 Okay, good morning everyone. Good morning to our students. Good morning. Thank you so much for joining. Good morning, sir. Last week, I think you may need to move this camera a little back. Okay, so last week we talked about the urgency, chapter one, the urgency and the necessity of sharing the gospel. So we saw that, why is it important to share the gospel? Why is it that, you know, it's urgent? Why is it necessary to share the gospel? So we looked at many points. Every person needs a Saviour. There's only one Saviour that is Jesus Christ. And God has commissioned us. He has called us. He has said, you go and share the gospel, right? Then we also looked at the urgency. There's no second chances. The Lord Jesus said, thousands of years back, I'm coming. So, time is running out. And we also learned that you and I must not be ashamed of the gospel. The Lord Jesus was not ashamed of us. And so we must not be ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ. So let's get into chapter two. Chapter two, we'll talk about the gospel, right? Now, we talk about the gospel so much. What is the gospel? What is the gospel? The word gospel means message. All of us may say, right? I want to share the gospel. I want to share the gospel. What do you want to share? The message, right? What is the message? There are hundreds of messages we can share. But what is the main gospel? What is the main message of the gospel? So that we'll look at today. Let's read first Corinthians chapter 15, verse one to three. Go ahead. First Corinthians chapter 15, verse one to three. Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you, unless you believe in vain. For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures. Right? So in this portion, the Apostle Paul is writing to the believers and he's saying, this is the gospel. Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached, which you received on which you have taken your stand. By this gospel, you are saved. Right? The message that we preach, you and I as believers, the Apostle Paul is saying, when I preach the gospel through this message, you were saved. Okay? Now, let me give you a background. It's very important to understand the background. The church in Corinth was a place that was filled with idol worship. There was a lot of idol worship. There was, you know, thousands and thousands of male and female prostitutes. One, two, there was idol worship. Right? People were living in sexual immorality. People were living in high level of sin. Right? There was they didn't know, okay, this is sin. This is good. This is bad. They didn't know. And Paul has gone to that place in Corinth and he is preaching the gospel. And if you read in the book of Acts, it shows that, you know, when he shared the gospel, many people became believers and they were able to, the church was planted in Corinth. Now, what is this message that the Apostle Paul preached? Did he preach about the testimony? Did he say, okay, we know one day I was a Pharisee and I was going to kill all the Christians. Right? And then after that, one light came and I saw Jesus. Jesus said, you didn't give all that stories. Testimony is good. Right? The book of Galatians, he says he writes about his testimony. But what did he share? The Bible says that the message that he shared was the message of the cross. The cross of Jesus Christ. That's what he shared. Right? And through this message, he was able to speak about the life of Jesus, the death of Jesus and the resurrection of Jesus. That is the gospel that you and I must share. What is it? The life, the death and the resurrection. How did Jesus live his life? What did he do? He overcame sin. He did mighty miracles. Is there anybody else in this world who has done those miracles? No. He took on death on a cross for who? For you and me. He died on the cross. He took up our sin. The book of Isaiah 53 says he took up our sin on the cross. So death. And then he resurrected from the dead. Is there anybody who has resurrected from the dead? Nobody. Right? That is the gospel. Three points. What's it? First one? What's the first one? Life, death, resurrection. So when you and I are sharing the gospel, remember these three points. Life, death, resurrection. Let's read 1 Corinthians chapter 1 verse 17 to 24. This is a very, very powerful verse. 1 Corinthians chapter 1, 17 to 24. For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel. Hello pastor, can you hear me? Hello. If Christ be not raised, your faith is win. First Corinthians, right? 17 to 25. Okay, go ahead. Go ahead. And if Christ be not raised, your faith is win. He are yet in your sins. Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. So is this 1 Corinthians? 1 Corinthians. 1 Corinthians chapter 1 verse 17 to 24. Okay, 1 Corinthians chapter 1. Christ is not risen. Your faith is fertile. You are still in your sins. No. Then also, those who have fallen asleep in Christ. No, no, no. Is this 1 Corinthians? 1 Corinthians chapter 1. 