 Yeah, so that's done. So we've been looking at chapter 3 financial stewardship and in chapter 3 we looked at the We looked at God's guarantee like what is it? How can we know that God? guarantees to prosper his people right that is what we looked at last class and we and we And we looked at how the nature of God itself the inherent quality the inherent value or characteristic of God itself is to bless Right is to prosper his people So that is we looked at several scriptures. We looked at Genesis and how God in creation blessed creation Blesses creation saying you know He spoke his word of blessing and say be fruitful multiply fill the earth and he blessed He released his word of blessing and and then we looked at the book of James We see that Every good gift every perfect gift comes from him and in whom there is no shadow of or variation or Heart of changing right so we saw that in Psalm 84 verse 11 also we looked at all these scriptures We talk about the characteristic of God which talks about the the the inherent nature of God to bless Okay, so we can be sure that yes God is a God who blesses and we see scriptures like You know some says no good thing will he withhold from those who walk righteously He's not the one who's holding back, you know, sometimes we hesitate to receive because of maybe wrong ideas about God Maybe maybe our lack of faith even sometimes we hesitate or we say, okay Because of the poor understanding we have about ourselves and you say, okay, maybe you know We beating ourselves up out because of some poor because of our you know the our history with God or you know the ways we have let him down and we're beating ourselves up and saying I don't deserve this right and and Sometimes it's a lack of faith, you know, we're not going to him with a big measure big enough measure right so But the nature of God Revealed in scripture shows us that he's a God who blesses and we can be sure that he's a God And there's no partiality with him. He's an impartial God. So what he'll do for one. He'll do for the other as well Right. So we looked at that and then we looked at the general promises of God We looked at the logos and the rama and we see that yes God can speak specifically the holy spirit can You know highlight and give a specific instruction and specific strategy and say, okay, you do this and I want you to do this I want you to invest in this. I want you to you know do this and You know and and so that blessings flows into our lives So God is well able to do that But also the general promises of God Which means, you know general scripture logos when we look at logos itself. There are enough and more scriptures Testifying to the fact that God is a God who blesses God is a God who wants to prosper his people. So So the thing is over where did we miss all this? You know, how did we miss all this? Maybe we add muted blessing when we look at the word blessing, you know sometimes we attribute that to We spiritualize that and we say, okay, maybe it is You know the blessing of knowing him The blessing of salvation the blessing of revelation the blessing of having received spiritual There is truth to it You know that that is that is definitely a big part of God blessing us, you know the fact that Our eyes are open to see him to know him to hear him Right salvation itself Amazing the biggest blessing of all Right as new creations with born-again spirit with the spirit of God in dwelling us. What more can you ask for right? It's a big big amazing immense blessing But blessing also We need to know that it carries with it a blessing in all realms like relationally materially financially emotionally everything right it's it that's the realm So if we look at only one realm Then we could come to the wrong understanding that Yeah, I mean these all these verses can be looked at through that Lens, right? We are looking at it through that lens. I say, okay So it's a green colored lens and then I see a thing green And why it's a but it actually it's it's some of the shape But you know, I'm looking at it green because you know, I have green colored lens the glasses that I'm wearing Right. So it is possible Why, you know, we we do that Sometimes we you know, we come to that understanding. Well, how would we miss all these scriptures? It is possible that we've done that so Yeah, so the next thing that we're going to see You know, how how can we be sure that God guarantees to bless his people? The next thing that we see is the the very blessings that he spoke over Abraham Okay, the God blesses Abraham and he speaks His blessing over Abraham And we see that in several Verses in Genesis, right? We we look at so let's look at a few of these verses And now, okay. God blessed Abraham. Now, how does it apply to me? Right in that sense Why should it apply to me? We see that also we see that connection also As new new testament believers what has happened on the cross That God removed the curse that we might receive the blessing And specifically it talks about the blessings of Abraham All right, so we let's look at some of these scriptures. Let me just share the screen and For those of us who want to follow the notes you can do that here Okay, so Yeah, it's blessing of Abraham. Okay, let's let's let's look at Genesis 12 Genesis 12 and verses 1 to 3 we see God, you know, bringing in that whole Redemptive plan bringing in that whole You know in in that Talking about blessing. Okay, so it says here Genesis 12 verses 1 to 3 The Lord said to had said to Abraham Abraham Get out of your country from your family and from your father's house to a land that I will show you I will make you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great and you shall be a blessing I will bless those who bless you and I will curse him who curses you in you All the families of the earth shall be blessed Okay, so the blessings of Abraham What does he say he says, uh, you know, you will