WEBVTT 00:00:01.159 --> 00:00:06.639 Welcome to NECF Sermons. Each message here is 00:00:06.639 --> 00:00:09.660 designed to uplift and strengthen you in your 00:00:09.660 --> 00:00:13.939 walk with God. Don't miss out. Stay with us until 00:00:13.939 --> 00:00:17.879 the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive 00:00:17.879 --> 00:00:33.820 right in. authority in the name of Jesus, right? 00:00:34.100 --> 00:00:37.859 So this is just going to be part of it, right? 00:00:39.420 --> 00:00:49.259 So what we are looking at today is the walk and 00:00:49.259 --> 00:00:53.000 the work in the spirit, right? That is believers' 00:00:53.140 --> 00:00:59.200 responsibility and their conduct, right? In the 00:00:59.200 --> 00:01:01.259 spirit. That is what we are going to look at. 00:01:03.159 --> 00:01:09.640 Or we can call it. Life in the spirit. Life in 00:01:09.640 --> 00:01:17.040 the spirit. Alright. So turn with me to the book 00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:22.060 of. Matthew chapter 28. From verses 18. Matthew 00:01:22.060 --> 00:01:27.980 28. From verses 18. So one of the. The focal 00:01:27.980 --> 00:01:31.680 point of this teaching is we're exploring realities 00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:35.120 that every believer must carry. That is, the 00:01:35.120 --> 00:01:39.099 first one is the walk. That is how we live. And 00:01:39.099 --> 00:01:42.920 the work, which is what we are called to do. 00:01:43.459 --> 00:01:46.959 And both of them are as a result of discipleship. 00:01:47.659 --> 00:01:50.599 I believe, Marcel, Ifania has also taken us through 00:01:50.599 --> 00:01:52.420 this route. So it's just going to be something 00:01:52.420 --> 00:01:55.120 we're going to move out very quick. Matthew 28. 00:01:55.959 --> 00:02:25.789 From verses 18 to 20. And Lord, I am with you 00:02:25.789 --> 00:02:31.849 always, even unto the end of the age. One of 00:02:31.849 --> 00:02:33.629 the instructions we see here Jesus giving to 00:02:33.629 --> 00:02:36.229 the disciples is that they should go and teach. 00:02:37.370 --> 00:02:42.389 They should go and teach, which is to disciple. 00:02:43.250 --> 00:02:47.129 It means to disciple and to train. It means to 00:02:47.129 --> 00:02:50.770 disciple and to train. Another thing we saw there 00:02:50.770 --> 00:02:53.210 is that he says, go and teach them to observe. 00:02:53.870 --> 00:02:56.789 All things whatsoever I have commanded thee. 00:02:57.050 --> 00:03:00.770 Right. Whatsoever I have commanded thee. That 00:03:00.770 --> 00:03:03.830 means there was an instruction that was given 00:03:03.830 --> 00:03:07.229 to the disciples. Right. On how they were to 00:03:07.229 --> 00:03:10.270 carry out this work of ministry, which is making 00:03:10.270 --> 00:03:15.830 disciples. So, one thing we are going to look 00:03:15.830 --> 00:03:21.229 at is what discipleship really means. So, discipleship 00:03:21.229 --> 00:03:24.979 is not a passive word. or passive attendance 00:03:24.979 --> 00:03:27.740 that I'm just attending church or I'm attending 00:03:27.740 --> 00:03:31.300 services passively. No. If you look at the instruction 00:03:31.300 --> 00:03:36.960 in Matthew chapter 28, just put it up. From verses 00:03:36.960 --> 00:03:42.319 19, just put 19. It says, Go therefore and teach 00:03:42.319 --> 00:03:46.060 all nations, baptizing them in the name of the 00:03:46.060 --> 00:03:48.400 Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching 00:03:48.400 --> 00:03:51.199 them to observe all things that whatsoever I've 00:03:51.199 --> 00:03:54.319 commanded you. And lo, I am with you always, 00:03:54.460 --> 00:03:58.360 even unto the end of the age. So, you see that 00:03:58.360 --> 00:04:00.319 there were activities also that was happening 00:04:00.319 --> 00:04:02.900 to the disciples when they were sent. That is, 00:04:02.939 --> 00:04:05.379 they were to preach, they were to rise disciples. 00:04:05.740 --> 00:04:08.879 Why? Because whatsoever has happened to them, 00:04:08.979 --> 00:04:11.060 they were to replicate it also to other people. 00:04:12.219 --> 00:04:19.410 Alright? So, One thing we see there is that the 00:04:19.410 --> 00:04:21.430 disciple, who is the disciple? The disciple is 00:04:21.430 --> 00:04:24.829 the learner. Pastor Ifanyi has spoken about this. 00:04:25.209 --> 00:04:27.870 So one thing that happens is that there is a 00:04:27.870 --> 00:04:29.970 learner. There is a training that is happening, 00:04:30.149 --> 00:04:33.589 right? And how are they training them? That is, 00:04:33.629 --> 00:04:36.870 they are instilling doctrine in them, right? 00:04:36.889 --> 00:04:40.129 To instill doctrine in them. That is, they are 00:04:40.129 --> 00:04:43.550 explaining, they are expounding a thing. They 00:04:43.550 --> 00:04:50.250 are imparting instruction. And this, how are 00:04:50.250 --> 00:04:53.670 they doing it? You see in Luke chapter 24, we 00:04:53.670 --> 00:04:56.009 see a pattern. Luke chapter 24, let's just go 00:04:56.009 --> 00:05:00.990 there quickly. Luke chapter 24 from verses 25. 00:05:02.490 --> 00:05:17.000 We see a pattern. It says, and to enter into 00:05:17.000 --> 00:05:18.899 his glory. And beginning at Moses and all the 00:05:18.899 --> 00:05:20.839 prophets, he expounded unto them the things, 00:05:21.160 --> 00:05:23.779 expounded unto them in all the scriptures the 00:05:23.779 --> 00:05:29.019 things concerning himself. Right? Verse 5. Verse 00:05:29.019 --> 00:05:31.500 4. It says, And he said unto them, These are 00:05:31.500 --> 00:05:33.120 the words which I spoke unto you while I was 00:05:33.120 --> 00:05:35.160 yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled 00:05:35.160 --> 00:05:37.519 which were written in the law of Moses and the 00:05:37.519 --> 00:05:40.240 prophets and in the Psalms concerning me. And 00:05:40.240 --> 00:05:43.480 then opened he their understanding that they 00:05:43.480 --> 00:05:46.339 might understand the scriptures. So, When the 00:05:46.339 --> 00:05:48.680 apostles are going to preach the word of God, 00:05:48.759 --> 00:05:51.699 what are they talking about? That is the sufferings 00:05:51.699 --> 00:05:56.540 of Christ and the glory that followed. That is 00:05:56.540 --> 00:06:00.500 the gospel. That is what they are teaching the 00:06:00.500 --> 00:06:09.240 believers about. So, there is not only, one thing 00:06:09.240 --> 00:06:11.139 also we are going to note is that there is not 00:06:11.139 --> 00:06:13.860 only teaching that is happening, right? There 00:06:13.860 --> 00:06:17.009 is also A component of it that they are going 00:06:17.009 --> 00:06:19.910 to practice, right? What they were taught. We 00:06:19.910 --> 00:06:22.069 are going to look at something that during Jesus, 00:06:22.350 --> 00:06:25.129 when Jesus was with his disciples, one thing 00:06:25.129 --> 00:06:27.670 that happens that you teach them, after he teaches 00:06:27.670 --> 00:06:30.370 them, he sends them forth. They come back. If 00:06:30.370 --> 00:06:32.930 there is anything that goes wrong, he corrects 00:06:32.930 --> 00:06:36.290 them. Then he sends them back again. So it wasn't 00:06:36.290 --> 00:06:39.310 a passive learning only, but it was followed 00:06:39.310 --> 00:06:42.170 with practical things. There were activities, 00:06:42.470 --> 00:06:48.050 right? Let's open Matthew chapter 14. Let's start 00:06:48.050 --> 00:06:49.810 with Matthew 10, sorry. Then we'll go to 14. 00:06:49.990 --> 00:06:55.050 Matthew 10. You see Jesus sending forth his disciples 00:06:55.050 --> 00:07:01.610 to preach, which is part of the training. Matthew 00:07:01.610 --> 00:07:06.310 chapter 10. From verses 1 it says, And when he 00:07:06.310 --> 00:07:08.750 had called unto him his twelve disciples, he 00:07:08.750 --> 00:07:11.949 gave them power against unclean spirits to cast 00:07:11.949 --> 00:07:14.319 them out. and to heal all manner of sickness 00:07:14.319 --> 00:07:19.620 and all manner of disease. Then let's jump to 00:07:19.620 --> 00:07:42.100 verse 5. It says, The kingdom of heaven is at 00:07:42.100 --> 00:07:46.579 hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, rise 00:07:46.579 --> 00:07:50.120 the dead, cast out devils. Freely you have received, 00:07:50.339 --> 00:07:55.439 freely give. So he told them, prior to this, 00:07:55.500 --> 00:07:57.339 the disciples were moving around with the Lord 00:07:57.339 --> 00:08:00.519 Jesus Christ. So they saw him preach. They saw 00:08:00.519 --> 00:08:03.759 him cast out demons. That is, they learned by 00:08:03.759 --> 00:08:06.459 precept and also by, Jesus taught them by precept 00:08:06.459 --> 00:08:09.360 and by example. They observed the life of Jesus. 00:08:09.600 --> 00:08:12.220 Now Jesus is sending them to do the same thing. 00:08:13.720 --> 00:08:16.639 They were to preach, they were to cast out demons, 00:08:16.959 --> 00:08:22.240 they were to heal. So, discipleship is not only 00:08:22.240 --> 00:08:24.879 coming to the church, sit, learn, and go. No. 00:08:25.220 --> 00:08:28.540 The activities that come in, we go out for evangelism. 