 Good morning everyone and welcome to class another new week. Hope all of you had blessed in a refreshing weekend and all geared up to face another new week. Before we continue looking at children's ministry and how we can impact children in a greater way, let's begin with the word of prayer. So, can I ask Kennedy? Can you please lead us in prayer please this morning? Kennedy, can you lead us in prayer please? Okay, Kennedy is not able to can anyone lead us in prayer this morning? Okay, no worries. Yes. Okay, since you've already played last week, Staveni, we'll ask you to. Thank you so much. Yes, go ahead Sehi. Thank you Pastor. Father bless you, thank you for the weekend that has passed and thank you for a new week. Thank you for all we have been learning, pertaining, Lord, raising children in the way of the Lord and finding ways a lot to reach out to them at their specific ages. We say thank you, Lord, for our teacher, who you've used to impact us with the necessary knowledge so that we'll be able to teach and impact the knowledge of Christ to all our children as they grow. We pray Father that this class will give us the wisdom to understand all that our teacher will teach us, instruct us and now we pray that we will put them to good use all for your glory in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. Thank you Sehi. So, so far we've been, we began looking at the biblical basis and the mandate for children's ministry and then we looked at the different developmental needs of children, the developmental needs of children in different ages and last week we studied the learning styles and the eight different intelligences. Sorry, the learning styles and the eight different intelligences is not just for children but also useful for us as adults, you know, even as we work with different people, minister to different people, have Bible study groups or we are in the youth ministry, teaching ministry or, you know, we work in the corporate firm or we're teachers in school, you know, or even in home when we're teaching our children or when we are relating to adults, these learning styles and the eight different intelligences really help us to understand people, to, you know, communicate better with them and also to relate with them better and to understand their God given skills and abilities and how to maximize them in their areas of expertise and their skills and their talents and I'm sure those learning styles would have helped you and the eight different intelligences would also have helped you identify or helped you know what are your learning styles and the areas of your expertise and where your skills and gifts lie. Today we're going to look at the divine call and role of a teacher, you know, when we minister to people, whether we are teaching, preaching, sharing the good news of the gospel, evangelism, whatever, there are two main components when we minister to people or when we're teaching the word of God or when we are, you know, sharing the gospel, two main things, one is a messenger and the other is the message, so two important components, a messenger and the message. Okay, so the messenger, when in children's ministry, who do you think is the messenger? We are the messenger. Yes, the teachers, those who are teaching, so you identify yourself also as a children's church minister, so it's basically the teachers, the children's church ministers, Sunday school ministers or teachers who are the messengers and the message is basically, you know, what we are going to be communicating to the children, what we'll be teaching them, whether it's a salvation message or it's about God's love or God's forgiveness, God's compassion or his nature, his attributes or, you know, teaching them what he has asked us, how we need to live, you know, that is the message. So we'll first look at the messenger and then we will look at the message. Okay, like us to look at Lamentations chapter two versus 11 and 12, so can somebody read that please? Lamentations two versus 11 and 12? My eyes fail from weeping. I am in torment within my heart, it's poured out on the ground because my people are destroyed, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city. Thank you. So here, you know, when the people of Judah and Jerusalem were carried into captivity, you know, the poor or the really very, very poor people with their children were left, you know, behind in Judah and Jerusalem and the Prophet Jeremiah was left with them and, you know, many of these, the children of these poor people were starving and they were dying and there was not enough food to feed them. There was no way to secure food for them and hence, you know, these children were just dying of salvation. And here in Lamentations chapter two versus 11 and 12, you know, Jeremiah cries out and he, you know, he says because why is he crying, wailing, weeping? It's because the children or the infants in this, you know, are fainting in this in the streets. They're just dying of hunger and, you know, Jeremiah pleaded with the people to weep and pray and that's what he says in Lamentations chapter two versus 19. So can one of you please read Lamentations chapter two versus 19, please? Anyone? Yes, go ahead, Asha. Yes, continue versus, okay, Lamentations chapter two versus 19, you read? Okay. Okay, so he says, you know, let tears run down like a river, you know, one minute. Tears run down like a river by day and night, give thyselfs no rest, a rice crowd in the night in the beginning of the watches pour out thy heart like water before the face of the Lord. And then