 Right, good morning everyone and good morning to students online as well. Alright, let's just begin with a word of prayer and we'll get into our teaching today. Let's pray. Father, we thank you so much once again for this beautiful day that you've given us and even as we've come together to learn, pray God that you will, God continue to speak to us Lord. We open our hearts, we open our minds, give us the wisdom, help us to understand everything that we've learned. We study God throughout this day. We commit ourselves into your hands. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen, amen. Okay, so last class we stopped at chapter 37. Right, so we did quite a few, I think we started with chapter 33 last class. We looked at how Jesus Christ became our sanctification and what is sanctification? Sorry, holy, very good. Set apart, yes, very good, good. Okay, so we are set apart, we are sanctified and we are saints in Christ. We looked at that as well, right? So, as we become believers, the moment we become believers, we are saints, right? It's not like we have to attain certain level of knowledge or know so many things from the Bible, only then we are saints, no. Paul is writing to the church in Galatians and Corinth. He says, you are the saints of God, right? And then we also did chapter 36. And now we begin with chapter 37, if I'm not wrong, right? 37, okay. So, chapter 37 believers are a holy temple in the Lord, right? Ephesians chapter 2, 21 and 22. Now, before we go there, when we look at this word, whole temple, right? Always remember that, you know, Paul is a Jew, the apostle Paul is a Jew, right? So, he's talking about, he's not talking about the context of the temples that we see around here, right? In the Old Testament, the place of worship was called the temple of God, right? The temple is a place of worship. Now, Ephesians 2, 21 and 22. In him or in whom the whole building being fitted together grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you are also being built up for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. Now, as you and I are sanctified, we are made holy, we are set apart, right? It's not only our personal individual calling that matters. Now, all of us have some kind of calling, right? You're learning and fulfilling God's purpose that our gifts and our callings go together. Some of us are called to be pastor, some are called to be prophet, apostle, worship leader, administrator, right? So, different gifts, teacher, some are called to be in the corporate place, whatever your calling is, that is your personal calling. What you are going to do for God, right? But here, Paul is not talking about an individual aspect only. He's talking about collective. So, basically, if you look at it, all of us here now, those online as well, all of us are collectively built up in the temple of God, meaning we are the temple of God, all of us together, right? And this body is called the church. Now, we must change the concept. We are so used to saying, hey, Sunday church. That's true, right? There's Sunday church service. But you and I, even right now, we are the church. Yes? It's not like your students, I'm teacher. That is in the natural. But in the spiritual, we are the church. Right now, all of us, you mean, we all are the church, the body of Christ, right? A temple is a dwelling place of God, and it is a holy temple. The church community is a holy temple, a sacred dwelling place for God by His Spirit. So, now, right now, all of us are here. We are the church, right? And we may ask this question, where is God? You're saying, you know, God is there, where two or three are gathered. His presence is there, where is God? So, that's why this sentence here says, buy the Holy Spirit. So, we can be in worship in the church or here, even here in the Bible college, or anywhere, life groups, cell groups, women's meeting, men's meeting, any group. The Holy Spirit can speak to us, each one of us, in different ways. Why? Because the Holy Spirit is dwelling in the body of Christ. It's a temple. We are the temple of God. Yes, the Holy Spirit is in us, but also collectively, the Holy Spirit is among us. So, when we meet in the supernatural level, what happens? We are all together praising God, we are worshiping God, God's presence is there, and the Holy Spirit begins to manifest. Now, even now, right, we are sitting, we are listening to a class, the Holy Spirit can speak to you one word, which you will never forget, or he can speak to you through a dream, don't dream now, he can speak to you, right? You may get a picture, you may get a thought, right? It's the Holy Spirit speaking, right? Or you may, you know, some question in our mind, all of a sudden, oh, this is the answer. Now I understand what this is, right? How is that? Because of the Holy Spirit. It's not always, remember this, we are learning in lifestyle evangelism as well, it's not always that we have to see. What did Jesus say? You believe, you believe because you saw, blessed are those who believe even when they don't see. The problem with this world is everyone wants to see and then believe. What did Thomas say? Till I see Jesus, and I touch the side, his nail pierced hands, till I touch his side, I will not believe. The problem right now is people want to see. Where is your Jesus? That's the first question they ask. But here as a church, we are dwelling among the Holy Spirit. We are the temple of God. The Holy Spirit is here. Where's the Holy Spirit now? He's inside us. But now, right now, where is he? He's among us. He's there. His presence is there. He can speak to us right now. He will speak to us also. Even as you may be just sitting and listening. But what is happening? It's a deposit that's happening into your spirit. Then suddenly after one year, hey, I