Good morning everyone and welcome to a class on Christology. Today we'll continue studying the last chapter, chapter 13 on the Son of God. Last class on Tuesday we began a study of this final chapter. We were diving deeper into the identity of the Son of God. And like I said last class our approach will be unique and a little different. We'll basically transcend the confines of our temporal and our spatial reality and venture into the eternal realms to explore the Son of God from a very different perspective. So we will move out of our time and space and move into the eternal realms and discover who this God is and know who this God is as revealed in the scripture. So we will be looking at the Son of God from a very different perspective. And our journey will take us just beyond the bounds of time itself back to the moments preceding the beginning of creation. And we will try to grasp the profound truths revealed in scripture about God before time began. And who is this God that we worship? Who is this God who we know? Who is this God who created the universe? And what was God doing before the beginning of time? Or what was God doing before the foundations of this world even was established? Or he spoke into the dark spaces and he created everything before that. What does scripture reveal to us about this God? And also we were looking at what God did before the beginning. What are the remarkable deeds that the eternal I am accomplished even before the unfolding of time even before the foundations of the world was laid. So we looked at these two aspects. We looked at who this God is. We explored who God was even before time began. And we also looked at what the eternal I am accomplished even before the unfolding of time. And so we look at now the beginning how God began to unfold in history, in our time and space. Everything that he had already conceived, everything that he had already planned in his mind. So the plan of the ages that was already conceived and completed in the mind of God even before the beginning. Everything was completed, everything was done, then came the beginning. So we'll see how God brought about everything and not in a general perspective. We'll not be looking at entire scripture but keeping to the lesson about the Son of God. In that perspective we will be studying about what God accomplished in the beginning. Which he had already planned in the ages that was already conceived and completed in the mind of God even before the beginning. So we'll begin today and before that can I ask one of you to please lead us in prayer please. Anyone can lead us in prayer? Let us pray. Heavenly Father we once again thank you for this time of study. We pray a lot that you will minister to us through your word Father. And as you guide us Father we just pray that whatever we learn today we will be able to apply the same in our lives Father and retain whatever we learn. We also pray a lot for a blessing upon our entire faculty and all the students here in the Bible College. In Jesus' precious name we pray. Amen. Amen. Thank you Sanjay. So in the beginning what did God do? The God had spoke the worlds into existence. So one of you can read Psalm chapter 33 verses 6 and 9. Someone else can read Hebrews chapter 11 verse 3 please. Psalm 33 verses 6 and 9. And someone else can read Hebrews chapter 11 verse 3. He verse 9. 6 and 9. Truly I am as yours focus man before God. I also have been formed out of clay verse 9. I am pure without transaction and I am innocent. I am there is no iniquity in me. Did you read Psalm 33 verses 6 and 9? Psalm chapter 33 verse 6 and 9. Psalm chapter 33 verse 6 and 9. By the word of the Lord the heaven were made and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. Verse 9. For he spoke and it was done. He commanded and it stood fast. Amen. Thank you. So here we see that how did God made how did God make the heavens and the earth through his word. He spoke and it was done. He commanded and it stood fast. Hebrews 11 verse 3. Can someone read that please? By faith we understand that the world that the world was framed by the word of God so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. Amen. Thank you Lucy. So the world was created or framed by the word of God. So here we see in the beginning at creation the triune God worked together in creation what was conceived in the Godhead. The Son spoke it and the Holy Spirit brought all that we see into existence. So it's the Father, the Word and the Spirit that worked together in creation. We also read in John chapter 1 verse 3, Colossians chapter 1 verses 16 and 17. I'm not asking to read that because we've read that couple of times in the past lessons. In John chapter 1 verse 3 we read or we know that all things were made through him and without him nothing was made that was made. In Colossians chapter 1 verses 16 and 17 it says, for by him all things were created as are in heaven and that are on the earth, visible and invisible. All things were created through him and for him and verse 17 says, and he is before all things and in him all things consists. Look at what Psalm 104 verse 30 says. Can somebody read that please? Psalm 104 verse 30. Psalm 104 verse 30.  Amen. So thank you Sanjay. So here we see that, you know, what was conceived in the heart and mind of the Godhead even before creation, you know, the sun's pocket and here we see that the Holy Spirit brought them into existence. So we see in creation the invisible attributes of God. So the creation reveals to us the invisible attributes of God. Just as the work of an art is an expression of an artist, you know, or it's the display of the skill of an artist or if you listen to a music piece, if you listen to a music rendering if you listen to someone singing a song you listen to worship songs we know that the skill of the artist is expressed through the play the one who is playing the instruments or the one who is singing. So you can't look at an art piece, you can't look at a painting and say, hey, I don't believe that there is an artist, you know, you don't say that because well, if there was this art piece if there was this painting then there should have been an artist. Similarly, if you listen to a worship song or if you listen to a piece of instrumental you know, a song you don't say, hey, I don't believe that there is an instrumentalist or I don't believe that there is a player who is playing these songs, you know, you don't say that even if you're driving a car or a two-wheeler, you don't say, hey, I don't believe that there is, you know, a car manufacturer or a two-wheeler manufacturer, you don't say that in the same way, you know, when we look at creation creation reveals the invisible attributes of God and that is what Paul says in Romans chapter one verse 20, can somebody read that please Romans chapter one verse 20 for his invisible attributes namely his eternal power and divine nature have been clearly perceived ever since the creation of the world in the things that have been made so they are without excuse. Amen. So here what Paul is telling the Gentiles is those who have become Christians he's saying you don't have an excuse yes, the Jews had, they have their law they have their prophets, they have their covenants they're able to know God, you know but you don't have an excuse because look at creation. Creation Paul says reveals the invisible attributes of God or the invisible attributes of God are clearly seen in creation and he says that it can be clearly even understood by the things that are made that there is an eternal power there is an eternal God and there is a Godhead so he says that you are without excuse so none of them can make an excuse and God has not left anyone with an excuse to say that there is no existence of God no one can say hey show me God and then I believe because creation itself reveals to us sorry creation itself reveals to us the invisible attributes the eternal power of the Godhead and hence people are without excuse so if anyone tells you hey I don't believe in the existence of God you can tell them look at creation and then you can tell them hey if you look at a painting you don't say that there is no artist if you listen to a piece of music you don't say there is no one who is you know a vocalist has not sung this or there is no one who is a player who has played this you know there is proof and hence there is we have this piece of art or we have this music piece that has been rendered to us and hence we are without any excuse in the same way you know creation itself reveals to us the invisible attributes of God so in creation we see God's limitless unending infinite power and this power was released in creation so none of them are without excuse and this God who is infinite you know we are able to see his infinite attributes in creation we also know that you know God upholds everything that he's created by his word we've already read Hebrews chapter one was three where it says Christ who is the brightness of the glory and the express image of his person and upholding all things by the word of his power so everything is in creation that we see is uphold or upheld by the powerful word of God so the entire universe is being held by the power of his word and God's word is powerful and God's word is still at work in this universe amen and after he created everything that we see in the world everything that we see in creation God made man so God made Adam and Eve he created them in his own image he created them to be part of his own Luke chapter 3 verse 38 now when we read in Genesis chapter 1 that God created man in his own image and likeness what comes to your mind any thoughts when scripture tells us in Genesis chapter 1 that God created us in his own image and likeness what comes to your mind here we belong to God we're loved by him so much okay what does it mean by created in his likeness and image okay we have a spiritual image that this is nature and character okay thank you anyone else there's no discrimination okay there's no discrimination yes so when we say that God created us his image and likeness you know God is a spirit being you know God has no form or shape like we do so you know when we say that you know hey you look like your father you look like your mother you look like your granddad you know it's just that you have same facial resemblance or you know your personality kind is the same like the one they're comparing to but when we're saying that we created God's image and likeness you know God has no form or shape like us that means that God is holy he created us holy God is sinless he created us as sinless beings God is God never dies he created us never to die you know God has a mind where he's able to think and reason you know and he gave us when he created us in his image and likeness he means that he he he gave us a mind we can understand him we can comprehend him we can know him you know God has God is suffering he does what he wills that means he has a will and so he gave us as a people whom he created in his own image he gave us a will he gave us a gift of volition to make our own choices to choose and you know so that and he gave us a mind that we can reason and understand and know him and relate to him as well so that this is what it means when God created us in his image and his likeness