 Okay, great. Yeah, so we'll proceed. We saw 1 John 2, 16 and 17 where it talks about the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh and the pride of life. If you consider the garden of Eden and the temptation of Eve, there is a parallel. So what did the serpent tell her? Do you see this fruit? If you eat of this fruit, then you will become like God. So what is the lust of the eyes? Lust of the eyes is to tempt people with what one sees. And obviously the enemy will deceive us and tell us that we are going to get some satisfaction out of the seeing. However, that's not true. You don't really receive anything productive through the lust of the eyes. Now lust of the flesh, lust of the flesh means when one has a desire to experience something and again there's a deception there. Eat the fruit. If you eat the fruit, then something good is going to happen to you. So lust of the flesh is to experience something and pride of life. Where Satan tells Eve that you will be like God, you will be so knowledgeable, you will have all the wisdom you need. So the pride of life. So for 1 John 2, 16, 17, it endless for us, the different kinds of deceptive suggestions that Satan puts in our hearts, in our lives. Now today we might not be tempted with the fruit. Lust of the eyes could do with the things that we view. Now there's so much of wrong imagery out there. So things that people view and thankfully meaning all the technology that we have, it's for good. God has given us the technology for good things. However, people are using it for all the wrong things. So people view all kinds of things on the phone. There's pornography, things that the enemy tells people that the lust of the eyes, it will give you pleasure, it will satisfy you. However, nothing is enough and it's a deception. Similarly, lust of the flesh, where people want to experience the wrong things. So one goes out of their way to experience certain things, pleasure. You could even take the example of gluttony. One wants to eat and eat and consume this and consume that and yet there's never an end to it. It's a lust. It's gone beyond the normal desire and now it's become a lust. But the enemy gives us these suggestions. You experience it, it's good for you. Spend money, it's good for you. Experience, lust of the flesh and pride of life. Where he used us to a certain standard or you will be like this among the people, you will have honor among the people, money, fame and these are the things that he is using against all people. And particularly as believers, we must be aware that this is what he's up to and so we must be careful of the suggestions that he brings to us. Now we will also understand, now we know these three categories are where he tries to tempt us. How does he really do this in our minds? So 2 Corinthians 10 verses 3 to 6. Can somebody read this passage please? 2 Corinthians 10 verses 3 to 6. This is free. For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish the strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ and we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience once your obedience is complete. Amen. Thank you. Thank you Siddh Keno. So in this passage, do you notice the terms thoughts, imaginations, arguments, stronghold? So basically there is another progression that we are talking about. And that is the manner in which the process of temptation works. Let me quickly show you for your better understanding. So if you can see this, it will stain your minds. So from this passage, 2 Corinthians 10 verses 3 to 6, we read about thoughts casting down every thought that goes against the knowledge of God, imaginations, reasoning, arguments, stronghold. This is the progression in which temptation works. Now I will explain it to us. Now a thought could be, a thought could be that, I don't know which example to take because here at APC we all have the same standard in the leadership. So it's like no to alcohol. We don't drink, no alcohol at all. So that's our standard. So I'll talk about alcohol. Now let's say for somebody, if there is a thought, the enemy, maybe a young person who is just being exposed to all these things, the enemy might put a suggestion in the mind of that young person and say, hey, it's okay. What is wrong with drinking? It's okay. You can go. You can drink as much as you want and all of that. Now it's just a thought and if you recall the progression, temptation, oppression and so on. So it's just started as a thought. But if the young person keeps yielding to it, sooner or later he will start imagining himself actually doing it. Maybe he's gone out a couple of times with some friends and even if his parents have been stopping him, he convinces himself that, hey, my friends' parents are not stopping him. I think my parents are old fashioned. So it's okay. Their parents are not stopping. So what's happening? He has given into this habit. He's imagining himself going out with his friends often and he's also coming up