 Welcome back after the break. Just before we went for a break, we read through 2 Timothy chapter 3. And we just began looking or studying verses 1 to verse 5 where Paul is reminding Timothy that the last days will be perilous times, difficult times, troublesome times, and he talks about the kind of people in these last days. He says there will be men who will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, both full, proud, blasphemers, those who are disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without any self-control, those who are brutal, despisers of good, headstrong, hotty, lovers of pleasure, rather than lovers of God. And it's very interesting to see that even Paul mentions those who are even religious people in this group of who he's talking about, the kind of people who will be there during the last days. So he even clubs religious people with the rest of the kinds of people that he has mentioned. He says there will be people who will have a form of godliness, but denying its power. So he's basically saying that these people will be people who will embrace all the nice things, all the good things of the Christian faith, but they will deny the power. They will deny the power. So if you look at this Greek word, power here, the Greek word is dunamis, and wherever we read this word dunamis in the New Testament, this Greek word used dunamis for power in the New Testament. It talks about the power of the Holy Spirit. It basically refers to the manifestation of God's power through signs, miracles, the power required for salvation and deliverance. So here the Greek word for power is dunamis, which is basically referring to the power of the Holy Spirit, or the manifestation of the power of God, which is seen through manifestation means, which is something that is, which we can see, experience, a reality, you know. So manifestation of God's power through healings, miracles, the manifestation of his father is required for salvation and for deliverance. So what Paul is saying here is that in the last days, there will be people who will have this form of religion. They will be able to say all the right things, even claim to believe all that we believe, which is the truth in God's word, and they will also be doing the right things. But what they will deny is they will deny the power of the Holy Spirit. So they will believe what we believe. They will say what we are saying, the truth from God's word. They will also be doing the right things, but they will deny the power of the Holy Spirit. And Paul is saying, you know, from such people to stay away, turn away from them, don't be with them. So here we need to, you know, understand this truth that in the last days, you know, it's not just sufficient for us to have a form of godliness, or to have a form of religion without having the power of the Holy Spirit. It's important for us, yes, to know the truth in God's word, to understand it, to believe it, to live out that truth in and through our lives, to have that form of religion, but also, you know, to, you know, also have the power of the Holy Spirit. And we see that Jesus, he just did not preach and teach about the kingdom of God, about the Father's love. He just didn't show compassion and forgiveness and love for people, but he also attested, you know, his preaching and teaching with science, miracles and wonders that was done through the power of the Holy Spirit. We also see this in the early church, the early apostles, the early disciples, you know, they went around preaching and teaching and that preaching and teaching was with science, miracles and wonders. And one of the reasons why people even listen to them was because of the great science, miracles and wonders they were doing. So they were manifesting the power of the Holy Spirit. So if we have this form of religion and we don't have the power of the Holy Spirit, then it's not going to be of any use because in the time that we are living now, you know, we must actually pursue more of the dunamis or more of the power of the Holy Spirit because of the times that we are living in. So this is not the time to just embrace a form of religion that is void of the power of the Holy Spirit, but it's a time when we must cry out for God that we want more of His dunamis power. We want more of the Holy Spirit, the power of the Holy Spirit in manifestation, in operation, in demonstration, in and through our lives. Why is it important that we, you know, that we must cry out to God for more of His dunamis power, cry out for more of this power, for the power of the Holy Spirit to be manifested in our lives, in operation, in demonstration, in and through our lives is because, one reason is because, you know, given the times that we are living in, you know, we need desperately the power of God to work, to be able to stand ourselves and to make a difference in this world. So, you know, an empty, powerless form of religion will have no impact on, you know, the darkness that is filling our world, the darkness that is prevailing in the world, and also the darkness that is prevailing in our world in these last days. So, here it's an important thing