okay but when we know that when Adam and Eve sin they plunge the entire human race into sin into subjection into Satan and moral decay and corruption and sin deviated from God's original plan and God let go of things as it was going he let go of things he let go of the world coming to moral degradation and corruption and moral decay it did not surprise God because you know God let it be for a time because he knew that in the kairos moment in the pointed time in the right time all of this will be delivered back from bondage from corruption into the original position or the original way that it was created or meant to be and we know that now God let it be he let it be for some time because he knows he's going to redeem all of creation he's going to really redeem all of mankind everything will be delivered from bondage from corruption into his glorious state once again and he let it be because this work was already completed or conceived or completed in the heart and mind of God even before it happened even before the foundation of the world even before time began Apostle Paul wrote that God gave up everything to corruption in Romans chapter 8 verses 20 to 23 we read that so one of you can turn to Romans chapter 8 verses 20 to 23 so the Apostle Paul wrote that God gave up everything to corruption because he knew he was going to redeem everything back Romans chapter 8 verses 20 to 23 can one of you please read that for the creation was subjected to fertility not willingly but because of him who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage of corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God for we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now and not only the creation but we ourselves who have the first fruits of the spirit grown inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons the redemption of our body's ML. Thank you Deepu so here we see that the creation was subjected to futility not willingly okay God just give it up willingly but because of him was subjected in hope that creation itself will be delivered from bondage of corruption and will be reinstated into its glorious position or the glorious form that God created it to be and also we who are the first fruits of the spirit who we who are the children of God we also grown inwardly even as we go through various pains and difficulties and sicknesses and we eagerly await the redemption of our glorious bodies so even though Adam and Eve sinned and plunged the entire world into sin and corruption but at their pointed time the eternal word became flesh and dwelt among us and he paid the redemption price and he delivered us from sin Satan and from death okay so at the pointed time at the Kyros moment the God had decided to unveil their clan of sending the son of God and the eternal word became flesh and dwelt among us as we have read already in John chapter 1 verses 14 and 34 and it says the word became flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld his glory the glory of the one and only begotten of the father full of grace and truth and verse 34 says and we have seen and testified that this is the son of God okay so the one who was equal with the father was one who was equal with the Holy Spirit decided to come to the earth as a man and walk as the son of God so the eternal word became the son of God the infinite eternal God omnipotent one you know he laid aside all of that and he chose to become like one amongst us one like us and he chose to come and you know contain himself you know take on a human body become a human being and live among us and fulfill the plan that the God had conceived even before the foundation of the world so what did the son of God do even as he became the son of man even as he even as the eternal word became flesh we will look at a few things as the son of God did we're not going to look at his science miracles and wonders but we will just look at the things that we studied about his virgin birth about his what he did on the cross the redemption price that he paid and what it all means to us so we see that this eternal word who became the eternal word the son of God who became the son of man he limited himself to being a human being and was born of a virgin Mary we already read Luke chapter one verses 34 and 35 where Mary comes to the angel and tells her that she is going to you know have a son and Mary asked the angel in verse 34 how can this be because I do not know any man the angel answered and said to her that the holy spirit will come upon her and the power of the highest will overshadow her and the holy one who is to be born in her will be called the son of God okay so sorry sorry I'm having a bad just infection so the one who is to be born in her will be called the son of God okay so we look at what the son of God did even as he limited himself to a human being was born of a virgin and what he did and how he accomplished the plan that the God had conceived even before the foundations of the world if you look at scripture Bible contrast man who he created in his image with the son of God few passages that we have the Bible contrast the first Adam with so the Bible contrast the first Adam with the son of God the Bible refers to Adam and in the scriptures if you read Paul's writings in first Corinthians the Bible refers to Adam as first Adam the first man and the natural man and in contrast you know contrasting Adam to the son of God the son of man refers to Jesus as the last Adam so Adam was the first Adam Jesus is referred to as the last Adam the Adam was referred to as the first man Jesus is referred to as the second man and Adam was referred to as a natural man and Jesus was referred to as the heavenly man okay so I'll explain this and you'll understand so the first Adam was created with the intent to be the prototype a prototype means first of the kind similar you know a pattern an example the first Adam was created with intent to be the prototype for the rest of mankind but we know that when Adam sinned and fell you know this prototype that was created in the image and the likeness of God became defective and tarnished and so God said or the God had already conceived that they became another prototype and this prototype is called as the last Adam or the second man why second man because the first man was who was to be the prototype was created with the intent to be the prototype of the rest of mankind you know he became defective and tarnished and as a result all of us you know in the generations were also born in sin and so God said I will send another prototype you know and this prototype is the son of God like just like Adam is also called the son of man you know Jesus is called the son of God and that is why he took on this whole this title I think of son of God just to identify with us being son of man a son of man and you know he becoming the perfect prototype the prototype is the last Adam and the Bible says that we don't need another one and so the Bible refers to son of God as the last Adam okay so we have the first Adam who is Adam himself and then we have the last Adam as Jesus and what does it mean by being the last Adam why is Jesus referred to as the last Adam because he is the prototype of all who will you know be called sons and daughters all who will be part of the family of God and who will experience eternal life and who will be reinstated to their original image of being created in the image and the likeness of God and having that spiritual image so to say so the son of God you know the God had decided to send Jesus as the son of God who will be another prototype and this prototype is the last Adam so if you look at 1 Corinthians chapter 15 verses 45 and verses 47 to 48 so one of you can please read 1 Corinthians chapter 15 verses 45 and verses 47 to 48 please and so it is written the first Adam became a living being the last Adam become a living life giving spirit verse 47 and 48 also please verse 47 the first man was the earth and made of dust the second man is the Lord from heaven as was the man of dust so also are those who are made of dust and as it as is the heavenly man so also are those who are heavenly amen thank you so here it says that the first man Adam became a living being but the last Adam became a life giving spirit which means eternal life that we have in Christ Jesus the first man was from where from the earth so he's called as the natural man the second man which is referring to the son of God Jesus himself is the Lord from heaven and so we refer him to as the heavenly man was 48 says as the man of dust so also are those who are made of dust just like we are the prototype of the first Adam you know and is the heavenly man so also are those who are heavenly which means that those who are born again are no longer now you know part of the prototype of the first Adam the first man the natural man but now we take on the nature of the last Adam the second man and the heavenly man that is Jesus Christ so those who are born again here it says we become part of the kingdom of God we are heavenly citizens we're no longer heavenly citizens so this is another wonderful spiritual blessing that we have received I think in the in the last previous classes one of you asked the question one of the spiritual inheritance of what the spiritual blessings we have received and this is one of them so we have the first Adam the last Adam the first man the second man the natural man and the heavenly man so the first Adam was created being created to be as a son of God we were created initially to be sons and daughters of God that is what our identity was but when this you know but when Adam and Eve sinned we became slaves of Satan and we no longer had we lost that identity but the last Adam was the incarnate God who walked as the son of God and he is the last Adam and he and that is going to be no one else after him or like him and so also those who believe in him those who believe in the son of God you know become part of this family of God we will we will also be called sons and daughters of God we also have the divine nature in us and we also have the hope of eternal life so the first man Adam he failed he sinned he lost all that was given to him he sold it away he gave it away to Satan but the second man Jesus Christ also the the last Adam the heavenly man obeyed God who was without sin and when he paid the price on the cross he recovered all that the first man or the first Adam had lost so we see that you know just like the first man was the natural man earthly the second man was also heavenly man he lived from up down we live from down up but he came and he lived from up down and the second man obeyed God was without sin and recovered everything that the first Adam or the first man lost amen okay so we look at how did the son of God walk on the earth how did this how did the last Adam how did the second man how did the heavenly man you know how did he walk on the earth before that anyone has any questions any doubts any questions any doubts all of you between class okay if there are no questions and no doubts we'll move on we look at how the son of God walked on the earth okay we see that when the son of God walked on the earth we've already studied most of this is just kind of reiterating the points the son of God revealed the father