with arguments now. Things like maybe my parents are old fashioned and nothing wrong with drinking. I read a research article about this and that. So what's happening to a young person here? He's slowly giving into the habit and becoming alcoholic. Now it could go to the extent of becoming a stronghold in that person's mind. Stronghold is when beyond the imaginations and arguments, it's become very deep rooted in his mindset. Nothing wrong. I can do it. No problem. I can justify it. So it's become a stronghold now. And the progression which we saw, the progression of moving from temptation to oppression, possession, empowerment, the demon spirits, we will hopefully, I think it's not there in this course, but you can read the book, The Conquest of the Mind. Again, an APC publication. It is available for you on our website. Over there, there is a deeper and a better explanation of the battlefield of the mind and how a stronghold is formed and these strongholds are like a fortress for demons and demon spirits. Demon spirits can come and attach themselves to these strongholds and lead, take the authority of the person, take the ability of the person and then they can start becoming the stronger, they can start playing a stronger role of influence in the person's life. So at some point, this individual that I just shared an example of, he might have a stronghold and it's beyond his control to come out of the habit that he has developed over time. So that's the manner in which this progression of temptation takes place. So what we're saying is, don't let anything become a stronghold. I just gave an example of alcohol, but it could be lust, it could be some wrong pictures or thoughts in our minds and Satan says, no, nothing wrong. Nobody knows nothing wrong. But when the believer entertains these things, what happens? The stages will definitely come. So from thoughts, it'll move to imaginations might find that getting preoccupied with the wrong kind of thoughts and images in one's mind. Coming up with arguments, no, it's okay, nothing wrong, everyone does, it's all over the place. I'm young, all kinds of arguments. This is not from God, the enemy is putting it. And before you know it, one yields to it and they have a stronghold. It's difficult to come out and it's also a good place for demons to come in, attach to one's mind. Okay, so we must not let this progression happen. Now can somebody read James 1 versus 13 through 16, please? James 1, 13 to 16. They attempted, no one should say, God is tempting me, for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and intense day after desire and then after desire has convinced, it gives birth to sin. And sin, when it is full grown, gives birth to death. Don't be deceived, my dear brothers. Ma'am, you are on mute. Sorry, yeah. Thanks, Zidkino. So in this passage again, now that's also showing us a progression where things may begin with a desire or a lust for whatever, lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh, pride of life. And when desire is full grown, so when the desire increases to an extent, it then moves into sin. So someone has conceived something in their mind for a long period of time and then finally they want to do it. It goes from thought life to your regular action, your behavior and what you're acting out. And obviously, once it has gone to action, if one does not take charge of it at that point, then it moves into a stronghold and it leads to destruction because what is the result of sin? God has very clearly said, the wages of sin is death. And in this passage, we saw that what begins with desire, the temptation, it only ends up in destruction. And that's what Satan wants for us. And that is why he uses the tactics of all these methods, particularly temptation on all human beings and especially the believers. But when we understand this, we have to work on overcoming temptation. One Corinthians 10, 13. Can someone read that, please? First Corinthians 10 and verse 13. Our first Corinthians 10, 13. No temptation is overtaken you except such as is common to man, but God is faithful who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able. But with the temptation will also make the way of escape that you may be able to bear it. Thank you, thank you, Zalitoli. So it shows us that God is somebody who does not, he will not let us be tempted beyond our overcoming capacity. So the first thing for us to understand is we can overcome every temptation. If I'm going through a certain temptation, I can definitely overcome it. And what we saw in 1 John 2, that it's not this lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, all these things are of the world. They are not from God. So who is the one who is tempting us? It is Satan. And we also saw how it is not God who tempts us. We could say that I'm being tempted by God, but God is not a tempter. God never tempts anybody. You know, when we are going through a very tough temptation, one of the reasons could