he goes on to say, you know, lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children that faint for hunger in the top of every street. So here, you know, even as Jeremiah is so burdened to see these young children just, you know, dying of hunger on the streets, he's asking the people, you know, to cry out, to pray, to weep to God, asking for forgiveness, asking for his mercy. And, you know, Jeremiah goes on to accuse the people of being very cruel because he says in, in, in verse, in chapter four, verses three and four, can somebody read that please? Lamentations chapter four versus three and four, it's on your screen. So can somebody read that please? Lamentations chapter four was three and four? Lamentations four, three and four, even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, for my people have become heartless like ostriches in the desert. Sorry. Yeah, then go ahead and read it. Because of thirst, the infant's tongue sticks to the roof of its mouth. The children beg for bread, but no one gives it to them. Thank you. So here we see that, you know, he, Jeremiah is accusing the people of being cruel because he's saying that even the animals, you know, feed or nurse their young once, you know, whether it's the jackals or, you know, the ostriches. But he says that his people, you know, are very cruel. And he says, you know, the tongue of the infant's cling to the roof of its mouth for thirst. There's no, not even water that the parents are providing them and the young children are asking for bread, but there's no one to feed them. There's no one to give them. Now, this was the condition of the children, you know, when they were taken over when Jerusalem and Judah was taken over. And, you know, they were all taken into captivity and these poor were left with their children and there's no ways to, you know, you get food. There was utter poverty and children were just dying and the people were so in a condition of hopelessness and frustration and depression that they did not even have the strength to go and, you know, get food to feed the children who were dying on the streets. So the condition of children in Jerusalem, you know, when they went into captivity is a physical condition that they were going through. But, you know, it's typical of the spiritual need of children that we see in the world today. So, you know, what we see, what we see and read in what happened in Jerusalem, you know, it was a physical condition. But, you know, we are living in a world where children are dying and there's no one to feed them or meet their spiritual needs. So, the condition of children in Jerusalem is typical to the spiritual need of the children in certain parts of the world today or, you know, in most parts of the world. The children in Jerusalem were starving for physical food but children today are starving for spiritual food and, you know, there's just no means of just going and ministering to them or giving them what they need, they're feeding their spiritual needs or ministering to their spiritual needs. So, we see that, you know, we're living in a kind of, in a world where the condition is just the same as it was in Jerusalem. And, you know, and Jeremiah was accusing the people that, you know, they weren't even doing anything to, you know, provide food for the children. But, we are also living in a world where children are neglected, you know, they are not fed the solid meat from God's Word. They are not taught from Scripture. They are overlooked as, you know, just being very small and not being able to understand. But they also have spiritual needs, like we studied when we looked at their developmental needs and it's important, even as they are, many children are starving for spiritual food. It's important that we take spiritual food to them, minister to them and, you know, feed them with God's Word. So, you know, children know about God, you know, they know that there is somebody called Jesus and he died for our sins, but they don't have a personal relationship with God, which is very, very important for us as messengers to communicate this message, to get them into a personal relationship with God, because there's no point in them knowing that there is a God, that knowing there is Jesus, just like they know that, you know, who's the prime minister of their country or the president or, you know, they just know certain celebrities or actors and actresses, but they don't have a personal relationship with them. And it's so also when it comes to that understanding of God, they just know about God, but they don't have a personal relationship with Him. And some children who kind of, you know, come to church regularly, they're part of children's church or Sunday school, you know, like Paul says, they have a form of godliness, but deny its power. Okay, so they know about God, they know all of the narratives in the Bible, they know every story in the Bible, but they don't have that personal connect with God, they don't have that personal relationship with God. And also they don't have that personal, you know, life-transforming encounter with God, which, you know, gets them to know who God is, to know that the Holy Spirit is in them, the power, the presence of the Holy Spirit in their lives, that will enable them to do great things for God, to enable them to overcome their challenges. So, you know, there is a tremendous need that can be met only if God's people, only if the messengers, you know, pray as Jeremiah prayed and not just pray, but also meet the need that is there. So we see that Jeremiah was so