 Okay. Good morning, everyone and thank you all for joining class. Morning. So how do I open that? Share. No, no, no, no. Just click here. Okay. This is the new laptop and she just got this for this class. It's difficult to end this. Okay. Thank you all for joining class and welcome everybody. Last class on Wednesday, we were looking at Romans chapter. Which chapter? Hello. Romans chapter. Well, that's very sad. Only one rose. Romans chapter. Can you all hear me online students? Am I audible? Yes. No. Yes. Okay. Okay, fine. So we are in Romans chapter eight and so in Romans chapter eight, we see that, you know, Paul is now bringing us to a place where he is giving us the answers to the questions that he has. To the questions that he has been raising to all that he has been all that he has said so far on chapter six and chapter seven. And he's, you know, he's chapter six and chapter five. He's spoken to us about the wonderful provision that God has made based on the truth of identification with him. And he's saying that, you know, about saying, I have done all this for you, provided this for you. And this has been provided to us for Jesus Christ and through Jesus Christ. And in Romans chapter eight, he is telling us how we can walk in this experientially. So how we can experience everything that God has made available for us, the provision that is made available for our identification. You know, how we can walk in this experientially. He's expounding to us and he's revealing to us in Romans chapter eight. So we looked at Romans chapter eight, verses one to became right up till I think was 10. Okay, verse 10. So what's then he says, and if Christ is a new, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is life because of righteousness. Now in what's nine, he says, he's spoken to us about the spirit of Christ that is a new was then he says, you know, the Christ Christ is a new. And here we see the new title that he gives to the Holy Spirit, where he calls him the spirit of Christ. Okay, so it means all who are in Christ and, you know, all who Christ is to us, the same way the Holy Spirit is to you and me. So what does it mean by this title, the spirit of Christ? It means that all who Christ is to us, the same way the Holy Spirit is to you and to me. Okay, so he brings Holy Spirit is the one that brings Jesus to you and to me. He reveals the plans, the purposes, the ideas, the thoughts, the intense of, you know, of Jesus, he reveals it to us. Jesus said that he will make known the truth to you. He will remind you of everything that I have said. We read about this in John chapter 15 verse 14 and John chapter 16 as well. So the Holy Spirit is the one who brings Jesus to us. Brings Jesus to us means he reminds us everything that Jesus has spoken, just as, you know, Jesus promised in John chapter 15 and John chapter 16. When he's talking about, you know, that he's sending another helper, John chapter 15. He says another helper will come, the spirit of truth in John chapter 16 also he says he will guide you into all truth. He will, you know, remind you of everything that I have spoken to you. So was then, you know, he says Christ is in you. So how is Christ in you and me? Christ is in you and me by his spirit. Okay. And so he says, if Christ is in you, what is the consequences of that? He says with Christ is in us. The body is dead because of sin. Okay. So my body because of sin has that working in me because of sin. What is sin producing in me is producing death. So that is working in me. So sin has produced death in my body and sin has caused death to work in the members of my body. We've already seen this in the, you know, in the verses that we looked for. And also in chapters five and chapter six, where he's talking about how in chapter seven, where he's talking about how sin produces death. Okay. Since the body is dead because of my sin, which means my body because of sin has that working in me because sin produces death in my body and sin has caused my body. Sin has caused death to work in my body. But the spirit is life because of righteousness. Okay. We're still in verse 10. He says, but the spirit is life because of righteousness. So he says in my spirit, you know, I have received the righteousness of God. You know, we have made you in our spirit man when we are born again, we are new creation. So in our spirit man, we have received the righteousness of God. That means we made right with God. And therefore, you know, you and I have the life of the spirit in us. The life of the Holy Spirit is in us. Okay. Romans chapter eight was Levin says, but if the spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal body to his spirit who dwells in you. Now verse 10 and 11 is connected. He says Christ is in you because the spirit of Christ is in you. How is Christ in you? Because he's saying the spirit of Christ is in you. Sin has been working in our body. So the body is dead or is dying. When it says