 Okay, good morning everyone and welcome to class. Welcome Anita and Georgia, Paul, Jeffina and John Paul just joined us. Thank you for joining class. Welcome Lyndon as well. We finished our prayer but we'd forgotten to record so we'll begin class. I'll just share the screen with you. Okay, are you able to see the PDF notes that are presented? Are you able to see that? Okay, I'll have to do that again because this goes. Okay, so welcome to class everyone. Last week, last Wednesday we began looking at chapter 5. We're looking at Kingdom Builder's Lifestyle and in this chapter we're basically going to be looking at how we live as Kingdom Builders and we're going to address three main areas. One is Godly character, the other one is spiritual maturity and the third one is stewardship. We looked at Godly character and spiritual maturity last class. Today we'll begin looking at Kingdom Stewardship. We kind of studied a little bit about stewardship when we were studying the book Kingdom Builders where when we were looking at the parables but we'll just look at it in a little more in depth. Okay, so you know as people who are you know going to be leaders in what's Kingdom. We are going to be Kingdom Builders. Each one of us have to be stewards. We need to be stewards in the way that we live. Okay, we are required to be stewards of you know in the way we live our lives, in the way we conduct our lives. So even as we're going to be Kingdom leaders and take over the responsibility of Kingdom building. So leadership requires stewardship and that is expressed the way that we live, the way we conduct our lives. We are also stewards of the mysteries of God and the gifts and the grace of God. As we read here in 1 Corinthians chapter 4 verses 1 and 2 if you look on your screen you know Paul is writing and saying that you know as servants of Christ we need to be stewards of the mysteries of God. That means that the revelation that God has given to us. In 1 Peter chapter 4 verse 10 Peter writes and says you know even as we've received a gift and that gift that God has given us is to minister to one another. We need to be manifold. We need to be good stewards of the manifold grace of God. Okay and look at what Paul is writing to Titus who he left at Crete to oversee the churches. In Crete he says you know a bishop and he's selling Titus you have to choose leaders and he's giving him the qualifications that he has to look for in a leader and he is saying you know and even as you choose a bishop leader you know he must be a good steward of God. Stewardship is very important in leadership in building God's kingdom so you know we need to be good stewards in the way that we live our lives the way we conduct our lives and also we need to be good stewards of the mysteries that God has given to us. The gifts that God has given to us and the grace of God that you know that God releases to us to fulfill a specific function, role and the gifts that he has given to us to fulfill a specific function in the body of Christ in building God's kingdom. So what does it mean to be a steward of God? Now the Greek word for steward is oikonomos and which comes from the two Greek words oikos which means house and nomos means a law. It's basically somebody who is like a manager you know in charge of a household or an estate or like a governor taking care of you know managing an estate or treasurer. So basically a steward is a manager overseer and a caretaker, somebody who's put in charge of another person's good someone who's made responsible for something that is not basically their own and they're interested with the responsibility to manage the estate or the household affairs which is not theirs but belongs to somebody else. So a steward must ensure that you know things function properly, things are profitable, you know everything is accounted for, the produce of the land, the things that are brought in, the things that are sent out, the people who are working in the estate in the household. He must also protect and safeguard what is in his care. We look at each of these points in detail in a bit. He must also ensure continuity that means train up somebody who will oversee the work after he leaves or he is gone. And like I just pointed out you know what are we good stewards of? We are good stewards of the gospel that God has given to us. You know God has entrusted us the gospel, the mandate to preach and teach and to baptize the name of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. We're also good stewards of the mysteries of God. We read that in in this verse here just a minute. Yeah, you know first Corinthians chapter four verses one and two says let a man so consider us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. So you know Paul considered himself as a steward of the mysteries of God, the revelations that was given to him that was revealed to him during his 17 years of silent period when he received so much of revelation that he writes to the churches. So he says we need to protect and God you know be good stewards of the mysteries of God, the revelation that God has given to us and also the gifts of grace that are given to us. The gifts of grace are given to function in the role in the responsibilities in the plans and the purposes that that God has called us for to build his kingdom and the edification of the church. Okay, so we look at each of these characteristics. What is the characteristics of a good steward in God's kingdom? We said that a good steward ensures proper functioning. You know we are responsible for the functioning of the work of God's kingdom here on earth which God has entrusted to us. So everything that he has entrusted to us, we need to see that it is in proper order. Everything is working smoothly. It's fine tuned. And you know Paul says about his own ministry in 2 Corinthians chapter 6. So it's 3 to 4. Can one of you read that please? It's on the screen. 2 Corinthians 6, 3 to 4. 