 Okay, good morning once again Good morning to everyone who is joining us. Good morning. Good afternoon. Good evening wherever you're joining us from once again. I Hope you all are doing well all fine Yes, I write first week of college Congratulations. Okay Just a few more weeks to go But I hope you are enjoying. I hope you are learning. I Hope everybody's learning. I hope you are being blessed by every subject But good to see you all online as well. Thank you for joining in. I hope you are doing well Wherever you are joining us from Thank you for taking the time to join in Awesome Yeah, let's just pray and And start off. Okay, father. We invite you. We thank you for your presence Lord We humble ourselves before you Jesus as your word says we come boldly into the throne of grace Father, we thank you for Your shed blood on the cross for us. We thank you for making a way for us to come into your presence God Holy Spirit we submit and surrender Our minds our hearts I pray and we open it up to you To come and pour your wisdom and your knowledge and your understanding into us Come and do what you do best in Jesus. Name you pray Amen Yeah, sir, can you reduce the treble a little bit? Let's do high just the highs or the treble just a little bit. Yeah Okay, yeah, thanks this haul is a very bad for acoustics Okay, but can everybody hear me? Okay at the back All okay. All right. I hope everybody online can hear me. All right Yeah, okay, awesome Great, so as I always say I'd like to do a quick recap of what we did in the last two sessions Is that okay if you do a recap? Yeah, so we started off by Understanding giving a basic definition for what worship is isn't it that was the first class We looked at a bunch of definitions who all said what about worship? You all said a lot of things about worship about surrender laying down And worship is a lifestyle, etc. Etc. And in the last class we learned about praise Yeah Yes, no, maybe Okay, so I last this question again. Do you hear me? Okay, so if you can hear me Yeah, okay, so you respond. All right So we learned about praise in the last class very briefly, isn't it? Then one we looked at one particular verse that's Hebrews chapter 13 verse 15 What does that say? He was 13 15 What does Hebrews 13 15 say talks about Continual offer of praises to God Continual offer of praises to God. It is the spiritual sacrifice Right praises the Spiritual sacrifice, it's the fruit of our Part of our garden Thank you. Thanks It's a high fire Right, thanks Charles. Yeah, so Praise is a spiritual Sacrifice everybody say spiritual sacrifice Yeah, and then it goes on to say that it's the fruit of our lips, isn't it? Yes, no Yeah, so we understood what is the context between the spiritual sacrifice Why is the writer or the author of the book of Hebrews saying spiritual sacrifice does anybody remember the context? Nobody remembers the context So the author of the book of Hebrews is saying to the new Christians, right new Christians who started believing in Jesus Who are being persecuted saying? Okay, just because you know you became a Christian you cannot go into the temple you can't offer up Sacrifices then he's saying it's okay. Don't feel bad Okay, what is more important is your spiritual sacrifice your continual praises That is the fruit of the lips and then we looked at fruits Hebrews 13 15 is saying the fruit of your lips. That means the fruit can be sweet It can be bitter. It can be ripe Or it can be rotten right and the fruit can be seasonal or Available throughout the year Isn't it? Yes, no, maybe Okay, thank you. So Right, I'm doing a quick recap and I you know, it's kind of important so So Hebrews 30 and 15 says let your praises be continual not just seasonal not not when you're going through a nice season Okay, even when you're going through difficult seasons in life Offer up spiritual sacrifices, which is which is what? Praise Okay. All right. Yeah, thanks. So I can see that everybody is on you know understood But what I want to do today is we'll start with the second chapter Thanks guys. I hope you all are on line with me. Yeah We're going to start off with the second chapter, but We're not going to start with the notes right away. Okay, so I want to give an introduction to the second chapter Okay, is that all right? So it's okay if you don't find everything what I want to share in the notes. Don't panic. It's okay I'll probably share all the notes a little later as well. Okay So in the second chapter We're going to start learning about the Hebrew words for praise and worship Okay, Hebrew words for praise and worship. Now. Why is this important? Why do we have to learn what the Hebrew words for praise and worship? Sorry, but because the Bible was originally written in Hebrew Okay, because it was originally written in Hebrew. Yeah, all right. Is that what you said? Okay. Yeah, anything else anybody else