 Let's pray. Father, we thank You for this time. We thank You for this day, Lord. We thank You for bringing us to this day and this week. We thank You for Your faithfulness each and every day, Lord. We thank You for being the strength when we were a lot weak. Lord, we thank You for wisdom, Lord, when we were, when we lacked it, Lord. God, we just want to thank You for the peace, Lord, when we, when there was so much confusion. Lord, we thank You for being the rock, for being our Ankh, Lord. Just like shifting sand, God, we thank You. We thank You, Lord, that You stepped in and everything changed. We thank You, Master, for such encounters and even today I just pray for such things to continue to happen in each one of our lives, God. Oh, where there is lack, oh God, I pray that You will step in and yes, that we will acknowledge that You are more than sufficient for us, Lord. We thank You. We pray that You would change, we pray that You would rearrange our lives, Father God. Thank You, Master. Thank You, Lord. Father God, this morning we just want to especially thank You that because You have called us to be royalty, to be sons and daughters of the Most High God, Lord, to be co-heirs with Christ. And Father, we thank You that in Your Word You have, Lord, You have revealed to live that out, Father God. And we pray that we'll be careful to acknowledge that and receive that and follow that, Lord, and live that out, Father God, each and every day, Master. We thank You. We give You all the praise and all the glory. In Jesus' matchless name we pray. Amen. Amen. All right. Okay. You know, to answer some of the questions that were raised, I actually asked that same question which Mangi asked. I asked Pastor yesterday during our mentorship meeting, yesterday morning. So Mangi's question was right at the first session, right? He had the question about, you know, why, when we were talking about hermeneutics and we're talking about how the Bible is a progressive revelation. An example given was about polygamy, you know, that Bible does not condone polygamy, nor does it command it. So how do we address it? You know, we know that in the New Testament that, you know, when we regard to marriage and regard to ministry and so on, the qualifications are that a man have one wife and so on. So how do we actually address that? How do we, so that was Mangi's question. And I remember we said, we come back to it, right? So when I did my own study of it, I, like, nothing was conclusive in the sense, you know, practically, I read about one church ministry, which was just doing such, you know, outreach work among such cultures where there was polygamy and it was permitted and so on. So, but then when they came to the Lord, right, so the policy was that that person, you know, will not be used for ministry, will not be considered for ministry at all, irrespective of, you know, how called they were, gifted they were by God and so on, so that person will not be considered. So this person who, you know, writes about how he saw the lives of many people who were actually broken, right? They had come to the Lord and, but they could not thrive in their ministry or in their God given calling because this particular church or ministry said, you know, we're not going to use such people, you cannot be in ministry because this is what scripture says. So we, you know, we looked at that. So, so when we were discussing yesterday, so Pastor answered that, you know, we said, yes, there is a standard, scriptural standard that we have to live by and that's the truth, but also being sensitive to, you know, and that's the, you know, the, you know, that's the truth. So there's no compromise on that, the standard, which Bible calls in a sin and so on, but also practically applying it, we need to be sensitive and, you know, because we are dealing with people. And so, you know, in this specific case, you know, what we discussed was that, well, the person who has multiple spouses, you know, the person has to continue the responsibility of providing for the homes, providing for the children financially. So the financial responsibilities has to be taken care of. And well, the other thing was, well, the church can, if the person is called to serve, well, the church can obviously, you know, allow the person to serve and minister and so on. But with these conditions that they continues to, you know, as financial obligations are taken care of, but he is not living with three, you know, three wives. So, so that's the, so those are some things which need to be practically worked out so that people see also that, yes, you know, scripturally he's living and so on. So it's a case-by-case thing. So that is what we discussed. I think Mangi, were you there, Mangi, yesterday in the mentorship meeting? No, first I wasn't. Oh, okay, okay. Probably you can watch the video and you'll get more clarity, right? So that was quite an interesting discussion. Okay. Okay, another question. I think this was put up by, I'm not sure, maybe Sam, I