All right, let's turn in our Bibles to Romans and chapter 16. Romans 16, as you do so, we are slowly getting to the end of this letter, and it excites me that today we're coming to the end of the greetings. So we are looking at Romans 16 verse 21, and I'll deliberately read up to the end of the chapter. Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you. So do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen. I, Tertius, who wrote this letter, greet you in the Lord. Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother, Quartus, greet you. The doxology, now to him who is able to strengthen you. according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages but has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations according to the command of the eternal God to bring about the obedience of faith. to the only wise God, be glory forevermore through Jesus Christ. Amen. Well, these are the concluding words of the Apostle Paul as he's wrapping up the Book of Romans. And again today, I hope to demonstrate, as I have done before, that these concluding remarks are important, that they help us to discern how the Church functioned behind the scenes in the first century. Last time we were looking at verse 19 and 20 of this same chapter in which we saw the reputation of the church in Rome, the responsibility they had in the context of the false teachers, rather the divisive individuals who were threatening the unity of the church, and also that which they would realize or achieve by the grace of Almighty God. We are back at the greetings, and the greetings, as we have seen, are slightly different from the greetings that we saw from verse 3 up to verse 16. The greetings from verse 3 up to verse 16 were by the Apostle Paul himself. He is the one who was greeting the brethren in Rome. The passage that we have just read, it is now Paul's fellow workers who were the ones sending greetings. They were obviously with Paul at this time as he was writing this letter and consequently fully aware that this letter was about to go to Rome, they also sent their greetings. And as we have done before when we're going through the greetings from verse 3 to verse 16, we'll simply go into the background and pick the salient features that are there behind these greetings. And for these greetings for today, you will notice the heading of my sermon on the screen. It is that preachers must have manpower support. Preachers must have manpower support. And you easily see that because with each category, the Apostle Paul is bringing out something of what his brethren were doing. And it's easy for us to miss that altogether and just be carried away with the greetings themselves. And so I want us to look at Timothy in verse 21. and the others, and then look at Tertius in verse 22, and then look at Gaius and the others in verse 23, and basically ask ourselves the question, what is it that they were doing relevant to the gospel, relevant to this gospel preacher that was going by the name of the Apostle Paul. And then, of course, what can we learn ourselves from this, especially as God's people today? Well, first of all, the point I want to make is that for optimum impact and fruitfulness, Gospel preachers need fellow workers to work alongside them. I'm rushing through because there are a lot of verses I want us to look at, and then I also want us to apply very much to ourselves. And so when we come to verse 22, it is in this category that men like Timothy labored with the Apostle Paul. The Apostle refers to Timothy in these words, Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you. So do Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my king's men. Well, as you probably know by now, Timothy was very closely associated with the Apostle Paul. They first met in Acts and chapter 16, so I warn you, we will do a little bit of marathon running around Acts and chapter 16 and verse 1. We read there, Paul came also to Job and to Lystra. A disciple was there named Timothy. the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his wife was a Greek. He was well spoken of by the brothers at Lystra and Iconium. Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. And so the Apostle Paul saw something of the potential of usefulness that was in this young man and consequently took him alongside that he might be part of the apostolic team, helping him with respect to his preaching ministry. By the time we're coming to Philippians chapter 2, The Apostle Paul is in prison at this point, but look at what he says concerning Timothy. Philippians 2, I begin with verse 19. I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon." So clearly he was moving along with the Apostle Paul, and Paul therefore, when he could not get to a place, sent Timothy there to go and do ministerial work for the propagation and furtherance of the gospel. He says there, so that I too may be cheered by news of you. Now listen to his commendation, verse 20. For I have no one like him who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare. For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. But you know Timothy's proven worth. In other words, he's proved