 Welcome everybody. Once again, hope you all are doing well. We'll join in as we go on. Can I request someone to just leave us in our prayer? Please, even before we go ahead and start. Anybody? Please, leave us. Father, we want to thank you for this time. Lord, we submit us as a class to your mighty presence. We pray to God that you would speak to us. Help us to understand the authority that you have given us. And we pray that you may continue in the works that you have appointed for us. You'd be able to minister to people as you have ministered to people, God. And we also pray for Pastor Roshan strengthen him to deliver your word to us, God. Thank you Lord. In Jesus name we pray. Thanks John. Let me go ahead and share the screen. Great. You all can see. I just want to do a quick recap of chapter one and chapter two very quickly. So we're just going to look at the titles of all the pages. We've finished two chapters, including the introduction. And from the very beginning of this course, we've seen that this course is all about evangelism. The Jesus way, the way he lived life, and a calling to each and every one of us, an encouragement that every believer can do this because of Ascension, Glory that's been given to us as well and also with the power of the Holy Spirit, the same power, same Holy Spirit that worked through Jesus is available for us. That's the basis of introduction. And in chapter one, we looked at why miracles, healings and deliverance. We look at eight different points for that, right? We see that miracles, healing and deliverance reveal the reality and nature of God. It reveals miracles reveal God's greatness and demonstrate his compassion. The importance Jesus gave to miracles, which we will learn a bit more in today's chapter, chapter three, and we'll look into it. And the kingdom that comes with power as the minister and healing and deliverance and so on. So those are some of the key points that we learned in chapter one. And some of the questions like, if we don't do more than powers, also demonstrate the supernatural we look at is asking for signs wrong. There's a lot of important things discovered in chapter one and in chapter two, we just keep going deeper. The foundations keep going deeper and deeper for understanding to be strong, for build our ministry on it. The foundations need to be strong. So that's what chapter one and chapter two are dealing with, right? And again, we see the source of sickness, disease and ailments and does God send sickness? And the answer to that is clearly known, in fact known. And then we see a list of basis for ministering, healing and deliverance. We see that it is his nature as who he is and because of his cross and the cross is made available for everyone. Everyone, the salvation is made available for everyone. His word, his word is truth and we see the power of the Holy Spirit and understanding the power in the name of Jesus functioning and working and walking out of that authority, moving in the name of Jesus and by faith, understanding the kingdom of God, the king and his dominion. What is that all about? And then one of the last basis for ministering and healing and deliverance is also our mission. We have been commissioned or co-mission, co-labor, right? So we are partnering with God on this because that is his heart, that is his mission, right? That is his nature to see his children be made whole, like his original design. Because of sin, we've all deviated from the original design. We have all fallen short of glory. And then we see this important question. Is it God's will to heal everyone? It's not a tricky question. It's clearly, again, once again, an infantic, you know, it is God's will to heal everyone. That is his desire. It's his nature, right? And so understanding that, is it to pray that I will let this person be healed? You know, when we give an altar call, when people in a sinner want to give his life to Jesus, we don't pray and say, well, if it is your will, let this person be healed. You know? But the prayer is already being answered. You know, Jesus died on the cross. That is the answer for the sinner. So similarly, when it comes to healing, we already know the heart of the Father for the sick, right? Again, the answer to that question is we don't have to. We don't need to. And then some of the questions that were addressed in chapter 2 as a conclusion was, why doesn't everyone get healed? Why are some healings gradual? Why are some healings partial and not complete? And the three attitudes that allow God to do miracles and see the faith, expectancy and intense desires are some of the three core heart attitudes that allow God to work miracles, right? We must expect people to get well. We need to help them to come to a place of faith, expectancy and have intense desire to be made whole, okay? And then in conclusion, we saw a list that can heal. You know, in receiving healing, another thing is lack of knowledge is from Isaiah 4-6 and Isaiah 5-13, which we saw last week. Isaiah 4-6 says, my people perish because of lack of knowledge. Isaiah 5-13 simply says, due to the lack of understanding, my people have been taken into captivity or exile. And then there's a list of points mentioned there. So this is very conclusive so far in this course, ministering divine healing, right? We've built on some of the most core points to answer some of the important questions of what you asked questions. And we're going to address more questions related to healing and deliverance in the chapter to come, okay? All right? So I really hope that you are able to make time and read some of the portions of this content whenever you can to revise or summarize for yourself. Okay, so that was just a quick summary. I hope everybody's with me. And for those of you who joined a little late, this is a portion's friend, brother. I hope you guys are doing well. Oh, okay. So today we are going to look at chapter 3. Chapter 3 is The Father's Works. Okay. Lord Jesus came to do the works of the Father. We know that in everything that Jesus did, we see that he came to reveal the Father. He did certain things first of all. And he's going to keep quoting that