 Let's just pray in the quietness of our hearts. Let's just go ahead and pray that. Hallelujah. We thank you. We thank you, Lord. We thank you, Lord. We thank you, Father God. We thank you. Lord, we thank you, Lord, because it's such an awesome privilege, Lord, to just draw near to the King of kings and Lord of lords. We thank you for giving us access, Lord, to come to the Holy of Holies, God, through your precious blood. Father, we thank you that we can draw near anytime. Lord, we thank you, God, for all that you've done for us, Master. Lord, we thank you that even today that, Lord, you're revealing your heart to us. You are, Lord, revealing new things, Lord, just like you, God. Dear to Jeremiah, oh, God, so we call to you, we call unto you, Father God, that today there will be revelation, Father God, in our hearts, Father God, that you will quicken your word to our spirit, Lord, that, oh, God, that you would draw us to yourself, oh, Father God, in many and wonderful and different ways, God, and we commit ourselves, into your mighty hands, towards this end. Thank you. In Jesus' matchless name, we pray. Amen. Amen. Okay, amen. Amen. Right, so last class, okay, yeah, last class, we heard all the wonderful testimonies of, you know, so many different people of how the gospel message reached you, how it was preached to you, and how you responded to it. It was really wonderful to hear that, and I hope you had a good weekend where you could, you know, where you could share with some folks about what God has done for you, and what God has done in you. And the best thing is to, you know, share your story, and you can share it with conviction. You can share it, you know, with that authority, because it's something that has happened to you. And, and yeah, I hope you were able to do that. And another day, we'll probably, you know, share our experiences of that as well. Okay, so today, we've been, as we've been studying about different things related to preaching, homiletics, the arrangement and the presentation. So we've not come to that, the presentation aspect yet is laying the foundation. We're talking about the person and, and then later we'll come to the presentation. Right. So we see that, you know, it's not just about eloquence. It's not just about speaking ability. When it comes to preaching, what it starts deep within, it starts in the heart of the person, it starts in the person itself. Because I don't know if you've heard this saying, typically in the advertising industry, they say that the medium is the message, right, in the sense that if you're going to be the message that you're conveying, if you're conveying it through a particular medium, right, a mode of a vehicle, which could be a mode of mass communication, a vehicle of mass communication, which could be, you know, newspapers or maybe television or now, you know, social media, the media itself is a message, the kind of media that you use itself conveys a particular message. So, so, you know, if you look at the preacher, the preacher himself, the person is the message, the person himself or herself. So it talks about a life that is lived even before the message that is preached, right. And the reason being that our lives speak louder. Okay, we might speak the most eloquent or share the most eloquent of messages, we might preach it. But there's something that is always or which is louder than the sound of our voices. You might use the best PA system. And we might use the best, you know, all the teaching aids and, and preach that message. But there's something which is, which is far, far louder, clearer, which is reaching the audience. And that is the person himself or the person herself. Right. So the person is very, very important. And so that's why we have been laying that foundation and even going through all that, you know, even after about, while talking about the relevance, how relevant is this? Is it to preach the gospel? Is it is it really necessary? Is it really important in the way we do it? We looked at several scriptural examples. And in all that, the person really mattered. So we're going to today, we're going to look at the call of God, the call to be a communicator, or the preacher of God's word, preacher of the gospel. And also, what are the qualifications? What are the qualifications required? You know, is it, is it, is it enough to know the language to speak the language and to speak it well to present it well? Is it enough to, you know, make the complex things simple and use all kinds of, you know, equipment or aid possible? And is that, is that enough? Or is that something more? Okay. So when we, we're on chapter four, I think yeah, four. And this is on page 12, if you're following in the notes page 12. So we cannot separate the person from the message. We cannot separate when we say person, we're talking about the character, we're talking about the integrity, we're talking about all the, all the qualities of a person, all the internal qualities of a person. You know, let's look at, you know, character, for example, character is really like a foundation. It's really something that is hidden. It is, it, and it manifests itself in several different ways, maybe in a, in a time of crisis, maybe, you know, regular conversations with people in our mannerisms, in our reactions to situations, in our responses to people, right? So character manifests itself in that way. And character is really the