 Good morning everyone and welcome to class. Today will be our last class. We'll finish chapter 13 today, The Son of God. And then we can have our last assessment. So before we begin today's class, can one of you lead us in prayer please, anyone? Ma'am, can I pray? Yes, sure, please. Thank you Paramita. Dear Heavenly Father, as we gather here for our class, we ask for your guidance and wisdom to be with us. Open our hearts and minds to receive your word with understanding. May our time together be fruitful filled with insights and blessings. In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen. Thank you Paramita. So last class, that's on Friday, we began looking at how did the Son of God walk on the earth. So we are studying chapter 13, The Son of God. And we are looking at how the Son of God walked on the earth. Before that, we looked at who is this God who exists even before the foundation of the world. So we studied who God is. We also looked at what God completed even before the foundations of the world, even before he created the universe, even before he created the planets, even before time began. What did this great I am complete? And so those are the two things that we already studied and looked at. And last class, we began looking at how the great I am, how the Godhead, the God, the Father, God, the Son, God, the Holy Spirit, how they put into action or how they revealed or brought into, how they brought things into being. Even as they had thought about it, they planned about it, and even as everything was completed in the heart and the mind of God, even before time began. So we saw that the Son of God said that he would become man, and he would come down on the earth, he would live like us, and he would reveal the Father heart of God, and he would also redeem mankind from sin. He would purchase mankind from sin, he would deliver us from sin, from death, and from Satan, and would reinstate us or restore us to the place or to the position that God created us to be in his image so that we can manifest his glory and we can also manifest who God is here on the earth. So we began looking at how the Son of God walked on the earth. We basically looked at, give me a minute please. So we saw how the Son of God revealed, even as he came down to the earth, even as he walked on the earth, the Son of God revealed the Father. He walked in intimate presence with the Father. He rested in the Father's love. He walked in obedience to the Father. He also walked in the power of the Holy Spirit. He destroyed the works of the evil one. He stood every temptation and hence he was without sin. And he also completed the work of redemption. He paid the redemption price, he paid the price and took the consequences for our sin. And after he died on the cross and he paid the redemption price, he was raised back to life through the power of the Holy Spirit. And we see that the Son of God after that was exalted and glorified with the Father and with the Holy Spirit. So we see that once the redemption price was paid, once the Son of God completed the work on the cross and God declared that the sacrifice that he made was the full sufficient, perfect sacrifice. At least the heart of God, the peace, the offering that had to be made once for all for sin. And hence we see that the Son of God was raised to life which shows us that resurrection is something that was what God was pleased with. The Son of God that he completed what he had sent him here on the earth to do. And the Son of God did the will of the Father. And hence the resurrection is a proof that the price for sin was made once for all and God the Father was pleased with that sacrifice. And then we see that God said that he will now reveal the secrets that was there within the Godhead, what they had planned. It was not revealed till then because if it had been revealed, then Satan and his foes would not have allowed the plan of redemption to be completed. They would have done everything that they would have to keep the Son of God from dying on the cross. But we know in spite of that he would have completed the work of redemption. So we know that they would have tried to stop the plan and hence everything that was conceived in the mind and the heart of the Godhead before the foundation of the world was kept a mystery till then. And God said that he was going to keep it as a secret until the work of redemption is complete. Now since the work of redemption was complete and the Son of God was raised back to life, God said he will reveal his secrets. And he began to reveal his secrets to his people that is his body, the church. And we know that the early apostles wrote about this and they said all that God was doing all along is now revealed to us, now is made known to us. And you and I get to partake in this plan of the ages that God had planned. We are privileged people as sons and daughters to know this mystery and even as the mystery is being revealed to us. So we see that the Son of God was raised to life, the Son of God was exalted and glorified with the Father. And the Spirit, we read this in Colossians chapter one was in 19 where it's, we've already read this verse, it pleased the Father that in him all the fullness should 12. Okay, so once the Son of God completed his work on the cross, God the Father was pleased to give back all of the fullness, all of the glory of deity that the Son of God had before he became man, before he came down to this earth. And we see that the fullness of the deity or the Godhead bodily dwelt in Jesus Christ. We read this in Colossians chapter two verse nine as well. Okay. So we looked at the Son of God, the Son of God even before the foundations of the world who he was. We