 shortly, and we're going to pray together and get started. May I request somebody to please pray with a class, and we will start. Avni, too. All right. Elisha, go ahead. Master Lord Jesus, we are grateful once again for this opportunity to gather here this morning. Father, we pray, commit ourselves into your hands. It is our prayer that you continue to guide us, Lord, open our understanding, and help us to absorb and to digest on your word in the mighty name of Jesus. We pray that at the end of the class, glory and honor shall be to your name. You commit pastaches to your hands to God. Continue to grant him potrances and insights that he will be able to impart us to your glory. Jesus, my team, we pray, Amen. Amen. Thank you. Thank you, Rowan. Thanks for joining this class. BC 209 on holiness. We are in a short in-between section, where we are addressing the important issue of repentance, recovery and restoration, restoration and recovery. So last week, we highlighted the importance of repentance in the believer's life. So many times we think repentance is only for the unsaved. Now, for the unsaved, of course, repentance is important. But we have also established that repentance is important, even in the life of the believer. That means, you know, I can't, as a believer, I can't say I don't need to repent. And I wouldn't need to repent whenever I do something wrong in thought, word or deed. I need to repent before God. That means I need to change my thinking and my action. I need to repent. And part of that is where we confess to God and we receive forgiveness, the cleansing of the blood of Jesus and we receive forgiveness of sins, right? So that must not be lost in the life of the believer. And we established, you know, several aspects of it. We looked at Romans, Romans 6, Romans 12, you know how Paul brings that out. We looked at his teaching to Paul's writings, too, in the epistles. It's clearly there that we have to deal with sin and repent. And we also spoke about, we closed towards how the Lord Jesus spoke to the seven churches. And to five out of the seven churches, his message is very clear. You have to repent. And we highlighted the fact that to the church in the fissures, the reason he said you have to repent is because they left their first love to the church in Smyrna and Pergamot, Anatom Smyrna, the church in Pergamot and Taira. They had tolerated, they were tolerating wrong doctrine to the church in Sardis. So therefore, they had to repent to the church in Sardis. They had a great reputation, great name. But he said, I don't find your works perfect before me. And one of the things that we can see from Revelation 3, the church in Sardis is that people had defiled themselves, meaning they're doing things that are sinful and then also doing the works, that means the ministry. And he says, the works are not perfect. That's the church in Sardis. And therefore, he says, you need to repent. And then lastly, the church in Laodicea, they were a church of self-deceived. They said, we are fine. We are rich. We've got everything going. But the Lord says, you're actually poor, naked, and blind. And that's just real spiritual condition. So he says, you need to buy from me. That means you need to pay the price to receive gold, white garments, and anointing. So they need you to pay the price. Don't think you're all fine, self-sufficient, actually in self-deception. So essentially, the Lord is rebuking various churches because of what he's finding lacking there. Then we went into chapter. Let me share this PDF. Then we went to the next chapter where we said, even though in chapter 5, even though we may make a difference between lust and adultery, hate or murder, pride and immorality, sexual immorality, and serving this unit in adultery. And in our minds, we may draw a distinction between these things. In the scripture, all of them are an abomination to God. Everything. It's an abomination. God doesn't like it. And so we must call sin all since big and small. The big and small is more in our minds. But in God's eyes, speaking lies is as wicked as killing the innocent. So in this unity is same as idolatry. And it's called given in these verses. So we have to change how we look at sin. And we have to, our pursuit must be, I want to cleanse myself from all filthiness, all filthiness with a smaller big. I don't want anything in my heart that's in my heart or mind or my life that's not pleasing to God, a different thought, word or deed. I want to perfect holiness in the fear of God. So that's the motivation. That's what we are pursuing. So we're going to move forward from here. We stopped here last week. So we're moving forward from there. So our next question that we want to understand for ourselves and as well as when we are dealing with other people is what would bring a person to a place of repentance? What brings a person to a place that they would realize that something is wrong and I need to turn to God? And I need to change my thinking and my acting, what I'm doing. Here are some things that we need to keep in mind, which we see in scripture. So first one is somebody's mic is on. It can be done. OK, thank you. So the first thing we see, the Bible says in Romans chapter 2 verse 4, says that the goodness of God leads you to repentance. Paul is writing, of course, in Romans. He says, don't despise the riches of his goodness or barrens his long-suffering, his patience, knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance. So