himself over the years how, as a son with a father, he has served with me in the gospel. So it's with respect to the gospel ministry that he's found Timothy so reliable. In fact, He appears in many places with the Apostle Paul in the book of Acts. And with respect to his epistles, Paul has written approximately 13 of the epistles of the New Testament, of the books of the New Testament, 13. And out of those 13, Timothy appears in 10 of them. He's only absent in three. In fact, two are named after him because they were written specifically to him because of the responsibility that Paul had entrusted to him in the church in Ephesus. The church in Ephesus was in danger of being overrun by false teachers and there was need for somebody to be stationed there because the Apostle Paul had to continue moving on so that the false teachers were dealt with, proper leadership was put into place, it's clear teaching about how church ought to function was given and so on and so forth. So Timothy is in that category as a fellow worker so that there was a multiplication effect of Paul's ministry even through Timothy. Lucius and Jason and Sopata are mentioned at least once each in the book of Acts. The only thing is commentators are not too sure whether it is these specific individuals because it could easily have been others. But let's still do a quick marathon. and see these individuals also. So we go to Acts chapter 13 and verse 1, that is in the church in Antioch. We read, now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers. We have Barnabas, Simeon, who was called Niger, and then we have Lucius of Cyrene, who is also mentioned there. And then with respect to Jason, we go to chapter 17 of Acts in Thessalonica. So we've moved from Antioch now and we've gone to Thessalonica. And there in chapter 17 and verse 5, we read these words. But the Jews were jealous, and taking some wicked men of the rebel, they formed a mob, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason. seeking to bring them out to the crowd. But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city authorities, shouting, these men who've turned the world upside down have come here also. And Jason has received them. And they are all acting against the decree of Caesar, saying that there is another king And the people and the city authorities were disturbed when they heard these things. And when they had taken some money as security from Jason and the rest, which is basically bail, they let them go. Again, you cannot miss, assuming this is the Jason who was a co-worker being referred to as sending greetings, you can't miss the partnership. to the point of being willing to risk his life, to risk his family, to risk his household possessions in working alongside the Apostle Paul. And then finally, we have the individual referred to in Acts 20 as Soppeta. but in a text referred to as Sosipeta. So Acts 20 and verse 4, we read there, Sosipeta the Berean, son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him. Again, it could be someone else. but this is a short form of Sosipeta, as was often the case with Greek names. So, again, all I want us to notice here, brethren, is that when Paul is saying, Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you, so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipeta, my kinsmen, He's referring to individuals that were playing individual roles with respect to ensuring that the ministry of the Apostle Paul, or better still, the ministry of the gospel through the Apostle Paul was indeed reaching further and further and further. That's one category. And I think it's important for us as individual believers to realize that. that gospel preachers don't just do things on their own. Yes, they can, but ultimately that gospel will reach further and further and do much more if we become co-workers with them. One of the most important areas or roles that fellow workers play is that of the logistics of getting the word out. The logistics of getting the word out. And in this particular case, that's what Tetius did. So let's go to verse 22. Back to our text. Romans 16 and verse 22. The Bible reads there, I, Tetius, who wrote this letter greet you in the Lord. Now, this is a little bit of a difference from the way in which others who wrote the letters on behalf of the Apostle Paul were introduced. Most of them are simply mentioned at the beginning of the letter as being with Paul. That's all. And then you discover at the end of the letter that Paul is not actually the one who wrote this letter. He actually just signs it at the end. But there isn't much that is said that is conclusive. But here in our text, Tertius clearly continuing to write whatever was being dictated, at this point, says, hang on guys, let me also squeeze in my own greetings here. You can miss out, and so he puts it in there. I, Tessius, who wrote this letter, in other words, all this beautiful handwriting you've been seeing for 16 whole chapters, there were no chapters then by the way, but all these for 16 chapters, it's been my beautiful handwriting, and I'm saying hi to all of you. Actually, this is true concerning a lot of the Apostle Paul's