 All right, welcome back everybody to our second lecture on BC 212 Christian Apologetics for this week Thank you for being on the class Does anybody have any questions? so far on what be We're saying on the third piece of our framework on understanding suffering, which is that Satan himself the devil and his demons are at work Oppressing people causing harm to people and we were looking at the specific Situation a case of Job Where Job experienced a lot of calamities in his life His workers or people he employed were being affected his family was affected his Possessions were affected and then eventually his own health was affected We see clearly in Job 1 and 2 chapters 1 and 2 that is Satan went in Caused these things. It wasn't God causing it Satan was causing it but what we explained in the earlier lecture was Job didn't have that understanding that you know that it wasn't God and Satan was causing this and The good thing was that Job didn't blame God. He never charged God and he never sinned against God Even though his understanding was not clear or correct at that time What we do see is that Job had a fear a very strong fear That such calamities would happen and when it did happen he confessed he acknowledged the thing I greatly feared has come upon me and what I dreaded has happened to me So somehow he carried this fear in him and the fear fear opened the door Into his life So any questions thoughts on that so far on job We look at another case of the Apostle Paul on the flesh, but before we change any questions Okay Let's come back to the notes. Feel free to ask questions anytime everyone is very quiet today I Hope you're following me Let's you know in continuing on this second part that the devil does evil things We will get another case in the Bible that is of Apostle Paul now again Paul in the New Testament is a God-fearing God-loving man just like Job Paul was the great Apostle he was serving God right and yet we see something in his life that That's that that we need to understand correctly so we go to 2nd Corinthians chapter 12 and People you know we will just we will read verses 7 to 10 2nd Corinthians chapter 12 We will read verses 7 To 10 could somebody read that for us, please 2nd Corinthians 12 7 through 10 second conscience 12 7 to 10 and I Unless I should be exalted above mages by the abundance of the revelations It thrown in the place was given to me a messenger of Satan to buffet me Lest I be exalted above measure concerning this thing I pleaded or three times that it might depart from me and he said to me my grace is Sufficient for you for my strength is made perfect in witnesses Therefore most clearly I will rather post in my Informities that the power of Christ may rest upon me Therefore, I take pleasure in the informatics in reproaches in needs in Posequitions in distress for Christ's sake for when I am weak then I am strong I have become a fool in boasting That's good. Thank you. Thank you. So Paul is setting something from his personal life his own experience Let's look at it very carefully look at verse 7 He says lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations So he said, you know So Paul is acknowledging that he had been given so much of revelation by God Which of course is seen for us in all the epistles that he's written He explained so much of spiritual truth plus Paul himself had was caught up into the third heavens He encountered God and the Lord and so many so powerful ways. So he says, you know Lest I should be exalted other I should be puffed up become proud There was given to me By the abundance of the flesh was given to me and a mess. This is a messenger of Satan. So a thorn in the flesh Was given to me means he's using a Phrase a Thorn in the flesh just like you know, so that's what has been translated in English and you know, we would use Similar phrases, you know, like like for example, we would say, you know, so somebody's such a pain in the neck or Somebody is Such an irritating person whatever, you know, so be used to scan that language. It's just a Form and structure of the language But and it's not Taken literally doesn't mean there was actually a physical thorn in his flesh, but it's he's using a phrase And then he tells us What that thorn in the flesh is actually What was it he says a messenger of Satan, so what was this thorn in the flesh that Paul was referring to It was not some sickness or disease in his body It was actually an angelic being a messenger of Satan So messenger of Satan is a demonic being and you know, but that it was An individual Demonic spirit or a group of demonic spirits, whatever it basically saying these were Satan's Spirit Satan's angels messengers of Satan and they what were they doing? They were buffeting him that means they were beating or repeatedly coming against him over and over and over again so What I want what I want to point out from verse seven is this It is very clear here that these messengers angelos or evil spirits of Satan What Paul was referring to as a thorn in the flesh There is no ambiguity on what this thorn in the flesh was so we should not speculate It is wrong for us to say the thorn of the flesh was some sickness or some disease. No, no the thorn of the flesh was a messenger of Satan a demonic spirit Of Satan sent by the devil Doing what buffeting coming over and over again repeatedly coming against Paul in his ministry In what he was doing So Paul calls this thing Which God permitted of course God permit God allowed because like we said earlier Right now Satan and his demons are permitted by God to operate on the earth So God permitted this messenger of Satan to keep coming against the devil against Paul And so in that sense it was allowed to just permitted as In a is as an being permitted to trouble every human person Now these spirits focused on Paul kept