 Check check. Okay. Can you all hear me Karen and Nina? Good morning and welcome to class Karen Nina. Can you hear me? Thank you. Okay. Let's begin with the word of prayer Can I ask Sean? Can you please come and lead us in practice? You can get that Mike. Okay, Sean is from faculty and It's okay. You can't see him come little more in front Sean Please Okay, okay Sean go ahead and really Have any father. Thank you very much for gathering us all here today. Any father? Be blessed when guidance and leaders might talk about class any father Please I will understand your word through ma'am any father. Please if I understand this new book that reading today any father Please leave my entry to this book or it is a class any father and thank you once again for gathering us all here today Any father in Jesus name we pray amen amen Thank you Sean Okay today, we'll begin Looking at this book the code of honor so You can you know access it on our Websites www.apcwo.org I've also posted it on the stream page so you can Access it students on the online students It's available on the stream page The PDF copy of this book code of honor so you can access it from the stream page I've put that on the stream page just now so Karen Nina and Krisha you can access the book on the stream page the PDF copies that Or you could even go to our website www.apcwo.org and you can go to The books English books and you can access this book code of honor from there Okay Okay, so we are going to look at this book code of honor. It's basically written for pastors Okay, and for those in full-time ministry, so you must be wondering, you know Why are we looking at or studying this book? Some of you already are part of ministry and you just come to be trained Some of you in the online class the e-learning class are also doing ministry Alongside being with you know joining this Bible college course. So this can be helpful But you know those of you who are not already in ministry You are going to be stepping into ministry in a year's time or two years time or three years time And so some of the principles that we are going to learn from here. It is going to be very very helpful you can even Know We're all in full-time ministry always right whether we are in the field You know doing engaging in ministry There's no like full-time or part-time ministry. We are all full-time believers. There's no part-time believers The same way we're all in full-time ministry. So all of you are engaging in the week also you're doing some Ministry on Sundays are also doing ministry that it's set up or back up or welcoming people It's all a ministry. Okay. So some of the most of these lessons here in this book Can help you can also give you insights for your future to correct yourselves to guide you and to realign you to what How God wants us to live in our Christian Life so don't think okay. I'm not in ministry and I'm going to be later on So I'll read this book later. I'll switch off now Don't do that. Okay. This can also help us in the practical every day are living as well So we look at the after one which is talking about our personal life. Okay You know when we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior the few initial days of our life. We're very excited We are you know, we're reading God's word. We're praying they're going for fellowships We are you know, just worshiping God But as the journey into you know our life with God into our spiritual life with God We become slack in this area of reading God's word and saying right or even if we are engaged in ministry We become such busy for these Or you know, sometimes you're finding difficult to handle Work finding it difficult to handle ministry or finding it difficult to handle, you know Your family as well and also get time to spend time with God. So some of you might be in this whole Framework where you are working but also doing some ministry. You're also, you know You know You know got yourself into this online post or you're studying in the Bible College And you also have a family to take care of and so you don't find time to spend with God Most of the time be kind of time with God in the Last one list right to do things that we need to do To do to do list in the day or the week, you know A spending time with God is something that we always put in the last Only if you have some time be managed to read God's word just a few verses just say a quick prayer Just as a ritual, but it's important that you know, we spend time with God Because why is it important because our ministry is usually an God personally in us now quite time to God So our ministry is an overflow of our relationship and intimacy that we have with God So the time that we spend with God, you know We receive the anointing we receive the power and that is seen Flowing out who are even if you want to win a steal a good example is he's himself, right? Even though he just was very busy in listening to some people He would wake up very early or he would spend the whole night just you know Communing with his father speaking fellow shipping with his father and we see the next day He goes about you know being powerful Science miracles and wonders where is all that coming there that power is coming from does not because he was you know I mean he laid aside all of his Deity he took upon himself And he was hundred percent man But where did he get all of this anointing and power is of course the power of the Holy Spirit that is