 Okay, welcome back after the break. Just before we went for a break, we were looking at chapter 9, we're talking about, you know, building genuine friendships and relationships in the body of Christ so that we can, you know, speak into people's life. We can nurture them in the ways the Lord, we have the, when we have people in our hearts, the Holy Spirit gives us a right to speak, to write into people's hearts. We can nurture them, build them up in the ways the Lord strengthens them in their walk with God, you know, and also we are there available for people when they need help. And also, you know, we need to build a relationship, genuine relationships, so that we can go to people to be mentored by them. We can go to people and, you know, in times of our challenging difficult situations where we can receive help and be built up in the faith and a journey along with God persevere in our race and be strengthened even in those times of difficulties. Okay, so that is what we're talking about in this chapter. So, but there is a personal challenge even as we go about fathering people or mothering them or being a brother and sister to others in the faith. There's a personal challenge here. I just put on the screen. Can somebody read that please? It's a personal challenge, but it's good for us to know even as we step into this role of fathering, mothering and being a brother and sister to someone else, helping them in their faith journey, walk with God. What are some of the challenges? Can somebody read that please? Anyone? Anita, can you read that personal challenge on the screen? Yes, ma'am. To be a brother to another minister of God, I need to spend time with him to really get to know him. I need to spend time with him and his family to watch how he treats his wife and children. I need to spend time at his church or ministry office with his staff, see how he works with his staff. I need to invite him to my home and my church or office. We must spend time where we worship, pray and seek God together. I need to lay hands on him and pray for him. I need to have him lay hands on me and pray for me. I need to stand by him in times of difficulty and journey with him through it. I need to celebrate his success and moments of victory with him. I need to be available for him when he needs counsel and advice. Similarly, I need to be able to reach out to him for his counsel. I need to receive from his gift, anointing and ministry. Similarly, he must receive through the gift, anointing and ministry that God has placed in me. I must honor him for who is in God and similarly he honors me for who I am in God. We must partner with each other as friends. I must sacrifice and give for his personal welfare and his family. When people hate him, criticize him. I must stand in defense and still be his friend. We need to be such friends, such brothers in kingdom. Thank you, Anita. So even as we hope being a brother, sister, father, mother, mentoring people in the body of Christ, there are these challenges. So it's good for us to know these challenges so that we can work out things in our minds, you know, how much we can do, what we can do, you know, lay things out for us so that we have more clarity. If not, this role will become a challenge to us as well. Instead of us, you instead of benefiting somebody else and benefiting us, it can become a challenge in itself. So it's important for us to know the person challenges that mentoring in the body of Christ that we can go through and what are the things that lead it. Also, you know, when we are mentoring, you know, when a brother or sister in Christ tumbles, you know, we need to help them out. How do we do that? It says here in Galatians chapter six verse one, you know, we who are spiritual, you know, we should do that, you know, we should restore them in the spirit of gentleness. Because, you know, we could also be tempted, we could also fall in that area. We don't, you know, we don't correct them or restore them in a sense that we are super spiritual, that we are, you know, good people and they are bad or we are spiritual and they are sinners, you know. But, you know, we need to do that in a sense of gentleness, also considering that we could also be tempted in that very area. And when a brother or a sister makes a mistake, you know, we shouldn't be criticizing them, accusing them or gossiping about them, publicizing, you know, about their faults, their weaknesses or what they have done. Because as it says in Matthews chapter seven, verses three to five, it says, you know, when we look at the speck in our brother's eyes and we don't consider this a plank in our own eyes. So, you know, we need to look at our own lives where we also have our own weaknesses, our shortcomings. So, instead of, you know, accusing, criticizing, gossiping or publicizing about their weaknesses of another leader's weaknesses and that, you know, how they fell, you know, it's good for us to help in their restoration, do it with weakness and gentleness, pray for them that God would give them the grace and the strength to overcome their challenges. Okay. 1 John chapter two, verses nine to 11, you know, it's talking about light and, you know, it says if we are in the, if we confess to be in the light, you know, but we hate our brother, we are in darkness. So, can somebody read 1 John chapter two, verses nine to 11, please? 