burdened, you know, he not only cried out to God and prayed, but he also did something, you know, he, you know, he spoke to the parents and said, come on, do something to meet the needs, let's do something as people to meet the needs of these children who are dying on the street. So even as we look around, you know, we see children lost at a very young age, the innocence is lost at a very, very young age, you know, children, even in grade one, the things that they know, I wouldn't have known when I was in grade eight or nine. And, you know, things have changed. Media has influenced so much of their mindsets, their understanding of various things. And, you know, at a very young age, children lose their innocence, they are so exposed to every filth and evil in this world. And so there is a tremendous need. And first of all, you know, even as you might not be somebody who's ministering to children, you can pray like Jeremiah prayed. And if you are in a place of, you know, where you are a pastor, you're overseeing a church or an elder, you know, you have a fellowship meeting in your home, you know, just don't address or meet or teach adults, but also cater, make sure that something is done to someone is there to minister to children because they are also part of the family of God. They also have their spiritual needs that need to be met. If not, they will be starving and there will be, they will die at their spirit man who that is already dead will remain dead, you know, for the rest of their life. So we need to meet that need that is there. And just like Jeremiah says, you know, the young children are asking for bread, but no one breaks it for them. Just like we read in Lamentations chapter four, verses three and four, you know, we have the bread of life, that is the word of God, you know, and the question is, but who will take it to the perishing millions, there are millions of children who are perishing without knowing the good news, without knowing Jesus as their Lord and Savior, without receiving salvation. So we have the bread of life, but we need to take the spread of life to them. So, you know, to give this bread of life to children, there are two main components, one is a messenger, the other is the message. So the messenger and the message or the messenger and the methods that we use, you know, that are needed to proclaim the message or the good news of the gospel, or the good news of salvation, the good news of Jesus Christ, you know, can be done through the empowering of the Holy Spirit. So that is the advantage that we have, you know, we don't have to do things on our own. We have the anointing, the presence and the power of the Holy Spirit. We have the empowering of the Holy Spirit who helps us. Okay. So as children's church or Sunday school teachers or ministers, are we in an important position? Yes, no? Okay. Yes. Okay. Thank you. So why do you think we are in an important position? For those of you are in administering to children, why do you think you're in an important position? Yes, Sasha? Because God has appointed us to be among the children and hearts are for them. He keeps accountable for like, we are, we are his masterpiece and we are, once he called us to be among the children and we have to be faithful and honest and also how we treat them. Yeah. Okay. Thank you, Asha. So it's a calling. Yes. Just like different people have calling to be a pastor, a apostle, evangelist, you know, a missionary. It's, we also have a calling as a teacher to minister to children. And yes, like Kennedy says, we are the bridge. Yes, go ahead. Say you had your hand up and then we'll go on to Charles. Yes. Almost the same thing as Charles. Basically, we are intermediaries between the generation past and then the generation of coming. So we're strategically placed there to see the continuity of the kingdom of God here on earth through the children who are to come after the generation already in place. So that's a strategic position and very important position. If we're missing, then it just means that it will be the same case as the children of Israel whereby they knew nothing about what God had done in the previous generation. There will be that gap. So because of our importance or rather the function we have, you know, in ensuring the continuity of the gospel, the kingdom of God on earth to the next generation, that makes our position or position of teacher, children, teacher very, very strategic and very important. Thank you. Say yes. You know, it's important that one generation passes on the truths, the doctrines, the word of God to the next generation and also important to get them to a place where we are in one level of glory, where we are tasting. If you look at the past generations, people have moved on from their understanding of God. It was just like in the Old Testament, they knew about God the Father. They had a vague understanding of the Holy Spirit. But in the New Testament, we have an understanding of God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, the person of the Trinity, three persons of the Trinity. Oh, we have an understanding about who, the second person of the Trinity, we have a good understanding of, and then, you know, the whole, the person in work of the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity, that became even more clearer as the generations passed, the work of the Holy Spirit, the gifts of the Holy Spirit, how to flow in the gifts and the anointing of the Holy Spirit. It just becomes, the light becomes much or the manifestation or the revelations of the truth