 Yes, please. You can go ahead. Yes, so my question was why she is something that I sort of learned was, you know, about the Stokewood Church also being in heaven. What I also, I mean, what I wanted to understand was, what, is there any role that, you know, the, at least, you know, that church in heaven would play because I think it, you know, it sometimes, I mean, earlier, I'm just sort of thinking a lot over here. This could be, you know, this could be misinterpreted. And I think it has been misinterpreted, you know, where people, you know, pray to ancestors and, you know, pray that, you know, that they would intercede for them in heaven. Yeah. I understand what is the role of, you know, the church in heaven. Yeah. Thank you, Christopher. Yeah, I know some Christian circles have this concept of praying to the ancestors who were believers. Okay. Why did we say that church is also there in heaven? See, the basis for that is one scripture which is given in our notes is from Ephesians 3, verses 14 and 15. It says, for this reason, I bow my knees to the father of our Lord Jesus Christ from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named. So it's very clear, the whole family in heaven and earth. So there are those who have slept in the Lord, you know, first Thessalonians talks about it. So, yes, we have, I mean, people who have gone ahead of us in heaven. Now, the role which they have right now, see, there are, there is a way of living in heaven, right? And there is an existence with a purpose in heaven. Now, we don't know too many details about it. But one main reason why, one main thing that they would be doing is worshipping God, okay? So they would be worshipping God and whatever other assignments are given to them. Now, we know when we talk about the millennial rule and reign of Christ and, you know, the ages to come and all, there will be roles assigned to every individual. So we don't just have a purpose while we are alive in this physical body. But we also will have a purpose when we move on to, you know, move, like, what do you say, when we go home, we will still have a purpose. So we don't know the details of that. But one thing we can be clear of is that we cannot communicate, right? We cannot reach out to those who have gone ahead of us because we don't see any reference to that in scripture. We are only called to pray to the Lord Jesus. And yeah, we only trust and wait and hope that we will see our loved ones. So there's no question of communicating or petitioning them or, you know, sort of revering them with our practices here on the earth. We don't see any of that. We just we honor them and we wait and hope that we will see them once again when the Lord Jesus comes back. Does that answer your question? Yes, thank you. Okay, sure. Thank you. Thank you, Christopher. Just add one small point. Yes. Yes, Sam, please go ahead. I think on the contrary, it's dangerous or even prohibit. I'm thinking of Saul calling upon the spirit of Samuel and how that was very wrong in the eyes of the Lord. So that's one. You're a new bust. Sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm not able to recognize one moment. Okay, so yeah, no, I was I said, thank you for adding that point and that example shows how God responds to, you know, these attempts to communicate with the dead and all that. But again, I don't know if we covered this when we talked about deliverance and believers authority. See, spirits of those who are dead. In scripture, we don't see that they can come back. Okay, we just don't see that. So when Saul called upon the spirit of Samuel, most likely it was a demon. Okay, who just took the form of Samuel and appeared like Samuel and communicated with Saul. But whatever, you know, whatever happened, it was displeasing in God's sight. And we as believers, you know, we are not, it's not right to try and communicate with the dead or have any association with the dead. We just honor them and we wait in joyful anticipation that those who have slept in the Lord that they will come back with Jesus during his return. Okay, so let's move forward in our discussion here this morning. We said that the church has a spiritual dimension. So to understand this in the simplest way, we are part of this body in a spiritual sense. Okay, we don't see it, but we are a part of it when we become a believer. So we said that, you know, when we are in Christ Jesus, we become a part of the body of Christ and that this body or this church is eternal. Okay, that this spiritual entity, it comprises of those who are alive here on the earth and those who have gone ahead before us. And we also said that this spiritual entity has a purpose and has been chosen by God to execute his, you know, execute whatever he wants done on the earth. So whether we realize it or not, we are automatically part of this spiritual entity called as the church. Now let's look at the natural dimension. Okay, the things that we can see about the church, the things that we can notice in the physical realm. So the natural dimension of the church, you know, the church really is the household of God. It is called as the household of God. So in this passage here on page number 6, 1 Timothy chapter 3 verses 14 and 15, this is when Paul writes to Timothy. Paul is basically instructing Timothy who is one of the overseers, you know, of the churches that were established by Paul. He's giving him instructions about how to take care of the church in the right way. So he uses this term for the church and he says, I'm writing to you that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and the ground of truth. So he's giving a description of the community of believers that meets at Ephesus and he's using terms like house of God. You should know how to conduct yourself in the house of God. You should know how to conduct yourself in the church of the living God. He says it's the pillar and the ground of truth. So all these descriptors of the community of believers. Now if we didn't have all this in scripture, we would just