 Okay, good morning everyone. Welcome to a new week of classes. Right, so before we begin today's class, let's just briefly look at what we did last week. Right, last week we looked, we, for our study, we divided the book of Acts into three sections. The first section we talked about the church in Jerusalem and what happened when there is an outpouring. Then the second session we looked at how that revival's fire spread from Jerusalem to other parts of Asia Minor and into Europe. We saw that the Gospel was given to the Gentiles as well and God did great wonders and miracles through the lives of the disciples there. And then we also in the third section we briefly looked at Apostle Paul who is a carrier of revival and there is so much that we can learn from Apostle Paul. We look at a few things, right, how the Lord, how he encountered the Lord and then how he, there was a short visit to Jerusalem and then Apostle Paul went back to Tarsus where his silent years where he spent over about 10 to 12 years in Tarsus which is called the silent years. Right, so let us pick up from Paul's first missionary journey. So what we'll do is we'll do first, second and third missionary journey and the reason we are studying this is because we want to, you know, Paul carried that revival and wherever he went there was a move of God and not pouring of God and so we just want to learn from the great Apostle Paul. So if you're tracking along on your notes I'm on page 12 starting on page 13. Okay, let's begin. If you have any questions please feel free to stop me, ask questions, you can also put it up on the chat and we'll try our best to answer those questions. Okay, so let's look at Paul's first missionary journey. Now the New Testament especially the Book of Acts records two Antiochs. One is the Antioch in Syria, one is the Antioch in Pesidia. Right, so Paul or you know Barnabas was sent to Antioch of Syria so most of you know it was also called Paul's home church, the Antioch of Syria. Now let's just look at what what is you know famous in this place Antioch of Syria. Why is it that you know from Jerusalem why did they choose Antioch of Syria and how did that become a headquarters for Paul and Barnabas. Right, now let's look at it. Antioch of Syria is about 300 miles north of Jerusalem and it had about 500,000 people living there. Now it was a big city, right, very close to the likes of Rome and you know Greece, Alexandria. It was a very well developed you know city with had lighted marble streets and buildings and waterfalls. They also had the Olympic Stadium which hosted the Olympics as well. So this place was a developed place unlike the other cities that we see and it had theaters, private theaters, expensive homes and all these things and and so Antioch of Syria had people of Jewish origin, Greeks, Romans, Arabic and Persian influence. Now they all these people from different places they came to reside in Antioch of Syria because it was a place of business, it's a developed place and so obviously for business sake to have a better lifestyle people came from other countries and other states into Antioch of Syria. So this is the background, right, it's a cosmopolitan crowd, it's a highly populated place and it's got it's a rich city and that was the church, there was the church of Antioch. Now even if you look at the you know the leadership team in Antioch of Syria is very interesting. Acts 13.1 records that, right, five men were named as teachers and prophets, Barnabas who is a Jew, Simeon Kallnagar, Lucius, Mannion and Saul. So these five people, all five of them were from diverse cultures, diverse, you know, backgrounds, ethnic backgrounds and so the leadership team itself was a diverse crowd. Now if you compare this to Jerusalem, the church in Jerusalem, the church in Jerusalem had only Jews and they knew their leaders Peter James and John was there. Later on James took on the whole responsibility of you know the church in Jerusalem so they were all Jews but as the revival fire spread Gentiles began to accept the Lord. We see here that in Antioch of Syria the the church itself was a cosmopolitan crowd and the leadership team also was you know a mixed crowd and so we'll start from here right. Let this be in the backdrop. Now the picture of Antioch is this. You've got a place which is thriving with business, doing well commercially successful city and then there's a church planted there, the work of the Holy Spirit begins from there as well. So let's go to Paul's first missionary journey right. So in Paul's first missionary journey it lasted for two years right. He traveled about 1,200 miles. So we know the story right. So the church in Antioch is growing, Antioch of Syria and Peter says okay Barnabas you go and you know look after the church there because they need some help and so Barnabas goes there. The church is growing so he says Barnabas says I need some help and then he remembers okay there was this man named Saul of Tarsus. Remember meeting him about you know 10 odd years ago. Let me go search for him. So Saul of Tarsus sorry Barnabas goes in search of Saul in Tarsus and brings him to Antioch right and then they minister there for some time and out of there they start