 All right, I hope I'm audible to the people who are online because someone had written that they cannot hear. So hopefully everyone can hear. All right, just to address another question which Vijay had raised, he's not in the class, right? Okay, but he's full of doubts. So yes, you know, just to touch upon something that Vijay has asked over here. He said, what about people who do not get to hear the gospel, what about them? So what happens to their salvation? And we have a few scriptures which kind of touch upon this concept. So we have Romans chapter one. Again, these are things which have been repeated again and again. So we are kind of already familiar with these concepts. So just to very quickly go over that, Romans chapter one was 18 onwards where it says that the wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against people who are being ungodly and wicked. And so because of their ungodliness and wickedness, these people, they are, it says over here, they are suppressing the truth. So there are people who actually would prefer not to know the truth. Okay, so they would prefer to continue in their wickedness. They would prefer to continue in their ungodliness. And so there's no real desire inside them to know the truth. So such people, they tend to suppress the truth. On the other hand, if they had an open attitude, if they really had a hunger in their heart to know the actual real truth, then they would begin to see what is there in creation. And it talks about how ever since the creation of the world, God's eternal power and divine nature are being seen. So they would begin to sense in their heart that this is the correct thing and that this is the wrong thing. They would begin to sense all of those things. First of all, if they have an openness to know the truth, but a whole bunch of people are actually not even interested in knowing the truth. So what about some person living in some remote tribe on some remote island where no missionary has gone with the gospel? Even the people sitting over there, God has put his written word in their hearts. Of course, they will not have their logos, but at least they have something imprinted in their hearts which makes them aware that there is a greater truth. And so people who are genuinely interested will make an attempt to start finding out what is the truth. They may not have a missionary to walk up to and say, kindly tell me what you believe is the truth, but at least they will begin to sense in their heart and in their own way, they will begin to search for it. And so when that happens, in scripture it very clearly explains that God is always open to people who are searching sincerely for the truth. He will find some way of revealing himself to them. We find that in 1st Chronicles chapter 28 verse nine, where it says, in the last portion of 1st Chronicles 28 verse nine, it says, if you seek him, he will be found by you. But if you forsake him, he will abandon you forever. Over here, of course, the immediate context is Solomon and God speaking to Solomon, but the general principle contained over there in those words is applies to all humans. If you have a desire to really know the truth and you're trying to seek out the true God, the true God will be found by you. You can have, so that person out there in that remote tribe on that remote island may not get to know all the doctrinal details of systematic theology, but that person will at least know enough to make a commitment to this living God that they are beginning to have a conversation with in their heart, because the Holy Spirit works even in those islands where missionaries have not yet gone. In the same way, a very familiar scripture would be Hebrews 11 verse six, where it says, without faith it is impossible to please God for whoever would approach him must believe that he exists. So anyone who really wants to know the truth will look at creation and begin to see his divine nature in that they will begin to realize that he very much exists and they will begin to search sincerely, trying to find out who is this real God. And when they do that, it says, he rewards those who seek him. So yes, even people who may not have a full knowledge of the gospel, the way we do, God reaches out to them at their level. So no one has to fear that they are beyond hope if they have that genuine desire in their heart, if they have, because the Holy Spirit is continuing his work of conviction throughout the entire world. So in his own way, he will reach out to all true seekers, the ones who are genuinely seeking after him, he will begin to reveal himself to them. Coming back to what we were discussing earlier, Titus 3, 5, we saw how Jesus saves people. He does it through the washing of rebirth and through the renewal by the Holy Spirit. So this is basically explained to us in Romans chapter six verse six. Hopefully by now you're completely by heart with that whole concept. So when the baby is born, it is born with a spiritually dead spirit. We're all born with spiritually dead spirits. But then in that moment of salvation, when we are submitting to the Jesus and saying, I believe in you, I believe my salvation is through you alone. In that moment, when we make that commitment, Romans six, six explains that old self, that spiritually dead spirit which is inside us, it gets crucified with him. So that person is basically is killed, crucified, dead. That