 just thought I would dash for the third missionary journey once again just to bring clarity in this matter because I think I was probably a little mixed up myself so let me clarify that first and then we will proceed yeah okay so we're looking at the map of the third missionary journey here just want to clarify because yeah I got a little confused so from Antioch we saw that Paul went through the upper regions he went through the upper regions and that that is why you have these cities though the names of the cities are not mentioned but you know obviously he would have gone to people that he knows to strengthen them because that was generally how he worked and then he came to Ephesus okay Ephesus we saw he spent a lot of time here about two you know three months he spent ministering in the synagogue and later on he took to the school of tyrannous you know and like two years he taught in Ephesus and then you know we we will read later in fact that the Macedonian region so it says Macedonian region so that is why the arrow from here it points back to Macedonia so you know he knew people there so that's the reason the map is like this with with arrows going into those previous cities he will visit those cities and again come back to a place called Miletus so yes this region he did spend time in this region but include the Macedonian region as well okay so this is all inferred from what what has been given in the passages that follow alright and then yes Miletus will be one one another place that Paul will spend little more time there doing some encouraging to the Ephesian believers and then yes this last part of the journey which I said that we will we will hear off these names and places still Paul proceeds to Jerusalem so just clarifying class please do not get confused okay up it just says upper regions and that that is the reason the arrow is like this the previous cities and then after Ephesus it is Macedonian cities and that is why the arrows are like this going back to the cities that we have already read about then come back to Miletus and then you know close off the third missionary journey so I'm just making it very very clear and I hope there is no doubt and sorry if I caused any confusion okay so that's about the third missionary journey and in Ephesus we've seen the ministry that has taken place right now what is going on if I try to go worse by worse you know it won't like that doesn't seem to be a flow so I'm just gonna tell you like a story so yeah so what happened is there was a an opposition rising up against Paul and they took charge of some of his co-workers they seized them and in the theater right all these chants are going on so you can imagine that Paul was upset okay and he was he wanted to defend his people and he's being the passionate man that he is he wants to go into the theater and rescue them but the people of Ephesus some of his friends official they say please Paul don't go otherwise you know they will seize you and other things can happen so they prevent him and during that time you have the leader Alexander he kind of rises up but he can see that the is going crazy they're screaming you know Diana of Ephesus Diana of Ephesus because they wanted to preserve that status see if a city is known for a particular speciality let's take for example if a city is known for a city center you will have the souvenirs will all have that city center right they'll be giving that out now if you destroy the city center what will happen the identity of the city is gone so the kind of impact that Paul had his ministry esteem had on the city of Ephesus was so tremendous that what marked the city which is the worship of Goddess Diana that itself was under threat now and that is why people are going so crazy and they are screaming Diana of Ephesus like we don't want this to change give you don't want the stage but is there an ulterior motive yes there is the business of Demeterious and his people they were getting big money out of making you know silver idols of the goddess Diana that was being affected now when this commotion happened in the city Alexander stood up and he's trying to calm the crowd down and say hey guys please listen to what I'm saying but they're not willing to listen but somehow right they calm the people down and then Alexander kind of talks to them and he says that you know who is the person who has a problem right now Demeterious okay so Demeterious was a businessman in the city he's the one who has a problem why can't he fight this legally and that is what Alexander proposes and he says look the courts are open there are pro cancels in the courts let them just go and let them resolve the matter in a legal way what is all this chaos screaming gathering in the theaters and we also have to remember those days the way they created the theaters there you know it would carry the sound in such a loud way so whatever was being spoken within the theater you know it would it would be loud and clear to a great distance and if so many people gather and they shout you know Diana of Ephesus it would be heard by you know all the people living in the in I mean around that around that place and the worry that Alexander had was those days if a if an authority could not control their people if the authority could not maintain peace in their region then the Roman officials would come and they would take away the authority okay so that was the fear of Alexander if these people continue to create this commotion you know the Romans will come and they will ask us to leave and you know they will take over the city of Ephesus so very quickly we have to bring peace and calm in this city but that intention he just tried to diffuse the matter and said look why are all of you gathering together with the mattress he is the one who has a problem let him go and resolve it himself in the courts and that is that is the conclusion over here so you see how God is intervening in Paul's situation you know earlier it was some other leader in the city of Corinth who said if it's a legal matter bring it to me religious matter I'm sorry you know I don't have time to waste similarly Alexander tries to bring bring this uproar down by saying that let the mattress deal with his own issue and I'm just going to dismiss this assembly please stop this confusion and chaos now after this