 Good morning everyone. Welcome to this class. We continue from where we stopped last week. We will start with the word prayer and Thank you Jesus. Thank you for today. Lord Jesus, we give you all glory and presence. We will be glorified. Lord I surrender you to your hands this class and everything we are going to learn. Lord Jesus, Lord help us and open our hearts that we can receive. If you want to speak with Lord Jesus. Thank you for everything. In Jesus name we pray. Amen. Thank you. I think there is somebody. So from the last class, I hope that we have understood that there is the spiritual realm which has both the kingdom of light as well as the kingdom of darkness. And there can be an influence of these realms on us. If we engage with them and we saw a couple of things we said that there can be disciplines that cause us to engage the spiritual realm. We said there can be sacrifices that engage the spiritual realm or there can be things like rituals that one can perform. We can also connect them to the spiritual realm and of course dedications. Now we did keep our focus on the kingdom of darkness just so we recognize the different things that could happen from the kingdom of darkness. Because we are studying about believers authority and what is our intention. We want to take authority on the works of the enemy. So in the last class there was this understanding that open doors can bring the influence of the enemy into people's lives in general. And if believers are not careful, we said that. We also clarified and we said that a believer cannot be demon possessed. Because it's just not scriptural to say that a believer is demon possessed. We are possessed if you want to use the term possessed by the Holy Spirit. And we generally don't even say possessed because when we use the term possessed it's more like the spirit is ruling the person. The person has no opportunity to exercise their own free will. So usually that term possessed gives us that picture. But we have the Holy Spirit living in us but we don't use the term possessed. But if you look at it that way, yes the Holy Spirit is the one who fills us up. The Holy Spirit is the one who lives in us but he doesn't take control of us in a way that we cannot exercise our own mental faculties. So all these things were quite clear in the last class. And we said that the spiritual realm, again talking about the powers of darkness, they can recognize spiritual authority. There are two kingdoms that spiritual kingdoms that can influence us in the natural realm. All of us either belong to the kingdom of light or the kingdom of darkness. There's no grey zone. Nobody can say that I'm not part of the kingdom of light but I'm not part of the kingdom of darkness also. Automatically if someone's not part of the kingdom of light what happens? They're part of the kingdom of darkness, the Satan and his demonic powers. They rule over those who are not born again and who are not part of the kingdom of Jesus Christ. We also see that there is delegated authority which is given to the people of the kingdom of light. What do we mean by that? See we are part of the kingdom, yes. But as we study scriptures and we are also going to study in this course, we have been sent by Jesus. All authority on heaven and earth, I have, I give it to you. Jesus has given us the authority. So when I'm saying that I am a part of the kingdom of light, I must also recognize that I have what is called as delegated authority. So when I'm sent, he didn't just send me empty handed. He gave me authority and then I am sent. So that is known as delegated authority. We talk about so many other things like the authority in the name of Jesus that we carry, the authority by the Spirit, the Holy Spirit that we can exercise. So every believer, one is we are part of the kingdom of light which is clear cut. We are also given delegated authority. Every believer, believers may know this or they may not know this. You see that's the place where there are challenges. If we don't understand this, we might think that the paths of darkness can rule and reign in our lives. But when we understand I am part of the kingdom of light, I have delegated authority. The way we respond to life or to demonic powers is pretty and how this authority is given, how this authority is recognized. There's another insight that we must gain and that is in the spiritual realm authority is recognized. How do we know this? That incident we talked about Acts 19 in that what happens. Paul demonstrates the authority of God, supernatural things happen in the city of Ephesus. There are people who are not part of the kingdom of light meaning they are not born again. So the seven sons of Skiwa, they come and they try to use only the principle. What is the principle? They use the name of Jesus because they understood there is something about the name of Jesus. If we speak the name of Jesus, demons will flee. So let's use it. When they did that, we see that there was a backlash because they were part of the kingdom of darkness and they were trying to use the name of Jesus. And so what did the demons say? They said something like Jesus we know, Paul we know, who are you? See