1 Corinthians chapter 1 verse 17. For Christ sent me. For Christ sent me. Christ is not risen. Your faith is fertile. You are still in your sins. Then also, those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are all men of the most pitiful. But now Christ is risen from the dead and has become. No, no, I don't think this is 1 Corinthians. Double check it. For Christ did not send me to baptize. Go ahead from there. For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. For the preaching of the cross is to them that perished foolishness. Let's stop there. Okay, I'm going to read 17 and 18 again. For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with words of human wisdom, not with words of human wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power. So what is Paul saying? Christ did not send me to baptize. Is baptism good? Is it good to baptize people? Yes. Yes or no? Yes. Good. That's one of the commandments that God has given us. But here Paul is saying, God didn't send me to baptize people. That is part of it. But God sent me to preach the gospel. Right? Here, not with words of wisdom. That means what? Not with our own words, not our own intellect. Now, wisdom is important again. Right? We need the wisdom. We need wisdom of God to share the gospel with people. We need the wisdom on how to speak, what to speak, when to speak. Yes or no? Right? If you're sharing the gospel, we need the wisdom. We can't be foolish in the way we share the gospel. We need to think and speak. But what is Paul saying here? I will not rely on my own wisdom, meaning on my own abilities or my own strength. Because if I rely on that, the cross of Jesus Christ will be emptied. Right? What is the teachers? How many of you have given testimony in church? Testimony time. Kauai ke samai. The correct? Yes? You come and you start saying, okay, this is what Jesus did. This is how I was in my life and this is what I did and then I prayed and then I... What happens? Because it's a testimony. But sometimes you're only talking about ourselves. Right? Okay, because I did this, because I somehow I went to church, because I went and I read this verse, because I did this, because I worshiped God, somehow the Holy Spirit came, because I obeyed the Holy Spirit, I followed Jesus and because I did this, sometimes we make the testimony about us. What does Paul say? It's not about me. Lest the cross of Jesus Christ be emptied, the message of the gospel is the message of the cross. Testimony, it's good. But when you and I share the gospel with people, it is the cross. Three points. What are those three points? Life as a reaction. That is the cross. Now let's go next verse, verse 18. For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing. Let me stop there. Now how many of you, you have shared the gospel with people, but they laughed at you? So many times. Why? Because the message of the cross is foolishness. Hey, what are you talking? One man named Jesus was born of a virgin and he lived a good life. And even though he lived a good life, they put him on the cross. They killed him. They murdered him. And then after three days, he rose again. And now if we believe in what Jesus did on the cross, we have saved him. It's foolish. Even now, 22,022 years before. Right? Jesus died where? In Jerusalem. Some other country. 2,020 years ago. Now if you tell people about Jesus, they'll say, Jesus died long back. He's not even come to our country. And you're believing in this. It's foolish. It doesn't make sense. So when we die, we'll go be with Jesus. Where is Jesus? All these questions will come. Now Paul is saying it is foolishness to those who are perishing. So there'll be times you'll share the gospel. They'll ridicule. They'll mock you. They will make fun of you. They'll make fun of Jesus. They'll make fun of the cross. It's foolishness to them because they are perishing. The devil has blinded their eyes. Is it happening only now? Remember when Jesus was alive? What did Jesus say? I am the Messiah. Before Abraham was, I am. Everywhere he says, he declares himself as the chosen one. John the Baptist saying, Behold the Lamb of God who takes the sins of the world. He didn't hide. But they themselves didn't see. They didn't see him as a Messiah. So even now, the devil can blind people's eyes. And make them feel that this is foolish. It's foolish. Doesn't make sense. It is not real. Maybe Jesus was really a person. He came. He did some miracles. He died. He's a good man. It's foolishness to those who are perishing. But what is the second half of that verse saying? But to us. Everyone say us. Each one of us. To us who are being saved. It is the power of God. So to look at picture this way. You have an unbeliever. You have a believer. Give them the same Bible. Give them the same verse. Second Corinthians 5.17. Just an example. Or Ephesians 3.20. Tell both of them to read it. Both will read. One will feel it is foolish. What is this? Poems. Stories. These are. But the believer, you and I will say, this is the power of God. What a powerful verse. If anyone is in Christ. He's a new creation. That means, even if I've sinned, I've done something very bad. When I come to the Lord Jesus, He forgives my sin. But the same