letters. He did not write them. Let me quickly show this to you. Let's go to 1 Corinthians, and verse 1, which is just the next chapter, by the way, just the next chapter, so it shouldn't take you too long to get there. Paul called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and then it says, and our brother Sosthenes. So what's Sosthenes doing there? I mean, he was not an apostle, so this letter is not from him. So why mention him in the first verse? Well, let's go to the end of 1 Corinthians, chapter 16 and verse 21. Chapter 16 and verse 21. The words there, I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hands. Uh-oh. So then, who was writing all of this? If you're just coming in now to write your greeting, well, it's obvious. Sothis was the person who was writing all these 16 chapters, dictated to, obviously, by the apostle Paul, and then Paul says, bring the pen, or in those days it was a quill, bring the quill, and then he writes the final greeting himself. We see the same in Galatians chapter 1. Let's quickly jump there. Galatians chapter 1 and verse 1 and 2. an apostle, not from man nor through man, but through Jesus Christ the God, rather Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead." And then he says, and all the brothers who are with me. And all the brothers. So there are quite a number of brothers who were obviously with Paul as they were laboring along and the opportunity to write this particular letter to the Galatians. Well, let's quickly jump to chapter 6 and verse 11. Chapter 6 and verse 11. The Apostle Paul now writes the final part and he says in verse 11, see with what large letters I'm writing to you with my own hand. Take it over now. Thank you guys. You've done a great job. We've written five whole chapters. Well, again, there are no chapters there. But hand over the quill, and let me finish off. And anybody would have seen, remember what he's saying, see what large letters. So anybody can see the sudden change of handwriting. That this is now Paul himself writing here. Colossians chapter 4. Colossians chapter 4. Remember what I said, you know these final things that make us half asleep when we are reading, they actually reveal to us so much of what was happening in the background. Colossians chapter 4 and verse 18. This is the very last verse. of this letter, and Paul says, I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my chance. So again, somebody else was writing this letter, and Paul simply signed it at the end. Finally, 2 Thessalonians chapter 3. 2 Thessalonians chapter 3 and verse 17. And this time, you can't miss it, because we've been going through all this. By the time we read verse 17 here, you even wonder, how on earth did I miss it? I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. This is the sign of genuineness in every letter of mine. It is the way I write. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. In other words, he appends his signature at the very end. He puts it as a greeting. And you cannot miss his handwriting. This is Paul's handwriting. You cannot miss it. And he's saying it attests to the genuineness of my letters when you see this final handwriting. So one of the most important roles that these fellow workers played was to take what Paul was saying and put it into print to use a more modern term. That's what they were doing. Because otherwise, the poor man was not going to manage. The churches were being multiplied across Asia and Europe and so on. So all he could do, therefore, was to speak. Others wrote it down. He then read through and appended his signature to it. But that wasn't the end. He would then send individuals like Titicus to then take these letters all over the place to go and distribute them. There was no telegraphic mailing order in those days. There was no internet, forget it. There was hardly anything like that, and consequently, individuals took these letters and distributed them. And that's how the word of God from the lips of the apostles was getting to the different places. I had the passage here, but I won't take you to it due to lack of time. So again, brethren, we need to understand that even today, that we who are so-called ordinary Christians, I hate that term, but you know what I mean, should deliberately play our role to ensure that the word that is taught verbally is given extra wings to reach so many other places as co-workers with those who are preaching and teaching the gospel. I'll come and open this up in a few minutes, but let's quickly proceed because there is the third. Back to our text. And the third is Gaius. and the others. And it is this. Then there is the need of finances. There are the needs related to finances for which you need people with deep pockets. By deep pockets I mean they have a little more money than the average person has. And that's what we find in this text with men like Gaius, Erastus, perhaps Quartus as well, and so forth. Verse 23, Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and her brother Quartus greet you. There are many references to Gaius. Let me quickly take you through them. Book of Acts, quickly. The Book of Acts, chapter 19, Acts 19 and verse 29. Acts 19, verse 29. I begin from verse 28. When they heard this, they were enraged and were crying out. Great is Artemis of the Ephesians. So the city was filled with the confusion and they rushed together into the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's companions in travel. And then chapter 20 and verse 4, chapter 20 and verse 4, So Pater, remember, the Berean, son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him, and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus, and Gaius of Derbe. Gaius of Derbe. 