 Hey, morning once again, let's get started. We'll just pray and then we'll start. Yeah, okay Father we we want to thank you Lord for this day We give you praise we thank you Lord that you you're the one who watches over us. No, let's just give thanks to God Thank him for all that he's done. Thank you for the for who he is in your life in my life Just give him thanks give him praise Just acknowledge that he is God and I'll recognize his hand Recognize his provision recognize his presence in each one of our lives and let's just give thanks father We thank you. We bless your name. God. We bless your name. We thank you for your grace. God We thank you for your faithfulness. Oh master. We thank you for your presence and your power in our lives Father God, we thank you. We bless your name. God. We bless your name. We bless your name, Father God Yes, Lord I pray that Lord Spirit of God that you would write your word upon our hearts and minds even today, Father God Lord Let our thinking change. Let our imaginations change Father God Let our perspectives change Oh God Lord about each and everything Father God the way you see it Lord We want to see master and Lord to that end. Oh God. We commit ourselves into your mighty hands We give you all the praise and all the glory at this time in Jesus match this name. We pray. Amen. Amen Okay, let's just pick up from where we Stop last class We I think reached the end of Wrong attitudes, right some of the right attitudes some of the wrong attitudes that we can have about money and The last one we looked at was about false security, right false security meaning false confidence We can have confidence we can put our confidence in money because money can Do a lot of things right money can bias comfort money can bias You know material comfort and material possessions and so on so we can it's not it's natural To put our confidence saying that I have this therefore I can be confident I have you know so much money therefore I can you know tomorrow. I don't have to worry or You know, it's it's normal to put our Confidence in money, right? So the Bible but the Bible talks about not to put our trust in uncertain Riches, right because which is can go up which is can come down So not to put our trust in uncertain riches. So which means The right attitude is to thank God for the provision that he brings into our lives But to trust him who is the provider rather than the Provision itself Right to trust him who gives all things rather than the things that he is giving Okay, so so we looked at some of all those wrong attitudes that we could have We looked at several scriptures also. Okay, so let's look at this word. No prosperity Okay, so we we saw that the word prosperity It includes money, but it's not just about money Prosperity it's not just about money Okay, so when we say somebody's prosperous, we are cross the word prosperity also means success Right, because you know, let's say you're saying no You you might have heard the no praise that you know, may you prosper in The things that you set your hands to right, which means whatever project you're taking whatever work that you want to do May you prosper in it? May you be good at it, right? May you be successful in it, right and Especially if you if you look at John's third episode that is three John and verse two So John prays this for the believers he says Beloved I pray that you may prosper in all things Okay, that you may prosper in all things which means that Prosperity is not just Constrained or restricted to money. It's not just restricted to finances He says below beloved I pray that you may prosper in all things. So when we say Prosperous it means to be successful. It means to have increase. It means to flourish Okay So in fact in this verse three John verse two He says beloved I pray that you may prosper and be in health just as your soul Prosperous right just as your soul prosperous, which means, you know It doesn't mean that your soul is rich with money No, it talks about our soul our mind our will our imaginations Right our mental health Saying let it prosper. Let it thrive. Let it flourish Right, okay. So let's again come back to that word prosper prosperity It means to be successful. It means to be you know to have increased to have growth So when we say biblical Prosperity, okay, so this is what you know somebody defined it like this biblical prosperity is Divinely enabled. No, if you if you can look at the notes, it's there. It's divinely enabled success growth and increase Okay, biblical prosperity is Divinely enabled. What does divinely enabled mean? What does it mean to say it's divinely enabled? divine something to do with God something to do with You know all about him how he Brings about so it's about God right so divinely Enabled what does enabled me to enable something? Sorry help help facilitate empower right So biblical prosperity is divinely enabled, which means God empowered God helped God facilitated okay success growth increase Right biblical prosperity when you talk about biblical prosperity is divinely enabled God enabled God given right God enabled success growth increase through Divinely appointed means What does that mean divinely appointed means Any idea Divinely divinely appointed we know okay God appointed God ordained right or God inspired means Ways methods processes Ventures Right God inspired God appointed methods of ways Third one for divinely appointed Purposes okay, so what is this whole thing for that is the purpose of a vehicle prosperity, right? So let's look at look at that again. So biblical prosperity when we can look at it. It means it's divinely Enabled divinely enabled success or growth or increase through divinely Appointed means which means God appointed