 Welcome back after the break, just before we went for our break, we were looking at chapter 8, fellowship, how it's important for us to, you know, as people who are part of the kingdom of God, as people who are part of the body of Christ. It's not just important for us to build our own visions, the calling that God has given to us, our own local church, but we need to be kingdom minded, have a kingdom mindset, where we're using our own vision calling or, you know, if God has given us a Christian organization to start, or a church to start, how we can use, you know, that to bring about a unity and oneness with all the other Christian organization and churches in our city, coming together in oneness and unity for city transformation, which is what is God's heart, God has not called us to work in isolation, even though he's given us different functions, different callings, different visions, but he's given all of that in the context of, you know, in the context of kingdom, the kingdom of God. That's why when Jesus came, you know, he taught parables and every time that he, he said a parable, he said the kingdom of God is like, okay, so he was not teaching us to just build our own ministries, our own kingdoms, but it was to, is to build the kingdom of God. So whatever we are doing, whether we're part of a local church, you know, we need to see how our local church can come together with other churches, other believers in our city, you know, in unity and oneness in fellowship of the spirit, so that we can build the body of Christ together as one and together as one, we can, you know, impact our city and transform our city because there is power in unity. There's the power of God that flows mightily and powerfully when believers come together in unity and oneness and our city can be transformed, we can see God moving in a mighty way in our city. Okay, so we were talking on that, in that framework. So even as we come together as believers in building God's kingdom, we need to respect other skips and anointings and ministries. There can be different churches worship or have different forms, styles of worship. You know, some of them can be very quiet, there's no clapping of hands. I remember the church that I come from, you know, if somebody does something good or the children sing a song, nobody claps. If you clap, you know, it's considered as something that is very wrong. You know, people also don't raise their hands or, you know, and all of that when they're worshiping and praising God. Okay, one or two songs when we worship, there is clapping of hands. Otherwise, usually there's no clapping of hands. So, you know, some of them have that form of worship. Some churches where there's always shouting, hallelujah, praise the Lord. People are dancing, singing, praising. Things are very loud, the speaker is loud. There is the whole way of worship is very dramatic, very exciting, very energetic. And then there are other styles of worship where there is clapping of hands, there is raising up, there is sun, but then, you know, there is more constrained kind of a form of worship. So, you know, all of us from different denominations, different backgrounds, the churches that we come from, we have different forms or styles of worship. But, you know, it's not that we complain about others or we look down on others or, you know, we criticize. We just need to celebrate how God works, you know, God works through variety. He's a very creative God. He brings, there is variety and diversity in the ministry that God has placed us in the body of Christ. Different people worship different ways, different styles. So we just need to celebrate what God is doing in each and others, each one of our lives. So, you know, just enjoy it, celebrate it, don't criticize it, you know, don't make fun of it, because our style is different from other people's style of worship or forms of worship. The other thing is, don't judge an other man's servant. Matthew chapter 7 verses 1 to 5 and Romans chapter 14 verses 4 and verses 10 to 12. So can somebody read that please? Matthew 7, 1 to 5, judge not that you be not judged. For with the judgment you judge, you will be judged. And with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, let me remove the speck from your eye and look, a plank is in your own eye. Hippocrates, first remove the plank from your own eye and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. Thank you, Sri Ralla. We see in John chapter 7 verse 24 says, do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment. And Romans chapter 14, Paul is saying, who are you to judge another man's servant? To his own master, he stands a false, indeed he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand. So why do you judge your brother? And he goes on to say, for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God. And each one has to give an account to God for how he spent his life. So here basically we are asked not to judge because God is the righteous judge. He is the one who is to judge. And we are also not to judge another man's servant because to his own master he stands a false. It means we are not to judge anyone because God is the judge. He is the one they are answerable to. So there are many men and women of God who get into some wrong lifestyles, habits, get into wrong teachings, wrong doctrines. When this happens, don't judge, don't condemn, don't pass any judgment on them. Don't criticize them. Don't use your pulpit or don't gossip or backbite about them. What we need to do is just pray for them, uphold them in prayer. Sometimes just making this as a prayer request can become like a way to criticize them or put them down. But even as you present somebody else's weakness or somebody else's