 You're welcome back up to break just before we went for a break. We studied first in a second Timothy chapter one. We'll continue on with Chapter two just give me a second please Okay, so we'll continue on with Second Timothy chapter two Before that we will just look at what Asha has mentioned as her takeaway She says second Timothy chapter one was nine When we are saved we are called to a holy living and to fulfill what God has ordained for us We should walk in faith and love and hold on to them so that we won't be proud of being self-security Live in a state of self-security and we should also hold on to the truth. Okay. Thank you Asha think this was a good Summary of exactly what You know Paul is trying to communicate in Second Timothy chapter one. Okay. Anyone else has anything else to share or ask or You know point out in first second Timothy chapter one Okay, if not we'll move on to Chapter two of second Timothy Okay, so can one of you please read Verse one please second Timothy chapter two verse one Second Timothy chapter two verse one You therefore my son Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus amen Amen. Thank you. Charles. So here he says You know be empowered by the grace in Christ Jesus now Paul talks about You know in his other episodes He asks or he writes to the various churches to be strong in other things But we see in Ephesians chapter six where he tells The church at Ephesus to be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might. Okay. We know that God is a source of power And strength and we can use his power and strength to live our lives So there he's saying, you know, he's writing the church at Ephesus in in Ephesians chapter six He says be strong in the Lord in the power of his Might but here In Second Timothy chapter two. He's saying you'll be strong in the grace Okay, who is the source of grace? It's God. Who is the source of grace? You know, God has bestowed his grace On you and me And as we read in Ephesians chapter two that God has lavished All grace upon us God has lavished his grace Which talks about the abundance of his grace in our lives. He's lavished his grace upon us. So he is The source of grace. He's the one who bestows Grace on our life. So when Paul is saying be strong in the grace of God that is given to us in Christ He's basically saying, you know, be established in the grace that God has bestowed upon us or given To us. So what does that mean? You know be established in the grace or be strong in the grace It means that don't let anyone or anything, you know shake you from the fact that God is a God of grace And his grace has been extended to To you and abundance of his grace or his riches of his grace has been extended To us, you know, why is it important for us to Hold on to this fact because, you know, the devil is very very Good at getting us out of the place of grace. So he gets us In areas of our life, he can get us to move from an area of or a place of grace To give more importance to works So that can, you know, exactly very, you know, he can very Smartly just very, you know In a connive way just bring this into our life Where he can move us from a place of grace to give importance to work So we begin to think that, you know, I have to do this this this To if I need to receive blessings from God if I need to receive his protection His love his favor his goodness And so we can get out of that place of grace into works where we begin to think that, you know Maybe I need to read three chapters a day from the bible or I have to pray one hour or, you know I have to fast at least once a week or, you know, I have to attend church. I have to take holy communion Or I have to give so much of money to charity When I do all of these things, you know, God is good here Sorry, he'll be happy. He'll be pleased and then I will inherit his favor his mercy his goodness and his Blessings. Yes, it's important to do works But, you know works is not to do we don't do the works to earn God's blessing his favor His mercy upon our lives, but we do the works because We have received an abundance of his grace so our works is a result of You know, because we have received the abundance of grace or his grace. It has been lavished upon us that results in The work that we do for God, so we do it out of a joyful heart Out of a heart that is, you know, to bless him through our works And we can say, you know When we do these works we're saying, God, you know, I'm giving you everything Because you have given me everything and I want you have given me your best. You have sent your only son You know, and you have given me, uh, you know gift of righteousness. You've justified. You sanctified me. You made me holy You have given me eternal life and because of what you have done. I am willing to surrender I'm willing to give everything and I'm doing everything because You know, you have blessed me because I'm so grateful and thankful You're doing it out of a sense of love and joy And gratefulness and thankfulness and that is when Our works will bear fruit that is when our works will edify us as well. That is when our works will Enrich us and you know, we will see a greater purpose and meaning in what God has called us to do and Even when we face challenges, we will not run away from Pursuing God's call and purpose in doing what he has asked us to do the works