 Welcome back after the break. We'll continue. We were looking at God's authority structure at the workplace. And now we look at the last authority structure that God has placed in our lives. God's authority structure for the civil government. Before we move on to God's authority structure, the civil government, anyone has any questions? Any questions? No? Okay. So let's move on to God's authority structure for the civil government. Now we live under two governments. What are the two governments that believers live under? Any idea? What are the two governments that we live under? Anyone has any idea? Can unmute your mics and share your answer or you can even type it. Yes, Levega? I think just like we live in two realms, the spiritual and the natural. So I think we have the spiritual government led by God and the natural which we see with our own eyes. Yes, thank you. It's a good answer. Okay, so we live under the government of the kingdom of God. And of course, since we are also in this world, we are part of the government in our nation, in our state, the place that we live in, the civil government. And we must understand that God's kingdom authority just as it is expressed in and through us, through our family, in the local church, in the body of Christ, and the workplace God's kingdom government also flows through the civil government that is in place in our area that we live in or the nation, the city that we live in. So we always think that God's kingdom government just flows in and through our lives, through our lives, through others, through the local church. But we were not aware or that God's kingdom government flows into the workplace, through the authority structures that he had created the workplace. And also God's kingdom government flows into the civil government, the government that is there in the nation that we belong to, through the authority structures or through the government that God has brought about in our nation. The Bible records a very interesting narrative for us. When the Pharisees, they want to trap Jesus, they're finding different ways to trap him. So once they think about a plan and they want to catch Jesus, they want to trap him. So they come and, you know, first they speak nicely of him, they say, you know, they acknowledge that he's a man who speaks the truth, that he's not afraid of anyone else, he's not afraid of any other man. And then they ask him a question and they said, is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Okay, do you remember this narrative? When, you know, they tried to quiz him, they tried to trap him by asking him a question, is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? What was, you know, Jesus' answer? What does Jesus say? Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and give to God what belongs to God. Thank you, Lubega. So he asked them to, you know, get a coin and he asked them to, you know, ask them a question, he says, whose image or inscription do you see on this Sunday? They said, we see Caesar's and what does he tell them? Lubega said, you know, Jesus tells them, give to Caesar or render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God. That means, you know, pay your taxes to Caesar because he's an authority and because each one of us are made in the image of God, we need to give ourselves back to God. We need to give God our very selves. Now they were trying to trap him, you know, if he says, you know, is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar than if Jesus answers yes, you know, they could accuse him of being a false Jew who's supporting the Roman government and they could turn all the other Jews against him. And if he said no, then the Pharisees could accuse Jesus of, you know, kind of leading a revolt against the prevailing Roman government and, you know, they could have easily handed him off to the Roman soldiers. But we see either way, you know, Jesus could not be trapped. But the main point, you know, Jesus is saying is, you know, we need to pay our taxes. We need to pay our taxes to the government. We need to honor the civil government regardless of who or what the government was. And we do whatever the government requires us to do. And we know that, you know, the Jews living under the Roman government, they were persecuted, they were treated very badly. You know, they did not enjoy the privileges and hence it was all the more very, very, you know, the right time for them to look for a Messiah and for the right time for God, the Kairos moment for God to send a Messiah because of what the Jews were going through, okay? So we see that, you know, Jesus himself is saying that we need to pay our taxes to the government. We need to honor the civil government irrespective of who they are, what they do. And we need to follow whatever the government requires us to do. And Paul explains this for us in Romans chapter 13, verses 1 to verse 7. But we will look at verses 2 to 7 in a little bit, but we just look at Romans chapter 13 verse 1. So can somebody please read Romans chapter 13 verse 1 please for us? Romans 13, 1. Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. Thank you, Salatoli. So here we read that as believers, we must learn to look at government authorities as those who are appointed by God. Okay? So we need to look at them as though they are appointed by God. But we can ask these questions, what if, you know, the government is abusive? What if they are wasting our hard-earned money, the taxes that we are paying? What if they're making wrong decisions and what if they're doing all the wrong things? Then, you know, what do we do? Even in those situations, you know, it's our responsibility to obey, respect and honor the government because the government is appointed by God. That's what God's word says. And what they are doing, you know, wasting the money, doing making wrong decisions, they're being abusive. Well, that's not our responsibility. They are, you know, will be held accountable to God. But we need to follow and do what is our God given responsibility that we need to obey, respect and honor the government that God has appointed here in our city or in our nation. And God in his own way is will be able to work in the government. He is able to release his influence in and through our government and change things, you know, even as we pray, even as we ask him to move on our behalf. And then Paul continues in the same chapter in Romans chapter 13, verses two to seven. So can somebody please read verses two to seven of Romans chapter 13, please? Romans chapter 13 verse two to seven. Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted. And those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one and authority? Then do what is right and he will commend you for he's God serving to do you good. But if you do wrong, be afraid for he does not bear the sword for nothing. He's God serving an agent of wrath, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrong doer. Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment, but also because of conscience. This is also why you pay taxes for the authorities or God servants who give their full time to governing. Give everyone what you owe him. If you owe taxes, pay taxes. If revenue, then revenue. If respect, then respect. If honor, then honor. Thank you, Jefina. So how is Paul addressing those in government positions? What is he calling them? What is he calling them? God servant. God servants, yes. And also another version that says God's ministers. So those in civil government, you know, Paul is referring to them as God's ministers. You know, I'm sure it's not out of his own wisdom or knowledge, but we know all scripture is all scriptures inspired by God. And that's how God looks at them as well. He's referring to them as God's ministers. God calls them as God's ministers. Paul was writing to believers who are living under the Roman government, like I said. And many of those rulers and leaders were idolatrous. They were very oppressive. They were just killing people, very bloody in their son. The rule was very, you know, was a tyrannical rule to the tyranny for them and people were finding it very, very difficult. And yet, you know, Paul is calling believers to see God's kingdom government being administered to them through the civil government that they were under. And I'm sure it would have been very difficult for the Romans to see this perspective because, you know, they were persecuted. They were also sent away from Rome. All the Jews, all the Christians were sent away from Rome. And, you know, many of them were martyred, persecuted. It was very difficult. But in that situation, Paul, you know, is telling the believers to see God's kingdom government being administered to them through the civil government that they are under. Okay. So Rosalind has a question here. Can a pastor collect offerings and tides in cash and not give church bank account details to avoid paying taxes? Is it wrong or right? I think that is wrong. We need to, you know, maintain honesty and integrity in the accounting even in church, you know, and we need to have an open book so that, you know, when people, the income tax department checks us, you know, they will not find anything amiss. So, you know, they will not see dishonesty and, you know, pull us out for that. And that's not being a good representative of who Christ is. I think what we need to do is we need to keep every money, even one rupee that comes in, keep it into, keep it in account, you know, keep it open, have it, you know, shown to all the members. Because at APC, we do that. We have an accountant, we have a chartered accountant, all of our staff, you know, who come under the tax bracket, our taxes are cut, and we have somebody who's doing our income tax and, you know, our taxing. We also cut taxes from, you know, vendors that we purchase things from. And everything is an open book. So anytime the income tax department, I'm sure they have already been, you know, seeing all our accounting, they know that our accounting is up to mark, you know, and there is no nothing wrong, so they can't pull us out or pull us up anytime. And at one point of time, even the income tax director of Bangalocity was, you know, knew that APC was a church that had everything in account and was clear and clean. And, you know, he also had Pastor Ashish's books on his table. And he says, you know, I'm reading your books. So that is a kind of, I think, honestly and integrity that we need to show even in the world and be open and do what this, open about our accounts and do what is right. And even all our church members at the end of the year, they can go and they can see, you know, how the tides, the offerings, everything has been used by the church and anyone can raise up questions. Why was so much used for what and, you know, so everything is very open. And I think that's very important. We're accountable to God and accountable to man as well. And so we need to have everything right. Okay, we'll continue. So, thank you Rosalind for the question. We'll continue regardless of what kind of government or what form of government system who is in power, what rules they have made. What abuses that I carried out as believers. Word of God tells us, scripture tells us that we are to respect, give honor to those who are in government authority over us. You know, we can't say