1 John chapter two is 9 to 11. He who says he's in the light and hates his brother is in darkness until now. He who loves his brother abides in the light and there is no false wisdom. But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness and there's not no way he's going because the darkness has blinded his eyes. Thank you, Jeffina. So, here we see that scripture tells us that if we claim to walk in the light, that means if we claim that we are children of God, that we are kingdom builders, that we are sons and daughters of God, but we hate our brother. It can not just talking about our own blood related brother siblings, talking about another brother or another sister in Christ, in the body of Christ. It says that we are in darkness. Okay. We are blinded and do not even know that we are in darkness and it's a dangerous place to be. So, we cannot carry hate in our hearts. We need to get rid of every kind of bitterness, jealousy and unforgiveness that we have towards other ministers, other leaders, pastors in the body of Christ and also other believers we should not carry that hate. We need to put whatever hurt or wrong they have done to us, just put it behind us. There's some misunderstanding, just go and clarify it with them. If there's something that you have done that needs restoration, you can restore, go back, restore that friendship, that relationship. Just forgive them, release the hurt, whatever they have done and do it for the sake of the kingdom, do it for the sake of God, do it for the sake that his kingdom can be extended, that there is no seeds of envy and strife and envy and hatred and jealousy and unforgiveness that brings about strife, that brings about division in the body of Christ, but just letting it go for the greater purpose, for the greater glory of God. Saying, God, I'm hurt, I'm upset, but I'm just letting it go because I don't want this to become a hindrance, a stumbling block to bring about strife and division in the body of Christ. I want your kingdom to be extended, God, and just put away the wrong that has been done, release forgiveness. Just ask God to heal up those wounds that are there and just relate with that to brother and sister, just be friends with them and see how you can contribute in enriching and building their life for the glory of God. It's a time where we are in, there's a need for brothers and sisters and fathers and mothers to arise in the kingdom of God, where we are nurturing, we are training the younger generation in righteousness and holiness and the ways of the Lord, so that after us they will continue the work of God, otherwise it will be like what happened to the people of Israel. The Book of Judges says, the younger generation did not know the laws of the commandments of God and hence they did not walk in His ways, did not keep in His ways and there was a generation that arose that did not know the ways of the Lord and hence they walked away from Him and we see the people of Israel living in such despair and hopelessness because of their sin. God punished them by sending other kings to rule over them, to take away all of their produce of their land, the harvest time, making them slaves and subject to the other kings and we see God raising up judges when people cried out to God. But why was this whole generation that came up living in sin and worshiping idols is because they did not know the ways the Lord, there was no one to teach them, no one to pass on the commandments, no one to teach them the laws, the ways of God and hence there was this whole generation that came up who did not know the ways of the Lord. So it's important for us to trade the younger generation in righteousness and in holiness and in the ways of the Lord. So that is this chapter about how we can be mentors and raise up a godly generation who would continue the work of God after us. Any questions on this chapter, chapter nine? Any thoughts on this chapter? I think some of you might already be in this role where you are mentoring people, you know, fathering them, mothering them, you know, building them up in the faith. Anyone doing that for mentors to the younger generation, people younger to you, or even people older to you, anyone here who are mentors? Okay, if not, you know, you can come into that role, that place, you can pray about it and ask God, you know, in small ways you can start and just mentoring and building up the younger generation, passing on what you are learning also in the Bible college, passing it on to them, teaching them, building them up in the faith. Okay, there are no questions and no thoughts then we will move on to the last chapter. Okay, raising the next generation for kingdom service. Okay, chapter 10. God has given all of us an ability to, you know, procreate both in the natural and in the spiritual realm. Look at what Paul says in 1 Corinthians chapter 4 verses 14 and 15. Can somebody read that please? He's writing to the church at Corinth. Can somebody read 1 Corinthians 4, 14 and 15? It's on the screen. 1 Corinthians chapter 4 verse 14 to 15. I do not write these things to share here, but as my beloved children, I warn you, for though you might have 10,000 instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers. In Christ Jesus, I have begotten youths of all. Thank you, Jefina. So Paul is making an important statement here. He's telling the church at Corinth, you know, you can have 10,000 people who come and instruct you in Christ, but you know, I'm not just an instructor, not somebody who's telling you what to do, what not to do, but you know, I'm a father for you, you know, you will not have many fathers, but yet I am your father for you in Christ Jesus, because he says I have begotten you through the Gospel, which means I, you know, you are my children, you are my sons and daughters through the Gospel that I have preached to you. So Paul very well, apostle Paul knew his role. He knew that, you know, his role was not just to be an apostle to the Gentiles, but also to be a father, you know, to raise up the next generation, to