 Okay, so we let's start. Okay, so last class we looked at you know very important aspect of preaching which is we looked at the person the preacher And we looked at what qualifies a person to you know priests the word of God it also looked at About the call like call itself because Many times We if you're not convinced of the call of God For us to handle the word of God for us to be communicators of the word of God then we're not really Really serious about it or we don't understand the the the weightiness of the responsibility, right? So It's important that we Understand it's important that we be convinced of the call and with regards to a call We we also saw that All of us are in a sense. We are called to this right it is our Duty it is our responsibility to be Preachers of the gospel to be communicators of the gospel So the question is why why do we say that and the answer is in the great commission Right the answer is in the in the in the great commission that There's several ways we can look at it. One is of course very clear that all of us as Disciples as followers of the Lord Jesus Christ we are commissioned with this message Right to preach the gospel to every creature and to go to every nation I mean to every people group to preach the gospel and To teach all that the Lord Jesus as taught Okay, and Baptizing then the name of the Father son the Holy Spirit. So so that's the responsibility That's the call of every disciple and every believer now how this happens and in what way it happens You know, that's different Well, it could be a five-fold specific five-fold call like we see in Ephesians chapter 4, right where Some are called to be where some are called to be Apostles Prophets evangelists past its teachers now This is not for all but it is for some and it is as the Lord desires, right? So he places some To be this now even you're gonna be I'm sure you'll be learning about the five-fold ministry the ministry of evangelist Pastor teacher this this session right and the semester. So you learn that okay, you know These gifts flow together one could be a pastor teacher or an apostle prophet And you know, it's a gift mix that that is there but this is something that we don't take for ourselves but You know the Lord places us in the body of Christ with a specific call, okay? So that's something that we that we understand So it could happen that way or it could happen in any other way because we see also that We are equipped the saints in the same passage efficiency up to four We see that the saints are equipped for the work of ministry. Okay for the work of serving so and when we look at passages like Romans chapter 12 Where the gifts are listed one court in swell where the gifts are listed We see that we are placed in the body of Christ in different ways in different capacities and To serve one another to minister to one another. Okay, so even in that there is the communication of the Of the word of God there's a preaching of the word of God. So it may not be a very formal podium pulpit Stadium kind of a ministry, but it would be in different ways right and some practical ways in which we can Look at like if you consider if you see the way church is set up, you know, it could be a home group It could be a life group. It could be You know, it could be meetings like that like a house prayer meeting and so on but then you you are Ministering the word, right? So we see that and then the importance of the person We looked at character. We looked at you know more than ability and charisma and gifting Characters very important because that's going to be the foundation, right? If you have all that and if you do not have character then they there's gonna be cracks in the foundation It's it's gonna fall and it's going to be very embarrassing it's going to be painful and It's gonna cause a damage for a whole lot of other people as well Like not only for us personally, but for those of us Those those lives who are connected to our lives, you know family friends and people who look up to us and it's going to be It causes a lot of damage when we see And over and over again, you know in the church and and I'm sure if you study church history You see that people, you know Losing this aspect of their ministry, you know because of their personal choices personal because of character Flaws and then we see that kind of damage, you know, it creates in the church and also the kind of damage It gives an opportunity for the enemy to speak ill of you know, the church and speak ill of Christ Definitely not bringing glory to God If we do that so the importance of character the importance of you know, the lifestyle So so we saw all that. Okay, so today what we'll do is we look at The message the content of the message the because the message is very important Because that is what we are communicating. So it's important what we Communicate What we preach? Okay, it's a it's a great importance now When we even we look at that when we consider that Again, I want to say that life is also important, right? The because the life Is it speaks volumes it speaks louder, right? And no matter how Clear articulate eloquent to the messages if the life is not lived Is it's not a life of integrity is not a life of character then It cancel out cancels out the most Wonderful the beautiful of messages. Yeah, you know, it cancels it