it's dead does not mean the body is lifeless. But, you know, that has been at work in our body. And that is why the body is dead. Okay. So here we need to remember it says when sin has been working in my body. So the body is dead. It does not mean the body is lifeless. It just means that, you know, the body is dying. Okay. Because that has been at work in the members of my body. And that is why the body is dead. But the body is dying because, you know, that is at work in my body because of sin. But the spirit is life. Our spirit has the life of God. It has the life of the Holy Spirit. So in our body, because sin is at work, it has death in us. But because the spirit of God is in us, God gives life to our mortal bodies. Isn't that so wonderful? You know how he's making this beautiful comparison. He's saying, you know, sin is at work in our bodies. Body is dying. It's undergoing decay. It's undergoing corruption. But he says because the spirit of God in us, God gives life to our mortal bodies. Amen. So our mortal bodies is dead too. We all know that we are all are going to die one day. Okay. We are dead too means we are eventually all of us are going to die one day. But while we are living here on the earth, you know, because of the spirit of God that is living in me, that is at work in me, the spirit of life that is in me, God is giving life to my dead doomed body. Okay. So that is why we said that, you know, we can experience eternal life here and now in the present, even though our bodies are going to, you know, outwardly, our bodies are dying, exhausting inwardly, you know, spirits are renewed. Outer man is dying. Our bodies are dead too. But we see that, you know, Paul is saying, but in spite of this, in spite of all our friendlies, our age and how the age catches upon us and the different areas that we go through. But he's saying that, you know, because we have the spirit of God in us, because we have the spirit of life in us, the spirit of life gives quickens our mortal bodies, the spirit of life gives life to our mortal bodies. Okay. So he's connecting this back to Romans chapter eight verse two, Romans chapter eight verse 11, he's actually connecting it back to Romans chapter eight verse two, where he says for the law of this in Romans chapter eight verse two, he has already said to us, for the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. Okay, so sin has been producing death in our body. So while our body is mortal and will die one day, but the Holy Spirit is giving life to our mortal bodies. And hence we can use this, this verse, the scripture for healing for our physical bodies. We can say, you know, the spirit of life is living in me, the spirit of life is giving life to my mortal bodies. And because the spirit of life is dwelling in me, the spirit of life is giving life to my mortal body. Every single cell in my body is happy. Every single cell in my body is well, because the spirit of life is giving life to every single cell in my body. Amen. Okay. I hope you'll know the song. Every single cell in my body is happy. Yes. Okay. The in-person students, I'm very excited. One is already doing the action. Okay. So, you know, so every single cell in our body, in spite of what are, you know, we live in a natural world where it's decaying, where there is viruses, bacteria, there's infections. We can catch all of those. But, you know, in the midst of all of that, we can still declare that, you know, every single cell in our body is happy. Every single cell, our body is well, because the spirit of life that gives life to my mortal body, to every single cell in my body is living in me. Amen. Okay. So, we need to acknowledge that the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death as Paul has already written to us. Okay. You know, we can declare knowledge that the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. So, you and I, you know, should expect till our dying moments. And we should expect and say, God, we want to live that life that is coming from the Holy Spirit, to fill our bodies, to perfect our bodies and to keep every single body, every single cell in our body well and happy and healthy. Okay. So, we need to expect that. We should expect that till our dying moments and, you know, declare it, decree it over our lives and tell God that, you know, we want the life that is coming from the Holy Spirit, the spirit of life that is dwelling in our bodies, to perfect our bodies and to keep every single cell in our body well. Okay. And this is a reality. Okay. It's a yes, because the Holy Spirit is dwelling in us. He is the spirit of life and He will give life to our mortal body. So, you can choose to believe this or not. You can choose to declare the scripture portion when, when you're sick or when you're facing some health issues. You can choose to declare it and, you know, or you can choose to believe it or not. But through this, the reality is that God quickens our