 All right, so welcome back once again So we've completed The ministry of the teacher as well any questions anybody has any questions anyone would like to share their thoughts Up to what we have done right now Anybody has any questions? All right, so what I thought was we'll not go into the ministry of the pastor will we will do that the following week and And so what I thought was as I was saying I will also put the midterm assessment On the stream so the e-learning students can also Begin to work on that but what I thought was we'll just do a quick review in this this lesson This session entire session will do a quick review of what we did from chapter one Till chapter eight or chapter nine that we've completed Is that okay? Is that okay if we can do just a quick review? I know we did a lot quite a lot of information But I thought we'll do a quick review and then even as the assignments has been pulled will be posted by this week We can probably refresh it'll be a good refreshing time Right so we'll just do a quick review from chapter one and then we'll close this session then Next week will begin with the ministry of the pastor, right? So let's move to chapter one and the reason I'm doing this review is because I Feel it's very important that you know, we understand this whole thing of the evangelist the teacher Understand what what is it to be called into these ministries? Right so I don't want to be in a hardy. We still have a lot of time as well So we can focus it to spend a lot of time on the ministry of the pastor. So Let's look at What we've done up to now right first introduction. We did the five-fold ministry now in this chapter some of the important things that we covered was that God is the one who calls us into this ministry, right? The Lord has made or has put some to be apostles and prophets Evangelist pastors and teachers. So it's a divine call. It's not a man-made call, right? So each one of you must You know must recognize this. It's a divine call. God has given you the gifts that you have We are to use it in the right way, right? And these gifts are given both to men and to women It is for what to glorify God's kingdom to build the church and the purpose is given there from Prophetians 11 to 16 we look at it for the Perfecting which is complete equipping of the saints so that the saints can do the work of the ministry Resulting in the building of the body of Christ now No matter what we are doing Right evangelist pastor teacher anything in the five-fold ministry or even anything apart from that using our Gifts that God has given us These three must always be in our hearts and minds, right? We for the perfecting meaning that we are doing this to equip the saints I'm leading worship or I'm preaching and teaching to equip the saints Right first thing is I know it's a divine call. God has called me It's not by my own merit, but it's by the grace of God And why has he given it to me? For the equipping of the saints Right, so it's not about me. It's not about okay. Am I doing it right? Yes, we have to prepare there's a there's a responsibility that God has given us but The picture is we must equip the saints to That the saints can do the work of the ministry basically raising up other leaders Right to replicate what We do so what the Lord Jesus do he raised up leaders. He said go and do whatever I did And greater works than these you will do Right and when we do this we are resulting in building up for the body of Christ So we continue to do this always every day ministry will as long as this ministry It will stand on these three purposes Or guidelines, right The equipping of saints for the saints to do the work of the ministry and to build the body of Christ Right and so we looked at that in chapter one and how the ministry gift and the ministry function Many people can function as an evangelist teacher or missionaries However, the ministry gift is given to that that person that makes them special for that Right and we looked at remember the example of Billy Graham, right? He's got the ministry gift of the evangelist But we all have the ministry function because Jesus said go and make disciples So we all are called to also evangelize right and Here's the thing. There is an anointing that goes with each ministry gift Right, so if you feel that God has called you for you know preaching or evangelizing or teaching Or worship leading preparing material whatever God has called you for there is an anointing of God upon that And I remember this I remember sharing this as well and I've written it down here so that you know Without the anointing We will be nothing We need the anointing of the Holy Spirit to minister to people's lives right Greater the call greater is the requirement for the anointing Now, how do we gain the anointing? It's all up to us God anoints us, but we are called to Ask for more of the anointing And the more of God's Leading in our lives, right? So This is very important the Lord Jesus Himself he he walked in all these gifts all the ministry gifts We walked in and he expects us also to flow in each one of them, right? Without the anointing it's just going to be works Right Then we looked at the evangelist chapter 2 Evangel meaning to proclaim the good news and how did Jesus do the evangelist be the evangelist, right as an example? He was empowered He had he he looked at the audience. They were poor. There were sinners. They were lost sheep of Israel The message very important was repentance forgiveness the kingdom of God faith and And many other