shortcoming, some leaders falling down. Don't use that prayer request to portray what they have done or how they have fallen or how sad it is. But just say let's pray for a man of God in our city who I know who has got into adultery or the church is divided because of false teaching. Just let's pray for that man of God that God would speak, that spirit of God would work in their heart. So when you have a genuine interest that they've gone away from God's ways and Satan has had a foothold in their life and the kingdom of God is being destroyed. The kingdom of God is being broken. Lives are being destroyed. Many believers, lives are being destroyed. And you're just crying out to God. God works, he moves, he answers such a prayer. So don't judge them or criticize them or avoid talking about it. But what we can do is pray for them, learn from their mistakes what they have done. And if we have built a relationship with that minister of God, together with other ministers in the cities of senior leaders, you can look at ways how you can restore them, build them up, establish them in the ways of the Lord. But as you do that, continue to respect them for who they are, that they are ministers of God for the nointing that they have on their lives. You can learn from David's life even though David was running away from Saul. There were two instances when he could have killed King Saul, but he let him go because he knew that he was the Lord's anointed and he cannot speak against the Lord's anointed. He cannot touch the Lord's anointed. See, that is the kind of reverence that we need to hold towards men and women of God in our city. They might not be theologically sound or well-trained like you and I are, or they cannot be flowing in all the gifts of the Spirit like you and I are. Or they might be outdated in what they are doing, but we still respect them for who they are and what they are nointing on their lives and that God's calling on their life and respect them for who they are. Do not gossip, but be your brother's keeper. So there are references here from Proverbs. Can somebody read that, please? There are three references given there. One of you read Proverbs 7.13, Proverbs 17.9 and 1 Corinthians 10.24. Can somebody read that? Anyone's willing to read it? Proverbs 11.13. Okay, go ahead. Sorry. Proverbs 11.13. A tale-bearer reveals secrets, but he who is of a faithful spirit conceals a matter. Proverbs 79. He who covers a transgression, seek love, but he who repeats a matter separates friends. 1 Corinthians 10.24. Let no one seek his own, but each one the other's well-being. Thank you, Nina. So here we see that we had asked to not seek our own well-being, but others well-being. And when you're talking about how important it is for ministers of God, servants of Christ, believers in the city to establish relationships with people from other ministries, other churches, how important it is for us to establish a good relationship where we're sharing our hearts, where we're not just coming together to discuss about a certain issue as going on with churches or the Christians, but just being transparent, sharing our hearts, our weaknesses, our struggles as ministers of God. And when other ministers do that, concealed a matter, don't go and talk about it to other ministers, men and women of God, other believers. Don't speak it out in your church, because that is going to bring about division and disunity in the body of Christ. But even as you hear about another person's and other minister's weaknesses, their struggles, their challenges, just pray for them. Keep it confidential, don't gossip about it. Talk about the good things that are there in other people. Yes, people can have their own faults, their own weaknesses, but talk about the good things about other believers, about other ministers, about other men and women of God. Keep quiet about their failures. Because even if you have to use that to teach other people, you can talk about the weakness, but don't say this person in this church, this ministry leader, he's going through this weakness and this is what we can learn and all of that. But you can just take the weakness and say there is a minister of God going through this problem, so what do we learn about it? You can use it as an example, and also like I said, there are fellow ministers who can join together to restore another minister of God. Just imagine the impact it can have on the church, on the organization, on the body of Christ and the believers. Sadly, there are many pastors who fall away. The sheep get left out. There's division, they're confused. People even go away from their faith, they believe in Jesus Christ because the church is broken. There is division in the church and it's a very sad thing to hear, but other fellow believers and ministers, if they come together, just build up this pastor, this church who's going through difficulty. Just imagine the immense goodness it has in the body of Christ, in the kingdom of God. Even as we correct one another, help each other, do it in gentleness and in love because it says here in Proverbs 17 verse 9, when we cover somebody else's faults, not speak about it, cover it means not that we don't address it. We address it, but when we don't gossip about it, speak about it in a criticizing way, we're actually loving that person, we care for that person and we're wanting their own well-being. The next thing is, as we go about building God's kingdom, don't sow discord. There are six things that God hates, Proverbs 6 verse 16 and 19, an important verse to read, so can somebody read that please? Proverbs 6 verse 16 and 19. These six things the Lord hates, he has seven iron abomination to him, a proud look, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift in running to evil, a false witness who speaks lies and one who sows discord among brethren. Thank you, Rin. So here we see that, you know, sowing discord among brethren is something that is totally detestable in God's sight. When we try to bring about strife, disunity, discord, God hates it, it is detestable in his eyes. So what do we need to do is when we see another brother caught in a sin or on a fence, something that is wrong, we resolve it with him lovingly in a gentle way. You know, speak the truth in love, Ephesians chapter 4, it says, speak the truth in Ephesians 4, 16, speak the truth in love. You know, and don't go and talk about this person to others, tell what the person has done, the weaknesses, because that can also bring in discord and strife. You know, sometimes what we do is, you know, not in a way that we're gossiping or we can just basically tell, okay, be careful of that teacher or be careful of that pastor or be careful of that minister of God. Or when you're new to the church, you know, or new to a Bible study group, they can somebody who can say, be careful of that person, be careful of that family, don't join with them. They come, they come across very friendly, very loving, but you know, they will, they will hurt you. So what you're doing is before that person can, you are actually, you know, you have seen that person through your own lens. Okay. And when you see that person to that own lens, you are actually, you know, sharing what you are seeing in your own narrow view with somebody else. And you are cutting down their, you know, relationship with this person with B or C. And you are, you know, maybe, you know, the one who's come new can have a good relationship with B and C, because the way you are thinking with your narrowed mind, narrowed mindset, they are more broader, you know, they can get along with B and C very well. But by you communicating, you know, be careful, don't this one, don't that one, they are like this, they did this, you know, they can come to this extent where they can do this and that to you. You know, what you're doing, you are actually breaking down the relationship, bringing about this unity, and your perspective can be so wrong of that person, of B and C. Your perspective can be very narrow, and can be so wrong, and you are actually stopping other people from relating with B and C. So, you know, if you have a perspective about somebody, you must keep your perspective. We must keep our perspective to ourselves, because that is my perspective. That's what I feel is what I think, you know, we can be wrong, how we perceive and see other people's B and C's behavior, the way they do things. We might have misunderstood their way of reacting, their way of doing things, but we can't make a judgment on others based on, you know, what the way that we see it. So when you are actually sharing, you are passing on your lens, your very narrowed lens to the other person, and they are also going to begin seeing that person with that narrowed lens. And, you know, that's very, very sad, and it's happened so many times. It's very disappointing, it's very heartbreaking for B and C, and also, you know, it's bringing about strife and this unity in the church. So, you know, keep silent about when you're talking about others, just highlight people's positive nature, what they're good at. If there's something that's their weakness, something that you can't stand, something that you can't get along, you know, don't talk about it. It's good for you to go and work along with that person. If you're not able to go and work along with that person, you know, just let it be at that, but don't gossip about that person. Don't pass on your opinions to others. And you do, you know, your hate builds up, division builds up in the group, whether it's the family, whether it's in the, you know, between spouse and the parents and the children, whether it's in the body of Christ, whether it's in the workplace where we're working or the Christian organization where we're ministering to, don't do that. Okay, don't talk about the negatives about the person. Don't stop anyone from relating with somebody else. Be careful what you say. And even if you have to guide somebody, guide them in the right proper way that is God-honoring. Okay. The last, the last two points, fellowship is life transformation. You know, just imagine I was just talking about how if, you know, all of us together as believers in a city come together, all Christian organizations, local churches, pastors, leaders come together, trying to bring about city transformation, building up the city, building up the kingdom of God together. You know, when there's genuine fellowship, there's genuine communion, there's sharing together of faith, there's life transformation. And that is the example, that's what we see in the early church. Now, the early church, we see that, you know, there was mighty signs, miracles and wonders that happened that even the, you know, shadow of Peter, the handkerchief or the apron that Paul used. You know, when they used it and touched people who were sick, people were healed. Peter's and Paul's shadow when they just walked, sick people falling, just coming under that shadow, you know, they were healed and there was such mighty signs, miracles and wonders that were happening. Why is it not happening today in our churches is not because, you know, the gifts of the spirit are not in operation or not manifested, or the Holy Spirit is not powerfully working amongst us. No, we are in the last days and it says, you know, the prophecy in Joel in Acts chapter two, it also says last days, you know, God says I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh, there will be visions and