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We said that your character strong model character is important and we talked about the example of Joseph the example of Daniel and The fact that such a character is developed early on in One's life as you observe it Daniel and that's because of the choices. That's because of for yielding to God's leading in his life. So Daniel was very yielding to God's ways So from an early age, he had developed Convictions and he stood by those convictions. No matter what so These can be developed character can be developed early on in our lives A character is influenced by the kind of company we keep or the friends of an individual Shape once character to and we see this in Daniel's life where you know He had good friends and they too were men of conviction. So together, you know, they Stood for what was right even in a land where people were following, you know other systems So influence and company that makes a big difference then a strong model character is also built through discipline and practice So we observe in the life of Daniel that He had disciplined himself to engage in prayer For three times a day. So that was something he couldn't Disconnect from the person that he was. So that's just one example that discipline in various Areas of our lives we can develop that as well and it really strengthens our character then through difficult circumstances And especially, you know, when we go through difficult circumstances You know, there's a kind of refining that goes on within us and Adversity only strengthens our character further. So there is a passage that is given here Romans 5 versus 3 and 4 It says and not only that but we also glory in tribulations Knowing that tribulation produces perseverance and perseverance character and character hope So as we persevere through those difficult times, we will see that our character is developed and you know, we we said that character is important because It's like the wine skin, you know, that holds the Anointing of God which God is pouring upon us and if the wine skin breaks the wine will leak out so if the character is weak and You know, there is some sort of a failure a moral failure Even the anointing, you know that you we can have the anointing but it will not How do I put it like though and the anointing can bless, you know the the ministry of that individual, right? It cannot be trusted anymore. So that what that's what happens when the wine skin gives way The Gifting that God has given us it can take us places where only character can keep us and so we must focus on one's character and It is one's character, which will give the person the strength to withstand the You know the challenges that that we face. It could be temptations. It could be persecution It could be, you know, some kind of an accusation that is coming our way Whatever it is, it is that inner strength that will sustain us through all these onslaughts Okay, and the character is what shapes the message that we will Ever the greatest message that we will ever preach. So, you know There is a court and let me just yeah It's there in our notes and I'm going through our notes I'm on page 52 right now the top of that page has this quote by Edwin Louis Cole And he says the man is more than the message your message is credible because you are credible When a man is no longer credible, his message is suspect. So the people who we are is Very important otherwise One cannot trust the word which we bring but the word can be the word can be credible I could be sharing the truth of God's word with you, but if you Don't trust me then even if I present the truth, it will be hard for you to trust. So Which is why the man is more important than the message or you know, the woman is more important than the Message which he brings and we must focus on strengthening our character and character, obviously Is also something that will determine our durability You know, it is said that fame comes Fame can come in a moment, but true greatness comes through longevity and the longevity obviously is something that Something that one can have Because of character or that strength that sustained strength constant strength over a period of time So that's about character and you know, we can't Emphasize it too much. It's that important No matter how much time we spend on character Now we'll discuss a little bit about spiritual maturity Kingdom builders We must mature in the Lord and have a mature example. So what is spiritual maturity? No, what is the Bible have to say about spiritual maturity? It's it's kind of hard, you know If you if you want to assess an individual for being mature What would be the parameters? Now the word of God does have quite a bit to tell us about spiritual maturity So from scripture, we'll understand how this assessment can be made The reason why we are learning about this is because every kingdom builder must invest in growing in God and maturing in God. So There are a couple of Greek words that describe maturity And those are oneness, telios So you see that in the New Testament and telios means full of age or Full age like an adult. So telios is Somebody who is grown up or an adult or you could use the