Right. Sorry has a different meaning a different perspective. Yeah, okay, so you know For example in English We have one word for love Yes, only one word, right? Now we use this word for everything Right. I love my father. I love my brother. I love my sister. I love my wife. I love my husband. I love Chicken tikka masala. I love biryani. I love pani puri. I love pizzas. I love this I love pasta rosa. I Love a PC. I love Jesus everything, right? We have one word To define everything. It's like it doesn't really mean anything isn't it and And so you don't get different perspective Okay, everybody's a perspective Okay, now that's back to thank you guys. So let's say for example We are all outside this classroom. Okay outside Now and let's say a bunch of you students will be on this side of the classroom outside and a bunch of you students Outside, okay now and every all of you decide are peeking through the windows over there Okay, let's say that you're peeking if you're looking inside the classroom From those windows and you guys are looking into the classroom from those windows Now the classroom will look very different for those looking from the other side Yes or no, and then the classroom will look very different for those who are looking from this side, isn't it? It won't look the same Yes, that is called perspective like for those who are looking from From my left side, you will not be able to see okay This may be this plant or the speakers and whatnot or people who are looking from the other side Won't be able to see those computers and all those chairs. And so that's what a Different words with a similar meaning does it opens up your eyes to different perspective to what one word has to say Are you with me? Yes, so that's the importance of just trying to do a word study in general Okay, now if you're studying the Bible one of the things one of the ways in how you can study the Bible is doing word study Okay, you take the word love Now you just take the word love ancient Greek has four different words to the word love and they all are different We are not going to do that now Because this is brazen worship Okay, and the modern Greek has six words for the love word love And so that's one of the ways to study the Bible is you is word study Okay, any word let's take the word faith or faithful Then you go and you know search. What is the Hebrew word for faith? What is the Hebrew word for faithful? What's the Greek word for faith? You know and so on and so forth Today because we are studying praise and worship. We look at praise and worship. What is the different words that has to say? Yeah, are you with me? Yes, guys. Okay, cool Now all of these different words for praise in Hebrew is a posture, okay? Everybody say posture Posture What is I know it sounds funny, but it's okay, but what is posture what Okay, that's an English word, but so posture is basically The way how you are spending the way you are moving your body the way you are standing It's all about body movements Yeah, all right Charles, here's the thing, okay? So when I ask a question what you can do the next time is raise your hand And then I can unmute you and or I can ask you to go ahead and speak So what happens is there might be someone here in the classroom speaking and that might clash with what you have to say so to avoid Plashes Okay, so, you know, we'll have you raise your hand or something and so then just so you know, we can communicate clearly Okay, thanks Charles. Thanks for understanding that goes for everybody. Okay. So if you want to say something just put your hands up Sorry, I'm making you feel like school children. That's not the intention is to have clear intention. It's like, sir Can I go drink water, sir? No Oh Right, so, you know, we are all clear in our communication. Okay, but thank you for understanding and thank you for cooperating Okay, so posture simply in its definition is your position Okay, that's what your posture is now when we sing national anthem, how do we stand? tension, right Yes, and that is a posture. Who did salute? Okay, and some of you are sitting like this on the desk some of you are sitting like this Okay, and some classes, you know sleeping on the desk Give it get me a chair, bro and every posture Says something Yes, you are communicating something with the posture now for example, I hope you can see me Okay, no All right, I'm for those online. I'm sitting on a chair. Okay So if I'm sitting in the chair like this and listening to you I'm leaning forward. That means I'm interested in what you have to say. Isn't it? Yes, I Sit back like this put my leg up Okay, you know, it says something else, isn't it? I'm communicating Something else. What am I saying is? Yeah You know your presence is important, but not that important. I am more important. So I'm going to be more relaxed If I don't respect you at all, I will put my legs