 So welcome back after the break, before we went for our break, we just looked at a brief introduction to what we will be studying in this APC publication, the book Kingdom Builders, okay, and we will look at chapter one. So if you can all, you know, open to PDF copies, this book Kingdom Builders, I think I've already put that under, you know, in the course content, or you can even find it in our APC publication, do you all have access to that, the APC publication Kingdom Builders, what about the others, okay, you can go to our website and now website, you can go to the resources and publication, English books, and then there you can find this publication Kingdom Builders, okay, so we can follow along with us, it will follow along with me and the rest of us, it will be nice. Okay, so we're looking at the first chapter, the Kingdom and the Church, now this is something that we already studied in the book the Kingdom of God, we looked at the king and his kingdom in chapter two, and the church, the kingdom of God, we looked at it in chapter three, so what we are just going to look in chapter one, we'll just be reiterating a few things that we already have learned in the book, the Kingdom of God in chapters two and three, okay, so we know that, you know, the words or the terms, the kingdom of God and the kingdom of heaven are used interchangeably, they, what mean one and the same, okay, the kingdom of God actually describes whose kingdom it is, it is God's kingdom, and the kingdom of heaven is actually revealing to us that the kingdom of God originates from our realm that is outside of this world, that is not part of this world, and it's also revealing to us that it is a kingdom from heaven and hence it is a spiritual kingdom, it belongs to a spiritual realm called heaven, and that's why Jesus said in John chapter 18 verse 36, my kingdom is not of this world, so we already looked at, you know, these terms kingdom of God, kingdom of heaven, we studied this in chapter one of, you know, the book the kingdom of God, okay, so we also saw in chapter two that we also learned that, you know, that God is the king of the kingdom, okay, he's the, who's the king of this kingdom, it is God himself who is the king, and we know that his kingdom, you know, is one where we see the king's rule, we see his dominion, it's a place where he reigns, where his lordship is extended, where we can see his power and his influence, and also it's a place, the kingdom of God is a place where the king's will is established, and all that he purposes, all that he wants to do, even before that he had planned and purposed, even before the foundations of the world, that is what he does or brings about accomplishes in and through his kingdom, also we know that, you know, his kingdom rules over all, okay, like we read in Psalm 103 verse 19, the Lord establishes throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all, okay, and who initiated or introduced the kingdom into our realm, it is Jesus himself who, you know, who introduced the kingdom of God when he said, you know, the repent for the kingdom of God is at hand, okay, we've already looked at this, so all of what we're going to say in today in the first chapter is just reiterating what we had already studied in the previous book, okay, and we know that Jesus came to bring us into the kingdom, and you know, he also came to bring the kingdom to us, so there are two things that he did, he came to bring the kingdom of God, of the kingdom of heaven to us, he just wanted us to show, he wanted to show us how God's kingdom is, what is, you know, it's a kingdom of power, it's a kingdom of love, it's a kingdom of forgiveness, compassion, it's a kingdom where the king is not just a ruler who treats us like slaves, but it's a kingdom where the king is a father, you know, so it will be the father heart of God, of this king, who's the king of the kingdom, and you know, and also Jesus brought the kingdom into our life, so he brought the kingdom of God to us, and he also brought the kingdom of God into us, which means when he died on the cross, you know, he made a way for us to be part of the kingdom, he made a way for us to come back to God, to be his sons and daughters, to be heirs of God, and co-heirs with Christ Jesus, so you know, we know that we have, we were once living in the kingdom of darkness, kingdom of Satan, kingdom of slavery and sin and death, but we have been delivered from that kingdom, you know, like we read in, and we've been ushered into the kingdom of light, as we read in Colossians chapter 1 verse 13, where it says he has delivered us from the powers of darkness, and conveyed us into the kingdom of the son of his love, in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, so through the blood of Jesus, we have redemption, we have forgiveness of sins, and hence we have been, you know, conveyed from, delivered from the power of darkness and conveyed into the kingdom of God, the kingdom of heaven, and we also know that the kingdom of God was established in our hearts, okay, Luke chapter 17 verse 21, you know, Jesus says, now will they say see here or see there for indeed the kingdom of God is within you, so