 Good afternoon children of God wherever you are. We are happy that you're able to enjoy Bible study that we will do Through reviewing the lesson that we have spent time on on a weekly basis titled how to interpret the scriptures Before we start I'll ask Brenda to pray with us Let us pray our dear heavenly master. Thank you for your grace that continues being sufficient for us Thank you dear Lord for your love your care and your mercy Thank you dear father for even bringing us to your Sabbath worship But I pray that even as we take time to go through what we have studied this quarter You may open our hearts and our minds Fill us with the Holy Spirit or Lord and give us understanding But that we pray that everything we learn here may find a place to grow in our hearts We put everyone and all the viewers into your hands. Oh Lord, and we pray for a double portion of your blessings Lead us. Oh Lord. We ask in Jesus name. Amen. Amen So viewers we are going to cover 13 segments in our study today 13 being One would be what was covered in one week, but clearly we cannot cover the entire study for the week or for the three months in One hour or so So we will focus on some key aspects that we Picked out in that lesson and I pray that we will all be blessed as we do this So Interpreting the word of God In order to interpret the word of God number one We would want to consider the uniqueness the uniqueness of the Bible Assuming you are talking to someone who has never read the Bible and You met them and they asked you so what makes you so happy every day What is it about you that energizes you no matter what your circumstances? How? How Esther would you? Talk to such a person about the uniqueness of the Bible. What is it about the Bible that keeps you going to the Bible every day? What keeps me going to the Bible every day? Actually is the theme of the Bible the fact that the Bible is a love story from God our loving father father who loves us beyond comprehension and documents his ever stretching of his hands to Mankind sinful human beings like us his mercy his comfort his Correction advice instructions for us so that one day when when when he comes we can go with him to heaven The Bible is unique because is is written over a long period of time longer than most books one hand one thousand five hundred years in different continents Europe Asia Africa the fact that this book is an amalgamation of 66 different books and with 40 over 40 authors Makes this book a very special book But it's content in DSE to me more than the fact that it's even the first book that is ever printed A known book that was printed all those Are important things but most is most important things is the Florence is the fact that the Bible Tells us about God's love in mercy towards us Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you Esther to a person that is Considering the word of God and has read up on What different Bible scholars have to say about the word of God? It is possible to come across divergent views And unfortunately We have Bible scholars who are skeptical about certain portions of the word of God Jack. Yes, I Don't know whether you could share with us some of those glaring criticism or skepticism That have been documented concerning the word of God some of the Challenging areas I want to call them challenging areas for some of us to understand Include Some teachings like the story of the creation the story of the flood the Existence of original men and women or man and woman Adam and Eve Stories about the Prophet Daniel Stories about the children of Israel the miracles of Christ And such like issues These are things that may not be Understood using human wisdom and it's important for us to approach the Bible from a position of faith when Paul writes in most of his writings. He talks about Us dealing with God Based on our faith in him and understanding what he wants from us as a prerequisite for us gaining the promises or Benefiting from what he has promised us in the future in Hebrews 111 we read about faith being the substance of things that we hope for That means when we interact, you know the Bible is a process of revelation God revealing himself to man in During the creation he came in person. He would come to the garden to talk to Adam after that generation He talked to them through prophets Then during our times He inspired the prophets and the disciples to write for us the Bible. So it is simply a process of us Getting to understand and to interact with God and us reading about his promises But we need to believe that these promises apply to us to put us in a position where we can claim them and enjoy the benefits so Without faith in God and without faith in his word and his messengers Then we will not be able to make sense of what is revealed to us in the Bible Thank you. Thank you Jack Paul in Romans 10 verse 17 says faith It comes by hearing and Hearing by the word of God for believers and non-believers Analysts what does this really means? Is it possible? To be a follower of Christ and not have their ability to hear What does it really mean that faith? comes by hearing That hearing Comes by the word of God anyone when Paul was writing Paul was trying to talk to the New Testament Christians about Christ and his ministry and He was simply telling them that now if you may not Accept what I am telling you then compare what was written before without I'm telling you and that is why he tells them Build your faith