00:08:29.179 --> 00:08:31.819 During catatismus, we minister one to another. 00:08:32.600 --> 00:08:35.159 We speak in tongues, we interpret tongues. We 00:08:35.159 --> 00:08:36.919 are taught that. We are taught how to flow in 00:08:36.919 --> 00:08:39.840 the spirit, with the spirit, right? Then we minister 00:08:39.840 --> 00:08:41.759 one to another. We edify one another. That's 00:08:41.759 --> 00:08:45.139 practical discipleship. That is active learning 00:08:45.139 --> 00:08:50.600 also. So we're going to look at another instance 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:52.700 also. So the first one, Jesus sent the disciples 00:08:52.700 --> 00:08:56.419 to preach. The second one is Matthew chapter 00:08:56.419 --> 00:09:01.820 14. Matthew 14. Just four scriptures from 10. 00:09:05.940 --> 00:09:29.590 Matthew 14. Let's read from verses 13. They followed 00:09:29.590 --> 00:09:33.450 him on foot and out of the cities. And Jesus 00:09:33.450 --> 00:09:36.649 went forth and saw a great multitude and was 00:09:36.649 --> 00:09:39.970 moved with compassion towards them and healed 00:09:39.970 --> 00:09:42.509 their sick. Right. Let's continue. You're going 00:09:42.509 --> 00:09:44.649 to see something as you go down that the disciples 00:09:44.649 --> 00:09:46.850 also ministered to the physical needs of people. 00:09:46.970 --> 00:09:49.830 That is, they served. They were taught how to 00:09:49.830 --> 00:09:52.850 serve also, the work of service. 15. And when 00:09:52.850 --> 00:09:55.570 it was evening, the disciples came to him saying, 00:09:55.750 --> 00:09:59.669 this is a desert place. And the time is now past. 00:09:59.750 --> 00:10:02.529 Send the multitude away, that they may go into 00:10:02.529 --> 00:10:07.289 the villages and buy themselves rituals. But 00:10:07.289 --> 00:10:10.649 Jesus said unto them, They need not depart. Give 00:10:10.649 --> 00:10:15.889 ye them to eat. And they said unto him, We have 00:10:15.889 --> 00:10:22.110 here but five loaves and two fishes. And he said, 00:10:22.190 --> 00:10:25.649 Bring them hither to me. And he commanded the 00:10:25.649 --> 00:10:39.490 multitude to sit down. So they are serving. We 00:10:39.490 --> 00:10:56.629 see service. It is part of discipleship. In chapter 00:10:56.629 --> 00:11:00.710 10, he's sending them to preach, to heal. In 00:11:00.710 --> 00:11:06.850 chapter 14, they are to serve. They shared food 00:11:06.850 --> 00:11:11.210 to the people. So it's also part of discipleship. 00:11:15.710 --> 00:11:20.309 Let's also look in the same. That is verse 31. 00:11:24.070 --> 00:11:29.620 Verse 31. Verse 31, previously, Jesus said, come 00:11:29.620 --> 00:11:33.279 walking on the water, on the sea. Then Peter 00:11:33.279 --> 00:11:36.200 and other disciples were in the boat. Then Peter 00:11:36.200 --> 00:11:39.279 said, Lord, if it is you, bid me to come. And 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:41.879 Jesus said, come. Then Peter walked on the water. 00:11:42.620 --> 00:11:45.559 But immediately when he saw the boisterous winds, 00:11:45.740 --> 00:11:49.379 he said, he doubted and he started to sink. Immediately 00:11:49.379 --> 00:11:51.679 Jesus goes and stretched forth his hand and brought 00:11:51.679 --> 00:11:54.149 him. They went into the ship. And immediately 00:11:54.149 --> 00:12:01.309 he says, why have you doubted? Right. What was 00:12:01.309 --> 00:12:03.990 happening there is that Peter walked. There was 00:12:03.990 --> 00:12:06.269 an element of faith in the beginning. Then later 00:12:06.269 --> 00:12:08.870 on, doubt crept in. And the Lord brought him 00:12:08.870 --> 00:12:11.909 in and started also to explain to him, why have 00:12:11.909 --> 00:12:16.429 you doubted? So, there was a problem. There's 00:12:16.429 --> 00:12:19.929 doubt. Jesus brings him in. He addresses the 00:12:19.929 --> 00:12:23.980 doubt. It is part of discipleship. There's a 00:12:23.980 --> 00:12:26.299 failure. The pastors will see. Your team leader 00:12:26.299 --> 00:12:29.100 will see. Okay, you did this wrong. Come here. 00:12:29.179 --> 00:12:37.960 This is how you do it. Practical. Then lastly, 00:12:38.120 --> 00:12:41.379 let's also look at the last example. Matthew 00:12:41.379 --> 00:12:52.210 17, 14. Matthew 17, 14 to 21. Pastor Fred is 00:12:52.210 --> 00:12:55.769 also taught us in this direction. There was a 00:12:55.769 --> 00:13:00.830 man who had a son who was having seizures and 00:13:00.830 --> 00:13:04.029 he was greatly tormented by demons. So the apostles, 00:13:04.389 --> 00:13:07.690 the man brought the son to the apostles and the 00:13:07.690 --> 00:13:11.049 apostles were not able to cast the demons. The 00:13:11.049 --> 00:13:16.350 same people in chapter 10 that went, cast out 00:13:16.350 --> 00:13:18.840 demons. Well, later on you hear a report telling 00:13:18.840 --> 00:13:20.879 them that, Lord, the demons are subject to us. 00:13:21.019 --> 00:13:24.500 So may that they came back with a report of what 00:13:24.500 --> 00:13:26.639 they have. But in chapter 17, you see a problem. 00:13:27.460 --> 00:13:31.059 So let's read it. They are not able to cast out 00:13:31.059 --> 00:13:33.039 demons. And see how Jesus' reaction to that. 00:13:33.179 --> 00:13:37.600 And when they were come to the multitude, there 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:40.139 came him a certain man, kneeling down to him 00:13:40.139 --> 00:13:43.299 and saying, Lord, have mercy on my son, for he 00:13:43.299 --> 00:13:48.419 is lunatic and so vexed. For oftentimes he falleth 00:13:48.419 --> 00:13:53.879 into the fire and oft into the water. And I brought 00:13:53.879 --> 00:13:57.620 him to thy disciples, and they couldn't cure 00:13:57.620 --> 00:14:01.639 him. The same people. That's in chapter 10. They 00:14:01.639 --> 00:14:04.600 went to cast out devils. Then Jesus answered 00:14:04.600 --> 00:14:07.519 and said, All faithless and perverse generation, 00:14:07.899 --> 00:14:10.820 how long shall I be with you? How long shall 00:14:10.820 --> 00:14:15.779 I suffer you? Right? Bring him hither to me. 00:14:17.320 --> 00:14:20.919 And Jesus rebuked the devil and he departed out 00:14:20.919 --> 00:14:24.139 of him. And the child was cured from that very 00:14:24.139 --> 00:14:29.179 hour. Then came his disciples now. Verse 19. 00:14:29.440 --> 00:14:33.299 Then came his disciples to Jesus apart, privately. 00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:37.000 You know, you cannot ask this question in public. 00:14:37.539 --> 00:14:42.450 So they came to us to inquire. How is it that 00:14:42.450 --> 00:14:45.070 we're not able to do this? Is there something 00:14:45.070 --> 00:14:53.570 special? Let's see. So, they come to Jesus apart 00:14:53.570 --> 00:14:58.009 and said, why could we not cast him out? 20. 00:14:58.110 --> 00:15:03.309 And Jesus said unto them, because of your unbelief, 00:15:03.409 --> 00:15:06.909 for verily I say unto you, if you have faith 00:15:06.909 --> 00:15:10.559 as of a grain of mustard seed, You shall say 00:15:10.559 --> 00:15:14.440 unto this mountain, Remove hands to yonder place, 00:15:14.639 --> 00:15:17.360 and it shall remove, and nothing shall be impossible 00:15:17.360 --> 00:15:22.519 unto you. Howbeit this kind goeth not out by 00:15:22.519 --> 00:15:28.080 prayer and by fasting. There is an issue. There 00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:31.919 is an issue of unbelief that happened here to 00:15:31.919 --> 00:15:38.879 the disciples. So Jesus now addresses that unbelief. 00:15:39.500 --> 00:15:42.200 Pastor Fred has stood in this line. So I'm not 00:15:42.200 --> 00:15:45.179 going to do much more here. So he brings them 00:15:45.179 --> 00:15:48.320 in. He never rebukes them. He brings them in. 00:15:48.700 --> 00:15:53.039 He teaches them. Later on in chapter 28, let's 00:15:53.039 --> 00:15:59.460 go back to chapter 28. This is after verse 17. 00:15:59.580 --> 00:16:01.840 Chapter 28, we see this is when Jesus was giving 00:16:01.840 --> 00:16:04.740 the great commission. Verse 18, it says, And 00:16:04.740 --> 00:16:07.600 Jesus said unto them, All power is given unto 00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:09.940 me in heaven and earth. Go ye therefore and teach 00:16:09.940 --> 00:16:11.700 all nations, baptizing them in the name of the 00:16:11.700 --> 00:16:13.440 Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching 00:16:13.440 --> 00:16:15.360 them to observe all things whatsoever I have 00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:17.720 commanded you. And lo, I am with you always, 00:16:17.820 --> 00:16:21.879 even unto the end of the world or the age. Also, 00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:25.000 let's see the same account in Mark chapter 16. 00:16:26.220 --> 00:16:28.039 You see that Jesus didn't tell them, no, no, 00:16:28.039 --> 00:16:29.480 you guys are not qualified. Stop, stop, stop. 00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:31.980 I'm looking for another pack of people. No. He 00:16:31.980 --> 00:16:34.600 is the discipler. He finds an error. He finds 00:16:34.600 --> 00:16:36.539 where there is a problem. He brings them in. 00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:38.759 He teaches that. He addresses that problem. They 00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:48.059 send them again. So, let's look. Mark 16. 