I don't like them. They are not the party that I like. They are not the party that I wanted. They are not the party that I, you know, I voted for them. With none of that stands, if they are somebody from a party that you don't agree to support, you do not vote for them, but they've come into power. You have to give them respect, give them the honor, you know, and also do what they require of us. And also we need to pay our taxes. Okay. So when we rightly relate to them, rightly relate to the civil government, the authority structure that God is bringing about to the government. You know, when we honor them, we respect them, we submit to them, we follow the rules and the law. Then, you know, when you do that, you receive God's government into your own life and God will honor you. You position yourself for God's blessing. Okay. Now, since we're living under two governments, the government of the kingdom of God and the government of the land that we are residing in the nation that we are in, there can be times when or situations when the government of the land will contradict God's government. You know, when the government of the land will tell us to do certain things that is against God's government, his rule, his ordinances, his law, his commandments. So what do we do at those times? What do we do at those times? When the government of the land with the civil government is, you know, asking us to do things that are not according to God's government order, kingdom government, what he has asked us to do, rules and regulations, the laws that he has laid down. What do we do at that time? Any responses? What do we do? We won't, we won't do anything against the word of God for sure. So we'll just keep on praying. Maybe like a Shatrak Misha Kanabitriko in that time, they were asked to worship the king, but they didn't do it. And for sure when we obey God, God will make changes. No matter what our first priority is word and God. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you, Jefeetal. Good response. So, you know, at that time, you know, we have the full freedom to violate, you know, or, you know, we have the full freedom at that time to disobey, to break, to go against the government of the land and submit to God's government. And we know we will face persecution. But, you know, as Jefeetal said, you know, like Shatrak Misha Kanabitriko, God is there to rescue or help. Even if he doesn't rescue, we are to do what honors God, what he has asked us to do. Okay. Anyone has any thing to discuss on that? Any differing views on that? I think we're thinking is this biblical or not? So, let's look at an example in Acts chapter 4 verse 19. We also heard Jefeetal give us an example of Shatrak Misha Kanabitriko. And Acts chapter 4, we read, you know, Peter and John, you know, were standing before the high priest, and they were instructed not to preach and teach in the name of Jesus. And we want to Peter and John reply. You know, Acts chapter 4 verse 19. And somebody read that. Acts chapter 4 verse 19, please. Acts chapter 4 verse 19, but John, but Peter and John replied, judge for yourself whether it is right in God's sight obeying you rather than God. Yeah, so they, you know, they don't give a, you know, direct answer, but they said you judge, whether it's right for us to obey God or to obey man. Okay. And later we read in, you know, Acts chapter 5 verse 20, 29. This whole thing continues. Now when Peter and John later were brought before the council once again, and they were questioned about their violation, you know, we let you go and we asked you not to preach and teach the name of Jesus. And, you know, why are you doing that? Then again, you know, what do they reply in Acts chapter 5 verse 29? What does Peter and John reply? Acts 5, 29. Acts 5, 29, but Peter and the other apostles answered and said, we ought to obey God rather than men. Thank you Rosalind. So here we see that, you know, when we are faced with situations, you know, when it comes to the, you know, submitting to rules of the government of the land, when they're asking us to do things that are against God's kingdom government, then we need to take a stand. We submit to God's kingdom government and not, you know, we can, we have the freedom to violate or disobey the government of the land. Okay. So we see here that the kingdom of God and the kingdom of God, the government is very different of this world. We already know that. Okay. Now we can ask a question, which form of government is right? Is democracy or monarchy the right kind of government? Okay. And so, you know, some of us can say that, you know, I will follow the monarchy because God is king. And, you know, from the Bible, we see that he's a king. I learned from the kingdom of God that God is king. And we also have two books in the Bible, first kings and second kings. And there is no democracy in the Bible. Let's say I will not follow democracy. But if there is a monarchy, I will follow. Okay. Now we need to know that the kingdom of God is theocracy. Okay. Theo is God, theocracy. So in the kingdom of God, which is theocracy, you know, it is God who is in control, in dominion, who's the ruler. And when he speaks, when he asks us to do something, no one asks any questions. Okay. We just have to follow what he says or we just do what he says. And also in God's government, because it's theocracy, no one gets to vote. No one gets to vote whether God, what God said is right or wrong, whether we should do it or not do it. Or we should be doing something else. We have no right to vote. No one gets the right to vote. No one asks any questions. You know, we just follow his order. So when God told Joshua, for example, just one