coming back against him over and over again and The specific reason or Paul saw it in This this way that He he Paul had received so much of revelation So much of in a spiritual Encounters with God that this thing Helped to keep his feet on the ground so to speak kept him from being Getting puffed up in his mind So Paul saw a good a positive outcome of this messenger of Satan coming against him over and over again that You know, hey, this is keeping my helping keep my feet on the ground This is helping me stay humble Let's not be exalted above measure because of all the revelation given to me Now the other thing I want to point out is That V it would be very incorrect for any believer to say That they have such a similar they have a similar kind of Designated evil spirits against them Why would it be incorrect to say it say so because No other believer No one we know of on the earth today has been given Such revelation as the Apostle Paul Right Paul was very unique in the sense He was chosen to be an apostle and God gave him so much of revelation Which today comprises about two-thirds of the New Testament So nobody else Can't say I'm in the place. I'm in that same kind of a position as the Apostle Paul so therefore For some any believer to say I have a thorn in the flesh like Paul Is is little out of place because Nobody has been given that kind of revelation So you and I don't need to worry about having a thorn in the flesh demonic spirits a messenger of Satan dedicated to Attacking us and coming against us. Don't worry about it. We're not in the same place as the Apostle Paul Okay, that's a side note But going back to what Paul was experiencing We can see that demonic spirits do try to hinder and oppose the work of the ministry They try to in general certainly speaking they come they try to attack they try to interfere. They try to intrude they try to Disturb they try to hinder God's people and Paul was experiencing that in a heightened manner In a manner that we don't have to Can't worry about because we're not in that same place of receiving abundance of revelations and In that context Paul is praying he asks the Lord. He says God Three times he says and we're safe and I pleaded the Lord God Can you get take can you take this off yet? Can you get rid of this? I don't want this do let this depart for me Now let these this messenger of Satan is repeatedly coming against because let him be taken out of the way And God's response is and it will be the same response for you and me Yes It's not about getting you know taking the devil out of the way because as long as we are on this earth There will be evil spirits to contend with that's what the Bible tells us Put on the full armor of God that you may be able to withstand Against the devil that means it's all like God is going to take the devil away forever No, as long as we are on this earth We're gonna face it there will come a time in the future Revelation chapter 20 When Satan will be Satan's demons will be permanently removed off the earth that is at the end of the The Millennial reign of Christ But until that time Satan his demons are operating So we can't just say God let this depart for me. We're gonna face it But what God was telling Paul is Paul Migrates is sufficient for you So I'm not gonna take the devil out of the way I'm gonna empower you with my grace to overcome Right, so the devil and his demons are operating on the earth They are attacking they are hindering and they're doing what they have to do But like Paul we are empowered by grace by the grace of God to overcome in other words Let the devil do what he's gonna do, but he's not gonna prevail in his Assignment you can overcome you can continue on You can fulfill your work and so that's exactly what happened the case of Paul God empowered him by his grace and in the end of his life Paul says I have fought a good fight I finished my course. I have kept the faith In other words this messenger of Satan didn't prevent Paul from finishing what he had to do he finished it And he says I'm ready to go right so In view of that Paul says hey when I feel weak When I face all these things I'm gonna be happy. I'm gonna rejoice why because his strength is made perfect Even when I feel weak his grace is sufficient for me. That's all I need is empowering work in my life It's gonna put me over whatever I face right so That's a lesson we can take that in our in the midst of our weaknesses in the midst of Where we feel weak where the enemy may be attacking the power of Christ is being made Manifest the power of God is being revealed in and through our lives, right? So He you and I can take that lesson From Paul's experience, right? So the enemy is operating on the earth he's been Permitted to carry on his work So there's no point in saying, you know, God take him out of the way. No, he's around there But we are going to overcome By the enabling of the Holy Spirit by the grace of God in our lives. We are going to overcome. So there will be battles The back the the enemies are going to stop fighting His Friday dance, but we by faith Overcome and continue on in the purpose of God for our lives So God has given us his anointing. He's shown us how to you know, overcome the enemy and He's given us his weapons So we continue Pressing forward now The devil will try to attack us in various ways. So whether it's sickness or Disease or other situations in life where the enemy tries to operate But we need Using what God has given to us we overcome be We You know, we Overthrow the works of the devil in various areas. We we can come out victorious So what must we do? He must discern by the spirit of God what the enemy is doing We exercise a God-given authority to resist and overcome Satan's works. We don't quit, you know we endure we stand firm and And We don't we shouldn't blame God