 Welcome to class. Thank you for joining class to Vega and Jeffina. Also a warm welcome to our e-learning students who will be listening to this lecture later on and welcome to the class on Romans. I hope you're enjoying the study learning some profound truths revelations that the Holy Spirit has had revealed to the Apostle Paul. Before we continue studying chapter 7, we'll just pause for a word of prayer so can I ask Jeffina to lead us in prayer please. Jeffina, please lead us. Heavenly Father, we come to you under the name of Jesus. We thank you for this day, for the class we are about to have. God, I just give us to Selena in their hands. I bless her in the name of Jesus as she's teaching the deep truths from the Bible. But I just pray that you'll help us to open our heart and mind and listen to it and be fully convinced about your word so that we can put it into practice in this life and we can be a blessing to others. Give you all the glory and honor in Jesus name I pray. Amen. Thank you Jeffina. So last week we began studying or sorry on Monday we also began looking at Romans chapter 7. We were looking at this subsection verses 7 to verse 12 is the law bad and so we see that in these verses Paul is addressing in verses 7 to verse 12 he's addressing the whole aspect of the law. He has just told us that the Jewish he has just told the Jewish believers that you know they are no longer under the law they are free from the law because they are now part of the body of Christ they are married to another which means they're married to Christ now they're part of the body of Christ and they are also serving God in the newness of the spirit. So he's asking basically a rhetorical question here in verse 7 is the law sin and you know he's saying the problem is there a problem with the law and then he says certainly not. The problem is not with the law you know as he concludes in verse 12 he says the law is holy and the commandment is holy and just and good. So the problem is not the law the problem is because of the law sin became very powerful which means that you know now you and I know that there is something called sin and then you know we realize that we can't free ourselves from this thing called sin even though we try our best to do the things that we don't want to do we end up doing the things that we you know don't want to do or even if you try to do the things that we want to do we don't do the things that we want to do but we end up doing the things that we don't want to do. And so he's saying that you know the problem is not the law but the problem is that because of the law sin became very powerful which means he's saying that I knew that there is something called sin and then I realized that I couldn't free myself from this thing called sin and the law highlighted my weakness against sin that means that the law highlighted that I can't keep the law I always break the law I'm incapable of keeping of the law and so the the law highlighted my weakness towards sin or my weakness against sin and we see in the dispatcher's passage a very interesting thing that Paul points out or says in verse nine he says you know I was alive once without the law but when the commandment came sin revived and I died and you know so he's saying you know sin revived and he died so this is a very challenging verse for many to understand and I tried explaining this and this is where we stopped on Monday in this verse Paul is referring to himself and when was Paul in the state and how do we understand this verse correctly to the best of our understanding is you know the best person to ask is Apostle Paul himself and because he's not here you know the Holy Spirit can help us when he says that he was without the law or he did not have the understanding of the law or he did not have an understanding of what is good and right or what is right and wrong he says that he you know he had this and this is not a stage of life where he was after he was born again where you know he did not have an understanding of what is right and wrong and all of those things before he had an encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus and he says he did not know what he had to submit to so you know I said that I'm going to share something that is definitive but you know it is indicative as well that at the age of 12 just to understand what Paul is trying to say here now the age of 12 people or age of 12 or 13 you know young people can understand commandments now children know what is right and wrong but the age of 12 they come to a place of you know accountability to those commandments or the rules or you know laws that have been laid out they come to a place of accountability they come to a place where they're able to see the bigger picture yes that there is a God that you know when they break a law or they sin it's not just you know not getting some rewards or perks or you know receiving punishment but they come to a place where you know they understand that the commandments or the rules or the law has to do with God and what is that exact age the age can vary most people say it's 12 or 13 so Paul is saying in verse 9 that when Paul came to an understanding of the law he knew he was accountable to the standards of the law he came to a place or to an age where he was able to understand that you know it was not just about keeping the law it was not just about when you break the law you will receive all of these curses when you keep the law you'll receive all of these blessings but he came to an understanding of the law he knew he was accountable to the standards of the law he came to a place where he understood that the law had to do with God or he came to a place where he understood the commandments as having to do with God so when he understood this he says that sin revived and he died which means there was no way to overcome sin he understood that he realized that there was no way he could overcome sin and sin had taken such a hold of him there's no way he could overcome it and he says I died which means he's saying that the sin has taken such a hold of him and there's no way he can overcome