right he demonstrated all of this Well, even as he taught Then methods he used he thought And there was science wonders and miracles, right? And he traveled around Jesus didn't sit in one place and say, okay, this is what I am Called to do this. I'll be only here now when we come to a Time that we are in maybe we are called to be at a place But when we say traveled, uh, we can also say that He was when we want to apply to ourselves just just being able to reach out the people, right? Uh, wherever we go, we may be traveling from our office to the workplace Or we may be just going out on a Saturday On a weekend just with our family and you get this opportunity So being able to minister Then he also looked at challenges Like the Lord Jesus himself had challenges. The apostles had challenges. Many of them martyred for the faith There were religious oppositions. There were government Or leaders who were opposing. There were societies. There were So many people opposing So there will be challenges, right? And so God has called us, you know, somebody asked me over the last week Is is uh evangelism going to stop with all the anti-conversion? Well Right and uh, and I think the answer is very simple. There's going to be all kinds of bills coming up But God's word is the standard when God said Go and make disciples go and preach go do it. We have to go do it Right. So God is above all these bills that are coming and going, right? The standard remains the same Go reach and preach the gospel, right? Then we also looked at support. He was able to Bless other people and he received support from other people as well Then we looked at the evangelist in the early church How God used the Lord Jesus raised up disciples to be evangelists Philip was called an evangelist the apostle paul was Considered a great evangelist because he went out From place to place ministering planting churches, even though it was an apostolic colleague He had the attributes of an evangelist as well Right and chapter 4 we looked at restoration of the Ministry of the evangelist and how God raised up great evangelist Peter Waldo John Wickliffe John and Charles Wesley George Whitfield Billy Graham a allen all these wonderful evangelists that God used to Raise up this whole Ministry of evangelism then in the early 1900s started the healing evangelistic teams Oral Robert Steele Osborne they were all uh, you know primarily used for The healing evangelists ran on bonquet. Uh, these are people that God used to You know to restore the ministry of evangelism right Then was we studied about the practical keys of doing the work of the evangelist That is to follow the biblical pattern develop in the supernatural Right as an evangelist we must expect Right expect supernatural signs and wonders Uh, never feel that okay. I can't do this or this is not what God's called me to do or You know never feel that you're alone Right as a person like physically you may be alone, but God is with us Like he empowers us right so he he will give us the wisdom to go and reach out he He will uh, you know, that's why we look at this know how jesus he Went he prayed and then he went out and ministered the gospel So the the whole part the of prayer and the quiet place being in god's presence is the key Uh, you know to doing any kind of ministry right so developing the supernatural Developing the ability to present the gospel to varied audiences. There will be atheists There will be people who are from other faiths people who Still have questions. Maybe even christians who have a lot of questions To develop a way to minister to them Uh, very important maintain your passion for souls Right that that want or that passion to see people Except christ that is something which god can put inside you and then we can we must develop that we say god I want to see many more lies being touched many more people being saved And and brought from this, you know Place of wickedness of the things that the enemy is done brought into god's kingdom Right and it's so wonderful to see testimonies right uh people who say I was an atheist But then, you know, I heard the gospel through one person or I heard this message and I accept it christ It's such a powerful encounter right, uh So maintain that passion for souls And in a world that we are living in it's so easy to mind our own business and you know, just Do what we have to do. It's very easy, right? Because we are we have a lot of work. We are busy ourselves And so we want to do what has been assigned to us, but God is calling us to you know, keep an eye out The lord jesus did that right? He was probably also busy, but He had that passion for souls Therefore he was willing to let go of all those thousands for that one person right And a good example was the woman with the issue of bleeding You know throngs were following jesus and she said only if I can touch the hem of his garment And the moment she touched that she was healed and the lord jesus says Your faith has made you well. It was it was such a wonderful Wonderful display of god's love for that for that soul for that person, right? Uh learn how to equip saints in the ministry Uh in the same way what you do how you minister how you evangelize Give opportunities to Younger people or people who are interested to be an evangelist Encourage build them up give them opportunities When ministering as an evangelist if you're ministering to a local church submit to the leader of the local church Be sensitive to what kind of uh, you know to the local church order, right? That