 we have looked at John chapter 6 up to verse 46 so now we will continue John chapter 6 verse 47 onwards if we could have one person please read out verses 49 up to verse 57 probably it's a rather large chunk right so maybe we could just read out verses 49 50 51 yeah if someone could read out 49 50 and 51 please I'll read ancestors ate one in the desert but they died 51 I'm the living bread that kept down from heaven if anyone eats this bread will live forever the bread that I will give him is my flesh which I'll give so that the world may live then 59 and then yeah if you could also read 56 and 57 please 56 56 whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me and I live in him the living father sent me and because of him I live also in the same way whoever eats whoever eats me will live because of me yes thank you yeah now when we read these verses it sounds rather shocking to us but the listeners when they were listening to him they would have understood what he is saying much better because this was terminology that was familiar to them okay because when you talk about eating and drinking they understood what that would mean in their you know cultural context that was a term that was used to absorb something into your very innermost being you eat it you drink it you literally make it a part of what you of who you are so they obviously knew that he's not in any way talking about anything cannibalistic is not talking about anyone eating flesh literally or drinking blood literally they it is a metaphor that was familiar to them they understood that he is saying that you must you know absorb me into your very innermost being you must be willing to accept me into your into the core of who you are so now you know those of us who live in a in more modern times we are not that familiar with this metaphor so when we you know hear someone saying eat my flesh drink my blood we would probably think of it along cannibalistic terms and it would not make any sense to us but for them in their culture that was a metaphor that they were familiar with they clearly understood what Jesus is saying he is saying be open to me to the extent where you're willing to accept me into your innermost being so because of this kind of wrong understanding that we have of these things of these terms in our more modern times it kind of led to a lot of wrong practices there are people who believe that unless they you know have communion before they die they would not be able to get into heaven so they make it a point to see to it that the person receives a wafer and some wine or grape juice just before they die because if they eat his flesh and drink his blood only then will they be able to you know gain eternal life and even for little children they give them the bread and the and the wine thinking that only that little child has that only then you know will eternal life be birthed inside them so it's not really talking about you eating anything material or you drinking anything material which will result in eternal life rather these are symbols that we use to demonstrate something that has taken place at a deeper level we have finished making a commitment to him we have finished inviting him into the innermost part of our being where he has now been made lord and we have submitted to his lordship and now we are just eating the bread and drinking the grape juice in remembrance of this you know commitment that now we have made with him and he has made this covenant with us so we remember what he has you know decided to offer us through his covenant and we remember how we have submitted to him in entering into this covenant so we are just acting out something that has already been done inside our hearts so the just the physical eating of something and the physical drinking of something really cannot lead to any kind of eternal life so it's very very sad that you know when when somebody is dying in the last stages of life and someone goes to them with a piece of wafer and some wine and they think that just by doing that they are absorbing Jesus into them how can that be because it the actual meaning of what Jesus was saying is that you know open yourself up to me right to the core where you're willing to believe in me and invite me into the into your innermost being so that that person never did throughout their lifetime that person was no lying on their death bed now never opened themselves up to the Lord never believed him to that extent never surrendered to him to that extent and now just by eating something material and drinking something liquid they assume that they can absorb Jesus into them that it's not very realistic so here it is not talking about by about the physical process of eating and drinking something to gain eternal life rather it is talking about how you should be willing to take Jesus into your innermost core because that is where what really matters to you resides right there in there you know your deepest ambitions your you know deepest longings the things that you really want to do with your life all of those things are there at your innermost core and you need to trust him and allow him to enter that space and allow him to become Lord over that because then you know then he is Lord over all of your life and then you can say I have truly made a commitment to him I have eaten him I have drunk from him and now I am his because that's the wording that he uses Jesus in verse 56 he says whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood in this sense of you know inviting me into their innermost being whoever does that they remain in me and I in them and because they are remaining in me and