 Good morning, everyone. Welcome to week two. So before we go to a recap of what we covered last week, let's just open in prayer. Does anyone online want to open us in prayer? Okay, if you're unable to unmute then yeah, someone on campus can open. Thank you, Father God, for this time, for this class. We surrender everything in your hand. Guide us, help us by your Holy Spirit and give us wisdom and knowledge so that we can understand your teaching God. We surrender everything in your hand. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. So let's just do a small recap of what we did last week and then we'll go into some stuff for this week. So what did we talk about last week? I know we did a recap of the first class. We talked about what are revivals, visitations and moves of God. Anyone want to say a little bit about that? In the book of Acts, we saw how God moved and why did he move because they were in unity and they were praying steadfastly, which is the reason why God moved and showed this power there. Thank you. Okay, and anything that you can recall about what are some features of revival? What are some things that are typically seen when we see God moving? Because the revival, the people will change and the community, it's like a ripple effect on everybody involved. It's not just one and it continues. Okay, thank you. So it's not only the people within the church but also people outside the church are impacted and there's transformation that's seen. And the work that is started is a long-lasting work. It doesn't end with that season of revival. Thank you. Anything else? Okay. Tira said revival is bringing life. Thank you. Yeah, revival is bringing something that is dead back to life. Anything you all see as a need for the church today, like something that revival brings that you think we need right now in our church, in our church as in the global church. Yeah, I feel like in this present day church, we need to let our spirits be revived. We need a fresh wind, a fresh fire from God in order to realize. I mean, I don't think we've all experienced God's glory, especially being in His presence. And if we experience that, maybe you might start worshiping Him in spirit and truth. I think, yeah, and Nina shared online a greater revelation of who God is. Yeah, it is when we encounter God's glory and His presence in a new way that worship is an automatic response to that presence of God. And so, yeah, Rain just shared that that is one need within the church today. Okay, so before we go into today's content, I had said that I would share a little bit about the first assignment. So I'll do that and then we'll go into our content for today. So in this assignment, we're just going to be looking at different people who are part of revival movements from the second century onward to the present day church. So what I'm going to ask you all to do is to take someone that is mentioned in the book. Okay, so there's people from right from the second century church to the 2000s, different people who are named and what their contribution was to the revival. So you can pick anyone from that whole, it's a long period of time. And then I will ask you to research something about that person so we're not going to present what's in the book, but you can take this but also do research in addition to it. And once you are once you have your sources if you can share that with me so I know what are the sources you're using in your research. Okay, so just to make sure that we're using reliable resources that whatever we're getting in terms of that person what they did how they contributed is from a reliable source. So find reliable sources and you can email them to me. I think from Google Classroom you're able to send that to me right. You can send it to me on Google Classroom so that I know what the sources are that you're using. And the main things that I'm going to ask you all to research is what was that person's spiritual journey. So we want to know how did they encounter God. What was it that God did in their life and how did they contribute to God's work in building his church. Okay, so those are the two aspects what was their personal spiritual journey and how did they impact God's work in the church. Okay, so how we're going to present, I'm going to ask each of you to present for just five minutes. So it's a short presentation. Okay, so when you're preparing your content just time yourselves and see if it's coming to over five minutes and like I'm five minutes is just too short you can let me know. But we'll try and keep it short because if each person is going to present then we'll need a lot of time. Okay, so just a short presentation you can use a PPT if you want you don't have to you can just like come and share to the class for those online. Would that be possible for y'all or would it be difficult for you to present during the class. I'll post it on Google Classroom. Yeah, I just wanted to share it here. We'll do it over a few weeks. So we'll do a few people each week. Okay, so I've given on Google Classroom I've given you all the dates. So you'll just tell me who y'all are presenting on maybe if you can let me know before next week who you're presenting on and what sources you're using. And then I'll kind of give each person a date. Yes, a person from the book, you can use what is here about them but also add outside. You'll choose the same person. Yeah, so whoever has given me the name first will get priority. So choose quickly. Okay, so the question was for those online. Sorry. If there's an overlap like somebody has already selected the person that you wanted to present on then whoever has come to me first with that name will get and you will have to choose another person. So give me the name quickly and and then I can tell you when you can present and all of that. Okay. So, Anthony, yes, during the class, I would like each person to present I've given a few dates on Google Classroom. So you can let me know if there's some date you are not able to present or something you