 Okay, I see all your names here. So I guess there's no newcomer Everybody who was there in the previous class is also here. Okay, right. So So just wanted to ask you this question Since we're doing this course biblical preaching You know, what do you think about this whole Concept of preaching All right, is it for everybody is it for somebody? What do you think anyone say preaching, what do you think is it for everybody is It for some people Yeah, the beggar Yes, pasta a good afternoon. I don't know what time it is there, but it is where I in the morning It is seven thirty three. Okay, it's eleven a.m. Here Okay, good morning and good whatever everybody To me, I think that the preaching is for everybody Because when Jesus Christ was leaving here, he said that we should go preach it not tell one person or two He told all of us so all believers are supposed to preach either at home either to where he works the way that we are So I think it is in enough shapes for everybody. We should all learn how to preach. Thank you pasta. Thank you Thank you. Rebecca anyone else um Do you think Do you also agree with what the bigger shed or do you see it any other way? Yes, faster. Yes, Isaac. Yeah, I think I go with the world a little bigger Preaching this should be all is for everybody. It's like the parable of the soul Yeah, yes, we need to spread the word. So I think it's for everybody Thank you. All right. Thank you so much Yeah, so, um, you know, sometimes what happens. I just see jeffina's and we need to preach Also spread the gospel all over the world not just some part. Yeah, sure Yeah, that's so true So the thing is I think all of us understand and all of us agree that We are all called on commissioned to preach the gospel Right now the setting in which we do the environment in which we do the realm In which we actually do this Preaching could be different Right, but the fact is the truth is that all of us have been commissioned. So I'm just going to read from Matthew 28 right Matthew 28 and Verse 18 and Jesus came and spoke to them saying all authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit Teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you and lo I am with you always even to the end of the age So making disciples and an important aspect of that is to communicate to proclaim Right. So preaching is proclaiming something professing something. Okay Let's look at the mark also the last chapter It says go into mark chapter 16 and verse 15 and he said to them go into all the world and Preach the gospel to every creature He who believes and is baptized will be saved He who does not believe will be condemned and these signs will follow those who believe in my name They will cast out demons. They will speak with new tongues They will take up serpents and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them They will lay hands on the sick and they will recover Okay, so says going to all the world and preach the gospel to every creature So you see that well for whom was this commission? It was for his followers for his disciples So it is for all of us as disciples of the Lord Jesus. Okay, so many times we disqualify ourselves Because we look at preaching as pulpit ministry Well, a large part of it is right. We see okay It's if in a church in a podium or a pulpit or on a stage You know, I feel that okay. I'm not called for that kind of a thing. So therefore, you know, I'm not called to preach right, but this preaching or proclaiming the message proclaiming the message of the word of God and Particularly the gospel could be in any any setting. You know, it could be a small Small group setting home group kind of a setting. It could be a very informal one-to-one kind of a setting Right. So in all these if you when you consider all that we see that all of us are called to be Preaching the gospel all of us are called to be preaching the truth of God's word So you don't have to disqualify yourself saying, you know, I well I'm not articulate or you know I I can't go before a crowd of people and do it. You don't have to disqualify Maybe another word which is to be helpful is if you look at the word came communicate proclaim profess declare These words and especially the word communicate Right. Can you communicate? Can you profess? Can you declare? Can you proclaim? Yes, sure all of us can and all of us do right So the while the setting might be different, right? We might not be in a typically in a five-fold ministry kind of a setup But all of us as disciples as followers of the Lord Jesus we can communicate The truth of God's word we can communicate the gospel we can proclaim profess declare it. So all of us are so this course is about Biblical preaching which means when we are when you're called to profess and proclaim and communicate Okay, what are some things that we can look at? You know, is there a science to it? Are people born as preachers? Right? So we're gonna look at that So it's a it's an interesting again a very practical course where we look at some of the theoretical aspects of it Okay, what what does it involve when it comes to preparing a message putting together a Message that we can preach or communicate it and primarily we are looking at a formal setting, right? But it can it need not be so so putting together Studying the word of God putting together a message Communicating it. So we're going to look at some practical aspects of that also. Okay, so the first thing that we need to understand is that You know what we believe in and what we are