 Good morning and welcome to a New Testament Survey, PC103. Recording is started. So let's pray even before we could begin with our session. Can I request one of you to please pray? Karin, Anand, friends, any more? Yeah, friends, please go ahead. Jesus, Lord, we come to you, Lord Father, this morning. Remembering of your grace, Lord Father, remembering of your goodness over all. Lord Jesus, as we are going to study about your word, Lord Father, help us to understand everything that you are teaching us, Lord Father. Lord, we surrender our minds, we surrender our hearts, Lord Father, into your hands. Holy Spirit, God, come and have your ways with us. And help us to open our ears, open our eyes, open our heart, open our mind. To see the greater and wonderful things of you and help us to learn more and come closer to you Jesus. We surrender everything into your precious hands. Come and have your ways. In Jesus' mighty precious name we pray. Amen. Good morning. Good morning once again. And thank you so much for joining in. So last class we were studying on the book of Matthew, the Gospel of Matthew. Let me share the presentation. So where did we stop last class? Anyone remember? Where did we stop last class? Anyone from the class? What way were we starting? What? Comparison between Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Like how does they say the kingdom, genealogy about Matthew and Mark and Luke says kingdom of God. So. Yeah. Thanks. Check it. Anyone else from the class? Did we lastly study on the things that Mark, the book has, the book of kings? Were we there and covering these points that are seen on the screen? Were we talked about the several elements from the Gospel of Matthew that classifies the book as the book of kings? Like the Old Testament prophets would declare that Messiah would come as a king. And you know, we started looking into the Gospel of Matthew as in the beginning of the chapter, Matthew chapter one verse one. Can we all turn to Matthew chapter one verse one? It says the book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham, the son of David and son of Abraham. And we see, it talks about the genealogy of Jesus, the lineage of Jesus because Matthew showcases Jesus or Matthew portrays Jesus as the king. And second point we saw that Jesus kingly visit. When we turn to Matthew chapter two, when we read from, you know, verse one to 12, we see that the baby Jesus is visited by the wise men or the kingly figures from the east. Not only these kings pay homage to Jesus, they gave him a present. The three kingly gifts were presented. I requested the class to let me know what those three gifts denote. The gold, frankincense and mur. Did anyone went and looked it? Do you all know what does these three gifts denote? Gold, frankincense and mur. Okay. For tomorrow's class, I want you all to do this. Okay. I want you all to go. Okay. Nina Santosh has looked it. Okay. Nina, can you please let us know what are these three gifts denotes gold, frankincense and mur. You can unmute and share. Gold as a symbol of kingship and frankincense as a symbol of deity or an incense which used for embalming and frankincense because worship identity as a son of God. Amen. Thank you. Thank you, Nina. Thank you so much for sharing that with the class. Yes. So Matthew is the only gospel that records all these kingly events. And then the third point we looked as Jesus kingly title. When we read Matthew chapter two verse two saying where is he who has been born king of Jews? For we have seen his star in the east and have come to worship him. So we see the wise men come from the east to worship him. And also in chapter 27 verse 37. I'm turning to Matthew 27. Matthew chapter 27 verse 37. Can anyone read if you have taken it? And they put up over his head the accusation written against him. This is Jesus king of the Jews. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And then Matthew chapter 27 it says this is Jesus the king of the Jews, the kingly title is been given by the people. And the fourth point we also see here is Jesus kingly function. So where do we see that? Matthew chapter 2 verse 6. Can we turn to Matthew chapter 2 verse 6? Matthew chapter 2 verse 6. But you, Bedlehem, in the land of Judah, are not the leads among the rulers of Judah. For out of you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel. Thank you. So it says, for out of you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people. So you see the kingly function. With that we will move on to the next slide. Jesus, kingly forerunner. So in those days like we looked even in the last class that in those days it was a custom that when a king is traveling through his domain that a cryer, one who cries, who brings forth a cry will come before him to prepare the way giving people time to get ready for his arrival that that and and the people, people in that place would pay a due respect, a due homage for him for his actual arrival. So we see in Matthew chapter 3 verse 1 to 3 it says, in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judah and saying, repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah that a voice of one crying in the wilderness prepared the way of the Lord make his path straight. So it was a customary act that God fulfilled it in the life of Jesus according to the custom that Jesus was born in. And with that we see the next point, Jesus kingly long. So we turn to Matthew chapter 5 verse 22. Matthew chapter 5 verse 22. If you have taken, you can read. What I say to you that whoever is with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment and whoever says to his brother, Raka shall be in danger of the council