 Right good morning everyone and good morning to our students online as well. I think the camera is a bit too low Okay, let's begin this time with a word of prayer and then we'll get into our session. Let's pray Father we thank you for this wonderful morning Lord. We thank you for your grace your mercies that are new every morning Thank you Lord for just giving us this opportunity to come together and learn Lord even as we learn I pray Holy Spirit that you will minister to our hearts minister to our lives Lord that everything that we learn we will Use it and it'll bear fruit in our lives. We we submit this time into your hands in Jesus name. We pray Amen. Amen. Okay All right, so let's just quickly do a review of what we did last week last week We looked at quite a few things. We looked at from I think it was from chapter from about chapter 50 onwards We looked at the law of the Spirit how the Lord Jesus has freed us from the law of sin and From the law of death. So right now you and I as believers we walk in the Spirit of life and Galatians talks of Paul writes to the believers. He says walk in the Spirit That means Everything you do Everything that you say Every part of your being should be led by the Holy Spirit, right? And we looked at that very important verse Romans 8 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God These are the sons of God. So when we are led by the Holy Spirit We also looked at how to listen To the Holy Spirit the Holy Spirit is a person He ministers to us. He speaks to us And he has different ways of speaking to us and you learn more about that in the Holy Spirit class as well and 58 we looked at praying chapter 58 Praying empowered by the Spirit of life So now when as you and I are children of God led by the Holy Spirit prayer is no more boring Prayer is not something that is going to make us feel bored Because why all rights? He says we have a helper who will intercede on our behalf Right and so now when we are praying in the Spirit, we are praying mysteries of God and we are being Edified right Then we looked at in him We have redemption and then we very importantly looked at the blood of Jesus. What is it? What did his blood do his blood freed us his blood speaks his blood delivered us from Satan's dominion and now you and I are God's property We are redeemed from the curse of the law now We'll also, you know touched on why the Old Testament the law is a curse right because in the Old Covenant it was All by works Everyone were coming to God by the works that they are doing Right, but in the New Covenant, it's no longer the works that we do We're coming by the grace of God and then we looked at we are redeemed from every lawless deed I think we start from chapter 66 I'm not wrong. Yes, 66 Redeemed from the present evil age Let me just double-check 67 yes, okay 67 we are redeemed from the fear of death So in Hebrews chapter 2 and verse 14 and 15 Hebrews chapter 2 14 and 15 in as much then as the children Have partaken of flesh and blood he himself likewise shared in the same That through his death He might destroy him who had the power of death that is the devil and Release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage So all is saying now is death scary in The national is death scary. Is it fearful? Yes, right You know as a as part of the pastoral team we go to funerals and It's very painful time, right, especially when there was a season when we had young people and Small children who are passing away. We would go and we had to bury these children What can we say? Some of them, you know, they were ten years old. Some of them were five years old Some of them were just born babies Then you have even youth It's it's very very painful. It's fearful Right every time, you know, you go to a funeral reality sinks into your life. They think oh, man This is where I'm going to end up one day Right, we can't take anything with you but If fear comes it's a natural thing It's natural right to fear that but what did Jesus do? Jesus in Hebrews it says he released those who fear Through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage They will come but we must be able to overcome that fear Fear of death will come Especially if it's family fear will come, you know, sometimes we hear the word hospital and we Get a little bit Weary, it's a natural thing, but we are not in bondage Right, it's not like because of this death. My life is over. No But as believers the Lord Jesus has redeemed us from the fear of death He has taken us out Right, so now That is not the end, right? Let's read this portion. I love this passage It's not in your notes, but first Corinthians chapter 15 and was 54 onwards 54 to 56 57 sorry First Corinthians chapter 15 was 54 to 57 go ahead anyone want to read that There is a ball in a split foot Interesting both and the model with immorality Then then the same that is written will come to that has been swelled up Where all that is your victory? We are all that is your sting The sting of death is seen and the power of sin is the law But thanks to be