be blessed I'm going to bless you and you will be a blessing and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed Okay So that is something that he says if you turn to the next chapter chapter 13 and verse 2 We see some of the possessions that he carried now. Abraham was blessed knowing God Abraham was blessed walking with God and it applies to Him Some of the victories that he had the fact that he was a friend of God That the and relationally You know the kind of things that he had and and we see materially 13 and verse 2 says Abraham was very rich in livestock in silver And in gold. Okay, so and And it mentions there very specifically, you know, there's a reason that's mentioned there that you know, God blessed and it comes from him And there's nothing to be afraid of to be embarrassed about And nothing to shun these things, you know, if you want to You know receive the blessing and if you want to use it in the right way God ordained way. We saw that, you know, prosperity is Divinely enabled success increased growth By divinely empowered means And methods, right? So we see that and for divinely appointed purposes. So when we look at it that way if God is Ensuring that these things come through so You know, so we are a conduit. We are an instrument. We are a vessel to receive and to pour out so So it says that he was very rich in livestock in silver and in gold, which was basically saying his net worth was was good Right. Okay. Then we look at one more scripture and then we'll go to Galatians three. So we look at Genesis 24 And verse one. Okay, 24 verse one Um Now Abraham was old well advanced in age and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things So it's scripture records for us. Who was the source? Who was the source right? Who was the source of blessing? How did Abraham come into being all this? It was the Lord Says Abraham was old well advanced in age and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all Things so in all things now look at that phrase all things In all things he was blessed So an expensive scope Of all things. So we know that it was not It was not natural to certain Areas it was an all things So the Lord had blessed he was the source of all blessing He was a source of all blessing and Abraham Was blessed in all things and this is towards the end of his life, right? well advanced in age and so on so if you go down to verse 34 And you know 35 this is the testimony of his servant right, he goes in search of a bride for Isaac and so For for for Abraham son Isaac. So this is the testimony of him. He now this is the observation of the servant. So he says Verse 34 I am Abraham's servant the Lord has blessed my master greatly And he has become great and he has given him flocks and herds Silver and gold male and female servants and camels and donkeys now that is You know his observation and he says, okay, there are servants even you know, it's adding. Okay Is there are servants and there are No, they're donkeys and this means there's flocks and herds and gold and silver and And we can attribute that he's attributing that to God being the source of those blessings, right? So we we see that Excuse me So we now, um, you know, there are other scriptures also you can you can look at now we go to Galatians 3 Galatians 3 and Verse 13 and 14 versus 13 and 14 I'm sure we've read this Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law having become a curse for us For it is written cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree Verse 14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus That we might receive the promise of the spirit through faith Yeah, that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles In Christ Jesus that we might receive the promise of the spirit through faith. Well Galatians 3 13 and 14 First of all, it says we have been redeemed. We have been taken out of the The negativity of the law or the curse of the law The bad things that are supposed to happen to us because we've not kept the law Right the the the doors that have opened because we've not kept the law all the negative things All the things that take away from us Not add to us but take away from us All those things we have been redeemed Right, we have been redeemed from that. We've been bought out of that. We've been taken out of that the curse of the law That the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles might come upon us Not just Jews, but everyone else In Christ Jesus who I have received Christ And this is God's plan that the blessing of Abraham will come upon me as a person who is in Christ And it says that we might receive the promise of the spirit through faith. So he's talking primarily about salvation. He's talking primarily about receiving The gift of the Holy Spirit through faith and we and we know that because you know, Paul is addressing that in Galatians you know, he's talking about making the difference between law and making the difference between how one receives by faith and So he's talking to the Galatians who are going back to the law who's talking about, you know These these it was a Gentile church and they were talking about they had received entertained some teachers who You know wanted them to be circumcised wanted to go back to the law. So we know that he's talking about Redemption he's talking about the blessing of righteousness that Abraham received But it also talks about You know the aspect of the realm of blessing that that Abraham received from God Right Abraham believed God and it was a count to do him for righteousness so that that was something that he received from God and Everything else that he received Was from God He was a source of the blessing and it says here that we've been redeemed from the curse that the blessing of Abraham might come upon us Okay, so this is another guarantee that we can be sure that it is God's will for me It is God's will that I be