but whoever says you fool shall be in danger of hellfire. Thank you. So the kingly long. So what we see in this gospel here is Jesus is seen as the king of the kingdom. So one of his first official act in this reign of righteousness is to go up to a mountain sit down and deliver a message which subjects the law that he gives to govern this kingdom. So the key phrase you see here is you have heard it said of those of the old but I say but I say to you that whoever is hanged with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. So he is giving certain laws to the people who are sitting there saying this is my kingdom and I'm your king and this is the kingly laws that I'm giving forward and later we also see Jesus kingly connection. When we see that Jesus kingly connection let's turn to Matthew chapter 12 verse 3. Matthew chapter 12 verse 3 we see that but he said to them have you not read what David did when he was hungry and those who were with him how we entered the house of God and ate the showbread which was not lawful for him to eat or for those who were with him but only for them. So he just because he was hungry he went in and ate the bread that was provided but what we noticed in this chapter 12 verse 3 is several times in this gospel the gospel of Matthew that Jesus is clearly linked to King David that he is the son of David and later we see the next point Jesus kingly manifestation. If we turn to chapter 17 Matthew chapter 17 and when we read through the verse like from verse 1 to 13 which talks about Jesus' transfiguration on the mount. So on the mount of transfiguration we see the glory of the son was manifested by the father. So the mountains in the scripture represent kingdom. When I when I speak about this particular passage and here when it talks about the mountain talks about Jesus kingdom. And the last point that we have listed here is Jesus kingly apparel crowns chapter. Let's turn to Matthew chapter 27. Matthew chapter 27 verse 27 to verse 30 or 31 where it talks about about the soldiers who mock Jesus they mock at him. So through because of time frame I'll just briefly explain what the scripture talks about. It talks about where the soldiers who were involved in the crucification were mocking Jesus and they gave him a purple robe to wear. So the purple robe denotes the royalty and crowned it with the crown of thorns and put a skeptor in his hand and little that they knew that he would one day be the judge of all men and ruled with a skeptor of righteous. So this is what this scripture talks about. With that let me turn the slide. So next we will look at how Jesus demonstrated the authority of the kingdom of God through this book of Matthew. So Matthew portrays Jesus as you know who's having all power and authority. When we read Matthew 28 verse 18 the last few verses okay let me read that all three Matthew 18, 19 and 20. Matthew chapter 28 that's the last chapter last three verse 18, 19 and 20. It talks about Jesus came and spoke to them saying all authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth go therefore and make disciples of all nation baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you and lo I am with you always even to the end of this page. So what do we see here? Jesus showing that he has a supreme power over heaven and over earth. He has people throughout the gospel. When we read we see that Jesus has been portrayed that he has this authority, he has this power over people, over every kind of sickness and disease and over you know the blindness, leprosy, lepers been healed and he also had the power over the wind and the waves. They come down of the very word of Jesus. We see he also said he has the power over the temple that he will rebuild the temple in three days and we know what was he talking about. He had the power over sin where he spoke to the man who was paralytic. He said your sins have been forgiven. Get up and take your bed and walk. So he had the power immediately. The person who was paralyzed was lying on the bed. He did get up. He did carry his bed and he walked. And then we see he had power over the demons. The demons flew at the very side of Jesus at the very presence of him. We see that he had the authority over the nature, history, human destiny and almost everything because this scripture which we just read 2818 says that Jesus had the power. He had all authority was given to him in heaven and on earth. In heaven and on earth. So with that, these were the certain facts that we need to remember when we study through the Gospel of Matthew. Okay. So with that, I let me give you a story format of, we remember it's easy for us to remember the Gospel of Matthew. Just give me a minute slide. Let me share that. Yeah. So from the Gospel of Matthew, I request you all to please read through this book so that we remember each and every act. So I just, I thought I can summarize a few events from this book so that we remember the form of story. So it is one of the earliest official accounts that Jesus about Jesus of Nazareth which talks about his life, death and resurrection. And the author of this book that the Gospel of Matthew is Matthew Levite and he was also a tax collector who was one of the 12 apostles. So the tradition says that for about 30 to 40 years, the apostles orally thought and passed on the eyewitness account about Jesus along with this teaching that they had also memorized. So the stories were told and retold again and again for about 30 to 40 years. So we see that Matthew had then collected and arranged all these amazing tapestries and he designed the book to highlight certain themes about Jesus. So from the last session we studied that Matthew