 Good morning everyone, thank you. Success, Georgia, Anita, Siddi Kenu, Lubega and Ilya, Lama for joining class this morning. Good to see all of you. Hope all of you are doing well. Yes, no response. Okay. Yes, we are doing well. Thank you. Thank you, Jafeera, for joining. Good morning, welcome to class. Okay, can I ask one of you to... Good morning, Success. Can I ask one of you to please lead us in prayer? Please? In Jesus' name. Let's pray. In Jesus' name, the ancient of this, who want to say thank you this morning, I'll give you all the glory because you are worthy to be praised. Thank you because you wake us up this morning to learn through your daughter. My father may go, we ask the Lord to take up man control in the name of Jesus. Lord, release your grace and your nighting through your daughter to us today in the name of Jesus. I see she speak to Lord, she will speak your mind. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen, amen. Thank you, Success. Yeah, it's a holiday today, but I think the Bible colleges are all on a working mode. So, yeah. I think some of the others are on holiday. Anita, you on a holiday today? No, ma'am. Okay, you're working. So I think Bible college of Japan has also... Siddhika, no, you're on a holiday today? Yes ma'am, I'm on a holiday today. Okay, good to have you in class. Thank you for joining us. Yeah, it's a festive season here in India. So everyone's pretty excited because I think after the lockdown for the last two years, they hadn't had the access of just meeting together and having fun. So everybody's in a great mood of celebration. Anyway, we're celebrating God, we're celebrating Jesus, we're celebrating all that he's done in our lives. And this morning we are looking at the second chapter in Kingdom Builders. We're looking at, we look at how, you know, what the kingdom of God is, the different aspects of the kingdom of God, and now we're going to look at how we should be kingdom builders. Okay, so what is the framework that we work within? What are the things that we keep in mind? How do we, what are the things that we put on? What are the things that we put off? And how do we build God's kingdom? How should we be, you know, kingdom builders? Good kingdom builders, okay? So we looked at chapter one, which was just a review of what we had learned in the kingdom of God, the publication kingdom of God. Now we're looking at chapter two, Christ, the king of the kingdom. We also studied this in the publication, the kingdom of God. So we're just going to go through some of this. And the first aspect we looked at was, you know, that we need to be coworkers with the king. We need to partner along with him. We also need to partner along with others. And we spoke about the importance of working together, the importance of unity, and how, you know, God uses one man to sow, the other to water, yet the other to leap. But, you know, one man lays the foundation, the other one builds upon it, the other one takes it further. So, you know, regardless of what each one of us are doing, each one of us are equally important, whether it's small or big task, each one of us are important because, you know, we are all edifying the body of Christ. We are all important to edify and build the body of Christ. Each one of us are roles, the talents, the gifts that God has given to us. And we looked at Romans chapter 12, was supposed to six regarding this in Ephesians chapter four, verses 11 and 12 and 15 to 16, and that is where we stopped. Okay, so this morning we're going to continue with chapter two, you know, where it says that our relation with the king of the kingdom is of prime importance. So if you want to build God's kingdom, then, you know, you just don't work on, you know, building networks with other pastors, with other leaders, you know, with the heads of denominations or bishops, or, you know, you don't just look for a network of ministers or spiritual covering. Well, all that is important. We need to build a healthy relationship with our fellow ministers, but what really qualifies us to be kingdom builders is our relationship with the king. That is of prime importance. Okay, because if you look at Colossians chapter one, verse 16 and 18, a very, very powerful passage of scripture, you know, can one of you please read Colossians chapter one verses 16 to 18, please? Colossians one, 16 to 18. Colossians chapter one verses 16 to 18. Colossians chapter one verses 16 to 18. For by him, all things were created that taught in heaven and that all of heaven was civil and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or paths. All things were created to whom important. And he is before all things. And in him, all things coexist. And he's the head of the body, the church, who's the beginning, the first born from the dead, that in all things he may have the premonitions. Yeah, so thank you, Jeffita. So here we see that, you know, in who's the head of the church? Who's the head of the church? Verse 18, who's the he who's the head of the church? Christ, please. Sorry? Christ, yes. Christ is the head of the church. And in him, all things hold, he created all things and through him, all things exist in him, all things exist for him, all things exist that he may have the preeminence. Preeminence means we give him, his preeminence means he's more important than anything else because he's the head of the church. So, you know, in the kingdom of God, we need to remember this thing with this powerful truth. We need to keep telling ourselves again and again that, you know, we are here to build God's kingdom as kingdom builders and the head is not