 Okay. Let's pray. Father we just want to thank you for all these nine months that have gone by. We thank you for this new month, Lord. That is Lord that we have started today. We have entered into Lord. We thank you. Thank you for this new day Lord. We we commit Lord the rest of these months of this year into your mighty hands. God that we will continue to live for you Lord. Father God that we will continue to live for your purposes Lord. And I just pray God that we will continue to Lord pursue your plans that you have for us, the purposes that you have for us Lord. And I pray that each one of us will be diligent to fulfill your plans and carry out your will Father God. Master we we ask Father God that you will perfect that which concerns us today Lord. Not things that need perfecting, things that need strengthening in us Lord. We ask that you would strengthen. Lord we pray that all our weaknesses will be overwhelmed by your strength. Father God will be removed and Lord will be transformed of Father God. I just pray God even for a closer walk with you master. Lord we pray that our minds will be renewed to the truth of your word Father God. We ask O God that your word will continue to be O God in the center of our lives Father God. And I pray for a rich deposit of your word in our spirit of Father God. Lord we pray that you will expand our spiritual capacity to receive more from you Lord. Lord we pray that even now God we pray that you will expand our spiritual capacities O God. That we will go deeper Lord in our walk with you Father God. That we will go higher in our walk with you master God. And that we will be Lord always walking closer Lord to your heart of Father God and close to you Father God. Yes Lord we pray that our walk will be a walk of obedience O God. Lord that we will always choose to Lord delight in your will and purposes of Father God. That we will choose to delight in you O Master God. And that we will be obedient to your word and to your instruction of Father God. However big or small it might be Lord and Lord we pray that we will choose to obey your word. Lord not only when it's convenient or comfortable for us Lord and even Lord even at times when it's difficult O God. Lord we pray that we will make it Lord our make it a point O God to follow through and to obey every instruction O God. Lord that you place before us O Master. Yes Lord we thank you that you have Lord our best in mind Father God. That you are a good God. And Lord we thank you that you came to give us life and life in its fullness. That you are our good shepherd. And so we just want to thank you this morning. We want to give you all the praise. We want to give you all the glory this morning O God. We thank you. In Jesus' matchless name we pray. Amen. Amen. Okay. Okay. Let's. Okay. We're almost at the end of One Corinthians. Right. We are in chapter 15 and we I think we went up to verse 28 in the last class. Verse 28 chapter 15. So chapter 15. Just a quick review. Paul talks about the gospel that he preaches and how he received it. And he goes on to say this is the gospel that I received and I preach by which you are saved. And in following that he talks about the proof. The proof of resurrection. Like who are the eyewitnesses of the resurrection that we see in the first few verses that he was he died and he was buried and he rose again and he was seen by all these with eyewitnesses. And he also talks about his encounter and and then he says you know I'm the least of the apostles but his grace God's grace worked in me and I also work labored all the more because of the grace of God. In fact he says I labored more than they all because of the grace of God in in in me. Right. And and then he addresses the whole issue of the teaching or the belief that was that was there in the in the Corinthian church or in that circle that people do not rise again or there is no resurrection from the dead. So he goes on to address that he talks about that and he says you know this is the thing if you're saying that there is no resurrection from the dead then you know that Christ is not resurrected and we are false witnesses and because we are saying that something happened which when it actually didn't happen and we are saying it happened because of God and we are actually you know we are making God whatever a false witness for God and and then he talks about he also talks about the fact that everything is hopeless and futile. Right. Because if there is no resurrection from the dead and the kind of life that we live if it is only for this life on earth then it is really you know we are the most pitiable of people and there is there is there is no hope right. If you have hope only for this lifetime then you know we are most pitiable it is futile and everyone who has made a decision for Christ and has died has actually lived there in vain you know they have perished and then he talks about the resurrection you know if Christ is risen from the dead that is from verse 20 then we will also live okay by Adam all die and by through Christ everyone will be made alive. He talks about the Lord Jesus being the first fruits meaning something that we really looked at that word Apache which means the beginning of something new right let me just read out that that particular word Apache I mean it means the a new beginning a beginning of something right and and then he says if Christ is first fruits then which means that we will also follow right and when he talks about how about the millennial reign of Christ and all authority will be put under his feet and death itself right so talks about the resurrection from the dead and also talks about that the Lord Jesus will reign over all and the last enemy death itself will be brought under the feet of Jesus like he will defeat or he has defeated it but then that it itself will be destroyed and that we see in verse 26 right the last enemy that will be destroyed is death okay so today let's look at verse 29 from verse 29 onwards okay and then we will go on to the end of the chapter okay verse 29 