convicted of or how we believe what we believe is very important Okay, because that is what you are going to communicate So it's important that we believe rightly or we believe We are not deceived by it, you know, we believe and We believe the right things Because what we believe in What we are convicted of or what we are sure of is going to affect our life, you know, you look at it You know what you believe so strongly, you know in Changes your life, right because we begin to live our life according to it Okay, and and and of course when it's the truth of God's word The God's word has intrinsic power because Hebrews You know talks about that it was for we see that it has it is living it is alive It is powerful life-changing creative, right and all that you can add So therefore, you know when we believe rightly about the word of God it has intrinsic power to change us Right, we believe we mix faith with it, right Hebrews again talks about that, you know, if we if you do not mix faith With the words that we hear then it doesn't profit But then if we mix faith with it, we receive it changes us Changes the way we look at things changes our perspective whole a lot of things happen when we believe rightly So what we believe in is very very important if for us as Personally and also for us as communicators of this truth. Okay, so what we believe in Therefore, it's important that we that we divide the word rightly Like Paul in his instruction to Timothy says, you know, rightly dividing the word of God And you give you give yourself entirely to this To these teaching but he also says, you know, you rightly divide the word of God, right? It's very important. Okay, so we when we look at You know, the even before we get into this whole aspect of preaching or biblical preaching or what is It's known as homiletics We need to, you know, maybe look at the interpretation of it as well Okay, because we go. What is the content? The content is the word of God so if I rightly divide the word of God if I rightly interpret the word of God in the line of several things Then my life, you know, will be changed. I will be convicted I will be standing on this conviction of you know, this truth and what I communicate Right with my words with my life With my choices in my lifestyle everything, you know, will be life producing. Yeah, that's very important Otherwise what I communicate will not be producing life, but I'll be deceiving myself right So so it's very important that we look at How we interpret scripture? So we're going to look at a review something that we would have studied last semester or maybe last year Okay, which is hermeneutics, right? You looked at how to biblically interpret scripture There's something that you looked last last year Study last year. Yeah hermeneutics, biblically hermeneutics So so we're gonna just do a quick recap of that review of that and before we get into You know hermeneutics. Okay, so so, okay, let me just share the Thing that I have Okay, so here we have I hope it's big enough So biblically, you know, it's called hermeneutics, right? Rightly interpreting the word rightly interpreting scripture so So what is the goal of it? What is objective? the end result of it is that I need to discover the meaning know the meaning of the text as It is intended by the original author Okay, now the Holy Spirit God the father the father wrote Through this people wrote as they were inspired Right as we moved by the spirit of God So God really is the author but he uses human vessels and it was in a particular time frame time period and in that in a typical culture Right when we say culture we're talking about beliefs. We're talking about values We're going to we're talking about customs talking about traditions and all that was there and this message was presented in Such an environment. Okay, so it meant something Okay, so So it meant something to that that audience Now while we look at you know our we're gonna look at that, you know, we look at Our culture our time period. Well, it is very different vastly different from how it was then So we need to consider that as well Okay, so what are some factors or what are some things to consider in order to interpret it? Okay, because in tip when we interpret it rightly, we will believe rightly when we believe rightly we will apply it rightly and it will result in Right living right all right It'll be life-producing. Okay, so that is so that that's the that's a basis, right? Why we want to interpret Scripps are rightly. Okay, so So when we look at the language itself, okay, so first first of all we need to interpret it Grammatically, okay, when we look at the language Meaning of certain words phrases sentences So when we when we consider the grammar of the text we see that Well, it does not really change so much over the years It does not change But it's important for us to consider those words Okay, so there are different tools which help us there are you know Where we can go to the root of the word whether it's the Hebrew or if that's the Greek In the Old Testament and the New so we we can look at that and then we can consider that And to rightly get you know, what does it actually mean? Okay, this word This phrase what does it mean? So interpreting it grammatically is very important. Okay, so Otherwise it it can become very very vague. Okay, so, you know, I remember one of the I forget if I was in college or school, but then I remember the English class and And the teacher was saying that you know the word cute We