blessed. It is God's will that I be You know prosperous I have success. I have increase and I have growth Okay, so it is God's will right Okay, then we look at the new covenant of blessing Okay, now we know you have studied about biblical covenants and you know So I I'm not going into the details of this but the fact is that God made a covenant With Abraham and several other covenants with in the Old Testament We studied that and the covenant came with the blessing Right this promise that God was making all of him available for the people in the covenant Was it was a reality people of the covenant that he was making all of himself available And with him came the blessing of the covenant And it involved Apart from the blessing of knowing him it involved certain other things as well It involves all other realms emotional material it involved that Right. So in the covenant that God made Uh, we see these blessings of those in the covenant Now we know that In redemption the cross speaks of a better covenant Right this the cross declares a better covenant, you know better than all those other covenants And uh, we see that We see that in probably we should look at Hebrews 8 and verse 6 and also 2nd Corinthians 3. So Hebrews 8 and verse 6 talks about How he has obtained more excellent ministry In as much as he is also mediator of a better covenant Which was established on better promises. So it's talking about Christ it's talking about him being the high priest and How he has obtained More excellent ministry is a mediator of a better covenant Okay, simply for us to understand that we are people of a better covenant And as part of as being people of a better covenant Whose mediator was Christ There are promises that come with the covenant which belong to us Right and it's better than the than the old one. It's better than the previous one Okay, so that is something that we see if you look at 2nd Corinthians 3 2nd Corinthians 3 and verse 6 to 11 again You know the reiteration that it is a better covenant that it is a better ministry That is a better life in the spirit right 2nd Corinthians chapter 3 and verse 6 um Let me just quickly read that who has so made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant Not of the letter, but of the spirit for the letter kills, but the spirit gives life for But if the ministry of death written and engraved on stones was glorious So that the children of israel could not look steadily at the face of moses because of the glory of his countenance Which glory was passing away. How will the ministry of the spirit? not be more glorious For if the ministry of condemnation had glory the ministry of righteousness exceeds much more in glory For even what was made glorious had no glory in this respect because of the glory that excels For if what is passing away was glorious what remains is much more glorious. So For us to simply know that we are pop people of a covenant We are part of this covenant and as part of this covenant We there come these covenant promises and covenant blessings And these are better than the previous Covenants Right. These are these are better than the pieces common. So the if you look at the old testament, you know, especially if you look at Um, uh, just want to be 28, right? You want to be 20? You may you may have gone through, you know, you turn me 28 versus one to 14 talk about the blessings Of one who keeps the law the blessings are following the law One to 14 is uh, is is very good to read through, right? But 14 onwards of 15 onwards. It's a scary part and it talks about the curse and Yeah, let's let's just go there. You turn me 28 One to 14, right? So it's actually the blessing of obedience obeying obeying god One to 14 it talks about You know, it talks about the material things it talks about food. It talks about, you know, storehouses and It talks about relational things. You know, this is how the and favor and so on This is how the people of the earth will see you and and You know that you are called by the name of god. They should be afraid of you and um, it talks about The fruit of your body, you know, meaning your, you know offspring your children and And so on, you know, you you maybe you can take time to go through it, right? versus one to 14 Um, and then it talks about the curses. It talks about the curses of disobedience Right, so versus one to 14 the blessing It's in the old dispensation And uh, and here we see in 2nd Corinthians 3 that here we have this better covenant Right, we have something that is even more glorious Even more glorious and he has made a sufficient sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, right? So we see again that uh, this is god's heart And this is something that he has established In the old and the new So we see that That as a guarantee that's as um Uh, something that reveals That it is god's heart. It is god's will to prosper his people Okay, because of the covenant Right, and if you one thing to do is um, when we look at was, uh, sorry Deuteronomy 28 versus one to 14 can we can thank god we can thank god and say god I thank you That this is a blessing this portion is mine. You know, this is mine I thank you for it. I I receive it You know, I receive it, you know And and to look at it as something that's in the old testament something that's in the old dispensation and God wants something far better for us in the new dispensation Right to to receive it and say oh god, I thank you to receive it by faith to be open to it Right, uh to be open to it and say lord. Um, yeah, I'm open to this You know, this is the blessing that you want to bring about Um, and it's a it's a blessing of obeying you god and I and I receive it, right? And the and the beautiful thing is that he is this he has actually redeemed us from the curse of disobeying Right, so every curse that you see on the disobedience I mean, it's um, it's it's very scary, right? It's about it's