think because we had a discussion on similar lines. So about homiletics, how can we innovate to meet modern day culture? And, you know, because if you're using those days, there were no TVs, no cell phones, nothing to distract in the manner that we have now. Things are complex, things are more, there are more things to distract, etc. So how do we innovate in order to preach in a way that meets, you know, the demand of today's thing? So I think we talked about it a little bit in one of the classes where we say that, okay, media is there, social media is there, it's technology is there, we use it to the max, right? At the same time, we are also, while we are talking about the ministry of the word, I think we looked at that, we use that, but don't water down, don't compromise on the message because the message of the cross cannot be compromised, the message of the word cannot be compromised because it is the word that has power, it is the word that carries power. So we need to do it in a way that's that's relevant, that reaches the hearts and minds of people of the audience, you know, today's audience. At the same time, not really. So it's again, we make sure that happens and that's a challenge, right? That's a challenge for any media that you use, that's a challenge, you know, be it print, be it to cut through the clutter, right? And also the fact that people have so little items in spans, and I think some of the platforms actually cater to that, right? 30 seconds, like Instagram and so on, half a minute, one minute videos. So yeah, so that's a challenge, but also an opportunity, a very challenging opportunity to present. Yeah. Okay, and people are also coming out with comics, like for the adult audience, like interesting comics with humor, with the message in order to reach the audience. So it's really cutting through the clutter. It's not something that's, it's a very unique and, and so God will give the ideas and so on. Yeah. So illustrators, artists, you know, creative writers, I think, you know, you just need to rise up and, you know, take your rightful place and really ask God, Lord, what can I do? And how can I, you know, present things innovatively? Right. Okay. And there's another question, which is, okay, according to the biblical sense of preaching, are there differences between the words preaching, teaching, mentoring, you know, did Paul mentor Timothy, or did he preach to Timothy via as epistles? Who is a preacher and evangelist, a teacher, prophet? I think that difference we are, we actually studied, you know, between the fivefold ministry, you know, preacher, evangelist, I'm sorry, an evangelist pastor, the apostle pastor, evangelist, prophet and teacher. So that differentiation we learned. But preaching, the word preaching definitely refers to heralding or or declaring the truth, proclaiming the truth. Did Paul preach to Timothy, or did he mentor him? Definitely, you know, Paul mentored him because he, he was like a father to him. And we read that in the epistles, the Paul Timothy, you know, relationship. And you see, you know, he writes Timothy and he say, you know, Timothy, you, you know, you followed me carefully, right? He says, you followed the doctrine, the manner of life, you watched me. Okay, so in that sense, the kind of relationship that he had was was a mental relationship. And also, you know, he says, hold fast the pattern of sound words that you heard from me. And you commit these two others, other faithful men who'll be able to teach also, which means that he did not, he also, there were times of teaching, there were times where Timothy was also in the audience where Paul preached, and he's referring to that and he says, you know, these pattern of sound words don't hold, I mean, don't lose in your grip on them. And we see in Timothy, in the first Timothy, and second Timothy, the importance of doctrine and Paul exorting Timothy to rightly divide the word and so on. So there were these moments of preaching and teaching and there were these moments where, you know, Paul also is appealing to Timothy and say, you've seen my life, the manner of life, the kind of, you know, what I did and how I lived and so on. And so that was in, it was a kind of a mentoring kind of a relationship. So yeah, so in terms of the word preaching, well, that is, it refers to proclaiming heralding and Paul did both. I hope that answers the question, whoever has put that up. Okay, so shall we describe that as social gospel? Okay, so Kennedy, what we're using as a social gospel actually refers to something else. I've not done a lot of study on that, but it's actually refers to the gospel or the good news being taken to alleviate, you know, the needs of man, the human felt needs of man like maybe, you know, feeding the poor or, you know, people who are being trafficked and, you know, so it's refers to that. So social media gospel through social media, that is not social gospel, if you're referring to that. But when people normally say social gospel, it is about doing