 Hey, good morning everyone. Welcome to a new week. This is begin this time with a word of prayer Maybe one of us can please lead in prayer Prisha Would you mind leading us in prayer, please? Yeah, hi Dear Hanli father, I thank you for this day Father, we thank you for each and everything and we pray that your kingdom comes in our life Lord, and we're gonna learn about you and About the evangelism Lord, we pray that you speak to us through your Holy Spirit father. We give This class into your hand and each and every student in the pastor into your head lord And we give you all the glory and honor in the Jesus mighty name. I pray you man All right. Thank you so much Prisha So last week we completed up to chapter 12 Right. Let me just post the notes here So we did up to overcoming practical challenges We looked at some of the challenges that we will face when it comes to evangelism. There'll be threats. There'll be persecutions Abandonment there'll be people You know who will stop us from going to a local church You know, there'll be people who say hey you've forced us into certain cultural and religious practices and for sometimes, you know people are forced into Being married married to to marry a unbeliever or a non-believer And so there are many practical challenges right now. Here's the thing as believers we must understand that These challenges are not new to us Right. So all through when we look at the early church All the persecutions all the troubles all the challenges that they went through It is very similar to what we're going through even now Right when we look at what's happening in the government and the whole Anti-conversion law and all of these things that are happening. It's not new to us The enemy is just using these strategies To stop the gospel from spreading But then again, we must understand that those were different times cultures and different seasons We are in different times cultures and seasons right now and so as believers We must adapt to the different seasons that we are in cultures that we are in but it's very important to understand And be rooted and grounded in the fact that the word of God The gospel the spirit of God Is still the same So it's the same word that was being preached in the early church The same word being preached now Is the same holy spirit that worked in the early church is the same holy spirit that's working now culturally and You know geographically things are changed right but That is not priority the priority is hey the gospel and the holy spirit does not change Right, so we'll get into chapter 13. This class will will be our last class We'll try and cover most of it and then We should be done with the sections Right, so chapter 13 feel free to stop me if you have any kind of question chapter 13 strategies for urban evangelism now the word urban Urban missions urban evangelism is always interchangeable. So The word urban basically refers to cities and towns Right, so if you look at cities for our nation of india You got you got cities Then you got those little towns and you got villages Right, so what are some of the strategies that you and I can use in terms of Urban evangelism now. I'm sure most of us are from, you know, either cities or towns But what are the methods that we can use right now, you know, you know in the urban setting You know people are busy people have worked Monday to Fridays even, you know Homemakers are busy because they got things to do So how can you and I Be fruitful in evangelizing and sharing the gospel Right, maybe gone are those days when you can, you know, we stand on the street for more than three four hours and Just try to I mean we can't do that But we need to come up with some wholesome methods of urban urban evangelism Right now when you look at wholesome methods Three things come to our mind Yeah, and I marked it here in yellow. So the first thing is spirit led Right be led by the spirit don't do anything Uh, that is led by our natural senses Right be spirit led ask the holy spirit How do I go? How do what should I say? Right the wisdom of god is important in these uh scenarios, right To be legal Now for example, you're in a city. You're in an urban place And you know, you can't just walk into a college We can't do that, right? We can't walk into a college and then begin to you know, talk about jesus We can't do that because it's not legal the college or the school has certain Guidelines certain rules, which we have to follow But we can't just walk into Uh an apartment complex or a mall and begin to share the gospel right because nowadays The malls and these apartment complexes, they have certain rules. They have certain guidelines Right. So being legal is very important And three is being ethical Right. So one is spirit led led by the holy spirit Two is being legal. So doing the right things in the right way Right. So one of the best examples would be for example, if you are planning a meeting in an open ground Right. Get permissions from the authorities. You know in that area Probably you can also go to the police station get a written letter saying that this is a christian Program and we are not forcing anybody but this is what we are doing which is for the christians So get it done in a legal way Right. Now many a times they were Uh, you know, there were problems because you know, these people who Have you know conducted a meeting they never took permission From the police or from the authorities and so they were in big trouble So being legal again is very important and ethical is having the right practices right being true To god being true to people not enticing not alluring people saying hey Well, if you come to this meeting, you know, this is what will happen to you you can you know Oh, you know, if you come to this meeting, I will give you so much money or You know, all