 Okay everyone, welcome back. I hope that even though we had a short introduction earlier that it was helpful for us to really get an idea of what authority is all about. So authority is about privileges, it's about rights, it's about influence within a given sphere. An authority can be vested or given by you know some organization or in our case what we are going to learn is that God has vested mankind with authority. So God has given mankind authority and authority can be recognized by maybe a symbol like a badge or a uniform. In our case as believers though we don't have anything on the outside that reveals our authority, we know in Christ Jesus, in the spiritual realm, we are now part of the kingdom of light, we are washed by the blood of Jesus and the enemy, when I say the enemy we are not talking about any human being, we are not wrestling against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers of darkness. So Satan and his kingdom of darkness, they recognize that we don't belong to them. If you are a believer they recognize that you are part of another kingdom. So authority as far as a believer is concerned is something for a believer to really grasp because one can use it, one can walk with it, one can be victorious because of the authority that has been given to them. Now we said earlier that even if we have authority but we don't know that we have authority or we don't use our authority it gets wasted. So just to kind of make that point again I want to share an illustration, imagine a boy, you watch, you read some of these stories or in some of the movies there is a young man who is actually the son of the king but he doesn't know that he is the prince. And somebody with that kind of a capacity even when it is his turn to make some decisions for the kingdom he doesn't do it. It's a great loss for the kingdom. So in the same way we as children of God, we are kings and priests the Bible says and God gives us authority in the natural realm, in the spiritual realm. Now yes we are going through battles but if you are not using that authority, okay who is to blame? Can we blame God? No, he already gave it to us but we are the ones who are not using it and so it's going wasted or in other words it is unused and that's something that we have to look into and change. So why are we even learning about spiritual authority? I already said that being alive here on the face of the earth, yes Jesus has done everything on the cross for us, we now have new life in Christ, we look forward to eternal life with the Lord Jesus Christ and why are we still here? Now we have, we as Jesus taught us, thy kingdom come, thy will be done. We are here for the purposes of God, we are here to fulfill the purpose of God. One of the one of the main passions for any believer is to win more souls for the kingdom of God. To bring in more people they need to know about the Lord, nobody should be lost in eternity so with that we are reaching out to people, we're also serving the Lord, we are ministering to reveal the glory of God, as per the standards of God, being able to serve him well and honor him, glorify his name, that is something we look forward to. So these are all some of the reasons why we are still here, otherwise we can always pack our bags and say, hey anyway I know I'm going to heaven, so I can just go. But God has a purpose for each of us to fulfill. Now while we are fulfilling this purpose, I started by saying there can be challenges. Jesus himself said, in this world you will have tribulation, you will have difficulties, there will be opposition, there will be struggles but take heart, I have overcome the world. So there are things for us to overcome. Now as a believer who understands their authority, we can be victorious. We can be victorious in the midst of these challenges. Now there are many different passages we can look at some of which have been referenced here in our notes. So the Satan opposes us, we have struggles with the flesh where some of our appetites, they want to distract us, take us away from the Lord or we know that the world tries to entice us or tries to derail us from the mission that God has given us to live for Christ. So these are all some of the things that come against us. So when the world, Satan or our own flesh is acting against us, we need victory. And what I'm talking about is normal for every believer just because we are believers it doesn't mean now you're wearing some sort of a shield and nothing can pierce through that shield. It's not like that. We do have all these struggles. We have to battle with Satan. We have to battle with our fleshly appetites. We have to battle with the temptations of the world. Now when we are doing that, it's when we use our authority that we can overcome. But if we give up then it's not God's fault. God has already given us the authority. You have to recognize it. But here's the truth. A believer can be victorious. When we read about Jesus, it's so amazing. In the book of Hebrews, we are told Jesus was tempted in every way. We always say it's a mystery. He's fully God but he was fully man. He went through everything that a man goes through. So talk about temptation, talk about disappointment, discouragement, opposition, anything. List it all out. Sadness, loss, Jesus wept. It says, he went through all the pains of mankind. Yet the Bible says, yet without sin. Overcoming life. So if you need an example of an overcoming life, look at the life of Jesus. He lived as a human being also. Yes, he was fully God but he was fully man. The Bible very clearly says sinless, spotless Lamb of God. How can you live in the world and not be sinful? That's what the people around us will