on the table Yes or no, I will put my leg on the table. How would you feel? What will you think of me? Not very nice things. Yes or no Okay, so that's a basic understanding of what a posture is Okay now Posture is important for everything For example, now I used to I Used to play the drums. I don't play as much If a student comes for classes to me, it's like, sir, I want to learn drums I'm like, yeah, sure The first thing I teach them in the first class is how to sit Not to play the drums You know how to sit naturally and how to be able to access playing the drums very naturally Now there was a time where You've seen drum kits. No, you've seen drum sets You know, and they all have a seat, right? That's called the throne Okay, now the throne you can adjust the height. You can increase it decrease it according to your height So for one of the concerts, I didn't take my throne like I didn't take my drum Throne and go so I had to use a chair like this for those online You know, I had to use a chair like this but You see this chair it it has a curve like this, isn't it? A drum throne will be flat Now because this chair had a curve like this And I played for 45 minutes. I My posture was not right Okay, I Had a wrong posture and because of that. I had lower back pain for six months Are you with me? What I'm trying to say is there is good posture and then there is Bad posture, right? If there is good posture, there has to be Bad posture. Are you with me? Right? Some of you are like, okay, what are you going on about posture posture, sir? Okay, but before we start talking about rays in general the and I told you that Hebrew or the language of Hebrew Originally was a painting not painting. Sorry a Picture language that means they used to draw. I'm not going to draw because I'm very bad Okay Get a zero, but the original Hebrew word is shahaa Okay S-H-A-C-H-A-H S-H-A-C-H-A-H S-H-A-C-H-A-H S-H-A-C-H-A-H-A-H was the original Hebrew word for worship Okay, not praise but worship Okay, and the Picture of this word Was to fall face down Okay, the picture of this word was to fall face down of Fall down completely before the presence of God. Okay, that's what shahaa is it was this was the posture of Worship Everybody say shahaa little loudly Shahaa Yeah, thank you Okay, there's a little bit of phlegm involved Flem, you know is Hey, it's not me. Okay, it's the language. All right Those online if you can't see what what I'm writing on the board. I apologize, but don't worry I will share these notes with you. Okay Is my white voice yeah, I know Charles Yeah, I'm sorry about that, but I'll share these notes with you. So, you know what I'm what exactly I'm speaking about Okay, so it was This was shahaa or face down was the ultimate posture of worship Okay, it was the ultimate posture of worship. That means he's saying I have no control over me I don't want anything to control or I'm giving you complete surrender Right, so this posture of worship was absolute surrender or in other words humility What's a Hindi word meaning for humility? Humble humility Malayalam word Hindi word for humility or Telugu Sorry Samaskar Samaskaram, that's Humility right Telugu. Okay So in Hindi anyone Dean Namrata Namrata Seriously, really namrata. Okay All right. Okay. No, I've only heard that, you know girls name right namrata So namrata is humility Okay, I learned a new word. All right. All right. Thanks Daniel. Thanks everyone. Oh Andrew that's there's a V or is it just namrata be namrata be namrata Okay Sorry if I'm pronouncing it wrong forgive me. Okay, but yeah so The ultimate posture of worship is a posture of humility That means I'm Surrendering everything before you Lord and you're going before God and saying God You are my everything. I don't want to have any control over my life I'm giving you control. You be the king. You be the God of my life You come and take complete control. You are my king. And so I bow down before you in worship That is what the original posture of Shaha is Are you with me? Okay, let's look at Romans chapter 12 verse 1 Let's go to Romans chapter 12 Verse 1, okay, so and I V Romans chapter 12 verse 1. Okay, you're there All right, it says Therefore I urge you brothers and sisters because of God's mercy to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice Holy and pleasing to God This is your true and proper worship Okay, can anybody read that in Hindi? Okay, thank you So I'm just going to reiterate this point again is if you want to say something or read something Please raise your hand so that I can let you speak because some if someone is reading here in the classroom You know so that you don't interrupt them in the middle. Okay, I appreciate it, but please follow this protocol Okay, and also, is there another microphone here that you can use then use the microphone when you're reading it Okay, so people online also here. All right. I