 Okay, welcome back after the break. Just before we went for a break, we looked at the parable of the first, first one parable of the sower and the seed and then parable of the good seed and the, the tears. Okay. Now, in the same thought process, in the same truth, Jesus also uses another parable with this time not about farming, but fishing story to bring about the same truth in Matthew chapter 13, Matthew chapter 13 versus 47 to 50. So can one of you please read Matthew chapter 13 versus 47 to 50 please. Matthew chapter 13 from 47. Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds of fish. When it was full, the fisherman pulled it up on the shore. Then they sat down and collected the good fish in the baskets. But through the bad away, this is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them into the fiery furnace where there will be weeping and gashing of teeth. Have you understood all these things Jesus asked as they replied? Amen. So thank you. Jesus here is using a simple fisherman's story. So he's using something that's very, very familiar in their world. Farming is very, very familiar in the context of Israel and also fishing. Okay. And he uses this farming and fishing story to describe what will happen in the end of the age and he's saying how the good will be separated from the bad and what is going to happen. Okay. So he says that the big fishing net is being thrown and everyone will be caught into that and we'll be brought to the place of judgment where there will be sorted out. So the question is where will you and I be? Okay. Will we be that good fish, that good seed that is gathered into the kingdom of God? Or will be that bad fish where Jesus says, you know, will be thrown into the hell of eternal fire, the furry furnace of fire. Okay. Meaning into eternal place of separation or it is hell. Okay. So he says, you know, listen, this is what will happen. Okay. This is the story is for you and me to understand what is going to happen in the end of the age. Unless a man is born again, he cannot enter the kingdom of God or he cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. So unless a person is born again, you know, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. You know, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. So now is a good time for people to be born again to enter into the kingdom of God because the time is coming when the big fishing net will be cast and every soul that ever lived will be gathered before the throne of God. And those who are born again will be, will see the kingdom of God, the kingdom of heaven, and those who are not born again will be eternally separated from Jesus in the place of a furry furnace of fire. And it's not a happy place to be. Okay. And it's a place called hell. Okay. And then he speaks to other parables. Jesus talks about in the same chapter of Matthew chapter 13 and both of these parables that he speaks in verses 31, 32 and 33 is revealing to us the power of the nature of the kingdom of God. Okay. So Matthew chapter 13 verses 31, 32 and 33, he speaks to other parables where he's revealing to us the power of the nature of the kingdom of God. Okay. So can somebody read that please Matthew 13, 31, 32 and 33. Matthew chapter 13 from 31. He told them another parable, the kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, when yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and become a tree so that the birds of the air come and preach in its branches. The other one. Yes. Yes. He told them still another parable, the kingdom of heaven is like east that a woman took and mixed into a large amount of food until it worked all through the door. Okay. So what does he say in verse 31? He's telling them another parable that he puts forth to them and he's saying the kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed. So he's saying, look, no, I'm telling you something more about the kingdom of heaven and it's like a mustard seed and the mustard seed he says is the smallest of all seeds. But when it is sown into the ground, it takes root, it grows into a big plant where even the birds of the air come and nest in it. And then he continues the same thought and he gives another story or another parable in verse 33. And he says the kingdom of God or a kingdom of heaven is like east or like baking soda. Okay, that women put to making bread or cake or biscuits, whatever. And they just put a little bit into the dough, but it affects the whole dough. It brings about results and consequences and it affects every, the whole batter that is there. Okay. So what is he saying through these two parables or the mustard seed and the leaven or the east, the word that God speaks. Okay. Can be small. Okay. Yes. But it has the potential to influence, to become pervasive, to infiltrate its entire environment, the entire city, the entire nation. Okay. So this is how God works. He always begins very, very small like a small mustard seed. He also begins very small like a leaven, just a little. But what is the intent that God has to affect the entire environment. Okay. Now where is the kingdom of God? Yes. What does Luke chapter 17 verse 20 and 21 say? Luke chapter 17 verse 20 and 21 says, now when he asked, now when he was asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them and said, the kingdom of God does not come with observation. Nor will they say, see here or see there for indeed the kingdom of God is where is within you. The kingdom of God is within you. Okay. So where the kingdom of God is within us, the mustard seed is where? In us, the little leaven is where? Inside us. And wherever you are, this mustard seed or this leaven has the potential to influence your environment. Or God has the power. He has the capacity, the