 Welcome back everyone. We will start from where we had paused. So, we are at the end of Hebrews chapter 12 here. Dr. Parker, Chasing of the Lord and let's now go to the passage from verse 14 to 17. Could someone please read it? Verse 14 to 17. Pursue peace with all people and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord. Looking carefully, lest anyone fall short of the grace of God. Lest any root or bitterness spring up cause trouble and by this many become defiled. Lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau who for one morsel of food sowed his birthright. But you know that afterward when he wanted to inherit the blessing he was rejected or he found no place for repentance though he sought it diligently with tears. Thank you, Christopher. So here in this passage, we are slowly moving into instructions for practical Christian living apart from the emphasis on faith and endurance. Now there are some instructions that we will begin to see. So, it would be smooth flowing but here and there the instructions come in. So, forward community life for us to relate with each other as believers in Christ. He says, pursue peace with all people and holiness without which no one will see the Lord. So, two very essential qualities, if you want to call them, he says peace. Peace is getting the right with people. So that is peace. So after having the right relationships, so we have to make some effort in that area and he says holiness. Holiness, you have an entire course on holiness. I don't really have to explain that but to really be like Jesus, we need to desire it and we need to walk in it and that's the way to actually represent God. These two essential qualities, virtues are important. The pursuing of peace which is helpful in our relationships, holiness, which is helpful in our relationship with God primarily and of course with people. Then verse 15 he says, he warns against an evil that we must never let pester in us or in our communities and he describes that as the root of bitterness. A root of bitterness, what is the root of bitterness? The root of bitterness is, he said pursue peace, so it's the opposite of that. There are unresolved issues that in turn are festering feelings of hatred or jealousy. Underlying fleshly emotions, fleshly attitudes that we carry, that hinder Godly relationships is what he's trying to warn us about. So he says, looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble and by this many become defiled. He also says that yes this is evil, root of bitterness but at the same time one has to understand that a root of bitterness in a community of believers can cause a lot of trouble. So it needs to be dealt with quickly. So root of bitterness springing up cause trouble. So he's saying don't even let it grow. The moment we notice it, we have to rip it at the, but so we've got to do that, we've got to do that. And as especially as pastors, leaders, maybe we're leading small groups, we must be very sensitive to things like this. Unresolved matters between people and when something is brought to our notice, maybe God causes it to come to the floor or people bring it up, then we must be catalysts in resolving that matter. So when things are resolved and the community is flowing together and relating rightly with one another, that's healthy. But if there is a root of bitterness and we let it stay on sooner or later, it is going to create a lot of trouble for the entire community. So he wants the people about that and versus 16 and 17, this is somewhat unsettling for some people because they see that we saw. God is saying that he saw is what fornicator or profane person. So how is it that God is calling an individual a fornicator and a profane person. While the account about him in the Old Testament does not necessarily say that he had such a lifestyle. So the issue really is faithlessness. The issue really is devotion to what he wanted rather than what God wanted because we know that example from his life where he was so hungry. Jacob and him, they had this discussion that he even sold his birthright for a muscle of food. And so it shows us that there is this personality who did not put their faith in God, who did not value spiritual inheritance. So notice God is showing his anger or his displeasure in people who walk without faith who do not value spiritual inheritance. And it's pretty serious here because God is saying that he's a fornicator and a profane person. Somebody who is not walking in faith, gives up their spiritual inheritance is equated to all these evil. All of this evil was 17. So you know that afterward when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. So he found no place for repentance, though he sought intelligently with God. So God is reminding us that it's a very dangerous thing to give up our spiritual inheritance. This is spiritual inheritance. What is it? The multitude of promises in God's word, the promise, especially the baptism in the Holy Spirit. It's known as the promise of the Father. And Peter makes so many calls it the promise of the Father, the gifts of the Holy Spirit, the calling of God, the grace of God, the gift of God upon our lives. And what God wants us to accomplish in this lifetime. All of this is part of our spiritual inheritance. And when one says, I don't want this, I give it up for something else. We trade this spiritual inheritance for an earthly, temporal thing. God is saying, hey, it's like Esau. That's what he did. And that brought God a lot of displeasure. I think it does not want this community of Jewish believers to be like that. And it's a blessing for us as well. God wants us to run after His call and His inheritance. Now moving to the last section here, we will read from verse 18 to verse 24. Could somebody please help with reading that? Well, you have come to know the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire and to blackness and darkness and tempest. And the sound of champion and the voice of the world. So that those who heard it, begged that the world should not be spoken to them any. But they could not endure that was commanded. And if so, if so much as the beast touches the mountain itself is thrown or sought with an arrow. And so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, I am extremely afraid and trembling. But if you have come to the Mount of Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem to an innumerable company of angels. To the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven. To God the church of all, to the sweet of just man made perfect, to Jesus the mediator of the new government. And to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of tables. Thank you very much. Earlier he's talking about the new