verse. Unbeliever is reading. What is this? Anyone is in Christ. Who is this Christ? He's a new creation. I don't want to be a new creation. Why? Because it's foolishness to them. Same verse. It's the power of God under salvation. You see the difference? Right? So the enemy, the devil will blind people. But here's the thing. When you and I share the gospel, the Bible says, there are many scriptures which talks about the word of God that is alive. The word of God is like a hammer. The word of God is sharper than a two-edged sword. It can go deep into people's hearts. So we trust God's word. Right? Because it's the gospel. How many of you have become believers? Even those online, you can share your thoughts. How many of you have become believers just because somebody shared the gospel with you? Two minutes, five minutes they shared the gospel. Something happened and then over time you became believers. How many of you are there that way? Somebody shared the gospel. So many of them. Me too. Even though I was born and brought up in a Christian family, I didn't understand so many things. Okay, go to church, come. But when somebody shared, hey, you know what Jesus can do for you? This is what he did for you on the cross. He can wash your sins. He can make you a new person. You don't have to live in shame. You don't have to live in guilt, in condemnation. You don't have to live in sin. Everything will change. You become a new person. Because that's the power of God. Right? God has chosen the foolish method of preaching the gospel to save people. Can you believe that? Why doesn't the Lord Jesus come and say, okay, I'll stand here. Everyone look at me and then you become believers. Did Jesus do that? No. But can he do that? If he wants to, he can do that. But God didn't choose that. God has chosen you and me to be part of his kingdom. You and I to share the gospel. We need to communicate it so people will get to know. You understand what I'm saying? We have to communicate the gospel. We have to preach. They will not know unless we don't preach. Okay? Okay. The message of the cross is both the power of God and the wisdom of God. Everyone say power of God. Power of God. Wisdom of God. First one, the message of the cross. That means you can be talking about the cross. Maybe it's a friend. For example, you're talking to your friend. Your friend is saying, you know, I don't want to. I'm going through depression. I want to end my life. Now you're sharing the gospel. You're saying, you know, I know that you're going through a difficult time. I know that you, you know, going through so much trouble. Let me tell you what Jesus did for you on the cross. When Jesus was on the cross, He took up all us and He took all his, all the suffering that he went. He took it up for us. Now, what are we doing? We're sharing the message of the cross and what is the outflow of the message? It is the one, power of God. Two, look at your books. Don't look at my face. What's the first one? Power of God and? Wisdom of God. You'll have breakfast. You'll have breakfast. Come on. The online students should hear you. First one. Power of God. Wisdom of God. That's what the gospel is. The power of God and the wisdom of God. So you're sharing. Don't expect, you know, your, your, you know, words to be very eloquent. That's all important. But the message of the cross is the power of God. When you share the power of God is released from your mouth. The message itself is powerful. You don't have to add any masala to it. You don't have to add anything extra. Do we? Do we have to add anything to what Jesus did? No. All we need to do is share the message. It's the power of God and to it's the wisdom of God. How will God do? How will God minister to people? He's got his, he's got his way. That is God's wisdom. God has decided it that way. God will speak to people. The Holy Spirit will speak to people and their lives will be touched because of the gospel. Right. So I want to encourage each one of us, you know, initially I used to think, okay, I will share my testimony. Then I will share somebody else's testimony and then I will share about, you know, all the other things that God can do. All the miracles God can do. Right. He parted the season to two. Then God had made dry bones become as flesh. Then he can do all these wonderful miracles. I'll talk about all of that. Then I'll talk about how Jesus did some great miracles and then slowly I'll tell them, okay, if you believe God will, God loves you. God cares for you. I used to think we have to do it that way. But I realized that the moment I'm sharing the gospel, it is the power of God. It is more powerful than any testimony. It is more powerful than any miracle. It is more powerful than any other work or any other words that you can speak. Now, here's the question I want to ask each one of you. You can ask yourself, do you believe that the gospel is powerful? Right. Now I can believe this room is empty. What we believe is what we will do. Our convictions will make us who we are. Right. Yes or no. If somebody comes and tells me, you know what Jesus