strength to influence the environment. And he can influence or parade his kingdom in and through the sphere or the environment that he has placed you. And God wants his kingdom to invade, to infiltrate every part of our city and our nation and the nations of the world or every sphere or environment that he has placed us. So you and I have got the kingdom of God in us. We are that mustard seed. You and I are the leaven. God has put us where he has put us. Okay. You can say the mustard seed is so small, the leaven is so little, you know, and you can tell God, God, I am so small. I'm so insignificant. You know, what influence can I have in my environment? You know, I'm not a great preacher, great teacher, great miracle worker. I'm very small. I'm very insignificant. But what influence can I have upon my environment? What influence can I have in my locality or even my city or my state or my nation? But Jesus is telling us, God is reminding us that there is something inside you that has the potential to grow. Something inside you that has the potential to grow into something bigger and something greater and something huge. It has the potential to invade the entire environment. And what is that called? The kingdom of God. Okay. So if you believe what is inside you is a mustard seed. What is inside you is a leaven. And you are that mustard seed or you are that leaven in the city of God. And God can affect the city, the environment or locality, the nation in and through you. You have that faith that the kingdom of God is inside you. Then yes, God can use you mightily. Okay. Yes. In our own self, we are insignificant. In our own self, we might not have the potential. In our own self, we might not have the capacity, but there's something powerful and much greater that is inside us. And that is called the kingdom of God. Okay. And that's something inside us can affect our locality, the workplace, our families, our city and our city, our state and our nation. Okay. So the kingdom of God is in our midst. And his desire is that, that it will affect the world around us or the environment around us. Okay. Then, so this is what he spoke about how powerful the kingdom of God is through these two parables. Then he speaks to more parables to reveal the value that we must place on the kingdom of God. What is the parables that he spoke about the value that we must place on the kingdom of God? Anyone? Online students? What is the parables that he spoke about that reveal to us the value that is that he places on the kingdom of God? Yes. The value of the kingdom of God. He made treasure in a field. Okay. Good. And also the pearl. Yes. So can somebody please read Matthew chapter. Thank you, Nina, John, Pearl and the hidden treasure in the field. Yes. Thank you, Jack in parable of selling everything to purchase God's kingdom. The, the, the farmer sold everything to purchase that field in which he saw the treasure or the businessman sold everything valuable to buy that pearl of great worth or great price. Okay. So Matthew chapter 13 versus 44 to 46. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid. And for joy, oh wait, he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls who, who when he had found one pearl of great price went and sold out sold all that he had and bought it. Amen. Thank you. So what is Jesus saying here? He's saying, listen, here's the truth about this unseen kingdom. Okay. If you really want to enjoy this kingdom, if you really want to experience this kingdom, then here is how you need to treat this kingdom. Okay. Okay. Okay. So if you want to experience this kingdom, if you want to enjoy this kingdom inside you in your seed influencing your environment, then this is how you have to treat the kingdom of God. So how you have to treat the kingdom of God, you have to treat the kingdom of God as a man, you know, who was digging the field and he saw this huge big treasure. And he went and sold everything to buy that field so that that treasure becomes his. Okay. Or the businessman, you know, who was looking for that one pearl, exquisite pearl, really beautiful, you know, pearl. And when he found that pearl, what did he do? It was very, very expensive. He went and sold everything that he had and he went and bought that one pearl. Okay. So what is Jesus trying to say in these two parables? He's saying, this is how you must treat the kingdom of God. How do you treat the kingdom of God? It should be like a treasure in the field. It should be like that pearl of great value. Anything less than that is unacceptable. Okay. Because it is the kingdom of God. Okay. So the question is, will you and I place such great importance, such great value on the kingdom of God? The question is, will you and I treat the kingdom of God as this great treasure in the field? And the question is, will you and I treat the kingdom of God as that pearl of great price? Or does the kingdom of God become something that we treat that only when we go to church on Sunday, Sunday mornings? Or is the kingdom just a little thing? You know, when you have some spare time, you go and listen to the man of God preach or you go to some prayer meeting or some fasting prayer or some revival meeting. But he's saying the kingdom of God is all in all. Okay. And you are part of that kingdom. It's your pearl. It's a great price. It's that treasure in that field for which you are to leave everything, sell everything and just pursue that kingdom. And so Jesus saying, this is the way you have to treat my kingdom. Okay. So this says, in fact, any man puts his hand to the plow and looks back is not fit for my kingdom. What does Jesus mean here? Jesus is meaning you cannot entertain any second thought. There's no second thought. There's only one thought you must