foundation. I'm sure you would have studied in the first year if you, if you've looked at, you know, the ministers foundation class, you looked at how character is like a foundation. It's below the surface. It goes below, below the ground. It's hidden. But that is what gives strength structure. So a building without structure and edifice without, I'm sorry, a structure without foundation and edifice without a strong foundation, strong at all. And if we are looking at longevity in ministry, right? If you're looking at, you know, maybe the decades of ministry, then we better make sure that character is strong and deal with whatever is making our character weak, right? Maybe there are some things that are bothering. There are some things that we are going to repeatedly and maybe fearful of. And it's important that we deal with that and with the help of God, of course, and he's more than willing to help us. He's more than willing to strengthen that part of us, right? Because scripture says that his strength is made perfect in our weakness. His strength overshadows, overwhelms and makes perfect or makes establishes, you know, makes perfect our weakness. Whatever is there, it just makes it turns that into our strength. So, yeah, so coming back to the call of the, of the preacher, Timothy, in first Timothy, Paul writes, and this is what he says. First Timothy chapter four and verse 16, he says, take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them. For in doing this, you will save both yourself and those who hear you. Okay. And maybe we should just read the verses before that also. First Timothy chapter four, let me just put it here. First Timothy four and 12 to 16, right? So let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers and he lists down certain things. Be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity. Okay. Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. Do not neglect the gift that is in you which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of hands of the eldership. Meditate on these things. Give yourself entirely to them and your progress will be evident to all. Take heed to yourself, meaning, you know, be careful. Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Pay attention to the doctrine, the teaching. Continue in them. For in doing this, you will save both yourself and those who hear you. So here in these five verses, we see maybe, you know, very important instruction for ministry. For anyone starting out in ministry, for anyone in ministry, very important instructions here. So the first thing we see is that Paul writing and he's saying, of course, he talks about doctrine. Of course, he talks about preparation and so on. But in verse 12, you see that he's saying, be an example. You'll let your life be an example to the believers. Even before you, you know, get into the word and start exhorting them and teaching them and so on. Let your life be an example. Let no one look down on your, you know, your because just because you're young, let no one look down. But you be an example to them. You be an example and he listens on several things in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith and in purity. So character, the way we conduct ourselves, it takes precedence over presentation. So many times we are, we are in awe of the presentation. And of course, the message touches our heart. We are because what and then, you know, what we are really in awe of the presentation, the way it is presented, the way it's communicated. And but behind that, right, and is the life that is lived out first. So yeah, so the the call of God. So God calls and commissions. God calls, God prepares and God commissions people in ministry. Okay, so even when it comes to this call of communicating the gospel, this call of communicating or preaching, it could be in, like we said, it could be in different settings. It could be in what we call as full time ministry, but it could be in different other settings as well. Right. There is the call and the preparation and the commissioning. Okay. And the call of God, right? How does it take place? You know, I think in the last session, while we were talking about the ministry of the evangelist, pastor and teacher, and we're talking about the call and what are some of the specifics and so on. And, you know, sharing about how for me personally, it was a growing conviction. So so that could be one of those things that it could be a growing conviction about doing certain things about stepping out and preaching about the growing conviction. It's a compulsion, right? And you find yourself doing that. So if you want to look at a thorough study, you know, we should refer to fulfilling God's purpose for your life. And I think some of you would have read that. It's in, we just put the link here. So you can go there, fulfilling God's purpose for your life. And maybe you used it as one of your texts for ministers foundation. But I just want to quickly go through some of those things in the call of God, and the purpose of the call, purpose of God's call. How do we recognize it? And what could be some of these things, you know? So here's a kind of a checklist that is put together in this book. And it's really good if we can know this, right? So the first thing is that to recognize the general teaching and the instruction of God's word, the general teaching principles that are in God's word. Now, we cannot do away with those. So we read them, we understand them, we study them, we understand it, and we live it. So general teaching of principles in God's word. How should a believer be? How should I relate to God? And about worship, about studying God's word, about prayer, and so on. So we find so many things that are mentioned, the general principles. So I find that out, and I conform myself to that. So we find that we renew ourselves to the truth. So we cannot ignore that and still want to hear God's call in our lives or still want to know. Of course, there's nothing wrong with it, but God would always guide us back to knowing the general principles and teaching, which is there in God's word. So if you look at Romans 12 and verse two, Romans 12 verses one and two, just okay. Yeah, verse two, sorry. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Okay, so we don't conform to the pattern of the world, but our mind is being renewed. We renew our minds and what do we renew our minds to the renew our minds, obviously, to what God says and his thoughts and his ways. So Paul says that, you know, we will be transformed by it, our lives will be changed by it. And there's something else happening. There is the proving or there is the, you know, you know, we can test and know, examine and know the will of God. Okay, so if you want to know the will of God, this is one of the ways that we renew our mind to the word of God, to the ways of God, and our mind will discern the will of God. So so many times, you know, God calls, but then our mind cancels, right, because we are mind, we are not renewed, our thoughts are not renewed to the word of God. Our thoughts are not renewed to his thoughts. Renewed meaning made new, renovated, we're not really accepting that, maybe accepting that truth in God's word. So it is still maybe resting on carnal things, resting on fleshly things, right. So here comes an instruction or a leading which is spiritual, but our mind, which is dwelling on carnal things, which is meditating on fleshly things, outrightly rejects that, and say this cannot be, right. It could be ignorance, it could be, you know, the fact that our mind is completely filled with the fleshly thoughts and carnal thoughts, and we reject that. So the first thing is general principles, instruction that is in God's word to have a strong foundation of that, to be anchored in that, and to allow this truth to renew our minds, and we intentionally do that. So this is what God says, and I see that what I'm thinking and what I'm meditating on, what I'm imagining, and is not in line with God. So let me change that. Let me go with what God is saying, right. And that is not restrictive, you know, that is actually freedom. And I'm sure you've, I don't know, in the 80s, the song by Pink Floyd, you know, we don't need the education, we don't need no thought control. I don't know if you know that we heard that song, but yeah, so, you know, the thing is that I don't need any thought control, you know, don't put me in a box, don't put me in a prison. And, you know, so the minute we're talking about renewing our minds, you know, sometimes that's the thing that comes, you know, God has created me to be a free agent. So I want to think whatever I want to think. But the one who's the most creative, the one who is, who is, who's desiring freedom and wanting the best for our lives wants us, desires that our minds be renewed. In that, there is safety. In that, there is freedom. In that, there's creativity. Right? So we don't need to fear. We don't need to be afraid of conforming to the word of God, conforming to the ways of God. Right? And we know that that will release us into greater freedom, releases into greater creativity. Okay, the second thing is to recognize the seeds in your life in the sense in the, right from the early age, what were those things that were that were dropped into your heart? What was those things like just like how the source, you know, sows the seed? What were those things that that were sown in your heart? And maybe it could be a recognition of some ability, some special interest, some, some talent or something that it was there right from the start. So that's another indicator. Just look back and say, okay, what is, what are some seeds? What is, what is there put there in my heart early on in life? Okay, some of those interests, some of those ability, some of those talents, we're talking about, you know, all the natural things that God will use that God will use those also. The third thing is to recognize the stirring within. So we looked at the general instruction. We looked at the seeds, general instruction and the principles of God's word. We secondly, we looked at seeds. What are those seeds that were sown in our hearts early on in life? And the third one is, what are those things that stir us up? You know, I remember when, when the first time, I actually saw someone my age, you know, I was very young, and we were at a wedding and I saw a boy of my age and he was, he was playing a guitar. It was, I think it was at a wedding reception or he was playing a guitar. And you know, the minute I saw that, there was such a powerful stirring within. And now looking back, I realize that it was like, I want to, I want to do that. Such a stirring within. In fact, I would, after going back home, I was taking out, you know, a badminton racket and I was just, you know, just imitating the guitar playing and I