to God He keep us a victory to our Lord Jesus Hey, man Look at this worse the Lord the Apostle Paul is talking about the resurrected body, right? And he's telling the believers when the perishable that means something which is which can die away is Overcome by the imperishable that means when we get the glorified body Here's the question we can ask here inverse The following was 54 that where is your sting? Grave where is that? Where is your victory grave? Where is your sting? the sting of Sin is death Death came into this world because of sin Now now because of this because of what Jesus did That has been swallowed up and victory Will we get an have a natural death? Yes, but that's not the end. All is saying here That has been overcome by the Lord Jesus So that is why when believers die. Yes, it is painful, but there is a hope There is a joy Knowing that this is not the end We know that the person if he was in the Lord as a believer, he is with the Lord Jesus in heaven He's alive Imperishable body Right that where is your sting grave? Where is your victory? So very emphatically the Apostle Paul is saying What Satan brought into this world through sin is death now what Jesus did I've overcome death also He's saying now. I'm alive Because I am alive you will live and You will not just live a normal life. You will have a glorious body You live just like how I am the glorified life Right. So isn't this encouraging? Yes, right. It's so powerful when you think of it that it's not the end That is not the end right So the blood of Jesus has redeemed us He has paid the price that we don't have to fear death Right. We're redeemed from generational bondages first Peter chapter 1 18 and 19 Knowing that you are not redeemed with incorruptible in with corruptible things like silver or gold from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers But with the precious blood of Christ as a lamb without blemish and without sport So here again when you talk about generational curses, that is a there's a lot that we can talk about Right now for example, there could be a person Right generational curse generational curses basically happen. It can happen over hundreds of years. It can happen over 10 20 years, right, but it can go from generation to generation to generation Let me give you an example. There's just There's a family Okay, they're unbelievers and Every first child of that family dies This is just an example right every first child first born is dying It happened from the past 10 years. It's happening Every first child is dying Now what is it? It can be a generational curse now all of a sudden one of them becomes a believer Now this generational curse that was happening for the past hundred or 20 years or however long that is The moment a person becomes a believer He believes that the Lord Jesus died on the cross took my sins and now I'm a new person And I've no longer a slave to the devil once he believes he's a believer all of those generational curses have been broken all Whether it is 100 years, whether it is 500 years Whether it is 1000 years. It doesn't matter And it doesn't even matter what kind of generational curse it is All of those curses are broken just because one person Believes in Jesus Right, isn't that powerful? You see what the blood of Jesus did The Lord Jesus is not saying oh Now this is so many years. No, you have to fast 40 days Every month you fast 40 days Then we'll see whether the curse has gone no No works all we have to do is believe that curse curse is broken Now here's the second point that we must understand If we keep believing that hey this curse is working in my life This is what happened past 100 years. This is happening. It's a generational curse And I hope it's not you know if we keep thinking that it's going to come upon us. What is happening I am opening a door for the devil to begin to work And what's happening the devil begins to work Where there is no faith what comes in? Yeah Right instead of faith Fear will come in but if you replace that fear and say hey I'm going to replace this fear with faith in God because God is bigger than any generational curse That curse is broken Okay, so some of us maybe in a place. Hey, you're so many years You know my great-grandfathers or my generations were worshiping, you know Maybe other gods and idols. What about me now? It is all broken The moment you believed in Jesus Hey, man, it's all broken Don't believe the lie of the enemy Now he will try to say, you know, maybe this is a generational curse. What do you must say that time? You say I rebuke that thought devil The bible says When the Lord Jesus died he freed us. He redeemed us from generational bondages from curses. I've been redeemed So this has no entry in my life. Yes There may be problems that I'm going through But it does not have anything to do with that because that is already destroyed. It's already broken Yes Okay, shaker. Do you have a question you raise your hand shaker and go through Yes, pastor. I have a question. Please go ahead Uh If this generational curse is broken