time and time again. So the Lord Jesus came to do the works of the Father. He said that he had to be about the Father's business. Okay. In Luke chapter 2 verse 49, in the chapter section, Luke 2.49, it says, and he said to them, why did you see me? Did you not know that I must be about my Father's business? And someone stripped us from the passage from John chapter 5 verse 43. He says, I have come in my Father's name. And you do not receive me. Another comes in his own name. You will receive me. And he said to me, you do not receive me. Another comes in his own name. You will receive me. I have come in my Father's name. John chapter 10 verse 25. Jesus answered them. I told you and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness with me. Another scripture mentioned in the passage is Hebrews 10 verse 5 to 7. It says, therefore, when he came into the world, he said, sacrifice and offerings, you did not desire, but a body you have prepared for me. In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin, you had no pleasure. Then I said, behold, I have come in the volume of the book. It is written of me to do your will. Oh God. Okay. Some more scriptures in John chapter 2 verse 16. He said to those whose old doves, take these things away. Do not make my Father's house a house of merchandise. Okay. So let's see what's the passage saying. So he said that he had to be about the Father's business. We see that he mentions. And he came to do the Father's will. That's Hebrews 10 verse 5 to 7. He came in the Father's name as representing the purpose and intent of the Father. He came in the name of the Father. He came to view us as an ambassador, to the Father's ambassador. He came to reveal the Father. He came in his authority. He revealed sonship glory as of the only begotten of the Father. He called the temple my Father's house. And he demonstrated that healings were to be carried out in the Father's house. Okay. And in Matthew 21, share that with us. In Matthew 21, 12 and 14, he says, then Jesus went into the temple and drew out all those who bought and sold in the temple and over on the tables of the mountain changers in the seats of those who sold doves. And he said to them, my house shall be called a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves. Then the blind and the lame came to him in the temple and he healed them. Right. In conclusion, one of the last verses, 1 John chapter 3 verse 8, we also see that he came to destroy the works of the devil. Right. And 1 John chapter 3 verse 8, who sins is of the devil for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose, the son of God was manifested that he might destroy the works of the devil and that he might destroy the works of the devil. So let's now, with all these scriptures in mind, I read that one more time, because now that we read the scriptures, it might understand it a little differently. So he said that he had to be about his business and he came to do the father's work. He came in the father's name and he called his temple the father's house. Right. And in all doing so, in everything that he did, he came to destroy the works of the devil. I mentioned it in 1 John chapter 3 verse 8. Okay. So it was like, Jesus was like a man on a mission. He was almost like, you know, a man army. He was on a mission. He had just one thing, like, do the will of the father. Do the will of the father. It's almost like a soldier mentality kind of thing. If you've seen any of the war movies, you know, I like war movies, whether I like how people were killed or destroyed, the brutality of the war. I just like the history behind it, just so, you know, there's so much to learn, isn't it? But one of the interesting of one of the fighters of the war that I like is snipers. Right. If you know anything about the scout snipers, what they do is, you know, they hide themselves in the bushes or, you know, they make kind of camouflage themselves. And so, the enemy cannot identify where they are at. And so, there's a story of one of the snipers, right, that he crawled for almost five days, you know, without, I don't know if he had anything to eat or not, but it's a real story. He would crawl in the five days to take off the target. Take off the target. He was just fixed on that one goal, right? That means that he had to endure the weather, the rain, the sun. This happened during the Vietnam War in the 70s. And the terrain is not friendly. But for a person, for a soldier to just be fixed on his goal, his mission, his vision, that, okay, I have to do this for my country. I have to defend my people. And so he goes there and does that. You know, it's almost like that, isn't it? Like, yeah, just one single focus. This is my goal. This is what I'm here to do. And in conclusion, we see one John chapter 3 verse that he came to destroy most of the devil. And how he did that by displaying and revealing the love of the father to the kids, right? And in the same way, we are called to do the father's work. We are called to do the father's work. Wherever you are with your mics muted, just say to yourself, okay, I am called to do the father's work. Say it. I believe it. So our goal in this chapter is to learn what Jesus taught about the father's work and discover how Jesus walked with the father to do the father's work. Okay, so that's the goal of this chapter. We're going to see how he walked and how he spoke about his father and how he walked with him, okay? So let's go. Are you guys ready to learn more about our father? Yep. Pardon me if I keep asking questions. This is how I teach the youth. All right. So what Jesus taught about the father's work? Okay, so time and time again, you know, just this question about his about his kingship or about his divinity or you know, are you the messiah and time and time again people have a question, right? Of all the things that Jesus pointed to, right? In this passage, we see that the Lord Jesus could have pointed to several supernatural phenomena that surrounded his birth, life, ministry to authenticate that he was indeed the messiah. He could have pointed to the angelic choir that sang to the shepherds at the time of his