be, and also scripture tells us, the reason why temptation happens is because of our own desires. So there might be some areas of weakness in our own flesh, which the enemy recognizes. And he is using that as the crack or the loophole through which he can enter and tempt us. So God is not the tempter. Satan is the tempter. And why is it that we go through certain challenges individually? We are the ones who know what temptations we go through. There could be some things in our lives which we've not dealt with. And we may have to deal with that in prayer. We may have to deal with those things, you know, in with the word of God. So when we deal with those things, we are shutting the door for the enemy and he no longer can tempt us in those areas. Then the next thing that we must understand about temptation is we said that we can overcome, right? God will not allow us to be tempted beyond what we can bear. So obviously we are overcomers. We also recognize that we have a sympathetic high priest who will sympathize with our weaknesses. He recognizes us and he's always there to help us. So that gives us a lot of confidence when we are going through temptation. What does the enemy want instead? He wants us to feel condemned. He never wants us to go to God. He'll say, look at you, you're so weak. This is what you're going through. These are the thoughts in your mind, but immediately we can take charge and say, no, my God is there. And what did we read about Jesus? He overcame, tempted in every way yet without sin. And scripture also tells us that he is able to aid or help those who are going through temptation. So we can go to Jesus and we can ask him for help. The other thing for us to know about temptation is that we can use the weapon of God's word to overcome temptation. Every time there was a suggestion, external suggestion to Jesus. You can jump off this place and angels will come and protect you. What did Jesus do? He said, no, it is written, you shall not tempt the Lord your God. Then the Satan told him, I will give you the kingdoms of the world. You fall down and worship me. No, it is written that you shall not worship any other gods, but our God. So Jesus quoted the word of God. So in the same way, when we know God's word, every time Satan wants us to have evil thoughts in our minds, we can just say, no, but God's word says, be holy as I am holy, flee youthful lusts. It is the will of God for me to be sanctified. You begin to quote all these scriptures. So when we begin to speak God's word, that is one way of overcoming the temptations. What is another way of overcoming temptations? Prayer. Remember when the disciples of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, he was in a very tough situation. Very soon he was going to go to the cross and he told his disciples, you pray with me. Pray with me. At least for an hour and they were dozing off. But he said watch and pray. Watch and pray so that you don't go into temptation. So we can speak God's word when we are being tempted, but we can also pray and we can receive God's strength during that period of temptation. So these are all ways through which we can overcome temptation. I'm going to pause for a bit to just have some discussion and then we can go into the other workings or devices, schemes of the enemy. So any thoughts at this point? Yes, Nikki, go ahead. You made a very interesting point which I just wanted to ask you and clarify again. You said that Satan tempts you because you have those desires in your heart. So would I be right in assuming like when Satan tempted Jesus also, he was going to be the savior of the world. And even when he tried to tell him to jump off the temple top, it was more like saying, is God really going to protect you? So I just wanted to like, is that actually how it works? Even for us, we might not even know what's in us, but Satan knows any tempts us through those things. Yeah, good observation, Nikki. And I think so. You know, even the positive things in us, not just the loopholes, but even the positive things in us, he knows how to twist it and cause us to fall. So yeah, I think that's right. Okay, thank you. Is there any, I mean, later also you could share it if there's any verse or any reference to back that, if you could share it, it would be great. Okay, so what I would say is we can look back at the Garden of Eden, Nikki. Okay, so when you see what the serpent did to Eve, you know, God told her that you must not eat of this fruit, okay, not eat of this tree. Now, was it a wrong desire to like a fruit? No. Was it a wrong desire to eat a fruit? No. In fact, God was the one who put it in her heart. Okay, but Satan caused her to lust after knowledge, wisdom, become like God. So with that temptation, you know, he kind of just also added lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh. Now, liking a fruit, wanting to eat a fruit, it's not a sin, right? But for the sake of the wisdom, she went for the wrong fruit. That's