your debts will go or this will happen that being ethical Right. Uh giving the right information in the right way ethical way Right. So When it comes to urban evangelism We must become all things to all people which means we step into their world Right. Now, how do I step into somebody's world? I'm just going to pause the projection right now So how do I step into somebody else's world? right now for example You know, there's there's a family that's going through a trouble right they're going through maybe Uh a financial problem or they're going through a loss in their family. You know, somebody has passed away Now you and I Must be able to come to a place where we Understand what they're going through, you know, we identify with them now. There are two things one is Being emotional right and and are trying to understand their problem Now imagine this if somebody has lost a loved one Right And you get to talk to that, you know, the person who's lost a loved one You cannot say, you know, what don't worry You you you can't be very nonchalant. You can't just say, you know, don't worry your It's you any words are not going to work at that moment What is going to work is You have to empathize with them that is sympathy You feel sad for and you empathize which means you put yourself in their position Right now while sharing the gospel Many times and we've talked about this right many times we feel, okay Somehow this person has to come to christ Right now. Yes, that is the end result, but we also need to understand. They are not working with the robots They are human beings who have emotions. They have feelings. They have thoughts. They have Things that they are going through So you and I must be patient Right, it's a patient. We need patience. We have to patiently walk with them right and This is something that is you know Lacking in urban evangelism because everyone are busy. Okay, you know, just move on. What is the next thing we want to do? uh, but remember that In urban cities in this busy life, there are people who are broken There are people who are seeking there are people who are hurt Who are lost who are suicidal? Who are you know, who are just going through a very difficult time in their life You and I need to empathize with them Empathize. Hey, you know what I I haven't gone through this But I really feel that you know, I really feel what you're going through. You've lost a loved one You've lost your father your mother well I'm sorry to hear this, but Don't begin to start sharing the gospel immediately like take your time Empathize with them, right? Try to understand what they're going through Be there for them. Like that that's very very important All right, so We become all things to all people that which means we step into their world We go where they are we relate and identify with them Right, so even as we do that, we relate to them we identify with them We must remember to always remain obedient to Christ Why because sometimes, you know in the urge of reaching them in an in a zeal for getting them to accept Christ Sometimes we may end up saying the wrong things We may say a couple of lies We may say something that may not be completely true Or we may say things that may You know cause hurt to their culture or religion now We must be obedient to Christ obedient to his You know to the word of God what he has said We cannot have that attitude of hey, I know everything and then beginning to share the gospel, right? being obedient to Christ also also involves being humble being true being kind being loving by the fruit of the spirit being patient right and of course the end result is to get them to uh accept Christ as their personal savior Right be culturally sensitive be culturally relevant Right what works in one place may not work in another place And so for example, even if you look at urban cities Different cities have different cultures Right, uh, and so for example If we are In Bangalore you look at Bangalore. There's a lot of youth The culture is very different here, right people like to go out in the evenings People like to spend a lot of time in the evenings They go out meet friends go to malls go to places That's a general culture in a city like Bangalore Right, so what will work? um, you know doing Outreachers in the evenings or doing some youth related events youth related programs uh, and we also know that You know a city like Bangalore has a lot of you know Teens who are going through, you know identity crisis. They don't know what they what they want to be Or they they have You know are thinking about their future. They've got fear. They've got doubts So if you compare this to another city, for example, I was in the city of Bangalore It's very different in Bangalore. So in Bangalore, it's people like to work. They go home Right, they don't like to come out after that Right, they don't don't prefer to go out malls and all of that. So it's a very different kind of a lifestyle But it's a city Right, so being culturally relevant is very important in some places house visits work in some cities houses don't work Right now for example in Bangalore House visits very rarely work because they may want to busy Right, but if you look at uh others other cities, maybe going up north House visits really work house breaths right, so being country culturally sensitive And apostle Paul writes in first Corinthians line. He's talking about how he was able to Be a Jew to the Jew a Greek to the Greek And and he was everything to everyone Right, uh, then we seek not to intentionally offend the people Right now even as we minister to people We must not offend the people They may be rich poor Right, they may be You know happy sad, whatever they're going through They may be You know doing something that is totally opposite to the word of God Whatever it is remember, we are