 So Ammi's question here says, do not give dogs what is sacred, do not throw your pearls to pigs if you do. They may trample them under their feet and turn and tear you to pieces. So this is Matthew 7. So if you look at the context of this verse Ammi from Matthew 7 from verse 1 onwards, basically it seems like Jesus is addressing hypocrisy. So in that context, initially he says that we must have the same standard for ourselves and for others. And towards the end he says do not give what is holy to the dogs, now cast your pearls before swine as they trample them under their feet and turn and tear you to pieces. So I think again he is kind of referring to people who take the word but they don't use it. So in the context of hypocrisy he says like if the word is given and then it is not utilized, like you don't live by the standard of that word, then you are guilty of what the Pharisees of that time were guilty of, which is hypocrisy double standards. So basically he is driving home that point of hypocrisy by making this statement. So I don't think he is necessarily calling anybody dogs or pigs or things like that, but he is just trying to drive home the point that we mustn't be hypocrites. And yes, if you want to say that with this he was trying to rebuke or get the attention of the Pharisees, it's possible. So the context is hypocrisy, he is addressing the matter of hypocrisy. Does that help? Yes ma'am, actually the question what you explained is beautiful, but what Christopher, brother Christopher was asking this question to be hiding the pearl in your heart. So I was thinking is it something related to that, like if you are hiding that pearl it is not to be thrown before the pigs and dogs, but just sharing it in the way God desires it. That's what my, I was relating this passage with trying to understand is it something to do with the brother Christopher's question. Okay, sure. So yeah, thank you for sharing that. So both of your questions have treasure and pearls in it. Please excuse me, my check, it's just dropping so I have to pull myself up. So if I go lower, I might have to meddle with it again and again. So yeah, coming back. So they have something precious, but what he must understand is the precious which is being spoken of in both of these places, it has a different meaning. Okay, so Christopher talked about the kingdom of God and he said hiding the kingdom, it's expressing one's great interest such that you don't lose the kingdom. So the meaning is completely different about the precious thing that that man found. Now here, when Jesus is saying don't throw your pearls to pigs. Now I think we can go back to a couple of scriptures in Proverbs where we are told, when you share wisdom with fools, like you get that context from Proverbs. There are so many scriptures that say that unless the person is waiting to receive, in a position to receive, there's no point giving them advice, there's no point giving people suggestions. So it's kind of that here. So it's two separate meanings, the pearls in both the places have completely different meaning. Okay, thank you so much ma'am. Sure, sure. So now if we answer all the questions here about the parables and the kingdom of God. Okay, Christopher, yes Christopher, please go ahead. Yes, my question is on the parable of the taer and the good seed, or rather the good plant. So Jesus says that don't take away the taer because it may uproot the good plant also. And only when it comes to the end of time or end of the age, that's when the taer will be caught. So my question is about, does this mean that there is good and evil in this world? And it means that in life we still have to accept that there is evil. And we need to ensure that we have the strength to keep going the good path. Even though we realize that there is evil that may be alongside. So I'm just trying to understand that. I hope I'm not reading more into this. No, no, that's true. I'm just trying to understand beyond looking into the power and see where there is, it implies that there is good and evil. And how they are working or growing actually and maturing alongside each other. So we have a good line of thought there. And the parable is giving us that point and saying that there are people of God, people who belong to the kingdom in the world and people who don't belong to the kingdom in the world. But is God going to intercept it in any way? Is he going to intervene in any way to change that? No, because there is a timeline. There is God's timeline. We've talked about it. There's a kingdom timeline, the purposes of God. Now things are moving by that timeline. And in between God allows the people of the kingdom and the people who don't belong to the kingdom to live together. And at the end of the age, as the parable very clearly finds out, God is going to separate the good from the evil or those who belong to the kingdom from those who do not belong to the kingdom. Let's put it that way. Now, from what you're asking me, Christopher, I'm also thinking that your question is broader. You're not saying only those who belong to the kingdom and those who don't belong to the kingdom. But you said something like there is evil in the world. So should we just learn to live with things that go wrong? Is that the point you were trying to make? No, not really, just accepting it. But I think what I'm trying to imply is that good and evil are existing. And the choice