use the word cute But if you look at the and cute means, you know, we use it for a you know Maybe a puppy or a cat or you know, maybe a person also. Oh, so cute Maybe for a little baby child, you know say so cute But actually the actual origin of the word if you look at it apparently now you can look it up I vaguely remember this being said that it actually meant ugly Okay Something that is something that is ugly, but over the years It has actually come to mean something that is, you know, something that is adorable or something that is cute You can check that out So so the thing is this right? We need to know the meaning of the word And how it was used in that particular, you know context how it was used in that Culture. Yes, we're grammatically interpreting it. So when we look when we interpret the text and I you know, grammatically We see that we can just take the language Okay, the original language Whether we study the Hebrew, of course, you know in our Courses, we're not actually looking into Hebrew, but whether you're studying the Hebrew and the Greek or whether you're looking at a translation Okay, so does it make sense? Like the way the words words are the way the sentence is the way the phrase is now does it make sense? Okay Like for example, John chapter 3 and verse 36, and I'm just projecting that So he who he who believes in the Sun has everlasting Life and he who does not believe the Sun shall not see life But the wrath of God abides on him. It's it's very plain Very clear We don't have to You know assign any other meaning to it It's a very plain language. Very clear. Okay, he who has a son who believes the Sun has everlasting life Which means the opposite of it is also mentioned there. He who does not believe shall not see life But instead of life, there's a wrath of God Very clear. You look at Acts chapter 1 and verse 11 Again, you know, this is the conversation that the angels have This heavenly beings have with the disciples soon after the Lord is taken up into heaven says It says men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus who was taken up from you into heaven? Will so come in like manner as you saw him go into heaven. It's talking about the second coming of the Lord, right? A lot of us don't have any issues about the first Coming of the Lord, but we you know sometimes think okay really really calm It's been so many years so many centuries, you know, is he gonna come again? Well, the scriptures very plain and very clear says, you know, the heavenly beings are saying that in the same manner In which you saw him being taken into heaven. He will come Okay, so it's very very very literal very plain, you know, no two words. No two ways about it Okay, so when we look at a text he interpreted grammatically we look at it. Does it make sense? Okay, then the other thing is that Like in every language, there is a figure of speech, you know, it could be a simile. It could be a metaphor right So there could be a figure of speech, you know, like for example when you say, you know well This person was a lion in battle Okay, what does it mean? It means that this particular person this warrior was was, you know, was very fierce in battle very majestic and fierce and You know totally intimidating So so and so was you know was a lion in battle. So when you if you look at it in a literal sense Okay, was a lion in battle You might if you if you interpret it only literally it means that okay, he became a lion He changed into a lion That's the literal sense little meaning of it But we know you know, it's just a figure of speech like knowing a language studying a language. You realize that okay It's a figure of speech. It just means that the person was a fierce the first much fierce like a like a lion Okay, so So so that is what it means so we should give some You know weightage for figure of speech as well as we are starting scripture, right a couple of examples here Okay mark chapter one and verse five then all the land of Judea and those from Jerusalem went out to him And we're all baptized by him in the river Jordan the Jordan River Confessing their sins So what does that mean, you know Like in figures of speech we have metaphor we have simile, you know, like This person was a lion in battle or as like a lion in battle. Also, there could be a hyperbole Okay, which means that the Lord Jesus said, you know Why do you look at the speck in another person's eye, but not at the log which is in your eye Okay It's hyperbole is also part of a it's like a figure of speech like it's in language, which means that Does that mean that this person has a huge log sticking into the eye? No The Lord is saying something a you're overlooking your own, you know defects or your own You know shortcomings Which are actually very apparent You're overlooking that but you're looking at the speck, you know looking at that small thing Which is in that other person and you're pointing that out and you know and and you're doing that Okay, so that also, you know something like that Mark chapter 5 then all the land of Judea and those from Jerusalem went out Does that mean that every household every person who was inhabiting went out to be baptized? It talks about the majority. It talks about great crowds. It talks about the multitude which went there Okay The Lord Jesus also saying this is my body which is given for you do this in remembrance of me Okay, so what is literally his body? No, it was a symbolic act He gave the bread he broke the bread gave it and said, okay, this is