God ordained ways Okay, and Through divinely appointed for divinely appointed. Sorry purposes It's for his purpose. Whatever that could be right so So let's you know, it's good for us to get this inside of us. Okay, biblical prosperity is you know, God ordained It's God appointed God enable God empower it's all about God, you know, how how does he inspire? How does he enable me? How does he empower me for success? How does he empower me for growth? How does he empower me for you know thriving and to increase in all the areas of my life? So God appointed ways which means that See there can be If you just take that God appointed out of it, you know, there can be man's ways also like Prosperity can come in other ways also, which means that maybe God didn't enable you God didn't appoint those ways and maybe it's not for God's purposes Right, so a person can be prosperous in those ways also, right? And I just want to you know talk about this God appointed means which is very important because You know, I don't know if you've heard this phrase the end Justifies the means have you heard that phrase the end justifies the means No, okay The end justifies the means Okay, which means that The end result or the objective What are we actually going after? Okay That justifies whatever method you use Okay, so suppose I'm going to give money to the poor Okay, so let's say Okay, a sub a sub who wants to give a lack of money to the poor Okay, so that's the objective. That's the end So how is he going to get that lack? What is the means of getting that lack? Asaba says that you don't worry right I will I will do anything and everything I Will I will borrow I will steal I will threaten Right, I will do anything, but what is the end? I want to serve the people I want to give to the Poor people so that is the end justifying the means, you know, you're saying this is I want to give to the poor It's a noble thing So I'm justified in doing whatever I want. I want to I want to borrow I want to you know, I might borrow I want to Let's say steal from the rich You need has money Unlike I will steal from them Right that bank has money. I will steal I will see it. I will get the money Why am I doing it? I'm doing it to honor God I want to give to God's people. I want to give those people who are poor Is it right or wrong? Why? Sorry, yeah, but why is it wrong? Intensically, why is it wrong the okay the intent to serve But the what is the method the means Or the way in which you go about Serving is is absolutely wrong right because the Bible talks about the fact that Psalm 23 says he leads me Who it is some is this testifying about God the good shepherd he leads me How does he lead me in the parts of? Righteousness Okay in parts of righteousness and then the second part of that was for his names sake Which means he is righteous He is holy right for his name sake he leads me in parts of righteousness, okay, so the end Just does not justify the means You can have a very noble Purpose very noble thing noble project But how do we go about? Achieving that result and how do we go about achieving or carrying out that project or carrying out whatever we that you know reaching that target That's very important because And so also in K in in the you know, what do we what are we talking about? We're talking about Prosperity, okay, so prosperity. Okay, it's a good thing Because God is not against prosperity, but how do we go about being prosperous? You know, that's what we're saying. It's God appointed means God appointed means means God is in it, which means it cannot be something that's unholy If God is in it that it cannot be something that is impure, right something that is Something that is against his character and nature. So it's God appointed Ways God appointed means so that is biblical prosperity. It's it's God enabled God wants to enable God is God's God's desire is to take us to a place of success and growth and increase It's God enabled, but at the same time it if it's going to be God appointed Biblical prosperity is about God appointed ways. God appointed means which means that it is these are ways of Righteousness right and for God appointed Success God appointed purposes, right? Okay, so so we you know the question that we sometimes ask is why why prosperity, you know, should a Christian Desire prosperity desire to be successful Desire to increase Desire growth and development should a Christian do that. What is the right motivation? So we will address all these questions Okay, so What we talked about The the end just thought that does not justify the means which means that the lie Cannot serve the truth Okay, so God leads us in parts of righteousness some 233 the verse that we saw he restores my soul He leads me in the parts of righteousness for his names sake Okay so Second Chronicles 16 and verse 9 says for the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth to show Himself strong Okay, so God is literally searching he's as eyes run to and fro to show himself strong Okay, to display himself his strength on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to him It's a God wants to show himself Strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to him You know the second part is about that warning and the consequence of not being loyal and so on right So we can experience God enabled to growth we can experience God enabled Prosperity because he wants to show himself strong. Okay, so we're going to look at several other, you know Verses as well. Okay, so this scripture the scripture you can read it I'm not going to go to it, you know the entire portion. It's a it's a fairly large portion about Jacob Let me just paraphrase it that joker Jacob says God, you know, you know, I'm going back