person is thrown out. That person no longer is there inside that human container. What is now placed inside that human container inside that human body is a brand new God created spirit. Okay, so we see that explained further in Romans chapter six verse four, which is how the whole conversation begins in Romans. Paul starts off by telling that and then he goes on to explain what he means. So Romans chapter six verse four, if we could read out. Romans chapter six verse four. Therefore we were buried with him through baptism into death. That just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. Okay, so over here he's talking about what happened in the spiritual realm in that moment when that person placed their faith in Jesus in the spiritual realm. There's a burial that's happening. The person dies. The person is crucified. The person dies with Jesus. And just the same way Jesus Christ is raised. Now a new brand new person who has been birthed by the Holy spirit is raised into the kingdom of God. And so now they choose to live in a new way. And second Corinthians five, 17, it again repeats that same idea. It says the new creation has come. The old has gone. The new is here is what it says in second Corinthians five, 17. And so in Galatians, in fact, in the last chapter, Paul talks about himself as the new creation. He says it's not important whether you get circumcised or don't get circumcised. All that is doesn't make a difference. What actually matters is whether or not you are a new creation is what he says. So all of these scriptures confirm the fact that there are some people who are actually born again. Only such people are actually true believers. So regeneration, this rebirth, this new person being created on the inside is a basic fundamental step which is required for salvation. On the inside of a person, if you're still having that same spiritually dead spirit with which you were born, then how much ever you may follow Christian rituals on the outside, on the inside, you still have not become a child of God. You are still a part of the world and you're still under condemnation. So it is so essential to understand what salvation is. So when we come in true repentance and we come with a faith in Jesus, which is not just intellectual, but a faith which is real in the sense you submit entirely to him. When you do that, this regeneration, this rebirthing process takes place inside the person and now they become part of the kingdom of God. So because you see in that moment, now you have become united with Christ, you are now in union with Jesus Christ. And amazing things start happening once you are attached to the wine. Now this branch, which was nowhere, which is like lying over there on the roadside ready to be thrown into the fire has now got attached, it has got grafted into the olive tree, into the wine, all these biblical images which are there in your New Testament. So now this person is now attached to Christ. They are in union with Christ and now a new journey begins because now they have taken up their yoke and they are willing to learn from him. He's now gonna start doing wonderful things in their lives, okay? So their life is never gonna be the same again. So that's why it says in 2 Corinthians 517, it says, if anyone is in Christ, then the new creation has come. So in that moment when that new creation is formed, that person is now in Christ, they are united with Christ. And this is one lovely example which one person has used to talk about this union with Christ. He talks about a bucket of water and he talks about a sponge. So when you take the sponge and you put it inside that bucket of water, what happens? That sponge, it absorbs all the water, right? And so even as it absorbs the water, it's like as if it's become part of the water. The sponge is still sponge. The water is still water. They're two separate things. The sponge has not become water, but the sponge is now absorbing the water. So they talk about Jesus Christ, like he's that bucket of water and the believer who has now chosen to be in Christ, he's like the sponge which has now been submerged in the water. So he begins to absorb Jesus. He becomes more and more like Jesus. So the more he allows himself to be immersed in Christ, the more he absorbs of Christ becomes like him. This is just an example, but it kind of gives us an idea. So wherever this bucket of water goes, the sponge also goes. So all the experiences which the bucket of water has, the sponge also begins to experience all of those same things. So you get it? When Jesus Christ was crucified, you also spiritually in the spiritual realm, you also underwent a crucifixion process. When Jesus Christ was buried in that tomb, in the same way now that you have become a believer, you too went through that burial, which we act out in water baptism, but the water baptism is just a physical ceremony, but in the spiritual realm, you also were buried. And then when Jesus Christ rose up, resurrected, you also rose up, but now you rose up as a new creation, no longer are you the person that you were born on your birthday. That spiritually dead spirit has been crucified, done away with. Now you are a new creation. So whatever that bucket of water, experiences of the bucket of water has gone through, the sponge now goes through the same experiences. So at some spiritual level, you are in fact getting united