to us okay we read this in John chapter 1 verse 1 John chapter 1 verse 14 and verse 18 we've already looked at these scripture passages so we're not going to read it but John chapter 1 verse 1 says the beginning was word the word was with God and the word was God and this word became flesh verse 14 and he dwelt among us and we beheld his glory the glory of the one and only begotten of the father full of grace and truth and verse 18 says no one has seen God at any time but the only begotten son who is in the bosom of the father has declared him to us so we I explained what is the meaning of the bosom of the father which means that only Jesus could reveal the father to us because he was one with the father and he was very intimate and close in his relationship with the father and hence he himself could reveal or declare the father to us we also studied that you know the son of God is the exact image of the father John chapter 14 verse 8 and verse 9 and Philip asked Jesus Lord show us the father and that is sufficient for us and what does Jesus say you know I've been so long with you Philip you've not known me and then he says he will see me has also seen the father so how can you say show me the father so in Jesus we see the exact representation of the image of the Godhead we see and we can know God the father and we can experience the tangible presence the nature and the reality of who God the father is we also studied in Colossians chapter 1 verse 15 that Jesus sorry so sorry we also studied in Colossians chapter 1 verse 15 that Jesus is the image of the invisible God the firstborn over all creation so in Jesus we see the invisible image of God or we can know the father we can know his attributes and his nature what else do we know about the son of God even as he walked on the earth the son of God we know walked in the intimate presence of the father John chapter 1 verse 18 which I've already mentioned to you just now and John chapter 10 verse 15 so can one of you please read John chapter 10 verse 15 please John 10 verse 15 just as the father knows me and I know the father and I lay down my life for the sheep amen so here we see that the son of God walked in the intimate presence of the father that means the son of God and God the father were very intimate so he says here the father knows me even so I know the father another area where the son of God how the son of God walked on the earth was the son of God rested in the father's love okay can one of you please read John chapter 3 verse 35 and someone else can read John chapter 17 verse 24 please John 3 35 and John 17 24 John chapter 3 verse 35 the father loved the son and he has given all things into his hand whoever believes in the son has eternal life whoever does not obey the son shall not see life but the wrath of God remains on him amen so here we see that the son of God rests in the father's love John 17 24 someone else father I desired that they also whom you gave me maybe with me where I am that they may be behold my glory which you have given me for you loved me before the foundation of the world amen amen so here we see that thank you we see that you know the son was loved by the father so they had a very intimate relationship and the son of God rested in the father's love the son of God also walked in obedience to the father John chapter 4 verse 34 and Hebrews 10 7 and 9 so can two of you read that please John 4 34 and Hebrews 10 7 and 9 34 Jesus said to them my food is to be do the will of him who send me and to finish his work amen so here we see that what does Jesus say it is his will to do the father's will and to finish his work that means Jesus was completely obedient to the father Hebrews 10 7 and 9 please Hebrews 10 7 to 9 then I said behold I have come in the volume of the book it is written of me to do your will oh God he was previously saying sacrifice and offering burnt offerings and offerings for sin you did not desire nor had pleasure in them which are offered according to the law then he said behold I have come to do your will oh God he takes away the first that he may establish this again amen thank you so here we see that Jesus had come to do the will of the father so even as Jesus walked the son of God walked in total obedience to the father doing the will of the father and the son of God also walked in the power of the Holy Spirit Romans chapter 1 was 4 and Acts chapter 10 was 38 so can some of you please read that please Romans 1 4 Acts 10 38 Romans 1 4 Romans 1 4 go ahead Warren sorry people and who through the spirit of holiness was appointed the son of God in power by his resurrection from the dead Jesus Christ our Lord amen so here we see that you know the son of God walk in the power of the Holy Spirit and it's through the power of the Holy Spirit that Jesus was raised from the dead Acts 10 38 Deepu you would like to read that yes Ma Acts 10 38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with the power he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil for God was with him amen amen so here we see that you know Jesus not only was risen from the dead by the power of the Holy Spirit but we also see that you know he went about healing and delivering people those were oppressed by the devil through the power of the Holy Spirit are you able to hear me clearly okay thank you we also see that when Jesus walked on the earth he you know the son of God destroyed the works of the devil okay John chapter 1 was 38 someone else can read Matthew 8 29 and someone else can read Mark 3 11 so the son of God when he was here on the earth he destroyed the works of the devil 1 John 3 8 someone else can read Matthew 8 29 and someone else can read Mark 3 11 1 John 3 8 please the one who does what is sinful is of the devil because the devil has been sinning from the beginning the reason the son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work amen thank you Warren so it says here for this purpose the son of God was manifest that he might destroy the works of the devil and we see that even when Jesus was ministering on the earth here you know demons trembled and shivered and in fear of him we can someone read Matthew 8 29 and someone else can read Matthew 3 11 please Matthew 8 29 and suddenly they cried out saying what have we to do with you Jesus you son of God have you come here to torment us before the time amen thank you Lucy Mark 3 11 can I read ma'am sure please and whenever the unclean spirit saw him they fell down before him and cried out you are the son of God amen thank you Deepu so here we see that the demons trembled and shivered and were pure with the very presence of the son of God we also see that the son of God you know withstood every temptation we know in Matthew chapter 4 how he withstood temptation I think that is one of the temptations mentioned there and then in the garden of Gethsemane but I'm sure Jesus faced many other temptations but you know just particularly looking at Matthew chapter 4 where Satan even questioned his sonship in Matthew chapter 4 verse 3 it says that in the tempter had come to him he said if you are the son of God throw yourself down for it is written he shall give his angels charge over you and in their hands they shall bear you up lest you dash your foot against the stone so even when Jesus was walking on the earth you know Satan questioned even his sonship or he even tempted him in this area of his sonship but we see that the son of God bestowed upon him in his sonship but we see that the son of God bestowed every temptation and he was sinless without any sin we also see that Jesus Christ declared that he was the son of God can one of you read John 10 36 and someone else can read Luke 22 verse 70 please do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world you are blaspheming because I said I am the son of God amen thank you can someone else read Luke chapter 22 verse 70 Luke 22 verse 70 and they all said are you then the son of God so he said to them you rightly say that I am so here we see Jesus himself you know attesting to the fact or confirming saying that he is the son of God I am the son of God you rightly say that I am even his disciples received a revelation of him being the son of God in Matthew chapter 16 verses 15 and 17 Jesus asked them but who do you say that I am and whether Simon Peter reply he says you are the Christ the son of the living God and what does Jesus tell him you know flesh and blood is not revealed to you but my father who is in heaven so the father is revealed to the Holy Spirit to Simon Peter that this Christ or this Jesus is the son of the living God again we also see that on the earth the son of God completed his work of redemption we know that Jesus even as a second man you know who never sinned and as a second man as the last Adam he could represent the rest of the humankind on the cross because he was sinless but he was like one of us and he took upon himself our failures the first man subjected us to to be slaves of sin of debt and of Satan but the second man you know he liberated us through his work of redemption on the cross so when Jesus died on the cross you know he paid for the sins of the whole world he paid the redemption price he redeemed us he completed the work of redemption and he alone was qualified to do this because he was God who had become man so God's plan of the ages was now being unfolded in the son of God or through the son of God and that's why Paul wrote if the prince of this world would know the plan they would have not crucified the Lord they would have tried to stop this plan and hence Jesus kept this whole plan as a mystery so when Jesus died on the cross Satan and his demonic forces thought hey you know we accomplished this plan we are victorious we are we've won but they were you know oblivious to this fact of the plan of God the plan of God was a mystery they did not know this plan that was conceived in the heart and mind of the Godhead even before the foundation of the world and even the plan of redemption but when Jesus rose from the dead you know and when the son of God received the redemption price we see that and he was raised through the power of the Holy Spirit he was raised back to life then God said now I will reveal my mysteries I will reveal my secrets and he began to reveal the secrets and the mystery to the church and we know that the early apostles wrote about this and they said that this is what God was doing all along and I you know partake in this plan for the ages is it that wonderful that the son of God died he paid the redemption price he was raised back to life like we read in John Romans chapter sorry Romans chapter one was 4 that you know Paul writes and declared to be the son of God with the power according to the spirit of holiness by the resurrection from the dead so he was resurrected from the dead and when this whole plan of redemption was completed when Jesus died paid the redemption price he rose up from the dead then God said I will reveal my secrets I will reveal the plan that we had in the guarded before the foundation of the world before the ages before time began I will begin to reveal the secrets to the church and he began to reveal this and the early apostles wrote about this and it was said that and they said that this was what God was doing all along now you and I get to partake in this plan for the ages amen isn't that beautiful that we in this new covenant we who are part of the church of God are so privileged to know and receive the mysteries or understand the mysteries that was conceived in the God even before the foundation of the world will continue in the next class anyone has any questions sorry we've kind of run out of time but anyone has any questions what is it better to say last Adam rather than second man why why don't you want to say second man somewhere it doesn't correlate with being first born yeah he's you mean that second man the second man actually born from heaven is from heaven he was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit right he was not born through the natural process of a person being conceived and so you mean it's a more derogatory term or secondary term that's what you mean compared to the first man well the first man failed but the second man you know of who we are prototype redeemed everything and the second man obey God and was without sin so it's good to say second man because you know he identified as a man and the second man because he was not natural but heavenly did that help okay okay thank you everyone for joining class anyone has any other questions okay there are no questions thank you everyone have a good weekend a blessed weekend I see you next class thank you thank you sister get well soon thank you Warren