15. 00:16:48.620 --> 00:16:51.320 Mark 16, 15. And he said unto them, Go ye into 00:16:51.320 --> 00:16:53.019 all the world and preach the gospel to every 00:16:53.019 --> 00:16:55.519 creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall 00:16:55.519 --> 00:16:57.639 be saved, but he that believeth not shall be 00:16:57.639 --> 00:17:00.059 damned. And these signs shall follow them that 00:17:00.059 --> 00:17:02.159 believe in my name. They shall cast out devils. 00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:06.920 They shall speak with new tongues. They shall 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:08.740 take up serpents. And if they drink any deadly 00:17:08.740 --> 00:17:11.180 thing, it shall not hurt them. They shall lay 00:17:11.180 --> 00:17:13.700 hands on the sick and the sick will recover. 00:17:14.140 --> 00:17:16.680 So you see that even at the end, Jesus still 00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:19.670 sent them again. So you see, discipleship, what 00:17:19.670 --> 00:17:22.650 is happening? They are trained, number one, by 00:17:22.650 --> 00:17:25.450 precepts. Jesus showed them by precepts. Many 00:17:25.450 --> 00:17:27.589 times Jesus took them when he healed the people, 00:17:27.690 --> 00:17:31.509 when he performed miracles, they were dead. Now 00:17:31.509 --> 00:17:33.630 Jesus is now telling them, now we can go and 00:17:33.630 --> 00:17:42.349 do the same. Let's look at another instance where 00:17:42.349 --> 00:17:47.779 Apostle Paul taught a church. That is, He's a 00:17:47.779 --> 00:17:51.039 pastor in that church, Galatian church. Then 00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:57.240 he was absent. Then some guys came in and they 00:17:57.240 --> 00:18:00.680 preached another gospel, which is not another. 00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:04.259 Then there was now a problem again because there 00:18:04.259 --> 00:18:08.380 was a shift that happened. Now they were towards 00:18:08.380 --> 00:18:13.220 legalism. Then Apostle Paul comes again and corrects 00:18:13.220 --> 00:18:17.279 them again. That is part of discipleship also. 00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:22.599 Let's look at it. That is Galatians chapter 3 00:18:22.599 --> 00:18:31.720 verses 1 to 3. Galatians. Just after 2 Corinthians. 00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:39.380 So all foolish Galatians who have bewitched you 00:18:39.380 --> 00:18:43.450 that you should not obey the truth. Before whose 00:18:43.450 --> 00:18:46.490 eyes Jesus Christ has been evidently set forth, 00:18:46.569 --> 00:18:49.210 crucified among you, this only would I learn 00:18:49.210 --> 00:18:52.690 of you. Receive ye the Spirit by the works of 00:18:52.690 --> 00:18:55.730 the law or by hearing of faith. Are ye so foolish, 00:18:55.930 --> 00:18:58.910 having begun in the Spirit? Are ye now made perfect 00:18:58.910 --> 00:19:06.089 by the flesh? That is, in the beginning they 00:19:06.089 --> 00:19:08.690 received this gospel by faith. If you want to 00:19:08.690 --> 00:19:10.309 see something, go to chapter 1. You'll see where 00:19:10.309 --> 00:19:18.369 the problem came in. Chapter 1. Verse 6. It says, 00:19:18.450 --> 00:19:20.890 I marvel that ye are so soon more from him that 00:19:20.890 --> 00:19:23.970 called you into the grace of Christ and to another 00:19:23.970 --> 00:19:31.089 gospel, right? That is, which means different, 00:19:31.269 --> 00:19:33.309 totally different. The gospel is totally different. 00:19:34.250 --> 00:19:37.309 These were people that were taught. They understood 00:19:37.309 --> 00:19:40.269 the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ through faith. 00:19:41.549 --> 00:19:44.190 In Christ Jesus. But later on, other people came. 00:19:44.430 --> 00:19:46.250 And what happens? Apostle Paul does not leave 00:19:46.250 --> 00:19:48.529 it there. He comes back and he reteaches them 00:19:48.529 --> 00:19:56.430 again. Let's see. Verse 7. It says, Which is 00:19:56.430 --> 00:19:59.609 not another, but there are some that trouble 00:19:59.609 --> 00:20:04.329 you and would pervert the gospel of Christ. Some 00:20:04.329 --> 00:20:06.690 that trouble you and would pervert the gospel 00:20:06.690 --> 00:20:10.650 of Christ. Which is Sarazo. That's the word there. 00:20:10.990 --> 00:20:14.109 is the word Tarazo. The reason why they preach 00:20:14.109 --> 00:20:16.730 another gospel is that they will trouble you. 00:20:16.789 --> 00:20:20.329 That is, they will unsettle you. That which you've 00:20:20.329 --> 00:20:23.990 been assured of, right? They will come and move 00:20:23.990 --> 00:20:27.630 it. That you are left with anxiety. You are left 00:20:27.630 --> 00:20:31.009 with, you are no longer assured. There's no assurance 00:20:31.009 --> 00:20:32.930 anymore. Why? Because they will come and tell 00:20:32.930 --> 00:20:35.930 you, you have received it by faith. Another person 00:20:35.930 --> 00:20:39.410 will come and say, you have to do works. So Apostle 00:20:39.410 --> 00:20:41.490 Paul will come and say, that is another gospel 00:20:41.490 --> 00:20:45.210 in correcting that error. What it does is that 00:20:45.210 --> 00:20:49.269 it unsettles the believer. But it does not leave 00:20:49.269 --> 00:20:51.769 it that way. It comes back. It teaches them again 00:20:51.769 --> 00:21:00.890 like a father. Then they continue. So, number 00:21:00.890 --> 00:21:04.329 one, we see that Jesus modeled the pattern of 00:21:04.329 --> 00:21:06.670 discipleship from the scriptures we write. Jesus 00:21:06.670 --> 00:21:11.250 modeled the pattern of discipleship. He sent 00:21:11.250 --> 00:21:13.309 the apostles to preach as we saw in Matthew chapter 00:21:13.309 --> 00:21:17.009 10. Involved them in practical service in Matthew 00:21:17.009 --> 00:21:22.509 chapter 14. Jesus corrects Peter after he doubted. 00:21:23.089 --> 00:21:28.849 That is Matthew chapter 14, 31. And he had them 00:21:28.849 --> 00:21:32.329 to exercise authority which now we saw in Matthew 00:21:32.329 --> 00:21:41.339 17, 14 to 21. So what we see in discipleship 00:21:41.339 --> 00:21:45.660 is that there is training. Number one, which 00:21:45.660 --> 00:21:50.680 is transmission of knowledge, information. Then 00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:53.319 number two, we have training, which is application 00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:58.319 of the knowledge, which leads to formation of 00:21:58.319 --> 00:22:02.920 habits. Evangelism is a habit that is built. 00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:07.049 We are taught the word of God. We go out, we 00:22:07.049 --> 00:22:09.849 preach the gospel, we do it again, we do it again, 00:22:09.930 --> 00:22:11.650 we come in church, we minister to one another, 00:22:11.890 --> 00:22:14.630 we speak in tongues, we interpret tongues. Over 00:22:14.630 --> 00:22:16.869 time, it becomes a habit. There is something 00:22:16.869 --> 00:22:21.490 that is formed within you. That same thing, it 00:22:21.490 --> 00:22:23.730 is when you go out of this place, when you go 00:22:23.730 --> 00:22:26.190 out of Cyprus, where you find yourself anyway, 00:22:26.369 --> 00:22:29.230 in your cell meeting, among your friends, it 00:22:29.230 --> 00:22:32.230 is the same thing that you also do there. That 00:22:32.230 --> 00:22:35.089 is the practicality of what you have been taught. 00:22:35.599 --> 00:22:42.980 then you also rise disciples. So, we saw some 00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:46.019 that discipleship is not complete without training, 00:22:46.119 --> 00:22:50.000 without exercise, what you've been taught. So, 00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:53.819 in three weeks, just very near, we have Catechismas. 00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:55.839 We'll come here, we'll sit down, we are told 00:22:55.839 --> 00:22:57.920 the word of God from morning to evening, morning 00:22:57.920 --> 00:23:01.299 to evening, morning to evening. Pastor Koso last 00:23:01.299 --> 00:23:03.099 time, he taught us about the gifts of the Spirit. 