do that. And I went and told my mother, you know, I, I want to learn to play the guitar. I want a guitar. And of course, my mother did everything possible to, you know, get, get me a guitar in those days and enrolled me for class and, and so on. So there was such a deep stirring within. And another time also, you know, when it, when it came to ministry, there was a, there was a stirring within that, you know, that I want to do that. I want to do that. So maybe it is a stirring within. Every time you are put in a certain situation, you're looking at and there's a stirring deep. It's, and it's not something that is superficial, you know, a fancy, right? That always dies down. Hey, I want to be that. And then after some time, that's gone. But this is something very, very deep and in your heart. And there's a story. Okay. So, and then the fourth thing is we recognize the grace of God. Okay, what is God graced us with grace can be, we look at three things, right? It is divine favor. It is character. It is enablement. So, so what has God graced us with? Is there any special grace on your life? And we're looking at some of these gifts of grace and they are also indicative. They are also point to the direction in which God wants, wants us to take in our lives. What are those graces that is given? So, so that's the, that's the fourth thing that we see. And the other thing is to recognize the leading of God's spirit. Okay. Now, this is something that all of us grow into, right? All of us grow into, you know, I remember in the first, first year class, there was a, there was a question, you know, how do I hear the voice of the spirit? You know, how do I know God is speaking? And, and we've been learning that, we've been learning that and we've been practicing that, right? To be obedient to, to his leading, to his instructions in the ordinary cause of life, right? In our daily lives. So, to recognize that, how is God speaking to me? And some, you know, some general things that we know, we know that he bears witness with our spirit. He bears witness with our spirit. And we see that in Romans chapter 80. He bears witness with our spirit so that we call out our Father. So his spirit bears witness with our spirit. And there is a quickening. Secondly, there could be a quickening of God's written word. You know, I'm just going through this. I know that I'm not putting up anything, presenting anything, but you could check out, or go back to this, you might already have this book with you. Fulfilling God's purpose for your life. Just go, go back to it. It's, I think pages 20 or pages. Yeah, pages 13 onwards, right? Okay. So we recognize the leading of God's spirit, very, very important. You know, many times we, we, you know, as human beings, we relate to the natural world, we, we receive information from our five physical senses. And, you know, by the things that we see, the signals that we receive, you know, optically by the things that we receive, auditory through our ears, what we listen to, and what we touch and feel, what we taste, smell, and so on. So we are so used to that, right? But we, we understand that there is a spiritual faculty in the sense that I'm not just a bunch of cells and muscle and tissue and bone, but I've been created in the image of God. And in the image of God, I am born again spirit man, connected to the spirit of God in union with God's spirit, and the spirit of God dwells in me, right? So what is God sharing or communicating to my spirit? Okay, very important to know that and to grow in that, right? What, what is he prompting me to do? What is he, you know, what are those impressions? What are those pictures? What are those words? What are, what are some of those things that he's putting in my heart? Okay. And then the thing about dreams, what are the dreams that he's getting? What are the visions? Maybe he's, you know, giving me and, and of course, what are the prophetic words? What are the words which God has quickened to someone else and they are, they are sharing as a body of Christ. And what is God communicating to that? What is God confirming to that? Right? So we, we see that it's, so we need to know that. Yes, it's, is it contrary to God's word, then we know that it's not the reading of the spirit? Is it something that glorifies the Lord Jesus? Then we know yes, it is the, it is of God, it is of the Holy Spirit and so on, but, but it's a journey again. It's not the formula. It's not something that we, you know, that day we put together and say, okay, this is it, but it's a journey. We grow in this because it's a relationship with God, right? Okay. The other thing is to recognize the circumstances. Okay. Now what, when we look at our circumstances in our daily lives, you know, not all circumstances are designed by God. The devil also is very active in, in creating certain circumstances at certain storms and certain challenges and so on. So, so understand, you know, is it of God, you know, that I'm going through this, that I'm facing this or is the enemy doing this? And, and so we know that no matter what circumstance, you know, if it is good, yes, God, you know, if it's a difficult thing and, and we know that God is with us and he will take us through. If it is something that is, that is off the enemy, we know that God, we turn even that around for good. He will lead us in triumph in Christ Jesus. Right. So, but to recognize those circumstances, be aware