looked at who this great I am is what they conceived, what they had planned, what they had decided to do and how all of their plans was completed even before it began to unfold in history. We saw how the Son of God became a man and he walked on this earth and what he accomplished even as he walked on the earth. So what does all this mean to you and me? Okay, so we studied all this. We looked at all of this. We looked at so many scripture passages. What does it all mean to you and me? How does it affect you or how all of this affects you and me? And what does this imply to you and me and what should our response be? Okay. So what do you think should be our response? So what does it all of this what we learned about the Son of God? What does it imply to us? How does it affect us? Any answers? God is so mindful of us. God is mindful of me. Yes. What else? What should be our response to all that God has done for you and me? Or what does it imply to you and me? What should be our response? Hello, all of you in class. We studied so many different attributes of God, what He has done. Yes, we should be grateful. Thank you, Getru. To live a life that honors His sacrifice for us. Yes. Thank you, Sanjay. Anyone else? glorify God, humble ourselves, obey God, do what pleases Him. Yes. Thank you, Lucy. Okay. So thank you all for your responses. What should be our response? We need to believe in the Son of God. Okay. Now, why would this great God who lives in unapproachable light, who no one can see or has ever seen, or this God who is so awesome than all who surround Him, you know, why did He become man? Why did they have to create us in that image? Why did they have to think of being so mindful of us? You know, or even redeeming us, restoring us back to our original position. Why did they just not leave us in sin, in our misery, you know, because we were so stubborn and arrogant and disobedient. But why would this great God go to such lengths to do what He has done and what He's doing in each one of our lives? It is because He loves us so much. Okay. It is because of His love. If you can only understand how much God loves us and how much He desires us to be His sons and daughters, then we would believe in Him. We would, you know, be mindful of who He is. We would live life that is honoring Him, you know, glorifying God, humbling ourselves, obeying Him and doing what is pleasing in His eyes. So He did it because He loves us and He did it also because He desires us to be His sons and daughters. Isn't that wonderful? That is why He took the risk of creating us as free moral beings even before He knew that, you know, He knew that we are going to sin, we are going to go away in our own ways, we are going to be disobedient, arrogant. We are not going to, you know, listen to Him or obey Him. You know, we are going to do what pleases us in spite of that He created us as free moral beings, even though He knew that, you know, we would plunge ourselves into deep darkness of sin, of moral degradation, of corruption. And, you know, that's what the Bible says. In John chapter 3, verse 16 and 17, and it's a very familiar passage, it says, whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life because God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. So God offers us eternal life. He's the source of eternal life. And, you know, even as the Son of God became the first, the second man, the second Adam, you know, the first man, the first Adam brought sin, sickness, death and curse into the world. But God said there is a way out. You know, if you believe in the Son of God, if you believe in the second man, if you believe in the last Adam, you will have eternal life. And that is what God is inviting each one of us. And that is what He's asking us to do as His people who have believed in Him, who are His sons and daughters. You know, even as we're nearing the end times, He wants us to be people who are preaching this good news, who are telling this good news that God so loved the world that He gave His only Son that if you believe in Him, you shall not perish but have eternal life. Look at what 1 John 4, 9 to 10 says. Can somebody read 1 John chapter 4 verses 9 and 10, please? Can somebody read 1 John chapter 4 verses 9 and 10? 1 John 4 verses 9 to 10. In this, the love of God was manifested toward us that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Amen. So, how do we... Thank you, Sanjay. So, how do we know God's love? How do we experience God's love? Because His love was manifested, made known, made a reality to us even as God sent His only Son and His Son came down on the earth and He lived among us and His Son became a propitiation for our sins. He became that... He took our place and He died in our place and He paid redemption price for our sins. So, when we believe in the Son of God, we believe in His death, His resurrection, in His exaltation, in who He is, that He is God. You know, we have eternal life even as we believe in the Son of God as we read in John chapter 3 verse 18. So, can one of you please read John chapter 3 verse 18, someone else can read John chapter 20 verse 31, and someone else can read 1 John chapter 5 verses 12, 13 and 20. So, that's John chapter 3 verse 18, John chapter 20 verse 31, and 1 John chapter 5 verses 12, 13 and 20. Can different people read these verses please? John chapter 3 verse 18, He who believes in Him is not condemned, but He who does not believe is condemned already because He has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. Amen. Thank you, Warren. So, when we believe, we are not condemned before God the Father, but we are justified, we are reconciled, and God the Father looks at us just as we have