out. So the importance of life lived well And that is why we looked at it earlier. Now, let's look at the message Like the content of the message the the nature of the message itself. Okay Now we need to understand that While there are several things that could be spoken shared, you know, and there are several kinds of You know ways in which communication happens. There could be encouragement That could be exhortation and so on the the backbone of it is the word of God Okay The kind of the foundation is the word of God now the word of God is our reference point the word of what the word of God is what is What the message is based on means everything that we declare It's Foundation should be in the word everything that we share communicate, you know, the foundation should be the word of God Take us to a couple of scriptures first one being of Let's go to One of Peter's epistles Let's go Okay, so I'm at first Peter chapter 4 case and verse 11 and If anyone speaks let him speak as the oracles of God If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ to whom belong the glory and the Dominion forever and ever so let him speak as the oracles of God meaning You are speaking the heart and mind of God. You're speaking as a spokesperson for God. Okay so So that's that's very very important. So when we when the when the word is what is communicated You're speaking on Behalf of God you're speaking as an oracle of God. This is what God says. So If we do not speak from the word, you know, the chances are that we could be Speaking from ourselves meaning our own assumptions our own presumptions Which may not be based on the word of God Okay, so it's very important to be word centric Okay, so Paul also when he's writing to Timothy, he gives a couple of instructions. Let's look at those. Okay First Timothy Hey first immediate Right there at chapter 1 and verse 3 as I urged you when I went into Macedonia Remain in Ephesus that you may charge some that they teach no other doctrine Okay, nor give heed to fables and endless genealogies which cost disputes rather than godly edification Which is in faith now the purpose of the commandment is from a pure heart Is love from a pure heart from a good conscience and from sincere faith From which some having strayed have turned aside to idle talk Desiring to be teachers of the law Understanding neither what they say nor the things which they affirm But we know that the Lord is good law is good if one uses it lawfully Okay, and then he goes on to explain about law and then verse 11 He says according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was Committed to my trust Worst 10 he says if there's any other thing that is contrary to sound Doctrine, okay, so he's talking about sound doctrine. He's talking about teaching he's saying that if you Go away from this you're going to give heed or you're going to listen to or you know give weightage to fables Which means stories with fables are stories with with good moral lessons right But they they're not It's not the word of God so this could be it could have good moral lessons it could be You know, it could be but it's a story Okay So he's saying not give heed to fables and endless genealogies. So what is the what do those do? those costs disputes Rather than godly Edification which is in faith Okay, so godly edification happens Because of our faith and because of our faith in God because of our faith in God's word and that is why he says, you know charge some that they teach no other doctrine Okay, let there be no other teaching. So that's the first thing that he The Paul writes and he and he tells Timothy, you know, I left you there with this purpose that you teach no other Doctrine let the teaching be the word of God, okay, and and when you You know when you go down to let's say Chapter four, okay, chapter four also He gives the same thing same instruction at verse six if you see If you instruct the brethren in these things you will be good minister of Jesus Christ nourished in the words of faith and of the good doctrine which you have carefully Followed but reject profane and old wives fables and exercise yourself towards Godliness and then he goes on to say in verse 12 Let no one despise your youth but be an example to the believers in word and conduct in love in Spirit in faith in purity till I come Give attention to reading to exhortation to doctrine Verse 16 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 So it's very very clear about what you should teach what you should give heed to Because doing the opposite of that or steering away from that is instead of In instead of bringing in edification it creates strife And so what we communicate if it's not the word of God, it's it's it's not going to be Profitable it's not going to be useful like spiritually speaking like people might be excited people might Find some things funny But at the end of the day if the content of what we are sharing is not from faith or is it's not the word of God Then it's gone not going to result in It's not going to result in faith. Okay, Rosalind. What page are we on? We're looking at chapter 5 Ministry of the word so it's page 15. I guess and my notes The importance of the ministry of God's word, right Okay, page 15 Is page 15 the is it page 15 and all the other notes. Yeah, it is okay Right, so the importance of you know God's