becomes even more evident and more clearer as through the generations. And so, we are here in a generation where we are, you know, enlightened on various aspects where we have reached, we have come to one level of glory. But if we don't pass that on to children, then they can fall back and go back to, you know, past generations from where they began. So, we need to not just teach them God's word, but get them to that level of glory where the adult church is in, so that when they come into adult church, they are able to move on to the next level that God wants them or wants to take them to the next level of glory, so that the church is just, you know, accelerating in its pace of knowing God, of experiencing the manifestations of his revelation, the truths in his word, and just going from one level of glory to another. Yes. Thank you for that, Sayy. Over to Charles. Yes, Charles. Thank you so much, Pastor. I am continuing to agree with the connectivity, like we are in an important position because we are standing between children and God, but also we are in an important position because the children are the future. Therefore, if we do not work upon them, then they will be lost. So, we will lose the track and we will be, like again, the Israelites, like in the book of Judges, when people who knew God were over and then everyone was doing their own thing. So, I think we are in this important position so that we can speak to those that have a future. Thank you. Thank you, Charles. Yes, like Kong says, we are taking the responsibility of bringing them, bringing the word to them. Rupa says we're investing into their lives, passing on the knowledge of God. Asha says we are the examples of the little lives that are watching every move and character and action. We are the life soaring into those precious ones. Yes, we're sowing the seeds of life into these little ones and Kennedy says we are here to fulfill God's call over our lives. Yes, God has called us. We will look at it not to be teachers as well. So, teaching is also a ministry office that God calls us to and so teaching children also is very, very important. So, yes, you know, as children teachers or Sunday school teachers, we are in such an important position. We looked at various, you know, thoughts that they shared with various people. Thank you for your insights. So, why, you know, as children's just teachers, we are in such an important position because, you know, what we teach or what you teach, you know, continues to influence how they think, feel and act, not at just that age that they are in, but will continue to influence how they think, feel and act for the rest of their lives. Now, what could cause a teacher, you know, to influence how children think, feel and act, you know, for the rest of their lives or in that present age and for, you know, their growing years is, you know, probably four things that we can look at. The first thing is, you know, how a teacher and can have a huge impact or a big impact in these young ones life, what could cause a teacher to have such an impact in young ones lives. The first thing is that he or she should be well prepared and employs effective methods that, you know, is able to trigger the young ones, you know, mindsets, their internal motivation and give them the freedom, you know, challenge them to apply what they are learning, to implement what they are learning in their own situation. So give them the freedom, how they want to implement it, the areas what they want to, they want to implement what you have thought or, you know, practice or apply what you have thought. So, you know, as teachers, you know, as messengers, we need to be well prepared and we need to employ good effective methods to communicate what we are teaching to them. When we do that, you know, it will kind of motivate the young ones to basically think through, will bring them from inside out, will cause them to, will challenge them to act on what you are teaching them to take, you know, to take the responsibility to apply what you are teaching them, because they're internally motivated and also, you know, your method, your teaching is challenging them to do things, to act on things, to apply things in their own framework in which they have their own freedom in the way they want to do things. But important thing is that we need to be well prepared and, you know, employ effective methods. The second thing is that, you know, we treat these young ones as, you know, competent and intelligent individuals. We don't look at them as children who can just, you know, we can go score, say something to them, you know, just narrate a story, just tell them something because, you know, they're not adults, they're not going to judge us, they're not going to look back into the word of God and see whether what we're saying is right or not. They just, you know, just accept everything that we learned, they just accept everything that we tell them as the truth, as, you know, the right thing and, you know, they just receive it from us. But that does not mean that, you know, we don't prepare well, that we don't, you know, right have a lesson plan, we don't have our curriculum in place, our lesson plans in place, you know, if we treat children as children who are competent and intelligent beings, you know, and, you know, we would work on all of these things, we would work on a good curriculum, we would work on, you know, preparing our lesson just like we would do for an adult church where we prepare a sermon, we're going to speak to youth or we're going to speak to adults, you