 I just want to read from Philippians chapter 4 verses 12 and 13. I know how to be abased, I know how to abound everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry both to abound and to suffer need and I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. So very inspiring words by Paul to the Philippine church and you know right through he will be writing about rejoicing in the Lord always and you know right through whatever they're going through. He says rejoice in the Lord, be anxious for nothing and all that and this particular these two verses talk about contentment. Even as we start this month I know we started the month a couple of days back but you know it's good to think about contentment and say you know am I content in the Lord right in terms of material things in some in terms of you know the natural things that the Lord has provided and what I have and even what I don't have am I content. So it's not to say that we should not work towards plan towards or be ambitious about you know about achieving things but regarding everything that we have at present you know are we content or is there a discontent you know when it comes to especially when it comes to material things and so on. Like I think we read in the book of Haggai right the last verse where let's just read that also the last chapter somebody read yeah last few verses sorry not Haggai I'm sorry have a cook have a cook okay I'll just read it have a cook chapter 3 verse 17 right 17 and 18 though the victory may not blossom nor fruit be on the vines no though the labor of the olive may fail and the fields yield no food though the flock may be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls yet I will rejoice in the Lord I will joy in the God of my salvation okay so have a cook 3 17 18 and 19 he says the Lord is my strength he will make my feet like deer's feet and he will make me walk on my high hills okay so a very good perspective for us to have a mindset for us no matter what we are going through to say you know the Lord is my salvation the Lord will cause me to walk on my high you know he is my strength he is my refuge he is my everything and he will cause ability in me to increase and change and so on right and the same kind of perspective that Paul has in all things you know I know how to be how to be there and I know that I can do all things through Christ Jesus you know if we would have that it's a place of great strength you know if we would have that mindset it's a great strength right no matter what is happening to be able to say that I can do all things through Christ Jesus I know how to be content in all situations you know like for example you know if it means the situation like where you have to eat dhal dhal rice and pickle the rest of your life okay you know can I still be content right can I still be content so that's what Paul is saying you know in all things I can be you know I know that the Lord will cause me to you know increase etc but can I be content for the sake of whatever you know the assignment that I'm on the call of God can I be content right so it's a it's a great place for us to be and it's a great place for us to reach to mature to reach in Christ right so let's pray Father we thank you Lord we thank you that you're the God who provides for all our needs according to your riches and glory we thank you and Lord we thank you that Lord you desire God for each one of us to reach that place of strength that place of assurance in you Lord Jesus where we can say I can do all things through Christ Jesus I know how to abound and I know how to be a base though there may not be any crop in the field or maybe may not be fruit in the wine yet I will joy I will rejoice in the Lord because he is my strength and my refuge and Lord I pray that each one of us will have that perspective that mindset that glaze of assurance and strength of Father God and then we know that we will be unshakable oh God no matter what storm no matter what mountains we face Lord no matter what the enemy brings away we will continue to be strong pressing forward not distracted or not discouraged in any way oh God and Lord we pray that you would Lord that we ask for strength to be imparted in the inner man even today God even as we Lord start this new month and even as we go through this new month oh God I pray that Lord this will be our focus God that they will that we will be edified in the inner man that we will be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might and we will continue to stand oh God and and and even as you called us Lord to walk and run and soar oh God in the things that you've called us to God we thank you we give you all the praise and all the glory in Jesus matchless name we pray amen amen amen you know just wanted to say that you know when we live Christ centered lives you know that's an amazing amazing place to be many times we we think we live Christ centered lives we think we live you know word centered lives but are we really seeking first the Kingdom of God you know because culturally we can be you can say okay I'm a Christian I'm a believer and not really do that but when we actually live that you know when there's no other agenda but when we are seeking Christ and all other things will fall in place and we will be living you know word centered Christ centered lives right and okay I think roughly is traveling today probably all the best mission strip to Rajasthan I think today okay so we'll pick up from where we start where we left last class you're looking at as a new testament minister right how you know there's just a ministry of the word as new testament ministers the kind of things that we have and the resources that we are given place that we have in Christ which we need to really you know step into walk into and we were looking at revelation right that we receive revelation and we shared that revelation when we talking about revelation we saw that you know it's not that every time you know we open our mouths that there has to be something fresh something totally new that we have not shared before right it's it's not it's not that we don't have to put ourselves under unnecessary pressure that way yes we can have the expectation yes Lord you know show give a give me something that that I need to share and what is it that you want me to share but we need to understand that emphasizing or reiterating the same thing that the Lord has spoken before is also a revelation right it's