me. You know, it's not I, but it is Christ. You know, when we keep telling ourselves that, you know, we can, you know, we will not fall into pride or, you know, we will not fall into thinking that I'm building my kingdom, my church, my ministry, my organization. We will always be mindful that we are building the kingdom of God and the head is Christ. He receives all the glory and the honor, okay? So Christ is more important in all that we do, you know, even as we are considering to build his kingdom, we are building not our kingdom, but Christ's kingdom. And so that is very important for us to be mindful of. And, you know, Matthew chapter six verse 10 says, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven when Jesus taught us how to pray. He says, your kingdom come. So it's not my kingdom come, or it's not my pastor's kingdom to come, or it's not my father who earthly father who has a church, not his kingdom or his church to come, but it says your kingdom, which is talking about the father's kingdom, the heavenly father, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. So we need to be mindful of this fact and this truth that it's not about me, my ministry, my church, my organization, you know, but it's about building God's kingdom, okay? And we should desire to build his kingdom and we desire to see his kingdom come and his will be done and not our will be done and not see our ministry come, but his ministry come and his will be done. And we are here to do what God wills, you know, not what we will, what we feel comfortable, what we like, we're here to do what God is asking us to do. And also we need to give him the glory because he deserves all the glory, honor, and power. And we know how Jesus ended off the, you know, the prayer that he taught his disciples. He said, yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever, amen. So all the glory and honor, you know, has to be ascribed to God. Even as we are building God's kingdom, we need to be constantly pointing out, pointing others to Jesus. We must be conscious that we are not, you know, looking for self-fame, for self-propaganda, for self-advertisement, but, you know, we're constantly, you know, directing people's focus, their attention on Jesus and not on us. So even in small things, you know, we need to give God the glory. And sometimes we can, you know, this can come very subtly. You know, we can give God 75% of the glory and we would like to keep 25% of the glory for ourselves. And that is why, you know, Paul says, you know, we need to crucify our flesh daily. Okay, we need to crucify the flesh daily because, you know, even as 25% can slowly become, 50% can become 75% and 100% where we are looking for self-glory and we, you know, we're not giving the glory and honor that's due to God. So John chapter seven was 18 says that he who speaks for himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is true and no unrighteousness is in him. So when we seek to glorify God, you know, what we are doing basically what we are doing is we are, you know, we are being pure in our hearts. You know, there is no unrighteousness in us. But if you're seeking for self-glory, then, you know, there is a measure of unrighteousness. We are not pure in our thoughts and our motives of serving God. And it's very important because Jesus says in the Beatitudes, blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. So if you want to receive more revelations, if you want to see the move of God in your church, your organization, then you need to ensure that you're in a place where, you know, you are giving all the glory to God ascribing him all the glory and honor because it is him who's doing everything. It is his power, his authority. It is his kingdom. He's the king. He's the one who's enabling you to do that. And so all of these truths, though, they are very simple and something that we already know, it's very important to reiterate these truths to our minds, you know, time and again, because, you know, subtly they can just come in and, you know, the I me, you know, can take precedence and become the center of our lives. And that's when we see the downfall of our ministry or, you know, the work of God or the work of God gets hindered and we don't see the move of God. We don't see, you know, the church throwing or people coming into the church or we don't see, you know, science miracles and wonders, okay? And we need to ascribe the glory and honor because to God, because he deserves our glory and honor. You know, Isaiah chapter 42 verse eight, the Lord says, I am the Lord, that is my name and my glory I will give, I will not give to another or my praise to carved images. So we know that God is a generous God. He's a zealous God. He does not tolerate his glory to be given to anyone else. And, you know, anyone else means not only to idols or to different ideologies or to different philosophies or to different God men or women, but, you know, very subtly, you know, we ourselves can become God men and God women when we try to take the place of God, you know, when we try to show people that it's my preaching style, it's my skills, it's my wisdom, it's how, you know, well, I know God's word, how well I can just rattle off all the scripture verses. So, you know, all of the advertisements, you know, our body language, everything, you know, can, you know, it can portray who we are, okay? That I am the pastor, I am the senior pastor, I am the, you know, apostle or I am the prophet. And, you know, what God says, he says, you know, I'm a jealous God and I will not give my glory to another, which means that it's not only just