that he has asked us to do Because uh, you know, we're doing it out of deep commitment deep love faithfulness Because of who God is to us what he has done for us what he's lavished upon us What we have received from him, you know, and we do that because we are so grateful and so Thankful another area which the devil can get us out of a place of grace Is in the area of guilt and condemnation? You know, we know that God has lavished us with divine favor He sees us as his sons his daughters. This is beloved But you know the the devil is the accuser of the Brethren he's always accusing us so he draws us out of a place of grace So that is why Paul is saying, you know, Sterling Timothy be strong in that grace because You know when you go through your The challenges, you know, sometimes you Begin to do all these works because you want to earn favor from God, but don't Do that, you know, do it out of a sense of joy commitment Gratefulness and thankfulness And also you will face a lot of guilt and condemnation because of what people are talking people will say things You will hear things But you know, don't move away from that place of grace Because we know that we have studied in the New Testament that grace is also empowering You know, it empowers us and we've already seen how it empowers us here in In in in this the first chapter verse nine. He says, you know, God who has called us Who saved us and called us with the calling not according to our works But according to his own purpose and grace which is given us in Christ Jesus before time began So, you know, God has called us. He's given us a purpose that he's given us a grace to enable us to fulfill that Calling and purpose So, you know grace in the New Testament just does not mean divine favor, but it also means divine empowering And divine enablement like we've seen in verse nine of chapter one in 2nd Timothy Okay, so God's grace empowers us. It makes us strong. It gives us favor So he's telling Timothy draw strength from his Grace. Yes, the devil will make you feel inadequate To the point that, you know, sometimes we feel so inadequate that we won't do anything Yes, we will feel inadequate. There are times when we will feel inadequate Sometimes we feel the task is too daunting. It's too big is too great But at that time, what do we do? We rely on the grace of God because the grace of God empowers us And I know that I can do this what God has called me to do even though I feel Inadequate in sufficient for that or I feel it's too great or too big But I know that I can go forward Doing this because God's grace is upon me I can still work on me because his grace will undergird us His grace will undertake for all of our limitations for all our part inadequacies And when we are firm in the grace of God, you know We will not shy away from the challenges and the greatness of the task But we will just go ahead Because we know that his grace will undertake for us. So we just need to go ahead Take on the task the enemy will make us feel inadequate We will try to shy away from the task We will try to leave the call or the assignment that God has for us But always know that, you know, when we stand firm in the grace of God that, you know, He will enable us to do what he has called us to do Fulfill what he has called us to do Because the grace of God gives us the divine enablement the divine empowerment and the divine favor, okay, so whatever you are facing in life in the present season You feel that it's too much. It's too big. You're not you feel inadequate You feel it's very difficult challenging, but just know that you know God is empowering you with his grace and his grace is more than sufficient. That is why Paul says, right? His grace is more than sufficient For everything that I'm going through And God tells him my grace is more than sufficient for you and Paul also has experienced that In your times of difficulties and times of hardship So his grace is more than sufficient for us to any season in every season And whatever challenge that we face or whatever Task that lies ahead of us, even though it's big know that his grace is more than sufficient for you And stand in that grace of God Okay Verse two can one of you please read verse two please Verse two Yes, go ahead Charles Okay verse two And the things that you have heard from me among men witnesses Commit this to faithful men who will be able to teach others also amen Amen, thank you. So now Paul is charging Timothy You know to pass on what he has received the truth the revelation the doctrines To the succeeding generations he says, you know, the truth has to be taught at any cost Timothy and he says this is something that You know also all of us must do, you know We need to ask ourselves, you know, what are we doing with God what God has put into our lives What are we doing with all of the truths that we have been you have been learning in bible college Or you've been learning at the past years of your life, you know, what have you been doing with all that you've received from God All of the experiences that you've had with with God your encounters with God The the revelations that you have received the truth that you have received. What are you doing? With it. Are you passing it on to someone else? So it's important that we pass on our experiences our encounters the truth that we are learning