their first missionary journey right. So who are the three people? Paul Barnabas and Barnabas's nephew named John Mark. Now these three formed the team and they begin their first missionary journey. So from Antioch they travel up to Seleucia which is like a seaport and then they went into Cyprus. Cyprus is another place which is Barnabas's hometown. Later we will hear in the book of Acts every now and then about Cyprus right and then from Cyprus they traveled to another place 140 miles southwest to Paphis and here was where Paul you know yeah Charles we're on page 14 on the notes. So here at Paphis was where Paul was empowered by the spirit to you know he struck the Jewish sorcerer with blindness if we read that in Acts 13 onwards you see that then from Paphis they sailed to another place called Perga and it is here at Perga that John Mark said okay I want to get back home. Maybe he felt the pinch of you know of traveling or maybe he was sick. The Bible does not record why he says it but John Mark says okay I'm done I want to go back and so he leaves John Mark leaves and goes back home to Jerusalem and so now the team has become two that is Paul and Barnabas right. So Paul and Barnabas they go into Antioch of Pesidia. Remember we mentioned there are two Antiochs so this is another Antioch of Pesidia and here again many people believe the gospel but the Jews did not believe right when they wanted to cause up trouble they persecuted Paul and Barnabas and they expelled them out of the city. So their stay in Antioch of Pesidia was a very brief stay and from there they went to Iconium. Now this is interesting in Iconium because these are these form the Galatian churches we'll talk about that. Paul and Barnabas traveled to Iconium and here Acts 14 and verse 3. Can one of us please read that Acts 14 and verse 3? Acts 14 verse 3 says therefore they stayed there a long time speaking boldly in the Lord who was bearing witness to the word of his grace granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands. Amen. Amen. Thank you Avni. So we see here that they stayed in Iconium speaking boldly in the Lord and bearing witness of his grace and many signs and wonders began to happen right and then from Iconium they moved 18 miles into Lystra and in Lystra if we have read the book of Acts we see that crippled man from birth where you know Paul just brings healing upon him and then they said hey the gods have come down you know Paul to Paul and Barnabas says you know they gave them names Zeus and Hermes said the gods have come down and healed this lame man. Then from there the Jews started causing trouble again in this place and from Lystra they almost you know remember that Paul got stoned and they dragged him out of the city and they thought he was dead but he just got up and went on on his journey. Then from Lystra they traveled to Derby which is about 20 miles again and and during this time is when Paul you know he writes you know I went through a lot of sickness later on in his episodes to even Timothy he writes when I was sick you know nobody was around so he's talking mostly about this time in in Galatia and so the Galatian churches now when Paul is if we read the letter of Galatians now we must understand that it's not one church right so it is approximately about five churches so let's name them first one is Iconium then Lystra then Derby and the Antioch of Presidia right and Ferga right so some of them also say Paphos is included in Galatia so it's definitely about four to five churches so when Paul is writing to the Galatians they are not just one church but they are different groups of churches and so from here from Derby they journeyed back so all the places that they visited or you know planted churches they went back strengthening the local churches right now it's interesting to see that you know in most places Paul was not spending a lot of time there right Iconium was the only place where he spent quite some time but we see that wherever he went there were science miracles wonders the society was impacted there was a local church planted and leaders were raised up to look after the local church right so if you see he visited all these places and as he finished his first missionary journey he's coming back to strengthen the local churches which means the local churches have already started and the leaders have already been raised and God is already doing a work in these places right and so Paul and his team ministered in the power of the Holy Spirit they preached the gospel they ministered and many science miracles happened they ministered to the Jews they ministered to the Gentiles they ministered to people in government to the rich people to the poor to every section of society Apostle Paul and Barnabas were able to minister to them how right how I mean when you think of it you know they are rich people or you know there are people in government places and leadership places how is it that they were able to minister to them by the power of the Holy Spirit right now they raised up local churches they raised up communities of believers appointed elders and encouraged them to press on to the Lord now one thing that we should remember is we know that Apostle Paul