1 Corinthians, chapter 1. Now, commentators, while you are attending there, have a difficulty as to whether this is the same person or they were different Gaiuses, and so that's a matter that cannot be settled on this side of eternity. But let's at least see where the name is mentioned. Here it's to do with him coming to conversion in Christ and being baptized. First, Corinthians 1 and verse 14. The apostle Paul there says, I thank God that I baptized none of you. except Crispus and Gaius, so that no one may say that you were baptized in my name." Okay, so it seems Gaius was a person who was living in Corinth, at least at this point. And then finally, we know Gaius from 3rd John, verse 1, don't we? It's the famous Gaius who hosted the church there. So let's just read that quickly, 3 John and verse 1. The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth. Whom I love in truth. The Gaius that the Apostle Paul is talking about here should have been a man of no small means because he says about him, Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, to the whole church. One way would have been that he had quite a big house or at least a huge enough facility where he could host the whole church, or one would have been that he was simply financing the activities of the church, because that's another way in which we speak in terms of hosting people. So our church, for instance, hosts a conference, but it's not in terms of the fact that all those hundreds of people who come into town come into our homes. but we definitely finance everything to do with the conference. But it at least means that the person had means. We also see the same with respect to the next person who's mentioned, Erastus. He is a person who's mentioned in Acts 19. Yes, quickly go there. I warned you that we'll be doing a little bit of jumping around in the Bible, Acts 19 verse 29. And part of the reason why I'm making you do this is because I want you to see the interconnectedness between what we are reading in Romans and also the rest of Paul's ministry. Acts 19 and verse 22. Now, by the way, it is doubtful that it is the same Erastus, and I'll explain in a moment why. Acts 19 and verse 22, he is sent to do something there. He says, and having sent into Macedonia two of his helpers, Timothy, whom we already know about, and Erastus, He himself stayed in Asia for a while. And that's what I meant by these fellow workers. Otherwise, Paul would have needed to be omnipresent. Or else, God's work would have suffered inevitably. Because there was need to have somebody there. And I can't get there because I'm doing something in Asia. And therefore, Timothy, Erastus, cross over to Macedonia and deal with a few matters there. And then lastly, the end of 2 Timothy. Remember Timothy's second epistle to Timothy was the end of Paul's final ministry in verse 19 and verse 20. Greet Priscilla and Aquila. We already saw about them and the household of Onesiphorus. And then here it is, Erastus remained at Corinth and a left reformer who was ill at Miletus. And by the way, the book of Romans was written from Corinth. So it does tie in at least with this Erastus here being in Corinth. But the reason why it's doubtful that it would have been one that Paul would have been sending around is because of the way he is designated in our text, Erastus, the city treasurer, the city treasurer. In other words, he was a very, very high official in the city government. within the Roman context. And the Romans had decentralized their government across the entire empire. So he was a city treasurer. Now, at least it says one thing to us, that he must have been a man with means. An entire city does not make you its treasurer if you are starving at home. because we know what's going to happen with the city money. So obviously, he was a wealthy individual in a very high position in the Roman government. The last individual we have there is Quartus, but there's nothing that is said about him, absolutely nothing in the whole of the Bible except here. So we'll wait until we meet him in heaven to say, hey, how did you find yourself in the Bible? Okay, but no doubt he would have been playing some role. We just haven't had him written about. The whole point that I want to mention here is that in that third category, it was primarily on the issue of financial support, or at least support in terms of accommodation and so on and so forth, which again has to do with people that had the means. So we've seen from these three greetings that gospel preachers like the Apostle Paul must have this kind of manpower support in order to give wind to the