never seen. John chapter 20 verse 31. But these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing, you may have life in His name. Amen. Thank you, Lucy. So, by believing in the Son of God, you may have life. The life here is, the Greek word is zoe, which is eternal life, the God kind of life. Can someone else read 1 John chapter 5 verses 12, 13 and verse 20 please? John chapter 5 verse 12. He who holds the Son has life. He who does not have the Son of God does not have life. These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God verse 20. And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding that we may know Him who is true and we are in Him who is true in His Son Jesus Christ that is the true God and eternal life. Amen. Thank you, Deeksha. So here we see that those who have the Son, those who believe in the Son have life, zoe life, the God kind of life. He who does not have the Son does not have the zoe and the Apostle John is writing and saying that you know those who believe in the name of God, these things are written so that you can believe in the Son of God when you believe you have eternal life and that you would come to also an understanding of who this Son of God is even as He has come to reveal the Father to us even as He has come to reveal the Father heart of God, the nature of God to us and those who believe in Him live in the truth, know the truth and also have eternal life. So what should our response be to the Son of God is that we believe in Him and even as we believe in the Son of God we have eternal life and when we believe in the Son of God we are brought into the family of God we are part of God's own family and God's plan of the ages is being fulfilled in and through us so each one of us, the plan of the ages imagine what the God had conceived even before the foundations of the world the plans and the purposes that they had is now being fulfilled through the church and the church comprises of the saints that is you and me so when we believe in the Son of God we are brought into the family of God and it's not just a privilege that we have but it's also responsibility because God's plan of the ages is being fulfilled in and through each one of us aren't you excited that you are part of this great plan of God which He has planned even before the foundations of the world and God is looking up to each one of us even though we look at us as frail weak human beings incompetent many times but God is looking at each one of us as individuals who are going to be fulfilling the plan of the ages amen and you're excited about it I hope you're excited so as sons and daughters thank you as sons and daughters of God we have union with God through the Son of God 1 John chapter 4 verse 15 says whoever confesses Jesus is the Son of God abides in Him and He is God so even as we are part of God's family even as we are sons and daughters we are united with God in His family He is our Father we are one with Him and it says here that whoever confesses Jesus is the Son of God God abides in Him the Holy Spirit dwells in us and He and God we are in God we are spiritually connected spiritually in union with God so what other privileges do we have as sons and daughters of God we have the power to overcome every attack of the evil one look at what 1 John chapter 5 verse 5 says can somebody read that please 1 John chapter 5 verse 5 who is He who overcomes the world but He who believes that Jesus is the Son of God amen thank you Deeksha so who can overcome the world because we live in a world it's a fallen world a world that is corrupted because of sin and the Prince of this world is Satan and His forces are ruling and reigning and it says who can overcome the world but it is those who believe in the Son of God so even as we believe in the Son of God we become children of God we are united with God and we receive this power the dunamis power the dunamis there the Greek word is dunamis the English word is dynamite and you know what a dynamite can do right so that is the power that is in us and that power that is given to us is we are able to overcome every attack of the evil one and even as I said that we spiritually identify with Christ's death His burial His resurrection His ascension His seated at the right hand of God even as we are seated at the right hand of God we identify with that position spiritually you know we are in a place of position and authority and we can we can overcome every attack every work of the enemy and there is something more that the Bible tells us that when we believe in the Son of God and we become part of His family we are sons and daughters the scripture says that the Son of God is a prototype of sons and daughters so the Son of God was a prototype for the sons and daughters so God is saying that His plan for us is really to be conformed to the image of the Son of God this was the plan that He had before the beginning and this is the plan that we are part of today and this is what God the Holy Spirit is working in and through us sanctifying us cleansing us making us more Christlike and we are here to be Christlike so that we can manifest the glory of God who He is and what He does in and through our lives so even as the first Adam was a prototype of sin, degradation moral degradation moral impurity slaves to death and Satan he was a prototype of that which means the first of the kind a sample was followed but the Son of God was a prototype for the sons and daughters of God so even as when we believe Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour we become part of God's family we also now have the nature the nature of the Son of God and we are part of His family so the Son of God was prototype and