he went through his silent years of waiting so Apostle Paul was not a young man of you know in his early 20s or early 30s no he was probably about 48 to 50 years old when he started his first missionary journey right what can we learn you know when God puts a spark of revival inside us God may make us wait but at the right time God will send a Barnabas into our lives to launch out if you go as we study the second missionary journey Paul and Barnabas had a you know a misunderstanding and they part ways and after that we don't hear much about Barnabas it is only Apostle Paul so it looked like as if God used Barnabas just to bring Saul out of this place of obscurity into the place of visibility and that fire that revival fire inside him just began to become an outpouring right so this first missionary journey lasted two years right so when they went to Galatia and they went into these places planted churches and on the way back he visited those churches strengthened them in the Lord and he came back to Antioch of Syria that is his home church right and in Antioch they stayed there for three years they completed their first missionary journey Paul and Barnabas stayed there for three years now what happens after that continue to read Acts 15 is the council the Jerusalem council what is the main problem that's happening here now in the Jerusalem council Paul you know before that in his first missionary journey he he led a young man named Titus into the Lord he nurtured him and Titus later on writes his own letter as well and he nurtures this young man to become a leader and so he he brings Titus also to Jerusalem Titus sorry to Antioch so Titus served with Paul in his home church Antioch and so Paul took Titus to Jerusalem where the you know the council is happening what is the main problem for this you know for this council what is the main thing should the Gentiles that have you know that have been saved through the grace of Jesus Christ should they be circumcised or not right now reports had already come hey Paul and Barnabas they went into these Gentile cities and nations they went in they've already seen the work of God they've already started churches the churches are also growing and so the whole the council of Jerusalem said it seems right to the Lord that those Gentiles who have accepted the Lord Jesus do not have to take circumcision so the Gentile believers also rejoiced in what God is doing so so what do we learn from this first missionary journey Paul was so you know meticulous he planned out you know that that revival that was inside him he planned it out but it was not something that he did arbitrarily he knew okay I'll go here we go to these places and there was a move of God and outpouring of the Holy Spirit communities were impacted churches were started leaders were raised so even as we get into the second missionary journey right we see the same kind of you know pattern that Paul is following right actually in the first missionary journey there was only that one instant where they try to stone him and he almost died and you know they thought he's dead and they walked away but the second missionary journey you know there was not much of persecution but in the second missionary journey we see quite a lot of you know Paul's life being persecuted he goes through quite a lot of troubles and difficulties but let's look at what we can learn and the the places that the great apostle Paul went on his second missionary journey so they finished their first missionary journey in two years they came to the home church in Antioch and there they've been serving they've been serving there for three years and Paul has brought Titus a young man Paul takes Titus goes to Jerusalem the council happens they agree that Gentiles don't have to you know take circumcision now from here Paul starts off his second missionary journey right so Paul's second missionary journey lasted for about three years right unlike the first missionary journey here in this journey he visits some of the most important places uh there's you know historians and bible scholars say that this is the most important missionary journey or the most important outpouring that we can study about because Paul goes into hostile environments preaching the gospel right so he goes into Asia Minor he goes into Europe plants plenty of churches some of the church places he went was Philippi, Thessalonica, Corinth, Ephesus, Athens in Greece and also during the second missionary journey he writes a letter to the the Thessalonians two letters to Thessalonians so let's look at the second missionary journey any questions any if you have any questions okay so shall we carry on yes sir okay all right so the second missionary journey started off rather bad right Paul says okay one of us you ready part two part one is over you've planted churches so part two what we'll do is probably they're sitting and discussing the second journey we'll we'll go visit the churches in Galatia we'll see how they're doing all right we'll strengthen them we'll encourage them and then we'll go into new places to do the ministry and maybe during the discussion Barnabas would have said okay let's take John Mark with us and Paul says no the last