working in us We have the same power of the Holy Spirit But why aren't we able to do what Jesus did is because Jesus spent that time with the father Okay, so our ministry is basically an overflow of our relationship or our intimacy with God So if you're not spending Quality time with God, then we can see we can go and preach but you know none of them with Accessors or the message will just be a good message a feel-good message But it will not transform life so people lives will not be transformed life So not be reached out to and also you know We won't be able to see mighty science miracles and wonder so so important Is our time with God and sometimes we compromise that on for other things Okay, and no one can help us to you know journey in our personal relationship in our personal walk with God We need to take that steps, right? Nobody can push you Hey, I we don't ask you every morning. Hey, did you read your Bible? Did you pray? I'm sure Dino or Kiran is not asking you or you know online students your parents or your spouse is not asking you It's something that we need to take Hold off. We need to take responsibility. It's something we need to be personally accountable to God for okay So the next thing that we need to do is a schedule or time Where you meet secretly? With God a secret place a secret time Schedule a secret place a secret time where you're going to decide okay this part of the day I'm going to spend time, you know Worshipping God reading my Bible and free Some of us are night birds, you know like apples. We are bright in the night, you know And we are very dull in the mornings. Okay, like me. I'm very bright in the night But morning time is a little dull for me I think my my senses and my mind really activates at four five in the evening Okay, maybe some like that for y'all So you might choose that time of the day to you know spend time with the Lord Some of you are morning birds, you know early morning birds when you wake up very early or fresh and bright And that's a good time to spend with the Lord So the time is the best time for you give the best time to spend with the Lord But the best time is in the morning, you know when it's everything is very quiet You've not begin your day. You don't have anything, you know Usually in the evenings, we're thinking okay this happened that happened when we're praying or we're very tired We fall out to sleep while we are praying or reading God's word. It just goes above our head So, you know, you have to choose a secret place a secret time when you are going to meet with the Lord, okay, and it let it be a consistent practice Okay, make that time consistent. Okay, so you know that you know, this is the time I need to spend with the Lord You don't keep anything or you don't take on any responsibility at that time. Okay, and we also see that You know when we spend time in the secret place God sees that he's ministering to us and he rewards us Publicly, so when we go out in the public, we're ministering to people not only on when they're invited to preach or teach or You know, we're up on the stage or on the pulpit Also, we're carrying this a time with God, you know in our hearts throughout the day So, you know, even as you meet different people God can give you a word of wisdom knowledge prophecy You can speak into people's life, you know, when when somebody's looking down, you can say, hey Why are you looking down says, you know, I'm not well you say, okay, I'll pray for you But instead of saying I pray for you say can I pray for you now? No, whether it's in the shop in the restaurant in the in the street, you know We can just lay hands on them and believe God to do science miracles and wonders. So, you know as the secret time that we Spend with God actually is carried out throughout our day It's a it's a day-long communion with God and you know We are passing on to God the anointing and the power that we receive just like Jesus, right? The time we spend with the father in the night or the early in the morning We see him reaching out to different people is ministering to different people throughout the day And we see him mightily doing it all the nine gifts of the Spirit and you know, we shouldn't just be content with yesterday's or you know The previous season the time that we spent with God sometimes, you know, we reach a point where we say, you know I'm I speak in tongues. I pray well. I can understand the Bible, you know I'm also receiving revelations from God and we can live in that past Glory so to say the past revelations and we seem to be content with that But you know what happens when water gets stagnated in a place. What happens? You know when when you pour water in a place and you don't it just remains like that for a week or a month what happens Yeah, flies will come mosquitoes will breed it would be dirty water It'll it will stink the same thing in our lives, you know I think this is anointing as it is power or the you know, a few months back You're strong and the Lord you are spending time in prayer You pray in tongues your you were also seeing yourself flow mightly in in science miracles and wonders the gifts of the Spirit You see have activated in your life You can stay in that past, but you know, it's very dangerous to stay in the past You know every day we need a fresh anointing of the Holy Spirit and that's why we read in acts even though the disciples and the apostles where You know, they were baptized of the