father the churches, to build them up in the ways of the Lord, and also to be a father, to raise up many leaders who would continue the work after him. So there's some important statements that are mentioned here, which I like to, for us to know, you know, you know, when we father people in the faith or when we mentor people in the ways of the Lord, we do not produce Xerox copies or exact replicas, you know, we give birth, those who give birth, those we give birth to have their own individuality and their identity. So, you know, just when as we are mentoring people, we need to remember this that, you know, we need to mentor them in the ways the Lord, but not, you know, build that identity on what we want them to do, or what we think is right for them to do, what we think is their calling or their gifting, but we need to just, you know, build them up to pursue their vision, their calling, their identity in Christ and what God is entrusting to them, just like, you know, parents make the mistake of, you know, living out their dreams in their own children if they have, they have unfulfilled dreams and they have not been able to fulfill their own dreams. They try to, you know, get their children to do it, but they fail to see that their children, you know, are unique in their own way, you know, just because, you know, the husband and wife both are doctors, they can't expect their child to be a doctor, or just because the husband and wife are missionaries, they can't expect their children to, you know, also become a missionary when they grow up, or, you know, as a father, as a pastor, he wants somebody else to, you know, continue the church after him, which becomes more like a business mindset, you know, then, you know, raising up his own children to become pastors when they're not called to it, can become a big disaster in itself. So we need to know that, you know, even as we're mentoring people, we're fathering people in the faith, that, you know, we don't produce Xerox copies, just exact replicas of who we are, but we need to know that they have their own individuality, their own identity, God has given them their own giftings, their own callings, and things that he wants them to do, a function that he wants them to fulfill in the body of Christ, and so we need to raise them up in their own calling, in their own bishop. The next statement, which is very important, is, you know, our success in ministry is incomplete if we don't raise successors, if we don't raise people who would, you know, take over the work after us, even if you started a Bible study group, or, you know, a prayer group, and, you know, whether it's in your office, or whether it's in your church, or whether it's in the, you know, place where you are, God has placed you, you know, look for people who can continue this even though you leave and go, or you move on, God wants you to move on, you know, raise up successors. The day you begin any ministry, you know, even if it's starting a life group, or a Bible study group, or a prayer group, it's a day you should start planning your departure. That means you need to know that you're not going to be handling this group for the rest of your life, you can move on, but you need to look for somebody who can continue the work even when you are not there. And this is God's desire, this is how, but God desires that his anointing, his revelation, which is given to one generation, you know, is passed on to the next, and even as it's passed on to the next, he will add on, you know, he will give him a fresh anointing, fresh revelation to that upcoming generation, and he will empower that new generation to, you know, to build on what the previous generation has done, and to continue the work of God, to continue building the kingdom of God, as we read in Isaiah chapter 59, verse 21. So can somebody read Isaiah chapter 59, verse 21, please? Isaiah chapter 59, verse 21, as for me, says the Lord, this is my covenant with them, my spirit is upon you, and my words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart from your mouth, not from the mouth of your descendants, not from the mouth of your descendants, descendants, says the Lord, from this time and forevermore. Thank you. So here we see that, you know, it's God's desire that, you know, that his word, his law, his commandments, you know, is passed on from one generation to the other generation. So even as we go around, you know, mentoring people or fathering them in the faith or raising up leaders, what do we need to keep in mind is, you know, if there are no timities, like Paul raised up a timity, you know, if there are no timities to continue the work and what we have started will lie in ruins, the people that you raise up as the next leaders will become leaders in your place. So the timities that you raise up will become, you know, the Pauls of tomorrow, they can become the leaders, they can become the apostles, they can become church planters. And we need to also keep in mind that we need to raise the next generation. Otherwise, you know, there will be no one to continue the work the present generation has done and to build on that, you know, and sadly, churches often, you know, focus on, you know, on ministering to the present generation and they basically neglect the next generation that is coming up, basically neglect the children or the youth. And even though there is some work that is done, but, you know, the focus is more on presenting the spiritual truth to this present generation. But we need to know that, you know, we need to build on the next generation, because each generation, you know, needs to pass on the spiritual truths, the spiritual revelations, what they have received so that