word so it says If you look at We see that it creates Lord of I'm sorry first Timothy itself. It says it creates disputes It's great creates wrong understanding. It doesn't result in faith Okay, so so the importance of speaking from God's word, okay so let's let's look at the notes and the first thing we see there is that God operates by his word Okay, now the the Bible the word of God is God's thoughts his ideas His opinion his promise his instruction all that right So he Operates through that. Yes. He's able to go beyond it But he operates through the word of God. So if the word of God is There's something we understand that it carries Intrinsically the power of God the word of God is something that will produce fruit. Okay, so The message needs to be based on the word of God now it might sound like you know Isn't isn't isn't that the natural thing? Well, it was not always so and it is not always so it is not so, you know, even today Well, since the church and the minister of God is supposed to give importance to the word of God We know that it was not so and especially during the dark ages the word was completely neglected Completely neglected. It was kept away from people. It was chained practically physically changed and kept changed and kept and People did not have access to the word of God Okay, and and we know what happened to the reformation the Translations and so it was made available for the common man to be able to read and understand in his own own language Right, so it was not so so even today Well, we don't have that kind of a thing, you know, we have Different, you know Ways in which we can read the word of God electronically and I know other ways and we have audio Bibles and ever there is there are wonderful ways and methods But you know in the church if we do not preach the word of God But we're going to preach something which is apart from the word You know if you're giving some information, which is not based on the word then it's not going to produce effort effect You know, it's not going to produce fruit because faith will result faith is something which is spiritual and it will be produced Only by the word of God We need to understand that I need and it is something that will edify It'll something that will bring lasting change. Okay, so when we look at Hebrews 4 so that is what we see Hebrews 4 You know, these are things that we may know already This could be a reiteration of that so his Hebrews 4 says the word of God is living The word of God is powerful and it is sharper than any two-edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of joints and marrow and It's a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart Okay, so what of God is living powerful Sharper than any two-edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and so that's fascinating because It's it does a work which a Work of discerning a work of separation which nothing else can actually do The word of God is like a sword sharper and this discerning and and separation is between the soul and the spirit and We know, you know, we've learned about the soul and the spirit our emotions intellect Imaginations thoughts everything in the soul realm and the spirit which is our inner man where you know We the Holy Spirit speaks to us the Holy's we speak the mysteries of God and the Holy Spirit speaks to us There's a deficit of his word in our spirit Revelation comes to us that our Lord writes it upon our spirit, right? He expands our capacity Everything happens in the spirit. So we receive the mysteries of God in our spirit man So there's a division Says even to the soul and the spirit So that's something very valuable, you know in the sense. Why is it valuable? So I know the difference between okay What is of my own imagination? What is of my own thoughts or my own thinking not that they are less important But I can know what is inspired by God What is coming from God? What is the guidance that come that is coming from God? What are the ideas and inspiration of God? I know because the word of God is able to even discern and divide between that He's able to divide between okay, this is actually of the emotional realm and this is of the Spirit okay, and that only the word of God can do and it's a very important thing very Valuable very important thing for us as believers, right? So it's living and Powerful so that's the word of God. So we might think oh, it's it's so old-fashioned. You know, I want to add I want to make it even more interesting We don't have to Like I think it was person who said, you know about defending the word of God He said it's like it's like defending a lion, you know, I don't have to do that I just have to let the lion out of the cage and the lion will do that You know, it'll do the rest do its work. So So we don't have to you know, we apologize about it We don't have to make excuses for the word of God We can the word of God is powerful the word of God is you know the old English word used there is quick and it means To you know, it means it's alive. It's breathing literally, you know, the quick and the dead Right, so it's not lifeless. It's it's quick in the sense. It's it's breathing. It's it's full of life okay, and As a figure of speech metaphorically it means something that is That is full of vigor Right all sitting with life energetic fresh and strong So that is what