think, oh yeah, you know, it's a good thing to meet together. It's a good thing to work together, to serve together. So let's just do it. That's about it. No, but the word of God reveals to us the purpose of God in each and every one of these descriptions. We are told that we are the house of God. In other places, the term household of faith is also used. So you understand that it's something like a spiritual family and we will look at it in depth later on because there's one entire topic only on the family of God and what it means. But for now, let's understand that we are a family. Though we come together as a community, it's not just for a gathering. But we are actually a household or the house of God. And who is the head of this house? It is the Lord Jesus. He is the head. So the pattern of life that this house will have will be as per what the head sets. And we must realize that the local church and I will use the term local church. Natural dimension, local church because that is the entity that you and I can see. The people of God, we interact with them and we recognize this natural dimension of the church. And the first part about the natural dimension is that we are the household of God. It's not just a social gathering of some sort or a community of some sort. But we are actually the household of God. And we also saw terms like the church of the living God. So the church of the living God. So all this shows us that God is very interested in the church. And he is central to the church. And the church must have a standard that comes from God, that comes from the Lord Jesus. And we are his very household. And we must not forget that. And this publication that we are using as a textbook, you would recall is also called the house of God. Since the natural dimension, we are the house of God. We are also the church of the living God. We are the physical expression of the spiritual body of Christ. Now for the world, they wouldn't know what the spiritual church is. Where does the spiritual church exist? Now you are saying you are part of the body of Christ. Where is that body? But the local church is that physical body. And that church is able to express and reveal the Lord Jesus in very many ways. Not just to the world, but even to the demonic powers. So we are the expression of God here on earth, the local church. Now for some of us, we will ask this question. So if you say that the local church is an expression of God on the earth. What about all the denominations? Which one of those is a representation and which one of those is not? See, in scripture what we see is that when we are born again, we become a part of the spiritual dimension of the church. Now in this world, we have lots of names describing what we believe and how we do church and all of that. But honestly it doesn't, for God, he is not looking at all that. He is only looking at the fact that you are part of that spiritual church of the Lord Jesus Christ. And thereby you hear on the earth, when we live out that life, we are representing God. We are representing the body of Christ. So he only looks at us as the body of Christ. And we shouldn't divide on the basis of denominations and some sort of sects and so many things. We divide ourselves but to God, he is looking at us as his body. He is looking at us as that one united entity. And we have talked about this earlier and we will talk about it later also. When God looks at the city, he addresses the city-wide church. So that unity among the churches is very, very important. And God doesn't go by denominations the way we do. So local churches must learn to work together, to serve together and move forward with God together. So the local church is the natural expression of God here on the earth. And then a few more things that have been mentioned here in our notes is that we as a local church are the instrument that will execute Christ's purposes. We've already touched on that point and the fact that we represent Christ. Yes, we represent Him, we represent His compassion, we represent His justice, we represent the truth. Out there in the world, there are so many standards that are not right. But the church has to uphold the right standards, the truth. So we represent God in all these ways. And we are the family of God, the family of God here on the earth. So the natural dimension of the church comes across in this way and has all these purposes. That's kind of easy for us to understand. So because the Lord Jesus has instituted the church, and when I use the term the church, I don't necessarily mean a local church. I mean the spiritual dimension primarily. But of course, if we are part of the spiritual dimension, then hopefully we will be part of the natural dimension of the church as well. So when He instituted the church, it was important. It will continue to be important because the church is eternal and that's what we said. So do you think people need to be part of the local church? They may be part of the spiritual church, but is it important for people to be part of a local church? What is your opinion on that? Isn't it enough to be part of the spiritual dimension? Ma'am, we should be part of a local church to fulfill practically the purpose of God. Thank you Rupa. That's an important point there. So we must be part of a local church to practically fulfill the purpose of God. True. What other benefit do we have in being part of the local church? Being part of a local church, we get to learn truth in the Bible. There is a proper interpretation of the Bible verses. We are getting to know the purpose of each man and woman. Yes, thank you Dinesh. We will get to know the true purpose. We will learn God's word. We will grow in God's word. We will have the right interpretation of Scripture if we are part of a local church. Yes, those are also reasons why we should be part of the physical body of Christ. Samuel adds benefits or the intentions of being a part of a local church should be through and through. Because I used the word benefits, we should have the right motivation