meaning just be sensitive where you are. Are you in an urban setting? Are you in a rural setting? What are their belief systems or They may believe in simple things that you may not agree with. We don't have to rebuke them and right So be sensitive as you're leading and uh as an evangelist very easy to you know, just Go about reaching out to many places But we must be also remember that we are to be part of a local church Right get connected to the local church And uh chapter six was beautiful, right? We we studied so much on this Jesus as our example Right. He as a teacher. What did he do? He Uh the nature of christ teaching method he taught with authority He thought with then he had he thought with love Right, then he characterized his his his teaching with wisdom Right, uh, and then he combined it with the supernatural ministry So there was authority. There was love. There was power. There was wisdom. There was supernatural You see a combination of all of this, right? Then he the way he thought was through figurative language Uh parables allegories figures of speech exaggerations Stories we use that word hyper bowls, which means exaggerations can it's easier for a rich man poor man to Sorry, it's easier for a camel to go through eye of a needle Then a rich man to enter the kingdom of god. So it's a hyper bowl. It's an exaggeration And uh, he used these as a way of communicating his message Then he used parables right parables, which are earthly stories, which are with heavenly meanings and there were kingdom parables. There were earthly parables and Uh, he used these parables for two reasons not just so that it can sound entertaining But to illustrate truth and to obscure the truth from those who are hard and unyielding Right, uh, so we can even as we are as teachers we can use examples use stories Um, you know where it's possible. You know, if there is a need use metaphors or Hyper bowls, uh, but it should make sense. Don't we are not to use it just because we want to make it sound fancy, right? um But if there's a need and you feel that you can add this in your teaching, uh, feel free to do that, right? um So we looked at some of the examples of the themes of parables that the lord jesus taught So some of them are here forgiveness generosity humility judgment kingdom of god the lord's return God's mercy on prayer Etc right there's so much he spoke about there Uh, yeah, then we go to chapter seven quickly Uh, the teacher in the early church, uh, this is this is again a very important lesson that we learned the teaching believer in romance the ministry gift of teaching Then do and then teach Right easy to just keep teaching but we must be doers of the word Then we can teach it to others uh Do not teach the commandments of men So meaning there will be many doctrines or many dogmas new kinds of understandings coming up Be very careful as a teacher to make sure that you're following god's word as a standard Um for every every new teaching that comes up, right? Uh, I was quite surprised when I heard this From a very reputed Or very famous preacher and leave the person unnamed but he was preaching and In the mess in the in the whole teaching it was more of a teaching or Teaching preaching session and in that sermon he he starts talking about how jesus was uh, you know talking about the ministry of jesus and He in between he says that uh, jesus Was born again Now it was very subtle very subtly put into between a few sentences But I thought to myself I Was jesus born again What do you think? Was was jesus born again? Any thoughts No, he doesn't have to Yeah Thank you, john He was not born again. He doesn't need to be born again, right? So uh, but But it was sent, you know wonderful teacher wonderful teacher so So we must be very careful, right? We must be very careful to see that Uh, not a person A person should not be our foundation Jesus is our foundation the word of god is our foundation right, um Then he says go teach all nations Uh, the holy spirit is our teacher The greatest greatest greatest most powerful teacher that we have Teacher the wisdom of the holy spirit and that's what the lord that's what apostle paul did When he went to corinth, he taught them in mazil. He's standing in aeropagus He thought with the wisdom of god right imagine If apostle paul had messed up there There wouldn't be a church in ethan's and then in corinth Right, imagine. He just said something and it was all about, you know, I was in arabia. I did this I did that He there's no he goes straight. He hits the nail on the head and he says This unknown god that you have been praying to I see around that you're all religious. You have a statue of an unknown god. Let me tell you what that unknown god is Immediately he got the attention of his listeners, right the wisdom of the spirit He was able to you know, really reach out and touch their lives and It says that later on they called him back and many of them had You know, accepted christ for that simple message Right the wisdom of the spirit how to portray things right and then he allowed To receive material gifts ensure sound doctrine very strongly. He says timothy timothy Now you're in the leader in Ephesus. You're a pastor there The church is growing. There are bishops and deacons who are much elder to you. You're a young man now But don't worry you ensure sound doctrine Preach the word in season out of season whether you feel it or you don't feel stay with the word of god Right now, why is he writing this because he's already dealt with problems