the problem that happened here. So what I'm saying is, you know, there can be, maybe within, within us, wait, on the basis of James, what we just read, I'll just tell you. Yeah, James 1, 13 through 16. You know, that clearly says, let no one say, when he is tempted, I'm tempted by God. One thing is clear. God is not testing us, you know, with a temptation. For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he himself tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he's drawn away by his own desires and enticed. So we can have some wrong desires within us, like Eve, okay? What was the wrong desire? Knowledge becoming like God. However, Satan did play on the so-called normal desires also, which he had, which is legitimate. Eating a fruit is legitimate. So what I'm saying is, Satan is very deceptive and manipulative. He can use our weaknesses, but he also knows, he will try to pick on our strengths also. Okay, so does that substantiate? Yeah, yeah, that's very helpful. Thank you. Okay, so I see Ms. Elitoly, she has a comment here. How do you minister to someone who keeps falling into the same trap and is drawing far away from church fellowship? Okay, so Zeli, as we've been saying, Satan mainly works in the area of our mind. So if someone is constantly falling into temptation, a good way to strengthen them is through the word of God. So maybe you can take time to visit this person often, you know, check with them. Hey, can we talk? You know, maybe you can keep it casual. Can we just spend some time praying together? And through that journey also, you might find that this person is again falling into temptation, but don't worry about that. You keep telling them, you know, if they are not born again, then tell them about Jesus. Once they are born again, you can, you know, keep telling them the Holy Spirit lives on the inside of you. You are an overcomer. God is not the one who is tempting you. You have the strength to overcome. So what are you doing? You're giving them the word, giving them the word. So all these things know within that person's mind, the strongholds, the arguments, imagination, what did we read? We read that every thought take every thought captive. Okay, so that person must develop the ability to take every thought captive from 2nd Corinthians 10, you know, versus 3 to 6. So they will make that journey, Zellie. And we have to journey with them. That's the best way. Yeah, that was helpful. Okay. Sure. Sure. Yeah. Yes, yes, Sid Kenney. Ma'am, as we are reading about temptation, there is a question raising in my mind. Like, as we've seen the life of Samson, he was full of temptation of the woman. But in the Judges 14, verses number four, it is written, yeah, his parents did not knew that this was from the Lord who was seeking an occasion to confront the police and for at that time, they were ruling over the Israel. So ma'am, I was, I wanted to know that this temptation, this problem was from God in Samson's life. This temptation has brought this temptation into the life of Samson. Okay. Yeah. So, see, Sid, whenever we interpret scripture, we should interpret it in the light of scripture. We just saw that God doesn't tempt anybody. Okay. So when you go and look back at the life of Samson and his temptations, obviously he was the one who was giving into it. Okay. And we also know how that, that destroyed him. However, in scripture, we also see that God is a God who turns the things that are meant for evil for our good. You understood. So God is able to make things work for his purpose. So in this case, Samson falling into temptation, that's another equation. That's not what the scripture is talking about because God can't tempt Samson. But the opportunity for him to fight the enemies, that, yes, you know, God just used that opportunity for the victory of his people. That's how you would interpret that. Does it help? Yes ma'am. Thank you. Okay. Great. Thank you. Thank you. Good. Yeah. Good questions there. Isaac, Radha Isaac has a question. He says, we established that the temptation of Jesus was in the case of his mind, not physical. Now, what about the event with Eve and Eden? Did Satan actually appear to her or was it tempted by her lust? Okay. Going by the scriptures, Isaac, the serpent came to her. So Satan used the serpent to speak to her. So that's what we would take it as. It was not in the area of her mind. Physically, there was a serpent who spoke to her and that's how she was tempted. Is that okay, Isaac? Yes ma'am. Thank you. Yes. Thank you. Thank you, Isaac. Yes. Lubega, go ahead. Yesterday, I wanted to supplement something about the serpent before the fall. We see when they said that the snake was more crafted than other creatures, they are talking about it not in a negative way. They are talking about it in a positive way because before the fall, there was nothing wrong with the snake. But Satan needed a soul because it's only human beings. A human being when it's a human meaning that