is really up to which particular camp you want to be in. But it is existing. So I think that's what I'm trying to confirm. Okay. Yes, Christopher. So the answer to that is yes. Both exist and we decide whether we want to belong to the kingdom of God or not. And even as things unfold in the world, it's so clear. You see God's kingdom is advancing but at the same time there are so many things that are happening around us that it seems like, oh man, evil is spreading and even the enemy is doing his best to show his authority to hear on the earth. So it seems that way but there is a timeline to everything that Arthur would be called. Also established with the kingdom. So you mentioned about the broader sort of area. I mean, could you expand a little bit on that? Yeah. So see there are sons of the kingdom in the world and there are those who don't belong to the kingdom and we've seen the conclusion that's going to be a separation. Now the good and evil that exists in the world. Now that is the broader question, the good and evil. So when you see difficult things like in your own life or in your circumstances or like let's say sickness or flesh and things like that, when evil exists around a believer or affecting the believer, the way you could look at it is it is little different. Now when we look at the sons of the, sons who don't belong to the kingdom existing together with us in the world, we can't do much about it. They are there, things are happening, the good is progressing, the evil is progressing and the culmination of things will happen. But as a believer, when I see evil that the enemy brings around me, I can dominate it. So that's a different perspective. I can dominate the evil and I can live an overcoming life. So, yeah, does that make sense? Yes, definitely, yes. Yeah, so that's what I was going to come to. Okay, thank you. Yeah, sure, sure. Thank you. Thank you Christopher for that question. Yes, I think we have answered all the questions. So just quickly touching on Prabhakar's question. Prabhakar, the oil of intimacy and we were talking about that image of the oil and I told you that I could only recall oil assigned the meaning of anointing or the power of God or associated with the Holy Spirit. So there are lots of passages that have oil and oil refers to the Holy Spirit and the power of the Holy Spirit. Now I try to look up if there are references for oil that have to do with intimacy but actually no, you don't see another passage where oil kind of represents intimacy but I think the meaning of intimacy comes through from the passage itself where the 10 virgins, you know, five of them they have, they maintain the oil and then there's also this meaning that comes out of this passage where we are told that they should have collected their own oil. There's no question of borrowing from those who have it, the ones who don't have it are not able to borrow it at the last moment. So each person should develop their own or collect their own oil. So I think from that line of thought and when you compare some other passages in the Bible you kind of understand that when we have to develop our own that is referring to readiness, that is referring to the individual's preparedness or then from there you understand that preparedness is nothing but prayer and worship and intimacy, connectedness with God. You kind of extrapolate that and then you assign the meaning to the oil and say oil here means intimacy. So I couldn't find another parallel scripture where oil is again intimacy like you see that imagery of oil but I think the meaning comes out of the passage itself. Okay, so that's how we set oil off in this. Yes, first of all, thank you so much. Okay, yeah, so we've answered some of these questions and we'll look at the kingdom of God further. So as I told you earlier if you have the time you could go listen to the sermons on the parables and that is very interesting, you gain a deeper perspective. Now we'll just move on to the next couple of chapters here and they are fairly simple because we've understood this as a part of other courses as well so I'll go faster with these. Kingdom authority, okay, so the kingdom has an authority and that was very clear when Jesus came preaching the kingdom and Matthew 12 when he cast out a demon he said the kingdom is upon you, the kingdom is upon you and if the kingdom was upon that individual to deliver the individual we can see that there is a greater authority at work than the authority that was already working in that individual which was a demonic power so the demonic power had to bow to a greater power and that power is the kingdom power. So we know that the kingdom comes with authority and we see Jesus preached that also all authority of heaven is mine, I give it to you, I give it to you so he's assigning, he's delegating, he's bestowing, he's giving kingdom authority to those who believe it so the kingdom comes with power and authority and if we don't talk about authority it wouldn't mean much at all because we are here to extend the kingdom and how does the kingdom extend? It extends with power, it extends with authority so the kingdom has its own authority and it's the greatest authority that exists so we will talk a little bit about the kingdom of God and in the ministry of Jesus we noticed that he used this kingdom authority and it was new for the people so till Jesus went about teaching and preaching and doing