that we acknowledge, that we, you know, take hold of, that we just don't have a form of religion, but we also are crying out, we are also pursuing for more of that power of the Holy Spirit to be manifested in and through our lives. So, crying out to God that, you know, God move us in mighty signs, miracles and wonders, because we're living in these days where people don't want to hear the truth, leave alone receiving the truth, they are also having truths just being bombarded by various cult groups, philosophies, various religions that are bringing out their truths in different ways. But, you know, the truth of the gospel should be made known, not just through words, but also through the power of the Holy Spirit, through signs, miracles, wonders, healings and deliverance. So, this is what is required in our world today, even as we are living in these end days, because an empty, powerless form of religion will not have any impact on the darkness that prevails in this, in our world today, because, you know, people are already filled with darkness, the evil one has blinded their eyes, wailed their eyes, you know, is preventing them from receiving the truth, from knowing the truth, from acknowledging the truth and hence we need the power of God, even, you know, as we are speaking the word that God's power will be manifested through the gospel that we are preaching or teaching or that we are sharing with people, okay? So, it's a call for us to pursue this more in the times and the days and the season that we are living today. Verses six and seven. Can one of you please read verses six and seven, please? Okay, before we look at verses six and seven, Avani says, verse five says, you know, turn away from such people, so yeah, you know, Paul has been basically saying have nothing to do with them, you know, don't associate with them. He's just ended off, you know, chapter two where he's saying, you know, he's saying, you know, be with those who are of the same calling, same mind, those who are pursuing righteousness, love, peace, and he's also, you know, at various points in his letter, he's basically saying have nothing to do with them, you know, don't even discuss with them, don't even argue with them, don't even talk with them, you know, turn away from them. So, this is something that he's continuing, he's saying have nothing to do with such kind of men who have a form of religion, you know, he said, you know, don't have nothing to do with people who are false teachers, you know, teaching false doctrines and lies have nothing to do with them, but also have nothing to do with people who have a form of godliness, you know, who kind of believe everything that you're believing, doing everything right, but not, you know, taking hold of the power of the Holy Spirit have nothing to do with such people. Ma'am, just to follow up on this, just wanted to ask, when we say denying the power, so power means the works of the Holy Spirit, the gifts of the Holy Spirit. So, can we include like speaking in tongues, water baptism or flowing in the gifts of the Spirit in the church, not giving them the preference importance that they need to give. So, we see such kind of religion in many churches as well. So, what we, so not, you know, turn away from such means, like, should we not even attend such church or, I don't know, because they are teaching the word of God, but apart from that, there is no work of the Spirit in the church, there is no preference given to the work of the Holy Spirit. So, that's what I'm a bit confused about is. So, all this comes into it, ma'am? Yes, basically, what he is saying is, you know, what Paul is saying in the context that he is writing to Timothy is saying, you know, don't, I mean, have nothing to do with such people means don't go along with them, don't discuss with them, don't talk with them, you know, just don't have anything to do with them. But he said in the preceding verses, you know, do have nothing to do with them, does not mean that you don't preach them. Right. Look at what he says in verses 23 to verse 26, you know, but be patient, each step, you know, but he's, but he says in other places, don't talk with them, avoid that idle talk, babblings, arguments, because it leads only to strife. So says, don't think you avoid, but he continuously tells them what he needs to focus on. He says, you know, each step. And we, he ended off, you know, this section of this letter, which we look at, as second Timothy chapter two, where he says, you know, patiently teach these people, be gentle with them, be loving with them, be humble with them. So here, when he says, you know, have nothing to do with them, you know, or just turn away from such people, it means, you know, don't have, don't listen to them, don't argue with them. But yet, you know, when they come to church, they just listen to the truth and once what you teach them. And that's not mean that you don't, you know, minister to them or show them love. No. But in our context, what do we do? Yes, there are some churches who don't talk about the third person of the Holy Spirit. And I have a spot and raised up in a church where they