 Okay. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to a new day. I hope everyone's doing well. Right. So let's just begin this time with a word of prayer. Maybe any one of us can lead in prayer? Zeddy? Follow me. Okay. Go ahead, John. Yeah. Father, we thank you for this time. We pray and submit this session into your mighty presence. We pray to God that you will speak to us. Help us to know more about you from your word. And now, into your servant of God, that we would be able to know more about you and equip ourselves to be used for your kingdom of God. Thank you, Lord, in Jesus' name you pray. Amen. Amen. Thanks, John. All right. So what we did last week, we looked at Chapter 6, Jesus as our example. And, you know, it was quite interesting to see that the way that Jesus himself taught, he exemplified being a teacher, right? So we saw that he characterized his teaching with wisdom. There was the supernatural. And also we saw that he used a lot of figure of speeches and parables. Parables, basically stories to bring across the point that he was trying to portray. He illustrated truths. He also at times obscured truths from people. And so we looked at how through these manners, the Lord Jesus was, you know, a wonderful, wonderful teacher. He was able to, you know, in many places, when we read through the New Testament, they say, they call him Rabbi. Rabbi means teacher, right? So he was a teacher. And we saw that, you know, he was able to capture the hearts of people even in his teaching, right? So if you look at the parables itself, and we looked at last week, the example of the parable of lostness, right? And in lostness, how he said, you know, all the examples he used, it is such a powerful way of capturing their thoughts and their imaginations. And so as teachers, each one of us, and we look at, you know, how we can grow in this, but each one of us must develop this ability to capture the audience's heart, right? We must develop the ability to learn to teach in the right way, right? Now it's not going to happen overnight, right? That's why we said we must develop the ability, right? So we continue to practice, we continue to read, right? One of the things I always tell people, young folks is read. Because when you read, you know, you have a lot of ideas, you have a lot of thoughts, you have, you get, you know, ideas on how to share, read books improves your vocabulary skills, it improves your intonation, your rate of speech, all these things are practical, but they all matter, right? Imagine we've got good content, okay? But we are just going on and on, you know, in the same tone, right? Are the hearers going to be excited? Definitely not, right? But the content is really good. For example, you're preaching a sermon on, or you're teaching about the parable of the lost son. Imagine you're saying, okay, there was two men, and those two men were this way, one ran away. You know, there's no energy, there's no rate of speech, there's no intonation. So all of these practical things are involved. And I'm sure Jesus had them because if he was not a good teacher or if he was, you know, kind of boring, nobody would have come and sat there, right? Whenever he went, there were multitudes following him. So there was this passion, there was this drive. And so we must also develop that, right? Whether we are a pastor, evangelist, whatever God has called us to be. Teaching is something we will get an opportunity to do, right? So let's move to chapter seven. And we look at, now, we saw that Jesus is the best example for a teacher. Now in the early church, what can we learn about the ministry of teaching in the early church? Now, we don't know that there were schools of ministry that had already been started during the time of the New Testament, right? During Jesus' time, you know, even Paul was studied under Gamaliel. So there was these, there were schools that were formed or where they would teach. And the Pharisees would spend a lot of time teaching and imparting and equipping people. So what happened to the ministry of teaching in the early church? So let's look at a few examples and then we look at a couple of instructions for us to follow as teachers, right? So Acts chapter five and verse 42, it's in your notes, Acts five and 42. Maybe anybody else can read Acts 13 and verse one as well. So yes, anyone can read Acts five and verse 42. Acts five, 42. And really in the temple and in the, in every house, they did not see teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ. So thank you, Zellie. So what is happening here? Acts five is after the Pentecost, right? So after the Pentecost and then Peter, after Peter's sermon, thousands of people have been added into this church in Jerusalem. And what does it say there? Daily, they did not see teaching the word of God, right? So they did see the supernatural during the Pentecost, right? They saw the Holy Spirit come like fire and be upon them and