otherwise what will they do who are baptized for the dead if the dead do not rise at all why then are they baptized for the dead so he's addressing a top in addressing a custom or something that was done during that time and he's talking about addressing a group of people who who actually are indulging in some kind of a baptism for the sake of the people who are dead so these people who are alive take are being baptized for the sake of those who are dead so it was it is some custom that is there and he's saying you know what will they do referring to somebody who is not part of the church but seems to be a cult tradition or custom what will they do who are baptized for the dead if the dead do not rise at all so he's he's not encouraging that like we looked at like we studied last class he's not encouraging that custom he's not you know he does not he's not establishing that teaching he's saying you know he's not saying that the church should practice that such but he's saying he's just addressing that because you know even there that the dead will rise okay so that is that seems to be their hope that that the day will rise so you know and he talks about so he's still addressing the whole thing of resurrection from the dead right so he talks about how his life is in danger he says he says he stand we stand in jeopardy was 30 he we stand in jeopardy every hour and then you know if if there is no resurrection from the dead then let's you know let's just eat and drink for tomorrow we die and that's the end of it all and then he issues the warning saying do not be deceived do not be deceived because you have this faith but if there is evil company you know if if you are keeping company with people with such beliefs if there is evil company which means that the company of the people who do not believe in these things right and probably who who are you know whose mindset and everything is bent on doing things that are not good who are evil right evil company corrupts good habits there there will be a they will influence you and there will be a corruption of everything that you live for you know it becomes corrupt it you know corruption meaning there is DK and something when you say corrupt you know it's like rust when there's metal and there's iron and because of moisture it becomes corrupt it becomes rusted right and then it becomes weak it starts falling away it becomes weak and and it just breaks and if there's any anything that's you know any food items we keep it over a period of time outside it becomes it there DK sets in right it becomes DK and ultimately it's it's useless it has to be thrown away so saying that evil company has that kind of an influence there is a corruption of everything that you know to be true and you are living a good life you have good habits but there will be a corruption of that there because of the evil influence so so he's saying do not be deceived don't deceive yourself this will happen you know what is it a thing we might say okay no it's okay it's fine I will be fine it's it's you know nothing will happen right and so he's saying don't be deceived don't be deceived evil company will cut up good habits awake to righteousness and do not sin for some do not have the knowledge of God I speak this to your shame so he's saying awake to righteousness don't continue in sin or do not sin okay so what's 35 onwards okay but someone will say how are the dead raised up and with what body do they come foolish one what you so is not made alive unless it dies and what you so you do not so that body that shall be but mere grain perhaps wheat or some other grain but God gives it a body as he pleases and to each seed its own body all flesh is not the same flesh but there is one kind of flesh of men another flesh of animals another of fish and another of birds and there are also celestial bodies and terrestrial bodies but the glory of the celestial is one and the glory of the terrestrial is another there is one glory of the sun another glory of the moon and another glory of the stars for one star differs from another in glory so also is the resurrection of the dead the body is sown in corruption it is raised in in corruption it is sown in dishonour it is raised in glory it is sown in weakness it is raised in power it is it is sown a natural body it is raised a spiritual body there is a natural body and there is a spiritual body and so it is written written the first Adam became a living being the last Adam became a life-giving spirit however the spiritual is not first but the natural and afterward the spiritual the first man was off the earth made of dust the second man is the Lord from heaven as was the man of dust so also are those who are made of dust and as is the heavenly man so also those who are heavenly and we and as we have borne the image of the man of dust we shall also bear the image of the heavenly man so let's look at verse 35 onwards right so he's addressing a question you know probably somebody would ask a question you know but how are the dead raised up how are the dead raised up with what what body do they they come out with what is the kind of body right they have then he goes on to say that you know what is so is not made alive unless it dies okay so he's talking about the sowing and reaping he's talking about you know in a garden or in a farm this is how it happens that there is a grain which is sown and the body which is sown is different from the what comes out of it right what comes alive of it so the the grain or if it's a wheat or corn or whatever it's sown then it is it is very different it is sown of seed but then something happens and because of of the potential in that that very grain or seed it grows and when it grows and comes out of the earth it is it no longer you know it's it's very different from the way it is sown okay from from the kind of seed it was when it was sown so it says God gives it a body as it pleases so different kinds of seed and when they when they grow up as a plant it is it is very different God gives it a body as it pleases and also