of those circumstances and not just go with the flow. Right. Passivity is a, is the greatest thing, greatest destroyer of, or a barrier to hear the voice of God. Right. Be still and know that I'm God, God says. But being, being still is not being passive. Our spirit is in a, is the state of readiness. It's like the tongue of a, of the, like the pen of a writer. Right. So our spirit is in a sense, is expectant, ready, waiting, not passive. Right. Because passivity leaves the indifferent. If you're co-totally passive, or what will happen will happen. We, we tend to become indifferent. Right. So, recognize the circumstances. Recognize Godly counsel and wisdom. Okay. It can come from, wow, it can, you know, it can come from very, very unusual sources. Recognize the counsel and the wisdom that comes from God. Understand, you know, and then discern, of course, know that it's, you know, is it counsel from God or is it counsel from man? Is it just someone speaking from, you know, speaking good things? Or is it counsel from God? So we recognize that, we discern that. And it can come from certain unusual sources. When I say unusual sources, that we never even considered. Maybe if it comes from people whom we look up to, whom we esteem, well, yeah, we are able to, you know, receive that. But what if it comes from people whom we do not really esteem? Godly counsel come from, can come from people who, from, from some very simple folks, right? I remember the first time I shared my testimony in church and I shared it in one service and also in another service, another location. So, I remember, you know, finishing that and, and I remember one of our friends from the worship team coming and saying, hey, Jakes, you know, just let loose, let go. Don't hold yourself back. I didn't even realize that, that I was holding back because of the content of the message, right? Because of, you know, my life and testimony and so on. And, well, it's not a, it's not a very pretty picture. So, so he said, hey, Jakes, don't, don't let go ahead. Just, just let loose. And I was able to do that in the, in the next service, the following service. So, it came from a very, very unusual story. It's not like him to say that. It's not like him to, to, to really give any counsel of that nature. But it came, so just an example to show that, you know, in the call of God, even God's call can be, you know, reaffirmed by such godly counsel and it can come from unusual sources. Okay, the other thing is that we recognize the times and seasons. Okay, when it comes to the call of God, this is now very, very important to, there are different seasons in our life. And it could be a season of laying foundation. It could be a season of building up something. It could be a season of, it could be a night season where, you know, things are dark. Nothing is clear. And things seem to be like, you know, like a dark tunnel. And the only light we see or we hope to see is, you know, through eyes of faith at the end of the tunnel. There's no going back. And the only way to go is way forward. Right. So we just keep going. So recognize the times and seasons and recognize, more importantly, God's pattern of working in our lives. Okay, if God has called you to be an airline pilot, and then suddenly if he's calling you to, you know, be something else, like a chef in a restaurant, you know, you know that, or if you feel that he's calling, you know that you need to park that thought, right. And really spend some time on that, on that idea. And really make sure if that is God, because he's been leading you in on a certain path. And suddenly there seems to be a complete change. See, not that God will not lead in such ways, but we need to make sure because God has a way of working in our lives. And there is a pattern of how God works in our lives. Right. So these are some things that we can consider when we think about the call of God and call of God in our lives. Right. Okay. So the thing is to bring our life to conformity, to conform to the ways of God, that's the, you know, the basic thing, to the ways of God, to the principles of God, to bring our life and to conformity and to be led by the Holy Spirit. Right. Okay. Just wanted to share a little about what are the qualifications for someone who is called to be a spokesperson for God, who's called to speak forth the mysteries of God, who's called to preach. What are some of the qualifications? Okay. Now, we see those qualifications listed in scripture. And we see in Paul's episodes to Timothy, to Titus, especially to Timothy and Titus, we see this, we read this. Right. If you look at 1 Timothy, 1 Timothy chapter 3, this is what we see. This is a faithful saying, if a man desires the position of a bishop, he desires a good work. So bishop there, really meaning overseer, and he desires a good work. The bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach, not given to wine, a wine not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous, one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence, for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God, not a novice, lest, being puffed up with pride, he fall into the same condemnation as the devil. Moreover, he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. So this is about overseers in church. And then he goes on to talk about deacons, people who are taking care of the administrative or the business side of or the organizational