2 Corinthians chapter 6 is 3 to 4. We give no attention to anything that our ministry may not be doing, but in all things we commend ourselves as ministers of God. Thank you, Jeffena. So here we see that you know Paul is saying that in everything in every area of his life he you know he works out things so perfectly in order you know so that people find no offence in his life, in his conduct, in his ministry, so people will not blame him. And so also as good stewards we need to ensure that you know the way that we live, conduct our lives, the way we do ministry is in order, in such perfection that nobody will blame us. A good steward also ensures profitability. We studied this when we looked at the parables that you know God is looking for fruits. He's looking for a profit. He's going to ask us how what we have done with what he has given to us, how we've invested it, how we've earned, what we have done. So you know fruitfulness is very important in God's kingdom. And you know our fruitfulness is when we bear fruit, when we are being fruitful you know the father is glorified like we read in John chapter 15 verse 8. Okay. And if you know we constantly need to judge ourselves whether in our lives we are bearing fruit, we need to look at you know the ministries or the talents and gifts that God is giving to us are we bearing fruit. So we need to you know continuously or frequently you know assess ourselves, the work that God is giving to us, the talents that he is placing our hands to see if we are being fruitful. And if you're not being fruitful in any area of our life then we need to you know ask the Holy Spirit to show us leaders and we need to make the right changes so that we can bear good fruit for his kingdom so that the father will be glorified. A good steward also ensures accountability. We are accountable to God, we're answerable to God for you know every work that we do you know Paul reminds us in second Corinthians chapter 5 verses 9 to 10 that you know all of us will appear before the judgment seat of God and we are all to give an account and we also learn this in the parables that you know each one of us will be asked an account for you know the things that God has entrusted in our care. And you know like we looked in the parable of the steward in Luke chapter 16 we see that a steward who is found wasteful or unproductive you know will you know no longer be given a response with you being a steward whatever is given to him will be taken away and will be given to the one that has worked hard and has profited from what God has blessed them. Okay so we read this in in Luke chapter 16 we look at this this parable as well so you know there was a certain rich man who had a steward and you know accusations were bought against him that he was wasting his goods and so the rich man called a steward and he said you know give an account of your stewardship because you will no longer be a steward. We look at this parable again in detail in a little bit but we see that you know even as this parable teaches us we will also be called to give an account for what God has entrusted to us and if you know we are not bearing fruit we are not being accountable if we are not being productive in what God has blessed us with then you know whatever God has given to us he will take it away and it will be given to those you know who have been productive who have been useful in what God has given to them. A good steward ensures security we must guard what has been entrusted to us we must guard you know the revelations the mysteries that God has given to us from people who are false teachers who are false interpreters of God's word we also need to guard the gifts and the grace of God that God has bestowed upon us because we know that people misuse the gifts of God the grace of God and so we need to as kingdom builders for building God's kingdom we need to ensure that there is no misuse that the revelations the mysteries of God are well handled thought well in in the right perspective in the right way that God has revealed things to us all the word of God has made things known to us a good steward also ensures continuity you know a good steward is responsible for nurturing other people under their care so that when they have to leave or it's time for them to go you know there are others who are you know efficient enough to take on their responsibility and continue the work so you know as pastors as teachers as leaders even as people who are leading worship or you know part of a Bible study group where they're handling a Bible study group or we're ministering to a group of youth you know we don't have the guarantee that we're always going to be with them things might change we might go into move into a new season in life which requires us to do something different so we have to move on or also we need we would be in a new season where we'd be traveling for work or you know we move totally to a new place or we you know take on new responsibilities hence it's important that we are always on the lookout to see who can you you know build on the work that we have started whether it's your life group or a Bible study group that you've started or a prayer group that you've started in your office or at the workplace or in your neighborhood you never know you might change homes or you might you know change your job and so you will leave so you know constantly be look out for who can continue the work even as you leave so that when you leave the work is not hindered that's not come to a standstill and a full stop okay and you know train up the people so that they can you know build on the work that you have started so it grows much better and stronger okay a good steward is also you know faithful and wise okay so here we look at this parable in Luke chapter 12 so it's on your screen can somebody read this parable quickly for us please anyone Luke chapter 12 verse 41 to 48 then Peter said to him Lord do you speak this parable only to us or to all people and the Lord said who then is that faithful and wise to work whom this master will make to rule over his household to give to give them their proportion of food from these blessed is that servant who this master will find