to my father's house I want I need to come back and Lord, I will you know, I will pay a tenth of all that you are giving me He makes that you know promise to God. We see that in Genesis 28. I'm going to pay a tenth I'm going to pay a type of all that you have given to me and so on so then he works with Laban and You know, and we and we know and then he comes he has this conversation with Laban and he says, you know, I need to go back. Give me your Send me give me my wages that I want to go back to my father's house and I've been here serving you faithfully Give me my wages and then So Lebanon says, okay What is it? What do you want? What shall I give you and Jacob says, you know I will take everything in your flock in the sheep and the goat Everything that is speckled everything that is that that is not purely white So which means it's you know, when it's when it's of the white color and everything, you know It's it's it's supposed to be of good quality. You know if a sheep is of one particular shade So what he's saying is I'll take everything that is not like that I'll take everything that is speckled everything that is, you know spotted. I'll take that Okay, and something happens something very strange happens He he he does something which is in the natural But something that produces a supernatural effect, right? So in all those sheep He puts before them He peels off the bark of the almond tree and the poplar tree it says and then he puts someone He puts that in front of their eyes And when they give birth to the calves the small ones They are actually Strong, but then what they notice is that they are speckled and spotted and so on. Okay, so every time You give birth, which means that they are speckled and spotted which means that Jacob's flock Increases so much more than Leban's flock. Okay, so So he does that and he becomes very very prosperous. Okay, so So we see that in the natural, you know, that is that is not possible, but we see it's a it's a supernatural You know above the natural Hand of God that actually causes him to prosper. Okay, so we see that so all that to say that Biblical prosperity is God appointed Biblical prosperity is God enabled Biblical prosperity is For God's purposes. Okay, whatever that purpose could be, right? And when we say God's purposes You know, we don't have to think Obviously at the end of it people God wants people to be blessed redeemed and we looked at all those You know the right attitudes that we need to have about money that they might be that people might be helped Those who do not have enough might be helped, you know that There might be enough for the work of God's kingdom, right? All these things are true when we say God appointed purposes Okay, but it also means that God takes pleasure in you and I Having success having growth and being prosperous Okay, so God takes pleasure in that that for you for you and I personally to have To be prosperous many times we I don't know Many times people are not comfortable with that idea Why because we've seen the abuse of wealth. We've seen the we've seen greed We've seen covetousness Right. We've seen corruption Because of wealth Okay, and so we are not comfortable. No, it could be in ministry. It could be in politics. Whatever it is you know, we've seen the negative side of What money can do and therefore we are not comfortable With the fact that hey here is God and he actually delights in prospering me Right, so we see when we are looking at poverty Or not having enough We are comfortable with that Yes or no We're okay with that, you know, I don't have enough You know, but I'm trusting God, you know Yes, we're comfortable with that idea But sometimes we are very uncomfortable with the fact that he God is actually providing God is putting in enough and more money He's giving a lot of things and He's making sure that a lot of money passes through my hands Right. Just imagine like a tap So that it flows through others We're not very comfortable with that Okay, so so we just need to make that shift. Hey, God is not against prospering me and when you say God appointed purpose Well, that could well include Me my family Others right it could it would well include me so that I can be a source Through God, I can be a source of Help I can be a source of Blessing to so many others like look at look at it that way, right? Okay In the Bible we see that there were people whom God prospered Okay, so so if you're not comfortable with that idea who can God really prosper a man You can really God be okay with prospering me giving me things Giving me money, right? So let's look into the Bible. Let's look into the Word of God and see How generation after generation how God prospered his people Okay, and here it talks about you know material things it talks about Faith, okay, let's look at Abraham. Okay turn to if you turn to Genesis 24 It's we're on page number eight in the notes Okay, what is your idea of Abraham? And you say Abraham and all of us and maybe if we have grown up in church, okay as little children We grow up hearing the stories Sometimes they give us these books Right to color Some day paper to color and send and that picture stays Right. So in your picture of Abraham does Abraham have a beard Yes, yeah, does he have long hair Yes, does he have a coat Robe, yeah in my picture he has a robe which is striped for some reason I think that is one of the pictures that I colored. So he has a rope. Is he wearing sandals? He's wearing sandals. So where is he in your picture of Abraham? Where is he actually? What is the surrounding like? Can you imagine, you know Abraham? We always imagine, right? We imagine, okay, Abraham, Isaac We imagine we have certain picture of Abraham whenever we read So in your