not to offend people right, so for example If you sharing the gospel with somebody We are not to say hey, how can you even you know, you're such a learned person you have such high intellect How can you you know Bow down to an idol it doesn't make sense And what are we doing that's offending that person Now that person doesn't know that's an idol for him. It's different. It's worship for him Right, so the way we put across things must be very very You know in a very positive way in a very Our words the the way we frame our sentences very important Right, and I believe that the first two three minutes when you speak to a person That's what matters Right that first two three minutes And even as you continue the conversation Try and do your best not to intentionally offend people You know some of the things that people believe and in other faiths are absurd meaning they It's so ridiculous. They don't make sense at all But we don't have to laugh about it mock them. We don't have to do that, right? But we must minister in such a way That we draw them to christ Right, so don't look at what they are doing But look at what you can offer them And they may be doing hundred things wrong, but the truth can set that hundred things away The truth of god's word the truth of the gospel Can put all those hundred things away and the person can follow that one truth Right, so focus on when you're sharing the gospel focus on god's word the truth of god's word Do you know even now when many people come to us? you know the They go through a lot of things they open up to us they share their problems And they say, you know, these are the things we've done wrong And the first thing we do is we don't say hey, why you did this wrong? Why you did that wrong? You know because of this this is what's going to happen. We don't do all that right All we do is say hey, yes, we understand that these things are happening the enemy is But god has given us the authority god has given us weapons that we can overcome all of this So we help them through the process Because when they're already down if you start offending them they're going to go even more down Like then there's no way for them to Open up and share With us, right? So the apostle paul also says in second currency instead of six three and four He talks about how he did his ministry In every area, right? He talks about his rights of being an apostle He talks about how he was He kept himself pure before the eyes of man before the eyes of god and the way he did his ministry was pure in the sight of god Right. There was there was no blame right, uh, for example Later on in second Corinthians, right? What happens is the believers in coran They they save up some money which they want to send to jerry slum Right because jerry slum was a poor church. They needed money. They needed they were going through difficulties Persecutions. So the church in coran saved up some money to give it to Jerusalem now the apostle paul was going to jerry slum but What he did was apostle paul said Titus and my team are coming there. You give it to them Give the money the offering that you have got give it to them They will go and give it to the church In jerry slum and then when I go there, I will inform them That the church in coran have blessed you with this offering Now you see this he goes on later on to say why he did this Because he didn't want anyone to blame him for misuse of finances So you see the apostle paul even the smallest of things He did ministry in a way That there was no opportunity for blame But anybody could have said hey apostle paul you got the money from Coran to here how much did you put in your pocket? But there was he didn't give that opportunity He said Titus and my team Are coming there they will come they'll hand over the money to you in front of the church And then I will come and I will you know Exhaught you and encourage you For you know for what you have done within the church community. So you see that When we do ministry we do it in the right way without blame nobody should blame Be right in the sight of man Be right in the sight of god Right, so god has commissioned us to preach We preach even if we are told not to And now this is the hard truth But this is not something new remember Jesus He was preaching the gospel everywhere. What did they tell him? You better stop this preaching Otherwise they're going to be consequences Now jesus knew there's going to be consequences, but he didn't stop Look at the apostle paul. He he went into Macedonia Right, uh, and when he went there he he knew the challenges ahead of him He knew that there was going to be persecution He knew that if he goes to Jerusalem and preachers, they're going to catch him. They're going to kill him this time right but He didn't stop him. He said god has commissioned us to preach. We will preach of course He used the wisdom of god God led him in every way We are to ensure That we are not violating other people's property or their time When we are preaching the gospel right, uh, so a few Ways where we can identify and develop strategies Right for one is we can develop for different age groups So within your city look at different age groups. So you've got children. You've got teens. You've got youth You've got young couples Then you've got the older couples and you've got the senior citizens Right, uh, so identify and develop strategies for them So for teens, what can you do? Okay teens are going through you know identity Crisis or they go into suicidal tendencies Be the happening in this age group. So let me you know, let's let's kind of Meeting or a conference in terms of talking about, you know Suicide or avoiding depression or avoiding how to overcome pure pressure and Anxieties in life. So you can do that Then you look at middle-aged Or young couples, you know, how to