that's the first thing. And we're just looking at what the scripture is saying. I'm not saying everything for every person, but these are the various things that will bring people to repentance. So we need to understand what we should be administering or looking at in any given situation. So in some situations, it's God's goodness that's going to bring a person to repentance. And that goodness often has to be demonstrated through us, that you love, that you're good to somebody, and they are touched by that. And then they are drawn to God and through the process of repentance. So keep in mind the goodness of God. And that goodness must be expressed, of course, made tangible through you and me. And that goodness can be made tangible through answered prayer, through a healing, through a miracle, so on and so forth, the goodness of God. Secondly, we see, which I just kind of made references, the work in miracles of God leads people to repentance in some situations. How do we know that? Here in Matthew 11, Jesus went into these cities. He did mighty works. And what was his expectation? His expectation was that they should repent. So if you ask, of course, they didn't. That's another issue. But the expectation is what I'm looking at, is when he did his mighty works, he was looking, or you could say, one of the outcomes of those miracles, healings, was he was looking for them to be drawn by that to repentance. But these people were so hard. They refused to repent and others, other cities. They refused, even though they had the miracles of God taking place. So in general, the mighty works of God are God's invitation to repent. And a beautiful example is in Luke 5, when you think about Peter. And Jesus, he worked the miracle of the great catch of fish. When Peter saw that happen, his immediate reaction was, Lord, I'm a sinful man. Now, the miracle of the great catch of fish had a deep effect on him. He recognized he needed to turn to the Lord and follow the Lord. And he left everything and followed Jesus. So there are times, I'm not saying always, but there are times the miracles of God will lead somebody to repent. Sometimes people take the miracle and they go away. We've seen that. We know that. But the reason God works those miracles in their lives is an invitation for them to turn to him or to repent. And so when somebody's in sin or whether it's a believer or whether it's a non-believer, we should go ahead and invite God to work miracles. Because perhaps, perhaps, that would draw them to turn to the Lord. I'm not saying always, but that's one avenue, one invitation for people to repent and come to the Lord. The third thing we see in scripture is Godly sorrow. Now, Paul says, yeah, second Corinthians 7, 9 to 10, you were made sorry in a godly manner. You were made sorry in a godly manner. And he says, you know, I rejoice. So he's writing the Corinthians. This is a second letter to them. He said, I rejoice that you were made. Not that you were just made sorry, but your sorrow led you to repentance. And then he says, you were made sorry in a godly manner that you might suffer loss from us and nothing. For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation. So in chapter 7, Paul is kind of justifying why he wrote a very strong letter first. His first letter was very strong. Put away from you that sinful person. I'm surprised you haven't dealt with him yet. That's for Corinthians chapter 5. And then in second Corinthians 7, he's now explaining to the Corinthians why he was very strong. He says, you know, and I really deeply appreciate what I'm just paraphrasing what you did. He says, you were made sorry in a godly manner. And I'm happy about it because your sorrow led you to repentance. So sometimes we must keep in mind that the sin or the things that are wrong had to be confronted, have to be rebuked, have to be addressed in a strong way but with the intent of bringing that person to a place of godly sorrow. Let me say, what I've done is wrong. And that leads the person to repentance. And this is what Paul did with the Corinthians. So his first letter was a strong rebuke. And then in the second letter he explains, look, you know, your godly sorrow, it was a good thing because it brought you to repentance and resulted in salvation. And you don't have to regret that. So when we are dealing with people or in our own lives, we must understand the importance of godly sorrow. That means you are feeling sorry, but it's in a manner that brings you toward God and not just taking you away from God or making you sorry for yourself or sorry that you were found out or sorry that you're getting into trouble. That's not the point. The point is, it's a godly sorrow. It's a sorrow that draws you towards the Lord and recognizing that what is wrong was not pleasing to him. And lastly, we also see in scripture that God grants repentance. You know, so Paul is writing to Timothy and telling him how to, you know, how he should be the servant of the Lord and don't quarrel with people. He'll be gentle, teach them, be patient. And he says, you know, you do this even with those who are in opposition. So that means, of course, they're going to be people. They're going to be people who are going to oppose what you're saying. They're going to oppose you as a person and so on. But in humility, you speak to them. Why? If God would perhaps will grant them repentance so that they may know the truth and that they may escape, come to the senses and escape the snare