talks about the flesh you know there is a different kinds of flesh in the sense the the flesh of the human being is different from that of an animal or a bird or a fish and in fact scientists have testified to sown that it's it's not the same you know the texture is different the the kind of tissue and everything is is different right so the human being so Paul is talking about the kind of differences there are and also about the heavenly you know like the star or the moon and the sun and saying that the the glory of the sun is different from the glory of the moon and so on so and he's tying that to the resurrection of the dead and he's saying so also the resurrection of the dead the body is sown in corruption in the sense and when a person is dead then obviously there is corruption you know there is decay that sets in to the body it's because things have stopped functioning the organs have stopped functioning so there is obviously there is decay in the body it's no longer living its day so it is sown in corruption but it is raised in in corruption so the the body that is resurrected is one that does not see decaying right so that is how it is so it is addressing the question how are the dead raised up with what body do they come out okay you're saying there is a resurrection from the dead so you know what kind of body will they have so he's saying this is what it will be it is sown in in corruption meaning there is decay and it has limitations you know it is vulnerable to sickness and and all those kind of things but it is raised in in corruption okay and says it is sown in weakness and raised in power right sown in dishonor raised in glory yes this is how it is it is sown a natural body but it is raised a spiritual body there is a natural body and there is a spiritual body right so he's saying you know when you sow it it is a natural physical body but when it when it's raised up resurrected it is a spiritual body so so so the fact is that you know it is made of a totally different material it is spirit but still it's a body you know we need to understand that so you know this is giving us an understanding okay it is a spiritual body which means it's not like you know something without shape or you know like smoke or anything like that or like a mist you know the resurrected body is it's a body which means it's definitely has shape and so on but it is spiritual it is not a natural body okay and then he goes on to say you know so it is and so it is written the first man adam became a living being the last man last adam or referring to the lord jesus became a living life-giving spirit okay we have life through the last adam the lord jesus the the first man was of the earth like he was from the dust he was is made he was created from the earth the the god actually created he made clay he shaped and he breathed and he became a living being right but the second man is from the from uh is the lord from heaven okay and as was the man of dust we are all like that the man of dust returns to us adam died return to the earth so also our physical bodies we are from the dust we will go back to dust right and and but beautiful and as is the heavenly man which is verse 48 second part of it and as is the heavenly man so also are those who are heavenly so oh you know the lord jesus he uh when he was resurrected we see that he's the first fruits right he's the first fruits of um of creation first fruits which means that he's the start of a of a beginning a new beginning and we are we as people who have trusted in the lord and we also will be raised up in similar manner okay so what kind of a body did the lord have when he was raised up when he was resurrected he had a you know he was a body which was different from the one which was actually buried uh how different was it well he appeared you know in a closed room even though there were walls and doors and everything was closed you know he appeared in the midst um and he would disappear he were up here and and so on but still people could recognize right they saw that he was a lord so it was a glorified body it was a body which was uh which was without any corruption so so also saying we shall bear the image of the heavenly man just as in the natural we bore the image of the uh man of dust had him so also in the resurrection we will bear the image of the heavenly man lord jesus okay um verse 50 now this I say brethren that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of god nor does corruption inherit in corruption behold I tell you a mystery we shall not all sleep but we shall all be changed in a moment in the twinkling of an eye at trumpet trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed for this corruption must put on in corruption and this mortal must put on immortality so when this corruptible has put on in corruption and this mortal has put on immortality then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written death is swallowed up in victory oh death where is your sting oh Hades where is your victory the sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the law but thanks be to god who gives us the victory through our lord jesus christ therefore my beloved brethren be steadfast immovable always abounding in the work of the lord knowing that your labor is not in vain in the lord okay so um he goes on to teach further about the resurrection and in doing so so firstly he says you know in the resurrection the we will have a it won't be the same kind of body that we have now it'll be a glorified body it'll be a spiritual body it'll be different like it's an incorruptible body so glorified spiritual incorruptible it's different from the one which is so but at the same time we understand that we'll be able to recognize you know all this we understand from what he says that we will also bear the image of the heavenly man that we will be like the lord bear the image of the lord just like how we were like adam you know because we came from adam just like we were like adam and the man of dust and all the limitations and everything right