to be part of the local church. We mustn't be part of the local church to get something out of it in the negative sense. But to be what God wants you to be, you are part of the local church. That's all right. Thank you everyone. We have already come up with several right answers there. For us to live out this Christian life to fulfill the purpose of God, we have to be part of a local body. It cannot be done individually. Now God has a call on each one of our lives and if you notice that call has to do with serving others. That call has to do with working with others. That call has to do with bringing the gospel to somebody. So can this be done alone? It cannot. God intends for us to be part of the body. It's only when we are part of the body that we can use the grace of God which has been given to us. We can bless others. We can learn from others. Our character will be sharpened when we grow together with other people. We will mature in God when we are part of a local church, when we are part of the body. And we see in scripture that there is a passage in Isaiah 65 verse 8. It says, new wine is found in the cluster. So if you want to extract wine, using one grape would be a foolish thought because you would not get enough wine out of it. When you use a cluster of grapes you can extract a sufficient quantity of wine. And wine is representative of the anointing. So while there is an anointing upon individuals, there is something about the anointing on the body of Christ, on the community of believers. So for us to stay away from church for whatever reason and not be involved, it's not biblical at all. And we must make sure that we are part of some local body. Now everybody has their preference. Everybody has the leading of God suggesting to them that they must be part of a certain church. And that's fine. You'll be led by God. But once the Lord leads you, be planted in a church. Psalm 92 verse 13. It says, those who are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. And one nice example which pastor has shared in this chapter is he says, when you look at the parts of the body, they don't float around. At any given point in time, they're all attached and they function together. And that is normal. But if you find the hand floating away to some place and only when you need to write, you somehow get it and attach it and then you do your writing work. Something would be abnormal about that individual. And in the same way, if believers are not part of one community for a long period of time, or rather, if they're not committed, that's the point I'm trying to make. If they're not committed to one local body and every now and then you find people, I'll go to this church this Sunday. I'll go to another church another Sunday. You can't do that for very long because then you will not be planted. And if you're not planted, then how will you grow? How will you mature in the Lord? How will you fulfill God's purpose for your life? So it is important to belong to a local church and to be part of that natural dimension of the church. Even though, automatically, the moment you're a believer, automatically you get your membership. I am a member of... Even before you get your membership, I'm a member of all people's church, you're a member of the body of Christ. But God's intention is for every believer to be planted in a local church as well. Okay, Kennedy has added a point here. He says to practice our God-given authority. Wonderful. Yes, so we can also do that. Now, maybe quickly, without taking too much time, would you know of reasons why people don't want to be part of the local body? Believers, there are so many. Okay, so what are some things? Yes, Charles, yes, please. Some of the believers don't want to belong to a local church because they do not want responsibility. They don't want to be identified. They want to remain in the hiding. They don't want to be identified. For instance, maybe they are cohabiting, maybe they eloped with some other people and they know that in case they are individualized, then the local church will rebuke them. So you will say, I am going to this church, then another time is going to this church. He's always moving around during what we call spiritual transhumance. He's just moving. So they are refusing to be responsible. They don't want to be corrected. That's what I think. Okay, okay. Yes, Charles, I think that's true for some people. They don't want to take responsibility. They don't want to be called out for a wrong way of living. That could be the reason why they don't want to get connected with a local church. Avni has added here. She says some past experience. Prabhakar says Christ not represented accurately. Yeah, possible. Maybe they got discouraged. They went to a community and that community was not upholding the truth. So they must have had a disappointing experience and said, okay, I will not be part of any community. I will just live for God on my own. So that could have happened. So yeah, past experience, not representing Christ accurately. Samuel says ego, status, fear of commitment, fear of responsibility, ungodly lives, fear of being judged. Yes. Then poor doctrinal teaching says Kennedy. Avni lack of true revelation of what church truly is. Yes, that's true. The reason believers don't want to be in submission. Okay. Yeah, that's possible. Then Abhishek, church hurt and yeah, correct Abhishek. It's very unfortunate, but you know, when the church hurts you, there's control, manipulation going on. All these negative things. Rose says unresolved offence taken from other believers. Yes. Yeah, that could be a cause too for people not being part of the church. So yeah, we know that all these reasons are there. But you know, we as believers, we can keep this in our hearts. And if we come across individuals who are not willing to commit because of one or more of these reasons, at least we would know, you know, how to approach them and how not to judge them, but see, you know, pray for them and see if there is anything we can say or do or, you