best to note you here And and you know what by Paul's time most of what we call the New Testament had not been written What we had was really the Old Testament so Paul quotes from Isaiah and all those other prophets So he tells them believe because it was written in what you people call scripture Which was the Old Testament? so We have we have enough ground because as my co-panelist was saying the Bible was written over a span of a thousand five hundred years by Very many different authors about 45 different authors. It is a composition of 66 books So it is not and all of it points to Christ and his ministry at the cross and salvation for mankind So there is no disharmony in any of these books So if a message is consistent from year one to year one thousand, you know in our lives We change a lot the person I am at 25 was not the person I was at eight we change but the Bible is consistent from Genesis to Revelation So we approach it with faith we approach it with belief and then we get the benefits that are promised to us in this world Thank you for giving us the context of the scripture that we have just digested Brenda just picking up on what Jack is saying In a post-modern age with all our advanced knowledge People can be influenced greatly by Satan's deceptions which are normally very subtle very very subtle but persuasive nonetheless how would us as Christians insulate ourselves From the deceptions of Satan in the context of our modern world So that we remain true to this word of God that has stood that test of time How could we do that? Thank you so much and even as I get to I'm answering that section Still invite those who are watching to leave their comments and their views so that we can Interact together even if we are fine wide now coming to the point of discussion and thinking about the post-modern world There is something that has come out clearly from what we have discussed thus far. The Bible is very consistent You can imagine a book that has been written over a span of 1,500 years that is a lot of people a lot of generations That is a lot of different things But one thing about the Bible is that it is very very consistent now when we are looking at where we are today You see the devil takes advantage of the various changes that are happening the various things that come along in our lives It takes advantage of the situation to try and confuse us to try and put in some error add Some different points of view so that we may stray away from the kingdom of heaven One approach that has worked all through the Bible and even with Jesus Christ himself He adopted and it is written approach Yeah Anything that The devil would send our way and you know the devil also knows this scripture. He knows it So he's able to use the scripture to his advantage is able to twist it as he did during the temptation of Christ He quoted scripture, but he quoted it out of context and tried to persuade Christ to bow down and worship him Even today as we are going on with our lives There are different things that happen and sometimes things don't seem to appear so clear because the devil has used Very is his ways of very he just takes one point and twists Twisting a bit so that we may get confused and we may get lost in everything that is happening But how we insulate ourselves how we protect ourselves is up is having the approach that Jesus Christ had It is written and how will we know what is written when we ourselves take time to study that which is written Study and pray so that God may be able to show us the way that we may work in it In so doing we will be able to fight off the devil and we'll be able to keep ourselves From his evil hands as we prepare ourselves for the kingdom that is come Thank you. Thank you Brenda. Maybe if I could add something to the points. She has raised. Yes one big temptation we face these days is the notion that we live in the era of grace and We equate grace with the New Testament and We equate the Old Testament with the law. So we say that after Calvary now, we don't need the law anymore When Christ was talking after Christ had risen I'm at Luke chapter 24 There's a story there from verse 13 all the way to verse 50 but was 49 It is the story of Christ and how we meet two people Cleopas and the friend on the road to a mouse and he talks to them The outstanding thing for me is that Christ reads from all scripture when he is explaining to them The issues around because the talk of town was about the crucified master And they didn't seem to understand what Jesus and his ministry was all about So he reads to them from all scripture if we can adopt a similar attitude where we value we value all all All the writings of the Bible and give them their new prominence Then we might we will also avoid by God's grace to fall into the pitfalls of postmodern philosophies and other challenges of the present day one Thank you, Jack. So I hear you two saying that going by the example of Jesus who faced with everyday life situations Revats back to the Bible and he goes to the Old Testament The Apostles I hear you saying are doing the same thing They're doing the same thing Confirming to us that those who hand down the Word of God Even in their days there were skeptics there are people who are questioning Including questioning the Word of God himself when he said this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing Let us take the example viewers of Jesus and their apostles Believe the Word of God