only for the believer or his entire family Yeah, that's a good question. So firstly, so for example now I there's a person he was an unbeliever and he becomes a believer for him personally The bondages have been broken now Now if he gets married or if he's already married And after his, you know, he's got a family and after that he becomes a believer The curses in his life has been broken But the bible also says that if one person in the family is saved the entire family is saved Right. So Gertrude, I would say that because of this one person becoming a believer the entire family His family. I'm not talking about, you know, his Brothers and his brother's family or sister's family. I'm talking about his immediate family Right Can be saved Right, uh, and now again, there's a part where the other other members in the family will have to Submit themselves or they will have to, you know, basically Give themselves to the Lord say Lord these are the things in my life So there's a work that the person who's a believer has to do Meaning he'll have to share the gospel minister to the person But salvation has already come into that house right But the curses for them are not broken. No pastor So the curses will still be there because The person right the the person is not yet a believer But when it comes to the generational when you talk about Okay, so in my mind what my what the question you're asking is See now for example, there's a person and he gets married right or an unbeliever He has there are certain generational curses. He becomes a believer and now he gets married. So for example, his wife is not a believer But he is a believer Yes, so you'll go to your question is what about the wife? Will she be No, my entire entire family pastor not only the wife's their children Your brother sisters will the curse will be broken for them as well only for a believer No for the entire family Because this person who is Now see the curse is broken right the person who has believed Has believed and the curse is broken for the entire family, but the others in the family should receive it Right should accept it That is the challenge which this person will have to face He'll have to share with the person with their other family members that hey, this is what jesus did and This is how jesus broke the law broke the curse that we don't have to live in bondage These curses are broken. So the person who became a believer he has a work to do Right, but to answer your question the entire family is His immediate family is the the bondages have been broken Yeah, okay chapter 69 We are restored unto god everyone say restored The word restored means um Say for example there's an old building Right, it's old building A hundred year old building. What do they do? I say, okay one architect comes and says This is a very important building So let us restore it Meaning let us make it in a place that it can stay for another hundred years So what do they do? They'll paint it. They'll fill up all the cracks on the wall They'll paint the place, you know make sure that the connections are all right. The electricity is out. What are they doing? They're restoring it. They're not breaking it down, but they're restoring it Meaning making it as it was before Now what are we restored unto God? How are we restored unto God? Remember Adam? In the book of Genesis, what does it say? Adam walked with God In the cool of the day Adam walked with God Imagine there's a garden God is walking Adam is walking with God God is telling you see Adam. This is the plants This is how you put the seed in the ground And these are animals Right these different animals are there. They all have different that so God taught him everything Adam was with God He walked with God And then sin came what happened? He's hiding now God comes and asks what happened. Where are you Adam? It's time to meet Adam says no. No, I'm hiding because I'm naked. Who told you you're naked No, because the serpent made me eat the fruit now. What happened? separation Because of sin Man could not go near God Adam could not go near God because of sin Now that continued for a long time After the blood of Jesus after Jesus died on the cross This separation of man not being able to go to God has been closed So God is saying Sin is there but through the blood of Jesus I will enter and I can be with God the father The book of romans. He says no through his spirit We cry out above father You understood this right? So we are restored the same position that Adam had before the fall We are restored to that position First Corinthians 130 but of him you are in Christ Jesus Who became for us the wisdom from God and righteousness Sanctification and redemption What did we become righteousness Sanctification Redemption Because how through the wisdom who became for us the wisdom from God Right, let's look at the next one Let the redeemed say so Psalms 107 verse 2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so Whom he has redeemed from the hand of the enemy So basically this is a worse of declaration emphatic