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That's one entry for you, man Matthew with two Mike's on it with two. So you guys both get an entry Nicholas Casberg Roman got two so that's equals one entry for each of you guys We got Ryan with two actually Ryan you have four so you actually get two entries Tyler got one as well So there you go now Get the customer names in here Put them in a randomizer and again customer number one wins the Mavericks Let's roll it and we got a four and a six for ten times one two three four five six seven eight nine Goes to Jeremy S After ten times four and a six congratulations Jeremy now, let's pull you a Luca Congratulations, you got the Mavericks this Out of her Let's alphabetize this And let's print this out now. It is a fresh case guys, so There could be some multiple Lucas in here and We also are having some of these boxes out of a case in personal boxes You could either buy some with me on jazby's calm tonight Or you get the next one going tonight here and Get the same Opportunities and chances as well actually, let's Let's actually leave it in the box. That actually might be Little easier and better for me Don't have to take them all out Leave them in the case It's actually Pull one out of here like this easier for me like that So this would be one two three four five six seven eight nine ten Eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty the generator number one through twenty I know but well, it's the knife actually it's probably not as sharp as it once was Number one through twenty. Let's go Twenty, okay box 20 I would have been right here. No Joe Pizzle. This is actually a group break You could win the Mavericks if you buy two or more teens and number two is actually on the website or number 12 I mean Think that's down to like seven left So we can always get another one of these going We also have these available for personal Joe Pizzle Spencer did witty and Matthew Dilladova and that's gonna be Brooklyn Going to Kevin Milwaukee It's going to Matthew Deandre Aiton. Look at that Joe Pizzle. It's your boy Phoenix Suns. That's a nice one right there. It's going to Ryan Shackleton. There you go Ryan. Little Red Scope Auto Very nice We have a Justin Jackson to 88. Let's go into the Sacramento Kings And also Ryan Shackleton The Tiger stripe was hiding actually back here We have a Mike Conley Memphis Grizzlies Tiger strike and actually Grizzlies was one of the last few teams taken Ryan Shackleton as well with the Memphis Grizzlies. Wow three straight hits for you Ryan Let's see what we got here guys We have Russell Westbrook. That's not bad Oklahoma City Thunder Edition going to Joshua Jerry West and JJ Borreia for the Dallas Mavericks Little small tease right there Ryan did he actually bought the Phoenix Suns. So Ryan Shackleton Lakers Jerry West going to Joshua and Thunder. That's also going to Joshua. And there you go guys just like that 1819 Prison Choice in the books again the second box As you can see it's more fresh case No, we're gonna be using some of these boxes for personal But we're gonna try to keep the majority of them as well as available for group breaks So as you can see fresh case very nice start to a DeAndre Aitin Still have a chance to pull Luke Donchich, Trey Young and another great rookie from this 1819 class in the next box break So you guys want to get it going the next one is in the store and it's done a seven laugh Remember you have to buy two or more teams. There's still some teams as low as 80 bucks for the Knicks 80 bucks for the Bulls and a couple bigger teams including the Grizzlies at 150 and the Lakers at 190 LeBron James or Kobe Ryan just Gets you some good good return backing guys and other great players as well for the Lakers Appreciate it guys. Jasper's case breaks.com


I've passed two before the break. We have music there from James Taylor. That is handyman. Now, if you've ever asked yourself, is this really all that life can be? Or do you find yourself maybe wishing that you could swap places with someone who has it all figured out or seems to have it all figured out anyhow? So if you feel like you're stuck in life and not just the life in general, but maybe it's in your career, maybe it's in a relationship, maybe it's with your finances, maybe it's all of the above, there's a new book that could well help it's called Breakthrough and it's written by Mark Fennell. Mark is a life coach and he gives his clients the various tools to shift their thinking if you like and find motivation that they need in order to break through the feeling of being stuck. In fact, he's put over 20 years of coaching experience and I'm delighted that he joins us now. Mark, good afternoon. Good afternoon, Tien, thanks for having me. No problem, good to talk and good to talk about this sort of stuff as well because when I was just introducing it there, I was thinking there's a lot of people were going, yep, that's me, that's me, that's me. You come across a lot of people, I suppose, in your line of work, that are stuck and that are looking for a bit of motivation and some advice. Very much so. I mean, there's two types of people that get stuck. There's the first type, which is because something happened. It might be a divorce, a friendship fallout, a job loss, a diagnosis, and something that kind of knocks you for six and you kind of fall into that place of feeling stuck and sometimes people go, how will I ever be happy again? How will I move forward and the fear of it happening again and so forth? So that's the person number one but the second person, which is very common, there's no kind of cataclysmic event has happened.  They've got stuff that they're grateful for. They know they've a decent life or whatever but they're just feeling like they've lost their spark. I'm going through life, but how am I actually fulfilled? There's a girl I talk about, her name is Chloe in the book in the second chapter and so many people, when I talked about her on my Instagram because I share quite a bit on there and so many people said, that's who I relate to, Chloe. Going through life, nothing major has gone wrong but just feeling like, is there more and where am I going? Like one person liking to do, bobbing on the ocean without having any direction to go and you're just going whatever way the wind blows you and sometimes that's a lot of people. So what's become of Chloe? What has Chloe changed? Yeah, well to be honest with you, the thing about it was when I worked with Chloe and I came to her and I asked her the question which I opened the book with, I said, well, how are you really? You know, because when I asked her first, she went, yeah, everything looks great. Look, I have a job and I've got two kids and I have a husband and a house and she had everything that was, you know, most people would see him as great but what happened for Chloe was, I said, but how are you really? Because what brought her to my door, so to speak? And she opened up and she started just the ball and broke down crying and she says, I'm just not happy even though I know I should be. And I said, well, when was the last time you really felt that life was happy, when life was good? Things were like, oh, I was so happy at that point. And she said, almost be 10, 12 years ago. And the long story short, when it kind of got, the book explains it a lot deeper than I will now, but for time, well, basically what she said was, I said, well, what happened that was going on in your world 12 years ago? And she said, I was helping people and for her, that was the thing that wasn't in her life anymore. She wasn't helping people or, you know, supporting people or whatever and she gets a lot from that. So that was the thing for her. But for a lot of people, it's different to see. So there's no one answer fix everyone. But what I have found was, I saw it as a pattern.  There's a pattern that works with most people. And it all comes back to when we set our mindset to where we want to be and what actually brings us fulfillment in life. You know, that's probably like a vague answer to some degree, but the book really unboxes it, but it's a starting point. And here's the real starter. For anyone even listening, when you make the decision to say, you know what, how am I really and what do I need to change? And making that choice to even ask yourself that question is a good starting point. Because most people don't ask themselves and they just coast. They just maintain until it's too late and then there's regret. Yeah, absolutely. And a lot of people, if they do realize that they're not fulfilling their potential or they're not where they want to be in life, they'll go about, you know, starting it out themselves and, you know, most people muddle through. But it helps when, you know, they can be directed, maybe to somebody like you, give them face-to-face advice, or through a book like this. It's called Breakthrough. And that's what I suppose that's what a lot of people are looking for. A breakthrough or a breakout from, you know, their day-to-day existence where they feel that just they should be getting more out of life. I think what happens, sadly, a lot of people is we work our job, but we live for the weekend. And then the weekend is gone and then we're back into Monday, living for the weekend again. If that's your cycle, because five days, you know, and we're living for two, there's something to be said about that. And like, maybe it's the job or maybe it's not. But what I would always say is if you're living in that cycle, it could be a whole lot better. And it doesn't mean you have to kind of conquer ever and start changing anything dramatic. But ask yourself, what is it that's not, should we say, ticking the box during the week that you're living for the weekend so much? And then what happens, a lot of people, sadly, is they come to the weekend and then they, you know, they have a few drinks to kind of escape it all and so forth and they suffer on Sunday and then they're back into a Monday. If you're in that kind of cycle particularly, I would always say, well, why is that? And would it not be better if you were, I mean, not every day is gonna be, you know, roses and happy out in the sun is shining. But what if you could have more, five days where more you're, should we say, and not worrying about the two? Because sometimes we do that where we work five, but we actually just live for the Friday night and the Saturday night, because that doesn't sound like a very good balance to me. And I'd always say, what if we could change that? And people go, well, I don't know how. Most people don't know how. That's why you come and talk to a coach. You know, I do a group online and it's all about that. It's like, you don't need to know all the answers. You just need to begin and make the choice that you're looking for one. And then you'll find it. From your experience, what is it down to? Is it down to ability or lack of ability? Is it down to the direction that we take, maybe when we leave school? Maybe it's the wrong direction. And I'm generalizing here. Or is it just a lot of other things and it's different for everybody? It's a little bit different, but here's what I find that's common to most. We are who we are today because of what happened in our past.  