 Okay, just want to read one verse and then we'll start. Okay, I'd like us to turn to 2nd Peter and chapter 3 verse 18. Okay, 2nd Peter chapter 3 verse 18. This is what it says, right? It says, But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, to Him be the glory both now and forever. Okay, the verse is before that, it talks about how we need to be diligent, to be found in peace, to be found blameless, to be without spot. Okay, and verse 17 says, You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked, but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. So you're saying, you know, just watch out so that you don't fall away from your steadfastness. Okay, steadfastness being, you know, you are established, you are consistent. Okay, but watch out that you don't move away from that place of being steadfast, of being consistent. And verse 18 is almost like an antidote, right? It's like an answer to this, like he's giving, but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Okay, so in our own spiritual lives, we just come to that place of saying God, you know, I don't want to be, you know, in a sense, I don't want to be content, right, with status quo. Meaning, I don't want to stay where I am. Because actually, there is no place of staying where we are, right? Either we will go back or we need to go forward. So the steadfastness is about growing. The steadfastness is about moving forward, growing in the grace, growing in the knowledge and understanding of our Lord Jesus. And that's our pursuit, right, as follows of the Lord Jesus. Whether we are in ministry, whether we are not in ministry, you know, that doesn't matter at all, you know, in so-called full-time ministry. But as believers, as disciples of the Lord Jesus, this is our responsibility that we grow in the grace, that we grow in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Okay, so why don't we just pray on these lines and say, Lord, we want to grow. Lord, I want to grow. I just don't want to remain in this place of spirituality or maturity. But I want to grow. I want to grow more. I want to grow in your knowledge. I want to grow in your grace. Let's pray in our own words. Maybe you can just pray, talk to the Lord and say, Lord, cost me to grow. You could say, Lord, Spirit of God, you enable me, you strengthen me, pour out your spirit. Lord, you lead me. You know, the Lord Jesus says that the Holy Spirit, you know, He will lead us into all truth and the truth will set us free and free from what is holding us back, free from what is withholding us, free from all those barriers, right? From all those shackles, from all those chains, even things that are holding us back from growing into the likeness of Christ. Okay, the Holy Spirit will lead us into truth. So let's pray that saying, Lord, you lead me into the truth. You lead me in the truth so that I understand what the truth is so that I can walk in the truth that I may grow in the grace and the knowledge of Lord Jesus. Father, we thank you for this, for these words of instructions, God, for this exhortation. And Lord, we ask that you would pour out your spirit and by your spirit and with our relationship with you, God, with our fellowship with the Holy Spirit, with our communion with the Holy Spirit that we may be led into truth, that we may be established into truth and that we will continue to grow in the grace and knowledge, God, that we will not remain where we are, that we will not be satisfied with where we are, O God, but that we will grow and more and more, Father God, and that we will grow in power, that we will grow in understanding and maybe grow in Christ likeness, maybe grow to be like you, God. We thank you and to this end, Holy Spirit, help us, lead us. We give you all the praise and all the glory. In Jesus' name we pray, amen, amen. Okay, that's a wonderful prayer to pray. We know that it's in line with Scripture, it's in line with the will of God. And there are many such prayers, right? Where Paul prays for the church, right? It's in Ephesians and we see in the epistles where Paul writes and he prays for the church, prays for the believers. And we can actually make that our declaration. Like Paul says, like John says, I pray that you may prosper and be in health just as your soul prospers and you can make that your confession, you can make that your declaration. Lord, I pray that I may prosper and be in health just as my soul prospers, right? Okay, let's continue from where we stopped last class. Does anyone remember where we stopped? Where did we stop last class? Sorry. Yeah, we went past church history, the role of the Holy Spirit in church history. Okay, so we went through the timeline, 480 till 2000 and all the wonderful truth the Holy Spirit is restoring into the church. And after that, looked at something very important. Sorry. So the work of the Holy Spirit we saw in a believer's life, that's where we stopped, right? In a believer's life. And one of the things that he does is gives us, the Holy Spirit gives us the assurance of sonship. Meaning that he testifies to us that we are sons and daughters of God. Okay, so no one can reason it with us. No human being needs to reason with the Holy Spirit himself. He reasons, he gives us the proof, he gives us the evidence. Okay, so we stopped there. And before that we saw that, chapter 7, we saw work of the Holy Spirit towards the sinner. He does the work of convicting. So we see