 based on what we shared so far or anything that you want to add to what we looked at in the previous session about the ministry of the evangelist and we were looking specifically at the message, the gospel, the message of the cross, the power of the gospel. So any any questions anything that that you might want to add can take this time to do that. I am thankful to the Lord that this mode of evangelism depending rather considering this word that we are doing such and study on so though evangelism is wholesome evangelism is wholesome in a way that it takes the whole the whole of you you are healed physically you are healed emotionally you are healed spiritually so the evangelism is the whole as you look at the message and the the method all it will always come to everyone I was reading Matthew 18 11 where he says that he has come to seek the lost and it's wholesome it is complete and because it is complete it brings completeness to the one who has received it the one who has who has been saved thank you so much right right thank you Charles yeah so true yeah it's for the whole person so nothing is left undone you know his work was perfect and and the more we see it you know the more we're able to appreciate the Lord's work on the cross and and the more we are able to you know really so grateful for what he has done for us and the beautiful thing is that you know the more we dwell on it we see that he is such a such a great God awesome God and what a great life you know especially when you look at it and see that not only did he save me and heal me deliver me and purchase me and and all that but he comes to dwell in me and enable me to live a life a righteous life and enable me to live that life and put to death the deeds of the body right so close dwelling in me and giving me revelation and understanding and and being with me every step of the way being with us each one of us every step of the way you know what more could we ask for you know never alone never alone the God of heaven and earth stepping out and coming in and dwelling with us in us and so that our future is secure and he's with us to encourage us every moment every day and what what more can we ask for right so really you know we begin to appreciate the beauty of the gospel and the way that he is he loves us so much and and all we can do in response is thanksgiving and worship and all we can do is you know just resolve to be obedient resolve to be committed and and consecrated and and and and live that life that he's leading us to live yeah anyone else okay so let's uh let's move on yeah sure go ahead Chris yeah yes um yeah let's go ahead I'm just looking at chapter 4 and you know the history of evangelism and you know I think the last part was mentioned you mentioned it is mentioned about you know TV evangelism evangelism yeah yes and from there also I think they you know the internet is also you know social media and all that you know those those tools have also possibly also been used for evangelizing um so that is chapter 4 in chapter 5 we're talking about some of the fundamentals so my question is you know over the years and at the current time uh I mean and till the current time um has evangelism uh you know how or rather how much has evangelism changed and what are some of the challenges now which have you know possibly made evangelism uh you know different uh is it more effective you just wanted to understand you know what what are you know how is I mean how has it has it become has it evolved uh you know positively has it you know and what are some of the negative aspects to it yeah yeah so I think uh from what I what I've seen an experience and and also learned along the way just see that this explosion of you know this media or usage and the and the very very fact that it has become so widely available you know I would have never thought that I remember the first time when you know using a smartphone and and I remember actually watching a video about technology about pictures you know like expanding it and so on I was like wow this is wonderful and it was actually uh they were doing it on a big uh screen kind of thing right it was it is still not shrunk to become small so it is on a big screen and they're expanding pictures and manipulating and and doing all that with pictures and and within a year I think it it it came into our hands right on the phones where anybody can shoot pictures and and shoot videos and just send it within seconds to you know anywhere in the world or to a wider audience so we've seen the expansion and which is exciting you know the like the explosion of media and the scope so it has actually expanded the scope for the gospel to be heard right but also we know that with that explosion of media and the wide availability that it also comes with fatigue right media fatigue just like any other thing you know even if it's advertising you know there's you put everything so you you need to do something to stand out and be different and and so on so it has its advantages first let me just talk about that very quickly you know it is widespread you reach anyone in the world a lot of people are doing it ministering and a lot of testimonies especially from the Islamic nations right you see people have heard the I mean watch the videos watch testimonies they were searching for answers they had supernatural experiences they've had you know dreams and and people I mean and they've had dreams where supernal encounter in dreams where you know they didn't know it was the Lord Jesus but they saw the Lord Jesus and they heard you know certain things being declared to them that's the Lord Jesus saying that I am the way the truth and the life but they didn't know scripture they didn't know who it was they have these recurrent dreams and they go back and then they watch this video and they hear some testimony and then