tell us. You're in the world, sin will affect you. But for a believer that need not be the case, we can overcome. Amen? Yeah, so we need to recognize that. So why are we learning about believers authority? Because then I can be victorious. I can be victorious against the lies of the devil, against the temptations of the enemy. Every confusion or even my own fleshly appetites. I can walk in self-control. It's the root of the spirit. So these are all the realities that we just want to remind us of as believers. We can walk in victory. We do have an enemy. The Bible says in first bit of 5-8 that Satan is going about like a roaring lion. Okay, and he's waiting. He's waiting to catch somebody who displays some sort of a weakness. But when I learn about my authority, I'm not going to be that person that Satan can devour. Okay, so that is why we are learning. So that you and I in our daily life experience can be victorious. That's the life of a believer, overcoming life. Okay, so what but why are a lot of believers still living in failure? And why do they give into temptation? Why do they suffer struggle? Any idea? Yeah, unused authority. They don't even recognize that they have the authority. They are overcomers. So you see Satan can only lie. He can deceive and we create our own failure. You got it? But he can't defeat us if we know who we are. He can't defeat us if we understand. In this case, our authority. So believers unfortunately, when I say believers even myself, like when I didn't know about believers authority, you just give into the enemy and say, Oh, I'm so weak. The world is so powerful. And I'm just a young person, you know, these are the excuses that believers make. But we need not do that. We can walk in victory because we have the authority. Now, there could be demonic disturbances and disruptions in our own lives. Okay, many of us may have certain stories of how you have experienced the enemy coming against you. But it is mentioned in scripture that Satan can cause disruptions and disturbances. One good example is when Jesus was with his disciples in a boat, right? And there was a storm. You remember that? What happened? They were so afraid. They tried to wake Jesus up and Jesus went and rebuked the winds and the waves and it just everything just calmed down. But Jesus also rebuked the disciples and their unbelief. Why? Because what Jesus expected is for the disciples to use their authority. They too could have done it. But instead of using their authority, they were afraid. They thought they're going to sink. Right? So Jesus did it for them, but he was unhappy. This incident is in Luke 8. He was unhappy that the disciples did not take up their authority. Now, the second point is, if the storm was in the will of God, do you think Jesus would have rebuked it? If something is in the will of God, will God stop it in our lives? No, no, because it doesn't make sense. If something is God's will, God must let it happen. Right? But Jesus rebuked the storm. That tells us something. The storm was not of God. Then of whom was it? We have two kingdoms, kingdom of light, kingdom of darkness. So if it's not of the kingdom of light, there is only one other kingdom. Right? So it's coming from the demonic. Now when Jesus is rebuking, it means it's of the opposite kingdom. You got it? So what is Jesus actually demonstrating? He's demonstrating his authority. And he's saying, when the demonic kingdom comes against you, you rise up, take your authority, use your authority, rebukes, stop. You have the power. And when the disciples did not do this, he said, what is this? What unbelief? Okay? So that is God's expectation in the life of believers. Do you think Satan will try to oppose us and create trouble for us? Yes, no, not sure. Yes. Okay? That's true. In fact, he would be more interested to trouble a believer because he knows we are living for the purposes of God. It's a given for everyone. He will trouble every human being, especially believers, because he knows he can somehow, that's all he's trying to do. Whatever God is intending to do, he wants to be a hindrance in that. So it's a given. It's not surprising. Hey, Satan is trying to trouble me, disturb me. Yeah, of course. It's in a sense, that's like a given or, you know, I'm just trying to say that it happens in every believer's life. I think new. Okay? But we shouldn't let that scare us or intimidate us as if something new is happening. No, obviously he will try to stop us only. Okay, Satan, you're trying to stop me. I'm just going to use my authority. I am going to rebuk you, get you out of the way and I'm going to keep moving. That is the attitude which we need to carry as believers. Okay, so we can overcome and dominate demonic disturbances and disruptions as believers. Take authority, stand your ground. We can not just take authority for our own lives and calm storms for our own selves, but we can actually minister to other people. You know, when Jesus ministered, he saw people who were sick. In Luke 13, there is an incident of a woman who was crippled. She couldn't like get up. She couldn't straighten herself out. And when Jesus saw her, he said that how is this daughter of Abraham bound? Satan has bound her. He recognizes that this is a child of the covenant. There is a promise. What covenant did God make with his people? He said, I'm Jehovah Rafa, the God who heals you. I promise you healing. Okay, and so when he looks at that woman, he says, but how come she's oppressed? How come she's suffering? Satan has bound a child of the covenant. This should not be. And then he commands woman, now what? He takes authority. In this case, it's for somebody else who's oppressed. He