 Okay, we've got the recording started. Thank you. Let's go back now to the lecture notes. Okay. All right. So we see one-one-one faith. We're learning how to walk by faith. We are in lesson number eight and we just started this last week. We started talking about the believer's walk of faith. What we want to do in this lesson is just identify different areas in our lives where faith is important. Where do we apply faith? How do we apply faith in different areas of the blood? Or are we all to faith? Or are we Christians? So we began number one. I say we are saying by faith through faith. And we say by faith through salvation. Our experience, our receiving of salvation. Also, it happens by faith in Jesus Christ. By faith. God gives it to us by grace. And we receive it by faith. Okay. So even salvation happens. It starts off like that. Next we saw number two. That actually everything we do must be done by faith in God. Everybody. My person says, we walk by faith. What means that we live our life here on earth by faith? We walk by faith. Everything you do, you do it by faith in God. So many basic examples here. What do we need? What do we do to do it by faith? We spend a lot of time on number three. James chapter one verses five through seven. So we spent a little bit of time last week on this. And we said faith is key to receiving from God. In order to receive from God. What's important? Faith. Faith is important in order to receive from God. So we looked at James chapter one verses five through seven. I'm just going to just review that very quickly. James chapter one verses five through seven. James says, if any of you lack wisdom, let them ask for God who gives to all literally and without reproach. And it will be given to him. But let them ask in faith with no doubting. For he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord. So notice, I'll just review some of the things we already spoke about last week. Notice James starts by talking about wisdom. But then in the end of verse seven, he's talking about receiving anything from the Lord. So these verses are not only talking about receiving wisdom, but these verses are also talking about receiving anything from God. This is not going to receive anything from God. How to do it? So he says, look, as far as God is concerned, as far as God is concerned, God gives to all literally and without reproach. God is a giving God. God is not a stingy God. God is a very generous God. He's a giving God. He gives to all. He gives everybody. And he gives to all literally and without reproach. Let's say he doesn't scold us. Hey, why are you coming again? Why are you asking so much? You're asking me too many things. He gives to all. He gives generously. He gives without reproach, without scolding. But he says in verse six, see, God is a very generous God. But when we want to receive something, we must ask in verse six. Let them ask in. Know the meaning. So you can imagine it like this. Faith is the hand that receives from God. So I have a chocolate here. Friends, come and receive it. So the hand that receives is the hand of faith. So faith is the hand that receives from God. God is a giving God. God is a generous God. He's a giving God. But if you come here and take it and receive it, whose fault is it? It's not my fault. It's not my fault. I said, come, Prince, please take it. So from God's side, God is a giving God. He's a generous God. But then on our side, we have to receive it. Faith is the hand that receives. So if you and I want to reach and receive it, we can do it all. Faith is the hand. So that's why he says in verse 6, let him ask him, please, that no doubting, and then he tells us, but be doubtful that you don't want to receive it. What we are going to do a little later on is that we're going to talk about how to receive it. But now that we've just established that it's important for us to ask it quick. So let's move on. Faith in the life of the believer. Number four. Faith is the means to gain the victory. Faith is the means to gain the victory. Now, in verse 5, verse 4, the Apostle John writes this. He says, For whatever is for all of God, overcome the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world. Our faith. Notice, he says, Whatever is for all of God, and that's called English. Whoever, anybody who is born of God, you are born of God, as a believer in Jesus Christ. You have been born here. So you are born of God. That means it's like God gave birth to you. You have the life and the nature of God in you. Because you are born of God. You have God's life and nature. So never say, I don't know the devil's nature. How can you be born of God and have devil's nature? I have a sense of nature. How can you be God simple? No. So how can you be born of God and have sense of nature? You're born of God and you have God's nature. Right? The problem we have is the flesh. That's different. That's the flesh of the body and the mind. That's a different thing. But in the spirit, you are born of God. You are a part-taker of divine nature. You are part-taker of the life and the nature of God. And what does the Bible say? Whoever is born of God overcomes the world. So you have to look at yourself as an overcomer. I'm going to win all the time. I'm an overcomer because I'm born of God. What is your image of yourself? It has to be according to the Bible. In the Bible says that because you're born of God, you are an overcomer. So in your spirit, you must be settled. Whatever situation I face in life, I am an overcomer because God already said that. God's nature, whoever is born of God, overcomes that you're an overcomer. Sometimes we will face very difficult situations in life. But as a believer, you're at the streets. Must be. I am an overcomer. Because whatever it says right here, person, sacrifice, whoever is born of God, overcomes that. And God cannot be known how to speak the truth. You are an overcomer. But it says how we have a victory. It says that in that verse. And this is the victory that has overcome our faith. Or