talk about the Holy Spirit, but not the works of the Holy Spirit. They don't give significance to the third person of the Trinity, to his, the person in work of the Holy Spirit, to the teachings of the Holy Spirit, manifestation of the Holy Spirit. Also studied in a seminary where we were not taught about the Holy Spirit, the works of the Holy Spirit. So yes, in such churches in, you know, people are ignorant about the third person of the Trinity, they're ignorant about the work of the Holy Spirit, because of the doctrines that are there because of the fathers who had established those mainline churches and all of those things. So they're ignoring about the truth. But there are many now who are coming from these mainline churches who are coming to the so-called charismatic churches or the more independent churches where we are not only just focusing on teaching and preaching the Word of God, but also in the manifestations of the work of the Holy Spirit. And so people are learning. So people are being educated, people are receiving these truths. And it's a slow process because for me as well, coming from this mainline church, well, we were never taught about the person in work of the Holy Spirit. We were never taught about, you know, the gifts of the Holy Spirit, the manifestation of the Holy Spirit, starting in a Bible college. So when I, you know, interacted with churches in the city where I studied my Bible college, and they were manifesting the gifts and I thought they were, you know, demon possessed. I didn't want anything to do with them. I would run away. Every time they said they would say that they would pray for me, I would run and hide myself, literally hide myself. You know, I didn't want to do anything with them because I was, I didn't know about the work of the Holy Spirit. I was ignorant. But then when I actually joined the APC, that's when, you know, I learned about the work of the Holy Spirit, the manifestations, and, you know, slowly just moved into all of those things. And now, you know, I'm just able to flow in those things, I'm able to teach, I'm able to identify, learning also as well, growing in the things of God. So I think we just have to give people the opportunity and the time to hear the Word of God. And also that is why we're saying, you know, it's important at this time that we are also desiring for more of the manifestation of the Holy Spirit. Because people are in a time where they are living in fear, fear of sickness, fear of death. They want to see a move of God. They want to see the work of God. And all of this is actually talking about his nature, who he is, and he still flows in science, miracles and wonders. He still does miracles that we can still speak in tongues. And it's a wonderful prayer language. So even my cousins are, you know, they hear us speak in tongues and they're also, you know, they want to know. So we speak to them when they come to one of my cousins came to APC once and then she just prayed for the baptism of the Holy Spirit as fast as we pray. So, you know, it's a slow process. They still go back to the mainline church, but there's a slow process. And I think God is working in people's lives moving. Even in these mainline churches, he's moving, he's bringing about, you know, knowledge of who he is and what he does as well. So people are just being enlightened. So what we need to do is pray for such people and also, you know, begin teaching them, you know, even as you display the works of the Spirit, they begin to want that in their own lives. Now, for example, if you look at the church at Corinth, Paul writes to them and says, hey, you are, you know, all of you are so eager. You're just moving so mightily in the gifts of the Spirit. You're so eager and desirous when you all come together. You know, one has a word of prophecy. One has a word of knowledge. One has a word of wisdom. You want to interpret those tongues. And, you know, there's so much of excitement. But then he says, even as they're mightily flowing in tongues, he says, but you're still infants. You know, I can't give you meat. You still have to be fed with milk. Now, why is it that a church where he feels that, you know, hey, they're still, they're just moving mightily in the manifestation, the power of the Holy Spirit and the gifts of the Holy Spirit. But as a church, they are so childlike in their, in their understanding of the word and I still have to give them milk instead of giving them the meat from God's word. Why is it that, you know, this was the scenario is because when Paul went to the church to Corinth and he was, you know, teaching and ministry, he was also displaying the work of the Holy Spirit. And these people in the church were so caught up with, you know, how Paul was just manifesting the gifts of the Spirit, the power of the Holy Spirit, and they just wanted it. They just so desired in it. And they just were, you know, just wanting to receive it. And so they received that and they were flowing mightily in that. But at the same time, there was such an immature church in terms of their spiritual wisdom and maturity in understanding the word of God. But so