also something that the Lord wants to do in the lives of people like build strength reiterate remind the people of the things that he had already spoken before okay okay so then we see you know about receiving revelation and preaching that we see in Galatians one where Paul says that you know the son when God chose to reveal the son in him then he immediately preaches the gospel you know that's what we see that was his testimony Galatians one and verse 15 but when when it pleased God who separated me from my mother's womb and called me through his grace to reveal his son in me that I might reach okay to reveal his son that I might reach him among the Gentiles so what the seeds preaching it's a revelation right revelation of the person of Christ revelation of the truth right from the word so so we see that there is a revelation and then there is preaching followed by preaching so he says call me through his grace to reveal his son and me that I might reach him among the Gentiles okay so revelation precedes the communication of preaching of the message okay and also there is a boldness when we speak out of a personal walk with God you know very interesting when Peter and John are in the temple and we see that in Acts chapter 4 okay Acts chapter 4 this is the same same Peter who ran away now he's filled with the Holy Spirit same Peter who denied Jesus now he's standing boldly and he's preaching that and they and they've just performed the you know they've just healed the person who could not walk and all that is happening so Acts chapter 4 verse 13 right we see that now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John okay so Peter he's talking he's he's quoting scripture right right from the time when he was filled to the Holy Spirit the baptism of the Holy Spirit we see him doing that and in Acts chapter 4 also he talks about that in verse 11 you know he's quoting from Psalms and and he's saying you know this is the stone which was rejected by you builders which has become the chief connoisseur on etc you know there's salvation in no other name and all that then when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and perceived that they were uneducated men you know they've not trained the way they were they marveled and this is the realization this is the understanding that they realized that they had been with Jesus right so there's a difference in in the communication of our message when we have spent time with the Lord there's something that happens right we are in the presence of God of course the Bible talks about various you know this our strength being renewed and so on but and you know how we when we see the glory of God we are being changed from glory to glory and so on but there's something that happens there is an anointing that we receive and there's an impartation that we receive from no other by no other means right just by being in the presence of the Lord and we see that is God's original intent in the intent the Lord's original intent like if you look at let's say Mark chapter 3 Mark chapter 3 and it's verse 14 if you yeah Mark chapter 3 and verse 14 13 and 14 then he went upon the mountain and called to him those he himself wanted and they came to him then he appointed 12 and look at you know what he says what is written there that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach okay so that's the orders is saying you know that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach and and here we see the testimony of that happening right so they saw and then they perceived when they saw the boldness they perceive that these men have been with Jesus right so that's the conclusion they come to okay so so that's the same thing that happens to us that there is a boldness in our preaching there is an authenticity and realness in the words that we speak it need not be something very complex there do not be something very you know very very profound even in the simple things like there is the the touch of the Holy Spirit that transforms people's lives and there is a witness of the Holy Spirit in people's heart and then they realize that this is it comes from a place of intimacy okay so that's there's no other you know there's there's no replacing or there's no substituting that from when it comes from that place of intimacy and and and also you know we see the Lord Jesus saying John chapter 15 right I'm the one you are the branches and so that we realize that the Zoe God kind of life God wants us to experience right we are one spirit with him but you know as as human beings we have our free will we have a choice we have a choice to move away we have a choice to stay so as long as we are in that place of intimacy you know the Lord is saying if you abide with me verse 7 right John 15 verse 7 if you abide in me and my words abide in you you will ask what you desire and it shall be done for you okay and verse 6 also he says if anyone does not abide and you know the the usefulness is vastly diminished and our own spiritual our own life you know it's like it just with us away so we we see this there is fruitfulness when we abide in the vine and that's what the Lord has called us to okay so yeah the other thing that we see is continuous revelation gives birth to continual ministry okay so which means that this abiding and this receiving and the outflow of that is something that needs to become a lifestyle for us right not only when we have when we are scheduled to lead the devotion or when we are scheduled to reach right because it can very quickly go down to that level right it can quickly go down to that level ministry can actually very quickly slide down to that level where the only time we you know you spend time is to prepare for something and the thing is it is demanding where maybe you are preaching like three times four times in a week but it should not be that it comes to that place of you know we are preparing we are spending time only to prepare for you know sharing right that that we spend time because that is what we hear we are we are appointed for that we might be with him okay and then the the fact is that as we receive the revelation continual revelation is what gives birth to the ministry you know when we serve the Lord and there is that freshness and there is that impact okay the other thing we see is that without anointing, enlightenment and revelation the exposition of the scripture or the sharing of other teaching of the scriptures is yes it has it