this also helps us understand. Even the demonic powers, they know who God's children are. We don't have to give them a crash course on, hey I am born again, I am delegated. Nothing, if they see you, they'll be like, oh my goodness, I better run because they know who you are. And they are scared. So we have to understand that. Sometimes we don't understand it. We think I should be scared of demon. But see here, what are they saying? Jesus we know, Paul we know, who are you? In the same way, when we are part of the kingdom of light, even the demonic realm recognizes, oh these people are coming. They are born again. They are part of the kingdom of light. So the demonic spirits recognize. And that's something we must recognize. And so we are just trying to build on our understanding of authority. How beautiful. And the next point that we want to make here is because of the authority that has been given to us, we as believers can overcome any oppression of the enemy. So we just have to use our authority and overcome. Okay, the enemy is doing this, the enemy is doing that. Sometimes what happens to us as believers, we are more interested in what the enemy is doing. And we can narrate, sometimes we can narrate, oh enemy said like this, he did like this, this attack happened, that attack. Yeah, it's real. We are not denying anything. But you see, no matter what the enemy does, you and I can overcome. Because we are walking with authority. Now we are recognizing, okay, I have authority that we recognize. How to use that authority, how to overcome the enemy, we are going to discuss and learn these things. One is again to learn it, but another thing is to practice it. Okay, so there was a really nice question on the eLearning platform. On the eLearning platform, there's a place where people can post their questions. So I don't know who exactly asked that question, but they asked me the question. They said, okay, you're teaching about authority. How do you practice authority? Tell me. And so I answered that question over there. See, every day we have to practice our authority, isn't it? So how do we practice it? First of all, we practice it by recognizing it. So how can we recognize it? You declare, you know, I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. I am victorious. We make that declaration in church. Sometimes personally I make that declaration. I am blessed, I'm victorious, I'm prosperous. I'm triumphant. I'm a minister of God. I'm a servant of Christ. So recognizing who I am in Christ, what am I doing? I'm taking my position of authority. Today, Satan can come in many different ways to create trouble in my life, but I'm taking my position. I have the authority in Christ Jesus. The victory of the cross is mine. I declare it over my life in the name of Jesus. I declare it over my ministry. I declare it over my family. I declare it over my health. I declare it over my finances. You see, what am I doing? I'm taking my authority. I know who I am. You know, Satan? I know. So every day, even in acknowledging who I am, and it's not just saying, but believe, confess, release. In doing that, what's happening? I'm taking my position in authority and I'm sure just by doing that, there are certain things that I'm overcoming in my life. Maybe Satan wanted to bring in some depression and some confusion in my life. I'm saying, forget all of that. You know, I'm a child of God. I'm victorious. God has called me for great things. I know the plans he has for me to prosper me. So I'm fighting against the lies of the devil just by taking authority in that way. Then of course, you know, many other things. Maybe, you know, I'm feeling a little like, oh, I'm getting this headache. I have to go teach today. What am I going to do? I rebuke you in the name of Jesus. What am I doing? Just take authority. Maybe some sickness in my body or, you know, something or something in my circumstances. And I'm discerning in my spirit that, hey, this is not normal. Demonic influence, you know, confusion, strife, jealousy, different things are happening. I take authority. I bind you in Jesus name. I release the kingdom of God in this situation. So this is how you exercise authority day to day basis, daily basis. Okay. So, I mean, I just explained to the person who asked me this question. What we are learning is very practical. We need it daily, daily. Okay. I'm just telling you simple things, you know, sometimes there have been times when oppressive thoughts come. Maybe you're trying to go to bed, you're trying to rest, but you're getting all these tormenting thoughts. What if this happens? What if that happens? In those moments, you know, I just take authority. I take authority. I bind all these, all this intimidation in the name of Jesus. I command you to leave me. The word of God says that, you know, God blesses his children with good sleep and the peace of God rules and reigns in my heart. What are we doing? We are speaking the word and releasing our authority. These are all ways you speak the word, you declare the word, you acknowledge the word, you can rebuke, you can bind, you can release. So daily begin to move in it. That's the most important thing. Just