time we took John Mark he abandoned us uh at at Perga and he said he wanted to go back I don't want to uh you know go with if John Mark is going I'm not going right uh now uh we see that it out of us such a small you know disagreement Paul and Barnabas parted ways right uh of course later on Paul writes to the Corinthians he says you know in Corinthian first Corinthians 9 6 he says that Barnabas you know or only is it Barnabas and I who have the right from working then later on in his last letter he says bring John Mark to me because he is helpful to me in the ministry so later on we see that everything is well right it's not like Paul Barnabas and uh John Mark were not in talking terms no everything went well but it was just that disagreement during that time and so what happens Barnabas takes uh John Mark and he goes his way uh and Paul uh Paul chooses Silas who Silas is again from uh uh he was a leader in the church in Antioch so Paul chooses Silas and then they travel from Antioch uh they go into Syria and Silesia uh acts chapter 15 verse 41 can one of us please read that acts 15 and 41 one of us please read that acts 15 versus 41 and he went through Syria and Silesia strengthening the churches right it's interesting right he went through Syria and Silesia strengthening the churches so Paul in his first missionary journey uh now we must understand this there could be many churches which Paul has planted but he's not written letters to right now we may think okay Paul started all these churches Romans Galatians Ephesians Philippians and uh in Philippi all these churches yes but there are plenty of churches he would have started but he's not written letters to and so we see here Syria and Silesia I mean we don't know about it but it says there that he went from Antioch to Syria and Silesia confirming the churches so the churches have already been planted there right so from Syria and Silesia Paul came to Derby and Lystra again they were strengthening the same churches which they had started off in the first missionary journey and Timothy a young man joins Paul's team right we've heard about Timothy Timothy must be a young boy maybe about 17 years of age his father was Greek his mother was Jewish Paul had Timothy circumcised so that Timothy could also minister to the Jews so now the team has become three people Paul Siles and Timothy right so Paul in his old age full of the Holy Spirit young leader named title sorry Siles and a young man named Timothy so these three go on from Lystra they go to Fergie and they come into Galatia they strengthen the churches there then the the Macedonian call as they say in Acts chapter 16 and verse 19 could one of us please read that Acts chapter 16 verse 19 but when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone they seized Paul and Siles and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers okay is this Acts 16 8 sorry I read Acts 16 19 yeah Acts 16 8 8 8 sorry yeah so passing by Mysea they went down to Troas yeah so from Mysea they went to Troas now from there from Troas 200 miles from Galatia there Paul was you know probably in his prayer time he gets the Macedonian call come over here there's a work there's a fruit that is waiting to thrive here and so now the team has become four people right Paul Siles Timothy and Luke Luke joins them in a place called Troas now I know some of us may thinking oh man you know there's so much so many people come so many people going so many places so more than the places more than the people of course those are also important to learn what we're trying to focus on is how Paul you know went about in his ministry right and how he was able to impact you know cities and societies so don't be you know overwhelmed as the class is going oh how am I going to you know remember all of this it's all right it's not something that we can remember in our first reading and first study itself but but it's important to learn this and understand so don't be you know oh how am I going to remember this and right it's about learning what Paul did he as a carrier of revival right so yeah so let's go from there from from there from Macedonia which is a Roman colony near Paul's he traveled to Philippi now we all know Paul wrote and led it to the Philippines and in Philippi was you know cross section of society Lydia a wealthy business woman accepted the Lord the jailer also accepted the Lord and there was a good ministry done in Philippi a church was planted and so what happened was the church was started here Luke stayed on in Philippi and Paul Silas and Timothy went into their next you know further on from Philippi they traveled into two other places and came to Tesloniaca now again we know that sure Paul did a wonderful work in Tesloniaca he preached the gospel in power and here is where Paul supported himself and his team by working as a I'm sure in many other places also he would have you know worked as a tent maker but he mentions it here and and so in Tesloniaca again the church started from there they went into this place called Berea now in Berea we know that in Book of Acts mentioned that that they were very noble people highly intellectual people right so the Bereans went back opened the