We teach it. We pass it on to the younger generations whether there's children you your own family members older people, you know passing it on helping them to You know, lift the truth and counter the truth and experience God as you have experience and you are Experiencing him. Okay, and then he goes on to give Three analogies Before we look at these three analogies, I want you to think about, you know, just these questions that I just asked What are you doing with what God has put into your hands? Are you just acquiring all of this knowledge just for yourself? So that you go strong in the Lord in your faith, which is good, you know But are you using it to share it with others? So if you are not Why aren't you or you know, if you Have received everything then why aren't you sharing what is holding you back? You know, don't wait for when you're going to finish or your three years of Studies in bible college and then go and share it. What can you do now in this season in this point in your life in this week? You know, how can you share these truths with others teach it to others? or just impart it to To the to generations that are going to follow How what are you doing because God is going to hold us accountable? for what we have received what we've experienced of him and you know He's going to hold us accountable if you're going to share it with others because you know, he wants us to do That just like we see in the Old Testament Okay, we'll move on to versus three to seven where he presents three analogies and through these three analogies is basically You know, encouraging Timothy to How to face hardships and how to live a life as a minister of God So again, one of you please read verses three to seven, please Join with me in suffering like a good soldier of Christ Jesus No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs but rather tries to please his commanding officer similarly Anyone who competes As an athlete does not receive the victor's crown except by competing according to the rules The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops Reflect on what I'm saying for the Lord will give you insight into all this Amen, thank you say So here through the three analogies of a soldier and athlete in a farmer, you know Paul is Highlighting a few characteristics for Timothy and how to be a good minister of the Lord Jesus Christ Or you know, how to be a good minister of the gospel that has been entrusted to him So the first thing he says, you know as a soldier you need to end your hardships because a soldier, you know Endure his hardship goes through difficulties and challenges but end yours through and he's saying, you know being a man of God Serving being in ministry in the position that you are it's not easy But you need to endure hardship as a good soldier. Okay, and he's saying that you know As a leader in that position that he is in in Ephesus. He's like a soldier You know and he must serve God He must not look for a life of ease or comfort But be ready to go through hardships and difficulties and you know a soldier is always Ready for the call of duty You know, he might be taking care of his family, but he's not so caught up In all of that, you know, when There is a call for duty. He responds He's willing to even give up on his family his children his spouse and just respond to the call of duty And he says, you know, a soldier never gets entangled with the affairs of this life He's always wanting to please his commanding officer like we studied in the book of Romans and Paul writes church at Rome, you know, and Uh, he's always there ready for the call of duty any any time of the day any season in life And he says he's telling Timothy, you know lift that way be ready to do what God is calling you to do Uh at any point of time, but having said this it does not mean that you know As as a man of God who's serving God who is fulfilling the call and the purpose of God That we don't take on or fulfill the responsibilities towards our own family Or our parents our spouse our children Yes, we do that God enabled us to do that as well But what it says that is we must be ready to do God's call It means that we don't make any compromises when God calls us that we don't You know compromise or we don't take on the call or we don't pursue the call Although we don't make an excuse Because of our family or our spouse or our children or because as we're just married or we just had a child You know or our children are growing. We don't make those excuses, but we are willing to You know pursue the call at any cost Just like a soldier would Do and we would not get entangled in uh, you know the earthly affairs or Things that are not eternal pursuing that You know, but we would keep ourselves free to do what God has called us Because sometimes we can get so entangled with the things of this world You know with our own life assignments in terms of our Our chores or our jobs or you know a profession or our studies or whatever You know, and we're willing to pursue that You know at the cost of the call of God upon our life So for example, you know if God is calling us to go As a missionary or as a pastor or as a You know evangelist And minister maybe in our own the place that we are staying in or to another country in another city But we just make an excuse saying that you know, um Uh, we can make