 All right. Welcome back everyone. I also started recording of this lecture. I'm sorry, I think I didn't mention that in the earlier class that it was being recorded. So this lecture is also being recorded. I've just started the recording. All right, let's take some questions. There's a question there from John Paul in John 3.8. What does it mean? It comes from, oh my god. There's a good. Okay. So good question then. John chapter 3 verse 8. So in talking about the new birth, this being born again, receiving life from above or being born anew. You know, Nicodemus, when he asks Jesus, you know, when he comes to Jesus and Jesus says you must be born again. Because unless a man is born again, you cannot enter or cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus says, you know, how can a man go back into his mother's womb and be born again? So he's thinking of the natural. And how can that happen? And then Jesus explains to him, you have to be born of water and the spirit. You're born of water and spirit. So the water indicates two things for us. One, water and spirit. Water indicates the natural and spirit. This is a spiritual birth. So the first time you're born naturally, it's a natural birth, second time it's a spiritual birth. But in terms of the details, like we saw there from 1 Peter 1, 23 and Titus chapter 3 verse 5, we saw that when we are born again, we are born of the word and the spirit. And very interestingly, both the word and the spirit are represented by water. So word, Jesus said, you're clean through the word and he uses the word to wash the church. Ephesians 5, same thing in Titus 3, 5, the work of the Holy Spirit is also referred to as water. So the second meaning there of water can represent that spiritual element, the word and the spirit. But to understand it in its context, water means natural. What the conversation was about between Jesus and Nicodemus, water represents the natural. The spirit represents the work of the spirit. It's a spiritual birth. And then Jesus says that and then he says in verse 7, he says, don't marvel that I say to you, you must be born again. And then in verse 8, he says, look, the wind is blowing. You can feel the wind. You know it is happening. But you don't know the details. You don't know where it's coming from. You don't know where it's going. But you know what's happening. And Jesus says, so is everyone who's born of the spirit, meaning he's drawing a comparison here. He says, just like the wind blowing, you know it's happening, even though you don't know all the details, where it's coming from, where it's going. He says, in the same way when somebody is born of the spirit, you know what's happening. You know it has happened, but you don't know all the details. You can't give all the details about it. Okay, this moment, this second, this is how it happened. You know, you can't give all those details, but you know, and you can't question it. Just like when you feel the wind blowing, I mean, you don't doubt it. It's there. You can feel it. Even though you don't know where it's coming from, where it's going. So is everyone who's born of the spirit, meaning it's the same way. You know it has happened, even though you don't have all the details of how and when exactly and so on. But it's happened. You can feel it. You know it's there. So he's talking about the knowing aspect of it. You know when you're born of the spirit, even though you don't have all the details of the dynamics of it. Does that help John? Okay, good. Any other questions? Okay, please go ahead. Yeah, Pastor, as we were talking about the new creation in Christ, one thing that came to my mind was like, there are still some things that remain the same just as you mentioned that the physical appearance doesn't change and things like that. So if I look at the sinful nature of my capacity to sin, it is still there. So what are some factors that prevents a born-again believer from overcoming those things that remain the same, even though this is true in the spiritual, but there are the capacity to sin and things like that. There's a tug of war between flesh and the spirit. So what makes me give in and not able to overcome? Right. So people, good question. We are going to delve into details on this as we progress, but let's just give a concise answer to this. So when we are born again and we become a new creation, we become a new creation in our spirit, but our soul and our body has not changed. So, you know, example, just as an example, suppose I was a college student when I was born again. Maybe I was 18 years of age example, and I give my life to Christ. Now, in my spirit, that moment, I'm born again. I'm a new creation and Christ becomes to me, wisdom from God. That means God's wisdom is available. But in my soul, which is my mindful and emotions, I'm still an 18-year-old. I don't become, you know, some big person who knows everything. No, in my soul, I'm still 18 years old, whatever, you know. In my body, I'm still at that level. Now, here's the important thing. When we become new creation, the power of sin over our lives is broken. That means sin no longer has dominion over us spiritually. But the soul, which is the mindful and emotions, has to be renewed. And the body, when I say body, I'm talking about the flesh, which are the evil, sinful desires of the body, need to be crucified. So in the spirit, we have become new creation. We receive the life and the nature of God. We are partakers of divine nature. The new creation is created in holiness and righteousness. So we have the capacity to live free from sin. But the problem is our soul needs to be renewed. Our soul, our mind thinks very like the world. And the flesh, the desires