we've spoken quite a lot about this, reiterated this over and over again, so the kingdom of God is a spiritual kingdom, you know, when we are born again, we are born, our spirit man is born again, we are born again, and we experience a spiritual aspect of the kingdom of God, the spiritual dimension of the kingdom of God, where the king's rule, domain, power, authority is all in our hearts and in our lives, and through us it's released or penetrates into our world, we also know that, you know, once we become children of God, we are adopted into God's family by the spirit of adoption, the Holy Spirit that tells us that we are sons and daughters, reminds us of our standing, who we are, our identity, so if anyone asks you what is your birth certificate, you have to just show them Romans chapter 8 verse 17, you know, where it talks about that we have been adopted into, you know, by the spirit of adoption of being sons of being children of God, and that's why we are called hairs of God and joint hairs with Christ, and we also know that, you know, just like God gave, when he created Adam and Eve, we put them in the garden, he told them to, he blessed them and asked them to multiply and also to have dominion and to subdue, so, you know, that means to rule, to have dominion, to subdue the evil one, but we see that, you know, when they sinned, they gave over the rights of ownership to Satan, they became his slaves and when Jesus died on the cross, he purchased back, you know, that the authority that is ours and he has vested that authority to the church and the church comprises of UN me, so he's given us the keys of the kingdom, he's given us the authority and he has given us back the authority to rule and have dominion on the earth, and we also know that we are called the sons of the kingdom of God as we read in Matthew chapter 13 verse 38, we also saw that, you know, the kingdom of God is a pervasive kingdom, it extends to all of human life, like we read in Matthew chapter 13 verses 31 to 33, where it says, you know, the kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, you know, which a man took and sold it in his field, you know, which is the smallest of all seeds, but when it grows, you know, it grows into this, it's greater than all the other herbs, it becomes a tree so that the birds of the air can come and nest in its branches, and also we see, you know, in verse 33, he says, Jesus spoke another parable and he said that the kingdom of God is like a leaf in which one took and, you know, and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leave it, okay, so we are that, like we just said, in the first hour of our class, you know, we are that mustard seed that leave in that God is, you know, you know, you might be small, but God is going to use us to, you know, to extend his kingdom into all spheres of our human life, okay, so there are two aspects of the kingdom that we saw, it's a spiritual aspect, which I just said, there's also the natural dimension or the literal kingdom that will be established, we also looked at this in a whole chapter in the book, the kingdom of God, and we know that when Jesus comes again, he will establish his kingdom, he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end, like we read in Luke chapter 1 verse 33, we also looked at the various aspects of, you know, about the king and his kingdom and his government by looking at the various names in Isaiah chapter 9 verses 6 and 7, we looked at, you know, how Isaiah unfolds the aspects, the government that the Son of God would administer when he comes back and, you know, he points back to his names, all the names that we see in Isaiah chapter 9 verse 6 as described to God that, you know, a wonderful counselor, prince of peace, mighty God, everlasting father, okay, so all of, we saw that the names of God are an expression of who he is, and he wants his kingdom here on earth to be an expression of who he is and what he does, that to be, you know, revealed in and through his kingdom, okay, and we also know that when he comes he will establish the throne, you know, there will be no end to his kingdom and he will bring about order and justice from that time forward to and forever more, okay, and we also looked at or learned that in that millenium kingdom that God will establish here, the physical kingdom, you know, each one of us who are saints, who are believers will be given this different responsibility, different positions according to our faith, according to the faithful, according to how faithful we have been in what we have done and what God has entrusted to us here while we are living this life in the spiritual dimension of the kingdom, so, you know, sometimes we think that, you know, there's no point in being faithful, I don't see any rewards, you know, I'm just suffering, I'm just laboring heart for the Lord, but, you know, there's nothing that I'm perceiving, but, you know, we need to just end here, we need to persevere, we need to fix our eyes on Jesus, continue running our race, because there will be a reward in the millenium kingdom, you know, depending on how faithful we have been, how good stewards we have been of what God has entrusted