know, connect that person to the right leader in church such that, you know, they can overcome their hesitation and be planted in the church. Kiprabhakar has included lack of maturity or understanding. Yes. These are all the reasons why several people do not want to be part of the local church. But we've already said that it is important to be part of the local church. Only then we can fulfill God's purpose. Now let's move forward with the next chapter here. And this chapter emphasizes the mission, the message and the methods that are used by the local church. So the mission of the local church, it's very, very clear. And I told you before his ascension, the Lord Jesus, he told his disciples that they need to go and make disciples. So Matthew 28 verses 18 through 20, the great commission where Jesus tells them to go and make disciples throughout the world. This is the mission of the church and we should never forget it. So why is the church still here on the earth? You know, now that we are born again, we've been saved. We are ready to actually move on to the next, I don't know what to call it, like, you know, we're all fine. If I were to ask all of us, are you at a place where, you know, if God wants you to be in heaven, are you ready to go? I'm sure most of us will be like, yeah, it's cool. You know, I'd rather be with Lord. Even Paul said that if I'm not here in the body, I am with the Lord. I'm present with the Lord. So we are happy to be with God. But why are we still here? Because God has a purpose. He has a mission for the church and this mission is to preach the gospel. This mission is to bring people to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and we should never forget that. Now as a church, if we are not doing that, then something is wrong. Okay, so the mission of the church, the spiritual church, the local church in the natural dimension, we should be going about preaching the gospel. And by preaching the gospel, what do we intend to do? We want to make disciples, right? So people get saved and then we teach them the word of God. We mentor them, we train them, we equip them, we empower them. And now they become disciples. Or in other words, followers of the Lord Jesus and his teachings, right? And they go ahead and do the same thing. And in this manner, the church begins to grow and it begins to expand and multiply. This is the mission of the church. So the primary purpose of the church and God's strategy is world evangelization and discipleship. So that is the goal of the church and we must never shift it and put something else as the primary purpose. No, world evangelization, that is the mission of the church. Secondly, the message of the church. We began by saying that Jesus said on this rock, I will build my church, the revelation that he is the Messiah. So what do we go around proclaiming as the message of the church? It is the gospel about the Lord Jesus, that he is the Messiah, that he has done the work of redemption and now he has salvation to offer to each and every one of us, right? And so Paul in 1 Corinthians 1, he says that I preach the gospel. It is foolishness to some people. And he says for the Greeks, it doesn't mean anything and for the Jews, is it? Yeah, for the Jews also it doesn't mean anything. But even if they are not accepting of it, I'm proud to preach the gospel. So he knows that the message that has been given to him is a powerful message. Even if people reject it, that is still the key message. Now we cannot change our message for acceptance. Maybe if we change our message, we might have more listeners. But if we do change our message, we will no longer be the church of the Lord Jesus Christ. We will no longer be in line with the purpose that God has for the church. So we should never change the message. The message is the gospel and the gospel is about the Lord Jesus as the Messiah. And we must go ahead and preach this message. I really like the book of Acts. If you read the sermons, Peter stands up and he preaches and Paul wherever he has an opportunity, he talks about the Lord Jesus. He talks about his own personal testimony of how he got, how he encountered Jesus on the road to Damascus. But there is something pure that you will observe about their sermons. Something pure that you will observe about their preaching. Their message is never diluted by other things. They are always preaching Christ. They are always preaching Christ as the Messiah. And no wonder when Peter preached one message, 3,000 people got saved on that day and they were baptized. So the message of the early church was this, the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. And we too must preserve that and we must never let that get diluted. And that is the primary and the main message that the church has been given. Now, coming to, okay, Christopher says, okay, this was an additional point to our previous discussion. All right, so the message of the church, we said that it is the gospel. Now, in addition to that, in addition to that, we preach the gospel, we bring people, you know, people respond to the gospel and they become believers, they become part of the spiritual body of Christ. Now, they need to be discipled. And when we are discipling the people, here is the next thing that we must be careful about. We must make sure that we teach sound doctrine. We teach sound doctrine. In Acts 20, Paul uses these words. He says, whole counsel of God, for I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God. So in discipling, we must be careful to teach everything that the Lord Jesus has taught us, everything that scripture has to speak to us. And we are terming this as the whole, the whole counsel of God. Now, what would be the opposite of the whole counsel? It would be, you know, it would be like preaching and teaching only parts or some themes in scripture. And I'll just give you one example. Now, if we, if I as a preacher, if I only touch on grace, okay, if I only touch on grace, my message is not wrong. It's not wrong at all, but you know, the