idols, but you are also, when you do all this, you know, you and I can also come to a place where we are taking the place of God because we are receiving all the glory and honor. So it's important that, you know, we are making sure that, you know, Christ increases in us and we decrease and people see Jesus in us and appointed to the Father. Just like, you know, when Jesus did all the science miracles and wonders, we see that, you know, people don't fall down at Jesus' feet and worship him as God, but they glorify the Father. That's what we read in the Gospels. So we see that Jesus very clearly is pointing them to the Father. He says, I only do what my Father asked me to do. I only say what my Father asked me to say. I only, you know, go where my Father's asking me to go. So he's constantly pointing to the Father. He's showing them the Father. He's revealing the Father heart of God to them. And that is what we need to do. We need to reveal the heart of God. We need to reveal the Father heart of God. We need to reveal the nature of God. And we need to tell God that it's people, that it's his power, his revelation is anointing is what they are receiving in and through you. Like this example in Acts chapter three, when, you know, Peter and John go to the temple to pray and there's layman who was sitting there begging and he just looks at Peter and John and, you know, he's begging and, you know, and he, Peter raises him up and he's able to walk and, you know, he's dancing and praising God. And everyone will look at this miracle, seeing this layman, you know, healed. They are so marveled and they look, you know, they're just, their eyes are gazed on Peter and John. As to say, you know, their gods come down to earth and so, you know, Peter and John tell the crowd, you know, why do you marvel at this? So why not so intently at us as though, you know, it's by our own power or godliness that we made this man to walk. And it says it's not us, but it's in the name of Jesus and by the power of Jesus that this man was able to rise up and walk. So we see that they pointed people to the living God and to Jesus Christ. John chapter five verse 41, Jesus says, I do not receive honor from men. So we need to come to a place, you know, where we don't desire honor from men. But that means, that does not mean that we do dishonoring acts or dishonoring deeds or behave in dishonoring ways. It does not mean that. It just means that, you know, we do things that are honoring in such excellence and such perfection that, and we preach in such excellence and perfection to pursue the heart of God, the will of God for our ministries or the places where God has appointed us in that offices. We also, you know, preach the word of God, just waiting on God, praying, fasting and praying, receiving revelations. But then we're saying, you know, it's not me. It's not my fasting or my praying. It's not my excellence. It's not my style, but we are pointing to Jesus saying, you know, this is what he told me. This is what he revealed to me. And so, you know, we need to point people to Jesus, give him all the glory. That's what makes us true kingdom builders. And Jesus also, you know, he said, if I honor myself, my honor is nothing. So honor that is a self-bestowed honor is of no value, absolutely no value, okay? In John chapter five, verse 44, Jesus says, how can you believe who received honor from one another and do not seek the honor that comes from the only God? So here he's basically talking about the Pharisees and the Sadducees, the Pharisees and Sadducees, in Matthew chapter six, verses one to six and Matthew chapter 23, verse five is basically talking about these, you know, these Sadducees and Sadducees, you know, basically when they're doing their charitable deeds before men to be seen by them. And, you know, so, you know, Jesus is telling them that, you know, you have no reward from your father in heaven because they're doing it. Your motives are, you know, not to do it for the father in heaven or to give him the glory, but, you know, to be praised among men. And so he's saying that, you know, they actually did it with no purity in their heart. And, you know, the righteous deeds is actually, you know, not pleasing in God's sight because they're just doing it to get praise from men. And so, you know, Jesus telling us not to do these kind of acts, to display ourselves or to get a good image. And then he's also goes on to say that, you know, when you do this, you will get your reward from people and you'll have no reward from the father in heaven. So, the idea is when we do righteous deeds for the, to get attention and applause of men, their attention and their applause is already become our reward. But it's much better to receive a reward from our father in heaven, okay? And he goes on to also talk about, you know, when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites for their love to stand praying in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets that they may be seen by men. And, you know, Jesus says, or shortly, you know, I say to you that, you know, they have received their reward. But he says, when you pray, go into your room, shut the door, pray to your father who's in secret and your father who sees in secret will reward you openly. So here basically when he says, when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. He's basically talking about these men who stand in the synagogues during the prayer time. And, you know, they just pray in a very hypocritical manner or they might also be praying, you know, during the public prayer on the streets which happens at nine a.m. in