need to be crucified. So what happens if a believer does not renew his mind or crucify the flesh? We end up with what Paul calls as a carnal Christian. We read about this in Romans 8 and 1 Corinthians 3. That means in the spirit, they are new creation, but their mind and their flesh dominate. So they end up doing things that are wrong, some of the time, or maybe even better part of the time. So the life that God has given in the spirit doesn't come through. We don't, like Paul says, they don't put on the new man. To put on the new man means what's in truth in the spirit now has to be seen outside. To put on the new man, Ephesians 4, 24. They don't put on the new man, so people can't see. And people see, they still see them living by their unrenewed mind and their evil desires of flesh. And so they can't see it. So the answer to your question is, we are new creation in the spirit. The power of sin in our lives has been broken. Sin will not dominate us, but we need to renew our soul. We need to crucify the flesh, which we can and we know the truth. So that's why, you know, we will come to this later when we talk about identification, that this is the unveiling of this truth. And when we understand it, we will live victorious. Thank you. Thank you best. Let's take Isaac's question. Isaac, are all Christians that go to church in Christ? The answer to your question, Isaac, is no. Like what we have just read. When a person is born again, that means they have received Christ. That is when they come into Christ. So there are a lot of people that go to church and they go to church as a ritual, they go to church as a social obligation. They go to church for all kinds of reasons. They are not in Christ, but when a person is born again, then that person comes into Christ. John Paul, a follow-up question. A follow-up question to the previous question. We're in Titus III, but through the washing regeneration, we're in the Holy Spirit. Does washing of regeneration mean what about this? Titus III-V is not referring to water baptism. It's referring to the action of the Holy Spirit that regenerates and renews. But his action is like that of the water. So it's just a typology or an analogy that's being used there. So we shouldn't get confused with the word washing and immediately think of water baptism. No, because the Holy Spirit water is also a symbol of the Holy Spirit. John chapter 7, verse 37, 38, 39 just says, out of our innermost being will flow reverse of living water. So water is a symbol of the Holy Spirit. Water is also a symbol of the word of God. So here in Titus III-V, he says, the work of the Holy Spirit that brings about regeneration and renewing is like the action is like washing. Why? Because you're getting rid of the old, getting rid of all the dirt and bringing something new. So that's why it's used the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit. So it's really talking about the action of the Holy Spirit. It's just using that language to describe to us what Elisha, can I say that when our spirit is opened up and is given the capacity to commune with God. But the second part, and we need to grow in that, right? We need to grow in our communion with God. We've got to learn how to pray. We've got to learn how to wait upon His presence. So that is also a growing. The second part, the flesh is not immediately changed. The flesh is still there. The sinful desire is still there. But we need to crucify the flesh with the help of the Holy Spirit. So Paul writes about this in Romans chapter 8 and also in the Lations chapter 5. He tells us, as believers, he says, you know what? With the help of the Holy Spirit, we must crucify the flesh. So that is an ongoing process and it is a lifelong process. That means till our last day on earth, till our last moment on earth. But we have to keep the flesh crucified because the flesh has the capacity for desiring wrong things. It doesn't matter how long we've been Christians. It doesn't matter how anointed we are of God. It doesn't matter how great a ministry God may be doing through us. The flesh has the capacity to do wrong things. So what happens? Till our last moment, as Paul writes in Galatians 5, he says three things. Spirit, you've got to be, you've got to walk in the spirit. You've got to be led by the spirit. Three things he says. Galatians 5. We will look at it later in this course as well as in other courses. So he says, till the very end, we have to walk in the spirit, live in the spirit, be led by the spirit. And crucified the flesh. That's something that we do on a daily basis. Is that okay? Okay. Thank you. Any other questions from anybody else before we move forward? Okay. Please feel free to ask questions. We will be happy to discuss them and we can all learn those questions. So I'm going to go forward here from maybe paused. You know, we said this from Ephesians 2.10. And I'm just setting the screen once again, the PDF. We've created in Christ. That means God did something new. So you are a new creation. And that's why, you know, when you look at scripture, you will find that you became something you didn't exist. That did not exist. You know, came into existence, we created. Now another important thing as far as coming into Christ, we find here in 1 Corinthians 12 and verse 13. Could somebody read that for us, please? 