zealous for the works of the Holy Spirit, for the gifts of the Holy Spirit to move and they were just mightily flowing in all of those things. So he's trying to even bring order in that area because everybody was so chaotic. Everybody wants to say what they have received, what, you know, how they want to display their gifts. So yes, on different levels, but Paul, what does he do? He keeps, you know, he keeps writing to them. He keeps teaching them. It does not give up on them. He says, hey, you know, you know, I'm not going to teach you anymore, but continuous teaching to them with lights, first Corinthians, second Corinthians, continually ministers to that group of people. So yes, we need to pray, continue to minister, continue to teach them and lighten them and things like that. Does that help, Sister Vinay? Yes, ma'am. Sure. Thank you so much. Okay, so the PSS, if a person's life is transformed by the hearing of the gospel, even that is the work of the Holy Spirit. Yes. Yes, it is the work of the Holy Spirit. It's not, it's not how well we have communicated the gospel. That is the work of the Holy Spirit. That is why it says we need the power of God, not only for healing and deliverance and for, for science and wonders, but also for salvation, because salvation is just the work of the Holy Spirit. It's the work of God. It's not our work. So the PSS, not that healing, miracle, science and wonders are not important. However, there is the right balance between teaching the word of God and moving according to the Holy Spirit. Yes. Yes, that is important because Jesus, you know, not only just moved in science, miracles and wonders, he also taught and he preached the word of God. So yes, it was his preaching and teaching and also through science, miracles and wonders. He didn't give importance to one over the other, both of them. We also see in the early church, that's the same thing that happened. Peter is preaching and teaching and it's followed by science, miracles and wonders. So then the preaching and teaching is attested with science, miracles and wonders. So it's preaching and teaching because attested means that preaching and teaching goes alongside with the science, the miracles and wonders. So we see that, you know, wherever they, even if you look at Acts chapter eight where, you know, Philip goes to Samaria, you know, we read in Acts chapter eight where it says that then Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them and the multitude with one or God, heeded the things spoken by Philip, hearing and seeing the miracles which we did. So it's both hearing and seeing, but, you know, if you look at just more, you know, hearing first and then attested with science, miracles and wonders. So even when Peter went to the house of Cornelius, I think Acts chapter 10, he's preaching the word and then, you know, he doesn't even pray for the baptism of the Holy Spirit because he thinks that they are Gentiles and he can't pray for them. But so to the work of the Holy Spirit, they're already convicted in their hearts, which means they've already received salvation and they're already baptized in the Holy Spirit. And so yes, so it's hearing and seeing, hearing and seeing. So both are important. It's not just seeing, but it's also hearing because people can see and then attested to even like they're going to be looking. Even Satan can do miracles. Even Satan can prophecy about your future, tell you about your future. So it's important to hear and see. Okay. Did that help? Yes. Yes, man. Yes. So we'll move on versus six and seven. Can somebody read versus six and seven, please? Yes, Sasha. Go ahead. Was six and seven. Did you hear me, Pastor? Yes. Among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women burdened with sins and lead astray by various passions, always learning and never able to write and acknowledge the truth. Amen. Thank you. So he says for this thought is he's talking about the men who he has, you know, spoken about listed in versus one to five and specially referring to this religious bunch who have a form of godliness, form of religion, but denying the power. He says these men sneak into homes where they take captive these gullible women. Why not, you know, gullible men because men are, you know, usually are the breadwinner. They are off working hard. So this woman who are at home, housewives taking care of the children and have all the time to listen to all of these kinds of teachings and doctrines. So he says, you know, they go and take captive of these gullible women, which means it's naive and innocent women, you know, innocent in the sense, you know, then naive and innocent. They just believe whatever anyone says without, you know, thinking for themselves. And he says these women who are already themselves in sin, but, you know, these kind of people, they don't want to listen to the truth. They like learning, you know, but they don't want to come to the truth. They want to listen, but they don't want to come to the truth. They like information, but they don't like transformation. So they are people who say, you know, hey, you know, you tell me what you want, but don't