that he convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, of judgment. Very important work. That is the ministry of the Holy Spirit. He's the one who brings conviction. Okay, so even as believers, as ministers of God, so we don't have to put ourselves under pressure to bring that conviction. Of course, we will use the wisdom that God gives. We will use the words that God gives. We'll use our abilities, our testimony and everything to share. But the actual work of convicting people's hearts is the work of the Holy Spirit. So that's something that we saw. Okay, and then we looked at the work of the Holy Spirit in a believer's life. And we started by looking at how the Holy Spirit, it is he who brings about change in the inner man. The work of regeneration. What happened to us when we were born again? We looked at that. And then if you said, okay, we are forgiven, our sins are forgiven. And we also saw that we are made new as new creation and our past is taken away, the old is taken away. And all that, the regeneration, the new creation, the born against spirit is because of the Holy Spirit. He's the one who does the work. So which means that I cannot will myself to be a new creation. In the sense, I can't psych myself to be a new creation. I'll say, okay, I want to follow the Lord Jesus. Let me do these steps one, two, three, four, and I'm a new creation. What I can do is just receive by faith. I receive salvation. We receive salvation by faith. You receive it because it's freely given. It's by grace through faith. So we receive it. But the work of regeneration, there's something very significant, very deep, very precious that the Holy Spirit does. He does it in our hearts. There's no other human being can do that. No self-help book can do that. Have you read any self-help books? Okay, like about increasing your memory power, about managing your time. These are good things, managing your time, maybe improving your language, improving your presentation skills. There are many self-help books, especially in the railway station, if you go. There are many books that they keep, magazines, books, and people just grab it and general knowledge. And you will see a lot of self-help books next time when you go home for your vacation. You check out maybe many self-help books, general knowledge, how to pass IAS exam, IITs, and then these things will be there. How to increase your memory power, increase your language, how to win friends and influence people, Dale Carnegie. All these books will be there. So no amount of self-help can actually change our spirit. It will definitely make us, you know, these things are useful to train our minds. They will, you know, they will change our thinking, therefore our behavior. But our spirit will remain unchanged if not for the work of the Holy Spirit, if not for, you know, salvation. That's something you need to understand. So something amazing happened to us when we were born again. We need to realize that. You need to understand that, you know, it's not like I just made a decision and I'm here, you know, in the Bible college training. No, something amazing happened, something supernatural happened, something very special happened. And that was because of the work of the Holy Spirit. And you gave permission, right? You gave permission, you said, okay, Lord, I invite you to come into my heart. I changed my life, right? You prayed that prayer or you maybe didn't, didn't even voice it, but you thought about it and then God responded. Okay, so we see that the work of regeneration is by the Holy Spirit. Okay, that's why we stopped. He gives us the assurance of sonship. Okay, so in everyday life, we see that the Holy Spirit works in the hearts of the believer in the life of the believer. There's something that he's doing. We might not be even mindful of it, that we may not be even aware of it, right? But he is doing the work because he indwells us, right? Let's look at a few scriptures, okay? If you're following in your notes, we are in chapter 8, right? Work of the Holy Spirit in a believer's life and we are looking at in everyday life, what does he do? Okay, let's turn to 2nd Corinthians chapter 1 and verse 22. Okay, 2nd Corinthians 1 verse 22, Ephesians 1, 13, Ephesians 4. So all these scriptures talk about a particular thing, something that the Holy Spirit did. Okay, 1 and verse 22, 2nd Corinthians chapter 1 verse 22. It says, he... Sorry, let me read verse 21 and 22. So he who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. Okay, he has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. Okay, so what does that sealed us mean? Okay, the word used there is the word, which means spragzigo, spragizzo, which means in Greek, it's just signatory. Okay, signatory. Like, if you, in olden days, the monarchy, the king or the queen will have a signatory. You know, have you seen in the post office? You know, now post offices are very few, but in the post office, they put that seal. Okay, and they melt that red colour wax, right? And then it'll form a kind of a liquid thing and then they put a seal there. There's an emblem there. And also, you know, if somebody, let's say, there's a crime scene, crime scene, sorry, and they'll seal that door, which means nobody has authority to open it except the one who put that seal. Okay, one who gives permission is the one who put the seal, right? So kings and queens, you know, had this ring and so they'll put