 Pastor, please unmute. Okay, welcome back after the break. Thank you, John. Just before we went for our break, we were looking at what do we have authority over? What are the realms of authority that we have? Now, we saw that we have authority over Satan, over every demonic work, over every demonic oppression. We also saw that we have authority over the natural elements, the circumstances, the situations that concerns us in the world, in our life that's affecting our lives, like our job, our career, our family, our future. And we saw that we can dominate those situations, those circumstances because we have authority over those situations and those circumstances. But we were looking at one area that we cannot exercise our authority over. And what is that area? That area is of other people's will. That's a realm that we do not exercise God-given authority in. We cannot control people as robots or as machines. That's what witchcraft does, okay? But yes, we can affect people's environment. If something demonic is coming against them, then you and I can step in. If there's something happening in the natural circumstances, then if they are willing to allow us, then we can step in, we can intervene for them. We can use our faith, our God-given authority and help them, but we cannot exercise authority or control, have control over there. So that is one area that we do not have access to and we cannot control people's will. Yes, we also share the gospel with them, but we don't force them to receive Jesus Christ. It's their will to choose, okay? We also share what God can do in their lives, but it's their will to choose whether they would allow us to pray, to deliver them, to set them free, to pray for their sickness and so that they can receive healing, okay? How do we exercise our kingdom authority? You know, we already saw just one, just before we went for our break, we saw that, you know, we need to, the word of our mouth, you know, speak, just like we saw Jesus speak to the storm. We also see him speaking and casting out demons, asking them to leave, speaking to sicknesses, diseases and infirmities. So we speak words out of our mouth. Ecclesiastes chapter eight was forces where the word of the king is, there is power, okay? Ecclesiastes chapter eight was forces where the word of the king is, there is power. So, you know, when we speak God's word of authority, you know, that's where we're speaking the words of the king, what he's asked us to say, what he's taught us to say, when we speak that words with the authority that he's given us, when we issue decrease in the, that come out of the name of Jesus. And, you know, we will see people being delivered, healed, restored, receiving forgiveness of their sins, set free. So, you know, Jesus said, in my name, you will cast out demons. So in his name, by his authority of his name, when we heal the sick, when we speak to situations, when we speak to the storm, when we speak to circumstances, when we speak to demonic forces and strongholds in the name of Jesus, you know, things we will see, you know, things happening in the natural because we're coming through the natural through the spiritual, we're coming through the natural through the spiritual and we're using what the authority that God has given to us, we're doing in the way that he's taught us to, he's asked us to, in his name, you know, we are casting out demons. In his authority of his name, you know, we are healing the sick, raising the dead and casting out demons. So as a believer, we have been given the authority, the right to use the name of Jesus. And when we use the name of Jesus, we need to understand that it's not like a magical charm, you know, that we use, we don't keep saying the name of Jesus a hundred times or, you know, we don't keep screaming it or shouting it or jumping, saying the name of Jesus, thinking that something will happen. That's not how we use the name of Jesus. You know, the name of Jesus is using the fact that you have been delegated, you know, by him on his behalf. So using the name of Jesus actually means that you are there in his place, being his representative, representing him on behalf of him, you know, you're doing what he's asked you to do. And even as you speak that name, it's not just speaking a name like, you know, I can just call out any name in class like, you know, Rosalind or Jeffina or John or, you know, Paul or Peter. But, you know, when we're using the name, it's basically we are thinking about, you know, manifesting the glory of that name. It's manifesting who God is and what he does. So we're actually speaking that name that's manifesting a whole of his nature, all of his demonstrations of his power, what he can do. So we need to be mindful of the name that we are speaking, who he is, what is his nature, what is his attributes and what he can do. For example, you know, if a chief minister tells his personal assistant, you know, go and tell so and so that I told them to do this job. And if the personal assistant, you know, goes that person and says, the chief ministers asked me to tell you that he wants you to do this, this, this. Now the job is done. No questions asked. Okay, the job is just done. So similarly, you know, the king of glory, the king of