dreams and all of that. So we are in the last days and which means the word of God says there will be mighty signs, miracles and wonders, but if you're not able to see it. And we're seeing, we have seen it more in the book of Acts, we read about it in the book of Acts, the early church. It's because the early church was so united, there was oneness. They would come together, eat together, they would even sell their properties, you know, give to those who are in need, although the poor, give to the poor. Also, there was, you know, all of them used to come pool their resources and they used to feed the widows, the poor in the church. Stephen was one of them was, you know, overseeing this responsibility in the body of Christ. So it was just one body of Christ, all of them pooling their resources, their wealth, their time together. And that is why we see such a great move of God in the early church. So even as we are, you know, from different local churches, different ministries, imagine if we just come together, you know, in unity, oneness, fellowship, communion, sharing together, it will just bring about life transformation. Every stronghold in our city will be broken, corruption will be broken, suicide will be broken, rapes will stop, pornography will come to an end. That is the power of God that works together just when we all operate with a kingdom mindset, a kingdom culture, and working together as one body of Christ. The last thing in this chapter is there are no superheroes. You know, Paul is writing to the church at Rome, he's in Romans chapter 12 verse 16, it says be of the same mind toward one another, do not set your mind on high things but associate the humble, do not be wise in your own opinions. God is not impressed with the size of our ministry, the number of people who are in our church, our degrees, our qualifications, our reputations, you know, the fan following that we have. God is not even impressed with the degrees that we get, but he's impressed when we work towards kingdom building, oneness, unity, fellowship, you know, and all of us just coming together and standing on the same level just praising God, worshipping him, you know, there is where the grace of God, the power of God is manifested very, very powerfully. And we need to remember that, you know, we are all earthen business, like I said, and it's just the power and the anointing that's the presence of the power of the Holy Spirit that is manifested in and through our lives. So it's not us, it's not us doing the miracles, the science miracles and wonders. It's not us when we speak that people's lives are transparent that they are accepting Jesus, they are baptized in the Holy Spirit, but it's because of the power of the Holy Spirit that is working in and through our lives. And it's a work of the Holy Spirit in the person's life who is ministering to them. Okay, so that is the end of chapter eight. I'd like you all to remember this. You learn more about this, about kingdom building and kingdom of God in the second year, first semester, that time you can learn more about how we can, you know, what we need to do to build God's kingdom and how important it is for us to have a mindset of being a kingdom builder, more than just pursuing our own visions and calling and function that God has given to us. Okay, any questions on chapter eight? Any questions on chapter eight? Okay, no questions? No? Okay. Okay, there's no questions. We'll move on to chapter nine. Pasta, do you have one question, Pasta? Yes, sure. So you were talking about the oneness and growing together and oneness and, you know, about the discord and things that we say sometimes knowingly, sometimes unknowingly it can be. I'm concerned even when it comes to a close-knit family and now like the extended family is going to a different church. And when you go to a spirit-filled church and then you know this is the truth and the truth has set you free and you know what other people are not doing it according to the Bible. So what is the right attitude of my heart and mind to accept that people in spite of knowing what they are doing is not right according to God, but somehow now God has touched me. And I was perfect or I am perfect. Even now I am not perfect, but what is my right heart attitude towards them, Pasta? Thank you. Good question. Yes, that's a struggle. See, sometimes when we're going to a spirit-filled church, we're growing the things of God, we're moving from one level of understanding of God's truths is revelation moving to the next level. And we sometimes have a burden for our family members that sometimes all that they're doing is just like a ritual. It's meaningless. They're not able to see things. They're not able to grow the things of God. But we can't blame them because the church that they're going to or the fellowship that they are in, what they are taught is what they learn. Right? What they are taught is what they learn. So for example, for me also when I came from a mainline church, my mainline church was, you know, build people strongly in evangelism, in visions, in the faith, you know, in the scripture, very scripture-based, solid scripture teaching that we have. And I've grown in my understanding of God's Word and my faith from the church that I've been brought up and I'm thankful to them, even as a child, you know, upbringing, the Sunday School VPS, everything was so good, so solid foundation. And I'm able to use what I learned, what I received, what I saw, implement that now, even as I'm doing children's ministry. But yes, the church then teaches about the work of the Holy Spirit, the fruit of the, the fruit of the Spirit was taught, but the gifts of the Holy Spirit that we can't move in science, medicals and wonders, all that