that. So it's called a signatory. Okay, so the same word is used there, that we have been sealed by the Holy Spirit. God by sending the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit because of His indwelling us. It is the seal of ownership, right? So each of us carry that mark, that seal of ownership. What is that ownership? Who's the owner? Yeah, absolutely. He's the one who purchased us by his precious blood. So we belong to Him. So each of us carry that seal of ownership and the seal of ownership is the Holy Spirit. Okay, the second thing that we see there in the same verse is that, and who has given us the spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. And that word is also an interesting word. Okay, so that word means in Old English, it'll be a word called earnest. Okay, earnest or guarantee. In today's contemporary language, it would mean a down payment. Okay, so when you buy something on installment, right, let's say you're buying a two wheeler, you need to pay a down payment, right? Maybe 50% or maybe more of the cost of the vehicle, you need to pay as a down payment. That's the assurance that, you know, and the vehicle is yours, but you need to pay that installment so that the vehicle becomes fully yours. Okay, so that's the same idea or the same word is used there, earnest. Okay, or a down payment. So who is the earnest? The Holy Spirit in our hearts is a earnest or the down payment or a guarantee. For what? Like we're already belonging to Him, the guarantee that we are the purchased position, we belong to Him and there will be a full redemption at the coming of Christ. There'll be a full redemption, right? When is the full redemption made when the payment is full? Now the payment has already been made, but we are spirit, soul and body. We are redeemed fully at the coming of Christ. Okay, and a very interesting Greek word, Arabon. Okay, that's the word which is used there. And interestingly, in modern Greek, like today, you know, that word Arabon has actually evolved and changed and they use it to signify the engagement ring. Okay, so what is an engagement ring? Ring, engagement ring. What does it mean? Engage means what? Engage means engaged. Okay, so engage means that... What does it say in Hindi? Sagaai. Okay, so that's not marriage, right? What happens before the marriage? Okay, so it's a promise that one day you will get married. Okay, they're promising each other saying, okay, today I make a promise that on this day or one day, pretty soon in the future, we will be married. Okay, so that same word is used for the engagement ring. Okay, so in fact, the Lord is saying that, you know, in the Bible we see there will be the marriage support of the Lamb. We are the bride of Christ, the church, and the bridegroom Jesus is coming back for the bride. So he's saying we are engaged in coming back. There's a promise, promise of the second coming. All that, you know, it signifies that, right? So the fact that the Holy Spirit indwells us is a promise of what is to come, right? We are in fact the bride of Christ. So all those wonderful things are in that one verse, you know, it has so much of meaning. Okay, let's look at the other couple of verses also. Let's look at Ephesians 1 and verse 13. Okay, let me quickly read Ephesians 113. It says, in him you also trusted after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom also having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise. Verse 14, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession to the praise of his glory? So verse 14 brings it out very clearly. Okay, that the Holy Spirit in us, you know, we've been sealed by the Holy Spirit with the Holy Spirit of promise and he is the guarantee, he is the down payment. He's the earnest until the full redemption of the purchased possession, right? Okay, so that's the assurance that we have as believers that the Holy Spirit has been given to us as a guarantee. So the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit signifies all this. Okay, maybe we might have questions, you know, when will Jesus come? You know, it's already been so many years. You know, will he come? The fact that you and I have the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit is pointing to that promise. He's saying that he's the guarantee of the full redemption of the purchased possession. The full redemption happens when he comes again. So we don't have to be in doubt. We don't have to be anxious. Well, he indwells us and it is like the engagement ring, right? So when you get engaged, you know, I remember when I got engaged, you know, my wife's mother, my mother-in-law, you know, her husband passed away. Now, my mother-in-law, she was a little anxious, right? So because I knew my wife now for about four or five years before we got married, like, you know, knew her as a friend and this thing. So every time I'll go home, visit and talk and also she'll get very agitated, you know, will he marry you or not? You know, she'll ask, will he finally marry you or not? Then she'll ask me, you know, so Jake Ma, you know, what are your plans? And I, you know, and wantedly, I'll be talking about my professional, this thing, you know, I'll be talking about work and she'll actually want to know what are your plans, you know, regarding my daughter, you know, when, what, when is it going to happen? But I'll be talking about, you know, this and that and, you know, just teasing, you