You're not enough. You'll never make it or whatever. And that little story stuck. And then we see when we get things wrong in life that, oh, look, there's the evidence. Yeah, they were right. I'll never be much. And then we start to live our life as, should we say, not reaching our full potential because we're believing a story. Here's a thought for a moment, just to get people thinking. What if all of the negativity that was ever said to you up until today was deleted from your memory? Now what would you do different? Now who would you become? A lot of people would say, oh, I do. And they change and they shift their body language and they say, oh, I do this and I do that and so forth because so much of who we are today is as a result of our past. And that's the limiting factor that we do. We carry the bags of the past with us into the present. And it could be something, a one-off statement or an exam you fail that you never kind of got over or it could be something even more traumatic. But the reality is so much of who we are today is defined by our past. But what if we actually started to define who we are tomorrow today and not as a result of who we were yesterday? That's the game changer. I mean, there's obviously different factors that play for different people. But we're all guilty also, I think, of just getting into a bit of a rut in life and settling into a routine and settling for what we have. Is it ever too late because there could be people in their 30s listening and going, well, so that's not for me now. And a career path or whatever. And then there's other people who are in their 50s or beyond thinking, well, that ship has sailed. Has it really? If the ship has sailed when you decide it's sailed. You see, that's the decision we make again. We are the ones that get in our own way and sometimes we have to get out of our own way. And people say to me, well, is it ever too late? And someone will say, well, Mark, how do we know it's never too late? Because I tell you why. I worked with people who were 24. I worked with people who were 74. And there was a girl, a woman who came to me last year and she was turning 74, she was 73 when she came to me. And she says, I mean, how can you help me though?  I'm at home, me and the cats and the grandkids visit every now and then. How can you help me? And I said, well, and we got talking and we started to discover what gave her fulfillment. And she said, all was 20 years ago. She ended out cancelling coaching with me because her social life got so busy because she became so heavily involved in the Irish Country Woman's Association. And she says, Mark, I've got great news but I don't need you anymore. She says, I've found my fulfillment. So, and she's 74. Now I'm not saying that's the route everyone takes. The point is, if you believe the ship has sailed, the ship has sailed. But if you say, well, what if it hasn't, now I can work with something like that. You see, we are the ones that, should we say, gizump ourselves. And we use the thing like age to hold us back. We use the thing like, oh, who I am, where I'm from, the color of my skin, how I speak, the height I am, the job I have. That's all stories that you're creating for yourself. But what if those stories, like I say, were deleted? Now what? Game changer. I suppose we can all say, whether it's age or kids or maybe something to do with health. But a lot of these issues, a lot of these factors can be overcome if there's a will. Yeah, and this is the whole point. It goes back to the choice. The choice, and the book is filled with real life stories and there's some of my own in there. A lot of people just wanna be happy and peaceful in life. They're looking for contentment. They just wanna have a fulfilled life. It doesn't mean they're doing anything big or dramatic or overturning their life or changing everything. But sometimes it's the little things that make a big difference. And what I mean by that is, like when we were faced myself and my wife, our stories in there, but when we were faced with the doctor saying, you're not gonna have kids, and I said, I'm not gonna be different to everyone else. All my peers, my siblings, how will I ever be happy again was the biggest thing that came into my head. And I discover that fulfillment is still available to be tapped into even when your heart's desires maybe aren't possible. So that's why everyone and anyone can break through but it starts with a choice of saying, what if I can as opposed to it? I probably won't. It's a choice. And the one person that can change it is you. Well, you know what? Here's what I'll always say as well. It's like the rally driver and the co-driver. I'm the co-driver, but unless you put your hand to the steering wheel and the gears and press that accelerator, nothing happens. The person ultimately will get them there. What a coach does is ask clever questions. Well, that's what I meant. Every individual that can really change it. And with, you know, and at times with help from the likes of yourself. 100% because sometimes we can't solve a problem with the same mindset that created the problem. And that's why we need a coach. We need a support. Even if it starts with the book, I built the book so that it would be like having a coach in your pocket. That was the idea. And there's stories in there that I think everyone will relate to. The worry, the overthinking, you know, dealing with finances, dealing with our past. It covers quite a multitude. It's a good book that way. But 20 years of coaching, I said, right, let's put it into the covers of a book and that's what we did. OK, it's called Breakthrough Practical Steps for Moving from Stuck to Unstoppable. And so now, written by Mark Fanel. Mark, thank you very much. Thank you for having me.


the world of business even the enemy can become a partner YouTube team keep it clean what's going on is a engraving here with another video and finally finally we get the answer to the question that we've been waiting on for so long where is Orlando Brown Jr. going to get traded what are the Ravens going to receive and in this case what are the Ravens going to give up in order to move Orlando Brown Jr. before we get into this video please try to spread positivity man please it's so important especially nowadays with so much going on please try to be nice to people be good to people be kind to people and just show love I love y'all I appreciate y'all for checking in I appreciate y'all for watching this channel thank you for that because I seriously appreciate it now the Ravens have traded Orlando Brown Jr. to the Chiefs and they received the Chiefs first-round draft pick but it's not that simple it's just it's a lot more detailed than that let's look at this so the the Ravens get the Chiefs number 31 overall pick so they get now they got 27 and 31 so what does this allow them to do this makes their probability well if they want to but this increases their chances of if they want to move up they can they got two first-round picks they can do that but you know Ravens they love accumulating picks they love getting all the picks that they can possibly get but anyway they receive the Chiefs their first round pick a third round pick from this year and a fourth round and the 2022 fifth round pick so okay that's that's that's cool but what do the Chiefs get because like we said the deal is not just it's not so simple the Chiefs get Orlando Brown Jr. and Ravens 2021 second round pick so Ravens in order to get a first they had to give a second and a player now that I didn't see that coming and they also gave up a 2022 sixth round so that's not a big deal I mean it's a low pick whatever but them giving up Orlando Brown Jr. and the second round pick I didn't see that coming now they did get a decent they did they got a good amount back but first round pick this year third round pick this year and a fourth round pick this year but yeah I was a little bit a little bit shocked by that but hey you got two first-rounders so what does this do for both teams well we're gonna talk about it first let's talk about the Chiefs the Chiefs man you got to give it to Kansas City because they continue throughout this entire off season they continue to show you that the cap is cap the cap is cap now we know Orlando Brown Jr. is still on his rookie deal he's still on his rookie deal and this it's been said that the Chiefs are gonna work with the long-term extension they're gonna work on a long-term extension with Orlando Brown Jr. so okay cool that's fine but they continue despite having Patrick Mahomes, Kelsey, Hill despite having all these guys signed to these big time deals they still keep it moving they still continue making this team better they still keep making this team stronger they learned in last year's playoff game that we are just as strong as our offensive line is and what do they do they made the offensive line that much better that much better with Orlando Brown Jr. now was he the best left tackle in the world no he wasn't but was he the worst no he wasn't so you got a solid left tackle there and a guy who's probably gonna be your future I mean you just gave up a first-round pick and some form but he's gonna be your future but he's a young guy he's got experience playing both sides of the line he's been healthy and hey he's trying to prove himself trying to prove himself two time pro bowler resume looks great so far in his young career he's going into what his fourth year it's the uncle it's this is a beautiful thing so good job for the chiefs good job for a little brown now what are the Ravens get they get an additional again first round pick they get a third round pick a fourth round pick so they got they got some change and now they also have a hole at the right tackle position now this is Ravens have had plenty of time to plan for this stuff so it's not like all sudden the Ravens traded Orlando Brown Jr. and now they're