was not taught. But, you know, even we, there's no one speaking in tongues and baptism of the Holy Spirit, all that I learned after, even not even in Bible college was not taught to us. We didn't have a subject on Holy Spirit, baptism of the Holy Spirit and all of those things, though it was an evangelical college and we had students come all over India, one of the famous Bible colleges. But we did not have anything, any teaching about the Holy Spirit that gives the Holy Spirit, nothing like that. It's all I learned after I came to APC. So, you know, I have a lot of my uncles and my cousins who are very, you know, regular churchgoers, read the Bible, pray, do everything. Of course, then they also live their lives to honouring God and pleasing God. But when it comes to some of these areas where they're so innocent, sometimes doing things like, you know, it really does not matter to God if you do this or you don't do that. And some rituals that they keep and things like that. But we slowly, you know, very lovingly, when they ask us, why aren't you doing it? Then we tell them, you know, this is what scripture teaches us, this is what the Word of God. Because if we say, okay, this is not right, this is not what we should not be doing, this is what our church is saying, then it will put them off. But always what we need to, how we can teach people is show them from the Word of God. So, what the Word of God says, the Word of God says this, and, you know, then they say, okay, you know, the Word of God says this in this place. So, what do you mean? So, you know, you can always say that, you know, always you need to look at scripture in the, interpret scripture in the entirety of the whole context of the rest of scripture. So, what are the scripture passages talking about this? Why is this writer writing this in what context? So, when you explain to them, you know, it's actually not we telling them or we talking, but it's the Holy Spirit who works in them. Okay, that's what Paul tells Timothy, don't argue, don't fight, because there's a lot of false teachings, wrong teachings, doctrines that were in the church in Ephesus where Tim Young Timothy was, you know, Paul had stationed him there to look after those churches there. And Paul says, don't argue, don't fight, don't argue with words, because arguing with words, fighting, striping is not going to bring any result, because the end result will just be division, will just be strife. But he says, you know, just preach the truth, just teach the doctrine, just, you know, teach the, the full word of God, you know, use the word of God correctly, teach it correctly, you know. And so he says, you know, do that. And when you teach the doctrine, the undefiled word of God, unpolluted word of God, just teach it, you know, that the word will speak for itself. The Spirit of God will work in the lives of people. So he's telling Timothy, don't go and argue with all of these Jewish people who come from the Jewish faith. They become Christians now, they're bringing in all their Jewish faiths, rituals, circumcision, Jewish fables, myths, and they're telling the Gentiles, you have to incorporate all of these things, then only your salvation is counted, you're made righteous in God's sight. But Paul is saying, don't go and argue and fight with them because the end result is going to be fruitless. It's just going to cause division. What you need to do is preach and teach the undefiled, the unpolluted word of God, teach the word in season and out of season, you know, correctly admonish the word of God. And when you do that, the word will speak for itself. That means he's saying the Holy Spirit is the one who will work, will make the truth known because Jesus says, you know, John chapter 17, the word is truth and the truth will set people free. So what we can do is, you know, just pray for them, ask God to give us opportunities where we can speak to them, and just share from God's word and just leave it at that. Don't force, don't argue, and just pray and the Holy Spirit will just work in and through their lives. Did that help? Jaichun? Yes, Pastor, it was very helpful. The same situation that I was going through and God answered through you. Thank you. Oh, sorry, I didn't read that in the song. Thank you. Okay. So is your name Jaichun or because Jaichun Jewel, I thought was a man's name but... My name is pronounced as Jackim. It is one of the pillars in Solomon's temple. So Boaz, the other one is Jackim. So spelling all the versions, J, C, H, and C, H is thickness K, and most of them have this doubt. So from school... Okay, so I pronounce it as Jackim. Yes, Jackim. Jackim, Jackim. Okay. Thank you for asking. Okay, Jackim, nice to know you and hear your voice after... I mean, at least towards the end of the class, get to know one student is a great joy. Thank you. Yes. Okay, we'll move on to Chapter 9 if no one has any questions. Okay. Money, something that is... All of us are very, very excited about interested. Some of us are not interested in money. Some of us say we spend money but we don't know how much we spend. We don't keep account. Some of us, money is not very important. For some of us, money is very, very interesting, is very important, and it's okay. You know, because the Word of God says that money is...is money evil? What does the Word of God say? Does it say that money is evil? What is your idea? No. Okay, Prabhu says no. Thank you, Prabhu. First Timothy, Chapter 6, verse 10 says, the love of money is the root of all evil. Okay, so money by itself is not evil. God also looks for productivity. How much we multiply what he's given to us, and that is what we look at. You know, the parables that we just saw, the parable of the Good Stuart in Matthew, Chapter 