 So, any questions at all, you know, you can put it on the chat or you can ask any particular specific verse or, you know, the whole idea or the thought process in Chapter 4, maybe... So it's good that we, you know, get clarity or we be clear in our own minds about and understand why, so why Paul is, you know, you know, the intensity with which Paul is actually addressing the issue, right, because it's not just, you know, keeping certain rules and not keeping certain rules, it's not as simple as that, but people who are actually in turning back to the law, they were rejecting, sorry, excuse me, rejecting grace. So that was the issue. Okay, so the thing is, you know, practical application, you know, for today's church, we need to be careful in not pushing people, you know, into the law, you know, we might not do it with regard to the Jewish law, but we might be, you know, without our knowing, adding certain things to the work of grace and maybe, you know, teaching that mixture. Kanan, I see your message. Well, actually, Thomas, he sent me a message saying that he's unwell and that he'll attend the next class, so he's not well. Yeah, probably you can... Did he say that he's trying to, sorry Kanan, so did you say that he's trying to join and he could not, did he say anything like that? He's unable to join, is it? I see. Okay, I'm not sure what is the issue, so anyway, let me try and send him the link to his WhatsApp. It should not be a problem, actually, if he's checking out the class stream, right, so just give me a second. Okay, so that's done. Anyway, he can log in, I sent him the link, right. Okay, so we need to be, you know, we need to be clear that we don't actually, you know, advocate the law, while it may not be typically the way it was then, or, you know, referring to the law that we see there and, but we are knowingly, we might be teaching the church, or we might be teaching other believers, you know, certain things that, which are contradictory to grace, or we might teach it in addition to this, okay, this also you need to do, this also you must keep. So, we just need to be careful of that, right, okay. Okay, let's look at, if there are no questions, then we'll, you know, we'll go into chapter five, but feel free to ask whenever you have any doubts or questions, okay. So, chapter five, we looked at, we read through verses one to six, so verse one, right, chapter five verse one, stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, so he's saying, you know, stand fast, and the word used there, the Greek word there for stand fast, meaning you stand your ground, stand firm, okay, so you continue in it, be strong, continue in it, do not move, okay, that's what it means, you persevere, continue in it. So, which meant that yes, there will be times when, when these kind of suggestions come, these kind of teachings come, but you stand firm, stand firm in what? Stand firm without moving, being strong in the freedom, in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, okay, stand firm in the freedom, in the liberty that Christ has given us, you know, the truth always sets us free, right, which is what the Lord Jesus said, that you will know the truth and the truth will set you free, truth has this ability to set us free, right, set us free, not to set us free to do whatever we want or against, you know, even in fact, if you look at it, you know, that's the thing, you have free will, you have, you know, you can, if you want to, you can like disobey and walk away, but the fact is the truth will always empower us and set us free to obey, set us free to follow, set us free to walk in, in the truth, right, so, so you're saying stand first, stand fast, be strong in the liberty and don't be entangled again, do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage, don't go back because that entangles you, that ensnares you, right, so, so you don't be entangled again into this bondage, okay, so you've been set free, stand firm in it, okay, verse 2, I Paul said to those who have become, that if you, sorry, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you, nothing, so of course, he's talking to this Gentile church and he's saying, I know these people have come and shared this message, but if you, you know, in wanting to be accepted by Christ or in wanting to be, you know, spiritual and wanting to obey the truth, if you become circumcised, then Christ will profit you, nothing, you know, the work of Christ, the work of Christ, which is the work of grace, the work of redemption, you know, what profit is that, in the sense, what benefit is that, whatever Christ has done, right, because you are attempting, because what Christ has done has to be accepted or received by faith, what, what the Lord Jesus has done is received by faith, if there's no performance from our side, right, it's received, it's freely given and it's freely received and it's received by faith, but now you are going back to works, where you're saying that I need to do this, I need to keep this in order to, I need to perform all these things in order to be accepted, in order to be called righteous, in order to be called spiritual, in order to, you know, gain something from God, right, so, so Paul is warning, you know, if you do this, if you become circumcised or go back to what the Lord dictates, then Christ will profit you, nothing, there's no benefit, right, and I testify again, verse 3, to every man who becomes circumcised, that he's a debtor to keep the whole law, now you, you know, you're wanting to keep certain aspect of the law, like maybe, you know, these people have taught you about circumcision, maybe these people are teaching you about, you know, you need to keep some days and months, you know, that, like what we saw in chapter 4 and verse 10, maybe you're keeping certain things, you're doing certain things, okay, you are wanting to, intending to become circumcised, you're, maybe you're, you know, you want to keep certain days, times and, you know, observing certain days is wholly compared to the other