know, avoiding the whole topic of marriage. But, you know, there's this anxiety in her. So finally, when we got engaged, I could see that she was at peace. No more anxiety. Okay, finally you're engaged. I know that he's going to get, you know, married to her. So visually, you know, I could see it on her face. The same way, we don't have to be, you know, we don't have to be anxious if we are anxious. We don't have to be, you know, about the second coming of Christ, about what's going to happen, you know, because he's already promised. And that problem is signified by his presence in our lives, by the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit. Okay, okay, let's move on. Okay, let's move on to the next one. The Holy Spirit helps us to live a life of holiness. What is his name? Holy Spirit. His name is Holy Spirit. And so he comes in to make us holy. Holy. He indwells us to make us holy. So, you know, many times we think, you know, I need to become holy in order to have the Holy Spirit work in me. I need to become holy in order to be filled with the Holy Spirit. But in Scripture, you see it's the other way around. He comes in whatever state we are, whatever condition we are. He comes and works in us to make us holy. He's not looking for very holy, perfect people to come and dwell in. No, he's saying, no, I will come and dwell and I will make the changing. I'll make the renovation. I'll make the repairs. I'll do the painting. I'll change everything. I'll do the makeover. Right? So he enables us to walk in holiness. If you look at chapters, especially Roman chapter 6, 7, 8, you can go through it and read it. It talks about the work of the Holy Spirit who enables us to crucify or put to death the things of the flesh. He enables us. And why does he do that so that you and I can live a holy life? So we see that God does not require of us to do things out of our own will Of course our will is involved, but out of our own strength, out of our own ability, no. Yes, our will is involved. We need to make a choice. We need to desire to live a holy life. But he's saying that he will come, empower and enable us to live a holy life. So you see this whole aspect of salvation and the work of the Holy Spirit. It's something wonderful for the believer. It's wonderful for each one of us. He comes to work in us to change us and to live a holy life. Okay, let's look at the Romans chapter 8. You can read 6 and 7. But if you look at Romans 8, it's something very important. 8 and verse 5. For those who live according to the flesh, set their minds on the things of the flesh. But those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. So that's what verse 5 says. And it says, For to be carnally minded or fleshly minded is death. It brings death. It destroys. But to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Verse 7, Because the carnal mind is enmity against God. For it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. Okay, let's go down to verse 11. But if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you. He who raised Christ from the dead would also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you. Verse 12. Therefore brethren, we are debtors not to the flesh to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh, you will die. But if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For as many are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. So what do we see here? Verse 13 especially says that if you live according to the flesh, you will die. But if by the Spirit, what does that mean? It's by the Spirit, led by the Spirit with the help of the Spirit. According to the empowering the plans of the Holy Spirit. If by the Spirit, that's first thing, by the Holy Spirit. So it's not without the Holy Spirit. If by the Holy Spirit, what is the second part? If by the Spirit, you put to death. So it involves the Holy Spirit, big part. By His plan, by His empowering. But who is going to put to death? Who is going to bring to a close? I'm involved, I'm responsible. It says if by the Spirit, you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. So the Holy Spirit is going to lead us to put to death the deeds of the body. So what does put to death mean? Execute, right? Execution, meaning bring to an end. Bring to an end. Bring what to an end? Sorry? Yeah, fleshly things which cause us to sin. Maybe stubborn things which cause us to sin. Cycles of sin, defeat. And you say, well, I get out of it. If by the Spirit, you put to death. Which means you're just bringing into the whole realm of possibility. You're saying it is possible to do this. It is possible to live a life like this. It is possible to put to death the things of the body. The fleshly appetites of the body. Things which actually cause you to live in frustration. As a believer, if you live a life of sin, it's so frustrating. It's very frustrating. Because you know that you're not called to live like that. You know the promises. You know that my identity is not this. I'm actually called to live a higher life. You've experienced a little bit of that. But then if you continue to go back to be held captive by the things of the flesh. It's a very frustrating thing. It's like, oh God, what is this? Why you ask all those questions? Why again? I've asked forgiveness so many times. Why am I going back? But here, we see this. By the Spirit, you can. By the Spirit, you can. So I think we need to say, by