of the devil having been taken captive by him to do so. So he's recognizing that, you know, sometimes people who are in opposition to the truth or against the truth, they have in some way come under the snare of the devil. They've come under the influence of the devil. Paul's recognizing that. And from a human standpoint, he's telling Timothy, Timothy, you know, you stay humble, you don't argue, you don't fight. Just be humble and you teach, you correct, you give the truth to those who are opposing you and let God do the work of bringing them to repentance and embracing the truth. So God granting them repentance. Again, we have to understand it the way we were talking about early in the earlier class meaning God is moving upon them, bringing them to that place of repentance, but ultimately they have to repent, right? Their choice and their responses involved. But God will work on them. Through Timothy, Timothy's role is in humility, you give them the truth. Recognize the devil is at work, trying to hold them captive but let the Lord move upon them to bring them to a place of repentance. So sometimes we just have to work like this when you're working with certain people that you present the truth and say, God, and you're praying for them, of course, you intercede for them as a God, you grant them, you bring them to this place of repentance. So in scripture, what we are seeing is that there are at least these four ways mentioned for us that a person can be brought to a place of repentance, an experience of God's goodness, an experience of the miracles of God, sometimes being brought to a place of Godly sorrow, which could happen through a rebuke or an instruction. And sometimes it's just somebody presenting the truth and knowing that there's a spiritual battle and you're engaging in it, praying for them and let God, let God move upon them, bring them to a place of repentance. Now, repentance is our first step to recovery and restoration. That's kind of the direction I want us to, I mean, the direction we're gonna go from here, that sometimes our sin takes us so far away from what God wants for us. I'm not saying this is gonna happen every time, right? See, we all make small mistakes, we immediately realize it and we repent, God, I'm sorry, I should not have gone angry or I should not have spoken like this to that person or whatever and we repent. But sometimes a believer can take the road like the prodigal son and we know that story of the prodigal son who, I mean, everything was right, everything was going fine. He was in his father's house but he took what was his and he wandered away. He wasted everything, he was so far gone. Until the moment came, look, 15, 17, he realized, the Bible just says, he came to himself and he said, that's this moment of repentance. Hey, I need to, you know, he changed his thinking. He changed his thinking right there while he was feeding the pigs. He changed his thinking. He said, you know, there are servants in my father's house or in a better place than me. I need to go back. So repentance happened right there. And then he made his long journey back to the father's house. So there was recovery. There was a journey of recovery that he made and then there was beautiful restoration. You know, the father welcomed him and clothed him and put a ring on him and sandals on his feet and celebrated restoration. Now, sometimes believers make this prodigal son journey. You know, I'm not, I'm repeating what I said. Not every sin takes us this far, but sometimes continual sin will take a person down this road. The question is, what if Luke 15, 17 never happened? What if this prodigal son, when he was at his low point, never changed his mind? He was stubborn, he was rebellious and he just refused to accept that he had messed up. Then you would have probably, you know, we don't know. It was just wandered further and further away. The story would have had a different ending. But the good thing is repentance happened. And there was a journey of recovery. He had to make the journey back home to his father and then there was restoration. And sometimes in our own lives or in the lives of the people we are helping, this process needs to happen because sometimes either we or maybe the people we are working with have made this prodigal son journey far, far, far away from the purpose of God for our lives. So while repentance on a day-to-day basis you know, could happen in a very small way, meaning, you know, like we said, you do something wrong, you immediately realize it and you say, God, I changed my thinking about it. Forgive me, I'll return. Sometimes in some cases, this long journey of recovery and restoration is needed. And I want to talk a little bit about that. We, you know, now, okay, before we get into that, what I want to tell us is on a day-to-day basis, one of the best things to do is to keep short accounts that as soon as you know something is wrong, just turn to God, keep short accounts. You know, don't ever make that prodigal son journey. Don't ever do it. You know, we must be quick to repent. Something is wrong, just God, I am sorry and get yourself back in line with God, right? And, you know, whether God corrects you, you know, time of prayer or through the word, you know, as long as the word has spoken to us, you hear a sermon, you hear some other believer sharing something and we should turn to God. And remember, whenever our hearts turn to God, there is healing, you know, when we understand and we