term perfect man So telios is is used in scripture Plero is a word which means being filled up. So, you know when something is full When a bottle is full, that's sort of complete You look at it as complete and you know, it's kind of taken over by that water The same way plero is when we are full of whatever needs to be done within us. It's done Okay, so that's plero then Qatar Qatar this which means to be thoroughly equipped So these are all terms that are describing spiritual maturity in an individual Now looking at scriptures, we'll see what characteristics are here most specifically seven characteristics that describe spiritual maturity. So the first one is that one Spiritual maturity has to do with Christ likeness. So when we say that I want to mature in God or you know So and so is maturing in God What what are we indicating? We say hey, this person is becoming more and more like Jesus you look at their humility or look at their You know look at their kindness or look at their excellence. We could look at various characteristics and Understand that they have grown More into becoming more like Jesus and that is why we're calling them spiritually mature So spiritual maturity is about growing into Christ likeness and Jesus himself said Therefore you shall be perfect just as your father in heaven is perfect and Jesus was also pointing out To the importance of becoming like God in our character Now even if we consider all of Christian ministry To what I've got teaches us that ministry is done so that people can become a perfect man or become Full of full age or become if you want to use the term adults in the kingdom of God So what in the ministry we do in fact Ephesians 4 verse 13 where? The previous scriptures talk about God giving gifts to the church in the form of the five-fold ministry offices What is the responsibility of these ministry offices? It is to equip the body of Christ equip the people of God So that the people of God can become a full-age. So Ephesians 4 13 It says till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God To a perfect man to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ Perfect there is again till eos so why Has God entrusted the church with the five-fold ministry offices Till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God to a perfect man So that every individual in the body is perfected or in other words Every individual in the body grows up or Matures into what into Christ likeness. So Christ likeness is an indicator of Spiritual maturity. We are becoming more and more like Christ in all areas of our life so that You know it is something that we must aim at So in spiritual maturity the first thing is to become more like Christ that spiritual maturity is to be Perfect in the will of God So obviously all of us are living our lives to fulfill God's purpose for us as individuals and Colossians 4 12 We read that the ministry of epiphrase which was the ministry of intercession prayer and intercession One of the reasons why he engaged in that ministry is so that the believer can become Complete in all the will of God or the term plurals used there plurals filled up So we are filled up completely to follow the will of God so Maturity what is spiritual maturity? We are aligning ourselves more and more to the will of God Okay, so one is Christ likeness second is we are aligning ourselves to the will of God How how much are we alive? You know 30% 40% but here We see in the scripture completely completely complete in all the will of God So as we are going into the will of God In all areas of our life That also indicates spiritual maturity So it's a progressive surrender. We are continually giving ourselves over to the will of God Third one. Okay, what spiritual maturity? Is being thoroughly equipped for every good work now We know efficiency to tells us that we've all been called to good works Okay, and God is called each one of us according to his purpose into different good works Now for each of these good works, we have to be thoroughly equipped and Becoming thoroughly equipped is also an indicator of spiritual maturity So, you know, that is something that we must all aim towards and that is something That also on us God. Okay. Now as we look at You know somebody who is Serving God well Serving God You know after having trained themselves Let's take for example just God's word. Okay, so there can be a certain topic and different people can teach on it but then When we listen to somebody who has been in the world for years Somebody who has applied that word Somebody who has taught that word we can see the difference. Isn't it because they can bring the necessary In the necessary input or you know things that need to be imparted into the life of the listener So the listener is edified. So that can only happen when one is thoroughly equipped and it happens again over time So whatever ministry God has called us to we need to grow in it We have to become thoroughly equipped in it and Jesus also used this statement And he said a disciple is not above his teacher Meaning You know, the teacher is always, you know, someone who has imparted into our lives and we look up to the teacher But everyone who is perfectly trained