the Spirit, I can. Can you say that out loud? By the Spirit, I can. I can and I will. I put to death the deeds of the flesh. The deeds of the body, the diamond. Live. So this is a wonderful promise. And yeah, I just see all the commensia. Thank you, Krisha, Shaya. Yeah. So we are putting, we are able to put to death the things of the body, things of the flesh because of the work of the Holy Spirit. And Galatians also, we see the similar thing. Let's go to Galatians 6 and verse 8. Galatians 6 and verse 8. For he who sows to his flesh will off the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will off the Spirit reap everlasting life. So the Holy Spirit enables us to sow to the Spirit in the things. In a sense, he's saying, you know, when you sow, you reap something. Right. When you sow, what happens when you sow? Maybe you sow a seed, you plant something. Right. There is an expectation. You know that thing will come up. Right. Sooner or later, it will, it will come out of the soil. Yeah. I remember my brother and I used to, my mother, you know, showing, okay, you plant this onion and it will come out. Okay. So every day, what we did was we used to dig up. You plant it and you dig up and see whether it's growing. You know, they just said, no, that's not how it's going to work. You put it, cover it with soil, leave it. Okay. One day it'll just, those leaves will come out. So leave it. So the thing is this, the reality is that it will, you will reap. Okay. Now scripture is very clear, you know, if you sow to the Spirit, there will be consequence. Sorry. There will be, you know, whichever it is, if you sow the Spirit, or if you sow to the flesh, there will be a result. There will be a consequence of it. The consequence will be great. You will reap of everlasting life. If it is, you're sowing to the Spirit. But if you're sowing to the flesh, the consequence will be death. Okay. In the sense, you know, death in all realms, physically, sometimes we think, okay, you know, the sin and the saying, and I'm just continuing in this lifestyle of sin, nothing will happen. I'm sure God will forgive me. No, it has its consequence. There are certain things that are dying, right? There are certain truths that God put in our heart that has been taken away. Maybe there are certain dreams. There are certain things that, desires that God put in that was alive, but now that's dead. And what caused that to die? It is sin, right? So sin brings death. Sowing to the flesh brings death, brings corruption. Everything gets tainted by sin. But if we sow to the Spirit, you will reap everlasting life. So that's what we see here. So which means the work of the Holy Spirit is so important for each one of us. We need the Holy Spirit. But the other thing is, it's not automatic. Many times we think, you know, this is automatic. I become a believer and I'm doing, you know, I'm just there. I'm just walking around and, you know, it needs to be automatic. No, it requires your will. It requires your choice. God is never going to override that, overrule that. Okay, let's move on to something else. The sanctifying work of the Spirit. Romans 15 and verse 16. Romans 15 and verse 16. What does it say? It says that I, is it Romans 15 and 16? Yeah. Okay. That I might be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. What does sanctify mean? I think we looked at it, right? What does sanctify mean? To set apart. Okay. So can you just explain that? What does set apart, sorry? To make it holy. Okay. Special for a purpose. Okay. Okay. Anything else? Any other understanding? Sanctifying. Clean. Okay. Right. Yeah. So all this is, you know, very, very valid. We are looking at it. You know, practically if you'd see, I just wanted to talk about, you know, I don't know if you have this experience, you know, when you go on the highway. Okay. Like I go to my hometown, which is about seven hours away from here. So when I go on the highway, you stop by and you have, you know, some, something to eat, you know, like a dosa, typically a dosa or something. You know, you peep into the kitchen, you know, these are not great places. Now you, of course, you have some very nice restaurants, you know, very nice places where you can, but if you look, you know, typically like a shack, you know, that's true kind of thing. And the food is yummy. Right. So you stop there and then you, you say, okay, sit there, order a dosa. And then you're waiting for the dosa. You just peep into the kitchen. Okay. Now that's a wrong thing to do. But you peep into the kitchen and you will see this dosa or, you know, it's like one big thing, right? Many dosas can be, you know, flying at the same time. It's a big thing. And then you'll see the chef. Okay. This guy will call out two dosa, two masala dosa for table one. Okay. And the chef will take one jadu, take a broom and you're like, Oh, he's taking a broom and he'll put some water on the tawa and he'll take that broom and sweep the water out. Right. And you're just hoping, I hope he uses the broom only for that. If he uses the broom or anything else, gone. You know, your stomach is gone. The thing is that jadu is used only for cleaning the tawa. Hopefully. That's our faith. But that's the thing. It's used only for that. It's used only for cleaning the tawa. So if you have that picture, that gives us a picture of sanctification. It can be used for various purposes, but it's been made special for that only. So