days, okay, now I want to tell you that if you're doing, you know, one thing, then you are a debtor in the sense, you're going back to the law, now you are a debtor, you are in debt, you owe, you need to keep the entire thing, you need to keep everything, because if you, you know, if you, you need to keep the whole, because if you break one, you break the entire law, right, so that is what it is, so you need to keep the whole law, and verse 4, you have become estranged from Christ, you have become separated, alienated from Christ in wanting to go back to works and wanting to go back to the law, you have become alienated, you have become separated from Christ, because what is, in, in, you know, what you're actually trying to do is you're attempting, you're trying to be justified by the law, made righteous by the law, you want to be made righteous by the law, you want to have a good standing, a right standing with God by the law, which can never happen, right, so you are, you are saying that I want this righteousness by keeping these things, and I want to, you know, receive that acceptance, I want to be accepted by God in keeping these things, you know, many times we, we, you know, sometimes we, many times actually we subconsciously do that, you know, I want to be accepted by God, I've fallen in sin, I want to be accepted by God, so I will do these things, you know, I will punish myself, like many times we do that, right, I will punish myself, I will, you know, punish myself by doing these things, or I will, I will do certain things in order to be accepted by God, I'm feeling so bad, but in order to be accepted by God, I will, I will try to do this, I will, I will try to do this, where justification, what happened on the cross, the one-time thing where we declared you righteous, it did not happen because of works, it did not happen because of man's performance, what man, man did, or tried to do, no matter what man did, it was, it was still, it would fall short of the glory of God, right, so that is what we see in the book of Romans that, you know, Romans 3, let's, let's look at that quickly, okay, for all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, being justified freely, verse 24, okay, Romans 3, 23 and 24, all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, and then, you know, the rest of the verse we see is just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus, so, so here, going back to chapter 5 Galatians, so you're saying, you know, you've actually distanced yourself because you're attempting to be justified by law, whereas we know that you are actually justified freely by grace through faith in Christ, right, now, for we, through the Spirit, eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith, you know, the full, full work of, you know, redemption, we eagerly wait because it's by faith, for in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything but faith working through love, so in Christ Jesus, it's, it's neither about becoming circumcised and following Him, or it's not also about, you know, hey, I'm, I'm uncircumcised, I'm a Gentile, you know, therefore, you know, God accepts me anyway, well, it is this, circumcision nor uncircumcision, it does not avail anything but faith, okay, but faith, faith in Christ, faith in the finished work of Christ, faith in what He is done and what He's freely extending so that you might receive it by faith, faith working through love, faith working through love, so you see, it's, it's something that is wonderful, something that is free and something that is of faith, right, so I can be totally ignorant, right, of the law, but I can receive justification through faith, right, I do not know the details in and out of the law, but I can come to Christ in all my ignorance, but full of faith in what He has done on the cross and I can receive justification, I can be just justified and I, I can be made right with God, right, so that is something that happens, it's something that is wonderful, okay, let's read verses 7 to 15, okay, you ran well, who hindered you from obeying the truth, this persuasion does not come from Him who calls you, a little leaven, leaven's the whole lump, I have confidence in you, in the Lord, that you will have no other mind, but He who troubles you shall bear His judgment, whoever He is, and I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why do I still suffer persecution, then the offence of the cross has ceased, I could wish that those who trouble you would even cut themselves off, for you brethren have been called to liberty, only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another, for all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this, you shall love your neighbor as yourself, but if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another, okay, so here He asked the question verse 7, who hindered you, what stopped you or who stopped you from obeying the truth, okay, so similar to another question that He asks, right, in chapter 3 and verse 1, who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, right, similarly He asks the Galatians a very, you know, like thought provoking, something that will cost them to stop and think about what they are doing, so He asks such a question He says, you ran well, meaning, of course, running is again figurative, like it's a figure of speech, like we see in Hebrews, you know, run with entierance, meaning you live your life, you live your entire life, you, so that is referred to as walking or running, right, so saying run, who hindered you from obeying the truth, you ran well, you were running well, you were actually living well, so who hindered you, okay, this persuasion does not come from Him, so this, in case you're thinking that this message and this call to, you know, adhere to the law or to keep the law, right, if you're thinking that that is from God Himself, well, that is not true, right, because this temptation does not come from Him who called you, or this persuasion does not come from Him who called you, so in