1 Corinthians 12.13 is on in the PDF. This Corinthians 12.13. For by one spirit, we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, but the slaves are free and have all been made to drink into one spirit. I notice it's talking about the Holy Spirit by one spirit. That means Holy Spirit is the one who's doing the work here. By one spirit, we were all, that means all of us, regardless of which part of the world we are from, whether we are Jews or Greeks or whatever our social standing is, we were all baptized into one body. Now we know from the context there, he's talking about the body of Christ. We were baptized into Christ. The word baptized means to immerse, to submerge, to put fully into, to overwhelm. So the Holy Spirit was the one who immersed us into Christ, all of us. And we have been made to drink into one spirit. To drink into one spirit means we're all partaking of the life he gives. We will talk about life in the spirit later on. But what I want to point out is, how did we get into Christ? The Holy Spirit put each one of us into Christ. So like we said, and one of the questions we answered on the chat is, you don't get into Christ by joining a church or by belonging to a certain denomination or anything. No preacher can do that for us, no pastor can do that for us. But we believe in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, and we receive him, the Holy Spirit puts us into Christ. And we receive our life now from the Spirit. So the Holy Spirit puts us into Christ. And what does this mean? It means we spiritually become one with Jesus. Could somebody read this for us first Corinthians 6 and verse 17 please? But he who is joined to the Lord is one in spirit with him. Notice what it says. We are joined to the Lord. So we're talking about being in Christ. What happens? We are one spirit, means we become spiritually one with Jesus. So you need, you and I, we need to say often, you know, I'm spiritually one with Jesus. Spiritually we are connected with him. We become one spirit. So he's the wine, we are branches, spiritually we are one. We are joined to the Lord. And we are in spiritual union with Jesus. There is a connection there, spirit to spirit. Your spirit is connected with Jesus Christ. Okay, think about that. Now, if you want to imagine, you know, think about, you know, you're plugging something into the power socket. You're plugging it in. So what happens to the electrical energy or the power that's available to the socket now begins to flow through what's plugged in, what's connected, what's joined. Same thing. The branch is connected to the wine. You are spiritually connected to Jesus. You become one spirit with him. So what's in him is flowing into you. Like we said, you know, from the very beginning. And so because you're spiritually one with Jesus, I just want to explain a little bit here from 1 Corinthians 6, that same chapter. What Paul is saying is because you're spiritually one with him, everything else belongs to the Lord. Spiritually connected to Jesus. So your soul and your body belong to God, spirit, soul and body, you belong to Jesus. Because your very core is connected. Therefore, every part of you belongs to Jesus. And that's what he begins to emphasize in 1 Corinthians 6. When you look at verse 13, verse 15, verse 19, verse 20, he's just telling, you know, every part of you, your body is for the Lord and the Lord is for the body. That means every part of you belongs to the Lord and the Lord is made available for every part of you. 1 Corinthians 1, verse 30, he said, to be in Christ means now all of Christ becomes available to you. Same thing Paul is emphasizing here, but he expands it. He says the Lord is for the body and God is available for you, not just for your spirit, but also for your soul and also for your body. All who Christ Jesus has been made available to you for your spirit, for your soul, for your body. The Lord is healer, He's healer of your body. Because your body is for the Lord and the Lord who is healer is for the body. And then verse 15, he says, your bodies, your bodies are part of Christ. So my body is not because I'm spiritually connected with Christ. My body becomes part of Christ. So you think about it. To be in Christ means all of me belongs to Him and all of Him is made available to every part of me. It's very powerful for us to understand that. And that's why he says your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. And he says, you've been bought with a price. Lord of my God in your body and your spirit, which are gods. Your whole being belongs to God. So keep this in mind. What are we saying? To be one with Jesus means to be spiritually one. Spiritually connected. Because you're spiritually connected. Every part of you, spirit's whole body belongs to Him. And He has been made available for every part of you, spirit, soul and body. So there's something that I need in my body that's available in Him. I say, Lord, I receive from you. There's something I need in my mind that's available from Him. I receive God. I receive peace of mind. I receive joy. I receive strength. I receive what I receive from you. Because all of Him has been made available to us, every part of us. Okay. Now, as we progress, we understand that we become new creatures in our spirit, not of our mind or body. We answer some questions on that. So we learn in scripture, 1st Thessalonians, chapter five and verse 23. Can somebody read this for us, please? 