 Good morning everybody welcome to week 12 of our of our class on emotional wholeness I hope all of you are doing well rested well and Ready for your day ahead and for those of you who may be good morning. Good morning. Maybe at different parts of the world We pray that this will help you sleep well, too Great, so we are in to our lesson into emotional wholeness and The last week We had begun to touch upon how we continue to stay in emotional wholeness and part of that was to What we looked at the last week was The the conquest of the mind and how we can We overcome the battles that come in our mind the kind of thoughts that we may have The kind of imaginations we hold on to the strongholds that become a part of us the information Whatever continues to stir us. What is it that we could how is it that we could battle with that combat with that and We looked at some certain disciplines on what we need to do to To bring about the conquest of the war that's happening in the mind is what we spoke about taking every thought captive of being able to Pull down demolish every thought every argument every Imagination that is against the knowledge of God pull it down and have our minds renewed By the word of God is being the renewing of the mind is the ability to reject these wrong ideas wrong thoughts that are not aligned to God and his ways and come to a Mind that is renewed as we saw in Philippines for it where we're seeing To to have thoughts of that are true noble Just pure lovely And a good report and the last point that we looked at is being able to see everything through God's promises and based on who God is and keep aside all Negative thoughts that come to our mind and discipline ourselves to Thinking positively as according to the word of God. So that's where we stopped last time today We're going to look at another part of our selves to help us to journey and stay in Emotional wholeness which is The flesh the part of us That is That that that we the part of us that has desires, okay So we're going to be looking at a fresh Chapter on crucifying the flesh and I'm on page 44 for those of you who would like to follow along we would also be focusing on a Few notes from another book. That's laying the axe to the root Which I'm sure in the beginning of your semester last year there there was a detailed Session on that bringing about how we need to take the take certain of Attitudes or things that we may be going through some of those are all seeds that that we may be harboring inside those Fruit of the flesh to getting rid of those Fruit of the flesh and we will be going through some part of it today Not too much in detail, but some part of it today. So now let's start with Understanding what do we mean by the word flesh? So the an important aspect of being emotionally whole as we did see was dealing with the mind the our emotions as well as our Will and today we're going to be looking at how do we crucify the flesh? So what do we mean by? by the flesh so we live in a body and our body has multiple desires and Some of these desires are good and legitimate But we do find that some of these can be wrong and it can be sinful. It can be ungodly So, you know, some of the good ones that you would see are, you know, yes, you need to eat you may be hungry It you may be tired. So you need to rest you need to catch up on some good rest Which can be sleep and just as much as those are legitimate desires We also have fleshly desires and by the word flesh, what do we mean? We mean that the desires that are ungodly or evil or the sinful passions that Come that that we that are manifested inside of us is what we refer to when we say flesh So it is the physical part of us now the all our desires and our passions are Integrated or quiet Align quite enmeshed with what what is in our souls as well, you know So there may be certain things that are conceived in our minds and that gets and That is seen out in our desires. Okay Last week, we did see the scripture on James 1 14 where we read that we are tempted because we are Moved by our own sinful nature Or our own sinful desires and we see that these sinful desires or the sinful nature Comes from or is generated from our own flesh or our own soul And that's what moves us and that's what tempts us because there is a desire that is conceived Within us or a sinful passion that is that is conceived within us that leads us to sin So how does what we're going to look at is how does our flesh relate to emotions and Let's take an scripture on in first Peter 2 verse 11 and it reads like this beloved I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul So here the word fleshly lusts makes the reference to what we were talking about That is the evil desires or the passions of the flesh So what this what the scripture helps us to see is that when we give in to these fleshly lusts it harms and damages our Soul it harms and damages our mind our will our emotions and When these desires sinful desires come up it creates conflicts and problems in our minds I now will and in our emotions and And we could probably have Multiple examples to understand this that is how does our fleshly passions relate to our emotions, so we look at maybe one example of Let's say someone who is addicted to Last or or let's say pornography Or even let's say someone who's addicted to something else. Maybe let's say a substance like an al like alcohol when the person yields to it it Not only satisfies the desire of the flesh that is when they consume