is, it's not a real person or Jesus died on the cross, but that's it. He did not resurrect from the dead. Now, if my convictions are not strong, what will happen? I'll believe it. But if my, if I really believe in my heart, this is what is it? The Bible is saying nobody can change it. Yes or no. Right. Can somebody come and tell you, you know what? So maybe somebody come and say, you know, Jesus cannot heal anymore. No more healings in the church. Now, people can believe it. But what does the Bible say? I've come to heal. I've come to deliver where his Holy Spirit is. There is gift of healing. It should be there. It will be there. Nobody can stop it. But our thinking can stop it. And we think it's not going to happen. It's not going to happen. Right. So our convictions are very important. Right. Now, I want to give you this example. In church history, there was a man named Brother A. A. Allen. Right. He was a preacher. And as a young man, he wanted to see the power of God working in his ministry. Right. He used to preach about, you know, he had a church. He used to preach. But one of his, you know, one of his convictions was, I want to see the power of God. It's easy to preach, but I want to see. So God began to use him as a healing evangelist. God gave him a thought. You know, you use the gospel, the cross, the message of the cross. And after that you pray for people and people will be healed. So what he began to do was every Sunday, he would preach and towards the end, he will add the message of the cross. And then he will say, those who want healing come in front. And people would come, people would wheelchairs, people with all kinds of diseases, sicknesses. And you know what he used to do? He used to just stand and say, be healed in Jesus' name and they'll be healed. So he used to say, I didn't have to do anything. Why? Because the cross is the power of God. I've already preached the cross. I already believe in the cross. Right. And all he had to do is pray for healing. And he became in the early 1950s and 60s, he became the greatest healing evangelist. There were reports of children. There was a story where this little, this mother brought this child with 26 or 28 diseases, I think. This child with 28 diseases. God told him, you pray. And he prayed and the child was completely healed. The child could not hear, could not see, could not speak, could not move his limbs, but God healed him. Was it about the person? Was it the pastor? No. It was the message of the cross. When you and I believe in the message of the cross, we will see everything else. Everything else, miracles, blessings, everything will follow us. Amen? Okay. So let's look at the power of the gospel. Romans chapter 1 and verse 16. Let's read that. Romans 1 and verse 16. It's in your books as well. I think you can... Romans 1, 16. For I am not ashamed of gospel of Christ. For it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes. For you first and also for the Greek. Yeah. For I am not ashamed of the gospel. Now, the Apostle Paul is saying, I'm not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God. Now, the word it goes on to say is the power of God unto salvation. What is salvation? Let's look at that word, right? Now the Greek word for the word salvation means sozo, right? And it's not one meaning. You know, you and I think it's just one meaning, right? We say, okay, I prayed, I said, Jesus come into my heart. Jesus came into my heart. Now I have received salvation. That means I will not go to hell. I'll go to heaven. No, it's more than that. Sozo, the word, the Greek word has a long list of things in that word salvation. Let's look at it. It is found in the New Testament about 110 times and it's a comprehensive word. What is it? We're going to list them down. Okay. I'm going to just say, I'll say the first point and you repeat it after me. Okay. Those were online also. Let's just repeat it, right? Declare this. So all of us have received salvation. Yes. All of us have received Sozo. Yes. Okay. So what all you have received? All of you have received this. Okay. One, forgiveness of sins. Forgiveness of sin. Forgiveness of sin. One, first time. What's the first one? Forgiveness of sin. Two, healing from sickness. Healing from sickness. Three, deliverance from every work of the enemy. Deliverance from every work of the enemy. Rescue from danger. Rescue from danger. Why? Free from total harm. Free from total harm. It goes on, right? It means to be saved. Go on. Saved. Saved. Saved. Delivered. Delivered. Rescued. Preserved. Preserved. Be away from the work of the devil. Away from the work of the devil. You see this word? You see this? What is salvation? It is not just okay, I believe in Jesus. Everything is good now. I can go to heaven and live with him happily. No. It's more than that. Let's break it down now. First one. Forgiveness of sins. Forgiveness. You don't have to repeat now. Okay. The moment you believe in Jesus, your sins are forgiven. Right? Now, did Jesus give you one receipt? Your sins are forgiven. One stamp. Forgiven. Did He give you receipt? Did He tell you your