00:23:03.299 --> 00:23:07.440 After that, what happened? we practiced it. That 00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:10.799 is, information was given, then what followed 00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:14.240 was the practice of that which was taught. That 00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:21.839 is proper discipleship. Something fun is that 00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:24.539 you cannot be properly discipled through online 00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:28.980 meeting. You can receive information, which can 00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:32.539 also be another gospel. That is, if you see it, 00:23:34.190 --> 00:23:38.890 then there is not the practicality of that. You 00:23:38.890 --> 00:23:41.609 know, discipleship is good, discipleship is, 00:23:41.750 --> 00:23:44.690 you know the Great Commission, God says go, but 00:23:44.690 --> 00:23:47.809 the practicality of it is not there. Therefore, 00:23:47.869 --> 00:23:53.049 that is incomplete discipleship. You cannot have 00:23:53.049 --> 00:23:56.329 a disciple who is not near you. You cannot have 00:23:56.329 --> 00:24:01.569 a disciple in Zimbabwe. If you have a disciple, 00:24:01.690 --> 00:24:04.759 you carry him out, He comes to your house, he 00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:06.799 comes to your place, or she comes to your place, 00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:09.079 you teach the Word of God. After that, you pray. 00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:13.740 After praying, you take them out, you evangelize. 00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:16.640 You teach them the things of the Spirit, like 00:24:16.640 --> 00:24:20.420 we are being taught here. Then also, you demonstrate 00:24:20.420 --> 00:24:23.660 it, then they learn from it. When you see that 00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:25.319 there is a problem, there is a misunderstanding 00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:28.099 in some aspects, you bring them back, you re 00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:30.700 -teach it, you correct them, you do it again. 00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:33.940 Again and again, again and again, discipleship 00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:40.140 does not stop. So we see habits being formed. 00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:45.440 We see responsibility, which we call the work. 00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:49.319 A believer is taught about the work of ministry 00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:57.599 during discipleship. Now, the gospel can be preached 00:24:57.599 --> 00:25:01.369 to you. Someone preached to me. I believed. I 00:25:01.369 --> 00:25:02.910 don't know which one saved me. I'm part of those 00:25:02.910 --> 00:25:05.349 people. Many people preach to me. But I never 00:25:05.349 --> 00:25:09.349 knew that I also need to go out and preach. Or 00:25:09.349 --> 00:25:10.970 they will just preach to you, leave you there. 00:25:12.150 --> 00:25:15.490 But that is not discipleship. Yes, you are saved. 00:25:15.630 --> 00:25:18.369 But the greatest work comes after you are saved. 00:25:18.849 --> 00:25:23.509 What's next after you are saved? Which is discipleship. 00:25:23.569 --> 00:25:25.690 That is where you are modeled. That's where you 00:25:25.690 --> 00:25:29.539 see character development. That is... Where you 00:25:29.539 --> 00:25:33.880 see yourself working effectively in God's calling 00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:44.180 for your life. So, I'll just read this discipleship 00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:46.799 model. We preach the gospel. The person believes. 00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:53.059 Stay with the person. Teach them. Guide them 00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:56.279 into practice. Then ensure that they are growing. 00:25:56.750 --> 00:25:59.529 Those are the things you can take note of when 00:25:59.529 --> 00:26:04.029 you have a disciple. So, most people will still 00:26:04.029 --> 00:26:06.710 get conversion. I want this all, you leave this 00:26:06.710 --> 00:26:08.950 all. In fact, some people will say, choose a 00:26:08.950 --> 00:26:11.730 church which you are comfortable going. No. Take 00:26:11.730 --> 00:26:20.089 that disciple to your own local church. So, one 00:26:20.089 --> 00:26:22.529 thing also that happens in discipleship is that 00:26:22.529 --> 00:26:28.119 teaching is continuous, repetitive, And reinforcing, 00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:36.160 this is Jesus' model. You teach continuously, 00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:41.680 you repeat the same thing. You teach again, you 00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:45.500 repeat the same thing. It's not the first time 00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:48.059 you teach a person and just assume that they've 00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:51.519 understood it. No. I believe that when the disciples 00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:53.900 saw Jesus doing it, they were like, we can do 00:26:53.900 --> 00:26:57.160 the same thing. Yes, it's easy. But Jesus will 00:26:57.160 --> 00:26:58.960 bring them back, teach them again, send them, 00:26:59.019 --> 00:27:00.779 they find an error, comes back, they didn't do 00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:02.920 this correctly, let's correct them, go back. 00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:11.299 That's the model. So, the call of this teaching, 00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:12.920 like I said from the beginning, is we're going 00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:16.680 to look at the walk, which is the conduct, walk, 00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:22.819 W -A -L -K, W -A -L -K, and the wake, W -O -R 00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:28.359 -K. The walk, Under the word W -A -L -K, we're 00:27:28.359 --> 00:27:30.900 going to look at the conduct of the believer. 00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:36.299 How the believer ought to live. Then we're going 00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:40.819 to look at the work, W -O -R -K. That is the 00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:45.099 assignment of the believer. What the believer 00:27:45.099 --> 00:27:50.619 does here in the earth. Those are the two things 00:27:50.619 --> 00:27:55.690 we're going to be looking at. So, a Christian 00:27:55.690 --> 00:27:59.109 life is a trained walk, purposefully, right? 00:27:59.170 --> 00:28:02.289 And we know that this is enabled by the Spirit 00:28:02.289 --> 00:28:09.789 of God. So, in discipleship, one of the things 00:28:09.789 --> 00:28:14.289 we're going to be told or being trained in, they 00:28:14.289 --> 00:28:15.930 have started already. Me, I've been here from 00:28:15.930 --> 00:28:19.829 2021. That's five years from now. Five years 00:28:19.829 --> 00:28:22.750 to now, yeah. And it's the same thing that has 00:28:22.750 --> 00:28:25.059 been taught to me. Over and over again, some 00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:27.500 of the things which I was taught in 2022, I understood 00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:29.839 them in 2025. That is when they started making 00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:32.200 sense. So look, there's a gap of about three 00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:37.900 years. I understood them in 2025, 2024. I was 00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:41.380 talking to Pastor Fred. And I said that my first 00:28:41.380 --> 00:28:45.220 Catholicism was in 2022. Pastor Olu taught about 00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:47.539 the kingdom of God. That is 1 Matthew chapter 00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:53.990 16. I thought that I understood it. This is 2022. 00:28:54.589 --> 00:28:59.369 2023 came first. 2024 came in the middle of 2024. 00:29:00.329 --> 00:29:06.430 Now it's making sense. After two years, there's 00:29:06.430 --> 00:29:08.430 a repetition of what we are being taught over 00:29:08.430 --> 00:29:11.190 and over. There's consistency. I'm around for 00:29:11.190 --> 00:29:13.750 all the meetings. I'm being told the same thing. 00:29:13.869 --> 00:29:16.589 Now my mind is catching up. Now I can understand. 00:29:16.710 --> 00:29:19.710 I can put all things together now. And it's making 00:29:19.710 --> 00:29:23.609 sense. That is continuity. A disciple is a person 00:29:23.609 --> 00:29:28.130 who is always available to be taught. Always. 00:29:28.910 --> 00:29:31.609 You cannot say, I am a disciple of so and so. 00:29:32.450 --> 00:29:34.829 When you say prayer meeting, you are not there. 00:29:36.369 --> 00:29:39.250 Karatismas, you are not there. You come in one 00:29:39.250 --> 00:29:41.509 Sunday, you jump two, you come in. No, that's 00:29:41.509 --> 00:29:45.250 not discipleship. You are a visitor. You are 00:29:45.250 --> 00:29:48.410 a visitor. You come and go. Pastor Poston will 00:29:48.410 --> 00:29:54.009 say, you are a UFO. I identify flying objects. 00:29:55.529 --> 00:29:59.509 Okay. So, one thing also that happens in discipleship 00:29:59.509 --> 00:30:02.210 is all of us are going through it. In fact, right 00:30:02.210 --> 00:30:03.730 now online, there are many things that are happening. 