didn't know so much. I learned so much. How is that? The Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit will remind you. So as God dwells in us, he also dwells among us in the spirit. That's why we are called the temple of the Holy God. So God dwells by his spirit and is not confined to a location. That means it's not like the Holy Spirit is here. Then what about people praying in America? What about them? The Holy Spirit is everywhere. He's not confined to a location. It's not like the Holy Spirit is in ABC Bible College. So now he's going to be here only for some time. Other places will have to wait. No. What does the Bible teaches us? One of the attributes of God is he's omnipresent. He's everywhere. So wherever God's people are, the temple of God is there and God dwells there. Wherever. It could be five people in a village church. It could be 10,000 people in a church and city. In the city. Wherever people are, it is called God's temple and where God's temple is, God's spirit is there. Right. First Corinthians. Sorry. The individual believer is called the Holy Temple. The local church is also called the Holy Temple and the body of Christ, which means across the entire world all the believers are called a Holy Temple. Right. First Corinthians 3, 16 and 17. Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him for the temple of God is holy. Which temple you are? Now it's interesting that Paul is writing to the Corinthians. Right. Remember we spoke about the Corinthians, right? They are people who are Gentiles, sexually immoral lives. They were prostitutes, right? They were in adultery, living in adultery, idolatry. They were living in sin. Now they've become believers. But what's happening is some of them are going back to their old habits. So Paul is reminding them and saying, hey, you cannot go back to your old habits. Why? Because you are the temple of God. Now the Holy Spirit is dwelling inside you. So your body no longer belongs to you. Your body belongs to God. Although you have all the rights to your body. But what does Paul say? I'm crucified with Christ. I don't live. Christ lives in me. So Paul is writing to the Corinthians and he's saying, do you not know you're the temple of God now? You're not the temple of any other idol or any other spirit, but you're the temple of the Holy Spirit. So he's reminding them, right? So just that we are a temple, we are the temple of the Holy Spirit should remind us and we must be very careful on how we treat our body. Yes? Everything in our body belongs to God. So for example, even is the mind, is this belonging to us? The mind? Yes? This is part of our body, right? Our mind, our thinking, our imagination. It's part of our soul. So if I'm thinking something wrong, I'm not doing anything wrong. I'm just sitting in one place, in my house. But if I'm thinking something that is not right, what am I doing? I'm defiling the temple of God. What does Jesus say? It is not what comes out of your mouth that makes you defile. But what goes, what you see, what you think, that is what can make us defile. So what is the first thing I should say? I should say, Holy Spirit, you are inside me. I am the temple of God. So I cannot allow these thoughts to take control of me, to overcome me. I rebuke these thoughts in the name of Jesus. Now, it doesn't mean devil is going to get scared and not come back. He will come back. He will come back stronger. But the conviction should be that, hey, I am the temple of God. So this is just, I'm talking about the mind. What about what I see? What about what I do? All of this, we must be very careful. We must learn to live holy lives. No, I'm not saying that we will never sin. Sometimes we will sin. It is there, but we have been learning that, as believers, we can overcome every sin. There is no sin we cannot overcome. Later, we'll talk about the different stages of temptation. It's there later on. We'll talk about that and how you and I as believers can overcome these temptations. So you are the body of Christ. I am the body of Christ. I am the temple of the Holy Spirit. We must learn to keep it clean. If it becomes dirty, go back to the blood of Jesus. Ask for cleansing. Ask that God cleanses us. Clean us. Continue to walk in holiness. Let's go to chapter 38. I'm just going to keep going, but if you have questions, those who are online as well, just raise your hands. Feel free to ask questions. Feel free to stalk me at any moment. Being sanctified and being been sanctified and being sanctified in Christ. Now, here's something very interesting. It is an ongoing process. When you and I become believers, what happens? We are sanctified. We are made holy. We are set apart. But then, is it the end of it? No. Because Christ is continuing to sanctify us day after day after day. So it is an ongoing process. When we pray, accept Jesus into our life, that's a one time. Jesus, thank you for coming in. We become a believer. But the sanctification is a process that happens every day. Very simple. Look at it in the natural. We cannot say, hey, I had bath two days back. So I don't want to have bath today. I'll have bath next week. Or every year, once, I will have a bath. In the natural, we don't do that. We have a bath every day. Wake up, get ready, pressure ourselves, have bath. Why? Because it's a natural cleansing that we do. Same way, there is a spiritual cleansing that happens every time. We don't say, hey, when I was born, I was water baptized. After water baptism, I don't need any more bath. It's wrong, right? It doesn't make sense. So just like in the natural, same thing in the spiritual. Day after day, there is a cleansing that happens. And who will be cleansing us? The Holy Spirit. But what must we do? Work with the Holy Spirit to be cleansed. Let's look at a few