the morning at noon and at 3 p.m. And, you know, they're doing it, you know, the hypocrites are doing it so that they can be seen by men. And these hypocrites prayed not to be heard by God but to be seen by men. And so, you know, Jesus is saying that there is no reward for them. And also he talks about in the same passage, these same passages, he talks about how, you know, they enlarge the borders of their garment. They love the best place in the feast, the best seats in the synagogue, and they love the, you know, for the people to greet them as a rabbi. They like to be called rabbis and also the phylectries, you know, which they put on themselves. You know, all is just going to show that Jesus is saying all of this is just a show. It is, it's not something that, you know, they're saying that they're doing all this because, you know, it's told in the Old Testament, like Jesus said in the Old, in, sorry, God, told the Israelites in the Old Testament in Deuteronomy chapter 11 was 18 and Numbers chapter 15 verses 38 to 40 that, you know, when they wear their garments, they have to, you know, leave tassels and put up tight the corners with a blue cord just to remind them, constantly keep reminding them of the commandments that God has given to them. And also these phylectries are like small leather boxes with tiny scrolls in them, with the laws written in them, the scriptures written on them and they tie it to their arm or to their head with leather straps. And, you know, all of these things, you know, God had told them to do in accordance with the law and how they need to keep the law, but all of these religious leaders, you know, they were doing it, you know, to show themselves to be more spiritual than the rest, okay? So the idea of wearing these phylectries and, you know, and tying these phylectries and the special borders in their garments was in obedience to what God commanded the Israelites when he gave them the covenant at Mount Sinai, but they were using this as, you know, to promote an image that they're super spiritual and, you know, that others are sinful, they are not, and also commanding a kind of respect for themselves so that, you know, they like the great places of honor in the synagogues and people to look upon them and just, you know, kind of showing other people that, you know, you are not that spiritual like compared to us. And so Jesus is saying, you know, when you do all of these things just for the self image for your self-motivation application and just to show you're super spiritual, you know, you are already receiving a reward when people, you know, give you the command, obey your commands and give you the respect, but, you know, you need to look for your reward from your father in heaven, which you will not receive if you are, you know, already receiving your rewards from the people here on earth. So, you know, whatever we do, whether we are praying or even singing or worshiping God, we need to always check our motives. Are we doing it to get praise from men, to get, you know, to say, wow, you're such a wonderful, you know, prayer warrior, worship leader, preacher, teacher, whatever, or are we doing it because, you know, it's God's will for us in our lives. We want people to know the truth. We want to lead people in meaningful worship. We want to lead them in meaningful prayer for them to grow in their prayer work with God, or are we doing it just to, you know, magnify ourselves or to point them to Jesus or help them to grow in the ways of the Lord. Okay, so the real test, you know, whether our heart is in the praise of men or, you know, to receive praises from God is, you know, what do we do when we are in a situation where we have to choose between God and men? So here, you know, in John chapter 12, verses 42 and 43, it says that many people, they actually believed in Jesus, but they did not confess that they believed in Him because of the fear of the Pharisees that they will be put out of the synagogues. And it says in verse John chapter 12, verse 43, for they love the praises of men more than the praises of God. So when we choose to do things in situations where we want to be praised by men rather than, you know, doing what is honoring in God's sight or doing things that will get a reward or praise from God, you know, because we do it because we don't want to face rejection, we don't want to lose our job, we don't want to lose our position of leadership roles, whatever, or we want to please our, you know, so-called senior pastor or our boss or whatever, you know, and we compromise in such situations, you know, you know, we are not honoring God, we're not giving Him the glory and honor that is due. Okay, so Galatians chapter one verse 10 says, you know, Paul says, for I do, for do I now persuade men or God or do I seek to please men? For if I still please men, I would not be a born servant of Christ. You can't be a servant of God. You know, you can't say that I'm totally submitted and surrendered to God if you are one who is pleasing men at all times, okay? So our motivation should always be to please God and not men. Our motivation should be that God receives all the glory and, you know, our heart is pure in God's sight, okay? And Psalm chapter 115 verse one is a very beautiful prayer that we can pray to keep our hearts pure and to set our hearts in the right direction. It says, not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but your name give glory because your mercy and because of your truth. I think we can pray this prayer and say, God, you know, let me always give you your name, your kingdom be glorified in and through everything