so doing when he comes truly I say to you that he will make him rule over all that he has but if that servant says in his heart my master's delay is coming and there is to be the male and female servants and to eat and drink and be drunk the master of that servant will come on a date and he's not looking for him and at a harm when he is not aware and will cut him into into and appoint him this portion with the unbelievers and that's the one who knew his master will and did not prepare him for or do according to his will shall be beaten with many strides but she who did not know yet committed things deserving of strides shall be beaten with him for everyone to whom much is given from him much will be required and to whom much has been committed of whom they will ask for more thank you jeffina so a few things that we can learn from this parable is you know when we are good stewards it gives us you know gets us to the next level we can go god will take us to you know move us from glory to glory one season of glory to next season of glory where you know god will entrust us with more more of you know the revelations the mysteries of the gospel more of you know flowing in the gifts of the spirit so you know we need to be wise and a faithful steward okay so that is what god is looking for he's looking for stewards who are faithful and wise faithful means those who are dependable those who are trustworthy you know those who are have the essence of being very sincere so faithfulness means we need to be sincere dependable we are trustworthy you know and god is looking for faithful stewards and also wise stewards why why is it saying that he needs wise stewards anyone so you can discharge if you are wise if you are a wise steward you can discharge your duties properly thank you i said if you're a wise steward you can discharge your duties properly good why else is it important to be a wise steward somebody who's wise is able to discern the times and the seasons is able to think and plan for the future is able to look into the future is able to look at you know what are the repercussions if they do something they don't do something you know what are the profits that will come in if they venture into doing something so you know a wise steward is very important because a wise steward is one who thinks ahead of time who plans who's able to see you know where the pitfalls are the downfalls are where you know things that they need to grow areas they need to grow areas where they can profit they can do well so god is looking for faithful and wise stewards so if you are you know all of you are I'm assuming are you know wanting to be kingdom builders you're already kingdom builders and that is why you've taken the step to join a bible college course because you want to build yourself up and hence you know you are planning to be kingdom builders some of you are already doing the work of the kingdom builder and so god is looking for wise and faithful stewards so what we can pray is god you know give me the wisdom to know what season I am in to plan in the season and also to see what you are working in and through me what you are preparing me for the next season and give me the strategies give me the the avenues the people that I can connect with you know give me the wisdom to speak to the right kind of people to engage in business and doing the right things in the right way give me the wisdom to know you know who is for this and who is against me so you know requires wisdom and also faithfulness so that's what says in verse 42 who then is that faithful and wise steward whom his master will make ruler over his house old okay so stewardship is not doing what we like okay it's you know it's doing what the master wants it is doing his will it's aligning our will to the master's will and doing what he wants us to do as Defina read in verse 47 and that servant who knew his master's will and did not prepare himself or do according to his will shall be beaten with many stripes basically talks about you know will be punished beaten with many stripes means will be punished okay and we look at you know what you know Paul is writing in First Timothy he says and I thank Jesus Christ our Lord was enabled me because he counted me faithful putting me into the ministry so God is more interested not in how many buildings we build how many churches we plant you know how many places we go and preach but he's looking at how faithful we are in what he has entrusted to us the sheep that he has given to our care the gifts that he's entrusted to us and the revelations that he has given to us to reveal to his people okay we look at another parable the parable of the unjust steward okay we looked at this parable when we studied in the book the kingdom of God and basically you know it's about this steward who was not being a good steward he was wasting away his master's goods so his master you know realized it when there was an accusation brought against the steward so he calls the steward and he says give an account you know of your stewardship because you no longer can be a steward okay so then the steward you know realized that he's going to lose his position and you know he you know he goes back and he you know calls all of his the debtors who owns debts to this rich man and he asked the first one how much do you own my master so he says you know a hundred measures of point he said take the bill sit down and make it 50 okay and so then another person a hundred measures of wheat he said you know take a bill and write 80 so he reduces his you know you know the bill for everyone who owed his rich master and he did did this because you know once he loses his he knows he's going to lose his position as being a steward so once he loses his position at least he will have the favor of you know the people around him okay and so here we see that you know he loses his position but then he gains the favor of the people around him and look at a worse you know worse 9 10 11 and 12 so can somebody else please read versus 9 10 11 and 12 please it's on your screen anyone 9 