verses. Hebrews chapter 10 was 9, 10, 14 and 29. I'll read that. Then he said, behold, I have come to do your will, oh God. He takes away the first that he may establish the second. By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified verse 29 of how much worse punishment do you suppose will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, pounded the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified. A common thing and insulted the spirit of grace. Basically here these verses, Hebrews is reminding the writer is reminding the believers about the blood of Jesus. He has come to cleanse us once for all but by that we will be we have been sanctified through the offering of the blood of Jesus Christ once for all. For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified. You see that one offering he sanctified all of us once for all, verse 14 in that one offering he is also perfecting those who are being sanctified. So you and I are being sanctified. Do we fail? Do we go through challenges? Do we go through temptations, difficulties? Do we fall into temptations? All of this is there. But we are being sanctified day after day. Colossians 1.22 in the body of his flesh through that to present you holy and blameless and above reproach in his sight. Why is God sanctifying us? Why is God cleansing us? Why do we have to wake up and pray every day and ask God to you know change our lives? Why should we do that? See for example I did a prayer five years back I said Lord Jesus from now my life is yours I want to change my life come and live inside me I change all my bad habits I become a good boy No bad friends, no bad habits Jesus is living inside me Holy Spirit is inside me Jesus is happy I am happy Is that the end of the story? No Because that's not what God wants What God wants us is to continue to be holy continue to be blameless, continue to be pure above reproach without any fault It's like saying God if I get 35 marks it's enough pass God is saying hey I'll give you 90 95 I'll give you out of 100 Imagine you go to your teacher and say see ma'am or sir I got 95 can you make it 35 35 is enough I am happy with 35 Well ma'am say what's wrong with you you have done well you got 95 that's your mark take it and go So Jesus has done everything and he has paid the price he has to become believers but he is saying hey you can become just like me Now what if I don't pray what if I don't spend time reading the word nothing will happen So the only thing is becoming like Jesus I'll be in the same level and eventually if I don't pray if I don't read God's word what will happen Temptations will come the devil will easily trample over us and we will fail So that is why this being sanctified is a process We are a work in progress Never can we say okay I've finished it all I've done Never can we say that and you're 60 years old don't say okay I have done the ministry even if you've done still continue continue continue keep continuing till the end of our life it's a sanctification process right the scriptures states that we've been sanctified and it also states Hebrews 10 14 that we are being sanctified day after day we have been perfected forever yet we are being sanctified it's like an oxymoron meaning we are saved we are also being saved we are sanctified we are also being sanctified we are righteous we are also being righteous we are justified we are also being justified right it's a process it doesn't end it's not like one time thing no right so this is also true because sanctification is a completed work in the spirit and is a continuous work in the natural in our daily lives right the work is completed in the spirit but in the natural we have to work to become more holy we have to spend time in God's presence that we have to do so for example we all are sanctified right now what happens if I don't spend time in worship and prayer and reading of the word will we be sanctified yes we are still sanctified in the spiritual we are sanctified but in the natural we are at the same level imagine this all of us are in first year imagine this you finish your first year finish your first semester you come for second semester you teach the same subjects how will you feel say hey teach some new subjects right when you go to second years what if we teach you the same subjects we taught you in first year say hey you know we want to learn something new want to learn something bigger get better right I mean there's something to grow more to become more spiritually strong so remember that in the spirit the work is done in the natural we have to do we have to spend time in God's presence right as we live out who God has made us and what he has done for us the holiness of God begins to pervade our soul and our body I think next semester we'll have a subject on holiness when we begin to let the holiness of God affect our thoughts, our minds our imagination, our dreams our affections, our appetites everything the outcome will be holiness what did Jesus say God said that be holy for I am holy the most sometimes we look at the Holy Spirit when we say the Holy Spirit what is the first thing that comes to our mind holiness wow for me the first thing that comes to my mind when I say Holy Spirit is power or sometimes it is gifts but as Akhil said it is holiness holiness is much greater than the gifts of the Holy Spirit you can have all the nine gifts of the Holy Spirit and not be holy example church and Corinth they were flowing in all the gifts but their thoughts their desires was unholy thought was I like Apollos I like Paul, I like Jesus I like Peter division they had prophecy, word of knowledge working of miracles, healings all great things happening in the church but when it comes to the Lord's table they are all fighting give me some bread, you give me some wine