verse 8, you know, use the word, you know, that Greek word persuasion, it means something that is, that is, you know, very deceptive, so it's a persuasion, it's like, it's like temptation, maybe, you know, you can even consider, so it's a deceptive persuasion, something that brings you to bondage, so saying this persuasion does not come from He who called you, from Him who calls you, this does not come, that is not the origin, God, the Father is not the source, Jesus is not the source, right, the Holy Spirit who leads you, He's not the source of this persuasion, right, so if it is not from Him, then you know who it is from, right, so it is error, it is not truth, it does not come from the one who is called the truth, so any persuasion to, to the law, any persuasion to, to, for Christ plus something else, any persuasion or any kind of teaching, which is referring to, yeah, salvation, yes, it's through Jesus, but you also need to do this in order to be saved, in order to be righteous, that does not come from God, so it's a, it's a warning signal, you know, it's a, it's a, for all of us that we don't go into that kind of a teaching ourselves, kind of, you know, maybe a wrong kind of teaching, we don't go into that kind of deception, because it's, you know, it's very plain, very clear, and also it's a warning that we also do not do the same thing, you know, as ministers, as, you know, believers, as disciples, maybe people who are called to minister in our own ministering, in whichever setting, you know, whether it's a small group of a few believers, whether it's, you know, we are pastors preaching to hundreds, thousands, whatever, it's a warning for us that we do not do the same thing, right, because this does not come from he who calls us, this persuasion does not come from who he calls us, okay, in verse 9, a little 11, 11 is the whole lump, now this is what we need to understand that, you know, it could be one small thing that we add on, you know, you do this and you keep this also, so a little 11, 11 is the whole lump, okay, one thing is about the teaching, right, it corrupts, corrupts us, it could be a small thing but it corrupts us, also the fact is that, you know, even if there are few people in the gathering and they are, you know, following this, they are advocating this, they are teaching this, now they are going to be influencing the entire group, so we need to be careful about this, you need to be warned about this, you know, I think we read that in Corinthians also, right, Corinthians talking about this person who is having an immoral lifestyle, so there he says, you know, you know, a little 11, 11 is the whole lump, the same usage, saying that this is what happens, that they are going to be influencing, they are going to be bringing everyone down, right, so you need to do something about it, okay, you need to intervene, you need to bring in correction, bring in change, so a little 11, 11 is the whole lump, verse 10, I have confidence in you in the Lord that you will have no other mind, okay, no other thought factor, no other decision, no other mind, you know, in fact he is saying, you know, don't even think about it, I have confidence in you in the Lord that you will have no other mind, but he who troubles you shall bear his judgment, and he goes on to say, you know, if I still preach circumcision, you know, if I am preaching the law, if I am preaching circumcision, if I am going around traveling wherever I am going, and if I am telling people, hey, you need to keep the law, you need to go back to the law, you need to be circumcised, if you think that I am doing that, then why am I being persecuted, have you thought about it, you know, so in other words he is saying, I am teaching, I am not teaching that, like I am teaching people to get away from that, and which is why I am being persecuted, I am being persecuted for teaching the truth, for speaking the truth, for guiding people into the truth, and which is why, you know, like we saw in the previous chapter, you know, there is this struggle, there is this persecution, those who are born according to the flesh, are persecuting those who are born according to the promise, or according to the spirit, right, so if I am doing this, why do I still preach, I mean still suffer persecution, because the answer is this, that he is not preaching, and saying that people should go back to the law, keep the law, okay, so this is this, I wish, then he says, you know, then the offence of the cross has ceased, now which is, again, he is bringing a very important truth, that the cross and the message of the gospel is offensive, okay, because it is offensive, it brings, it is a stumbling block to people, like he says, for the Greek, it is a stumbling block, the cross is a stumbling block, okay, where do we see that, you know, in Corinthians where, first Corinthians chapter one, right, we can go there, first Corinthians chapter one and verse 21, for since in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, please God, through the message of the foolishness, preach to save those who believe, for Jews request a sign and Greeks seek after wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, okay, so what is he preaching? Christ crucified, the Lord Jesus crucified, dying on the cross, so that is what he is preaching, to the Jews a stumbling block, and to the Greek foolishness, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God, okay, verse 23, but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness, okay, so what Paul is saying is that the cross, the message of the cross is offensive, you know, it's a stumbling block to people, but for those who actually are being saved, now it is the power of God, it is the wisdom of God, okay, so the offence of, if I suffer persecution, then if I preach circumcision, then I will not actually suffer persecution, if I preach circumcision, and if I'm not being persecuted, then there is no problem, and the message of the friends of the cross has ceased, has stopped, but that is not the