my body. Okay, so which is a symbolic act Okay, so Some of those things that we need to consider Okay, and and while we are interpreting grammatically it also me, you know, some of these passages have symbols the You know symbolic Things which are there and we also need to consider that as well and many times the symbols are themselves explained Okay, the text itself gives interpretation for these symbols, so you understand. Okay, this is what it is This is what it means. You know typical examples revelation one And verse nine probably we'll take we'll take a look at that Actually, you'll study more about symbols in the prophetic class Okay, so let's look at revelation nine verse revelation one and verse nine so it says You know says It talks about the this experience that John has this vision and he's It says I was in the spirit of the Lord's day verse 10 and I heard a you know loud voice and all that and he goes on to explain how what he saw the son of man and You know is it says here that He had in his right hand seven stars Okay, verse 16 and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword and his countenance was like the sun shining okay, and it also says that Was 13 sorry and in the midst of the seven lampstands Once stood like the son of man So we see seven golden lampstands verse 12 says seven golden lampstands and in the miss the son of man Referring to Jesus his description and in his right hand he had seven stars and so on So when we read through and when we go to verse verse 20 It explains those symbols these items which are you know, which John noticed in the vision The text itself gives an explanation the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand and the seven You know golden lampstands the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches and the seven lampstands which you saw are the seven churches Excuse me right, so you see the text actually has given a lot of symbols and It also gives the meaning of those symbols Okay, this is what it is the seven stars are not just stars But actually it refers to the messengers or the angels Which are carrying a message the seven golden lampstands. Well, they are lampstands But this is what it refers to it refers to the church, right, which are supposed to eliminate and throw light into the darkness Illuminate the darkness right so with the truth. So we see that okay, so Many other times the text will either from the from that place itself or from some other place will give meaning Okay, okay second thing Okay, let me just see if anyone has any questions. No Okay, the second thing is that we also need to understand and interpret it from the place of scripture Okay, so It helps to study um The background okay the culture the customs and all that and which is what you you know Normally go through you know when you do the survey the old testament survey the new testament survey You know you look at the time period you look at the author. Who are the audience and and so on right and a little bit of The history right what was happening there? You look at that so So so the question we need to ask is okay. What is what does it mean? You know this particular some some of these passages are difficult And we see that how How does it help us to interpret? You know, how does it how do you interpret it? What does it mean to this original audience? You know this particular Thought that is expressed here. What does it mean to the original audience? Okay, so when we study that we we understand okay for some examples You know genesis 157 about cutting the covenant. Okay, so now in our day and time, okay, we need when you when you talk about covenant and Uh, we typically we might look at okay, we looked at marriage right? We looked at okay something that is signed something that is spoken Um a contract so you know an agreement or maybe a handshake, you know, if it's a verbal thing um but This whole thing of cutting a covenant If you use it with someone who's you know, someone who's never studied that This covenant and all is not a usual language. So it could leave someone, you know, very perplexed. Okay, what does it mean? And what is this cutting mean? right But when we when we when we read the you know the culture and the custom of those times that it involved You know taking those two animals or birds and then cutting it and and the person is making the covenant going through them Then you understand. Okay, you know, it involves shedding of blood and it involved this and the people walking through it and Walking in the middle of it and that is how a covenant was cut literally All right, so we understand. Okay. This is what it means. Yeah so another place uh again is um, you know revelation too we're talking about uh, you know, where's where satan's throne is right, so So pergamum and so was satan really seated there? Well, there was a there was a worship of these powers of darkness and this deity Uh, which was happening there and this place was referred to as um, you know as a place where satan's throne is so Is it pergamum? Yeah, I just let's just look at Chapter two was 13 Yeah, satan's throne, right? It's referred to so Um, so you understand that okay, there was worship happening there and you know all kinds of wickedness and places referred to as a satan's throne Okay, um, then in one corinthians 11 also, you know, it talks about how uh, you know short hair or shaving of a person's Uh, you know head or not person a woman's head Was considered shameful, you know, that does that mean, you