same Bible also talks about truth. So while God forgives, God also wants us to walk in righteousness and uphold the truth. So there is those two sides, you know, that two sides to make up for right living. So I cannot emphasize on one and completely forgo the other. When I'm teaching the whole counsel, I would need to teach it in a balanced way so that the people receive it and they apply it also in a balanced way in their lives. And, you know, they are able to represent Christ well and live victoriously and all of that. So whole counsel means making sure that we touch upon everything that is important. Okay. Now, while discipling people, here is the other thing to keep in mind that we must guard against wrong doctrine. In the Word of God, we are told that in the last days, there will be lots of false teachers and false doctrine that will come about. But as a pastor, as a minister of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, in any capacity, we must be careful to protect the people from wrong doctrine. Okay. And one good way of doing this is to know the right doctrine. It's like the example that we use about currency. So if you know the original note really well, you can identify a thousand counterfeits. Okay. So you don't have to do a research on those thousand counterfeits and then, you know, compare it with the original and all of that to recognize the original because that would be, you know, time consuming. But the easiest way is if you spend all your time on the original and you know what the original is, whenever anything false shows up, you will recognize it. You know, and you will not subscribe to that. So same thing with the Word of God. We should preach the gospel. We should preach the whole council of the Word of God to the people so that they are built up in every aspect of their lives. Okay. And we must also make sure that we protect them against wrong doctrine and false teachings. So when this is done, the church can grow in a healthy way. So that would be the message of the church. What are the methods that the church is supposed to use to fulfill its purpose? So there are a couple of pointers in our notes here. The first pointer or the first important thing when we talk about the methods that we're going to use is that it should be pure. Okay. It should not be some form of manipulation or some way of deceiving people. And through that, you know, you're sharing the gospel, you're discipling the people and you're building God's kingdom. You know, just saying that sounds funny because, you know, one doesn't go with the other. You're preaching the gospel, which is a message of truth and purity. But if we are doing it in impure ways, then how is it that we are serving God and how is it that, you know, we are doing it sincerely? So we must make sure that our method is pure. All right. So some example, there are a couple of scriptures that are given here in our notes. Let me read one of them for you. I'll read a second Corinthians four versus one and two. This is on page 12, the bottom of page 12. It says, therefore, since we have this ministry as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart, but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, not handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. So you see that Paul is very careful about doing things the right way. Whether it is preaching the word, he says handling the word of God, you know, correctly. Then he also says doing things in such a way that you are commended by others, right? And even others conscience is not hurt because of what you have done. So we must be very careful about the method that we use. Now, example of this. Yeah, okay, let me just share kind of a silly example from my own ministry. So this one region where we would step out there to share the gospel on the streets because there were lots of colleges and all. So at one point, you know, we were sharing for several weeks and we had to plan something like a gathering where we could bring these young people that we had connected with for fellowship. So I was discussing with pastor and then I was telling him that pastor, let's do this, maybe on a Saturday, on a Saturday, like right after college finishes at one o'clock, most colleges finish at one o'clock and, you know, students are hanging around in that area. How about we have our meeting at 1.30, right? We can give them some something to eat, you know, and that will be a good way of catching these students. And then we will have a meeting for some two hours or three hours and all that. So pastor is like listening to me and he's saying, but Nancy, what will happen to, what if their parents worry and wonder, you know, where our kids, why our kids haven't come home on time today? So I said, no, no, no need to worry about that pastor. I mean, let's, this is the best way. Otherwise, once they go home, we can't catch them. So pastor is like, I like your passion, but I don't think this is the right thing to do, you know, to kind of entice them over food and catch them, you know, before they go home and make sure that, you know, you're doing this repeatedly and then you're discipling people in this manner. I mean, at that point, I didn't see anything wrong with it. I was just thinking, man, if we can disciple so many young people in this area, it'll be a great impact, you know, for that particular area. So that is what I was thinking, but I wasn't thinking about the way in which I wanted to do this, but pastor kind of helped me think this through. So I'm just sharing a small example with all of you. Now, there can be things that people do, you know, bigger things that people plan to do. But if it's not done in purity and if it's not done with sincerity, then it will not glorify God. And we must make sure that, you know, we even what Paul wrote here, he said that commended even by the conscience of men. Okay, so even in the sight of men, whatever we do, it must be done in the right way. Okay, so use methods that are pure, not methods which will deceive and