that sin and that sin has brought about decay and corruption and is destroying his life and we we read in verse 8 he says when the understanding of the commandment came the awareness of of sin came so he says when the understanding of the commandment came the awareness of sin came so what is sin it is basically the violation of the laws breaking of the commandments so Paul is saying that sin produced in him all manner of evil desire so Paul saw that in him all kinds of wrong desires that are contrary to the law is just raging is just so evident in his life in his body and he says only when the law was presented to him that he realized that he was sinning not only did he realize that he was sinning but he also realized that sin was at work in him or sin was at work in against the members of his body and he also realized that that all manner of evil desires were in him as a result of him sinning which was causing him to break the law and causing him to sin okay so this is what he he mentions in verses 7 to verse 12 so as we progress in his or he as Paul writes his letter and he progresses in his letter or as we read verses 13 to 25 he now focuses not just on the law but the sin he's talking about the sinful evil desires in the person in verses 13 to verse 25 so we read verses 13 to 25 and then we would you know look at what Paul is trying to say or we understand what Paul is saying any questions so far verses 7 to 12 okay there are no questions we move to verses 13 to 25 can somebody please read verses 13 to 25 Romans chapter 7 verse 13 to 25 has done what is good become death to me certainly not but sin that it might appear sin was producing death in me through what is good so that sin through the commandment might become exceedingly sinful for we know that the law is spiritual but I'm God sold under sin for what I'm doing I do not understand for what I'll do what I will to do that I do not practice but what I hate that I do if then I do what I will not to do I agree with the law that it is good but now it is no longer I who do it but sin that doesn't make for I know that in me that is in my flesh nothing good was for to will is present with me but how to perform what is good I do not find for the good that I will to do I do not do but the evil I will not to do that I practice now if I do what I will not to do it is no longer I who do it but still that dwells in me I find then a law that evil is present within me the one who wills to do good for I delight in the law of God according to the improvement but I see another law in my members warring against the law of my men and bringing me into captivity into the law of sin which is my members oh wretched man that I am who will deliver me from this body of death I thank God to Jesus Christ our Lord so then with the mind I myself serve the law of God but with the flesh the law of sin amen thank you jeffina so in verses 13 to 25 paul describes his struggle paul has already mentioned to us that the law highlighted sin but the problem is not with the law because he says the law is holy it's spiritual it's just it's right okay we read this also in verse verse 12 he says therefore the law is holy the commandment is holy and it is just and good so we see that the the problem is not with the law but the problem the problem is there is sin and sin he says is working in my flesh through my natural desires okay so the problem is sin and sin that is working in his flesh in his fleshly desires and through his natural desires so in these verses we basically see the struggle that paul is going through he says you know I want to do what is right but I don't do it you know I desire to please God but I don't do it and why is that he says because he says in verse 21 he says I find then a law that evil is present with me the one who wills to do good okay so he says he finds a law a law here is not the Old Testament law that God gave Moses and the Israelites but he's saying this law is something that is controlling me you know something that is is dominating me something that is powerful that is controlling me okay and having a control over my life and he's saying it is the evil that is present in me this evil in verse 23 he says but I see another law in my members that means I see another force or something that is controlling me or dominating me in my members is basically he's talking about his body you know warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members the all of these words is not talking when it is read law it's not here talking about the Old Testament law but it is the law means a controlling factor overpowering factor something that is that is they have been enslaved to that is you know pinning them down that is controlling them so he's saying you know you know I want to desire to please God I want to do what is right but I don't do it why is that because he says I find a law something that is controlling me dominating me no it's so overpowering and it is an evil that is present in me and he says this evil in verse 23 is keeping the members in my body enslaved to sin even though in my mind I want to obey God so he's saying I desire to obey God and in my mind I desire that but you know I am so enslaved to think to sin because the law of sin is controlling me there's a law that is really controlling me and enslaving me and pinning me down to this whole aspect of sin and then in verse 24 says who will deliver me from this body of death so why is he calling it a body of death because you know sin is reigning in his body and sin you know what does sin produce sin produces that he's already spoken about it he says the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus so the life that Jesus gives is eternal life so he's calling it a body of death which means that sin is so controlling him so warring against the members of his body so enslaved to sin and hence sin is going to produce death and in verse 13 he talks about how sin produces death and he says the more he sins the more you know it's producing death his body has become a body of death why because it is being controlled by sin the more he's going to let his