knowing I have authority. You remember when we talked about authority, we said it can go unused. You can have a beautiful, I'm just saying, gold necklace. You can have it. But it can be in the shelf for your entire lifetime and never wore it even once. Authority is similar. We can have it, but we don't use it. But every day, whatever little we understand about authority, take a step of faith and start to release it and use it. So now we have seen, yes, the demonic realm can have an influence or the flip side is also true. If we discipline ourselves in God and you know, we dedicate ourselves to God. The power of the kingdom of light can be demonstrated through my life in an amazing way. So that is also true. So these open doors or these ways of engagement work for both the spirit worlds, either darkness or light. And that helps us to move forward. And we've seen how the spirit world recognizes authority. Now, we might have this question that why all this authority? No, God is sovereign, isn't it? God is powerful. God is sovereign. Let him do, let him take authority. Sometimes believers think like that. We feel that because God is so mighty, he will deal with the devil. He will deal with the demonic spirits. I don't have to do anything about it. But when we look at scripture, it's very clear that man was created to have dominion, to subdue, to be fruitful, to multiply. All these are the blessings that God has put upon you and me, mankind. And God wants us to co-labor with him. And so even when it comes to releasing the authority of God, can God do? He can do. Can he take charge of the situation and rebuke the devil and bind the devil? Can God do all that? He can do it. However, we see that he has put us in that place to be his representative. And so, I'll just come to you. So, we have to recognize, yes, God is sovereign, but the reason he gave me delegated authority, I send you. Jesus sent, isn't it? He sent his disciples and then later, as he was ascending, what he told is, everyone who believes in me, you go, you make an impact in the world out there. I give you authority. So, if he's giving us authority, it's quite clear that God has an intention for man to use that authority. He first of all created us with that authority and he wants us to use the authority. So, he's expecting a partnership where we have been given that authority and we have to exercise it. Even though he can, we are supposed to exercise it. So, yes, Sean, you have a question along those lines? Kindly use the mic, please. Not as much as the question. I just want to add to your point that if God has given us all this, of course, God can do all this. Then why would God give free will if he can do all this? He can just do what he's been doing for a long time and just take control of everything. But he's given us free will for us to decide, for us to take charge of the authority that he's given us. And one more thing I want to ask is that demons know much better than us who God is, who he is. But why is it the fact that they go against, even though knowing all that, who God is? Can you come again? That's right, but I couldn't hear you. Demons know God who he is. In fact, much better than us rather. But why do they go against God when knowing all that? Okay. I can answer that question, but can I answer a little later because we're going to talk about demons. Yeah, okay. So all about demons. So hopefully you will get a good answer in that. Thank you for adding that point, very relevant to what we are discussing. So we are saying that God is sovereign. We accept that. And he is all powerful. He can do things on our behalf. But this is the design of God that man has been given authority originally. And even after Jesus came, we've been given authority, delegated authority. We are supposed to use it. So what are the ways in which we can use it? A few things to point out right now. One is the power of the tongue. Probably it's 1821. What does it say? Life and death is in the power of the tongue. And those who love it will eat its fruit. So one way in which authority can be released is what are we speaking? We can be speaking blessing or we can be speaking, you know, yeah, curses or confusion, fear, disappointment, discouragement, sad. You see, right there is the exercise of authority. If I can read the word and I can speak in line with the word, yes, my situation looks very difficult. But, you know, God leads me in triumph through Christ Jesus. He will lead me in triumph and victory in Christ Jesus. You see, what am I doing? I'm releasing that authority through the power of my tongue. Okay? So many situations in everyday life when people say, how do you use your authority? This is the simplest way. What are you saying to yourself? What are you saying to? What are you saying about your family? What are you saying about your ministry? Okay? So just by the words that I'm speaking, what I believe in my heart and what I'm saying with my mouth, I'm releasing the authority of God. Okay? So that's a wonderful way in which God has given us the ability to release our authority. Use your words, speak a line to the word of God. Then exercise of faith. Okay? Again, you have an