mortal bodies through His spirit that dwells in me. Okay. So, let's just take a little side journey and we'll come back to Romans chapter eight and continue with verse 11. Just take a small side journey. Let's look at second Corinthians chapter four, verses 10 and 11. So, please turn, keep your finger on Romans chapter eight and also turn in your Bibles to second Corinthians chapter four, verses 10 and 11. And also you can turn to Acts chapter 14, verses 19 to 21. So, just take a small side journey and we'll just come back to second Corinthians chapter four, verses 10 to 11. So, can one of you please read that second Corinthians chapter four, verses 10 and 11. Can I, can I fast? Yes, please go ahead. All this bearing about in the body, the dying of the Lord Jesus that the life also Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live are always, always delivered unto death for Jesus sake that the life also Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. Thank you, Srikumar. So, notice what Paul is saying. He's saying the life of Jesus is manifested where in our earthly body. Okay. And in the same passage he says an outward man is perishing while this is happening at the same time the life of Jesus of the spirit of life that is in us is made visible in our mortal bodies. And, and you know, how is it made visible in our mortal bodies because he quickens life in our mortal bodies. And so we must say Lord let your life be visible in my body. So Paul is saying while we are suffering in our bodies in the midst of the suffering, you know, he says the life of Jesus is made visible, which means the spirit of life that is dwelling in us, you know, is giving life to our mortal bodies is quickening life in our mortal bodies. And why is he able to say this because you know, let's look at one example in Acts chapter 14 verses 19 to 21. Paul is not just writing all of this because he's just receiving revelation, but it's also something that is a reality in his own life. Now if you look at this incident in Acts chapter 14 verses 19 to 21, it says, and you know, the Jews from Antioch and Iconium, they came there and, you know, they persuaded the multitudes to store Paul and drag him out of the city, supposing him to be dead. However, when the disciples gathered around him, he rose up and went to the city. And the next day he departed with Barnabas and to Derby. Okay. And what does he do there? You know, he, he preaches the gospel to that city and he makes many disciples and then he comes back to Lister and Antioch, strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith and saying, we must prove many tech tribulations enter the kingdom of God. So here in this passage, you know, something very beautiful. Now Paul is traveling throughout the districts of Gerasia, which is the southern part of the modern day is Turkey. And there are many cities in that place, there's Antioch, there's Lister, there's Derby, there's Iconium. And you know, some people arouse the crowd and they stone Paul, you know. And the reason why they stone Paul, the main reason why they stone people is so that they can, they will die. And the old testament we see that when there's a punishment of death, people usually stone death. When Stephen was stoned, he died. So the people stoned Paul. And what happens, thinking that he was dead, what did they do? They dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. And that is why Paul is able to write what we just read in 2nd Corinthians chapter 4, verse 10 and 11. He says, we are delivered to death for Jesus sake and we bear in our body the marks of Jesus Christ, all these beatings, the stoning, these wounds, everything. He says, we bear in our body. And then this passage in Acts chapter 14 says, you know, the people suppose that Paul is dead. However, when you look at verse 20, he says, however, when the disciples gathered around him, that means when the disciples gathered around Paul, what did Paul do? What did Paul do? He rose up or he got up and he went into the city. Now isn't this strange? You know, if people have so many people have stoned him and they dragged him, you know, I'm sure he was not pretending and that he was, you know, they thought he was dead. That means he must be bleeding. He must be really hurt, badly injured. And you know, what does Paul need at this time? Paul basically, at this time, what does he need? Somebody to bandage him. He needs a stretcher where they put him on the stretcher and take him and go. But what does the word of God says? He got up by himself. And what does he do? He goes into the city. And another strange thing is that very next day, he departs and goes with Barnabas to Derby. And what does he go and do in Derby? He goes and teaches the gospel in the city and makes many disciples, which is an impossibility. Yes or no? Imagine you're stoned and you're hurt and the next day you're traveling and you're going to that place in your preaching. And