their lives are changed so how is it possible because the media being so invasive and even though certain nations restrict it but it gets into the hands of people you know across boundaries so in that way evangelism has really you know changed I mean the way we do evangelism you know it so it's an added thing you know rather than one-on-one or meeting in person you add this as well and the scope quite it but the negative thing or the challenge I would say is the fatigue that comes with it you know because everyone is saying and then you're you need to cut through the clutter to be able to but I think God will do that God will because we forget that Holy Spirit is there you know as a big big factor in evangelism we are we are partnering with him in evangelism though therefore he will give the ideas to and the strategy is to be to be different in the message and he's preparing the hearts of people to hear the message so so yeah so that but that's a challenge to be creative creative and relevant not for the sake of being creative and relevant but for really understanding the need understanding the audience and and and presenting the gospel accordingly without losing you know what we talked about the fact that it is a power of God the fact that that you know it's a message of the cross it is foolishness but you know you still do that and you know when we read about the message of the cross you see that the Jews were seeking after a sign you know something supernatural and the Greeks what did they want they wanted what we see in you know first Corinthians one the same scripture now we see that the Jews were seeking after a sign the Greeks after wisdom is for them they're intellectuals you know they wanted something to really stimulate their thinking and imagination and so on so they were there something about the thinking you know something about you know the root of wisdom but Paul goes on to say that it is the same message whether it's you know whether it's the audience is this or that whatever they need is this is the same message because Christ is the power of God the supernatural the demonstration and also Christ the wisdom of God right which which speaks to the to the mind to the rational you know thinking person which addresses some of those you know the questions that are troubling them so it is it seems like foolishness but this is this is the thing which addresses both and then we can do it effectively through media so one of the things I've come to understand is especially during the lockdown is what whatever you know you can do in person you know the Holy Spirit is not constrained you know whether we do it digitally online or in person you know the Holy Spirit it's just we are we are constrained we think okay how will it go how will it be received etc but the Holy Spirit is not so prophesying or you know praying for healing and people experiencing online you know you people are experiencing that and even this morning that Charles was I think Charles has dropped the call anyway so you know testifying to that so so we can do that you know digitally online so that's this group is great yeah okay Chris hi yes thank you master right I just want to add that you know you know there have been evangelists there was a mention of Ben Hinn so I was you know I was just doing a little research on on on him and I've actually seen him also preach once when I when I was in Singapore but what I what I was surprised to know to us that he had his own version of the Bible and you know obviously that was also I guess you know a source of revenue because you know they were selling this this Bible so he had his own version of the Bible so coming back to you know the the fundamental of you know the gospel you know how you know how that how his version of the Bible you know how it mapped to you know some of the more traditional versions so just that okay so it was a like a contemporary version kind of thing or what was it any idea I don't know very much about it or I'm what I what I know what I've heard is that it is based on on the kjv version but it was it was a you know it was a very impressive looking also a book you know had a very very attractive you know cover and it had a lot of a lot of commentaries you know from him which was which is added into it okay I'm not saying that there was anything wrong in it but I it was a it was a different it was a it was his version of the Bible which he expected all his his his you know followers to to to buy as well as you know to use use okay right yeah see like when we look at these especially chapter four when you look at all these names and all these people you know they're not perfect people you know they have their faults some of them you know frail human beings like they had their limits they had their faults they had their but God still use them and and the thing is that just like how he uses us right and like what happens is some of the faults and everything comes into high visibility because especially with media especially when in today's time because everything is you know it's it's just there out there and people you know see it their lives are open and so everything comes under that so so people are able to see it and comment on it and you know and discuss about it and so on so so the thing is that yeah again we need to be careful we need to be accountable God first and foremost and accountable to people and yes you know these all this all these old I mean all these people whom God used they have their own challenges they had their own thing not to use them and they are still on a journey you know whoever's alive they're still on the journey of you know God working in their lives they're all works in progress yeah that's true yes Rupa thank you sir I have we live near a university JNTU in Anantapur and I have seen this Jehovah Witnesses that group posting