with Christ in all of his experiences, which is why Paul, he says, I want to experience everything that Christ has experienced. I want to share in the sufferings. Why? Because he got the concept. He understood that he's this sponge and he's immersing himself more and more in Christ. And even as he does that, he's going to experience everything that Christ experienced and in the process, he's going to become like Christ. He clearly understood why he, first of all, got salvation to become this, to enjoy this, to have this union with Christ and literally become more and more like him. So if you and I just stay as believers to say, oh, wow, now finally I'm saved and then you sit back and do nothing, you're not growing into the things that you were meant to. You were meant to be that sponge, which is absorbing more and more, which is literally experiencing the things which Christ experienced. So the sufferings of Christ is what you and I actually go through, when we go through different experiences where people are hurtful towards us, the way we have to sacrifice something and do something which honors God, all these are experiences which Christ went through. And now in your union with him, you are also choosing to participate in all of that and he helps you to do it all in a godly manner. And even as you're doing it, without even realizing it, you're becoming more and more like Christ. I wonder when the angels look at us, can they see how much to what extent we have become Christ like? Can they see that? I don't know, but it's interesting because you see, there are some people who have not done any work of uniting themselves with the Lord. And so there's still the way they were, unrenewed mind, still under the urges of the physical container that they are living in, even though they have become a brand new spirit, they're not really done anything about it. But on the other hand, there are people who are so eager, they're absorbing Jesus day in, day out. They're saying, Lord, I want to be with you, participate with you in all that you participated in. And they are becoming like him, which is what was the ultimate goal of salvation that a person should become like Jesus, their savior. So that is the actual ultimate goal of salvation. So this union with Christ is involved, basically involves two things where you are symbolically, not symbolically, spiritually, you are on the cross with Christ, you're with him in the tomb, you were buried, and when you came out, you came out as a new creation, in the same way Jesus was rose up, resurrected in a glorified body. Now that has not happened to us. It will be an experience that when the glorification takes place in the end times, but right now, we at least have a renewed spirit. So that is why it says over here in Romans chapter six verses three to four, which we looked at just now, it says over there. So we were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. So this new life which we are living, how are we living it? Colossians chapter three verses one to four. This is the second aspect of being united with Christ. Colossians chapter three versus one to four. If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God, set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth, for you died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, the fourth also. When Christ, who is our life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Yeah, so you see now your life is hidden, at least it's supposed to be. You know, we sometimes act like as if our life is not hidden with Christ, but that is basically what we are supposed to be now. We are hidden in that bucket of water, we are immersed in it. Whatever the bucket has gone through, we should be going through the same thing. So we are, our lives are meant to be hidden in Christ. And when we live in this way, you know Christ, who is our life when he appears, it says you also will appear with him in glory. So currently our current position is that we are seated with him in the spiritual realm. So whatever he is, we are supposed to be in the authority that he exercises, we exercise the way, the same attitude he had towards sin and temptation, that should be our attitude. So our life is supposed to stay hidden in him. I know we should be constantly think of ourselves as that sponge, and we should remain in the bucket of water. We should abide in him. We must stay connected to the wine or no different images that you can use to talk about the same thing. So if we are really living like that hidden in Christ, seated with him in the spiritual, you know, in the heavenly realms, if we are doing that, really we don't have to worry about what happens to this physical container. Even if somebody tries to harm this physical body that you are in, nobody can touch who you are. You are the one who is seated in the heavenly realm with him. You are safe and secure in him. No powers of hell, no powers on earth, nothing can separate you from the love of God. You are united with him, one with him. He will carry out the purposes for your life. Whatever needs to be done, he will accomplish in his own time, in his own way. No one can touch you. You are seated with him. It's only your physical container, which is out here. They may attack it, they may harm it, but you yourself, you and the purposes for your life are secure in him. Nothing can separate you from the love