can let me know in advance so that I won't schedule you for that date. Okay. So, in your presentation, you're just going to be sharing that person's spiritual journey, how they contributed to the church to God's work in the church. And the grading will basically be on what research you've done, like how good is your research on whether you did your work on time and how clear was your presentation. Those are the three things. Yeah, you can create a PPT if you want, but it's not required, whatever. If you want to just speak, you can just speak. Okay. Is that, yeah, if anyone has questions, feel free to email me or post on Google Classroom. Right. Okay. So, if you are nervous about like speaking in front of people and you feel like your presentation is not going to be as good as it would be in a written format, then you can also submit your written work. So you can do both. You can present in class and submit written work. But if you're okay with just presenting, then you can just present. Okay. Yes. Okay. So what you'll be doing is you'll be picking some person from the book, some person who's named from the second century to present a church, someone who was a part of some revival. Okay. So all the people named here are people who in some way contributed or were part of revival movements. And so you'll be looking at what was their personal spiritual journey and what did they do specifically to in the revivals that they were a part of, what did they do? How did they, how were they involved? Okay. The question, we have to show you the person who you've chosen, the person you want to present on. You can just post that. You can send it to me on Google Classroom. I'm not like I haven't used. I think there's a way to send me a private message, right? On Google Classroom. So y'all can do that. Then everyone can see it. Meaning where you're going to be, what your source is for research or... Yeah. Feel free to post it directly on Google Classroom or to email me or send me a message on Google Classroom, whatever, just so that I know who you've picked. And I think Nina asked for the time frame. So on Google Classroom, I put the schedule there. So September 4th, 11th and 18th, when we'll do the student presentations. Okay. Okay. The reply to that. Oh, okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, a lot of shares. Yeah. So I think we'll probably, I can find out the technical side of it. But if you want, if you're using a PPT, then we can figure that out. Okay. The names. I think page 30. Yeah. Page 29 is where the second century starts. So page 29 to page 60. Okay. You can pick anyone. From there. What is it? Yeah. Yeah. So some of them, there's very little information in the book, but you will find a lot of information online. So, yeah, whichever you can choose someone who I want you all to also add information from outside the book. So whoever you pick, you can do that for. Okay. Okay. So yeah, any questions you all can reach out to me outside of class and all questions answered for now. No. Okay. Okay. So let's go into today's discussion. Which is that page? Okay. Yeah. So Satish Kumar. Yeah. Okay. What's that? Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. So feel free to just like, if you're, I don't know, is my email ID, I'll have to post my email ID on Google classroom. Okay, I can do that. So if you want to email me, you can do that as well. Okay. So let us go to acts. We were looking at the book of acts and seeing how God had moved in the book of acts through the first church that was started and then through Paul as well. So we didn't, we didn't go all the way there. But so acts two to eight is where we were looking at how the community that that first set of believers received the Holy Spirit and what were some things that was manifested how God's glory was manifested among those believers when the Holy Spirit was poured out on them. So that's on page eight. Now there are several points that are mentioned there about different things that was seen among those believers when the Holy Spirit was poured out on them. I just kind of summarized that into three different categories. So one was how did it affect their relationship with God? How did it affect their relationship with one another within the church? And then how did it affect their relationship with those outside the church? So those are the three ways we can look at this, this early church, the first church. The first thing is in their relationship with God, there were angelic visitations. So we see in acts five, 19 and 20 acts eight, 26 where angels were sent to give a message to give instructions to bring deliverance to people who were imprisoned. So we see basically angels being very prominent in the work that God was doing. The second in their relationship with God was that there was a fear of God and a reverence for God that the church had in a new way. So when they were gathering for worship, if someone could read Acts 243. Then fear came upon every soul and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles. So they were seeing these signs and wonders and the response was fear and reverence for God. So that was one other aspect of their relationship with God. The other was that there was teaching and there was prayer. So they were gathering together to learn more from the scriptures and they were gathering together to pray. So all of these were the ways in which they were pursuing God and the ways in which they were growing in their relationship with God. The other aspect was how were they relating to one another within the church? There was fellowship. So they were meeting regularly day by day when they were gathering together. There was fellowship, there was sharing of belongings so people were even selling their possessions and sharing with those in need. So that was the level at which there was unity not only in spirit but also unity in the community of everything that we have belonging to. There were new people being raised up, new believers being raised up in the power of the Holy