know, we should not cut Uh, you know, we should not have a haircut. Women should not cut their hair Um, what does it mean, you know, so in that culture, definitely, you know, definitely it was it was something of It was not a nice thing because typically the the priestess Uh, or the temple, uh prostitutes They would have that kind of a hairstyle So that is what they would relate themselves to and also, you know, the heads that were shaved and where you know, if they if someone was in, um, uh adultery and lived in adultery and they were convicted of it So they were, uh, you know, it was done for them. So So paul has to You know write to such a people and uh, he's he's writing about that. So he's mentioning that he's referring to that. So Um, all that right, so we look at history and that also gives us Uh, some kind of a, uh, you know, understanding. Okay, this is how it was. So therefore I can't take it literally Right, uh, and I don't have to apply it literally So when we when we you know, we when we end up doing, uh, it literally we end up hurting a lot of people as well Right, it is not relevant for, you know, a culture and then we we end up hurting a lot of people. So Um, one thing that we need to understand is, um The difference between truth and culture Okay, there is eternal truth in god's word And there is the the tradition custom culture of man now In some places this is very intrinsically Like intertwined Right, still you can't really, you know differentiate. Oh wow. What is it? But if you look at closely, you know, it is is it the truth? Does it have anything to do with eternal truth of god's word or is it something that is a tradition or a custom And some of these things are harmless Right, it could be something that is cultural something that is harmless and it's fine. Absolutely. Okay So we don't have to take something that is cultural And hammer it as the truth Okay Oh, take it out and then you you say you profess it you declare it to be the truth if you're not, you know, adhering to it then You know, then you're a sinner Yeah, the scripture, you know in corinthians Paul writes and greet one another with the holy kiss. It was a culture for the for the people at that time, you know for Of the of the men of those days to to greet one another and even still, you know, you might see those Those things happening, you know, especially in the Um in the arab world, right? You see they greet each other in that way So, you know, if you take that and if you declare that as a truth You're going to end up, uh, you know, creating confusion. We are going to end up Creating a lot of hurt Right, and that is why people stay away from the truth sometimes Right, um Like I I was listening to I don't know if some of you know, I don't want to mention the name of this person Like she comes from a islamic background and um, and a very zealous believer and serving the lord And she was mentioning about how there is a church Uh, where she comes from and uh, and in that church, it's so culturally relevant for that community Right islamic community where people come they sit on the floor Okay, they come wearing their traditional You know that hijab Um, they feel comfortable doing that so it's this is where that and the bible is Is is shared it's I mean it's it's uh, it's there It's kept in a in a stand like how you know, that holy scripture would be kept You know, it's kept in a stand. It's kept right there in front people sit on the floor There are no like guitars or you know, everything that could be considered as a western culture, right? It's not there Well there, uh, is is there singing? I'm not too sure But definitely, you know the the prayers and everything People are it's more of a recitation. It's more of people, you know Echoing or reciting back. What is what is being spoken? What is being said? Okay, so um very culturally relevant Is it, uh, you know, is there truth in what they are is the content of what is being shared Is definitely the truth of god's word Is it producing life? Is it producing, you know fruit? Definitely Uh, people are coming, you know People are being saved and people are coming to the saving knowledge of christ Well simply because that it's culturally relevant Okay, they've not uh Well, the person who was leading the church did not say takes something which was um They did not say hey, you need to change everything. You know, you can't you stop You know wearing this kind of a headgear you stop, you know Growing your beard long you start, you know shaving it. No, you said you come as you are, you know, this is something Close to your culture. It's fine There's nothing in in all that what you're doing which is contradicting the truth The moment it contradicts we will point out But it's not contradicting right now. Whatever is superficial. It's it's uh, you know external Let's go with it Okay, so that produces life. Okay, so so also, you know, when we look at Scripture, we need to see what is cultural? And what is eternal truth because culture could be for that time period It could be for that group of people for that geographical location Need not always be for us Okay, um, whereas the truth supersedes culture transcends culture goes beyond that right, it's eternal And it transcends You know people's group and ethnicity and all that it's it's relevant for all It's a kingdom culture, right? So it helps for us to know the difference. Okay Okay A few more things. Okay, it helps when we interpret things critically. What does uh, you know, what is