aspect of church. So he's talking about deacons and he's saying, you know, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for money, holding the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience, you know, you would never, probably, you know, you would never think that that could be there as one of the qualifications, or one of the instructions for choosing a deacon, right, holding the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience. And verse 10, let these also first be tested, then let them serve as deacons. And then he talks about something more in verse 11, their wives must be reverent, not slanders, temperate, faithful, and all things. Let deacons be the husband of one vibe, ruling their children and their own houses well, for those who have served well as deacons, obtain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. So that's 1 Timothy, 1 Timothy chapter 3, verses 1 to 13. Now, this is a general instruction for a bishop, for an overseer, for a deacon. But we can take it for, I'm sure, it is also for a person in ministry and who is involved in preaching the word, because a bishop obviously is looking after the flock, the flock of God, and he or she is preaching, communicating, excuse me, communicating what's in the heart of God. So this we can understand that here are some things that are put down. So, well, if you look at this, a lot of it refers to character. Yes or no? Yeah, so can you just tell me, you know, what are some things that are referring to ability and what are some things that are referring to character? So both are important, ability and character. So maybe you can just put it in the chat, you know, based on this, these 13 verses, what are some things that are listed here that refer to ability? And what are some things that are listed here, referring to character? Or maybe you can just unmute and share as well. Anyone? Okay, not given to mind, gentle, faithful, okay, temperate, sober-minded, you know, inverse to also ability, holding the word rightly, okay. I never saw that as ability. Anything that you're sharing, Kennedy? Okay, Prabhakar, ability to teach, okay. Anything else which is listed as ability here? Okay, verse four, obviously, one who rules his own house well. So what do you think outweighs or in this whole list, what is the, when you check both, obviously, we need both. But in the list, when you see the majority that is listed, the most things that are listed are pointing to character. Yes or no? Yes? Yeah, so when we see that, it is pointing towards, leaning towards character. This is the thing. Now, why do you think it is so? I'm not downplaying ability. Please understand, we need ability. We should be able to do this. We should have the skill, we should develop our ability to do the work well, whatever responsibility it is. Right? But why do you think there's so much of leaning and importance or highlight on the character? There's a saying that says that talent can take you there is character. The reason why there is so much emphasis on character is that at the end of the day, we're actually distancing. I'm sorry to say, can you be a little louder please? I probably just need to increase your volume a bit. I've increased it to max here. Yeah, slightly better, yes. Okay. Yeah, so like I said, talent or ability, let me put it that way, can take you high. But what keeps you up there is your character. Right? One thing that sustains our leadership or sustains anyone's leadership, if character is lost, you lose everything. Right? It is what actually distinguishes a group. If you are so good at teaching, it can be repulsive to all the believers and even if I'm chasing people who are trying to even get into the community, there will be no difference between those in the world and those it kind of distinguishes us in spite of our ability to character of Christ. Thank you so much. Yeah, thanks God. Okay, I'm just going to look at some of the comments here. Prabhakar, is it because it requires individual choice? Yes, of course, it, you know, skill can be, of course, developed and skill is also ability, you know, gifts are received from God. But when it comes to character, it is developed over time. It involves the choice of the person as well. Yes, Avni, because actions speak louder than words. Yes, that is true because I might have preached a wonderful message, but the minute I step off the podium and do something which is out of line or which reveals my true character, then the entire message, the entire time that is spent ministering is absolutely wasted, because it just comes down. It just cancels out everything. Okay, so we heard Kennedy sharing it affects other people. Rose, God can always supply the ability, but character is essential for God to be able to work through the person. Okay, character is a foundation without a strong foundation, without the strength of character, no matter how big the ability it will crumble. Chris, are you referring to my voice that you're not able to hear? Or was it saved when you were sharing? Okay, right, okay. Then character tends to manipulate God's ability in you. I didn't really understand that, Kennedy. Character tends to, would you like to just explain that please? Yeah, you are audible. But I think since we have to hold, we respect the mystery of faith. So character tends to hold some, give us some foundation on that, because if you can't preach what you're not