the next generation can begin from where the previous generation has slept. If we don't pass on, you know, what we are learning, what the spiritual truths, the revelations to the next generation, then the next generation will come to a place where they have to start afresh. But if we are building on each generation, we are building on the next generation, then they will take on from which the previous generation has slept on, they will build on, and we can, you know, then we can see the kingdom of God advancing in a greater measure in a much powerful way. So we look at how to raise up timides from, you know, the life of Paul, the Apostle Paul, how he raised up timides. So, you know, we look at Paul timides relationship and we'll draw some lessons on how we can raise up the next generation to carry on the work of what we have started. So we see that, you know, Paul, when he looked at Timothy in Acts chapter 16, verses 1 to 3, can somebody read that please? Acts chapter 16, verses 1 to 3. Acts chapter 16, verse 1 to 3. Then he came to Derby in Lister and behold a certain disciple who was there named Timothy, some of a certain Jewish woman who believed that his father was Greek. He was well spoken of the brethren who were in Lister and Aquinas. Paul wanted to have him go on with him and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in that region, for they all knew that his father was Greek. Thank you, Jeffina. So even as Paul was in Derby, you know, the area of Derby and Lister, there were many young people there. But, you know, Paul sends a special connection with this young man, Timothy. He had heard good reports about him. So Paul made arrangements for Timothy to be part of his ministry team. Paul also circumcised Timothy so that, you know, he could associate with him. And also, you know, Timothy would be able to work among Jews, which was very necessary at that time. So we see that Paul was sensitive to the leading of the Spirit. And also we need to be sensitive when God brings in Timothy in our lives, shows us Timothy in our lives, or when God is sending you as being like Apostle Paul into somebody else's life. We need to be sensitive of the circumstances, the times, the seasons that God is taking us through. And even as, you know, we sense if God is, you know, bringing Timothy in our lives, you know, how we can build them up, or if God is taking us as a Paul into somebody else's life, how we can speak into the lives of other people, how we can nurture them and build them up. And we see that, you know, Paul builds Timothy up and also takes him alongside him, even as he works and does ministry in his missionary journeys, he takes Timothy along. And, you know, Paul is, you know, very transparent in his life, in his ministry, his life, his ministry is very open for other people to see. And hence, Timothy was able to clearly study and see Paul's life, how he does things, how he faces the various challenges, various difficulties, how he goes about doing ministry, how he serves the Lord. So all the time, you know, Timothy was along with Paul, he was being built up. And then, you know, he's built up to such an extent where Paul sees him no longer as a son, but sees him as a brother, as a co-laborer, as a co-worker, and sends him to the church at Corinth, chants into the church at Philippi. And, you know, eventually, before, you know, Paul's, in his last days, he sends him to oversee the churches as epistles. And because he knows that the way he's trained young Timothy, you know, he's able to take on all these difficult, challenging roles, and he's able to continue the work. And, you know, Paul must have been at peace and rest assured that, you know, people, sons in the faith that he's raised up like Timothy and Titus are able to continue the work even after he moves on. So, you know, we look at various references here from Acts after 18 verse 5 and Acts 20, Philippians chapter 2 verse 22, 1 Timothy chapter 2 verse 2, where we see how, you know, Timothy goes around with Paul in various places and he's able to observe Paul's life, his ministry and where he does things and how he is equipped and strengthened in his own faith and his ministry. And, you know, Paul launches him out as a minister of God. So, even as, you know, God calls sense committees in our lives to divine appointment, to when he orchestrates divine situations in our life, he brings in timides in our life, we need to be careful to select our timides carefully. We know that, you know, Paul would have met so many young people in Lister and Derby and other places, but, you know, there are few people that he's selected and, you know, he built them up in the faith and in the, to carry on the work of the ministry. It was because, you know, we could say that Paul sends the leading the Holy Spirit and hence he invested in Timothy's life. So, we also need to be careful who we select as timides. We need to look at not just the giftings, the talents, the charisma of the person, but we need to look at their heart attitudes, you know, what is the condition of that heart where they're teachable, moldable, where they're willing to learn, they're willing to receive correction and, you know, their heart is towards God and they have a right heart attitude of humility, of being faithful to what God has called them and entrusted to them. So, these are some of the things that we can look at even as we select our timides. The second thing we can learn from Paul Timothy's life is, you know, develop a nurturing relationship. Okay. So, we see in these verses here, you know, it's put on your screen. Paul refers to Timothy as his true son. First Timothy chapter one was two beloved son in the same chapter and first