critical thinking or when we say You know, you look at something critically. What does it mean? Okay, so it Let me try and put this okay, so it basically means that we We analyze available facts evidence observations arguments, etc To form a conclusion to form a judgment. Okay, so there's nothing wrong in using reason God is the God who created us emotionally the God who created us Physically is the one who created us to think rationally. So, you know, we We look at all these things which are there the facts and Everything that God has present. God has given us we have what we observe and use our minds that we think And then we come to a conclusion. Okay, so let's look at some of these Things, you know six practical rules that we can look at okay You know the bible itself we see that it's an amazing amazing work Right, uh, if you look at the time period if you look at the number of people Who wrote it or you know, who are used by God to put together? It's amazing. It it can be it's nothing short of Miraculous it's nothing short of the supernatural to have one common thread from Genesis to revelation And everything, you know pointing to the cross and from the cross. It's it's amazing Right, um, and it's so life-giving right. It is the word of God So when we interpret it some of these practical things that we can look at interpret in the light of the context of the passage Okay, so now since you've studied the course. I just want to ask you know, what does it mean interpret in light of the context Anyone when we say you interpret this scripture in the light of the context Um, what does this mean? Okay, jeffina is here. So I'll ask Jeffina, what does it mean interpret in light of the context? Okay, there is a text okay, then text is placed in a setting means it has as a you know, it has a story it has It has a setting to it background to it and what we call as the context Okay, so It's important to look at the context of that particular text Okay, um I think there are some examples there that we can look at Okay, so questions like okay, where is this text from? Is it in the Old Testament? Is it in the new? Okay, who's the author what time period? Okay, so that itself should give us an understanding. Okay, is it so Old Testament? Okay, so it was before the cross Um, so it was in the old dispensation Um, so okay, so this is how the Holy Spirit moved, you know, all these things come into play, right? This is how the Holy Spirit ministered to people Okay, there was not the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit common among all the believers of Yahweh But he would come for a season. He would anoint a person for a season for a particular task and He would go so that is how he moved. Okay, so in the New Testament now it's going to be different So this is how it is. So text is talking something about The Holy Spirit and the ministry of the Holy Spirit So you understand or a person who is moved by the Holy Spirit, right? Then you understand. Okay This is the context. It is it is in this In this dispensation. So therefore, you know, uh, Okay, these are some things that I can conclude Okay, it's very important because when we do a character study, right? Uh, sometimes we look at the text. Okay, David this this this David lived in the old dispensation. He did some amazing things Um, he he produced some great songs He there was some amazing prophecies and all that And in the oldest old dispensation, right? So Well, does it does everything about David apply to me or you know, when I'm studying when I'm learning a lot of things But there are some critical differences as well because he was You know in the time of the oldest sensation He was looking towards the cross and here I am in the new dispensation Looking back at the cross and there are certain things that I I enjoy today Which David did not have The indwelling presence of the spirit the gifts of the spirit being released and so on so so there are some differences so While I can apply a lot of things well I can learn a lot of things from doing a character study of Of the summers of David, you know, there are things that are different as well Right, so I need to understand that so you take the text and you look at the context of the passage. Okay um Okay in line with that also Okay in the light of progressive revelation Okay, so okay under which covenant was it written? Right in which dispensation um Now they're understanding according people walked according to the understanding Or in the light of what they knew Okay, and God was unfolding the truth to them Okay, and several examples here you can go through, you know example about polygamy example about theocracy and About sacrifices animal sacrifices and so on right, um You know, especially about, you know multiple You know, uh, you know, we studied about marriage in the previous class So, you know, this is something that is you know, yeah polygamy was permitted But it was never affirmed or encouraged right, we see that and We see it's a progressive revelation No, and we see in the new testament that very clearly instructed Okay, um Also, you know, we read about secular government and the theocracy of God the government of God The government of God in the old testament, you know God spoke God did things he had he raised up kings He he did things on the earth through um through a ruler And he spoke certain things through that prophet to that ruler and so on but we see, you know, uh In the new testament we are we that we are to pray for rulers that we have to