Will be like his teacher. So our goal should be to be at least like our teacher Okay, and our teacher is the Lord Jesus Christ. So we want to be like him fully equipped How can we be like him? Perfectly trained everyone who is perfectly trained. So we are Being equipped to come to that level of serving and ministering, you know Like like Christ. So this is in Luke chapter 6 and verse 40 So anyone who is currently equipped also is Reflecting spiritual maturity. Now, let's move on Spiritual maturity is having ability to receive solid meat. So when the writer of the Hebrews He he writes to the The church, no, he says that After God has imparted after the truth has been talked to the people They were still in a state where they had not digested the basics of God's work Okay, so which means probably they did not believe it completely They did not understand it fully. They did not apply it in their lives and they were in a condition where Somebody had to come and somebody had to teach them all over again. So he is rebuking them in Hebrews 5 He's rebuking them on the passage from verses level to 14 and he says that, you know of Of whom we have much to say and hard to explain since you have become dull of hearing But though by this time you ought to be teachers You need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God and you have come to need milk and not Solid food. So he's saying that capacity To understand that capacity to digest God's word is still very They have not developed their capacity Capacity for everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness For he is a babe, but solid food belongs to those who are of full age That is those who by reason of use have their senses exercise to discern both good and evil you know, it's like saying basically what the people are being told is See After having been in school for, you know, 12 years, you should be in the 12th grade Now if you still want someone to come and equip you with the second grade lessons Something is wrong because the capacity to understand the capacity to receive spiritual truth the capacity to receive kingdom revelation The deeper truths of God's word, which the writer is terming as solid food Okay, we say secrets of the kingdom How do we go deeper in the things of the kingdom in the understanding of God's word? As we are maturing now if we are not ready to receive and apply the very basics Then how is it that one can you know Go to a place where God starts giving them deeper revelation so solid meat has to do with The deeper things of the kingdom it has to do with You know moving on from some of the basics, you know What are some of the basics in the book of Hebrews those things are also kind of listed out the The truth about salvation that now we have been saved I know about baptisms That we have repented and attack. We have turned our lives Back to God. So some of these basics. Yes It's not that we must downgrade it in any way, but The idea is to receive all of this to assimilate it and then keep moving higher Keep moving deeper and keep expanding in the kingdom of God and when it comes to dealing with the word of God Greater wisdom greater knowledge greater understanding give more mysteries of the kingdom of God And God wants us to keep going deeper right not be stuck in the very Initial things that we started out with so that is an indicator of spiritual maturity Then spiritual maturity is also having our senses trained to discern right from wrong So Hebrews 540 that again that scripture says that one is able to By reason of use have their senses exercise to discern both good and evil So basically this says that the believer who over time right has tempered themselves with the word of God, you know ever so often and they have let the word of God work in them every time Such that you know, they have made choices Decisions based on God's word over a period of time. What happens? You know, just it is just kind of getting inbuilt into their system And the senses are so well trained that we can discern immediately. Oh, yeah This is not this is not from God or this is from God or this is the right path. This is not the right path This is evil. This is good. So how is it that, you know, one is able to discern We can look at a mature individual and we can ask the question also Hey, how is it that you're able to tell so quickly, you know, what is right? What is wrong? But it hasn't come overnight over a period of time just You know exposing themselves to the word of God Making choices on the basis of that, you know, allowing the the word to shape the soul The mind the will the emotions Right One has come to a place where they are able to discern. This is right. This is wrong But, you know, anyone who is a child, you know, like even in the natural when we look at a let's say Three-year-old or a four-year-old They they are okay to to lie or to to Steel something that belongs to their friend. They don't understand. What is right? What is wrong? Because they haven't been taught. They haven't trained themselves to do what is right But over a period of time as they are taught That child will be groomed into a mature individual. He knows What what is it that I should do? What is it that I should