body to be dominated controlled overpowered by sin the sin that you know that is controlling him is producing death and is at work in his body so what is the death that he's talking about here it's not just you know the final painful death but is talking about you know there is corruption there is decay there is sin there is the thickness there is pain there is suffering and futility because why is this happening in his body or why is he facing all of this is because sin the law of sin that is in his body or the law of sin that is controlling him okay so verses 13 to 25 you know is descriptive of is this descriptive of paul as a believer or as paul as a man under the law before becoming a believer so this is a question and you know many of them are debating on this this basically saying hey this is what paul is writing after he became a believer after he encountered Jesus in the road to Damascus and many of them say it cannot be descriptive of paul as a believer because paul already has mentioned very detailed in roman chapter 6 that you know hey we are dead to sin you know once we are in christ Jesus once we are married to christ once we are part of the body of christ you know sin has no control over us we are dead to sin the power of sin over our lives is broken so you know in in that context they say that you know what paul is basically writing here in chapter 7 is not descriptive of him you know after he becomes a believer but it is before he is a believer so because of this you know many believers quote these verses to describe their struggle with sin and they say hey look at paul when paul himself struggled with sin you know i also there's no way out because even paul suffered so it's okay you know if i don't do what is good if i end up doing what giving up to my own evil desires or sinful lustful passions so i just want to you know point out to a couple of things the first one is that paul is talking of him when he was under the law and not when he you know became a believer or when he encountered jesus on the road to Damascus so it's not talking of him when when he was a believer but it's talking of him when he was under the law so we we also saw this in verse 9 he says when the commandment came means when i came to know the law sin revived in me sin came up in me and i died and this was his experience when he was under the law and he says that sin i died to sin which means you know anything that decays corrupts and destroys is in this context is referring to i died or death the second thing is he concludes by saying you know this passage of his letter or this portion of this letter in verse 25 he says i thank god through christ jesus our lord meaning that he's you know pointing to the way he says hey you know i feel trapped you know about the way i'm feeling you know about how i'm bound to sin and slave to sin there's no way the law of sin is you know has such a dominating force over me control over me i feel trapped but you know this is the way out there is a way out and he's saying he's not saying i took the way out and came to the other side and found myself trapped which means he's not saying hey i was in the law and i felt so bound by the law i knew i couldn't keep the law and i felt so enslaved the law because the law highlighted a sin in my life and now you know i i i took the way out and i came out to the other side and i feel trapped no he can't say that because he says you know um oh when we are in christ jesus sin has no longer control or power or authority over us but he says i'm under the law and i'm trapped because i want to do the right things that the law is telling me but i find sin is controlling my body and then he says how can i get rid of the sin that is controlling my desires and then he points the way out and he says that this jesus christ is the way out so he's not feeling trapped in sin or enslaved to sin you know after he's found the way out after he's found the way to salvation and then he's saying hey i continue to feel trapped in this sin continue to feel enslaved in sin no it's not he's saying that you know when he was under the law you know before he came into christ jesus before he became part of body of christ he says you know i was under the law i i was trapped why does he feel trapped because he says i want to do the right things that the law is telling me but i find sin is controlling my body and he says how can i get rid of the sin that's controlling my desires and then he's pointing out the way out and he's saying the way out is jesus christ so jesus christ is the answer uh for us to be freed from the law of sin which means the bondage or the stronghold or the dominating force or the control of sin and that is why i say that you know that the experience that paul is writing about in this chapter and more specifically in verses 13 to 25 that's not applied to him as a believer because the believer is now on the other side and paul is basically talking about his experience when he was under the law before coming to uh jesus so some people don't see it as we see it and i'm i'm just sharing this with you but you are free to take your position you're free to take what you know you feel comfortable after reading romance chapter seven and from your understanding of of this study you can take your stand whether paul is talking about his life when he was you know in when he was under the law when he uh when he was not under christ or you know you can understand this chapter as paul was is mentioning that how he suffered when he was under the law but he feels so trapped but he finds a way out and that is the way out is jesus christ so paul is basically here talking about himself as a good jewish person you know who wants to keep the law who loves the law you know who's delis for the law but he says he cannot do it because you know he cannot keep the law without the power of jesus christ so he says in verse 25 i thank god through jesus christ our lord and there are two things that we have to deal with here uh the law has already been dealt with uh and he says we are dead to the law and we are married to christ but the law of sin