have no problem But yeah, it's just again to make this whole communication thing very simple Okay Now if possible, I want you to go to Romans chapter 12 verse 1 in the message version. Okay, you can write it down You can read it later The message version says like this So here is what I want you to do God helping you take your everyday ordinary life You're sleeping eating going to work and walking around life and place it before God as an offering Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Okay. I love that version the message version of it You can If someone can paste the message version on the chat section, that'll be great for everyone Romans chapter 12 was one Okay, so what are some of the words that is important for you in that verse? Tell me what are some of the words that's in that's kind that stands out in that verse for you For those online you can put it put your answers in the chat section Yeah, Carl you can we are supposed to live life that is holy before the Lord holy. Okay. Thank you. Okay Holy living sacrifice, right? Okay What is acceptable to God Offering what else anybody what are some of the important words that kind of stood up stands out for you It's okay. It's repeated. No problem. You can feel free to say it again If that's what stood out for you, that's what it is Yes, okay. Can you also tell the meaning thoughts? Okay thoughts. What do you do with your thoughts? thoughts Yes, Carl. We we are also supposed to be dedicated to God's service We are supposed to be dedicated to God's service Yes, yeah, awesome. Yeah, thank you Okay, so yeah, holy living sacrifice offering Now I want us to just quickly very quickly look at Say living sacrifice Living let's break those words. Okay. Yeah, who's raising the hands now? Okay, present your bodies. All right sack Fires, okay. Here's the thing. I want you to tell me Okay What do you think is the posture of Something that's going to be sacrificed What do you think is the posture of the of anything that's going to be sacrificed? Okay, I'm going to be sacrificed. I'm going to be sacrificed. No It's laid down, isn't it fall down complete surrender. Yes or no Okay, absolute surrender, right? It's saying I have no control over me Now there's another thing called offering right offer your body's as living sacrifice is Paul saying So he's saying offer your body's as living sacrifice. So if there is an offer that means There are two things involved, right? So one is the offer I don't have to write everything. Okay, so one is the offerer and the offering itself, isn't it? What am I what do I mean by that is? How many of you've given offering in church? Others known you offering very nice. Okay So what do you do the offering back passes you take Okay, you see, okay, how much I have first 10 rupees is in the case Whatever, right? So you take the offering Let's say you have the offering in your hand. Let's put your hands up Okay, so put your hands up everybody. Okay, so you have an offering in your hand so You you are the offerer right, you are the offerer and The offering is in your hands. Okay, put your hands down. Thank you Now let's say in the Old Testament you come with the innocent lamb Like a small lamb, right? Everybody else says lamb, right? Martin Okay So you bring it you give it to the priest now before giving it so you are the offerer you are giving and The lamb is the offering yes or no now just like initially I said Looking at this classroom from one side and the other side will give you a different perspective the offerer Will have a perspective and the offering will have another perspective Okay, what am I saying so let's say the offering is the lamb, right? The offer is me I Go to the priest and tell high priest. I committed a sin. So here's my offering an innocent lamb Okay, so now the wages of sin is Wages of sin is death. Okay, so if you sin you have to die Isn't it? So here's the thing I sinned the offerer I have sinned But I am giving an offering an innocent animal lamb Now the offering can look at me and say Why do I have to die? For something you did Yes or no So in the Old Testament right when you went into the temple or the tabernacle when you gave that innocent lamb as A sacrifice as an offering you can't just give okay. Hi priest. Here you go. See you later You can't walk away You give the offering you wait and you watch it burn on the altar You watch it It should have been me on that altar, but an innocent lamb is taking my place But now Paul In Romans 12 chapter verse 1 is saying chapter 12 verse 1 is saying offer yourself What he's saying is You have to be the offerer and the offering not as a dead sacrifice, but as Living So in other words every day of our life we are asked To live in absolute surrender That is the acceptable worship unto God and that is the proper posture of worship The proper posture of worship is you live a life of absolute