they were spoken tongues. And by the time Acts five, the church was established, right? The church, okay, they knew, okay, there are so many people who believed in Jesus. Now what do we do after that? What do we do? The Holy Spirit has come, they're all baptized in the Holy Spirit. So what should they do? And they didn't think about, okay, let's just meet every Sunday or let's just, you know, let's do what we are doing, continue to do. No, they said every day they met and they did not seize. That means they did not stop teaching the word of God. And we see that even in the book of Acts, we go on later as well. We'll see that teaching. There's a lot of emphasis on teaching the word of God because we know that for example, if we are flowing in the gifts of the Spirit, we have the anointing, all of these wonderful things that the Holy Spirit bestows on us. But if we are not taught on how to use these gifts, right? Remember, Jesus taught with wisdom, right? So even as we are ministering to people, we need the wisdom of God to apply the teaching that we receive or the teaching that we must receive, right? So I hope I'm trying to get, I'm trying to portray it the right way. We may have a lot of gifts, right? A lot of gifts. We may flow in the supernatural prophetic word of knowledge. But if we are not taught about what the Holy Spirit is, we can continue to flow in the gifts. But we lose the essence of who the Holy Spirit is, right? Now for example, right? What is the first thing, okay, let me open this question to you. What is the first thing that comes to your mind when I say Holy Spirit? Maybe a few of us can just answer. What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you say Holy Spirit? Teacher. Teacher, okay. What else? God, okay. First thing, like you don't think too much. Guide, okay. Nice. Our closest friend, okay. What else? What do you think? So I say Holy Spirit, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? The Comforter. Comforter, okay. Alright, that's all right. Everyone said some wonderful things here. For me, right personally, when I say these words Holy Spirit, I don't know why, but the first thing that comes to my mind is power, right? It's like power. He's powerful. Are there different aspects of the Holy Spirit? Yes, there's, you know, he's a Comforter. He's a friend. He's God. Right? And so if we are not taught certain things, like see for example, Holy Spirit, and he's a person, not for many people, he's just a force. He's just a presence that lingers on, right? And he's maybe something that just is there around, only when we need help, he comes, right? So we may be flowing in the anointing, prophetic and all of those gifts, but we may not know the person of the Holy Spirit. He's a person. This is what he has, right? Now this is just an example, right? And that's why teaching is very important, right? We must teach in a way that people will understand and when they are walking in that grace gift that God has given, they understand, okay, this is who the Holy Spirit is and this is what I can do because of the Holy Spirit, right? What about when, you know, so far there was this one time, you know, people come up and ask, you know, how come I've been praying for so many years, but I have not got any gift of the Holy Spirit. I can't speak in tongues, you know. Is it something wrong with me? Now what can we answer them? We need to teach them. We need to tell them, hey, it's nothing, it's not about that. The Holy Spirit is a person, right? I remember this one time, we were in North India and this young boy said, everyone in my church speak in tongues and, you know, they receive their healing. I'm the only one. I don't speak in tongues. I don't feel confident. Then, you know, I remember we were, a couple of us, we were talking to him, we were telling him, see, it's not about what you feel. He took, opened the scriptures and we said, hey, greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world. So who is in you? The Holy Spirit. Now, the whole aspect of manifesting his presence, that will come on, but who is inside you? You have become a believer through the work of the Holy Spirit. So we had to make him understand, hey, the Holy Spirit is inside you. He is greater than anything in the world. So no matter whether we speak in tongues, whether we can prophesy, whether there's working of miracles, still you are powerful because greater is he that is in you. Now, that does not mean that we don't pursue the gifts of the Spirit. We do, but the moment we made him understand this, he was probably 20 years old. Everything changed his mind, right? His identity came back. He said, hey, no matter what, I'm a child of God. And the Roman says, through his spirit, we call him above Father. Right? And so we told him, we told him, right? Just a simple teaching, 10 minutes. He said, through the Holy Spirit that is in you. You can call God above Father. So we went back to the