all the incorrupt all the corruption we also inherited but in the same way we will bear the image of the heavenly man okay so that's that's good news in the resurrection this is how it will be then he says in verse 50 that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of god okay the kingdom of god flesh and blood meaning that which is of the natural cannot inherit nor does corruption incorruption right so because flesh and blood it's corrupted by sin there is you know there is there is corruption there is decay there is all kinds of weaknesses and everything but flesh and blood cannot inherit God therefore we are resurrected and we will have glorified bodies and and the kingdom of god is that which is of the spirit that with this of the spiritual nature gets to inherit the kingdom of god okay and then he goes on to say that we shall not all sleep but we shall all be changed like for those of those who are living those who are still alive those who are not those who are alive at the coming of the lord says you know the trumpet will sound the dead will be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed okay so those who are dead will be raised incorruptible but those who are those who are still alive we shall be changed the the bodies will change there will be a change okay for this corruptible must put on incorruption okay and this mortal must put on immortality okay so mortal means something that has an end is something that has an end end date an expiry date that you know you continue to live on to live on and on right there's no you're not mortal or right there is no coming to an end but you continue on immortal eternal right so so Paul says that this mortal must put on immortality okay which is everlasting and the Greek word used there is Athanasia okay Athanasia which means which is you know there is no death or deathless okay so so he says that this is what must happen that immortality will be swallowed up as to put on immortality and then will come the same you know death is swallowed up in victory or death where is your sting oh Hades where is your victory it's a cry of victory it's a shout of victory because you know everything that death seemed to have brought there were everything over which that that seemed to have victory as bring brought to an end victory and oh Hades you know Hades where is death where is your sting and the painfulness of death and this everything is ended verse 56 the sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the law right so what happens is that the law brings everyone under or covers everyone under sin right because the law is perfect and holy and so there's no person who can actually keep the law and continue to keep the law because present sins in one of that right so the strength of sin you know in a way if you want you know is the law where everybody is brought under that it's the law seems to be the like the strength of sin and the sting of death is sin you know the the painfulness of death what is that the actual thing that brings about death the sting of death is actually sin okay now what happens is the lord has won the victory over sin and death so therefore you know the victory cry where is oh death where is your sting and Hades where is your victory okay so there is there is total victory that the lord Jesus has given us as believers and even the victory over death right so what happens because of death that our bodies are buried and the body cdk and decomposition and everything comes to an end that even that is made victorious because of the lord that we will bear the image of the heaven demand right that we we are victorious in that because of the lord's victory right so thanks be to god verse 57 who gives us the victory through our lord Jesus now that victory is given to us because of the lord okay whatever was there whatever failure or you know which came into our life because of sin right whatever decay or corruption which came into our life because of sin whatever we can say you know whatever the sin sin brought into our lives right whatever you know the danger damages of sin whatever damage that the sin brought into our lives now that has been reversed that has changed because of the lord's work the victory that god that we have that is brought to us that is given to us through the lord Jesus christ thanks be to god who gives us the victory through our lord Jesus christ okay therefore verse 58 he encourages the church and he's saying therefore my beloved brethren you know this you know this is the end okay this is the end that is that is desired by the lord that is the victory that is given to you by the lord okay even death is not victorious even death is not final because there is the resurrection and in the resurrection this will be the state of your body and we will bear the image of the lord Jesus therefore he says be steadfast okay be steadfast immovable always abounding in the work of the lord so be steadfast be strong be be rooted be strong be established be rooted i do not be shaken um steadfast immovable always abounding okay so that's the thing says always abounding um continue to abound continue to be you know let there be abundance uh in the work of the lord always abounding in the work of the lord so uh so these three things that he says now you know you'll be you abound in the work of the lord you'll be immobile you'll be um steadfast knowing that your labor in the lord is not in vain okay so don't be discouraged the work that you do the ministry that you do the work of the lord that you do is not in vain it's not a waste it's not futile okay because uh the thing is because of that kind of belief that hey there is no resurrection um it's possible that people were being discouraged you know um some kind of teaching happening that there is no resurrection so if there is no resurrection then you know what is the point of all this what is the point of ministry what is the point of i mean living like this and all that so says there is a resurrection there is going to be uh you know the the rule and reign of