to us, how we have been engaging with this world and bringing about multiplication for what God is looking at, produce multiplication, productivity, you know, based on that we will be given ranks, orders, races of position in the administration of the physical kingdom that God, or the literal kingdom that God will establish when he comes here on the earth, okay, and we know that, you know, all of this is something that God had already planned even before the foundations of the world, okay, his, and he has invited us to inherit this kingdom that he had prepared for us even before the foundation of the world as we read in Matthew chapter 25 verse 34, and so since we've received such a kingdom, you know, we need to, you know, serve God in a way that is acceptable to him, and also that will bring about reverence and godly fear, Hebrews chapter 12 verse 28, okay, so all this we've already looked at, we're just kind of reiterating what we had studied, the kingdom of God and the church, you know, now the kingdom of God that we see in the present time is in his spiritual form, and when Jesus died on the cross, you know, he took back the keys of authority from Satan, he gave it, he gave those keys of authority, or he gave the kingdom to the church, and the church is basically the body of Christ, so the church is part of the kingdom of God, and it represents his kingdom here on earth, okay, and hence we are called to pray like Jesus taught us in Matthew chapter 6 verse 10, your kingdom come, you will be done on earth as it is in heaven, and if you look at this verse in Matthew chapter 16 verses 18 and 19, we know that, you know, we have been given the keys of authority, verse 19 it says, and I will give you the keys, the kingdom of heaven, keys means dissembles authority, and we can also, you know, we've been given the authority to come against the gates of Hades, okay, the gates of hell, we have been given the power and the authority to overthrow and overpower the gates of hell, we know that gates are places of importance of where, you know, there's people have access to come in or, you know, are restricted from coming in, hence when, and in Jesus time, gates also resembled places where, you know, judgments would be passed at the gates, you know, people, the elders would sit and they would bring about justice and they would pass judgments, so gates actually also resemble, you know, demonic influence, demonic domination, demonic authority and power, and the church has to advance against the gates of hell, now the gates don't move, they're stationary, you know, so the church has to, you know, go against the kingdom of God, we have to engage in tearing down the forces of darkness and pulling down the centers of demonic domination on the earth, and God has given us the keys, the keys symbolizes authority, okay, not only having been given authority and power but just as Jesus, you know, ushered in the kingdom, he proclaimed, he talked, he preached the kingdom of God in the same way, likewise, we need to preach and teach about the kingdom of God, and also we need to, you know, heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, because freely we have received, freely we need to get, and we need to teach people, you know, how to live according to kingdom thinking, kingdom culture, and grow in kingdom lifestyle, okay, that was just a quick review of what we've been studying, we also know that the church is a spiritual body, because the kingdom of God is in a spiritual form, and hence the church is a spiritual body, but it's a spiritual body consisting of all believers, consisting of people, and hence it has a natural expression in people, because, you know, people comprise the church, and it's, who are the people who comprise the church as those who have been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb, okay, so we don't fight against each other, because each one of us has been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb, we are precious in God's sight, so we honor, respect, love each other, we esteem others more than we can esteem ourselves, because each one of us are precious in God's sight, because we have been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb, okay, so even as we are believers, and we belong to the body of Christ, but yet there are different denominations, there are different groups of people, there are different churches based on our culture, based on the way we worship our personal preferences, our individual preferences, and you know, all of these are natural differences, because this is how we like to worship God, this is how some other people like to worship God, but you know, these have become, sadly have become reasons for separation or division in the body of Christ, and it has caused the church to be a divided house and a divided kingdom, so the whole purpose of you know, studying this book on kingdom builders is to help us you know, as kingdom builders to rise above all our natural opinions, our natural preferences, our natural differences of the way we worship, what style of worship we are comfortable with, how we like to worship God, it's all okay to do that, but we need to make sure