Old Testament. So you see, in the Old Testament, they could not call that because God was like this in the, you know, we explained the whole thing. We just told him very briefly, but it just, you know, just he was able to understand it. And so this teaching is very important. We can know things out of just, you know, because people have told or because we experienced it. But it's very important to really delve into what we are doing. Right? Now, if I want to teach accounts or maths, I need to really go and study it, be really equipped in it and then be able to teach. The moment I try to teach something I don't know, it's like what Jesus said, it's the blind leading the blind. We don't want that to happen. Right? Okay, let's look at a couple of more verses. Acts 13-1. Acts 13-1. Then somebody else can open Acts 15-35 and Acts 18-11. So Acts 13-1. Acts chapter 13 verse 1. In the church at Antioch, there were prophets and teachers, Bernamas, Simeon, Khol-Nigar, Lucia-Safarin, Manning, who had been brought up with the Herod and Tharak and Saul. Yeah, thank you, Jesus. So now we see here, this is talking about the church in Antioch, Acts 13. So what happened in Jerusalem? People, believers started growing in Antioch. And on Antioch, the church started thriving. There were leaders being raised up there. There were prophets, there were evangelists, there were teachers, all of that. And there's a list, there's a couple of people there who were teaching in the church. Right? So here in the book of, in Acts 5 in Jerusalem, they did not seize teaching. In Antioch, there was the prophetic, there was the prophets, there were evangelists, all of that was happening, but they did not stop teaching as well. So basically we can come to this conclusion that as a church or as a ministry, and in whatever we are doing, even a life group, we must be able to teach the Word of God. Right? Because only the Word can change people. Only the Word can minister to people. I'll share this example, right? Early 2018, when we went to Mangalore as a family, ABC Mangalore and about maybe 8 or 10 of us in church. And I tried so many things. So many things I tried. And trying, trying and many things worked, many things did not work. I remember this one time I was praying and I was saying, God bless the church, you bring the right people. The Holy Spirit just spoke to me, right? And it was like, it's just a simple voice, like annoying inside. It was like, you preach the Word of God, right? Don't do anything else, meaning don't talk all these unwanted things. Just preach and teach the Word of God, because when you teach, the people who are coming will understand and they will know. And I remember there was a time in the church, I used to keep calling them, are you coming to Sunday church? Friday I used to sit and call them, are you coming to church? Please come to church. I hope you'll be there. And all of these things I used to get a headache. But I realized that, hey, I don't have to do that now. I mean, it's important to invite them. But I realized that if I teach the Word, if I'm equipping them, they will come, right? I don't have to keep pressurizing them to come. They themselves will come. And eventually, it didn't happen overnight. But eventually what I started doing was just, usually at church we spend 40 minutes of the Word. So we started extending it. So I would take a little more time on the Word. So just go into details. I remember I used to go and have this commentary. So I would open up the commentary, look up the Hebrew, look up the Greek, just additional things and try to bring in these small nuggets of truth. Like for example, the Word in Acts chapter 1 verse 8, it says, you will be my witnesses. The Holy Spirit will come upon you. You will receive power and you will be my witness. I remember a long time back teaching, sharing this. And when I went up to the Greek to look at the Word, witness, it means martyr. Now the whole meaning changes. In the Greek, it's martyr. You will be filled with the Holy Spirit to receive power, to be a martyr for the sake of the Gospel. Whole meaning changes. And then you bring out these small things, begin to teach the church. And eventually we saw the church people themselves said, why don't we have a Bible study? They only came up to me and said, why don't we have a Bible study? I said, okay, we will have a Bible study. So what am I trying to bring across? The more we teach the Word, the Word will be able to impact people. But it's also important on how we teach it. And we saw Jesus' example. He was able to capture the imagination of his audience. Let's look at a couple of more verses. Maybe Acts 1811. Let's look at what happened in Acts 1811. Yes, anybody can read Acts 1811. Acts 1811. And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the Word of God among them. Teaching the Word of God among them. So we see the emphasis there teaching. Right, Acts 21 verse 21. Acts 21, 21. Acts