live a good married life a pleasing married life, then you look at Older couples, you know how to live a holy life honorable to God. So you divide your You know, you identify you and then you you divide them into groups and you see how you can Minister to them develop strategies have your own ideas right now a youth Worship concert will not work for middle-aged couples They're not going to come it's differently going to be for teens and youth Right, so you we have to develop strategies that way Develop different for different areas of need in the city. So Again, what is the need in the city? Uh, it could be, you know, there's a there's a problem of morality or people don't know Uh, you know, people are who have work pressure work life balance Right, that's a need like people are doing very successful in their business. So they work But if we look at their family, they're broken Families are broken And so this is a tendency that we're seeing right or money Or just acquiring wealth has become a very important aspect Right. So you talk about these areas Right, then you look at the different spheres the seven spheres of influence Uh, right, then you use tools that God has given us right leveraging available tools like you got your YouTube you've got facebook instagram you got You know videos that you can you know share with people pictures Things that you can share about the gospel um, you know, one of the things that I have shared with a couple of folks is I don't know if you've heard about this, but there's a series called the chosen And I I shared this whole thing with a couple of people that I know of And you know, they were so excited. They were so happy because it was nothing It was just a link that I sent them. I said, hey, when you're free this Maybe you can watch this and they were so happy to You know to watch the chosen because the chosen it basically depicts Jesus as a very You know a very natural person Just going through regular things in life Uh, but yet walked in such power. So just it's very powerful. So So you can use these tools right to Reach out to people. I'm sure all of us have phones. You can send videos and clippings and Bible verses right many a times These bible verses that people have sent has been an encouragement Right, so use these tools So here's here are listed some of the strategies. These are things that we do at a bc For children. It is catalyst. Of course, there's even our children's church on Sundays children's shows programs catalyst is a program which goes to like people the catalyst program the educators they go to schools and For different sections. They have one hour of teaching from god's word And so the word is word of god is going into Children of different ages Then you got the youth special seminars You know coffee talks campus elevate campus elevate is basically colleges So we go into colleges again one hour of Maybe few songs and then there's a you know, there's a preaching or a teaching of god's word Again, many are a bit Blessed by that. We've been doing this since 2008 or so Then the youth concerts Campus programs prayer. We we also started campus programs in the sense. There were campus groups, which was prayer groups and different colleges which used to meet during the breaks lunch breaks and That again Many many colleges are our church folks are leading those campus groups And then there are youth events youth retreats youth programs youth camps all of that Then you got the young adults preparing for marriage workplace groups professional conferences the married family is there We have the chrysalis counseling seminars workshops parenting workshops a woman's conference and men's conference All right, so these are some of the things we've been doing. So that's why it's all listed here Our strategies addressing areas of need again suicide drug addiction seeking jobs financial guidance for the homeless slums And again, whenever possible being available to serve. So for example We have, you know, we have served in quite a few Ministries which work with slum children right, so we used to go there and The ministry is led by somebody else, but they would call us and so we would go and Teach them gods who are known when we talk about teach. It's not like, you know, big You know Theological questions and answers these are You know slum children, they don't have much of an education. So we used to go and we should just share what jesus did and how jesus can help them You know in their studies there in whatever they have and how you know, maybe we have a little But god has blessed us. He, you know We can work hard achieve everything that god You know that you want to achieve So just an encouragement just to be there for them and to let them know that hey I mean that nobody cares for you or you know, so many a times we We have football matches there Between, you know, different areas. So we You know, just be part of it and just again before the match We would pray we would pray with them. We would you know, uh, so it's really wonderful. So addressing areas of certain needs now for example, um, you know, I remember Going to Mumbai many many years ago and uh, we went into this red light area right now. We know that Uh, you know, Mumbai is known for that. Right. So we went into the red light area. I think it was somewhere during the early uh It was 2010 or uh The early time of christmas Or december time we went in the month of december. So the first week of december, I guess and we did kattles right on the road in the You know, uh, so the road is here. You got, uh It's a red light area. So you got houses here houses here on both sides And they were all prostitutes, right? They were all standing and watching and there were little kids Uh, the children of these prostitutes and uh, you know, we just went there And it was really heart