happens we are moving on to Acts chapter 20 and in Acts chapter 20 you know it Paul is very very interested okay in going and ministering in the Macedonian region so we see here that Paul he greets the believers in Ephesus and he moves on he departed to Macedonia earlier he sent two people right he asked some people to go he didn't go himself but he realizes that in this kind of an environment I don't think I can continue serving it's better for me to move to Macedonia so God he had prayed and he had already purposed in himself that he's going to go to Macedonia so now he takes off to Macedonia so he goes there he encourages the believers there he comes to Greece remember Greece is where Athens that city where he ministered was so he comes to Greece he stays there for some time and even now he's having opposition from the Jews and they are plotting against him and you know they are they are closely watching what Paul is up to so he goes to Athens he goes to Beria and you know he's accompanied we are told by Aristarchus and second is of the Thessalonians okay so one interesting thing about this is you know Aristarchus is apparently a name of somebody who's from a famous family and second is is the name of by the name you can understand that he is from a slave background because apparently when people had workers they would name them Primus Primus would be the first slave and you know second is would be the second slave so you see how the Gospel has changed and transformed people Paul has companions and both of these people it is said in one breath Aristarchus and second is but you know one is rich and one has come from a very humble background but both are working together and that is the beauty of the Gospel you know how how people are transformed and people are joining together you know we talk about Kingdom of God right this is the Kingdom of God where everyone is equal in the sight of God everyone is the same in the Kingdom of God so they are all laboring together they are all working together so you know we hear of other names as well a name called so Pater of Berea then Gaze of Derby then there is Timothy Timothy is of Listra you know that then there are other names Taikika Strophimus so Paul was one who never believed in you know just being alone just serving God alone he was a team worker and you have so many names here and we know in the epistles there are other names as well so excuse me there were lots and lots of people who were serving along with Paul and that is the idea we get so as he's going through these regions now we get a picture that the churches have grown disciples have now matured even into ministers and they are partnering together with Paul okay and you know they are going through the read Paul is going through the regions he's encouraging people and it is likely that he was also up to some collection of funds to provide for you know the needy believers now let's continue on so he touches those regions in Macedonia he also goes to Philippi okay and then suddenly the language changes in verse 6 we are told but we sailed away from Philippi remember he had left Luke in Philippi so it is likely that after all this time Luke also rejoins Paul and they start moving towards Troas so they come to a place called Troas and over there Paul ministers to the disciples it is said that every first day of the week these disciples would meet together and here God's word they would also break bread so looks like it's a practice you know first day of the week they will have communion and you know spend time it's something like Sunday service if that is going on and because Paul has come here he wants to share everything which is on his heart so Paul is aware that he has to make a journey to Jerusalem and he has to quickly you know move towards the Jerusalem so he did not have much time so what he does is on the first day of the week when this meeting is going on he decides to spend more time and talk to the disciples at Troas okay and the meeting goes on you know we know of all night long worship all night long you know prayer intercession I've heard of things like that but all night long sermon that is somewhat unusual okay not that it doesn't happen but we don't see that very frequently and because Paul had to travel out of Troas he decides okay I'm just going to have an all night long sermon I will complete everything that I want to say and then I will move on the next day so his sermon is going on continuously until midnight when this is happening in the upper room he had an audience of believers sitting and listening to him there was a man by the name of Eutychus okay and I told us remember people would generally go to work and then they will gather in the evenings to listen to God's Word and be equipped so it's somewhat like that after a long day of work people were sitting together and this Eutychus seems to be tired and he's sinking into a deep sleep okay and the funny thing is when Paul is preaching this man was so overcome by sleep that we are told that he fell from the third story and he was taken up dead okay how challenging imagine you know as preachers when we are ministering suddenly you're told that somebody is dead what do you do at that time you know Paul he quickly goes falls on him embraces him and you know he he later on tells the people don't worry his life is in him so it is likely that we already know that he's dead okay he was taken up dead Paul goes and ministers to the dead person and he concludes he says don't don't be troubled his life is in him so that means this man was actually resurrected after Paul ministered and look at this you know Paul he comes back and he continues the service how many preachers do we know like this you know who can quickly go demonstrate God's power back continue the service as if nothing happened one man actually died in the service okay now people also make jokes out of this and say it was Paul's preaching so bad that her man slept when he was speaking I don't know I mean I assumption is that this you take us was very tired after the whole day's work and that is why he probably just lost control and those days the setting you know in the upper room maybe there was like an area something like a balcony area where he sat and he lost control and fell from the third story and died but praise God you know Paul raised