then he has the boldness to come back to the cities where they persecuted him. And then what is he doing? He's strengthening the souls of the disciples and exorting them to continue in the faith, saying that, no, we will go through many tribulations to enter the kingdom of God. Okay. So, you know, we see that, you know, this is humanly speaking, it is impossible, right? And Paul is also saying that, you know, we are delivered to death bearing the marks of Jesus in our body and the life of, but he says the life of Jesus is manifest. And this is an example, you know, he's delivered to death. He's stoned till he's almost dead. He's bearing the marks of, you know, all the persecution. But he says, but in our body, the life of Jesus is being manifested, which means the life of God, the spirit of life is supernaturally healed him when the disciples gathered around him. Now, we can't give any other explanation, right? Other than the supernatural healing that has happened, and it only had to be the life of God that changed his body, the spirit of life that has worked in him. So, I don't know how it must have happened, but whatever has happened, you know, it has happened supernaturally, whatever God did, it just enabled Paul to stand up on his feet, go into the city and the very next day travel to another city and preach the gospel. Okay. So this is an example, and that's what Paul is saying that, you know, the spirit of life, he's able to say this in Romans chapter eight, the spirit of life, and that's why he's able to write it in Romans chapter eight verse 11, that is, you know, God quickens our mortal bodies through his spirit who dwells in us. So coming back to Romans chapter eight verse 11, you know, Paul is saying God quickens our mortal bodies through his spirit who dwells in us. And he's speaking from experience. He knows what he's talking about, because God is giving, he knows that God is the giver of life. He gives life to our mortal bodies through his spirit that is living in us. So based on Romans chapter eight verse 11, you know, I want us to expect the spirit of life to touch and work in our mortal bodies. Just let it not just be there in the pages of scripture, this holy book, but let it become a reality, like it was a reality in Paul's life. So we can just expect that the spirit of life will touch our mortal bodies, whatever sickness, whatever disease, whatever syndrome that we are having, whatever... We can use it also to people that they are praying for, just declare this verse of scripture and just believe God. And God comes through with his word, because the spirit of life living in us quickens our mortal bodies. So when you are ministering to people, you know, you can tell them that the Holy Spirit is in them for a reason. But there are many reasons why the Holy Spirit is in them. You know, there are many things the Holy Spirit does. He teaches us. He guides us. He counsels us. He guides us into all truth. He reveals the mind of God to us. You know, he gives us the gift of the spirit. You know, he's a spirit of adoption and all of those things. So the many things that he does, one of the things that the Holy Spirit also does is he gives life to our mortal bodies. He quickens life in our mortal bodies. So you can pray and say, God touch my mortal body through the life of your spirit that is dwelling in my body. Give life to my body. Give strength to my body. Okay. So we'll move on to verses 12 to verse 17. So can somebody please lead out aloud verses 12 to verse 17 please. Anyone can read verses 12 to verse 17. I hope all of you are there with me in the online class. Yes. Can somebody please read Romans chapter 8 verses 12 to 17. Yeah, go ahead, Asha. Thank you. Thank you. So I hope all the online students are following with me. Yes, no. Yes, Master. Yes. Okay. Any questions so far? Was it 10 and 11? Any questions? Okay. No questions. If there are no questions, we'll move on to verses 12 to 17, which was just read to us by Asha. So then, you know, Paul says, so what's the conclusion? You know, of all that he's spoken to us so far, he's bringing us to a conclusion and verse 12, he says, therefore. Therefore means, you know, all that Paul has been saying, all that he has told us so far, he's saying, okay, so now let's sum it all up. So therefore, brethren, and we know he's speaking to brethren, he's speaking to the believers. And he says, you know, we are debtors not to the flesh to live according to the flesh was 11. He says that debtors not the flesh to live according to the flesh. So so when our flesh cries out for attention or the flesh is telling us to do some things. The carnal nature we're talking about the evil desires, the flesh is crying out for attention is causing us is prompting us, leading us to do something. Then we need to tell our flesh, hey, I don't owe you anything. Okay, I'm not your debtor. I don't owe you anything. I don't have to pay you attention. I don't have to