entire course on faith. We know, let me take up. By faith, we begin to move. By faith, we claim our healing. Or by faith, we are pursuing the call of God over our lives. By faith, we are doing different things. We are journeying with God. What's happening? Again, that's the way in which I'm taking my position, my right position, and I'm releasing my authority. Even, let's say, I'm praying for somebody who's sick. What does the Bible say in James 5? The prayer of faith will heal the sick and God save the sick and God will raise him up. So what happened there? Faith, release of faith. We hear something. Somebody gives prayer requests. Brother, can you pray for this? Can you pray? So when I'm praying, what am I doing? I'm releasing my faith. Maybe they narrated this very sad story. This has happened, they cannot survive. Okay, okay, no problem. By faith, can I pray for you? So when I pray, what happens? I'm releasing faith. So when I'm releasing faith, what am I doing? I'm actually taking authority. Satan, you're trying to rule by sickness. You're trying to rule by calamity and destruction. Come on, I'm taking authority on that. Because the word of God says, jahuarafa. God is a covenant of healing with me. So I'm releasing my faith for that situation to be changed. Does it look like authority? Yeah, it looks like authority. Faith, you walk by faith, exercise your faith. That's a way of releasing authority. And yes, there are many other ways. You know, obedience to the principles of God's word. Something as simple as, you know, the law of sowing and reaping. What is sowing and reaping? In the Bible, there are many verses in which we read, you know, if you sow to the spirit, you will reap of the spirit. If you sow to the flesh, you will reap of the flesh. Similarly, there are other passages that say, basically, you invest in godly things. So I am sowing in prayer. I will reap of the answers. Or, you know, I'm sowing in faith. And I'm reaping of the results of it. So sowing and reaping is a principle. Now, how does exercise of authority come in, you know, the law of sowing and reaping or any other principles of God's word? See, basically by faith, I am obeying. So when I'm obeying, what happens? God's power is seen in my life. So God's authority is released. So I'm just walking aligned to what the word says and all the laws which are in the word. And I'm exercising my authority. So let's take, for example, you know, in the Bible, it says, like, if you give to God, will he not open up the windows of heaven and pour out his blessing? So this is talking about financially giving unto God. And the kingdom. So what goes with it? See, there's one thing you give to God. And then reaping. Reaping is God is saying, I'm promising you. I will bless you financially if you sowing financially. So maybe you're doing it faithfully, but somewhere along the line, the enemy comes to torment and say, oh, you gave but still you're not getting. But you can go by the word, isn't it? What did you do? My faith, you're obeying faithfully sincerely the word. So you can still stand on the word that scripture and say, see, look, this is what God's word says. I have sown my faith. God will bless me. God's blessing will come into my life. He will give abundantly for me to have and to do his work. I think it's second Corinthians nine verse eight, which says that. So in all these steps of obedience that we take along the word of God, again, we're releasing authority because there's a faith there on what God is saying. Surely I will see the results. So these are all ways in which we walk in our authority, the authority that we recognize. So if there are any questions or comments, please feel free at any point you can stop me and we can talk about those things. So now let's come to a very important understanding of these words, power and authority. So in the scriptures, we find in certain passages the use of both of these terms. Could somebody please read from Matthew chapter 10 and verse one. And when he had calls his 12 disciples to him, he gave them power over and clean spirits to cast them out and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease. Okay, that's great. Could you please read on read from Luke four and verse 14 also. Then Jesus written in the power of the spirit to Galilee and news of him went out through all the surroundings region. Okay, thank you so much. Okay, so in both these instances, the term there is power. Isn't it? Matthew 10 one, we saw a power over unclean spirits to cast them out and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease. Again, look for 14. Then Jesus returned in the power of the spirit to Galilee. Both the English words are power. But if you look up the Greek words, they are two different words. So in the first scripture, Matthew 10 one that word power is the Greek word exosia. Okay, it's the Greek word exosia. In the second scripture that we read, the word power there is the Greek word dunamis. In English, same word power. And sometimes it's easy. It's like how for the word love in the English. Say, you know, Jesus, what we see that the father loved the son and love one another. We see the same word love. But