work or social work that elevates the human, you know, human condition like poverty and maybe employment and those kind of things. Yeah. Okay, so just want to take a few minutes to ask, you know, how was your experience in sharing the gospel? You know, I know that that weekend we said, okay, we'll pray and ask God for, you know, divine appointments, divine, so anyone that you, if you can just share what was your experience, maybe something to do with the writing, maybe something to do with, you know, correcting with person, someone over the phone, anyone? Nothing at all? Really? I'm surprised. I'm sure there are at least a couple of, you know, instances. You can either put it in the chat or share that. Yeah, okay, the question was Rupa, you remember a couple of weeks back, we looked at, we were actually asking about, we had this whole time of sharing how the gospel reached us, how it was preached to us and then I think that same day we were saying, okay, now this weekend, look out for opportunities and divine opportunities orchestration so you can be a blessing, you know, the same way you were blessed by the gospel, which was preached to you, that you would reach out. So basically, you're just looking at, okay, how be sensitive to the spirit of God when he brings us to people or to share the gospel. So, yeah, so just talking about that, you know, were there any instances where you could share the gospel, whether face to face or through online, you know, so just talking about that, any, any testimonies, any experiences from that weekend till now, you know, online, okay, okay, would you like to share a little bit how that happened and... Sir, every evening, except for Sundays, we need for a time of prayer in the evenings on Zoom, 6 to 8 o'clock. So, most of them, they bring their unbelieving friends from other faith who are in so that's how I was able to, whenever I come across people like that joining us on Zoom, we share, I share the gospel with them. So last week, one seeker, she is studying in a Kasturibha school in a government school, she is searching and that teacher connected to the group. So, I was able to share the gospel with them. Okay, okay, we don't know yet, but we shared the gospel. Right, wonderful, wonderful, yeah, good to hear that, thanks. Anyone else? Okay, yeah, just watch out for, you know, those moments that God would open up. And, you know, I had a interesting, like every day thing, I was just going to buy some, get some grocery and so there was this cold storage section and so there was this lady who was there, like she was in some kind of a uniform, I think she was a salesperson promoting some cheese and all that. So, but she was on the phone and she was crying. And when I went there with the basket and just looking around and since she quickly cut the call and she, you know, tried to wipe her tears and and then she said, Sir, can I just, you know, talk to you about this, this laughing cow cheese, you know, the cheese brand name was laughing cow. And it seems paradoxical that she was crying and she was talking about laughing cow cheese and she said, can I, then I just asked her, you know, no, no, I just want to know, like, is everything okay with you? Right, are you okay? Then she said her daughter was very young and then very small and she has a wheezing problem. So, she had difficulty breathing and because of that, she couldn't come to the company to work on time. And she was late by 20 minutes and then her team leader was really, you know, kind of reprimanding her, giving her a hard time. And she said, you know, they're not understanding, you know, this is the thing, it's a very small girl, et cetera. And then fine. So, then I just shared a testimony about about the Lord Jesus and how I got healed of wheezing. You know, I had a, because it was wheezing, I immediately, so I just shared, you know, this is what happened and this is what happened on the cross that the Lord Jesus, he died on the cross, not only for our sins, but also for our sickness. And, you know, this is what happened to me many years ago, more than 15 years ago, more than 20 years ago. This is what happened to me. The person who prayed for me, you know, shared about this and Jesus took my sickness on the cross. And I just, you know, kind of shared the gospel with her. And then she said, yeah, we also believe in, you know, Esu Masih and I think maybe she was Muslim, you know. So she said, yeah, then I said, you know, tonight, why don't you go and pray? Okay, you go and pray for your daughter and you pray this, you know, pray believing that Jesus, you took my sin on the cross and you took my sickness, you know, you took my daughter's sickness, my daughter's sin on the cross. And therefore, I believe that you do did that and by your sacrifice that I shed blood, I am healed and my daughter is healed. And I want to thank you, you know, for that. So I don't know what happened. So I just said that and I was grateful that I could do that. Yeah. So yeah, this is just to be open