00:30:04.029 --> 00:30:05.670 We hear different things that are happening. 00:30:05.930 --> 00:30:08.230 You go back home, you hear something else. You 00:30:08.230 --> 00:30:09.910 go another place, you hear something else. The 00:30:09.910 --> 00:30:11.690 same thing is being taught in different ways. 00:30:11.849 --> 00:30:14.789 Here you come, salvation is eternal. You go to 00:30:14.789 --> 00:30:20.920 another place, you can lose it. you go online, 00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:24.299 it is possible for you to lose. You come to church, 00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:26.279 you cannot lose. One thing is happening is that 00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:29.559 if you are not grounded in the truth, that kind 00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:32.059 of gospel unsettles you. That's why you start 00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:34.660 seeing questions. Ah, pastor, that thing you 00:30:34.660 --> 00:30:38.799 say, eternal salvation, ah, I don't think it's 00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:41.500 like so. Why? What happens is that there is something 00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:44.200 else that has been preached. It's troubled the 00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:46.420 person. That is what Galatians says, that gospel, 00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:50.299 it unsettles you. Those kinds of gospel, it disturbs 00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:52.240 you. It brings anxiety. You're not going to show 00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:53.900 that to yourself. You're not going to even show 00:30:53.900 --> 00:31:01.740 that internal life is really everlasting. So, 00:31:01.880 --> 00:31:04.440 in discipleship, we are trained how to think. 00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:09.019 Number one. We are trained how to think. Interpretive 00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:14.819 kind of thinking. Let's look at something. So, 00:31:16.170 --> 00:31:18.589 Proper discipleship trains a person to think 00:31:18.589 --> 00:31:22.329 correctly. A properly discipled believer does 00:31:22.329 --> 00:31:24.789 not just know verses in passing, just quoting 00:31:24.789 --> 00:31:28.109 verses. No. He knows how to reason with the scriptures 00:31:28.109 --> 00:31:32.410 because he has taught how to do it. To ask the 00:31:32.410 --> 00:31:36.869 rightful questions and to interpret rightly, 00:31:37.369 --> 00:31:43.750 which is exegesis, right? Exegesis. E -X -E -G 00:31:43.750 --> 00:31:48.470 -E -S -I -S. which is a skill of asking intelligent, 00:31:48.750 --> 00:31:59.250 interpretive questions. So, the reason why many 00:31:59.250 --> 00:32:03.630 people or some believers, you hear something, 00:32:03.710 --> 00:32:06.250 you flow with it, is because the way you reason 00:32:06.250 --> 00:32:09.930 with the scriptures is not right. By the time 00:32:09.930 --> 00:32:17.039 someone will come and tell you that You need 00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:20.279 to be circumcised. That is the Galatians situation. 00:32:20.680 --> 00:32:24.700 You need to be circumcised. Salvation, yes, you 00:32:24.700 --> 00:32:28.900 are served, but you need to be circumcised for 00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:34.660 you to be really, really served. Oh, you are 00:32:34.660 --> 00:32:40.779 served, but you can still miss rapture. Yeah, 00:32:40.819 --> 00:32:45.890 you know, when the Lord comes, What you're doing 00:32:45.890 --> 00:32:47.730 in that moment, if it's not in both plans, you 00:32:47.730 --> 00:32:50.450 miss the first flight, you catch the second one. 00:32:50.509 --> 00:32:53.369 That is if when the second one comes, you catch. 00:32:53.670 --> 00:32:57.650 No. When you are being taught rightly, you ask 00:32:57.650 --> 00:33:01.869 critical questions. Okay. How is it that Galatians, 00:33:01.910 --> 00:33:03.589 for instance, the Galatians, how is that they 00:33:03.589 --> 00:33:06.150 receive salvation by faith? How then are you 00:33:06.150 --> 00:33:08.289 saying that you are perfected by your own works? 00:33:08.710 --> 00:33:11.250 How is that possible? When initially it was not 00:33:11.250 --> 00:33:19.849 about me. Let's look at examples. Matthew chapter 00:33:19.849 --> 00:33:24.109 19 verse 3 is an example of a question that was 00:33:24.109 --> 00:33:28.750 asked. That was asked Jesus. Okay, before we 00:33:28.750 --> 00:33:35.329 go to Matthew, let's read 2 Timothy 2 .23. 2 00:33:35.329 --> 00:33:46.869 Timothy chapter 2 verse 23. But foolish and unlearned 00:33:46.869 --> 00:33:50.490 questions avoid knowing that they do gender strife. 00:33:50.990 --> 00:33:55.670 That is, this is talking about useless questions, 00:33:55.690 --> 00:33:59.950 right? I'm talking about we are going in the 00:33:59.950 --> 00:34:03.670 direction of how to really ask proper questions. 00:34:04.730 --> 00:34:07.690 But there are some questions like this. Which 00:34:07.690 --> 00:34:11.769 gender strife? Avoid them. That's one. Number 00:34:11.769 --> 00:34:17.239 two. Let's check. There's a situation that happens 00:34:17.239 --> 00:34:20.179 in Matthew 19, where the Pharisees came to ask 00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:23.480 Jesus a question, not to learn. This is to tempt 00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:28.039 you. Another instance, let's just read it. Matthew 00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:31.960 19, verse 3. What we're just trying to see is 00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:35.000 that when you are discipled properly, you'll 00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:38.880 be able to ask proper questions that builds, 00:34:39.179 --> 00:34:42.460 that advises you. But we're just seeing... An 00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:44.840 example of these guys, these fellows. That is 00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:50.360 Matthew chapter 19. Matthew 19. This kind of 00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:54.539 question is not to learn. Matthew 19 from verses 00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:57.800 3. And the Pharisees also came unto him, tempting 00:34:57.800 --> 00:35:01.739 him and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man 00:35:01.739 --> 00:35:07.340 to put away his wife for every cause? And he 00:35:07.340 --> 00:35:09.159 answered and said unto them, Have ye not read 00:35:09.159 --> 00:35:11.840 that he that made them from the beginning? made 00:35:11.840 --> 00:35:15.380 them male and female, and said, for this cause 00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:18.980 a man shall leave his father and mother and shall 00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:21.099 cleave into his wife. Then it continues. This 00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:23.599 kind of question, number one, is it is not a 00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:28.380 question to learn. It is to tempt. These guys, 00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:30.800 their motive is not to come to learn. They are 00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:34.199 just trying to find a way to trap him. Let's 00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:38.320 look at another one. This one is different. It's 00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:44.289 the opposite. Luke chapter 2. Luke chapter 2. 00:35:46.070 --> 00:35:50.269 This is how a believer or a person who is being 00:35:50.269 --> 00:35:52.949 trained thinks. This is a model from Christ. 00:35:53.190 --> 00:36:02.949 Luke chapter 2. From verses 46 to 47. And it 00:36:02.949 --> 00:36:06.170 came to pass that after three days they found 00:36:06.170 --> 00:36:10.750 him. and they found him in the temple. What was 00:36:10.750 --> 00:36:13.550 he doing? Sitting in the midst of the doctors, 00:36:13.889 --> 00:36:16.909 both hearing them and asking them questions. 00:36:17.050 --> 00:36:24.269 This is talking about Jesus. They've come for 00:36:24.269 --> 00:36:28.070 an occasion, then on their way back, Jesus stayed 00:36:28.070 --> 00:36:30.489 behind. Then the parents found out after some 00:36:30.489 --> 00:36:33.030 time that the child was not with them. So they 00:36:33.030 --> 00:36:36.610 went back to look for the child Jesus, our Lord. 00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:41.539 They went back. Then they said they found him 00:36:41.539 --> 00:36:44.559 sitting in the midst of the elders. What was 00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:50.559 he doing? And they found him in the temple sitting 00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:53.440 in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them 00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:58.039 and asking them questions. And all that had him 00:36:58.039 --> 00:37:02.300 were astonished at his understanding and answers. 