that I do, okay? The next thing as a kingdom builders, we need to be mindful of is, even as Christ is the king of the kingdom that our authority on earth is dependent on our submission to the king, okay? So, you know, we see that in the Garden of Eden when Adam and Eve obeyed God, as long as they obeyed God, they were in dominion of the earth, you know, they had a relationship with God. They also had the access to the tree of life. But, you know, that the minute they disobeyed God, you know, they lost their dominion on the earth. They also lost their access to the tree of life. They also lost their relationship with God and, you know, everything what happened after the fall. So, you know, the important keys for kingdom building and kingdom authority and kingdom power. If you want to have more authority and power in the way you minister or for science, miracles and wonders, then the key is obedience and submission to the king, that is to God, okay? Our spiritual authority is simple, his dominion in me determines his dominion in and through me. To the extent we submit and surrender our lives to God and, you know, it's the extent that we experience spiritual authority and, you know, we will see Christ's dominion in us and his dominion in and through us, you know, influencing the environment and the demonics put it around us to the extent that Christ reigns in us, you know, to the extent he can reign in and through me, okay? So when we submitted and obedient to Christ, you know, that's when we can exercise our God-given authority and power and, you know, and we can move mightily, we can extend the kingdom of God here on earth, okay? The other point is, you know, let us not glory in man. In 1 Corinthians chapter one was 11 and 13, all says, you know, he's talking to the church at Corinth. He's saying, you know, there is a division in the church that is happening. And he's saying, some of you are saying that, you know, I am of Paul, some of you are saying I am of Apollos, some of you are saying I'm of Cephas, or some of you are saying I'm of Christ. They don't want to take any man's position. They're saying, okay, we are not belonging to any, you know, group of men that are there, leaders, but we are Christ. We are of Christ. So he says, is Christ divided, you know, and Paul asked a very, you know, very powerful question to them. He says, was Paul crucified for you, or were you baptized in the name of Paul? And so he's basically saying, were you crucified by Paul, you know, for Paul, was Paul crucified for you, or did Apollos, you know, was crucified for you, or was Cephas crucified for you, or are you baptized in the name of Paul, or Apollos or Cephas? So the answer is basically no, okay? It's like a question that he asked, and the answer is very evident. It's a rhetorical question, because the answer is there, the question is there, but the answer is also very, very evident. And the answer is no, who died on the cross, who was crucified for their sins? It was Jesus Christ. And whose name are they baptized? The name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. And so Paul is saying, how can you say I belong to this, I belong to that person, I belong to this person, you know, we all belong to Christ. So here we see that, you know, Paul is leading them to a very important truth, and it's not men, you know, but it's Christ that has to be honored, and, you know, who we belong to, who died on the cross for our sins, and whose name we are baptized, and whose name, you know, the demon shudder and shiver, and whose name a sickness and all demonic authorities and powers bend their knees or bow down before. So it's very important that we also are mindful that we don't bring about this kind of division or this groupism in the kingdom of God, because, you know, when we elevate man or we elevate individuals or we put ourselves about others, then we come to a place where we are very subtly bringing about divisions in the kingdom of God, and then at that moment we cease to be kingdom builders, instead we become kingdom dividers, okay? So also, you know, when we begin to elevate ourselves, thinking all this is happening because of me, because of my skills, my hard work, my commitment, you know, all of this, then, you know, what you are doing, you are glorifying, bringing glory to man, but not for being glory to God, okay? So even when you elevate yourself, thinking that you are more spiritual or more sensitive to God, more prayerful, more anointed, and others, you are actually glorifying man and not glorifying God. So it's important to know where are we receiving this power, this authority, the calling, you know, who's giving us this power to heal and to cast out demons and who's giving us the revelation. So Holy Spirit is Jesus. It's what Jesus has done on the cross. So it's not my preaching, it's not my praying for a sinner and leading them into sinner's prayer, it's what is causing them to come to salvation, but it's what Jesus has done on the cross that is cutting their hearts and it's the Holy Spirit that is working in them. So we basically know all of these truths, but pride just fills our heart at times and we need to take stock of that. And so we need to be very careful and not give room to the evil one. And in any small area of our life, pride can come in order where our egos are growing. We need to starve those areas of our life so that God can be elevated and he can be glorified in our lives, okay? And it's asking the builders, we need to know that, you know, Christ is the king of the kingdom and even as he's king, they're accountable to him because he is going to judge all things, okay? So it says in 1 Corinthians chapter four versus three to five and 2 Corinthians chapter five versus nine to 11. So can two of you please read those scripture passages, please? 