manipulate people. Okay, here's the next point. The method should not be offensive. But at the same time, we don't compromise on the message. Okay, so what we're saying here is we should not, the gospel in itself is it can be offensive and people may not accept it readily. That is understood. That is understood. But beyond that, we must be careful not to offend people. Now, here is the next example. Usually in our, you know, in our planning of meetings and things like that. And particularly, you know, our outreach churches when we discuss with them. You know, sometimes when the gatherings happen, they can be very, very loud. They can be very loud. So when people plan on constructing a church building or something like that, we would advise them and say, okay, try to find an area which is non-residential, if possible. And when you set things up there, make sure that, you know, you do the sound arrangement and all in such a way that it's not disturbing the neighborhood. Okay, so we try to be careful about all these things because if we don't do that, people would respond with, you know, they wouldn't like these loud meetings. They wouldn't like Christian people gathering very often and, you know, creating trouble for them on their streets and all of that. So just avoid, don't try to give offence even in this manner. Small little things, you know, when we are careful about that, we can actually continue to preach the message without giving offence to the people. Okay, so I gave you a simple example there, but you could think about this in other ways as well. For example, when we are preaching, now, if I use some statements that put down other religions, the gospel in itself, you know, is not accepted that easily. Now, if I add condemning statements as part of my message, right, what will happen? It will directly offend people and when it directly offends people, people will turn off and that's not the right way to share the gospel message. So these kind of things, you know, we must be careful in whether it is in our preaching or the way we are doing our ministry, just be careful not to offend people. And there are many examples, we'll talk about it, hopefully we'll talk about it later also, how not to offend people while doing the ministry. Okay, then in the method, we must be careful about demonstrating the power of God and working by the spirit of God. Now, we know in the ministry of Jesus, he taught, he preached, he healed, he demonstrated the power of the kingdom. So we are following after that model. So we don't just preach and teach, but we honestly present to the power of God and we demonstrate the kingdom of God. And, you know, that is the right method of serving God. That is the right method that the church has to represent Christ. Then spirit directed, okay. As a church, I mean this is a given, we are not here to do our own thing, but we have to wait on the Lord, we have to receive our instruction and we have to follow what the spirit of God is telling us to do. And once again, a very good example of the spirit directing ministry is in the book of Acts. Okay, and in our notes here, some examples are recorded. There is a time when the Holy Spirit in Acts 8 tells Philip, go near and overtake this chariot. A very small suggestion which Philip receives and he goes and overtakes the chariot and he finds the Ethiopian eunuch in that chariot. Then the event unfolds. He shares the gospel, the eunuch is reading the book of Isaiah and not understanding what it is. But Philip explains and says, hey, you're reading about the Lord Jesus Christ. Okay, and the eunuch responds to the gospel message and accepts the Lord Jesus. But you know what? The direction of the Holy Spirit in this case, it may seem very small and insignificant. After all, Philip heard, overtake that chariot. But who did he find in that chariot? He found an individual of influence that Ethiopian eunuch, he's a treasurer to the Ethiopian king or something like that. And this person is the one who took the gospel to Africa. Okay, and Philip had no clue when God told him to overtake that chariot. But what is Philip doing obeying the instructions of God? And as you're obeying the instructions of God, sometimes we won't realize it will be very simple. God just says, okay, talk to this person or write an email to this person, send a message to this person. We're just following the direction of God. What's happening in the background? God is working, God is leading, God is guiding and God is teaching us how to do his work, how to do the work of the ministry and the kingdom of God is expanding and his church is being built. And the last section here, it says strategic. Strategic simply means doing things in a purposeful way, doing things in a timely way. We are doing it in an adaptable way, whatever is relevant for our times and also being very well planned and executing things very well. Because if we do a sloppy job of what God has called us to do, again, that might offend some people. But above all, that's not the best worship that we offer to God, isn't it? Everything must be done extremely well and done with excellence because it is our act of worship and that's the worship of the church. So we also use this point in the way the method that the church uses which is being strategic. And I'm noticing here that we have run out of time. So class, what we'll do is, if you have questions pertaining to what we have discussed in the second session, then please post it on the stream page. I will take it up over there. And if you want to have a discussion, then you could please remember that question and come back with it for the next class. We'll have a short time of discussion and then we'll get into the next chapter here. So yes, thank you everyone and I really hope you are enjoying the subject about the house of God. And God bless, you're free to join your next class. Thank you. Thank you ma'am. Thank you. Bye for now. God bless. Bye. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Bye. Thank you ma'am. Praise God. Thank you.