Holy Spirit Receipt power on the day of Pentecost, but if you read the book of Acts we see you know every day we see David, you know They were anointed with the Holy Spirit, you know, so we need that anointing every day So even you can pray even as you begin your day You can say God anoint me a fresh with your Holy Spirit No fresh anointing of the Holy Spirit and we need a prayer of the Holy Spirit every day So we need to stay hungry for God We need to be more hungry for his word for his spirit in our lives And this will make motivate us, you know to spend more time with God. Sometimes they're more hungry for power They're more hungry to flow in the gifts of the spirit But all of that comes as an outflow of our time with God Okay, you can flow gives the spirit You cannot see the fruit of the spirit manifest in your life if you are not spending time with the Lord that is you know, that's why Jesus says if you abide in the wine you will You will Wear fruits, okay So this it's automatic if you're connected to the wine, okay, you're receiving the life from the wine Automatically you will you know, you will reveal the fruit of the spirit and the gifts of the spirit Okay, and we also need to continuously strengthen our character. What is your character character is basically Who you are? Okay, it's not what you assume to be in front of others We can show ourselves to be something else in front of others Or it's not what people assume you to be because you are trying to show them something else about yourself But your character is actually who you are in the dark When nobody's watching you in the secret place on your bed in your room when nobody's watching you What are you thinking? What are you? You know watching what are your thoughts? So characters who you are in your the secret choices that you make the choices that you make and in your own quiet own space Okay, so it's very important that You know, we build on our character character is our moral of fiber Our character is it's the level of godliness that we walk in in the private when no one is Watching okay, so it is the level of godliness that you are walking in So if you're a God person even in the secret place when nobody's watching you You know what you're seeing on your mobile phones what you're watching on the TV what you're thinking in your mind You know, there will be if there will be a sense of godliness You will feel God because you know that God is watching over you so that is your character Characters who you are in the dark in the secret place. So, you know, we need to Like in 1st Timothy chapter 4 verse 7 it says, you know, we need to exercise in godliness Okay, we need to exercise in Godliness sometimes, you know, we think we are already godly people. So we don't need to we don't read our Bible We don't pray we become so busy We live in yesterday's anointing or the previous season's anointing but that can be very very Dangerous, okay Why can it be dangerous because it weakens us now if you don't use one of your hand For just say one month or two months. What will happen to your hand? Yeah, your muscles will become weak, right? You have to use an exercise Okay, otherwise your muscles will become weak in the same way if you don't Exercise your godliness, which means if you don't spend time with God in prayer in worship and reading God's word Then you see that, you know Sin can easily creep in temptation can easily creep in and that's when you know our character also will get Effective and we see that in our character. We will be making the wrong choices sinful Choices and our character is not, you know, you know, developed in a moment where we you know When we are in a in a difficult situation or in a problematic situation or we are facing temptation We make the right choice. That is not when our character is developed a character is developed throughout Time now you look at Joseph's life, right? In Joseph's life, it says that you know, Joe that what if his wife every day she would tempt Joseph and every day she would he would put off her Temptation and her advances against him. Okay, but the time when nobody was in the house and she really pulls him Okay, we see that, you know, Joseph was still very strong. He does not give in Okay, he just flees he just run he says how can I do this wicked thing against my master because he's not You know, he's kept me away from you because you know, even though he's maybe the manager But you are his wife and he says how can I sin? Against God now, how do you think David was sorry? Joseph was able to make this? you know Right choices when he was facing these Patience, it's not that he developed his character at that moment. It was because he already had a strong Character a strong moral fiber of what is right and wrong of doing what is right and not doing what is wrong And that is how do we know that he doesn't say in the Bible? But we see that, you know, his brother's one of the reasons why his brothers hated him was they Joseph would go and see what they're doing the field. They will not be taking care of the sheep They would be playing the fool. They would be sleeping. He would come and report back to his Because he knew what his brothers were doing was Wrong. So you see his his character was developed from a very very young age Okay, we see that even in the life of Daniel, okay So character is developed over time and how is our character developed a character is developed to our obedience