ask me to change. Don't ask me to embrace the word. Don't ask me to change. These kind of women, these kind of men who have this form of godliness, you know, are these kind of men who they like learning. They want to come to the truth, but they don't want, you know, to be transformed. They don't want anyone to asking them to change. They don't want to embrace the truth in God's word. And they say, don't ask God, don't ask God to change me. So he's saying, you know, these kind, such men will go to the homes of such women and mess up their families and mess up their homes. And then he talks about two men in verse eight. He says, now as Janeth and Jambres resisted Moses. So do these also resist the truth? Men of corrupt minds disapproved concerning the faith. But they will progress no further for their folly will be manifest to all as there's also was. So Paul is continuing to talk about these kind of men, the same kind of men that he has been talking about in verses five to seven. And now Paul compares these men to Janeth and Jambres who resisted Moses. Basically, and we read about this account in Exodus chapter seven, verses seven to 13, where, you know, Moses is 80 years old. Aaron is 83 and God tells Moses and Aaron to go to Pharaoh and to speak to him and, you know, to do the signs and miracles that he has asked them to do. So when, you know, they don't listen and Moses puts his staff down, it becomes a serpent. But, you know, Pharaoh is not taken aback. He's not like, oh, wow, we did this miracle. That means your God is powerful. And all of those things he doesn't say any of those things. He just laughs in a very mocking way. And then he just maybe claps or calls his, his, his magicians. And they also, you know, through their sorcery, their witchcraft, you know, they also do the same thing that Moses did. They throw down the staff and it becomes the serpent. But Moses, you know, he's been looking and he's been thinking like, hey, what's happening here. But then, you know, his serpent swallows up. Aaron swallows up all the other rods and, you know, yes, God shows that he is more powerful than these men who have also done the same thing through their witchcraft and through their sorcery. So the Old Testament account of this, the Old Testament narrative in Exodus chapter seven was seven to seven to 13. Does not mention the names of Janus and Jamras. So how does Paul obtain these names? Maybe, you know, because he was well educated in the Old Testament, the Torah, the law, Old Testament literature, Jewish literature as well, likely have got these names from there. But it could also have been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit. So either way, whether he studied it or learned it through the Jewish literature that he had read or studied, it would have been brought back to memory. Or he would have been led by the Holy Spirit to write the names of these two people who were part of Pharaoh's group of wise men and sorcerers and magicians. But we see that these men, even though they confronted or opposed Moses with their enchantment, sorcery, with their contact with the unseen dark forces, we know that God did have an upper hand. He proved himself more powerful than the roles of the serpents of these men. So, you know, he says that these men in the last days will oppose the truth just like these magicians of Egypt opposed Moses. But their whole inspiration or their whole source of doing all of these signs and miracles, or even prophesying about the future, saying things that are happening in the present in their lives is not from God, but it's the work of the demon. It's from the devil, it's demonic. So this kind of opposition will come against the church. And Paul has mentioned this infestimity chapter four, where he says, you know, in the last days this kind of teachings will come up and it will be so it will be driven by demons. It will be seduced by evil spirits by demonic spirits. So even in the last days that we are living in, you know, this kind of opposition will come up against the church where, you know, demonic spirits where demons will manifest their power. But what did God do when he instructed Moses? How did Moses respond to what God asked him to do? Or how did God instruct Moses to respond? He did not say, hey, okay, you know, these men are also able to do the miracles that I've been doing. So let's change our strategy. We see that God does not change his strategy. The first three miracles that Moses did by the power of God, which is, you know, the rod becoming a snake, water turning into blood, frogs coming out of the water. These sorcerers through their divine magic enchantments, demonic power, were also able to do the same. But we see that God does not change his strategy. He does not tell Moses, hey, Moses, this is not working for us. Let's try something else. But, you know, there is no debate or argument about this. God keeps just pronouncing one plague after the other plague. And the fourth plague, when God sends it, you know, with something supernatural, he does the fourth plague, you know, the magicians try, but they're not able to do. And what do they tell