picture What is it like? Of Abraham Where is he? Where is he staying? What kind of a place it is it? Online folks also Sanjay, Lucy Can post What do you think Where is he in your mind? Or we've not thought about it Yeah God's friend that's the first imagery that comes in God's friend. Yeah, so he's a friend of God always very much in the presence of God But now when you're elaborating and asking and you think of it in a little more deeper sense And the way God has blessed him so then you can get a feeling like, you know, surrounded with a lot of Cattles and earths and Yeah materialistic positions Yeah, so by in my mind in my mind see he lives in a tent and I've seen tents right tent is Very simple structure some canvas tarpaulin Right and I'm not really gone camping In the you know, wrecking or camping. So I I don't have that in mind. Maybe once I stayed in a tent You know what one youth camp stayed in a tent And that's you know, that's all so it was a very simple structure some poles canvas lying on the ground Simple so that's the thing and then I know, you know, this is we're talking about mid mid eastern Yeah, um, yeah, I'm just talking about the physical thing Um You know deep pool and Lucy. Yeah, how can you imagine Abraham to be so in my mind, you know, it's it's a it's a dry place Lot of dust a lot of stones Okay, so bright terrain Sandals are saying heat a lot of heat The sun is shining forever summer. No, that's I don't know for accurate or not. That's the picture I have Right and he's going he's walking and You know, God asked him to come out and go to a land. He's going with this family and Praying and and all these things now when we look at Genesis 24 We get a completely different picture from what I was thinking I get a complete different picture Right look at Genesis 24 um Verse one says now Abraham was old well advanced in age and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things Okay, so what does all things mean? All things very simple right all things mean all things. Okay verse 34 So he said, you know, who's this Abraham servant? Okay, he's testifying Okay, um, so he's saying I am Abraham's servant Verse 35 the Lord has blessed my master greatly And he has become great And he has given him flocks and herds silver and gold male and female servants and camels and donkeys Okay, it's not just one sheep one cattle one donkey one camel One person to you know, he's saying male and female servants, which means You know, there were families who were serving maybe there were people who were taking care of the herds Right, so it's a it's it's like on big ranch, you know, and when they are traveling It's like one one huge Uh, you know movement that's happening. Can you imagine camels? right So tall so big And how much it it can drink how much it can eat? Right, if you've seen cattle they eat all day They're constantly chewing something Right, there's always eating You need to take care you need to give so cattle's donkeys Donkeys obviously they used for transportation. You know, it's like it's like saying you had a whole fleet of cars Right camels they transported, you know, they traveled on donkeys. They traveled on camels and You know the the the cattle and they used for milk and other things so Sheep and cattle everything is there and he's having so many people to look after So he is actually You know in those days, even if you compare to you know make a Make a comparison to today's day. He's he's a very wealthy man And that's why his servant him is my master is very wealthy He has all these servants. He has gold. He has silver. He has all this material things and he testifies saying God has blessed him And the worst one also says that Abraham was old well-advanced and God has had blessed him in all things Right, so Abraham so our picture needs to change. It was not like he was wearing, you know rags Right, it was not like he was living in You know, he was living well He was he had people who were connected to his life, which means he had to take care of them Right, he had all these sheep and cattle and all this transportation and All that was there And God had blessed him Right, so we see that. Okay. Let's look at Isaac Okay, so this is Genesis 26 as 26 versus 12 to 14 Then Isaac soared in that land Right, and actually if you look at that chapter it talks about famine Okay, he talks about famine in the land and he wants to move out But then God says, you know, you stay here. So yeah, so he says here then Isaac soared in that land and reaped in the same year a hundred fold Because God asked him to so it's God appointed God enabled The Lord blessed him The man began to prosper was 13 and continued prospering until he became very prosperous For he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants So the Philistines envied him. Okay, so we're looking at this kingdom or this group of people these Philistines They actually were jealous That he had so much Who are we talking about? What Isaac who was Isaac? The promised son, right of Abraham So he had saying that Now this is what he continued to prosper and became very prosperous So much so this other group of people, you know, they see this and they became jealous They envied him meaning, you know, how come he's like this because God actually, you know, gives him something that goes beyond natural you know human reasoning Asked him to stay in that place in famine and continue to do agriculture Like if you look at if you go through Chapter 26, that's what we see, right? So he does that and He had possessions. This is what he says. So again our picture of You know, God's dealings with his people Abraham Isaac, okay, we'll go to the next generation, which is Jacob Right Genesis 30 was 43. Thus the man became