humans plus a man. Man means the spirit of humans. That's in us. That makes us a human being. So Satan needed a body to talk to Eve. That's why he had to use a snake. But when they are describing the snake in the first place before Satan enters it, it's just a characteristic that God gave it. So it was a positive thing in the snake at that time. So after Satan using it to deceive Eve, this is where the snake stays as it is being and it was cast according to having allowed the snake to use it I mean having allowed the devil to use it like that and that. But the snake at the start was a good thing. Whatever it was doing, it was positive before the fall. And another thing is God gave human beings choice. I think we always have to choose either a good one or a bad one. So whatever Eve did after that, it was herself deciding. Don't any other thing. Thank you. That's what I had to think about it. Sorry Farouk. Yeah. No, thanks Lubega. Good insights there. And that's quite helpful. Thank you for sharing. So yes, I think we've kind of gone in depth regarding temptation and we have an idea. But I request you to read that book on the conquest of the mind which will really show us how we must overcome any suggestions of the evil one and be strong in the Lord. So temptation is one way in which Satan tries to attack us. So the solution, the way I told Ellie, the word of God. So even us as each one of us as believers spend time in God's word, meditate on God's word, let that become who you are. Let that be your self-talk. We say, right? Like self-talk is what others don't hear, what I tell myself, yeah, you are strong, you are bold. But I might be telling myself, no, you are so weak, you can't make it. Nobody knows what I'm saying. But meditate on God's word to an extent where even our self-talk becomes the word of God. We are saying, yes, that which is born of the spirit overcomes the world. Like it just becomes your way of thinking, your way of living. And that's the best way to deal with temptation and to equip others regarding temptation, the word of God again. Help them to become strong in the word of God and they will be able to overcome temptation. Now the second tactic of the enemy is intimidation. And as I already explained to us, intimidation and you could also say accusation is something that the enemy uses to weaken a believer. And basically intimidation is trying to make something look so big and overwhelming when it is not. So he will use intimidation to bring fear, cause failure, give us a sense of like smallness that we won't be able to do it because the enemy is so powerful and he's attacking and he has taken control of everything. But if we truly know God's word, then we know that, yeah, I can overcome, I am an overcomer in Jesus. Nothing that the enemy does is greater than God. So I'm just going to believe in who I am in Christ Jesus and also use my weapons of warfare against him. Intimidation is to make us feel small and weak. Demons can cripple believers in their thoughts with intimidation. So one of the ways in which he will intimidate is accuse. He's called as what? The accuser of the brethren. And everything we know about us in Christ Jesus, he'll speak opposite to that. No, you're not righteous. You can't enter God's presence. God doesn't accept your worship. You have accomplished nothing through your life. So many things which are all opposite of what God is saying. And the more a believer gives into these thoughts, maybe the destiny of that believer is great. Maybe God is calling that believer to do mighty things in the kingdom of God. But what is Satan doing in their mind? Accusation. No, you can't do it. You can't do it. You're not good enough. Right? So the believer has to overcome this sense of fear, failure, all of that. And when the believer overcomes, they can walk in the ways of God and see God's purposes fulfilled in their lives. So intimidation. And he loves to do that. Because sometimes it is said that you can walk very strong with God. But when you come into that phase of accusation and you don't know how to deal with accusation from Satan in your mind, sometimes even strong people go into that self-doubt mode. Didn't God really call me? Can I do this? You know, will there be fruit in my ministry? Who's causing all these doubts, Satan? You have to quickly go back to God's word and say, no, but God, your word says, you know, you know the plans you have for me. So just go back, go back to the word again. Same way that you dealt with temptation, deal with intimidation, no fear. I have not received the spirit of fear but of power and of love and of a sound mind. So I need to come against all these things with the word of God. That is intimidation, intrusion. What is intrusion? Intrusion is to trespass. You know, trespass, there is a boundary. Have you seen no trespassers allowed when you go to these sites where your homes are constructed, going to be constructed? People have put proper boundaries there. They