I am living in them it says in the next verse you know they will live because of me not just living in the sense of physically being able to breathe and having your heart continue to breathe to beat but also living in the sense of living at a higher level where you are born again where you are you're where a new life has been released into you and you're now living by the power of the Holy Spirit you're now preparing yourself for the next life which God has awaiting for us so all of these realities are being presented to us in a metaphorical sense and these people who are listening to him the Jews they grumble and listen to the way they grumble because it throws light on how they have understood this teaching if someone could read out verses 60 maybe we could just have 60 61 62 if someone could read out please I'll read yes many of his followers had many of his followers had this and said this teaching is too hard who can listen to it 61 without being told Jesus knew that they were grumbling about this so he said to them does this make you want to give up 62 suppose then that you should see the son of man go back to the place where he came before yes so here we have these disciples who have you know been disciples who have been followers of Jesus up to this point now they are saying this is a hard teaching and they are not saying this is a hard teaching because Jesus is saying eat my flesh and drink my blood that is not what is troubling them we get to know what is really troubling them because earlier on we read that already so if someone could just know read once again versus 41 and 42 because that will kind of throw light on what they are grumbling about versus 41 and 42 please the Jews think I'm going about him because he said I am the bread which came down from heaven and then said is not this Jesus the son of Jesus whose father and mother we know how it then that he says I have come down from heaven so they are not finding what Jesus said hard to understand they have understood it very clearly he's not talking about any physical eating of flesh or any physical drinking of blood they have clearly understood what he is saying he is saying that they are supposed to surrender to him from their innermost being and that they are finding very very difficult to accept they are calling it a hard teaching and saying who can accept it you are asking us to surrender to a carpenter's son we know your father and mother we know the town that you're from and now you are saying that we should submit to you to that level to the extent where we place you before bread you know so they are finding that hard to accept not that they have not understood what is being said but rather what they have clearly understood they are finding it difficult to practice it and so finding that they are unable to practice something so difficult many of them walk away at this point and you know they stop following him so they did not stop following him because what he said sounded very strange to them and could not be understood by them but rather they walk away from him because they have clearly understood what he has said and the demand that he is making of them is too great and so they say this is a hard teaching and they choose not to follow him so Jesus you know he says to them this is how he replies to them in verse if we could have someone read out verse 63 please it is the spirit who gives life the the whole of verse 63 it is the spirit who gives life the flesh profits nothing the words that I speak to you are spirit and their life yes we will get into that verse but then we have brother Shay putting up his hand so yeah yeah anything that you would like to say go ahead please yes thank you pastor it's just an observation to make a comment you know what you just told us now many people have preached on those verses wrongly as you pointed out you know many people think or what Jesus was saying was very hard and like you pointed out they feel it's literally saying that we have to eat the flesh of Christ through the communion you know and it gets me worried now you know hearing this it shows it looks like we're far away from the culture of then and then there is tendency for us to interpret scriptures in light of how we see the world now so I don't know I think we may need to know more about the Jewish culture so that you know we can understand things in context because this is really this verses they just explained to us really can throw a lot of people out of balance because for so many years they have believed in a lie not knowing that this is actually what Jesus Christ was saying in the context of the Jewish culture at that time so I think going forward you know it's important that we look really really at scripture and look at the context historically and culturally so that we do not just take it out of context and think that oh this is what the Bible is saying thank you so much for pointing out thank you guys thank you and it comes across so clearly because when the when the Jews begin to grumble they're not grumbling about cannibalism at all they're not grumbling about that they're grumbling about them having to submit to the son of Joseph they find that very very hard so yeah when we look at the overall context and we also have a greater awareness of the writings of that time where these kind of words and phrases would have been used we gain a clearer picture of what was actually being said and how the audience of that time understood it so coming to verse 63 where Jesus says the spirit gives life the flesh counts for nothing the words I have spoken to you they are full of the spirit and life so over here you