to God to this word It's also through spending time with God and You know our character can never rise above our level of obedience to God, you know If you're not obeying God that means your character is not in the right level where it has to be or in the right part Where it is to be and be sure that you'd be easily led into sin But if you are obeying God even in the small things of life, even when you have, you know You want to get out of the situation you decide. Hey, I'm not going to lie Okay, your eye catches something which is unclean, but you immediately move You know, you look somewhere else, you know, you have made and you have obeyed God, you know You've treated somebody has done something evil to you has been rude to you But you know you are being nice to them, you know, you're living in obedience to God So it can be even in the simple things of life and they are living in obedience to God It's where our character is Developed, okay, and our character will never rise beyond our level of obedience So we need to keep a watch over our character. Nobody can keep a watch over our character We need to keep our watch over our Character we need to grow in the things of God. Also, we need to invite the word of God To cleanse us, you know what you know, remember what the psalmist says Created me a keen heart of God and restored a right spirit Within, okay, that should be our prayer. We constantly looking at our hearts our motives You know Invite the work of the work of God in our lives to his word the holy spirit To the influence of godly people if some godly person somebody corrects you your parents correct you take that correction And that will help you to rise to new strengths in your Character, okay, we also need to be aware that you know our enemy is proud He is always prowling around us like a roaring lion looking at whom he can Devour eat chew up eats Okay, so if you're not strong in you're not keeping your time with God you not maintain your consistent secret place your time with God There's no level of godliness that you're reaching and also Your character is not being developed. It's not growing into levels of godliness Be sure that your enemy is there ready to attack you look at what Paul Says in Philippians chapter 3 verse 12 If Philippians chapter 3 verse 12 Paul says sing them we read that please for those of you are following the textbook It's on page number 12. Yeah, so see Paul has You know Paul has you know Been such a great apostle he's done such great things for God, but what does he say here? He says I'm not attained everything see and I'm not become perfect But he says I press on to take hold of that which Christ Jesus has taken hold of me Okay, so Krisha has a question here. Is it possible for people to be tempted and Even after we are born again. Oh, yes, you know It's a thousand percent yes, I think the devil attacks us more than he attacks the other person Other people were not born again because he leaves them because anyway He knows that you know, they're all going to be destined to hell, but he tries to Yes, he tries to Take us away from God. He tries to tempt us and that is why it's so much more important Even if you're born again, you know, how much more time whether you're pastor You're a prophet you spend 40 years walking with God in ministry It's so important for us to read God's word to be aligned to God's word obey him and to be always in tune with what the Holy Spirit is telling us and Correcting us. Okay. The next one is we are on page number 12. Do then teach Okay, can somebody read Matthew chapter 5 verse 19? Thank you. So what does Jesus say in? Matthew chapter 5 verse 19 he says whoever Does and teaches them they will hear there will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Okay, so before we teach we need to Practice ourselves. We need to do it. Others. We don't teach or practice. So there are sometimes, you know, when We are teaching we have to teach about the gifts of the spirit because we want the people we are ministering to in Church or you know in a Bible study group We want them to grow in the things of the spirit Maybe we are not flowing in all the gifts of the spirit But that does not mean that you know, we don't go ahead and teach them about the gifts of the spirit Sometimes we might not be also manifesting all the fruits of the spirit There might be some areas where we are asking God to work in our lives It does not mean that okay, I'll wait till I manifest all the nine fruit of the spirit Then I will teach about it. No, you know, sometimes we can go ahead and teach the truths from God's word You know, sometimes you're going to you're not married, but you can still preach and teach about Family, I'm not married. I'm going to be teaching you the next lesson on family about spouse and about children I don't have not married myself. I don't have children But we can still teach from God the truth from God's word and let God the truth from God's word Speak and minister to people sometimes we have failed in the past, you know in certain areas of our life, you know But that does not and we have You know, we've asked God for forgiveness. We've aligned ourselves back to God, you know And then we can you know, we we feel in our heart that yes God is forgiving us with set that area right with God We are honoring God in that life then we can go ahead and preach Of course people will mock us and laugh at us But we know that you know, we