10 11 12 and the last thing he was faithful and what is beautiful also and much and he was unjust and what is unjust also and much therefore if you have not been faithful in the unconscious moment who will commit to you trust the true riches and if you have not been faithful and what is another man who will give you what is your mom thank you jeffina so here we see that you know um uh jesus when he's talking about this parable uh you know he's not come commending this toward you know for what he did uh but he says you know he calls him an unjust toward or he calls him a crooked manager um you know but uh uh jesus commends him for acting wisely or in a you know in a wise manner in a prudent way uh because uh you know he thinks ahead of time and he's able to plan for his life again you know ahead of time so even as he loses his position you know um and he's not going to be earning anything at least his built-ups of friendships you know which uh who can help him who can at least you know help him in getting a job or they can provide him a job or they can you know do the help they can return their help for what he has helped them uh with but some things that we can learn about uh a good toward is from this parable is that a good steward is faithful in uh little things just like uh jeffina just read you know if you're faithful in little things you know caroline will make you uh will entrust uh even more uh to you but if you're faithful or unfaithful in uh little things you know whatever has been given to you that also will be uh taken away so faithfulness uh is very important in little things you know god does no suddenly just entrust big things to us he entrusts us with small things and sees how faithful we are in those little things and when we are faithful in the little things that you know god is given to us in terms of us being uh faithful sincere wise uh productive bearing food you know uh that qualifies us uh uh you know for god uh to entrust us with biggest things okay uh the important thing that we need to uh note here is that we need to be good stewards of the money uh the way that we handle money we need to be faithful in the way that we handle uh money often we think that you know money is the unrighteous mammon and we think that god does not pay attention to it but you know god looks at how we handle money at the resources that he's given to us the wealth the riches the money that he's given to us and here in this parable it's very interesting that you know the one who properly handles money uh it says in verse 11 therefore if you are being faithful in unrighteous mammon who will commit you commit to your trust the true riches so if you are not faithful in uh in in um being good stewards of the way we spend money the way we take care of our finances uh you know if you're not good stewards then you know how can god entrust us with uh true uh riches okay uh also a good steward is faithful in what is uh another man's like we read read in verse 12 and if you're not being faithful in what is another man's who will give you what is your uh own so some you know uh you know even before god entrust us with our own church at our own ministry our own organization or our own business venture whatever you know uh he may put us uh to work under somebody else and if you are not faithful uh in the in the way that we use the time the resources the skills the abilities uh the talents uh even the the the the money that uh that is part of that organization then you know god cannot entrust us with what is our own so you know stewardship uh you know not only requires us to be faithful not only requires us to be wise but also you know stewardship uh requires us to be responsible first Corinthians chapter 9 verse 17 it's on your screen says for if i do this willingly i have a reward but if against my will i have been entrusted with the stewardship so we need to do things willingly uh take responsibility and you know stewardship always calls for sacrifice you know when we're in charge we're taking care of things we're entrusted with things that are not our own you know um and also being stewards of the mysteries of god the revelation that gives the grace of god you know it calls for sacrifices that means it calls for us to uh sacrifice the things of the world the things of the flesh the lust of the eyes and lust of flesh the pride of life crucify our flesh and also saying no to a lot of worldly things worldly entertainment um worldly lifestyles because you know we are focused on bearing fruit which will ultimately glorify or bring glory to our father who is the king of this kingdom okay so that is lesson five about kingdom lifestyle anyone has any questions before we move on to chapter six any questions anyone knows this small chorus that the beauty of jesus be seen in me okay thank you lupega anyone knows this chorus let the beauty of jesus be seen in me it's a very beautiful chorus okay jeffina do you know it dear no no okay what about john paul he's a beautiful chorus says let the beauty of jesus be seen in all his wonderful passion and purity oh nature refined till your jesus be seen in me just four lines but so powerful you know uh so let us be our prayer that even as we are kingdom builders that you know that we would bear fruit so that you know father in heaven be glorified that the beauty of jesus will be seen in us all his passion and purity that will be refined so that we can live kingdom lifestyles just the way jesus wants us to so that we can represent christ and represent him here on the earth okay but there are no questions can we move on to chapter six yes is it yes um about kingdom stewardship i just want to ask um how can we describe the attitude of certain men of god or pastors because these things are prevalent in our own part of the world sometimes they are placed under the leadership of either the leader or the founder of a ministry and they grow they develop certain talent they get some anointing instead of continuing the ministry for one or two reasons their personal reason they break away and start to form