have that this is my kingdom. You don't have any other second thoughts and you are fit for his kingdom. And so this is a pretty strong word that Jesus is saying. He's saying, you know, he doesn't want 50-50. Okay. He doesn't want 75 and 25. He wants what? 100%. You have to sell all that you have for the sake of that treasure. You sell all that you got for the pearl of great price. Okay. So what am I trying to say? I'm not trying to say that we leave everything that we have and go up to the Himalayas and say, thy kingdom come, thy will be done. Okay. It is of no use. It's of no good to anybody. It's not going to do any good to anybody. So what I'm saying is this that while we live in our busy chaotic world. Okay. While we are here in this busy chaotic world where there is wicked people, you know, while we are doing what God has called us to do while we are being sons and daughters of the kingdom of God in the midst of the wicked and perverse generation and while doing all that, you know, our entire life should be centered or our entire life should revolve around the king and his kingdom. Everything that we think, our culture, our lifestyle, what we are doing, where we are going, everything should revolve around the king and his kingdom. So when you're studying, you study for the king and his kingdom. When you work, you work for his king and his kingdom. Okay. When you're cooking at home, you're doing home chores you do for the king and his kingdom. Okay. When you are preaching and teaching you do for the king and his kingdom. Okay. When I go out and do anything or something, I'm doing it for the sake of the king and his kingdom. And that is what drives me. Okay. And if your life is like that, Jesus says the kingdom of God is like that. Your value in the kingdom of God, like that great pearl, like that great treasure in that field. And Jesus is saying that this is what I'm asking of you. I'm asking of you to, you know, value my kingdom, like that pearl of great price and that treasure in that field and nothing less. Okay. So Jack says pursue God with all your heart, soul and mind, love and obey his word consistently and wholeheartedly. Yes. Very true. Thank you, Jack. Yes. So yes, Nina says, how much do we value the kingdom of God? Okay. The kingdom of God should be number one in our lives. And that is why Jesus said, see key. First the kingdom of God and all of these things will be added into your life. So we need to reorder our lives. We need to reprioritize everything in our life where we are making his the king first and his kingdom first over everything else. Okay. Where we're saying God, this is, you know, this is what my life is all about. It's about the king and his kingdom. It's about being sons and daughters of that kingdom in this world. And I'm here for a purpose. And what is the purpose? I'm here God, even as you have chosen me to be a son and daughter as your kingdom. You want your kingdom to parade through my life. You want your kingdom to invade through my life. You want the kingdom to be an influence in and through my life. And that is the reason why I am here. And so we can say God, this is the reason why I am that why I am here. This is the reason why you have made me your son or your daughter for this purpose. You have raised me up at such a time as this in this time in the season. And you can just say God, allow your kingdom to come through me and affect the people, the environment, the locality, the community, the city, the state, the government, the nation around me. Okay. So that is what God wants to do in and through our lives. Okay. There are two more things here about the teachings of this kingdom. He says in Matthew chapter 13 versus 51 to 53. Matthew chapter 13 versus 51 to 53. Can somebody read that please? So towards the end of this chapter, Jesus, you know, again turns to his disciples and he telling him these parables. Yeah. Matthew chapter 13 verse 51 to 53. Jesus said to them, have you understood all these things they said to him as Lord? Then he said to them, therefore, every scribe instructed concerning the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure, treasure things new and old. Now it came to pass when Jesus had finished these parables that he departed from there. Amen. Thank you. So towards the end of this chapter, Matthew chapter, Matthew chapter 13. Okay. Jesus turns to his disciples and says, what does he say? Have you understood all these things? Yeah. And what did they say to him? Yes, Lord, finally. So Jesus must have been very content and happy. Finally, thank you. You know, thank you God for giving them the revelation. And he says he's going to, you know, he's been going through one parable after the other. He's told them over the parable of the sower and the seed, the parable of the harvest, the dragnet, the pearl of great price. And then he comes to the conclusion and he says, have you understood what I've been talking to you all this time? And they said, yes. So Jesus says, okay, I have one more thing I want to tell you about my kingdom. Okay. And then he talks about the scribes. Who are the scribes? Teachers. Okay. Those who instruct concerning the kingdom of heaven. Okay. So he says, so here are the teachers of the kingdom and these teachers of the kingdom are like householders. Okay. They bring out their treasure, bring out of their treasure things that are new and old. Okay. So he says, listen, when you see people teaching about the kingdom of God, it's going to be like this. It's going to be like a householder who brings, who goes out and gets out of his treasures, all things and new things. All things that he's been collecting for many years. Some of us have been collecting jewelry or, you know, if you're a stamp collection or notes