an excuse Saying that you know, god, I just I don't feel quite equipped. I want to just I just finished my three years in bible college I want to do my masters. I want to do my phd But you know, uh, god is calling you to do the pursue his call But here you are more academic oriented intellectual oriented. You want to get degrees. You want to get more Uh, education Or maybe he's asking you to be a pastor and you're saying no, I want, you know, or You he's asking you to work among children. You say no, I want to be a counselor You know, whatever excuse that you can give Uh, or you want to get married. You don't want to move to another city because you're just married You've had children or studying and things like that But you know, we need to just keep ourselves free to do what god has called us to do The second analogy he gives is that of an athlete You know an athlete Can prepare well can practice well Can do everything that is needed to You know to be a good athlete to run that race But an athlete cannot win that race unless the athlete competes by the rules Uh of that of the of the game of the race, you know So what are some of the rules that an athlete has to You know, uh Compete under it's you know when the Only run when the whistle is blown Or when they hear the gunshot or keep to your lane And you also have to finish the race you have to Run across the finishing line and that's when you're qualified To win the race if you don't compete by the rules Then you can't even though you run the race, you know, you cannot win because you've not You know follow the rules. You're not competed by the rules. So also, you know when we serve god We don't serve in our own terms What uh, you know, uh benefits us what seems comfortable for us what seems easy for us But we need to meet his requirements. We need to meet his standards means which means we need to do We need to order our lives that are wholly pleasing acceptable in the site You know maintain that sense of holiness moral purity the way we um our actions Our thoughts our private life What is in secret and what is in open should be holy and pleasing to god um not just put on A mask of holiness, but you know living lives that are sinful because god's word says your sin will find you out You know, uh, and also, you know doing his will otherwise, you know, like jesus said Many will say to me, you know, uh You know, I have gone to the prison. I have fed the poor and I've taken You know care of the prisoners, but you know, uh, Jesus god will say I do not know who you are You know, why because in that context basically God is saying because you did not do my will you did what you felt comfortable You felt what you wanted to do, but you did not pursue my will my call my purpose For your life. So it's important that we serve god in his terms and do what he is calling us to do What his purpose has to do and I remember, you know, uh at one point of time when I just wanted to leave a ministry assignment god Took me through a week of You know through his word teaching me Who really is a missionary? What's the calling and basically through paul's episodes and through his life And the end of the week I said, okay god, I'm going to go back and do what you call me to do What your purpose for me to do in that place? So went back and then in a day's time, you know, I was put off with things again And then I came back and I told god, you know, I'm not going back I don't think this is the place where I need to continue on and minister And there's something that god, you know, very powerfully spoke to me. He said, you know, ministry is not a matter of convenience But it's a command Okay, ministry is not a matter of convenience, but it's a command and so my command is go back Do it, uh, you know, do it till I Tell I open the doors For you in another place and I shut this door and you know, I went back I did it. I continued ministering there and in a very god-honoring way, you know, god opened Those for me in another place and shut the door for me here And I was able to exit in a very god-honoring way in a very nice way And enter into the next place that god had For me. So god knows he sees our challenges our struggles But uh, he will provide a way out He will give us the grace um that we need To continue on when we need to leave when we need to stop when we need to exit when we need to walk into another door but all we need to do is just You know, not look for um our own convenience But you know, just follow his command be obedient Submissive, he knows everything and he will just enable us to strengthen us and help us So we need to compete by the rules, you know by god's standards Live the standards do what he wants us to do in the way that he wants us to do live by that to his will In complete obedience and submission and that is what jesus did even when he pursued God's call and his will for his life Even as he became You know, he came down on this earth and he walked on this And the third analogy is that of a farmer now a farmer You know, uh Has a plot of land, but he cannot enjoy or reap a harvest unless he you know, he works hard Tilling it and you know, uh, you know, sowing the seeds taking care of it Uh, you know watering it putting the right pesticides You're caring for it. It's hard work. It's hard labor And at the end of the hard work and hard labor he