of God. So those are the amazing realities of being united with Jesus Christ. Okay, so. And of course, we know the practical aspect of the union with Christ. You know, John 15.4, it says, no branch can bear fruit by itself. So neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. So we make a conscious choice to stay in him. And the danger of not doing that is also mentioned in John 15.6, where it says, if you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. Okay, so that is the warning, which is given to people who don't want to be like the sponge. They don't want to be in the bucket. They think life is too tough inside the bucket and they want to live separately. So that would be a dangerous way to live because you may reach a point where now you have become so hardened and dead and, you know, on the inside that you cross the point where you can repent. Now this, I don't know, I just take all these multiple classes and I cannot remember what I shared in which class. So I hope that this is not a repetition. Did I talk about the Philippian see example of the man who, you know, okay, I think I have not. So this is person who goes to Philippian see who was a famous writer. And he says, you know, there's this person that he wants to have an affair with an extramarital affair. He wants to have with that person. So he says, I want to do it and God is loving. So I'll do it. And then I'll come back to him and I'll seek forgiveness. God will forgive. And from then on, I'll be very, very sincere to the Lord. Is what the man says. So Philippians says to him, yes, but when you come back to him, what if you discover that you have crossed the point of being able to repent? You see, you've reached that point where there's no longer any shame or regret for your sin. You reach that point where there's no longer a desire to be his follower, to, to, to crucify the flesh on a daily basis. What do you have? What if you have reached that point where there's nothing left on the inside? You still want that ticket to heaven, but that ability to reach out and say, Lord, please have mercy on me as sinner. You've crossed that point. You no longer feel that urgency. You no longer feel that, what if you have reached that point? That must have made the man think. So you see, you can't just go on living in sin and saying, nothing will happen to me. Yes. It says in Hebrews chapter six, you will reach a point where it is impossible for you to repent. So we should never reach that point, you know? So yeah. Regarding to what you have shared an example, but there will be some people who are, when people are going like this, there will be people who are telling like, it's okay, God has already paid praise for you. He already forgive you. Because they quote, quotation, they're like, tell that your, your faith is so much more than your sin. Because before the foundations of the world, a lamb has been slain. Even before you have sinned, God has forgiven you. Then how we can know? Yeah. So before the foundations of the world, the lamb was slain. The prepared salvation, the way to salvation was already prepared, already put in place. So anyone who comes to him with a repentant attitude, anyone who accepts that invitation in the appropriate manner and is willing to wear the wedding garments, if anyone who goes through all that process, yes, God is available for them. And so they step into the salvation experience. But after having received the salvation experience, they would also need to be aware that Hebrews chapter six exists. So after having experienced all this, if they choose not, if they say, I don't want to be under the covering of Jesus Christ anymore, that's their free will, that's their choice. So as long as you stay under Christ, all that Christ has for in His covenant is yours. But if you say, no, I don't want to be under the covenant, I'd rather go and be out on my own because I love this world, then yes, you're now on your own. You're no longer under whatever Christ has offered, freely, generously. All he's saying is, you place your faith in me. I will, through the Holy Spirit, help you to live this new way of life. But if you say, no, I don't want to take up your yoke, Lord. I don't want to learn from you. It's a free choice. And it happens extremely rarely to very, very few people because the Holy Spirit does not give up on His family. He continues pursuing to the limit. But if a person is so determined and they choose to just close their ears and not hear, if they choose to be deaf, they can reach a point, at least theoretically, whether it actually happens to believers or not, we do not know. But the possibility is mentioned very clearly in the scripture. So nobody should be that careless or reckless about what has been freely given to them. So moving on very quickly to the whole concept of justification. So justification is basically where, God declares a person as righteous. So God looks at that person in that moment of salvation and God forgives all of their past sins, all the sins which they are currently indulging in, and even all the sins which they will be committing in the future as believers. He forgives all of those sins because he's not looking at that person, but rather he's looking at the sacrifice which Jesus Christ did. That person is now placing themselves under the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ. So God the Father looks at the atoning sacrifice, looks at this person who has placed themselves under the covering of the atoning sacrifice, and he says, all right, they are atoned, they are forgiven. So that is the stand, legal stand which God takes towards that person. So again over here, we have the same two things operating, the grace of God. So this justification is given to us freely by the grace of God. And we receive it because we have chosen to place our faith in Jesus. So that would be Romans chapter three verse 24, if someone can read out Romans 3, 24. Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. Yeah, so all are justified freely by his grace. So this justification where God declares, God is like, they know that the supreme judge who is sitting and he declares and says, all right, this person is now declared righteous, which basically means all their sins have been forgiven. So that is given freely by God's grace. And whom is it given to Romans 4-3 where it says Abraham believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness. So who receives this justification? Who receives this righteousness? Anyone and everyone who chooses to place their faith in Jesus Christ. So just to address the question which has been mentioned over here by Vijay, I told you, right? This guy's not in the class but his mind is full of questions. Good student, he's paying full attention. So, yeah. And there are some in the class who are sitting here but they're not even here. So, but that's a different matter. So, yeah. Vijay talks about the thief on the cross and he says, this person, he repented of who he was but he didn't get regenerated. Now, how can we say that? This man placed his faith in Jesus while everyone else was mocking Jesus and saying, look at this Jesus, he can't even get down from the cross. He says that he's divine. He says that God has sent him and God has not come and rescued him. Look, he's still hanging over there. While all the people were mocking, this thief placed his faith in Jesus, believed that he is God. And he said, when you come into your kingdom because you really are God and this kingdom which you have been talking about is really there, I want to be part of it. So, when you come into your kingdom, please remember me also. The man, he has repented and he has placed his faith in Jesus. So, obviously he would have got regenerated. Well, the regeneration for him would have happened after the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. So, he would have gone into paradise to join all those people who are still waiting to enter into heaven. He would have gone and joined hands with Abraham and all the others, Moses and all the others who are still waiting. So, he would have gone into paradise and then after Jesus finishes this resurrection, he goes to paradise, collects all of them, takes them to heaven. That again would be an entirely lengthy topic. So, let's not even go there. But yeah, this man, he placed his faith in Jesus and he repented. So, he definitely had the salvation experience. Coming back to our justification, some people raised the question. So, if a person's sins have been forgiven, they have been justified. So, their past sins, present sins are the moment of salvation and even their future sins, if all of those sins are forgiven, then does that mean that now that person will never lose their salvation? No, we just kind of talked about that, right? So, Second Corinthians 521, it says, Second Corinthians 521. No, in him, we might become the righteousness of God. So, God who had not, Jesus who had not committed any sin, he became sin for us. So that in him, we might become the righteousness of God. So, we become the righteousness of God because all our sins have been forgiven. Romans 322, the righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. So, it's only the people who believe who will receive this righteousness. Now, for all of such people, it says in Romans 8 1, there is now no condemnation. Why is there no condemnation anymore for these people who have placed their faith in Jesus and been given the righteousness of God? Why is there no condemnation anymore? Because all of their sins have been forgiven, including even the future sins. So, every time the believer sins, he doesn't lose his salvation. Let's say that tomorrow, I tell a lie. May the Lord forbid that I tell a lie, but if I tell a lie tomorrow, it will not mean that I'm going to lose my salvation tomorrow. Why? Because even that sin, which is going to be committed tomorrow, has already been forgiven. Otherwise, you see, we'll constantly be one minute saved, one minute not saved. That's not the way, that's not what scripture says. So, every time you commit a sin, you don't lose salvation. Why? Because when you were declared as justified, the reason you were declared justified is because all of your sins were forgiven. If only even 50% of the sins were forgiven, how would Jesus, how would the supreme judge declare you as justified? He would be making a false judgment. The reason that you were declared as justified is because now he who had known no sin became sin for us. And in exchange, he took all our sins upon him. In exchange, he gave us his righteousness. And that is the only reason by the supreme judge, God, the father declared and said, yes, this person is now righteous. So every five minutes, you don't lose your salvation. It does not