know Jesus is pointing out that the flesh counts for nothing the physical things the material things that we tend to focus so much on those things count for nothing in the long term they will keep us alive and they will keep us comfortable for maybe a hundred years but beyond that it is the spiritual things which will take us to the next level so he says the flesh counts for nothing it is the spirit who gives life and these words that I'm speaking to you all these words that I'm speaking to you on a daily basis they are full of the spirit and life they can take you beyond these minimum hundred years and take you right into eternity for all the things that God has planned for you so it's such an amazing thought that when a little you know baby is first conceived God is not just planning out of you know 90 years or 100 years for that little child but eternity all of eternity is being planned out for that tiny little baby you know when that little child is conceived so which is why you know when people go ahead with abortion and all of that they're not just terminating you know a little cell or something they're actually terminating a life because at that point of conception God has already planned all of eternity for that particular child so here God says the words that I would Jesus says the words that I'm speaking to you they are full of the spirit and life so he's talking about how the flesh can only take you so far but the spiritual things that he is speaking can take you far longer right into eternity and there's another thing that maybe we could just learn from this particular verse this is not the context in which Jesus is speaking you know what I have explained just now is the correct context but just to you know another thought that we could maybe walk away with from this particular verse if you look over here Jesus is saying the flesh counts for nothing it's like very irrelevant very insignificant so are you a person who is like looking at yourself and thinking you know in the flesh I am so limited I am so unable to do so many things there are others who are so capable you know they flesh the way they have been created the way God has made them they have put so much inside them and they are able to accomplish so much on the other hand I am so untalented so frail and I have nothing and you know God's words can be this to you so and I'm making it very very clear this is not the direct context okay so but this is a learning that we can draw an extra learning that we can draw from these words the flesh you know your flesh your weak flesh with all its limitations Paul's weak flesh which had a thorn in it which was really not up to the job up to the task that flesh counts for nothing what really counts is Jesus words which are full of the spirit and full of life so Paul in all of his weakness with a thorn which was always constantly you know pulling him down he chose to live according to those words of life and that is why his life was full of the spirit and he was full of power and he could accomplish so much so these this verse you know was has been very encouraging for me in my life because except for this one talent that I have of teaching I'm not very good at many other things and so I always thought my the Lord has called me into full-time ministry and I really am not up to the you know mark on so many things and this verse has been such a blessing to me because in spite of all the weaknesses of my flesh my flesh counts for nothing what really counts is the spirit of God who gives life and the words that Jesus has given to us in the word are full of life and full of the spirit if I can hold on to them and absorb them into my being and live based on them rather than looking to the weaknesses of my flesh I can go far beyond my the limitations of my flesh because my flesh counts for nothing his word counts for everything here and in his words there is power and he can help me to be things that I can never be on my own so that was just one encouraging you know learning that I got from this verse but then to repeat once again this is not the actual direct context the direct context of course is clearly what Jesus was saying to the people at that time where he explained that if you just continue thinking about the things of the flesh that will only take you so far but the spirit gives life eternal life so if you believe in the words which I am speaking to you you know you will be carried into eternity because the spirit will carry you into eternity based on your faith which you have placed in my words that would be the immediate context of the passage moving on we could maybe look at yeah there was just one thing that I wanted to very you know seriously touch upon and yeah we have a person who has raised their hand up I'll be your brother if you could please go ahead yes yes but thanks for the check with regards when you talk about the flesh are you referring to the body and the soul component that we have versus the spirit that it can come past the body and the soul just want to confirm that yeah or now over here in this particular verse where Jesus is talking about limited things and eternal things so over here when here this word flesh is being used it I think most probably would be referring to the human body and its limitations so you give it bread and you give it more bread but at the end of it one day your physical body will die but that's the spirit who gives life to your to your human spirit so you will continue to live through eternity because you know he will give you eternal life so over here in this specific verse where this word flesh is being used I'm very sure Jesus is