this man from the dead continued the service finish and look at this you know verse 11 it says now when he had come up had broken bread and eaten and talked along while even till daybreak so Paul is continuing after midnight till daybreak to minister to the disciples you know you see the passion for the equipping of the saints here and the revelation which God has given you know as I told you earlier he ministered in the school after in his daily for two years how much of content you know you need to minister but God had worked in Paul over the years you know he had the word of God in his heart to minister he was well versed in the scriptures well equipped he is well equipped and he is equipping the believers also in a really good way he could have just come and said a lot of encouragement and gone he could have said okay God bless you be strong but we are sure there's much more than that maybe he went over the doctrines he went over the importance of baptism he went over you know the kingdom principles he went over the life of Jesus he went about went over you know the power of resurrection so many things he could have talked of because our words together he's ministering okay well how beautiful that is the way in which the early church believers were equipped okay we see the ministry of Paul in that so after this was done you know this man Paul goes and he ministers till morning time and you also see that the man who fell he was brought alive and I don't know whether the man continued to listen to Paul speaking or you know he was just asked to rest but you know Paul finished what he wanted to say and then he went forward so from Troy as he goes to that place called Miletus that I showed us on the map so he goes there and there what he does is he invites people from Ephesus some of the elders from Ephesus cannot everybody from that place but remember the way he exited Ephesus was a little I mean it would have been upsetting for him he has stayed in many cities for a long time but in Ephesus he stayed for so long and all this commotion happened about Demetrius and he left Ephesus maybe you know he left in a in a hurry or he had things to say and he just decided he will say you know when he is on his way back so now he's on his way back and he wants to tell them but also seems like you know the commotion didn't die down why didn't he go back to Ephesus he could have gone there only and spoken to them right but he doesn't do that he just stays in Miletus and he invites the elders to come because it's kind of close and over here he starts talking to the elders of Ephesus he talks about his ministry he talks about what he he wants them to be careful about okay so this is like a favel speech you know you we usually say the most important things to the people that we love we tell them hey take care of so-and-so you know whatever whatever you have learned the person you have become you know don't lose that continue to be strong we say things like that so this speech that he gives the efficient elders is somewhat like that and he doesn't go and do this in Ephesus but he does it in Miletus so he calls for the elders over there they come what are some of the things he says you see he says I always lived among you and you know from the first day that he says you know from the first day that I came to Asia in what manner I always lived among you so it also seems like he's giving a clarification because of you know some rumors also that could have been there in Ephesus so he's saying but you know my life okay you know me very well and he says I serve with all humility with many tears and trials which happened to me by the plotting of the Jews okay and he says I proclaimed I didn't hold back anything but I taught you I proclaimed to you I did not just teach you publicly but also house to house so you see the kind of ministry that Paul had done in the city of Ephesus by building up the people and he's saying you people are witnesses okay to what I have done I have not withheld any any you know anything from you and he says I did not have a bias I I testified to the Jews I testified to the Greeks okay and now one of the reasons why I am talking to you in this ways was 22 he says I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem not knowing the things that will happen to me there so Paul is realizing you know and God would have given him this understanding in his spirit that he is moving closer to his trial and his death and this is an emotional time for Paul as he's talking to the elders and he's letting them know that he wants them to be strong so he say look I go bound in the spirit meaning I am aware that when I go to Jerusalem some things are going to happen you know that will put me in chains so he says Holy Spirit testifies to me that there are chains in every city there are chains and tribulations awaiting me but none of these things move me nor I count my life dear to myself so that I may finish my race with joy and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus to testify to the gospel of the grace of God so Paul is aware of the end of his life and he's also passionate about fulfilling what God has asked him to do you just imagine this I told you his intention is to go towards Jerusalem and he's also saying that I'm aware if I go there I will encounter difficulty but Paul is passionate about finishing you know we talk about fulfilling God's purpose for our lives right sometimes the journey is very very exciting God shows us beforehand I'm going to do this this and this which are all amazing things so it's easiest easy for us to move in that direction but God has already given witness to Paul's spirit that now onwards you know your journey is going to get you know it was already challenging but it is going to get more challenging to the extent that you know Paul this this is very well the end of your life but Paul is what is he saying he's saying none of these things move me so how should we hold on to God's purpose how should we hold on to God's call it's not just something we do when it is convenient if we are only serving God when it is convenient then it shows a lack of maturity in our lives because we only want you know the easy things but look at Paul he's saying I know chains lie ahead of me in every city there is going to be difficulty for me but I want to