in the church in Thessalonica He's already dealt with problems in the church and Corinth in Ephesus All kinds of things are happening there and so he says ensure sound doctrine At the doctrine of god's word It is sound. It is right and uh, then he addresses the issue of woman teachers and I'm I hope all of us are you know Convicted of this answer meaning you you know, you know, this has caused a lot of problems But we want to ensure that each one of us are on the same page if you have questions regarding this feel free to ask right Because this is very important that you take into context right woman teachers and I hope all of us are you know assured in our hearts And in the classroom Right be assured never feel that you know, this is not what god wants me to do or never feel insecure or inferior No, the same anointing of the holy spirit is upon you as upon the men of god, right? So Never feel lower in any way god has called each one of us to be on level ground right Then the lord jesus Also wants us to develop the ability to teach well Raise up other teachers raise up other Men and women of god who will be able to teach and we saw that beautiful example of how Oh, you know in the work of axe Paul leaves core. He leaves from Corinth. He goes into I think it was Macedonia and then that time Aquila and Priscilla are in In Corinth, sorry, they're in Ephesus and they meet Apollos there They say apollos is teaching the whole thing of john's baptism and they say, okay Paulos Let me bring you up to speed. Let me update you on what's happened. The lord jesus came. He died this is what happened now we can teach on the baptism of Of of the holy spirit and how the lord jesus what the lord jesus has done for us immediately He accepts it. They say, okay, you go to Corinth. Look after the church there and he's able to teach And you know raise up leaders there that many years later. Paul is saying Including apollos in the list of the great wonderful teachers in the church in Corinth So it's very important to raise up leaders the apostle Paul did that Timothy Titus and many many many other leaders he raised up And beware of false teachers Right people will say that jesus was just a man Oh, he was not the messiah. He's got he's a wonderful teacher. That's it And there's no heaven. There's no hell No, or it could be something like there is no rapture Right, uh, which can come in a very subtle way So we must be careful of what we teach and uh, be aware right now, I want to be I want to just uh, you know, bring a point there just because somebody has not understood something and they may have a certain understanding uh Doesn't make them a false teacher as a whole right not like everything is false right, so even as we You know, listen to many people online or reading books. We may come across things that are or teachings that may not Really, you know, we may not agree with may not be in line with gods word, but we don't disqualify the person right, maybe he's he he has got many other things right and he's you know his Many other teachings are wonderful. So we take what is needed And what we feel that is not right or if it's incorrect and you have questions about it. Just leave it aside right, uh, so don't just never disqualify a person just because Uh, you know, he or she's just said that one thing right Uh, I hope I'm getting through what I'm trying to say right. I hope I'm putting the message across in the right way So there may be people who are great ministers of god for 20 30 years in the ministry done a wonderful work in ministry They may say something which may not be in line with the word of god So don't disqualify the person as a false teacher. So But we can take what is important Right. Our our job is to not judge people and say, okay, this is a false teacher That is not a false teacher and all of that But I thought this is to our responsibility is to take What is right that is true the word of god and apply it and build ourselves up Right, so we can do that and then we looked at chapter nine today the practical keys of doing the ministry of the teacher right so Today or tomorrow, I will put up the midterm assessment Uh, and then we can just encourage you to maybe Start working on it. It'll be for 50 marks And I'll put a due date as well so you can again once it's complete just posted back I think it is Yeah, you can put it in the class work tab itself And then you'll be marked for it. And so the next test will be For another 50 marks and put together will be your final grades for the semester Right. So any questions before we close? Class has been very quiet today But any questions today? Any thoughts Okay, all right, maybe one of us can close in prayer Yes, Loubega, would you like to close in prayer? please Loubega success anyone can close in prayer Shall we pray please? Yes Father in the mighty name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth Lord, we thank you for what you have done today. We thank you for using our pastor for us We thank you Lord because your entrance of your world bring that understanding. Thank you for your understanding of your world this morning Receive all the glory in the mighty name of Jesus Christ My father my god, I bless you are going father Please go with us in the name of Jesus and as we go through back our notes Let it be a refresh fire of you in the life in the name of Jesus Christ In Jesus name we pray Amen Amen. Thank you so much success and thank you everyone for joining Have a great week ahead. I'll see you next week. God bless