chapter 21 verse 21. They have been informed that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to turn away from Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or live according to our customs. Yeah, so now you see here it says that these are the Pharisees and the Sadducees who are saying, we have been informed that you people are teaching this whole new group called Christians that have come up. You people are teaching them, you know, but they misunderstood, right? They said people are teaching them that we don't need to obey the Old Testament, but there was teaching involved. So we see that after Jesus, after he set the example, that example was followed on. Teaching happened in the church in Jerusalem. Teaching happened in the church in Antioch. Eventually Paul and Barnabas came by. Now Paul was studied under Gamaliel. He was a learned man. So he also taught. Remember Akola and Priscilla? They were also very learned. They had become believers. They were tent makers, but they were very effective in teaching. And so they also taught the church in Corinth. They met Apollos. They taught to Apollos. Now Apollos was believing only in the baptism of repentance. So they went. They taught them. They made them sit. Apollos. See, Jesus came. He died and there's now there's the water baptism. He'll be baptized by the Holy Spirit. Apollos understood it and he became a great leader in the church in Corinth. Right? So we see that the whole example of teaching continued on. Apollos raised up many teachers within the church in Corinth. Right? And then again Apostle Paul and other disciples as well. I'm sure this whole aspect of the ministry of teaching continued to grow, continued to develop. Because without teaching and only preaching, it's not going to do the purpose or serve the purpose of touching people's lives. Right? So teaching was very important. And we also see that Jesus himself said he thought and he preached. Right? So, okay, let's look at 1 Corinthians 417. 1 Corinthians 417. 1 Corinthians 417. For this reason I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful son in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ as I teach everywhere in every church. Thank you, Zalee. So just a background of what's happening here. It's very interesting. 1 Corinthians, Paul gets a letter with all the problems in the church. There is division. One is saying Paul. One is saying Apollos. One is saying Cephas. And there's, one is division. Two is there's too much of confusion within the church. They're not following the rules in the way to behave in the church. Wonderful church. The church which is already flowing in the gifts of the spirit. All the gifts of the spirit was flowing in the church in Corinth. Now Paul is saying I'm sending Timothy to come there and teach you what I've been teaching everyone else. You see how important it is? And as I said, the church in Corinth was flowing in all the gifts of the spirit. But he still says I'll send Timothy. He will come and teach you how to behave. One is saying Paul. One is saying Apollos. Now what is this happening here? You guys need some teaching. And then he goes on in 1 Corinthians chapter. If you go chapter five onwards also, you'll see that he five, six, he goes on to say who gives the gift. It is God who gives the gifts. So it's neither Paul. It's neither Paul. And then I think chapter five he says one puts the seed another. What is it? But it is God who makes it gross. So Paul is even his writing. He's teaching them to have them understand. Hey, it's not about a person. Maybe I put the seed. Apollos watered it. But it is God who makes it gross. So who's more important? It's God. So he's trying to make them understand. This is a classic example of how you and I must be in ministry. We can come to a place of even teaching people. But if we are not following it, it's not going to be effective. Right. Classic example. We may be flowing in the gifts of the Holy Spirit. That's wonderful. But if we don't have the right understanding of the scriptures, we may fall into error. So we one thing about teaching is we must also learn to be teachable. Now in ministry, maybe, you know, as they're growing will be 10 years, 15 years in the ministry. Sometimes we come to a place where we just shut off everybody else. I know everything. Right. And that's a dangerous place to be in. We must step out of that zone. Right. It was always as good teachers, as good leaders, we must be willing to be teachable. Right. There will, there's a saying, right? Just a drop in the ocean. We may know many things, but there's so much more to learn. Right. So be teachable. Right. Let's look at a few instructions for you and I as teachers. Now, is there anybody here who I know that was one of them last week who mentioned that he's a teacher. I think it was the beggar. But is there anybody else here who you feel you've called to be a teacher and you want to teach. It