And you know, it's difficult to always be positive in negative situations. There are always negative things going on all around us. I'm challenging you right now to be super positive day in and day out every second of every day. Try this with me. Let's do a 24 hour positive challenge together. The next 24 hours, we're not going to say anything negative, we're not going to respond negatively, we're not going to think negatively, nothing is going to come out of our mouth that's negative. The next 24 hours, try to be 100% positive. I promise you it'll be one of the toughest things you've ever done. Negative is out of your vocab. Let's try to always be positive and try to think positive. I promise you, when you think positive, positive things happen.


See how hard work that is? You know, it's real bang bang bang, it's like us trying to run up hill days.


Yut in Lagos Central have advocated good eating habits, regular exercise for Nigerians. The leader of the Yut team, Abdul Mumin Adidas said the idea is to sensitize Nigerians on the need to embark on a regular check-up and exercise for a good well-being. The event which was organized in Lagos with a title Kip Feet came with a series of activities like free medical outreach, fitness sessions and blood donations for Nigerians. Other participants expressed excitement in the activity. They also said it is a good thing for their community. As the team of the events is Lagos Central, Yut Kip Feet. If you look at life expectancy rates in our country, it's about 54-55. And what is causing all of this? Accumulated stress, both physical stress, mental stress, lack of proper dieting. And we look at all of these things to say young people need to keep fit, prioritize physical exercise, young people need to donate blood regularly, young people need to just live a healthy life. It's so easy to get caught up in the stress and also a muscle of life, but it's also important for you to take time and create time as well to keep fit. It's so easy to get caught up out there in drugs, but at the end of the day, the effect is not always nice. So my advice for every year out there is to, this is from drugs. Fitness actually keeps you on your toes. So you know as Nigerians, right, we're already pretty supposed to a number of ill nurses. As Nigerians, I'm sure that we can all relate to stress and you need to keep your body active. A fit person is a healthy person, right? So when you are fit, you become even more healthy.    Honourable Edidio, while attributes to participate in politics, also used the opportunity to advise those who are aspiring to seek public offices to focus on delivering the dividends of democracy rather than the personal gains of the office. Going to politics, especially if you are truly, truly committed to changing the narrative of things, you must do things differently. You must be sincere, you must be honest, you must be committed and you must know that it's not about going to take the resources of the people, but give them to the people. Youth engagement in politics and in government is something that is so important that we need to come out because our voices can only be heard when we begin to put ourselves forward, engage in real-life activities to make out, to bring about betterment of our community. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.


Hey there friends, thanks for checking in. Think about it Thursday. What have I been thinking about? I just got back from Chacho. I spent one day at the show itself and One of my favorite stops is going to CZ. I always like to see what they have new what I could show you guys a lot of Fans of CZ. I've been a fan of CZ. I still am for years and years and years, but I noticed something I noticed even last year that many of the people I used to know Not on a personal level, but enough to say hi. How are you doing? Know the names and everything they're gone And I also noticed that there were very few new offerings the TS2 and 9 millimeter Got discontinued in place for a TS2 and 40 Smith of Wesson, and I thought that's kind of weird Dan Wesson was there, but they still don't have an optics ready DWX and I talked to a former employee and what what he told me was rather devastating and then I got back Home and started to dig into it a little bit and realized that CZ discontinued well over 130 firearms Now the CZ P10C for example, they had that in Four or five different colors for all the colors are gone. They're all discontinued. We thought it was a big deal when they discontinued the 97 and 45 It's it's gone. They discontinued so much more than that Furthermore many of the US staff that worked for CZ. They're gone to including the CEO who built the company Incredibly well. I remember years ago. You could pick up a CZ 75 for 400 bucks. It wasn't a big deal. Yes, it had military throughout the world and law enforcement throughout the world Yes, it was still a great gun, but it just wasn't expensive. This is back when clocks were 500 bucks you could pay less for a CZ all that Turned around now and then we see CZ become a firearm dynasty where people were excited people were looking forward to their next CZ they're huge fans out there and this person did that after 27 years. They were let go Many disgruntled CZ employees and you say okay businesses business. Well, what does that have to do with me? Well, you're gonna see less CZs fewer CZs in the future and I truly believe this all the emphasis Seems to be with Colt. It's not that CZ acquired Colt in 2021 you would have thought that Colt acquired CZ. They got rid of all the people that built the company the innovation seems to be really low and Colt Came out with a blue Python this year for a hundred dollars more on the MSRP than the stainless They still have a whole bunch of 1911's as well as some military contracts and the very company that had the bankruptcy going on seems to be running the books and The financial decisions