gospel. Notice again, there were the general players like Timothy who were coming alongside Paul and were with Paul for a very long time and consequently were able to fulfill various roles and even manage an entire church as was the case with Timothy and Titus and so on. And then there were the writing assistants, those that were making sure that the verbal word was inscripturated, put into writing, and then consequently sent out to go and continue ministering where Paul was not. And then there were the financers and the hosts and so forth. And as each of them were playing their different roles, the gospel of Jesus Christ was being multiplied and having its effect. Now, let me quickly answer one question because, you know, people tend to think, but, you know, why should we be concentrating on gospel preachers? Well, it's not so much them, it's the gospel. It's the world's best news. It's the news that the entire universe needs to listen to. And it's only because of that. that we then recognize those that God has not only gifted but called to preach this message and say, good, let's rally around you so that we can make sure that this word is being spread as far as we possibly can get it. In other words, what we are primarily interested in is the message itself. that it needs to be heard. And that's what was the issue here. It wasn't so much that there was something special about Paul, no, but there was something special about this message. And greatly, let's face it, if it wasn't for so many of these people, we wouldn't even have these Bibles that are on our laps. Yes. 2,000 years later, you would not have the book of Romans, the book of first Corinthians at least, the book of Galatians, the book of Colossians, the book, the book, the book, you wouldn't have them. The reason why we have these books was because there was this team working alongside Paul. One of the things we've done at KBC is to deliberately make the whole church to serve in ministries. And the ministries are about getting the gospel message out, which is much, much better than simply having two or three individuals working alongside the gospel preacher. It is that all of us somehow work together in order to ensure that this message of the enters into universities, enters into homes and marriages, enters into whichever other categories there might be, that this message is getting there, either through the internet or through the printed page or simply getting an actual preacher there to preach, but we are all participating in doing this. The disaster is that very few of us actually do. Too many of us are content to still just come to church. And it bothers me, because I want to say it again. Friends, we have the best news in the universe. Let me put it a little differently. We should be passionate about conquering the world. Yes. conquering the world with the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Missiologists will tell you that the center of Christianity has shifted from the north to the south of the globe. But let me add, Africa is fast becoming the next major missionary force in the world by the middle of this century. But here's the disaster. Almost everything we are producing right now is Nigerian junk. Check your social media. Go through and check all those sponsored Message is there. And just listen for five minutes. And I'll be surprised if you don't throw your cell phone against a wall. It's junk. But they're the ones putting their money there. Hence the need for us to take seriously the challenge that is on our hands, to give wind to the truth that we are listening. to make sure it salts the decaying world. It provides light to the religious darkness that is out there. It is our responsibility. At the end of this service, we'll be singing the song. We're not closing yet, so don't start closing your Bibles. But we'll be singing the song, There's a Work for Jesus. which none but you can do. It's the fourth time we are singing it this year, the fourth time, in closing. We first sang it in closing on February the 23rd. We next sang it on April the 26th. We next sang it on September the 6th. And we are singing it together on November 22nd. But let me tell you, there are some of you who have heard that song and sang it three times, and it's going to be the fourth time this year, and are still not doing anything. Still not doing anything. Can you believe it? It's the fourth time you are hearing and singing, there is a work for Jesus that I only can do. You go home, you eat in Shima, and that's it. until perhaps the fifth time we'll sing it if Jesus doesn't come back. There's something wrong with that. There's something wrong with that. Because the gospel message needs each one of us, each one of us, to play some role. So have you responded yet? When we say, work for Jesus day by day, day by day, is that you? Can you say that you've clustered yourself with others and this is a working team and we're doing something in order to conquer the world for Jesus Christ? We're not. I mean, it was just last week when I was preaching with respect to the loss of our brother Michael Chelelo, and I showed you the figures that almost the entire church