Pharaoh? Exodus chapter 8 was in 18 and 19. They tell Pharaoh that this is nothing but the hand of God, the finger of God, the power of God. And we see that the rest of the miracles, the rest of the seven miracles, they were not able to do it with their own enchantments or their own witchcraft or sorcery or the power of the evil one. So what is the lesson that we can learn for the New Testament church in these last days? If you and I are going to stand firm, if we are going to make a difference in the world in which we live, you know, then you and I are going to stand up against men who will rise up in these last days or in this, you know, this last season, you know, with their own powers, with their own science, miracles and wonders. But we need to press in for more and more of the power of the Holy Spirit, for more and more of the magician Holy Spirit in and through our lives. So that is the call of what we need to be pursuing in these last days or in this last time before the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. So it's not time for us to give up and turn back, but it's time where we tell God we want more of His doonimus power, we want more of the Holy Spirit power to be manifested in our lives. So that is the one way that, you know, we can stand up against what is coming against the churches in these last days. And so here, this is what Paul states about these men in the last days. And in addition to them having a form of godliness without power, and these men who sneak into people's home and by, you know, proper comparison with the sorcerers in Egypt, he's saying that they are actually men who are involved in a spiritualism that is occult, that is they are receiving the power from Satan. It's a demonic power and it is not the power from God. But he says that, you know, there will progress no further. There will be a limit where, you know, their magic, their witchcraft, their sorcery, their enchantments will come to an end. They will hit a limit where, you know, what they can do or what they are able to do to the empowerment of the demonic forces will come to an end. There will just be a basic limit that they can reach. And when they reach that limit, you know, their foolishness will be manifested. It will be opposed by the power of God, by the truth in God's word and the manifestation of the power of the Holy Spirit. Because the power of God is much more superior and more powerful than these men who oppose the truth. So Paul goes on to say that such men, you know, are men who resist the truth, which means they oppose the truth. They fight against the truth. They are men of corrupt minds, which means that they are evil in their minds, have evil intentions. They're sick in their minds. They're so wrought in their thinking, so twisted in their thinking. Also, you know, disapproved concerning their faith, which means their faith is not real. It's false faith, worthless faith and counterfeit faith. And they will also progress no further, which means they won't get too far with what they do. And their foolishness will be exposed. So that is why people say, turn away from such men. Because what they're doing is they're doing it to demonic power to the power of the evil one. So we can identify who are those who are, you know, having this form of Godliness, but denying the power, which means they're trying to pursue the power by demonic works to demonic means. And who are people who are ignorant of this whole fact of the dunamis power or the Holy Spirit power and the manifestation of such power. And he says such people you teach should be nice. You know, you teach them in love. You teach them in humility and all patience. Because what Paul talks about these kind of people is they listen to the truth, but they say don't change it. So you know these kind of men. And that is why Paul says God knows those who are His. He clearly knows who will stand up for Him, who are His, who will fall in alignment to who He is and those who are not. And we also need that discernment. So one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit is, you know, is the turning the spirits. So he will give us that discerning of the spirit to discern what kind of people they are and to the extent we need to go in teaching them and being with them or helping them out. So that is again where we need the gift of the Holy Spirit in operation. So just like to look at two important comments here. The first thing is we must present for more of the supernatural power or the work of the Holy Spirit, the manifestation of the Holy Spirit, even as we're living in the end times, the end days and not go back from it, you know, the irrespective of what will happen in the last days. So we need to just pursue, you know, manifesting the power of the Holy Spirit and the nine gifts of the Holy Spirit to be operative in our lives that we can manifest His presence and His power in a powerful way. You know, 1 Timothy chapter 4 verses 1 to 3, you know, Paul says that the last days Jesus foretold, he's mentioned about all of these things. Even in the last days there will be increased measure of false and counterfeit teachers