enjoys A rich harvest which he and his family can enjoy which would be a blessing for him So in the same way Ministry is not something that is very easy You know, it's there are challenges. There are difficulties. We need to work hard Sometimes, you know, it's hours of hard work You know, sometimes it can be to a point where we don't have time for ourselves You know constantly there's so much of need we're ministering of course We need to balance out things God gives us a wisdom to do it But it is hard work. We just can't take things slight and easy Just go and preach something that you know We just think of the hook or you know You know, just think off like that and just go and share something because we have the talent of speaking or teaching Uh, you know, I use the same sermons throughout just teaching the same thing to to all people who invite us But you know working hard ministering To see how God wants us to extend the boundaries that he has Given to us how we can be good stewards of the what he has placed in our hands how we can multiply it Remember the parables all God looks for is multiplication of investing of getting more So he's he's looking for how hard we have worked and how we multiplied how we have extended asking the made it grow and So it's important and all that does not come easy. It requires a lot of hard work hard labor thought process learning things equipping ourselves building ourselves and You know just doing things for to build his Kingdom so these three analogies that he's giving Timothy is just trying to build him up and strengthen him and encouraging him To look at ministry with this perspective and how he can pursue his call As a man of God any questions so far? Okay If there are no questions we'll move on to versus eight to ten. So can one of you please read versus eight to ten, please Was eight to ten remember that jesus christ with the seed of david Was raised from the dead according to my gospel for which I suffer trouble as an evil doer Even to the point of chains for the word of God is not chained Therefore, I endure all things for the sake of the elect that they may also obtain the salvation Which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory? Amen. Amen. Thank you. Divya. So here he says staring Timothy remember which means is reminding Timothy what he needs to keep in the forefront of his message What he needs to preach and teach So he's saying, you know, remember that Jesus christ is the seed of david So the statement basically means that Jesus was fully man When he came and lived on this earth, uh, he was raised from the dead This is a great fact, you know, this is something that is a great credential of the authenticity of who Jesus christ is His his resurrection from the dead Also his resurrection from the dead means that Jesus was fully god So when he's saying the seed of david, he's basically talking about the humanity of Jesus christ that he was fully man He's talking about him being raised from the dead. It's talking about, you know Our whole gospel is based on the truth that we don't believe in a person who's dead But it's alive and living and he's alive and living now Because he's fully god his deity So for paul it was essential that Timothy remembers these things and teaches these truths about who Jesus was and he's reminding him of all of these important core truths because there was a lot of You know, uh, not Gnostic ideas that we're talking A lot of bringing about different teachings about the deity of jesus christ the humanity of jesus christ and all of that Explain that when we were studying romance. So he, you know, uh, he Always re-attracts this point that, you know, the need to preach and teach that jesus is fully human fully divine You know humanity and divinity how it perfectly coexisted in the person of Jesus christ the person in work of jesus christ and he says according to my gospel Of course the gospel belonged to paul in the sense that he preached it But it also belonged to him in the sense that you know, he believed it because it was so personal for him That's why he says my gospel and it was his gospel and Even as it's paul's gospel because you know, he preaches it He believes in it. It should also be The same way we need to hold on to this gospel say that it's my gospel You know Because we are people who have been entrusted with the gospel to uphold it to Propagate it to teach it and to protect it and guard it from false teachers and from false Teaching so this is a gospel that we preach And you know, even as we hold on to this gospel even as we have entrusted this gospel Even as we are to guard this gospel and preach and teach it, you know, we must also be willing to end your hardships So that you know, when we end your hardships and when we don't give away We don't fall away because of hardships or we do not Have good custodians or good stewards of the truth that god has enabled to us we start You know teaching false truths false doctrines then, you know, other people cannot obtain salvation or the truth you know, will would not be Thought or will not be made to others and you know, it can be a hindrance from others from receiving Salvation so paul is telling timothy, you know, i'm preaching the resurrected savior And look at me, you know, what is the result of that? I'm in chains So i'm not just telling you, you