about financial you know bankruptcy, it's about It's about disease and and and so many things happening there um Well, it's good to go through that and say I've been redeemed from it and Galatians three I stand on Galatians three and verse 14 and And three versus 13 and 14 and 15 and you know, I stand redeemed I stand redeemed It is I you know, it's something that I've been taken out of Therefore, uh, I I'm redeemed from all this. So Uh, this is something that we can do as well saying god I thank you god, but it shall not come upon me because I'm redeemed Right, so it's good good exercise good thing. So these actually show us that It is god's heart Right, it is god's nature It's god's guarantee to bring in his divinely Enabled success and growth and increase into the life of his people Um, so that is something for us to grasp That is something for us to you know, not just Understand and and and just talk about it, but also to receive and live Right to receive and live Maybe sometimes we are we are scared saying okay. Oh, what will the others say? Sometimes that's the thing, you know, I don't well You know, this was in school long time back, so I we used to you know, we we had we had a Car and we used to get dropped me and my brother In in school We there was one person to help us, you know driving So so he would drop us in school. So the thing is I remember At one point I noticed that most of my schoolmates most of my classmates would come either by Bus, which is a public transport or They were you know staying close by so they would come by bicycle or they would walk to school. Okay But the thing is I was feeling embarrassed Coming in a car getting down in a car Right for some reason. I just felt that Either I just wanted to be one of them Then I was too young to really process that but I just felt embarrassed Getting out of a car because I one thing is maybe it was different from you know Not too many people were coming by car And I was coming by car and getting down. Maybe it felt different or I don't know what it was but looking back. I feel that maybe it was also You know, I didn't want to show Or you know, I felt uncomfortable showing that oh, you know, I was Maybe I had this I was I had this Transport which was not available to many Whatever, you know at that stage in life, I felt I felt uncomfortable Now looking back, you know, maybe we we could have the same kind of mindset, you know This uncomfortable feeling about wealth this uncomfortable feeling about success and increase and It could be because, you know, maybe others around are in a We're in the same, you know same level and we don't want to look different Or we don't want people to I don't know say what they have to say because you know, we are having this You know enjoying this material benefits, whatever it could be But it's possible that we might have that kind of a mindset. Not all I had I had to, you know, work my way out of that Maybe, you know, we might feel that way, but I just wanted to say that, you know, this is not God's way of looking at us right God's way of looking at us is that Here's my servant and I take pleasure. I take delight when I think All of us as You know, some of us as parents, we would understand that, you know, when we have your own child I don't think he's there, John you know, you have your own son or daughter and You want the best Of course, you want them to life learn life lessons and you want them to You know that know about hard work and the value of hard work and everything and You want want them to know that Excuse me But you want to provide the very best You want to provide the best Opportunity want to provide the best Think possible within whatever you can And you're not, you know, you would rather go without it something without something so that you can provide And you know, I understood that as a father The day I became a father, I saw my child saw my daughter. Hell my daughter. I realized that I would do anything In order for her to be provided for her to be given the best opportunities for her to become a success in life So how much more are heavenly father? Yes, there are like lessons to be learned. Yes, there is character to be formed, but But God's desire is this God's perspective is this Okay, so there could be many things that might hinder us Hinder us from deceiving. There could be many things that might stop us block us from even Having the same perspective as God, but but that's the thing that we need to work on, you know, like we said last class That's the thing we need to renew our mind to and this is one of the biggest biggest things that areas that we can renew our minds to when it comes to wealth because The enemy wants to steal the enemy wants to kill the enemy wants to destroy and God wants to You know Bring life and life in its abundance. He has come as a good shepherd to bring life and lights in its abundance and we can do so much more And when when we when we look at finances when we look at money as a tool as something that God puts in our hands and When we hold on to it lightly Right and and not be opposed to It flowing through us You know if we want to if we want to flow through us we need to receive right So so that's something that that's an area for us to work on Okay Any questions or any of your your thoughts or your experiences? I think we can we can talk about it You know, I shared about mine so anything that You might want to share you're welcome to share You're not much into sharing Okay Okay, so let's let's move on then, you know, but if you have if you do have any questions Anything to clarify anything to contribute, you know, you're welcome to do that Um, even during the course of you know, what you're going to spend discussing next. Okay, so let's look at You know, like we said, you know, what are those some some things that could block? Okay, let's look at some hindrances now we we looked at God's perspective. We