christ and there is going to be change to our bodies when we are resurrected uh from the dead and those who are alive this will be the change uh to their bodies and therefore you know uh be strong be steadfast be immobile abounding in the work of the lord let there be an abundance of you know effort and that you will see the fruit of your efforts abounding in the work of the lord knowing that your labor is not in vain okay your labor the work that you do is not in vain um you know when it comes to um uh the resurrection and um and how it will happen we see a similar thing in uh one teslonians four okay so to them also the the church also uh paul writes the similar similar thing right uh one teslonians four and verse 13 if we read um says uh but i do not want you to be ignorant brethren concerning those who have fallen asleep lest you sorrow as those who have no hope for if we believe that jesus died and rose again even so god will bring with him those who sleep in jesus for this we say to you by the word of the lord that those who are alive and remain until the coming of the lord will by no means proceed those who are asleep for the lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout with a voice of an archangel and with a trumpet of god and the dead in christ will rise first then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with him in the clouds we to to meet uh in the air and thus we shall always be with the lord therefore comfort one another with these words so here again he's talking about uh what will happen in the resurrection and uh and what will happen to those who are dead uh who have died in christ and what will happen to those who are still living at the coming of the lord okay so we see both of it being mentioned here okay so any any questions or any doubts in chapter 15 um so it's a excellent you know place to go where is uh to um to study about the resurrection and uh we see um this topic of resurrection about the first adam about the last adam and everything uh being very clearly explained here right okay so any um any questions any doubts or anything that you want to share um okay so did you understand uh why he says you know the sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the law right the sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the law um um you know I hope we we understood that right um if you if you still need any clarity in that you know is there anyone who uh who needs clarity about that particular verse okay right and uh of course uh you know you you would have studied a similar thing in romans also you know when in in romans in galatians uh specifically in romans uh about the law you know uh what is the purpose of the law will paul writes you know what is the purpose of the law why is the law given and how uh you know the law is good but um and how it brings everyone you know under this whole category of you know sin right because the law puts everyone under the banner of sin says okay you are sinful because you didn't keep the law now this is the law you didn't keep it so therefore you are sinful um so um the strength of sin is a law okay and the sting of death the painfulness of death the the attack of death is sin itself you know the all because that sin brings about death sin brings about sin opens the door and it is uh it is like the sting of death right but both sin and death the source and the outcome the consequence the lord jesus won the victory because he carried sin upon himself on the cross and he rose again from the death therefore um he destroyed sin and the consequence of sin both he destroyed on the cross okay um which is what we see in romans chapter six okay maybe i'll just read that um romans chapter six um do you not know six and verse three do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into christ were baptized into his death therefore we were buried with him through baptism into death and just as christ was raised from the dead by um uh that just as christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the father even so we should walk in units of life for if we have been united together in the likeness of his death certainly we shall also be in the likeness of his resurrection knowing this that our old man was crucified with him that the body of sin might be done away with the body of sin might be destroyed done away with put away okay that we should no longer be slaves of sin okay so so this is uh this is what has happened uh both to the body of sin and uh and to death itself because of the resurrection okay right so the encouragement be steadfast immobile always abounding that there be an increase an ever-increasing in the work of the lord and don't uh don't think that it's a waste because there is a hereafter there is a resurrection and you will be you know there is a reward of of ministry and so on okay okay let's look at verse uh sorry chapter 16 i think we have a few moments with it's chapter 16 okay chapter 16 talks about the some aspects some aspects about money about what should be done and and also you know some instructions right regarding it regarding collection regarding you know giving to the poor and so on so let's look at that okay um and then he closes with some greetings um and some instructions right okay chapter 16 verse 1 now concerning the collection for the saints as i have given orders to the churches of galatia so you must also do on the first day of the week let each one of you lay something aside storing up as he may prosper that there be no collections when i come and when i come whomever you approve by your letters i will send to bear your gift to jerusalem but if it is fitting that i go also they will go with me okay so um so paul here is saying you know several things we see that uh he's encouraging the churches to uh to set aside he's encouraging the believers sorry the church to set aside some money for people in need in jerusalem okay so um and he's saying that uh this was something that he did with the galatian church also and he says you know i have given these