we are His sons and daughters so we are being conformed to the image of the Son of God we are made to be Christlike so that we can manifest His glory here on the earth so that is one of the plan of the ages because God said let us make man in our image in our likeness so that they can fill the earth with the glory of God but we failed and when the Son of God came the last Adam the second man was a new prototype we are also being conformed to His likeness and to His image and we read this in Romans chapter 8 verse 29 where it says who God for new He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son that He might be the firstborn among many brethren okay look at what Hebrews chapter 2 verse 10 says can somebody read that please and also 1 John chapter 14 verse 17 can one of you read Hebrews chapter 2 verse 10 and someone else can read 1 John chapter 4 verse 17 it was fitting for Him for whom are all things and by whom are all things in bringing many sons to glory to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings amen so here we see that it was fitting for God to bring us all who are His sons and daughters to be in His image or to manifest His glory 1 John chapter 4 verse 17 1 John 4 17 this is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment in this world we are like Jesus amen it says the last part of that verse the last phrase because as He is so are we in this world because as He is so are we in this world so the reason maybe some of you are wondering what is my purpose you know here on this earth why has God created me what is God's plan and purpose for my life so one of God's plan and purpose for your life is you know so that you can be conformed to His image and His likeness and you can manifest His glory on here on the earth because as He is so are we in this world He wants us to be like Him here in this world and do what He has He had come to do what He has set as an example a model so that we can do and we can fill this earth with His glory and bring many others or bring the all of them into His family to be His sons and daughters okay so what is our purpose to be like the son you know He is like the son of God is the last Adam He is the prototype the example the sample the first of His kind who is perfect and so we also are called or God's plan and purpose for our life is to be conformed to the last Adam and our purpose is to live like the last Adam to live like the heavenly man because now we have His nature we have His life flowing in and through us Sanjay can I request you to please mute your mic please thank you so this is what John writes and we read that whoever bites in Him should walk as He walked and it's the Holy Spirit who works in us who is changing us from glory to glory to be conformed to His image and to His likeness okay so that is one of the purposes why God has created us and also why He paid that redemption price the other purpose is so that we can be made hairs of God and joined hairs with the son of God and we saw this as the plan of God even before the beginning of the foundations of the world that God planned to make us His children His hairs and joined hairs with the son of God and so we see that plan is being unfolded is coming into fruition coming into place even as Jesus died and resurrected and ascended back to the Father you know where this plan of making us hairs of God and joined hairs with the son of God is being fulfilled so we are here on this earth to usher His kingdom here on earth and that is why Jesus said you know played and said the kingdom come that will be done on earth as it is in heaven purpose or plan that God has for our lives is not only to believe in the son of God not only to be His sons and daughters not only to be conformed to the image and the likeness of the son of God and to manifest His glory here on earth but the other reason or the purpose that God redeemed as created us is so that we can usher in His kingdom here on earth we are here to unfold His kingdom as hairs and joint hairs which means whatever is in heaven we release that here on earth whatever is not in heaven we bind that here on earth and that is our purpose that is why God has called us and created us and you know what He has predestined us for okay like we read in Romans chapter 8 verse 17 or can read from Romans chapter 8 verses 14 to 17 can somebody read that please Romans 8 14 to 17 Romans 8 14 to 17 for as many as are led by the spirit of God these are sons of God for you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear but you received the spirit of adoption by whom we cry out Abba father the spirit himself there's witness with our spirit that we are children of God and if children then as as of God and joint as with Christ if indeed we suffer with Him that we may also be glorified together amen thank you Sanjay so we call to be hairs of God and joint hairs with Christ so what is our mission here on earth it is to bring down His kingdom on earth as it is in heaven and God is unfolding His eternal plan through your life through each one of our lives and so your life has much significance and has much purpose okay so look at your life as not only just being redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ and that you have the zoe life eternal life but also that you God has a plan and a purpose and I already have enlisted for us what God's plan and purpose and His mission His mission is to bring down His kingdom here on earth as it is in heaven and which is very simple whatever is not in heaven we bind that here on earth whatever is in heaven we release that here on earth so there is there is no peace in your family and your surroundings your workplace that if there is no