have maybe even put fences, barbed wire fences or brick walls and there is a note over there. Do not trespass. Trespassers will be punished or something like that. Trespass is crossing the boundary. You're not supposed to, legally you're not supposed to, but who trespasses thieves trespass. And what did Jesus say? I have come that you may have life and have it abundantly. But the thief, he comes to steal, kill and destroy. How does he enter? Jesus said that he's a good shepherd and he enters through the front door but it is the thief who tries to enter through the back door because his work is not a good work. He comes to steal, kill and destroy. So this is the work of Satan. He's constantly trying to trespass in the lives of believers. Now we as believers, we say no because of the cross. I have the blessings of God. My work is blessed. My finances are blessed. My health is blessed. My family is blessed. But what is Satan trying to do? He knows. Yeah, you're blessed in every way. I know that but I'll still try to come and create some trouble here, some trouble there. So the believer needs to be aware and then constantly guard, not give any foothold to the devil. So if the wall or the fence of a piece of land is broken or it's cracked, that is an access to the thief. He doesn't have to work very hard, very easily he can come in and the same thing is applicable to believers. Yes, we have all this in Christ Jesus but Satan is a trespasser. He'll try to look, are there any cracks? Is there a sinful lifestyle of this person or something? Sometimes even through our confession, we say different things that no, I'll never make it. I'll never be good enough. Whereas what is that? We are agreeing with the lies of the devil, with our confession. But when we make a confession like that, then what happens? Satan is very happy or great. They have confessed, they have agreed with me. So there is a crack. Now what can I do? Bring fear into the person, bring all kinds of accusation into the person. So any cracks like that, he will try to enter. So we must make sure that we do not give the enemy any foothold, no sin, no wrong confessions. Instead of that, we must resist the devil. With the weapons of our warfare, we will talk about all those weapons. We have the blood of Jesus, we have the word of God, we have the breastplate of righteousness, we have the belt of truth, we have the shoes of peace of the gospel. So there are all these weapons which have been given to us. We can use all this to say no trespassing. We will not allow you, I will not allow you to trespass with regard to my life and the blessings that I have received from the cross. So this is the manner in which we go against the enemy. So the thing is, we already have the blessings that God has given, but Satan will try to stake claim and we should not let him. Instead, we have to guard against it. So any questions on intrusion? Yeah, thanks again. We shared the link here for the conquest of the mind. Any questions on intrusion? So even I think in one of our mentoring hours, we were talking about generational things that are passed on generationally, certain people called curses and things like that. Now that is also intrusion. Even when we become believers, sometimes those doors can be opened. Now, are we born again? Do we have God's protection and healing and deliverance, all of that? Yes, we already have it, but Satan can still try to come in through some of those open doors because of the sins of the previous generation. So he likes to trespass through any crack that he can find. So as believers, it's good to not give the devil any stronghold. Even if the Holy Spirit gives us a sense that there could be something, generationally, you just confess, you break it over your life. Nothing much. By faith, you just have to pray a prayer which says, okay, this dedication which my grandfather made or this thing that happened, I cancel that in the name of Jesus. From me, going forward, my generations are blessed and the blessing of the Lord will be poured out on those generations. So intrusion works in that way. So Satan tries to take advantage of any loophole in our lives. So any thoughts regarding that? Okay, so yeah, we can continue and we can touch on the next topic here, which is opposition. Opposition is when demons or Satan, they try to oppose the purposes of God. So Paul, when he writes to the Thessalonians, he says that, you know, I wanted to come, I wanted to do this, that, but the enemy opposed me. So Satan tries to oppose us from doing what God wants us to do. But we must, again, you know, we are empowered by God. We can overcome. We have the weapons of our warfare, which we can use against the enemy. Whatever opposition is rising against us, we can face it, we can overcome it, and we can conquer it. So there are oppositions that he could bring against us, which we need to be aware of. And in instances like this, use God's authority, believer's authority. We will use