including who they're laying off came came from Colt and I find that rather strange and I've been thinking a lot about this and I dug deep into it now CZ struggled there. You have CZ on one side and Colt on the other very different business models and Then CZ got hurt by the war in Ukraine because they used to get parts of materials from Russia and that all ceased and you see Colt laying off people and not really putting much emphasis on CZ but they're on Colt and Colt has a whole bunch of 1911's and rifles and so forth, but it's just not as exciting as CZ because CZ would always come out with something new and then we would have something to look forward to and now we have Nothing as well as a whole bunch of disgruntled people and I noticed that the vibrancy Around that booth just wasn't the same and there they have new people there They're running around but it was just it was sort of like Glock booth. You know Glock you go there There's not a lot to see any they came out with some Gen 5 models. That's fine People may want to buy it but to go there and look and say wow This this Gen 5 is so much better than the Gen 4. It's just not that exciting and that's how I felt at the CZ booth It was like so I went over to Colt and find out what all the buzz is about a blue Python Like that's the best we have you got new G10 grips on a 1911 like that That's where we're at here and I'm afraid to report that I think it is where we are and To the people who love CZ's don't expect much in the future. I truly believe that they Did everything they could to decimate the company and yes in 2023 they had some better financial reports But to those of us who love CZ and want CZ's and we're looking forward to specific CZ's specifically for us it Probably is not going to happen. I view CZ in as in a very bad state right now Something that could take years to get out of if It even gets in that direction So we say well hang on CZ acquired Colt that meant CZ We're was going to be the ones to make all the financial decisions and it seems like it's the opposite It's Colt and all the emphasis is on Colt and we'll we'll see if anything comes out that's new I don't think it will I think it's just going to be we're gonna hold steady here We're gonna sell what sells and if it doesn't sell we'll just check it off the list and get rid of that as Well, but my goodness you can get a coal revolver or a Colt 1911 and we'll make some good ones for you you're gonna want to get those well perhaps so but most people want a CZ a newer CZ something that's new and exciting and it's my estimation that it just won't be there And I think that's gonna be the new reality for CZ USA If you like videos like this, please subscribe and share I always appreciate thumbs up button Thanks for watching and you guys be safe


Hello and welcome to the session. In this session we discuss the following question that says it is agreed that A will pay to be $1.60 on 6th April, $2.30 on 30th April, $1.50 on 17th May, $200 on 26th May. Find the average due date. To find the average due date, first of all we take an arbitrary fixed date as the 0 date. We assume even P2, P3 and so on with different elements, even P2, P3 and so on days respectively that we assumed. And we take this capital D to be the equated time of payment. We have the equated time of payment that is capital D is equal to P1 D1 plus P2 D2 plus P3 D3 plus and so on. And this whole upon plus P2 plus P3 plus and so on that is equal to submission PD upon submission P. And the average due date which falls to the 0 date and it lies between the earliest and the latest dates of different payments, the equated time between D to the 0 date. So this is the key idea that we use for this question. Let's move on to the solution now. And we are given different payments with their due dates. We are supposed to find the average due date. Now the first due date is 6th April, B by 0 date. So 8 to 6 is taken as the 0 date. Now here we have made 4 columns in which we have the due dates and the payments and the runway of days from 0 date and P multiplied by B. So from the question we have the first due date as the name that is capital P in dollars. For this due date is 60 dollars from the 0 date would be 0 since the 0 date is April 6 itself. The type of D would be 0 that is 160 multiplied by 0 is 0. The next due date is 30th April and its payment is 230 dollars. So here we have April 30 230 dollars of payment. And the number of days from 0 date were days from April 6 to April 30 would be 20 P multiplied by D that is 230 multiplied by 24 to 0. Now here from the question we have the next due date is 17th May and the respective payment is 150 dollars. So here we have May 17 and the payment is 150 dollars. And number of days from 6th April that is the 0 date to May 17 is P multiplied by D is 6150. Now the next due date is 26th May with payment 200 dollars. So here we have May 26 with the respective payment as 200 dollars. And the number of days from the 0 date that is April 6 to May 26 is 50 and P multiplied by B is summation P which is equal to 160 plus 230 plus 150 plus 200 which is 740. Now summation PD is equal to 0 plus 5520 plus 6150 plus 10000 and that is equal to 21670. The equated time of payment that is capital D is equal to summation PD upon summation P. So equated time of payment that is capital D is equal to summation PD upon summation P which is equal to 21670 upon 740 here 00 cancels and 21670 upon 74 is equal to 29.28 The time of payment D is equal to 29 days. 29.2029 so we get capital D as 29 days. Some of the days are neglected in favour of the creditor. The average due date is the date which falls after the 0 day and it is obtained by adding the equated time capital D to the 0 date. The average due date is equal to 29 the 0 date which is 6 April. This is equal to the average due date is equal to this completes the session. Hope you have understood the solution of this question.