surrender as a living sacrifice You are the offerer and the offering Okay, I hope you are all with me. Okay so if if all of this Any questions guys, you know what they used to say in my school, right? If you have no questions, that means you understood everything or didn't understand nothing Hey, Charles, do you I see your hands raised? Yeah, do you have something to say? Charles if you have something to say you can Speak now or forever Oh Sorry, my mark was still muted. Okay. Um, I have a question sir In the explanation you just gave is clear on its own as it is but I was going back to the message translation He says the second part of it. He says take your every day ordinary life You're sleeping eating going to work and working around place it before God as an offering Now my question comes here on the how part. How do we offer such? Everyday ordinary experience as an offering Right before God Right. So it's as the version says so Charles's question is in the message translation it says of her Take your everyday ordinary life You're sleeping eating going to work and walking around life and place it before God as an offering. How do I do that? It's can I give an example Charles? So I have to teach here in Bible college three days a week on Tuesday Thursday and Friday now If I don't surrender or go before God and say Lord I Surrender I have to teach here's my tongue speak through me If I don't surrender then life will become like a routine Right. If you take surrender out of your life, then it becomes a routine right and so you take everything anything and Thankfulness and gratitude will keep you in that place of offering of offering sacrifice or What do I say? Or just giving an offering so it will always keep you on the right track being thankful and being grateful So that's my way of doing it. That's my answer I'm sure every somebody else will have something else to say about it But living a life of thankfulness and being grateful for what God has done Will keep you in the right track on how to live a life of worship. So I Hope that kind of answers But what I've learned over the years is that if you take surrender out of your life that is Surrendering your life to God in everything you do your life will become a routine and If when your life and when anything becomes a routine You immediately become bored and you know, like what is this? I have to go teach praise and worship with these guys So you go into ungratefulness not being thankful Right. So going into his presence saying I'm thankful for this opportunity So I can pour into the lives of you know, 20 people whom I'm going to see for only three years And then I might never see again. I'm grateful for that opportunity. So I surrender myself So you see the perspective kind of changes immediately Right. So and that is worship. I mean you go back home. You're sweeping the house cleaning the house washing the vessels I have a three-month-old baby at home helping my wife with changing the diapers. All of that is worship and so Yeah, that's what that version says isn't it takes your every day ordinary life and make it extraordinary I surrender basically that's what it is Okay, are you with me everyone? Okay All right, thank you. So we so far we've looked at The posture of worship which is the good posture is surrender absolute surrender laying down everything and We also saw that if there is good posture there is What is the opposite of good? Thank you All right, so if there's good posture and that good posture is humility What is the opposite of humility pride Proud pride. Yeah, thanks Dan. Thanks Charles. Hey, what what's Pride in Hindi. What is a hankar which language is that? I Sorry, wait, okay, Daniel is saying Bhamand in Hindi Is that right Daniel? I'm going to check with them if you're right. Okay, so I'm just kidding. Okay Okay, any other language and pride because Any other language the African languages in your own first language Garhwam, okay. Whoa, it sounds itself like him. Hey, thanks Andrew. Yeah in Canada him. Hey, yeah Okay Okay, so if humility is good posture Bride is a Bad posture. That's the opposite of good posture. Now remember I said because my posture was a wrong For one show for 45 minutes. I had lower back ache for like six months I had to go for treatment and physiotherapy and whatnot and so Pride is dangerous If there is one thing that I want you to learn from this course the entire course If you don't remember anything remember this one thing Okay, just this one thing is This thing called pride in your language. Let's say the word him made Uncle whatever it is That Will destroy you it will absolutely destroy your life. It will destroy your calling It can even destroy your ministry your personal life people's life around you as well because of Pride Now I'm not saying this. We look at the Bible verses. Okay The first worship leader in the Bible had