specifically talking about just the human body and its limitations but of course where you have this word being used in different contexts by Paul and in all of the other gospels and all of that so we would always whenever we look at the word we would immediately have to think in what context it is being used so in some places it would probably be referring just to the physical body and its limitations in some places it would be talking about the fallenness of humans and their desire for carnal things rather than the things of God and in other places it would just probably be referring to a weakness so always whenever we come across this word we would have to look at the context in which the word is being used because all this spiritual I know different connotations are brought out in different passages using this one word so yes we would have to be a little careful in how we are interpreting it in different passages right here it is talking only about the physical body and its limitations in the immediate context because Jesus is making a contrast between eternal things and temporary things yeah yeah the thing that I wanted to touch upon do we have time okay yeah yeah we will make time for because this is something that has troubled me a lot you know verse 44 and verse 65 if we could just have someone read out these two verses for us verse 44 and verse 65 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him and I will raise a map of the last day 65 and he said therefore I have said to you that no one can come to me unless it has been granted to him by my father okay so these verses have been wrongly used by people to say that only some people have been reserved by God elected by God for salvation and all the others you know right from the time they were conceived God had already you know reserved them for damnation for judgment and they have no hope and only with this this is a special lot that God decided are going to be reserved by him for salvation you know this whole idea of limited atonement and unlimited atonement will not get into the theology will not get into the doctrine but the way these two verses have been used is very troubling so all I would just like to say at this particular point of time is you know first Timothy chapter 2 verses 1 to 6 if someone could please read out these verses and you know if we all could really follow what these verses are very very clearly saying and declaring okay so if someone could just read out for us first Timothy chapter 2 verses 1 to 6 first Timothy chapter 2 1 to 6 and Paul writes to Timothy I exhort you therefore that first of all supplications prayers and possessions and giving of thanks be made for all men for kings for all that are in authority that we may need a quiet life and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty for this is good and acceptable in the sight of god our savior who will have all men to be saved as they come onto the knowledge of the truth and for a spike which is the last verse for there is one god and one mediator between god and men the man cries jesus you know and verse 6 oh verse 6 my apologies who gave himself a ransom for all to be testified in you time yes yes thank you so it's made it made so clear over here why are you supposed to be you know making petitions and prayers and intercessions why because for all people including kings including those in authority because it is god's will god's desire that all people should be saved and that is the reason why Jesus gave himself as a ransom for all people so over here it's not saying in you know in in john chapter 6 verses 44 and 65 it is not saying that the father has just reserved some people it makes no sense right it says in first Timothy chapter 2 verse 6 that jesus gave himself as a ransom not for some selected people he gave himself as a ransom for all people so where's the point in saying that after having given himself as a ransom for all people on the cross he decides that some of the people for whom i have given given myself as a ransom no they will not be ransomed it's so of course we cannot really get into that whole doctrine so we will not go there but you know if someone brings up these two scriptures at least you should be able to very clearly you know counteract what they are saying by talking about first Timothy chapter 2 verses 1 to 6 yeah we are really running short of time so let's just very quickly get into john chapter 7 where we have jesus going to the feast we will very briefly touch upon the response of the brothers and how they you know the things that they say to jesus and then after that we will get into the words which jesus speaks at the temple so coming to the brothers and what they have to say maybe if we could read out verses 3 and 4 3 4 5 if someone could read out john chapter 7 3 4 5 his brother therefore said to him depart from here and go into the studio that your disciples also will see the work that you are doing for no one does anything in secret while he himself seeks to be known openly if you do this things show yourself to the world or even his brothers are not doing anything okay so here we have the feast of tabernacles coming up and usually most people would go to the temple you know to celebrate this and so jesus brothers are mocking him and they say you know why are you hiding out here in this little place so if you are really big if you're really great go and you know declare that to the big people to the great people and see whether they will accept what you are saying or not because here in a little town it's very easy to act big and sound big but where go to the big league you know where you have