pamphlets and small small booklets inside the campus okay very beautifully done work and many new believers are misled by that also right there is a chance of that also and the Bible they have written also is different from the version we have so it's also good to know that people are like that around us and be careful thank you sir yeah yeah that's true yes Prabhakar thank you first I have a question similar to sojo yeah so we know that we are working progress and our desire to become like Christ and you know we believe like revelation is a progressive so coming to sojo like I didn't know that sojo is a comprehensive word I came to know only when I joined by the first year I was so amazed I went and shared to most of the people who I know it's really testing so are there any other word in the Bible or something that is comprehensive which we didn't understand for example in Trinity also it was progressive people didn't know in the beginning it was there but it was not like Holy Spirit also was not considered to be as equal in the beginning so any other words that has to complain so the words are there and so it was to think right yeah so what other word that I can think of is you know shalom where shalom was used I mean it's still used as a greeting among the Jewish people and shalom we say is you know predominantly peace right but then shalom is also you know you see it's a parallel yeah I think Sam has put it down it's all again a parallel to something like Zod so it's not like not just peace but also whole you know it also is well-being it's also connected to prosperity and so on so you do a word study of shalom that will be great you know in the restorative moves of God God is restored you know we see restoration of theology right restoration of truth which seem to have been lost God restoring that we also see a restoration of structure like church structure and or divine order and so on so we see that also you know coming back so we see both that both these aspects and in when it comes to restoration of the truth we also you know it's wonderful to see that about the gifts and about the role of the believer really the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry the fact that it is not you know we as believers we are not just an audience you know in the church we're not here to just fill up the seats there and go back and and watch other superstars do the work of ministry but really the ministry is about serving first and foremost there are no celebrities and superstars in ministry only you know servants of a great God not great servants of God but the fact that each of us as believers we are called to serve and we are called to be equipped we are called equipped empowered to serve in in whatever you know whatever realm of influence God has placed us in and and and all that is something that is being restorative you know so it is you know when you were saying progressive I was just thinking about the word restorative as well so yes some of these things have been progressive in the sense of the work of the spirit cross you know people on that side of the cross they were looking at it they had a shadow you know partial understanding but now looking back we see that the full import of that meaning and the sacrifice everything we understand and of course the work of the work of the spirit and and so on the kingdom again this is another thing you know like the rule and reign of God in our lives in you know wherever we are the kingdom of God the aspect of that kingdom and which again we are we are studying about right learning about yeah so these are some things yeah thank you for that question okay so yeah let's move on we move on to uh so the so we looked at the gospel the power of the cross message of the cross and the power of the gospel and we also see that the event as an evangelist some of the practical aspect is okay we understand these concepts or we understand these truths and I mean we receive it and say okay now this is going to be part of me so I'm not just going there to tell a story you know or tell about Jesus and how he was and how he was a good man and how much he loves loves us and so on but I'm also as I present the message I know that this message is life changing because this message is powerful it contains the power of God to snatch people out of the you know the wherever they are headed to which is destruction and snatch it you know smash them for the purpose of the kingdom right and place them in the kingdom so this is able the this message is the power of God and which means that as a minister of God I become a vessel through whom God works right through whom God works the supernatural so which means that I yes God surprises me sometimes but it will be great if I'm equipped intentionally and to expect God to move and I cooperate with God let's say God says okay now you go and pray for that person and I want to you know I want to heal this person I want to touch this person's body I want to touch this person's mind and you know if we are not if you're not read about it if you're not studied and if you're not you know expectant to move in it our unrenewed mind our unrenewed thinking will say okay God will do it anyway you know God can do it in many ways God will do it you go home and pray right where we don't step out and we don't minister by faith right so so the thing is that's the other aspect so we develop the supernatural or develop and demonstrate the supernatural in our ministering as an evangelist so the evangelist one of the things is is to develop the supernatural because that's that's part and parcel because God wants to confirm it's not just that the evangelist is you know manufacturing something but no God wants to do it God is more desirous of doing it he wants to display his power he wants to you know heal that person he wants to deliver that