work that way because there's another implication. If you're going to be losing your salvation every five minutes, Jesus Christ, you know, you can't just simply say, you know, okay, you're forgiven. A penalty has to be paid for that sin. So Jesus Christ would literally have to come down again, get crucified again, go back again, come down. It's just, it's not what the Bible talks about. Bible says in Hebrews 10, 10, and by that will, you know, that is God's will to save us. By that will, we have been made holy. How have we been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. He came, he did the sacrifice once for all. When you are united with him, you become that sponge and set the bucket. At that moment, you are, you know, have been forgiven once for all. Now, this person who has experienced this, they are supposed to continue in that, you know, in that attitude of being forgiven and of being a new creation who can live in victory over sin. So what about 1st John 1, 8 to 9? You know, someone can read out that very, very familiar passage. 1st John 1, 8 to 9. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. So believers should not say, oh, now I'm incapable of sin. I will never ever sin. And if something which I'm doing looks like sin, I can't say, no, no, no, this is not a sin because now I'm a believer, a believer cannot sin. So in 1st John, very clearly John is clarifying in this letter and telling the believers, stop thinking about this wrong heresy. This is a wrong doctrine. It does not say in the scriptures that believers will never ever sin. Believers also sin because they are still learning to become like Christ. They have not completely become like Christ yet. They are in the process of learning to do that. They are in the process of learning to trust him more and more, submit to him more and more, abide in the wine more and more. This is the process that you're still developing and growing into. So stop telling yourselves that you are beyond sin is what John says over here. If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves. What he says, if we confess our sins and if you honestly admit and say, Lord, what I have done is sinful, then God is faithful and he is just and he will forgive us. So why is God being faithful and why is he being just? It's because he knows that the atoning sacrifice has been done for even these sins. And therefore he says, you are forgiven. Why? Because the forgiveness has already been, covered by Jesus atoning sacrifice. So which is why, he explains this. He talks about this in 1 John 1, 8 to 9 and he continues the argument into chapter two. So in 1 John chapter two versus one to two, if someone could read out 1 John chapter two versus one to two. My little children, these things I write to you that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous. And he himself is the propation for our sins and not for ours only, but also for the whole world. So because of this atoning sacrifice that Jesus Christ has done, because of that our sins are forgiven and therefore God is just and faithful when he says, all right, you are forgiven of this thing which you have done. So at the moment of salvation, all sins already stand forgiven, but each time we actually commit a sinful act, we have to again go back to him and say, Lord, what I have done is sinful. I admit it and Lord, I repent of it. I do not want to repeat it again. And then the Lord says, yes, you are forgiven because he's just and faithful. And he remembers how he already chose to forgive you at the moment of salvation because of the atoning sacrifice of Jesus. So, yeah. So it's only up, so Hebrews chapter six and Hebrews 10 are applying to people who are not able to come and make this confession and repent. They've crossed that point. They can say the words, of course, like the Pharisee who went to the temple and said, Oh Lord, I'm so glad I'm not like these other people. All the words can come out of your mouth, but are you in a position to be able to actually feel ashamed of what you have done and say, I no longer want to do this. I choose to follow you. Hebrews six is talking about people who have crossed the point where there's any desire left inside them to even want to repent. They cannot, they have crossed the point of being able to cure. It's not talking about such believers. It will differ from person to person. Nobody knows, only the Lord knows because he's the one who constantly looks at the heart. So we are people who fail again and again and every time we go back to him and we say, Lord, I really do not want to do this anymore. He looks at our heart. He sees whether there's genuine repentance over there and every time there is repentance, he is able to forgive. There's no such thing as Jesus cannot forgive. He's always able to forgive, but are you always able to reach, to be able to come go to him genuinely? A person may reach a stage where they can no longer go to him with genuineness. They can say all the right words. They can, they can shed tears. They can get down on their knees, but on the inside they've crossed the point where there's any desire left to remain in the kingdom of God. It's only talking about those people. So, yeah. So the justification, salvation, regeneration, everything is for the person who has placed themselves under Jesus. But the person says, I no longer wish to be under Jesus. As long as you're