turn, what'll happen? God will heal us, you know. So what does this do for us? When we understand with our hearts and we turn, God heals us, right? So the key is you understand what God is telling you, hey, that was wrong. The way you spoke was wrong. The way you said was what he said was wrong. You understand with your heart, you embrace it, turn back to the Lord, he heals us, right? So that's the best way. Keep it simple, keep it short, keep short accounts. But sometimes it has to go through a process, meaning if a believer doesn't keep short accounts, they're going to be like this prodigal son. They're going to make a long journey far, far away from the will of God until finally dawns on them, hey, you've wandered a long way from where God wants you to be, you know, and what happened in the church in Corinth is an example and we will be looking at it. But in the day-to-day life of a believer, for example, a believer gets into a wrong relationship. And just whether this is a single man or woman, they slowly wander, wander, wander, wander away into living an immoral life or a believer is a married man, he gets into a fair outside of marriage, then he just wanders, wanders, wanders, wanders away. I'm just giving these as examples. Sometimes it could happen with money, you know, a believer gets trapped with a pursuit of money or the misuse of money and just goes further, further, further away from that. Or it could happen with some sort of addiction, you know, with alcohol or with drugs or whatever, a believer gets trapped in it and gets wander, wander, wander away from God. And so it's, you know, we're talking about believers and if they don't keep a short account of, you know, they don't stop right there at the very beginning that we have done something wrong that's taking me away from God, I need to pause, I need to repent. What'll happen is they just make this long road, like the prodigal son, further and further away from God. And then to get them back is a journey of recovery. It starts with repentance. That means, oh, I've gone far away from God's will for my life. I need to get back, right? So what does that process look like and how can we help either ourselves or somebody else in a go through that process? In this passage in 2 Corinthians chapter 7 verse 8 through 12, Paul is addressing the Corinthians and he's talking about, you know, what they went through after his first letter, where he brought in a strong rebuke to the church and what happened, right? So let's just read this passage. Could somebody read verses 8 through 12 for us please? I can read it out loud. It's right there on the screen. Second Corinthians chapter 7, 8 through 12, please. For even if I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it, though I did regret it. For I perceive that the same epistle made you sorry, though only for a while. Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but yet that your sorrow led to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly manner that you might suffer loss from us in nothing. For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted, but the sorrow of the world produces death. For observe this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner, what diligence it produced in you, what clearance of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what vehement desire, what zeal, what vindication. In all things, you proved yourselves to be clear in this matter. Therefore, although I wrote to you, I did not do it for the sake of him who had done the wrong, nor for the sake of him who suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear to you. Thank you, Samuel. So Paul is commending the Corinthians for the way they responded to his strong correction that came in the first letter. So he's saying, look, I know you were made sorry. You agree, you sorrowed, but it all worked out for good, right? Because your sorrow brought about repentance and it brought about salvation. So that sorrow brought repentance, eventually leading to salvation or the restoration. But what happened between that repentance and the restoration or salvation that took place in the church among those people? And he writes about that in verse 11, like what actually happened? And I just like to use that as a little framework for us to see what repentance, recovery and restoration looks like. I'm just taking it directly from primarily from verse 11, right? What does it look like? You can see, in repentance, he says, there was so much of diligence, that means you were very serious about this. It's not a joke, you realize, hey, we are, we messed up. We got to correct ourselves. So they have a very diligent, there was a clearing of yourselves. That means like, okay, I need to get this right. I've messed up, I've done what's wrong. I need to get it right. So there was that eagerness to do what is right. Then they were indignant. That means they were really angry. Now, what was this anger about? Obviously it was an anger towards sin. So displeasure towards sin. There was fear or a alarm or a shock that I've actually let this happen in my life. I mean, I'm talking about the group believers. And there was strong desire. A holy longing, a seriousness of purpose. So I've put these five expressions or emotions or reactions, responses under repentance. So what does repentance look like? Godly sorrow, which he says is different from the sorrow of the world. So we're not talking about just being sorry about something, but this