have set our Score right with God we've aligned our life in that area back to God and we can go ahead I remember a great man of God Um, you know great pastor, you know reached out to many people a great missionary himself But he got you know, you know, he's been many years as a pastor wonderful teacher teacher Everybody used to in bangles if you used to look up to this great man of God, but he fell into temptation. So krisha You know, um, this is also answering the question. He fell into temptation He was caught in adultery His wife came to know about it had warned him told him But you know, he didn't heed the his wife's What his wife said and then finally his wife had you know, reveal it to the organization because the sin cannot go on right And they caught him with this woman But then, you know He realized his mistake. He you know got back to God He aligned himself back to God asked God for forgiveness and I remember one Sunday he preached in church and He was talking about Marriage and family and he was also talking about adultery when he came to adultery He said I know that you know what I have done in life But I'm going to speak about it because I know that I have set my life right with God God has forgiven me Um, and I know that I'm not walking that path again So don't think that I don't have the right to speak about it. I'm just going to speak from the truth So God's word realizing that I've done a mistake, but you know, I've been For given by God and I'm just walking in obedience to what he has done And I have been my sin. So sometimes we can even Talk about our past failures And it just gives uh, you know room for people to see okay I'm going through this but you know, this man of God has gone through it. He has come out I can also come out. I need to Come out. Okay So we need to practice God's word and then preach but there are some times when we can just speak the truth from God's word Okay, the next point is be a voice not an echo You know, uh, all of us we listen to other men and women of God We receive from their revelations. We receive from their life But then we receive Revelations and from their life and the move of God in their life It doesn't mean that we immediately bring it and you know copy it or imitate it in our You know bible study group that is meeting in our in our house or a youth group that we are in charge of or You know our church that we are overseeing We just don't bring it and then we just don't okay This is what God wants us to do No But what we need to do is then we receive Revelations from other men and women of God and we also see the move of God in their lives What we need to do is we need to um You know spend time Let it become part of our lives first and then at the right time, you know when God's feeding us We reveal it to people and then we let God You know work and move Otherwise, if you just kind of copy and imitate things that is happening in this church that church, you know We will just be an echo. You know what's an echo to hear your own voice Okay, there's there's nothing happening. There'll be no life You will see no power of God You'll see no move of God and we'll be wondering hey that man of God You know, he did the same thing or that woman of God did the same thing in their church in their ministry and You know, I just see the power of God the move of God. Why is it not happening here? Okay, so it's very important to wait for the right time to see when God wants us to bring about it You know and go ahead and do it so God even desires to speak and instruct us We've already learned that in depth when we looked at these two books fulfilling God's purpose for our life and also receiving God's guidance Okay, and where does God speak to us? He speaks to us in the secret place You know in your personal time with God is times when God is going to reveal things Not only give you fresh revelations also going to reveal things about your past The next season what he wants to do reveals the plans and the purposes for your Life so when we receive revelations from God, you know, we need to personally Walk in it and then you know when we see that work in our lives And then we preach and teach it that becomes very very powerful Then it becomes a voice of God. It becomes a voice of the Holy Spirit and not an echo Okay, the third thing that we need to do as Ministers of God or believers is to live a simple life. You know, just be yourself Don't imitate others. You know, don't pretend to be someone you are not just be yourself. Okay I don't get entangled in the things of this world Second Timothy chapter two was for Paul is writing to Timothy Can somebody read that it's on page number 15 in somebody read in What does Paul say? Writing to Timothy second Timothy chapter two was four on page number 15 top of the page Yes, a soldier wants to please his commanding Officer does not get engaged in civilian affairs and how does it relate to us? We've already looked at this worse before I've explained it It really basically means that you know as believers as born again believers as ministers of God Who are we supposed to please? God not people Okay, God has given each one of us. He's designed us to be someone specific Don't imitate. Don't copy others. Just be yourself. You know, uh, and also don't pursue, you know Bigger house bigger card, you know the latest gadgets lavish lifestyle, but we're not saying this is all wrong. This is not This is sinful. We're