all the big people will they accept you when you say these things to them so in that sense they are mocking him because they feel very sure that you know he would be rejected over there and then he would understand I mean according to them they think that Jesus then would then realize that he's not really big after all so they are rather being very disbelieving and they are mocking him and jesus says to them my time is not yet here so he says I will not go until I get the direct permission from the father to go so he does not go along with his brothers he waits for the Lord to grant him permission to go to the temple and after his brothers have left sometime after that it says in no where is it I think it is in it says he stayed in Galilee right I can't seem to find the verse you know they are the the brothers so he says I will not my time is not yet and then he continues to stay in Galilee and then he probably must have heard from the Lord telling him that now he can leave so it says in verse 10 that he later goes to the feast okay so he does things according to the Lord's timing and then halfway through the festival that is when he receives permission from the father to start openly teaching what he is meant to say and this is how he begins his teaching if we could maybe read out verses 14 15 and 16 yeah someone could read out I'll read yes the festival was the festival was nearly half over when Jesus went to the temple and began teaching the Jewish authorities were greatly surprised and said how does this man know so much when he when he has never had any training Jesus answered what I think is not my own teaching but it comes from God who sent me okay so they are surprised at the depth of his teaching and they say how could this man have done that because you know he has not studied under Gamaliel or he's not studied again under some other very reputed you know Pharisee Pharisee Pharisee leader so he they're kind of wondering from where did he get this much learning and this much knowledge and then Jesus says my teaching is not my own it comes from the one who sent me so everything that Jesus is saying it's actually rooted in the Old Testament because everything that he says he's able to take Old Testament scriptures and use them to back up what he is saying so that is why there was great authority in all that Jesus spoke because he used the Old Testament which the people were familiar with to to back up everything that he was saying they would have understood those scriptures maybe in a very minimal light but now he's expanding their knowledge regarding those verses and saying see these verses didn't just simply mean this but they also had these other connotations this is what these verses actually were saying in their fullness so what the in the Old Testament they the people only had a partial revelation of those verses and now Jesus was taking those verses same Old Testament verses and now he was granting them a fuller revelation regarding those verses so that is why Jesus says in verses 19 if we could maybe read out 19 20 21 I'll read Moses gave you the law didn't he but not me of you but no one of you obeys the law why are you trying to kill me you have a demon in you the cloud answered who is trying to kill you he's answered I performed one miracle and you are all surprised what has ordered you yeah yeah no that should be enough so we will just reflect on that first yeah so Jesus says has not Moses given you the law yet not one of you keeps the law because if they were to really look into the law you know the first five books of Moses they would see evidence over there regarding the Messiah so Jesus is saying you are not keeping the law you're not following what has been said in the law about me moreover there's the law in the law there is a commandment saying not to kill and here you are making preparations to kill me so there's a huge crowd gathered over there with that has come for the feast and now Jesus is standing up in public and talking to all of them and many of the crowd would not be aware of what's happening you know inside this this clash that is going on between the Jewish leaders and Jesus they would be unaware of those details and now very pointedly Jesus brings that out into the open he says because I did a miracle on the Sabbath ever since then you're holding this you know a grudge against me and you're conspiring to kill me and so now these people act all innocent and they said no no no whoever thought of killing you I mean why are you saying that so even though they are trying to cover up their schemes Jesus brings that out he exposes it and he says because of a miracle that I did on the Sabbath you people are now conspiring against me and yeah if we can also read out verses 25 26 and 27 please go ahead verses 25 so the people some of the people of Jerusalem said isn't this the man the authorities are trying to kill look he is talking in public and they are saying nothing against him can it be that they really know that he is the Messiah but when the Messiah comes no one will know where he is from and we all know yeah that should be up to verse 27 yeah thank you all right so over here the people are now beginning to you know discuss among themselves and so some people say you know the leaders are not really taking any action they are grumbling and they're complaining but they're not taking any action against him so maybe he is the Messiah and then someone says but we know where this man is from you know who his parents are you know we know which village he is from but when the Messiah comes no one will know where he is from okay it shows their half-baked knowledge