to such moments, you know, everyday moments, whether you're shopping, whether you're wherever you are, I'm sure, like most of you are doing that, but just want to encourage us to be really open to that and take those opportunities, seize those opportunities to share the gospel. Okay. So let's look at, let's continue with our class. Let's continue with our notes. We were looking at chapter six, page 16 in our notes, chapter six, we were looking at how to study the word of God. We saw in the previous chapter the importance of the word, the importance of ministering the word, that the word, the content of the word, the truth of God's word need to be content when we are communicating, when we are preaching. And the importance of that, we saw all that. And we last class, we looked at different ways by which we can study the word, right? Word study or a topical study or a character study, book study, inductor study and so on. So we looked at that. So when it comes to studying, again, when it comes to interpretation, of course, you would have handled this particular thing in detail during your hermeneutics class. But here is a simple, you know, interpretation plan. You know, suppose there is a passage and it seems to have information that seems to, you know, doesn't really make sense or it seems to contradict, then, you know, how do I interpret that? Right. So here are some, here are some thoughts. The first one, of course, is to identify the problem in the passage, you know, and show the opposing views, which, which really make it a problem. For example, I was just thinking of one Corinthians 12, 13, 14, which, which we, you know, which talks about the gifts, particularly about tongues and so on. And, you know, you look at that, and then you see the gifts are being listed. And then we go further down in 12. And Paul asking this rhetoric question, are all apostles are all miracle, are all prophets, and so on, and are all, do all have gifts of feelings? Do all speak with tongues? Okay. And then he goes on to say in verse, sorry, Chapter 14, he talks about tongues. He talks about he who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, he who prophesies edifies a church, I wish you all spoke with tongues. So here is, here he is asking a rhetoric question for which the obvious answer is no, where he is asking that question, you know, do all speak with tongues? And here he is, you know, saying, I wish you all spoke with tongues, meaning that, you know, you, you know, this is my desire that you all spoke with tongues. And even verses before that, you know, personal of desire, spiritual gifts, 14 and verse one, we're saying, desire, spiritual gifts, and what is the, what is the purpose of the desire, desiring, spiritual gifts? The purpose is that I will walk in it, receive it and walk in it. Again, you know, Chapter 12, 1 Corinthians, Chapter 12, verse 31, the end of the chapter, earnestly desire the best gifts, again, plural, and so on. So the thing is, you know, so it seems to have these opposing views, you know, speaking tongues, praying tongues, and of course, we know, we know, we've studied that. But for example, if you, you know, take a chapter like that, identify the problem, show the opposing views, which make it a problem, list the realistic alternatives, alternative, alternative interpretations, the unrealistic interpretation you omitted, but what are those alternatives, list those things. Okay. Write out the thought development of the entire book. Okay, I'm on page 16. What does the entire book talk about? Obviously, the Corinthian church, and he's writing, you know, section by section, now concerning this, now concerning this, now concerning this, now concerning sexual immorality, now concerning, you know, he's talking about addressing several things, now about head coverings, and here he's talking about now concerning spiritual gifts, I do not want you to be ignorant. So he's, he's talking about that, that is the, you know, thought development. So he's addressing specifically talking about spiritual gifts in this particular passage. The historical background, does it throw any light? Well, historical background, you see that here's the church Corinthian church, he spent about one and a half years there. It seems to be a very spiritually vibrant church with a lot of problems, a lot of challenges. And, well, that's about it. That's we, that is what we see, but we see that there are, you know, spiritually, because Paul writes also in the first chapter that I see that you'd come short in no spiritual gift and so on. And then you look at the historical background of the church, well, you see that there were very thriving church and so on. And, okay, are there any keywords and which we can study, which can throw light? Okay, in this example, no, but are there any keywords that we can use? Okay, like we can find the definition of that word in, in the, in the biblical dictionary, or we can use the concordance to see, you know, how is it used, this particular word, how