heartening to see And even disheartening to see the things that have been gone that they have gone through and how many of them have been forced into it Sometimes we have the picture that hey, you know, they want to do it because they enjoy it No, but many many times they're forced into it for money Or or or they're bribed into it and then there's no way out So so it's not easy, right? So different strategies for different areas um Then different strategies and now the seven mountains here is listed here the seven spheres of the seven mountains Uh in society that's education Then you got arts and entertainment Then media business government family and religion so these are known as the Seven spheres or the seven mountains of influence in any society anywhere around the world These are the seven spheres because education Arts and entertainment this media this business government family and religion So you we come up with different strategies. So one of the world ways that We've been reaching out to uh people in business was uh, we have one of the books called our timeless principles for the workplace uh timeless principles for the workplace and You know, we we have these books We sent it out to a couple of companies here id companies around here and Uh, we requested them. Hey, can we come and you know share these principles? You know, they said yes, you can come but no talking too much about Jesus But you can definitely share the principle but then we went to many of these id companies who were able to talk about the principles of God and and how you know, uh, we didn't you know share bible verses and And we still do that every now and then but post pandemic. We have to restart that um Education of course colleges and schools. We're already doing that religion. We've been going through to different ministries and helping them and So ways in which now I understand that some of us may think hey, I'm alone Or I'm happy yet to start my own ministry now. Keep all this in the back of your mind right now remember that We talked about briefly last class right a vision is something that God gives us We need to look ahead See what you will be 10 years down the line See what you want to do 15 years down the line plan ahead The Lord Jesus planned ahead and way ahead of time Right, he knew what he was doing how he was doing and why he was doing it Right. So as as believers we we must plan I always say this failing to plan is planning to fail Right. So if we don't plan we're planning to fail We must plan right Even if you planning to you know, you just thought about a ministry or you're you're trying to do something in the ministry Write them down come up with ideas come up with strategies Pray on it. I'm sure God will open the right door for you Right for each of you right. Let's go to the next one fourth one strategies Available tools so again books newspapers internet is huge now with social media And there's television not much happening right now There used to be this, you know, these ads that used to come up in the you know tv ads But not much of that happening now, but again, you can see what you what what works like for example I read this article recently that Which said that Bangalore has the highest number of instagram users in the world right now, I don't know how correct or incorrect that data could be but I have a feeling it's true because It's Bangalore's a cosmopolitan city. It's got people from different places coming in different cities different nations And imagine we post something Right, we can just post a picture or a word and you got thousands of people who can read it and it can touch people's lives It could be a two minute devotional a five minute devotional a five minute message and encouragement from God's word anything Uh, so you leverage the tools that are available right now Right. So these are the different ways in which we can uh, really focus evangelism in terms of Uh in cities especially Right, so quickly. Let's go to sharing Christ with a hindu Uh, of course, we did it a little bit Uh, any questions anybody Everyone okay, you're able to understand Everyone okay Like should I carry on? Okay sharing Christ with the hindu now We didn't talk about this briefly uh When we share with somebody Now when we're talking about a hindu Firstly, we must understand What is their background? Right now hindu has The hinduism has 330 million gods in goddesses, right, so You and I don't understand Where are they coming from? What is their background? A little bit about their background, right now when we know The person we are talking to Or when we understand the person's faith, we will be able to You know, give a good defense Uh for the gospel now you learn more of this. This is just an overview I think it's next semester. You'll have apologetics. Allergetics is the Is how to give a right defense for the gospel So we're just going to do a quick overview of sharing Christ with the hindu Right now. What are some of the differences? We believe that god is the one true god Righteous wise loving versus now hinduism has 330 million gods and goddesses So they have a wide range right They have every city every town every village every section of people At their own god Can you can you picture this? A nation with 1 billion people have One just one religion has 330 million gods and goddesses now It's it's just overwhelming to read that because you see We know the one true girl But they have so much of the choice And what does it say in christianity? We are sinful but Christ died for us while we were yet sinners. Hence we are valuable to god In hinduism They are part of god Right, whether they are sinful whether they are not sinful. They are part of god already right that's Infallible word of god when you say infallible means there is no Right, it's It's written by Men and women