sets that person free. So when we are ministering to people, maybe we are talking to a young person who's going through some challenges, some difficulties in their lives. Somebody is sick or some family is going through some demonic disturbances. We can take authority on their behalf and say, Hey, how come Satan is trying to trouble you? No way. Okay, let's pray in the name of Jesus. Let's bind the works of darkness in the name of Jesus. Let's rebuke. We'll come to that as we go ahead. How do we, how do we exercise our authority from scripture? We can learn some ways in which we can actually command. We can release that authority. But for now, I'm just telling us that I can exercise authority in my own life. I can exercise authority for others. I see somebody is suffering because of a demonic work. I go against it. Right? So very beautiful. In one John chapter three and verse eight, we are told that Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil, whatever works of the devil. So what are some works of the devil? We are lying, stealing, destroying anything else, deception, accusation. We could also say, you know, oppression, even sickness sometimes manifests through oppression. So sickness, that's the work of the evil one. So all these manifestations happen when we see a manifestation that is not of God. What does the Bible say? Why did Jesus come? He had an agenda, destroy the works of the devil. So the same thing is true for us. When we see something that is not of the nature of God, something that is not of the word of God, something that is not of the spirit of God, we don't have to tolerate it. Don't tolerate it. Destroy the works of the devil. We need to be passionate about it, right? To rise up to destroy. If it's not of God and if it's of the enemy, then you have no place anywhere, not in my life, not in the life of anyone else. Okay? So in this way, we can take authority when we understand that God has given us the authority and Jesus did that. And he also told us that, you know, he went up to heaven and he said, I now send you. I'm sending you. In John 20, 21, he told his disciples, whatever I did, you have to go now. You have to do the same thing. Okay? You have to be my witnesses. You are my disciples. So what is the, what is the responsibility of a disciple? Simplest responsibility of any disciple. Any disciple anywhere? To commission to the nation. To commission to the nation. God's word to the nation. Yeah. So you're talking about a believer or who's a disciple? I was just saying a disciple of any kind, like if you're a disciple of, you know, some leader, then what is the least that you can be? Sister, you can to serve others. Serve others. Okay. Right. Serve others. All right. So the point I was trying to make is a disciple. Jesus also said that should be like his master. Right? We talked about it in our previous courses. A disciple should be like his master. Now, how is Jesus, as far as the works of the enemy they're concerned? He went against it. Not once he tolerated. Never did he tell one person that, okay, you know, you suffer for some time. I'll think about it. I'll come back to you. Nowhere. Somebody is sick. Somebody is demon possessed. You know, leave in Jesus' name, cast out the name of Jesus. Like he just did miracles and miracles and miracles. In fact, some of the passages, they just say that many were brought all were healed. So not everything is listed out. But Jesus did so many miracles in people's lives to demonstrate this authority. The point I'm trying to make is we are disciples. So if we say we are disciples, if Jesus walked in authority, you also have to walk in authority. If Jesus overcame Satan and all his works, we also have to overcome Satan and all his works. Right? If he was victorious through all his temptations, all his difficulties, he was able to fulfill the purpose so difficult, no? The purpose that God gave him. You have to die for the sins of the people, hang on the cross. So difficult. No, I don't know. I mean, I can't imagine somebody signing up for something like that and saying, okay, I'll do it. Right? So hard. So, so hard. He did it. He fulfilled the purpose for his life. We can fulfill whatever it is. Of course, he did the hardest thing. Now, yes, things can be challenging in our lives, but we can also overcome and fulfill what God wants us to do. So these are all the reasons why we are learning about believers authority so that we can be those sent ones, the disciples, okay? And we can represent Jesus here on the earth and we can fulfill our responsibility here on the earth by taking authority. Remember, Jesus said, Matthew 16, verse 16 through 19, I give you the keys of the kingdom. We talked about it when we talked about prayer. So he gives us the keys. What is keys? What does it represent? If somebody has the keys to this campus, what would you think of that person? Access, yeah, you have access. And if you're a person of like influence and you have been given all the keys, it just means you've been given the authority. You make the decisions, you know, for this particular campus. So Jesus told that the disciples, right, we believe us, he gives us the keys of the kingdom. It sounds really scary, like, oh man, like if somebody gives you the key of their car and says, okay, deal with it. They're like, oh no, I now have to take care of this vehicle. You don't have to drive it safely. It's a responsibility. Jesus is saying, I'm giving you the keys of the kingdom. It's huge that God would even trust us. He is giving the authority. I'm saying, come on, take it. I give you the keys of the kingdom. Now how to operate that authority? He gave us a lesson right there, you