all kings, the most high God, you know, has sent you and me with his name on our lives and he's given us his authority and we've been authorized by the king, by King Jesus to get that work done in his name. And when we speak that most powerful name, that mighty name, you know, things are done, the work is done and we need to believe that. We need to believe that in faith that what we are asking that we will see that in the natural. For example, when Peter's mother-in-law, when she was sick with fever, when Jesus was standing next to her, we read this in Luke chapter four, you know, the Bible says, and Jesus rebuked the fever and the fever left her. He didn't say, he didn't pray to the father about the fever, but he just spoke to the fever and it left her. Okay, so when we, you know, when you and I exercise authority, when you speak to that condition, you speak to that disease in the name of Jesus, we need to believe that it will leave them, that it has already left them. You know, in Matthew chapter eight was 16, it says Jesus cast out spirits by his word. Okay, by his words, he cast out spirits. So you, when you and I speak to that demonic works and those demonic spirits in Jesus name, they have to leave, okay? And we also saw the example when Jesus spoke to the storm, you know, he did not get up and say, Father, what is your will in this storm? What do I do? He already knew the will of the father and what he does, he just spoke to the winds and the waves. And, you know, that is the way we use our authority. Sometimes, you know, we are waiting for God to speak to us, waiting for God to tell us what to do. And sometimes, you know, God does not speak the silence because he's, you know, and just goes signifies to tell us that, you know, he's already told us what to do in that situation. And we just have to go ahead and do it. There's nothing new that he has to say. So he's not speaking. And, you know, what we need to do is we need to speak that sickness, disease and whatever situations that we are going through. Another way we exercise our authority, the first one is to speak words through our mouth. The second one in the name of Jesus, the second one is we exercise authority by the Holy Spirit. The anointing of the Holy Spirit upon us empowers us to over through every work of darkness. We know that scripture says the anointing that breaks yokes and it moves or removes burdens. So that is why you and I need to pray and ask God for more of his anointing of the Spirit in our lives, every day for the fresh new anointing of the Spirit in our lives, you know, we could, we can choose to be either one of these two. We can choose to be a wire, you know, a wire that conducts only 1.5 amps of small amount of power that runs in it. Or we can be a high tension wire that conducts a kilo volts of power running through it. So you can choose to be the one, you can choose to be just a wire which conducts 1.5 amps of small amount of power. Or we can be that high tension wire that conducts kilo volts of power. Now the choice is ours, but you know, the power source is unlimited supply. Okay, whichever wire you are, the power source is unlimited supply. But how much you want to draw out from that unlimited supply? What kind of wire, what kind of conductor you want to be in your spirit? That is a choice that, you know, each one of us is left to each one of us. So if we are desiring for more of an anointing, for more of a breakthrough, we receive that from the unlimited supply that is in us because it says that Jesus had the anointing without measure. You know, and we know that, you know, the Father is not a partial God and he is also giving us, you know, the spirit without measure. And so it's the extent that we tap into it and want to draw out of it depends on us, depends on what kind of wires that we are going to be, what kind of anointing that we carry in our lines. The Bible says that we have been strengthened by power in our spirit, man. So we pursue God for a greater anointing of the Holy Spirit and let's pursue God for a greater move of the spirit. We may not be seeing cancers healed or blame people walk, the dead being grazed, but you know, we know that is what God has called us to. And because he's called us to do all of these things, you know, we need to cry out to God and tell him that we are hungry, we desire to see the, you know, the dead raised, the sick healed, you know, the blind see, the deaf to hear, the mute to speak, the lame to walk. And like the early church, so when we desire, you know, God is willing to release that same anointing and then we can see cancers healed and people, you know, the lame walk. I like what Bill Johnson says, you know, he says he prayed for two or three people with the same disease or sickness and he never saw them healed. And at one point, you know, he saw a mother who brought a child with that same sickness and she had all this hopes that, you know, that her child will be healed. But when the child was not healed, you know, she's, he could see the heaviness in her face and in her heart and, you know, he said that, he did not lead them to think that this is not an area of sickness or disease that God has called him to heal. No, he says, you know, what I did was I went into