alcohol or when they are consumer of pornography There is a temporary Satisfaction of the flesh or or the desire of the flesh seems to be satisfied but It also has the potential to cause problems in the mind like Through the day, they can't think of anything else but getting to their next drink or These pictures that or images that one has been One has yielded to continues to Linger in the mind so much that they may not be able to concentrate or Every time there is there is a maybe the person is you know, maybe just seeing an ad in the picture or maybe passing by Let's say a shop where there's alcohol sold there is immediately a sense of anxiety or a sense of difficulty that comes up or you know, they Someone who's addicted to pornography Can't look at women properly because these emotions towards these women become affected and these war against the soul and they have attitudes and Thoughts that are are quite Unhealthy and quite warped in itself So you see that a desire that is yielded to those simple desires that are yielded to Not only causes an issue in the flesh that you know, you sin in your flesh But it also was against the soul it affects the mind It affects your emotions that affects your ability to concentrate to think to judge to have wisdom in things so That's the relation that we see between the mind and the The flesh and and the will. Yes, so that I think you've raised your hand. Is it for a question? So that Okay, I suppose it's maybe a mistake. Okay. All right. Okay. That's fine. No problem Okay, so are we are we clear up until here? May I go on because I have heard no voice up until now So I'm a little concerned if there are people on the back side. Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you I've me. Thank you. I need okay. Great. Okay. So let's let's move on now. We we we also So let's understand What are some of these works of the flesh? What is this that we are talking about when we saying? Work of the flesh. So what does it mean? We're looking at how is it being expressed in the soul some So something that that That there is a desirous passion that comes about and how does it being how is it being expressed in the soul? So let's look at the verse from Galatians 5 19 to 23 and If you look at that entire verse, you may see some words that are written in brackets Okay, and that's what refers to the to the to the Passion in itself to the fleshly desire in itself. Okay, or what what comes out as the behavior? So let's just read through that and we will probably look into some of that So it says now the works of the flesh are evident. That means what comes out of the flesh is very evident Which are adultery? fornication uncleanness lewdness idolatry sorcery hatred contentions jealousies outbursts of wrath selfish ambitions dissensions heresies envy murders drunkenness revelries and the like of which I tell you beforehand Just as I told you in time past that those who practice such things will not inherit The kingdom of God So we just put a pause over there and then we will we will go ahead to for us to look at What are these works of the flesh or what are the fruit of the flesh? So when someone is taken over By any of this, I mean any of these conditions or these works that you see or are living in In subjection to these acts we we see that it It kind it turns out into be Something that moves in like a deed or an act that that comes into as the flesh and you know that a lot of Examples that are given here now apart from this we also Notice and we also see that there are other kinds of Works of the flesh that we see okay, and some of this The list is given here and I'll just take some time to read it for you For those of you who are not able to view the the notes Okay, the fruits of the flesh the other things that we see which may not be bought about in the list is anger arrogance being argumentative blaming others bitterness Controlling condescending cowardice complaining critical cunning cynical demanding depressive dishonest this satisfaction this contentment Deceptive envy greed hatred Indifference intolerance insecurity Irresponsibility jealousy judgmental last manipulative negativity pessimism prejudice pride resentment revengeful rude sarcasm secretive self-centeredness selfishness Skeptical stingy suspicion and forgiving untrusting unsympathetic So we see that all of this All all these works of the flesh or these fruits of the flesh is what is when someone gives in To what is generated in the flesh now what we see is these Fruit of the flesh not just harms you as a person But it also harms others that you are relating with it not just harms you And and what ensues in your behavior, but it also harms others so an example that we can look up is in Acts chapter 8 and we see over here so often when we look at this list We say okay, this this is not a list that that You know as a believer that I face, okay? But let's just look at the Bible and an example here Which is found in Acts 8 and we see that you know in Acts 8 where Philip is in the City of Samaria and he's preaching Christ to the to the multitudes over there And there's a great work that's being done of that done there, you know the unclean spirits up are Are being Are being cast out there are miracles that are happening and there is a lot and because of all That's happening. There's a lot of joy. That's there in that city But in the same city there is this man called Simon and he's known as Simon the sorcerer and Before he heard the he heard and