Paul is writing and saying you don't have food in your house you don't have food in your house why are you coming to church and fighting small things but flowing in all the gifts of the Spirit very important lesson just because a person can flow in the gifts of the Spirit he has a prophecy word of knowledge doesn't mean he is holy he is walking in holiness doesn't mean don't judge or don't you know not getting the right word but sorry not carried away but don't measure people that's the word I wanted to get don't measure people by the gifts that they have or the talents that they have never do that that's good but when God sees it is completely different the gifts and talents also are given by God or me so don't measure people he has written 10 songs all 10 songs have 10 million views good he is doing something for the body of Christ whoever the person is but doesn't mean he has written 10 songs and those 10 songs the whole world doesn't mean he is living a holy life you get what I am saying you may be a prophet preaching all across the nation and the nations and everyone know you are living a holy life so don't measure people by their gifts and talents you can have a person who doesn't have any gifts he is doing the ushering sound and setup team setting the chairs he can live a much more holy life than somebody who is a great evangelist or a great pastor you get what I am saying right so never look at a person by their gifts and talents we need them we need them for the body of Christ we need worship leaders we need new songs we need preachers we need pastors we need evangelists we need them but never measure people by that right God looks at holiness are we holy this holiness it's not always shown outwardly gifts are shown outwardly the guitar starts singing it's a gift but holiness how do you know who knows you are holy nobody knows you can say I am holy you can say I have many holes but holiness is measured on our life on the way that we live our life and Jesus says the bible of God says be holy for I am holy didn't you think God could have said 100 other things couldn't he have said be powerful be strong yes he said all that he said be holy because I am holy the moment we begin to walk in holiness we begin to be like God we begin to be like Jesus amazing no Jesus didn't say you do all the miracles you will become like me no God didn't say you walk on water you do all these wonderful miracles you will become like me no God said be holy for I am holy when we walk in holiness when we allow the Holy Spirit to sanctify us we walk in holiness we need to reflect like Jesus like how God is suddenly unforgiveness is gone hatred is gone why is only you walking in holiness this is not right for me to get angry at somebody is not right it's not holy for me to be to have unforgiveness it's not holy so I cannot have it I have to ask for forgiveness you see what holiness does it brings us in line with God we are being sanctified and we are being perfected every day the fear of the Lord is holiness saying God nobody is watching you you have the fear of God saying God I need to be holy because you are holy right so everyone understood this we are sanctified we are being sanctified every day when you have a bath say God say God I was sanctified I am continuing to be sanctified every morning the Bible says sanctify yourself through the word of God the word of God is like water living water washes things inside us there is dirt inside us it will wash sanctify yourself okay let's go to chapter 40 okay sanctified by the word and the spirit Ephesians chapter 5 25 through 27 husbands love your wives just as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for her that he might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word that he might present her to himself a glorious church not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing but that she should be holy and without blemish now this from verse 26 onwards see verse 25 he is saying husbands love your wives right now that's in the natural just as Christ loved the church now the he is taking a husband and wife relationship and he is putting it to the church and the body of Christ and Jesus Jesus is the bride we are the bride groom right and he is saying that he might sanctify and cleanse her the her is the bride that is cleanse her with the washing of water by the word so when Jesus cleans us he cleanses us by the word of God through the Holy Spirit that he might present her to himself a glorious church not without spot or wrinkle now in the natural you take a white shirt all of us have washed a white shirt very difficult to keep a white shirt white you take a white shirt you put it into that washing machine what happens you take it out you will have all the other colors on that white shirt blue, pink, green it's all mixed what's happened all the other colors have come on that unless you have one of those modern washing machines but I'm sure that's going to be the same case you take out your white shirt and you look hey what is this oh man it's become full of spots full of wrinkles then what you do you get another idea so let me wash only the white shirts and the white clothes separately when you wash it you see that hey now no problem right so you learn the hard way I learned the hard way right so here the Lord Jesus when he is washing us through the word through the spirit he cleanses us completely so that we are without any spot or without any wrinkle meaning we are not when we are in heaven when we be with Jesus he's presenting ourselves clean without any spots no sin no condemnation clean the work the outworking of God's holiness into our soul and our body takes place through the agency of the word of God the work of the Holy Spirit and as we grow in the community of believers in