00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:08.820 And when they saw him, they were amazed. And 00:37:08.820 --> 00:37:11.400 his mother said unto him, son, they were looking 00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:13.179 for him. So one thing we see about Jesus is that 00:37:13.179 --> 00:37:19.380 he was asking proper questions. To what end? 00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:26.139 That he may understand. So part of discipleship 00:37:26.139 --> 00:37:31.940 is you are taught how to think critically. You 00:37:31.940 --> 00:37:34.239 are taught how to reason with the scriptures 00:37:34.239 --> 00:37:39.420 and to understand them. That is a result of proper 00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:46.039 discipleship. You cannot think this way if you 00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:49.800 are not discipled properly with a good discipler. 00:37:56.559 --> 00:38:03.239 So, we can see that We are taught how to think 00:38:03.239 --> 00:38:07.420 properly. We are taught how to think properly. 00:38:09.900 --> 00:38:12.539 Then let's see, lastly, that is Acts chapter 00:38:12.539 --> 00:38:20.739 17 verses 11. Acts 17 verses 11. One person who 00:38:20.739 --> 00:38:25.679 can ask you a question is Pastor Victor. You 00:38:25.679 --> 00:38:29.139 go ahead and ask or you say something. You should 00:38:29.139 --> 00:38:33.420 be prepared to think. Yes, that is proper discipleship. 00:38:33.539 --> 00:38:36.619 It helps you. It helps you how to think properly. 00:38:37.500 --> 00:38:40.059 It helps you how to see the scriptures. That's 00:38:40.059 --> 00:38:43.300 one thing you see in Luke. Jesus meets the disciples 00:38:43.300 --> 00:38:45.719 on the way. Then they were discussing about Jesus. 00:38:45.780 --> 00:38:48.420 Jesus joins them. And they started telling Jesus 00:38:48.420 --> 00:38:51.820 about Jesus. Have you not heard? What kind of 00:38:51.820 --> 00:38:54.400 conversation are you having? Walking along, they 00:38:54.400 --> 00:38:56.260 say, have you not heard what has happened here 00:38:56.260 --> 00:38:58.880 recently about a man, Christ Jesus, who was crucified? 00:38:59.099 --> 00:39:01.739 Oh, we thought that he was a prophet. But suddenly, 00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:06.539 they killed him. Then Jesus texts them in verse 00:39:06.539 --> 00:39:09.239 25 and he's told them, all ye fools are slow 00:39:09.239 --> 00:39:11.239 of heart to believe all the prophets have spoken. 00:39:11.340 --> 00:39:13.780 All know Christ has suffered all these things 00:39:13.780 --> 00:39:16.300 and to enter into his glory. And beginning at 00:39:16.300 --> 00:39:20.199 Moses, the prophets and the Psalms, he expounded 00:39:20.199 --> 00:39:22.849 unto them the things concerning himself. You 00:39:22.849 --> 00:39:26.489 go to 45 and it says that he opened their understanding 00:39:26.489 --> 00:39:29.150 that they may understand the scriptures. That 00:39:29.150 --> 00:39:31.829 is what Jesus was teaching them. He was remodeling 00:39:31.829 --> 00:39:34.989 the way they think, the way they saw the scriptures, 00:39:35.130 --> 00:39:37.570 the way they reasoned was the problem. But now 00:39:37.570 --> 00:39:39.710 after they saw everything, that moment he said, 00:39:39.769 --> 00:39:43.510 and their understanding was opened and they saw 00:39:43.510 --> 00:39:47.570 that this was truly Jesus. So that is proper 00:39:47.570 --> 00:39:53.900 explanation, proper. teaching that leads your 00:39:53.900 --> 00:39:56.280 person to think critically when they approach 00:39:56.280 --> 00:40:01.579 the scriptures. You cannot grow with nuggets. 00:40:02.079 --> 00:40:05.199 You go on YouTube, you see one two -minute video, 00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:13.340 one charge. You, this and this, one, two, one, 00:40:13.340 --> 00:40:15.199 two, they will say many things. You cannot grow. 00:40:15.920 --> 00:40:19.260 You won't. We have to sit down, being taught. 00:40:19.420 --> 00:40:21.860 There's pain. Three years and above with Christ 00:40:21.860 --> 00:40:25.300 Jesus. Being told the same thing. In fact, same 00:40:25.300 --> 00:40:28.440 thing. From the beginning, Jesus was telling 00:40:28.440 --> 00:40:32.300 them about his death. They never understood it. 00:40:33.059 --> 00:40:34.659 In fact, some of them, they were looking for 00:40:34.659 --> 00:40:36.800 a kingdom saying, when your kingdom comes, I'll 00:40:36.800 --> 00:40:38.340 be on the right, I'll be on the left. The mother 00:40:38.340 --> 00:40:41.179 came to plead on his children's behalf. But it 00:40:41.179 --> 00:40:45.739 never meant that. But when he resurrected from 00:40:45.739 --> 00:40:51.149 the dead, that is when they understood it. So, 00:40:51.149 --> 00:40:57.570 let's continue. So, Acts 17 verse 11. Acts 17 00:40:57.570 --> 00:41:07.210 verse 11. Acts 17 verse 11. These were the variants. 00:41:07.849 --> 00:41:19.170 Variants. Acts 17 verse 11. These were more normal. 00:41:19.820 --> 00:41:23.579 than those in Thessalonica, in that they received 00:41:23.579 --> 00:41:26.380 the word of God, or they received the word, with 00:41:26.380 --> 00:41:30.159 all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures 00:41:30.159 --> 00:41:37.380 daily, whether those things were so. They were 00:41:37.380 --> 00:41:40.619 reasoning. They were taught. They received the 00:41:40.619 --> 00:41:42.579 word of the Lord with readiness of heart. They 00:41:42.579 --> 00:41:45.780 went to search out the scriptures. This is because 00:41:45.780 --> 00:41:48.809 the word of God was taught. There was a persuasion 00:41:48.809 --> 00:41:50.869 that happened when the Word of God was preached 00:41:50.869 --> 00:41:54.510 to these guys. And they went to search, to check 00:41:54.510 --> 00:42:04.269 whether those things were so. So, discipleship, 00:42:04.309 --> 00:42:11.429 discipleship produces a habit, that spiritual 00:42:11.429 --> 00:42:16.869 habit. There's behavioral consistency. This is 00:42:16.869 --> 00:42:20.090 the result of discipleship. And repeated exposure 00:42:20.090 --> 00:42:24.329 to the scripture results in comfort. That is, 00:42:24.349 --> 00:42:28.510 the believer finds comfort with the scriptures. 00:42:29.329 --> 00:42:33.010 It produces dependence on the scriptures and 00:42:33.010 --> 00:42:39.070 a scriptural worldview. This happens in training 00:42:39.070 --> 00:42:46.539 rather than being shared with friends. And society 00:42:46.539 --> 00:42:49.980 and culture, they have effect on people's lives. 00:42:50.280 --> 00:42:54.739 But in discipleship, we are taught how to think. 00:42:54.920 --> 00:42:59.019 You are taught how to conduct yourself. You are 00:42:59.019 --> 00:43:01.280 taught how to be comfortable with the scriptures, 00:43:01.500 --> 00:43:04.179 how to be grounded, how to be rooted, so that 00:43:04.179 --> 00:43:06.579 when another gospel comes, you'll be able to 00:43:06.579 --> 00:43:15.389 know. So let's go back to Mark 16. I'm just going 00:43:15.389 --> 00:43:17.230 to read it in passing. We are looking at the 00:43:17.230 --> 00:43:21.630 work. The work. The work, sorry. The work. The 00:43:21.630 --> 00:43:24.789 work. The work. That is the disciples' responsibility 00:43:24.789 --> 00:43:27.489 to what they are supposed to do. That is the 00:43:27.489 --> 00:43:30.829 work. They are being taught. Jesus taught them 00:43:30.829 --> 00:43:33.570 in chapter 16. He gave them an instruction to 00:43:33.570 --> 00:43:36.590 go and do something. Let's see. And he said unto 00:43:36.590 --> 00:43:38.489 them, Go ye into all the world and preach the 00:43:38.489 --> 00:43:41.519 gospel to every creature. He that believeth and 00:43:41.519 --> 00:43:43.420 is baptized shall be saved, but he that believeth 00:43:43.420 --> 00:43:45.980 not shall be damned, and these signs shall follow 00:43:45.980 --> 00:43:49.559 them that believe. So there's key responsibilities 00:43:49.559 --> 00:43:52.340 we see here. Those people that were disciples, 00:43:52.519 --> 00:43:57.380 they were now being sent to preach, to teach, 00:43:57.559 --> 00:44:01.880 to disciple. And one thing that is also going 00:44:01.880 --> 00:44:08.570 to happen is that signs will be following. John 00:44:08.570 --> 00:44:11.230 chapter 20, same also. We are talking about the 00:44:11.230 --> 00:44:20.949 work. John 20, 21 to 23. And you see that in 00:44:20.949 --> 00:44:23.429 this work, we are partners together with Christ. 00:44:23.670 --> 00:44:27.230 We are partners together with God. There's a 00:44:27.230 --> 00:44:29.570 responsibility. What's the responsibility? Go 00:44:29.570 --> 00:44:32.929 and teach, go and disciple. And God is working 00:44:32.929 --> 00:44:43.949 with us. John 20, verses 21 to 23. Just before 00:44:43.949 --> 00:44:52.230 us, that's where John is. 20, verses 21 to 23. 