know that you need to end your hardships and the soldier like for the rules They can athlete, you know work hard and labor as a farmer, but look at my own life I'm also, you know, uh suffering Why am I suffering not because I'm an evil doer. I've done something wrong But i'm suffering i'm in prison i'm in chains because i'm preaching this eternal gospel this eternal truth For which i'm in chains and i'm he's saying i'm doing it and you know Enduring all of these things so that others can receive a salvation and we know that paul in his writings has said, you know, um I'm willing to you know, give up food the way to you know Food or water The way of living my life so that you know, it will not be a hindrance for others That would be it'll benefit others And not be a hindrance the gospel will not be a hindrance but would be helpful with benefit others who see my life who see my doctrine Who see my way of living that I will be an example Also in Indeed so that you know people will receive salvation and I will not be a hindrance in any way Okay, what's this 11 to 13 can one of you please read that what's 11 to 13, please Yes Yes, go ahead This is a faithful saying for if we died with him we shall also live with him If we endure we shall also reign with him If we deny him is he also will deny us If we are faceless He remains faithful You cannot deny himself Amen. Amen. Thank you. Charles. So, you know, this is our hope in the midst of You know challenges difficulties persecutions that if we die You know, we have this hope of eternal life which paul has already Spoken about so, you know, he's not afraid to die. He's not being afraid. He's not afraid being in chains and In prison and he knows that he's going to die soon But he has this glorious hope that he's going to live eternally And then he says if we end your hardship, you know, we're going to reign. So, you know, the whole concept of rewards that each one of us, you know, will face judgment but not in in terms of, you know Good or bad, but in terms of reward as believers, you know, and you know, how How faithful how committed we have been How we've endured hardships and difficulties, but we have kept going. We have We have persevered Will, you know Will we will receive Rewards and that, you know, we will reign with him in the millennium Kingdom the thousand-year rule or when jesus himself will rule and reign on this earth, you know, based on How faithful committed that we have been You know, the reward that we have received Will determine our position and how we will reign and what is our position the office that we've been called to Enduring the millennium kingdom when jesus himself will reign on this earth And even if he suffer now, we have this hope That we will reign with him, but on the other hand, you know There is consequences if we deny Him and the consequences is severe because he says if we deny him, you know There is no choice for god, but he will Deny us because jesus said if we confess him before men, he will confess us before the father in heaven So if we deny him before men, then he will deny us before the father in heaven. So, you know our denial Um and uh us being faithless or unfaithful will have Consequences it will impact us And um, and it does not change anything from His is from god's end But it is something that, you know, we will have to reap that's something that we will have to Face which means that, you know If any one of us Had moments when we had denied the lord or we had gone through moments of fatefulness When we have lost faith in god, you know when We can always get back because when we get back, we know that you know god never changes He is always good. He is always faithful. He will take us back. He will not treat us as slaves. He will treat us as his children Uh, he will bless us. We will see his goodness We will experience his faithfulness Because he still remains faithful because he never changes. So nothing changes from god's end But you know, it will change on our end if we are faithless if we are We deny him we will experience the faith uh the consequences But when we turn around we come back We have this great assurance and hope that you know, we serve a god who's unchanging Who's the same yesterday today and forever, you know, he will receive us. He will love us He will revive us. He will strengthen us and he will take us to You know, greater levels that he has in store for us and he will fulfill his plan and purposes For us. So, you know, he stays faithful even in our ups and downs But there is a difference between denying and faithlessness Um, you know denying is outrightly saying no Uh, you know saying no to his will or to his ways or to obedience to what he's called us to do Or living a life of holiness Uh, and faithless is is when we go through moments when our faith is slow and down But at those moments god still remains faithful So god is still faithful in even when we remain faithless He understands, you know, when our faith is slow when our faith is Down, uh, he strengthens us encourages us But when we outrightly deny him his word says that he will also Uh deny us Okay, uh, we'll just look at what question divya has He has a question in verse 10 it is written for the sake of the elect Can you elaborate on that? um So verse 10 says therefore i endure all things for the sake of the elect