the temple of God okay everyone say the word of God louder word of God the work of the Holy Spirit these are the two main ways that God works in our life now I'm not saying this is the only way God can work in many other ways right but even as he is signifying us two main ways one is the word of God because the word of God cleanses us two is the work of the Holy Spirit so we are reading God's word right you're going on reading suddenly you know you're feeling discouraged oh man God what can I do in life everyone are looking at me everyone are saying you can't do anything and I don't see myself you know doing anything big in my life I'm just a mediocre person you're feeling low but now you're reading God's word as you're reading suddenly you come to Philippians 413 what does it say I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me now what's happened nobody has spoken to you that word has gone deep into your spirit hey I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me so all that fear that doubt has been washed away how by the word of God and the same way every area of our life the word of God can minister to us every area you can be a businessman go to Proverbs teaches you how to live how to work in holiness what does it say even the natural things in life imagine a person who's always lazy right and he's reading okay what to do today let me read he's reading and he goes to the book of Proverbs and says look at the ants you sluggard that means look at the ants you lazy person they work and they toil and they work this person says oh man I should not be a lazy person because the Bible is saying the ants are not lazy how can I be lazy so I should work hard from now his parents have been telling him for 10 years nothing has happened this one verse has changed his life I should work hard suddenly next day he's going for interview going applying for jobs why the word of God that's the power of God's word right so everything if you notice at APC one of the things that we focus on is the word of God right when we are preaching on a Sunday morning we emphasize God's word very rarely you'll find personal examples only in a teaching setting like this we give these personal examples and just so that the classes we understand but on a Sunday morning when we are preaching on church service it is always the word of God that takes prominence right people will come and say many things we testify through God's word people ask questions we always back it up with God's word right so that is number one number one rule for God to cleanse you go back to God's word if you haven't been reading God's word go back this is the cleansing process very important very important right now I know that I can say this there are some of us how many of us like to read you like to read sorry no just read you like to read from small you like to read none of us Gertrude said she likes to read one person what's your name again Joseph likes to read now I am not talking about Bible I am talking about just reading from small you like to read when I was small I didn't like to read at all reading was the last thing I want to do it was not a gift nothing two days before the test now don't do this just giving you an example I was only maybe in middle class fourth standard, fifth standard two days before the test open the book by heart everything go right past that's it that's what I was but I knew that if I really do well and do well I knew I could do well I knew my potential but I just didn't want to write football cycle games outside indoor games outdoor games good friends it's okay so from small the habit of reading was not there so growing up it was never there and when I became a believer I didn't mind praying but I opened the Bible I'll fall asleep what is this Jesus did that Jesus did this suddenly the story is going everywhere it's not even a story then I said let me go to Old Testament Old Testament I couldn't read anything I didn't understand anything I said oh man what is this so I didn't read Bible for many many months after becoming a believer but prayer I can do worship I can do I came across this was the word of God sanctifies your spirit and I thought to myself if I want to become a preacher I can't go and stand and give stories to people every day one one story I'll run out of stories I have to know the word of God not only for others but for myself so then I said God I have to read so go back open the book of Matthew start reading was it easy no after two pages a head is spinning but okay two pages at least then three pages five pages or five chapters you know just go on like that then I began to realize the power of God's word became interesting for me so what my you know what some of you know relatives one of my aunts said why don't you read some good books so she would give me some books all Christian books and these are all autobiographies autobiographies means people who who did great things for God God's kingdom and they wrote people have written about their lives like church history we see all of them here why don't you read books so she started giving me books I became an avid reader wow this is what God did with these people so every week I was reading three books three full books I would read there's no book it's like which book to read give me a book God changed it right and now without reading it's very difficult for me I have to read something so sometimes I go open google just download a book I start reading I always read some book it may not be a physical book I always read something and of course the word of God so we can never give the excuse that I am not a reader if none of us lifted our hands I want you all to get into the habit of reading right those online as well get into the habit of reading and reading God's word you can start small