prosperity you declare that if there is sickness you bind that there is no sickness in heaven you release healing here on earth there is no wholeness if there is no peace there is no reconciliation there is no love there is no joy there is no righteousness because the kingdom of God is righteousness peace and joy okay so you release that into your environment in your workplace in your home in your marriage in your relationships in your business in your in everything that you are doing just release what is in heaven here on earth and whatever you see is not of God's kingdom here on this earth in your world in your sphere of influence in your mountain that God has called you to be whether it is art, entertainment, education business family you bind those things so you might think I am not a pastor, I am just a student I am a housewife I am not an evangelist but these are things that you can just do in your home in the confines of the four walls just pray and bind and release you know God is a God who answers our prayer and is a God of the impossible and he will release and he will do what he has purposed us to do and what he has called us to do even as we stand in the gap and intercede so the church is comprises of the saints that is you and I and the church is the church is a foundation or the pillar of God's truth you know the truth that Jesus Christ is the son of the living God even as Jesus turned around to his disciples and asked his disciples who do you say that I am in Matthew chapter 16 verses 15 and 19 and Simon Peter answers you are the Christ the son of the living God so you know the church is you know the foundation and where this truth has to be taught needs to be appalled it needs to be preserved it has to be spoken of and spread that Jesus Christ is the son of the living God so the Godhead is looking to the church to do this and even as Jesus says in Matthew chapter 16 verses 15 to 19 he tells Peter you are that rock and I will build my church and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against this and so on this rock upon the truth that Jesus Christ is the son of the living God God says I will build my church and so this is the truth this is the foundation of the church's truth that Jesus Christ is the son of the living God and we are supposed to it is a pillar and we are supposed to uphold this truth appell this truth and also promote and propagate this truth so the church that is solid stands on this established truth that Jesus Christ is the son of God he is God incarnate and even the gates of hell shall not prevail against it and so the church will fight against this truth because it is foundational they are also beginning to understand the mysteries that God is unveiling through the church the enemy will fight against this truth but the church has to uphold that Jesus is the son of God he is alive today he does the same things that he did back in the bible when he walked on the earth in him the fullness of the God head dwells and even today in his name people can be saved can receive eternal life in his name sickness diseases can be healed in his name the works of the devil can be destroyed and in his name people can receive healing and wholeness and he is alive today and Jesus Christ is the son of the living God so this is the truth this is the foundation of the church this is the pillar of the church and a church that is solid is a church that stands on this established truth and promotes this truth and also preserves this truth even as the gates of hell shall come against it but shall not prevail this is our assignment as the church as the body of Christ to preserve this truth and also to promote this truth that Jesus Christ is the son of the living God Amen okay thank you everyone I have done with all the chapters for Christology anyone has any questions on chapter 13 any questions on chapter 13 I hope you've been listening carefully there's so much of deep theological truths in this lesson I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed teaching it it's just such powerful truths any questions any doubts please be to God for his wisdom I have a question the assignment you posted you will be posting again us to get through as I had mentioned on the stream page that I accidentally posted the assessment that I had prepared for the third year so that was not meant for you all but we will if you have any questions now on this chapter I will answer that or if you have any doubts or clarifications and then we'll move on to decide when we'll have the last assessment any questions any doubts any clarifications no okay I hope you all enjoyed the course Christology please take some time to read it in your holidays and you know they are important theological truths which are very foundational if you want to teach and preach you know and it's our responsibility to uphold the truth to teach the truth to people so please go through your notes study listen to the lectures so that you can teach others as well okay so when can we have our last assessment is it okay if I can post it next Tuesday which is 16th or is that too late thank you sir get through 16th is okay okay so we'll I'll post it on 16th you all can submit it on the 19th thank you everyone for being part of the Christology class if you have any doubts you can still reach out to me and I will answer your doubts but this is our last class and have a I don't know who should say blessed or a good holiday it's not a holiday actually most of you are working but yeah I'll see you in the new semester till then God bless and full full God's purpose for your life thank you everyone thank you thank you Lucy Sanjay Andrew thank you thank you everyone bye thank you Nelson