serious problem with humility. Okay, who's the first worship leader? Lucifer right Lucifer did not have to play a guitar. He was like a guitar, right? He was Beautiful he was magnificent in the way God created him Okay, but let's go to Isaiah chapter 14. Okay, Isaiah chapter 14 Let's see where Let's read from verse 12. Okay, Isaiah chapter 14. I'm going I'll read it for us Everybody there is a chapter 14. Yeah, okay, cool. Let me read it for us. I'm going to read from verse 12 To 15. Okay, just stay with me It says how you are fallen from heaven. Oh Lucifer Son of the morning How you are cut down to the ground you who weakened the nations for you have said in your heart. I Will ascend into heaven. I will exalt my throne Above the stars of God, I will also sit on the mound of the congregation on the farthest side of the north Verse 14, I will ascend above the heights of the clouds. I will be like the most high Verse 15 yet you shall be brought down to Sheol to the lowest depths of the pit Okay, so all he did was he said in his heart. I will ascend above the throne of God I will be like the most high And he fell let's read another scripture. Let's go to is the chapter 28 this time Ezekiel Chapter 28 Okay, just say an amen if you're there Amen. All right, is it good chapter 28? I'm gonna read verse 14 15 and 17 Ezekiel 28. I'm going to read verse 14 15 and 17. Okay So was 14 says you were the anointed cherub Who covers I? Established you I established you you were on the holy mountain of God You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created till Iniquity was found in you Verse 17 it says your heart was lifted up because of your beauty You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground I laid you before the kings that they might gaze at you. Okay. No, we'll stop them. So There is something about pride that God absolutely hates I Stop here and we look at this whole subject of the topic of pride in another chapter but Like I said guys look at me now is If you forget everything and if you can remember just one thing in this course is Remember that pride is dangerous. Okay. We're like, oh I'm the worship leader. No see how nicely I'm singing You know, I'm the best. Why are you singing? You can't sing. Well shift the attitude of the ride God absolutely hates it In a last verse Genesis James chapter four verse six James four verse six It says God Resists the proud but gives grace to the Humble Right. He resists. Okay Cyril, can you come here for a second? So James chapter four verse six it says God resists the proud Okay, this is Cyril by the way. He's also your classmate say hi Cyril. Okay Okay, so when God says he resists the proud let's say so you're bringing me an offering So just bring me an offering. Okay, but God is like he's resisting him keep push push yourself push Come come come come So God is resisting. You're not strong enough Okay, so thanks So I'm the worship. Let's say I'm the worship leader. Right. I'm a worshipper I'm bringing this bowl of worship before God and because of my attitude of being proud and filled with pride He's saying I don't want your worship Because your heart is filled with pride. I Don't want it. So I resist you It's a very sad thing that can happen to any of our lives is God resisting our worship God resisted the worship of Cain You remember that story? Yeah so I'll stop here and I Want to ask you this question and you reflect through the week in your heart is Ask yourself make that prayer like that. Samas says search me and Know me and see if there is any wicked ways in me Make that prayer Lord, I come before you with an open heart You search me you know me you see if there is any wicked ways in me Are you with me right as worshippers one of the first things there's something beautiful about humility There is something beautiful about brokenness that God absolutely loves It's like the laws of physics laws of physics in this world is whatever goes up has to come down Similarly the law in the kingdom of God is that if there is someone with a broken heart who who comes Before him with brokenness He cannot ignore He has to respond to the broken cry or to the desperate cry Isn't it? That's why he responded to the cry of Hagar in the desert because it was a cry of desperation And Samas cries out time after time as the deal pants for the waters I pants for you as the watchman waits for the morning I wait on you all of those are prayers of desperation of of hunger and brokenness and so Let let our hearts always remain in the posture of brokenness and in the posture of humility and let not be careful of Pride be careful of pride. Okay? So I hope everybody's still alive. All of you are good We'll stop here for today's session and in the next class. We'll continue with chapter 2. Okay? Thank you everybody for joining in God bless you. I'll see you later. Thank you very much. Thank you