is it used in scripture? Or what are the uses by the, the same author, how does Paul use it in different places in the New Testament and so on. And we can also check the references, right, to see an example would be an analytical concordance, you know, an analytical concordance, which talks about the meaning of the word, the wherever the word is, wherever the word is present in scripture. Like we said, we looked at some of the tools that we can use for word study, similar to that, use the concordance. I'm sorry to look at where the scriptures use, where the references are there, and arrive at, you know, an interpretation, right. So this is a pro and con evidence for each interpretation, evaluate the relative weight and value of each piece of evidence and decide which interpretation best fits the weightiest and most valuable evidence. And now the application, and what is the application for the original audience? What is the application for the universal audience? And for me personally, what would be the application? So now these are, you know, you can just go through it. These are simple guidelines for us to, you know, take a problem passage and, and arrive at interpretation, right. So we're using our minds, we are using our, you know, skills of analysis and so on. But also, you know, we know that we are relying on, relying on the spirit of God, to point to, to highlight, you know, even as we are going through, even as we are reading this, right. Okay, so, so when we read through, for this particular example, when we read through, we hear, we read about the gifts, we see that, okay, it's not exclusive, it is plural, which means it is for everybody. This pursuing and desiring is for everybody. And it's so that everybody might obviously walk in it, and receive it and walk in it, right. And, and the end of the passage also talks about, you know, some of those, some of those arguments that people might have, right. If I pray in a tongue, you know, my understanding is unfruitful and so on. So we see that there are different kinds of tongues. We understand that. Then at the end of the passage, verse 39, you know, earnestly desire to prophesy and do not forbid to speak with tongues. So obviously, it was kind of widely prevalent and multiple people were speaking in tongues, let all things be done decently and in order. So, so, you know, we have this information, right, and then we put it together and then we see that, okay, in, in that particular verse, it is talking about ministry appointment. Okay, so there are different kinds of tongues here is talking about ministry appointments. Everybody obviously can evangelize, but he's here is talking about is everyone an evangelist are all apostles are all prophets are all teachers are all workers of miracles is talking about ministry appointments and in the same vein or in the same thought he's asking that same question about do all pray with tongues do all have do all speak with tongues do all interpret so obviously he's talking about ministry appointment in the church because he goes on later to pursue people to encourage people to actually pursue these gifts to pray in tongues and so on. Right, and he also gives his own example, his own testimony. In chapter 14 verse 18, I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than you all. And then he's talking about yet in the church, I speak a few words, five words with my understanding that I may teach others also, then 10,000 words in a tongue and so on. So that which brings the other aspect of the ministry of tongue. So we we understand right all this. Okay, right from the context here, where we study the context, we we receive the interpretation of that particular passage of that particular and that we are grappling with from the context itself. These these proofs actually these truths jump out at us. Right, so that was something that we can use for interpretation. If there is a this was a simple example, I'm sure there are more complex examples that we can take and try it out. Okay, so let's look at chapter seven and see we look at chapter seven and see how the Lord Jesus ministered the word. Okay, how did the Lord Jesus, the living word, the eternal word, how did he minister the word and what can I learn from it as a preacher or as a communicator of the word? What can I learn from that? So here, let's look at a few verses here. Let's look at a few scriptures. The first thing is from Isaiah 50 and verses four to five, which is again a prophetic scripture referring to the Lord. As Isaiah 50 verse four and five, the Lord God has given me the tongue of the learned that I should know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary. He awakens me morning by morning. He awakens my year to hear as the learned. The Lord God has opened my year and I was not rebellious, nor did I turn away. So to speak a word in season to him who is weary. So that is something that the Lord, the way in which he ministered a word in season. So that would mean that when we consider the