it means like it's quick and It's powerful active powerful and It is sharper than any two-edged sword which means that, you know, it it can cut And and we know, you know, how the word can cut and convict even the hardened of hearts, right? So what have God does that? Let's look at one more description, you know, Isaiah 55 As a 55 and was a 10 and 11 right this also we've Read many times for as the rain comes down and snow from heaven and did not return there But what are the earth? So it may make it bring forth and bud that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater So shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth It shall not return to me void But it shall accomplish what I please and it shall prosper in the thing for which I Sent it so so God is saying, you know Just before that he says my thoughts are not your thoughts and talks about how the wicked should forsake their thoughts and the Unrichest man forsake the way and enriches man's thoughts and return to the Lord, right? And then he says about the word so as the rain comes down from heaven and and as it waters the earth and makes it Makes it bring forth and but so that, you know I'm sure you've seen, you know, certain terrains before the rain and after the rain No, there's so much of freshness. There's so much of growth. There's so much of life You know, you're like wondering, you know, where did all this thing come from like where did all this greenery come from where? Where did all this beauty come from? and It's just that it rained and it rained and it it stirred up at the ground and And whatever was you know, if you look at it, whatever was the potential in the ground It just erupted Right, whatever was that potential, you know, it just came to life and it happened because rain has that quality Rain did that so it says as the rain makes the land makes, you know To waters the earth and makes it bring forth and bird That it may give sea to the sower and bread to the eater. No, that's that's another important aspect of God's word that's It's it's doing something you know It's it's it's creating something. It's unlocking potential. It's bringing out beauty and it's productive It's resulting in productivity that it may why is it doing all that? Why does the rain do all that it may give sea to the sower and bread to the eater, right? so So shall my word be says the Lord so shall my word be in the same way The word that I send the word that I release. This is what it will happen You know, it's going to bring in freshness going to change the entire environment. It's going to change the face You know when when the heart receives Where there's going to be change in the life the it'll be unrecognizable What seem to be bad and what seem to be dry and lifeless? It's gonna come to life because that's what the word of That's what my word does. It's creative It's going to bring forth the potential that is already, you know there And it's going to bring it to life and it's going to be Sorry, the life is going to be productive It brings forth see to this, you know see to the sower and and bread to the eater You see, you know the seed to the sower, which means that the sower is going to use that seed It's going to multiply, you know, put that put that put that seed in the field and it's going to you know bring for the harvest and Bread to the eater the finished product of that end result of that whole thing of sowing and reaping The end product is bread to the eater. So a lot of saying, okay, there's going to be You know even more harvest and also the end product which will nourish a person physically physically, you know So that's that's what we are saying this is what it'll do So you see the importance of carrying That word Okay bringing that word Something that is full of life something that is powerful and and obviously It's it's the truth of God's word that we are communicating It's the you know, maybe the declaration of it the explanation of it and when we when we share it it has its It does its work. Okay by the power of the Holy Spirit the word does the Work, okay, so that is that that is that is something that we see, okay Then the other thing that we see is that first, there's limits to inverse 13. Let's look at that Okay Chapter two and was 13 Paul is saying enough for this reason We also thank God without seizing because when you received the word of God, which you heard from us You welcomed it not as the word of men But as it is in truth The word of God, okay So it talks about this audience the church in teslanika They received the word of God and they received it as when they when these men preached when the steam preached They received it they welcomed it not as a word of men, but as it is in truth the word of God The last part of it he says which also effectively works in you who believe Okay, so the word of God, which is Eternal which is all powerful and living and so on so powerful full of life Effectively works in us who believe Okay, powerfully works in us who believe so which means that the word has to be mixed with faith It has to be received welcome mixed with faith and for all this to happen right, so this is What the word of God will accomplish in the lives of people? It becomes operational in the lives of people as we receive it and we receive it in faith Okay, right then We of course we when we looked