not do? So, uh, it it comes by training our Senses to discern both good and evil and that's a sign of spiritual maturity Spiritual maturity is also to put away childish behavior. Okay, and you know, that's totally Understood now no parent would desire for the children to remain Childish they would you know be happy when the children are young and Uh, just enjoy that phase of their life But if the child continues to throw a tantrum, you know Into their teenagers or if the child continues to Not take responsibility for anything Like, you know, if you have to feed the child even when the child isn't going to college There's something is wrong there. It's childish behavior. You would expect the child to Develop and grow over a period of time begin to take responsibility. You know have a better understanding Uh have become more selfless Right. So these are all These are all indicators that the child is developing in a healthy way. Now if one remains in those same Uh, you know infant like attitudes It's tempted growth And it's childish behavior. So, uh, you know a lot of parents even they grow up grown up like teenage children They tell them don't be childish. Don't be childish grow up. So In the same manner when it comes to the kingdom of god, what is childish in the kingdom of god? in the kingdom of god You know Behaviour such as we we want to compete We have selfish ambition. So we are jealous. Okay, somebody We see somebody with the same gift. We are jealous. Hey, are they going to outshine us You know, these are all It's all stemming from the flesh and we've not dealt with these things And it comes out as childish behavior where we are trying to kind of sabotage things We're trying to cause division Right. We are trying to throw tantrum get attention. So all these things happen and it's unfortunate, you know believers Uh, could be in the lot for many years, but yet growth has not happened maturity has not happened Right. Um, so childish behavior Within the body looks somewhat like this Okay, and there can be many other expressions of such childish behavior Uh, okay, but just a couple of things for us to understand that spiritual maturity Has to do with self control. This is the seventh point here. It has to do with self control. So anyone who is uh, mature we would look at them and Appreciate how well they are able to manage things because they have subject themselves Right to to discipline. They are able to self regulate themselves. Uh, uh, and this this discipline In fact, the scripture says that this discipline has to do with being able to take care of oneself Right, uh oneself and especially the words that one speaks So I'll read that passage for us. It is in James chapter three and verse two It says for we all stumble in many things if anyone does not stumble in word He's perfect or the term there is tedious or that person is a mature person He is a perfect man able also to bridle the whole body So there is a control of the tongue or you know, what the person commits to because our words are We are committing to something every time we say, yeah, this I'll do this. I'll do that. So we're committing to something. So That person who's able to speak The the right words think and speak the right words able to control one's tongue Scripture say that that person is mature And that person is also able to control The entire body or in other words, basically the ability to self govern oneself Okay, um, that is what a mature person has So self control in other words a mature person would have self control Okay, and there is a another beautiful scripture From a proverb 16 verse 32. It says he who is slow to anger is better than the mighty And he who rules his spirit then he who takes a city so that ruling over one's spirit Or self control being able to regulate oneself. Whether it is emotionally whether it is, you know, uh, temperament whether it is the decision making And once again, you know, these are all things that we can grow into we can learn we can develop over a period of time. So The next important thing and now we've discussed several indicators of spiritual maturity But also we need to realize that this is not something that will happen immediately It is a process growth is always a process. It takes time. It takes Determination the part of the individual who wants to grow. So Spiritual maturity is also going to take time. So that's a little bit about spiritual maturity Yes, all right, uh, so what I'm going to do is I will touch on kingdoms to achieve quickly and then maybe towards the end we can take questions or have some discussion about spiritual Maturity as well as stewardship. So if you have any Questions, please jot it down. We'll come back to it. Okay, kingdoms to achieve. So in the lifestyle of a Uh, kingdom builder. He said character is important. He said maturity is important The third one a third aspect that we are looking at is stewardship Yeah, all right So in the word of God, uh The believers are called as stewards if we are called as stewards and stewards are people who are entrusted with the responsibility We are stewards of the mysteries of God. I'm not reading through the scriptures here. I'm on page 56 So you can have a look if you