our authority to rebuke the enemy and ask him to leave in the name of Jesus. Just like what we discussed in Matthew 16, verses 18 and 19. And also, we would need the wisdom of God in the case of opposition because, you know, the enemy will try to oppose us in different ways. Now, we also would need strategies from God to maybe think ahead, plan ahead and overcome the enemy. There is a very beautiful section here in our notes. Pastor has shared a dream that he had on September 5th, 2009, where you can read it yourself. I'll just summarize it. Basically, what he sees here is, he sees some small snakes and, you know, he begins to think, oh, these snakes are coming to attack me. But then they were very easy to handle. So, you know, he dealt with them. And then, as he goes forward, he sees a venomous cobra. And he's thinking, oh my goodness, how am I going to escape this? The small snakes are escaped. What about this venomous cobra? And then he gets this thought, take a pot and throw it on the cobra. So, when he does that, the cobra never expects being thrown at it. So, just trying to deal with what has happened. And in the meantime, he escapes that spot. And when he goes forward, he sees a huge snake, which is the kind that will devour. It will just eat up any creature. So, he's thinking, how am I going to escape this now? And he sees some chicken, live chicken around him. And he takes those birds and he throws them to this snake. And it begins to feed on the chicken instead of him. So, he wakes up in the morning and he thinks, you know, this is how God speaks, right? In the dreams, it has to be interpreted. So, then he prayed for interpretation. And God gave him this interpretation that, you know, against the enemy for victory. And also, God gave him this parallel passage from Judges 20, where, you know, there is a battle and in that battle, God kind of gives a strategy to his people. So, basically, God was telling him that you need strategy. You need wisdom to fight against the enemy. And the attack from the enemy can be different each time. And you can't respond in the same way. But you need wisdom, right? You need wisdom from God. And we know that the cross of the Lord Jesus is God's ultimate wisdom, right? Tramping over demonic powers. And God is also able to give us that specific wisdom, which we need in those moments or circumstances of opposition. So, we can pray, we can get that revelation from God and deal with the enemy in the face of whatever it is that is being thrown at us. So, that is a little bit about opposition. And another thought about opposition that is here in our notes is Paul, you know, Paul's thorn in the flesh in 2 Corinthians 12, verses 6 through 9. We know that that thorn in the flesh is a demon spirit. Paul himself explains it in the passage. So, it's a demon spirit. And why was the demon spirit trying to oppose Paul? Because of the powerful ministry, right? Paul had such a powerful ministry, great revelations and, you know, all these personal encounters with God. And this demon spirit was trying to oppose him. But what did God tell him? God told him, look Paul, you are able to overcome. My grace is sufficient for you. And we also see the end of Paul's life when he boldly says, you know, I fought a good fight, I finished the race. Okay? So, he was able to do what God called him to do even when there was an opposition, a demonic opposition against his ministry. So, then there is opposition against us in some way. For all of us, it can be different. Okay? The way Satan is trying to oppose us, individually it's different. But know this, that we can use the weapons of our warfare and we can face no matter what opposition it is. Okay? So, this is another way in which Satan tries to come against us through opposition. So, anything regarding this that you may want to talk about? Okay. Alright. So, what we'll do is we will wrap up for today and we will continue the remaining workings in the coming week. You can think about it and if you have questions, please do bring it up in the next class. Okay? So, let's pray right now and we can close today's class. I just want to request somebody to pray. Yes, pray. Father, we want to thank you for this time you have given us. Thank you for helping us to understand the different ways in which we can overcome the enemy and thank you, Lord Jesus, for you are with us and thank you that you have given us authority and we pray of God that we will be able to continue to walk victoriously with the authority that you have given us. We pray for each one of us that we would be able to continue to learn more regarding the authority and the power that you have given us and help us to use it for your glory, your God. We praise you. We thank you Lord Jesus, for just namely praying. Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you, John. Thank you everyone. Have a blessed day and a great weekend and we'll meet again next week. Yeah. Thank you. Bye for now. Thank you, ma'am.