that you know, it does not separate us, but we need to work together in establishing the kingdom of God, so we need to remember that you know, each of us in our own denominations, we are not a kingdom by ourselves, you know, we are just part of that body of Christ, and we all belong to that one kingdom, which we need to keep in mind, okay, so anyone has any questions about lesson one, we just kind of reiterated all that we've been studying, any questions? Are all of you with me? Am I too fast? Do we have some responses please? All of you with me? Or am I too fast? I need to slow down my pace, okay, it's only one S from one person, okay, so here on page number nine in your book, there is a chorus called Majesty, anyone knows that song? Anyone knows the song? Jefina, you know the song? Zealotoli, do you sing the song in your church? Okay, okay, John Paul, you'd like to sing for us? Yeah, we can sing it, you can lead us, we'll all mute our mics and we can all sing and you can lead us. Is that okay, John? Yes, Master. Majesty, worship his majesty, come to Jesus, be all glory, all majesty, kingdom, authority, flows from his throne unto his own, his emblem ring, so lift up on high the name of Jesus, magnify glory, Christ Jesus the king, Majesty, worship his majesty, unto Jesus, be all glory, kingdom, authority, flows from his throne unto his own, his emblem ring. Thank you so much, John. It just, you know, some of these choruses and hymns that are, you know, in this publication, so powerful, it just reminds us, you know, even as kingdom builders, it's so important for us to know that, you know, who is the king of the kingdom? Sometimes we can come and take that place of the king and so here it says that, you know, Jesus who died now glorified king of all kings. He's a king of all kings and we need to magnify his name, we need to give him the glory, honor and praise and the way we serve him and the way we relate with him and the way we adore him and the way we honor him and everything that we do. Okay. Okay, we'll move on to chapter two, Christ the king of the kingdom. Again, Christ the king of the kingdom. Now, just, you know, mentioned there is Apostle Paul who was used greatly and mightily by God, you know, to establish and expand God's kingdom and, you know, we see him as a true kingdom builder, one whose heart was, you know, set on, was set on glorifying Christ and seeing his kingdom come. Okay. And that's what Paul says, you know, many places he mentions this but just one place that I would like to, you know, bring to your attention as Philippians chapter three verse eight here he says, you know, I count all things lost for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish that I may gain Christ. Okay. So here we see, you know, Paul saying that, you know, he was, he's a, he's a great scholar, he studied under Gamaliel, he studied under great scholars, he knows all of the Old Testament, Torah, the laws, everything. But he says, you know, everything that he has achieved, he considers as a loss, you know, compared to the knowledge of Jesus Christ, his Lord. And he says, you know, suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish that I may gain Christ. Okay. So we see that, you know, Paul was, his heart was set on glorifying Christ and seeing his kingdom come. We just like to point two references here and also mention that, you know, even you look at Paul's episodes, you know, he always begins by saying in a few episodes, he says, you know, Paul, a born servant of Christ Jesus. You know, what does he mean Paul, a born servant of Christ Jesus, is basically saying that, you know, he's, he's a born slave to Christ by choice, which means, you know, a slave, which is very, you know, a concept that was very evident prevailing in Jesus's time, Paul's time, you know, where slaves were sold in the slave market. But slaves were free to, you know, to go after serving their masters for seven years. But after seven years, if they still want to stay with their master, because they love their masters, their masters have been kind to them, no, they can, they can choose to live with their master for the rest of their life, you know, willing to submit to them, willing to take orders from them, willing to willing to do anything for them. So it's the choice that they do willingly. And, you know, and they, for these born servants, they actually peers their years so it just shows that, you know, they are born servants for life. And so Paul is saying that, you know, Paul, a born servant of Christ Jesus, which means that, you know, he says that, you know, willingly by choice, I have chosen to, you know, submit to Jesus Christ, to serve him for the rest of my life, to do everything that I have to do to build his kingdom. And so we also read, you know, in the book of Corinthians, where he talks a couple of verses where he says, all the sufferings that he has gone through, how many times he's beaten, the rods, the whips that he's taken, he suffered so much for Christ. And in 2 Corinthians chapter 4 verse 10 to 11, he says, now I'm always, Paul is saying, I'm always carrying in my body the dying of the Lord Jesus Christ, that the life of Jesus can also