of god, but it's infallible. There's no end up Hindus and we've got the Vedas the Vedas were written over Over a period of many years uh But we don't know whether It is no historical proof of their writings as well, right? uh, then you got jesus christ who Christianity believes that god became man and died on the cross Took our sins on the cross rose up from the dead and now to god. We have provision of salvation Right now, what do the Hindus think about jesus christ? one He's either ignored Or two he's he's not an indian god. He's a You know a god of another country like or He's you know, it's an offense Because he died as a murderer Right, and he was murdered. He was he died as somebody who was You know in an offensive manner So the not many times is accepted But again, some group of people when we share they do accept it Right, uh, then you got life purposes. What do christians believe? Our main purpose in life. Hopefully is For all of us is to know god through personal faith and relationship with jesus christ Build on a relationship and to do his will. That's our main purpose in life to glorify god and everything that we do Right now. What's the purpose of hindus? You see that to work out bad karma Through knowledge devotion and good deeds. So you got karma. You got the weighing scale Right here. Are your good deeds? Here are your bad deeds now if i've done more bad deeds I have to work out my karma, which is my salvation or my my future My dependency have to work it out through knowledge. I either have to Procure knowledge or then I have to go into a mountain or do something through devotion or then I have to do some good deeds Right, so you see here that salvation or karma is attained through works But here the lord jesus Has done it for us and we don't have to go through works Right, look at heaven The the christian the bible teaches us in christianity. That's the place of eternal joy For those who have received god's gift of salvation And what do the hindus believe? Nirvana, which is moksha, which is liberation From the repeated cycle of birth. So let me give you this thing right in hindus and we've got the You know the whole cycle karma. So if you didn't attain the right You know the right position You die you become you get rebirth again Then you die you get rebirth again you die and you get rebirth reborn again But there'll come a time Where you've done everything right Then you have attained nirvana, which is moksha then the the that whole rebirth Is over right and our spirit will go and you know will become divine right There will be no more pain. No more sorrow. No more death. So that's what they believe in right But it's an ongoing process Karma now, how do we know that this person is going to attain nirvana? No, no, we don't know but it's over. It could be years. It could be centuries To be any amount of years. It's just a process But what is the bible teaches to be absent in the body is to be present with the lord such a joy What does it say about hell? It's a place of eternal torment for those who have read rejected jesus christ now for for hinduism this earth And strapped in the cycle of reincarnation birth and death birth and death That itself is a hell. Why because I need to achieve achieve nirvana or moksha Only then I am free So you see there's a lot of difference Right between these two Now sharing the gospel with somebody who is Hindu faith is not going to be easy But here are pointers that you can emphasize Which is one I've just marked it yellow the existence of sin and evil the bible reveals it Karma and reincarnation also has the cause and the effect. So there is sin and evil there forgiveness of sins What are the bible talk about forgiveness and what does Hinduism say about forgiveness and how we can obtain that forgiveness now This is the most powerful way to reach out To a hindu the moment you talk about forgiveness in their mind is go up the mountain Do some works maybe you roll around kneel down on nails and all these works To achieve forgiveness, but here when we speak about free forgiveness It is a concept that they don't understand because somebody else paid the price And we can be free. We can be forgiven of ourselves So they usually inclined towards this forgiveness right so Then christ contrasted in many avatars now Uh christ was you know, you can talk about christ's uniqueness He was sinless. He was perfect. He was sufficient. He was a real human being right now sometimes people will You know Have asked me, how do you know jesus did this these days? How do you know that jesus was even Crucified how do you know that he was even that he even lived now history proves that he was born History proves because secular writers have written about his About his life about his death as well Uh, so there was a man named jesus and he was unique. He was a he had a great following and History also proved that there was a resurrection. He was his body was not found And so we can use these as as uh, you know points of sharing the gospel right uh But if you look at the hindu faith if you talk about rama and all these other people, uh, there is no historical proof Of their living right there's no proof at all right, so So then, you know, these are things that you can add now. We must be careful how we say that right? We can't say hey, you know what? I have proof that jesus lives show me the proof. Whereas we can't speak that way Uh, again, just focus on what we have focus on No, the gospel the truth of what we have And that'll eliminate everything that is false Right, uh, quickly sharing christ to the muslim Now again muslim islam uh, lot of similarities God is one eternal triune god righteous wise and loving Our love is one and eternal Almost the same Man is sinful but valuable to god. But look at what islam thinks islam believes that Every man is