their own church how can we describe them how can we describe their stewardship so you're saying that those who are in ministry they have started of well they've been faithful uh committed but then you're saying that later on they fall away they go away from the church or you're basically saying they go away and they start their own organization or church is that what you're saying is it yeah yeah yeah sometimes because according to what we have learned you can grow people and then release them but sometimes they don't wait for that and they go by themselves that's what i'm asking yeah uh so you know um we learned in chapter one or chapter two of you know the the kingdom of god that uh you know we don't have a control over the will of a person now the choices that they make their will what they choose what they want to do uh we can of course tell them but uh you know we don't have control over their will so uh it's sad that you know uh uh they go away they branch out they start their own maybe they're upset about some things that are happening in the organization or in the church and they're frustrated they just want to leave um i know that you know uh the way we entered is the same way that we need to exit uh we enter uh you know in a very happy note uh the right note a very positive note and even when we leave god requires us to leave with that same positive right godly way but many times it does not happen because it's a lot of hurt and there's a lot of wrong done to them or they are not able to cope with things or basically they're looking for uh you know they're looking for something that is totally uh outside uh you know what is a kingdom builders lifestyle in terms of they're looking for more position authority and power which they're not getting in the space so they think when they start their own um you know they can do that so sometimes can be very selfish sometimes we we are no place to judge them but all we can do is you know um uh you know we just pray that wherever they branch out or branch uh uh and start off something new that you know they are uh uh uh they're bearing fruit for god they're bringing glory to this kingdom that they're not misleading people misguiding people and hence it's so important for us to pray for those in leadership and those in in authority yes uh and also you know because now you're going through these courses you know kingdom builders uh uh and uh you know kingdom of god you can actually take these two books and you can even you know start ministering to pastors and leaders uh in your own countries in your own cities in your own towns you know have a one-day workshop where you're just teaching them all of this sometimes it's because uh you know the lack of teaching uh they're so busy in ministry they don't have time to read god's word so you know they're kind of noose they go on the wrong track uh so it's important for us to get them to teach them to minister to them so you can have leaders conference pastors conference where you can teach them you know um from these two uh publications from apc also from uh the publication code of honor house of god uh so even as you teach and minister you know uh you can raise up uh uh you know uh leaders who uh have aligned back to god's will have a right understanding of what it is to be kingdom builders to build god's kingdom uh you can even do that you can pray about it uh isek you can uh you know also collaborate with other pastors and maybe start teaching this uh to the pastors and leaders in your own town city and in the nation you know you never know when you have this heartfelt desire a steering in your heart it can even be a steering in your heart that we um like you know just never heard the words of jerusalem veroo in me had a steering in his heart that led him to build the walls of jerusalem so if you have this steering your heart fast pray you know god can open doors and you can start teaching this and even as you start teaching the spirit of god can work in the lives of people it's because people don't have the right kind of teaching that also can uh mislead them and misguide them yes is that help isek yes ma i accept i agree with you especially when you said it's if it is for a good reason yeah it's fine like he said the way we entered you entered in peace you live in peace and it's good it's only for some i think for other reasons but like you already said it may be lack of proper knowledge and some go for selfish reasons but if it is for the glory of god it is good thank you very much ma thank you thank you isek so we'll soon hear uh i'll see your posters that you are going to be preaching i mean teaching pastors and leaders in your place from these apc publications okay yes yes okay um anyone has any questions thank you isek your question anyone else has any questions okay if not we will move to chapter six um chapter six is talking about building people so kingdom building uh is not about building an organization or church it's not just raising up buildings uh it's not even about you know organizing events and programs and conferences uh well all these are important because all these actually help in edifying uh the people who you know is kingdom building is all about because kingdom building is all about building people uh so that should be our focus okay so how do we build uh uh you know people we build them by the spirit so we look at that uh in this chapter okay we look at a few references about what paul says and how he conducts his ministry and what is the importance in paul's uh ministry so you know uh in first Corinthians chapter three was nine it's on your screen says for we are god's fellow workers you are god's field you are god's building so you know paul is referring to god's people as god's field and as god's building and paul is saying that he is a fellow worker or he's a co-worker so he's working along with god in in in edifying and building up god's field god's building that is the people so many times you know we get so caught up in uh in uh you know building a church uh physical building uh you