scriptures and they said okay whatever this person Apostle Paul is preaching is it true and so they went back to the scripture and they reasoned through the scripture and many people accepted the teaching so Silas and Timothy remained in Berea and Paul headed off to Corinth now he's alone again right there were four now he's back alone right so then where does he go he goes to one of the most important places in the second missionary journey he goes to Athens from Berea into Athens which is about 250 miles by sea now now we need to picture this right it's easy to read all of this and say okay 100 miles 200 miles 150 miles and all of that picture this it was not like we could buy a flight ticket and this yeah go and or this trains or no it it was it was hard work there was mostly by sea or by road and it was a challenge right it was it's not like obviously it's not like how it is now but through along all of this remember that Paul is an old man he's already been afflicted in his body but nothing stops him we don't see Paul saying okay let me stay here for a couple of days just relax anyway we've done you know we flaunted about maybe seven eight churches let's just relax let's just go about strengthening these churches let's just be happy no there's no account of that right you see he's just moving from one place to another right that he he's not staying in one place okay we've got leaders we've got the churches we've got people leaders let's move on right so we see that you know when we are you know in you know the Holy Spirit is put a fire inside us nothing can stop us nothing can stop us right so there are times when the Holy Spirit will you know empower us sometimes we think okay maybe you know I'm doing this I'm working so I'm not able to do this yes of course work and all of that is there or sometimes we may put limits on ourselves I believe Apostle Paul had many limits that he could have put on himself but we don't see that he didn't say okay you know I was beaten last time and so now I'm not able to walk or let me rest for some time the journey was too much no we don't see that right so it's such an important learning that you know when God puts that fire of the Holy Spirit inside us you know nothing can contain us we are always waiting and wanting to spread the gospel to make that revival spark that outpouring to spread we see that in Paul's life he goes into Athens now this is the most difficult place I believe that the apostle Paul you know ministered in but he does an amazing amazing work and outpouring of God God confirms his ministry through signs wonders and miracles so let's just look at a background of Athens now we looked at the background of Antioch of Syria which is his home church but it's important to also look at the background of this place Athens right why because the same things that are happening in Athens are also happening now maybe wherever we are same kind of thing same sense the enemy is doing the same old thing right just in newer ways newer patterns but it's the same gimmick that Paul in the power of the Holy Spirit and the wisdom of God he was able to penetrate these societies plant churches and raise up strong believers in these kind of places so let's look at some interesting facts about Athens now Athens was named after a Greek goddess called Athena we know that it was the home for some of the greatest philosophers Athens was the you know intellectual capital of the world Socrates Plato Aristotle they all came out of you know Athens and there was a there are academies Plato started his own academy in Athens where they would basically sit and study the word of God sorry not the word of God they would study and philosophies and ideologies and religion and all kinds of things right now the Athens had two dominating philosophies right one is called Epicurean and we see it later on right where it says the Epicureans in the book of Acts it says the Epicureans believed but the Stoics did not believe in Paul's message so those two you may come across them in the book of Acts so Epicurean and Stoicism now what is their beliefs the Epicureans teaching was that everything happened by chance the world has formed by chance people came by chance and that is the end of all that you know God was in another galaxy or something and was remote and he did not care about the world and and then the Stoics believed that everything was God and God was like a fire so once we die we will go and join that fire right so so in Athens these are the two dominating beliefs right Epicurean and Stoics now Paul arrives on in Athens after he comes here you know the city of Athens is full of goddesses idolatry is sexual immorality was on the rise there right some of the Greek philosophers would say that it's easier to find an idol in Athens than a person every street every place there were idols right and it is here that Paul engaged with the people now Paul did something interesting he's alone in Athens he says he sent message to Silas and Timothy and he says your guys are in Silas and Timothy are in Berea he says okay Silas Timothy raise up some leaders come to Athens because there's a good work that can start here right something very important that we should learn