know, we would take the time to look at God's word, write out the points, think of illustrations, examples, because we don't want to go and make a fool of ourselves, because adults know what we are talking, right? But when it comes to children, we can underestimate them, think that we can say anything, and because they just receive everything from us, and that is not the right attitude. It's important that we prepare and go and speak to them as if they are competent, intelligent individuals who respond appropriately to everything that we are teaching them or telling them. The next thing is, the third thing is that, you know, the messenger, the teacher should be somebody who's loving, who loves the children, who's godly, you know, who is also having that personal connect with God, personal relationship with God, who loves the Lord, who's feeding on his word, who's encountering God and has encountered God, and is continuing to encounter God so that they can share from their own life examples, their own testimonies, their own walk with God. But if they have grown stale in their relationship with God, then, you know, what we are giving to children will be something that is stale, and you know what happens when we eat stale food, it's not going to strengthen our bodies, but it's going to weaken us, it's going to, you know, cause us to be sick. So, you know, the messenger or the teacher should be loving, godly, should be concerned for the young ones in a sense that, you know, concerned in the sense that they should be so concerned that, you know, they're praying for them, mentoring them, involved in their personal lives, and concerned to an extent where they are spending time just, you know, receiving from God so that they can impart the truths, also, you know, aiding themselves or, you know, equipping themselves in a way that they can communicate the truths in an effective way to children, understanding the children, the ages that they are in, what are the challenges, what are their needs, you know, that is the meaning of concern for the young ones, not just concern that, hey, they're going to perish and die, if, you know, we don't share salvation, well, that is important, but, you know, it also has a wider spectrum to the whole thing of concern for these young ones, and we need to also be teachers who are willing to share our lives with the young ones because not just teaching them doctrines or the truths from God's word, but how we ourselves are applying that truth, living that truth, like Asha said, we need some point in that, we live the truth that they see it in our own lives, and, you know, they're learning from our actions, our character, and our lifestyle. The last one, the fourth one, we can add more to this, but I'm just mentioning four things that would, you know, help a teacher to have an impact or greater impact on the lives of the young ones. The fourth one is that he or she is interested not in just imparting truths from God's word, just teaching them doctrines, but concerned with the overall development of the child, so not just their spiritual development, but also their emotional, their mental, their social, you know, faculties, their, you know, areas of their life, so it goes beyond just ministering to them spiritually, but also, you know, on one-on-one helping them out, mentoring them, praying for them, addressing the concerns that they're going through, the needs that they are facing, the challenges, and just being there to help them and minister to them. So just four points that, you know, would cause a teacher to have an impact or a greater impact on our children's life. Yes, Charles, you have your hand up? Yes, Charles? Okay, we'll wait for Charles when maybe he's having connectivity issues, so we'll continue. When excellent teaching methods, you know, when you use excellent teaching methods, you prepare your lesson well, you have, you know, all of your resources that you're using, like pictures, PowerPoints, videos, activities, games, object lessons, you know, when you're using excellent teaching methods, and that is combined with a deep, genuine concern for the young ones, you know, the children will find it extremely difficult, you know, not to learn. They'll also, you know, not be, you know, discouraged or will not be motivated to come to Children's Church, they would want to come to Children's Church because the classes are very exciting for them, you know, the methods you're using is, you know, is appealing to their learning styles, their intelligences, and also you have a deep concern and a love for them, which they're able to see, and that will cause them to come to Children's Church, that will cause them to listen to you, there will be a reduction in, or there will be very less of behavioral problems that you will have to, you know, cater to or minister, because they will just be interested in what you're teaching them, they will be excited, and also, you know, they would come to a place where they're not just listening to you, just attending Children's Church because they have to, but they would also apply what they are teaching them, okay? So, as a teacher, you can, you know, keep these four points in mind and work on these four points, which will help you to be an excellent teacher and will just be able to help you to impart the truths, what you want them to know, and also it will get them to, you know, help children to apply what they're learning and you will see a transformation in their lives, you will see God working in a powerful way in their lives. Any questions so