1 Corinthians chapter four versus three to five and 2 Corinthians five, nine to 11. Anyone? 1 Corinthians chapter four was three to five, but with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by a human book. In fact, I do not even judge myself for I know nothing against myself. And I'm not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord. Therefore, judge nothing before the time until the Lord comes who will bring to the light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts that each one's praise will come to God. Thank you, Jeffina. Can someone else please read 2 Corinthians five, nine to 11? 2 Corinthians five, nine to 11. It says therefore we make it our aim whether present or absent to be well pleasing to him for we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ that each one may receive the things done in the body according to what he has done whether good or bad. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord we persuade men but we all, but we are well known to God and I also trust are well known in your conscience. So Paul is saying this that, you know, yes, it's important for us to be accountable to men the way we live, the way we act. You know, we can't just do anything and say I'm not accountable to anybody I'm just accountable to God because he's the one who judges. So we're accountable to men that God is placed because we saw that we learned that, you know, we are, you know, God wants us to be accountable to the authority structures or the authority governments that he's placed in our life, whether it's home, you know, the workplace and the church and the society, the government that is there, we are accountable to them and we need to respect them. And, but here it says also that, you know, but even more, we are accountable to God. So ultimately we are accountable to God in all things because he's the one who's going to judge all men. We're all going to appear before the judgment seat of Christ, second Corinthians five was 10 and we will receive what we have done in our body. And it says, you know, we will, each one's praise will come from God, first Corinthians chapter four was five, the last phrase. And so it's important that, you know, we do things that are honorable in the sight of men, honorable in the sight of God, also that is honorable in our conscience and we do things so that we will be well known by God. Otherwise we can end up saying, God, you know, I did this and I did that, you know, I fed the hungry, I cloded the naked, I visited prisoners in prison and God says, sorry, I do not know who you are. Why is it so? Because we did what we wanted to do in our own will, in our own understanding to receive praises from men but not what God wanted us to do and not giving him the glory and honor, okay? So we need to be accountable both to man but we are more accountable to God who is the one who's going to judge. So accountability is simply putting, you know, is being true to God and true to ourselves. When we are true to God and then we are true to ourselves, we'll be true to our family, we'll be true to those we serve and we will be true to those who watch over our lives. So, you know, we can only be accountable to our spouses, to our children, to our bosses, our pastors, our fellow workers, believers, only when we are true to God and true to ourselves. And that is what Paul very beautifully says, you know, but we are well known to God. So he's saying, you know, people might not know you but, you know, it's important that God knows you. It's important that God knows what you're doing is his will and what you're doing is right. He says, and also trust are well known in your conscience. So it's your conscience. You know, it's a God given conscience where Paul says in Romans chapter one, he says, it's the law written in our hearts. What's the law written in our hearts? It's our conscience. So, you know, the Jews are saying, we have the law, we'll be judged by the law and the Gentiles don't have the law. So how will they be judged? You know, they will be judged by their conscience or those who do not know God. How will they judge? They will be judged by their conscience because it's the law written in their hearts and minds. God has put their conscience in a voice. He's pre-designed it. He's pre-programmed our conscience to know what is right and what is wrong. So it's our conscience. But Paul ultimately says it's not the law, it's not the conscience, but you will be judged by the gospel of Jesus Christ. That is Romans chapter one. So, you know, it's important that, you know, to know that, you know, when we're true to God and to ourselves, then we know we will be true or accountable to the rest of our relationships, the list of people God has put in our lives. But if we fail in the first two, being true to God and true to ourselves, then very likely that we will fall in the rest of the other three areas that I mentioned. So God will judge us not for the amount of work that we accomplished, number of churches we preached, where the places we preached, you know, the number of countries we visited and preached the gospel. No, no, that's not what God is going to judge us on. He's going to judge our motives for why we did what we did. He will not judge us for the greatness of what the things that we have done, how many people we healed, how many people we raised back from the dead, how many people we led to Christ, or