pray for gum and people um who are, you know holding such positions, which means that God is not against that And uh, we see that kind of a thing happening the change happening and God is not against that Right and God will bring his plans and purpose even through those, um, you know, uh structures governmental structures So we see that animal sacrifices again in the old testament Well, they were instituted. Uh, it was done. Uh, God clearly, you know, very very in in my new detail He described each and everything that needs to be done But we also know that it was referring to something that the Lord Jesus would do on the cross This was sacrificed was symbolic of what would happen on the cross And uh, and the Lord Jesus carried our sin and everything on the cross and by one sacrifice He put, you know, he he he removed What was actually separating man from God? So do we need any more sacrifices? No, the sacrifice ultimate sacrifice was already made Okay So things like that, you know, so, you know, if if you're going to be having animal sacrifices Saying, you know, God requires that Then it's a becomes a heresy because uh, it's something that you're trying to do In order to please God, but God has already Had a sacrifice that perfect sacrifice for himself in the person of Jesus Okay, okay The other thing is to interpret scripture in harmony with other scripture Okay so you know So when we when we do that, you know, there is no contradiction Okay, when we look at a scripture passage and when we look at Certain other scripture passages in order to come to the conclusion, you know So scripture interprets scripture Okay, and And is this Is this aspect of the truth that the scripture is, you know, proclaiming? Is it in harmony with the other classic example is this, you know, that We see that, uh, okay, let's take this scripture of, you know Genesis two And one has to leave for this reason a man leaves and the word used there You know, like I said, it's very Um, a very strong word means abandon for sake For this reason, a man should leave his father and mother And be joined to his wife So if he if he's just going holding on to that Then it would mean that I would disrespect Totally cut away all relationships With my mother and father with my parents But when we study it in the light of other scripture Right when we look at That the commandments that were given by the lord when we look at it in the light of other scriptures, you see that Then it brings that wholeness Right, so we need to do that. What is the what is the the whole truth? Right So this I'm holding on to is it in harmony with other things, especially when it seems to So contradictory so radical like so different. Is it in harmony? Um, so that will give us the right perspective, right? Okay from time to time. I'm just looking at the chat just to see if Anybody's asking any questions. Okay Uh interpret the unclear in the light of the clear Okay, so this is a rule of basic rule of thumb is that don't build a doctrine or a teaching or a set of instructions and You know, uh based on a very unclear passage Okay so If it's an unclear passage you look at You know, look at what is clear. What is very apparent and you know, completely Um, you know, it's there in great detail. Look at the clear Right, so don't if something is not clear don't build an entire doctrine out of it because that could create a damage Right to the church and to whom to whomever we are sharing the truth to the truth. Okay Like for scriptures like this, right? Um, and I say to you make friends with yourself by andrages andrages mammon look 69 That when you fail they may receive you into an everlasting home And apparently this was used by the church of that time for the practice of indulgences, right? You've studied what indulgences is, right? Basically, these are licenses to sin Right, so you pay a certain amount of money to the priest Um in the church and the and the priest would issue an indulgence saying, okay It's like a certificate saying, okay this person Is permitted this particular sin And the church had come to a such a level where you know, they had a menu You know, okay. They had a price list This sin so much This is what you give as an indulgence and then you'll be permitted to commit that sin, you know So you see that heresy had something From scripture they picked it up and they said, okay, we can do this Another scripture one one Corinthians 15 and verse 29 it says, okay This baptism for the dead, you know, the whole thing of purgatory And praying for the dead praying for the saints Who were actually dead and gone praying But already dead The whole practice coming out of this verse whereas, you know Paul was actually not Condoning it. He was actually referring to a particular Custom which was done by those people and he was referring to that to actually point to a greater truth saying Hey, even those people believe that there is life after death Okay, okay. So when you study, you know, Corinthians, you'll you'll understand it's a great detail. Okay So you interpret the unclear in the light of the clear, okay I guess we'll stop here. There are just a couple of things Interpret the spirit of the passage and also Interpret with dependence on the holy spirit. So we'll cover that in next class And then we'll go forward. Okay. Um, so like I said, we will You know that upgraded notes, I'll put it up and then you can download that. Okay. Okay. Thank you We'll meet again on Thursday. Okay. God bless. Bye. Bye. Thank you. Bye. Thank you