could be in the, in, you know, in the corporate sector, it could be in a school or college or it could even be, you know, the ministry of, you know, teaching the word of God. You feel that God has called you to particularly teach. You just know that I want to teach. Is there anyone here? Okay. Anita says go with her. Okay. Okay. Anybody else you feel you know, it could also be children's church. Right. Don't feel children's church is something very, you know, small. No, it's not. I mean, it's a very, very important role. Children's church. It's very, very important raising up the next generation. Anybody who you feel you know, you want to do it. You want to just be a good teacher and you feel that's what you're called to do. Anybody else? Okay. All of them want to be pastors and worship leaders. That's nice. Okay. Let's look at a few instructions on how you and I can be good teachers. Now, I'm sharing this, not that I have become like, you know, I've fulfilled all these criterias of becoming a good teacher. No. Of course, we are also learning. We are also learning how to develop ourselves and grow as a teacher. You know, it's been 10 years that I'm teaching. But there's so much more to learn, right? There's so much more that I can improve. And so this is also for me, right? We're all learning together. So a couple of instructions here. First one, the teaching believer, Romans chapter 12 and verse 7. Go ahead. Anybody can read Romans 12, 7, and anyone else can also read Colossians 3, 16. Romans 12, 7. Romans chapter 12 verse 7. If it is serving, let him serve. If it is teaching, let him teach. Right. So Paul is writing to the church and he's giving them some instructions. He's saying, whatever you're doing in the church, do it faithfully. If it is serving, let him serve. If he's teaching, let him teach. Colossians 3, 16. Colossians chapter 3 verse 16. Colossians 3, 16. Let a word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching, and admonition one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. Thank you, Sally. Let the word of God dwell richly in each of you, teaching and admonishing each other. Now, who is Paul writing to? He's not writing to one person. He's writing to the entire church. The church in Colossae. Of course, Papyrus has taken the letter. He's there, but it's written to the entire church. He's saying, let the word of Christ dwell richly in each one of you. It is this letter, it's not a personal letter to the Colossians. It is to the church. Even the Romans, it's to the church. So Paul is saying, let the word of Christ dwell richly in each one of you so that each of you could teach and admonish one another in spiritual songs and hymns and all of that. So as a believer, this is very important. As a believer, the reason I asked you this question is, how many of you are called to teach? It's because I'm getting to this point. As a believer, each one of us must teach the word of God. You may say, okay, but Pastor, I don't know. I don't know much of the word. Prepare, learn, develop, grow, be willing to study, be willing to learn, be willing to teach. Now, for example, you may say, I don't want to learn about Old Testament. Now, you have two choices. One, you can say, okay, let me learn only New Testament. Or you can say, hey, I want to learn. I want to understand it so that I can be able to teach the word to people in the right way. What does Paul say? Preach the word in season and out of season. He also says in 2 Timothy, he says, preach the full word of God. Don't dilute it. When you're teaching, teach the whole thing. And so each one of us as believers have this responsibility to teach. Whether we are an evangelist, say for example, you're ministering to a person from another faith, you have to be able to teach. He or she will come and say, okay, tell me how is this? What do you have to do? You have to teach. You have to tell them. So this is what it is. This is what the scripture says. Or maybe a believer comes up to you and says, hey, you know what? I want to know about this whole thing of rapture and second coming things. Some people are saying that this person is the antichrist or the antichrist is not going to come only after. So you should be able to teach. You don't direct them to the pastor. Go to the pastor. He'll explain to you. No, no. As a believer, you must be equipped enough to be able to teach them. And so it's wonderful that you've joined Bible College. This is a step where you're learning. And it's important that this learning is developed. After the course, don't take your books and keep it aside and say, okay, I've finished my two years course. The book that I'm using right now is the book and the notes that I'm using right now. It's the same book I used 10 years back. I still have it. I still make notes on it. I still change it. Right? Because revelation is progressive. You keep learning. You keep growing. Right? So as believers, we all are teachers. Let's get that into our spirit and we all will get an opportunity. Maybe it's 10 people. Well, maybe it's 1000 people. Maybe it's one person. We will get an opportunity to teach and we must do it effectively. Second one, the ministry gift of teaching. Now, Ephesians 4, 11, we know that Paul writes about the gift of the spirit. Let's read 1 Corinthians 12, 28. See what he says there. 