it does happen but it does not have the desired impact of fruitfulness okay so you know a lot of unwanted things happen because of that a lot of strife can happen a lot of the work of the flesh happens because of that right so it's the revelation it's anointing that we need to have as we preach right okay so so these are some things to keep in mind as as New Testament believers right all of us are called to share to preach the gospel in whatever realm and and this is something that needs to be a lifestyle for us right okay okay any questions anything that you might want to share yeah no okay okay so let's look at second Corinthians 3 okay second Corinthians 3 versus 1 to 12 where Paul writes about about him himself his team okay to the Corinthian church and and we can learn something here about the kind of ministry that they did okay the kind of ministry and we learn about how they related to the people we learn about their dependence on the Holy Spirit in order to transform and change lives and so on right okay so second Corinthians 3 verse 1 verses 1 to 12 okay let's just read through it or do we sorry do we begin again to commend ourselves or do we need as some others epistles of commendation to you or letters of commendations from you you are our epistle written in our hearts known and read by all men clearly you are an epistle of Christ ministered by us written not with ink but by the spirit of the living God not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh that is of the heart and we have such trust through Christ to our God not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves but our sufficiency is from God who made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant not of the letter but of the spirit for the letter kills but the spirit gives life okay so first six verses maybe we can just look at that so what does he say he's writing to them he's saying you know do we need to give commendations commendation letter about ourselves to you etc you know he's writing to them because the context is that there are people false apostles who have come and created a lot of confusion they are actually destroying people's lives and so people are beginning to look up to them and they're not really you know looking up to Paul and the team and so on so that's the place from which he writes if you look at verse 2 he says you are our epistle written in our hearts known and read by all men okay so what is an epistle what is an epistle letter exactly yeah epistle is a it's a complicated word to say letter okay so it just means letter it's something that is written to communicate right so it's an epistle so he's saying you are an epistle which means that you know you actually when people look at your lives you are like a letter you are like a letter and written in our hearts okay written in our hearts your life your lifestyle your character everything is written in our hearts known and read by all men okay so which means that in other words that in their hearts they had these people they carried these people or the lives of these people you know they had such a close association in ministering to them that they carried them in their hearts meaning they they thought about them they prayed for them and we see that you know Paul writes you know we are praying for you etc and grace to peace and peace be you know he just blesses them and so on so he carried them in their hearts he was not disconnected from the from the audience like or the congregation to whom he was ministering to okay so he was not like a very you know I'm a professional preacher I need to preach and move on and move on to the next assignment you know it was not that way you know it is not a very clinical work that he was doing you know he he was engaged in their lives he knew their concerns excuse me he knew about them he knew their failings limitations whatever and he carried them in he's saying you know I carry you we carry you in our hearts not just Paul but the entire team right so so he says you are a person written in our hearts known and read by all men so the thing for us to understand is okay you know pray for the people yes we are praying for what message to be taken what message to be given but pray for the people pray for the audience to to really get God's heart for them to get God's heart for you know for the God's burden in our hearts for the people right so that is the first thing you know our people written in our hearts and you know it could change from place to place and you know audience to audience and so on but then if we if if not we will maybe come to a place of exalting ourselves and putting down people okay destroying people's lives you know and and really being disconnected from people's people's lives so slowly over a period of time the message becomes very very disengaged disconnected you know it becomes a very it can be a very academic exercise it can be a very selfish kind of a thing it can result in manipulation all those things happen you know when we don't have people written in our hearts and when we don't have God's heart for for the people okay because yeah so we can because we can be hurt we can be offended they look at people you know but when we have God's heart for the people then irrespective of how the behavior is and what they have done what they have said we will have God's heart and we will have God's compassion right we will look at people through God's eyes so people must be written in our hearts okay then the second thing that we see is that verse three clearly you are an epistle of Christ okay which means that God has written something it's like God is writing a letter to others and you are that letter you are that living letter okay you're walking around like a letter and saying people are able to read you like they look at your lives they and they and they get something it it's like I'm sending someone with a message and it's not a message that they have to speak their whole life is a message the way they live their life is a message and when people see their lives they are getting a message from Christ himself okay so it's like okay God has spoken to me how well I see this person's life right so that's a powerful thing right so he's saying you are an epistle of Christ you are a letter that God is writing that Christ is writing you are an epistle ministered by us of course we came we serve we shared the gospel we established the church we taught you the gifts of the