give in to the desires and the drives of the flesh. Okay, so that is what he says when he's saying in verse 12, therefore, brethren, we are debtors not the flesh to live according to the flesh. And then in verse 30, he says, for if you live according to the flesh, you will die. But if by the spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. So what's that he says for if, okay, just mark that if he says for if you live according to the flesh, you will die. So if means only if you live by the flesh, what will happen, you will die. This is the same warning he has mentioned earlier in the verses that he's reiterating, you know, he says, but if by the spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. So the believers by the spirit, by the help of the Holy Spirit can put to death the deeds of the body. Okay, so verse 13, he says, so if you live according to the flesh, you will die. But if, okay, we need to make a choice, but if by the spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. So the believer by the spirit, by the help of the Holy Spirit can put will put to death the deeds of the body or the sinful desires of the body. And what is the result? The result is that when you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. But if you live according to the flesh, what is the result? You will die. Okay, so this is how the believer lives victorious over the flesh. And how do they live victorious over the flesh? It is by the spirit because, you know, we've already seen that for mentioning and saying because the law of the spirit of life sets us free from the law of sin and death. Okay, so how does the believer live victorious over the flesh? It is by the spirit because it says by the spirit you can put to death the deeds of the body. So the Holy Spirit, the spirit of life, not only quickens life in our mortal bodies, but the Holy Spirit also enables us to put to death the deeds of the body. Okay, verse 14, all of us, you know, it says here in verse 14 that all of us for as many as are led by the spirit of God, these are the sons of God. So all of us were the sons of God, we are led by whom? We are led by our flesh, right? No, we are led by the spirit of God. So if you are sons and daughters of God, and if you find ourselves being led by our carnal nature, by our flesh, by our evil desires, then we need to question our salvation experience. You know, sometimes our salvation experience is only we have made Jesus Christ as our savior, not as Lord. It says all of us who are sons and daughters of God are led by the spirit of God. They're not led by the flesh, but by the spirit. If you're led by the flesh, then you do what the flesh tells you to do. But if you're led by the Holy Spirit, which means you are doing what the Holy Spirit is asking you to do, you are led by the Holy Spirit and we, we are led by the Holy Spirit. We follow the Holy Spirit. Okay, we also saw this last, on Wednesday, how, you know, in Galatians chapter five talks about how we need to walk in the spirit. Here also Paul mentions that, you know, how to live in the spirit, how to be led by the spirit. Basically means that we're just following the direction, the reading, the prompting, the stirring, and we're totally in submission to the Holy Spirit. Okay, so the Holy Spirit leads us and we will follow him. And that's when we know that we're truly sons and daughters of the, of the living God. Okay, it was 15 he says, for you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you receive the spirit of adoption by whom we cry out about Father. So here he is making a contrast, he's making a contrast of the spirit of bondage and the spirit of adoption. Okay, now the spirit of bondage is a spirit that puts us into captivity. Okay, when we are living in sin, when we are pleased, when we are led by the flesh, we are giving into the evil desires of the flesh, then we are, you know, under the spirit of bondage because we are under the bondage of, of, of sin. Okay, and it puts us into captivity, but the spirit of adoption. Okay, the spirit of adoption, it brings us into the sonship. Okay, the spirit of adoption, you know, gives us this, this, this identification that we are sons and daughters of God, and hence we can call him a father. No, it just, he uses this word Abba because Abba is a, you know, an aromint term and they use it for, you know, a very close intimate relationship with the father. So he says we can call him Abba Father. How can we call him Abba Father? Because we, through the spirit of adoption, you know, brings us into a place of sonship. So here we see a new title of the Holy Spirit, what's the new title of the Holy Spirit here? In this verse 15, spirit of adoption. Thank you, Abina. So, you know, you know, Paul has already given, you know, two titles already for the Holy Spirit that we saw in this chapter. He calls him the spirit of life. Thank you. And the spirit of Christ. Okay, and now he's referring the