and not fall into Satan's deceptions Esther the Bible is true But there are certain aspects of life today whether you are Caucasian Whether you are an African in the African content continent Wherever we are, there are certain influences in our lives that can easily derail us from the centrality of Scripture in our day-to-day lives for example, I Suspect your aloo by the way you speak and obviously I am one also The lower community have very very strong culture and I believe many African tribes do the same so are there are there aspects of our culture that if we are not careful could derail us From taking the Bible as the central part That should influence our decision-making and apart from culture could there be other things That if not managed properly Could take away God's truth from Being practiced in our lives Thank you, Flora. I think that the fact that one is even alive and is participating in this thing called living they are a lot of noises around human beings that Candida centrality of the gospel in one's life and that comes with tradition and Culture because culture is a way of life and therefore the way that we live even as the laws the way you say There are so many things that come into conflict with the laws and precepts of God And therefore we need to be careful as Christians whenever culture or tradition comes Appears and there are some traditions and cultures that actually Have not come into conflict with the laws of God because you know culture dressing or what Culture language culture is is food But there are certain things that come into direct conflict with Our lives as Christians is it did during Jesus time when Jesus was living on earth Pharisees are asking you are Disciples are not washing their hands in some particular way And and Jesus has to to tell them to refer them back to the Bible and in context because They added tradition to the law of God Traditions and tradition has got a way of adding itself on top of another because you cannot Analyte it is a habit that is formed as time goes on so the Pharisees say for example that on Sabbath day The longest you can walk is a meter And because they find themselves in conflict with their own law and tradition that they have brought and added on God's law They add another tradition to make it safe for them and say if you left your food in somebody's house You can walk for longer than a meter to get you then you can get your food on Sabbath day Or food you can go and get yes, so you wonder is that law they obeying God's law Do God actually bring it or not? So such things Happened to human beings like you have said whether you are white or black or any color because you live There are cultures that and practices and traditions that can influence Your practice as a Christian I hear you Esther. Thank you On experience because I believe our experiences can actually influence how we interact with the Bible You can see viewers. I have an iPad And in this iPad I have access to the entire world and that is the experience of humanity now wherever we are There is so much information Brenda Anyone with a phone which has a camera and a microphone in built Come come online and tell you something about creation and quote scripture after scripture Telling you about creation or about marriage in our world today They can even tell you the Constitution in their land says this and this So how would you as a young person? guide your friends on Wheat source They should rely on for their theology for an authoritative platform to say fine there is activism going on all over the world and In the net the truth is not the truth because it's in the Word of God the truth is what you Make it you will hear such thing. So how? Do you tell young people who has a who have access like us all the ones and Through our experience of the web now, there is so much information with talented people coming with persuasive Positions and trying to explain away our foundations for belief What what do you say about the experience of the internet vis-a-vis? theology Thank you. Thank you so much for that question Like you've said, there are so many things around the world so many teachings so many differences So many ideas, but where do we draw the line? That is the important question Where do we as human beings draw the line? I would I would advise someone who is At that crossroad number one think about what Jesus would do think about what Jesus would do Faced with certain situations if Jesus was in the situation you are in today Where would he be looking at which side would he be leaning on and even as we are exposed to all this information? All these different cultures all these different practices Let us think about what they do our Christian work in that if someone saw us taking part in this Cultures if someone saw us being socialized in a particular way if someone saw us interacting with people in a Certain way would they want to worship the God that you're worshiping would your actions Would your thoughts your speech lead your neighbor who want to know about the God you worship now If God is in you and you actually worship God and you commune with him God God will live in you and whatever comes out of you will be influenced of God So just think about your neighbor and think about Whatever you're going through and ask yourself if the person if other people saw you in that particular way Would it uphold God would it hold the banner of God high or would it actually be showing? Other