if you look at other versions of this verse, and you put it like this, this is the means by which we gain victory over the world. For example, look at the Good News Bible and say that, this is the means by which we gain victory over the world. It is through our faith. So God is saying, you are an overcomer. You will overcome. We will have victory over one country. Or whatever you face in life. He didn't say you won't face hardship. But when you face hardship, you face it as an overcomer. You say, I'm going to win. It might be a battle, but I'm going to win. I have to fight. I'm going to win. But how are you going to win? How are you going to have victory? It's through your faith. So my question is this. If a believer does not walk by faith, can he walk in victory? Not according to the scripture, because the scripture is telling us that it is through faith that we gain victory over the world. The scripture is really clear. The scripture says, you are a winner. You are an overcomer. You have victory. But it's going to be through faith in God. If you and I are going to walk in victory. So that's why it's so important for us to learn how to walk in faith. In every situation, you and I say, I'm going to face this by faith in God. I'm not going to face this just by my own understanding. God has given me a mind. I will use it. God has given me physical strength. I will use it by strength. I will go about faith. But the victory, the way we gain victory in every situation is through faith in God. Faith in God. So that's why I'm going to have faith in God in this situation. I'm not going to be affected. I'm not going to be moved by the difficulty, by the complexity of how big this problem is. I'm not going to be moved by that. I'm going to walk by faith in God. This is very important. Now, I don't want to say this in a green way. But I don't understand this. If believers don't walk in faith, they cannot walk in victory. I don't want to be moved by faith. But if believers don't walk by faith in God, they cannot walk in victory. That's why it's so important to teach God's people how to live by faith. This is how you exercise faith in God. This is what it means to walk by faith in God. It's important to teach God's people. So, number five. Let's go. Excuse me, sir. Sir, audio is not clear. The goal of faith. Very important. Faith is our shield against the animal. You see, beyond the devil, the Bible says it's in darkness. The world is in darkness. And there is an enemy. The devil and his demons out there. And as long as we're in this world, the enemy is going to come against us. And he looks at us. He's trying to speak in our faith. He's trying to distract us. He's trying to get us off track. And he's going to try to do it. But God is giving us a thing. Ephesians 6 and verse 16 says, Abhagavadu, Abhagavadu. Very important. So he said, you've got other parts of the arm. You've got your helmet. You've got your bracelet. You've got your pants. You've got your shoes. You've got all these. But he says, Abhagavadu. Most importantly, suppose I tell you somebody, you know, if you want to go to 3, 4, 5, 6, and most important, that's what he said. Most importantly, Abhagavadu, what would she do? Taking the shield off. Faith is a shield. Excuse me, pastor. Excuse me, pastor. The shield in God is like a shield. And this shield, he says, will quench all the fiery dots of the wicked one. The wicked one will fire those dots. Fire the dots. So this picture, you know, Paul, of course, was writing in the first century AD. So we must have written this around sometime before. Excuse me, sir. Excuse me, sir. There used to be fire in swords and arrows. And one of the things they did was they wanted to shoot at the enemy. Excuse me, pastor. They could not hear properly. The arrowhead with fire. Arrowhead. Put a clock or something. Lights up with fire. And then shoot it. Fire the dots. So that, you know, if it falls or something that can catch fire, it'll catch fire. So that's the fiery dot. So Paul is using that picture. He says, you and I can take our shield off. And then the enemy shoots, let's say, because they shoot these fiery dots. We can quench them, extinguish them with our shield. So it doesn't mean the enemy will not shoot fiery dots. He will shoot. He'll attack. He will do different things. But our faith in God will put out all those fiery dots. Understood? So why is faith in God so important? Excuse me, pastor. All the fiery dots. Yeah. When you stand first, you are faith in God. Next hall, the fiery dots. Think about first feet of fire. Eight to nine. It's as nice over the resilience because your adversary, the devil, walks about like a rolling line. He made it wrong. Resist him. We cannot hear. Stand fast in the faith. Resist him. Resist him. Resist him. Resist him. Resist him. Resist him. Resist him. Resist him. Resist him. Resist him. Resist him. Resist him. Resist him. Pastor, we cannot hear, please. What are we saying here? Hello. We can live in victory. Faith in God. We can overcome the world. Faith in God. We can overcome the world. The enemy temptation. Whatever the enemy does. I say it again. Pastor, excuse me. Pastor, we cannot hear. So, I want you to think about this. Sometimes believers believe in this. Stop. Oh, the devil is attacking me. Devil is causing so much problems. The devil is troubling many people. The devil is running. Only problem is I'm running. It stays in the wrong way. It's got to be the other thing. You have to chase and he has to run. Now it's the devil. So, believers, knock like this. But really, that's not the way we're supposed to be talking. Because if we could, our Lord Jesus Christ, the Bible says, defeated the devil on the cross. He crushed the head of the enemy. He defeated the devil. He didn't defeat the devil for himself. He was already gone. He didn't belong. So, he defeated the devil for your sake and my sin. For us. So, I'll do it for you. And now, he says, you walk in that picture. You walk in that picture. But you walk by faith. If you walk