he saw what Philip was Teaching and doing he was previously practicing sorcery in that city and a lot of people in Samaria were very astonished by the kind of work that he was doing and They had even labeled him as someone who was Who was great and they all Scripture says they all gave him heed from the least to the greatest saying this man has a great power of God, okay, and they heeded him because they totally revered and stood in astonishment at the kind of work that He was doing But when Philip came in, you know And and and bought about the message of the gospel and the name of Jesus Christ and the things that were being done Because of the name Simon also was one who became a believer and he was also baptized And he in fact joined continued with Philip And was amazed because of the miracles that were done now when When when when Simon began to see that there was so much of power in what Philip was doing. This is what he says and I'm and I want to read this from Verse 18 chapter 8 verse 18 It says now when Simon saw that through the laying on of the Apostles hands the Holy Spirit was given He offered them money So so they were all laying hands on them so that they would receive the Holy Spirit So that's when he goes in and says and he says saying verse 19 Give me this power also that anyone on whom I lay hands may receive the Holy Spirit But Peter said to him your money perish with you because you thought that the gift of God could be purchased with money You have neither part nor portion in this matter for your heart is not right in the sight of God Repent therefore of this your wickedness and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you So you see even though Simon believed and came to To to heeding what what was happening he in his heart There was the work of the flesh he wanted what Simon had it Sorry, what Philip and Peter had so that he could also do great things so the intent of his heart was was Was not right the of his heart was was maybe fame or or the fact of just being able to be great remember he was a man who who held greatness there and That didn't leave you know Even though maybe the spirit change the the soul and the fleshly desire came about in such a way that it played on His mind on his emotions to get what Philip and Peter had so he could also be more effective and we see how Peter responds to this and says repent of this You have neither he says your heart is not right at the sight of God So we do see it's just an example for us to see that what we can see what are the works of the flesh not just affects our flesh It's not just tempting us thing But then it also was against our soul our very mind and our Will and our emotions as well. Okay now As we as we understand this works of the flesh we we need to look at how that there can be Some of this that's been sown into our lives Maybe at a very probably at an early age or as you are growing up And so that's why we you know if you look at the next section of it We are Really focusing on you know what this entire analogy that it makes on seeds and roots and fruit So when there is a small seed that that is a You know a seed that is put in a conducive environment brings about a fruit right and We need to recognize that there are when there are wrong seeds that are sown you are going to be dealing with the wrong fruits and and the root that is going to take a Hold is also going to be going to be wrong. So to know that that there can be small seeds of Anger of hate of rejection of Resentment that may take root in us these seeds will take root in us And finally it continues to bear that very same of its kind So especially when we see you know in earlier earlier probably in the days of Childhood we Understand that we may not have had many much of control on what kind of takes takes is sown into into us You know through the kind of situations that happen There can be a seed of discouragement. It can be seed of envy They can be a seed of a low self-esteem of negativity But as we grow as we mature we do have a better Understanding and a better sense of control on what we allow inside us and we are at a place of responsibility and being Careful and mindful to ensure that only that which is good gets sown and nurtured in our lives So it is to one Recognize what are the kind of seeds that are being sown in our hearts because this is what really takes root And this is what grows into Into bearing that the wrong kind of fruit. So even in scripture There are a lot of scripture that actually brings forth this comparison where it says the soil is like our heart is like the soil, okay, and the person is like a plant that is bearing that fruit and And So that there is this the scripture in Matthew 715 to 20 where it talks about how you identify Who people who are false or those who come with the false teaching and and that's the same example That is given over here. So let me read that out. Okay, Matthew chapter 7 20 it says beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing In worldly they are ratherness wolves You will know them by their fruits do men gather grapes from thorn bushes From thistles off eggs from thistles even so every good tree bears good fruit But a bad tree bears bad fruit a good tree cannot bear bad fruit Not get a bad tree bear good fruit Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire Therefore by their fruits you will know them. So it is only in the manifestation of your actions and behavior Do you really understand what lies within the