doing, you say you preach, what I'm doing, what I'm doing, that's all. Okay, right. So we see that character actually, like even what Sayu said, and what you've learned earlier, that character, the gifting can open the door. It's so visible. It can take us to a place of influence. It can lift us up, but what really keeps us there and what really enables us to sustain our ministry and sustain the ministry of the gifts is character. So character is the essence of a person that reveals the true nature true. Yes, character attracts God's attention. Yes. Thank you so much for sharing all this. So we see that character is very important. It takes a premium. So when we look at the qualifications of a preacher or a spokesperson, communicator, these are some things that we can not avoid. These are central. These are foundational. And if you want to sum that up, let's go through some of these things that are listed for us in our notes. These are some of the theologians and Ungar and Gibson. And this is what Ungar says that the expositor, or one who's a communicator, has to be a regenerated believer. Of course, he's saying, okay, that's very, very basic. That's very basic. How can you say that a person cannot be a regenerated believer, meaning a born-again person? But the fact is, in today's scenario, there could be people who are in ministry. There could be people who want to do ministry who are not born again. And I think I shared sometime back, probably last year. I'm not sure if it's this class, but that I come from a CSA church. And in that church, we had a visiting evangelist, a worship leader. And he shared the gospel. Normally, the gospel was not preached actually very often. But he shared the gospel, and he gave a call for commitment, an altar call, and the first person to stand up and receive Jesus were the pastor of that church. So he, of course, had been trained in the seminary, and he was in ministry. He would preach every Sunday, but he was not, he had not received Jesus. And it seems strange, but then that is possible. Even when you read about Charles, and particularly John Wesley, they went about, they were ordained by the Church of England, and they went about doing their ministry. But they had a specific experience with the Moravians, or, you know, we can say that their life changed, and it is recorded for us there. And they went for what is called the Aldous Gate meeting, and then they're doing the time with the Moravians, and how their lives were changed. We read about that. So it is possible. So a born again person, a person who's spirit filled and spirit taught, very important. Taught by the spirit, filled by the spirit. A person who is called and commissioned. Okay. So you know for sure that the person is engaged with God, traveled with God, journeyed with God, and God is opening up. God is putting that person in environments to be his spokesperson, right? A person of prayer, a person of exemplary Christian character, like we all looked at right now. A person of prayer, a person who communicates with God, who shares with God, who journeys, who goes deeper in prayer, very, very important. A student of the word, you know, we never stop learning the word of God. There's so much. Every time it's like, it's like mining, and where is all this coming from? I don't know if you've had that experience, you know, you read and where was this before? Right? You're continually learning. You're continually learning because there's so much to God. He's infinite. And you're continually discovering new and wonderful things from the word of God stirred up by the Holy Spirit, revealed by the Holy Spirit. And we see that, right? So a student of the word, you know, one who does not just read but studies the word of God. And a person who uses the gifts, the spiritual gifts that God bestows. So this would be, you know, summing up the qualifications of a person called to be a representative of God, called to be a preacher. Okay, Sam, a character, a lot of character development. How does one recognize and resolve flawed character traits, maybe due to bad parenting? Okay, so the Holy Spirit is a greatest teacher. And also when we face certain circumstances and you recognize the first thing is to recognize that there is a character flaw, you know, just because something has been part of our lives for many years, we take it for granted. That is how I am. This is who I am. And this is how it will be. The first step is to recognize that something is out of line. And this is not God's design. And these were maybe put on earlier on in life. And there is a need for change to recognize that. And the second thing, you know, I would say is, you know, knowing our true identity, right? Knowing our true identity. And that is what we've been studying all these past few Sundays, knowing our true identity, what we have become in Christ, so that we can shed, you know, that old identity, not hold on to that old identity, and say, Okay, this is what I have become now. I am reckoning myself dead to those things. I reckon myself dead to those things, and alive to God in Christ. Okay, so we look at, we look at some more of that in our next class. I guess you need to go join the next session. So we'll stop here. And then we'll continue with this on Friday. Okay, God bless you. Have a great day. And we'll catch up later. Bye bye. Thank you, Pastor. Thank you, Pastor. Bye bye. Thank you, Pastor. Thank you, Pastor.