be manifested in my body. So he says, for who, for we who live are always being delivered to death for Jesus sake, the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So Paul is saying, you know, in my body, I carry the marks of, you know, always being delivered to death. We know that, you know, Paul was also persecuted, he was beaten up, you know, he was put into prison, he was whipped. But he says he's, he is, you know, willing to do all that for the sake of Jesus Christ. Okay, that the life of Jesus Christ can be manifested in his body that has been delivered to death day in and day out. Okay. And, you know, one of the examples we can read is in Acts chapter 14 verses 19 to 21, you know, Paul goes to the places in Galatia, he's preaching and teaching there, you know, the cities in Galatia, Iconia, Listra, Derby. And so he goes from Antioch to these places and the Jews in these cities, you know, they persuade the crowds and they stone Paul. Okay. And we know that stoning basically in the Old Testament concept is stoning a person until they are dead. And so we read that, you know, Paul was dragged out of the city supposing him to be dead. So they thought he's dead because he's stoned like Stephen, they'd drag him and put him out of the city. However, when it says it was 20 of Acts chapter 14, however, when the disciples gathered around him, he rose up and went into the city. Now, isn't that amazing? Because a man who's been stoned and left for dead, you know, must be having, you know, wounds and cuts and, you know, just imagine he got up himself instead of being put on a stretcher and bandaged, he walks into the city and it says amazingly dead. And the next day in the same verse 20 of chapter 14 says in the next day, he departed with Barnabas to Derby and was 21, he says, and they had preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples and returned to Listra, Iconium and Antioch, strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith and saying, we must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God. I mean, isn't this just so amazing? The man is being stoned, you know, and he's stoned and he's just fallen and, you know, he's in a state where he's almost dying, but he raises up, you know, by himself. He's not put on a stretcher. He goes to the city and the very next day, he goes to Derby with Barnabas and what does he go to do? He goes to preach the gospel in that city. And when he preaches a gospel there, he makes many disciples and he comes back, you know, to the same city where they persecuted and they stoned him, they left him for dead. He comes and what is he doing? He's strengthening the souls of the disciples there and exhorting them to continue in the faith and saying that we must go through tribulations to enter the kingdom of God. So what Paul actually said in 2nd Corinthians chapter 4 verses 10 to 11 makes so much of sense because he's saying he's always been delivered to death for Jesus sake, but the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal body. So what he's saying is, you know, the power, the resurrection power, the life of Jesus, the zoe life of Jesus can also be manifested in our mortal body. So even as we go through, you know, even as we go journey in life, you know, as kingdom builders, there will be times when we will, you know, go through persecution, challenges, difficulties, but we need to know that in all of the situations, the life of Jesus will also be manifested, the zoe life, the fullness of life, the God kind of life. The power of God will be manifested in our mortal flesh, like we see here what Paul does. And nothing stops him from, you know, advancing the kingdom of God and giving glory to Christ Jesus. Nothing stops him from seeing the kingdom of God established in the lives of people. Okay, so let's just look at one reference here, page number 13. 1 Corinthians chapter 3 was 6 and verses 9 to 11. Can somebody read that please? 1 Corinthians 3 was 6 and 9 to 11. I planted up all this water, but God gave the increase. For we are God's fellow workers, you are God's field, you are God's building. According to the grace of God, which was given to me as a wise master builder, I have laid the foundation and another builds on it, but let each one take heed how he builds on it. For no other foundation can anyone lay that, that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Thank you, Jeffina. So there's several important things that we can learn here. Paul is saying that the church represents a field where there are many workers and these workers must, you know, cooperate with each other in tilling the ground, in sowing the seeds and taking care of the plants that are growing so that they can reap a rich harvest. So it's not just one man's job, but it, you know, the church represents a field where there are different workers doing their own jobs to help in reaping a great harvest. And he's also saying that, you know, the church is compared to a building, you know, where the walls are raised up together by co-workers. So, you know, in the kingdom of God, all of us are co-workers. Okay. You know, and that because we are co-workers, is, you know, enables us, is