you know it's always good to work as a team Paul could have done the ministry alone right he could have you know just preached and done the whole thing alone started the church alone but he always worked as a team right he's he calls for Timothy and Silas said okay the work is looks like the ground is fruitful here come and and in the meanwhile what did Paul do he began to engage with the people in the city he reasoned with the people in the synagogue and with the Gentile worshippers in market places now there's a place in Athens and you'll come across that also as you read in many of his letters there's a place called a Gora which is like a a the center of Athens where they would it was like a stadium kind of a place and people would sell you know business would happen there trade would happen there idols were being sold and all of that and this was a place to also discuss religious matters political matters and if there's any you know committees or political programs it would all happen in this agora and Paul goes into this large open space called the agora and what does he do he does something really interesting right what happened was probably there you know we got a picture this you know people all around doing their business and you know maybe some meetings and all happening in that agora but Paul goes there and he uses their own you know god as the message of what they believe them and he and he brings context to their belief he goes on to in that great sermon called in Acts chapter 17 the Mars hill the someone on Mars hill he addressed their ignorance he says I see that you all are religious you have idols everywhere and even on some of the idols listening to an unknown god now here's what I'm going to do what you have not known till now because of ignorance I will make known to you and and he goes about preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ now it when we read it we may think okay so what's so great about it picture this these are all people who are highly religious given into idolatry given into sin Paul is so easily in context giving him you know bringing the gospel and saying this is what the god that you have been searching for through Jesus Christ we have repentance and forgiveness of sins we find salvation and he goes on to preach that great message on Mars hill now important not everyone fell on their knees and said oh yeah Jesus now some of them mocked at him they also plan to you know beat him up but some people believed and some people said okay this is some new theology or a news thing that we are hearing why don't you come tomorrow or come another time and come to this place and you share in detail what you're talking about so here's the thing now Paul just started off the minute you know just giving a simple message some people believed some people did not believe some people wanted to hear more and so this opened a door where all the leaders the religious leaders the political leaders the government leaders the rich of Athens the intellectuals of Athens they all came to the Agora and Paul goes on to stand there and preach the gospel of Jesus Christ I mean see it later on that the leaders the political leaders it's mentioned there in the book of Acts as well the council leaders some of them accepted Jesus as their personal savior right so Paul established a local church in that place right and then through this local church it went on to spread to other parts like Corinth and Metropolis and to other parts of Greece so Paul later sends Timothy to Thessalonica from Athens to encourage the believers there and from Athens they traveled up to Corinth so we see here Paul was not afraid to bring the gospel it didn't matter to him the background of the people it didn't matter to them him about what they've been believing in nothing hindered him from ministering the gospel and that is why he was able to do such a powerful ministry wherever he went there was an outpouring of God right later on we see that the church in Corinth is the church which is a spirit filled of course they had practical problems and all of it but it records that the church in Corinth was the most you know the church with flowing with all the gifts of the spirit so there were prophecies there were word of knowledge there were healings imagine in this whole place called Athens in this place where filled with idolatry picture a local church in between with signs miracles wonders prophecies power of the Holy Spirit just spreading into people's lives touching many communities Paul was able to do that what an amazing work he goes on from Athens to Corinth which is very close by 55 miles away he just goes there now at Corinth is again part of Greece so let's look at what Corinth is all about right its Corinth is known as the ornament of Greece because this is from it was from Corinth that most of the business to the government was coming from so it had two harbors a booming commercial sex center and on top of this whole place was this temple of Aphrodite called the goddess of love and which had thousand male prostitutes thousand female prostitutes and again sexual immorality idolatry prostitution Corinth's reputation was immorality and pleasure that was their reputation