gifts, we would see maybe it's a word of knowledge, a word of wisdom, a timely word, a word in season. It would even be a word of encouragement, or encouragement and exhortation and comfort, which could be a prophetic word, a word in season. So as we are ministering the word or preparing to minister the word, we see this as an example. So this is something that we can follow ourselves, that we can rely on God, we can rely on the Holy Spirit to give us a word in season. So the understanding is this that God knows our audience better than ourselves. And while we use our intellect and we say, okay, this is the age group of the audience. So therefore, these illustrations will make sense. This will not make sense. These are children. Therefore, this will make sense. These are some things that we can come up with. But the fact is that the Lord knows the hearts of people better than we know. Therefore, the Lord knows what the actual need is. The Lord knows what the challenges are. The Lord knows what the struggles are. And a word in season is something that refreshes the heart, something that transforms people's lives. And it can be a word in season that really, it can be a life or death matter for people. I remember once we had this, this actually came in, this email came in after Sunday's service. And in that particular service, we sang the song, God is fighting for us. I forget the title of the song, God is fighting for us. I will live, not die and proclaim your name on high. It's a song by Dalin Jack. God is fighting for us. So we sang the song. And then for some reason, we kept repeating this line, I will live and not die and proclaim your name on high. And that part, normally when the instruction to the worship team is that, don't repeat for the sake of repeating certain things. If there is the weight of the Holy Spirit on a certain truth, and if the Lord is leading you to do that, then you repeat it as a, you know, you repeat it because then it is a reiteration of that, emphasis of that. So you repeat it. So that's the general instruction for the team. So that day, I was just repeating this and then, and then we got this email saying that this lady, of course, it's, it was not a preaching, but I just thought of this because we were, it was after the worship time. So the person actually wrote back saying that she wanted to take her life in the life. So she thought, okay, let me attend one service and end my life. You know, let me just go to church for the last time. And because she felt that the problem is that too much is too overwhelmed by things happening in our life. We don't know the details of it, but she just said, you know, maybe that or something, I don't know. So she said, okay, I'll just attend for one last time and then do it. But that day, when we, and she mentioned, you know, this song, you know, we kept singing it over and over again, these lines, and something happened to her. And there's, there was faith in her heart. She was a believer. We'd lost all hope. Now there's faith and hope revived in her to such an extent that she said, you know, I'm going to live, you know, she was singing it, I will live and I will not die. And then there was so much faith, so much hope in her that she decided, okay, I'm going to live, you know, I'm going to, I'm going to let God handle this. I'm going to live. Now, what has not changed was the problem, you know, the problem was still the same. The service was over. She went back. The problem was still the same, but there was major change in her. And she was now strong enough and full of hope, full of faith. That she would be able to face, face whatever impossibilities were there, like with the help of God. So she was completely, you know, completely transformed, right? So that was a timely word for her. And very timely, right? It was a matter of life and death. But it was that it was a timely word for her. So we can, you know, we can ask the Lord, Lord, what is that? What is it that you want me to share? You know, I just want to speak a word in season. Or we can say, Lord, let what you're putting in my heart to prepare to share, let it be a word in season, a word that refreshes the hearts and minds of people, a word that snatches people from darkness into light, a word that really holds back people. Lord, let it be a word in season, right? Because if you look at the scripture, you know, this is what happens that a word in season to him who is weary, obviously, it is to strengthen, strengthen the heart that is weary, right? And I'm sure that all of us, we are recipients of word of word in season, right? And if you just ask people to share, I'm sure most of us will have testimony of how a word in season came to us and very interesting ways, right? So why not we be ministers of the word in season, right? Intentionally ask the Lord, you give me the thoughts, you give me the, sometimes it can be just the illustration that you're sharing, the story that you're sharing, that is a word in season. And so that it can happen, you