Spirit. So not only were new believers coming in but they were growing in the Holy Spirit and they were being sent out. And then there was peace in the relationships that existed within the church. So even if disputes arose the way they dealt with it was in a peaceful way. So we read in Acts 6, 1 to 7 where there was a dispute within the church and how they responded to it. So it's not to say that there were no disagreements, there were no problems. It is how were they responding and how they were dealing with disputes that arose. And then how was their relationship to those outside the church? So the influence of the church was spreading, this is something that we talked about. So revival doesn't stay within the church, it impacts the society it's in. So the influence was spreading, people were coming from outside to see what God was doing in the church. And then influence was spreading to even leadership. So we see that the priests of that day, if we read in Acts 6, 7, the priests who were actually opposing them then come to faith and start to believe in Jesus. And then we see leaders, other leaders like Saul, the Ethiopian eunuch, people who were in positions of power who were coming to faith in Christ. We see that they responded to persecution with increased boldness and courage. So even though from the outside there was opposition to their faith, they were able to continue in their faith with more boldness, with more courage. We see signs and wonders being done in not only within the church but outside the church. And then we see new believers being added to the church daily. So all of these are things that we can expect to see in revival. So revival affects our relationship with God. So we pursue him through prayer, we pursue him through increased learnings and studying of the scripture. We have a greater awe and reverence for God. And there are other spiritual disciplines that we start to practice. So there's fasting, all of those things. And then there is unity in relationships within the body. There is sharing within the body. There is gathering to worship. There's fellowship within the body. There is evidence of God's work in our midst. So there's oneness and spirit. And then there is impact in the society around us. So there are leaders being sent out. There is impact in the leadership in society. There are new believers being brought into the church. And there are people being sent out in the power of the Holy Spirit. So there are people coming in and there are people going out in the power of the Holy Spirit to spread that revival. And these are things that we should be seeing in the church all the time. So this is not like one of when revival happens. But this should be the way the church operates all the time ideally. So while we want to continue the ministry work that we are doing, we want to continue those kinds of things. Our everyday operation should be in this place of God's glory. God's glory being manifested in our midst. So then we move from those first eight years to the next 10 years, which is from Acts 8 to 13. And this is where from that first community encountering the Holy Spirit to then how that community takes revival to other places. This is what those 10 years, the next 10 years encompasses how revival spread from that community to other communities. So the main reason why it spreads is because persecution arises in the church in Jerusalem, which is where the first church started. So they experience persecution and all of them are scattered to different places. And then they begin to start churches wherever they are. And the main thing is that as they go to all of these places, the same things that were happening in Jerusalem starts to happen in these other places. So that is how we can say that that revival was spreading. Because what we are seeing here starts to happen there. And that same, the same kinds of characteristics, the same DNA of what was the church in Jerusalem is seen in the new churches that are started. So some of the main things that happen in these next 10 years, we see first in Acts 9. So that's AD 38 to AD 47. So right at the start of those first 10 years is when Saul comes to faith. So Saul encounters Jesus. So from someone who is opposing the work that God is doing, he does a U-turn and he starts to follow Jesus. The next thing is that new churches are starting to be built. So I didn't realize that you all won't be able to see. I had some maps that I was going to share. So I'll just share these things so that you all know the places that we are talking about. So this first map, everyone's able to see it? So this first map is actually Acts 2 to 8. This is where all of those believers from different places had come to Jerusalem. And they are there for the Pentecost. And so people from all these places then go back and all of these places are impacted. So we see right up to Rome, which is on the other side of the Mediterranean Sea. And all of these different parts of Asia, all of these different cities and areas. So Egypt, Libya, all of that is impacted because there are Jewish believers who've come to Jerusalem at the time of the Pentecost. Now for the second part that we are looking at those next 10 years. I'll just share that, sorry. Okay, I'm just sharing this second map. Are you all able to see that? Yes, okay. Shiv Kumar, are you able to see that? Okay, just let me know if you're having some trouble. Others in the online classroom, although people in class are able to see it. Okay, Shiv Kumar, it seems like there may be some issue on your side. So what I'll do is I'll just post it on Google Classroom as well and then you can just, I'm posting it on the stream, the link. So you can look at it from there and then I'll post it later when I share, when the lectures posted, I'll also share the same link. I've posted on the stream on Google Classroom as well. Okay, so this kind of covers some of those initial moves that happen with different people who are going out and planting churches or going out and sharing the