is being run by the younger people of the church. We saw the figures. I mean, I did make one mistake. Evergreen has a fairly good distribution of age groups in it. But almost all the other ministries, I mean, media ministry is an obvious one. As I said, the ministry leader is age 23. And the question I was asking is, you older people, where are you? Who said you should retire? Because you could play some of these roles to ensure that the word gets out to the many who need to hear it. I have a few final examples, and I brought two of my books here to make the point. One of them is you all know Foundations for the Flock. It used to be simple photocopied booklets that used to be sold at Kabwata Baptist Church. Until Paul Washer came through, he saw them and he bought all of them. well, not all of them in terms of quantity, but each one of them, and then gave them to a publisher in America, to a Christian pastor who has a publishing ministry in his church, and hence was born this book in 2011. Trust me, that pastor does not run everything. He's got a publishing ministry in his church, and consequently, This book has been on the market now for nine years. Anybody can buy it. He wrote to me afterwards and said, Dear Conrad, it's been a real privilege working on this book project with you. Thank you for your patience with us, not with me, but with us. In other words, the team in his church. Throughout what came to be a long process, there was too much Zambian English inside. I hope you are as pleased as we are with the final product. God bless you, brother, and may the Church of Jesus Christ be strengthened by this book. And it's been all over the world now for 11 years. There's this other book that just came out last month. It's called God's Design for the Church. I spent last year writing it, and in January I sent the script to the publishers. Trust me. There was only two times between January and October that I had any dealings with this book. The first time was when they designed the cover and they wanted me to approve it, so I suggested a few changes. The next time was when the person who was proofreading and editing knocked out all the Zambian English and sent it to me to approve. After that, the next time I saw this book was in its final form, already ready to be read, sent to me last month in time for it being published. But here's my point. In February, I had an international call with nine individuals on the other side who were playing different roles altogether to bring this to what it is. Nine individuals. They were, again, the individuals with the cover design. They were the proofreaders. It has study questions in it, which I never put in. There was a team in East Africa that provided the study questions that are there. They were in charge of marketing, social media, distribution, et cetera, et cetera. I mean, it's just, I was amazed. that these brethren are playing different roles to finally get this book out. And all I did was to write and hand it over. Brethren, that's how Christian work goes forward. It's us doing our work to push this message out. Now, some of you who are social media pundits will know that almost every week, there is a tweet that is produced from this book. And I want to assure you, I've got nothing to do with it. Absolutely nothing. I'm as surprised when I see it on social media as the rest of you. In other words, there's somebody somewhere who's in charge of that process to keep reminding the world that there's this title written by Conrad Hildebrand. The book is actually being translated as I speak into French and Portuguese in order for further distribution across Africa. And the aim is that next year there will be a printing on African soil for further distribution. Now brethren, that hits me. Because to me, that's the church. The church is a body with each one playing a different role in order to make sure that the message gets out. Now if we are all playing as though church is a restaurant and all we do is we just come and we eat and we go. And then the following week we come, we eat, we go. And then the following week we eat, we go. We've missed the whole point. Because as I said, the very book, Romans, that we are studying right now would not be there if it wasn't for what would go ordinary individuals like Tetius. It wouldn't be there. We can all play our part. Just in case you're thinking, okay, this must be Pastor Mbewe trying to sort of feather his own nest. There's another way in which God's word goes out, and it's through music. We've got a music ministry here. Usually in this corner, a little sort of skeleton stuff right now, but it's usually in this corner. And the point is, they use their gifts to get the gospel out through music. Now, brethren, I can fully well assure you that if those of us who are not musically talented do not join them, they can only do one-tenth of their capacity. Just one tenth. I mean, an obvious example, for instance, is they need musical instruments. I mean, I heard that one keyboard grew legs a few weeks ago, meaning there's need for a replacement. Surely, you don't expect the same people that are singing and playing instruments to be