far? I think anyone wants to say, Charles, are you there? Okay, there are no questions, we'll move on. So, like some of you already said that, you know, those of you, or those of us who are ministering in Children's Church, we sometimes think that, you know, teaching children is not a divine call, but, you know, it's not a very important role, like those compared to those who are worship leaders or, you know, on the worship team or those who are preaching, teaching evangelist missionaries, you know, pastors, we sometimes undermine our call or underestimate our call and think our call is not an important call. Our role is not an important role, but it is because if you look at Ephesians chapter 4 verses 11 and 12, can somebody read that please? Ephesians chapter 4 verse 11 and 12. Can everybody pastor? Yes, sure, please go ahead, Asha. It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers to prepare God's people for works of service so that the body of Christ may be built up. Amen. Thank you, Asha. So, here we see that, you know, it's Jesus Christ himself, you know, who calls different people to different ministry offices. So, some are called to be apostles, prophets, evangelists, and some pastors and teachers. And, you know, we don't go, okay, the apostle is the greatest and then is the prophet and then is the evangelist and then is the pastors and then our teachers know we don't look at that in, you know, in order of priority or the way that it's stated here. But all of these, if you see, it says that all of these ministry offices is important for the equipping of the saints. Saints are basically those who are believers, part of the church, for the work of ministry and for the edifying of the body of Christ. So, edifying the body of Christ, children are part of the body of Christ. So, we are edifying them and we are. So, you know, this role of a teacher is a calling, you know, and this is a ministry office that Jesus, you know, God assigns to a few of us. Few of us are called to different offices. You know, we have the gifts of the Spirit, which is, you know, is given to everybody. We read that in 1 Corinthians chapter 12. We have the membership gifts and talents. So, we are part of, you know, we minister in various areas in the body of Christ, but here in the offices that specifically the offices in the body of Christ is, you know, specifically given by God Himself chosen. It's a calling for appointed few, a selected few. So, among them is a teacher. So, if you are called to be a children's church teacher, children's church minister, then you need to know that your calling or your role is a very, very important one. You know, you might not be in the limelight. You might not be, you know, we don't have children going up on stage and saying this and that and testifying and all of that, like we see in adult church, you know, it goes unnoticed very often, but that should not be your, you know, what you are looking at, but what is done in secret will be rewarded in the open. You know, you're basically edifying this part of this body of Christ, which is very, very important, and that is children's soul. Please consider your role as an important one, just as you would look at, you know, an apostle or prophet, an evangelist, a pastor. Your role is very important. Your calling is very important, and we need to live up to that calling that God has called us to. Okay, we see that Jesus was one of the greatest teachers. He is the greatest teacher in all time, you know, and he magnified the work of a teacher. You know, we see that Jesus preached and he also thought he was a preacher and a teacher, but what do you think most often was he a preacher or was he a teacher? I feel Jesus had a balance. I think he had a balance. He was able to know when to preach, to declare, and proclaim, and he was able to know when to instruct the people in the word. I think he just had a balance. I can't really say if it was, there was one that was more than that. I think it was just balanced. That's my own viewpoint. Okay, thank you. Say anyone else? Avni says teacher. Kung says most of the time, it says that he taught. Avni says he's known as a rabbi. Yes, thank you. My opinion, we can differ on our opinions. I also think he was, even though he was both a preacher and a teacher, but he was called a teacher more than a preacher. Okay, how is a preacher different from a teacher? Is there a difference between a preacher and a teacher? And if there is a difference, how are these two roles different? They are not different, but a preacher is also a teacher. I think in the modern church we differentiate them, but in the old times, a teacher and a preacher would read the Torah and then explain what it means. So there wasn't much difference back then. Okay, yes, back then. Yeah, you're right, Mangi. Maybe back then there was not much difference between a preacher and a teacher. Like now we have preaching and how a style of a preacher, what is the competence required for a person to be a good preacher and all of the things that we learn. Yes, but in those days maybe there was not much of a difference between a preacher and a teacher. You're right. Yes, Charles, do you have your hand up? Is there? Okay, if not say. Yes. There is a difference between a preacher and a teacher. A preacher is someone who proclaims, who heralds, who announces. In the case of Jesus, he was announcing the kingdom, he was preaching about the kingdom, he was proclaiming the kingdom. So he proclaimed the good news to the people. But when he came to teaching, he was structured