the secret place and I just kept, you know, pursuing in prayer and I kept asking God, what did I not do right? What should I do right next time to see people in this condition being healed? And so I think, you know, that is what each one of us need to do. When we pray for cancer people and they're not healed, cancer patients, you know, they're not healed. It does not mean that God has not called us to minister to that kind of terrain or that dominion or domain of people. But, you know, we need to go and say, God, what did I not do right? What do I have to do next time? Show me, lead me, because you want these people to be healed. You know, this is your calling upon my life. This is what you have asked me to do. You said, I can do greater things and how can I do these greater things? So, you know, greater pursuing for God or for things that, you know, we want to see so that people can experience a manifest glory of God. So let's press in for more of the anointing. This is how the world will know that the message that they're preaching and teaching about the kingdom of God is true. Again, the third way we exercise the kingdom of authority is through prayer. Jesus taught us to pray that kingdom come that will be done. You know, we need to pray the kingdom of God into our situations. We need to pray that, do we need to pray the kingdom of God into our problems? You know, so let's arise. It's time for us to rise up. You know, if we have been, if we have been ignorant about our position that God has given to us, we know it now. You've heard it now. You have no excuse. If some of us have already known it, but we've been timid, you know, we've not been given a split of timidity or of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind, amen to that. And we need to operate in the kingdom of authority. If some of us are sleeping, just happy, comfortable, complacent about what we have received. Then it's time for us to, you know, to arise and think kingdom of authority, think kingdom dominion. You know, God has gone through the extreme length to place us in an authority which was not bought very easily. You know, God had to give up his only son forsake his only son, Jesus who was sinless without sin had to take upon our sins, the sins of the old world upon himself. He had to die such a painful death, went through shame, misery, pain, face death so that, you know, we can be brought to this place of authority so that we can be placed, brought to this space of position. And like we saw, you know, in the kingdom parables we studied last week, you know, if we are not good stewards of the, of what God has entrusted to us, he will, you know, we will forfeit it. We will be taken away. It will be given to those who have, you know, who have multiplied, who've made it more. We saw that in the last parable, okay? And so, you know, God has given us this authority. You know, if you're not going to use it, then you know what's going to happen. So, you know, if it wasn't for the cross, you and I will not have this authority. And we see that God going to such an extent so that we can be raised, so that we can be seated with him in heavenly places, not just to enjoy the position, but so that we can bring his kingdom here on, okay? So that is the kingdom authority. That is the kingdom domain that he's given, dominion he's given to us. So let's rise up. And, you know, even as we've listened to this lesson, you know, it's just more than a lesson. It's something so powerful, you know, I hope it's working us up and shaking us up. And, you know, spoken to us this morning. And even as it has, I hope, you know, each one of us will rise up to the place that God has called us to position ourselves so that we can use his authority and to bring his kingdom here on earth. Okay, any questions, anyone hands? Are all of you with me? Yes? Okay, any questions? No questions. I hope you've been able to take in everything that this lesson has. It's just so powerful. Just so can it, you know, and just rise up to who you are in Christ. Okay. There are no questions then. Let's move on to chapter nine, Kingdom Government, okay? Oh, we saw in chapter one and we also specifically dealt in chapter two that God is king, okay? And because he has his king, he has a kingdom and hence he has a rule, you know, because he has a kingdom, he has to rule, he reigns and he has to exercise his authority and that is done through his government, okay? In Psalm chapter 22 verse eight, can somebody read that please? Psalm chapter 22 verse 28, Psalm 22 verse 28, can one of you please read that? So the kingdom is the lords and he rules over the nations, you know. Thank you, Rosalind. The kingdom is the lords and he rules over the nations. Okay, before we proceed, I just wanted to say that, you know, if you know that, if you've noticed, you know, I've not just been following the notes, I've just been giving you a lot of extra information. So I hope you all are looking at your notes and also taking down some points that will help you. You can actually use this, you know, as a whole sermon series that you can preach in your own churches or in your Bible study, because it's just so powerful. It just reminds people about who God is, what he's called us to and where he's