of the many examples, when God told Joshua to get all of these lights to march around the walls of Jericho once each day for seven days. And seven times around the world of Jericho on the seventh day. And he gave this as a military strategy to conquer the city. You know, no one got to vote. The people didn't get to vote whether this was a right approach or not. But God has spoken, God had told Joshua this. He told the people and everyone just had to obey. Okay. And also, you know, in our day, when we receive clear instructions, directives from God, we follow regardless of whether we, we think it's right or wrong. According to our logical reasoning, it might not fit. This is not what we had envisioned. This is not what we have thought. This is not something that's a popular opinion. This is what, not what the community or our family would prefer. But, you know, this does place a great responsibility on us. And we need to just do what God is asking us to do. Also, it's a place of responsibility of those in leadership to, you know, ensure that they hear correctly from God, receive the correct directives and communicate that accurately to his people. So as leaders, pastors, apostles, prophets, missionaries, you know, all of them have to be very, you know, they have a great responsibility to hear correctly from God, just like Joshua had to hear correctly. Moses had to hear correctly. Samuel and so many others as well, they had to hear correctly from God as directives and communicate that accurately to the people. And, you know, we see that it was followed by people in the biblical times. And this is the kind of leadership that we also require in our present day situation, in our time, in the local church, in the family, in the body of Christ. And this is so important for us. So as leaders, you know, some of you are leaders, we have this great responsibility to hear correctly from God and communicate to people what God wants us to do. Okay. So many of us, you know, are in the nations that we're living in, we're living under a democratic system, you know, and it's, you know, we need to bring our democratic mindsets in doing things for the kingdom of God. And God says, you know, whatever God says, we need to follow it. So in the kingdom of God, you know, the regardless of what government we have, we need to understand a few things. The first thing is that God is able to work in spite of who is in authority. Okay. In spite of whoever is in authority, God is able to work, God is able to bring about his purposes, or he's able to accomplish his purposes. And we see this in time and history and even in the Bible, you know, Pharaoh who was the ruling over Egypt and he was so hard-hearted. But in spite of that, he was not allowing the people to go, let the people go out of Egypt. The Hebrews, Israelites, but you know, God still accomplished his purposes. He allowed, you know, he got Pharaoh to allow them to, the people of Israel, the Hebrews living in Egypt to go. So we also see this in many other cases as well in the Bible. So the first thing is, God is able to work in spite of those who are in authority, authority is able to bring about his purposes, he's able to accomplish his purposes. The second thing that we can understand is, you know, as people in a nation or under a government, we have a responsibility to whatever extent our rights allow us or permits us to vote or to pray for the right people in authority. Okay. So every nation receives a government it deserves. Okay. And we must remember that a nation always receives a government it deserves. So if a nation is filled with people who are corrupt, who have no regard for moral values, then they will have a leader who does the same because it's from the same culture. You know, because after all these leaders grew up among the people who have the same culture. But, you know, however, if the people change, then the government will also change. And the government therefore, you know, we know is an expression of the people it represents. So if the people in the country are corrupt, we'll have a corrupt leader, corrupt leaders. If we have people who are immoral in our nation, we'll have immoral leaders because they're growing up in the same culture. So the government is an expression of the people it resembles or represents. Okay. The government we have today is what we deserve, you know, and whatever we pray for, or, you know, or not, or even if we don't pray for, we vote for them or we don't vote for them, you know, we got what we deserve, we got the fruits of our own efforts. Okay, because that is what people are investing in. They're investing in things of God. We'll have a Godly leader. If you have a culture where there's honesty and integrity, we'll have a leader who's honest and, you know, a man of integrity or a woman of integrity. So we must invest time and effort and pray. You know, that our nation will, you know, people in our nation will have the right attitudes, the right mindsets, the right culture, the right values, the right moral values, so that, you know, our government, those in leadership can also have the same culture because they are one among the people. Okay, Proverbs chapter 29 verse 2 says, can somebody read Proverbs chapter 29 verse 2, please? Proverbs 29 2. Proverbs 29 3, ma'am. 2, chapter verse 2. Proverbs 29 verse 2, when the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice, but when a wicked man rules, the people groan. Thank you. So here we see when the righteous are in authority, the people are benefited, they are happy, but when a wicked man rules, the people groan. So we have the authority to bring the right government, okay? And how do we have the, how