the ones again to be buying instruments. You don't expect that. They need individuals who have the means. Again, when they are preparing for a music concert, they should not be the ones doing all the publicity. No. They have enough work rehearsing and rehearsing and rehearsing their music that there ought to be other people who should be saying, leave the publicity to us. Just leave it to us. Just let us know what you're planning, and so on and so forth. We'll put everything together, and we'll publish. We market everything. In fact, it's amazing that our friends, our cousins, I refer to charismatic as cousins, when they are having their concerts, they even send a team up front, sometimes one month ahead of the concert. in order to be in that city, to go through the churches, to publicize this thing is coming up, to get radio programs going and TV interviews going and so much so that by the time the music team is arriving, whether it's the Geither Band or in this latest case we have so many others, The whole city is abuzz with the fact that gospel musicians are coming. Even unbelievers are aware and consequently wanting to attend. That's how you take over the world. You can't do it half asleep. You are part of the church and you are the one wanting to be invited. I mean, I don't understand this. I just don't understand it. The men's ministry had a meeting here yesterday. There must have been about 30 people, two visitors, two. Because really, we are the soldiers. We should not be invited to meet. No, no. We must be the ones saying, let's get out there and make sure we bring the world to the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Let's go on. Venue preparation. You can't hear. The same people will be singing the next day. are the ones who are busy sort of getting over microphone cables and so on, right into the night, organizing, you know, everything. They should be relaxing, resting, knowing that the following day, perhaps an hour before the presentation, they will come and find everything ready. Everything ready. so that their role is that of singing. That's it. Even the controls, everything, the controlling of the microphones and so on, others should be doing all of that. The recording, And finally, the marketing of their music. You can't have the same people that were singing. They're the ones now putting those songs onto CDs. And they're the ones also now trying to sell them. I mean, how do you market yourself? How? I'm the best Christian musician? Buy my CD. How? It's the other brethren who are to do that, to Keep this message before the world. You missed the concert? Well, here it is in CD or DVD or I don't know what else we use these days. Here it is. Teamwork. Teamwork. The point is there is a work for Jesus that you can do. And it doesn't matter how old you are. It doesn't matter how rich or poor you are. It doesn't matter. We need to work together to hold up this message before the world and make sure it's regularly before them and distributed and bringing souls to their knees before the Lord Jesus Christ. Are we going to do it? Recently, the media ministry, and with that I must close, taking 55 minutes already, the media ministry asked to name their studio. And I was a little surprised. I said, what name? And they said they wanted to name it Mwamba Joy Chibuta. And I said, why? I said, He used to sponsor so much of our inputs in media until the Lord took him to glory. Who would have guessed? Who would have guessed? Now I can speak like him, that about him, he's already taken his reward in heaven, I can't reduce it. But my point is, he was somebody, most likely together with his wife, she might lose us, pouring in what they could to keep these youngsters in the media ministry well supplied. And that's all I'm saying. There is a role for you to play. So here's my final appeal. And I trust, I mean it, it's my last line in here. And it is this. Last week, I challenged all the believers, if you don't know what to do in this church, see any of the elders. That's my last line. See any of the elders. I want to assure you that there is a lot we can do together. to support gospel ministry, and not just gospel preachers, but gospel ministry in its various forms, to get the gospel to conquer the world. My brother Njavua will be coming in a few minutes to lead us in singing that song. for the fourth time. I hope this time you have the anointing to get the church members at KBC to do something. Let's pray. Father in heaven, thank you for the price you paid, your own dear son. to conquer the world. Thank you for sending your Holy Spirit who came and conquered our hearts through the same gospel. And Lord, we may not be called to be proclaimers of the gospel, but we may be an Erastus, a Gaius, a tortoise, and so many other individuals playing a faithful role to ensure that the spoken word is printed and distributed in today's world, even put onto the internet, that more and more and more people might be brought under its sound. Oh God, awaken us. Awaken the church. Awaken the so-called ordinary church members. Awaken us all, oh God, that we might play our role to conquer the world for Jesus Christ. Amen.