the works of God people had seen many teachers and one of the comments which would usually come up for Jesus is who is this man? He speaks with great authority and the works that he did when Matthew 4 as a passage verses 23 and 24 where we see that Jesus went about teaching, preaching, healing all kinds of sicknesses, all kinds of diseases and his fame went through and people brought many more sick and afflicted demon possessed people undergoing torments and things like that to Jesus because he ministered with authority, nobody else had done it before Jesus and when Jesus kind of passed on this kingdom not only at the end, just before his ascension you see him talking about giving this authority to the disciples but he had done it once earlier so in Matthew 10 we know that he called his 12 disciples and what did he do? he gave them power over unclean spirits to cast them out so what is he actually doing? he gives them power we talked about the power of God to accomplish the works of God so he gives them that power and he tells them to go and do the work just the way he was healing and he was taking authority over the interference the interference is coming from the evil one from Satan and his demons so he said look I am giving you power over that so there is a greater authority in demonstration and he sends out his disciples to do those same mighty works so they go ahead and they preach the kingdom of God they do the works and they come back and they kind of tell Jesus wow we too have seen the power of God we could cast out demons and they really rejoiced at the works that were done through the authority of the kingdom of God so we now as God's people should also remember that we are carrying that authority as children of God as those who belong to the kingdom of God as joint heirs joint heirs is a term that is used for us in Christ Jesus in Christ Jesus I am a joint heir and the word heir obviously it has to do with heritage it has to do with inheritance so inheritance doesn't go to the people who don't have authority so a son of the house who has authority will have the inheritance but a servant can never have that inheritance so when we are called the heirs of God it is kind of understood that we have authority in the kingdom of God and we can use it and you know the scripture where we are told in Ephesians chapter 2 many of us would know that in Christ Jesus we have been raised up Ephesians 2-6 and we have been made to sit together and rest in the heavenly places so being seated in the heavenly places you know the heavenly places or heaven where the Lord Jesus is it's the highest it's above every other level of authority that exists so if we are seated in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus it just shows that in the spiritual realm we have the highest position so we can dominate the works of the enemy with the authority that the Lord Jesus has given us we can do this in our own lives and we can also enforce it in the people for whom we like our loved ones and people that God may send in our lives and when we see that God's authority is not the highest authority like any other spirit and operation like we know there are two kingdoms so you have the kingdom of God and you have the kingdom of the evil one and when you see the kingdom of the enemy in operation the normal response for us as as people who have been seated with Christ in the heavenly places we have to dominate we kind of overrule through our kingdom what the kingdom of the evil one is doing we can understand that the kingdom comes with power the kingdom comes with authority so it's not just a kingdom where you do life and you have all these principles of growth then stewardship and joy and peace and righteousness which is all good but what is the use if we are assigned a responsibility but never given the authority to do it you can't do much even when you're given a manager's post and they don't give you any rights they don't give you options to kind of lead people or make decisions they say you don't make the decisions you just have the role of a manager you can't accomplish much you have a good salary you have the title, you have an office you have everything but don't make any decisions you don't have the authority it doesn't work it's a wonderful kingdom all the lovely truths of the kingdom that we are rejoicing in and how the kingdom grows and all that but we also have been given authority such that we can walk and move in our assignment and that's a privilege so we must recognize that this is a kingdom of authority and we must learn to operate from that kingdom we are the sons of the kingdom and we are on the earth so we are in the world but we are not off the world and the way Jesus dumped himself he said I'm from above I'm actually not from here so it's kind of what Passo was preaching some weeks ago about the operation of the two realms so there is the spiritual realm there is the natural realm and how can a believer who belongs to two realms learn to thrive in both realms and bring the reality of one realm into the other realm so it's something that we learn something that we learn to live out and we can exercise the authority that we are given in the spiritual realm in the natural realm in Christopher so when we see evil when we see the operation of the kingdom of darkness and the manifestations of the kingdom of darkness it can be in any way everything that the