person he wants to bring that wholesomeness to that person he wants to save that person right he wants to so do that person so so one of the thing is to expect God to use expect God to use in in these areas you know in healing in deliverance in demonstration of power and and not give up you know we learning so don't be discouraged if things don't happen and if and things happen give glory to God and and keep going keep learning and and keep moving in it it is it is again a relationship it flows out of relationship with God it's not a formula right you know that even though we we learn these truths we run these principles we learn these precepts we know that it's not a formula we know that we can use the name of Jesus but we know it's not a formula because we know of people who use the name of you know Jesus whom Paul preached and and he would try to do something and there you know there are consequences with disasters right so we know it flows from a place of relationship and intimacy right so it's a journey so use us expect be expectant about being used by God you know in pray step out in faith and then do it right and and don't stop don't stop doing it continue to look for opportunities continue to share and and God move right and use the authority when it comes to deliverance when it comes to you know certain things healing there were times when when Jesus would issue a command so understand that use the authority and authority flows again because of relationship right authority flows again because of relations our relationship with the Lord Jesus and the place that he has exalted us to to be seated with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus and so use that authority right so we it doesn't mean that we have to you know be an arrogant person proud person but you be a confident person confident in Christ and and humility that flows out of that place of you know being confident confident in Christ and use the authority speak the word issue that command stand firm in faith and and watch God move right so use the authority um yes we you know we looked at that when we studied about the gifts that God is not partial you know the gifts yes he uses some in the ministry offices and that's that's the calling that's what he's commissioned them to but all believers god will work through all believers are called to you know be a spokesperson of the gospel so to communicate the gospel god all believers um can lay hands and pray over the sake and all believers it is for all the believers like the commissioners for all the believers uh which we see in Matthew 28 is for all believers and these signs will follow those who believe and not just the ministry offices these signs will follow those who believe so um god will work through so mark chapter 16 verses 17 and 18 these signs will follow those who believe in my name they will do this in my name they will do this that the authority that i've given them the position that i've given them um in my name they will do this right okay the other thing is to uh develop the ability to present the gospel um to varied audiences now now you know that's uh you know to whoever uh the evangelists typically god takes god orchestrates and places the evangelists uh among those who need to hear and it can be varied audiences if you look at Paul in his missionary journey of course he went to the synagogues and he shared uh he would also go out and he was in the town square he would preach he was among the you know the Greeks who who who are philosophers and and people who exchanged ideas about new things and god would take him there and he would you know preach the gospel there so develop the ability to preach the gospel to share the gospel to varied audiences you know now that's that's something that we need to share present without without diluting the message when we compromise when we compromise on the message we are compromising on the truth we are compromising on the power okay don't get into so don't intentionally do that right that's a thing uh well i forgot and i kind i should you know many times we share i oh i should have said that i i didn't that's okay god will god will still work god will work through that even through our you know uh you know through our mistakes god will still but don't be you know when you know that something is uh you know something needs to be shared and then you're intentionally holding back because of fear or whatever you know don't let's not do that right um so varied audiences you know i can just think of uh you know some some instances where i was i was talking about the share you know talking about the gospel talking about Jesus sharing the gospel and i realized that wow what a one what a setting this is you know what is what a setting this is and one of the things was you know i think this was sometime a couple years back it was a funeral and there are the funeral people are you know of course crying and the coffin is there and there's this man who was next to me and he's just talking about about that person and saying you know several things and and then he says you know he just so i was just asking okay how are you related and this is how this person was and all that and then suddenly he said you know um uh but uh nobody knows now what's going to happen or uh you know something like that i forget the exact words oh he said so then we got to talking you know there is an assurance you know yeah nobody you know but for those who are who know Jesus there is an assurance so i remember talking about the you know sharing about sharing the gospel how Jesus died on the cross and then i asked him you know are you you know do you believe in Jesus then he said something he said yeah yeah i'm a believer but i have this fear he said i have this fear because you know if i'm buried and i'm just wondering you know what'll happen they