Holy Spirit as spirit of adoption. So we see three new titles of the Holy Spirit here. Spirit of life, a spirit of Christ and the spirit of adoption. Okay, so Holy Spirit does not put us in bondage or slavery. That's not keep us in fear because Second Timothy says we have not received a spirit of timidity or fear, but of power, love and a sound mind. So anything that brings bondage and fear is not of the Holy Spirit. It's not from God. But the Holy Spirit brings us into this wonderful place where we are these liberated sons and daughters of God. Why do we say liberated? Because we're liberated from darkness into light. We're liberated from death into eternal life. We're liberated from sin into holiness. We are liberated from unrighteousness, to righteousness, to be justified, to be made holy. We're liberated from being unholy, to be holy. So the spirit of Holy Spirit, the spirit of adoption, and he's the one who liberates us. Okay, so was 16 of Romans chapter 8 says the spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God. Okay. How do we cry out about father is because the Holy Spirit bears witness with our spirit. So the Holy Spirit is unveiling to us the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of our believer. So when we are born again, we are born again in our spirit man. Okay, and our spirit man is made a new creation. And that is why our spirit man relates to God who is spirit relates to the Holy Spirit. So the Holy Spirit reveals the plans, the purposes, the ideas, they intense the knowledge, the wisdom, the direction, the leading of God into our spirit man. Because our spirit man is connected with the Holy Spirit. It's joined with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God. And because of that we can cry out about father. So he's basically, and this was his unveiling to us the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of a believer. He says we are led by the spirit and now he's saying that we, you know, the Holy Spirit bears witness with our spirit. Okay, the Holy Spirit bears witness with our spirit. I'm sure you learned this, you know, when we looked at it in receiving God's guidance for our life in the first semester, the first year, you learned about this. Okay, how the Holy Spirit bears witness with our spirit because we are joined together with the Holy Spirit. And he, in our spirit man, he bears inner witness and we've seen different ways the Holy Spirit bears witness in our inner witness, in our, to the inner witness of our spirit. How does the Holy Spirit bear witness to knowing, to a steering, to the scriptures, to the prompting, to a warning. So all of these ways the Holy Spirit bears witness in our spirit man. So the Spirit himself bears witness means the Holy Spirit himself testifies. What does it mean bear witness? It means the Holy Spirit testifies or the Holy Spirit speaks affirmingly or the Holy Spirit speaks convincingly in our spirit man telling us, hey, this is God's plan. This is God's idea. This is what God's purpose is for your life. This is the direction he wants you to take. This is where he wants you to go. So testifying means, you know, he speaks affirmingly. He speaks convincingly. We also know that, you know, we have the mind of Christ. Why do we, why do we say that we have the mind of Christ? Because the Holy Spirit reveals the mind or the heart of God into a spirit man. And that is why we say we have the mind of Christ because whatever is in the mind of Christ's plans, purposes, ideas, intents for us, the Holy Spirit reveals it to us. And hence, you know, for rights, and he says we have the mind of Christ. Okay. So yeah, we see that the Holy Spirit bears witness to the spirit, which means that there is communication because we are joined together with a spirit man when they're born again. It's where it's, it's in our spirit man that the Holy Spirit communicates to our spirit. Okay. And the Holy Spirit does a whole lot of other things as well. He is a law of the spirit of life that helps us overcome the flesh. He is a spirit of life that gives life to our mortal bodies. He's also the spirit of life who leads us. So here in Romans chapter eight, Paul is basically unveiling to us many different facets of the Holy Spirit. So he's a spirit of life who speaks to me. He bears witness in my spirit. And one of that we see in verse 16 where he, you know, where he bears witness with our spirit, which means he's testifying, he's speaking, he's giving us evidence, he's giving us conviction. What is he bearing witness here? What is the witness that he's bearing here for us in verse 16 that we are the children of the God. So in this particular case, what is the Holy Spirit bearing witness? Or what is he testifying? What is he speaking? What is giving us assurance? What is giving us conviction? What is giving us evidence? Is that, you know, he's bearing witness in our spirit man is convicting us is giving us the witness of the testifying