00:44:53.769 --> 00:44:56.630 Then said Jesus unto them, Peace be unto you, 00:44:56.710 --> 00:45:00.369 as my Father hath sent me, even so sent I you. 00:45:01.989 --> 00:45:04.869 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, 00:45:05.289 --> 00:45:08.070 and said unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost. 00:45:08.809 --> 00:45:12.489 Whosoever sins you remit, they are remitted unto 00:45:12.489 --> 00:45:15.769 them. And whosoever sins you retain, they are 00:45:15.769 --> 00:45:20.670 retained unto them. So they were taught. Now 00:45:20.670 --> 00:45:23.130 there's a responsibility that comes in. Go and 00:45:23.130 --> 00:45:26.730 preach. And what are they going to do? They say 00:45:26.730 --> 00:45:29.869 that whosoever sins you remit are remitted, and 00:45:29.869 --> 00:45:33.860 whosoever sins you retain are retained. What 00:45:33.860 --> 00:45:35.800 the disciples are going to do is that they are 00:45:35.800 --> 00:45:38.360 going to announce what God has done in Christ 00:45:38.360 --> 00:45:42.960 Jesus. They are going to preach in the name of 00:45:42.960 --> 00:45:46.340 Jesus. What does that mean? We have seen from 00:45:46.340 --> 00:45:49.139 previous teaching last week that it entails what 00:45:49.139 --> 00:45:53.719 God has done in Christ Jesus. What did God do? 00:45:53.840 --> 00:45:56.820 He has forgiven. He has made pardon of sin available 00:45:56.820 --> 00:46:01.000 through Christ Jesus. So that is what they are 00:46:01.000 --> 00:46:06.019 going to To preach. They will preach. What does 00:46:06.019 --> 00:46:09.739 God do? God has already forgiven sin. Mark. Micah 00:46:09.739 --> 00:46:16.639 7 verse. 18. Micah 7 verse 18. They will be preaching. 00:46:16.900 --> 00:46:19.659 What are they doing? They are announcing. What 00:46:19.659 --> 00:46:24.340 God has done. Micah 4 verse 18. Micah 7 verse 00:46:24.340 --> 00:46:30.610 18. It says. Who is. Who is a God like unto thee 00:46:30.610 --> 00:46:35.469 that pardoned iniquity and passed it by the transgression 00:46:35.469 --> 00:46:38.469 of the remnant of his heritage? He returned not 00:46:38.469 --> 00:46:41.469 his anger forever because he delighted in mercy. 00:46:41.650 --> 00:46:44.469 So God forgives the sin. What does the believer 00:46:44.469 --> 00:46:48.150 do? The believer is announcing what God has done. 00:46:48.449 --> 00:46:53.949 So he's working together with God. Let's also 00:46:53.949 --> 00:46:57.269 see Psalm 103, verse 3. Wait, Pastor Emmanuel. 00:46:58.500 --> 00:47:05.739 Read Psalm 103, verse 3. Bless the Lord, O my 00:47:05.739 --> 00:47:08.219 soul, and all that is within me. Bless his holy 00:47:08.219 --> 00:47:10.880 name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not 00:47:10.880 --> 00:47:13.679 all his benefits. Who forgiveth all thy iniquities, 00:47:13.920 --> 00:47:17.019 and who healeth all thy diseases. Who do what? 00:47:17.119 --> 00:47:19.739 Who forgiveth all thy iniquities, and who healeth 00:47:19.739 --> 00:47:22.460 all thy diseases. So it is God that forgives. 00:47:23.219 --> 00:47:26.079 And the believer is announcing what God has already 00:47:26.079 --> 00:47:29.360 done. So they are working together. A believer 00:47:29.360 --> 00:47:33.420 works together with the Lord. Isaiah 43 verse 00:47:33.420 --> 00:47:44.820 25 is the last one we'll look at. Isaiah. Isaiah 00:47:44.820 --> 00:47:57.920 43 verse 25. I even, I am he that blotted away, 00:47:58.179 --> 00:48:02.019 I blotted out thy transgression for my own sake, 00:48:02.219 --> 00:48:05.739 and I will not remember thy sins. So God is the 00:48:05.739 --> 00:48:07.800 one that forgives. God has already made a valid 00:48:07.800 --> 00:48:10.619 provision for the forgiveness of sin. And what's 00:48:10.619 --> 00:48:13.739 the responsibility of the believers? Responsibility 00:48:13.739 --> 00:48:16.280 of the believer is to announce that which the 00:48:16.280 --> 00:48:20.320 Lord has done in Christ Jesus. So we are co -laborers 00:48:20.320 --> 00:48:24.340 together with the Lord. This is as a result. 00:48:25.239 --> 00:48:27.659 of discipleship. This is when you know it. That 00:48:27.659 --> 00:48:29.900 is when you come to understand it. Then you go 00:48:29.900 --> 00:48:34.420 out and preach. That's the work. This is a responsibility. 00:48:41.639 --> 00:48:46.420 So, we'll end on this section today, right? We're 00:48:46.420 --> 00:48:48.179 going to read Galatians. This is the last one. 00:48:48.300 --> 00:48:50.159 Then we'll do it there for a long time. Then 00:48:50.159 --> 00:48:53.199 we'll continue on Wednesday. Galatians, let's 00:48:53.199 --> 00:49:01.619 go to Galatians from verses 5. Galatians chapter 00:49:01.619 --> 00:49:13.639 5 from verses 14. And in this part, what you 00:49:13.639 --> 00:49:16.340 are going to see is, we said we have spoken about 00:49:16.340 --> 00:49:18.900 the work and we are going to also look at the 00:49:18.900 --> 00:49:22.980 work that is in the conduct. So we're going to 00:49:22.980 --> 00:49:25.159 be looking in Galatians. We're spending more 00:49:25.159 --> 00:49:29.280 time in Galatians chapter 5. Yes, there's something 00:49:29.280 --> 00:49:31.579 that is, there's a way a believer ought to conduct 00:49:31.579 --> 00:49:34.380 themselves. Let's see from Galatians chapter 00:49:34.380 --> 00:49:41.500 5. Galatians chapter 5 from verses 14. Galatians 00:49:41.500 --> 00:49:52.320 5 from verses 14. It says, for all the law, is 00:49:52.320 --> 00:49:56.659 fulfilled in one word, even in this, thou shalt 00:49:56.659 --> 00:50:00.420 love thy neighbor as thyself. And if ye bite 00:50:00.420 --> 00:50:04.139 and devour one another, take heed that ye not 00:50:04.139 --> 00:50:07.500 be consumed one of another. This I say then, 00:50:07.739 --> 00:50:13.300 walk in the Spirit. Walk in the Spirit. Peripatao. 00:50:13.980 --> 00:50:15.940 That's the way that appears there. It implies, 00:50:16.320 --> 00:50:23.920 it can be literal. Or figurative. It can mean 00:50:23.920 --> 00:50:27.960 literal movement. And also can mean. A manner 00:50:27.960 --> 00:50:32.699 of life. How one ought to conduct himself. And 00:50:32.699 --> 00:50:36.079 in this context. It's not literal. It's figurative. 00:50:36.239 --> 00:50:39.500 Talking about how a believer. Ought to conduct 00:50:39.500 --> 00:50:43.699 himself. Let's continue from verse 17. For the 00:50:43.699 --> 00:50:45.619 flesh lusts against the spirit. And the spirit 00:50:45.619 --> 00:50:48.219 against the flesh. And these are contrary. The 00:50:48.219 --> 00:50:52.280 one to another. so that ye cannot do the things 00:50:52.280 --> 00:50:54.840 that ye would. But if ye be led by the Spirit, 00:50:55.039 --> 00:50:57.360 ye cannot be under the law. Now the works of 00:50:57.360 --> 00:50:59.719 the flesh are manifest, which are these, adultery, 00:50:59.800 --> 00:51:02.260 fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, 00:51:02.320 --> 00:51:05.300 witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, 00:51:05.460 --> 00:51:09.960 strife, sedition, heresies, envying, murderous, 00:51:09.960 --> 00:51:15.940 drunkenness, reveling, and such like, of which 00:51:15.940 --> 00:51:19.750 I tell you before, as I have also told you. And 00:51:19.750 --> 00:51:22.550 the time passed that they which do such things 00:51:22.550 --> 00:51:26.789 shall not inherit the kingdom of God. But the 00:51:26.789 --> 00:51:29.429 fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, and 00:51:29.429 --> 00:51:32.050 longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, and faith, 00:51:32.170 --> 00:51:35.670 meekness, temperance. Against such there is no 00:51:35.670 --> 00:51:38.530 law. And they that are Christ have crucified 00:51:38.530 --> 00:51:41.389 the flesh with his affection and lust. If we 00:51:41.389 --> 00:51:46.210 live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 00:51:46.570 --> 00:51:49.900 Let us not be... Desires of unglory provoking 00:51:49.900 --> 00:51:58.760 one another and envying one another. So, I'll 00:51:58.760 --> 00:52:03.559 give a background of Galatians. The way Galatians 00:52:03.559 --> 00:52:06.980 is structured, you look from chapter 3, chapter 00:52:06.980 --> 00:52:13.400 4. The way Paul was explaining or the way Paul 00:52:13.400 --> 00:52:16.840 was moving. You see Abraham. You see the seed. 00:52:17.519 --> 00:52:22.059 You see the land, you see Hagar, you see Sinai, 00:52:22.179 --> 00:52:27.280 you see the promise, meaning the audience of 00:52:27.280 --> 00:52:32.699 Paul. Paul assumes that his audience have a background 00:52:32.699 --> 00:52:37.099 of the scriptures, that is Genesis to Malachi, 00:52:37.320 --> 00:52:41.219 all that thought. So now when he comes and start 00:52:41.219 --> 00:52:44.619 talking walk, he's teaching from the scriptures, 00:52:44.699 --> 00:52:47.960 right? Genesis to Malachi. When it comes to the 00:52:47.960 --> 00:52:50.940 walk in the spirit, Peribatau, the first one, 00:52:51.059 --> 00:52:53.800 although the other walk in the spirit you see 00:52:53.800 --> 00:52:55.659 in verse 25 is different. It's another shed. 00:52:56.039 --> 00:53:00.239 The one in 16, when he's explaining to them, 00:53:00.360 --> 00:53:04.039 the way he's building his argument is coming 00:53:04.039 --> 00:53:07.199 from Genesis to Malachi. He assumes that his 00:53:07.199 --> 00:53:10.139 audience, they know the scriptures already in 00:53:10.139 --> 00:53:13.139 the background. So what then happens when he 00:53:13.139 --> 00:53:16.150 now employs some of the terms? There's something 00:53:16.150 --> 00:53:18.489 that is involved in the minds of his listeners. 