put all this mud and cover me and it might be dark uh then we you know then we uh talked about how the minute you die you close your eyes here you open your eyes you know if you sleep uh in Christ if you die in Christ you uh you're with him you know you're absent in the body is to be present with the Lord so uh we talked about that assurance of that and then um and then from there we moved to the cemetery and then we finished the burial and then and i just prayed with them i just asked him you know can i just pray with you and we prayed and prayed for that fear to leave pray for the assurance of the gospel uh you know as as a child of God and and we you know it was wonderful right so uh though it wasn't of someone who did not know Christ but someone who knew Christ and um and i remember another instance again uh this is one on one again i'm i'm talking to uh this was a family again uh uh a situation where you know someone has died or family member has died and we're sitting there and and uh relative of mine comes and asks you know how how can we how can we console the family you know what do we say in such cases you know when these things happen how do we console obviously they've lost someone how can i say that it's okay or how can i say that you'd be fine then again you know we're having this conversation about Jesus about the Holy Spirit the comfort of the Holy Spirit the the assurance of person uh uh a person who is born again being in the presence of Jesus and that same reality being available for the for the family that one day just because this person put their faith in Jesus now if this family puts their faith in Jesus receives Jesus that they will be in the presence of the Lord rejoicing and so on so um you know so this person didn't actually has not not yet he's not yet accepted the Lord or at least you know that's what i think but we had that you know a lot of questions from them then we forgot about you know the family and and you know that whole thing talking about you know what is it what about those who do not want to Christ you know what about them and so these can be interesting places if we are expectant and um you know if you're open and how to and also equipped you know to share the gospel to very you know audiences and one more you know i'll just share that i'm not great with you know sharing with children you know because i had a very bad experience uh i mean a challenging experience just ministering to kids uh you know leading worship nobody would listen we're all you know they're all getting very very uh so that's why i think rupa was talking about uh kids ministry and i was like wow you know you're talking to children and you know uh so uh for me so i would be really shy away from you know ministering to kids but this happened when our nephew who was at time i think about three years old so he had come home and uh that is reading to him like reading to him from different uh we we have this series of books called these are comics actually one side is a picture one side is thing and about everyday kids playing this and but then it shares the you know talks about Jesus about receiving Jesus and so on towards the end of the story so really maybe some 10 15 pages so i'm just still you know telling him the story and uh he was very attentive just listening okay so what is this what is that and and at the end of it uh you know i just felt i had to ask him you know so i asked him you know do you want to invite Jesus into your heart uh can i can we pray uh you know just like that story there's this person who invited Jesus like he said yeah i want to do that so then right there in our living room we are sitting and this first time you know with such a person who's so young um so we i said you know this is what uh Jesus did for you and so um will you pray after me you repeat this prayer he said yes yes i'll do that and and so he he prayed that prayer and and it was so wonderful you know i had to stop myself from you know breaking into tears because he'll think oh what is this you know some he's upset but i was really it was really tears of joy and i was just trying card you know holding back even as he prayed that prayer and invited Jesus into his heart and so it's amazing so for us to be ready i know from for me personally uh ministering to kids uh i know i need to work on that right and when there's a you know uh when there's an audience of young audience and i need to really know how to share the gospel so all of us you know we can we can work on this area right but specifically those who are called for the office of the evangelist right so we we we can work on this intentionally saying okay um you know can i what is it you know can i know the language can i work on the language of course i can speak through an interpreter but can i you know work on the language myself can i understand the audience a little more um and if it's this kind of an audience you know how do i uh how do i build that bridge so it will help right it will really help uh uh greatly and make them as minister even more effective and knowing that god is there right knowing that the holy spirit will lead us um yeah okay so here are some key areas to cover i'm on page 14 so we're looking at page 14 and 15 uh when presenting the gospel message i'm just going to kind of list that in from the notes the existence of god and aspects of his nature so you know the fact that god is there you know he is who you said he is and he is there he exists um the whole problem of sin it's consequences we can talk about that in very simple ways uh for people to understand our need for a savior you know because there is sin because we come into this world as people who are in need of a savior we need someone to save us we come as people who are disconnected from god we come as people who are having a spirit which is dead to god