declaration If you're redeemed of the Lord say it declare it Walk that way Show it in your lifestyle. That's what it basically means Let the redeemed of the Lord say so So when the enemy comes and the enemy says these are the wrong things or these are the things that you're doing again Doing wrong and you can you know, you can do this nothing will happen You are the redeemed of the Lord and you stay what you are You have to speak it Remember the the worst and problems. What does it say death and life are in the power of the tongue? What you speak is what you will get It's a it's a fruit of your lips if I speak negative words wrong words words of Discouragement words of failure upon myself. What'll happen? Death and power Are in the life are in your tongue And we will eat the fruit of it I say I am useless. I am unworthy. I am not saved. I god. I am nothing. What'll happen? It's gonna happen be What if I say hey, I am I'm not perfect yet. I do sin. I do make mistakes, but I've been bought by your price I am redeemed by the blood of Jesus. Now. What's happening? The devil has no entry point devil can't say, you know, hey, you did so many things wrong You're saying I already know I told Jesus I've did so many wrong But I'm still redeemed Because of the blood of Jesus You're understanding what this position that you're taking Right, so when we sin, we don't have to run away. You tell Jesus Jesus these are the places where I do wrong These are the places where I need your help Right, I need your help to change certain things in my life And and then you can still hold that position, but I am redeemed of God The Lord Jesus has redeemed me Just because I did wrong Jesus is not saying, you know You know, you're no longer my child. He's not saying that So as believers as redeemed of the Lord, we should say What we want to see and what we want to do in life Okay, everyone say after me let the redeemed Of the Lord Stay so Say I will say so I will speak what you want in your life, right Chapter 72 testify to the blood Revelation chapter 12 and verse 11 a very powerful verse and this is a verse That has really really helped me In my and it continues to help me in my spiritual walk my daily life They overcame him talking about the enemy And talking about his demons. They overcame the devil By the blood of the lamb and by the word of their testimony And they did not love their lives to the death Everyone say this they overcame him By the blood of the lamb And the word of your testimony Two things this verse will really help us to overcome challenges in life Temptations that come so when temptation comes you say I will overcome him. I will overcome the devil by the blood of the lamb The blood has been shed Jesus has shed the blood now. You're just speaking it Right. It can be in a small voice But in the spiritual realms there's a battle happening Like Satan and his demons are being defeated Right these demons that come to tempt us to bring confusion fear In the in the spiritual there's a battle happening. What you're doing? You're just sitting in your room saying I overcome him by the blood of the lamb And in the spiritual there's a battle And how am I overcome? How will I overcome by the blood of the lamb and the word of their testimony The testimony of the blood of Jesus Right now there's a saying right The devil sometimes believes more in Jesus than anybody else than any of us You know something the devil knows the power of Jesus He knows what Jesus is he knows the authority that the blood has And that's why he doesn't want us to believe it He doesn't want us to believe Even you know Jesus is real He doesn't want us to believe And that's why he uses deception Why is it that so many people in the world who are believers now they're unbelievers deception He doesn't want them to believe because if they believe oh, they'll believe And he knows the power of the blood So he wants us not to believe But you and I can testify So hey the blood of Jesus has been shed The price has been paid devil you have no authority Am I am I a sinner Right now? Yes, there may be wrong things that I'm doing There are things in my life that I have to change But the blood of Jesus is my testimony The blood of Jesus will stand for me. I don't have to prove to you anything blood of Jesus So that's your word And your testimony Everyone got this right? They overcame the enemy by the blood of the lamb and the word of their testimony. Okay Lucy Samuel asked a question says a known pastor passed away was even practicing wrong things with egg and scissors Exorcism came to know after taking bible and reference books. Can we take their biblical books from? Their rack. Okay. So Lucy see very important is now When you read about other books The apostle Paul also writes he says In many places he said the Bible teaches us to Testify or to test every prophecy Right. So you may have you know, uh, we encourage students to read books to listen to sermons But always ask the Holy Spirit Right, testify of it test what you're reading Now, for example, there's a book and