURE:
1: SKILFUL IN WAR:
Reference Scripture: 1 Chronicles 5:18
• The ability to fight for the vision and push back opposiIon.
• Trained and equipped with the Whole Armor of God (Eph. 6)
• David’s Mighty Men of Valor and Warfare: 2 Sam 23:8 – “These be the names of the
mighty men whom David had:”
Reference Scripture: 1 Chronicles 5:18 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, [were] four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.
2: SKILFUL IN SONG:
Reference Scripture: 1 Chronicles 15:22
• The ability to open the heavens over our ministry and cause the eternal order of heaven
to be heard in the earth - giving glory to GOD!
• These pave the way, plowing the ground so the SEED of GOD’s WORD can be planted.
• Many can sing. Then there are those that are SKILFUL IN SONG. They not only have
training and ability, they have GIFTING and ANOITING.
• 3 Times in Scripture the phrase “The Burden of The Word of The Lord” is used. In the
Hebrew this word BURDEN of THE WORD of The Lord refers to song and prophecy in agreement.
Reference Scripture: 1 Chronicles 15:22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, [was] for song: he instructed about the song, because he [was] skilful.
3: SKILFUL IN SERVING:
Reference Scripture: 1 Chronicles 28:21
• Those who are ready to serve and skilled to do it with excellence.
• Willing to serve, even without being asked. Ec. 3:10 “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to
do, do it with thy might;”
The Towel or The Title ... Matt. 20:28 “Your attitude must be like my own, for I, the
Messiah, did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give my life as a ransom
for many.” The Living Bible
Great reward for this SKILL: Lk. 16:12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which
is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?
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Reference Scripture: 1 Chronicles 28:21 And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, [even they shall be with thee] for all the service of the house of God: and [there shall be] with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people [will be] wholly at thy commandment.
4: SKILFUL IN WEALTH & RESOURCES: Reference Scripture: 2 Chronicles 2:14
• These carry a skill in the marketplace and in creaIve abiliIes. They are wealth magnets
and they give and give and give and never run dry. It’s their skill to be a giver.
Reference Scripture: 2 Chronicles 2:14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father [was] a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in Imber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.
5: SKILFUL IN DESTRUCTION:
Reference Scripture: Ezekiel 21:31
• These SKILLS you wouldn’t think you need around you. But there are Imes you can’t go
further, and you can build more without the skill of destroying old paradigms and strongholds. They are a propheIc company. BruIsh / sharp edged and offensive... but with skill, and that gii benefits THE LORD’s purpose as seen in Jer. 1:10 “See, I have this day set thee over the naIons and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.”
Reference Scripture: Ezekiel 21:31 And I will pour out mine indignaIon upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of bruIsh men, [and] skilful to destroy.
6: SKILFUL IN WISDOM:
Reference Scripture: Daniel 1:4
• These posses the mind of Christ. They can see the future and create ways to get you
there. If it’s not the perfect picture, these skilled with wisdom give us ways of correcIng the course for future perfect. They are an Apostolic Company with the OIL of SOLOMON and The OIL of DANIEL.
• The tongue of the LEARNED: Isa. 50:4 “The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.”
• A GiK Given: 1 Cor. 12:8 “For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
Reference Scripture: Daniel 1:4 Children in whom [was] no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as [had] ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.
7: SKILFUL IN INTERCESSION: Reference Scripture: Amos 5:16
• These are those that are misunderstood, thought to be mourners... but they are
intercessors. Crying out for ciIes regions and naIons. They are the backbone of vision.
Every vision needs prayer warriors!
• II Chron. 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
• Eze. 22:30 - And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
• Eze. 22:30 MSG: “I looked for someone to stand up for me against all this, to repair the defenses of the city, to take a stand for me and stand in the gap to protect this land so I wouldn’t have to destroy it. I couldn’t find anyone. Not one. So I’ll empty out my wrath on them, burn them to a crisp with my hot anger, serve them with the consequences of all they’ve done. Decree of God, the Master.”
Reference Scripture: Amos 5:16 Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing [shall be] in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentaIon to wailing.
CONCLUSION: Hab 2:2 “And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.”
The instrucIon of my Spiritual Poppa is so loud in my ears these days. With all that God has given us to do by vision, there’s no way possible for one man, or one couple, or one family to accomplish by themselves. The Work of The LORD requires A Visionaire, yes. But it also requires those who can read that vision and run with it. This must be a CORPORATE VISION...Not just an individual’s idea of ministry. It’s a TEAM Effort... and I believe it’s GOD’s WAY of accomplishing His Kingdom Work of Dominion in the Earth and in the Heavens. May these be days of the 11th Hour bring DESTINY HELPERS – Skilled and equipped for the WORK of The LORD.
• Luke 6:12-16 Jesus Chooses Twelve:
• Gen. 1:26-31 “Let US make man”
• Gen. 2:18 “It’s not good for man to be alone”
• Mat. 18:19 “If two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be”
• Mat. 18:20 “Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I”
• Acts 2:1-2 “when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven”
• Ex. 3:6 I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”
• 2 Tim. 2:2 “And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.”
• Num. 11:16-17 “And the Lord said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men ...I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone done for them
Conclusion:
The artisan in our text from Exodus 31, his name is BEZALEL. The Hebrew meaning of his name is: בְּצַלְאֵל, and literally means to be in the shadow of, and the reflection of GOD… to be GOD’s image.
It is said in verse 3, “I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills”. My prayer for you is that you come to an understanding of what it means to live this GOD LIFE! That in all you say and do you are reflecting the very image, glory, power and presence of the CREATOR - the SKILLED ONE, through all you do.
Today, I prophesy to you… you are filled with all kinds of skills! #beskillful #iam
Dr. Dutton
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