know, if God puts the word in your heart, you don't even know it, right? It comes to you as a revelation, you don't know whether it's going to bless people's heart in that manner, but you are just faithful to go ahead and carry it out and it blesses the hearts of people. So that's the thing. And many times we, you know, it's not like you didn't even, you didn't even plan to say it, right? But God just dropped that thought in your heart and you went ahead and shared that anyway. You didn't plan to share that you didn't, you know, pre-meditate on it. It wasn't part of the notes, but you have this compulsion to share it and you shared it anyway. And you didn't think too much about it, right? And it happened. It is almost as if it was an act, right? You mentioned it casually and that was what it was word in season, right? For that person. So, but we see that when we yield ourselves, the Lord, you know, puts that, he awakens us, he opens our ears and puts that word in season so that it will be there to strengthen the person who is here. So the Lord Jesus, you know, ministered in that manner. And if you look at his conversation with the woman at the well, it was many times, you know, we see that it was, these were, you know, like those moments, those appointments. And it was that thing which changed people. Zacchaeus on the tree. Zacchaeus, come down, I need to, I need to empty your house today with the woman at the well, you know, the, yes, you know, you've had five husbands and the one with whom you're living is not your husband. A word, it was a word in season. And that really changed the destiny of people, the way the Lord ministered. And, and as people who are called to walk in his footsteps, we can do the same thing, right? And we can look forward to doing that. Okay. The second thing that we see is that he spoke what he heard the father speak. So he was in constant communion with the father. And he was receiving from the father. And so he spoke what he heard the father speak. John 8, 26 to 28. I have many things to say and to judge concerning you. But he who sent me is true. And I speak to the world, those things which I heard from him. They did not understand that he spoke to them of the father. Then Jesus said to them, when you lift up the son of man, you know, then you will know that I am here and I do nothing of myself. But as my father taught me, I speak these things. So for us, you know, as New Testament ministers, you know, praise God, we have the Holy Spirit who teaches us, who reminds us of the of the words of the Lord Jesus, who guides us into all truth, and who inspires us, who shows us the things that we need to be speaking. So the Lord ministered in that way. He was in constant communion with the father. And he spoke. So also us, right? We don't want to speak out of our own selves. And, you know, but we want to speak those things that God wants to communicate. Now, we're not negating preparation. We're not negating the use of the mind, right? Because these are things that God has given us. And yes, even in that, you know, in the preparation, in our, you know, using of our minds to analyze and things, the Lord leads. What is the Father saying? What is the Holy Spirit saying? Right? So we, so we receive those things and we speak those things. And why do we do that? Well, we have it as an example. And obviously, there is fruit, right? There is fruitfulness. There is, you know, at the end of it, there is that good fruit that comes out of it. And then so, so we do that, right? Okay. Thirdly, he spoke with wisdom, extraordinary wisdom, which, which wowed the people like they could not even the ones who were opposing, even the ones who had come to arrest, they said, Oh, we've never heard anyone speak like this before. Okay. John chapter seven versus 44 to 46. Now, some of them wanted to take him, but no one laid hands on him. Then the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, why have you not brought him the office's answer? No one ever spoke like this man. Okay, no one ever spoke like this man. Same thing we see in Matthew 13, verse 54, when he had come to his own country, he taught them in their synagogue so that they were astonished and said, where did this man get this wisdom? And these mighty works, where did this man get this wisdom? So the wisdom, the supernatural ability of signs and wonders combined with it, which was, which was, which people could not refute. Okay. Now the Lord is making that available for us by his spirit, right? By his spirit, we are one spirit with him, and we are recipients of the wisdom of God. We have the mind of Christ. And the Lord wants to display his wisdom through us, the church, right? So we don't do anything to shut it off, but we really receive all humility and, and then, you know, share that with the world, right? So wisdom, preaching the wisdom of God, wisdom of Christ. The fourth thing that we see is that he spoke with authority. He spoke with authority. Luke 4, verse 31-32, then he went down to