methodically, methodical, sorry for my English. He had a pattern in which he brought out the truths from the word. So it was more of instruction, rebuking in some cases, expounding on truths, bringing out more truths from the Torah. So there is a difference in terms of structure and delivery. Pre-changers means announcing something that's possibly not known or known, but teaching goes deeper in expounding on the truths, bringing out more knowledge basically in a structured methodical way. Yes, you got the word now. Thank you, say yes. Yes, Asha says a preacher is a person who delivers the message and a teacher is the one who teaches. Okay. So, you know, a task of a teacher, a preacher is to, you know, reprove, to rebuke, to press it home, so that it's acted upon like we read in Second Timothy chapter four, verse two, Second Timothy chapter four, verse two says, preach the word, be ready in season and out of season, convince, rebuke, exhort, with all long suffering and teaching. So basically it is, you know, a preacher is exerting the people, he's, you know, rebuking them, reproving them, and, you know, pressing home the point so that it is acted upon. But a teacher, you know, the primary task is to instruct, you know, to teach, to train, to coach, to teach two terms. So basically, like, say, we're saying a teacher teaches a fact, simplifies the truth. Is that there? Okay. Okay, teaches the facts, you know, simplifies the truth. And then, you know, simplifies the truth, illustrates it, gives various examples to illustrate it. Of course, a preacher also does that as well, applies the truth, which also preacher does nowadays, we have people doing all of this, you know. And then, but for a teacher, the teacher is looking for a response in a more personal way. A response, of course, even a preacher does, you know, ask for a response in, you know, asking people to pray, commit their life, dedicate their life, or, you know, receive Jesus as a Lord and Savior, raise up their hand, alter call and all of that, but doesn't happen on a very regular basis. So there is a lot of teaching components that is kind of, is also there in preaching. But, you know, for in teaching, when a teacher is teaching, you know, basically gives the people that they're teaching an opportunity to ask questions. There's a time for discussion, you know, or the teacher discusses with them, tries to reiterate the points through discussion, but they have learned to just ensure that what the truth that has been, you know, communicated has been understood. And then the teacher goes on to help those they are teaching how to apply the truth. And then they look for response to it. So a teacher is more than a preacher in the sense that not only teaches the facts, but simplifies the truth, you know, illustrates it, applies the truth, looks for a response. And then the teacher gives an opportunity for questions and discussion to be sure that the truth has been understood and, you know, helps the person or the audience, you know, how to apply the truth and then look for response to it. So the teacher comes back, you know, the following week and then is, you know, looking for response and how they have acted on what the teacher has taught. So yes, there is a lot of components of teaching that is involved in preaching, but then it is much deeper when it comes to teaching because there are more components of giving opportunities for questions, discussing, making sure the truth has been understood, and also helping them know how to apply the truth and looking for a response. So yes, you know, in that sense, you know, we need to ensure that when we are teaching, we are involving all of these aspects, all of these components, and not just be a preacher, but, you know, to be a teacher in the fullest sense. Yes, Christopher, to have your hand up, we take a question and then we'll end class. Oh, yes, I was just just wanting to add that, you know, when Jesus taught to the crowds, I know he's spoken parables. And that was just his way of being able to explain things using stories and using parables to explain that. But when he spoke sometimes to his disciples, he explained it in a more direct way. And I can't remember the Bible reference to this, but, you know, there was a time when he was actually referred to this, why he was talking in parables and why, you know, he was, then he would then be able to, then he would actually go and explain it in a much more direct way to his, to his apart, to the disciples, or his apostles. Yeah, so just thought I would decide that. Yes, thank you. So we see that Jesus is, yes, in that sense, you know, he was more like a preacher, but also had a lot of competence of teaching, because there were a lot of questions that people asked, he would answer them, discuss with them, and all of those things. So, you know, as a teacher, we need to make sure that, you know, if you're teaching children, you have all of these components, or you are addressing all of these components that we just looked at, so that you can be an effective teacher. Okay, thank you all for joining class. Are there no more questions, or any of your thoughts that you want to share? Yes, yes, say. Very quickly, very quickly, Parma. What was the passage again? This is second Timothy, your first Timothy, about teaching and preaching. Yes, first, second Timothy chapter four was two. Second Timothy quarter, thank you. Yes, yeah. Okay, thank you everyone for joining class and for all your inputs. I'll see you for our next class on children's ministry on Wednesday. Thank you.