1 Corinthians 12, 28. Go ahead. Anybody can read. 1 Corinthians, chapter 12, verse 28. And in the church, God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then worker of miracles. Also those having gifts of healing, those able to help others, those with the gifts of administration and those speaking in different kinds of tongues. So the apostle Paul here is giving a list to the Corinthian church. Now, why is he giving this list? Because one, we know there was a division, right? He goes on later on and he says, we are all one body. Right? Can the hand tell the leg? It goes on there. We don't need you and all of that. No. So he mentions here the ministry gift. All of us, the Holy Spirit comes with this gift of teaching as well. Right? And we are called to use this ministry gift. Now, look for example, right? Maybe this is an example. Maybe some of us are called to be a worship leader. You love to worship. Say, God, thank you. You've called me to be a worship leader. I will lead the worship. Wonderful. You're leading worship. Then a time comes, you have to write songs. What are you going to do? How will we write songs? First of all, we must know the word. Right? Yes, the Holy Spirit gives us song. But we must know what's in the word. We should write songs that are from the word of God. Right? And then there will come a time and say, okay, whatever you've been learning in worship and you've been doing it on stage, go and teach other people. Teach this group of 10 people. How will we do it? We can't say, okay, so when you're going on stage, you know, be careful. Don't trip over the wires. Then when you start off, start with prayer, end with prayer, keep an eye open to see whether the church is, you know, worshipping. You can't say all those things. You need to teach them about worship. What is worship? Right? And the Old Testament, there are plenty of examples of what a worship is. Right? With those Hebrew words. So, raising of hands in the Old Testament. You know, right? Let us raise our hands. Let us clap our hands, you know, and worship the Lord. The psalmist also writes, he says, the trees of the field will clap their hands. So, now you're teaching the people, saying, hey, it's okay to raise your hands. You don't have to be shy and raise one small hand up. You can raise your hands. You're teaching them. You don't have to, you know, clap, looking whether others are clapping, only then I will clap. So, when we teach these things, now what is your calling? Worship leader. But what are you doing? You're bringing your experience and you're teaching it to people. Right? So, you must know these things. If you're an example, you are an evangelist, or you are a prophet, you feel you're called in the prophetic ministry. You must be able to develop the ability to teach people how to share the gospel one-on-one. And you must develop the ability to teach them how to flow in the prophetic. Of course, the prophetic is something that God gives us, God speaking to us. But we can teach them how to hear from God, how to develop that gift. Right? So, there's a ministry gift. We can all grow in that. Next point. Very, very, very important. I've underlined it here. And I always emphasize on this. I put this on my house as well. I put it on the cupboards. Do and then teach. Right? Because if I only teach and don't do it, it's not going to be effective. Nobody's going to take it. Let's read Matthew 5, 19. Matthew chapter 5 and verse 19. Yes, anybody can read. Matthew 5, 19. Matthew chapter 5, verse 19. Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commandments will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Thank you. Whoever practices these things and then teaches them, shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Let's read Romans 2, 21. And then I'll just share my thoughts on this. Romans 2, 21. Yes. Romans chapter 2 and verse 21. Romans chapter 2, verse 21. You then who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against dealing, do you steal? Amen. Thank you, Japhina. So we see here, one is Jesus saying, if you do and then teach, you shall be great in the kingdom of heaven. And now Paul is writing to the Romans and he's saying, you who teach, will you not do it yourself? There is power when we do and then teach. If I am teaching, for example, I'm teaching somebody about building godly character. What must I do? I must be building godly character in my life. I must work on it. I can't say you do first. I can teach that, but it's not going to be effective if I myself am not doing it. Or if