25. God is looking for multiplication. He's looking for interest. He's looking for doubling of the money. So there are two or three parables based on that. So, you know, money is not evil, but the love for money is the root of all evil. So sometimes when we start off in our ministry, you know, yes, money becomes very important because how are we going to run the ministry? How are we going to do the work? How are we going to provide for people who are volunteering or serving? Or even as a church, you know, the money is very important because we have to run the church, whether it's paying the rent or the light bill or paying the staff or providing for people. So, yes, money is important, but, you know, sometimes being in ministry, we can end up being money-minded, where we're constantly thinking about money, about how we need to get money to, you know, meet all the resources. Or we can also get money-minded to the end where we are in a church where the church is doing well in terms of finances, but we're looking at how we can get, raise up more money so that we can do bigger things or greater things or, you know. But in Christian ministry, we need to keep our focus on the Lord, on His call, and we need to take our attention of money because God will provide. It's not that we don't care about it. We don't bother about it or we're not good stewards. We need to be good stewards of the resources God has given to us. It does not mean that we don't keep, you know, accountable for the money that comes in. We have to be accountable. We have to keep proper accounts of every money that comes in, every money that is spent. We need to make that accounts, you know, transparent so anybody in our church, anybody at any time can see it. We need to be accountable even to the government in terms of our income tax, you know, filing our income tax as a church, keeping things open, transparent so the government can also see, you know, they cannot just, you know, raid us and then comes out of the news and then, you know, it just brings such a heartbreak for believers who are in the church who are being contributing and also to the body of Christ. So at APC, you know, the finances, the financial statements are very open at the end of the year. The whole finances of the whole year, what came in, how they spent it, what was spent in various areas is just there. Anyone in the church can go have a look. It's accessible for anybody and everybody. Anyone can raise questions. Why was so much spent on this, so much spent on that, what you did for this. So, you know, if anyone asks us any questions, we're here to answer them, keep them. That should how it should be when we run our own ministries, our own churches that, you know, we focus on the Lord but be transparent, keep accounts, keep very clear and honest and there should be honesty and integrity in handling of money. You know, sometimes we can get easily slip into the love of money and how do we know that, you know, when money begins to control us, some of the things is that we're constantly thinking of money. Okay, how do we know that money begins to control us as overtaking our thoughts, decisions is when we're constantly thinking of money. You know, sometimes where we go and preach minister with church, which place, you know, we are thinking about or we decide that based on the amount of money that we are going to get as a gift. So if a big church in a big city calls us, we are ready to go. But if, say, a small church in a village calls us and we think, you know, oh, you know, it's not worth going spending my time going all the way there because it's a small church, a village church, they might not give me a big contribution. So if our decisions of where we go and speak and minister to who we are going to minister to is based on money, then, you know, we're controlled by money. The other areas where we can sense that we're being controlled by money is, you know, if how much I praise and celebrate God is in proportion to the offering that we get. Sometimes we give import more importance to people who give bigger offering. You know, we give them prominent places, leadership roles, talk about them after church, which is around them meeting them speaking to them, visiting only them. But, you know, churches, people from believers in our churches or ministries or people we know who are from poor backgrounds, low backgrounds. We know that they're not going to contribute much. We don't associate much with them, talk with them much or even relate with them or visit them. That is also another, you know, indicator that, you know, we are being controlled by money. Sometimes we're also, you know, given to, you know, dishonest means of getting money. You know, we compromise on our integrity just to make a little more money just to get in more finances, whether it's ministry or in the church, which is wrong. Also as an indicator that we are controlled by money. And, you know, we can also be people who associate with the politicians, business people, rich people in the city or, you know, other leaders who are, you know, church leaders or rich. We associate with them so that we can in turn receive some kind of monetary benefits from them. It's another indicator that, you know, our minds are being controlled by the love of money and we are becoming more carnal. We're feeding our carnal nature than our spirit filled nature. Don't do things because of money. You know, some people think that they see Christian ministry as an easy way of, you know, getting money. An easy job, whether just to have to, you know, preach a sermon on Sunday and, you know, do a Bible study or a ministry. And then the rest of the week just meeting people, just going to different congregation members, which