looked at what the scripture talks about that we looked at, you know, God's intentions his desires his wish for us As people in Christ. So we we looked at all that so there's nothing that is You know, no good thing with he withhold From those who walk righteously. So there's nothing holding God back right, so if that is so then why is it that a lot of people, you know are You know living the kind of life far below what God wants Right, why is it that? So we look at some of the hindrances. Okay. What are some things that are blocking? What are some things that are? that are really being A boundary a blockage For for this if it is not God's, you know, if it's not nothing to do with God If it's not something that is on his side then there has to be a problem on the other side, right? So what are some hindrances? Let's look at that, right? Let me share the screen again right Okay, so the first thing What we see is that what you've seen scripture is wrong motivation Okay, wrong motivation now. God is a giver. God is the one who blesses God is the one who's generous But if there is wrong Motivation from our side Then that becomes a hindrance to receive from God Okay, so we're looking at hindrances for prosperity Okay hindrances for God given prosperity My divine prosperity Now there could be hindrances now. What are these? The first thing is wrong motivation in a sense the motivation of my heart why I want what I want Okay, the why behind the what? That's the motivation now Okay, let's look at James chapter 4 verses 2 and 3 you lust and do not have You murder and covet And cannot obtain you fight in war yet you do not have Because you do not ask Okay, so that's verse 2 You're lasting you do not have You covet you murder You're not able to obtain you fight you strive you do something but You do not have because you do not you do not ask which means that is a principle that God wants us to ask and receive so that Our joy might be full. So He wants us to ask and receive. Okay Then verse 3 you ask Okay, I'm doing something that God wants me to do And I do not receive you ask and do not receive because you ask a miss that you may spend it on your pleasures Okay, so there is There is selfishness We know that God is not against spending it on ourselves So which means that this is this is going going beyond that which means that this is all about I wanted for me for myself I wanted for I'm selfish about this. I'm not going to let it go I'm going to have a tight grip on this and my heart is still not Not set free from greed. My heart is still not set free from Covetiousness because you see, you know, that's what it is It's all about lusting and coveting and and fighting and striving to get something Right. So that is still there And then I ask with all this this motivation for You know fighting and coveting and lusting which is and I'm asking You know with all that still there probably and I do not have because I'm asking a miss right and In verse one actually says where do wars and fights come from not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members So it's something fleshly the motivation itself is fleshly it is it is that I might spend it on You know on on my own pleasures, right? No, I also want to you know So that we we have the right perspective. We have the balance, you know Just want us to look at 1st Timothy 6 again and verse 17 Right 1st Timothy 6 and verse 17 the last part of his Our last part of verse 17 says Not to trust in uncertain riches, but in the living god. There's this living god who Gives us richly all things to enjoy who gives us richly all things to enjoy Okay, so god is not against us enjoying the riches that he puts into our hands. Okay. He's definitely not Against that. So we see this right easy because he's a god who takes Pleasure in the prosperity of his servants. He's the one who blesses He's the one who blessed Abraham and he wasn't Angry that Abraham had gold and silver and livestock and all that it was it was god who blessed He was a source. So god is not Of us, you know, what did he do with the flock? Probably he traded probably he used it, you know for his lunch and dinner and whatnot You know, he maybe you know out of the skin he closed and he was able to keep himself one all that, you know so god is not against that Enjoying the riches that he puts into our lives. He's not against that. So here There's a there's a big difference because the heart is coverage is the heart is lusting and it is asking for more and more because Uh, it is asking and it's not receiving the person is not receiving because they're asking a miss Wrong motivation. Okay Look chapter 12 16 at 21 the lord Jesus. He gives the parable of the rich man And uh, uh, it says the ground of the rich man yielded plentiful and rich man was thinking, you know Let's look at what was going on in us in his mind And what shall I do since I do not have You know, I since I have no room to store my crops So he said I will do this I will pull down my barns and build greater and there I will store all my crops and my goods Now there's nothing wrong. You know, this is a growth mindset right a Even if you're going to run a business without this mindset then You know, you can't really, you know, you need to have a goal. You need to have a goal of increasing This is a growth mindset. So this is good. You know, I have no room to store my crops a legitimate need You know, I have no room to store it. So let me build But look at verse 19 and I will say to my soul soul, you have many goods laid up for many years Take your ease eat drink and be Mary So we have something, you know some we have an understanding there. Okay. This is the mindset of the person he's saying Okay, you know, you you relax now. You don't have to worry And and God says full this night your soul will be required of you then where then whose will those things be Which you have provided. So is he