like oh my goodness what are we gonna do we traded our right tackle what are we gonna do no they traded him because they have a plan in place to replace Orlando Brown Jr. so we're gonna see exactly how that plan gets executed now my preference like I've always said my preference was of course to always keep Orlando Brown Jr. I would have preferred that so you don't create more holes but I do completely understand why the Ravens would trade him now instead of later because it just makes sense it makes sense because now would be the time when you can get the most for him the easiest route because if you wait till next year you can possibly get the third round comp pick or next year if you wanted to trade him and get something right then in there you would have to place the franchise tag on them things to get ugly and then it just it wouldn't be good now I am a little bit surprised and to me what this is about this trade it shows me that Eric Acosta he couldn't get he couldn't really get anything higher that's what this trade is telling me and that's I'm not taking a shot at Eric Acosta but that's what I'm that's what this trade is telling me about Orlando Brown Jr. that Eric Acosta and the Ravens they couldn't get anything higher than this because this is this is the 31st pick in the draft first round pick good but I honestly I did expect a little bit higher I expected a little bit higher but this shows that teams they weren't buying they weren't buying they were like oh they chained Orlando Brown Jr. okay we'll offer him a little something so maybe he was offered maybe some second round picks and I never thought that Orlando Brown Jr. would go for anything less than the first ever I there was never any point in time where I thought oh well maybe he goes for like a second third or second and third or man no never not once we always knew that the lowest that the Ravens were gonna get was gonna be a first round pick the absolute lowest that was the floor and they got that but I am a little surprised that I'm a little surprised that they are I'm surprised that they that's the highest that they got so here's what it is and now we'll just see how both teams move going forward and now it's funny because these two teams play each other the Ravens and the Chiefs they play each other this year again and the Ravens have absolutely owned I mean the Chiefs have absolutely owned the Ravens I mean I wish I could say Ravens absolutely on the Chiefs but they haven't the Chiefs have owned the Ravens and as a straight forward Ravens fan I don't have no problem saying that because it's the truth it is the truth you know Orlando Brown ain't gonna play and he like oh man y'all traded me yeah y'all traded me to the Chiefs oh yeah let's go he is with it but I'm I don't even know man I don't even know what to say I really don't kind of lost about this whole thing it hasn't really sunk in yet that Orlando Brown Junior is gonna be a Kansas City Chief this year out of all teams all teams a Kansas City Chief now he obviously couldn't go they couldn't get a lower first round pick because that would be the Bucks and they already got that left tackle but um man Kansas City Chiefs boy well congrats Chiefs fans you got a good guy you got a good guy and Ravens let's let's see how they move moving forward so now they have questions at right tackle they have questions at the center position but that's what the rest of free agency and the draft is for now now they report saying that they expected to sign Alejandro Villanueva so we'll see how that goes and will they be willing to give up a comp pick now since they got those picks even though they gave up some but would it be willing to give up that comp pick to sign Alejandro Villanueva if you do that you might as well get Justin Houston to okay team can be clean I appreciate y'all love y'all and just like Orlando Brown Junior is with the Ravens I'm out


What the central government is trying to do by having a reduction of the reference is to get more money for itself. Currently when the central, when the finance commission decides it gives some money right now 42% goes to states. Centre has constantly felt after the 14th commission that this is a lot of money going to states. So they have found various ways and means to actually reduce that so that they can get more money for themselves. Now it's interesting that they have used defense because nobody will question defense and particularly the fact that defense expense has been coming down. But there are two points to this. One is that yes if they feel defense needs more money then they should use it from the money that they already have. Why should they reduce the flow to states? Second is that the money that goes to defense is more on capital expenditure investments. But finance commission doesn't deal with the capital expenditure, it deals only with revenue expenditures. What are they asking for? So it's a very curious thing. Non-lateral fund for what? For salaries? That kind of thing. No of course not. I mean that's utter nonsense. It is a state, it's a part of the issue it would get. Now it's become a UT for purpose of finance commission they have retained it as a state so it makes no difference. Either they will get less nor more because it anyway was getting a part of the state it would get money from the finance commission. Now though it will become a UT from 31st, on 31st October. It makes no difference because for purposes of this finance commission the finance commission has been asked to treat it like a state so there is no difference. It neither makes it difficult nor makes it any easy. Whether he may conquer or he may not conquer the fact is that revenues emanate from growth. So if there is slow growth there will be slower revenue growth. Consequently there will be lesser amount kitty to share. Consequently everybody will get less money. So it's not what the finance commission chairman thinks of it. It is that there is a documented slowdown in the growth and as a consequence of that revenue shortfall will happen. Now for instance the issue today that the union budget in its own thing has estimated 20% growth. Now all the state 20% growth in revenues. Now all the states will go it on that basis and decide their budgets. When there is shortfall the states will suffer for no fault of theirs because the slowdown or centre has not managed the economy well or whatever. So there will be a slowdown there which will mean that all states will suffer the impact of the slowdown. So whether he likes it or not, whether he believes it or not the fact is that revenues are generated from growth and if the growth is slow it will impact the decision of the finance commission.


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As we look at some critical economic issues headlining today, joining me in this discuss is International Finance and Economic Analyst, Mokhtar Mohamed. Thanks for joining me, Mokhtar. Thank you, Justin, for having me. All right, let's start with the budget issue. Last week there was a conundrum about patent and several allegations and several people were talking about marginalization. Let's look critically at some parameters used in that same budget, specifically the forex rate which was spread that 800 naira, that they're about last year. We made the present reality of today. Now, Senate is looking ahead and running against supplementary budget like we always do have. But how significant or walkable is this 2024 budget in terms of the frontiers in what we have earmarked last year and what we are faced as of today? Well, Justin, sometimes the Senate seems to be saying the right thing, but hopefully they will be able to do the right thing, that's on the thing. Yes, but again, they are looking at that from one angle. The budget was stacked at 800 and today the exchange is about 1500. And so if you look there, you realize that the budget, the exchange has gone over by over 90 percent. Sure, that means the budget has to have significant income over 90 percent. I mean, what the amount was, 800,000 naira is about 1.5 million. So that seems to them that they have SS cash. That's what the Senate is saying that you don't have to come back to get the supplementary budget because by that you mean you have SS cash. But now the Senate is getting to say, okay, you're looking at it that way. The other way you have to look at it is that foreign debt payment was also stacked at that amount, which was 800 was $1,000, but today again, $1,000 is 1.5 million. So what do you think you gain in one hand? You lose also in the other hand. So there must be a balance. And again, if you talk about internally, okay, fine. But when you talk about externally, that means our standard debt has gone up again by over 90 percent. Exactly. I was going to say that. But the depreciation of the naira from about 800, 900 to the dollar to about over 1,500, that the Senate is saying that we should not increase our budget side. But it is talking already about some sort of savings, really. But do you think this move that's if we decide to go for supplementary budget that it might actually worsen the issue of inflation that we have right now? Yes, I think it depends. You are going for that based on the non-productive sector. Then you're worsening the inflationary pressure. But if you are going to do that with the productive sector, then you are also reducing the inflationary pressure. And like this is all the way I look at it. When you look at the budget and market at 800 naira, that was also not for the productive sector. It was for expenditure, especially recurrent expenditure, which has to do with debt payment and that and that. So if you look at it from that angle, then you have a lot of liquidity in the system. But you look at it if this was based on the capital expenditure, or if the rate at importation of goods that comes in were at 800, why a left currency was at 1,500? Then you see that the cost of food we go down, the cost of so many things imported we go down. We are not also we drive down inflation. So it depends. Is it reduction that we are seeing or heightening that we are seeing? Is it in the productive sector or is it in the sector that is not so much productive for the economy? Because what we've seen, like the CBN governor have said, the 10 trillion that was printed by the CBN, that the former administration of Godwin-Emefeli was used in not in the productive sector, was also used for consumption. So production, consumption and other things. So we need to look at if we are trying to deal with inflation, then we need to look at the economy critically and begin to look at the productive sector to 100%. Is it challenging? I want to get a bit of a clearer picture right now. Okay, the Senate says that we earn about 60% of our revenue in dollars. And as such, the fall of the Naira against the dollar has created some sort of huge savings. I'm just quoting them verbatim for the country. What is the true picture really bearing in mind that we're still servicing debt? And I'm thinking that since it's also denominated in dollars, we are actually paying more. And if there is any savings per se, what should we be handling? But I know you talked about that infrastructure and all of that, but what should we be doing with these so-called savings as it were? Well, Justin, I don't think how they will have savings. This is a government that is even struggling to meet up. It's budget deficit, a lot of promises that have made. It's a government that have not been able to even pay minimum, which there's not going into many agreements. Now what they are doing is payment of allowances.  