is a good thing because you go and get good, you know, stuff to eat snacks or dinner or lunch. Or, you know, some people even can give you a cover with some money. So, you know, people get into ministry with this whole idea that, you know, it's a very easy vocation, a very easy job where you everything is taken care of, children's education is taken care. You get a house to live, you get a bike and things like that. But that should not become our motive for getting into ministry or doing ministry because some people even see ministry as a business where, you know, we can be, we can associate with foreign mission organizations or, you know, foreign churches where they send a lot of money and, you know, we see people who do that, ministers of God who are very rich living lavish lifestyles. You know, that is very, very wrong. Sometimes, you know, some churches, you know, connect with overseas ministries and then they get financial support from them, which is okay. But, you know, we have our own resources and our own city, which is good enough to support our own city. But sometimes these ministers can collaborate with foreign ministries and misuse the money that comes in because they are so naive. They do not know what, how you're using your money, how you're wasting the money, misusing the money. And they're just sending in the money resources, but you are just using it for your own lavish lifestyle living and, you know, doing things that you shouldn't be doing. You know, some people are also in the habit of inviting overseas speakers or having, you know, crusades for overseas ministers or worship teams. They offer to, you know, host conferences or crusades for them. And in the process, you know, if the whole sound system just costs two lakhs, you know, the person can put four lakhs because they know that, you know, these people are not going to come and investigate everything. So there is a huge, you know, robbing of funds, stealing of funds, just on this whole context of inviting people from overseas to do crusades and conferences here and cheating them. Sometimes also people can start charitable organizations, Christian organizations, and, you know, they can collect funds, which they don't spend for the orphanage or for the orphans, but most of the money is spent on them. Very little is spent towards the orphans. And that is also, you know, doing things in a dishonest way on the con in the whole framework of the context of Christian ministry. And that is not honoring in God's sight. And we need to know, you know, what God says in the book of Numbers, I think it's Numbers 3223. God says, your sin will find you out. So sometimes when we do these things, we think, you know, nobody will know, we can just make some good money and we can enjoy life and things like that. But, you know, God says your sin will find you out. Even in Akin's context, you know, Akin, when he robbed, he thought nobody knew about it. But God saw it and his sin was revealed in front of the whole Israelite community and he was here and his whole family was told to death. Okay. So when we serve God, we need to always be mindful of this, that we are serving a holy God. People might not be watching how you spend your time, how you spend the resources that God has given to you, the money God is watching. And, you know, he will hold us accountable. And when God acts, no one can stop him. The other thing is we need to remember that when we use whatever money that for ministry, it's tight money. It's the money that people are giving into God's work, it belongs to God. And so we have so much more accountable and responsible. So even from the day one that I have been in ministry, whatever I do, how I spend my time, how I work, putting the office hours, you know, with sincerity, honesty, preparing for various things, doing my responsibility. I always remember that I am like my salary is from tight money and that I'm accountable to God. Maybe nobody is watching me what I'm doing, how I'm preparing, you know, my work, but God is watching. And, you know, I'm going to be held highly responsible because I am in God's, you know, ministry. And we see that even the context of the tabernacle and the temple, you know, so live with that fear and reverence is always very, very important to keep in mind. Okay. Sometimes, you know, yes, there can be cases where, you know, we need foreign funding, we can ask but be genuine, honest about it. You know, sometimes there are poor people in poor situations who need to be ministered to, to be forgiven into financially. We can support them, you know, richer churches can take care of the poorer churches, richer churches can contribute, rich churches in the city can help the poor churches in the villages to start off and help them, enable them, build them up on how to, you know, get resources from their own, the places where they are ministering. Because I believe that, you know, India is not a poor country, whether it's the city or villages, you know, we can be self sufficient. We actually don't need foreign finances or foreign funding to help build the ministries or support the ministries here in our own nation or in our own cities. We'll stop here. I just have one more minute. Any questions will continue with this on Friday. Friday, I'll take the two hours and then the last hour as well, Pasadayanas. If you finish it in the first two hours, then we need not continue in the third hour. Okay. But thank you so much, all of you for joining class today. Anyone has any questions? Okay, no questions. So there are no questions. Thank you in-person students, Jack, Chiv Kumar, Prabhu, Samuel, and Karen for joining class. Have a blessed day and a blessed week ahead and I will see you all on Friday. Thank you.