wanted to show how Jesus continued to fulfill the whole, the calling on his life. So we see that Matthew portrays three things, very importantly three things in the Gospel of Matthew. The first we see that it shows that Jesus is a Messiah from the line of David. You know there is an introduction and there is a conclusion in this book. So the way he introduced Jesus, he clearly mentioned that Jesus is the Messiah from, was from the line of David. And the second point he also says that he is a new authoritative teacher like Moses by quoting many scriptures from the Old Testament. And then the third point he makes it very clear to us is that he shows Jesus has Immanuel, the Hebrew word Immanuel means God is with us. So the very book which started with the introduction which gives the genealogy for a king, he also has a conclusion, a beautiful conclusion by giving a great commission to the people. So Matthew opened the book with genealogy about Jesus where he highlights about Jesus, the messianic line of the son of David and he also said his son of Abraham. That means that he's going to do or going to bring God's blessing to all the nation, the promise that God promised to Abraham in Genesis chapter 12 verse 1, 2 and 3. We see that I will bless you, bless your generation, I'll make your name great through you, I will bless the nations. So that's why Matthew also in the genealogy he brings the genealogy that Jesus is the son of David and he's the son of Abraham. And after that we get to see that very famous story, it narrates about the birth of Jesus. Just give me a minute. Yes, thanks Lena, thank you. So we've got the clarification of the three gifts. Yes, Francis is for the priesthood, he's the high priest and Murr is connected to the sacrifice. Okay, back to our story form, talking about the genealogy. So where we put genealogy to the son of David and son of Abraham and then we also see all the events from the Old Testament of which the prophets had promised that the nation would come and honor the Messiah were fulfilled in Jesus. Matthew also shows that Messiah would be born in Bethlehem. But even more than that we see that Jesus connection by the Holy Spirit. His name is Emmanuel. All these work put together show us that Jesus is not an ordinary man but he is God with us. He is Emmanuel, God became man. So we see that two things that Matthew brings two key themes right at the introduction. One, he is from the lineage of David. Second, he is Emmanuel, God with us. But Matthew also want to show us how Jesus is the new Moses. There is a comparison in this book for Jesus and Moses. So through the reference of many Old Testament scriptures that he relates, Matthew relates it to Jesus, one of the comparison we see that he relates him to Moses. So like Moses, Jesus came out of Egypt, then he passed through the water of baptism and he entered into the wilderness for 40 days. And then Matthew narrates that Jesus you know goes up to a mountain to deliver his new teaching. Here what he is talking about is teaching on the Sermon on the Mount. So through all this, what is Matthew trying to claim? Matthew is trying to claim that Jesus is the promised Messiah. Or you also comparing by comparing Moses to Jesus, he is showcasing that Jesus is greater than Moses figure who is going to deliver Israel from the slavery. He is going to give them the new divine teaching. He is going to save them from this sin and bring them a new covenant relationship between God and his people. So after Jesus beginning to heal people, I mean he started to do his ministry by healing, delivering people. We see that he takes the followers out of the mountain on the hillside and he delivers that first sermon called the Sermon on the Mount. And here we see that Jesus shares on what it looks like to follow him and live according to God's kingdom. So he is teaching them the practical way. What is actually expected? What is expected from God? So he teaches them you know the kingdom of God. When we talk about the kingdom of God, it is the upside kingdom where there are no privileged members. We all are on the same level ground. We are all equal in the eyes of God because there is a lot of partiality led by the people, by the Pharisees, tribes and others. So here Jesus is teaching there are no privileged members in the kingdom of God. So what we see? We see who came to hear the sermon of Jesus on the Sermon on the Mount. We see everyone, especially we see that the poor was there, nobody's, there were no wealthy people, the wealthy or the religious, everyone came, everyone were invited to listen to the teaching of Jesus where they could repent and follow him and join his family. And here we also see that during this journey of Jesus moving from one place to another the way he thought that we see whenever Jesus when there was a large crowd following Jesus. And we see Matthew records two times that Jesus miraculously provided food for this huge crowd in the desert. Once it was for 5000, second it was for 7000. So one of which is Jewish and the other is non-Jewish people among the crowd they were both type of people. And this is a sign, very similar sign to what Moses did for Israel in the wilderness by providing the food. And here we also see Jesus clarifies to the Pharisees and the other religious leaders who says that he is not here to set aside, they were continuously saying that he is not here fulfilling the Old Testament covenant or fulfilling the Old Testament Torah. But then Jesus makes sure that I am not here, I am not here to set aside the commands of the Torah or the Old Testament, but rather I am here to fulfill that through the life and through the teaching. So