I'm talking about prayer, I say, everyone, you should pray. Prayer, you know, we're teaching about prayer. We say, God is God who answers prayers and you keep fervently praying. Elijah prayed fervently. God answered his prayers. So when we pray, we pray fervently. Pray with faith. Wake up. Take time. Prayer is a sacrifice. Now if I'm teaching all of this about prayer and I am myself, I'm not praying. What is it? It's just going to go into people. Of course, thankfully it's the word of God so the Holy Spirit will work. But it'll be like I myself am disqualified of what I'm teaching. That's why Apostle Paul says, I'm running this race. I don't want to be disqualified from what I myself am preaching. So very important thing, very important in ministry, first do and then teach. It could be the smallest of things. It could be even the task of cleaning the table. Only if I've done it, then I can tell people around me, hey, why don't you volunteer and serving? Because when you serve, you know, God is going to bless you. Why don't you volunteer and serving? They'll say, if your church member have seen you doing it, they will come and do it. You just have to give them a little word. You just tell them, hey, God will bless you. When you serve, even the smallest of areas, God will bless you. You're just teaching them. You're telling them be good stewards of what God has given you. What is it you're doing and then you're teaching and they will take it. For two years straight, every Sunday, I swept and mopped the entire church in Mangalore and they saw it. But I also used to teach them. Eventually, they themselves started coming. Now, this is just a small example, but there are many things that we must teach. First do and then teach. Imagine we're talking about forgiveness and we have unforgiveness in the heart and we're teaching others to forgive. It does not make sense. It's like telling others, you do what I'm not doing. So in ministry, do and then teach. Then you'll see the power of God. There's anointing in that. Have you ever noticed at times and you know, we may be teaching something and you know, we feel that, hey, I've already not done it. And you feel that, hey, why am I teaching this or why am I preaching this when I myself have not done it? Nine out of ten times, that's not going to be, of course, this God's word, God will do his work, but it is not going to bring a lot of fruit because we're just talking out of our mouth. We have not gone through it. We've not done it and then teaching it to other people. Right? So Jesus himself said, you do, then you teach, you'll be great in heaven. Simple. What did Jesus do? Jesus didn't sit under the bamboo tree and say, okay, you go and evangelize. I did a couple for one year. I did some ministry. You'd go and do the same thing. He didn't do that. He kept doing, he kept teaching them and he told them this is how you do. That is why thousands of years later also, his name is being preached and taught. There's power in that. Right? Do not teach the commandments of men. Matthew chapter 15 and verse 9. Matthew 15 verse 9. Yes, anybody can please read. Matthew 15 verse 9 and in vain they worship me teaching as doctrines the commandments of men. Thank you, Rosalind. And in vain they worship me and what does that verse say again? Can you repeat that please? And in vain they worship me teaching as doctrines the commandments of men. Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men. Now, here Jesus is saying they are teaching as if they are teaching the doctrines of men as if they are commandments. Right? So what is he trying to prove here? Jesus is trying to say that it is not what man made ideas and ideologies that we are to teach. We are to teach the principles of God. Now, let me give you this example and this is a really funny one but after this example we'll take a break. I remember this. The example was this preacher was preaching and in his message it was the parable of the good Samaritan. I'm just trying to think I remember reading it I'm just trying to process my thoughts here. The parable of the good Samaritan where the man comes on a donkey and finally first the Pharisees and the other people reject this Samaritan but the man comes on a donkey and the Samaritan comes on the donkey and helps this poor man who's beaten and bruised on the road. Everything sounded good but I don't know if it was a book or whether I heard it but I know that this is what was portrayed. So the preacher was trying to say that the Samaritan was Jesus or the Samaritans were believers like you and me and the donkey was the church so God uses the donkey the church to take the sick people put them on them and takes them to the inn which is like God's kingdom completely wrong teaching but it was commandments of men and put across the wrong way so we must be very careful. Alright we'll take a break we'll come back and we'll continue on this side. Thank you. 10 minutes break.