in the book it says that, uh, you know Only if we You know have us Fasting and prayer just an example, right? Only if we fast and pray for Uh, you know three hours a day We will enter heaven That's an example Now we know it's wrong So for example, there's a book that says that Jesus did not die. You know, there's a famous book written, uh, I forget the author, but There's a book where it talks about how Jesus was The last temptation of Jesus Christ uh Nicholas I think he's a russian who wrote this he writes that the And they made a movie out of it also and it's a best-seller book Right in this book. He writes and says that you know Jesus On the cross he was dying and as he was dying Uh, you know, he just felt what if I didn't take this up? What would my life be? And so the book goes on to say that Uh, god the father granted his request Okay, and somebody else came on that cross Jesus got on from the cross Went got married lived the life had children and died of old age Now We know that that is not right We know it is not in line with scripture. So Lucy there are books. There are sermons Uh online, right? There's a lot, right? So it's good to read good to listen But always be sensitive to the Holy Spirit Is this preaching is this teaching in line with the word of god? Now there are many books which talk about You know the gifts of the Holy Spirit don't operate now after the apostle Paul You know Paul writes and he says, uh, the gifts will seize which means the gifts will stop So some of them have taken it literally and saying right now the gifts will stop. There's no gifts No speaking in tongues You know, uh, no, uh interpretation of tongues certain gifts are not there Now we know that that's not the true Right, we know that the Holy Spirit comes he comes with the gifts and he lets us operate in the gifts So to answer your question Lucy Whoever it is at whichever book Right, you always test it Which ever sermon also that you see you you always test it Tested to see whether it is in line with God's word. It is in line with God's You know what the Lord Jesus teaches Right, so if there's a book that says healing is not important What do we do? We know that it's not right now another important thing to remember Lucy is now there are some wonderful preachers and teachers and writers Who have written powerful books and powerful preach powerful sermons But in certain areas they haven't got revelation Right, meaning they haven't received the full knowledge in certain areas So they may not It's just because they didn't they said one thing wrong doesn't mean that all that they did is wrong Right, so we don't judge the person. Okay Uh, you know this person Did this wrong? So all the other things he did is wrong No, right, so we need to be sensitive that way also So the best thing to do is go back to the Holy Spirit and ask Is this in line with the word of God go back to God's word see if this is what God is teaching us Is this what the bible says that's why you know when we When we learn homeonetics, we see that the bible is our authority Not a person Not a preacher not a pastor not a prophet nobody The bible is the authority Everything we say and do should be in line with the bible Out of the bible, you know people will come and prophesy you're going to be a prophet You're going to be a apostle all of that that's good Right, but test it Test it with God's word Okay Anything that you see now that we have media and technology There's so much of sermons and videos and all of that that's there Listen It's very good to read and listen but test it and see if it's in line with God's word Okay Okay, so let's go to the next portion free in christ Chapter 73 we are free from the bondage of law. We already saw that Galatians 6 15 he says for christ jesus neither circumcision Nor uncircumcision avails anything but a new creation now Paul is writing to the galatians and he's reminding them. What is circumcision? Circumcision was an act that was given in the old covenant where God said you have to circumcise you the male children as a as a saying that they are Surrendered to God or they belong to God Right, so that became a tradition over the years That means if you're circumcised you belong to God Now after the Lord Jesus Paul is gone and he's preached the gospel in Galatians in Galatia And people are still getting circumcised So the apostle Paul is angry. He's upset. What does he say? He's saying in christ jesus Whether you're circumcised or not circumcised it doesn't matter If you're a Jew and you're circumcised good for you If you're a Jew and you're not circumcised, but you believe in jesus good for you If you're a Gentile you're not circumcised and you believe in jesus good There's no difference Whether you're circumcised or you're not circumcised. Why is it there? No difference because that is a work It is a physical thing It is not it doesn't have anything to do with the spirit Everyone's what is second Corinthians 5 17? Can you say that? No without seeing Second Corinthians 5 17 you've been doing this for so long therefore