by faith, your faith will make you overcome it. And no matter what the devil tries to do, he's not going to succeed against you. Hello, pastor. We cannot hear. Excuse me, pastor. That's the mindset we must have. Excuse me, pastor. There is nothing that the devil can do. As long as I have my sin of faith, as long as I am putting out my sin of faith, there is nothing that the devil can do to affect me. He will try, not say he wants him. He will try, and he will keep on trying till the very last day of the month. The Bible says, if we use the sin of faith, we will know when or the filing of the weekend. If we scan the farm in faith, we can assist the devil. I understand. So that is our condition. You know, especially when we go on mission trips. So we have to be at this time on mission trips. So that means, you know, when you set me up somewhere, they'll go, they'll come back, and they can execute the first mission. They go for two days, for a long time. So generally, people have this idea. I hear it many times. Oh, if I go on my mission trip, I go to minister, and I come back, and the devil will attack me. So why are you thinking like that? That's wrong thinking. Don't even think like that. So when I go on these trips, I don't even think like that. I go, I'm going to I can't stay thinking of God, I go to minister to the people, the people in the country, come back. I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid that devil is going to do something and attack, come to attack. What's the meaning? I'm not afraid. Because the devil says, you have your shield of faith, and you will cleanse all the fighting darts of them. So before I go, I have my shield of faith. When I go, I have my shield of faith. And I come back, I have my shield of faith. So, next one. So we have to keep thinking. Sometimes we think in a wrong way. How about when the devil gets away from the tour? So I have a shield of faith. Now once we got in there, this was both the pandemic, of course, but it was still the pandemic. But we were doing a pastors conference and the youth conference. We cannot hear clearly. So we had our youth in the ministry for the youth. In one session outside, they had a tenant in the ministry there. Inside the building, we had a pastors conference. There's all concerts. I'm not thinking about any demonic manifestation, anything, because this is pastors that are already serving. So we were ministering. Then on the second day, so we were there for three days I think, on the second day, in the second session before lunch. So I could just teach it. And I said, okay, we all stand, let's pray. So all the pastors stood up. They were throwing the pastors. And suddenly I felt I have to rebuke the devil. So all the pastors called for all the pastors here. Where do they rebuke? Where do they need to rebuke the devil? But even at that moment in the prayer time, I simply said, Satan, I take authority over you and the name of Jesus. Of course, we had an interpreter. So he was interpreting it into the name of God. So the moment I said, Satan, I take authority over you and the name of Jesus. Two rows in front. One of the men. Then he came up. Everybody, you know. But this is also from what the pastor got to say. He manifested. He came in front. The demons were speaking. They were speaking in Hindi. I can understand a little bit. I didn't understand everything. But the moment the thing is this. The moment this person started manifesting, all the demons started speaking. For me, and I am saying this because I want this to be the way you made this. For me, it's like I'm not a friend. I'm not a friend. It's okay. They have to listen to me. I'm a friend. So he sounded very aggressively. He came in front. I'm standing here with the interpreter. People that came out are still full manifesting. I said the demons I have no further difference. So you have to come out from the name of Jesus. So he was shouting something. The demons were shouting something in Hindi. I didn't understand what he was saying. But I just said it's a day of Jesus. You have to come out. Then at that moment I had a funny idea. Count to three. Count to three. And he will power this thing. So I said leave it. I'm going to count to three. And he will power this thing. So everybody is watching. This man is in the front. I shall be taking that noise. I said one, two, three. And I said one, two, three. In front of everybody. This man planned on a street. He just went and he was lying on the floor on the ground. He continued to run through the street. And after about 15 minutes or something, he woke up. The point was this. You're not afraid of the devil. Not afraid of the devil. So the demons ran through the street. So were the demons. Leave themselves to the devil. Not afraid of the devil. Why? Because you have the shield of the devil. You have the shield of the devil. They can't penetrate. They can't come past. The shield of the devil. Why? You take your shield of the devil. You will quench all the filerings of the devil. And you and I need to know how many spirits the demons were. We are not afraid of these things. Right? So let's move on a few more. Let me say this. We receive the promise of the spirit by the devil. Not as Galatians 3 and verse 14. Not as Galatians 3 and verse 14. Not as Galatians 3 and verse 14. Not as Galatians 3 and verse 14. That the blessing of Abraham might come on the devil as in Christ Jesus that we might receive the promise of the spirit through the devil. So how do you receive the promise of the spirit? Is by the devil. So now what is the phrase the promise of the spirit? Is the same phrase that Jesus used in Luke 24 chapter I think it's verse 47 or 48. Let me check. Luke 24 I think it's verse 47, 28 let me just check Luke 24 verse 49 sorry Luke 24 verse 49 Jesus said I sent the promise of my Father upon you but wait until you receive the most help until you are done doing the power from God so that the prayer is the promise of the spirit. Jesus refers to the promise of the Father as in Luke 49 in Acts 