So we're on, I think it's lesson, I found a copy, thank you. Lesson 21, if I counted correctly, on the glory of God. And this has been based on this book, I think it's been mentioned a few times, edited by Christopher Morgan and Robert Peterson. The first many lessons in the series were a biblical theology. If you look at the beginning of the outline there, how do truths about God's glory shape our view and approach to pastoral ministry. So the first, I think 17 lessons were a biblical theology really, which seeks to understand the progressive unfolding of God's special revelation throughout history. And so we looked at, from the Old Testament through the Gospels and much of the New Testament, the topic of the glory of God. Then the last three lessons were Ryan putting together a systematic theology that seeks to present the entire scriptural teaching on certain specific truths or doctrines, and so he did that for three lessons. And now today we're going to look at how these truths about God's glory shape our view and approach to pastoral ministry. And so there were a number of different authors, writers who contributed to this book. This subject, this topic was addressed by Brian Chappell. And the heart of it really of the lesson is how a pastor fulfills the offices to the church of prophet, priest, and king as an ambassador of Christ. And so we'll get to that more specifically later, but there are a few more, I guess, I don't want to say practical, but a few other considerations before we get to that. And one of those is very basic to the gospel. And in much of Christendom today, there is a false gospel that's preached that promises personal well-being. It's generally understood to be the prosperity gospel, but in the context of the subject of glory, the focus really becomes, is this thing like, pull it away? Personal glory, personal blessing. And for those who are under that teaching and in whom those kinds of expectations are created when they're told that they need Jesus in their lives, there's inevitably disappointment. It certainly is not the case that if you become a follower of Christ, you are going to be healthy and wealthy and whatever else it is that they're promising. It doesn't exclude that possibility, but when that expectation is created, the gospel really becomes about the person's personal glory. And so there are disappointments. Why didn't I become wealthy? Well, you didn't give enough money. Your faith wasn't strong enough. I feel like I'm going to have to bend this thing out of the way or something. Sorry. And so rightly preaching the word of God is to emphasize not your personal glory, but the glory of God and that is sometimes a difficult experience for a believer. So you're wrestling with your own desires and your sin nature and you're grappling with the demands of the gospel, the requirements of the law, and you're not happy. Why am I not happy? You know? And so it becomes important as a foundational thing for a pastor to communicate clearly, as scripture does, the way in which our Christian experience can be joyful as we glorify God. What is it that, what are the things that have to get connected in our lives in order for our joy to be complete in glorifying God even when it comes at perhaps great discomfort, difficulty, trials, and may seem even burdensome at times. And so it gets to the heart of what is conversion? What is it, what's really happening in conversion? What is the change that's taking place in a person that's going to result in that kind of joyful life in Christ even when it's tough? And I think Samuel Bolton wrote a book, I don't have the exact year, a couple hundred years ago I think it was, True Bounds of Christian Freedom. How many of you are familiar with that? Well you can get it, it's a PDF, you can get it for free. And I first came across it when we were doing the Law and Gospel study a few months ago. I'm hoping I don't electrocute myself drinking coffee. Maybe I should have just used the mic. And I thought that the way that he explained this, this reality of conversion was one of the most helpful things I've come across. And so I'm going to read you an excerpt from that book. But before I do that I want to remind you of Ezekiel 36, 26, which says, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you. I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And so this description of the new covenant is central to this issue of joy in glorifying God in trials. Brian Chappell in the book discusses this in the context of helping people understand the demands and delights of the Christian life. Bolton speaks more of it in terms of delighting in duty. But it's the same subject, the same topic. And here's what Bolton said. All delight in duties arises from a suitability of spirit and the doing of them. If there is no grace within the heart to answer the call of duty from without, if there is no principle in the heart agreeable to the precept of the word, the heart will never delight in them. This then is the reason why a godly man conducts himself well in duty, not merely because it is commanded, but because he has the nature which truly and rightly responds to the command. The law of God, which is in the book, is transcribed into his heart. It is his nature, his new nature, so that he acts his own nature renewed as he acts obedience. The eye has no command to see nor the ear to hear. It is their nature to see and hear. The faculty of seeing is the command to see. As far as the heart is renewed, it is as natural for it to obey as for the eye to see or the ear to hear. As natural to live in obedience as for the fish to live in water or the bird in air. Thus it is that we do not obey merely because obedience is commanded. The mere command is for such as have no vital principle within them. But we obey from a principle which God has implanted in us suitable to the commands of God. We grant that the command is the rule, apart from our obedience, but grace is the principle within. The heart and the command answer to one another. As face answers face in the water or in a glass, so it is with the heart and the command. The command is transcribed in the heart. This is the reason why there is so much delight in the godly man's obedience for it is natural to obey so far as the heart is renewed. So when you're regenerated, when you're born again, when your heart has been transformed into one that has been made. To reflect more closely the image of God, the way that you were created and the way that man was originally created. When you've been restored to a point that's closer, it's not perfect, but it's closer. You have been regenerate. That law is written in your heart in a way that the command is received rightly. So it's not a burden. It becomes a natural obedience, duty. The demands of the gospel become a delight because your heart is new. On it are written the laws of God in a way that is new. So to the extent that the way Bolton puts it, it is natural to obey so far as the heart is renewed. So the extent to which you find the demands and duties of the Christian life difficult or disagreeable is, you could say, the extent to which your heart is not sufficiently renewed. And so we often say when