spirit we as we corrected rebuked everything ministered by us written not with ink but by the spirit of the living God you know that's a very important thing right ministered by us meaning we are human beings of course we use natural means of speaking and you know communicating trying to make you understand discussing everything but he's saying here that not with ink not by any natural method but that this writing this which means he's talking about life change that has happened in them okay life change that has happened in them transformation that has happened in them and he's saying that this was written not with ink but by the spirit of the living God the spirit of the living God the Holy Spirit has actually written in your hearts brought transformation in your hearts in your lives and not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh that is of the heart okay so yes God uses us as vessels God uses us as instruments to share to speak but it is God and only God by the spirit who can write in the hearts of people okay who can really reach the depths of people's lives and write in the hearts of people so that's something that he's saying you are an epistle of Christ your life transformation it speaks volumes people see you and they get a message it's like Jesus speaking to them yes how did that happen we ministered we came we shared we ministered right but it's not through any of our means our reasoning or our wisdom it is by not so he's saying it's not by ink but by the spirit of the living God and we use ink to write it it's a natural thing a natural element using to write but he's saying no this was written on the tablets of your heart and that kind of writing no human being can do but by the spirit of the living God like by the Holy Spirit okay and then he talks about sufficiency right verse verse 5 says not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves but our sufficiency is from God okay and who also verse 6 who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant not of the letter but of the spirit and we so he's saying that we are our sufficiency comes from him which means our capability our ability everything comes from God okay so you know if you look at Paul and the team the kind of things that they did the kind of churches that they established you know it's amazing right look at the missionary trips you study are you studying the book of Acts now are you next semester is it you are you finished already okay Paul's journey and so it's really it is amazing you know at that time with the kind of resources with the lack of communication in all that so much was accomplished and he's saying this is the secret he's saying that you know not that we are sufficient of ourselves but our sufficiency is from God so they realized that they understood that and they were dependent on that right so be he is made as sufficient as ministers of the gospel of the new covenant and not of the letter but of the spirit so he's saying okay this is the new dispensation we're not bringing the law here anymore it is the ministry of the Holy Spirit and the Spirit gives life right and so the letter kills but the Spirit gives life it's talking about law and grace and and so we are ministry ministers of the life-giving spirit okay then verses 7 to 11 okay let's read through but if the ministry of death written and engraved on stones was glorious so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance which glory was passing away how will the ministry of the spirit not be more glorious for if the ministry of condemnation had glory the ministry of righteousness exceeds much more in glory for even what was made glorious had no glorious glory in this respect because of the glory that excels for if what is passing away was glorious what remains is much more glorious okay so so he's saying you know we are ministers of the new covenant we are ministers of the life-giving the life-giving spirit and not of the law for them you know it made a lot of sense because they were not talking about the law anymore not talking about the you know the do's and don'ts anymore but they're saying the Holy Spirit actually written the law in your hearts and so where the Spirit of the Lord is there is freedom now liberty and and and so he's saying that it's produces life and there's no death there is this life-giving spirit so we are the ministers of that new covenant and he's here he's contrasting you know between the old and the new and he's saying we are ministers of the new covenant and if the minute is a you know if the ministry of death like meaning that it was the law brings death because nobody could adhere to the law and everybody understood that okay if if I broke one thing of the law then I'm breaking the whole law so therefore the wages of breaking the law is death so that's why it's called the ministry of death right so if that was glorious meaning that whole law was given Moses brings you know he's from the top of the mountain it was engraved on stones so that's why he's saying you know it was glorious in the sense that Moses face was glowing and it was a fading glory how will the ministry of the spirit not be more glorious right so this is the new dispensation it's even more glorious so he wants us to you know as ministers of the New Testament to come to that realization okay so we are ministering the gospel we are in the dispensation that is even more glorious so you know how does that change your ministry and how does it change your ministry so your whole expectation and your walk of faith everything changes right so you know if if I still believe that okay I'm I'm we might say okay I'm in the new dispensation but are we really ministering according to that right in the sense you are actually partners with God your co-laboring you know with Christ in fact he's doing the work and we are privileged to be partners not in the sowing and the reaping and the watering and so on so if if we have that understanding right and if we really allow the Holy Spirit to work in and through us right so you know there's no limits and there's no limits to you know the gifts of the spirit being operational in our lives there's you know there's so much freedom so that is what he's talking about he's saying that you know it's so glorious if the ministry of condemnation at glory the ministry of righteousness exceeds much more in glory right and then in verse 12 he says therefore since we have such hope we use great boldness of