at preaching we see that okay, it's the word of an infinite God eternal God in the in the Which he puts in our heart in finite man in order to communicate That word which is eternal which is infinite in nature Right, so God chooses us With all our limitations Right being finite being works in progress He chooses us to communicate his word in order to fulfill his purposes All right, that's the beauty of it. We are actually partnering with God's mission right, so he chooses us and He gives us the word and he says okay now you go forth and you minister the word Okay, so he let's look at acceptor six acceptor six and verse four Okay six and verse four the apostles Because of that whole dispute about the About the feeding about the distribution of food through widows being neglected so the apostles make a very Important decision right so they they appoint the others who are one of Good reputation full of the Holy Spirit, etc. And they say we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word. Okay, so the early church, you know, they Understood the importance they realized the importance a lot of things were happening I think they were going around and they were sharing the gospel people were coming People were being added to the church a lot of superannual things are happening a lot of excitement everything was happening and But they realized this they said we will give ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word It's not that the other things were not important that they know taking care of the administrative side But they realized that This is something that they cannot neglect And prayer and ministry of the word so they said we will give ourselves continually to this you will give ourselves continually to this What was that to the minister to the prayer and to the ministry of the world? Okay, so Why do they do that because God had commissioned His disciples to carry the word to to communicate the word to preach the word to the people around to the nations around right so Therefore giving ourselves continually to this. Okay, so let's of course the the other word that we saw was one this one It's two and verse 13. Let's look at Luke 8 13 Luke chapter 8 and verse 13 Look chapter 8 is also parallel to Luke chapter. I mean, sorry mark chapter 4, right? It talks about the sewer and This the parable of the sewer, right? So in So this the word of God is likened To the seed which is sown and verse 13 talks about the fact that the ones on the rock are those when they hear Receive the word with joy and they have no root who believe for a while and in time of temptation Fall away. Okay, and then you know, we can actually read the rest of the passages and on to us 15 which says the ones that fell on the good ground are those having heard the word with a noble and good heart keep it and bear fruit with Patience. Okay, so verse 15 talks about how the good ground hear the word Keep it and there is the bearing fruit. Okay, so so that's what What of God does so this So this aspect of sowing is a responsibility Okay, so that's something that we see the parable of the so that the sewer goes and sows the seed and the seed is the what of God so God is God in his In his wisdom and his foreknowledge in a foresight He has he's instituted it this way that that we as human beings God wants us to be communicators of his word and he wants us to proclaim his word and we see you know our identity as New Testament believers. He says, okay, you are you are the chosen generation you are the kings and your royal priesthood and You will proclaim the virtues of him proclaim the characteristics of God. Okay, so he has chosen us to do that right, okay Let's move on. Let's look at Look at Matthew 4 4 Talks about the Lord Jesus explaining Okay, Matthew 4 and verse 4 Lord Jesus saying that He answered and said now his answer is in response to response to the devil's question right and devil's charge If you are the son of God, okay command that these stones become bread Right, so that is that is that is what he's stating is saying if you are if you are indeed the son of God So he's actually challenging The identity of the Lord Jesus is saying if you are indeed Who you say you are if you are indeed the son of God Then do this again the Lord Jesus answers And his response is very interesting. He says it is written So he's referring to the word. What is interesting is this that You know, he is the eternal word like the living word Right, and he is quoting the scriptures Which is the word Right, he's quoting that and he's saying it is written And he's also talking about the word and you see that Interesting, right and he's saying man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word That proceeds from the mouth of God. Okay So very very interesting right and his response to Satan's challenge and statement Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God So but so let me use the word reema there, but but by reema Right, which is the quickened word It comes from God So man shall not live by bread alone. So so what does that mean? That means that for For a believer One who is uh, accepted the Lord Jesus Well, there is a requirement To receive the word of God Okay, uh, whether it's you know, whether it's preached whether it's personally received Right in in various ways whether it's supernaturally received