there are demands that are clearly preached in terms of the duties of a Christian and they're not received well, there's pushback or there's rebellion, there's disagreement among the hearers. We'll say, well, it's a heart issue. And it is. So glorifying God should be the natural outworking of a renewed heart. And it's important for pastors to preach that clearly and to make the glory of God the central issue from reminding them even that the very reason they were created was for that purpose. So that's one aspect of a pastoral theology of the glory of God. As you've listened to the previous lessons and gone through the different terms in the Bible and the way that they're used, you've learned a lot about the specifics of how the Bible describes the glory of God. But one of the points that Brian Chapel makes is that in order for you to have a more complete understanding of the glory of God, you have to look at a couple of other things. One is the way that people respond to the glory of God. And often that looks like fear. And so he gives us a few examples. He says, and so the broader concern is not just the terminology but the narratives. He's saying you need to look at the narratives in the Bible to have a fuller understanding of the glory of God in addition to understanding the specific terms and the context of how they're used. But so with one aspect of these narratives, Chapel says, we gain some measure of understanding what God's glory is by narrations of the response seen in his people when they behold it. And often it's fear. And he gives some examples.  The people of Israel cower below a thundering Sinai. Isaiah wilts upon the site of the Seraphim around the throne of heaven. And the shepherd's tremble is the glory of the Lord shown around them on the fields of Bethlehem. So in each case the response to the glory of God is fear. But he says in each case the Lord dampens that emotion with some disclosure of the purpose of his appearing. And that purpose is always connected to his care and concern for his people. And so in the case of Moses, what he hears is that when he hides his face before the burning bush, Moses hears that he will deliver God's people. At Sinai, Israel learns that God will lead and protect. Isaiah receives the sweet burn of an atoning kiss. And the shepherds are calmed by an angel choir heralding the glory of peace on earth. And so even though there's often in response to the glory of God, fear, there is a purpose that God is accomplishing in that revelation of himself. That helps us understand what a right, a fuller understanding of the fear of God. What is it? And the chapel says in its right and mature expression, biblical fear is a humble and loving response to the character of God. Such fear rightly perceives the awesome and even terrifying power of God. But this perception is tempered with marveling that know that one so majestic is so concerned for his people. And he says God is infinite in power, but intimate in love. So the narratives go beyond the terminology that we've been looking at and help us understand more about the glory of God. But the central narrative, the one that is the clearest example for us is Christ. And chapel refers specifically to Isaiah's prophecies in chapter 11 verses 2 and 3 where he says that the coming Messiah, Isaiah prophesies the coming Messiah saying that quote, the fear of the Lord will quote rest on him and quote, he will delight in the fear of the Lord. He's quoting verses 2 and 3. And so the fear of the Lord rests on Christ. He delights in the fear of the Lord, God his Father. And that relationship between God the Father and God the Son ultimately exemplifies biblical fear. I'm just going to read you a little more about how chapel describes this. He says, Jesus' intimacy and humility with his heavenly Father reveals that his fear is proper regard for the full spectrum of divine attributes, including his wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, truth and love. Our clearest and most powerful revelation of the glory of God comes from the one who most experienced it. Jesus is quote, he's quoting Hebrews 1.3, the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being. And in Colossians 2.9, in Christ all the fullness of the deity lives in body form. In 2nd Corinthians, he is the image of God made incarnate quote to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. And so in Christ we have the maximum revelation of God, the maximum example of the glory of God. Glory is defined by the Son. And so what aspects of the glory of God do we focus on as we hear the preaching of the word and we understand the work of Christ, what he's accomplished central to his mission of course is he came into the world to save sinners. And so glory is distinguished by redemption. And there's just so much that can be said about the work of Christ and his work in redemption. But two things to think about in particular are that God intends to shine his glory through Jesus, but also to share his glory through his Son. So we have the maximum revelation of God, we see the glory of God in Christ. We're to behold that in our understanding of the glory of God. But the other aspect that we're looking at here is the reality that he has come to share his glory with us. And this, you know, when I was thinking about this, I was thinking about last week's sermon, Union with Christ. The next series of Sunday school lessons will be about union with Christ, which is going to be awesome. It's if you weren't here or you didn't hear last week's sermon, I encourage you to go back and listen to it. But part of that reality of our union with Christ is that Christ shares his life with us. And so our life in Christ, our life in union with Christ is that we are walking in the Spirit, walking with Christ, Christ in dwelling us, Christ sharing our life, sharing his life with us. Peter speaks of this in 2 Peter 1.4 as being partakers of the divine nature. In 2 Thessalonians 2.14, we read that Paul writes to them and the purpose of the gospel is that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. And then in our life, in our experience in this present age, this union with Christ is him sharing his glory with us. Chappell speaks of this as glory shared in Christ likeness. And he says, we learn from the scope of biblical revelation that in the past we were created in Christ likeness. In the present we are restored and equipped for Christ likeness. And in the future we will have a perfected Christ likeness. And as I was reading this and thinking about this, I was reminded of a book that Pastor Rick initially told me about a few years ago, Thomas Boston's Human Nature and its Fourfold State. Have any of you read that? Okay, so now I've given you two books that you really need to read. It's just so good. And the people on the west side group have heard me talk about Thomas Boston, if not every week, it's close. But in this shared Christ likeness that Chappell is referring to, Boston really expounds that in a way that really helps me to understand the whole my life before Christ, my life with Christ, my future, and eternity with Christ. So in his book, Human Nature and its Fourfold State, Thomas Boston