that they may also obtain the salvation Which is in christ Jesus. So like i said, you know elect means, uh, you know, we are the elected ones the chosen ones those Who have received salvation? They are, you know, saved they are called They are the elected ones they've chosen ones Which does not mean that we don't go to the the whole theory of predestination where god beforehand elects or chooses certain people for salvation search certain people for Eternal hell certain people for heaven certain people for hell no it is god Already knows beforehand, you know, who is going to choose him So those who chose him choose him receive salvation receive that call Receive that forgiveness of sins believe in jesus christ pursue the call and the purpose of god They are called as the elect Okay, the elected ones chosen out ones So he's saying, you know, he will endure all things he will go through persecutions difficulties and Trials and tribulations he will even give up things like eating and drinking and all of those things For the sake of the believers for the sake of the sun so that he his life is not a hindrance From preaching the gospel and from people receiving salvation And also knowing the truth that is in the gospel that has been entrusted to him Did that help divya? Yes, mangi you have your hand up Thank you pastor I'm built on just to follow up on divya's question and answer you gave You gave us Is it is it right to say that? God called everyone and he present the gospel to everyone so Few accept but the gospel is available to everyone and every single person Um Is given the opportunity to to hear because when we say like Only those who are were being That the ones that god knew that they will accept i present if the gospel sounds like they There is a discrimination somewhere um Is it right to say that god gives called calls a god god calls everyone and only those who are who Are destined to choose God accept him. Is it right to say so? Thank you Yes, because the word of god says that you know, it's uh, it's good pleasing and perfect will of god that all men come to the Saving grace saving knowledge that is in christ jesus Okay, that is a scripture that tells us we study this in uh in romans as well. I think roman's chapter you know in roman chapter 15 um Sorry 11 12 Upward, you know 15 and 14 and 15 as well where he talks about all of these things But like you said You said a statement, you know, yes god calls all of us. He wants all of us To come to his saving grace and knowledge god is not a partial god the word Scripture also says that god is not partial. He does not show partiality. We study that in roman's as well But you said that, you know, only those who are I can't get the right sentence, but can you repeat what you said again, please mengi Yep, yes person only those who Who will choose god choose him accept him and those who? Are not going to choose him. They don't accept him. They reject his offer. They reject the holy the voice of holy spirit Holy spirit is false. Yes, uh, you said something You said those who are predestined or elected beforehand. So nobody's elected or chosen beforehand, you know to specifically You know Receive jesus christ all of us all of us are given the opportunity It's god's good perfect will and plan that all men be saved So salvation is for everyone John 3 16 got so loved the world that he gave his only son that whoever believes in him So it uh, whoever believes they receive eternal life So it is not that a few Chosen or elected beforehand for salvation and a few are chosen and elected for eternal Damnation. No, it is that all of us are given an opportunity to Believe in the lord jesus to receive salvation. But yes, like you said, you know only those who make that choice You know and choose and receive salvation Will receive eternal life and those who do not choose will receive Eternal help. So it's the choice that we make it's not god choosing for us Some for him and some for hell because god did not create hell for us. He created hell for the devil He created heaven for his children. He wants all of us to be in heaven with him So there is nothing like, you know God fore ordained A pre-planned who will choose him and who will not but he he had the fore knowledge of you know Who will choose him and who will you know who will reject it? So he had the fore knowledge, but he did not Predestined or pre-planned who will choose him and who will not choose it? Did that help mangy? Hi. Yes first. Thank you so much I think, you know, we've studied this quite a bit in the lectures in romans I remember you asking the same question as well, but it's good to Read read and learn. Yes. Yes to turn me chapter 30 was 19. Yes Yeah, anyone else has any questions any questions just the thought ma'am just Kind of question that it's not about choosing only but staying with him until the end is what decides the You know final destination for right? Yes, like Hebrews chapter six And Hebrews chapter 10 says, you know, if you look at Hebrews chapter six Six was Four and six four to six says it's impossible for those who were once enlightened and have tasted the heaven gift And have become partakers of the holy split and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come If they fall away to renew them again to repentance since they crucify again for themselves the son of