positioned us. Okay, so Psalm chapter 22 verse 28 says, the kingdom is the lords and he rules over the nations. So even today, God is a ruler over the nations of the earth. Psalm 103 verse 19, can one of you read that please? Psalm 103 verse 19. Psalm 103 verse 16. Psalm 103 verse 19, the Lord has made the heavens his throne. From there, he rules over everything. Thank you, Jafina. So we see that his kingdom in our present fallen world rules over everything. So we have to recognize God's rule coming through our world today, okay? Wherever we are, wherever God has placed us, or wherever we live today, you know, his rule is coming through to you in your life, okay? God's rule is coming through us into our life, into our situations, into our circumstances, the geographic area that we are living in. So God has placed authority structures around us and he has placed us in those authority structures. Now we're living in a fallen world, but God's government comes to us through the authority structures that he has placed in our lives. We will look at the various authority structures in a little bit, okay? Now we are in some way, in one way or more, you know, part of these authority structures that God has placed in our life. It can be authority structure in the family, church, in our local church, city-wide church. It can be authority structure of these authority structures that God has placed in our lives. And in some of these authority structures that God has placed in our lives, we can be in place of position in those authority structures. For example, you know, being a husband, you are the authority in the home and in the family. Or if you are a pastor, you are an authority structure in the local church. Or if you are an apostle, you are an authority structure in the body of Christ. Or if you're a manager or a CEO or you own a business then you're the authority in the workplace. Okay, so we have authority, we have got as places and positions of authority in the authority structures. And so these positions that we have, you know, God's government is being released into our world. Okay, so you're not just the husband in the home, but you know, you are an authority structure that God has placed in the home to bring about God's government, to bring about God's reign rule, his presence, his work, his power to be manifested in and through you. That's what it means. So even as you are a teacher in a school, you know, God has placed you and he's looking for you to release his government, his kingdom authority, reign, kingdom values, kingdom presence, kingdom power in the school, in the classroom that you are teaching. You're living in a specific neighborhood, then you know, God has placed you in that place to release his government in that, in your locality, in your neighborhood, in the city. If you're part of a church, then you know, God is releasing his government in and through you to bring about his rule reign, you know, his kingdom presence, his kingdom power through you to shepherd the flock that you are overseer of or God has entrusted to you. So generally for mankind, this is how we view God's authority structure lived out. For mankind, the Bible says in 1 Corinthians chapter 11, was three and was six, 11 and was 12. So can somebody please read 1 Corinthians chapter 11, was three and was 11 and 20, please. I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man and the head of Christ is God. Nevertheless, neither is man independent of woman nor woman independent of man in the Lord. For as woman came from man, even so man also come through woman, but all things are from God. Thank you, Subashish. So it's very interesting because in verse three, you know, he's describing the authority structure, always describing the authority structure in verse three. He says the head of woman is man and the head of man is Christ and the head of Christ is God. Okay, now what does he say that the head of Christ is God? We know that Christ, God, the father, God, the son, God, the Holy Spirit are all equal. They are one, they are all co-equal. So Christ we know is co-equal with God. There is no difference in God, the father, God, the son, but when it comes to the release of the government of God, you know, he says that the head of Christ is God. So when it comes to the release of the government of God, he says the head of Christ is God. And we see that Christ himself submitted himself to the father's will and carried it out on the earth. And he's saying the same way, the head of a woman is man, which means that man is not superior to the woman because he says in verse 12, he says that a woman came from man, even so man also comes through woman. So here we see that they are dependent on each other. Okay, man is dependent on woman, woman is dependent on man. And in the eyes of God, you know, both of them are co-equal, they're equal in God's eyes. But when it comes to God's government, just like it comes to God's government in Christ, you know, God is head over Christ, okay. And so also when it comes to God's government, the head of a woman is man. Now understanding this government of God is so important because until we learn to correctly relate to God's authority structure, you know, we will not have God's blessing