know church administration in just having events and programs uh but we forget that uh you know all of this should actually uh result in people being edified people's likely transformed being more christlike people uh you know accepting christ people uh you know being identifying their function in the body of christ in the local church uh identifying their gifts uh you know and just being used mightily by god you know paul he says that you know uh if you ask him okay what he's achieved in in in uh in ministry you know he's not going to be saying that you know i did so many mission trips uh i established so many churches i raised up so many leaders you know i preach so many sermons i equipped so many young people so many ministers of god i wrote so many episodes but he points out to uh you know his work in the lord is he points out to people he says uh are you not my work in the lord in first quarantine chapter nine was one so you know uh even as um you know we move ahead uh you know from ministry and uh you know uh you know we we reach our eternal home uh we should not be seen as people who just build buildings but you know we should uh as you know people should know us as one who has left a lasting impact or made impact in their lives for the gospel for uh jesus christ okay um look at how paul uh what paul says about the people of god here in division chapter two was 22 he says you know uh in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of god in the uh spirit so we see that god is building people uh to be a people in whose midst he can come and uh dwell that is what he did from the very beginning right even as he created adam and eve in the garden of eden you know he came every day to have he came and met them he had fellowship with them he created them uh to uh to have communion with them to fellowship with them we also see that he did the same with abraham isek and jacob he related to them we also see that he did this with the people of israel you know he uh he would his presence would come in the tabernacle and uh you know he would speak and people could hear him uh so you know uh he uh uh you know he dwelt among his people he was known as a god who dwelt among his people and even today he knows he's known as a god who dwells among his people because you know our bodies are the temple of the living god where the most high god dwells himself so god does not dwell in uh in man-made buildings uh in tents in buildings but you know he dwells in our uh bodies and he's interested in building each one of us uh to be a spiritual house to be a royal priesthood to be a holy nation so that we can offer up spiritual sacrifices that are pleasing and acceptable to god as we read in first peter uh chapter uh five so god is not looking at a spiritual house in the sense of a spiritual building what he mentions here in first peter chapter two verse five says you also as living stones so here he's talking about living stones not uh the bricks or the stones that i used to build a building but he's referring to the people of god as living stones you know each one of us are living stones that i used to build up the body of christ so each one of us are part of the body of christ each one of us have a function even though each one of us are individual members just like in our you know and paul compares the body of christ to our physical body where he says you know even though there are you know our physical body has different parts each one of them are individual parts each one of them have individual functions each one of them function in their own individuality but everything works for the fine tuning the wholeness and the perfection of our body in the same way he's saying that you know we are a spiritual house okay so sometimes when we go to church you know we are very holy we uh we come down with the sense of holiness and reverence where it's important but we also need to remember that day in and day out we are living in uh you know our bodies that are the temple of the most high god so he's saying that you know he's work paul is saying that he's ministering to he's working among people who are living stones and he's saying that you know he's there to build them up into a spiritual house so as kingdom builders you know it's important that we have a heart for people just like paul you know paul said paul he says that you know uh in first Corinthians chapter seven was three it's on your screen he says for i have said before that you are in our hearts so he's saying that you know paul is saying that you know people are in his hearts you know who do we keep in our hearts we keep people who we treasure the most who we love the most are very precious to us who we value the most and who are very dear to us okay so he's saying that you know i treasure each one of you that means he values each one of them they're precious to him and he's saying that he's willing to live or die together for uh them you know paul writing to the church at rom i think in romans chapter 11 he uses a very strong uh i think it's in chapter nine or you know chapter one of those chapters nine ten eleven uses a very strong word he says that you know i'm willing to even give up my he saw he saw burden for his own people the jews uh because you know they there's were the prophets that you know they were the prophets they were the priesthood that god has chosen he had given them the the laws the commandments the rituals the circumcision rituals uh but you know he knows that you know they have rejected uh the truth that is in the gospel in in jesus christ and he says you know uh he's willing to even go to hell or even you know give up his salvation if only the jews can be safe so we see his love for his own people the love for the people that he's ministering to and so it's important for us you know to write people in our hearts and we'll come back up the break and see why it's important for us to write people in our hearts uh and what is the importance of keeping people in our hearts okay so we'll take a break and we'll come back up the break and we'll continue