want to so there's two words of the mysteries of God We're stewards of the grace that God gives us And you know, we are In general stewards of God. So he puts us in charge. He makes us responsible for different things in our lives. So We will try to understand what stewardship means and how to the good stewardship should be Okay, so stewardship should be a way of life stewardship, uh, is seen in the way we live and conduct ourselves And a steward, uh, simply needs to be a manager So one who manages things or one who manages himself the responsibilities that have been given to him or her. So What kind of a manager should one be in the kingdom of God or not a steward or an overseer can take up? Okay, the stewards should function properly. So let's just say that a particular ministry has been given to us Okay, and we need to manage that ministry How should it be done? One is God expects that things function properly Okay, secondly That things we made profitable. So where are we getting all this understanding? We're getting this understanding from scripture. It's just that, you know, I'm not quoting worse chapter in verse For us here, but I'm sure you would be able to relate it to you know, some parable that Jesus said or you know, uh, scripture That's given uh, so to function properly to do things in the right way Remember, we said once you know how to conduct himself in the house of God how to do things in the house of God and then be profitable so but Jesus gave uh, Jesus talked about the man who gave talents. What was the expectation of the owner? He wanted profit He wanted that to be multiplied in the same way. God is looking for that work to Uh thrive and flourish. So a steward Is responsible to bring profit? Okay, uh, that is the second thing Then the steward is somebody who must be accountable Now even in the parables we see once something is entrusted the master comes back and asks Okay, what did you do? How did you do it? So the the person who has the responsibility has to give an account And say yes, I received one talent. This is what I did with it Or I received five talents. This is what I did with it. So, you know, God holds us Accountable and a good steward is always accountable. You know, the good steward is not like, okay You gave me fine, you know, I'm doing whatever I want to How can you even ask me? Why should you ask me? I I'm not Uh, going to give you an answer a good steward doesn't do that, but a good steward is accountable Then a good steward is Responsible to protect and safeguard what has been entrusted to that person. Okay, uh, and that's understood understood We shouldn't lose what has been given to us instead. Take care of it and then Ensure continuity Meaning, uh, if it's like a let's say a ministry responsibility, uh, or a church Maybe you're planted a church. You know, God is looking for longevity of that work So once we know that, you know, our time is going to be up We have to ensure that we put somebody in place who will take the work forward, you know, for the next several years So these are all characteristics of a good steward somebody who runs things well Somebody who brings a profit somebody who's accountable Somebody who protects and safeguards what has been entrusted to him or somebody who ensures continuity. So that makes for a good steward so, um We must be good stewards in whatever God has called us to do Now just talking a little bit more about, uh, all these aspects in the functioning Of uh, whatever God is entrusted to us. So we must make sure, uh, Paul made this statement He said that we give no offense to anything. So how did he do the ministry? He did it so well that He did not want his ministry to be blamed in any way Okay, so nobody should be able to point a finger at us and say, hey, look, you said this or you did that So proper functioning proper functioning and that that is what, uh, uh, that is how he did the ministry Then a good steward being profitable We know that Jesus said, uh, that, you know, by this my father is glorified that you bear much fruit So bearing of much fruit is important to the father And as being accountable Yeah, we'll discuss that Yes Yeah, uh, a good steward is faithful and wise. Okay. Uh, so somebody who Will hold on to what has been given to them now, uh, Paul when he writes to timothy and he tells timothy You are point leaders. Okay, you find people in the church who can serve alongside you and they can be Uh, you know the pillars of the church, uh, he tells him you find Faithful men faithful men and women. So for a steward, it is very important to be faithful And he who is in faith he who is faithful at little Oh Jesus said that much more will be Given to that person. So we need somebody who is faithful As a steward so faithfulness. What does faithfulness entail? Basically, it entails sincerity. It entails Dependability, you know and being trustworthy imagine you give somebody some responsibility And then you expect that person to kind of do that. But if that person doesn't do it, uh, it's problematic So what ends up happening? Uh, we entrusted that person with the responsibility, but the second time we are scared. Oh, no If I give this person, uh, this particular task. I don't