or whatever you enjoy collecting. You know, there are some things that are very, very old and there's some things that you have collected in the recent past or the recent now. Okay. So he says, you know, listen, these people who are going to teach about the kingdom of God are like these householders who will go out and get out of their treasuries, old and new things. So what is Jesus meaning here? What are the old and new things? Revelations, old revelations and new revelations. Okay. Can you take the mic please? Okay. Who brings out of the store room new treasures as well as like, they are like people who brings the revelations that God revealed to them in their secret ways, which are old and which are new. Which are new. Okay. Revelations from the Old Testament and the New Testament. Okay. So he says, when you're hearing these teachers or when you're hearing these tribes, when they talk about the kingdom of God, there will be all things that you have already heard of, which they will be speaking to you. But there will also be new revelations that you have not heard of, you know, that they will speak to you. So he's saying, you have to receive both the old and the new. So he says, when you hear things, some things the teachers are teaching about the kingdom of God, you're going to be hearing things that are old and things that you've never heard of, things that you have never accustomed to, you're not used to. You'll be hearing new things. But he says, you have to receive both. Okay. So what does he mean? You know, when he says this, he means that when you're understanding the things concerning the kingdom of God, there is what God has already spoken of. And there is what God is saying here now in the present. Okay. So if you really want to flow with the kingdom of God, you must be willing to receive what God has already said what God has already spoken and what God is saying. Okay. So what God has already said, what God is saying now in the present does not supersede or does not negate or it does not violate anything that God has already said in the past. In fact, what God has said explains what God is going to be saying or what God is saying now. So if you want to know what God is saying now in the present, if you want to know if that is a truth, if that is the reality that is from God, how do you know it? You have to look at what you have heard from the past that God has spoken because what God is speaking now in the present is not going to supersede, negate or violate what he has already spoken. Okay. And Jesus is saying you cannot only live on what God has spoken in the past. You only can't live on the old. There's also what God is saying now in the present, in the new. You also have to receive it. The problem with most of us is we tend to fall or lean on what God has already told us in the past or in the old. Okay. And because why that is kind of comfortable ground for us, we're accustomed to it. We are used to it. But if we are not willing to listen to what he's telling us in the new, we'll miss out on what God is saying. Okay. And if you only run after what God is saying now in the present, you will not be able to understand what he is saying because you're not, you have not understood what he's spoken in the past. Now if you're running, you know, you're running after God for what he's saying now in the present is good. You have to do that, but you will not understand it because you have not understood what he has spoken in the past or you're likely to misunderstand what he's saying in the present because you're not interpreting it in the light of what he has said in the past. And that is why we have nowadays a lot of false teachings and calls that are coming up. Even some good preachers are saying things that are so out of context because they are so concentrating on the things that these God is speaking now. They misinterpret and misunderstand what he's speaking in the present. Now what he's doing in the present now because they're not seeing it in the light of what he has already said. Because everything that he's already said is in the context of what he is going to say now. So the context of what he's saying now is what he's already spoken in the past. So as people who want to understand the teaching of the kingdom of God, we must have hearts that are receptive to both the old and the new. To what God has spoken, to what God has said and to what God is saying now, to what God has written already in his word and what God is speaking now and revealing to us now. When we do that, that will allow us to learn the mysteries of the kingdom of God. So what God has said in his written word is what God is speaking through the voice of the Spirit. There's nothing new. What he's already written in his word is what he's speaking to us through the voice of his Spirit. So what he's speaking to you right now and we need both of it. If we don't have both of it, we will contradict what he is being said and we'll also contradict what has already been said. Because it is the same God who is speaking and he cannot contradict already what he has said in his written word, what he has spoken. So if we listen to speakers and they say some new revelation, new thoughts, you always have to go back to what has already been written in the word of God. Because that is our context because God will not reveal anything new that he's not already revealed in the past. So you and I don't have to be afraid of what is already revealed in the past. What is revealing now because we can see it in the context of the past revelation that he has already revealed to us. So he says that's how he said you're going to understand the mysteries of the kingdom of God. Then one last parable that we will look at and this is a very