not saying that, you know If your family is growing you need a bigger house, then you can go ahead and get a bigger house, you know, if you want You know a bigger car to accommodate more things or more people to drive them to church bring them back Or, you know, you're carrying all of the church equipment with you. You need a bigger car. That's totally fine Okay, you need gadgets to enhance your ministry to get, you know A laptop so that you can show power points. You need a lcd projected You know, you need a phone where you can access things well because you're you're somebody who's an itinerary minister You're traveling around, you know, it's okay. Those times you can buy a good Gadget, but it's not that, you know, you need to pursue all of these things What you need to pursue in life is your intimacy with God grow in the things of God grow in the word of God grow in Manifesting the fruit of the spirit and the gifts of the Uh spirit, okay, don't get caught up in showing people Okay, putting on a style putting on an act and all of that, you know, just live a simple lifestyle be content with what God has blessed you with Paul is writing to Timothy in 1st Timothy chapter 6 verse 6 to 8. What does he say godliness? Anyone knows that Uh godliness with contentment Is great gain Okay, so if you're godly means you're spending time with God you're content with what you have Now some of us are not content. We want more shoes more clothes more You know the latest phone gadgets we want this we want that, you know, that is not being content So godliness with contentment is great Gain it's something that you gain yourself. So don't pursue Accomplishing things of this world Sometimes, you know, even when we are in a ministry, you know, sadly, I've seen people in ministry They go from doing bth to bd to mth to phd. They think in terms of the World, okay, they think in terms of the world They want to go abroad and minister. They want to go to the us. They want to go to the uk Of course, I'm not saying, you know, you don't go anywhere But if God has specifically called you to go to these places Then please go if God has called you to do an mth God has called you to do a phd. Please go ahead and do it. Okay But just don't do it because you know in the world How do people live, you know, they think that uh, even for doctors Everyone every doctor says, you know, nbbs is not enough only if you do a master's then you get more salary You have, you know, you know, you have more avenues for you Uh, a job even people are, you know, when they do pusey pusey is just not enough for you to get a job You have to do a degree even degree is not enough. You have to get a master's right So, you know, the world is thinking like that But when you come to ministry, sadly, I've seen many people Do that and many of my classmates they keep on asking me. Hey, how come you've not done an mth You know, we thought when you were studying in bible college, you will do an mth. You live into a phd um Some of them do an online Phd and some of my friends have told me. Hey, you know, you can just do this three months of phd course Uh, it's just uh, you know a far distance course three months or six months and you'll get a Doctorate degree you'll have you'll be called as dr. Selena Macquana see Just for a degree you do six months or nine months and then you know, what's the difference between somebody who's Five six years to get a phd. What is the difference? Now, are we really into that rat race of the world in getting degrees and having names? You know, some of them say all themselves as uh, apostle Selena Macquana Prophet Selena Macquana or they put their name as you know pastor so and so and they have all their degrees You know lined up. I mean So much in the ways of the world But actually when you stand before god, he's not going to ask you whether you've been a apostle prophet teacher You know, uh, how many degrees? Whether you minister in the us u k which country or whether you were in orisa or in chattisgarh or You know in some backward place in in india or in some unknown island in this world But god is just going to see what you have how obedient you have been to his call and how you have done his What he wanted to for you to do in his life if you pursued his plan and his So don't get caught up in this rat race big church big congregation You know style this that you know, just be simple who how god has called you and it's uh, you know, you can be simple But it's the point and power that of god that is going to be Release through you that people are going to see you and identify you as a man or woman of god. Okay Uh, so don't get caught up in the things of the world colossion chapter three verse two says set your minds on Things above and not on Earthly things not the things of the earth Okay, so if you're not Intellectual don't pretend to be Intellectual sometimes if you made a mistake just say I'm sorry. I made a mistake. Everybody's human Right, if you don't know the answer for something, you know being a pastor or being a teacher It does not mean and I know the answers for everything. I just say okay look up or I check it up or you know I'll see we can't guarantee an answer for everything. Okay, uh, don't pretend to be rich when you're not No, just be simple who you are Don't always try to move with the intellectual people the rich people the elite people Don't associate with the low people You know, we need to associate both