under Jesus, you're under his covering. Everything that he has done for you applies to you. You are the sponge in the bucket. But if you're saying, I no longer wish to be over here and you walk away permanently and only God knows when that moment becomes permanent where there is no longer any, no coming back for you. Only the Lord who knows each person's heart will know that you have reached that point. So be on the outside, cannot judge anyone and say they have crossed the point of return. No, we can never say that because who knows deep down that person may still be in a position to respond and repent one day. We do not know, but the Lord knows the one who looks at all hearts. He will know at which point Hebrews 6 will apply to you because he's talking about such people. He says, those who have tasted and still gone into sin, they are now, it is impossible for them to repent. Whom is he talking about? Only he knows that we will not be able to determine from our side. So we would not even have to worry about those things if we never allow ourselves to deteriorate to that extent. We will not even go anywhere near that point. See, all I can say is what is there? It's written over there in scripture, but Jesus does not explain and give a list of names. So they're saying these are the people who have crossed that point. So, I mean, how would we be able to tell? So, okay, in the example that I used, the person says, I want to sin, so I will do it and I'll go back to him and I will ask for forgiveness. So forgiveness is given to everyone who repents. What is repentance? Repentance is genuine, godly sorrow, saying I wish I had not done this and I will never do it again. So what if the person has crossed the point where there's no more desire inside them to follow him? What if that person has become so hardened that they cannot follow him anymore because they have chosen to be that dead end on the inside. They chose to close their ears to the Holy Spirit to that extent. It's something between God and them. So which is why I'm saying maybe Hebrews chapter six does not even actually happen to believers, but the chance of it, the possibility of it is given as a warning because the Holy Spirit never allows anyone to just simply go their own way. He pursues them as a loving God. So, but if a person wishes to, it is possible. Okay, so we would have to leave it at that because we can never tell that this is the exact point where a person steps, crosses the point where they no longer feel a desire to repent. How would we know? We have no idea. We only, the one who said, use the words over there which say impossible for that person to repent. Only he knows when that point is reached. Yeah. If he is just started, so we can say maybe if I can speak about it, whatever the solution is, how we can make fun of it. But the important thing that people know about us is taking out the Holy Spirit like, the room to happen is a channel for all of us, the non-believers, the people of God, God, God, God, God, God, God. And we say, like, do you just, the people of God will just repent, say, repent, it's like a part of the world. Yeah, when Jesus used the example of the narrow path and the broad path, the narrow road and the broad path, he was talking about how it's so easy to follow the world which has got easy ways of attaining salvation. So they all go down this path where each one decides, okay, I'll attain salvation in this way through Jewish rituals. Another person will say, no, I think I will attempt for salvation by serving the poor. That's a broad path where everyone is following their own route. The narrow route is very, very narrow and very few enter because it involves having to believe in Jesus alone, submit to Jesus alone. So it's clearly talking only about people who are entering into salvation. Those, the very, very few people who are willing to submit to Jesus, believe in him and enter through him, they are entering through the narrow road. Everyone else is just going down the broad path. That example is exclusively for salvation. So a person who has now entered through the narrow path by placing their faith in Jesus and genuinely repenting, now that person has gone into a cycle of sin. They keep sinning and they keep confessing, they keep coming back. Again, they go into sin, but at least the conviction of the Holy Spirit is still working in their hearts. They are still open to the work of the Holy Spirit. They are still feeling convicted, which is why there is a cycle going on. They keep coming back because they're not able to just let go and walk away. There is a cycle there, but a point is reached where that person is no longer in a cycle, it's just one way. They have turned their back on the cross. They have turned their back on Christ. There's this deep love for the world. There's this deep desire for the things of the world and no longer do they want to come back. They come back with empty words because they want to get into heaven. They kneel down and they cry because they're desperate to get into heaven, but inside there's no more desire to follow the Lord, to submit to the Lord or even be ashamed of what they have been doing. So there's no longer a cycle. It's a one way road where they have turned their back permanently and they're headed away. In their outward actions, they may still be pretending to be Christians, but the one who knows the heart