know, whatever, you bind on earth, whatever is bound in heaven, you lose on earth, whatever is lost in heaven. So what we understand by that is, same thing, Matthew 610, thy kingdom come, thy will be done. What is here should be that of God. If there's something which is not of God, we have to get it out. That's the way we exercise our authority. Okay, so these are all the reasons why we are studying about our authority and also just to remind us that we have been created with dominion and authority. Can someone please turn to Genesis chapter one versus 26 to 28 please. If you can read out that passage, it will be very helpful. Can I read, Sister? Sister Gertrude, somebody is reading it out here. Maybe to hear you very well. No, we can't hear, sir. Please hold on, Sister Gertrude. We are reading it here. Okay. Genesis 1, 26 to 28. Then God said, Let us make man in our image according to our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. So God created man in his own image. In the image of God, he created him. Male and female, he created them. Then God blessed them and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth. Okay, sure. So what do we understand here? We understand that when God created man, he created man in his own image. Image in his own likeness, it says. So what do we understand? He made us like God in the sense that, you know, as far as the nature is concerned, like he wanted us to be pure just like him, just just like him. So to represent him. Okay, so he created us in his own image and in his likeness. And another thing that we observe here is, he gave man dominion. And then we cease fears. Mainly we understand that God gave realms, if you want to call it, here on the earth and said that I'm giving you authority on all these realms. Like, you know, whatever's under the sea, whatever is on the ground, things that are in the sky, I'm giving you authority, dominion. Dominion means you have to rule and reign. Okay, you have to take care. You have to take care. You are in charge now. So if somebody puts us in charge and says, okay, I put you in charge of cleaning this room, okay, or taking care of this room, then everything that concerns this room becomes my responsibility. I give you dominion. This space is yours. How I keep this place who comes in, who goes out, what happens here? I have the authority. I rule and reign here. Anything goes wrong. I am responsible. So in that way, when the Lord created the world, he gave us the dominion. He made us in his image and he gave us the dominion and said, you're responsible. You take care, subdue. Okay, do the right thing. You regulate, you manage, manage it correctly. So that is what dominion means. In that manner, he gave us the authority. Now, if you look at a couple of other scriptures like Psalm 8 versus 3 to 8, so there we notice that God created us and the scripture also says a little lower than the angels. Okay, a little lower than the angels. The word that angels refer is Elohim. It means God. So we said that God has created us in his own image, in his own likeness and he gave us dominion. Now, Psalm 8 says he made us a little lower than the angels and that word angels is God or Elohim. It simply means that there is a certain glory for heavenly hosts, which we as human beings don't have. We don't have that. It simply means that it does not mean hierarchy that God made us lower than the angels. We are subject to the angels. That's not the interpretation. He has made us to rule and reign here on the earth, but we don't have the kind of glory that heavenly beings have because their glory is very different. So that's what it simply means. So we don't have that kind of glory and at the same time there's another passage of Psalm 115 verse 16 where the Bible says, the heavens are the lords, but the earth he has given to the children of men. So we are not like heavenly beings. Being a human being here on earth is quite different from a heavenly host of some sort, but at the same time we are carrying dominion, which is pertaining to this world. We are the ones who are carrying the dominion and very clearly Psalm 115 verse 16 it says, the heavens are the lords. He deals with it. What is going on in the heavens? He is taking responsibility for that, but what does it say? The earth he has given to the children of men, meaning this earth is our responsibility. So whatever happens here on the earth, we can't blame God for everything. God is doing, you know, all these calamities are happening because of God. People are suffering because of God. God did it. God allowed it. God permitted it. We use all such terminology, but the scriptures are clearly saying when God created us, he created us in the image, likeness and gave us dominion and scriptures tell, he said the earth belongs to you. You subdued, you managed. Anything goes wrong, you are equally responsible. In fact, you are responsible. So imagine somebody who gives us responsibility and takes it back. So there's a bike and I give it to one of you and say, you can keep it for a month. No problem. Use it for all your tasks, whatever you need. But the very next day I come back and say, I think that road is not safe. I'll drive a little bit. You sit behind me and then the following day I give it back to you and the day after that I say, no, no, this road has many potholes. I'll drive it. So it's like I'm not actually giving you the full responsibility. I'm totally, you know, interfering and taking it back every now and then because I'm not sure or I don't trust you. There can be so many reasons. But as far as the earth is concerned, the way God gave us dominion is complete. He doesn't keep coming back and saying, okay, now