enemy does so we see I think it's one jump it says Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil so whatever qualifies as the work of the devil if you qualify something then you operate from the the realm of the spirit you operate from the kingdom of God and the kingdom of God carries authority, dominion, power we release that authority and it is our duty to bring the kingdom of darkness the works of the devil under subjection for us to see the kingdom of God override the kingdom of darkness so this is a huge privilege this is a huge privilege we have been given the right and we talked about the believers authority in depth and we have said that no matter how we feel you may not feel like oh man what kingdom, what authority I don't feel it and I don't sense it in my emotions or things could be going wrong we have a natural realm and we just don't seem to commit to the spiritual truth and reality but here is the reality we actually are operating from two realms two zones and we have to bring the reality of the spiritual realm into the natural realm we belong to the kingdom of God and we bring in the authority of Christ wherever we need to see the enemy come under subjection going back to that analogy which we used in believers authority when you have a traffic policeman just by virtue of the authority that has been vested on that individual he is able to stop hundreds of vehicles so it's not based on who that person is how tall, how how strong that traffic policeman is but it's more about what has been vested on him by the governing authorities the same way God has bestowed authority on us through Christ Jesus in the name of Jesus we have authority and so we have to exercise that authority and dominate the kingdom of darkness so how do we do this we've seen a host of ways in which it was done in Scripture things like we issue decrees in the name of Jesus we command in the name of Jesus we minister by the power of the Holy Spirit by the anointing of the Holy Spirit we can operate in prayer so we've talked about the spiritual warfare aspect of prayer we engage in prayer taking place it's being accomplished in the spiritual realm and the power of the enemy is actually being broken so we can operate to prayer we can operate in different ways but we take our authority and we go against anything that qualifies as the work of the enemy isn't that why we are still here remember the parables we saw Jesus said that the nobleman or the master the servants and what does he tell the servants he says you do business till I come you engage till I come be profitable till I come so we are using the authority of the kingdom we are engaging in the world and we want to see an expansion of the kingdom how can we do that we have to release the authority and the dominion of the kingdom of God so the simple point that I'm trying to leave is we have authority we have dominion it has to become a mindset for each of us I don't know about you but for me personally I think I'm a person I'm okay with all the other aspects of the kingdom of God but when it comes to authority even personality wise use your authority kind of an individual anyway so it is kind of it's taken me a long time for this revelation for me to receive it and for my mind to be renewed in this area where when I see the work of the evil one that spiritual anger should really rise up in you you say hey I'm not going to let the devil do this I have authority and I'm going to overwrite this situation from the realm of the spirit so taking authority I don't know if it comes naturally to most people but for me it's something that I have to renew my mind to and even now when I pray sometimes I kind of miss the whole authority part where I have to exercise my authority instead of saying God help me God give me wisdom sometimes I dwell in that realm but to say I can see the work of evil when I take authority I cancel, I destroy what the enemy is doing it's dominant thinking right and we have to renew ourselves to that to see the kingdom destroy the kingdom of God destroy the kingdom of the evil one so that's a little bit about the kingdom authority that we have and the reason we are learning about this is so we can walk in it so we can have that mindset like family life everyday life our ministry use the authority to jump in and use the authority because we are eds we are seated with Christ by heavenly places and you know we can't let the enemy have the last word so we can dominate dominate sin, dominate sickness dominate demons, dominate circumstances so dominate anything that satisfies us the work of the evil one so with that I will stop about kingdom authority any thoughts, any questions any additional points that you want to add to this please feel free first I just I enjoyed that lesson and it make me to understand more about what the kingdom of God really is so we we learned a lot of examples which come illustrated the kingdom of God so what I can see that we are well equipped and God bless you and I know you can receive more in this semester yeah thank you yeah so confess your too so any thoughts about kingdom authority I see your hand raised but I think it's from the previous question is that a fresh question okay yeah does somebody want to share how you are exercising your kingdom authority after that we will proceed to the next topic here can I share first yes please go ahead okay it's I don't think it's sharing I