things that are not God related so it is important that even as we are Exposed to all these things even as we interact with the various cultures different Information and all the things that we are exposed to in the internet Let us learn to filter them to get only that which is from God to influence our lives So that even us we can still use this particular spaces to lead other people to Jesus Christ. Thank you Brenda Just in case you are lost a bit We are reviewing the quarter's teachings on how to interpret scriptures we are Already on lesson number four and moving on to lesson number five Which we covered between April 25th and May the fast Jack Lesson number five and for our viewers online for our regular members These lessons can be obtained on the net and in any of our bookshops known as ABC bookshops lesson number five is about by scripture Alone the memory text which came from Hebrews 4 verse 12 Told us that for the word of God is living and powerful Chopper than any two-edged sword piercing even to the Division of soul and spirit and of joints and marrow and is a designer of thoughts and Intense of the word. I hear the word of God saying the word of God is enough The word of God is enough if it can penetrate Soul and spirit it can penetrate joints and marrow It can penetrate those silence thoughts that we have and the Intense of our hearts motivation the motives around our thoughts That the word of God Can penetrate so Jack. How is it? How is it that we read the same word of God? Which is sharp and Reaching us to our very soul. How come how come we still have erroneous beliefs That are held so strong for example For example, you hear of secret rapture Secret rapture Where some believe that one day you just realize That Brenda is no longer with us And it is because Brenda will have been taken up secretly to heaven Are there those things that we know all that are clearly erroneous and How would we how would we avoid Running with erroneous beliefs Because someone has read a scripture that someone will be at the male and Someone is taken another is left Is there any other supporting scripture that would tell us that this actually is what? forms the basis of that Belief in the secret rapture and any other erroneous belief Jack this just borrows from what Brenda was covering in lesson four these different issues that informed we have we have made them inform our theology Our experiences our feelings our cultural predispositions and our traditions It is it is dangerous to Ground ourselves on those elements because Jesus says in Matthew that heavens and that will pass But the word of God will remain forever. And so we should do we should in we should base our interaction and our understanding of God on scripture alone and as Flora's rightfully said Hebrews 412 she was reading from Hebrews 412. I Summarize this verse as follows God's word is powerful enough to the extent that it can expose us for who we really are Our false notions our insecurities our unbelief and our everything else God's word has the power to lay that bear to us the problem with us because the word is incorruptible and It is there is no segment of God's word that is useless God's word comes to us in two ways in John we've John chapter one We find God's word incarnate because John 1 1 says in the beginning was a what the word was with God The word was God 1 14 the word was made flesh dwelt manas and we saw his glory The glory has unto the lamb then there's the word of God talked spoken about in second Peter I think it's 2 verse 9 or something which says men did not write as of cunning fables, but they were led by the spirit So God's word is complete in itself It is alive and it has the ability to To guide us in the correct path one of the reasons why we have erroneous doctrine is because we highlight sections of scripture that we feel speak to us better than others we love reading and Forming our arguments and thoughts and life principles based on areas that we feel are advantageous to us circumstances but Jesus in Jesus in Paul rather in 2 Timothy 3 16 in Titus 1 9 and in 2 Timothy 1 13 talks about the totality of Scripture I love 3 16 which was read to us at the beginning of this lesson it talks about all scripture the wholesome compilation That is what becomes good not a section of scripture not the New Testament alone not the Old Testament alone Another thing is that scripture is very clear. There are no there are no ambiguities in in scripture What is spoken about in? Genesis for example where Jacob tells his son that the sceptre shall not depart from Judah Comes to fruition in the New Testament where Matthew gives us the genealogy of Christ And we see how he comes from the house of Judah So the last point should be that the Bible should be used as its own Expositor again, let us not rely on our traditions. Let us not rely on our feelings Let us not rely on our cultural practices as we try to explain What is it in the Bible if we find something that is not make does not seem to make sense to us at that particular time? Then it is important for us to go back and study again so that study read widely around the issue around the topic at large and Around supporting verses so that we can avoid some of these erroneous teachings like the set of the dead where we we believe that Now when someone is these days we say dance with the angels and and do such funny things They're not doctrinal really because the glaciers disease the dead