do we exercise our right? We pray, okay? We pray and ask God, you know, to bring the right government. We also vote for the right government. We also speak to people in our church and tell them, you know, to exercise their authority to vote, to vote for the right government. We also tell them, you know, to exercise their authority to pray that the right government will come into leadership, okay? But sometimes irrespective of the government, you know, we need to, whichever government comes into place, you know, that God is able to bring about his influence and still achieve his purposes that he wants to bring about at that time in that, you know, that season, okay? We read in John chapter 19 verses 10 and 11, when Jesus was brought before Pilate, you know, just during his trial, just before his crucifixion, and Pilate said to him, do you not know that I have the authority to crucify you and the power to release you? I'm sure this is very familiar. You've read this before. And what does Jesus answer? He says, you could have no power at all against me unless it has been given to you from above. Therefore, the one who delivered me to you has the greater sin. So here we see that, you know, Jesus acknowledged that Pilate was in a position because God allowed it to be so, because it was God who allowed him to be in that position. And so Jesus says, I respect that. And hence, he wasn't speaking anything that was demeaning to Pilate or he was not disrespecting him in any way. And he says, regardless of what Pilate's decision was going to be, Jesus recognized that there would be no sin on Pilate's part. Why would there be no sin on Pilate's part? Because he had to make the decision, either way, you know, because of this position. And, you know, but however, those who delivered Jesus to Pilate, that is Judas and the High Priest and the Sanhedrin, they were, you know, the ones who had the greatest sin because it was them or it was they who gave Jesus up to be tried and for crucifixion. So the amazing thing here is about Jesus' acknowledgement of Pilate's position as one who has been given it from above or somebody or he was in that position because God allowed him to be in that position. And hence, we see that, you know, Jesus does not dishonor him or be value who Pilate was or the position he held in the Roman government structure. So we know that, you know, from all of these examples that it's people in leadership and position are there because God has allowed them to be in that position. Okay. So a lesson for us here is to recognize that those in governmental authority have been allowed by God to be there. So, you know, we have to pray for those in authority and leadership. When we have the time, let's pray for the right kind of people. That is when your elections are taking place. That's the right time, you know, before the elections take place. We pray for the righteous people to come into position. And then we also use our authority or the rights that we have in the land to vote to bring the right people in the government. Okay. We must also acknowledge what Proverbs teaches us in Proverbs chapter 21 verse 1, the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord. Like the rivers of water, he turns it wherever he wishes. Okay. Which means the heart of the ruler, the heart of the king, the heart of the government, the heart of the leader is in whose hands it's in the hands of God. Okay. So regardless of who he is, what he does, what his position is, God can influence and supernaturally affect changes in the heart of the leader. An example that one of the examples that we can look at is Pharaoh. You know, Pharaoh tells, sorry, God tells Moses that Pharaoh is very hard hearted. He will not easily let the people go. But God says, I will demonstrate to him my power. You know, I will perform miracles and he will see my power. And, you know, ultimately he will let the people go. Okay. So we see that, you know, even as Pharaoh's heart was hardened and God does all of, sends all of these plagues, you know, the 10 plagues, you know, he is demonstrating more and more miracles so that the people, you know, the Hebrew people, the Israelites will be absolutely convinced that, you know, they must follow this God who is doing all these amazing miracles. Why? Because, you know, they had, they had, they had never seen God move for 400 years. They were slaves. They were crying out to God. They only know God as God, as the, you know, father of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. They had no special relationship with him. And so, you know, these miracles was, was one way they could absolutely be convinced that it was the God of their forefathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, who was doing all this for them, doing all these amazing miracles. He's the one who's delivering them, you know, taking them out of bondage of the slavery to freedom. And that is why, you know, when people experienced this and God told them, you know, to leave Egypt, they immediately obeyed, they packed all their things and they left that very night, that single night, you know, they just left. No questions asked. Why? Because they had already seen God's awesome power at work. They had seen the awesome power of their God. Another example we can look at is Nehemiah. You know, we know that Nehemiah was stirred up in his heart when he heard that the walls of Jerusalem had been broken down. He was actually the compare to the Persian King, King Artheserix and, you know, who was an unsaved man who was, we call them heathens, okay? And we see that this king, who was not even a Jew, who was not even from Jerusalem, he was a Persian King, unsaved. He