think it might be more like a question or maybe needing more clarification from the side sure in the above we said before you said we live in two different two different realms the heavenly realm the kingdom of God and the earthly our physical realm so how much does the heavenly realm the spiritual realm affects our daily life when we believe because we now we have a king who is Jesus who is God and his will has influence over our life our choices are everyday life so how much does the spiritual affect our daily life and how much it affect it thank you pastor thank you for that how much does it affect ah see it must affect a lot that's what I would say as you are just sharing this that's running through my mind as I was reminded of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead so here is a situation where an individual is dead for three days and he is in the tomb now Jesus operated from the spiritual realm and it affected the natural realm so he prayed he used prayer you might want to say and then he called out Lazarus comfort and this individual comes out of the grave so the spiritual realm should affect the natural realm a whole lot but if we don't take that initiative if we are not engaging if we are not engaging the natural realm through the truth of the spiritual realm then I think the opposite is also true because we become like sitting ducks for the enemy his kingdom can rage all at once and we are just at the receiving end and we are thinking when is God going to do something and God is saying I have given you the authority you take authority you do it and you speak the word you command you release and all of that so how much does it affect that's the question you are asking I think it depends on how much of the kingdom of God we are engaging so I think that is what it is we have to take the authority and we have to step in if we don't whether we like it or not the enemy will you eat the lunch and be gone so you either ensure that the kingdom rules and reigns through you or by default you let the kingdom of darkness rule and reign thank you thank you person sure thank you so God is sovereign and we have discussed this also earlier God is sovereign but he is expecting the sons of the kingdom to function in their position in their authority and that's very important so we can't talk about the sovereignty of God while completely forgetting the responsibility of man so there is a there is like a beautiful harmony in that God's sovereignty and man's responsibility so we have to do our part we have to engage and when we engage we can operate out of the kingdom of God but if you just ask me how much of man man's life is affected by the how much man's natural realm is affected by the spiritual realm I would say 100% so the spiritual realities are constantly affecting a human being whether that person believes or they don't believe take for example the scriptures say that when we are not in Christ Jesus spiritually dead so that's a spiritual reality you are operating from another spiritual reality that you are spiritually dead so the enemy can do whatever he wants to do may not operate from the wisdom of God so only it affects our natural life as well you are born again every day we are living through the release of that kingdom whether we acknowledge it or not we are living through the release of that kingdom through our prayers every time we say God let your kingdom come in my heart let your kingdom come in my family let your kingdom come in my ministry let it come in my health let it come in my finances the kingdom is being released so we are operating from the spiritual realm 100% of the time whichever kingdom you belong to I think the spiritual realm is affecting any individual 100% thank you Anita shares be determined be courageous to attain the destiny in Christ fear not thank you thank you Anita for that and Rose says from that thought when these children are blind to what is happening in the spirit what the enemy is planning against the children God shows the dreams and visions so we are at attention to what the enemy is planning and we can intercept through prayer and declare the word of God over the situation yes Rose so God communicates to us he warns us remember we talked about Shamar the protection of God which we can build prayer and God reveals when God brings a warning to us who gives us a caution so we can take our authority and walk in the authority of God so let's quickly move on here to the next chapter which has to do with kingdom government and this again is fairly simple we have touched on these things earlier when we talked about the boundaries that God has established so there is an authority structure and the when we say authority structure it simply means that God's authority is flowing in that way in the house of God we talked about a structure in the church you have the bishop or the pastor the deacons so there is an authority structure and when you look at it like an hierarchy the understanding is yes governance is happening but the authority is flowing in a certain way so it moves God assigns the pastor and the pastor communicates to the elders and then you have the flow of the authority in that manner so the structure just has to do with the authority now when we look at the kingdom of God sorry the world the world is ruled by God and God is the ultimate authority there is no questions asked God is the ultimate authority