case, right, and then verse 12 says, those who trouble you, I wish they would even cut themselves off, they would mutilate themselves, referring to circumcision, so I wish that they would just mutilate, amputate themselves, in a reference to circumcision, right, he's saying that they would go ahead and cause this harm to themselves, I wish they would do that, because they are causing so much of harm in the body of Christ because of their wrong teaching, because of what they're bringing into the body of Christ, which is causing confusion, which is causing people to leave or throw away grace and all that, right, it's a hindrance to people, so he's saying I, you know, out of a lot of pain, he's saying, and I wish that they would even amputate themselves, that they would cut themselves off, right, and here verse 13, for you brethren have been called to liberty, you've been called to liberty, you've been invited to freedom, okay, to live a life of freedom in Christ, which does not, when you say life of liberty, that does not mean that, you know, I can do whatever I want to do, or I will do whatever I want to do, and then I'll still be, you know, I'll still be accepted or approved in the eyes of God, well that's not the thing, you are called to freedom in the sense, freedom to walk in truth, and you've been given the freedom, been empowered by God to walk in the truth, and it's a very freeing thing, you're not under bondage, you're not under the law, and it's actually called, you know, if you look at Romans 8 again, you may have studied it last semester, right, it says, for the law, Romans 8 and verse 2, for the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death, you know, freedom in different aspects, that's what we have received, right, for the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death, right, the spirit of law of spirit of life, you have actually been released into that, so we are free from the law of sin and death, from the law of that, this cause and effect of sin and death, you've been set free from that, so we've been called to freedom, right, we've been called to this liberty, so Paul says, same verse, verse 13, only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, now it is true that you've been called to freedom, it is true that you've been called to liberty, but this freedom that you are called to this, that you enjoy, that you're called to walk in, you know, do not use it as an occasion as an opportunity to indulge in the flesh, right, so do not use this liberty as an opportunity for the flesh or as an occasion to indulge in the flesh, right, do not use this liberty, because you've been given free will, you've been given, you know, you wholeheartedly, you're following Christ and you have, you're walking in this freedom, now do not use it as an occasion to get back into the works of the flesh, right, to indulge or to even give yourself in to the appetite of the flesh, that's the thing, right, it's not a license to sin, right, this grace that you enjoyed, this freedom, it's not a license to sin, it's not, but you be careful that you do not use this freedom, or in other words, be careful that you don't misuse this freedom, right, don't misuse this freedom to indulge in the flesh, don't misuse this freedom as an occasion, as an opportunity to get into the works of the flesh, now that's, that's not what you're called for, you've been called for freedom, don't be entangled, don't be ensnared, enjoy the freedom, right, for the law is fulfilled in one word even in this, you shall love your neighbor as yourself, but if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by, I think that's pretty self-explanatory, right, okay, let's look at verses 16 onwards, I say then, walk in the flesh and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh, for the flesh lusts after the spirit, against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh, and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish, but if you are led by the spirit, you are not under the law, now the works of the flesh are evident, which are adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolateries, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like, of which I tell you beforehand that just as I also told you in time past that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God, but the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control, against such there is no law, and those who are Christs have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires, if we live in the flesh, sorry if you live in the spirit, let us also walk in the spirit, let us not become conceited, provoking one another and being one another. Some valuable instructions for the believer who is called to liberty, who is called to freedom, so here are some guidelines, here are some instructions, so the wonderful thing is this, that we have been called to liberty, we have been invited to walk in freedom, now here are some here are some guidelines, you know you're saying this is what it is verse 16, now walk in the spirit, walk in the spirit, he's not saying walk in the law, like walk according to the law, he's not saying that, walk in the spirit, okay, because the spirit of God will always cause you to walk in freedom, walk in the spirit, and what will that result in saying that, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh, okay, now even if you're trying to have a set of these laws and you're saying okay, you know I'm going to do this, I'm going to keep this day, I'm going to, you know, all doing all these things, that will not help you against the lust of the flesh, right, so that is what Paul is saying, okay, that will not help you at all, so the key to living a life of not fulfilling the lust of the flesh for the believer is this, you walk in the spirit, meaning you walk as led by the spirit, okay, there's so much in walk in the spirit, right, walk as empowered by the Holy Spirit, walk according to the suggestions of the Holy Spirit, walk according to the leading of the Holy Spirit, the