for what the devil does Right, so the enemies coming against us. Okay, don't blame God for it God's given us the victory Christ has conquered the enemy for us and he wants us to walk in his finished work right, so We must stand firm and faith and resist the devil Right God has instructed us to resist the devil and God's not going to do that for us so We you know, we shouldn't Be Thinking that we are at the mercy of the devil now be we should be equipped with the word of God We contend against the devil we overcome the devil and we walk in victory or whatever he's doing Can live victoriously? Okay So that's the third piece to this framework. I want to pause here and And and just get us to think about this you know so Why do people face? challenges difficulties evil because there's an enemy That comes to steal kill and destroy So believers will face these things And we saw the example of Job and Paul When we face what the enemy is doing We shouldn't blame God Because God has already done what he whatever he can do He sent Jesus to conquer the enemy on our behalf and Then he gave us weapons. He gave us his word. He gave us his name He gave us his Holy Spirit and God said okay now with what I've given you you live victoriously with the enemy My grace is sufficient for you. My strength is made perfect in your weakness Go on and keep fighting the good fight. But if I believe it does not Engage the enemy the way God wants us to engage. That's when we see in the life of a believer We see the enemy inflicting harm inflicting pay causing things to happen and then It's difficult for us Right. Why is a good person a good believer suffering like this? But God has given us what we need to stand up and fight and overcome So we need to equip believers We need to encourage believers. We need to stand together with believers and say hey, we can overcome You know, we can conquer and And your journey into victory Even though they may be battles along the way Any questions on this third point? Everybody following along. Okay Yeah, a question. I'll show you okay following. Okay. All right So let's move forward to our fourth point For peace of this framework and Trying to understand suffering. So, you know when DC believers or God's people Um face challenges We need to understand. Okay Are they facing these problems because of their own actions? Are they facing these problems because? Yeah, it's the enemy coming against them Or are they facing these problems because look there is corruption in this world and What happened to them is not because the enemy not because of their own actions, but there is this Decay there is this deviation from God's design and now let's over there We have to pray for a miracle If it is what the enemy is doing then we need to stand up against the enemy And fight and put that down If it's their own actions, then you know, we need to sit down with them and talk to them and help them You know take the necessary action to Remedy the situation Right Now the fourth area for the fourth piece of the framework why sufferings happen is because other people do things So we must acknowledge or we must recognize that we are in a world where There are people around us who are wicked who are sinful And out of their wickedness and evil intense They do harm to other people So we may call it persecution when it is directed towards us because of our faith Sometimes it's just plain jealousy and Competition and all kinds of things So when that is happening And we you know, we Shouldn't blame god again. We can't blame god for the actions of other people They are doing it You know and and this can happen on different levels You know, it can happen at a personal level or in a in a government situation You know one nation decides to go to war against another why because you know the leader there one nation decided He's going to go out there and kill people or he wants to take over territory or you know Like what we see happening with russia ukraine swans really have that all around the world People are doing things or whatever Gain they might perceive And uh, they don't mind doing evil things to other people in order to achieve what they want And we cannot Ascribe those actions to god Right and so in first peter chapter one. So basically first peter first and second peter is written to Believers who've been scattered around Mainly jewish believers peter's writing to the jewish believers who've been scattered at the cross Asia minor that around that area And he is trying to encourage them Recognizing that they are facing persecution facing hardship just because they're being dispersed And they are people of faith Right, so he's recognizing that and so he encourages them. He says, you know for a little while that means this is a shot You're going through this I understand And yeah, he says your faith is being tried tried and you are you know being grieved and You're going through various trials and adversity But this only is serving to Show that your faith is very genuine. It's not Some fancy that you're holding on to but you have true genuine faith in the lord jesus christ and then you will receive praise and glory when the lord comes right so In his episode in first peter You find, you know, he's actually very very systematically Addressing all the various issues. Oh, sorry various areas of trials Various areas of suffering These dispersed jewish believers are facing They have been displaced from Jerusalem, they are living outside of their own you know Normal place and and they have to try to make it, you know, but there it's and they have to try to get a job They have to try to live amongst people or hostile now that Face all kinds of ridicule and persecution So he's identifying and and I've just kind of put this list down here And you will find this in in in first peter So he says Some