finish my race with joy and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus isn't that amazing to have a commitment of that kind and what an example when he's talking to the elders he's not just speaking words but he's saying look I have spoken to you through my life you know my life how I served I lived in humility in your midst I served so hard right we can see he worked really hard for the people and he also carries passion to complete the work so beautiful example of his own life and the elders would have thought wow you know we want to be like Paul we want to serve hard we want to complete finish the race and that is how Paul ministered to the efficient elders in one way you can say that he is also encouraging them because you see it was not a very easy environment the Jews were plotting and you know they blame Paul they would have also blamed the elders saying you know the worship of Diana is stopping because of your interference so he's encouraging them and he is giving them that vision for their life and their ministry and let's see what else he says he says that I want you to take care of the church so beautiful verse here yeah verse 28 he says take heed to yourselves and to all the flock among which the Holy Spirit has made you oversee us to shepherd the church of God which he purchased with his own blood you know it's like pastor it's like a pastor's conference it's like pastor's meeting where the senior pastor like Paul so far we've seen him as more like an apostle going from you know city to city region to region new churches appointing elders and all that but such a pastoral heart he's demonstrating here especially to the efficient church because he had laboured hard for the efficient church and he's telling look his people who are part of the church you know they they are not just our people but he says the church of God which he purchased with his own blood so he's saying the local church is so precious because what price did God pay for the believers his own blood so it is priceless the value is you know that you you can't put a number to it because God has purchased with his own blood and he says he has appointed you he has made you overseers elders okay so you please take it seriously you'll be responsible about it and you won't be responsible for the church so he's giving them a lesson on how to do ministry you do ministry be an example like Paul how he served how he's holding on to his ministry passionately he's saying nothing will shake me right and now in addition to that he's saying the value which is placed on God's people you need to value them and like a shepherd he says you are the shepherds holy spirit has made you overseers to do what to shepherd the church or in other words simple words take care take care of God's people how to take care of God's people teach them the word how did Paul take care of the Ephesian church daily he was imparting into them right so the ministry of the word the ministry of the spirit we are responsible we have to equip the people so equip them and also he adds other things he says that you know there will be people who who may rise up from among you who will who will teach wrong things you know speaking perverse things to draw away the disciples after themselves so there can be people who rise up who will try to you know distract the believers so one thing is you teach them okay one thing is you equip them you help them to mature another thing is protect them because there can be people who will bring in wrong teaching they will in fact verse 29 he says savage wolves will come in among you not sparing the flock so what is the responsibility of the elders of a church equip them protect them protect them from what from false teachers from false prophets from false teachings okay when we study about the antichrist and even the last days many will go away from the faith why because one of the things is sorry there will be strange teachings so he wants to warn the elders and say it is your responsibility you have to protect the sheep from all the false teachings and you know the people who are he calls them savage wolves and he says will come in they will come in among you they will you know they could also have risen from you right but ultimately what is the point as a shepherd guide protect the people so that they continue in the faith and they remain in the field so in this way he encourages them and then he says verse 31 he says therefore watch and remember that for three years so totaling up you know his time in the synagogue his time in the school of terriness and all the other activities over there he says three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears so he has equipped the church very very well so and then he gives them an encouragement again so he tells them to take care of the church and now he says that I want you to dedicate yourself to the word of God verse 32 he says the word of his grace which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified so look at that as he is leaving he knows he will never come back to Ephesus again he will never see these people again because once he goes to Jerusalem he's going closer to his death and he's saying you know when when we're almost at the end we want to give people that one key isn't it that unlocks the treasure for them so you could say that verse 32 is like that one key he says I commend you to God and to the word of his grace so be close to God or maintain your communion with God and maintain your communion in the word because he says it is the word of God which is able to build you up it is the word of God which is able to give those spiritual dividends those spiritual inheritance that is there for all the saints the sanctified people of God so he emphasizes along with doing ministry you know along with taking care of God's people personally you know each one of you you be strong in God you be strong in his word and the word will strengthen you even more it will build you up and it will give you an inheritance so he gives them that key that this is how you can be strong in God and then you know he also makes a clarification he says look I did not covet anyone silver or gold or a barrel now there were so many things being said about Paul isn't it because Demetrius was making such a big claim about Paul that he has turned people away