kind these instructions uh in galatia churches of the galatian region also and so uh you're saying you know you take up these collections special collections uh for the people who are needy and we see you know the need could have been because of famine we read in the book of acts um and wherever they went they they did uh take up uh you know an offering for that towards that right it could be because of famine and people were suffering and people had needs so uh for the needy people in jerusalem there was uh this kind of an aid financial aid that was collected and given okay now um so one of the things we see is that uh you know on the first day of the week uh let each of you lay something aside so there was this gathering the people uh the the believers had started gathering on the first day of the week you know which is uh not the sabbath not uh on the sabbath day but the first day so there had been a shift uh about the day when they were gathering for worship right the sabbath was obviously you know the saturday uh but they were gathering on sunday uh and uh they that change had happened right so they were meeting and and saying you know when you when you meet you set aside some of this some of the money so that there is no collection you don't have to collect specifically when when i come okay um so we see this about the church that they were meeting on sundays and the first day of the week and they were stopped uh you know obviously they stopped observing the the sabbath uh and so they also brought their contribution okay on the first day of the week they also brought their contribution so he's saying as you bring a contribution to the you know to the church and to the work of ministry you set aside this amount of money for the collection okay and the other thing that he says is that uh whomever you approve by your letters i will send to bear your gift okay now from among you if there is someone whom you approve whom you think is a good person faithful dependable whomever you approve you know there is a need there but whomever you approve and you choose we will send the gift through that person okay um and the reason for him to say that is that he doesn't want anybody to point fingers at him and say we gave the money to you we don't know what happened to the money how you used we don't know right so he's saying you know there will be someone whom you trust there will be someone whom you choose and we will say we will send the money through through him okay uh verse four but if it is fitting that i go also they will go with me you know but if it is if it is so that i i'm also you know since i'm also going there they will accompany me so what he's making it very clear that you know it's it's best if someone comes if someone they choose uh uh they that person handles the money and that person uh gives the money right so um so paul's thing is that uh the ministry should not be blamed uh the ministers should not be blamed okay so that's something for us to uh for us to understand and also for us to learn and to put in practice right what are some things that we can put in practice so that um you know there is no pointing of fingers there is no blaming uh the ministry or the church uh when it comes to these kind of matters what are the safeguards that we can practical safeguards that we can take when it comes to money when it comes to handling money when it comes to um uh using the money right so i'm sure you must be studying in church administration right all these things being accountable being transparent being responsible recording everything that comes in recording everything that goes out you know how you um like there is a record uh of the money coming in and there is a record of money going out money that is uh contributed and money that is spent okay income and expense there is a record of it and that record being made transparent right um so you put it up uh somewhere where people can see either a register either uh you know maybe on a report on a website or something like that so there is transparency and um and also people know that it's it's put to good use and and these are the ways in which it is used and so on so when it comes to handling he's saying you know i'm not going to take it but the person whom you trust and choose let that person take okay then now i will come to you when i pass through macedonia for i'm passing through macedonia and it may be that i will remain or even spend the winter with you that you may send me on my journey wherever i go for i do not wish to see you now on the way but i hope to stay for a while with you if the lord permits but i will tarry in Ephesus until Pentecost for a great and effective door as open to me and there are many adversaries okay so so he says okay this is what i'm planning to do i'm i don't want to uh visit now but when i pass through macedonia i will come and i will visit you and i will you know i will stay maybe spend the winter there and then you could you know i'll be on my journey and you could send me you know wherever on my journey wherever i may go um and then he says you know i hope to stay with you in verse seven if the lord permits you know if it is the will of god i'm not really sure what will happen but about the travel but you know if it is the will of god you know then you know i i wish to travel this way or stay with you this way um but i will tarry in Ephesus he says uh about his plans uh in Ephesus and he says a great and effective door an opportunity to minister has come in Ephesus a great and effective door is open to me and there are many adversaries okay so now something that we understand learn is also that just because there is an open door that's because there is an opportunity to minister does not mean that there will not be any resistance right that there will not be any adversaries right there may not be any resistance or attack or it is a great opportunity but along with that also come the adversaries right so okay we'll stop here and then we'll we'll finish the chapter when we get back after the break