sins are forgiven? But the moment you believe in Jesus, your sins are forgiven. If you go to God and say, Lord Jesus, forgive my sins, sins are forgiven. Two. Deliverance from the work of the enemy. Now the enemy will have different ways of tempting and bringing trouble on people. He can bring sickness. He can bring trouble in the mind, trouble in the body, trouble... He can throw arrows at every side upon us. But the moment we become believers, you and I are... You know, we are... We find deliverance from every work of the enemy. So what can you and I do? Say, for example, you're in trouble and you're going through a difficult season. You can say, God, because I believe in you, Lord Jesus, I know you can deliver me from this problem, from this situation that I'm going through. Because the Bible says, a thousand may fall at my side, then thousands at my right hand, nothing can hurt me. You will deliver me, Lord. You can declare these verses, right? Then what else? He rescues us from danger. He gives us total wholeness. Wholeness in the mind, wholeness in the body. Now remember this, we can be physically very strong. But if emotionally we are weak, what will happen? It will show. Let me give you this example. Remember King Saul in the Old Testament? He was a mighty man. He was the king of Israel. He was a strong man. He was built. He was in the army. But there was a problem in his mind. The enemy would torment him. He couldn't function at all. Right? So just because we are strong physically, doesn't mean we are strong mentally. But just because we are strong mentally, doesn't mean we are strong physically. But when you and I as believers, we believe in Jesus. Wholeness in the mind, wholeness in the body. Will sickness come? Yes. Will weaknesses come? Yes. But we can declare. We can declare. It is our choice. Say, oh God, I got headache. From last two days, this headache is there. It's not going headache. Then I did this medicine. I did that medicine. I put all kinds of things on my head. Nothing is happening. What is that? What is happening? What will happen? It will be there only, the headache. It is not going to go. Why? Because you're going on saying it's there. Past two days it's there. It's not going. But if you declare, hey, in Jesus' name, in Jesus' name, I command this headache. I command these pains in my body to get out of my body. Because by your stripes, I am healed. This is already there for us. If you declare it, you will receive it. If you don't declare, what will happen? It will continue. From headache, it will become back pain. From back pain, it will become leg pain. Then the whole body is paining. Oh God, what is this? Why is this happening to me? It's the choices that we have. We can either declare what God has for us or we can talk about our situation. Right? So what are we going to choose? What are we going to choose? Are you going to talk about your situation or are you going to talk about what God calls you? What God wants you to do? What God wants you to do is declare what he says here. Then he says you're saved, you're healed, delivered, victorious, rescued, preserved, victorious. Sometimes you may feel, hey, I don't feel victorious. Everything I do is a failure. If I write my exam, I'm not doing well. If I start my own work, I'm not doing well. Everything I did in my life is a failure. How am I victorious? You may feel that. How many of you feel that? Sometimes it happens, right? You feel that. Oh, everything I've done is a failure. But Jesus is saying I'm victorious. Where? I don't feel that. Now remember, salvation is not about a feeling. It's not about emotion. It's about who you are. We may have failed, but God is saying you can be victorious. What does the Bible say? When we fall down, he will lift us up. Is it good to be fallen down only? Or is it good to rise up again? It's always good to rise up again, right? Then he goes on to say, we are saved from under the devil's power and restored into wholeness and God's wholeness of God's order and well-being by the power of God's spirit. They're saved from the work of the devil. It's like the devil has trapped you, right? Now, what? When we believe in the gospel, when we receive salvation, it's like the Lord Jesus will come, remove that hand and take you from darkness into light. Let me share this story. This is a real story that happened in the early 1960s. This is about a woman, a young girl, right? Her name is Gulshan Esther. She was a Muslim by faith, right? They lived in Pakistan and when she was born, she was born with certain kinds of diseases so she could not walk, right? She could not walk. Every time there has to be somebody next to her but she was from a rich family so they had workers to help her at all. So by the time she was six years old, six or seven years old, the parents had gone to many places for prayers. Nothing happened, right? So one day she was reading the Quran in her home and she came into this portion that says, Yeshua, he healed diseases and he cleansed the lepers and he did many miracles. So she thought about it. Oh, who's this Yeshua? Who's this