right Paul stayed in Corinth the most 18 months he stayed there never has he stayed in a place so if we look from the first missionary journey it is always okay on the move raise up a church raise up leaders move on but in Corinth he stayed for 18 months so one important thing that we can learn is you know we need to ask God for wisdom on how and where to minister right probably Paul thought okay this place is a hellhole so let me stay here let's raise up a strong church we need more time in this place compared to the people in Galatia they just believed and you know everything went on smooth even Testonaika Philippi they were they were all okay you know but Corinth I need to stay on here Paul stayed at Corinth Aquila and Priscilla were Jewish believers who had come to Corinth from Rome so during that time the Roman Emperor Claudius said okay those who are Jews you need to get out of Rome so Aquila and Priscilla come into Corinth and then Paul Aquila Priscilla a couple they were tent making and they also did the ministry together Paul received a lot of support from the Philippian churches that's why Paul writes to the Philippians he says your gifts have been a sweet smelling aroma in the presence of God so not only was Paul working but he also received gifts now those gifts could be in terms of clothes or money it could be anything but things that could help him continue on with the ministry and Silas and Timothy again arrived from Macedonia they come into Corinth and they join with Paul Aquila and Priscilla also are there and Luke also joins at Corinth so now the team is again come together Aquila Priscilla a new couple Paul sorry Timothy arrives and Luke arrived so they've got about five people now in the team and they begin to minister and proclaim the gospel in the synagogues to the Jews to the Gentiles and they preached the gospel outside of the you know marketplaces outside of the synagogues as well many high ranking officials were brought to the Lord while at Corinth Paul writes a letter two letters first and second Thessalonians he writes it from Corinth when he was 18 months at Corinth now why does he write that letter so if you look at Thessalonians the church has already started it's growing but most of what is written in his letter was about the second coming so what happened was people came into the church and they caused confusion said the second coming is already over the raptures already over and so Paul writes to them do not be alarmed we know you know even before the second coming before the rapture there are certain things that should happen the Antichrist shall be revealed so he looks at it as priority to write this letter to them right important thing even as we grow up as leaders as we get responsibilities probably in the church one aspect in leadership that we should remember is when we see a problem never take it you know it's like taking dust and putting it under a carpet right and say okay forget it let me see think about it later no Paul didn't do that the moment he received the message probably Timothy brought that message saying that you know this is what's happening the moment he received it Paul didn't say okay no no don't trouble me about all of that let's now I'm in Corinth so let's do a work in Corinth no he didn't do that he said okay I need to address this issue the church is in you know trouble they're confused so he writes he says don't be worried though the Antichrist the second coming these are the things that should happen the enemy will come he will do this but you know in the twinkling of an eye we will be changed and all of that and Paul encourages the churches right so it's not only that Paul started the churches and he forgot about them okay done I've done my part no he was constantly teaching them constantly empowering them helping them to grow you know it was as if you know it was his children and he wanted to see them in in the best of health and Paul writes in his last letter or I think it was first Timothy he writes he says I bow my knee to the father and I pray for you all every single day so powerful it was not like you know you know Paul started the church and he said okay I'm done with you all let me look at the new things that I can know part of revival and an outpouring of God is also to nurture what God has given us as we raise up leaders as we raise up churches we are to nurture it look after it in the right way and that's when we will see God working more greater works in and through us all right so we have completed our time can I request one of us to please close in prayer and then tomorrow we will pick up from here from Corinth itself we will pick up and try to finish our second and third missionary journey so right could one of us close in prayer please Paul has done in the respective cities we thank you Lord that you're still God and you're in today in our lives we pray that this knowledge we will also impart in our best father that we have we learn not to sit and we stand for you today as we see that's all these patterns are repeating itself for you be glorified Lord in everything we do and say in Jesus name amen amen thank you Taisha thank you everyone for joining we will meet tomorrow God bless