interesting parable in Luke chapter 19. That talks about stewardship. Luke chapter 19. Now we already have studied about this. We've already read about the parable of the talents in Matthew chapter 25. But it's interesting to read in Luke chapter 19. So in both these places in Luke chapter 19 and Matthew chapter 25, this is a teaching about what? Stewardship. Okay, talking about stewardship. Sorry, there's a lot of online students and e-learning students who will be listening to the lecture later. There's a lot of noise. I think there is some drilling work that's going on, construction work that's happening just in the neighborhood. So there is a lot of noise. So please excuse us. Okay. So can somebody read Luke chapter 19 versus 11 to 27, please? Luke chapter 19 verse 11 to 27. Now as they heard these things, he spoke another parable because he was near Jerusalem and because they thought the kingdom of God would appear immediately. Therefore, he said, a certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself the kingdom unto return. So he called 10 of his servants, delivered to them, 10 minus and minors and said to them, do business till I come. But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him saying, we will not have this man to reign over us. And so it was that when he returned, having received the kingdom, he then commanded these servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him. That he might know how much every man had gained by trading. Then came the first saying, master, your minas has earned 10 minas. And he said to him, well done, good servant, because you are faithful in a very little, have authority over 10 cities. And the second came saying, master, your minas has earned five minas. Likewise, he said to him, you also be over five cities. Then another came saying, master, here is your minas, which I have kept put away in a handkerchief. For I feared you because you are an Austrian man. You collect what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow. And he said to him, out of your own mouth, I will judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was an Austrian man collecting what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow. Then did you not put my money in the bank that at my coming I might have collected it with interest? And he said to those who stood by, take the minas from him and give it to him who has 10 minas. But they said to him, master, he has 10 minas. But I say to you that to everyone who has will be given. And from him who does not have even what he has will be taken away from him. But bring here those enemies of mine who did not want me to reign over them and slay them before me. Amen. Thank you. So here in Luke chapter 19 verse 13, Jesus says that there's a nobleman. Okay. And he is going to receive a kingdom. And so he calls his servants and calls 10 of his servants and gives them what? What does he give them? 10 minas. And what does he tell them? Do business till I come. The King James version says occupy till I come. Or the new King's James version says do business. Okay. So the little meaning of this word occupy means do business till I come. So what are we supposed to do till the King of the kingdom comes back? We have to do business. Okay. Meaning what? We have to engage. Where do we do the business? In this world. That means we need to engage in the world. He's saying we need to get into the world. Which means he's saying get into and be part of the commerce of this world. Be part of the transactions that happens in this world. And occupy doesn't mean sit in your house and do nothing about anything. Occupy means do business, means take ground. You know, gain territory. Do business. So we can think, you know, what is God telling us? You know, he's asking us to do business in this world, in this wicked world. He's asking us to engage in the transactions of this world, in the commerce of this world. You know, sometimes as people in the church, you know, especially those who of us were born again. You know, we become a little spiritual. When we are born again, we immediately disconnect from the world. We don't want to have anything with this world. We say, hey, we are only physical bodies. So by being a physical body, we are connected to this world, but our heart and mind is in heaven. So we are not occupying the things of this world. We are in absentia. So to say till he comes. And that is not what God has asked us to do. What has God asked us to do? He's asked us to occupy ourselves, do business, gain territory till he comes. Meaning every believer, every son and daughter of the kingdom of God, you know, we have a commission for us, that God has a commission for us to do something. And what is that? He wants us to do business on this earth till he comes back. It means he wants us to engage in this world. He wants us to get into this world. He wants us to be part of the seven mountains, or the seven spheres of activity in our society. He wants us to be influencers in that seven mountains, or the seven spheres of activity, or spheres of activity in our society. He wants us to gain these seven mountains. you know conquer these seven mountains. He wants us to bring about his kingdom reign, his kingdom rule, his kingdom presence, his kingdom values, his kingdom culture, kingdom lifestyle, you know, kingdom thought process in these seven mountains or these seven spheres of activity or influence. What are these seven mountains? Anyone knows? They're also called the seven mind molders. What are the seven mountains? Arts, entertainment, media, business, education, government and religion. Okay, so sometimes we think, hey, as believers, as born again Christians, we shouldn't be part of the entertainment world, right? But God is