Jesus? Who did miracles? Who blind eyes? He opened deaf ears. He healed people. Who's this Jesus? So she was interested. So what she will do every day? She's only about nine or ten years old now. Every day she will read the Quran. Then she will come to this portion and she will pray. She'll say, Jesus, I don't know who you are but the Quran says that you healed people so now you heal me. That's all. And she'll go to sleep. Somebody will come, carry her, put her on the bed and go to sleep. This happened for two years. After two years she wanted to end her life. She said, what kind of life? Not only on the bed. What is my future? Nothing. My parents are worried. I don't have any life, but I end my life. Before ending her life, she said, Okay, I will read at least the scriptures for the last time and I'll go and end my life. So she did it. She read the Quran. Then she came to this verse. This verse, Jesus, I don't know who you are but whoever you are come and heal me. And somebody came, the workers came, took her, put her on the bed to sleep. But she was waiting for those helpers to go so that she can end her life. At that moment, she felt something in her room, right? And she felt a person is there and the Lord Jesus tells her, get up and walk. She says, I can't. No, you read about me, right? You were reading about me for two years. You read. You said, if you're Jesus, you heal people, heal me. Now I've come to heal you. Get up and walk. So she tries. Next thing she knows, she's walking. She walked and fell at Jesus's feet. And you know, the story goes on. She says, Jesus says, now you will be a minister. You will share the gospel. You'll be a testimony about my healing power. Right? And then there is sound in the room. The workers, everyone are coming. Parents are running. She's running inside. How is this girl who was born lame running? So she tells, no, I was praying. Jesus came and healed me. They said, don't tell anybody this. Keep quiet. She said, no, it was only Jesus. I met, I seen Him. And then she had to run away from her life because they wanted to kill her. And, you know, we know, right? It's not easy to become a Christian in these nations. But the point is that moment, in that single moment, she was taken from place of darkness. She received healing. She received deliverance. She had received hope. She received salvation in just one moment. One moment. It would have been maybe 10 seconds done. Her life changed. Sozo means salvation. Sozo means healing. Sozo means deliverance from demonic powers. Sometimes we look at the devil and we focus on what the devil is doing. The devil is bringing trouble. The devil is bringing challenge. The devil will do 100 things. That's his response. That's his work. That's what the devil can do. But you and I as believers, we have authority over the devil. Do we have a norm? Yes or no? The moment we believe in the cross, we have authority. The devil can say, I'll make this trouble come upon you. What you can say, please don't do, please. I'll pray only one hour. Can we do that? You don't have to be afraid of the devil. The devil will say, okay, I'll bring this problem. Bring. You stand firm. You say, hey, I'm God's child. You're already defeated. You're not standing on your strength. You're standing on the cross. So Jesus is there with you. What does the Bible say? He crushed the serpent's head. He defeated the devil. Where he becomes victorious is where we allow him to win. Yes or no? When we allow the devil to, okay, you come, you cause, we open the doors. He'll come and sit. But if we close the doors, he will not come. It is our choice again. Sozo means rescue and preservation from danger. Sozo is for everyone. Now here's the important part. Salvation is received by grace through faith. Everyone say this. Salvation is received by grace by grace through faith. Grace and faith. What is grace? Grace is not coming by our own effort. I'll give you this example. In school, the passing mark for exam is 40 out of 100. 40 out of 100. Now you get 39. What will you do? You get, you got 39. It's failed. 40 is the pass mark. You're holding the answer paper. What you will do? You'll start searching everywhere. Where can I get this one mark more? But everywhere it's not there. No, 39. Failed. I don't know if you've done it, behind the teacher. Sir, one mark. One mark you give, I'll pass. I can't give you. I've already given you too much grace. Sir, one mark. If you give one mark, I'll pass. Then the teacher will say, okay, let me see. There's nothing here I can give you one mark, but I'll give you just so that you pass. And then he'll write plus one and make it 40. But it's happened to us. Sometimes it's 38. Or two marks. Sir. Ma'am, please, two marks. Just two marks. Next time I'll do well. The teacher will give you that grace marks. Do you deserve that grace marks? No. Actually, you deserve minus marks. The teacher has given you grace marks. Okay, take two, two marks for you. Just so that you don't fail. Now Jesus died on the cross. When we come to Jesus, don't come saying one mark, two mark and all. Jesus is saying, I'm