says there, and actually I think this one is also available on PDF. I think I saw it on monarchism.com. He says the Four States of Human Nature are, and the words he uses are primitive integrity as the first one, entire depravity, the second one, begun recovery, the third one, and consummate happiness or misery. Those are the Four States of Human Nature. They correspond to the Four States of Man in relation to sin as first enumerated by Augustine. And so these Four States, if you'll listen to this, in the first date, so Adam is created able to sin and able not to sin. So he's different from us. We're born with a sin nature, and so that's really the second state, not able not to sin, slaves to sin. The third state is able not to sin. So once we're born again, freed from our slavery to sin, indwelled by the spirit, we're able not to sin. And then the fourth state is unable to sin, really a better state than Adam, right? The fourth state corresponds to the state of man in innocence before the fall, the second, the state of the natural man after the fall, the third, the state of the regenerate man, and the fourth, the glorified man. And so it's human nature in its fourfold state connected with the glory of God in resurrecting us to new life and ultimately to glorifying him forever. And so as we preach Christ and try to grapple with an understanding of the glory of God and how that relates to our life as Christians, it's helpful to see the stages of Christ likeness in human nature in its fourfold states. So it's a process of restoration. God restores his glory in us through our union with Christ.  We look more specifically at how that works out in pastoral ministry. And if you, on your handout, if you look at, let's see, the catechism corner, you know, I pull that, those questions from there because that's really the focus of the rest of this lesson is, you know, the pastor's role and how they relate to the offices of Christ. And so the catechism, the Baptist catechism speaks to these things. How does Christ execute the office of a prophet? Christ executes the office of a prophet in revealing to us by his word and spirit the will of God for our salvation. So we will then, in a minute, look at what does that say about a pastor's role? Question 29, how does Christ execute the office of a priest? Christ executes the office of a priest and is once offering up of himself a sacrifice to satisfy justice and reconcile us to God and in making continual intercession for us. And then the third, how does Christ execute the office of a king? Christ executes the office of a king in subduing us to himself and ruling and defending us and in restraining and conquering all his and our enemies. Those offices inform how a pastor should undertake to glorify God and to lead the people in that direction of glorifying God. And so I want to look at this. This was the glory of God in the pastor's prophetic ministry. There's a part of me that knew and understood this, but it was also very helpful to be reminded of this. And Chapel puts it this way, by proclaiming the word, the pastor reflects Christ's prophetic office, both in speaking about the glories of Christ and in speaking with the glory of Christ's own voice.  That's not the point. But in Reformed Theology, I want to read you some. I found this on a church's website when you are under sound preaching, when the word of God is being rightly exposited and preached to you. It is the word of God, right? It is not the words of the pastor, not the words of men. It's the word of God and you're to receive it as if God himself were speaking to you. It's a daunting and it's a fearful thing, you know. For one of us to work to not get in the way of that. We don't do that perfectly. We labor to preach in a way that doesn't put the focus on ourselves and how we're doing it, but on what is God saying to you? So I want to just read you some of these and it goes back to before the Reformation.  Chrysostom. And this is really, if you look at the beginning of the handout, it's the verse at the very beginning. 1 Thessalonians 2.13. Most of the comments that I'm going to read to you are these men expositing or, you know, their commentaries on this verse where Paul says, for this reason we also thank God without ceasing because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God which also effectively works in you who believe. So Chrysostom says, For in hearing us you gave such heed as if not hearing men, but as if God himself were exhorting you. Augustine said, Yes, it is I who admonish, I who order, I who command, it is the bishop who teaches, but it is Christ who commands through me. The preacher explains the text if he says what is true, it is Christ speaking. Martin Luther said, People generally think if I had an opportunity to hear God speak in person, I would run my feet bloody. But you now have the word of God in church, and this is God's word as surely as if God himself were speaking to you. Calvin said, As often therefore as we hear the gospel preached by men, we ought to consider that it is not so much they who speak as Christ who speaks by them. And this is a singular advantage that Christ lovingly allures us to himself by his own voice that we may not by any means doubt the majesty of his kingdom.   Chapel quotes the second Helvetic confession of the Swiss reformers when he said, he quoted it as saying, The preaching of the word of God is the word of God. And so he says to the extent that our preaching is true to scripture, God's words yet echo in the church. His voice is available to his people even when it comes through our human mouths as pastors preach the truths of God's word. The Westminster larger catechism question 160. What is required of those who hear the word preached? It is required of those that hear the word preached that they attend upon it with diligence preparation and prayer. Examine what they hear by the scriptures receive the truth with faith, love, meekness and readiness of mind as the word of God. Jeremiah Burroughs said many times you will say, come let us go hear a man preach. Oh no, let us go hear Christ preach. For as it concerns the ministers of God that they preach not themselves, but that Christ should preach in them. So it concerns you that hear not to come to hear this man or that man, but to come to hear Jesus Christ. John Owen said, Let a man but consider that it is God, the great and holy one, that speaketh unto him in his word. And it cannot but excite in him faith, attention and readiness to obedience. As also work in him that all reverence and trembling which God delighteth in and which brings the mind into a profiting frame. And this concerns the word preached as well as read. There's another guy, I can't even pronounce his name is Danish I guess, Will Helmus Brockel. The minister must remind himself in a lively manner that God has sent him and that he ascends the pulpit as an ambassador of God. Speaks in the name of God and is as the mouth of the Lord unto the congregation. And just a couple more. Mark Beach said, According to the classical reformed tradition, the preaching of the word of God is the word of God. Or to state it more accurately, preaching when accompanied by the spirit's presence and power is Christ's living voice to the church and world today. Christ is really present in the preaching of the gospel. And finally Robert Spinney. Good preaching is not merely correct proclamation of the truth, it is God himself proclaiming his truth. So remind yourself of that when you come in here and try to forget the person and hear God. So that is the prophetic office. I knew I should have stapled these things. I'd get them all messed up. The glory of the pastor's prophetic image and then the glory of the pastor's priestly ministry. So look at, turn if you would to 2 Timothy 3. We're going to read verses 10 to 17. 