three pages four pages and then eventually you'll see that hey I'm able to you will enjoy it then you go back to God's word of oh you will you can spend a day just reading God's word the whole day you can right you can do it because this is the word that will speak to your heart speak to your spirit it will change your life right testimonies all of that is good but this is what changes your life the word of God this is we make the declaration know this is who God speaking to me sometimes you know people come up to me God is not saying anything did he read go back read he will speak to you if we don't read how will he speak to read right the second one is the work of the Holy Spirit as we read the Holy Spirit begins to work in our life right now we know the Holy Spirit comes to sanctify he gives us strength holiness then the gifts of the spirit the fruit of the spirit anyone know what are the fruit of the spirit all of them know it okay learn it this is your homework okay it's all mixed up like noodles learn the nine gifts of the spirit and the nine fruit of the spirit of the spirit so next class when I come and ask what is the nine gifts of the spirit you should know it whether in Hindi English, Kannada whatever language you should know it right the fruit of the spirit and the gifts of the spirit that's your homework yeah okay the word of God is the cleansing agent that washes us that cleanses every filthiness from our lives right as we open our lives to the word of God to the work of the spirit and grow among a community we live out these sanctified lives right so I want to encourage all of us today make a decision right everything starts here when you make a decision you can ask God to help you to fulfill that decision right so morning when you wake up morning may not be a good time to read because you may be sleepy especially in the beginning choose times when you are active you're alert right so evenings are good after your bible college you can sit read right those who are online maybe you're working throughout the day in the night before sleeping spend some time just reading it could just be a chapter one chapter and you can maybe write down what you understand from it right and when you get into this habit every day you'll do it I always say this right if you look at people who have been very successful in life not only in ministry but in life they've been very successful what is it you ask them it's like you do something for 30 days continuously it becomes a habit it becomes a lifestyle can you tell me some of the habits you have okay good sleep very good that's important rest rest for the mind rest for the soul what else what are your natural habits what are the natural habits we have none of us have walking walking is a natural habit none of us flew and came here very good that's what I was brush your teeth every day it's a natural thing you just get up you don't say okay what do I do today morning I forgot no you remember everything it is all tuned in the mind the procedures everything is tuned in the mind it's just done the same way the word of God becomes natural when you do something for you know if you're doing go back every evening 7 30 to 8 you're reading the word of God every day 30 days from the next month it'll become a habit it'll automatically go and you'll read it right so make it a habit and I want to encourage you when you do that you see your life changing you see how God will speak to you things will change in your life the way you think the way you talk the way you look at situations the way you look at people the way you face the enemy face temptations face rejection everything will change because you're going back to the word of God the Holy Spirit also begins to work the Holy Spirit will give you the wisdom what to do what not to do right everything is from this now in ministry I have made many mistakes all of us make mistakes I mean many mistakes but when I go back and one of the things I always pray is like God you've put us in a place of leadership people come and talk to us we need the wisdom the right word at the right time right how can I give the right word the word of God is the wisdom of God I have to give them something I can I can share natural things but when I give them the word there's effect to it there's power in it right so I want to encourage all of us will we do that yes right it's see these classes the course is not only about okay finished class go no I like to make it in a way that I want to see you all you know doing growing right there are habits that you may have you may have to let go off and hold on to some new habits right and one of them could be reading and it's good that you know none of you said that you have the habit of reading as a target or you take it as a decision hey I'm going to go ahead and start reading we have some publications take the thinnest publication start with that and then go up keep reading different books you can start with that you don't have to spend any money you don't have to do anything take a book write your name on it you know it's yours start reading it and then you the books go ticker ticker ticker read all the books what's happening it's only the word of God all those books very few examples any of those books very few everything is a word of God so it's great to read that right we'll do that right so have one book at least start from this week so that even if it's next week by next week you'll have finished one book then reading becomes a habit so what are the two ways we'll close now two ways God speaks to us sanctifies us through the word of God work of the Holy Spirit yes word of God and the work of the Holy Spirit right okay so we will meet next class and we'll pick up from chapter 41 living sanctified in Christ have a good day God bless