heart of man within within the depths of man so within the fleshly Within the carnal or within the fleshly man even in the parable of the sewer again The heart is Referred to as the soil that God's word being the seed and how it bears fruit in our lives So what is it? Whatever is sown into our lives. It's only that which bears fruit. So When you see a manifestation of the flesh it indicates a bad tree It indicates something that is not right within like for example You know for for those of you who may have fruit bearing trees. In fact, we have You know, we have a curry leaf Tree here and we do find there are times that the leaves are very very poorly Very poorly they have spots on them They aren't as green and as fresh and you know that whatever is in the root is not the right thing So you need to you know, cut that off maybe up root it and probably put a better grafting on it And so that's what it shows that there are if Any kind of a bad seed is something that will will bring about a problem fruit or a or a problem root so just to to first of all identify that that is what works in us and just like Peter Talks to Simon and says, you know Your heart is not right in this and that's what we need to ask the Lord to To cut off to get rid of those wrong seeds that have been So then if that is not dealt with we will we will begin to see that It is going to affect us as well as those around us So it's not just the behavior that needs to be bandaged But it is to really know the attitude of the heart Because you know scripture says the heart is the wellspring of life from there Comes the wellspring of life. So we we need to Be clear as to not just what is manifested as a result of the flesh But what is it that we are harboring inside? Another example that we see is in Hebrews 12 14 to 17 and this specifically talks about The the root of bitterness and so let's let's read that can I can I pause and ask somebody to read it so that I also know that people on the other side of my screen is Is Also awake with me. So Hebrews chapter 12 verses 14 to 17. Is there anyone who would like to read that please? Ma'am shall I read it go ahead go ahead Hebrews 12 14 to 17 Yes Pursue peace with all people and holiness without which no one will see the Lord Looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God Lest any root of bitterness bringing up cause trouble and by this many become Defiled lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Asia Who for one morsel of foot sold his birthright? But you know that afterward when he wanted to inherit the blessing He was rejected but he found no place for repentance though. He sought it diligently with tears Thank you Thank you Rupa. Yeah, so we see that in this scripture it talks about verse 15 It says lest any root of bitterness bring up cause trouble So it says verse 14 gives you a context saying pursue peace with all people And holiness without which no one will see the Lord looking carefully So it says in your relation with others as you continue your interaction with with others You know pursue that peace lest what happens lest any root of bitterness springs up and causes Trouble and and there is another example of iso that's given up given again in another context of what was birthing within him the kind of seeds that was there within him and you know for that morsel of food, maybe it was it was It was it was another seed that's there that got him to to do what was wrong and selling his own birthright Okay, so it says be watchful whatever the root that can that can Take the sorry the the seed that can take root is what you need to be careful of and here it says the root of bitterness Springing up causing trouble and by this many become defiled which means not just you But then others around you so There there as we see this root of bitterness. We could we could look at it as as every other seeds of anger or any kind of seed that we Allow to take root which which does surface out as a the behavior So being careful to know that whatever we saw in is only what is going to bear fruit And the best time To uproot something is at its nascent stage or like you say, you know, nip it at its bud And the right at the beginning is when you uproot it Here it is uprooted from the roots right right from the beginning So it doesn't take root in you and bear the bear a bad fruit Okay, now what I'd like to I'm just looking I think there are a couple of questions here Anita you've asked is this list in the Or is it the deep understanding of a verse? I think you're referring to the the other Works of the flesh that we spoke about it is all taken from the bible and but they're they don't come in from this verse they come in from other multiple verses that That's there, you know where it talks about how how there are different ways of of What takes root in us? So if you look through the new testament you will find Scriptures that speak against being angriest Speak against being deceptive of being jealous of having pride of having Of lusting of being selfish of being Of being self Preserving of oneself so this is all taken from different parts of the parts of scripture All of this being negative attitudes that that seem to be warring against the Warring against our soul. Okay. All right. Now what we're going to be doing today is we are going to be looking at we were just taking four examples of of laying the ax to the root of of self Of jealousy of pride and of lust and we will take two today and two in the next next