2 Timothy 3, 10 to 17. But you have carefully followed my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, long suffering, love, perseverance, persecutions, afflictions, which happened to me at Antioch at Iconium and Lystra. What persecutions I endured. And out of them all the Lord delivered me. Yes, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. But evil men and imposters will grow worse and worse deceiving and being deceived. But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of knowing from whom you have learned them. And that from childhood you have known the holy scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction and righteousness that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. So chapel takes this passage and pulls from it the ways in which a pastor should fulfill a priestly office. So verses 10, 14 and 17 carefully followed my doctrine, manner of life, 14, continuing the things which you have learned and been assured of and 17 that the man of God may be complete. One principle to be drawn from that is the pastor's life is part of his instruction. My example to you should be one that is godly because if it's not then whatever I say about living in a godly way is going to be useless. It's not going to be credible to you. But chapel builds on the idea that because it is God's word and it is as if God himself were speaking to you when you hear sound preaching. Chapel says since we are speaking as Jesus we should concern ourselves for his glory and how we conduct ourselves by preaching the imperatives of scripture and the provisions of the redeemer and administering the sacraments. Pastors verbally and symbolically teach God's people of the holiness he requires and provides. But no lesson is more important than the life of the pastor. He takes from verses 10 and 12 the principle that Christ's priestly care for his people is made glorious and present in the church as Christ's servants give of themselves for the sake of the present generation. And verse 11, persecutions, afflictions, and then all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. A pastor should expect and be prepared to respond to persecution, contention, difficulty in the way that Christ did. Responding to those things in a godly manner as part of being an example to the people, how do you deal with difficulties? Chapel says Jesus suffered for the sins of others. When the divine Son offered himself as a sacrifice to satisfy divine justice and reconcile us to God, the glory of redemption shined brightly. When we who pastor endure the persecutions of the world for the sake of safeguarding the purity of the church or promoting the holiness of our people, then we are suffering for the good of others and also reflecting Christ's redemptive glory. And then finally from this aspect of the pastor's priestly role is intercession. Christ's priestly care for his people is made glorious and present in the church as Christ's servants give of themselves for the sake of the present generation. All pastors who are faithful in representing Christ should expect the challenges of his priestly office. As we endure for Jesus' sake, we more deeply understand and more brightly mirror the glory of his suffering on our behalf. That's true of a pastor but it's true certainly of any Christian when you are persecuted for your faith. And then the last of these, the pastor's kingly ministry. Look with me at, let me double check this, I think I've got a, yeah okay, it's 2 Timothy 4 verses 1 and 2. I charge you therefore before God and Lord Jesus Christ who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom, preach the word, be ready in season and out of season, convince, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and teaching. So we're to be patient, long suffering, but to lead with authority. The way that Chapel speaks of this, he says, Since Christ is present, so also is the glory of his resurrection power. Though he once died, he speaks in his word and dwells us and will appear to judge the world. Christ's kingship is reflected in the authority the pastor possesses in preaching the word. And this was, here's the, here's the kicker. Eternity changes with the preaching of the word. Its power is that great and glorious. It's the word that's great and glorious but it's communicated by preaching. So in trying to think through the glory of God as it applies to pastoral ministry, these are things to think about. In what ways does the pastor reflect the offices of Christ? But ultimately the goal is that the church corporately will reflect the glory of Christ. That's what we're working toward. That is the direction that we're trying to lead in. And so it's not only the individuals that we're concerned about as pastors, but it's the witness of the church as a whole. What is the witness of Cornerstone Baptist Church? And there's a lot of things that come into that consideration. One of the things that I think about when I think about the way that I want the Cornerstone to be seen and what is the reputation? I never wanted to be said of Cornerstone what is said so much about so many churches that it's full of hypocrites. And that requires careful shepherding, faithful preaching, and leading by example. Chapel says this, let me see if I've got the right. As pastors lead bodies of believers in loving one another, helping and forgiving one another, praying for the work of Christ in their midst, supporting each other in joy and in sorrow, equipping disciples for united ministry, showing mercy to outsiders, serving together in harmony and praising the God who enables it all, then churches reflect Jesus' character and fulfill his calling. So I encourage you to actually get the book and read it to know more about these things. So that's three books you need to read before too long. So this was supposed to be a two week lesson, but I'm going to be away next week and we're shuffling things around a little bit. Pastor Mark is going to teach Sunday school next week and I'm not sure exactly what he's going to teach. Maybe he'll add more to the subject of pastoral theology, but after that I think we'll go on to the next section of the book. Okay, let's pray. Sorry to keep you too long. Father in Heaven, we just thank you for your wisdom in establishing the church and providing for us all this means of grace that we need to walk rightly, to walk in the Spirit, to understand all the things that you've obeyed, that you've commanded, how to obey them and Lord, how to delight in doing so. We thank you and praise you in Jesus' name. Amen.