know nothing and when they when people die They are buried and that's the end and wait for his erection. So wide reading and Depending on the Holy Spirit and allowing scripture to interpret itself will really help us fight some of these erroneous teachings that are with us in our present day world So we are saying that we may refer to Explanations that are trying to expound on the word of God and we have commentaries we have books written That help to explain the word of God We also have Bibles that they are called illustration Bibles Where you find commentaries within the Bible? We would be saying that the word of God which is unedited That the man or the woman behind the illustrated Bible Has commented on if there's a comment within that Bible That is moving away from the truth that we know it we shall stand by Sola scriptura Meaning we shall rely on the authority of the Bible alone to explain itself where there is a divergent of Explanation away from the truth that we know for example if you found a commentary saying The text that you have just illustrated in the beginning was the word and the word was God and the word was With God you will find someone saying oh, but Jesus is not God There are people who believe that and they are Christians So we are saying if you come across that kind of commentary the word of God will be telling you Jesus is God because it's plain truth. It's plain English it doesn't require too much Interpretation we shall rely on the authority of the inspired word of God Sister Because there are some commentators or Bible commentaries that are actually inspired. Yes, not all People who are inspired wrote books that were included into the Cannons of the Bible. For example John the Baptist A great man according to the Bible the Bible calls him the greatest man born of a woman paraphrase now He didn't write any book about this and and therefore inspiration No books comment comment like a sister florals says if they are inspired and they do not Put themselves to be superior to the Bible or in the same league of the Bible Then we can accept them But we are we are saying that reason tradition Culture and and all these things so long as they have not They do not have in their essence the Bible as superior and having authority and to elevate the Bible Then they will be can be a rat it. That's why the Bible says Accept the Bible as a child look at the characteristic of a child. This is say so You know the child does not in fact the story of a child and the beam of a child What makes a child is love? He meets another child. Hi. How are you? He wants to be friends and and and no complication no tension other way you young people say children They don't have tension or complication And and that is a spirit with which we should accept the Bible Not not that we are learning not that we have gadgets that we can use to get information Otherwise, we'll just be people who are intelligent and get maybe a in CRE or anything else if we do not accept the Bible The with humility that the spirit brings with it. Thank you, Esther. Thank you panellists. Yes, Jack You want to add something another quick commenter? we have also been tempted and sometimes we fall into the the pitfall of elevating some writings above The Bible so that we say oh so-and-so say is this Oh prophet so-and-so wrote this and that it's a bit dangerous because some of these inspired writers have put caveats and I've made it very clear that You should have this Bible you should make reference the Bible at all times and hold it as a higher standard Then whatever the rest of us write and what we write should simply lead you to the Bible But sometimes we we we get into the temptation of focusing so much on what is extra biblical and Forgetting what is really written in the Bible. So that is something we might also want to watch out for Thank you. Thank you, Jack Clearly we are seeing that interpretation of the word of God is necessary Peter Peter one of the Apostles writing in 2nd Peter chapter 3 verse 15 and 16 Records in the Bible itself that some of the writings by Paul maybe I can read for you. Please read and consider Read it loudly so that we can second second Peter 3 15 and 16 and consider that the long suffering of our Lord Is salvation as also our beloved brother Paul according to the wisdom given to him has written to you as Also in all his episodes Speaking in them of these things in which are some things hard to understand Which and taught and unstable people twist to their own destruction as they do also the rest of the scriptures Peter is saying Salvation is real it's fact and Paul has written a lot about salvation but in some of his writings wheat Peter is acknowledging is inspired by But inspired as they are Some of the writings are difficult to understand So there is an admission right there That because we are human Because we have our limitations because we have various Authors inspired by the same spirit The grace I have for interpretation today may be limited Because of my limitation It does not take away The truth that the word of God is hard and I like the way Peter is saying Through the wisdom given him by God render That Peter can have wisdom now That you're reading about now and you are challenged So how do we then approach scripture? Do you give up when you find a piece of writing? Within the Bible that you read for the whole year and you're looking at it and you're finding difficult You're reading Daniel the