we are saying kingdom so there has to be a king so the lord is the king of the world the lord is the one who rules over the nations in Psalm 22 and verse 28 says so he rules over the nations one more scripture here Psalm 103 verse 19 it says the lord has established his throne in heaven and his kingdom rules over also God is the king he rules and reigns and his authority his dominion is the highest now this same God has established a structure in you know different what you can call it but you know what you call it like family and church so the communities that we are a part of he has established structures there and we will look at the the structure that he has established so when it comes to the role of husband and wife so in the family context now we already know that there is no male there is no female there is an equality when it comes to being as of salvation as of the kingdom of God that man and woman have but at the same time we are told that in the family the man is the head of the house and Paul talks quite a bit about that in you know his various passages in fact so the one that is given to us here in our notes is from Ephesians 5 verses 22 and 23 it says why is submit to your own husbands as to the lord for the husband is head of the wife as also Christ is head of the church he is the saviour of the body so what is the authority structure how does authority flow in the family context now we are told that the husband is the head of the house so husband is the head of the house so I mean how does that translate into his role over the family so we would understand that the husband is supposed to be the spiritual leader we use the terms king and priest so you know he ministers to god on behalf of the family and you know he ministers to the family on behalf of god so he releases the authority of god over the household so the husband is the head of the wife the husband is the head of the family so his role would be more of leading his role would be more of a spiritual leader a spiritual guide to the family when we say a king and priest a priest is also supposed to intercede pray on behalf of the people so he is the one responsible to raise up that shield of prayer over the household and so the authority over the family flows through the husband now of course in the context of marriage also the man is the head of the woman so the husband he is the one above the wife now having said these things we also know that this does not mean that whoever is the authority structure rules it over or lords it over the people who are subject to that authority so we know that our husband is also instructed to consider the wife as the weaker vessel treat her with respect and have a sense of responsibility towards the wife and the family because if he does not do that 1 Peter 3 7 it also tells us that his prayers will be hindered if he does not dwell with the wife with understanding we are recognizing that there is an authority and we also can talk a lot about how that authority must be exercised and you know how that authority is demonstrated in the context of marriage and family so he discharges his duties in line with what the word of God says so the husband is positioned in the place of authority over the family so what we will do is we will stop here we have a little bit to touch on about the kingdom of God so hopefully in the next class we will complete this we will touch on all those points and we will be able to move on to kingdom builders so yeah we will talk about kingdom government continue with kingdom government in the next class but before we close any thoughts anything that you want to share I suppose we are just building on the next topic so oh yeah Kelly has a question already what about cases where women are dominated or want to run the family of it great this is exciting learning so women are dominated so Kelly I I mean it's little for me when you say dominating it can be very subjective okay so I don't know the exact context but what I do understand is that God holds the husband or the man responsible right for the ultimate decision making which direction you are steering the family as the spiritual leader of the household okay so that is the godly authority structure now if you sense that in the marriage of the family a woman is trying to override it you know scripturally the role of a woman kind of it can be sort of shared to the woman because the woman is asked to submit to her husband okay so that is the normal godly role allocation to the husband and the wife now in this particular context you know when you say the woman is dominating I think if the woman has understood the family roles and is submitting to the husband in that manner it should be fine but you will really have to see like what exactly does this dominating thing mean can you expand a man if you don't mind what would you mean by women is women are dominating this is a question where hello this is a question where they want to run women affairs be it finances, be it the business be it the student education they want to play a second role in everything you mean they are not letting the husband do it they want to have the last say yeah exactly okay so that's not biblical that's what I said okay thank you yeah sure okay so I know others will have questions on this but I guess yeah anyone wants to add to it ma'am what I feel is like nowadays like with women and men equality were like