what makes us to be kingdom builders. We're all here to build his kingdom. Okay. I think this is something that we need to, you know, take heart. We need to hold on to that, you know, we are here to build his kingdom. We are here to build God's kingdom and not our own kingdom. So here Paul is comparing the church to God's field and God's building, you know, and as being co-workers in God's field and God's building, we need to, you know, help in growth, in production, in doing our job and not quarreling with each other. We know that if the workers quarrel with each other, then, you know, work cannot be done, can be done in the field, no harvest can, you know, there won't be a harvest that can be reaped. We also know if workers do not, you know, cooperate with each other and work together in building a building, you know, things will get delayed. Okay. So, you know, being co-workers with God, it means that we work together in unity, in oneness to achieve what God desires. He achieves that we all be, you know, a part of this building the church and we're all one and, you know, unity is so important for the Godhead. You know, remember in John chapter 17, the High Priestly Prayer, Jesus prayed, Father, let them be one, let them, means he's talking about the believers. He says, let them be one as we are one. So, we see in the Trinity, there's perfect unity, there's perfect oneness, even though each one of them have their own roles, you know, but we see that even in that, you know, there is perfect unity, there's perfect oneness. So, we need to remember that, you know, in the kingdom of God, we need to work with other pastors, other believers, other ministers, you know, bishops and pastors and, you know, the saints, all those who are in the church, we need to work with each other. And also, we see here that kingdom building is all about building people because it says in verse 9, you are God's field, you are God's building. Okay. And in verse 9 and 10, 6, 9 and 10, he says, you know, another important thing that we can learn is that kingdom building is all about partnership. It's about working together. Okay. So, how do we know this? Because Paul says, you know, I planted a polished watered, but God gave the increase. Okay. So, sometimes, you know, God can call us to go to a place where we are just basically doing the groundwork. We are doing the hard work, you know, the hard work of praying, of, you know, evangelizing, of meeting people, of learning the language of that place. And then we bring in the people into the church. But that God calls us to leave that and to go somewhere else. And then he brings in someone else to nurture the people that we have brought into the church. So, we can say, hey, how can God do that? That's unfair. But that is how God works. You know, he, it's not that I plant, I water, I reap, I do everything. It's about co-laboring. It's about co-working. So, sometimes God can cause us to do all, and we can say, oh, I did the hard work. I did the dirty job. And this person who comes in, you know, I've set up everything. I have done everything. This person who comes in is having a good time, you know. Everything is set up. They just have to continue things. And, you know, they're getting all the credit. So, it's, it's, it's all of them. It's who plant, who water, and the harvesters reap. Everybody, you know, gets an equal share. All of them will be rewarded by God. And we looked at this even when we, when we, we looked at, you know, Elijah and Elisha, even though Elisha got a double portion of Elijah's anointing, yet we see that, you know, the Prophet will come in the, in like, like Elijah. Okay, not like Elisha, but like Elijah. So, you know, those who start the work, the pioneers of the work, you know, are the fathers of that work, are the fathers of the faith, and they will be rewarded. They will be given recognition. So, you know, it's all about partnership. And then this person who is, comes in second, who again, works, builds up things. And, you know, he has to leave or God calls him or whatever, you know, and the third person comes in and he's just sleeping the fruits of the hard work done by A and by B. Okay, so it's not the person seeing who's done everything, but it's everyone together, A, B and C, who have labelled in that place. And that is why, you know, there's a harvest being created and God is a true just judge, you know, he's righteous in what he does. He will reward everyone. So, you don't worry, you know, say, how can I leave this and go? You know, this is what I started, this is what I did. I can't give it up to somebody else, you know, when God is just calling us out, he's putting somebody else, it is his team, then he will take care, he will bring the right stewards. Okay, so God can use one man to sow, he can use another man to water and yet he can use another woman to reap the harvest. So, you know, one man lays the foundation, another one builds on it, you know, the other one takes it further or just living in the finished work, the grandeur, easiness of everything, regardless of what each one are doing in the different seasons or different times, you know, each one of them, what they have done