God And put him to open shame. So it says very clearly here. That's impossible for those who were once enlightened And have tasted the heavenly gift, you know, and they fall away same You know same book Hebrews chapter 10 Uh was 26 and 27 says but if we willfully sin even after we have received the knowledge of the truth Then there no longer remains the forgiveness or sacrifice for sins But certainly a fearful expectation of judgment and fear the indignation which will devour the adversity So here it clearly says that we willfully sin even after we've received the knowledge of the truth And then there's no remains no longer forgiveness of sins But we do not know which is a point We can't judge people when they will come to that point where you know There's no longer forgiveness of sins and you know, God is the judge. He will judge them. But yes, you know For those who have tasted the goodness of God, you know, they can even treat like these This verse says, you know They can they can trample the blood of the covenant under their feet and treated it as an unworthy thing as an unholy thing Then there's no more forgiveness of sin slept but only a dreadful Punishment Hebrews chapter 10 So for those who even have received the knowledge go away There is uh, no no more forgiveness of sins no more sacrifice for sin slept That is what but we we cannot judge and say which is that sin which is that point, you know It's it's only God who can judge. Yes. Yes, Christopher Oh, yes pastor. I just want to understand uh, the the cause to that was If we deny him, he will also deny us and then the next sentence says if our next verse says if we are faithless He remains faithful So to understand In one case he denies us But in the other case he remains faithful. So I just started wanted to try and understand. What is the difference doing? denying him And being faithless Uh, because in one case it is, you know, he remains he denies us, but in the other case, you know, he remains faithful He just wanted to understand that. Yes. Good question. Um, so denying is basically outrightly saying no rejecting God's will for your life living in Total obedience total submission even saying no to his ways his His purpose even saying no to salvation Or going away from the truth that we have received the salvation. So like, you know, paul is Mentioning so many of them who have shipwrecked their faith. They've gone away from their faith So totally when we deny God he will deny us But when he's talking about faith, you know being faithless There are times when God knows our faith is slow, you know, our faith is down It's not that we're denying him. That's not that we are not putting our trust of faith in him or Denying that that he's God that he does not exist at all You know, we've gone away from the truth or you know, the doctrines or all of that But we just don't have that faith because we're depressed. We have, you know We're broken with what we're going through in our situations. Our faith is slow And he he knows that he understands our faith ease. He understands our weaknesses like we read in hebrew You know, it's a high priest who sympathizes with us who understands us And and those times he remains faithful, you know, he still remains good. He's still the son But when we deny him outright he's saying no to You know To work to his obedience to his will to his purpose in our life That time, you know, he will also deny us did that help Christopher Yes, thank you Okay. Yes, mindy All right, thank you poster Just to add to that example that came to mind. It's Israelites from in the desert where they had a chance to cross into the promised land but they refused they doubted and then God still kept them for 40 years in the desert giving them mana giving them food giving them keeping them healthy Even though they were not working in the will of God, but God remained faithful They kept them While they refused to to to to work in Israel Thank you pastor Yes, we can say that, you know Some of them were grumbling and complaining and murmuring but yes, they received the punishment of God the wrath of God But God was still faithful to the promise that he made to the forefathers And also was faithful to those like Joshua and Caleb who, you know Who believed that, you know, God can give them the promised land and so for the few Select elect people, you know, he he continued to hold on to his faithfulness and his Promise but those who rejected him. Yes, they they, you know, could not taste or experience his Or or see the blessing or live in that blessing yes So finally coming back to your initial question about God's choosing and election You know what we studied in Romans chapter nine and was 10 so you can Read that Romans chapter Verses nine and ten you can listen back to the lectures. It can help you But he says Paul says in Romans chapter 10 was 13 whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved So, you know and also he mentions that there is no partiality with God But basically Romans chapter nine and was 10 can help you understand better. You can listen also to the lectures Okay, we'll stop here We've passed six minutes of our time. Thank you all for joining class. So we'll continue with With this in the next class. Thank you everybody. Have a good Day and a good week ahead. God bless. Thank you. Thank you, ma'am Thank you