basically good Right, so we are good And then we have to do things to make allah To please allah, right and you go to scripture, which is the bible and here they have the quran Uh, now the quran itself You have the quran in the hadid which was written many many years later Uh, now between the quran and the hadid there were so many contradictions among them But you look at the bible even though certain You know 66 books 40 different authors over a period of many years The authenticity Is still the same there is no contradiction everyone were aligned right Now look at life's purposes christianity again to glorify god islam to submit to allah heaven uh place of eternal joy but in islam It is only those who god chooses will be in heaven Right, it's not for everyone But here in christianity. We all accept christ We receive god's gift of salvation But here even if you are a No, you know muslim Even if you go to do your penance and all of that Only if allah agrees to choose then You'll be in heaven and when you go to heaven, that's a different story. You'll have you know different seven Virgins and all these other things there in heaven But that's a different story. So you you see the difference there Only if allah decides to choose Like what about hell? It's a place of Torment for those who rejected christ here. It's a place of torment rejected by allah now What are the common things here? God which is eternal for both allah and For christianity and islam To that jesus christ was became you know was the only way of problem. So they believe that jesus was a prophet Three is heaven because they both we both believe in heaven and for we both believe in hell. So a lot of similarities Yet a lot of separation Christianity Right. I'll just quickly just take another two minutes, please uh The five pillars of islam mentioned here shahada, which is the confession of faith Salat, which is praying for five five times a day zakat, which is arms to the poor son, which is fasting in the month of ramadan Hajj, which is a pilgrimage to mecca and medina as well And then the jihad, which is the holy war against those who don't believe in islam Right now. Let's look at these points of emphasis, right? Three things that people would normally question in in islam Whether christ is god Whether he died on the cross whether he rose again from the dead Right. So these are the normal questions And we must be ready to give answers to these questions Whether christ is god, how will we answer it? To whether he died on the cross We have historical proof for that And three whether he rose from the dead And I want to close with this there was This two friends uh There were these two friends, right? Uh, I think you know then uh, uh, we must have heard of them nabil kureshi and new samson more You know One was a muslim one was a christian And this man sam the believer They both are very good friends but They he did not share the gospel in a sense, but he only brought historical proof Of the lord jesus christ And through the historical proof He was able to share the gospel And this and and we all know nabil kureshi right became a great apologist Uh, and now he's gone home to be with the lord so So yes Sometimes it's not only through our intellect Sometimes god can use history god can use geography. He can use anything To touch people's lives. Sorry. I saw I'm seeing a lot of messages here on uh It is written in our notes that god commissioned us to preach So we preach even if we are told not to the apostles did this which was why they were persecuted In our time Okay Yes, so nina It's true that The they were led by the holy spirit now We must understand that god was the lord jesus was establishing a church at that time Right So they they were needed to be that zeal that passion right but many a time look at the lord jesus many a times Even he walked in great wisdom, right? He uh, there were places that he says no, it's not my time yet I should not go there because if I go I'll be caught And they may uh, you know put me into prison and all of that so Now god has given us the wisdom For example, the new law that has passed It's an infringement on our rights Right Saying that we can't share About the gospel but We have to share the gospel Like we have to share the we I mean we have to there will be people We have to bring out the gospel now. We need to do it in a wise way Right Like for example, you know if a hindu or a muslim becomes a believer he says baptize me now You tell them okay now we can't do it like how we did it that time But we have to understand okay, there are things have changed We have to walk in wisdom right It's not that we are not as bold as the apostles before right of course god gave them a great Great power and great authority great faith We can walk in that authority But we must also remember to Uh obey the law right now now even though You know we we are christians we are believers we must obey the law But we are also just preach the gospel if the law says don't preach the gospel We have to preach the gospel and here The law says that we do not we must not entice people Right, so if you go through the whole thing, it's not we should not entice people. We should not You know draw them towards christianity Right, but if a hindu or a muslim says he going through this problem definitely pray for them I did that's not uh Conversion or that Right, so so we must be careful on how we do these things right Okay, so we've come to the end of our course. Uh, thank you so much for You know journeying along with me. I'm sure the Next semester when as you continue to study we learn more about evangelism about things What the apologetics and much more so Thank you so much. Have a great week all the best for your coming tests and exams and assignments Uh, god bless you all have a wonderful day See you soon