Corinthians chapter 14 verse 17, he's telling the church at Corinth, you know, I'm sending Timothy to you who is my beloved and faithful son in the Lord who will remind you of my ways in Christ and teach you and as I teach everywhere in every church. So, we see that, you know, Paul and Paul had a special relationship with Timothy. Timothy was a spiritual son and Paul was a spiritual father to Timothy. The third thing we need to, you know, keep in mind even as we raise up the next generation is establish a closeness and transparency. Paul is telling Timothy when he's writing to him, second Timothy chapter three, he's saying, you know, you have but you have carefully followed my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, long suffering, love, perseverance, affliction, everything that happened to him, the persecutions that he endured. So, basically what Paul, Paul is telling Timothy is, you have seen my entire life. You know, the way I live, my manners, my doctrine, what is my purpose in life, how I have suffered, you know, but how I have persecuted, how I was persecuted, but how I persevered, you know, the afflictions I went through, but, you know, what was my attitude, what was my reaction, and how I endured everything. And so he's telling Timothy, you know, even as you have seen my entire life, you know, I want you to follow in that same pattern. And why is Paul mentioning this here? Because Paul knows that he's coming to the end of his life, he will soon be, you know, martyred. And he's left Timothy, this his son in the faith, you know, who he has nurtured, he has left him in a very important position in overseeing the churches at Ephesus. There are so many churches, you know, also, not just overseeing the churches in Ephesus, but in around Ephesus, which includes the seven churches that we read in the book of Revelation. And so there was a huge responsibility. And so Paul is saying, telling Timothy, reminding him of, you know, you know, don't give up, even though the going is tough, I know, Paul knows, it was, it would be very tough for Timothy, what he's going through as a young leader, how he has to deal with older people, older leaders who are already dead in the church at Ephesus. But he's saying, you know, you've seen everything in my life. I want you to just follow that same pattern, how I have been living, what I have done in and through all the persecutions of afflictions. And he's basically saying, you know, persevere, continue to run your race with perseverance, don't give up. And he's able to say this because he's built up young Timothy. And how is he built up by his life has been an open book, has been very transparent and people who have journeyed along with Paul, who he has built up in the faith have, you know, observed his life and his ministry in a very close manner. And hence he's saying, you know, just pattern what I have done. Also, we see that, you know, even as Paul raises up sons in the faith, he also communicates specific instructions. He tells them what they need to do, what they shouldn't be doing. We see this even as he writes to Timothy in his letter in the first Timothy and second Timothy, even as he writes to Titus, he tells them how what he must do, what he shouldn't be doing. So, you know, even as we nurture people or Timothy's in the faith, we also need to give them specific instructions on how they need to let their life, what they need to do, what they shouldn't be doing. Also encourage them, exhort them, correct them. Here, we read in 1st Timothy chapter 6, verse 12, Paul is giving Timothy an encouragement, fight the good fight of faith, they hold on to the eternal life, which you were called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. So, you know, one of the toughest things to do is to correct people, but we must learn to correct them, teach them, you know, and do that in a gentle, in a loving, in a very positive, uplifting way. If we don't correct our sons in the faith or our brothers and sisters in the faith, then you know, what we overlook will become like a cancer and we know what cancer does to the body, eventually kills and destroys the body. So, correction is like a spiritual strategy, surgery. We know that when you go to surgery, it's the toughest time, it's a difficult time, it hurts, there's pain, but the end result is good. So, we need to correct people, correct them in gentleness, correct the sin and not the person, but love the person and you know, do that, do the correction in uplifting in a very encouraging way. Okay, the next thing we need to do even as we raise up leaders or the build up the next generation is clarify the cost. You know, Paul was very straight in communicating to Timothy that there is a cost involved in being a minister and that is why, you know, what we just read here in this verse, he talks about not just, you know, his doctrine that he's preached, a manner of life, his purpose of faith, but also he talks about his long suffering, his persecutions, the afflictions. So, in every area of life, you know, Paul was very open about his life, he was very transparent. So, people can see the cost that is involved in ministry and, you know, the sufferings that is involved, what they need to lay down, what they, what they need to take on, how they need to run and hence it will give them a good perspective of what Christian ministry is all about and they can know that even as they walk into it, this is, everything comes as a package and how they can handle the various situations. Okay, the next thing is place, honor, build up, treat with respect. So, we see that, you know, once Paul raises up Timothy in the faith, we see him no longer calling him as his son, taking pride