flowing into our lives. So we must learn to understand God's authority structure. We must learn to understand God's government flowing through his authority structure. When we learn to relate to it correctly in it, when we learn to relate to it correctly in it and towards it, then we position ourselves to receive the blessings that God intended through it, okay. Now God has authority structures for all of us. In the family, God has his authority structure, his government in the family, you know, through which he exercises his influence for the local church, you know, God has an authority structure. He has his government through the local church through which he exercises his influence, same way in the body of Christ, same way in the workplace, same way in the civil government, you know, God has authority structures and through his government, he exercises his influence in all of these lands, in all of these fields. And all of these areas, we must learn to see the kingdom of God coming through these authority structures that you and I are part of. We just don't look at them as structures that, you know, sometimes we want to just break free from a rebel against tear down, you know, but that's a wrong posture to have. Sometimes we want to just, you know, break free from a church, a local church or, you know, the workplace. We want to rebel, we want to tear it down, but that's the wrong posture to have. We must learn to relate to all of these government authority structures that God has placed in our life. We need to relate to it correctly because God intends to release his influence, his blessing through them into our lives, okay? So let's look at each one of them one by one for the family, okay? First we look at God's authority structure in the family. For the family, God says in Ephesians chapter five verses 22 to 23, all of you are following. With me, am I too fast? Am I too fast? Okay, Rosalind, you have your hand up? Yes, ma'am. If we can explain again the last sentence in that paragraph, like, yet in God's authority structure, man is to be the leader and the channel through which the government of God flows. Yes, that's what we're coming to now. We're just looking at it now. So when after we read Ephesians chapter five verses 22 to 23, I'll explain that. Is that okay, Rosalind? Okay ma'am. And then if I still did not answer your question, then you can ask me towards the end of the class. Okay ma'am. Oh, thank you. Okay, so please can somebody read Ephesians chapter five verses 22 to 23, please, somebody? Ephesians five, 22 to 23, wives submit to your own husbands as to the Lord, for the husband is head of the wife. As also Christ is head of the church and he is the savior of the body, amen. Amen, thank you, Rosalind. So the husband is the head of the wife, which does not mean that husbands are the monarchs at home. While they are the head, they also have the responsibility. And first Peter chapter three verse seven says, husbands likewise dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife as to the week of vessel. Now week of vessel not meaning spiritually weak, but physically weak. And as being hairs together of the grace of life that your prayers may not be hindered. I'd like to read that again. First Peter chapter three verse seven says, husbands likewise dwell with them, dwell with them means with your wives, with understanding, giving honor to the wife as to the week of vessel. And as being hairs together of the grace of life that your prayers may not be hindered. So God has made the husband as the head in the authority structure in the house. He is the head. And as a head and the authority at home, it's his responsibility to have an understanding towards his wife, not only to have an understanding towards his wife, he also has to give honor to his wife. Now we usually give honor to those who are above us, but in God's kingdom it works both ways. We give honor to those who are God's place above us, place those who he's placed in leadership, who he has placed as head in the government, the authority structure in his government, in his rule. And we also have to give honor to those who are below us. Okay, not only to those above us, but those who are below us as well. So here he says, you know, husbands honor your wives and husbands has to treat her well because at the end both of them are co-equal. Okay, we saw that both husband and wife are, you know, man and woman are a co-equal. They are one before God. We are equal in the kingdom of God. We have equal access for man and woman have equal access to every blessing. We have equal access to every right. We have equal access to word of God. We have equal access to the authority that God has given us. But when it comes to God's government coming into the home, the husbands are in the position of leadership. They are the head and they must stand before God and before his family as king and priest, as a leader and as an intercessor, as a guide lead and as a teacher. Basically, the husband needs to position himself as a prophet, priest and a provider, three piece, prophet, priest and the provider. Prophets speaking the words of God's teaching, speaking into the lives of the family, speaking the spiritual into the natural as a priest, you