saying, do business, occupy, be part of these seven mountains, be part of it, you know, and influence these seven mountains. Because God wants, through us, He wants to provide influence, bring about a change in the environment that we are in. So each of us have to be part of these seven mountains. So we find, you know, born again Christians thinking, hey, we should not be part of the entertainment world. We should not be part of the business world. Okay, education is fine. We shouldn't be part of government and politics. Okay, but God is saying, engage with this world, you know, go and be part of these seven, these spheres or these mind molders or these mountains and bring about my kingdom rule reign because my kingdom is going to invade my kingdom, you know, that is powerful, that's pervasive, like that mustard seed, like that, leaving which will, you know, change in this powerful, like that seed, the word, you know, will bring power, will change, will bring about my kingdom in that sphere. So, you know, we need to get into these mountains, we need to get into these seven spheres, we need to occupy, we have to do business, engage in the world till He returns. We need to be in the world. But yes, we are not off it. Okay, so if anyone doubts of any of you or, you know, doubts, whether Jesus wants you to be engaging in this world, you know, here's your answer. He says, engage in the world till I come or get into or do business till I come. Okay, so we should never have the slightest thought of running away to the Himalayas. You know, staying there and saying you don't want to engage the world, not do any business till He returns. But it's interesting what Jesus is asking us to do. Okay, He's saying that, you know, verse 15, it says, when He returned having to see the kingdom, so He is now also going to come back. The king of kings is going to come back. The Lord of gods is going to come back. Like just like we read in this parable in verse 15 says, and so it was when He returned, that means, you know, the owner who went away, the master who went away. When He returned having received the kingdom, He then commanded these servants to whom He had given the money to be called to Him that He might know how much every man had gained by trading. So what does it mean here? It's meaning that Jesus has given us, you know, the talents to trade and He is going to return. And He's going to return when, when He has received the kingdom, He's going to be coming back. Okay, the king of kings, the Lord of lords, when He receives the kingdom, He's going to come back. He's going to put the enemy under His feet. Okay. And He's going to, He's commanding His servants, meaning you and me, to people whom He has entrusted what He has given to us. And He's asking, going to ask us how much more we have gained by trading. Okay. He wants to know how much each of us have gained by trading. He wants to find out what His servants did by what He has entrusted to them. Okay. So whether successful in engaging the world, how much did they multiply what He has given them? What is the increase they have brought about? What is the influence that they have brought about? How have they been an impact? How have they reached the world? How much did they gain by trading? You know, so He's going to ask us all of these things. Okay. So this is not just a nice story that we can listen to. This is a parable of the kingdom of God. And this is what He wants His kingdom to be like. Do you have a question? Okay. So this is not just what He wants. Okay. This is His kingdom. This is what He's expecting of you and me. Okay. Yes. Some question. I was thinking about the servant, even the talent or money. Like some people worked when one person, he didn't work. He didn't steward it well. What if they're like, not from here, but if, what if because of fear they didn't do, of losing life? They got profit. So they did. What if they didn't do with the fear of being lost? The one, the servant who went and hid it, right? What will happen to... Maybe like some people, they steward it doing business and they gain profit. Okay. But what if we are in it? What if we didn't do it thinking that if I invest, if I do with what I have given, I will go for loss. So instead of being in loss, it's better to have one that God was given. Okay. So are you thinking, when you're thinking like this, are you? Okay. You're asking. If somebody thinks like this, are they thinking kingdom thinking? They're not thinking kingdom thinking. Are they thinking kingdom mandate? No, because the kingdom of God is in you. What you have received might be very small one, might be very insignificant. It can be like that mustard. It can be like that leaven. But what is God saying? Hey, it's not about how big you receive. It's what you do with that little, what you think is little and small and insignificant. It is my power that can work. And my power is so invasive, is so powerful, is so dynamic that it can just infiltrate and change the entire environment. And also, what is kingdom thinking, kingdom culture? We talked about it, right? It's faith, not fear. So what are you activating? You're activating fear. When you have fear, you're not, you're not seeing, you're not belonging to the kingdom of God. You're the kingdom of darkness. Okay. Faith is kingdom of characteristic of the kingdom of righteousness, joy, peace is also characteristic of the kingdom of God, but also faith, right? That's the culture. Didn't we study about it? Yeah. So, and also it is, you're also coming to a place where you're not trusting the king of the kingdom. It's also not taking him by his word, right? And you're not doing what he has entrusted you to do. Good question. Anyone else has a question? When we are taking this