that, you know, he's the one who built up Timothy or he's the one who's his mentor, he's the one who's brought him to this level. But we see how Paul talks about Timothy once he sees him mature in the faith, once he sees him in a position where he can take on responsibility, he calls Timothy as a man of God, calls him as a brother or fellow worker and he recognizes Timothy's true worth, his, his gifting, his calling and his anointing. He also calls you know, Timothy as, you know, as somebody who is, he looks at Timothy now as his peer on the same level, not somebody who he needs to mentor or, you know, teach, but he's brought him up to a level where he can look at Timothy as his, as his peer, as somebody who is a school worker in, in, in building up the kingdom of God. Okay, so we also must learn to be true fathers and mothers in the house of God and we need to raise up, you know, sons and not servants because when you raise up a servant, you know, or when you treat, you know, Timothy's that God sends into your life, if you treat them as servants, then you will raise them up as servants. If you treat them as sons, you will raise them up as sons. So if you raise them up as servants, you know, you know, they will, they will come to a place where they're looking for reward and if they don't receive a reward, they will leave and they will go to somebody else's house where they're looking for same reward. And if they don't find a reward, they will keep moving from place to place. And, you know, we have really not raised up somebody who's building the kingdom of God, but looking for their own personal agendas, they're looking for their own personal things. But if you raise up sons, you know, a son is not looking for a reward, he works in the house because he belongs there. Even if a son is upset or angry, he does not move out of the home, he stays there, he continues to work there, he will always remember his father and, you know, a son, you know, after you have gone, the son will continue the work because he receives that work as an inheritance, but a servant receives a reward for their work and they will not really look on building what you have started or what you want them to build on because they're looking for a reward because you have raised a servant, but if you raise a son, they would look, they would continue building up on where you have stopped or where you have discontinued, they will continue to build on it because they'll receive that as an inheritance. So we need to build timidities that God sends into our lives, build them up as sons, treat them as sons so that you can raise up sons and not treat them as servants. If you treat them as servants, you will raise them as servants and that will not help in extending the kingdom of God. The next thing we need to know is, even as we raise up the next generation, as we build them up in the faith, you know, when they come to a place where they are built up and strong, you know, delegate responsibility to them, empower them, trust them with the roles and responsibilities and even as you give them the roles and responsibilities, you know, just place that trust and confidence that they will fulfill what you have entrusted to them because you have raised sons and you have helped them to grow mature in their work with God. And even as you delegate roles and responsibilities, you know, don't keep on interfering with them in what they're doing, but let them take the lead, let them take the responsibilities, but, you know, just help them in times of difficulties, be there, things to strengthen them, to encourage them even as they run their ways and if they make any mistakes, you know, gently correct them, you know, show them the areas where they have done the mistake and how they can rectify it and how they can correct it. So, you know, we also see that in these references, how Paul recommends enthusiastically and positively to the Church at Corinth and to the Church at Philippi, he says, you know, Timothy comes, see that he may be with you without fear for he does the work of the Lord, as I also do. And so he says to the Church at Philippi says, but I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you shortly, that I also may be encouraged when I know your state, for I have no one like-minded who will sincerely care for your state. You know, so he's saying that Timothy is one who would do what is required because he is a one-mind just as I am towards you and he's talking about, you know, but you know, his proven character that as a son with his father, he served with me in the Gospel. Therefore, I hope to send him at once as soon as I see how it goes with me. So, we see that Paul is recommending giving a positive recommendation to the Church at Corinth and Philippi about Timothy and how he sends out Timothy to do the work that is required there and how he looks at Timothy as his co-worker and co-equal in the ministry. Once we build up the Timothy's, we release them into that calling. So, we see that, you know, Paul releases Timothy as, you know, somebody who he has built up, matured in the faith, he sends him to oversee the churches at Ephesus. So, you know, it must have been a great moment of honor and pride for Paul to see Timothy become his peer, you know, to see Timothy take on the work and to accomplish the mission that Paul has entrusted to him, that God has entrusted to him as well. Okay. You know, when we treat Timothy as sons, you know, we raise them up to be joint heads. The problem arises when the son fails to grow up or when the father desires the son to always remain a son instead of becoming a joint head. So, we see how beautifully Paul transitions from treating Timothy as a son and then