they don't really know enough about the Messiah they don't really know their Old Testament because what does the Old Testament tell it tells very clearly exactly from where the Messiah will come okay so this is a wrong statement it is people who are making this having discussions with just half knowledge in their heads why why can we so clearly say that because when Herod wants to find out where this Messiah this king you know this future king where is he going to come from he goes to the chief priests and the chief priests are able to tell him exactly from where the Messiah will come that would be in our Matthew chapter 2 verses 3 to 6 where from Micah chapter 5 verses 2 and 4 where it's very clearly revealed where the Messiah will come from okay so here in this in this current Bible passage where these people make this grand statement saying no one will know where the Messiah is from that's a very clearly wrong statement they were not aware of the of their Old Testament moving on from there yeah Jesus is saying you do not know him but I know him because I'm from him and he sent me so Jesus is establishing the fact that he is from God and then we come to the main now you know the core of chapter 7 where with a loud voice Jesus begins to declare something and these wordings are very important so if we can have someone read out 37 up to 139 those three verses please on the last day that great day of the feast Jesus didn't cry out saying if anyone thirst let him consume engine he who believes in me as the scripture has said out of his heart will flow rivers of living water that this he spoke concerning the spirit those believing in him would receive for the Holy Spirit was not yet given because Jesus was not yet glorified okay so here we have Jesus declaring and saying anyone who is thirsty let him come to me and drink and he's saying this on the last and greatest day of the feast this last day of the feast I mean commentaries say this would have been the the crowd would have gathered in what's called the court of women okay so that entire place would be lit up with a lot of lamps so it would be a very beautiful site where you have a lot of lights you know all lit up and also on that day water would be poured out on the altar okay in fact every day the water would be poured out on the altar throughout the feast but on this day there would be a special ceremony when all the lights have been lit up and the you know water is again poured out onto the altar it was supposed to be symbolic it was supposed to be a reminder of how in the wilderness God used to provide them with water miraculously and now Jesus is using this occasion to convey something new and he is saying not only did God provide you physical water you know in the in the in the wilderness but now he has sent someone who can give you more than just physical water and you know this is again a very clear connection with a Samaritan woman passage where Jesus is talking about spiritual water and so again over here is you know bringing out a spiritual concept and he says not only was physical water provided to you in the past but now he had the Lord has sent someone who can give you you know spiritual waters and he talks about the reverse of living water that will flow out of anyone who is willing to believe in him and so here we see that talks about rivers of living water and like we saw earlier in the previous class living water literally meant water was like flowing which is alive which is moving so Ling Waters refers to fountains coming out from the underground and so we see that not only does the person who believes in him not only do they receive the spirit but the spirit also flows out of them so it's not just an inward flow that goes on flowing inward but what flows inward also flows out it's not a one-way thing and you know we might you know we would have heard many sermons regarding this if the Lord goes on feeding you again and again and again with his word and you know with the teachings and gives you inspiration and keeps building you up and you don't do anything about it and all it just you know gets contained in you and sits inside you they say that it kind of leads to stagnation on the other hand if whatever you're receiving you're absorbing and you're practicing it flow as well so a person who is a believer has been has been sealed with the Holy Spirit and now the Holy Spirit is like living waters not stagnant water so the Holy Spirit continues to pour into us and we are supposed to absorb that act upon it believe in it and constantly we're supposed to give it out to others so that there is also an outflow and so in fact in sermons if they you know they talk about kumran community we used to live at that time the kumran people were very concerned about maintaining their their holiness and not mingling with the world so they would you know lock themselves up in the wilderness and they would just talk to each other and communicate with each other they would not associate with anyone else especially not with people who are considered sinful and you know host reputations are not very good they would never mingle with anyone they would just talk among themselves and stay out there in the wilderness where they will not come in touch with anything bad or evil so there's only inflow you know they they want to receive from God they want to study the scriptures they want to grow in God but there's no outflow of any kind what they are receiving they're not passing it on to others the the living water is not flowing out to others so what gently preachers says that because you have Holy Spirit inside you and because he is living