how many people we led into Holy Spirit baptism, but he's going to just look at, you know, if we were obedient to the Father's will, okay? And he will also judge us for the significance of our calling and not for the significance of our calling and gifting, but the faithfulness in which we carry them out, okay? So on these areas that God is going to judge us on, it's going to judge us on our motives, our intentions, obedience to the Father's will and our faithfulness in which we carry each one of them. In Revelation chapter three, verses one and two, you know, John is talking about the church of Sardis. He's saying, you know, I know your works in that you have a name and that you are alive. He says, you know, everybody knows your works, your great works. Everyone knows, you know, you have a name that means your church is well known, you know, in Sardis and you are alive. It looks like you're a very vibrant church, a very thriving church, a very exuberant church, your church where there is good fellowship, but he says, you are dead, you know, so sad. It says, but you are dead, you know? Revelation chapter one says, I know your works that you have a name and you are alive, but you are dead. And then he goes on to say, be watchful and strengthen the things which remain that are ready to die, but I have not found your works perfect before God, okay? So this is the angel of the church writing in Sardis writes. Okay, so the angel is saying beware, be watchful. You know, at least the areas where you're about to die, you know, be watchful in those areas. And it says, you know, God is saying, I have not found your works perfect. Works are not perfect before God. The angel is telling to the church at Sardis. So, you know, maybe a reminder for some of us, you know, God is looking into our lives and pointing out and saying, you know, though you look very vibrant, exuberant, enjoying life, doing everything that is spiritual, being very churchy, churchgoing and involving so much of church activities, but he's saying that, you know, you might see my life, people know you, but actually you're dead because there are certain areas in your life, you know, where you're not giving glory and honor to God. You're not placing God first in your life. It's I, me, myself, and we need to, you know, be careful. God is saying, you know, your works are not perfect before him, okay? So it's possible that, you know, we can look anointed and spiritual before men, but God can be disappointed with us. So our desire should be that our work and ministry be perfect before God. So we need to develop a heart of a kingdom builder. So what is a heart of a kingdom builder? A heart of a kingdom builder is a heart that is devoted to Christ the King. You know, it has Christ the King as a center in our hearts. It's a heart of a kingdom builder is a heart that seeks to glorify Christ alone. The heart of a kingdom builder is a heart that does not receive honor or glory from a man. It's a heart that is looking to glorify and give honor back that is due to God that's reserved only for him. It's the heart of a kingdom builder is a heart that is pure in its motives. There's no unrighteousness in them. And so, you know, pray that God will create such a heart in you as a kingdom builder. Say, God, give me a heart of a kingdom builder. Where I'm seeking Christ alone. Where my heart is not looking for glory and honor and praise from man, but it's looking at pointing out, giving you all the glory and honor and give me a heart that is pure God, a heart that is righteous. Even as you made me righteous, right standing with you helped me to, you know, live life with pure motives and with right motives. Okay? So this is chapter two. Anyone has any questions, doubts, anything? Any questions you want to ask? Any comments you want to make? Anyone knows this while you're thinking about, you know, questions or doubts and you want to just, you know, write it in the chat section or you can unmute your mics and ask. Anyone knows this hymn on page number 25 or hail the power of Jesus' name? It's a very powerful hymn. Anyone knows this hymn? Jefina? You know this hymn? Paul, do you know this John Paul? Do you know this hymn? No, I don't know this hymn. Okay, it's a beautiful hymn. Jefina? Yes, I know this hymn. Sorry? Yes, I know it. You know, okay. Want to sing? Sure. Okay. Maybe just one or two verses because we just have very little time. Yeah. Oh, hail the power of Jesus' name, let angels prostrate, let angels prostrate, forth bringing forth the world. He chose emcee, though his reigns risen from the fold. He runs from... Thank you, Jefina. It's a very beautiful hymn. Just love this hymn so much. It just talks about, you know, who has saved us. You know, it's Jesus Christ who saved us by his grace and hence we need to crown him because he alone is king and there's no other king besides it. We meant, okay. Anyone has any questions, any doubts? No? Okay, we'll move on to chapter three. Chapter three is the Holy Spirit is our director. Okay. We're just going to go through this chapter very quickly because you've learned about, you've learned about the Holy Spirit, the person work of the Holy Spirit, I think in the first year of the Holy Spirit, you also looked at, you know, few aspects of the work of the Holy Spirit when you looked at minister's foundation, basically the publication that you studied, receiving God's guidance. And also you'll continue to be studying about the person and work of the Holy Spirit. Okay, so we'll go for a break and after our break, we'll come back and look at chapter three, the Holy Spirit, our director. Okay.