hmm If anyone is in he is a new creation then All things passed away All things become new Right, so we should learn this verse. This is a very important verse the very common verse right because our foundation is that verse So here he's saying This circumcision is a physical act God does not look at the physical Right Whether we are tall short Whether we are the way we speak all of that doesn't matter to God For God a new creation is what matters So here Paul is writing to the believers and saying Don't focus your attention on circumcision Hey, oh the other you know the Gentiles and the the Jews especially what's happening in these churches the Jews are saying They're they're not circumcised Now that they believe in Jesus they should be circumcised The Paul is saying why should they be circumcised? They don't need to be circumcised. They believe in Jesus They believe in the cross. They believe everything that Jesus did. Why should they be circumcised? No, but we are circumcised So then there's a dispute So the Jews are not only forcing the other Jews But the Jews are also forcing the Gentiles Paul says In Jesus there is no Circumcision uncircumcision all of us are equal What matters is a new creation So this law of circumcision is removed It's not there anymore. It doesn't matter And you know even now the Jews get circumcised even now Even in this generally they do get circumcised Why because they still follow the law if you go to if you study about the The rabbis and the Judaism in right now in Israel. You all get circumcised You know, it's a big ceremony like how we have a baby dedication Right. We have baby dedication. We dedicate the baby. They have circumcision. They circumcise. It's a big celebration The Jews have a big party. Oh my baby is circumcised. Why because now circumcised he belongs to God Whether he becomes a demon or no in the end that doesn't matter whether he lives the most Horrible life that is secondary what he belongs to God. That is not how it is So Jesus is saying it does not matter What matters is a new creation a new heart. That's what matters right then in Then he goes on to say the perfect law of liberty Meaning in the new testament the standards are higher than that of the of the old testament law The old testament thought do not commit adultery But the new testament says the Lord Jesus says if you look lustfully At a man or a woman you have already committed Sin the old testament thought not to murder But the new testament thought if you hate somebody you've already committed murder So you look at what Jesus did. He not only said I've come to keep the law, but he raised the standard Right. He says okay. This is where we are right now I've not come only to fulfill the law But I've come to raise the standard in the old covenant If you it says do not commit adultery Jesus saying if you look at a man or a woman lustfully you have already committed adultery The new old covenant says do not murder Don't go take a knife or a gun and shoot somebody. Don't do that But in the new covenant it says if you hate somebody You already committed murder See the standards Why why did Jesus do this because he's establishing a more perfect law The old the law the old covenant was not perfect Nobody could keep those laws If you look at it, there are hundreds of them right in those 10 commandments then after that there are hundreds of laws And if you break one law You've broken all the law Right imagine 10 commandments. You break one law. You've broken all you can't go to God and say God 8 out of 10 8 I kept God will say no 2 is gone. It's gone you have 8 out of 10 it doesn't work. It should be full Now by nature it is impossible for us to do that What did Jesus say next point walk in the spirit and you will be able to fulfill Every everything that God tells us Look at Galatians 5 18 if you are led by the spirit you are not under the law So then you're not thinking. Oh, I should not commit adultery. I should not murder I'm not thinking about that because now you're walking in the spirit the spirit himself will teach us Hey, forget about murder. I should not even hate somebody Should walk in love Forget about committing adultery. I should not even look at a person lustfully And how can that happen through the holister Example, you know say say for example somebody has you know, you you hate somebody Like a person hates his brother Brother did something wrong hates When the name comes on he gets angry And but he's a believer He goes to church every Sunday is volunteering every Sunday. He knows all bible verses everything he knows He's a every now and then he's a you know cell group leader also But he hates his brother the word that brother's name comes he hates He did this 10 years back For the Lord Jesus He has already Committed murder now. What is the solution to it? To walk in the spirit Only the Holy Spirit can enable this person to bring forgiveness 10 years of hurt only the Holy Spirit can do that You understand so Jesus is not just saying okay, this is the law. He's made the Raise the bar