is Godly sorrow. What does it look like? Well, you will look for these things, these characteristics. Is there seriousness, earnestness about this thing? Or are people just joking or just making a show? So there's gotta be diligence. There's gotta be a clearing of yourself. I mean, so hey, I need, I really want to do what's right. I don't want this wrong in my life. I don't want this evil. I don't want this wickedness in me. There's gotta be that indignation towards the sin. If there is only, if there is toleration, then whatever we tolerate will dominate. So if there is no indignation, there's no anger towards the sin, it's going to continue. There's gotta be a sense of fear towards God and a sense of alarm, like how could I let this happen? That fear is good. I'm talking about in this case, right? In repentance. And there's gotta be a strong desire, a holy longing towards getting this right. You see, if we don't have this, then that repentance sometimes just becomes a show. And I remember this was way back in the 19, in the latter half of the 1980s, there was a very, very famous preacher. At that time, this is back in 88, 89, at that time, he was the leading evangelist in the United States. And his program was seen worldwide. That means his television program was going into many nations. Very, great evangelists, just amazing, if you listen to him preach. Just amazing. And God, I mean, his ministry was just exploding, just growing so powerfully at that time. And then, now he was not a newcomer, right? He had been in the ministry already, at least by that time for at least a decade or more, I forget the actual details, but he was not a newcomer. He'd been in ministry for already more than a decade. He had established ministry, growing ministry, Bible, college, this, that, everything. And maybe even two decades or by that time. And we don't know how long he was living in this kind of sin, but what came out in the news was he was caught with a prostitute. And that's what came out in the news. Now, we don't know how long he was living like a life like this. But when the news broke out, he had been caught with a prostitute. And this is in America. And it became global news because he was a very well-known evangelist and all that. Now, when the news broke out, within two days, or the Sunday, right after that, I think, I forget the exact date this thing happened, but the Sunday, his program was telecast live from his church, whatever. But that Sunday, there was this whole service where he was crying in front of the TV audience before his church, before his audience. And so he wasn't an evangelist, but he also had a church in church base and all that. And he was crying and beeping and saying, I'm sorry and all of that. And there was no, as far as I know, there was no acknowledgement of how long this was happening, whatever, whatever. And at that time, he, if I remember correctly, he belonged to a particular Pentecostal denomination. And, but his ministry was so big, nobody could really control, have any say in it. And they, even though they withdrew, you know, that denominational affiliation and recognition, he just continued in his ministry. So all he did was one service where he supposedly repented with a lot of crying and drama, all of that happened and continued his ministry. Now, people loved him so much. He was so, I mean, he was so truly anointed and got so gifted, you know, people just continued supporting his ministry, he just continued. But within two years, within two years, from that incident, he was once again caught with a prostitute, within two years. Happened again. Now this time, what do you do? What do you say? This time, people were not as forgiving. Okay. And from that moment on, you know, the support of the ministry, everything. So, you know, literally such a global ministry just impounded and just came crumbling down. And he had to, you know, this time, if he was going to repent, the repentance had to be genuine. So I'm just giving this as an example where now to continue the story to at least to bring the story to close, now this man, as far as, and I think he's still alive. And he, at least from my knowledge, the second time was a very genuine repentance. He put himself in submission to, I mean, his ministry basically collapsed at that time. So he put himself under, you know, rigorous, you know, morning and evening in time and prayer and along with other leaders around him, et cetera, et cetera. And he continued, you know, the ministry, but, you know, under a lot of support of people around him, so on, so forth. So he took those measures, but he never recovered in terms of impact of ministers. As far as I know, the church and the ministry is going on into some extent. He's still preaching and so on, but it's not, you know, where it used to be. But at least the good thing was, he put himself in a place where he would protect himself and not make the same mistake again. And I've not heard of any further mistakes of the same kind. But I'm just comparing the first two. That in a period of two years, this great evangelist would repeat his mistake, even though the first time he supposedly, you know, repented so much on to it with crying and people feeling sorry for him, et cetera. But why did it happen within two years once again? Perhaps. And I'm only speaking as an outside viewer, as an observer, right? I don't want to take the place of God. I'm just sharing this as a learning for all of us, not an enemy to be