Week as well. Okay, because I think this is really important for us to see how they get manifested inside of us now As scripture says, how do we get rid of the root? Is to lay the ax to the root and this is what john the baptist, you know when Before he began to introduce Jesus he announced that you know, Jesus would come and lay ax to the root of the trees and and Rid us of everything that bears its bad fruit and you know cleanse us Burn us refine us with the With the fire of the Holy Spirit and we read that in Matthew 3 versus 10 to 12 Could somebody please read that verse Matthew 3 versus 10 to 12 Shall I read man? Go ahead of me Matthew chapter 3 verse 10 to 12 says and even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance But he who is coming after me is mightier than I Whose sandals are not worthy to carry He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire His annoying fan is in his hand and he will thoroughly clean us clean out his threshing floor And gather his wheat into the barn But he will burn up the shaft with unquenchable fire Okay, so it shows us very clearly that we need to uproot that which is Not bearing fruit or rather have the ax The ax must be laid to the root. So the every tree that does not bear good fruit If you look at this entire verse everything What are the things that represent the flesh here? It is the bad fruit And the verse 12 it says, you know, you will gather the wheat into the barn But the shaft will be burnt away And that's what needs to be burnt away with the power of the Holy Spirit And we are going to be looking at two Two specific areas today and we were like I said, we will look at two other areas And as we go through this something that you need to You know, we need to humbly look at is to see whether these wrong seeds Have been put into our lives or are we operating from of these? These these seeds are things that have borne fruit because We will begin to see that it does manifest in our behavior and in the way that we Respond, so this is a it's a it's a good check for us to see this So we're going to be looking at two of those That is the self as well as jealousy Okay Now when we when we think about The self Okay A lot of times If we are not careful We will be motivated by our self by the self rather than than the Holy Spirit So even as a believer, you know, we may have a desire to love God to glorify God But then it can get tainted with With a way that that wants us to promote ourselves Okay, promote ourselves by name or by power or by Influence or a need to be recognized for who we are for our gifts or for our talents or for whatever we may we may have and The scripture says that the Holy Spirit Always wants to glorify Christ. Okay, and when we take that position we rob the Lord of his glory and The fact is that, you know, none of us may really admit To the truth that it is the self that is motivating us. We so we may be Meaning but To really come down to the root of it to allow God to search us And to really look into the deeper parts of us into our inner beings to find out If we are operating of the self or It is It is the Holy Spirit that that is operating in us because Sometimes there is such a fine line. It is so subtle that we may not even be able to recognize it Scripture says in uh, John 3 6 that all what is born of the flesh Or what is born of the self Is the self and what is born of the spirit is spirit? So they are Very different in its origin. Okay, so what is born of the self? cannot move into what is born of the spirit, okay, and It it very clearly says that Whatever is done in the flesh is something that displeases the Lord and we read that the last week also so when we saw to the flesh What are we going to do? We will reap only ruin. We will only reap corruption And what is done by the self what is done by by our flesh does not have any Permanence it's it's not there to stay Within us. So let's look at a few manifestations of the root of the self So how do we know if we have a root of the self in us? And we're going to be discussing some of this and these can these may include Even certain attitudes that we have certain thinking certain behaviors that indicate that there is an underlying root Root of the self that is very predominant in us. So when we identify these manifestations We need to ask the Lord to lay the axe to Lay the axe to the root of our self in our lives. Okay, so we will we will look through a few and You know and as I'm as we are learning this let's come to a place of Of identifying if this is what if this really speak to us So the first one is what we see as promoting ourselves. Okay, and what does this mean? This means the desire to be liked or to be known By others. Okay, and uh, so I think a good question to ask ourselves is Why what why is it? Why are we doing the the Maybe the activities or the things that we are doing What is it that really pushes us to do something? So there is this difference that is being that is desiring to Something or excelling at something at what one does and The difference of desiring some fame or recognition because of that. So It's important to do things in excellence But it is also necessary to see what is driving it is the motivation fame or is the motivation recognition So the underlying issue is whether the motivation when you're doing something Whether it is the motivation of promoting yourself A desire that you know people know you people know what you do or is it the the interest that Interest in working