giving you all of this. I'm willing to give you 100 on 100. There's grace. Grace is free. I've given it. You don't deserve it. But I've given it to you. So we come to the cross. We have the grace of God. But we must also have faith in Him. Grace is there. But we must have faith. What is faith? What is faith? Hebrews 11. Read. One of you can read. Hebrews 11. Faith is a substance of things hoped for. Evidence of things not seen. How many of you have seen Jesus on the cross dying? You've seen pictures. How many of you have seen Jesus? I saw Apostle John. Only John and Mary and the Roman soldiers were there. Faith is a substance of things hoped for. Evidence of things not seen. Now I've not seen Jesus. Face to face I've not seen. But I'm willing to give my life to Jesus. Why? Faith. I don't have to see to believe. So that's what faith is. Faith is a substance of things hoped for. When I die how do I know I'll go to heaven? I have the hope. I have the assurance. I have the faith. That's the word of God says. You understand that? So you come to the cross by grace say God. All the gifts, all the talents, all the things that you've done for me, all the things I'm doing for ministry, I will put that aside. I will come empty into your presence. That is called grace. And when we have faith that he is there to answer our prayers. That is called salvation. Salvation is received by grace through it. Right? So while presenting the gospel we may have to present spontaneous meaning immediately we may have to present the gospel. There will be times when we have to minister the full gospel. We have to be very accurate. Sometimes you have to just pinpoint be very quick in sharing the gospel. But here are a few things that we must cover while presenting the gospel message. First one, the existence of God. There is a God. If there are people, your friends may say there is no God. We have to explain to them hey, there is a God. Two, the problem of sin and its consequences. Now any religion in this world, whether it's Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism whatever religion they believe in sin. There's no religion that doesn't believe in sin. So every religion has sin. So you can talk about sin and the consequences. Then how is sin dealt with? In other religions, they go to a certain place, they do certain things and they believe that okay, God will bring, God will forgive them. But we can say we can talk about Jesus how he's our saviour, he's our healer, he's our deliverer. Invite them to believe in this gospel. Now you're not forcing them, not holding them in the collar and saying, do you believe? No, you're believing in Jesus. No. Give them the opportunity. It is their faith. It is God's grace, it is their faith. You cannot force them. Ask them so sometimes they may not know how to pray because they are new. They need help. So you can tell them, you can pray Lord, forgive my sins. Lord Jesus, forgive me. Thank you that you will forgive my sins. You have washed me and I believe in the cross and I trust that you will live inside my heart. Simple prayer. Two-minute prayer can change their lives. Then you can pray to ask them to respond to the Lord Jesus and pray for the gifts of the Holy Spirit. So the gifts of the Holy Spirit, you can take time. But eventually the first thing is that salvation that they may come to know Jesus. That is the number one priority. Page 11. We have two minutes. Quickly we will do this. Page 11. So we see there are different kinds of sharing the gospel. Poor spiritual laws. Every man is a sinner. Sin has its consequences. God's love and Christ's provision. And then when you believe you will be saved. Simple laws on how to share the gospel. Then you can talk from the creation. How God created the world and how till Christ Jesus, what Jesus did on the cross. You're talking about that. Then you have two-minute testimony. Your salvation experience. So before I believed in Jesus, I used to do all these things. I used to live in sin. But now after believing in Jesus, I find freedom and I am able to live a holy life. You're giving your testimony. How things were and how things have changed after you believed in Jesus. Then also experience of divine need. So sometimes, you know, there are people who need healing, financial need, material need, praying for people. And then you can say, hey, you know what, when I was praying for my parents or I was praying for my family members, they had this sickness. God was able to heal them. Why don't you pray? Why don't you ask the Lord Jesus to heal and he can do it for you? So you're using a testimony. You're bringing in experience and you're bringing the gospel. So there are many different ways. Now as you're sharing the gospel, don't think, okay, is this the four laws? Is this the six laws? Is this the, you know, whatever two-minute testimony? Don't think about all that. You can mix it up. But make sure the message is the cross of Jesus Christ. Amen? Amen. All right. So we'll continue from next class. Thank you everyone. Thank you to those who are online as well. God bless you. Thank you, sir.