waters not only should should you be actively receiving and believing and accepting but you should also be giving it out to other people what you are becoming should be so powerful that it can't just stay inside it literally goes out and affects other people they see your life they see your words they see your actions and they are impressed and they do want what you have so living waters is like that it cannot just be contained in it cannot be stamped you know you know pressed down it comes out so they say that that should be a kind of walk which people should have if they have the Holy Spirit living in them yeah okay we are almost out of time if we can maybe look at verses 50 51 52 if someone could read out yeah just a moment I know someone has asked for the scripture reference of Micah that was Micah chapter 4 if I remember Micah chapter 5 Micah chapter 5 verses 2 and 4 and that gets repeated in Matthew chapter 2 verses 3 to 6 yes if we could have someone read out verses 50 51 52 of chapter 7 and look for no prophet has arrived out of Galilee and everyone went to his own house okay so we have the people these Jewish leaders condemning Jesus not accepting you know what he is saying even though he's declaring that he is from God and if people believe in him living waters would flow out of them they would gain eternal life even though he's saying all of these things they are kind of passing judgment upon him and saying that nothing you know nothing of what he says is really true and then Nicodemus steps in and in verse 50 you know he says does our law condemn a man we ought first hearing him to find out what he has been doing so then there they say how can it how can you even be considering this person because he is from Galilee and so just like Nathaniel had earlier said no how can anything really come out of Nazareth in the same way now these people are saying how can any prophet ever come out of Galilee because it has never happened if they say you will find look into it and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee now Nazareth was in located in lower Galilee okay so that's the geographical information so Nazareth is considered very very low and in fact the entire region of Galilee is considered very low and these people who are supposed to be learned are saying why don't you look into it you will find that no prophet has ever come out of Galilee and they are completely wrong because if if they were to look into the Old Testament you know they would see that Jonah in fact comes from lower Galilee okay so we would find that piece of information I think I have I don't want to touch upon this I think what I have in my notes over here is wrong let me clarify and then talk about this because here I have the statement which says that it talks about Jonah coming from Galilee but I would like to confirm that first second Kings 14-25 I know but then why would second Kings be talking about Jonah so let's not get into that at the moment he was a prophet man we could look into it later okay yeah I mean just in case there's an error let's not say something that's I know not confirmed because I have not looked into it so I don't want to get into that yes we have a couple of minutes left everyone wants to okay here we have someone saying that Jonah is from Bethlehem why is Jonah getting discussed in second Kings I mean whoever edited and compiled second Kings under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit did they refer to Prophet Jonah specifically were they talking about a different Jonah I don't know I would actually have not looked into it so I do not want to say anything before looking into it but yeah the chapter 6 and 7 which we have covered anyone wants to ask anything or you know just want to share your views upon these two chapters we have a little time otherwise we'll you know conclude with the word of prayer anyone at all all right let's let's conclude with the word of prayer Todd we just thank you so much for all the things that we could learn from your word today and we pray oh lord that as and when we need it you would bring these things back to our minds to our memory oh lord so that we can apply these things to our situations we pray oh lord that we would be people who are willing to open up our innermost hearts where our deepest longings reside and we would be willing to allow you to be king over even of even all of those things because lord we truly want to believe in you we truly want to surrender to you because we want this eternal life we want to enjoy all that you have in store for us for our future so we pray that you would help us a lot even as we walk with you and we pray that these living waters which you're releasing into us on a daily basis we pray oh lord that it would flow out that lord we would be so much in you we would remain in you to such an extent that we begin to look like you talk like you and those waters cannot be contained inside any longer but would just flow out and influence all people that we come in touch with that we come in contact with oh lord make us that kind of people because really the reason that all of us have signed up for this course and we are attending these classes is because our heart is not just on physical material temporary things we really have a longing for eternal things we really want lives to count even over the next 10,000 years so oh lord we pray that you would help us to to practice these things that we have learned in our everyday lives thank you lord in Jesus name we pray amen thank you so much all of you for listening patiently and also participating thank you amen thank you first thank you thank you