you give it back to me. You're not doing a good job. It's fully our responsibility. What is going on in the world today is our responsibility. God is not, you know, playing this back in Portcade. And so for us to keep saying that things are going wrong in the world, you know, we talk about so many things like, you know, wars or we're talking about calamities, natural disasters. And we say, it's a work of God. It's God's plan. God has permitted it. But what does the Bible say? When he created the earth, he gave it to us. And he said, it's your duty now. It's your job. You take care. Okay. So the heavens belong to the Lord, but the earth he has given to the children of men. If we don't take our responsibility, anything's happened. We can't blame God for that. Okay. So that's something as believers we need to recognize. And there's a really beautiful example which we usually use. And in this, we talk about a home that is rented. I know in India, we do that renting out a home. So the owner is a certain person, but they rent the house to someone else. And an amount of money is paid, you know, either every month or annual, whichever way it's paid. So hopefully people from other countries can relate to what I'm saying. Now, even in this situation, when a home is rented, imagine, you know, a nicely painted decorated home is given to a tenant and the owner goes and says, okay, I'll come back next year. When they come back next year, if the house is in a mess, right, the walls are a mess, everything is broken. Will we blame the owner? Who did all this? Who was not careful or who was not responsible? Now the tenant, the keys are in the tenant's hands. So in the same way, God has given us dominion and he told us, you sub to you, you do the needful, right? And if we don't do our part and we keep saying, we just sit down and you say, God, you do something. He's saying, no, you do something. I'm asking you to do something. I put you in church. Got it? So we need to recognize this. There are many things where we just wash our hands and say, God did it. It's because of God. It's God's will. But not really. We were supposed to do something which we did not do. And now we're blaming God. Got it? So we have to recognize that we have been given authority, dominions. We are caretakers of creation. So even today for the environmental destruction that we see around us, let's not blame God. We're not doing a good job. Okay? So that's the reality. We have to rise up. We have to pray, ask God, give me Lord, give me ideas, help me implement those ideas, manage things well. Maybe we'll see a change in, you know, some of these environmental destructions, right? Or even in wars, maybe we'll see a change. Don't know. But we've got to take our responsibilities because we are caretakers and managers and God has already assigned us. So two things that, you know, I want to remind us when it comes to saying that God created us in his own image. One is in his own image, as I said earlier, he made us like him. So when he made us like him, it simply means he gave us a personality. He gave us the ability to reason, meaning they're not like robots where God just says, okay, everybody stand in line, everybody march forward, and then we have to do it. It's not like that. He gave us the capacity to, you think, I'm keeping a tree here. It has fruit of good and evil. Don't touch it. You have an option. You can think for yourself, right? So the capacity to reason, a personality, intellect, all this means that we have been created in the image of God, like God. That's how God is, right? He hears, he speaks, he communicates, he relates. So that's how he made us with those same capabilities. And he also made us to represent him. So when he gave Adam and Eve that garden, he expected that when he is not there, they will be managers the way God is. Did God create the world beautiful, perfect? Yeah, everything was perfect because that's how he does things. So perfect, so beautiful, so pure. Unfortunately, man didn't represent very well. Okay, and there lies the problem. Now that we are believers and we have been redeemed by the Lord Jesus Christ, we have that opportunity to exercise our authority in the right way. If I may put it this way, right, use the authority the right way or manage in the right way or represent God in the right way. We have to do that. So he gave us, he made us in this image meaning he made us like him with all the capacities required. And he wanted us to represent him. And he wanted us to execute the authority. And this would, this is what God had as a normal force of action in his mind saying, man will handle it. And only as and when needed, we say, Oh, sovereign God, he does whatever he wants. While the sovereignty of God is very real and true. There's also the responsibility of man. You cannot deny the responsibility of man completely and put everything on God and say, God is sovereign. He only does everything. You don't have any control. That's not true. So he, as a normal thing, he wanted man to take responsibility only when required. We find that God just intervenes. However, he thinks is right, which he obviously can do. But normally, man has to take responsibility and man has to take his authority. And we all know, you know, at what time things went wrong. It was, we call it the fall. Genesis chapter three, it started with disobedience against God. And when man disobeyed God, sin corrupted the earth. Okay. And like he, man had to be sent out. We know everything that happened. But then another, another very important thing has happened during the fall. And that is the authority which was given to man completely. It kind of shifted to Satan. And