speech okay so so this perspective or this shift in thinking is what every New Testament believer should have okay so when we look at everything that has happened in the old we know it's a it's a type and a shadow and we know that yes that and so much more is possible right in the new dispensation so we need to have that mindset okay and so it is so he's saying you know we have we use boldness of speech because we have so much hope because we know that this is a even more glorious ministry that we are called to right that we are called to be in so so that you know that gives so much hope that gives us faith and you know all the weariness and everything is taken away because it is not it is not our strength yes God uses us as ministers but our sufficiency comes from him okay and right through we'll you know you you'll see that you know and we read Corinthians first Corinthians also you know he's talking about how you know I want you to know the power of God in the first Corinthians chapter 2 he says and I brethren when I came to you did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God and I for I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified verse 5 that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God right so you know all that is possible and you know that's that's something that they emphasized over and over again as New Testament ministers okay right okay just one any questions here before we move on to the last one here last section yeah okay first I mean second Corinthians chapter 3 verse 6 like what does it mean like when it says for the for the letter kills yeah yeah so the thing is this no like so the letter letter referring to the law okay the old covenant so in the when it comes to the law the the the consequence of not being able to adhere to the law or obey the law is death like the consequence is death and and so that's why we see in Romans that everybody you know like everybody has fallen short of the glory of God right and so the there is no and there is condemnation yes all these you know the all the sacrifices where where for covering for a time being till the next sacrifice right so there was nothing that was it was it was resulting in death right it was bringing everybody under this whole blanket of saying that you are sinful that you are saying okay you are sinful you cannot make it on your own so that's the ministry of death that he's talking about so yeah so verse 6 right the letter kills right but the spirit gives life which means that now we are in the new dispensation and if you look at Romans chapter 8 there is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the spirit that is verse 1 verse 2 for the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death okay so which means that he became the sin bearer he bore he took the punishment he moved it out of the way so that I don't have to my life does not have to end in death you know so or I don't have to bear the consequence of not being able to adhere to the law so the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death so that's why he says the law this the spirit the letter kills but the spirit gives life he's referring to that right okay okay so let's look at you know what are some objectives when it comes to you know sharing the gospel what can or what are the possibilities right I'm not I'm not talking about just sharing the gospel sharing the word of God okay 1 Corinthians 14 and verse 6 that verse really wraps it up okay so he's actually you know addressing the whole aspect of gifts but we see this 1 Corinthians 14 verse 6 he says now brethren if I come to you speaking with tongues what shall I profit you unless I speak to you okay and they list down four things either by revelation by knowledge by prophesying or by teaching okay by revelation knowledge prophesying or by teaching okay so revelation we know is an unveiling or unrevealing or disclosing or something that is covered okay something that we did not see before but we see it now something that is you know that was not lit you know it's highlighted now for us so that's revelation unveiling of hidden truth so you know when we speak I remember you know I am as many years ago I think the first time I'm actually attending an apologetics workshop okay first time ever and there was this person by name LT Jai Chandran okay he's retired now but he's still ministers and I remember sitting and then it was it was literally like locks being unlocked you know like if you can imagine several locks and every time he was bringing the truth he's sharing and the first time I heard about you know this whole that verse in Genesis he talks about let us make man in our image they're saying hey Jesus was there the Holy Spirit was there you know let us make man it's not like they came in a later is there and that was and I just heard that it was like wow I've never you know heard this before and one lock was open you know and some door was open so when there is a revelation whenever you minister in the revelation it might be something that you have heard so many times and it's been part of your life but when you when you share that as led by the Spirit there is the unlocking that happens in people's lives so revelation does that revelation brings a fresh understanding revelation brings freedom and at a conviction for people to walk in that revelation you know it just it's exciting because something that they did not understand and did not know how there is a revelation of that and they are able to walk in it now it's like you may do you know I mean it's not you but it's like how you know there was just a forest maybe there were the rocks and but then suddenly there is a highway you're able to go you're able to go to the destination where things where you know kind of blocked maybe there was a mountain whatever now the years road through the mountain and they're able to go it's exciting it's life-giving it's very liberating okay so so when we minister you know this is something that can happen so Paul is saying that you know how will it profit you unless I speak either by revelation so which means that when I speak out of revelation through or bring a revelation it is going to profit it's going to benefit okay the second thing is he talks about this knowledge okay so knowledge meaning spiritual knowledge spiritual understanding right so it need not be revelatory in that sense but it's still knowledge or understanding of the scripture understanding