and death or the law of death is still at work in our body which means the dominating controlling force of the law of sin and the law of death but there is still the law of sin and the law of death and he says in verse 9 sin revived and i died and you know um uh and sin is producing death in me was 13 uh so death here again you know talking about decay corruption and something that destroys so he's saying ultimately there is the physical and you know the spiritual death but he says verse 7 sin dwells in me and he says verse 23 the law of sin which is in the members in my body which means the control of sin in my body and what is the result verse 24 he says the body of death the sin in my body is causing my body to die and he says the law of sin the control of sin is causing my body to die so what i'm pointing out here in these verses is paul is saying that there are two problems here there is sin and there is death so he's asking the question who is going to set me free from the sin that is controlling my flesh and is ultimately producing death in me and he says who is going to deliver me now i'm going out uh who is going to deliver me and he says now i'm going to come out of this and how is he going to come out of this you know he's pointing through uh jesus christ now why is this important in the light of what paul has already said in roman chapter six uh there is one connecting point uh we read this in roman chapter six verse 19 he says i'm speaking to you because of the weakness of the flesh so he says there is a weakness in the flesh of a believer and what is it he says sin is at work and sin is producing death and sin if it is allowed to continue in the flesh it will still produce death so while the believer is you know set free from this law of sin from this dominion of sin this bondage of sin this control of sin how does he walk free from sin that produces death in the flesh and then he goes on to talk about this in chapter eight where he says you know it is the holy spirit that you know gives us the freedom that helps us to overcome and walk help us to walk free from sin that produces death in the flesh okay so this is what he's basically trying to um stay in these verses um where he's saying hey you know now i have how i was living under the law what the law did to me you know what was the control of the law of sin and death and how i'm struggling but now since i have come out i found a way out i've come out of it you know and um um i'm part of the body of christ but there is still that weakness in the flesh of a believer and what is that that sin is at work and sin is producing death and if sin is allowed to continue in the flesh it will still produce death so how can a believer be set free or how can a believer walk in this freedom from sin that produces death in the flesh uh he gives us the answer in chapter eight where he talks about the work of the holy spirit okay so very beautifully roman chapter eight he talks about um how the holy spirit helps us and how the holy spirit helps us to overcome the weakness in the flesh okay so that is roman chapter seven where he talks about his struggles uh verse 17 he says what i'm doing i do not understand what i will to do i do not practice that that i do not practice what i hate that i do what i want to do good but i may unable to do it uh verse 18 then he says the good that i will to do i do not do it verse 19 and the evil i will not do that i practice and then he also talks about the problem uh in these verses he says sin dwells in me was 17 in my flesh nothing good dwells was 18 um sin that dwells in me was 20 and the evil that is present in me was 21 so he says something is ruling in the members of my body fighting against my mind bringing me to captivity to sin was 23 okay so that is what he is presenting here and then he goes on to talk about uh how jesus is our deliverer and he thanks uh god uh for the answer that is in christ jesus okay uh and how you know um while he knew that is my in his mind that he is controlled by sin but he says while i know that in my mind i'm submitted to god's rule i'm aware that there is law of sin or the rule of dominion of sin in my flesh but god has an answer how to get rid of this law of sin and the debt that it produces and uh he presents that to us in roman's chapter eight so any questions on in this chapter roman's chapter seven any questions just so that uh first we can explain the last verse one more time again as it says uh we serve the law of sin over here we understand that uh as he said he he talked with before he moved uh even he was under the law right but then uh i think in the last verse he knew jesus in 25 thank god to Jesus christ our lord so then with the mind i myself serve the law of god but with flesh the law of sin so just one more of the last okay so here uh he's basically what he's saying is there are two problems here there is sin and there is death and he's saying who's going to set me free from sin that is controlling my flesh and that is ultimately producing death means decay and you know distress and pain and suffering and all of those things so he's saying who's going to deliver me and who's going to help me to come out of um this so uh what is this whole uh agony or cry or his desperation is that he's speaking about the weakness in the flesh the weakness of the flesh of a believer and what is that weakness of the flesh that is you know that sin is at work you know uh we are born again in our spirit man but in our flesh uh you know our flesh or our soul and um our minds need to be renewed daily in our spirit man we have been born again but in our in our mind and in our body you know uh sin is still at work uh and you know the weak there's weakness of the flesh and the the flesh tends to desire to give into sin to give into sinful um passions and so he's saying that even as sin is still at work you know it is producing death and if it is allowed to you know it will continue to produce death which means you know you know all of the the consequences as a result uh that comes because we sin and so he says now how do I overcome this you know I