alive to sin so our need for a savior then we you know um we can talk about jesus being our savior healer deliver miracle worker uh jesus being our only savior that's very important again right jesus being our only savior uh god's promise and invitation god's promise of salvation and the fact that we are all invited to receive this from him and how he repent and believe repentance is is is yeah it involves emotions indeed not involve emotions right uh we because remorse is what uh what it is right uh which which might involve emotions but it need not because you are you are really repenting is a decision that you take making about change right so uh which might lead to us being emotive but that's not an indicator of repentance okay so i'm just sharing that that um you know we don't need to you know when we if we are leading people and if they don't you know cry or break down that doesn't mean that they are you know uh that's no indicator of uh repentance or just because people cry uh that is also not an indicator of repentance repentance has to show in their lives right so repentance and repent and believe and this is how we respond to the uh to the invitation and you know we can uh we can also minister as a uh as as led by the spirit minister to the person uh in the gifts of the spirit so these are some things to for us to keep in mind when we are presenting the gospel uh message right um the other thing is to maintain our passion for for souls um we didn't have passion for people really you know for people who are lost now you know there are kinds of people people are not exactly lovable at all times and i think you and i know that people uh you know jesus came to save the sinner which means someone who is lost someone who is doing their own thing someone who's an enemy of god and an enemy of people also you know someone who's persecuting someone who's rude uh someone who is whom do you want to you want to just avoid generally in life right you don't want to mess with you know this kind of people but the thing is to maintain our passion see people as how god sees them okay that is how asking god for a revelation of people you know the things that they're doing god it's hurting your heart uh give me that compassion right uh it can start with family members maybe people have hurt us deeply and say with words with actions and so on but uh and and really you know exchange our hard heartedness for god's god's heart of compassion for people um and uh you know it's uh and doing it in practical ways really uh when we encounter people who are rude who are impolite to constantly remind us jesus died for that person okay i'm not saying that we we have we condone their work you know condone their sin uh in any way right we're not affirming that that behavior no but really internally for ourselves to to come to that place of saying jesus died for this person jesus loves this person right now the way this person is behaving you know jesus loves and wants that person to come to the saving knowledge of christ um and to really ask god for it um and and that can be life changing right so if you're in traffic if somebody's bothering you you know constantly remind yourself that jesus died for that person right and work on our flesh uh put our flesh to death uh one of the i remember once just uh you know again in traffic i was going to i think i i was going for some early morning meeting or something but it's a driving it's on the fly over and back to back bumper to bumper traffic and we're all you know there and and suddenly you know just can't put so much of uh compassion for the city i was just looking around at the top of the fly over top of that bridge looking at the city and there was so much of uh compassion i just started started weeping really and the strange you know in traffic and i was feeling a little embarrassed and but the fact is that god put uh compassion for the city you know how he sees the city uh and despite it's all it's you know uh politicians and all the limitations and all the traffic and all the ills of that city god loves the people in that city and and really you know that put uh uh that really changed that day i i i still i remember that that was a defining moment of uh you know viewing people uh viewing people viewing people who are broken viewing people who are rebellious viewing people who are defiant you know who are shaking their fists at god to view them as how god would see them right um okay so maintaining the passion for souls the other thing is to learn how to equip the saints for similar ministry so so the thing is you know which is again something that we need to work on as evangelists you know if if you're doing something it's uh you know sometimes we say right uh i don't know how but i this is how i i mean i'm just doing it i really don't know okay i can't explain to you but this is how i do it then what happens is you know god might be using us in wonderful ways but then you know it ends with us it ends with us you know god might be using us in different ways he might have gifted us and maybe there are certain revelations certain things that you know he has put in our hearts and that is touching people's lives and maybe he has empowered us in certain ways and um but if we don't sit down to reflect and see you know what is it that god has done and if you take time actually we can you know we can maybe list it down maybe certain things maybe it has to do with your personal life everything you know about your life and we can steward that okay we can steward that because Paul says to the current in church he says that uh we are i want you to see as we are stewards of the mysteries of god we are stewards of the mysteries of god which means overseers managers and it is important that a steward is found faithful faithful for what faithful to uh an accountable faithful and