00:53:18.650 --> 00:53:21.469 That is the Old Testament. So when they say war, 00:53:21.650 --> 00:53:25.550 in the Old Testament, there is a shed of... If 00:53:25.550 --> 00:53:28.849 you go to your LXX, that is your Greek Septuagint, 00:53:28.909 --> 00:53:31.369 the Old Testament of the Greek, you see that 00:53:31.369 --> 00:53:34.849 the word peripatau is so close to the word that 00:53:34.849 --> 00:53:40.230 is used in Genesis when it talks about... And 00:53:40.230 --> 00:53:44.099 Enoch walked with the Lord and he was... Enoch 00:53:44.099 --> 00:53:46.239 walked with the Lord. Noah walked with the Lord. 00:53:47.079 --> 00:53:50.880 Same shed is the word halak. It also has two 00:53:50.880 --> 00:53:55.179 sheds, which means either it can be literal or 00:53:55.179 --> 00:54:00.059 also either it can be figurative. So, let's think. 00:54:00.260 --> 00:54:02.940 So, Paul is teaching from that same position. 00:54:03.780 --> 00:54:06.500 So, when he says walk, what comes to their mind? 00:54:07.360 --> 00:54:11.860 Those instances. Right. Okay, I still have six 00:54:11.860 --> 00:54:15.980 minutes. We can look at it. What comes in their 00:54:15.980 --> 00:54:29.900 mind is those instances. We're going to read 00:54:29.900 --> 00:54:37.480 some of those places. Genesis 12 verse 1. You 00:54:37.480 --> 00:54:43.380 see that word halak. H -A -L -A -K -H will be 00:54:43.380 --> 00:54:45.360 the root word. Most of the words are coming from 00:54:45.360 --> 00:54:48.760 that root word where we're going to see it. Genesis 00:54:48.760 --> 00:54:53.380 12. Genesis 12. And you see what is happening. 00:54:54.000 --> 00:55:08.239 Genesis 12 .1. Genesis 12 .1. Now the Lord... 00:55:09.159 --> 00:55:11.719 I said unto Abraham, Get thee out of thy country, 00:55:11.820 --> 00:55:14.679 and from thy kindred, and from thy house, unto 00:55:14.679 --> 00:55:20.000 the land which I will show thee. And I will make 00:55:20.000 --> 00:55:22.179 of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, 00:55:22.300 --> 00:55:24.679 and I will make thy name great, and thou shalt 00:55:24.679 --> 00:55:27.039 be a blessing. And I will bless them that bless 00:55:27.039 --> 00:55:30.199 thee, and cast them that cast thee, and in thee 00:55:30.199 --> 00:55:32.340 shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 00:55:32.500 --> 00:55:35.159 So Abraham departed as the Lord had spoken unto 00:55:35.159 --> 00:55:40.949 him, and went with him. And Abraham was 75 years 00:55:40.949 --> 00:55:50.210 old when he departed out of Haran. That's one. 00:55:50.650 --> 00:55:53.329 Get thee out of thy kindred unto the land that 00:55:53.329 --> 00:55:56.170 I'll show thee. You see the way they're appearing. 00:55:56.750 --> 00:56:01.750 Get thee out of thy land. One which is more... 00:56:01.750 --> 00:56:04.570 I want you to look at this following one. We'll 00:56:04.570 --> 00:56:07.750 come back to Genesis 12 later on. Let's look 00:56:07.750 --> 00:56:10.809 at this one. That is Genesis 13, verse 17. Then 00:56:10.809 --> 00:56:12.409 you tell me, what do you think? Is it literal 00:56:12.409 --> 00:56:17.610 or is it figurative? Genesis 13, verse 17. It 00:56:17.610 --> 00:56:20.510 says, Arise, walk through the land, and the land 00:56:20.510 --> 00:56:24.369 of it, and in the bread of it, and I'll give 00:56:24.369 --> 00:56:31.550 it to thee. Is it literal? Is it figurative? 00:56:40.650 --> 00:56:44.030 So in this, also Abraham was returned to the 00:56:44.030 --> 00:56:47.409 land. Yes, there's also a literal movement in 00:56:47.409 --> 00:56:51.929 this. But when it's now explained much more by 00:56:51.929 --> 00:56:55.949 the apostles, it goes beyond the land. It's now 00:56:55.949 --> 00:56:58.469 used also figuratively, which you're going to 00:56:58.469 --> 00:57:01.170 see on Wednesday. We're going to look much more 00:57:01.170 --> 00:57:06.110 on it on Wednesday. So let's just look at these 00:57:06.110 --> 00:57:09.070 ones, then we finish. I'm going to just read 00:57:09.070 --> 00:57:13.719 them. Then you check them. Genesis 12, verse 00:57:13.719 --> 00:57:18.960 22 to 24. And Enoch worked with God. And Enoch 00:57:18.960 --> 00:57:24.500 worked with God. This is a Hebrew idiom. Number 00:57:24.500 --> 00:57:26.340 one, you should know what is employed. It's a 00:57:26.340 --> 00:57:30.860 Hebrew idiom. It's a Hebrew idiom, which is describing 00:57:30.860 --> 00:57:36.500 Enoch's relationship with God. This expression 00:57:36.500 --> 00:57:41.539 conveys an idea of one ordering his life according 00:57:41.539 --> 00:57:44.380 to God's will. That is what's happening here. 00:57:44.579 --> 00:57:47.719 The order is according to God's will. That is, 00:57:47.719 --> 00:57:50.980 he's being faithful and obedient. That is the 00:57:50.980 --> 00:57:55.800 idea here. Same with Genesis 6 verse 9. Noah 00:57:55.800 --> 00:58:00.639 was a just man and Noah walked with God. That 00:58:00.639 --> 00:58:04.670 walk again is the same word. And also talks about 00:58:04.670 --> 00:58:08.010 a relationship, a fellowship, a participation 00:58:08.010 --> 00:58:12.630 in what God was doing. Same thing you see in 00:58:12.630 --> 00:58:15.789 Micah 6 verse 8. It tells the people to walk 00:58:15.789 --> 00:58:24.050 with God. With the Lord. In Genesis also, chapter 00:58:24.050 --> 00:58:28.690 3 verse 8. You see, and they heard the voice 00:58:28.690 --> 00:58:34.199 of the Lord. God walking in the garden. So what 00:58:34.199 --> 00:58:36.019 you see there in the garden, we have seen that 00:58:36.019 --> 00:58:38.199 there is a temple narrative, man and God dwelling 00:58:38.199 --> 00:58:42.119 together. So what that comes in your mind is 00:58:42.119 --> 00:58:46.099 that that word is not figurative. That word is 00:58:46.099 --> 00:58:49.739 figurative, sorry, not literal. It means a relationship 00:58:49.739 --> 00:58:53.780 between man and God. Get this, we are going to 00:58:53.780 --> 00:58:57.039 explain this much more on Wednesday. What you 00:58:57.039 --> 00:58:59.880 see here is that There is a fellowship between 00:58:59.880 --> 00:59:02.119 man and God. From the last chapters we read, 00:59:02.300 --> 00:59:04.920 from the last verses we read, there's a fellowship, 00:59:05.079 --> 00:59:08.880 obedience, walking in obedience. There is a participation 00:59:08.880 --> 00:59:12.380 that is happening. If you want to look at all 00:59:12.380 --> 00:59:14.199 the people we've gone through, they were preachers 00:59:14.199 --> 00:59:17.000 of the gospel in their generations. They were 00:59:17.000 --> 00:59:19.579 prophets of the Lord. What were they doing? They 00:59:19.579 --> 00:59:22.599 were announcing the gospel of God. They were 00:59:22.599 --> 00:59:26.000 announcing the message of God. That is, there 00:59:26.000 --> 00:59:29.440 is a participation in there. So when our Paul 00:59:29.440 --> 00:59:33.679 comes to Galatians and he employs the same thing, 00:59:33.840 --> 00:59:39.880 the people's mind will definitely go back. Their 00:59:39.880 --> 00:59:45.019 attention is drawn back to participation, fellowship, 00:59:45.420 --> 00:59:56.219 and relationship for the Lord. So now when he 00:59:56.219 --> 00:59:59.519 comes and says, In Galatians chapter 5, verse 00:59:59.519 --> 01:00:02.460 16, we are going to continue from here. Galatians 01:00:02.460 --> 01:00:19.980 5, verse 16. Galatians 5, verse 16. It says, 01:00:26.409 --> 01:00:28.969 One thing here is figurative. What comes in their 01:00:28.969 --> 01:00:32.630 mind is that there is, when they say walk in 01:00:32.630 --> 01:00:35.250 the Spirit, it's talking about fellowship, participation. 01:00:35.650 --> 01:00:38.969 It's what is required of a believer. That is 01:00:38.969 --> 01:00:41.590 conduct here that is being spoken about. There's 01:00:41.590 --> 01:00:45.670 a way a believer ought to conduct himself. Which 01:00:45.670 --> 01:00:48.210 we are going to look at in the following meeting. 01:00:48.550 --> 01:00:51.150 Then we are going to look at the fruit of the 01:00:51.150 --> 01:00:54.289 Spirit also. Because if you look at the discussion, 01:00:56.610 --> 01:00:59.889 There's 11 seconds. If you look at the discussion, 01:00:59.929 --> 01:01:01.690 the progression of discussion, you see that why 01:01:01.690 --> 01:01:06.030 Paul employed the word fruit of the Spirit. That 01:01:06.030 --> 01:01:09.030 is, there is something that is expected that 01:01:09.030 --> 01:01:12.130 when a believer walks in the Spirit, there is 01:01:12.130 --> 01:01:14.969 a result of that walk, which he calls the fruit 01:01:14.969 --> 01:01:18.829 of the Spirit, which is love, which we are going 01:01:18.829 --> 01:01:23.630 to discuss on Wednesday much more. 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