prompting of the Holy Spirit, right, so saying walk in the spirit and when you do that, you will not, you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh, so that is the key, so you know, every day, every moment you walk according to the spirit, walk in the spirit, verse 17 explaining, you know, the flesh lusts against the spirit, okay, our flesh referring to our bodily appetites, when we say flesh, it's also referring to our unrenewed mind, right, unrenewed thinking, our mind which has not come under submission to the word of God, which has not been brought under submission to God, maybe you know, there could be just one area where our thinking is not according to the thinking of the Holy Spirit, there could be one area where we're saying, you know, in this, I'm still thinking according to like how the world would think, I'm still thinking according to the ways of the flesh, right, it is not brought in subjection to the ways of God, okay, so you're saying the flesh actually lusts against the spirit and the spirit is against the flesh, the suggestions of the Holy Spirit, the leading of the Holy Spirit, the guiding of the Holy Spirit is against the draw of the invitation of the flesh, flesh again, just a reminder, it talks about our bodily appetites which are against God, you know, there are bodily appetites which are, you know, which need to be satisfied in the right way, okay, so in the right manner and within the right setting, right, so he's talking about that which is, which is a draw, which is an inducement, a temptation to be fulfilled in the wrong ways, right, so that's again the flesh and also our unrenewed mind, mind that is not submitted to the ways of God, right, okay, so the flesh lusts against the spirit and the spirit is against the flesh and these are contrary, these are opposite, so that you do not do the things that you wish to do, right, in your spirit you know what is right, in your spirit you've got a revelation of what is right and what is wrong but when you are walking according to the flesh, you end up doing that, you end up giving in to the appetite of the flesh, right, because the flesh is against the spirit, spirit is against the flesh, right, these are opposite, it was 18 but if you are led by the spirit you are not under the law, no that's another thing, you know is continuing on addressing those who wish to be under the law, you know if you're led by the spirit you are not under the law, in other words he's saying you know if you're led by the spirit you are not under the law therefore because you are not under the law, you know, you are not under the lust of the flesh or you are not giving in to the work of the flesh because you're going into the work of the spirit, right, so if you're led by the spirit you are not under the law, it was 19, now the works of the flesh are evident, so here 19 onwards all the way up to 20, 22, 23, contrasting what is the work of the flesh, now the already is established that the flesh is against the spirit, it is opposite, it is contrary, right, so he's beginning to explain okay now this is the works of the flesh, what are the works of the flesh, okay this is listing a few things, right, every which are very very now works of the very apparent, right, very clear, it's now there's nothing hidden, you know this is the work of the flesh, so it's really you know it's manifest, it's displayed, it is you can recognize it, now these are the works of the flesh, of course there are certain things that you know motives and attitudes which are not listed here but he addresses it in a in a different place, I think in you know in efficiency talks about that, okay so we can you know we can we look at that but here he's talking about things that are very very apparent which are very easily recognizable, these are so he gives a list of that, what are those things adultery, okay so he's addressing married people who are trying to or who are having a physical or emotional relationship with others apart from their spouse so adultery, fornication, you know a physical sexual relationship outside or before marriage, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, you know so all these things you know indulging in sinful works of the flesh, lewdness which is you know which is brazen which is completely you know your rebellious and your openly sinful, openly you know going against God's laws lewdness, right, then idolatry, sorcery, hatred, you know you see the list, hatred, deep hatred for someone saying that you know I hate this person, I hate it, you know even this whole thing of hatred, contention means fighting loud quarreling, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, anger, great anger and an outburst of that anger resulting in maybe you know hitting out and and all this fighting, hitting out because of anger maybe because of great anger, you know maybe breaking things, all these are outbursts of wrath, right, so Paul is saying that you know listing out these things, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, again dissensions meaning you know it's it's the opposite of unity, right, dissension, being separated, division, right and arguments and everything bringing about division rather than unity, dissensions, then what else, heresies, wrong teaching, envy, comparing, coveting, murders, drunkenness, revelries, revelries again, it's like you know a wild celebration which involves works of the flair or you know which involves things that are against the ways of God, which involves drinking and and all the and something on those lines, right, revelries, drunkenness, revelries and like and and the like which means you know and things like that, so anything which is on these lines, right, so it's not a complete list you're saying like that, things like these, so he's saying one thing I'll tell you beforehand just as I told you in Times Pass that those who practice such things, you know, those who practice such things which means that they are following it, excuse me, those who do these things regularly, those