know, performing the priestly responsibilities of keeping the family or, you know, training the children in righteousness and holiness, praying and bringing in God's, Godly order, rule and reign, seeing that God's commandments, his laws is, you know, is operating in the home and he's a provider. He has to provide, so prophet, priest and provider. So the husband is the gateway of God's government into the home. The husband has the ability to place a spiritual covering of protection over his wife and the family as the head of the home. So the husband does not fulfill his responsibility towards his wife, children. His wives will, sorry, his prayers will be hindered as we read in 1 Peter chapter three verse seven. It says that your prayers may not be hindered. Okay, so husband needs to correctly discharge his responsibilities given to him in God's authority structure. You know, if he fails to do it, it will affect his relationship to his head with Christ and it also affects the prayer life and it actually, you know, it hinders the blessing of God from just flowing in through the house. So it's very important for him to position himself. If he positions himself rightly as the prophet, as the priest, as a provider, you will just see God's, you know, anointing just flowing through. We read in the Psalms, it says, you know, you know, the oil flows from head and head down his face, his beard and right down. It's basic talking of oil is anointing, the anointing flows right from the head and it flows down. So when husband positions himself right in, you know, honoring his wife in understanding her, respecting her and, you know, fulfilling his responsibilities as a king and priest, as a leader, as a guide, teacher, as a prophet, priest, provider, then, you know, he's actually bringing about God's government to his home and we see that, you know, that home will just experience God's favor, God's supernatural blessing in abundance. Not that, you know, the family will not have any challenges, you know, well, that's part and parcel of kingdom lifestyle as well. We already learned it, but the blessings will super exceed and people will see this home that is blessed because, you know, we see the man of the home, the head of the home is correctly positioning him so similarly, you know, the wife also needs to rightly relate to the authority God has placed in the home and that is towards her husband. So wives need to submit to their husbands and respect the husband as to the Lord and the wife yields to the husband, shows reverence and gives honor to her husband and doing so, she's doing it unto Christ, just like Christ willingly submitted to God's government, even though he's God himself, he is equal with God but he, you know, he, you know, stooped down to the position where he's, you know, he willingly submitted himself to the father's will and carried it out on the, in the same way, you know, a woman has to submit to her husband and so when the woman also submits rightly, it's in the right place, again, God's blessings just flows through that home. So if you see a family is going through a need or, you know, difficult situations, then one of the things that we can look at is God's authority structure rightly being followed in this home, is the husband doing his job as prophet, priest and provider, is the wife correctly submitting to the husband out of reverence to Christ, respecting her husband and honoring her husband, but if there is a change in roles in some families, we see that the wives take up the leadership position, they become the head of the homes because the husband is lacking in his responsibility of being the prophet, priest and provider and we see in such homes, you know, you know, there will be lack, there will be things that they will suffer through or the challenges that they face which they don't have to if God's government is rightly being followed. And we saw, I just said that, you know, if you follow God's government rightly, if you understand it, you follow it, you know, it just releases, God can exercise his influence and it also releases God's blessing in that home, in every member of that family, okay? You know, if a wife fails to fulfill her responsibility in giving reverence and honor to her husband, you know, she's essentially failing to do this for the Lord and also we see that, you know, to the children, you know, children, it says in Ephesians chapter six verses one to three, can somebody read that please? Ephesians chapter six verses one to three. Ephesians six verse one to three. Children, obey your parents in the Lord for this is right. Honor your father and mother, which is the first government we promise that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth. Thank you, Senator Tholi. So what is God's government for children? Children have to obey their parents and children have to honor their parents. Children have to honor their father and mother. Why do children have to obey their parents because it says the right thing to do and why should they honor their parents because that brings blessing of a good life, brings well-being and longevity. It brings about long life, okay? There will be a time when, you know, children will know more than their parents, okay? That's when