know that uh I'm no longer under the law I know that I'm part of the body of Christ I know that I'm dead to sin but even as I know that I'm dead to sin but there is this weakness in my flesh that tendency that pulls me or drives me towards you know doing things that I don't want to do and I want to desire to do the things that pleases God but I find myself self at times doing things that I don't want to do so you know how do I walk free from the sin that produces death in my flesh and he says it is the person and the work of the holy spirit it is by walking the spirit living the spirit you know abiding in the spirit and you know when we desire the things the spirit we don't gratify the desires of the flesh but when we gratify the desires of our flesh we cannot please the holy spirit so we see that Paul also talks about you know how there is a war that is happening the carnal nature and the spirit filled nature so you know he talks about how the more we keep feeding our spirit man our spirit man keeps growing and that is starving our carnal nature but he says when you know when you keep feeding our carnal nature how our spirit man is starved and that keeps pushing the carnal nature pushes it down and what is controlling us is our carnal nature so he's saying you know how do I have this problem I'm free from sin I know I'm dead to sin but you know there is weakness in my flesh because there's a tendency to go towards that but who can free me from that weakness in my flesh that tendency towards sin that is producing death in my flesh and that is what he talks in goes on to elaborate or discuss and explain to us in chapter eight did that help now jeffina yes because he says the answer is Jesus Christ yeah and I understand that only the last sentence when he says uh with the flesh so he says I myself serve the law of God but the law of sin so does it say when we connect it it says like I serve with my flesh the law of sin right is what is the meaning of the law of sin the law of sin means the controlling dominating power of sin that is working in his uh in his flesh in his carnal nature what is the law of God means the dominating controlling the power of God that is working in his spirit man okay so he's saying there is this law of God and there is this law of sin the controlling dominating power so I want to do things that pleases God in my mind or in my mind when he's talking about the mind he's basically talking about the spirit uh man you know but he's saying in the flesh uh you know I have this weakness because my flesh is weak it has the tendency to you know to give into the control or the dominating factor of sin and I find myself you know giving into sin and the weakness of my flesh so he's saying you know how do I find a way out of it or who can free me from it and he says you know it is Jesus Christ so it's the holy spirit that will help you to overcome the weakness in the flesh okay thank you pastor oh I got it yeah so the law of God and the law of sin is not the law here is not talking about the the Old Testament laws it's talking about the the power the control or the dominion of sin or the control the power and the dominion of God that is what it's talking about when it's referring to law here thank you pastor okay anyone else has any questions okay there are no questions so we'll move on to chapter eight okay we'll just quickly read through chapters eight and then maybe a few of you can share you know some insights from chapter eight that has blessed you uh you know in your life your journey with the God or if you're reading the chapter now you know something Reema where this comes or some where this sleeps out at you or where the sleeps out that you can share or if you've had um you know powerful encounter when reading scripture reading chapter eight of Romans you can also um you know share with us so we'll quickly just read Romans chapter eight I hope you'll have time to share our thoughts on it but uh if a few of you can read uh no four or five verses and we can get through Romans chapter eight so can somebody please read Romans chapter eight Romans chapter eight verses one there is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the spirit for the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin a bit for what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh God did by sanding his own son in the likeness of sinful flesh on account of sin he condemned sin in the flesh that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the spirit for those who live according to the flesh shed their minds on the things of the flesh but those who live according to the spirit the things of the spirit thank you somebody else can read verses six to ten for to be carnally minded is death but to be spiritually minded is life and peace because the carnal mind is enmity against God for it is not subject to the law of God nor indeed can be so then those who are in the flesh cannot please God but you are not in the flesh but in the spirit if indeed the spirit of God dwells in you now if anyone does not have the spirit of Christ he is not his and if Christ is in you the body is dead because of sin but the spirit is life because of righteousness men thank you john paul can somebody else read verses 11 to verse 15 but if the spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead in you he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his spirit who dwells in you a brother and we are that test not to the flesh to live according to the flesh for if you live according to the flesh you will die but if by the spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live for as many or led by the spirit of God these are sons of God for you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear but you receive the spirit of adoption by whom we cry out above father amen thank you anyone else likes to read verses 16 to me verses 26 10 verses anyone likes to read that please the spirit himself be a witness with our spirit that we are children of God and if children then here's here's of God and join here with Christ if indeed we suffer with him that we may also