and workers of Satan. Those who are doing powerful science miracles to the work of Satan, but they will have a limit. They will just hit a limit. So if anything, the Church of Jesus Christ has to press in or to ask more of, is that of the power of the Holy Spirit to be manifested and demonstrated in and through our lives. The second thing is that we must stand firm in our faith, you know, demonstrating greater measure, God's power till the foolishness and the worthlessness of those who oppose the truth are exposed. So yes, Satan will come, you know, Satan will bring about and do many counterfeit science miracles and wonders, which will be kind of similar to some of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. But his power has a limit, just like we see what happened in Egypt when Moses confronted Pharaoh. But you know, we as a church, as believers, we need to come to this place where we are demonstrating the greater power. And when we demonstrate the greater power, we are actually demonstrating the greater glory of our God. When we're demonstrating the power of God, the manifestation of the power of the Holy Spirit, we're actually manifesting the glory of God. We're manifesting who God is and what he does. Okay, so as believers, you know, we're all so concerned. He has, are we living the last days, the signs we see? Is this the last days? Are we in that season? Are we just going towards that season? Are we already in that season? You know, all of these questions cloud our mind. But yes, we need to know it is the season. This is the times, you know, but whatever it is, whether we know for a fact or not, we are confused. What we need to do as a church is to pursue this, to ask God for greater, you know, anointing of His power, the presence and the power of the Holy Spirit to be manifested in and through our lives so that His glory can be revealed in a greater magnitude so that many people come to the saving grace of Jesus Christ. Now, we see that Jesus, you know, always manifested the fullness of the power of the Holy Spirit. He went in the full anointing, manifest the full power of the Holy Spirit. Why was it so that, you know, that short time, the three years that He had, He could just manifest the glory of God in a greater measure, in a greater extent. So even as time is short, we don't have some of us, you know, in some of the countries that we have, we don't even have the opportunity, we're kind of restrained from doing things. So it's more than ever, you know, it's season or time where we are just pursuing and saying, God, I just want to demonstrate your glory in a greater way, be manifested in and through me. But before we do that, we need to, you know, come to that place where saying, God, even as I want to be that vessel of honor where I'm manifesting your glory, I want to take that step to do these four things which you require of me so that you can use me mightily and I can display your glory, I can represent who you are and represent your nature and your power in a greater measure so that people would come to your saving grace and knowledge. Okay. Any questions? Verses one to nine. Okay, there are no questions and we will look at verses 10 and 11, please. Can one of you please read verses 10 and 11? I will have full of my teachings, my conduct, my daily life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at NDA, at IKMU in Agnistra, which persecutions I enjoy, get from all the love, rescue me. Amen. Thank you. So here he says, you know, but you, he begins this part of let us say, but you have carefully followed my doctrine. So Paul has just described the kind of people that will threaten the earth in the last days and which Timothy must contend with in his own day. And he says, but you, which means, you know, he's saying that, you know, but you have been shown, you know, clearly the dividing line, you know, what is important, what is not important, you know, those who are of God, those who are not of God, those who are ruled by the Spirit of God, those who are giving into the things of the flesh, you know, so even as you have, you know, been edified with the truth or know the truth, you know, he says, be careful, you know, but you have carefully, he says, but you have carefully followed my doctrine manner of life. So Paul is basically saying that Timothy, you have had this privilege, you know, of working closely with me. Timothy has worked closely with the Apostle Paul for the last 18 years. You know, Paul has treated him as a son in the faith. Paul has, you know, his life has been so transparent, so open that all of his co-workers, those who are sons in the faith, those he's mentoring, have seen his, watched his life, his teaching, his doctrine, seen his persecution, the way that he has struggled through his imprisonments and how he has persevered in the times of hardships, how he's endured persecution. So he's saying that, you know, you've carefully observed me, you've carefully seen everything. You had an opportunity to even learn from me, learn the right teachings, the doctrines. You've also seen the purpose why I live my life. You've also seen the purpose of my