sovereignly received from God well man Has to receive the word of God Man cannot just continue to live well bread can sustain a person physically Bread can enable a person to go on physically and do the things what is required physically But we know that a that a person is more than just her physical being He or she is a spiritual being and especially when you're a believer When your spirit is quickened And you're made alive in the spirit And your spirit Needs my spirit needs the word of God As much as our body requires physical food for sustenance Right immediately, you know when you miss a meal, you know, that's you know, your body tells you right this There's something and And and and you you just go ahead and you see okay. Is there something to eat and then you know You're you're taking some some snacks something you just you know, there's something that's missing Right, so similarly, you know our spirit man requires the word of God. The thing is this, you know There is a craving in the spirit. We've been designed in the spirit to receive the word of God Okay, but the thing is we sometimes we make do with something else. We try to fill it with something else And there is a craving. There's a thing that oh, there's drawing is something I I need this But then we try to fill it with something. Maybe. Oh, I maybe I need some entertainment Maybe I need to you know, I need And I need that relationship To you know to to make sure that this craving goes well We need the word of God And we need God to speak to us We need to receive it in our inner man on only then on only that satisfies and that's that in fact creates More hunger for the word of God, right? So Okay, so we see that The Lord Jesus saying that man should not live a red loan but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God Okay, let's look at first Peter 2 and verse 2 Okay, so we are looking at you know, many things that we know already right But just a reiteration of that for us to know the importance of The content of what we minister right Just to know that there's something precious something to know that to know for us to know that it's life-giving Okay, first Peter 2 and verse 2 Verses 1 and 2. Let's read therefore laying aside all malice all deceit hypocrisy envy and all evil speaking as newborn babes desire the pure milk of the word that you May grow thereby if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious Okay, so this is what they're saying, you know, do you desire your crave for the pure milk of the word? Okay, so that causes growth and development Okay, so the word of God is now, you know, it's likened to The milk that a newborn maybe craves Which is required which is necessary for the for the for the newborn to grow and develop right so you're saying So in other words, you're saying the word of God is its sustenance is food The word of God is something which is required which is necessary for growth and development Okay, so there's no there's no substitute for that Okay, there's no substitute. So, um, you know, so so in the church or any other, you know forum any other environment where we handle the word where we minister where we gather The word of God is what will actually sustain the word of God will what will produce growth. So For every, you know, minister, pastor, you know, the thing is the we want the church to grow We want the church we want the believers to mature and we want the believers to discover the call of God. So how will that happen? Well When people come it's an opportunity to minister the word Minister the word that causes growth Minister the word that that is necessary for sustenance, right? Maybe they're not in a place of doing that for themselves Right, but here's an opportunity here. Here. Here's a, you know, opportunity for them to receive the word which sustains and here's an opportunity for them to receive the word which causes growth and maturity and development Right, you look at it that way when you're ministering the word, you know, it's an awesome responsibility As a parent, maybe you want the best food for the child You know, you don't want to put throw in put in some junk You know, you want the you want the best food, you know, the most nutritious one the clean and nutritious something that will result in health You don't want to give something that will and especially if something is tail and if something is You know, uh, you know that it's doubtful even if it looks good. You say, okay, don't don't eat it Right and as a parent, I understand that you know, I say, okay Don't touch it. It's okay It's okay. It's better. It's fine. You leave it. We'll give something else I think why because you want No, you want your child to grow well. You want to go on the best thing for your child, right? So you look at the word of God from that angle and you say, okay, here, you know Here, God has placed me and here are the people who God has given And given responsibility and you know oversight and I need to make sure that I share The word I share the reema word of God and I so because it's it's going to result And in the best way possible so that it results in growth development maturity Okay, okay. So let's look at one more scripture Um, let's look at roman's 10 and verse 17 Roman's 10 17 anyone What does it talk about? What does it talk about a very important aspect, right? Okay, we