birth. Imagine that. He could have pointed to the wise men from the east who followed a star and came to visit. He could have to the dove that descended on him when he was baptized in the river jogging by John the Baptist. He could have pointed to the voice from heaven that occurred at different times. Right? He could have, I mean, the list can go on. There's just some of the examples, right? He could have pointed to the amount of transfiguration that even the thing that happened on the amount of transfiguration. Right? But instead of pointing at all of those things, you know what Jesus pointed to? He pointed to the miracles he did. The healings, deliverance, signs and wonders. He pointed to them and he said, he called these the father's works as the evidence of him being the messiah. Right? Everything that he did, everything supernatural, the healing and deliverance he points to them and said, those are the evidence for me being the messiah of everything that he could have pointed at. Isn't that amazing? That's very powerful, isn't it? And if Jesus is doing that, there's 100% a reason behind it. It's got to be of great importance if he's doing something, if he's trying to mention something or say something. And then we see a greater witness than on the Baptist. Okay? As we read the scriptures, you'll understand the context. So John chapter 5 it says, if I bear witness of myself my witness is not true. It's the same even today in the court of law, isn't it? You can't say I am the witness of my own self. Isn't it? That's just being like, yeah, okay. It's not going to work. Right? There is another who bears witness of me. And I know that the witness which he witnesses of me is true. Something like a tongue twister, brain tease kind of thing, isn't it? You have said to John and he has borne witness to the truth. Yet, I do not receive testimony from man. But I say these things that you may be saved. He was the burning and shining lamp. And you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light. Verse 36, but I have a greater witness than John for the works which the father has given me to finish the very works that I do bear witness of me that the father has sent me. It's not being equals, so it's too good, isn't it? The works which the father has given me to finish the very works that I do bear witness of me. That's amazing. So, following the healing of the crippled manager of Islam at the pool of Bethesda or Jesus appointed to the works of the father as a greater witness the Old Testament prophets. So, this John chapter 5 before 31 and 36 the context or the pretext to this text is coming after Jesus healing the crippled man in the pool of Bethesda. He's saying, John the Baptist the greatest Old Testament prophet pointing to Jesus declaring him as the Lamb of God was still just the testimony from man. But Jesus said that the father's work which he did which is healing delivering, working miracles healing the sick, cleansing the lepers or raising the dead etc etc were a greater witness than John's testimony. So, remember in all of this Jesus is doing the works of the father. That's his mission. He's a man on a mission. And then we see we come to a section where John the Baptist kind of has this doubt we all know this in Matthew chapter 11 verse 1 to 6 it says now it came to pass when Jesus finished commanding his 12 disciples he departed from there to teach and to preach in their cities and when John had heard in prison about the works of Christ he sent two of his disciples and said to him are you the coming one or do we look for another Jesus answered and said to them go and tell John the things which you hear and see the blind see the lame walk the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear the dead are raised up and the poor of the gospel have the gospel preached to them and blessed is he who is not offended because of me ok John the Baptist Jesus is cousin he was Jesus's forerunner also known as the friend of the bridegroom he was sent by God as a forerunner of Jesus to prepare people to receive the Lord he was the one who saw the dove descending and heard the voice from heaven when he baptized Jesus in the river Jordan he had the unmistakable sign from God pointing Jesus out as the Messiah it was John who introduced Jesus to the world saying we hold the land of God who takes away the sins of the world yet sometime later when John had been apprehended and put in prison perhaps because of his own predicament John has doubts about who Jesus really was and so in the response the Lord Jesus pointed to the works of the Father as evidence right so you see that it is interesting that even at this moment Jesus did not point back to what happened in the river Jordan right so many things that Jesus pointed out and said bro come on first of all I'm your cousin Dave you knew me in your mother's womb you rejoiced in your mother's womb when you heard of me and it's don't you think it's a little too late for you to kind of have this doubt you know those are all the questions that run in my head not necessarily John's but again of all the things that Jesus pointed out Jesus just pauses and he says very simply a boss says the blind see the lame walk the dead erase he points to the works which is the works of the Father right so it's quite amazing so far of Jesus' intention the importance that Jesus gave for miracles in chapter 1 we very briefly see the importance that Jesus gave to miracles the way he talks about time and time again so let's move on are you alright okay I'm gonna walk by faith believe that you will alright the next section talks about I must do the Father's work I must do the Father's work can I request anyone of us to just read the passage that you've seen on the screen John chapter 9 verse 1 to 7 it's the passage that you've seen now as Jesus passed by he saw a man who was blind from birth and his disciples asked him saying Rabbi who sinned this man or his parents that he was born blind Jesus answered neither this man nor his parents sin but that the works of God should be revealed in him I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day the night is coming when no one