and all and maybe people were also saying that maybe Paul wanted the money right but Paul is clarifying see you always clarify to your small group if people outside don't believe us sometimes it's easy to handle that but when people in our close circle they don't believe us it's very hard so he's just making a clarification to these people and he's saying look you know I have not it's not for money that I came right to all of you because if that is what Paul wanted he would have lived and done his ministry very differently but he's clarifying and he's saying that you know that these hands have provided for my necessities so he he was a tent maker remember in Corinth also he joined along with Aquila and Priscilla looks like in Ephesus also he labored he labored okay and he labored in such a way he's saying that I lay was that if I have shown you in every way by laboring like this that you must support the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he said it is more blessed to give than to receive now for a minister of God you know we see Paul talk about how you know supporting somebody who is in the ministry is a good thing it's a good thing but you see his example over here in Ephesus he worked hard he even provided for himself maybe through his trade so that he does not put a burden on the believers okay now that attitude is very important you know not that ministers of God should not receive a support yeah they also deserve a support but Paul he knew or basically you discern where you are and you know what the situation is what the circumstances everywhere we go if we demand and say hey I am doing ministry and this is this is how much money I should get now this is the kind of clothes I will wear this is the kind of place I will stay in I need all these all these privileges and you know I want this kind of a setup then only do the ministry what happens you know in some places maybe the believers are able to support their their pastor or their leader they are able to give but in some places maybe the believers are very poor and they can't give now if we make a demand and say I am serving you in the word of God you have to take care of me like this only that would not be that would not fall in line with the example of Paul okay so Paul is accommodating depending on the play places the regions he understands and he says look in Ephesus what did I do I worked hard these hands are provided for me so he did not want to become a burden as a minister so wherever possible you know he worked he supported himself and he took care of himself and he talks about how it is more blessed to give than to receive so we can learn so much about ministry from Paul and the way he is talking to the Ephesian leaders you know just encouraging their hearts and at the same time guiding them on how they can fulfill their ministry for the Lord okay now after he had said all these things you see he knelt down and prayed with them all what a beautiful bond you know it's it's not like you know how we see the the corporate world where okay this is the task you do the task I will tell you what to do that's it it's not like that you know church is not like that the team of elders at least in the case of the Ephesian elders it seems like Paul had a nice connection with them that human connection over the last three years he administered to them they had seen his life he had understood them and so you know he is what is he doing it's like brothers you know they are praying together they are praying they knelt down and they all prayed together and then we are also told that they all wept freely and fell on Paul's neck and kissed him so it shows affection okay so the the ministry work or the ministry team it's not just a very army like setup but there is that affection you know particularly in this team where they're even shedding tears because they have understood why is Paul talking to us like this why is he you know giving us advice like this he's not going to come back this is the last time that we are seeing him in the natural so they are crying and and they even hug him you know that that was their way of fell on Paul's neck and kissed that was their way of expressing the love and affection brotherly love so they did that and then Paul many other things he would have spoken to them but Luke has recorded you know a couple of things for us here to understand what was a priority in Paul's heart and then we are told that so sorry most of all for the words which he spoke he must have ministered to them in many things and the people also they they were sad and they were just having that time of fellowship with Paul okay in those in those moments and finally they accompanied him to the ship because Paul has a journey to make he has to continue and he has to complete the journey that God has set before him so he moves on from there so we've seen in Miletus they had that small elders meeting and now Paul is moving on from there okay what happens next you know he comes to a place called cause and the following day to roads and from there to Patara I'm just telling you names of places so he moved in this way and finding a ship sailing over to Phoenicia and then when he sighted Cyprus uh sail to Syria and landed at the place called Tyre okay he landed at the place called Tyre now in Tyre when he comes there the ship had to unload her cargo but even in that place okay now Paul did not obviously when we read the passage here it doesn't say that he had an intention to get down in Tyre and you know or do some ministry there and all the ship happened to stop there to unload some cargo but even there you know he found some disciples and stayed with them seven days that is so beautiful that tells us that over these years you know as Paul has been making the missionary journeys people are hearing the Gospel it's not Paul going to every city but you know the disciples would have gone the believers would have gone they would have preached the Gospel so in a place called Tyre he is finding disciples you know how exciting has it happened to you you just go somewhere it's an unknown place but you meet a believer there and you think hey how did how do you know about Jesus somebody must have preached to them you know and then you start talking and you find out hey they also are very good churches wow how did they plan churches