higher and he's saying I am giving my spirit to enable you to fulfill all of this Right Romans 13 8 and 10 Oh, no one anything except to love one another for he who loves another has fulfilled the law Love does not harm Does no harm to a neighbor therefore love is the fulfillment of the law Right love is the fulfillment of the law that means All we have to do is if we love one another We will fulfill everything that the law says All the 10 commandments are fulfilled if you just love one another, right? So let's go to the next portion free from meaningless rituals Galatians chapter 4 6 through 11 Again he's writing to Galatians remember the background Galatians They are going to circumcision They're doing some physical work and saying now God is happy But they're also praying doing everything right they're believing in Jesus, but they're also doing this So now Paul is writing and because you are sons God has sent forth the spirit of his son into your hearts crying out about father Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son And if a son then an heir of God through Christ But then indeed when you did not know God you serve those which by nature Are not gods But now after you have known God or rather are known by God How is it that you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements to which you desire Again to be in bondage You observe days and months and season and years I'm afraid for you lest I have labored for you in vain This is a strong verse here Paul is writing to the Galatians. He's saying Through Christ Jesus through his spirit you cry out about father. You have been saved Now what is the mistake that you are doing is that after you have known God After you have known the cross You're going back Not only to the rituals, but you're going back to the idols that you used to worship And what are you doing? You are opening the door for yourself to become a bondage to the devil So Paul is saying why do you want to do that? You know, you're observing days. You're observing seasons. You're observing festivals. You're observing All the things that you used to do before When you were Gentiles or when you were worshiping other gods But now as a believer, why are you opening the door? For the devil to come and put you into bondage So Paul ends that passage. He says I'm afraid for you because I'm scared that mine I'm afraid that my labor among you is wasted This is his first missionary journey in Galatia He's gone there. He's preached the gospel the church has been planted But he's saying I labored so much, but I'm seeing that you're going back To the old things that you were doing Then Philippians 3 3 for we are the circumcision who worship God in the spirit Rejoice in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh Now this verse is good. It says we are the circumcision Who worship God so that means we have already we don't we already belong to him The moment we become believers. It is like we are circumcised unto God. We belong to God Right. It says that you you do not belong to a religion You belong to a person The person or Lord Jesus Christ Right now. Yes, we are there is a religion called Christianity Right and we are Christians. We believe in Jesus Christ But we don't belong to Christianity We don't belong to a religion It's not about the religion. It's about the person Right. For example, you have this uh, you know forms that you fill in Religion will come Now for example, there's a boy who's born of belief born in a Christian home, but he has no idea about Jesus He doesn't have any idea He he does every sin in the world But religion will come. What will he write? How He doesn't know about Jesus. He doesn't know anything. All he knows Jesus died on but nothing He'll write Christian. Why because he's part of the religion But you and I are not just part of a religion. We are we are part of a person Christianity becomes meaningful when we have a relationship with Jesus It's not a religion. It's a relationship We can write Christian It's not going to Jesus is not going to be proud. Oh Christian No, it is what we do It's our relationship with him that matters Right. You you and I do not live as part of a religious system But we live in Christ Jesus So Paul writes and he says in him we live we move and we have our being Everything that we do everything that we are is because of what Jesus did for us All right, so that should be our You know our conviction That should be our confession every day We are free from man-made ideas. There is big portion here in Colossians chapter two 16 to 23 We'll just finish this and we So let no one judge you for the food or You in food or in drink regarding festival or a new moon or Sabbath Okay, this is a bigger pass. Okay, we'll do this We'll stop we'll pick up from chapter 75 because there's lots that we can discuss here Uh, we'll pick up from chapter 75 from the next class. Right. Thank you so much. Have a great day ahead. Thank you students online God bless Lucy, I see your questions. Is it okay if we can answer this next class, please? Thank you