that's a picture of set apart. You know, well, yeah, it can be used to clean very different things. But God says, Hey, I've sanctified you for this purpose. I've taken you out. Out of something. And I've set you for something. Right. Out of and for. Right. I've taken you out of something. I've taken you for something. And it says that self. Yeah. So, so that's, that's sanctifying. Right. So the work of the Holy Spirit here. I know we see here that it is. It is done by the Holy Spirit. The sanctification is done by the Holy Spirit, which means that the Holy Spirit constantly, if we would talk to him, if we would allow him, if we would be friends with the Holy Spirit. Right. I mean, when you say, we are talking about the triune God, of course. So, you know, no need to get confused technical and saying, you know, do I talk to Jesus or do I talk to Holy? No, if we would be friends with God, he would lead us in this path of sanctification. He would say, okay, you know, why don't you just, you know, why are you listening to this stuff? Don't listen to it. Why are you looking at this? Don't look at this. It's not helping you. And he would also say, it's not just saying, okay, you give up something. Right. We think, if I become a believer, oh God, all fun is gone. You know, give up, give up, give up, give up. Finally, you know, we have a big list of giving up. No. He's also saying, you take on certain things. Right. You do this. You know, why don't you do this? It's an exciting life. You know, why don't you go on this adventure? It's an exciting life. It's a work of sanctification that the Holy Spirit does. Right. And he does it so well in our lives if we would hear, if he would listen. Okay. Let's look at 1 Corinthians 6 and verse 11. Okay. I'm not, I'm not, we won't be able to go and look at every verse, but I just encourage you to read through the scriptures. Right. 1 Corinthians 6 and verse 11. Okay. It says about the Corinthian believers, Paul is writing, and you know, this is how you were. Okay. So he's saying, but such where some of you, and he's actually listed down a few, you know, role descriptions, you know, fondicators, idolaters, adulterers, homosexuals, sordomites, thieves, covetous, drunkards, revilers, extortioners, and then verse 11 he says, but such where some of you, you guys were like this, some of you, but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God. Okay. Look at the things that they were sanctified from. Okay. It's a deadly list. Right. But they were sanctified by the work of the Holy Spirit. Right. Now, justification happens, you know, at an instant, we accept Christ, we are made right with God, and justification just happens. We are justified by God. I think you've been studying in, in Christ class identity. We are justified in an instant, but this work of sanctification happens throughout with our friendship with God, throughout. Maybe, you know, the certain things that, you know, you thought were okay, maybe five years back, now you feel that, hey, I don't think so. I don't think so. I've grown with God. You know, I've grown in friendship with God and, you know, I don't want to displease him. I don't want to grieve God Spirit. Right. The sanctification is a, is a walk with God, is a, is a walk of friendship, walk of intimacy with God. Right. So it says here, but you were sanctified, you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. So, he's doing this work of sanctification. You know, other scriptures also talk about that. Let's look at another aspect. Okay. That we are temple of God. We are a temple of God. Right. We are a habitation of God. Okay. Now, if you look at 1 Corinthians 3 and 1 Corinthians 6, it talks about, you know, this very thing. Okay. 1 Corinthians 3 and verse 16. Okay. What does it say? Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him for the temple of God is Holy, which temple you are. Okay. Let's move on to chapter 6 and verse 19. Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God and you are not your own? Okay. So these two, there's one basic difference in these two verses. Okay. And if you look at it in the context, you know, one thing is very clear that we are the temple of God. Okay. But in these two verses, there's one basic difference which is this 1 Corinthians 3 talks about collectively the people. He's addressing a people. If you look at 1 Corinthians 3, you know, he's saying, I could not speak to you as carnal, as spiritual, but I had to address you as carnal people. He's talking to a, like let's say a classroom, right? He's talking to a group of people, a bunch of people and he's saying, don't you know that you are the temple of God, meaning collectively, the Holy Spirit inhabits us, collectively. We are, we are the house of God. We are the temple of God. And in chapter 6, verse 19, he says specifically, do you not know that your body, individually, separately, you know, as a person, that my body, he's saying that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. So he's saying specifically, you are individually a temple of the Holy Spirit. Now, the thing is this that, you know, we understand this concept theoretically, but it needs to really sink in as a revelation, right? Because the thing is that we, our body, is the temple of the Holy Spirit, which means he indwells us, which means he's with us. And, you know, for the first time, I actually, you know, kind of thought about it, this, this