accountable for well to receive it because god has given it uh and i've received it from him and to make sure that i you know with its communication with its handing over i do it faithfully i do it in a manner that brings him glory right and pass it on like passing on the baton to another generation right and and equipping others it's really about equipping others to the work of ministry which when we read Ephesians 4 11 we see that that is one of the things that is one of the key uh uh i would say instructions or key things that god wants the ministry office to do okay let's look at that verse Ephesians 4 and verse 11 uh Ephesians 4 was 11 okay and he himself gave some to be apostles some prophets some evangelists some pastors and teachers okay first well for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry so it's not only how i minister and how we minister of course being learning to do that but also when god uses us in ministry to be able to equip others to do the same thing okay to do the work of ministry that's that's a key thing okay so uh it's scriptural it's biblical so um some people might say okay why why why some training school why are this person teaching others about this and why don't they just go win souls well that is part of the call to the ministry office to equip the saints for the work of ministry for the edifying of the body of christ verse 12 okay a couple of other things and then we'll close um i just want to invert those points you know point seven to be point six be connected to a local church for um understand that this ministry office operates in a different way it involves yes maybe meeting different groups of people maybe moving geographically across nations maybe from across towns right whatever but be connected to a local church you know where which is your base which is uh you know which is your headquarters which is your you know where is your home where have you ever planted be connected to a local church it's very very important we see that in paul and you know paul and barnabas when they um go out they they go on the missionary journey they come back to anti-arc because anti-arc is where they were they were kind of planted they they were others and if you remember you know when they were praying together when they ministered to the lord the lord sent them apart and sent them so uh so they came back and they shared with the church whatever god had done for them and and everyone kind of uh you know excuse me everyone uh recognized that and gave thanks to god for that so there is mutual accountability uh when you're planted in a church and you're also coming back to a place to be refreshed by the fellowship of other believers by the spiritual input uh you know because we give and we receive and that happens in in a context of community so be connected to a local church okay now when ministering to a local church submit to the leadership of that local church like let's say the pastor says okay uh hey in our church we you know we don't wear footwear you know we leave the footwear at the door you know just submit to that and they say okay you know sermon the message is just 20 minutes just submit to that okay don't say you know i'm i'm led by god to speak another 20 minutes well if if if it's really a stirring of the spirit of god you can ask the pastor and say you know can i go another 20 minutes is it okay maybe they have you know very strong reasons why the message should be 20 minutes right maybe it's all senior folks after 20 minutes who want to go you know they they can't sit more than 20 minutes they maybe they have certain things but be submitted to the uh leadership of the local pastor right and also be sensitive to the local church order right the sentence if if they stand and sing if they sit and sing if they kneel and sing you know for example be sensitive to the the order in which you do you know every church has its own ways of you know it has its culture it has its i'm talking about the local church it has its way of doing things so it's okay just be sensitive as long as it's not against scripture you know be sensitive to the local church order and and the message you know we will be building bridges right building bridges and the message will not be you know the people will not be close to the mass message because of something that happened like this so be sensitive to the local church order and submit to the leadership of the local church very important um well another book that will be helpful is a book called divine order in the citywide church okay divine order the citywide church it's there in the you know in our book list on the website um yeah divine order okay so um that's that's helpful for for all the ministry i think you would have studied it earlier equipping or when you're studying about foundations uh ministers foundations you have this would have been a required reading so it's very very useful to go back to it time and again right and check okay so with that we come to the end of the practical aspects of the ministry doing the ministry of the evangelist so we'll stop here and we'll pick it up next class which is on friday i guess so between now and friday it'll be great if you can do that research right on how did the gospel come to my city okay so wherever you are living right now you know whichever country whichever city that you're part of where you're living right now um to do a research and say okay how did the gospel come here first okay who was it who brought the gospel who was it who shared and how did it reach here it'll be interesting to find out and we'll also spend some time talking about it next class okay okay uh thank you so much we'll stop here god bless eat again later bye bye thank you sir thank you buster see you bye bye thank you thank you bye see you thank you buster right thank you buster bye bye see you