Cappanon, a city of Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbaths, and they were astonished as his teaching for his word was with authority. And another place, you know, they, you know, they say that it was not like the Pharisees and scribes before he spoke with authority. He spoke with the weight of, you know, personal experience, the weight of conviction, the weight of, you know, application, living it out, all that gives the authority which was, with which to share. So the weight of authority, he's ministered, he declared the word as one with authority, wisdom, authority. So we have that as an example for us to follow. He ministered with a meek heart. Okay, it was, again, this is amazing to see that the Son of God coming and ministering, walking on the earth, being filled by the Holy Spirit, and doing those amazing signs and amazing wonders, and walking in all humility, right? It's amazing to see that. And we have that as our role model. We have him as our role model. Okay, ministering with a meek heart, you know. Matthew 11, 28, 29, come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls, for I'm gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest in your souls. So the Lord Jesus testifying of himself and describing himself, gentleness, and being lowly in heart, and being humble, being meek, and that was this, that is how he ministered. Okay, a few other things, but we'll pick it up in the next class. But we see that the Lord Jesus as our role model, and in the way he ministered the word, and it is for us, it is for us. Okay, the way he ministered, it is for us to follow, that example for us to follow. And John chapter 14 and verse 12, the Lord says, he who believes in me, the things I will do, he will do also, and greater things than these. So it involves the way he ministered the word, and we will do also, as we believe in him, and as we follow his footsteps. Okay, so we'll stop here. Anything that you want to add, any thoughts that you might have, or any questions, anything that you want to add, anyone? Can I ask, sir? Yeah, go ahead, Maggie. My question comes from chapter 6 on the problem of interpreting. Okay, the last section of chapter 6, okay. Please help. I don't understand when people say that passages are difficult scriptures, because when we read scriptures, they are true and they are straightforward in what they say. If we read scripture, they will tell us what God wants to say about us. So I don't understand when people say that scriptures are difficult to understand. Yeah, for example, it's that okay. Maybe it's like, for example, the scriptures that we saw right now, if we are looking at it exclusively, if you look at 1 Corinthians 12-28 exclusively, we might come to a certain conclusion that praying in tongues is not for everyone. And I might teach that, I might build a doctrine based on that. So that is something that could happen. For example, I'm just looking at 1 Timothy chapter 2. And this is something which is again, a major controversy in church. 1 Timothy chapter 2 verse 11, let a woman learn in silence with all submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but be in silence. So verse like that. Now, you know that during Paul's time, there were women who were ministering. Akhila, Priscilla, husband and wife, they were ministering. You read about Andronikas, Junior, who was an apostle. Now, then what is Paul's intent in writing this? So a casual reading of it will say, okay, women don't teach. But you know that when you study the historical background and you see that he's writing to the women in Ephesus and the kind of challenges they had and so on. So that is what when people do have difficulties, it could be an intellectual difficulty, not really able to make sense, or it could be something spiritual in nature in the sense that certain truths are, we know that we need the revelation of the spirit of God. And I might be a natural man, not being able to understand that, because these things are received, you know, spiritually discerned, as scripture says. So that could be some problems. Yeah, you're right, you know, scripture, the Holy Spirit reveals, he describes, but at the same time, we cannot ignore the fact that there are certain passages which are at complex, complicated, right? So that's the thing, Rangit. Yeah, thank you, sir. As you explained there, I just had this thought that when we are reading a letter, we should read the letters as a letter, the whole letter to understand what the writer of the letter is talking about. So we cannot read only one verse, one chapter in the brother Paul's letter, Apostle Paul's letter, and then say we understand the other meaning. So we must read the whole letter from the beginning. Right, absolutely. Yeah, thank you. Okay everyone, so you guys have a great weekend God bless. We'll catch up next week. Okay, have a great time again, you know, sharing the gospel, ministering to someone this weekend. Okay, bye bye, God bless. Thank you, Pastor. Thank you, Pastor.