treating him as a co-worker, a co-laborer, a peer, somebody who can take on responsibilities. And, you know, we see Timothy, you know, taking on that responsibility and fulfilling his job and, you know, proving himself worthy of what his spiritual father looks at him now no longer as a son, but as a joint head. Okay. So, even as we grow old and, you know, our days are drawing to an end, the younger generation isn't taking on the responsibility. We just don't stay away, but, you know, we use God's anointing, the wisdom that God has given to us to impart it to the generation, continue to help them, to mature them in the ways the Lord, from what we have received in our walk with God, we can continue to give it to them just like Moses did with the people of Israel, killed his very last days. He continued to teach them, reiterate the laws, build up Joshua as the next leader, teach him, and then, you know, anoint him in the position that, as the next leader. So, you know, even as we grow old, we continue to share the wisdom, continue to help the younger generation mature in their walk with God. And even as we grow old, you know, we keep the anointing fresh, the fire that is burning in us, we keep rekindling that fire, we do not retire, but we continue to do God's work, you know, we keep bearing fruit, even in our old age, as it says in Psalm 92, verse 14, they shall still bear fruit in their old age, they shall be fresh and flourishing, so we can continue ministering, even in our old age, bearing fruit for God's kingdom, and then, you know, depart with grace. So, 1st Chronicles, chapter 29, verse 28 says, so he died in a good old age, full of days and riches and honor, and Solomon, his son, reigned in his place, talking about King David. So, even in his old age, you know, he was able to continue doing the work of God, but God had called him too. Okay. So, that is the end of chapter 10, the end of the last chapter. So, this will be our last class. Before we end that class, anyone has any questions, any doubts, anything that you want to say? I hope this two APC publications, these two books, Kingdom Builders and Kingdom of God has helped you to extend your vision, not just to what God has given to you, but also to build a kingdom of God and how you can go about doing it, what is your calling, what God has portioned for you, how you can go about doing that. I hope it was helpful. Yes. Now, any questions, any doubts? Yes, Pastor, it was really helpful, enlarge our mind, actually, to really know how to live or to do it in every second. So, thank you so much. Thank you, Jepeena. Thank you for joining class every day and for reading, just for your inputs, just for being there to read. Thank you. It was very encouraging. Thank you. Thank you, Zellatoli. Thank you, Anita. Thank you, everyone, for being part of this course. I hope this course helped you all. You can please feel free to share your feedback, your suggestions, and how you can improve teaching this course better. So, I'm always open to feedback. So, please feel free to share your feedback in the, you know, the stream page, how I can make the subject more lively, more exciting for the students in the next batch. I teach this course maybe next year, how I can do better, what I shouldn't be doing, what I should be doing. So, your inputs and suggestions will be very valuable, will help me a lot. So, please feel free to take some time to just share your suggestions. Yes, Nubega. I just have a question, Mom. Yes. When are we expecting our assignments? Because like three, four days ago, I was seeing on our WhatsApp group like people were saying that you really posted an assignment, it was that aroma or it was true. I posted it on the stream page on 27th October. I have mentioned that there are two more assignments that are slated for this semester. Assessment 3 was November 4th and I have given the portions there chapters 1 to 5 from the Book Kingdom Builders and assessment 4 is November 18th portion 6 to 10 from the Book Kingdom Builders. So, I have posted this on the stream page on 27th October. Excuse me, I'm sorry, have we done one or we've done two assignments? So, we've done three. We just have the fourth one left. I'm not seeing anything like that, Mom. I only saw one that you marked us. I have not seen any other. That's the reason I have not seen any assignment. What about the others? Even I didn't throw any assignment, Mom. It's not assignment, it's assessment that I posted. No, Mom, I didn't see. I think, Mom, Linda here, I think we completed two assignments or assessments, sorry, and I don't think we have received anything else. Okay, let me just check that and get back to you. Yes, we finished assessment 2. Okay, I have made a mistake in that. Okay, we finished one and two assessment. I needed to put assessment 3 on November 4th, which I think I missed. Okay, I'll just rework on those dates and can I let you know about it? So, sorry for the inconvenience. I completely missed this. I'll just check on that and get back to you. Is that okay? Thank you, Mom. Okay, thank you, Lubega, for mentioning that. I'm just so sorry. I think I just overlooked that. I'll look at it and then get back to you. There's so many other courses I'm teaching. It's keeping a, okay, tap on it. I'll just look at it and then I'll post on the stream page. Is that okay? Thank you, Mom. Yes, so sorry for the inconvenience. Anyone else has any other questions? First, don't talk. Yeah, okay. Anyone else has any questions? Okay, if not, thank you everyone for joining this course and this is our last class. I'll keep you posted about the assessments. Okay. Thank you. Thank you first. Okay, bye-bye, everyone. Thank you first there. Thank you.