book of Daniel and you're coming across peace and all manner of things Oh, you're reading Jude and Jude has you know Very active very active, but sometimes scary things You give up on reading the word of God because it is hard. So what you do we are talking about how? to interpret Scripture, what do we do? Interestingly, you know when you're studying the word of God you'll come across different passages in scripture some are plain and simple and clear You will read the 10 commandments and it says thou shall not kill and it's very clear Thou shall not kill but you get to certain Potions of scripture and they are a bit more challenging because of their content therein now As you were even talking about Studying the book of Daniel or now comparing it to various parts of scripture and the levels of difficulty involved in the same I thought about Martin Luther when he embarked on studying scripture and Martin Luther in his own words said To pray is the better half of Bible study like he acknowledges that Him with his own human strength Opening the sacred pages He might not be able to fully comprehend what God has put therein for him and for other people So even before he approached the bible and began to study it for himself He took so much time in prayer and for him at the time he was doing this It was a time when the bible was not so widely circulated to people so He he he first Took himself upon prayer so that he may be able to Allow God to use him as he's studying his word And even as we We today are studying God's word. We will have the same challenges We'll come across scripture that is very difficult and others that are plain and clear When we get when we are taking time to study the bible We also need to take time in prayer and why are we praying? We are praying because we need God to open our hearts and our minds We need to ask God to Teach us to approach his word with so much humility With such an open heart with such an open mind so that we can allow ourselves to be influenced of him Like we are allowing God to speak to us through his word When we allow God to speak to us through his word We will be able to understand even these difficult portions of scripture now Why is it important to have this scripture interpreted? It's because like we said earlier There are so many different things and so many divergent opinions and views that we would get outside here But reading the bible and why it is important to have the scripture Interpreted is so that we do not miss The important message that God has in the bible for each and every one of us God speaks to us through his word And his word may come in different and various ways It is upon us to seek him that he may be able to interpret This scripture so that we may not miss what God wants us to Get from him and a very important thing about the bible is that To a very great extent the bible interprets itself You cannot God cannot give us his word and let us Go round and round in circles without giving us an answer to the same Even when you're reading the difficult books the ones that are termed difficult like the books of prophecy in the same same books God explains What is meant by the various things that are difficult and he allows his servants to learn of him He allows the servants to Understand the message they are in and that same grace that God gave his servants while they were writing the inspired word God has given us that grace and we also need to claim it We need to pray and seek him so that even as we are studying scripture We are encouraged by the message there in we are able to interpret it so that it may Change our lives and so that we may also use it to reach out to God's children Thank you so much Just to add something Yeah, Peter says in the text that we read that people whom is interpret Paul's readings Do so to their own destruction So there's a danger already coming Coming being placed on the the unfortunate event that we misinterpret scripture That is why we need to have the correct interpretation of scripture One of the things that may lead to false interpretation of scripture is having preconceived opinions or presuppositions We most of us who interact with the bible Come to read the bible from a biased point of view We have an opinion that we want to propagate So we look for the bible to support Or rather we read the bible looking for texts that will support the opinion we have Those those who are active users of social media have seen a clip doing rounds doing rounds a few days ago Where a certain preacher appears to allude that christ died for one race as opposed to another race What is saying in effect is he's he's trying to speak to issues of social justice But he is misusing the bible in his quest to address issues of social justice We don't have a problem with social justice as christians But let us do proper biblical interpretation because if we read and understand the bible well Then issues of fairness and equality just come out Uh automatically another problem that may cause false interpretation is the issues of translation Now languages vary There are some languages which are richer than others So you may find that when for example translating from greek to english There are greek words which don't have a direct equivalent in english So some interpreters i'm using the word lazy very cautiously and conservatively May opt to misinterpret or or they may fail to give it the proper representation Hence creating grounds Against