judgmental about the evangelist. I still respect him and he's done a lot, you know, and now he's probably in his 80s now. Anyway, I'm sharing this as a lesson for us that perhaps the first time when repentance supposedly happened, these were missing. Or these were just dramatized, you know. We know, okay, we're supposed to show all this. So, you know, we can say it in words and we can, you know, do it with tears and, but perhaps it wasn't real. And I'm not, again, I'm saying, I'm not trying to judge, but I'm just saying, you know, what could have gone wrong? Why did he, you know, fall into it within two years? And, you know, the fact that God, the people had so forgiven him and stood with him the first time, how come he would go and do it again? You know, or how many times he did it again before he was caught? We don't know. But the point is true repentance should have these things. There should be diligence. There should be an eagerness to do what's right. There should be an indignation towards sin. There should be holy reverence toward God and a shock. And there should be a vehement desire to do, to do the right thing. Then there's a process of recovery. And I'm just taking again these terms from Paul's, second going to 7-11. He said, there was zeal, there was vindication. So in the process of recovery, what must we do? We must fire up our passion for God, our devotion for God. So that has to be restored or recovered. We're going through a journey of recovery. So if you want to imagine the prodigal son, he's on his way back making that journey back to his father's house. Now, his passion is being refined and set toward the right things as he's making the journey. Previously his passion was on, let me have fun. Let me enjoy life. Let me, you know, whatever. Do things, whatever. I have money to spend under, now his passion is. Let me be a servant in my father's house. Let me serve faithfully. Let me humble myself. You know, let me be faithful to my father. Let me love my father. So that's the journey of recovery. So zeal is being restored in the right direction. Secondly, there is vindication. That means I got to punish what's wrong in my own life. And this is where Matthew five comes in, whatever is wrong, pluck it out, cut it out, cast it away. There's vindication with the help of God. You're punishing wrongdoing. And if it means in your own life, it's got to be done. This is where there is severity in how we deal with things. So this is involved in recovery, firing up of zeal toward God and I'm punishing what's wrong. And lastly, there is that restoration that takes place. God brings back into our lives what should be there. And, you know, we prove ourselves to be clear. We live life in such a way that we are without blame. We are free from blame. So look, I want to live this life. That's free of any of these things. So that restoration happens over time as we prove ourselves to be clear. That will take time, you know. People, of course, will believe us and so on, but I've got to prove myself living a blameless life. So in our own journey, repentance, recovery, restoration, or in helping other people, you know, look for these things. Repentance. Is there genuine repentance? Is there recovery? And this is how recovery happens. You're restoring the passion for God. You're punishing what's wrong. You're dealing with these things that are wrong. And then restoration. They've got to prove that they are clear of sin. Okay. So let me pause here. I don't, I love time for questions, but let me see if there are any questions. Okay. Okay, I'm just seeing a comment here. Is the voice breaking for all? Okay. I'll be nice. Okay. Okay, okay. All right. So let's see the questions here. Elisha's question. How many times can you repent of a particular sin? The Bible doesn't tell us specifically what we know, Hebrew 7, verse 25. The Bible says that, you know, the Lord is able to save us to the uttermost. Those who come to him through Jesus Christ. So our answer would be, you know, God will save us to the uttermost, which means we repent in as many times. But our responsibility is to, you know, make sure our repentance is genuine and we are looking to make that journey of recovery and restoration, right? Otherwise, sooner or later, I think we'll be seeing in the next chapter that if we don't repent, if there's no genuine repentance, yeah, we will see it on Wednesday. It can eventually take us away, you know, slowly. It's gonna move us away from that place where we will even be making a journey of recovery. So that's the danger. If our repentance is not genuine, right? So to answer your question, you know, God saves us to the uttermost, but on the other side, repentance has to be true for our own sake, right? To make sure that we are in the right place. Two more questions. And Brother Manohar, can anointing and gifts continue when there is sin in one's life? The answer is yes, you know. This is because one, Romans 11 verse 29, the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. God, you know, has anointed the person and put gifts and anointing irrevocably. And so he continues to work to the person with the sake of the people, he will work. But there is, you know, a God given time limit, meaning God anoints the person while the person is still struggling with sin and God as long, you know, God is working in that person's life. But at some point we will see a shift because if that person continues in rebellion, continues in sin, initially there'll