with the rich the lowly people the humble people the simple people We need to learn to relate with everybody romans 12 or 16. We are on eight number 16 Romans 12 or 16 says what does it say? Yeah, so what does it say here that you know be of the same mind towards one another set your mind on things about Associate with the humble do not be white in your own Opinion sometimes we think what we are saying is right. Everybody else is wrong. That is wrong Okay, the next thing is we need to keep our hearts pure God our motives. Okay You know sometimes in christian as born again believers we think you know, we are we are Going the right path because we don't drink. We don't smoke. We don't do drugs You know, we're not caught up in adultery and all of those things But we need to be very careful because there are some internal sins that are more dangerous That can lead to these external sins can be pride can be jealousy can be hatred can be selfish All of these things which are internal which are very subtle, you know can lead us into more external Sins, okay, so, you know God is not interested in how much we do for him But he's interested in why we are doing what we are doing He's looking at our motives our motives is to seek glory fame and recognition You know, we know that is wrong motives But you know, we already looked at this worse. We are on page number 17 top of page number 17 john chapter 7 was 18 Where it's we see that, you know If the one who seeks glory for themselves You know and not the glory of the one who sent them then, you know, there is no There is unrighteousness that is found in then we already looked at this Okay, but if we are people who are not seeking our own glory, but they're seeking the glory of the one who sent us Then god's word says there is no unrighteousness in such a Person, okay, and we also need to you know, take a hold of our thoughts Time and again, we need to look at our thoughts examine our thoughts You know bring our mind captive to god every thought captive to god see if there's lust You know sometimes all of these lustful thoughts can hide behind our whole Garb or our whole mass that we wear of holiness people will not be able to see it But who's able to see it god is able to See it and you know at times also when we get very angry with You know when our bible study group members or our church members with the pastor of a church Our bible study group members when they go to other church meetings We are 10 other churches or they're listening to other pastors or they're reading other pastors books, you know, we get We're filled with we are angry. We get you know filled with envy jealousy You know, we become very insecure And then we tell those people no you shouldn't be going to that pastor's church because that pastor is he did this Is this he's like that, you know No, we need to let people go and receive, you know And if they belong to your family, they're truly sons and daughters They belong to the family. They will come back, right? For example, all of you have left your family and come here, right? You're not going to stay here forever even though you like all people's church Okay, even though you might like all people's church bible college You're not going to stay here permanently and tell your family, you know, I like all people's church I'm going to stay here in this bible college hostel for the rest of my life No, you will go back to your Family even children they might love their teacher more than they love their mother because they're Just spending a lot of time with them Their mother must be busy or might be a very strict person compared to the teacher who's loving the car child can't say I'll stay in school the whole time The child will go back. So, you know, don't worry if your sheep is going Elsewhere if they belong to your family, they're truly sons and daughters. They will come back Okay, don't stop them. Let them learn let them receive from others. You don't become insecure. Don't be afraid Okay, don't be afraid of other ministers the ministries other leaders You know, if some minister or leaders, you know rise above your Above you, you know, you are senior pastor in the city and as a junior pastor Who's flowing mightly in science miracles and wonders preaching mightily, you know People are going to his church. Don't become insecure See, don't say, hey, there's something happening there. He's doing this. There's this trying to find out something Let people go let them receive, you know, because God is the same holy spirit working in him You know, you also just be faithful in what God has and trust it to You okay So all of us as christians, you know believers we struggle at with this But our center point should be our relationship with God that is where our life begins. That is where our life continues That is where our ministry begins and God is looking for purity in our hearts. Okay Paul says in 1st Corinthians 11 was 31. Can somebody read that we are on page number 18 Yes, so Paul is saying you judge your own life if you are going to judge your own life If you are not going to set your life right and the secret sins that you're having you're not going to bring it Before God and let the word of God know Holy Spirit correct you, you know, at In the book of numbers God says your sin will find you Out I think it's number 22 23 or numbers 23 32 You know in the book of numbers God says your sin will find you Out so if you're not God is going