of them are suffering wrongfully in the workplace Now I'll remember all this is because they are believers You know, they are believers And because they are believers, they're facing all this They may suffer wrongfully in the workplace people are, you know, humiliating them Ill-treating them simply because they're believers Secondly, they may face suffering for righteousness sake. That means They are doing what is right, but the right actions are being Accused or being held against them that they are being accused for their good conduct so It's not that they're doing something wrong. They're doing what's right But that good conduct is being held against them, you know, they're suffering for righteousness sake Then there is suffering against sin if he talks about this. So, you know, they're in this world Where people around them don't care they're living Sinful lives unclean lives and so that is putting pressure on the believers And so peter identifies that he says, you know, you're suffering you're striving against sin and the gentiles around you The unbelievers around you are wondering why you're not indulging in sin But you are standing firm and it's part of the suffering Then he also talks about suffering as a christian. They're bearing the name of christ And therefore they're They're being ridiculed and so on and he he calls that suffering as a christian or even sharing in christ's Sufferings and think about that. It's it's it's it's such an honorable thing That when you suffer as a christian that is you're suffering for christ It's you're suffering with christ suffering as a christian and then He he he tells them in in chapter four was subject I don't want you to suffer for your own actions And it's for your wrongdoing. So in other words, he's saying, you know, don't get into wrongdoing Because if you suffer for your own actions, then you're just getting what you deserve Right. So don't suffer for doing wrongs and let's stay away from doing wrong. Don't suffer for your own actions and In chapter five first beat of five eight and nine He identifies another area of suffering which is Suffering because of the adversary the devil who walks about like a roaring lion Seeking whom you may devour. So here. This is the enemy satan himself That satan this demonic powers themselves going against the devil, right? so what we're seeing is as believers Living in a world that doesn't care about God in a world that is evil and wicked there could be Many areas where we're going to face suffering whether it's in the workplace whether it's because of a good conduct Whether it's a striving against sin whether it's because we bear the name of christ And hopefully it will not be because of our wrong actions and number six There is the enemy who comes against us and we should be firm in our faith to To stand against the enemy to counter his his maneuvers Yeah so What we're seeing is that you know, there are at least Three areas where it could be other people directing Their actions against the believer, right? So we are suffering because other people Are against us because of our faith so that's um That's something to keep in mind That's a reason why people face suffering So example, you know, we would hear you know think about a believer who Is facing difficulty in the workplace That's and It's being directed against him. Oh Because of their faith or because of their righteous that they're unwilling to compromise on integrity and this uh and honesty But you know the manager or supervisor well wants them to do something wrong and they say sorry I cannot do it and then the person begins to retaliate begins to you know unnecessarily You know make Accusation so on so forth. So what what's happening? They're suffering for righteousness sake Or sometimes they suffer because they bear the name of christ they are christ and You know they may suffer So like this you can think of many scenarios where the suffering that a person is Enduring is because of the actions of others Or if you want to look at it in a very general sense, you know when if you think about war So many people are suffering They're innocent people. They have not done anything wrong But they are suffering because some of the leader Or some of the nation and the people Are doing evil Are doing things that are wrong and so they're suffering right? So This is the fourth reason why there is pain and suffering in this world It's because people do evil to others Right So what should our response be? Right one is of course we can pray That god will move upon people and influence them You know so you pray uh That it's in a in a personal situation So god i pray for you know whoever's doing harm and evil that god you would move on that person You would change their heart change their mind So we want god to influence them, of course the the final decision is still theirs But at least god can move upon them to influence them And second then we also learned from for speeder That regardless of what people do we should continue to live like christ Keep our heart full of faith toward god And keep our heart free from anger or bitterness towards the people What doing evil against us in fact jesus told us he said you know pray for those who despitefully use you And uh he'll treat you you pray for them So even when people are against us we pray for them We believe in god that you know he can turn things around what people may intend for evil god can turn it out turn it around for good and um And rather than becoming persecution minded we we say that you know god will protect us Be more conscious of god's protection of your life Than man's persecution against you you know we trust in god And we of course keep our eyes on the eternal reward Okay, keep our eyes towards that now In connection with this there's a quite a difficult question I'm not sure