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Thank you. Good morning everybody. Today is the last day of Watt camp. I had a tremendous great last two days contributor day and the first Watt camp day but then today is the last day I have a kind of a sad feeling as we all will be going back home to our respective destinations but there I after the pandemic we come across together and it's it's a great feeling it's a happy feeling seeing all looking at the happy faces this is indeed a great feeling so I'll go straight away to my presentation which says this is a very interesting topic I was coming across while I was studying a lot of stuff during pandemic and in the last two years coming across a lot of people a lot of professionals their experience their journey during the pandemic after the pandemic as well when it was unlocked so I thought I will speak to a topic which is like how the psychological imbalance has affected the writing style or motivated the writing style of the content writers when we are finished off 2022 and entering into 2023 and onwards so having said that let's set up the tone for the next 30 minutes or so when I roll out with my presentation so here we go so there is a tremendous change of consumer behavior when the pandemic just finished off so what we have come across this is loneliness anxiety sadness and then that damaged trust factor now what is damaged trust factor a lot of we have come across so many threats so many disruptions that we have lost our faith we have lost confidence in ourselves so then hybrid mode of work so this is another paradox like you know you have both the experiences you were working from home during the pandemic and then we are switching over to a hybrid mode of work once the pandemic was over companies asking you to work three days from home and two days from the office so that's a peculiar situation you don't know how to combat it how to face it now there are a lot of tensions within like the the there are a lot of companies which came up with a contractual systems right from as soon as the pandemic was over so you have a challenge like you don't know how to how to face it how to react to it and you can't leave the situation as well you have you were stepped into it so so now the people are looking for simultaneously as the the main occupation has gone under contractual they're looking for extra income so once that is looking for in extra income or maybe when when they are free from the main job using their some past time they are once again under pressure they get a little time to interact to their family members that's another challenge that gives you a threat actually and your identity it becomes a challenge it becomes under crisis so you lose your own identity you are stepped into the work only so what happened like rules got relaxed once the pandemic is over in most of the countries the rules got relaxed there is no you know no mandatory thing of putting putting off masks on your face there is the travel is unrestricted urban is kind of open now social functions gathering are completely open and the hygiene requirements at the back of the mind when everybody is saying how how big is the question for hygiene to maintain your hygiene activities it's people tend to forget things when they are on the move so that's another challenge how hygienic we are when we are on the move so and if you if you come across like the the behaviors are still swinging it is a not static it has not got a static platform that that you will understand the situation and will behave accordingly the kind of imbalance so there are the the cause behind is this remote and hybrid mode of work the mixed work life balance mode day-to-day digital functioning and no time for relaxation as I've already told now whether unlock people start working on hybrid mode and there are some challenges once again so they are struggling with office space at home so you have office office space you you created that during the pandemic and now you are working on the hybrid mode you don't know how to react right like you can't you know improvise your office space your home office space compared to your actual office space in the office so it's once again once again it's a challenge to just to you know keep a bridge between these two next is your interoffice communication you work at the home in a different mode you work in an office from another different way but then you don't know how to communicate or make a bridge between these two so communication communication becomes different and when you work from home you have certain engagements and you have certain things to do the people like at home expect you to do some some works at home normally naturally even if you are working from home so that's that gives you a challenge that gives you a threat so no you so that that's the way you cannot maintain your professional and personal lives and your mental health gets affected by it so now as a content writer as a blog writer when you were writing under the circumstances what is happening your blog and content writing is highlighted or it gets a niche audience when you come across a lot of audience you in trust try and interact with a lot of human interactions so human interactions give you a lot of flair and a lot of meat in your writing a lot of content in your writing but we are now at home you are working on a hybrid hybrid mode you are less interactive as far as your connectivity is concerned so so what do you have to do so while writing you should look for empathy highlight on empathy you have to be very very compassionate for the people for whom you were writing you write genuine insightful and useful content don't write trash don't write you know fluff you try to write insightful less content which can make a difference in their social activities or professional activities you don't become toned if you try to stick to a tone which is which will be familiar to your audience in in in these period of time and double check your content before it gets uploaded it gets live and then converts in social media it's the way because now still now it's you are not very open to interact to the people I'm not talking about what camps Asia because we it is a fun fair it's a wonderland we are interacting with everybody but very few people across the world get a chance to come across a fun fair like this we are fortunate so for them the social media is the only way only platform where you can have you can stay connected you can stay conversed and you can be happy so shared start