who lays up treasures? treasure for himself and is not rich towards God so in this equation of You know building bigger better Uh Bonds for storage of the increase. There is no God in this equation It's I me myself And I'm going to retire relax, you know retire early see the world There's no there's no God involved in that So so the Lord is saying, you know lays up treasures for himself And does not and is not rich towards God Okay, so there's no God in this picture. So so it's talking about that. It's so it's nothing wrong in Storing, I mean tearing down the smaller bonds and big enough, you know And building up bigger ones so that you know to take care of that, you know, that's good stewardship Right to take care of the those grains and and to make sure that it doesn't get spoiled and that's good That's good job. That's good work But the thing is when God is not in the picture And when it's about myself then There is a problem. So that is again a wrong motivation. So one is not When is then there is a wrong motivation then There is that becomes a hindrance and that becomes a hindrance because with wrong motivation When you put, you know, this kind of blessings in a person's hands Then that person is well capable of destroying oneself, you know So the blessing that comes from God, he's a source but God cares too much about us in order to destroy Ourselves in order for us to destroy ourselves. So he loves us. He cares deeply about us He doesn't want us to be destroyed because of these things He's interested in something deeper and when that alignment is made, when that check is made, when that, you know, that Correction is made. He's able to entrust even more To go through our hands So that we can be a blessing Right. So when that correction is made, when we involve God in the picture, when we say, okay, God, you know All that I have is yours, God Everything has come from you. All that I have is yours Now let's do this. God, you tell me I know you're not against me enjoying my life. I know that you're not against any of this. So you show me, you teach me I want to move in your plans and purposes now Now God is, you know, God is Now that's, you know, the right motivation Right. So, uh, the wrong motivation can be a hindrance. The second thing is a wrong method Right. Well, the motivation is what, okay, I want to please God. I want to, you know I want to do, you know, do his purposes. I want to, I want to be a blessing But it can be a wrong method where You know, even Psalm 23 talks about How God leads us in parts of righteousness Because he is a righteous one. He is the whole one Okay, Psalm 51 verse four. For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness Nor shall evil dwell with you Go down to verse 12 For you, oh, Lord will bless the righteous with favor you will surround him as with the shield So he talks about righteousness. He talks about God who does not delight in wickedness and And evil does not dwell with him. So he's a righteous one. You know, just like we saw the nature of God Being one to bless being one to, you know, be generous To bring in blessing in a person's life. We see the nature of God is righteousness. He's holy infinitely holy righteous And and such a God when we indulge in Methods that are unrighteousness That are unrighteous Right methods that are unrighteous use methods that are unholy Tainted with wickedness Tainted with the flesh and things like that. So God cannot bless that God cannot use that in our lives. Maybe it'll just run for a while and then you know, but it's it's not really blessing anyone Right, it's not being a blessing to us. So It becomes a hindrance then really um So the wrong method And I think a classic example would be, you know, let's say the Robin Hood Okay, we all know the story Robin Hood would you want to actually Help the poor Right, but you wanted to rob from the rich in order to help the poor Right, his intention was very I think it was good. He wanted to help the poor. Now, how do I do it? I'm going to rob the rich Right employer method that was That is not really right In order to make sure or in order to give the riches to the poor to those who didn't have needs So, you know, just a simple analogy to see that To show us that we could be using wrong methods Our intentions could be pure or sincere But then For whatever reason we use an unrighteous method a method that is not right So like we saw earlier there the end just not does not justify the means Right, the means talks about the method the means when we say means we're talking about the the things that we do In order to really reach that end Okay So the end that does not justify, okay, this is the end that I want to do I want to reach this is the goal that I want to reach but I need to be careful about the means What is the method that I'm using in order to reach that goal because the end does not justify Right, success is an end that does not justify that I can do whatever I want or whatever method I choose To reach success or to reach, you know, financial goals or to reach Increase, right? So the end does not justify the means So we see here that the methods we use are Important in God's eyes because he's a righteous one. He leads us in righteousness Okay Okay, two more. I think a few more there. So we we'll look at that in the next class But I really you know want to encourage us to Let this Change us let this Transform our thinking you know that is the I think that's the main thing about This this course that's the main thing about these sessions that we would you know the truth of this We would let it change The the way we look at wealth the way we look at God we will let it transform us And it will be a very liberating thing because truth liberates us to live fully to live freely For the purposes of God, right? Okay, so thank you. God bless. We'll catch up again next week. Bye. Bye. Thank you pastor. See you guys. Bye. Bye