here we also see that Jesus transformed the hearts of people through the teaching so that they can truly love God and love their neighbor including their enemy. So the minute the way he taught people, he noticed that their hearts was transformed, their hearts was turning towards God. And that's when Jesus gives this new commandment, love your God with all your heart, all your mind and love your neighbor as yourself. Being said that Matthew also records in records about the call of the twelve, how Jesus called the twelve disciples and then how he extends his reach by sending them out. That's what the book ends at, commissioning, the great commission. And these twelve disciples could be doing what they saw Jesus did. In fact, we see that Matthew narrates a bunch of Jesus parables about the kingdom of heaven, like about a farmer throwing a seed on four types of soil, about a mustard seed, and a pearl or a pearl treasure. So through these parables, we see the commentary on the stories that we can read in chapter 11, 11 and 12. We see many parables when narrated and Matthew also collects a group of stories of how people are portraying Jesus has two ways, some of the ways. Some people portray Jesus as positive, like people love Jesus, they think that he is the Messiah. But at the same time, there were others like John the Baptist who was neutral. Is he the Jesus? Is he the Messiah whom we are waiting for? Or even at the extreme side, we can't say only John the Baptist, even Jesus' own family had the same doubt within them that is he the Messiah? Is he the one whom we are waiting for? And along with that, we also see that there were other people who were very negative, very negative, like the Israel leaders where the Pharisees, the scribes of the Bible, scholars, they rejected Jesus altogether. They thought that he is a false teacher, is misleading the people, they thought that he is blasphemous by making himself exalted, claimed like he is the Son of God. One thing through this, we notice that Jesus isn't surprised or thrown at these responses. So, when we turn to chapter 16, when we turn to chapter 16, we see in verse 13, okay, he just says, Jesus asks his disciples, who do men say that I have the Son of man? When he asks those questions to people, you see Peter comes up with the right answer and says, Peter answered and said verse 16, Jesus, you are the Christ, the Son of the living God. And verse 17, Jesus answered and said to him, Blessed are you, Simon, Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. Verse 18, and I also say to you that you are Peter and on this rock I will build my church, the gates of faith shall not prevail against it. He goes on to say many things. But then what is very clear, something that we need to note here is that Peter's thought about a king is to somebody who can reign victoriously like with the military power and who can rescue the Jews from the Roman slavery, from the Roman government. But Jesus challenges Peter and says that yes, I am going to become a king, but in a different way. And then Jesus narrates to teach them from the prophet Isaiah who said that the messianic king would suffer and die for the sins of his own people. And so Jesus positions himself as a messianic king and he also showcases us that he will reign by becoming a servant, would lay down his life for Israel and the nation. And mostly the way Jesus taught them, I am sure Peter and his disciples didn't get what Jesus was trying to say. But then Matthew records it further and he says, you know, Jesus teaching on the servanthood and servant leadership. So in the community of the servant king, we gain honor by serving others. And instead of taking privilege, we tend to forgive and to go to our enemies. This is what Jesus was trying to teach his disciples and also the people. So in Jesus kingdom, we gain true wealth by giving to power. To follow the servant Messiah, we must become a servant for ourselves. So in the further chapters, chapter 17 onwards, we see that Matthew records how Jesus comes to Jerusalem for a Passover riding on a donkey and the crowds are hailing at him as the Messiah. So Jesus immediately marches into the courtyard of the temple and he creates this, courtyard of the temple and he creates this huge cures that you know, people were turning this temple into a marketplace. So we know what Jesus did. He took a whip and chased all the money lenders and he turned down the tables and he created a rest so that he didn't want it the place of worship to become a marketplace that Jesus withdraws with the disciples. And then he starts telling them what is what is going to happen to him. He's going to be executed by these leaders. He's going to somebody, let me finish, but I'm saying somebody has raised a hand. Okay, yeah, it was gone. So Jesus, you know, is trying to tell what's going to happen to him after this slowly and he also shares with his disciples saying that he will be executed by these leaders but in doing so they are not going to create a downfall to his kingdom but then Jesus is preparing his leaders to what is going to happen. So we also see that there will be ease revealing that after there will be a revolt against Rome. So Jerusalem and its temple are going to be destroyed but Jesus says that this is not the end of the story and it will be he is going to justify after his death and his resurrection one day that he will return and set up his kingdom over all the nation. And, you know, he is trying to teach all that and in the meanwhile he also takes his disciple, okay, that might Jesus takes all his disciples aside and he tries to celebrate a Passover meal with them. So we remember, right, the