I think we've talked about this also in our previous course. I don't remember. But do you recall when Jesus was fasting for 40 days? Okay, Satan comes to him, he tempts him and he says something like, you know, all these kingdoms, they belong to me. If you bow down, worship me, I'll give it to you. Now ask the question, how could Satan say that? Don't the kingdoms of the earth belong to man? We just read that Psalm 115 verse 16, the heavens belong to the Lord, but the earth he has given to the children of men. But here is Satan saying, these kingdoms belong to me and I will give it to you. When did that happen? Right? It's supposed to belong to man. So the shift happened when man sinned and Adam and Eve sinned and the earth was corrupted. Another spiritual, you know, truth is that the authority shifted to Satan. So the world that we live in right now has a lot of interference. Okay, so Satan is playing his game in many places. And sometimes people who don't recognize it or understand it, for those destructions, they end up, you know, labeling God as the author. But actually, who is doing it? Satan is very much involved in this world. Okay, he's the God of this world, small G, in the New Testament, you have that title for Satan, the God of this world. So he's playing havoc also. And this happened at the time of the fall. But the good news is that the Lord Jesus, he came, he redeemed us. And what did he tell us? We understand that, you know, he said, all authority on heaven and earth is mine. And I give it to you. How could Jesus say that unless he bought back all the authority that Satan had taken away? Right? So now we don't have to be afraid because whatever happened in the fall, Jesus has reversed it. And his authority, he gives it to us. And we can now exercise the authority that God has given us. Okay, so with this, I think I'm going to stop. If there are any questions, we can take it up and move forward in the next class. So today, primarily, we have discussed about the meaning or the understanding of what authority is. And we've seen how God created man with authority and dominion, but man lost it, but through Jesus Christ that has been redeemed. So now we can still walk in authority. Okay. So I'm looking at our chat here. There seem to be two questions. When some people went to the Lord, some people say that God has taken them. Is it right or wrong? When we lose the people, can we blame God? So let's see, the Bible does talk about, you know, like fulfilling the number of your days, which means there is a time which is considered as the fulfillment of that. So just as because of sin, it is appointed for man to die once, scriptures also say that. So you see, death is imminent. It will happen to everyone. Now, the time of that death, I think God is aware of it. But what you're asking here is, you're saying, does God make people, you know, sick and do they die? Like he takes them away because people say God has taken. I don't think so. It's not like that. It's not like that. Now, Sanjay, is it true that when sin increases on the earth, it will have spiritual consequences dying species of plants and animals and an increase in natural disasters. So I see where you're coming from, Brother Sanjay, but yes, we could say that there will be consequences because of sin. But at the same time, whatever we discussed today, when we don't take responsibility, even then we see these consequences manifesting, right? Because nobody is doing anything. And you know, so what I'm trying to say is, we can't only spiritualize consequences because of sin, there will be consequences. But we also have to take responsibility and do something about it. Okay, I am just sharing that. Please let me know if you agree with me. Sister Gertrude, when we rebuke the works of Satan, he doesn't listen. Okay, so Sister Gertrude, I understand sometimes you don't see an immediate change, but by faith, you take that step of going against the enemy. And you will see a difference. Don't give up. So just because we're not having one step results, doesn't mean that we are ineffective. Keep your faith. Keep going after it. You will see the difference. I hope that helps. Yes, Sister. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, Deeksha, even though we have authority and we try so much to change things or situations, those are not according to God. And it doesn't happen then. So same thing, Deeksha, to faith and patience. Do you recall? That's what we studied in the faith course. Sometimes we don't have immediate results, but that doesn't mean that we will not see a change. We have to journey by faith and keep doing what we know is right. Surely we will see God's hand in that situation. So thank you, everyone. Thank you for those really good and relevant questions. I think we have just about two minutes left. So if there's a final question, we can take it up. We can pray and close. Fine. So let's pray and close for this morning. May I request Aitur, Akir, Naur and Abhishek to please lead us. Harish, it's loving Lord. We thank you for the session that has been started and completed. We pray for your peace and presence in the course that we have resumed in the semester that all of us are attending online and offline. We pray for your blessings from the people who tutor and who passionately teach your word We ask this and commit this in the name of the Lord and saviour Jesus. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Akir. Thank you, everyone. God bless you all the best. Once again, please don't be discouraged. If you have not got a good result in the last semester, work hard. I'm sure you'll be able to excel this time around. So God bless you all the best.