glorify together for I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared to the glory which shall be revealed in us for the honest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God for the creation was subjected to fertility not willingly but because of him who subjected each in hope because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God but we know that the whole creation groans and neighbors with birth of thanks gather until now not only that but we also who have the first fruits of the spirit when we ourselves grown within ourselves eagerly waiting for the adoption the redemption of our body for we were saved in this hope but hope that is seen is not hope for why does one still hope for what he sees but if we hope for what we do not see we eagerly wait for it with perseverance likewise the spirit also helps in our weaknesses or we do not know what we should pray for as we ought but the spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered amen thank you super she's okay no problems hello toly thank you okay versus 27 towards 39 can somebody read that please for us anyone would like to read now he who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the spirit is because he makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God and we know that all things work together for good to those who love God to those who are called according to his purpose for whom he for knew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his son that he might be the first born among many brethren moreover whom he predestined this he also called whom he called these he also justified and whom he justified this he also glorified what then shall we say to these things if God is for us who can be against us if he who did not spare his own son but delivered him up for us all how shall he not with him also freely give us all things who shall bring a charge against God select it is God who justifies who is he who condemns it is Christ who died and furthermore is also risen who is even at the right hand of God who also makes indecision for us who shall separate us from the love of Christ shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword as it is written for your sake we are killed all day long we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us for I am persuaded that neither death nor life nor angels nor principalities nor powers nor things present nor things to come nor height nor depth nor any other created thing shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen thank you John Paul so we'll just have one or two minutes anyone likes to share something specific that you know you received while reading the scripture passage or any favorite you know words that you have here that's spoken to you in life it's helped you anything like you like to share highlight anyone 18 credit saves but I consider that the sufferings of this present to be compound with the glory which I'll be revealed in this I think this was always helps me to go through the other things and like when I just and I just think like okay it's nothing whatever I go through it's it's all nothing when I have got Christ and I think that gives a great hope it just it just transforms mind in a second just to focus on God just to focus on what he has dead for us and what he's about to do for us just gets us out of this world gets us to that kingdom mindset that's it's it's God who is with us slowly will be revealed in us we should think in that spiritual mindset and even the last verse does the same thing for us that nothing can separate us from them or it also gives us that hope maybe especially when we feel guilty I mean in my life when I ever felt guilty I feel like maybe I'm far away maybe not just for me or if something but then when I when I heard this verse that I remember this was okay nothing can separate me from the Lord God and it's just beyond imagination I think the love is just beyond imagination beyond understanding actually yes thank you jeffina for sharing anyone else anyone else likes to share now the first verse where it talks about there is therefore now now condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus I think sums up what we spoke in chapter six and seven and how God makes it easy for us to overcome the work of the enemy and even the sin that is trying to dominate us and also encouraging us to walk in the spirit not according to the flesh and also submitting ourselves to as an instrument of righteousness and even towards the end we see this the same team being presented we are overcomers I think towards the end the last section I'm pursuing the death yeah yeah we are more than conquerors through him who loved us talking about the assurance that we have through Christ Jesus that we can overcome the work of the flesh the work of the enemy and we are more than conquerors yeah thank you john paul good to hear your voice after a long time of the many classes thank you thank you yeah so we stop here as time is up I just like to say that we you know should have our first assessment on chapters one to four so when would you like that can you please suggest the date sometime next week would you like it in the weekend or during the weekdays can you suggest the date and how many days do you want to have chapters one to four the weekdays is better the weekdays is better yeah uh and maybe four days we can have four days okay two days anything is fantastic but mostly in the week weekdays is the better I think so what about if I give it to you on the fifth that is next Thursday and you submit it on Saturday is that to the sun or you want it on the fourth and submit it on the sixth yeah fourth and sixth Saturday we have a conference okay oh yeah yeah fourth and sixth is that fine yeah all of you yes first okay so I'll post it on the fourth and you'll can submit it on the sixth okay thank you so much for joining class have a good weekend everyone refreshing and a blessed weekend see you I don't think we have class on Monday right this Monday is a holiday yes October 2nd okay we meet next Friday yeah okay thank you everyone God bless bye bye thank you best