gospel. So we see Philip's journey is shared here on this map. We see Paul's initial travels before his, I mean before his, for a second missionary journey, before the larger journeys that started. This is one of his initial travels and then we see Peter's early ministry as well. So we look at Philip's ministry. He went to Samaria, he went to Lidda, can you all see all of that? When I'm zooming in, you're able to see, right? Okay, so he went to Gaza. He went basically along this coast to a few places. He went to Caesarea. So that's all of where Philip went. Starting from Jerusalem, he went to all of these places. And then Peter is the dotted line. So Peter went to, where is, is Peter the red dotted line? Yeah, so Peter went to Joppa. He went to Caesarea. And then I think that's all of Peter. And then the rest of it is what Paul did. So Paul went from Jerusalem. He went up to Damascus. And this is his first journey, right? On the way to Damascus is where he encounters Jesus. And then from Damascus, he goes to Arabia. From Arabia, he goes back to Damascus. From Damascus, he goes back to Jerusalem. We'll read a little bit more about what he does in each place. From Jerusalem, he goes to Lidda. From Lidda to Caesarea. And from Caesarea, he goes to Tassus. So you can see this is the initial, those first 10 years. This is where a lot of the work is spreading because people are going out. But there were also people who were dispersed because of the persecution. So they went to other places. But this is mostly where some of the early apostles and Philip, who was one of the early church leaders, travelled with the gospel. So as people travelled, we can see that the churches within these places started to grow. They were thriving. There was, like God was working supernaturally in all of these places. So that Lidda and Joppa, there was a church there that grew in, like grew and was thriving. Then we see that Peter went, so Peter when he went to Caesarea is where God speaks to him through a vision. So Peter when he goes here is where he goes to the Roman centurion. So what happens, anyone want to recount that for us? And Peter goes, this is the first Gentile who is minister too. Yes, yeah. So this is the story of Cornelius. Cornelius is praying and God speaks to him and asks him to send his servants to Peter. God simultaneously speaks to Peter in a vision and tells him to go to this Gentile's house and share the gospel with them. And then we see that his whole household is saved and they experience the Holy Spirit. And so God reveals to Peter through this that now the Gentiles are also being welcomed into this community of believers. So it's no longer limited to the Jews, but Jesus is for everyone. And then we see in Jerusalem that there are more leaders who start to be raised up. So we see Barnabas, Silas, Agrabus who are new leaders come up. So apart from the apostles, new leaders who are raised up and then sent to start churches, to lead churches in different places. Simultaneously as these churches are spreading, we also see persecution start to happen. So in AD 44 is where persecution against the Christians started to increase. And James, who is one of Jesus' disciples, the brother of John is killed. Peter is arrested, but the church continues to remain strong. The church in Jerusalem continues to remain strong. And this is where we see the angel deliver Peter. So when we talk about angelic visitations, this is one example where the angel goes and Peter is released from imprisonment and he goes away from jail. And then we also see divine judgment on the one who has initiated this persecution, which is King Herod, God judges him. And so we see how God is protecting his church even in the midst of persecution. He stands on their side and brings judgment on those bringing persecution. Yeah, and so one major thing that we see is there's a church that is started in Antioch. I don't think this is on your map. It's Antioch in Syria. So Syria is right up here. And Antioch was in Syria and the church was started there. Within three to four years you see that there were leaders, there were prophets, there were teachers who were raised up. And it is because they were sending leaders from Jerusalem to go and invest in those churches. So if somebody can read Acts 13 verse 1. In the church at Antioch, there were prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Siren, who had been brought up with Herod, the Tetrarch and Saul. So within three to four years they had prophets, teachers, leaders within the church. So that is something that is really important. So when a new church was being planted, there were leaders being raised up in that church. They're sending out people from Jerusalem, but they were raising up local leaders and enabling them to lead the church after that. So they could move on to new places. So some things that we can learn from this church in Jerusalem and what they did to spread revival and what we can do when we experience revival, how can we go take that to other places. The first thing is to raise up believers who are strong in the word and in spirit. So these are the people who will take that revival spread to other places, raise up new churches, raise up local leaders. They'll be able to do all of those things. So if we're not raising up believers within the church and it's only the leadership who is strong, then it's impossible to spread anything because the leadership will have to stay with the church. But if we're raising up leaders within the church, we send out those leaders, they go and start new churches and they can take what God is doing here and replicate it in other places. The second is to believe God and move with Him so that we expect God to open doors and we go to new places and expect God to move in those places. So going in faith and actually going, like not staying where we are. We can stay where we are, we can enjoy the revival and just go on with life. But if we want to see that revival spread, then we have to trust God to move and we have to be