which we readers who are not familiar with the original language can misinterpret scripture Another issue Has been the issue of culture And some people have stood and spoken against certain doctrines Because they do not fit into the cultural context where we live today Lo and behold the bible transcends these cultural divisions So we should read the bible with an open mind and as you said pray pray pray So that the spirit of god will help us understand some of these things that we feel Do not fit into our culture and in real sense when our eyes are opened We find that everything written here is relevant to us I hear you talking of opened eyes Yes As you're reading the word of god Meaning not the opening of the morning when you wake up Paul is the one who talks about may the eyes of your heart be enlightened that you may understand the depth and the height Of the love of god efficiency and chapter one i believe So we are saying that in order to get The correct interpretation all that we have mentioned today is important approach it with humility Drop your pride drop your preconceived ideas and Go humbly seeking The holy spirit to be your guide and your strength Esther I sense that we have actually covered the language Context and the text of the bible So quickly I would like us to go into genesis as a foundation for Our faith The story of creation are there key things in the story of creation That are foundational to our faith Jack when when we Look at the book of genesis chapter one to genesis chapter three We find the story of humanity and Rather the life of men and our interaction with god is summarized in these three chapters Because in genesis we'll find the stories of our origins. We were created In genesis we'll understand the concept of time The literal days because the world was created in six literal days In genesis we will understand the teaching of the sabbath Because on the seventh day god rests and commands the entire humanity to adhere to that In genesis we will find the teaching of marriage because God feels that adam is lonely and creates a helper for him In genesis we also see the story of fall of humanity And the plan of salvation being set in motion where men go for clothes of fab Make clothes from figs and leaves, but god kills a lamb in their place So our our faith as christians is really anchored in the book of genesis Thank you jack So we find marriage as an institution in the word of god. We find the sabbath We find fundamental truths of our faith in that um The word of god is really really wonderful and uh We would not be able to complete the entire quarter This time because of the interruptions that we have had so To those that are watching us online on the video when you will get it We would like to come back and complete This quarter's lesson study where we would look at Biblical characters That are actually part of our history as we know it david inok noah Abraham and others We would also want to come back and cover very critical subject Which is bible and prophecy Especially the prophecy indicated in daniel seven and eight It has been a challenge to many people But we would really love to come back at an appropriate time And complete this study of this quarter's lesson. It was full of treasure It has been a treasure hunt in the last three months. So um, we will stop here We will stop here and Pray that god gives us an opportunity to spend time with you again And cover The rest of the topics that we were not able to cover So thank you so much and god bless you I will take cutting shots From the panelists starting with brenda. Thank you so much. I'd like to encourage our viewers To spend time daily in scripture as you study Because in so doing you grow in christ and you learn anew of him The bible is filled with various gems for you and for me and god desires that you spend time with him In study so that you may grow in him so that eventually when he comes to take us home You may be found fit for the kingdom of heaven Thank you Thank you The the lesson this quarter was talking to us about the bible The center of our our quarter has just been Study of the bible There might might be difficult parts in the bible that you do not understand It it is after all an inspired word from god It is not written by human beings, but the basic Facts about the bible are so simple that even a child can understand them And therefore I would just urge us. Let us read the bible. The bible is a story of grace grace is everywhere In the bible every personality talked about You see grace initiated right from genesis and god coming gloriously in revelation to take us all home So the bible's story the fact that a few Bible issues might be difficult Is not a hindrance. Let us just read the bible And the parts that we do not understand maybe is because we have not practiced the ones that we Already know and understand. Thank you. Thank you ester. We shall close by a word of prayer from jack Let's believe and pray Our father in heaven. We thank you for being with us throughout the last quarter As we begin the new session to Learn about how to make friends for you and your kingdom We ask that your holy spirit will continue abiding with us And even as we prepare to come back for our next session to complete this review We ask that you be with us and you guide us Bless the viewer at home Meet them at their points of need and prepare us for your second coming at all times in jesus name. We pray and believe Amen