So it's like a man that is saying I'm saving money and he's still indebted and the debt is going up and he's saying I'm saving. So by the time you knock up the debt to the savings, they don't have anything. So there's a common sense when it comes to personal finances.  And after that, other money begin to go into other productive sector. So because when you are, that is both your asset and your liability. So you try to reduce your liability every time you end income. So in this case now, instead of any income to reduce our liability, our liability have increased and our income has calmed down. Because again, like they say 60% of what we earn comes from group. And as it stands today, we are not able to meet up, our look, our open quota. So we are not anymore and then we need to service the debt. So there must be a balance. So there must be a critical and looked at it and come up with a good understanding of what policy really you want to drive. Whether you are looking at savings. Now savings, ordinary should be good. And when you look at what is the benchmark that we're used to saving. Because most of our savings actually come from the oil benchmark. And that's why we have the sovereign wealth form. They want to manage some of these savings and put it into key capital infrastructure like what they did in the Second Niger and others. So those savings are not there yet. I don't think so because the government is still struggling to meet up with some liquid demand. But it's always good to have savings. Because it stands now. It's apparently very difficult to have the exchange rate. All right. Let's look at something equally as interesting that also is affecting every one of us, which is inflation. Inflation rose to about 31.7 percent in February. That's according to what the NBS released towards last week. Although some school of thought believes it's even higher than that. But my main concern is an analysis done by Narrow Metrics which says food inflation jumped to about 29.8 percent. What does this mean in clear terms and need this narrow depreciation that we have? What should be our concern right now, Mukhtar? Yeah, our concern is first of all to feed ourselves. Unfortunately, we are not doing that yet. And it's not that the farmer does not have the capability to feed us. But again, they have to deal with a lot of challenges. One most critical one they are dealing with, it has to do with the security challenges. And by the time they are finished with security, they are dealing with energy costs, high energy costs. And also, when it's provided because you now move also to the transportation sector, high costs of transporting of their goods. There are choices that imply increase their costs of production. So definitely what should we be doing now? I think government should be thinking of how they can intervene. Because they've tried to say they have intervened, they will release meals, they will release meals, they will release all of these things into the economy, into the house to reduce food costs. But they've not done it because they've not really come out to take care of the strategy. And you need to look at Lagos, what Lagos is doing. And there is a market every Sunday, they release those markets that people can go and buy goods at an affordable price. So they also should begin to think of how they can support the farmers also to so that they can bring down the cost of production. Then when the cost of production comes down, the cost of those goods will come down. Because what you think, someone will say you don't buy food in dollars, but again look at the rising cost of energy and this people have to buy diesel to power their generators or to power their plant. So most of these diesel, the cost has gone up. So they have to transfer it there. And this is due to the exchange rate volatility. So I think what the government should do is to see how they can intervene, especially in the operational network of these farmers where they can bring down the cost of production, in turn by doing that, they also have brought down the cost of some of these diesel services. All right, still talking about what government should be doing. The CBN is set to hold its second MPC meeting for the year next week, where the committee will be deliberating a hold or a high stance following the 400 basis point increase in the previous one. What are your thoughts really with this MPC meetings and all that is going on with the monetary policy committee in Nigeria? Well, they do have the highest rate hike for a very long time. I mean, the highest may be 15 years. So I don't expect them to do anything less than just maintain it. They have seen how that rate can help improve the economy going forward. You're not supposed to see an economic impact of a great hike that it did last one. And then it will also be suicidal for it to continue to hit this hike. Like I always say, the development committee are different from us. They are different from us because what they do, they have the data, they have the variable to look at the situation. Example is that the British and Britain and United States started, even some Europeans in France, they started hiking almost at the same time with us to control inflation, to control destruction in terms of full supply because of the Russian-Ukraine crisis. But today, their rate has come down, but our own is going up. So that shows that there is something missing. And that missing lead is what the CBN should be looking at and beginning to address. And they know the missing lead has to do with FX volatility. So on the MPC admiring, they should be reviewing how more they've been able to achieve in terms of bringing rates down. FX volatility, and seeing how that will impact on footbridge. And again, footbridge. Again, the executives will have to partner with the CBN. And that's why when, at the beginning of the semester, we're excited to have a special advisor on monetary policy that is in the presidency. So we expect that to be given the president advice on how to make sure that we begin to tackle this inflation and they tackle it as a team to bring it down. All right. Finally, let's talk about our long-term phones. That's on pension phones and all of that. According to PENCOM, that's the pension commission, the net asset value of pension phones in U.S. dollar terms declined by $18.9 billion from $33.3 billion as of January last year to about 14.4 as of January this year, that's year and year. But what are the effects of all of this? Should we be worried? Because I'm thinking that I am saving money for my pension. I'm putting my own money. All of the money I've been putting over the years because of my depreciation, it might not really be worth anything when I really want to use the money. I don't know. You're laughing at me, Mukta. But that's the reality. That's how I see it. You have to put up money for your pension there. You need to do that. It's legal. What I may advise people is you have the government pension phone. You should also have your own personal pension phone for what you can access at any given time. Now, when you look at that report, again, they are looking at January and also it's not depends on the type of investment they are investing. If you looked at the report before, they mean over 200 and something percent. And when you look at that report, by and by the exchange rate, you realize that the exchange rate has moved up almost like about 100 percent. And so they have made more money when you convert what they've made and what the exchange rate in terms of value. That means they also made up to 80 something to 90 percent, which is good in any given economy.  Okay. Now, when you look at inflationary pressure, you've also been able to give a return of almost 39 percent and inflation is the 31 percent. Then so the problem we have is that sometimes we tend to look at the Nigerian fallage of this and this dollar, but we're forgotten that we are thinking about an ingrown economy. In other words, I don't doubt what they're saying again. It also depends on the sector that the pension phone and Mr. Tosa and employing this money. Because if they are putting this money in the equity market, then definitely they have been making so much on returns because that means that they should have been making up over a hundred and something percent. So it's all about the strategy. They remember the pension funds. I mean, so we're not just put in the phone in one place, the one to diversify their reach so that we don't have people like you are saying at the point, you will not be able to assess your pension. But if you look at it, it's not that it's not going, but in dollar term, it's not seems not to be going. But in Naira 10, it's doing very, very well. And in the overall picture of the Naira 10, it's also doing very well. So Justin, that is why you should still look at it critically and make sure that your organization continues to do its contribution for you as an individual. Try to set up a personal pension form for yourself because for your organization, what the pension fund and Mr. Tosa will give to you might not be enough to carry out your goal and your vision at the time that you are leaving that organization or you are planning to retire. So it's always good to have those two in place. And that's why I think with that again, you know your risk level, then you'll be able to invest in previous platform compared to the pension fund and Mr. Tosa that would need to be conservative in their returns so that it don't wipe off a lot of people's savings and life savings and investments. Thank you so much, Jim Mukta for that time free advisory. I don't know if you'll be floating your own PFA soon so I can actually just invest that in your own business. Thank you so much for all the useful insight and you appreciate it. Back later, Justin. Thank you for having me. All right. That's the size of the show. My guest Mukta Mohamed is an International Finance and Economic Analyst and we have been looking at various issues and plagues in the economy. Over time again, same time, my name is Justin Akadounye. Many thanks for being there.