faith, my love for God and people. So he says, you know, you know, having seen everything, you know, you just be strong in the faith. You know, just hold on, don't give in, don't be overwhelmed with all the challenges, but stay strong because, you know, you have seen my life, you have seen how I've endured through persecution and difficulty. So, you know, this is a good example for us to how we can mentor people, how we can raise up children in the faith to be men and women of, you know, who are strong in their faith, who have a standing for God. This is how we raise up our committees. So when we raise up, you know, our mentor people, we treat them as sons and daughters and not as servants. If you treat people as sons and daughters, then you will raise up sons and daughters in the faith. You will raise up sons and daughters who belong to the church, who take hold of that truth that had been entrusted to them, the doctrines, the teachings, the manner of the way of life, the holy life, living a righteous life in God's side because you will raise up sons and daughters. But if you treat people as servants, then you will raise up servants. No, we know when we discipline servants, what do they do? They get angry with us and then they will move to the next house or they'll go to some other house and say, I'm not coming from tomorrow onwards. But if you discipline a son or a daughter, they know that, you know, my parent was being too harsh or hard with me, disciplining me. But, you know, what they did was right. Ultimately, they will know what you did, the way you disciplined them, the reason why you disciplined them was because they weren't wrong and they want to help you. So, you know, sons and daughters will not leave and go to the next house or the neighbor's house or live in somebody else's house. They will remain at home because that is their home, that is their house. That's where they belong. Now, when servants, you raise up servants in the house of God, you know, they will work for a reward. They will work for a good name. They will work for position titles. And when you don't give them that, you know, the right to the increment or you don't, you know, you don't give them that position or, you know, give them the names and titles. What did they do? They just, they will just leave. They'll be upset. They'll be angry. They will leave. They will go to another church because why do they do that? Because they don't have the sense of belonging. They're not saying that, hey, this is my house, irrespective of whether I'm acknowledged, irrespective of whether I get the name, the fame, the title and how I'm addressed to or whether I'm acknowledged for what I have done. You know, it doesn't really matter because this is my house. This is where God has planted me. This is where I have received my spiritual inheritance, my upbringing. So I need to be faithful here. They continue to be faithful if they're sons and daughters and not if they are servants. So servants work for a reward. Sons and daughters work because they belong there. It's their house. They just do it irrespective of the reward. Servants receive a reward but sons and daughters receive inheritance and they will not want to leave that inheritance for a simple reward. So in the house of God, that's the church of God, we need to raise up primates, which means we need to raise up sons and daughters. So you can either raise up sons and daughters or you can raise up servants. Sadly, many pastors raise up servants, which means that they keep people under their fists, tell them what to do, what they shouldn't be doing. Don't empower them. Don't build them up in the faith. Don't give them opportunities to use, exercise the gifts or their talents because they are feeling very threatened by their own position that people will recognize them, will not recognize me. They will go ahead of me. So they kind of keep them as a servant mentality and that we feel will bring a downfall in that church because there will be no sons and daughters who will rise up after this man to take over their inheritance, to take over their responsibility because they have not felt that sense of belonging, that there's that home, that they belong there and that they have their responsibility and job there. So as pastors, as ministers, as children's church ministers, as youth ministers, we need to raise up sons and daughters and not as servants, not keep them under us, but get them to grow in the things of God even as if they outdo us, we need to just rejoice that we have raised up a son or daughter who is mighty in the Lord, who's doing the work of the Lord and flowing mightily in the works of the Lord. Amen. Okay, thank you so much. We'll end class now. Anyone has any questions? Any questions? So we learned some important truths in today's lesson. Please go back, listen to the lecture or listen to read the notes, just read through the scripture and just do what we have been learning so that it becomes so much part of your life and what we are studying. Okay, thank you everyone. We'll stop here and have a good day and a good week ahead. I'll see you next Monday. Thank you, Ma'am.