when they graduate from college, they get a degree, you know, there'll be a time when children will know more than their parents in various aspects of life. But, you know, even in that situation, we are to honor our parents. Even that situation, children have to honor their parents. They need to treat them with respect. We need to give them the honor that they had due. We give them the reference. They might not know everything about the kingdom of God or what we are learning or the things of God, they might be ignorant, but we don't look down on them. We give them the due respect to you honor the reference. When we do that, you know, we do it because God's government is coming into your home, even as you do that. When we do, when we honor our parents, you know, we are receiving God's kingdom into our life, into our family. So parents being in a position of authority as part of God's kingdom government coming into their home are in a place of responsibility actually to the disciple, discipline, to train, to nurture children in the ways of the Lord, and you know, without hurting them or destroying them like we read in Ephesians chapter six verse four, okay? So it's time for, we're living in a time where the hearts of the fathers will be turned towards their children and the hearts of children will be turned towards their father, which means that God is through his government, you know, that he is ordaining in the homes, you know, God is bringing a restoration of his structure of government and structure in the home, the families where the parents and children are able to relate to each other in the love of God, the peace of God. And if this is not happening in a home, then you know, the word of God declares that there will be, you know, there'll be a curse that will come upon them as we read in Malachi chapter four verse six, okay? But when we follow the government structure that God has placed in our homes, rightly each member doing their responsibility, fulfilling responsibility correctly, both as parents and as children, then we become recipients of God's blessing and the influence that he, you know, intends to flow in and through our lives, through our, okay? So that's God's government coming to us through the family or through the home. We just have a couple of minutes. Anyone has any questions? Any questions? Okay, if there are no questions, then we will move on to God's government coming to us in the local church, okay? So again, one of you please read Acts chapter 20 verse 28 to 30, please. Acts chapter 20 verses 28 to 30. There are four, take heed to yourselves and to the flock among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers the shepherd, the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood. For I know this that after my departure, salvage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. Also from among yourselves, men will raise up speaking perverse things, so draw away the disciples after themselves. Amen. Amen, thank you, Loubega. Paul is speaking to the elders at Ephesus and he's saying that he wants them to watch over their own life because they are leaders, elders, overseers of the people that God has entrusted to them. So he says, watch over your own life. And he's also saying, watch over the people that God has placed under them in the church. And he says, why? Because he says the Holy Spirit has made them as overseers of their lives. And also why do they have to watch over the people is because these people are precious, very precious to God. Why are they very precious? Because they have been purchased by his own blood. So since they've been purchased by his own blood, it says, don't treat them lightly. You have to be leaders, you have to be on your guard. You have to do this for them because they are bought with the precious blood of Jesus Christ. And he says, things can happen to the flock, to the sheep, to the people, they can be savage wolves that will come. I know these savage wolves, he's talking about people who will come, will bring about false teachings, wrong doctrines. But as a leader, God has given you the responsibility to guard them against it. We need to watch over the flock because God has put them responsible over these people. Now this is God's government coming into the local church. So in the local church, God's government, God's kingdom government flows to the local church pastor through the spiritual leaders and onto the congregation. So God's people must learn to relate rightly towards their pastor and spiritual leaders by submitting and giving honor to them. Okay, we'll stop here next week. We'll look at how a pastor being as a, you know, as the head in the local church, what his response is, how he needs to bring in God's kingdom government and how the elders and the congregation must relate rightly, you know, and how they must position themselves also to bring in God's kingdom government. So together as a local church, we can experience the full intent of God's influence and His blessing in the local church. Any questions anyone has? No questions? Okay, thank you all for joining class. Sorry we started pretty late today. Sorry for the inconvenience. Thank you, have a blessed week ahead. I'll see you next week. Thank you everyone.