strategies and deletives to stay safe and how to motivate yourselves so these can work magical then share customized resources of writing I'm talking especially for the writers right content so just try to share a lot of resource links a lot of blog post blog links that you can share that can always change the lives that that can always change the change and motivate them motivate your readers and content just remember as I've as Vishal was telling him and he's in my introduction like I was speaking to Oxford in 2019 where I had submitted my research paper where I told that content is no more the king content distribution ease that is the actual king you can write content but if you doesn't have the you know a real meet in it a real essence in it it cannot reach to your audience be very very careful you can read number of pages of content but it will not not hit to the audience unless and until it has a mission it has a thought it has a genuine insightful ideas so under the circumstances lot of people are under threats still under threats lot of an anxiety is going on lot of psychological disadvantages so don't take chances or don't take advantage of the situation remember whatever you are writing whatever you're speaking to a to your fellow person to your friend it can act as a healing process and this can actually help motivate the society as well as a whole so communicate with valid information if you were not sure about your information that he was sharing don't go for it and valid information if it is a valid information that he want to share always do a fact checking and unless and until you are sure that it has a feeling it has an emotion attached to it it has a real facts and figures do not go for sharing try to uplift the morale of the people for whom you were writing like share brilliant success stories of the leaders from different communities that will help motivate people in a long way and provide provide accurate empathetic information the communication should be direct transparent and in a very timely manner don't write something which is of maybe couple of months backs in incident or maybe something irrelevant in in today's talk for for those who are working in different companies emails is a must but apart from that if you were writing something in social media if you if you were trying to communicate chatting someone in social media going live doing a webinar doing our online seminar be very very you know categorical in whatever you are communicating remember lackluster communication can give you a hit because once you are identified in this socially connected world that your talks whatever you are saying that it's coming from a from you not as a from your own belief but you are a little shaky as for your belief is concerned you are nowhere nobody will trust you so this trust factor is very very important and be very very straightforward be very very empathetic in your approach and customers will always value your effective business content which is unique and penetrating be very very categorical about uniqueness of your content do not go by by the law do not go by what other people are thinking do not go by the world what whatever you are coming across don't take it as as our Bible right so so be be of your own and try to inculcate something try to come up with the content which can really help people motivate people in a bigger way and change the change the direction so words of encouragement strategies cope with the current reality and resources and that's the need of the hour and inject rays of hope that's what I'm constantly telling you guys because this is a time that we are kind of an imbalanced situation psychologically and we have we need a lot of people to motivate ourselves we need a lot of hand-holding we need a lot of collaborations after the pandemic I've come across a lot of big guys from big corporates who look for collaborations in different thousand different ways so whenever you write something whenever you want to communicate prioritize the informational needs your clients first remember your your customers your your audience your people with whom you are dealing with you with whom you are working with they come first so always share helpful content which evoke emotion under the circumstances because we are in a very typical and very awkward situation even today in the mid-February of 2023 try to share a lot of videos podcasts and success stories employees anecdotes you can do a in different ways but come across with a lot of positive notes that's very important highlight the need for change don't stick to a very you know traditional way of thinking just try to break the barrier but in a way which which is sympathetic compassionate to to to your fellow readers your fellow compatriots and just make them learn make them understand that you did need to be willing to adapt things as fast as possible so it's a dramatic changing scenario that can create unique opportunities of business so if you can adapt first if you can you know make yourself available for the need of the hour then you get a success very quickly now and and try to try to develop telemedicine content customize content whenever and whatever way your client looks for because it's a changing world there are a lot more things coming up I was I in my company I run an IT company in Calcutta India and there I handle around 42 global clients for content so I've seen a radical change of requirement after the pandemic and for example some some one of the clients who has been working since last five years with me suddenly come across and ask for some content which is an animation animated movie which is an animated movie and they want to they want me to write or my team to write the basic background of the entire movie so that and that that content whatever we will write that content content will come as a voiceover so people who have no time to go through the entire movie can hear the voiceover looking at the gist of the movie which will come in a clip like maybe for 15 minutes clip or 12 minutes clip and he will have a have an understanding of that horror animation and the voiceover will create and give them an understanding of the entire movie so this kind of content is required it's it's of around 1250 hundred content 1500 word content and these content is the need of the hour probably so they need huge bulk range of content on these areas which which was never ever there pre-pandemic so and and don't play with the fears that that that is always the temptation so that's all thank you so much