2 28 or 39 again Peter refers to it in Acts 2 he says verse 39 the promise is to you and to your children Acts 2 verse 39 he says the promise is to you. So that's the same language that's used here in Galatians 3 verse 14 that we might receive the promise of the spirit. What is the promise of the spirit? It is the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Peter looked for it in Luke 4, 49 Acts 2, 28, 39 now in Acts 3, 14 talking about the promise of the spirit. So what does he say? See the promise of the spirit through faith. So how do you receive the outpouring of the Holy Spirit? by faith. So I remember I was about 13 years old or maybe 13 or 14 school here in Bangalore. I have never been exposed to the ministry of the Holy Spirit because I was raised in a traditional church it was CSI or I've been made to the Methodist so we were part of the Methodist so there we were heard hardly about the Holy Spirit. There is a message but you never learn nothing about Dragon Tarn, nothing about the Kenshin Ebony spirit, nothing about the Vedic Holy Spirit. So I was not exposed to that. So I was about 13 years old sorry 13 years old and 14 so I must be 14 at this time. So one of my school teachers he took some of my students he said, I want all of you to receive the Holy Spirit I was ready Holy Spirit I want to receive I'll give them what you believe I want to receive everything there is I want to receive so I'm ready so he took us to an ageing church I never I never went inside an ageing church I didn't know what was an ageing church but he took us there and and then he said they are going to pray for you to receive the Holy Spirit okay I'm ready I want to receive the Holy Spirit because I see it in the Bible I see it in the Bible I didn't understand everything I was just 14 years old but I was ready then the Bible I don't want to see but then he started playing drums in the church loud music full singing I was very scared I never experienced something like that because in the Methodist church everything is very quiet he started to sing the hymn he said I'm fine I was scared I was scared and it was very loud music very loud I was so scared then they started praying for the people for all of us maybe 15 students they started praying they were praying in tongues I was scared even more scared I never heard a thing like this I was very scared so that was my first experience and they said come out pray on that side I didn't know what to pray so I was just waiting for it to get over so I can go home so I came home I didn't know what to say maybe I tried to say one word I don't know but the Bible says we receive the promise of the Spirit by faith in my own house when I went back home I prayed I said God I see this in the Bible it is there the science will follow my name they will speak with you it's there in the Bible but I don't understand I was very scared so loud when I read beautiful chapter it says when you speak in tongues you are edifying your then I think about it because it is edifying me it is strengthening me spiritually so in my own room I prayed I said I don't know I was very scared they said something I was very scared but this is the Bible so in my own room I just started coming I started just praying how did I receive it says you receive the promise of the Spirit through see what we did we just need simple childlike faith and then I started telling all my friends you can receive the promise I prayed they also prayed they also prayed in tongues they used to pray for people on the phone come on pray they also prayed in tongues it says one people almost about 67 students you know see the promise I prayed in tongues but it was simple faith we didn't know everything it happens with the Bible fully but this is what the God had said you can receive the promise of the Spirit through so you tell everybody you are faith in God you can receive you also pray in tongues it was wonderful it was a great time it is faith important in the life of the believer we receive the promise of the Spirit by faith okay let me pause here any questions let me just check the line chat okay somebody said voice is not clear oh I am so sorry how is the voice now how is the audio now are you okay how is the audio now it's not good is audio okay now okay should be better now is audio okay I just changed the input okay now it's fine okay so I'm sorry about this I should check it every time I had to change my settings okay I hope the recording would have better audio so in case if you have time you could just go back and listen to us I'm sorry I didn't change the settings here okay now it's okay alright so any questions from those who are online if you have any questions any questions from those in class okay are you able to follow me I mean or at least in part if the audio wasn't very clear so let me just quickly review what we covered today so what we did was we went through the first six points here and the believers walk of faith we talked about we are saved by grace through faith everything must be done in faith then we went through faith is key to receiving from God and then we talked about how faith is the means to gain victory so we are overcomers but the way we walk as overcomers is through faith in God we talked about faith as a shield against the enemy the enemy will come against us but the shield of faith our faith in God is like a shield that quenches all the fiery darts and then we lastly number 6 we talked about how we receive the promise of the spirit by faith so the baptism of the Holy Spirit the outpouring of the Holy Spirit we received that gift to receive the promise of the spirit through simple faith in God childlike faith in God so till that we have covered I apologize again that I didn't check the chat to see that there were some audio problems but hopefully it's fine now okay so let's pause here and we'll go for our break we'll be back in about 10 I think we have 15 minutes we'll come back and at 11 o'clock we will start our next class thank you let's go for our break