think you know, they will deliver. So Uh, you know, maybe after giving them a couple of chances We we feel that maybe we should look for somebody else and that's what jesus said He said look if you're faithful in little things Then much more will be given to you now God gives us a responsibility It might look like a very small responsibility But when we do our best in that responsibility, he can trust us more Okay, we are dependable. So then god decides. Okay, come on. Let me give them Something more Okay, something more Something more, right? So that is the way in which we keep growing as stewards in the kingdom of god. So faithfulness Is very important and wisdom, of course, right wisdom And the way we handle things and wisdom in the way we do things. So, uh, to understand wisdom The example which is given here is that of the unjust toward who understands that the master is upset with him and uh, uh You know the that he might lose his position. So what he does is he calls the people who have debts Okay, different debts Uh, he calls all of them and he cancels their debt So the master of this unjust servant Actually appreciates the servant and says, you know what? What you did is not correct In a sense, you are a wise person because the unjust servant realized that he is going to lose his job soon So he needed he needed the Friendship of peace debtors So once he cancels their debts, he knows that even if he loses his position These men or you know those women they will be favorable towards him and that he will somehow be able to take his life forward Okay, so some foresight he has I know it's a selfish kind of a foresight and yet The master appreciates for his prudence for his wisdom. So god is looking for faithfulness God is looking for wisdom and faithfulness in little things is what is important in the kingdom of god And that is what sets us up or qualifies us for bigger things Now a good steward is also faithful in handling money We see that jesus spoke a lot about money in his sermons and he talked about how god Wants us to handle like if you cannot handle Unrighteous man, which is the riches of this world who will give you You know, right? Who will give you the true riches? He's talking about the Riches of the kingdom of god. So he's he's helping us know that handling money You know That is commendable in god's side and in fact if we handle Our resources handling money, especially finances properly We are setting ourselves up for god to entrust us with things of the kingdom So handling finances well handling money well faithfully is a Requisite for the part of a good steward in the kingdom of god. So whichever capacity, you know, we are Positioned in Handing money is is something that all of us have to do, you know And uh, I mean, I don't want to I'm trying not to go deep into every every section here because we have quite a lot of portions to complete but you know simple small little things like I can think from my own example Now every time we we uh plan to organize an event or something like we really think we think oh, okay Is this expense necessary? Uh, if it's not necessary, okay cancel come Right. So, you know, I try to do things in the most Most productive and yet the most economical way and then even after that, you know transparency Maybe we've done something very simple as we've just done a lunch for the A congregation or for a special occasion, but even in that how do we collect the money? You know, how do we account for the money? Uh, we try to keep things very transparent. Okay, we collected so much this much was used This is the bill Okay, and we have you know, we have a whatsapp group At a publication we kind of put it there and say hey look, this is what it is for the charity We collected this much money. We bought these things here's the bill so, you know From the smallest things to be accountable handling money. Well, uh, it's not our money. It's God's money, right? So, uh, when God sees that then he's able to entrust us with more so handling money is a very very crucial thing For for anyone at any capacity in kingdom work. So we must be very careful with that That a good steward is faithful in what is another man's so that's also something we see in scripture um So I I'll just read The verse and it's self-explanatory Uh, basically it says And if you have not been faithful in what is another man's Who will give you what is your own? Okay, so that's what God's word tells us to do to be faithful Uh in what is somebody else's? Okay, and that shows how responsible we can be and you know, if God Has a plan for us where we have to kind of head up something or lead A certain ministry then he will make that happen. But till such time God connects us with people and generally we are serving With another individual we are serving as part of their ministry And if you can't be faithful in what is another man's you know as the scripture here tells us Who will give you your own? Okay, so, uh, we must not think that you know, this is mine. This is theirs. So when I have my own ministry, I'll do well Now it's okay. It's just you know filler type Preparation time. So it's not like that and every time God is looking for that dependability faithfulness