when you look up the Greek, you might have other words there. For example, like, you know, you would find the word agape, which means the God kind of love unconditional love. And in some places where it would say, love one another, you would find the word filio. It is a brotherly love where you know, you love one another. So we must go by what the original, you know, senses from that particular passage. So here in English, we saw the same word power power. But when we look up the Greek, it's exosia and dunamis. What is the difference between exosia and dunamis? Both are Greek words. So the word exosia, it means that Jesus had authority, authority. It can also be understood as a right. He had the right. So when he's casting out demons, you can imagine with me. How would, how did he generally cast out demons? He just spoke a word, a rebuke and the demon would leave. So what is he using when the scripture says power with power he cast out? So he's actually using his authority. And you could even say delegated authority in a way because the father sent him and he had the authority. He had the right over the demonic world. And so exosia is authority. Jesus used his authority to cast out demons. Now, Acts chapter, sorry, Luke chapter 4 verse 14, where it says that he came back with the power, the power of the spirit to Galilee. Jesus returned in the power of the spirit to Galilee. So there is again a power of the spirit. We would notice that there are many other passages that talk about the power of the spirit that worked through the life of Jesus. And out of that power, many miracles were done, many healings were done, demons were cast out. So what is this power? What is the second power through which miracles, healings and all took place? It is the word dunamis. It's the word dunamis and dunamis refers to miraculous power. It refers to strength. It refers to might. So you see like power coming in and doing something supernatural or the ability. That is dunamis. So though there are two words used, we are quite clear that in the ministry of Jesus, he walked with exosia, which is authority, right? This is my right. And he did the works of God. He also used dunamis, miraculous power, strength, ability, might of God. Where he went and he started setting people free from the operation of the devil. So these are the two things that we have to understand. We carry the authority of God and we also release the power of God or the dunamis of God. So Jesus worked that way and he wanted his disciples also to move in the same manner. So could somebody read from Luke chapter 10 and verse 19 please. Behold, I give you the authority to temple on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Very good. So notice here both these words are used differently. Even in the English, you know it says behold I give you authority to trample on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy and nothing by any means shall hurt you. So both these words are used Greek words and in English it's captured the same way. So the word authority there is exusia. I give you authority over serpents and scorpions. So far we were talking. We said oh there are two kingdoms and the kingdom of darkness recognizes us but we have delegated authority and what is Jesus saying? And this is even before the cross, even before he died on the cross. He's saying I'm giving you authority on the powers of the enemy. That even and he says the power of the enemy. That means the dunamis, the word used there is dunamis. Okay, the ability or the strength or the miraculous works of the evil one. We have authority to overcome what the enemy is doing. We have the authority and we also have the power of the spirit or the dunamis of the spirit to continue doing the greater work. Doing the greater works that Jesus has called us to do. So as believers we have to understand this. Jesus walked with exusia and dunamis. Okay and he told his followers I'm giving you exusia. We have delegated authority and we can overcome any work of the enemy. So that power also has been given to us. So once we have all of this clear, we are moving on to the next topic here which is about Satan and his demons. So if you have a question anywhere, just feel free. You can interrupt and ask and hopefully Sean's question will be clarified as we do this. So see originally it was two separate things that were being referred to. Okay, I'll give you. I mean this is the best thing that I can think of. I hope I'm correct. So you see one incident in Matthew chapter 12 where Jesus casts out a demon spirit. And you know he says something like you know I cast it out by the spirit of God. He says I cast it out by the spirit of God. So how did he do it? He did it by the power of the spirit. We know that the Holy Spirit, he comes to empower us. So the miraculous power of God flows through the spirit. So we can consider that as dunamis. The miraculous power of God is at work. But why did Jesus do that? Because he had exosia. He knew when he saw the demon spirit affecting or afflicting the person. He knew that that's not correct. It's not supposed to. These demons spirits are not supposed to afflict human beings. And he knew that