can work as long as I am in the world I am the light of the world when he said these things he spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay and he said to him go wash in the pool of Siloah which is translated so he went and washed and came back seeing thank you John we see that when the Lord Jesus saw a man born blind he saw it as an occasion for the works of the Father to be revealed in that person for the works of the Father to be revealed in that person so verse 4 it says I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day the night is coming when no one can work okay so he saw it as an occasion for the works of the Father to be revealed in that person not that God made him blind but that God who healing this man's blindness would reveal his works okay so Jesus said I must work the works of him who sent me in other words I must do the Father's works and it is and clearly the Father's work to make blindness see it is the Father's work to heal and make not to wound or make sick okay hey guys someone is at the door and no one is at home canking excuse me for like 2 minutes I'm so sorry about this guys thank you so sorry guys alright you know it says Jesus in other words when he said I must work the works of him who sent me Father sent him that's what he's implying and here's the thing we must seize the option moment to do the Father's works now while it is day when God speaks acts on it but we still have our time here on there is going to be a time that we are all going to be taken out and there won't be a need for me as a healing in heaven but then while we are here with the same assignment that Jesus was on you gotta make use of every opportunity to pray for the sick to display the love of the Father to reveal the heart of the Father because we are in this often world not encountered or really tasted the true love of the Father and a lot of people in fact can get offended by the fact that when we say we use the title Father for God because I'm sure a lot of people out there know that they have bad experiences with their Father so for them the Father it's not good like you know if you have had an abuse of Father all my life it's not good with that good Father I don't understand it and what not and so that's the kind of world that we are living in and we gotta make every minute kind of count in revealing the true Father okay so let's move on and this section is just supporting the statement Jesus made prior to this when we see that Jesus points to his miracles and wonders the works that he is doing which is greater than the witness of the practice so here are a couple of scriptures it says John 2-10 was 24 and 25 and the Jews surrounded him and said to him how long do you keep us in doubt if you are the Christ tell us plainly can you hear I can almost hear their mind voice Jesus answered them I told you and you do not believe the works that I do in my Father's name they bear witness of me John 10 37 38 if I do not do the works of my Father do not believe me but if I do though you do not believe me believe the works that you may know believe that the Father is in me and I in him in that some of these people have had enough please be around the bush or talk to us in riddles etc etc it's like we give up just tell us plainly who you are you know how long do you keep us in doubt what's happening we need to know it's like you want to surprise someone and the person is running out of patience just tell me where we are going we've been there it's amazing the Jewish people came to Jesus and asked him a direct question about him being the Christ the Messiah the Lord Jesus responded pointing to the Father's work as proof of him being the Messiah we already saw that and then he then went on to make the strong statement in verse 37 in John chapter 10 verse 37 saying if I do not do the works of my Father do not believe me if we laid such emphasis on doing the Father's work as Jesus did what if we told people if we do not do the Father's work do what we preach ouch it's like in the face isn't it if we do not do the Father's work do not believe what we preach this is how important doing the Father's works was to Jesus it was more important than what he preached he essentially stated even if you do not believe what I say at least believe the works you know it's more if Jesus is saying my message is not that important it's not more important than the works that I do I mean just think about it someone on the mount is one of the things that comes to my mind that's his message isn't it and then he goes on to make the statement even if you do not believe what I say at least believe the works so the all because the works I do bear witness of me that's what he said isn't it it works greater witness than John the Baptist right and most scriptures believe me for the sake of the works I'm going to request two of us to read this scripture one of you can read from verse 1 to verse 7 and another person from age to 13 please what do we have right, Sid would you like to go ahead and read verse 1 to 7 please and then Salah told you in verse 8 to 13 after John chapter 14 verses 1 to 7 let not your heart be troubled you believe in God believe also in me in my father's house are many mansions if it were not so I would have told you I go to prepare a place for you and if I go and prepare a place for you I will come again and receive you to myself that where I am there you may also be and where I go and where you know and the way you know Thomas said to him Lord we don't know where you are going and how can we know the way Jesus said to him I am the way the truth and life no one come to the father except through me if you had known me you would have known my father also and from now on you know him and have been have seen him thank you okay and simply I would like to read it he says to you Lord show out the father and it is sufficient for us Jesus have I been with you so long and yet you have not known me he who has seen me has seen the father so show us the father do you not believe that I am in the father and the father in me the words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own authority but the father