running the house shoulder to shoulder staying it's like there is become it's a disorder in the family structure like where the person who is earning more is overpowering their decisions are considered or sometimes the maybe it happens that the person who is supposed to do it they are not doing it because they are caught up by their old lifestyle and they do not want to live up to their authority which is in the Christ that also we have seen so the person who is spiritually like have a right insights about that that we have to grow in that person will take over because we have to like yeah we have to get in order something like that okay sure so get in order that's a very good way of putting it so get in order yeah okay so Beth has a follow up question since you all don't have a class I am kind of continuing if anyone has to leave then please feel free to but otherwise we will answer these questions so Beth says what about homes where the man does not take the authority then the woman steps in we see this a lot yes Beth we do see this a lot and it's unfortunate because the woman has to somebody has to step in for the family to survive and if the man doesn't do it then there is no option left the woman has to step up and do it so yeah ma'am can I say yes one more aspect of it is even when the man is making a decision there is a unanimous unanimous decision like he does consult with the family or why and then he takes that decision yes so there is no dominance part in it like yes he gives the final word but he takes the you know consensus in the family like he would discuss the case and then yeah there you know this is how the I believe the word advises the head ship or is it something where the man takes the decision and wife has to follow it okay that's not scriptural ma'am that's what I am asking yeah sure sure good question there so you see even though the authority is given to an individual or you know in the case of the local church you have the pastor or the leadership who is given the authority you know scriptures talk about how that authority must be exercised now this word dominating right dominating domination that is misleading that is misleading when you talk about authority because there are other scriptures right when it comes to the role of a husband it says that you must lay down your life for your wife the way Christ died for the church I think that's a harder task to do than to submit right so the man is called to lead with that kind of a humble heart and we do see that if the man does not dwell with understanding with his wife then God says look your prayers also won't be answered so the aspect of what you brought up consulting with the wife and discussing so the point is the wife is not being treated like oh you're a slave or who needs your opinion that's not the point of what God is saying about the authority which is given to the man as the head of the house or the husband as the head of the wife because see the wife is called as the helper and if you look at that word in the Greek the same word which is used for the Holy Spirit the Holy Spirit is a helper now we know in the God head there's no hierarchy they're co-equal and yet then having this role for the Holy Spirit where the Holy Spirit is called as the helper it's not a sort of a subservient role in any way but it's a role nonetheless to help the man so yeah we have to understand all these things when you talk about the passenger Ephesians 5 where it says why submit to your husbands if you come further I think it's verse 21 it says submit one to another it also says submit one to another so if the husbands use the authority like a lord or a boss and say hey you have to submit that's what the scripture says when the scripture also says submit to one another see it's about understanding the flow of authority in the family that God has you know God has assigned it that way but with everything else in mind as well then you know the wife it's not misunderstood that the man can sort of dominate over the wife and the wife has no say that would be wrong because we also see scriptures like Proverbs 24 verses 3 I think let me just check that verse here it says by wisdom our house is built and by understanding it is established by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches so what does it take to build a house which a husband and a wife are trying to build it's going to take wisdom but it's also going to take understanding so there's no understanding between the husband and wife and if we are just stopping on ok I am the head of the house and you know you have to submit to me or you know things like that then we are missing the point because if you want to build the house you want to build the family there has to be understanding there has to be it must be led with wisdom right so it is some additional thoughts there of me and I hope that helps yes ma'am thank you so much yeah sure ok good thank you everyone good discussion and we will take it forward the next class so and also yeah and just to let you all know a first week of September is when I had also planned to put out your assignments so you can be ready for it so shortly we will also have the assignment coming up and you will need to work on it and submit it right alright ok class thank you so much take care see you later see you again bye for now thank you thank you thank you pastor thank you bye thank you bye thank you pastor