be the stage where God is merciful and God is, you know, still anointing the person for the sake of the people and go on. But if that person doesn't get things right the wrong, either that sin is going to be exposed and God, you know, that's when everything will come to a halt or at least it has to be addressed with, either sin will be exposed or the person is going to get into error. Right? That means that sin is going to invite the wrong kinds of spirits and so the Holy Spirit, they're going to start opening themselves up to the wrong kinds of spirits. And it will no longer be, or it may be a mixture or it may not be even God working through that person's life. But we, you know, we have to be discerning to know when something like that has happened. But most often what happens is that sin gets exposed and God deals, God deals with that. Okay? Elisha and the narration is it the case that God may forgive him in restorative but man may find it very difficult to, Yes, yes. So in the example that we spoke about, people will find it difficult, you know, to really trust that person after a repeat of the same incident. It's going to be hard for people to trust and, you know, understandably so. And even God definitely is forgiven the person. God definitely will, you know, will continue to work in that person's life but people are not going to find it easy. Right. Okay. There's a question from Beth. Yes. Yes, go ahead. And follow up yourself. When there is sin in one's life, can the anointing continue in the same level in its ministry? Yes, for a period of time, usually you'll find them, you know, you'll find people operating with the same grace, same anointing because it's the mercy and grace of God. I mean, they, it will be going, it'll happen. And so the answer is yes, you know, they could continue that way. But at some point, like we said, if the person doesn't get, don't repent, their sin will be exposed and that will be, you know, pretty, pretty harsh. Or they would start journeying in the wrong direction and that's when things will get into wrong things. Okay, one last one, Matthew 6, 15. If you do not forgive men, their trespasses, neither would your father forgive your trespasses. So Matthew 6, 15. So this whole issue about forgiveness. Now forgiveness is very important, right? We need to forgive people. We need to keep our hearts clean. Don't hold any bitterness or grudges. We need to forgive people, release them. But how do we understand Matthew 6, 15? We know that forgiveness for us is based entirely on what Jesus did on the cross and not on any of our works. In other words, it's not like if I've committed 10 sins and somebody has, people have committed 10 sins against me after I forgive 10 sins, then my 10 sins get forgiven. It's not like that. My 10 sins are forgiven because Jesus Christ paid for all of our sins on the cross. That's the basis of forgiveness. So therefore, how should we understand Matthew 6, 15? We should understand Matthew 6, 15 as the experience of being forgiven in our lives happens to the extent that we extend the forgiveness to others. So receiving forgiveness makes possible God's redeeming, saving work in my life, which is transforming. But that work in my life is limited or hindered from reaching its fullness when I fail to forgive somebody else. So it's not that my sins are not forgiven. My sins are forgiven because of the blood of Jesus Christ. But my experience of the result of being forgiven is going to be limited to the extent that I hold unforgiveness in my heart towards other people. And so for example, my prayers could be hindered because of that Mark 11, 22, 23, 24, or first Peter 3, 7. So this unforgiveness towards others, what does it do? It hurts me. It prevents me from receiving the full benefits of being forgiven in my own life because I'm not releasing it to others. Or Jesus put it like this, when we have unforgiveness, we end up with the tormentors. So that means, doesn't mean I end up in hell, but I am tormented because I'm not forgiving somebody. All the God has forgiven me. Is that okay, Beth? I hope I answered your question. All right, so I thought we would finish this section, but there's just a little bit more, which I think we can finish it in another 15 minutes on Wednesday. And then we will move into our third section, which is on overcoming. How do we overcome, okay? So let's wrap up for today. I know we've taken 10 minutes extra, like we always do. Could somebody pray and then we will dismiss, please. Could somebody pray with us? Shall I pray first? Please, please go on. Thank you, God. Thank you, Father God Almighty for this privilege of learning your timeless truth. And Father, as we are learning it, Father, help us to be doers of the word. Help us to follow them, apply them to our lives and be prepared for your glory, for your name to be exalted in and through our lives. Father, thank you for all the provision. Thank you for this platform. Thank you for everyone who joined in. And Father, thank you that in your wisdom and in your grace and favor, we stand, Father. Thank you for every blessing and thank you for a new day. Once again, we thank you and we give you glory, honor and praise. We ask this prayer in the precious and matchless name of Jesus our Saviour. Amen. Amen. Thank you, everyone. I'll see you tomorrow. God bless. Bye now. Thank you, Pastor, God bless you. God bless you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Pastor, God bless you. God bless.