truth, you know, became a reality or I could understand it. I was so excited. I was so excited, I couldn't sleep all night. I just like that. Because the thing is, I was thinking of Genesis 1, right? The Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the Earth. Okay. I was thinking about all through Scripture, you know, the Spirit of God helping people, the Spirit of God causing, you know, all these miracles and everything to, the Spirit of God coming upon the prophets and giving them revelation understanding. I was coming to, I was thinking about Acts chapter 2 and the Spirit of God outpouring of the Holy Spirit, you know, and wonderful things happening and right through the Book of Acts and, and, and all these things I was thinking, you know, this Holy Spirit, it's not a different Holy Spirit. Same Holy Spirit indwells me and I am the temple of the Holy Spirit, the house of the Holy Spirit. Just think about it. It's not the same. It's not a different Holy Spirit. It's not a junior Holy Spirit. You know, it's the same Holy Spirit. God indwells us. So I was, I was really excited. Oh, wow. So this Holy Spirit who was there at creation is in me. This Holy Spirit who was there when the church was born is in me. So there's nothing that he does not know because he is God. There's nothing that is more powerful than him because he is omnipotent. There's nothing that, you know, that escapes his attention and he is my God. Which means that I can, we can depend on him. Right. So that changes the way we would behave with someone else. Which means that, hey, the same Holy Spirit who dwells in me if I'm a believer, the same Holy Spirit dwells in you. You are a believer. You're a child of God. He dwells in you. So it's not like he's, you know, any, any less. No, same Holy Spirit. You might be educated, uneducated, skilled, unskilled. You know, it doesn't matter. The same Holy Spirit dwells in you. So, I better watch out the way I behave. You might be older than me, younger than me. It doesn't matter. Right. So the same Holy Spirit and you are the temple of the Holy Spirit. So physically, how I treat you, emotionally, how I treat you, you know, how I behave with you, I need to be careful. Right. Because you are the temple of the Holy Spirit. And the same also holds through collectively. Collectively, you know, doesn't matter whether one is a believer, you know, as a minister of God, oh, world-renowned travel here, there, doesn't matter. Collectively, you know, people are gathered, they are the temple of the Holy Spirit. And so Paul says, you be careful. If anyone defiles the temple, God is not going to be pleased. Right. Okay. So do we have time? We have one more minute. Okay. So we see that we are the temple of the Holy Spirit. Okay. I think I guess we'll stop here. We'll take a break. And when we come back, we look at other chapter. Defile means to make it dirty. Yeah. Both. So, so here in, in, okay, the question was, what is meant by defiling, you know, these 70. Okay. So I'll just address this defiling. So defiling is to, yeah, I think the same question which Nina is asking, defiling the temple. So what is happening in the Corinthian church is that people were actually fighting with one another. People were, you know, there was a lot of strife. There was a lot of division. And they were saying, Paul is great. Apollos is great. Peter is great. And there was a lot of division in the body. Okay. So, which means that they were treating each other. You know, one group was looking down on the other group. One group was saying, we are greater and you are not. And so, so here, Paul is saying that, you know, if you're doing that, you are actually defiling the temple. You know, you are not treating the way they're supposed to be treated. You are the body of God, body of Christ. Sorry. But then you are defiling. You know, it's like, you are treating it as a common thing. And you say, you know, especially when it's something like sacred. And you treat like the Jadu example, you take the Jadu and you use it to sweep the, maybe the bathroom. You know, you're actually defiling it. Right. So, so that's the thing. So he's saying, God is not pleased if anyone would defile, you know, in terms of spiritual abuse, in terms of, you know, misuse of spiritual authority, everything. God is not pleased. Okay. So Nina, Nina, hope that helps. Okay. Nina's question is, will God destroy that person? Okay. So the thing is, will God destroy him? Well, my opinion is this, that God will give 1000, you know, one chances for that person to change. Right. For that person to come back because our God is a redeemer. But the thing is, if he does not, in the end, the person opens his life or her life for destruction anyway. Right. So that is my, my opinion. Yeah. So that's what the scripture says. You're right. You're right. But God, scripture also says that he saves the, which means that when we hold both intention, he, you know, he saves the uttermost. He is going to give ample chances. Like this particular case, you know, for the church in Corinth, God is actually giving them another chance, giving them an opportunity to change. And this was through the ministry of Paul. Like Paul is saying, you know, this is how serious it is. And then they repented. They changed. Right. So yeah. Okay. Hope that helps. Nina. Okay. We can come back for some more questions. Okay. It's 9.52. So we'll come back at 10 too. Yeah. Thank you.