you know I have a convincing answer to this but let's try to just think about it The difficult question is Why is it that some believers are divinely protected? And why is it that some believers die being persecuted? You know and we we hear both kinds of stories and testimonies We hear of testimonies where you know Believers were about to be attacked Uh physically But god divinely protected them something happened. You know god protected them And then on the other hand we also hear stories Of uh incidents where believers are killed they die they suffer So why is it that in some cases? People are protected believers are protected from the evil actions of other people And why is it in some cases that doesn't happen? Why is it that way? And like I said, I I don't have Uh a complete answer. I don't have a complete answer But what I would recommend personally, this is how I I try to live Is that I try to keep my faith in god's protection Right that the scriptures, you know, for example As f 54 17 You know, no weapon formed against me will prosper Or some 34 7 the angel of the lord encams around me delivers me first chronicles 16 I think it's was 29 Where it says, you know that The eyes of the lord are Run to and fro he shows In the strong on the behalf of those who's heart is devoted towards it right, so I try to keep My eyes my faith on those scriptures of scriptures of divine protection And I expect to be divinely protected right so That's How I Position myself god will protect me right now why is it in I you know in In some cases believers suffer and die I don't know I don't want to speculate I don't want to say You know, I don't Speak on something. I don't understand But I just Positioned myself saying god, I trust that you will protect me and I'm expecting divine protection over my life I'm going to walk in it. I'm going to believe you for it and Even if there is any harm done We are determined to Maintain our faith in god now We will Like we see in scripture in hebrus chapter 11 There are people who were killed Who was who are you know the hebrus 11 says they were sawn asunder they were killed for their faith And so we know that god honors that you know The bible tells us you're precious on the side of the lord are the death of the saints so God honors that god sees that Although I don't have You know, we don't have a complete answer as to why did god not protect them from being killed Or from being physically harmed Why didn't that happen? I don't know I don't want to You know speculate but we stand with them knowing that It's precious in the eyes of the lord Okay So let me pause here number four We understand this that there is evil because of other people's actions Our the scriptures give us instruction on how to respond in those situations What is the attitude you must have? and At close off by saying look we don't always have an answer as to why are some people Experienced divine protection and some believers, you know suffer We don't have an answer but we honor everyone Who suffers for the name of christ? Let's pause here and see if there any questions anything we Would like to discuss any questions on this Any thoughts any questions? Yeah, so this whole you know area where Believers suffer Now sometimes and let me you know what we see is that when believers Do something wrong? Then people come back and they use it hard against them so If a believer, you know, uh, it's not Handling money properly example misgiving example He mismanages his money and then The people Come against them, you know Very hard Using that as an excuse Oh, you've mismanaged money Therefore we so the the The harshness is double One is because The believers irresponsible in the sense of the mismanaged money that That's that's the case But then people combine it with hey, I'm going to be harder than you because you're also A believer I'm going to you know, so we see that complicated situations also And that's why In this world As believers we should be Twice as careful Twice as wise When we deal with you know in the matters of life So Be doubly careful because one is of course we want to do everything right And plus If we do something wrong The end believers will Use that As an opportunity to Be doubly harsh against us One is by default. They are against those who Name the name of Christ But then it makes matters worse when We do something that are wrong that is wrong Which gives a pretext for Being harsh so in such a situation We have to tell the believer to Write the wrong that is say take responsibility for your action. I don't just say I'm being persecuted Yes, there may be an element of persecution here, but remember it all started because of Some wrong action in this case and the example that I said they were you mishandled money So don't just blame it all on persecution or I'm being persecuted for my faith. No Take responsibility for your action first that You know you mismanaged money that gave them a reason to Take action against you So fix that right Whatever you did wrong write it Make it right and then You're saying god If I'm suffering unfairly because I'm a christian You know I take responsibility for the wrong idea. I'm going to write that Anything beyond it now god you've indicated me, right? You come through for me on that So, you know, we have to hold things in balance. We can't just say entirely I'm being persecuted for my faith when Actually, the believer has done something wrong has You know missed done something that is not right so, you know We have to handle both sides take responsibility for the wrong and then Let god intervene for what is real. What is actually being? What is actually persecution? okay, so You know and In India, I'm just I can speak from what we what we observe for instance years I'll just give a simple example there You know as christian organizations