want to be people of faith Uh, we want to be people who will Um, you know faith is something unseen and we know that faith Pleases God and you know that Whatever God wants us to do, you know, we can we need to live by faith in order to do that And here roman's 10 17 talks about the fact that Faith comes in this manner Faith is produced in this manner Right faith is You know when contains 12 talks about faith being a gift of the holy spirit talks about the surge of faith Um, and how faith comes, uh, the holy spirit brings in that gift Okay But when we see here, we see that The word of God produces faith Faith and here I talk talking about saving faith, right? Faith comes by hearing and hearing the word of God So it's something that is produced in our spirit by the word of God Okay so In all sincerity and good intentions For people to increase in faith Right There's no other Method that is available There's no other method that's available Except By the word of God So faith in God Comes when people receive The word of God because the word of God is the one which produces faith Okay So it's interesting, you know, like one contents to 13 talked about how You know, we we need to receive it in faith Right when we believe and then, you know, it produces something in us But also we see that it's it is the word which which keep causes faith to rise in us Which produces faith in us, you know, it's like a cycle I need the word of God to produce faith and I need faith to receive more of the word of God Right, so we see that Right, so So we see we see that faith comes By hearing and hearing by the word of God, which means that actively when I receive Actively when I are intentionally when I receive the word of God Okay, so it's not something automatic, right? I need to make uh, or I need to Be intentional about hearing receiving the word of God And it produces faith. Okay Okay, let's look at acts 2032 Where Paul in his address to the efficient believers to the elders So he says no so now brethren, I commend you to God And to the word of his grace Okay, which is able to build you up And give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified, okay the word of God which is able to build you up Okay, and Give you an inheritance So the word of God does that so um So again, it's very important, you know, and then we can go on and on I can look at several verses just expounding the you know the value of God's word and The beauty of God's word the importance of God's word, right? So So while we so when we know this we we see that I I need to be As a person who's handling the word of God my content should be the word of God My reference point should be the word of God Right and there's always fruit When we share The word of God, okay Right, so so so the thing is that it's not that my message should be okay I just read Verse after verse after verse Right, it's it's not it's just not that right. We know that there are several ways like it could teach the word of God Meaning if you go into the how and the why and the you know where and etc So you're you know asking those questions We can proclaim the word of God you're declaring. Okay. That's what God says. This is what You know God's heart is this is what the mind of God is so, you know, you know doing that etc And so we can we can do it in all those ways But the fact is that we are communicating right the truth of God's word and that's the content Okay, it's it's so which means it's not to amuse people. It's not to entertain people Uh, well all that can happen in that environment, you know, well Because of human personality and because of you know, how we are We can well in the sharing of God's word. Yes, there are certain things that are humorous But there are certain things that are You know that people find it very entertaining and etc all that could happen, right? But the main thing is that Well, it's going to build up the person. It's going to edify the person So so everything that we share needs to have a scriptural backing Right, it's from the word Okay, any questions or anything that you might You might want to add Okay, any questions at all? I think at all Okay, so you can look at this. Um, I don't know if you've read the book God's word the miracle seed Okay, you can you can download that The link is there in the notes You can download that God's word the miracle seed again. It's an apc publication past ashes written that You could download that you could use that You could just read through that and uh, there's much more, right? It just goes into depth about Um, what's God's what what God's word is intrinsically and what we can do with You know the word of God like as a believer I receive it as a believer. I meditate upon it I reflect upon it. I confess it Um, and I you know, I declare I obey the word like what we see in Joshua chapter 1 verse 8 and I do all that And experience the power of God's word. So that's a very um practical and a very useful book to go through So I'd like us to read through it also. Okay Okay, we'll stop here and then we'll continue next class uh on thursday And we will we will finish this chapter and also look into you know, how to study the This word of God we're talking about the logos how to study the word and uh, how we can use different ways To study and it can really enrich us, right? Okay, so we'll stop here. Thank you