who practice these things, those who you know when you say practice, excuse me, so sorry, so when you say practice you know you're doing it over and over again, it's become part of your life, those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God, you know, this is this is a reality, right, if you practice these things, you know, you look at this and you say, hey, if you're going to be, if you're going after these things, if you're going to make this, if you're going to carry on, if you're going to have this in your life, then you cannot, you will not inherit the kingdom of God, you know, then so what will happen is that, you know, what we see in Hebrews where we see that sin is deceitful and sin hardens, right, we see this in Hebrews chapter three, Hebrews chapter three and verse 13, exalt one another daily, maybe verses 12 and 13, beware brethren, let there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief and departing from the living God, but exalt one another daily while it is called today, lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin, okay, so this is what happens sin causes because of its deceitfulness, it causes a hardening, hardening of our lives, you know, hardening, meaning that you are no more tender towards the things of God, you're no more sensitive to the things of God, you're hardened, you're scarred and unwilling to follow God, unwilling to follow Him, you become a rebel, you harden yourself, why, because that's what sin is, right, that's what a lifestyle of sin does, so you're continuing to do it, you know, your sensitivity to God, your sensitivity to the Holy Spirit just keeps reducing, reducing your, you know, what happens is our willingness to follow Him, right, our willingness to please Him, all that, our appetite for God actually is replaced by an appetite for these things, appetite for the things of the flesh and it can even bring us to a place of rejecting Christ, rejecting Christ, therefore, here's this warning, right, is saying that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God, what the kingdom of God involves, the rule and reign of the king and all that, you know, the realm of the king, we have been actually taken out of the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of God, into the kingdom of light, but if this is going to be a lifestyle and if you're going to be pursuing this intentionally, then you will come to a place of even rejecting Christ, right, so you're saying you you will come to a place of not inheriting the kingdom, okay, verse 22, but the fruit of the spirit, but the fruit of the spirit, this is what the Holy Spirit does, right, so again Paul is emphasizing to them to go back to the things of the spirit, to go back to the freedom that is in the spirit, to go back, you know, to reject, you know, for all these things of the law, keeping the law and saying that that is what righteousness is, you know, to reject that, to go back to the spirit, so he's saying, but the fruit of the spirit, the end result, the work of this, the end result of the work of the spirit in our lives, right, because if you're going to be following law, you're going to be cutting yourself out of this, right, but now when you pursue, when you walk in freedom, when you walk in the spirit, right, and not fulfill the lust of the flesh, when you walk in the spirit, this is what will happen, right, verse 25, if we live, sorry, but the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, which is, you know, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control or self-governing ability, and against these things, against such, there is no law, no, there's no rule to say, don't walk in patience or there's no rule that says, don't walk in love, there's no rule that says, you know, don't walk in, don't be faithful or don't walk in faithfulness and goodness, no, against this, there is no law, it is the end result, fruit of walking in the spirit, this is the work of the spirit in our near life, and verse 24, then those who are Christs, those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh, this is what happened on the cross, you have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires, now you need to pursue the spirit, or walk in the spirit, then you will not fulfill the desire of the flesh, you know, this is what has already happened on the cross, this is what has happened, you died to these things, but as long as we are in this body, on this earth, you know, there will be this draw of the flesh or invitation, time, you know, from time to time you'll have this invitation, right, you'll have this request, friend request from the flesh, right, saying okay, I want to be your friend, you know, but don't accept, okay, what is he saying, saying, those who are in the Christ have, those who are Christ have crucified the flesh with its passion and desires, if we live in the spirit, let us also walk in the spirit, let us continue to live a life in the spirit, let us not become conceited, which means proud, let us not become conceited, provoking one another, you know, provoking, which means trying to stir up the flesh in one another, trying to anger one another, irritate one another, right, let us not become proud and let us not do that, or even envying one another, right, let us not do that, okay, so he's saying that this is the work of the spirit, so continue to walk in the spirit, continue to live in the spirit and when you do that, you will not fulfill the desires of the flesh, you will not satisfy the invitations of the flesh, you will live an overcoming life, right, so as, you know, so that's the thing, you know, it definitely applies to us and applies, you know, we, something that we can put to practice and it's a warning that we need to take note of and pursue the spirit, walk in the spirit and be obedient and sensitive to the leading spirit, okay, we'll stop here and next class we will, maybe we'll continue with chapter six and also we will look into efficiency, okay, we'll stop here, right, thank you, God bless.