he had the right or the authority over that demonic spirit. And so you see the difference there. Power of God is at work which is dunamis. The power which is working is dunamis. But the understanding of the authority is exosia. So can you see a little bit of difference? Yeah. Yes that's true. Correct. You're right. We need the power of the spirit to release. Right. That's very right. Yeah. Okay. So we have some understanding there. So now coming to... I don't know if the online students heard the question. So Anand said why... What is the difference? Exosia and dunamis, why do we need two different things? But basically they are different things. Just that in the English they both mentioned as the same word power. So we understood that. Okay. We have two more questions. So let's take it up. I'll go with Vimal first. Yes Vimal. Yes Vimal. Last class you told about that. When Jesus is in that boat, disciples are sleeping. So Jesus rebuked the storm and you told like... Because that circumstance is not from God. So that's why Jesus rebuked that. But how can we know the circumstances is from God or it's from devil? Yeah. So how do we know that circumstances are from God or from the devil? See this we will have to look at it situation by situation. Not everything is the devil. Okay. And for us to discern, we can pray. We can ask God to speak. We can go by what the word instructs us. We can go by what the Holy Spirit is giving witness to our spirit. All this will help us understand whether what we are going through is Satan or if it is God. Okay. So that's the only way. Not every situation is the devil. Some situations can be you know because Satan is trying to oppose us or he's trying to put sickness or he's trying to put some form of you know like you could say two friends. They have a good relationship but suddenly a lot of fighting and jealousy. Something very abnormal. It's not even normal. It's very very abnormal such things repeatedly they keep taking place. Somewhere you can discern that hey this is not normal. It's not even God. It's not even these people but there seems to be some sort of a demonic influence. Simple example I gave you. But there could be other times where let's say you know there are like Jonah. He is going in a certain direction. But that's not God's plan for him though he's trying his best. The situation was God isn't it? He might think why is all this happening? Why is there a storm? Is this particular storm? Yeah. If you interpret it in the wrong way it's different. But we know that God was trying to guide him to his spot of assignment. Okay. So over here also storm but it's not from the devil. God is trying to direct him to his destiny. So situation by situation we have to discern. It's hard to tell broadly that you know it's the devil or God. Does it help? Okay great. Okay I'll let shall we finish maybe it's a follow up. Yeah tell me. It's a question like I saw many people are doing like demons are coming in that they can do any many things unusual things. So I saw like in Uttarakhand, so many people used to burn the rod and it's become red and then they eat. So can demons give the power to human body? Yes they can. See what did we read now in Luke 10 19? We read that no. What did Jesus say? I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions which is referring to the demonic realm and over all the power of the enemy. See even Jesus is saying that there is a form of power that the demonic realm can reveal. Okay. However, we will study in this course that the demonic realm or the demonic power is no comparison to God, his authority and his power. For example, just for your understanding. Remember Moses and the magicians in Pharaoh's court. He did supernatural things. They also did supernatural things. Okay, but thank God Moses didn't get scared. Yes, the demonic is demonstrating some power, some power. But what is the end result? Moses's rod gobbled up all the other snakes. Okay, the Moses snake gobbled up the other snake. So God's power will conquer ultimately. So it is true that we can see the demonstration of power to some extent. But we should not get intimidated that, oh my goodness, what will I do now? No, no, no. It's nothing compared to the power of God that we have to understand. Okay, so follow up question. Okay, why didn't he take back the powers of? Why didn't God take back the powers of the devil? Okay, so the way we see this is, see God has done what he promised, which is to redeem us. Okay, and as we study scriptures, we'll recognize that there is a set time when Satan will be imprisoned. Okay, so there are all those things which are coming up. He will be imprisoned and then again during the millennium, he will be let out till the right time when God is going to completely. Banish him. So we are going by God's timetable and his calendar. So this is the time where he's a defeated enemy. Okay, he's a defeated enemy, but he's still here. And what happens, you know, sometimes when we are defeated and we have a little bit of chance, we try to, you know, what do you say? Over enthusiasm. We do so many things, right? We try to somehow try to make it work. Satan is somewhat like that. So he