Ii nile segmiti, miwupenda. Get to meet our artists, our guests, who have made time to come share with us their story. Alafu na jokun na kwa nga nakaliakafilling nix? Aho kagani ya ako, to explain ya. Alakafilling? But jokun na jokun na kwa feeling, why is he explained? Uya ako, he explained. Ii elazi ma li explain kwa zi kona explanation. You know why? Jokun kwa nga wi dhala lady artists. Ya na kwa jis, ya ni kuna kale kafura hatu. Ya kuna gila kuna te tanga. Ali tunna tunna relet, tunna li tunna relet. And she has just stepped in. Nya studi kachangabuka. What am I talking about anyway? Sabo ma miwimba wimbo inaito anani changabusha. Ya, nya studi kachanga. Anyway, let's just get to meet our artists for the day, our rising stars. Mimu dya jokido go iwi wata kona titcheme shi industry. The content they have and the zeal and the energy I'm telling you guys, you're not ready for them. You are ready for them. You better be ready. Otherwise you have Jay Khan. We have someone. Enu kawusho tikuna Jay Prince. Iwi miwali amatu all the Jay's. We have to make time to come to Jay's. Jay Khan. Jay Prince. I love so much. Iwi miwali amatu. Iwi miwali amatu. Iwi miwali amatu. Iwi miwali amatu Max Idris. Thank you so much for making time. Yes. We are humble. Tuna shika microphone. Wata kama mkuna humility fear. Tuko hambo, tuko hambo, kabisa. Anyway guys. Iwi miwali amatu kawabi. So that guys can get to know you. Yes. So that guys can get to know you. Yes. My name is Jay Khan. That is the state name that I use. But I copy what is called. Jam's Kahutu. So that's where I got the name Jay Khan. Just to simplify. I'm a gospel artist. I started way back when I was still young. I'm still pursuing this ministry. I'm still pursuing my papa's because I know this is where I was called. I'm still pursuing my papa's because I know this is where I was called. This is where I'm going to stick. This is where I'm going to stick. Okay. Thank you. Give it to Samanta. Hi. My name is Samanta Ann. This is my name Ann. Ann Jokie. That tells you where I come from. Moranga mahalifale. Yes. Laki ni piya Samanta. Nia baptism. Kwebo kita waka baptism katkangu. Nia piya Samanta. I'm from Moranga. I'm married in Nairobi County. But we live in Nairobi. We live in the area. Yes. I'm happy to be here. Happy to have you. Yes. I'm a Jay Prince. I'm a Jay Prince Kenya. I'm a gospel. I'm a gospel. I'm a gospel. I'm a gospel. I'm in Nairobi County. We are living in Nairobi. Yes. No. We live in Nairobi. Because of us. I'm a gospel. I'm a gospel. I'm a gospel. I'm a gospel. I'm a gospel. I'm a gospel. I'm a gospel. What's your name? Muzik ni liyanza ni kiyom dogo, kwa jen ni kiyoko, primary high school, but when I went to high school, ni liyanza mziki ya ni. Ile, professional ya ni ile, official yunna get, ile kwa 2014. Na hikuwa easy, hikuwa easy. Lakin ni ulinga na naba dogo dana funga milango. Ni grisa go dacha ni seime iwo. Goda me kuwam feinti fusana sana, kwa life ya ngu sana. Na wambia, life is ya kuwa easy ataki dogo. Ni lipo wanzam ziki, hikuwa easy. Mziki, mziki. So, uneza seime kwa challenge, ni kamawem sayu na chipuka kabisa manze, ni challenge ga ni izo zeni yo, umepata na nazo, specifica li zeni yunna seime ijako wa easy na umezi yuva kama aji sofa. Wah! Wah, wah, wah, ijako wa easy atika A plus B, yunna get. Challenges zime kwa mingisana ma temptation, na get. Temptations zime kwa mingisana, watu na ta kukulet down, lakin ni barupu na keep strong, nga get. Ya kuna ku give up. Keep kupush, kupush, kupush kabisa. Maka tufiki maali penye. Osio. Wah, wah, wah. Na samanta. I know you samanta. Onayana sabali nda kuimbaki wa kampo.  What lesson have you gained and you can share with the artists who are watching you this morning? The lesson that I've gained so far is not forget why we are doing it. Why I'm doing it. God being at the center of it. That grounding is very, very important. Kwa wala ma atiswote wa kukunje. That grounding is something that I can tell them never to lose focus off, never to lose sight of the person they are singing for. We are made to worship God. We are made to serve the living God. So yon ni kitu modernizawa. Kwa ziben iso challenges ziki tokea. You have the motivation. Kwa ni atindio wone kane hufan indio upate izi pesa unafanya huduma kwa mungu to win souls to the kingdom of God. So not losing sight of that will really make you go far. When the challenges come, you will still stand strong. So samanta, music doesn't pay. Oh my. Let me tell you music, what I can tell you so far. For me sezi kwambia timi nili pa. I've been investing and investing and so far. Sija give up. I know at some point ita kuja. The Bible tells us that your gifting will take you to dining with the kings and queens and will open many doors for you. So I'm really much expecting that na jizoma chumsi zita kwa mtu e. Lakin zita kuja ziende leze in jili. But the thing is it takes time. It takes time and it's different for everyone. Unafanya one song and it becomes a one hit wonder and everyone is calling you for shows and stuff and you're making money. But it can also be a journey for somebody else. It takes maybe five years. It depends, it depends with even God's time. Samanta, you know, mi mifingine neza kuana hujua. But you guys don't know your musical journey. So maybe if you can share with us when you began. So far, how is it? How's the reception? Wow, for me I've been serving in church for the longest, longest time. Since high school days. Kwa prezendwa shi pale. Then in Jayquat, in the band, we were with a band we remember with Akina Pitson. That was in Jayquat. I was serving in the CU. The music director in Jayquat, Druja. So that's where it all started. Doing backups for other musicians. It all started from their weddings and stuff. I did my first single in 2013. It was called Nataka. I think it has just been played. So in 2013, I just marketed it kidogo. But there was a few challenges. And then 2014, a new song, another song, a worship song called Naweza. And after that, nili potea to some discouragements, other things in life coming. Kuna yo balance piya. Kuna balance in akujanga. Una feeli wan to give up. But I felt now in last year, that's 2017. Goda linia mbea, you need to get back to this. I want to use you. And you must be available for God to use you as His vessel. Lazima uji onyeshe piya webo uko. Available. So with the support of my dear, dear husband, tuka ketitini na tuka ona, by the way, apart ways he jok na hisdori. So that is where I came back with the song. An avyokuita. An avyokuita. Good luck with your 2 things. We will be ready to get back to the original song, but we'll take lessons and make sure they teach us the song. We will permit them to lag in preface and to management and understand their thoughts. So God modernize us fromvaluation and understanding what nadie needs to handle after through they begin Engineers' Shope. Hey! Tabisa! Tabisa! Anyway, Jekad, wacha tunikuze, wawen ulemsewa hit after hit, hituanda hitu meka e. What inspires you, music? One thing, bidesikuza mamali nimetoka. Nimetoka umtana hituwa zimaman, ukundi onaste, but nimelelawa kasarani. Largely, my entire life I've been brought up in kasarani, that is from Kahawesth, but currently naisi zimaman. I'm not going to say the same thing, but I'm going to say the same thing. Yes. Yes. Yes. Nix, you are making it. Nix, you are making it. Nix, you are making it. Nik na ono korada. Nik na ono korada. Korada na tu na teki ma location we buy. So that's why I've been brought up, nani kwa na, niki fanyam ziki for so long. I started when I was still very young in high school, meaning primary school. I was raised in a children's home so, I discovered my talent because I would be invited in charge to sing I would lead praise and worship at the age of even 11, 12 years And I would lead so powerfully So that's when I discovered I had this talent, this gifting That a lot had deposited in me So it got grown, it got in the high school, I started writing songs And I recorded my first song in kwa rege Show me what to do, Lord, for I don't know what to do So that song really encouraged me Na nili pumaliza high school Ni can break it ogo Because of the challenges, hustle, looking for jobs Because now considering the fact that I was raising a child and so on So I didn't have the funds to cater for my music Or to support my music So I started hustling kwa na mi je kuhasu Nili kwa na changam kia And that enabled me to raise some kashki dogo And then to some studio Nili kuhu rehez kuhu practice Nili kuhu record, writing songs And the first professional When I got into the ministry Let me call it ministry because I don't want to call it industry Because industry will mean something else So when I started this ministry My first song was in 2014 Ili kwa ino to David Dance So I was a dancer Nili kwa dancer I'm still a dancer And I'm still a dancer Okay, I'm going to make my new video Nili kwa changam kia So I started as a dancer But later on I started graduating Because I knew for you to be a whole samatis Let's not go crazy as peksuzote To dance because of performance and everything So I did my first song in 2014 David Dance I continued Ni can take a break And now I'm still doing it So the idea is That consistency And kujituma And knowing the purpose that which you are called And you released a new song just a few hours ago Yeah, a few hours ago on YouTube Yes, what made you write that song Nibure?  I was born in Nigeria And I was born in Congo Buddha I was born in Congo So God is in sustain And that's why I want to remain Always in the presence of God In the presence Without God, it's vanity So how can people get this music Also people have mentioned How your social media handles as well Big up what they want So it is what they want it was First of all His song will drop Jana in the evening So it is called Nibure Bila Yesu I have written a song It is Kenazo This is a young artist That is growing I'm supporting him And mentor So that's my calling Also to other artists Who are working with me So this song is on YouTube Check it out on YouTube J.Kan J.Kan did That is my YouTube channel J.Kan did subscribe Go check it out Comment Na na jupia kuna masalams Kuna wasu amtayangu Mamengo jizo masalams Mi baasana So wase wa kasarani Wase wa zima Aireen pale Aireen na bewa ke pale na wawana I also want to appreciate Wase wa chaatsitam tikarod Waipi And also the music ministry I also want to appreciate My bro, my family My relatives I really appreciate for your support And also for believing in me And appreciate Sana So you can watch Check me on the social media platform J.Kan So media platforms Thank you very much We will continue It's two months old actually It's not very new But there is more new music coming So Ako labo Hei, hei, iko, iko. Hei, apona miri amapo. Anani Changaumisha is a song with a very powerful message. It gives different addictions. The people maybe who are doing the sponsorship thing. So towards the young people are the different addictions. Be it drugs, be it alcohol. It's just telling you that all these things are vituza dunia. Usi, don't rely on them, don't put your trust in them. Put your trust in God. They will give you joy that is short lived. But God gives joy that is eternal. So I'm saying, yes, I'm in Changaumisha. So why don't you join me? Yes, I'm in Changaumisha. Why don't you stop these addictions and trust in God to save you and give your life to Jesus? So that is the inspiration behind the song Anani Changaumisha. How can people reach this song? All right. You can get the song on YouTube. My channel is Samanta, Ankenya. You'll find all my music there. And also you can find me on social media, on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter at Samanta, Anke. Yes. Jayprin, unapata mziki wajatani. Mziki wajatani. Mziki wajatani. Mziki wajatani, anapata wasani saina wana chipu, kawana kwa na strago sana ya kupushu music. How would you say reception ya mziki ya kwa imekua sofa? Manze, imekua tricky na imekua challenge kwa wasana. Kwa maa up coming artisto nyaku ho, mamam se monye hako home. Chitu cha kwa nga nge taku mambia. Ako ana sacrifice kwa niya kwa nage. Ako unpatient. Unaprinz ma.