Passover, what happens that Passover meal, the Passover meal is arranged in the upper room and Passover retells the story of Israel's rescue from slavery, from the death of the Passover, talks about the death of the Passover lab itself and then Jesus takes the bread and the wine and he says that this is the meal, a new symbol showing that his coming death would be sacrificed and you would retain people from slavery to sin and evil. And Matthew narrates just immediately after that, he narrates that so that Jesus has been arrested. He puts on a trial before the Sanhedrin, the council of the Jewish leaders, we know that, right? And they reject his claim to be the Messiah. That's what happened. They charge him with blasphemy against God and then you see Jesus is brought before the Roman, Roman governor, who is that? Pilate. And he thinks that Jesus is innocent but then he gives into the pressure from these Jewish leaders on the other side who is forcing him to put Jesus to death by crossification. Now, Jesus is led away by the Roman soldiers and eventually, the log story cut short that they crucified Jesus. Now, what we notice here, we see that Matthew is opening another chapter and he increases the number of references to the Old Testament survey is trying to show us that Jesus' death was not a tragedy or a failure. He is actually portraying that it is the fulfillment of the Old Testament promises. Jesus came as a southern Messiah, spoken by the Isaiah. He was rejected by his own people. But instead of judging them, he is judged on their behalf, bearing the consequence of their sin. He also shows the crucification scene and where it comes close that Jesus' body is now placed in the tomb. But the end of this book is, it has a different story, the last chapter. Bear rough, let me turn to 28. So, where we discover on one Sunday morning that Jesus' tomb is empty, the disciples, they come and they witness that Jesus' tomb was empty and all of a sudden, people start to see Jesus alive from death. And here we see the book concludes with the risen Jesus giving his final teaching called the Great Commission. So, Jesus says that he is now the true king of the world and so he sends his disciples out to all nations. That's what we read the Great Commission, right? And Matthew 28 verse 18, 19 and 20, he sends them with the Great Commission out to all nations who proclaim the good news that Jesus is Lord and that anyone can join his kingdom by being baptized and by following his teaching. We also see that Matthew ends the book with the message of hope. What is that message of hope that Matthew gives us? It is nothing but immanual God with us. So, from chapter 1, we see that the last words of Jesus in this book that is that I will be with you. It is a promise that Jesus promising all his 12 disciples because they were filled with great fear after the execution of Jesus. In fact, we all know the story that they all ran away back to their own tradition or back to their own chores they were doing. But then Jesus called them, restored them back on the upper room. And it is a promise that Jesus gives that his presence will be with us until he finally returns. So, this is the hope that Matthew ends this. It's a very beautiful book, isn't it? He has a proper start, introduction and a conclusion with the Great Commission. So, just this Great Commission is just not for us 12 disciples, but it is for each of us. Each of us, this promise that God with us, the Hebrew word immanual is for each of us. Just like how Jesus commissioned his disciples and told them, go to the ends of the earth and proclaim the good news, baptize them, those who believe, baptize them, let them follow the teaching. It is the same Great Commission that Jesus is giving each of us through the Gospel of Matthew. So, Matthew says that this is even for you. As you believe in Jesus, as you have set your life aside, this Great Commission is even for you. You are the disciple of Jesus. And also, there's a promise, there's a message of hope that God is with us. He will never leave us and forsake us, that he is leading us. So, as we study the Gospel of Matthew, we need to remember, we need to hold on to this promise, the Great Commission, that we are called, we are the chosen. We are to do what God has called us to do. So, if you have heard the sermon last Sunday, last two weeks, you see, there is a call, there is a purpose. Each of us have in our life. We are not an accident, we are not here by chance, but there is a call, there is a purpose that we need to fulfill. What we need to do, we need to pray and ask God, God, for some of us, our call is clear. We know what God is called and we have started to prepare and move toward that direction. But for those who for who are waiting to get this call of God clear, seek Him, seek Him till He reveals it. Our God is our God who does not do anything as a surprise or a secret, but then He reveals it to His children. He does not withhold any secret from His children. He is the first one to reveal it to His children. So, it would be good for us to seek God at the end of the night till it becomes clear to us, till this call becomes our purpose, so that we can move towards that direction to fulfill God's call and His purpose in our life. So, with that, I end the session. The class have any questions or you would like to share anything kindly unmute and share, so that it would be a learning for all of us in the class. Anyone from the class would like to share? Okay, I would encourage you to study through the Gospel of Matthew, so we understand the facts, what we studied and we also will understand the parables. I have not covered each and every parable in detail. I left that for us to read, okay. So, do you all have any questions? Would you like to share what was your learning from this book, the first book of the New Testament? So, class, anyone? Okay, maybe we should take this time to pray at close, okay. We pray. For the God, we thank you. We thank you, Lord Jesus, that you are a God, God of every power. You are Emmanuel, you are God with us. Thank you, Jesus, for the word that you did on the cross, that you redeemed each one of us. You have restored us back to God, the relationship you have restored us so that we can look at the Father and call our Father. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you for the great commission that you have called us, you have chosen us. Lord, I pray that you will reveal each of us your call, your purpose, that we may follow you, that we may fulfill your call and purpose in our life. As we studied last semester, the fulfilling God's purpose, Lord, I pray that as we surrender ourselves and collaborate with you, Lord, I pray that you will strengthen each of us in our weakness and you will lead us, you will lead us in the path that will fulfill the call of God in our life. For those who have gone history, Lord, I pray that you will bring us back to that first love. There will be a restoration. There will be a leading from you alone, that you will lead us, you will guide us, you will strengthen us, our Father. Lord, even as we set this time aside to study your word, we pray that you will give us the mind of understanding that we may understand your word, the purpose of it was written and know the message for each of us personally of what you are revealing to us to our heart and Father. Lord, I surrender each of us into your hands, Lord, that we, as we study each and every book and the letters, we pray that you will transform our life inside out to be more like Jesus. Lord, I pray that Lord, the New Testament, the scripture will impact each of us, will change our lives, will transform us to be more like you. It will draw us close to your Father, where we will encounter you, Lord, through the scriptures that we will encounter you, that you are the true Messiah, the Son of God who ever redeemed us, who has set us aside and here we are in your Father. Lord, I pray that you will reign in and through us. Lord, I pray that you are our God, the revealed King, the Messiah, the true Messiah, Lord. We worship you, we love you, we honor you, we glorify your name. Thank you, Father, for who you are in us, Lord Jesus, that you are mindful of us, Lord. Thank you, Father. Thank you for revealing yourself to each one of us in the class and who would be watching, who are watching us online and later would be joining, Lord. I pray that, Lord, this book, this teaching will transform our mind and draws close to you, where we encounter you, Lord. The true God is encountered, Lord. Each of us, from the place where we are, we are able to experience you, your power, your teaching, the God who has authority over the heaven and over the earth, Lord. Father, what is impossible by you, Lord? What is impossible by you, Father? Lord, those who are listening to our teaching of Father, I pray that those of us who feel that it is impossible to have a transformed life, it is impossible to follow Jesus, Lord, I pray that, Lord, you will transform their heart, mind and thought, Lord. You will show them that God is with us. You are with them. They are not alone, Father. You are much closer than the breath that they breathe on them. Thank you, Lord. Thank you for being much closer to them and transforming their heart, helping their heart, their mind, their spirit to have an encounter with your Father. May each and every session of this class, Lord, will be an encounter with the Lord, with the Son of God. The true Messiah will be revealed to them, Father. Spirit of the living God, I pray that you will take over each and every session of Father, from the first book of Matthew till the revelation, Lord, where you will show yourself with all power to them, Father. Even as they sit in the class of Lord, but you are with them, Lord. You are speaking to them. You are revealing yourself to them, Lord. The great and mighty God is next to them, Father. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Let there be signs, wonders and miracles in the class of Father. Let them encounter you, Lord. Let the sickness be healed, O Father. Let your presence become tangible in the session, Lord. Let there be testimonies arising from the class of Father that they have encountered you, Lord. They have this experience of all powerful God next to them, O Father. Thank you, Lord Jesus, for revealing yourself, for showing yourself with us, Lord. Because this is what our Scripture talks about, Lord. When we study about you, your presence, O Father. Because your Word says, when two or three gather in my presence and call upon my name, I am there. Lord, we are more than two and three, O Lord. We talk about you. The experience of the disciples went through, O Father. We pray that as we study, we able to understand and experience the same presence of God with us, Lord. Because you are Emmanuel, O Lord. You are God with us, O Father. You are with us, Lord. Thank you for your tangible presence, Lord. Just not for me, but for each of us where we are, Lord. May we experience you, Lord. Thank you, Father. Thank you, Holy Spirit, that you are present. When we call upon your name, you are there. Thank you. Jesus' most precious name we pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you. God bless. Thank you for joining us in this session. God bless. Yeah. Thank you. Let me stop the recording.