not only gives Nehemiah permission, you know, to go, but he also gives him a paid vacation, okay, to go and get the job done. He also has, you know, gives him letters to have the materials to build the wall and he sends an escort. He sends, you know, soldiers to ensure his safety even as he traveled from Persia to Jerusalem. And so here we see, you know, there's this hidden king was willing to do all this, who was willing to do everything that was in the heart of Nehemiah. And hence Nehemiah was able to accomplish the task. Of course, with God's help, he was able to do it, but also God used this unsaved Persian thinking of Artheserix. We also see that God works through King Cyrus, who was again a Persian King, you know, God worked in his heart to send the Jews back from captivity to Jerusalem. So he says, okay, you people go back, go back to your own land, be happy there. So we see that God works through leaders to come to power to fulfill his purposes. And, you know, we just need to have this confidence that, you know, we have God as our King and he is able to move. He's able to change the hearts of kings and rulers and those in authority. He's able to affect them and to make the changes. So, and we need, hence we need to take all of these principles that we are learning here, you know, and apply it to every other authority structure that God has placed in our life, that you and I place in our life, face in our life, whether it is the family, the local church, the body of Christ or the workplace. So regardless of who or what kind of people they are in leadership position, we relate them rightly. And when we relate to them rightly, we will receive God's working in our life because God is able to do it. Our responsibility is to give honor to whom honor is due. Our responsibility is to acknowledge that God has allowed them to be in that position or rank for, you know, whatever reason, like Jesus standing before Pilate, he knew it was because God has allowed it to happen and, you know, he has brought Pilate into that position and whatever decisions he makes is not his fault, someone else is responsible for this. And so you also recognize and acknowledge that God is there. He is the one who springed, you know, the government into position, into leadership. And also we need to recognize that God's government comes into our life through the authority structures that you and I are part of. And if we relate rightly, we will receive his kingdom coming into our life and we will also see his kingdom government increase, okay? Now, some of us can be in leadership positions or in places of authority and God's structure. For example, you know, your husband, the leader of the home, and hence you are part of God's government at home and God's government at home is, you know, you want to see an increase in your home, then you want to see God's blessing flowing through your home, then it comes through the husband, okay? You are that important link in that chain and God's blessing, God's government is assured into the family through the husband. And if the husband fails, then, you know, you can have serious consequences in your home. Now, likewise, a wife, you know, you have also your responsibility, you are also linking that chain and through which God's government is coming as a wife, you know, and as children, we also have a responsibility in God's government structure at home and if we fail, you know, to fulfill our responsibilities rightly, you know, there can be serious consequences at home, okay? For example, just imagine, you know, if the civil government, if the government in our nation fails, what happens to our nation or state? You know, the same thing happens at home. You know, if you as the head of the home, the husband as the head of the home fails in your responsibility, then there will be chaos in the home. Why will there be chaos? Because God's government is not able to come into your home through the leadership position that he has appointed that is through the husband, okay? The same thing rule applies in the workplace, the local church, the body of Christ. Some of us are leaders, place of leadership or responsibility in the workplace, in the body of Christ, in the local church. And you know, we need to recognize that God's government is coming in and through us, through that leadership position. So we have to take things seriously. If we do well, if we do things that are right, then, you know, people under us will rejoice. And if we do the right thing, then people under us will be blessed and they would want to follow the government of God. But if we as leaders are abusive, you know, then people will suffer. So it all depends on us how we are, you know, able to relate to God's government structure that he has placed. You know, we need to recognize it. We need to understand it. You know, we need to learn and understand how God's government is flowing through his authority structures. We need to learn to relate to it correctly so that we can position ourselves to receive God's blessing that he's intended through it. Okay, that is the end of God's kingdom government. Okay, anyone has any questions? Any questions? No questions? Okay, if there are no questions, then we'll just end class. I know we're ending about seven minutes early, but we just want to start another new chapter. We'll begin the new chapter next week unless there are any questions anyone has. Okay, no questions. Then we'll end class. Thank you all for joining class today. And have a blessed week and I'll see you next Wednesday. I hope all of you have submitted your assessment, your first assessment. The due date was yesterday evening. Okay, thank you. Thank you, Pastor.