for god in glorifying god and working for his kingdom. Okay Because scripture brings about in john uh five for 41 it says I do not receive Honor from men and this is this is what uh, jesus was addressing to the to the leaders of his time Okay, and pointed to them that they were very eager to receive honor For for themselves rather than that which sounds from god. So, you know, so The scripture shows us here that we need to come to a place Where you know, even in in as as jesus has shown in his ministry and in his example That we Do not need to receive honor from men If we need to be completely clear and honest to ourselves that You know how many of us You know are are okay not to feel that okay So we should what so what it's saying here is you know, we need to seek our hearts to see If we are walking In the self or we are walking free from the self and are we looking for Uh, and an appreciation from god or are we looking at appreciation from men? When our desire is only for uh, you know for our appreciation or affirmation from god And it does not have any Desire or root that we should get it from from men Then we know that our hearts are free From the self So the question that we need to ask ourselves is what is it that's motivating me to do this what so even if I Even if I presented badly or even if I presented wrong Or if I presented excellently excellently well, what is it that motivates motivates us? So we need to ask ourselves What glory is it that we are seeking is it the lord's glory or is it is it our own? and We do see that this thing about promoting oneself is very prevalent Outside in the world as well as in in our in in ministry as well, you know, often we see that people become very Concerned about having their names maybe in their ministries or becoming prominent of who they are You know or even to become very self-seeking to know, you know Which ministry or which minister is more anointed than the other and the self is what seems to become much more dominant So it it's It is to really reflect and to look at whose honor are we seeking? Is it the honor that comes from God or is it or are we so preoccupied in feeding ourselves To to what what we would like Have within us. So whatever is done must be done with the intent of glorifying God So the first one a manifestation of the self is Promoting oneself the second one that we can look at is when we want to be known as someone Who has done great things who has accomplished great things that is have a selfish ambition You know that we have an ambition to promote ourselves and we see in scripture in philippines too versus One to four it talks paul warns us that nothing should be done out of Conceit or selfish ambition verse three it says let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit But in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself So this implies that we cannot do things for God And at the same time be motivated by selfish ambition It is that ambition is is is the desire to be known as someone who has accomplished many things For God, you know, we we do see that God does have many plans for us or things that he wants us to do for his kingdom But in in these efforts for the kingdom if the motivation is to have a name For ourselves instead of making him known then we see that we are motivated by this um The the concept of this self called a selfish ambition So our what is our motivation? It is to be to have a desire to even as you're ministering to people Irrespective of whether they know who we are Or what we do it is That we that we do it because we're doing it for the love of christ So maybe a question that we ask Ourselves to really check on this is um You know when i'm when i'm thinking of my ministry or when i when the when the dream that i have about maybe my ministry Who takes the pedestal there? Who's the important one there? Is it does god seat on the throne of that dream is seated on the throne of that dream? Or is it i who have um Is it i who have it there? And and i think you know often we do sometimes hear that You know, especially when when ministers do testify. They say, you know, I prayed And someone someone got delivered or someone got healed or you know So the emphasis is more on the self than it is on the one who has healed the god who has healed And uh, and the focus is is put over there so So that so is it true that even in spite of that, you know God will not heal. You know people god will still Heal god will heal because he continues to confirm his word And because of the virtue of his word all that he his will will will be accomplished. However You know, we need to check our hearts to see where is this being originated? So what do we do when selfish ambition springs up? Uh, what do we do? It is it is to have a humble mind And to be able to regard others as better than ourselves So to be able to give reference And look out for the interest of others And their well-being and their benefits and their miracles because god is the one who works So you are there to promote and to bring about god rather than Uh, be noticed as someone who is who is important. Okay Um, can is there any questions up until now? I think we have a question. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Go ahead Thank you Faster. I just want to know As we are discussing on this self So I just want to know when the bible Says about Paul the Paul did mighty things And Peter about Peter it says that so the name is mentioned there. I'm just seeing that in order the Paul and john went and Did a miracle in the in that near the gate of beautiful or beautiful So when that name is associated with that miracle to is it is it is it How we should consider those things like Is it they are glorifying self or Is it something which the bible is teaching us that the specific specific miracle God did through them how we have to do because as you said many times when we when we say that, you know, Because that that's a certain manner for trade and that healing happened So when every time that that that is it is it glorifying that man of God? Or is it glorifying God like how I ask you that the Peter name is there Mention is there Paul's name name is mentioned there. So how we how we differentiate this thing. Thank you pastor Okay, so so the bible gives um, I mean God requires instruments he requires His people his disciples as his instruments to do his will and to bring about his glory So we are here as vessels contain containing the glory and the power of God Okay, and when you read those Those details about the people that are there I think number one it is so it is also an example for us to know that god worked through Men of god worked god worked through his vessels and that's how he He he shows himself out to other people that are of course very many ways that god reveals himself directly like how god Revealed himself directly to To sol and then, you know, he got he was converted to Paul. So god does reveal himself directly God also uses us his people or his people to Bring about glory to his name And so so that's what gets is shown here Now are they having glory to themselves if you read through in scripture all of them in different ways have always bought about You know, even Peter when he talks about Peter and john, you know, they go in and they say silver and gold have I now but what as I have I give unto the in the name of Jesus so everything That he's doing or everything that they do is Exalting the name of god and not themselves. However, they're also showing us that these are examples to live by You know Suppose I mean look at it this way suppose And this is not what is there, but then I I'm just thinking and this is just I'm just thinking loud Suppose all of scripture was a written and said, you know, god did this god did this or you know God showed miracles, but they did not bring about the names of any people who were used as vessels You and I reading it today will be wondering, you know, how did this happen? How did this how did this go about right? So These are examples for us to know that when we yield ourselves to god, he begins to use us and Completely brings glory to him. So this is not a self glorification But these are accounts of what has happened in scripture so that you and I can learn the just like paul and peter and philip who Depended on the power of the holy spirit only can Uh can we glorify god and so that this is also an example for us to follow that, you know, just like all of them You and I although we are who we are because of the righteousness of god because of the holy spirit within us We are able to do the miracles or do what god wants us to do Just like they did but what is what we are talking about is the heart of the matter What happens what where is our heart in all of this? Even though we may be doing very many things it is the only thing that You and god sees is your heart. It probably is not very evident to the outside world But it's only what is evident to you So it is something that you have to examine within your heart In to see god even as you use me as a minister Maybe I have a name that that everyone sees even as you use me as a minister Where is my heart at where? It is the glory belong the glory needs to belong to you So it is more about what is happening in your heart than what is being, you know being promoted outside Yeah, you may need to tell people that you are running a crusade or you're running a ministry You may need to see that so that for logistical reasons people can come into your church and you know Receive the power of god But at the end of the day it matters as to where your heart is and and it's more a self examination For where you are at. I hope I have answered that question. Thanks a lot. Thanks a lot. Thank you Okay, Avni, do you have a question and we could if it's a quick question we could take that and close for a break Thank you, ma'am It's not a question something that I just wanted to share when you were sharing this and keeping brother's question in mind In Matthew 25 this word often is reminded to me where Jesus when he is Talking to those on the right hand. He says I was hungry. You gave me food And these people are asking Jesus a question. Lord, when did we do that? And that Is such a beautiful depiction like they didn't even know that they were doing it with the right intent to glorify god And they did not recognize or count it to themselves and Jesus is appreciating them and saying inherit the kingdom And that is something just wanted to share. I don't know if it is relevant or not But this came to my heart that this is what Jesus desires of his people to be You know walking in the kind of life that he would appreciate at the end of the day. Thank you, ma'am Absolutely relevant Avni. Thank you. Thank you for sharing that. I think through a lot of light on On that question. Thank you. Thank you. All right. We'll just close for a for a 10 minute break It's 10 55 on my clock. We will resume back at 11 5. We'll meet you soon