knows where they are at. So a person who's caught in a cycle of sin, they just have not learned the beautiful lessons of an overcoming life. If someone could explain that to them and know that there is hope, they can come out of that cycle, they can make a commitment and no live in the Lord. It's just that they have not understood those beautiful truths of the overcoming life. So that's why they're stuck in that cycle of sin and repentance, sin and repentance. But there are some people who may actually no longer be in a cycle. They have made their decision and now it's just a one way away, away, away from the Lord. That's probably just a theoretical thing, but who knows the warning about it is there in Hebrews chapter six. All right, there are things that we could not cover right now, but we will cover them in the next class because the next class is also talking about sanctification and redemption. So maybe we can even talk about Sozo and all of that. So we will accommodate all that we can in our next session. Just to very briefly, in the two, three minutes that I left, if we can just quickly look at one or two scriptures, John chapter, okay. If we can have, how can you have a question when I'm trying to finish here? Okay, go ahead, yeah. So... So they can't even like deserve to go on, so they are in their own state of, it's really hard for them to go on. Unless they are minors, right? Okay, but how about the sanctification of the question? So the question being asked over here, yeah, we're kind of out of time, but the question asked over here was about people who are mentally challenged. How would they accept Christ if they are not in a position to even understand the salvation message? So like we said, looking at the Chronicles passage and also looking at the Romans passage, looking at the Hebrews passage, in all these things, God takes the initiative of reaching out to people. The Holy Spirit is working not only with people who have no mental challenges, he is also working in the hearts of people who have mental challenges and he knows how to reach out to them. Anyone who is willing to respond to the working of the Holy Spirit inside them and begins to reach out to him at their own level, yes, the mentally challenged may not be able to think like us, they may not be able to reason out like us, but instinctively, in fact, it's easier for them. They catch spiritual truths much more easily than us. We have our mind and our reasoning in all these years of hardened hearts, which needs to be broken through, but for them, there are hundreds of testimonies where even as someone is telling them, I don't know whether they actually understand everything that is being told, but they catch the essence of what is said and for them, it's so easy. Their spirit connects so easily with the things which God is trying to reveal. So in fact, for the mentally challenged, it's easier for them. They have no mental blockages like us. It is easier for them. So we have to trust the Lord and know that he reaches out to people. He is the one who always initiates the salvation invitation. The work of the Holy Spirit is not only going on with believers, I mean, with people who are not mentally challenged, even with those who are challenged in different ways, the work of the Holy Spirit is going on. Anyone who is seeking him at their own level, he will reach out to them. It says in the Chronicles passage, he will be found by them. And in Hebrews 11, it says, he will reward those who are seeking him. So at whatever level they are responding to the work of the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit will take care of it. He leaves no one. All sheep are very, very valuable to him, every single one. So we can have the deep assurance, but no harm in our ministry, in asking the Lord and saying, Lord, you help me to share with this person in such a way that they will understand. The Lord will guide you, the Lord will tell you what examples to use. He may in fact ask you to just sit in silence when next to that person and pray. Don't know how it will be, but God will tell you what you need to do. So yes, it is always good for us to consult him when we are ministering to people who are not in the main line, the way we are when it comes to mental challenges. If we can close with prayer, please, because we are out of time. Lord, we just thank you so much for the basic truths that we could see from your word today. We pray a lot that we would be sincere towards of your word. We would present the salvation invitation correctly so that people understand that they are coming to Jesus Christ to have a relationship with him, to submit to him, to trust him, to turn their backs completely on sin forevermore. So we pray a lot that we would be sincere in the way we present the gospel message. And we pray a lot that because now we are justified, because now we have been regenerated, we will value what we have and we will enjoy our union with you and we will continue to abide in you and strengthen our connection with you. Enable us not to be slack Christians, lazy Christians who a lot are forgetting the goal for which we came to salvation. We came to salvation to be made like Jesus. So I pray that we will actively pursue that we will actively work towards becoming more like you, Lord. We pray that you would do all of these things in us. Thank you, Lord. In Jesus' name, amen.