to us that we are the children of God. So if somebody asked you, what is your birth certificate? What is your birth certificate? You can tell them my birth certificate is Romans chapter eight verse 16. The spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God. So this is your birth certificate. The spirit himself bearing witness that spirit that we are the children of God, the child of God, the son or the daughter of God. So I know I'm a child of God because the Holy Spirit bears witness with my spirit. And verse 17 he says, if children then has and has of God and joint hairs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with him, then we may also be glorified together with him. So he says here and if children, you know, if children actually puts us into a very esteemed, a very privileged, a very honorable position that we are children of God, and not just children, but we are hairs of God and joint hairs with Christ. So by using this terminology, his hairs of God, joint hairs with Christ, basically he is using kingdom terminology. Okay, he says that basically we belong to the kingdom of God and as people who are belonging to the kingdom of God, their hairs of God co-hairs with Christ and hence he says, you know, as hairs we are successors of the kingdom of God. God has given us the kingdom. He's given us the kingdom, the keys of the kingdom, authority, the dominion to rule in his kingdom. So this is who we are. Who are we? We are not just children of God, but we are hairs of God and joint hairs with Christ and also we share everything with Christ. Even though we are not baby, he is only baby. He is alone God. We are not God, but you know, but all that fall has conveyed to us all of the blessings, all of the, you know, the gifts that we have received because of the truth of our identification in Christ Jesus, which he has conveyed to us in chapter five, six and seven. He says we share in all that Christ has accomplished on the cross. Okay, and he has just listed out so many things. We have the right standing in grace because of that, you know, we are loved by God, we have peace with God, we no longer enemies of God. We have justified, we have made righteous, you know, we have eternal life, we have the spirit of life. And so he's just listed out numerous blessings that we have received because of our identification with Christ. And he says, you know, we share in all that Christ has accomplished on the cross. We share in his righteousness because he has become righteousness to us. We share in his authority because he raised us up. Remember, he raised us up, and he seated us with the Father, received the right hand, the Father along with Jesus Christ. He has given us the authority, and hence we are co-heirs with Christ. So we should not only share in this blessing that we are children of God, and also he has a God co-heirs with Christ, but we also share with everything that Christ has accomplished for us on the cross. So he says here that, you know, we also was 17. Indeed, we suffer with him that we may also be glorified together. So he says that, you know, he says that even if we suffer, we know that we will be glorified. Why do we know that we will be glorified because we are children of God, we are heirs of God, co-heirs with Christ? So the suffering here is what, what is the suffering here he's talking about? You know, where he says, you know, where he says indeed we suffer with him that we also be glorified. In this context, the suffering here is what is mentioned in verse 13. In verse 13 he says, you know, put to death the deeds of the body. So, you know, as human beings, you know, people living on this earth, we all suffer. We suffer persecution, we suffer hardships, we suffer, you know, sickness, we suffer different health issues. The suffering in verse 13 he says, you know, he has said is to put to death the deeds of the body. Okay. And that is, and this is not easy for us to do. So this is the suffering that he's talking about. What is the suffering that he's talking about? He's saying to put to death the deeds of the body. So we'll pause here because our time is up. Anyone has any questions? Any questions anyone has? I hope you were able to understand. Yes, no. Yes, ma'am. Okay. Okay, fine. And we'll end class here. Thank you. No questions from anyone. I hope you're enjoying Romans chapter eight. Okay. I hope it's not going over your heads. I hope you're enjoying it. Okay. Okay. I post the assessment one on the website. So on Monday and you can have it over on Tuesday. I posted by 5 p.m. on Monday, which is 5 p.m. Indian Standard Time ISD. And then you can, which is 1130, I think GST. And you can separate it the next day, Tuesday by 5 p.m. Okay. Thank you all for joining class. Have a blessed weekend. God bless you all. See you all on Wednesday. God bless all of you. Thank you first. Thank you. Sorry somebody said something. Allison, do you want to say something Allison? Okay.