1st Thessalonians chapter five, verse 23. Now, may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely. And may your whole spirit, soul and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. So you're saying, so what I want to just point out here, and we will look at this verse a little when we talk about another section. Every human person, each one of us are spirit, soul and body. Now, some of us may be familiar with that. But for some of us, you know, we just want to still understand that that each person, each human being is spirit, soul and body. The spirit is the eternal part of us. It had a beginning, but it will have no ending. It is that part of us which can connect with the spiritual realm, it can connect with God. The soul is the psychological part of us, our mind, our will, our emotions. And the body is the physical part. It's the house, it's the outer man through which we, you know, we live in this world. So when we were born again, we were born again in our spirit. Spirit became a new man, but our soul and our body was not changed. And this is where the transformation needs to come from our spirit, affecting our soul and the body. And we need to live this life out from the spirit. So Paul mentions this for us in Ephesians 4, verses 22 to 24. Can somebody read that for us please? Ephesians 4, 22 to 24 please. Ephesians 4, 22 to 24. That you put off concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts and be renewed in the spirit of your mind and that you put on the new man which was created according to God in true righteousness and holiness. So, you know, he says, put on the new man, so to believers, right, to these efficient believers, you know, they've become new creation, right? You put on their new man, your new creation. But he says we've got to put off something, get rid of something. You know, putting on and putting all has to do with the, you know, what appears on the outside, right? Put on, what is this? Put on and put off. Put off, put on. On the outside, what people see, right? Don't let them see your former conduct. In other words, don't live the way you used to live. Because the way you used to live, he says, it was according to the old man that was very corrupt and deceitful, the old man. So, the old man is the man that's gone. Remember, he said, the old has gone, the new has come. The word man simply means anthropos, and it refers to, in scripture, if you, I'm not referring to the word anthropos, the word anthropos is just a general word, you know, discipline means person. But he's talking about the old person. He talks about the old person, the new test was referring to that old, sinful, Adamic nature. So, he says, you know, your former conduct, the way you used to live was an expression of this old, sinful, Adamic nature. But now, what people have to see on the outside is who you are on the inside. On the inside, you're a new man. This new creation is created according to God, or it is in the image of God, right? According to God. It is created with the capacity for true righteousness and holiness. So, he says, on the outside, let people see this new man, which is in the image of God, which is righteousness and holiness. But for the believer to put off the old man and to be put on the new man, what must happen? You have to be renewed in the spirit of your mind. Be renewed in the spirit or in the attitude, in the very essence of your mind. So, we said, you know, we are spirit, soul, and body. So, what people see outside in the body, they see either, you know, the old man, people living according, believers living according to the former conduct, or we can live according to our new man, which we have become in the spirit. The new man in the spirit is created in the image of God. It's righteousness, holiness. But in my soul, which is my mind, I need to be renewed. I need to change, right? But what I really want to emphasize is, this new creation has taken place in the spirit. We need to be renewed in our mind so that we can put off the old man and put on the new man. People can see the new man on the outside of us. Okay? So, that's something we had just discussed in one of the questions. But I want to just pause here and see if everybody is with me. Anybody's got lost somewhere? Any questions? Lyndon? Aodesh? Nicholson? Aradhana? Sid Kano? You're all with me so far? Okay, good. Others? Yes, sir. They're all good? Yes, possible. Alright, always got lost. Okay, okay. Alright, alright. Okay, that's good. Divya, what's your question, please? Yes, Pastor, my question is, what are some indicators that a person is growing in the spirit or a person is growing spiritually? Like, whether your growth is stunted or whether the growth is happening? Hmm. Thank you. Yeah. So, like we said, right, and we find this in Ephesians chapter four and verse 13, it says we have to grow up in all things to be like Christ. Ephesians four verse 13. Grow up in all things to be like Jesus. So, the only measure we have for ourselves is Christ. So, we measure ourselves against or towards the standard of Christ, Christlikeness, or it says, you know, you should come to the full measure of the stature of Christ. Ephesians four verse 13. So, we have to look at ourselves from that perspective. We're not here to compare ourselves with each other. You know, that person got angry three times. I got angry two times. I'm better than that person. You know, we're not here to compare with each other. That's not a good measure. The good measure, the real measure is, am I being like Jesus? And so, the question we have to ask is, you know, are we becoming more and more like Christ? I am in Christ in order to become like Christ. And the more the indicator that I'm living out of that life in Christ is, am I becoming more like Him? So, example, maybe, you know, I would get example, right? Maybe if I was a person who would get very irritated when people say certain things, then I say, Lord, you know, I can conquer that because getting irritated about that matter is not being like Christ. And I want to be like Jesus. So, God, help me conquer that. And what happens? By the Holy Spirit, I conquer that. And people may say the same things, but I'm no longer irritated about it. It doesn't affect me. I can still walk in love because I've learned to conquer that in the flesh, in my emotions, in my flesh. So, what's happened? Well, I'm living out of my life in Christ. I'm living out of this life in the Spirit. And I'm conquering that. To that extent, I become more like Jesus in that area of my life. So, that's a good sign. We are growing. We are becoming more and more like Jesus in different areas of our life. Right? So, that's the measure. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Pastor. Just a follow-up. Oh, yeah. So, in a practical way, like, what are some disciplines one needs to follow? Like, I'm not saying like a hard and fast rule, but some disciplines that we can make a check on ourselves. Because sometimes we will just, you know, go on with life and forget to make this check on ourselves. So, what could be some factors that we can, you know, focus on? So, I'm trying to understand the question. Now, okay. In terms of disciplines, right? Of course, you know, we need to feed upon the Word of God, right? The Word of God. Because God looks in us by His Word to change us. Right? So, I need to feed upon that Word. Now, I'm not saying just read the Bible as a ritual. But I'm saying we need to keep, you know, like it says in there, in 2 Peter 3, verse 18, right? Now, it's at 1 Peter 3. Grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Yeah. 2 Peter 3, verse 18. Grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. So, we have to keep growing in the knowledge. We talk about revelation knowledge. So, I have to keep feeding my spirit with revelation from the Word. Right? So, I have to read the Word. But I have to receive revelation from the Word. Keep feeding. So, that's one discipline we do. We maintain. Second discipline, of course, is praying in the Holy Spirit. And I would emphasize praying in tongues. Because when we pray in tongues, when we pray in the Holy Spirit, what happens? We are able to crucify the sinful desires of our body. We're able to overcome sin. That's in Romans 8, verse 26. The Holy Spirit helps us overcome our weaknesses. So, you know, reading the Word, praying in the Holy Spirit, spending time in God's presence in worship, fellowship with other believers. So, these four practices, if you say, and these are simple practices, but four important things that will help us continually grow in the spirit. Yeah, thank you, Pastor. All right. Now, let's quickly answer some of the other questions here. Elisha's question is, a growth in our spirit comes by a constant defeat of sin in our lives. Overcoming sin is a very important part of our growth in the spirit, Elisha. We learn to put these things off. And we get rid of these things. And it's an important part. Like, you know, for instance, in Hebrews chapter 12, verses 1 and 2, our journey in the Christian life is, you know, he says, you know, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that easily besets us and let us run with patience or run with endurance, the race that is before us. So, for us to run this race, we need to be putting these things off, the weights and the sins, right? So, it's important there for us to keep churning. John Paul's question, what would be the steps in renewing of the mind, taking every thought into captive, taking a thought into captive is part of this, yeah. So, renewing of the mind, yes, right? So, we need to meditate in God's word. And then, you know, we bring every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. So, as the wrong thoughts come as thoughts of unbelief, thoughts of fear, thoughts of doubt come, we say, no, I reject it. I embrace the word of God. So, that way, you know, by meditating in the word and actively keeping every thought in our minds aligned to the word, you know, our mind is renewed. Isaac's question, has it become a new man in Christ or spirit is changed, but every now our soul and bodies challenged by various factors, yes. What is the most effective tool is Christians? Can we use to overcome the weakness of the flesh? Right? So, Isaac, this... The Apostle Paul shares this with us in Romans chapter 6. Because, you know, when you look at Romans chapter 6, 7 and 8, the Apostle Paul is dealing with the same issue, right? Of how a believer can overcome the flesh and live in the spirit. And as he teaches us there, he says, you know, we need to know that we are free from the power of sin. That is Romans 6. I think it's verse 11. No, sorry. Romans 6 and verse 6. Know that you are free from the power of sin. Then verse 11, Romans 6, 11 next, he says, you need to count this as a truth. Consider this. I mean, I reckon this to be true that, yes, I am free from sin and I'm going to, therefore, I'm not going to let sin reign in me. Right? And thirdly, he tells us, verse 13, we need to yield or present our bodies to God. So, if you study Romans 6, you'll find the Apostle Paul outlines this verse. This is the way you overcome sin. And then he takes us into Romans 8 verse 1. He says, the life in the spirit, the Holy Spirit helps us overcome the weakness of the flesh. As we yield to the spirit, he enables us to do this, right? To overcome, like to do the things he says in Romans 6, the Holy Spirit empowers us. Okay. All right. Okay. So, I think we've covered the questions in the chat. Thank you. Good questions. Any other question? Otherwise, I'll go back to the notes. Okay. I'm just going to go back to the notes. We'll progress a little bit and then we will close for the day. All right. So, we're going back to the very verse that we started with, which is 2 Corinthians 5, verse 17. I want to just point out a few more things here before we wrap up. He says, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. I want to just look at that word new, right? Now, in relation to the