here and it's really refreshing and strengthening so you find that he found some disciples in Tyre okay and he's he and those days they had this culture of hospitality so they would just let you stay in their home so seven days he stayed there and look at this in verse four these disciples they are telling Paul by the Spirit they're telling him don't go to Jerusalem so you know it always does not take a mighty prophet to come and tell us the word of God you know thus says the Lord the disciples are telling him you know it's like a confirmation he already told the elders at Ephesus that if I go to Jerusalem I'm in trouble the disciples here they are telling Paul by the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem okay so look at this they understood that there is trouble in Jerusalem but you know this is like interpreting the prophecy partly right Paul knew that there is trouble in Jerusalem but he's still going to Jerusalem he said that none of these things shake me these people they knew that there is trouble in Jerusalem but it's like they have added their concern and they're telling him don't go okay but obviously you know Paul was so strong in the Lord and he had that discernment not to follow their instruction well and good that the Spirit of God has revealed something to them but how to act on that word Paul knew that it's not about saving my life you know I have to go to Jerusalem that is part of God's purpose for my life so the well-meaning believers they're telling him don't go but Paul still has to go and he does go but the beautiful thing is you know God is revealing such a you know such an important thing that is going to happen to him through some normal disciples that he found it tired okay so they're telling him don't go but after that he sorry he moves on from there after praying with them and all that you know usual nice things so he moves on from there then he comes to a place called Caesarea okay and in Caesarea someone familiar lived there who is this Philip the evangelist you know for the first time Philip is called as the evangelist here earlier in Acts 8 we saw him doing so much ministry work before that he was selected as a volunteer in the church but you don't read too much you know about what is his title what is his position for the first time you read about the title or the position in the kingdom of God you know some a beautiful lesson we can learn is you know we should just serve don't worry you know about am I evangelist am I pastor am I anointed prophet not necessary look at Philip faithfully he does the ministry Luke never points out to say that he is you know evangelist or something like that but finally only now Acts 21 there is a title attached to his name and it's a title for service so we should not become too attached to the titles but just do God's work however he calls you just you know serve so Philip the evangelist who was one of the seven and again you know these people in Caesarea they are hospitable they open up their home and Philip is you know a known person also sorry so he stays there and Philip had four virgin daughters so you could say young girls young girls and they prophesied okay so again it's beautiful that that you find that the the gifts of the spirit remember in acts we know that God will pour out a spirit on all flesh sons and daughters right they'll move in the gifts of the spirit so here you have women four daughters all four of them prophesied so the evangelist his daughters are prophesying and when they stayed there a prophet named Agabus remember Agabus is the one who came to Antioch also he's a prominent prophet and he was the one who prophesied about the famine which which will affect Jerusalem but now he comes and he prophesies okay he prophesies over Paul in verse 11 he says he took Paul's belt he bound his own hands and feet and said thus says the Holy Spirit so shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles so once again you see confirmation after confirmation he himself knows that he will be bound in Jerusalem the disciples entire told him don't go there there is trouble for you now Agabus the prophet he's doing a prophetic act you know sometimes you can show what you are understanding through an action so he's binding himself with Paul's belt and he's saying this belt no to whomever this belt belongs to that person is going to be bound so yeah it is it is quite challenging but God is confirming and when they heard these things you know people the people there they pleaded with Paul and they said don't go please don't go to Jerusalem then Paul answered okay what do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart for I'm not ready only to be bound but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus so you know basically the people finally saw his commitment and they said the will of the Lord be done so you see the the personality the life the commitment of Apostle Paul so committed he knows what is going to happen and he's saying I know you're all well-meaning in fact over here they all cried they wept and they said Paul don't go they're going to catch you but he's saying look I'm not just ready to be caught I'm even ready to die okay what amazing passion and commitment one can have for the ministry and for the gospel with this let's stop I'll continue from here when we come back for the next class and also I'll post your assignment by tonight so you know what you need to do and we can complete this course you know comfortably so let's just pray and close uh I want to request Aaron could you just pray sure yeah we pray thank you Lord for this day and Lord thank you for um letting us dive in in the life of Paul missionary journey Lord as we Lord as um um Paul was released for you and he was widely used by you Lord our Father we believe in Lord as you use us same because in your word says you are the same God has stated you forever and you will always be the same so Lord let let let the flame of serving heart keep burning in our life Lord Father till till we finish our race is new so Lord Father let your peace and therapy upon each and every one of us in Jesus name I pray amen amen amen thank you thank you so much Aaron thank you everyone God bless you uh yeah continue to have a blessed time as you attend other classes take care bye thank you thank you thank you bye