exceedingly Prosperous and had large flocks Male and female servants and camels and dockets. We see the same pattern Right, same thing His grandfather his father now him right then Joseph Falling generation Right, we're looking at the fourth generation now Genesis 39 The Lord was with Joseph and he was a successful man And he was in the house of his master the Egyptian This is a potifer And his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made all he did To prosper in his hand. So here he's talking about Being successful He's talking about, you know, even maybe financial wealth and so on. So he's he's a slave He's a slave in Egypt He's a slave in the master's house But the Lord is with him Causing him to prosper being successful. Whatever work was given He was successful, you know, maybe he was asked to go and sell some things in the market He comes back with a profit successful Right, he's asked to take care of some things and oversee some, you know, servants He's successful. He may he solves problems in a good way. He he brings to people together Maybe maybe they are happy working for potifer. So he's successful Right in all that he did the Bible says that the Lord made all he did to prosper. Okay Look at that verse verse 23 Now we from the from this place potifer's place, he goes to the prison, right? So what does it say there the author the keeper of the prison did not look into anything that was under Joseph's authority Because the Lord was with him and whatever he did the Lord made it prosper okay, so He's so we might think of, you know, maybe Abraham and you know, Isaac and Jacob, you know They were all, you know, good land. They were free men free people. They had servants and everything And God made them prosperous. I might say the situation is good The environment is good Right, the place where they are is good and therefore they are successful Now we look at Joseph He's a slave He's successful He's in prison And he is thriving It says that the keeper of the prison did not look into anything that was under Joseph's Under Joseph's authority and and in the prison the keeper of the prison has given him authority Okay, you take care of feeding the prisoners you take care of the rations you take care of something, you know some something some responsibility is given him And he's saying that he did not look into anything that was given to Joseph because he was successful And Bible testifies the Lord was with him and whatever he did the Lord made it Excuse me Prosper, so we see that hey, it doesn't depend on the circumstance doesn't depend on the environment The Lord can Cause us to prosper the Lord can cross cause us to grow and increase and be successful. Okay one more Job Job 42 verse 10 and the Lord restored Job's losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the Lord gave Job Twice as much as he had before. Okay, many times when we think about Job when we study Job we Talk about the suffering, right? There's a loss that he went through And and you know, that's a big part of the book, right? But look at this verses and it talks about God's dealing with Job After he had gone through all that and it takes and it says here The Lord gave Job twice as much as he had Before okay, that's how it ends Right, it doesn't end with the loss and suffering it ends with the restoration Okay, one more verse verse 12 Now the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning For he had His wealth is listed there and I'm sure it listed there for a purpose I just think about that. No, why is you know, somebody's savings account somebody, you know, he had so many people he had You know, you know so much in his bank. He had so many. Why is it? Why is it listed there? Right, we won't normally, you know, go and tell people but this is how much I have but why is it listed? Yeah, think about it, right? It says now he had 14,000 sheep 6000 camels one 1,000 yoke of oxen. I know how big is that? 1,000 cattle Can you just imagine how many cattle can be kept here in that place that field there? How many? 50 that's it in that field not more than that comfortably, right? You have to feed them. You have to make sure yet 1,000 Either the Bible is exaggerating or you know, somebody's wrong or somebody's right 1,000 yoke of oxen and 1,000 female donkeys, which means there was male donkey, which is not counted 14,000 sheep 14,000 not just 1400,000. No, we heard those sheep going. Just imagine the noise it will make in the morning when you want to feed it 14,000 Right, so it says that the Lord restored twice. Actually if you look at the, you know, what he had beginning, it's an exact double of what he had, right, his wealth. So that's how the book ends Right, that's how Job's life ends Job's life story ends that Restoration There is increase, there is growth, there is success, despite all that he went through. Okay, so that tells us something that God, the God whom we worship, the God of the Bible is not holding back or is not against prospering men, women Right, he's not against it because he's done it in the Bible and the Bible very clearly says it's not them, but it's God who actually prospered them Right, and when you say God's prospering them, yeah, obviously they, you know, they must have thrived, flourished He's talking about money as well. He's talking about material things And we know Abraham was a person of faith Right, a person of great faith Romans, you know, Romans chapter five, you know, we read through that, it talks about that that how against hope, in hope, he believed gave glory to God He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief but, you know, we gave glory to God increased in faith Right And so on, so he flourished in, in all these ways Okay, um At the same