will do his all his tactics he will try to show because he knows his time is up very soon. He has to face the judgment of God. Okay, I hope it helps. Okay, great. Yes, Sean. I mean, I was talking about how, you know, why, why is this like, I mean, there is two words for miraculous power and then other one is power. I mean, I have noticed that most of the times you won't find the description you want in English. So you'll have to go to other languages. I've seen many times when it comes to my church itself, we have a mystery happening in Tamil and English. So some of you don't find in English, you'll find in Tamil it's much better clarity or much better understanding. So I've seen that. Another thing I wanted to say is the women's question was about, now we know if a certain like problem or some hurdle comes. Is it like something that's said by God or something said by demon or is it trapped by the evil one? So for that, I wanted to say my opinion was that I feel, I mean, you would know if you, I mean, you know in your heart, if it is a trap from God or if it's not, if not, you can always meditate and you will find the answer to that question. Okay. So to discern whether something is from God or the enemy, like you have to really walk with the Lord is what you're saying, right? And then we'll be able to understand. Okay, sure, sure. And just going back to that comment you made, Sean. So I know that the meaning sometimes is better understood in other languages, but this is the method. The method we should use is go from the original. Okay. So maybe for example, I'm just saying like if I feel I read a text and I understand better in Hindi, I like the words in Hindi. Now, the question is accurate interpretation. I may like it in Hindi, but is that Hindi translation the accurate the origin what the see basically it's like if I write this book. Okay, let's imagine I've written a book. I'm trying to say something and I want all of you to understand what I'm trying to say. Okay. Now, if one of you says a completely different story as compared to the book that I wrote, I'll be so angry. I'll be like, Hey, that's not what I'm trying to say. And you know, somebody is saying a different story. Bible interpretation is like that. God by his spirit has an original message that he's trying to communicate. Now, when it comes to interpretation translation of scriptures, if we say something else than what God is trying to say, there's a problem. Okay. And now somebody who reads that other book, which is saying something totally different might like it, they might say, Oh, wow, so nice. But that's not the original author's mind. So point I'm making is always try to ask the question. What did God intend to say? Okay. And how to find that you have an entire course on hermeneutics. So that is the reason it's best to go to original languages. So you will look it up in Hebrew, look it up in Greek in that context. Why did they say that? And scripture should interpret scripture. So then I get the meaning from it. Okay. So this is the meaning of the author. This is what the author wanted to say. So that's the right way to go about it. So that's the reason even today in English, what did we see? We saw power, power, same word power. So, okay, fine. But when you go to, why did we go to the Greek? What is the original intention? What did the writer want to say? So there we understood in Greek, there are two different words. One is authority authority is different. Power is different. So now it has deepened our understanding. Okay. So I can walk in authority, but that can also be coupled with power. The release of God's power. Wow. It gives me some meaning now to actually use it in my life. So that's how we would approach it, Sean. So always go back to Greek and Hebrew rather than going in the other direction. Going to a language that we like because we don't know whether it is interpreted correctly or not. You got my point. Yeah. Like how you said when you go back to Greek, you get that exact meaning or the exact name. You might want to say it in other languages. Sometimes you might get exact meaning in that language. Yes. That's the reason we should do it. Okay. All right. So, good. I think we have some good questions and we will study about the kingdom of Satan and his demons in the next class. Okay. Right now we can close off with a word of prayer. In that table, either of you please lead us in prayer. heavenly father. Thank you very much for bringing us here today for Nancy, ma'am's class. Heavenly father. Thank you very much. My brother's class. Heavenly father. I just ask questions in your father and clarify those questions in your father. And thank you very much. I have a second class. Heavenly father. And the most like this. Heavenly father and thank you again for bringing us all here in your father and deep understanding today. In Jesus. Amen. Amen. Thank you. Thank you, Sean. Thank you, everyone. Continue to refer to your notes to gain more understanding and use your authority. Don't wait to finish this course to start using your authority. Anyway, alright. We shall meet next week. Thank you all the online students. God bless you. Have a great day.