new creation or this new man that we've become, Paul the apostle, he chooses two Greek words to talk about this new creation. And I think it's really interesting because there is a reason why he uses certain Greek words to talk about certain things. And it's good for us to go in and find out. So, in most places, he uses the word Kainos, right? When he talks about this new creation that we've become. And then in another place, he also uses the word Nios. Okay. And I'll explain what these mean. So, to sum up, when you look at these places, like you look at 2 Corinthians 5, 17, and Ephesians 2, 15, and Ephesians 4, 24, in these three verses, he uses the word Kainos in relation to the new man. And then in Colossians 3, 10, he uses the word Nios in relation to the new man that we've become in Christ. The word Kainos means new in character, new in nature, new in essence. The word Nios has to do with something that's recent in time. That means it wasn't there before it came into being now. It's new in time. So, Kainos, new in nature, Nios, new in time. And so what he's telling us, and what when he put these together, he's saying that the new creation is new in nature and also new in time that didn't exist before. So when the Bible says you become a new creation, you're new in nature. So the old nature, which is what came through Adam, is no longer there. The new nature is what you received in Christ. It's new in time. That means the old is what began back in time with Adam. The new in time is what began with you being in Christ. So this new creation is both new in nature and new in time. If you look at it from a biology or a genetics point of view, you would say it's a distinct species. You call it a new species because it's new in nature, new in time. It's a new species. So really as new creation, we are a new species. Something new in nature and new in time. It just emerged. It came now, came new in Christ. The other thing I want to just point out before we close here is that this new creation has a new identity. Like we said, you're a new creation. You became something you were not before. And you see this in many places before we were dead, but now we are alive. Before we were far off, now we are near. Before we were aliens and strangers, but now in Christ we are citizens of God and members of God's family. Before we were darkness, now we are light. I like this. You can make a long list. Once we were sinners, now we are saints. Once we were guilty, now we are justified. Once we were unrighteous, now we are righteousness. Once we were condemned, now we are no longer condemned. We've been justified. So spiritually, identity has been changed. But this is important because now our soul needs to catch up. We need to start thinking in terms of our new identity, not think about, you know, confine ourselves to the old identity we have. So we must live according to our new identity. So change your self-image. How you see yourself. See yourself as the way you are in Christ, right? And then also speak of yourself in line with your new identity in Christ. That's very important. And so saying, I am a sinner, you and I need to start saying, we are saints or holy ones. And so saying, you know, we are unrighteous, we need to say we are the righteousness of God. And so calling yourself darkness, call yourself light. Because that's your true identity, that's your new identity. You've become something new in nature, new in time. Now you and I need to speak according to our new identity. Okay. And okay, let me stop here. I will pick up from, you know, point number 18 next week as we go forward in this course. I'm going to stop here and take a few moments to pray. And I just, you know, let's just pray together. And I want us to pray and say, God help us to make the change in how we think about ourselves and how we speak of ourselves. We must start speaking of ourselves according to the new creation we are. You are a new creation. God has changed you. You are joined to be in Christ. So speak of yourself and think of yourself according to who you are in Christ. Right. So I want, I want somebody to just lead us in prayer as we close this lecture, just to help us and say, God help us to make this change. Right. So let's pray together. Could somebody please unmute your mic, just lead us in prayer. And after that we will dismiss. Dear Father, we come to you under the name of Jesus. We thank you for the beautiful day and for the beautiful section that we had. But all the things that are passed are taught us. Let us keep that in our mind, in our heart and reflect that in our life Jesus. Help us to speak of ourselves as a new creation in you. Let us understand this deep in our heart that we are completely new in our Christ. We are not remodeled. We are created. We are created again. Let us not forget this our entire life. Let us preach this gospel to everyone. Everyone who never knew that they are new in Christ and they are going through a lot on this world. Let us boldly preach this gospel to everyone. So whatever we learned, Jesus help us to keep it in our heart. And let us renew our thoughts, renew our way of life by knowing that we are new in Christ. We are completely new in Christ. I pray for everyone and I bless everyone in the name of Jesus. I place everything in our hands. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen. Amen. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. All right, everyone. Thank you so much, each one of you for being part of the class today. God bless you, each one of you. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you, Pastor. Thank you, Pastor. Have a good day. Have a good day. Have a good day. Have a good day. Have a good day.