We are supposed to file certain things for the government right um part of our income part of our income tax Proceding procedure procedures and so on to certain things and plus If there's a christian organization that has got You know what we call here in india as Permission to receive funds from outside then you have additional filings to be made every year annual reports to be submitted now What we've observed is you know A christian organization fails to do those statutory filings They fail to report to the government On an annual basis what they're supposed to be reporting they fail to file the reports Then when the government comes in And says hey you haven't done what you're supposed to do therefore You know we're removing your permission to receive funds. We are shutting you down whatever they take action We can't call that as persecution because If you think about it very objectively If that christian organization had fulfilled their obligations To file those annual reports The government would have no basis to take action Everything is in place But what has happened is In many cases our christian organization failed to do what was required of them to do Then the government is taking action And then they go call it persecution and it is not persecution It is the government just Doing what they would do and they would it's not just the christian organization They treat do the same thing to other non-government organizations who have failed to File those annual reports to do their paperwork. They take the same action against Other non-government organizations So You know we we have to be careful where We clearly recognize you know, okay, you're facing hardship. You're facing these things Not as a persecution, but Because you fail to do something You are required to do okay so I just want us to you know, be very clear in our minds Why there are all these things happening? and and and and and you know Not blame god for everything. Oh god is not protecting me or god is not Defending me no There is a responsibility on our part That we must do in order to be on the Right side of things So that we can you know Stay away from trouble stay away from these things. Okay Now we have uh, let's say now this is uh three more Sorry two more suffering to the divine discipline And then we also we have suffering due to willing sacrifice, which I think I will cover it cover it next week And then we will also talk about In the same context as what should Uh A good response be You know and we and we face all these things in this world What are the reason for the suffering? Yes, whether it's because of the decay of corruption Whether it's because of our own actions or whether it's because of Uh, demonic opposition and whether it's because of what actions about the people In the interface this okay, how do we respond? What should be our correct reaction right so I want to Yeah, next week we will cover that ground as well And so hopefully oh when we finish up next week we will have a Clear you know a clear framework in our mind that okay This is why all these things are happening And this is how I can in how I should respond And also when other people you know come to us and they say hey, I'm going through such and such thing I'm facing this hardship then Because we're clear in our minds we can You know help guide them properly We don't say oh god is doing it to you and you know just accept it. No We beeps okay. This is the real reason why You're facing the hardship And this is how you can handle it as a believer. Okay, so that will really help us As we work with people Okay We were close today. If you have any questions, we will pick it up next week Um Okay, I see a question there from roslyn Can our pastor receive offerings and tithes and cash? And not give the ministry account details To the members What could be the reason behind this act? Now Generally generally speaking I would Say no that means Okay Tithes and offerings everything has to be accounted for you know That's the proper way to do it. So that's how it goes to the church accounts church bank account From there you account for everything and of course you pay everybody a salary and so on. So that's the proper way to do it now In some cases somebody may want to bless the pastor or the preacher directly with a small amount So they you know, they tend to give cash to the pastor the preacher saying, okay This is your personal gift use it however you want that is okay Right if somebody gives a personal gift to a preacher and they say hey, just use it. Okay fine. It's a small thing um But otherwise what is given towards the church should go to the church account It should be accounted for And uh it from there it should be You know all the staff are paid and so on That's the proper way to do it um now What I can think of is when when there are small congregations small churches, you know if a pastor is Pastoring a congregation of 10 50 people 10 50 people so on The offering of things that are coming are not big So in those cases I've noticed pastors just collect the money and they just handle it Without any proper accounting and so on Is that a good practice? No But that's a widespread practice It just happens everywhere Now they don't get into trouble because The amounts are not big At least you know so But technically It's not the right thing to do the right thing would be have a registered account A bank account at the name of the trust and everything happens through the trust I hope I answered your question. Okay. All right okay So we're close for today Uh, we're a little over time. So we just skip our time of prayer now Uh, I will close the class and you know, we could get ready for our next Class Okay. Thank you everyone have a good week. You will continue this Next monday. Okay. Bye now. Thank you. Thank you everyone