parable as an worldly example in our lives, in our physical lives, how we have to take this parable in our worldly life? Okay. How do we take this parable in our worldly life? You can say that, hey, I like acting. I want to join TV series. I want to join movie. Or I like fashion designing. You know, so when you're part of fashion designing, you know the kind of clothes nowadays people are wearing, so revealing. It's not kingdom values. It is not honoring God with our bodies. So you can design clothes, which are good, but you can also, you know, design it in the sense which will bring about kingdom culture. Okay. Which can also be so influence that it can influence the hearts and minds of people. Okay. You can also have, you can do business. Okay. But you can do business where you're not bribing, you're not cheating, you're not doing things in the wrong way. You can also be part of the entertainment world, but you don't have to submit to all of those, you know, the wrong things that are happening given to those wrong things. You can stand and be an influence to other people who are struggling in that same field. So you are being part of that mountain where you are bringing in God's kingdom culture, his lifestyle, his thinking, his values, his power, his, you know, going through science miracles and wonders, you're bringing his values down, you're bringing his kingdom comes will be done in that place and you're doing what God wants you to do and you are influencing the minds of people in that sense. So imagine you're influencing the minds of people who are being influenced by the thoughts of Satan. Okay. So what an impact you can have that you can change even what the media is presenting, what TV series are presenting. If you look at TV series as long time since I've seen it, but it's always most about jealousy and hatred and fighting and back fighting and getting back and murdering and all of those things. But you can set a trend to that by changing and bringing about Kingdom lifestyle and Kingdom values. Yes. To take a turn and an example in our lives, like not only in the spiritual realm, in the worldly realm also, can we take this parable as an example to do things? Yes, because Jesus says we are in this world, right? Even if you're living in a neighborhood, you're not living with all very good neighbors. You have neighbors who are going to irritate you and rub shoulders, but how are you going to show the love of Christ to them? But how come it's actually Jesus was telling to make people understand about the spiritual things? It's not like he's telling you to do like this. If I'm telling one example that doesn't mean I'm telling you to do this and I want to make people understand the spiritual things by using this parable. Yes, but the spiritual thing is not something that is just something like a philosophy. It's not a philosophy. It's not just an ideology. It's something that you live in your life here and now. So even the Kingdom of God, salvation is eternal. It's not a realized, it's not an eschatological hope. That means we are into the future where we are going to receive the eternal life, all the benefits of the eternal life. It's a realized eschatology, something that we realize the eternal life here and now. What's the point? So everything that Jesus is telling us, he wants us to live and experience it here and now. And that has consequences for our future, our eternal future. My point is when Jesus was actually using these parables, he wanted to make people understand about what he wanted to tell about the Kingdom of God. Yes. So how come we can take these things as in our worldly life that we can do, that we have to do the business and these things and stuff? So this we are living in this world, we have to do business, we have to do something to eat. They are farmers, they are fishermen, they are tax collectors. So you have to be good stewards. God has given you talents, use those talents, be good stewards. And also, how do you value God's Kingdom? Prioritize God's Kingdom. What is your priority first? How do you value God's Kingdom? That is something that we show here right now. And also about the scribe, the householder that brings about good and old things, good old things and new things. So he's talking and the parable of the sword, the word of God that comes into your life, how you need to understand it and live out that word. Only when you understand, believe and live out that word is going to happen here in the future, in the present. Whatever Jesus is speaking has no point when we go up to heaven. See, because there we are just going to, we would understand all mysteries and truth. We are just praising God and we're just glorifying Him. It's what He's saying, He wants His Kingdom here to, you know, how His Kingdom, how He wants His Kingdom to be here on the earth. Okay, so everything what He's telling us is in the context of here and now. That is why it's so relevant for us even today when He stole these parables 2,000 years back. Is it okay now? Can I understand? Okay. Okay, Jack, Pastor, how much each of us are able to impact the world by the power of the Holy Spirit is different measure for each of us, right? Yes, according to the measure we learned last semester, right? The measure of the grace that is given to us depends on the calling, the responsibility that we have. Greater the calling, greater the responsibility, greater the grace that is released to us. Yes. Yeah. So the different measures of the gift or the grace of God. We learned this while studying fulfilling God's purpose for your life. Yes. Did that help, Jack? Okay, we're getting late for our next class. Okay, thank you everyone for joining the class today. We'll continue next week. Have a blessed week. Thank you.