time, the Bible also talks about men of God in the Bible who fell because of money meaning, you know, money got a hold on them rather than them holding money Right, money got a hold of them. They were covetous. They were greedy Talks about Balam the prophet and how he actually professes against the people of God because Balak said, you know You come and give your reward and you prophesy and it's there in Numbers 22 to 24 and Revelation 2 14 testifies You know, it says here The Lord Jesus words and he says, but I have a few things against you because you have there Those who hold the doctrine of Balam who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel to eat things sacrifice to idols and idols and to commit sexual Immorality, so it calls that the doctrine of Balam Okay, 2nd Peter 2 verse 15 and 16 They have forsaken the right way and gone astray Following the way of Balam the son of Bia who loved the wages of unrighteousness Right, we won't do something which is against God Put a curse on God's people You know prophesy against them But God wouldn't allow him to right him to use rebuked for his unique iniquity and so on So we see Balam then we see Gehazi in 2nd Kings 5 Okay, so who was Gehazi Gehazi Sorry servant of Alicia Okay Thank you servant of Elisha. So we read about him in 2nd Kings, right? Okay, so let's turn there 2nd Kings 5 Okay, so the we have the So this is what happens Nehman the Syrian he comes The commander of Syrian army he comes And you know, there's a problem with Nehman Nehman. What is the problem? Nehman has a problem, right? What is Nehman's problem? Huh Okay, I think we need to look at that 2nd Kings 5 Okay, okay Now 2nd Kings 5 verse 1 Okay, this is what it says now Nehman commander of the army of the king of Syria was a great An honorable man in the eyes of his master because of him the lord has given victory to Syria He was also a mighty man of valour and he says but The leper which means he had the skin condition the skin disease leprosy which is terrible in those days and no cure etc and The syrian had come come out. They had a captive and we don't read all that like he's he's searching for a solution for some healing For a cure for this condition and then the servant girl says if only My master were with the prophet who is in Samaria or he would heal him office leprosy so Nehman goes to prophet elisha and elisha says go Dip yourself in the river Jordan and and that's what You know, so Nehman is very insulted, you know, I have better rivers bigger rivers in Syria and why should I do this but then You know the servant's girls against wisdom. He said go and wash, you know If he had told you to do something difficult, would you not have done it? He's just asking you to do something simple. Go and wash and Jordan just obey the prophet. So he goes right verse nine So verse nine the Nehman, sorry verse nine is when he actually goes and asks etc um Let's go down to verse 14. Okay. So first 14 So he went down he obeys finally he went down To the river dipped seven times in the Jordan According to the saying of the man of God according to elisha And his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child Okay, so he's healed. God does a supernatural work in him And we know it's not because of the waters of Jordan because he obeyed the word of the Lord Which came through the prophet so he's healed. Okay. So now what happens? He he goes back to his country he goes back to his country and that's what you know, we see in verse 20 He he actually before going he says I need to give some reward. I need to give something I want to give something and he says, you know, um, I want to Where do we see that? He says in verse 15 now, please take a gift from your servant Okay, please take a gift from your servant. So but then elisha says as the Lord lives before whom I stand I will receive nothing. You know, I don't want anything Just go All right, so then neman goes but somebody has been listening to this whole conversation and who's that Elisha servant. Yeah, how's he? So Gehazi goes after Nehman and he says See my master has sent me Okay, now two people have come And so he goes and he says My master has sent me saying to young men of the sons of the prophets have come From the mountains of ephraim. Please give them silver clothing All that he lists he makes a list says who's a talent of silver and two changes of clothing and all that and then He takes he says take two talents And you know and two changes of garments, etc. So neman takes it He goes keeps it Elsewhere and then goes before elisha. Okay, so So elisha says, you know, where did you go? Nehman said no where I didn't go anywhere. I was here only right, so he lies And neman elisha says, you know when you went did my heart did my spirit not go with you and he says, you know This is what you've done is wrong. So You will actually So there is a consequence for that right and you the and as a result of which He becomes, you know, he becomes stricken with that condition of leprosy okay, so So while we read about the good things We also read about What money Did in people's lives? Okay, so we read both things the bible is very clear got prospered What is God's not against it, but at the same time we see that people because of money They actually fell because of greed Right, so it was not like has he was in poverty or but something in him. You know, I want more You know, he's he's a rich man and he's offering all this but I want some of that Right that cost him to fall Okay, so we'll stop here and the the new testament talks about dinas and judas his carrier to fell for money, so Just go through some of those scriptures and next class We'll continue, right? Okay. Let's stop here. Thank you so much. God bless