to give you a chance Okay, it's giving you chances to set yourself right But if you're not God is going to pull up that sin and when it does No, there's going to be a lot of shame and Disgrace so, you know, we need to be true to ourselves. We need to judge ourselves You know where we are in our level of godliness our character our thoughts but our motives are Pure and right and we need to invite the Holy Spirit We need to invite the word of God to work in our life Just like the psalm is said in psalm chapter 139 versus 23 and 24 Search me or God and know my heart ask God to search your heart to show you point out Even as he lays a finger on things that he wants you to set right in your life No set it right ask God to cleanse you purify you through his word and to the spirit Sometimes the cleansing happens quick Sometimes you see the temptation keeps persisting. So what do you do at that time? Don't think the temptation is stronger than you you need to spend more time in prayer Speaking tongues pull out scripture verses that talk about the sins meditate on it And then you know, sometimes the stronghold is so strong You need to you know advance against it very very strongly for it to break some sins You can easily get over but some sins you're not able to get over don't think okay You know, I'm not able to get over this. It's going to be part of my life This temptation is stronger. No, no temptation is stronger because where is your enemy? Underneath your feet. Okay, you're above him. So you are already given victory or victorious. Okay, so you can Read God's word meditate on it and ask God to cleanse you and the Holy Spirit to work in your life Don't kill your own conscience. What is our conscience? Are in a voice Okay, God speaks to us to our conscience Sometimes what the Holy Spirit is saying and what our conscience is saying can be in alignment When our mind is renewed when our life is in alignment to God's will our conscience is also aligned to God's will And so sometimes our conscience can be in agreement with what the Holy Spirit Is saying the Holy Spirit can impose what he's speaking even to our conscience Okay, so we need to maintain a pure and a clean Conscience why because I've explained to you if our conscience is dead to some sin what happens Sin can overtake our life. We can give all Theological reasoning arguments. We can even show from God's word. That's the extent we can go to from God's word saying that That I'm I mean I'm in this kind of adultery But you know, it's what I'm doing is right. We can try to prove it Why because our conscience is dead, you know, when our conscience is dead to a sin It's very very dangerous because you know that time sin can take over our Lives and you know, we don't even know what is right and wrong We just keep doing what is sinful and that is what that is very very dangerous So we need to keep a clean conscience at all times and Paul warns us that we need to have faith along with a good Conscience first Timothy chapter one was 19. He says If you have a good conscience, we need to have a good conscience Also and have faith. Okay So faith and A good conscience go alongside each other. So keep listening to your conscience. Don't kill it It's a small part of you, but it makes a huge big Difference so sometimes you can see people just talking bad words Just automatically coming out of their mouths Even if they're not angry even if they're not fighting with somebody they can just be talking Normal everyday things you've seen young people or you know Middle-aged people they're just talking to their friends But you know, there'll be there have so many bad words in that Say, how can they even use those words? It's because their conscience is so dead too using those words Okay, so we need to keep our conscience always alive and not let it die. Yes. Can you take them? I can ask the question Because the students need to The students also can sin to you Are you talking about that do not become insecure Do not be insecure of other pastors. So the thing is uh, what I observed in in our place In our places some pastors attracting believers to come to church So there is a little bit of pain for the own shepherd, right? So there's a little bit there is a little bit pain in the in the heart of own shepherd own pastor So, uh, what we can how can we see that? Okay. Yes. I mean, this is a common problem that's happening everywhere. It's a good question You know, uh, there are some preachers who want to attract the crowd So they attract crowd with their charisma their style They're talking about prosperity gospel. They don't talk about sin. They don't talk about salvation They don't talk about You know eternal death and all those things they just want to attract people to the to the churches and some people just You know, uh, go there and you know, the other pastors are kind of heartbroken You know, I have invested in these people. They've gone But you don't have to you know, you've done your part in Feeding them as long as they're there in your house or in your in your part of your family If they step out, it's their own responsibility. You know Just pray for them that god will open their eyes and see the truth and they might come back to the church or go back And be part of a spiritual church where the truth of god's word is being talked to them. That's what we can do Okay, thank you. We will stop here and we will come back after a break Thank you everyone You