of the Word of God or maybe about the attributes of God or maybe something from from the you know history itself or maybe it's you know like we said okay we looked at the word study maybe it's about a deeper understanding of the Word right so all that is spiritual knowledge okay so that is also beneficial spiritual knowledge is beneficial so he's talking about revelation about knowledge the third thing is prophesying okay so let's read that verse again 14 6 it is how shall I profit you unless I speak to you either by revelation by knowledge by prophesying so what is prophesying again speaking an inspired word right and by inspiration of the Holy Spirit now it could have a futuristic element to it could be have a foretelling element to it but we know it's edification exaltation and comfort right and that is birthed by the Holy Spirit so when there is edification exaltation and comfort which comes through the prophetic word it's obviously benefiting the here right it's benefiting the here and and there is literally they can the change can be very drastic it can be like like a before and an after picture right before prophetic word after prophetic word I'm sure you would have seen no like some of these I don't we don't see too many of those ads now right like they used to have you know you take this medicine and then you will lose weight you don't see I think people have gone become wise you know they say don't put these things now on the newspaper you'll see you know and before I tried this method and and it'll be one zoomed out picture okay after picture it'll be further away before picture will be close you know that something's not right but the thing is that the prophetic word it can be as drastic as that right when a person receives that there is when the person receives the prophetic word you know like it says verse 3 you were looking at verse 6 what do you look at verse 3 says you prophesize speaks edification exhortation and comfort so the prophetic word brings edification there's building up right positive constructive spiritual progress what is the second thing it brings exhortation encouragement right third thing there is comfort okay and I remember like personally like there was one season we were going through a very difficult season as a family like my brother was having a difficult time and we were separated it was married separated and no amount of my comfort could actually comfort my parents right because my parents you know come from very especially my mother come from a background where all these things were unheard of right this was all it was always happening in somewhere some other country here it is happening in our own family right they were so inconsolable and I remember you know just meeting this friend of ours was a minister and also a prophet so I said we don't we go we just get you know let's talk to him and pray so I remember that you know the way they went in when they got prayed for and the way we left after the prayer the phases were glowing right I'm not saying the problem was over problem was not over right but the prophetic word right why because it brings edification it big brings exhortation it brings comfort that's a power of the prophetic word things because the Holy Spirit knows the need the Holy Spirit brings the word and his word has power it's alive it's living and powerful like it's like a sword right so so I remember that every time I think of the prophetic word I think of that incident I saw such a change in their countenance in their face you know so yeah so prophesying speaking an inspired word and what is the fourth thing that he says how will it benefit you if I speak to you either by revelation by knowledge by prophesying or by teaching okay so what is teaching teaching is something that takes us from a place of ignorance to a place of learning from a place of immaturity to a place of maturity it plays from a takes us from a place of instability to a place of stability again right so it's so teaching is something very very important and this is again you know when we talk about the scope you know we can bring all this so teaching establishing people in the Word of God okay so we we can't just go by you know exhortation is exciting inspirational very motivating right but what gives or what grounds people and what's what gives stability but just like an anchor or like a foundation of a building is the teaching right again a revelatory teaching of God's Word and God's Word is able to when when people are and then there's anointed teaching people are built up even you see strong building you see you know some buildings are you know you walk in and you know that things are not okay they've used you know substandard material they've used you know maybe the switch board is coming off and every time you pull the plug you'll have to hold the switchboard and you know pull the plug and you know things like that right but when I when you see a solid building rock solid billionaire you know I'm sure you've seen St. Joseph's Law College of Law you see the stone and you see you know that it's not you know it's solid right you see that they've used good materials you see that they've got used in a good fittings it's like that right when there's a ministry of teaching there's a solid ministry of teaching of God's Word the people who receive it if they receive it and if they live like by it so strong because it's the Word of God like it's a truth of God's Word and like we see line upon line peace upon precepts so you know it's it's one layer after another and this they bring so much of strength and they are grounded in God's Word right so so we see that you know when we are communicating God's Word it can have all these different objectives so it doesn't mean that you know it can it's just one thing at a time you know it can be a combination of it right it's how what whatever the Lord has put in your heart so it can bring a combination of this it can be as the Spirit of the Lord you know places that emphasis certain sections of the Word can be whether laterally or it can be prophetic inspired Word and now Word maybe when you're closing it can be again it can be a prophetic utterance and so on so you know a message can actually bring all this in a combination right just for us to understand that we can actually have all this as ministers of God who communicate the truth okay so we'll stop here right okay thank you God bless okay see you guys next time bye bye