willing to move out and go and take it to other people. The third is like even in the face of persecution to be able to trust God. So I'll just stop sharing. I don't think we need the map anymore. So not to be overcome by opposition that may come, but like this church in Jerusalem to use that as an opportunity to take the gospel to new places. If that means we're leaving where we are and going to new places or to continue in like the continued in Jerusalem. They remained in prayer and they trusted God to protect them. And God did protect them as well. We see in the case of Peter and we see how he dealt with King Herod as well. And then raise up and send new leaders to strengthen the churches. So not only to go start new churches, but then we're also sending out leaders to strengthen the work that has started in these new places. So while someone would go and plant a new church, there were leaders being sent later on to go and strengthen the church that had started. So having both, not only planting new churches and moving on, but continuing the work that has been started, continue to strengthen those believers that are being raised. So also in this period of 10 years, we see Luke being mentioned as someone who is working with Paul. So we see some specific references in the book of Acts where he talks about being part of the work. So he was with Paul in the work that was being done. Now we know a little bit about Luke, but we don't know how he came to faith, when he came to faith. We don't know too much about that. He may have been part of those original converts in Jerusalem, or he may have been part of Paul's home church because he was from Antioch in Syria. That was where I showed you all Syria on the map. So Luke was from Antioch. And so when Paul went there, he might have met Paul there. He might have been converted there. We don't know. But he was very much a part of Paul's ministry. So after these 10 years, we then start with Paul's work. So we look at how does an individual carry revival and take it to other places? So Paul is the individual who took revival to other nations, other cities, all of that. And that is Acts 13 to 28. That covers a span of 20 years of the church. Okay. So there's a lot that we're going to cover about Paul's life, but we'll start with just some of the main points. Acts 9 is where we read about Paul's conversion. So on his way to Damascus, we saw he was going from Jerusalem to Damascus in the north. And that's where he encountered Jesus. Then he is in Damascus for a little bit after he encounters Jesus. He stays in Damascus for some time, preaching in the synagogues. Then from there he goes to Arabia. I think I closed that map. So from there he goes to Arabia and then he preaches for some time there. And then he goes back to Damascus for the rest of those three years. So that whole time is three years from when he first arrives at Damascus, goes to Arabia, goes back to Damascus, is a period of three years. And he continues to preach. So mainly his preaching at this time is to the Jews. So he's going to the synagogues and he's preaching there. And then after that, when people are trying to arrest him in Arabia, is where he escapes from Damascus, goes to Jerusalem, and he spends 15 days there. So in these first 15 days when he's in Jerusalem, is the first time he's actually being introduced to the apostles. He meets Peter and he meets James. These are the only two people he meets during his time in Jerusalem. And during this time as well while he's in Jerusalem, he's engaging with the Jews there and he's speaking boldly in the name of Jesus. But at this time again, his life is at risk. So there are people who are looking to kill him. And so from there he goes to Caesarea. We saw Caesarea, which was on the coast. He went to Caesarea and from there he goes home to Tassus. So that's Paul's initial move before he starts his longer missionary journeys. So once he goes to Tassus, we actually don't know what happened to Paul for about six to ten years. There's not much recorded of what he was doing in those six to ten years. It's called the silent years in his life. But what we do know is that God did a lot of work in Paul for him to then go out and start the missionary journeys that follow. So he was in. Okay, let me just pull up that map so we can just look at these places again. Sorry. Oh, I do have it up. Okay, I'll just share it. Sorry. Okay, so once Paul went, he goes up to Tassus, right? That's off the map, not on the map. But we see from here that he goes to Syria and Cilicia. And so Syria is in Antioch. So up here, Antioch is in Syria. Sorry. He goes to Antioch and then he stays in Tassus. And that's where he is for those six to ten years. And then later on, Barnabas is working in Antioch in Syria. And he kind of goes to Tassus and brings back Paul to help with the church in Antioch. And they serve together for about a year. So Paul was definitely an apostle and a church leader. But in this book, in this subject that we are looking at, we're looking more at how did he carry revival? So that's not to not give importance to his apostleship or to his leadership in the church. But we want to look at as an individual, as a person called by God, how was he affected by revival? And how did he then carry that revival to other places? So that is our focus when we're looking at what all he accomplished during his missionary journeys. So we only have a minute, so we won't go into this. But next week, because tomorrow's a holiday, we'll look at Paul's missionary journeys and all that he did to spread revival. Okay. Thank you all. If you'll have any questions, anything to share, you all can do that. Otherwise, we will gather next week. Yeah, you can share, what is that, your presentation? No, your presentation is September, let me just check. It's September 4th, 11th and 18th. It's on Google Classroom, the dates. Yes. I mean, we have to wake up on that in order to share this. Again, really share with you, like, later on. I hope you're done with this.