is equally important and everyone is equally important. Okay, like we read in Romans chapter 12, again, Romans chapter 12 verses 14 and 6, 4 to 6, Romans chapter 12 verses 4 and 5. Can somebody read Romans chapter 12 verses 4 and 5? Okay, Romans chapter 12 verse 4 and 5 says, for us, we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same functions. So, we being many are one body in Christ and individually members of one and other. So, here it talks about, you know, that each one of us have different members, different jobs or responsibilities in the body of Christ. We have many members, each one of us have different roles, different responsibilities, different gifts that God has given to us. All of us don't do the same function, but each one of us are important. If one of us are not doing the admin work, you know, things will be difficult. If one of, if those of us have to leave worship, don't leave worship, then it will be difficult. You know, those of us who have to serve, if you're not there to serve, then, you know, or set, you know, lay the chairs or clean up or, you know, serve the tea, then, you know, things suffered in during a church service or in the body of Christ. So, all of us have different functions, you know, but all of us, you know, though we are many with different functions, we are in one body in Christ and each of us as individual members have to fulfill our functions to one another. Okay, so it says in verse five, so we being many are one body in Christ and individually members of one another. That means even though we are individual members in the body of Christ, but we are individual members, we are not, you know, we are not individuals in the sense that we work independently, but we are individuals in the sense that we are interdependent on each other, we need each other, others need us and we need them. In Ephesians chapter four verses 11 and 12, you know, it says that, you know, and he, which means the Holy Spirit or God himself gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, some to be pastors and teachers. So, even in the body of Christ, we all have different, you know, callings, different offices, but all of these callings and offices are important. Why? Because in verse 12, it says, for the equipping of the saints for the work of the ministry and for the edifying of the body of Christ. So, all of these offices in the body of Christ are so important because all of these offices, you know, help in equipping the saints and edifying the body of Christ. It's not saying edifying the local church, it's not saying it's edifying each of our own ministries, but it's edifying the body of Christ. So, what I'm saying here is, you know, that like we just pointed out an important thing here, it says, you know, we need each other, each one of us are equally important in the body of Christ. And one more reference I like us to see is Ephesians chapter 4, verses 15 and 16. You know, Paul says, speaking the truth and love, you know, we need to grow up with all things into him who is the head that is Christ, from whom the whole body is joined and knitted together by what every joint supplies according to the effective working by which every part does a share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love. So, here we see that, you know, the church is the body of Christ and who is the head? It's not the pastor, it's not the bishop, it's not you or I, it's the Christ is the head. And it says here that, you know, all of us, you know, have to do our share for the effective working of the body of Christ. So, if the body of Christ has to work effectively, each one of us have to do our share. So, we can't say, hey, I'm not a pastor, I'm not an apostle, I'm not a teacher, I'm just somebody who does, you know, serves tea, I'm not important when you are involved. Each one of us, you know, irrespective of what we are doing, each one of us, you know, when we do our bit, when we do what God has called us to do, it helps in effective working, which causes the growth of the body for the edifying of the church. Okay, the church is the body of Christ. So, this is something that we really need to understand this concept, put it in our minds because, you know, this is where we can fall, you know, this is where we can say, hey, you know, I don't want this person to step into my role because I have done all this hard work. I don't want him to take the glory and to reap all the rewards. Or, you know, we can say, I don't want to cooperate with him, let him do his own thing, I'll do my own thing, but it's so important in the body of Christ that we understand the head is Christ, that each one of us have to do our share. And when we do our share, it causes the growth of the body of Christ and edifies self-in-love. And also, we see that Kingdom Building is about Christ, Christ is the foundation and Christ is the starting point. Okay, so we'll stop here. We'll continue with chapter 2. Anyone has any questions? No questions? Okay. Okay, thank you all for joining class. Have a blessed week and I'll see you next Wednesday. Thank you, everyone. Thank you, West. Thank you, Jefina. Thank you, Mom. Thank you, Isaac. Thank you, Postum.