profitability Uh, you know of the work that has been entrusted to us So with that I'm going to pause any any thoughts questions on character on stewardship Uh on the spiritual majority We go into a time of discussion and then we will You know take a break. So yeah This time was open for us to share I hope you're all doing fine. I'm trying to go faster. I hope it's not like a rush Uh, yes, yes, Christopher So I have a question on spiritual majority where If you know, if we are you know, I'm just in the sort of you know in the aspect of you know, the body the soul and the spirit We can you know, we can be oppressed by the by the evil one These in these acts is in the first dimension. It's hard to understand Is there also a pressure that can happen in the in the in the in the spirit being? The reason is I actually I had a I was having a discussion with someone last week. So that person was saying that, you know, that spirit being is very Uh, you know, it's very in tune with with uh with God and the devil doesn't have any Any sort of you know, right to go into that So I just wanted to understand You know, what is your view on this? Okay, so you're saying that for one to mature one needs to work on the soul part And not so much the spirit because spirit is perfect Is that what you're? I'm just saying that, you know, uh, I guess my question is uh around oppression And how many all the three diagrams or is it uh, is specifically in the in the body and the physical and the Soul soul Sure, uh, Christopher. So I would say the body and the soul only Christopher not the spirit Okay, because the spirit is is uh You know, we have become a new creation And everything that the changes that need to happen, whatever we talk about in christ All that has happened in our spirit man Okay, but the work needs to go into the soul and the and the body So the evil one can oppress us in those two realms, but not in the spirit realm So in the case of spiritual maturity, uh immaturity, sorry, um, where is this, um, We we know that, you know, there's a way there are ways to, you know, match the spirit Uh, I guess how is Uh, you know, spiritual immaturity demonstrated and why is it why does it get demonstrated that? Is it because the soul is getting impacted or Okay, okay. Good very good question, Christopher. So see your first question was about oppression So I told you that the spirit man the spirit man is free in that sense And the oppression usually the strongholds are formed in the mind and that has to do with the soul Right, uh, so oppression happens in that well now you're asking about this is a separate question This is about spiritual maturity. Okay, so spiritual maturity. Yes There is a growth that needs to take place in the soul It should be the mind will and the emotions and that is quite easy to understand Now in the spirit if you remember Pastor had done that series on the spiritual man, you know, the two realms and in that he explains about the growth of the spirit man See the spirit man is sensitive like your like your Natural person, you know, your six senses you we are Five senses we have senses and we are alive. That is one thing but To develop strength in the and scriptures use the term inner man inner man So can the spirit grow? Can the spirit mature? Can the spirit increase its capacity? Yes, there is a process and a progress even for the spirit Okay, so does that help Christopher? Oh, yes, so, um, I guess we are we would be coming to it or maybe you already mentioned about How this how this maturity happens and how how does it uh, Okay, how does the spirit get managed? Yes, so say we haven't Attached on it like, you know directly in any way But whatever we've learned even through the bible college or whatever we have picked up, you know, the word of god builds us up You said that so the word of god has the capacity to strengthen the spirit man And you know, we read in uh, uh, it's jude was Jude was 20 I think it says that when you pray in the holy spirit So when we pray in tongues The capacity of the inner man expands it increases. So that is another way to strengthen the inner man So, you know, these are all things and also when you engage in fasting Right, so uh, these are all we just a few keys. I'm giving you here But it kind of increases the capacity of your inner man and also faith growing within us Right, everything that causes our faith to grow is actually causing our spirit man to become more and more mature Yeah, so, uh, the word praying Right yielding ourselves to the lord in different ways being fasting Uh, and also obedience to god's word. These are all things that will bring about that maturity Uh, just as a you know, like how normally life happens Through time we progress similarly even the spirit man Measures when we yield to these things Yeah, sure great great question. Thank you, christopher. That was wonderful. Um, yeah, uh, any any other questions I know we're all over time, but still any any other questions Okay, so, uh, let's take a break. Let's go for a ten minute break be back at 10 or four Uh, and uh, if you have any Comments then we can take it up and then we move on to the next section. Okay, let's go for a break class. See you soon. Thank you