who dwells in me does the works believe that I am in the father and the father in me or else believe me for the sake of the works themselves most assuredly I think he who believes in me the works he will do also and greater works than this he will do because I go to my father and whatever you ask in my name that I will do that the father may be thank you right so in just this one verse one in verse one and thirteen there are so many well known popular scriptures right you will see famed and you know houses like I am the way the truth in the life just one verse or there are so many right there in between this isn't it that's one of the things I am way the truth in the life and many other things but it adds a different beauty to it when you think in its context isn't it you know Jesus is talking you know about preparing his disciples about his departure that he is going to be gone and then you know there is this question where are you going how do you know we are going and who is your father can we see your father Lord show us the father it is sufficient for us you know and then in all of this context we see in verse 11 believe me that I am in the father and the father in me or believe me once again for the sake of the works themselves again Jesus pointing to the words that he has done so far right okay so if you you are not believing not able to believe what I say all of this please look what I have done like the full song that says look what the Lord has done he is healing our body most assuredly verse 12 I say to you he who believes in me the works that I do he will do also so once again in this context we see this popular verse coming to life isn't it I say to you the he who believes in me the works that I do he will do also greater works than these he will do because I go to my father amen so so the title of the section is believe me for the sake of the works right so it is theorized here that there was a time he was preparing his disciples for his departure he began to speak to them about his father's house and mansions he would prepare for that he would build for his disciples and flip requested to see the father Jesus responded saying if you've seen me you have seen the father he then challenged his own disciples believe that I am in the father and father in me or else believe me for the sake of the works themselves right he is basically saying take my word for this or else if you cannot take my word believe what I am saying because you see the work I am doing right so to his own disciples finally so he had to he had to tell the Baptist about who he is the Jews about who questioned him about who he is and finally to his own disciples Jesus points to the father's works the healings miracles and signs and wonders as the father's works the proof and evidence okay so so Jesus we are going to look at the intimate walk between Jesus and the father in John chapter 1 verse 18 it says no one has seen God at any time the only begotten son who is in the bosom of the father he has declared him you might be reading a lot of this passage this scripture in particular even in Christology no one has seen God at any time the only begotten son who is in the bosom of the father he has declared him so how did Jesus walk with the father how was his relationship with the father that's what we are going to learn so to be in the bosom simply means to be the intimate presence okay so that's from the amplified version so the Lord Jesus walked in the intimate presence of the father and time and time again we see on these scriptures which I will just share with us as well those are all the scriptures and references in the chat section you'll be able to read them Matthew 4 in 23 says and when he had sent the multitudes away he went up on the mountain to pray now when evening came he was alone there Mark 135 now in the morning having risen a long while before daylight he went out and departed to a solitary place and then he so he himself Luke 516 so he himself often withdrew into the wilderness and pray Luke 612 now he came to pass in those days that he went out to the mountain to pray and continued all night in prayer to God therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and taken by force to make him king he departed again to the mountain by himself along time and time again in the scriptures we see that Jesus would just go to a solitary place early in the morning and just spend time with God in prayer right and that was the foundation of his intimate walk with the father and just because of all of that he was able to say in John chapter 10 verse 15 as the father knows me even so I know the father okay and the word know in Greek that's used there is intimacy it's the same word that is used when it talks about Joseph and Mary it says that when Mary was pregnant with Jesus during the time of pregnancy it says Joseph did not know her right it's the language of intimacy that is being used there and here in this the same passage which is John 118 here the amplified version says it's like this he has revealed him and brought him out he can be seen he has interpreted him and he has made him know it's talking about Jesus and how he revealed the father right so just want to pause here we are looking for a break but as a parent or as a mother you will understand this you know you've known your child from the time the child was conceived right in the mother's womb I remember my son from the time he was like a dot in the womb and I know him but suddenly the world kind of changes to you it becomes so different when the child begins to recognize and understand who you really are to them right your world changes when your child knows that you are home with his father right show us some of our parents some of us parents can relate to that but it's the same thing with Jesus and the father isn't it the relationship between them they say that I know the father right it's not just saying the father knows me of course the father knows us he met us together in our mother's womb but do we know our mother so with that I'll just pause and we'll go for a 10 minute break and we'll be back for the next session alright have a good one