covenant once again. We've talked a lot about the old covenant and the contrast of the old covenant with the new covenant earlier. So it's a repetition of the same thing. And he says that the believers now who are in Christ Jesus that they have come to Mount Zion. So when he talks about Mount Zion, Mount Zion compared to Mount Sinai. Mount Sinai is a picture of the old covenant. It's a picture of the way God dealt with his people in under the old covenant. It was all law and they had to keep the law. They couldn't transgress. If you transgressed one law, it's like you break it, broken all the laws. So all of that applied to them. He's now saying that you're living in better things. Not like your forefathers who did not have a mediator and who did not experience grace. But you are now tasting off of the wonderful things because Mount Sinai is really a picture of fear. So when the children of Israel, they saw the glory of God come down at Mount Sinai, what did it do to them? They were afraid. We read that in Exodus 20, the passage about 18 to 21 that they were actually afraid and they were scared to go because they knew that God is holy but that to make restitution for their sins, it wasn't possible by themselves. But when we look at what Jesus has done now, we look at Mount Zion that has been spoken of. So Mount Zion is the picture of the new covenant. Now, the church also is a picture of when we say Mount Zion, even the church, we can think of the current church which is bloodbath, which is forgiven by our Lord Jesus Christ. So compared to Mount Sinai, which brings fear, Mount Zion talks about luck, talks about us being made the righteousness of God and Christ Jesus, our forgiveness. So as we said earlier, it speaks of better things. And in this passage, there is a mention of the Lord Jesus as well as the mediator of the new covenant that Mount Zion represents and talking about the blood of Jesus compared to the blood of Abel, that the blood of Abel called out to God for justice. But here we have the blood of Jesus. So it's like a picture, it's saying that the blood speaks to God. So what did the blood of Abel speak to God? I want justice. A lot of Jesus says, you know, the believers, those who are as of salvation, they are forgiven. They are now in the embrace of the Father. So it speaks of good things for us. And he's reminding the Jewish believers, come on, everything is better. Everything is new. Everything is wonderful. You have your eternal high priest, your God, your mediator of the new covenant and all of this. So this is reason enough to pursue and not let go of your faith. So that's the point that he is making. So let's go forward. We will read from verse 25 to verse 29. Who would like to read? Can I read the person? Yes, I do. Say that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on foot. Much lesser we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven. At that time his voice shook the earth. And now he has promised, yet once more, I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens. This phrase, yet once more, indicates the removal of the things that are shaken. That is things that have been made in order that the things that cannot be shaken meaning. Therefore, let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken. And thus let us offer to God acceptable worship with reverence and proud God as a consuming fire. Okay, thank you. So in this passage, there's a warning. So he says, see that you do not refuse him who speaks. So remember, we had that whole comparison of how Moses gave the law and those who did not keep the law. They had consequences. So how much more now that we have the Lord Jesus established a new covenant. So along those lines he's saying that let's not be disobedient. Let's not refuse to get right with God to do the right thing. Stay strong, stay bold. So if we are ignorant, there are going to be consequences. But instead you be obedient to God. And he goes on to talking about the fact that the kind of kingdom that God is offering is an unshakable kingdom. Because the current circumstances of the believers would have made them feel that there is no stability, isn't it? Because they were going through persecution. They were experiencing losses. And they felt that the kind of life maybe some of them imagined that trusting in Jesus was a life devoid of challenges. And that they would have been really sort of that this illusion meant happening to them. So he's trying to tell them, look, it's not so much about the natural world. So even in the natural world, we are more than conquerors. That's the message of revival. But having said that, one thing that he wanted them to fix their eyes on was the eternal. And so he's trying to tell them, look, God is the God who in the present order, things will be shaken. Even this earth will be shaken. The kingdoms and the nations of the earth will be shaken. We know that. We know the things that are going to unfold. But in the end, God is establishing a kingdom which will never be shaken. And so we have got to be assured of that and that must give us stability in our hearts. And having our eyes fixed on Jesus, having our eyes fixed on eternity, having our eyes fixed on this unshakable kingdom, right? Which is what we are a part of. He says, serve God acceptably. Now again, that we can talk about acceptably with reverence and godly fear. That is talking about holiness, how we understand God for who he is. And in all that we do, we honour that. And we have reverence for the right form of the fear of God in our life, in our conduct, in our word, in our thoughts. Everything and serve God in that way. And the last verse there is for our God is a consuming fire. So he's just talking about the quality of God. And he's sort of emphasizing that our God is powerful. Our God is powerful because when we consider fire, right? What are the properties of fire? You know that fire can quickly burn up things. And just now he's talked about shaking an unshakable kingdom. So our God is powerful at things which are temporary will be God, but eternal will stand. So fire is like that. The chaff is burned up, but the gold remains. And so we must have the fear of God. The way there are passages of scripture that say, don't fear those who can hurt your body. But we fear him who can destroy even the spirit in eternity. So we trust our God. We walk with God with holy fear doing that. Oh, he is powerful. He is powerful and that's the understanding when it says our God is a consuming fire. So everything is on his toes and we just are here to see things unfold. Even if right now something seems unfair or unjust, let's wait for everyone to take its course. And we will see ultimately it is the Lord our God who sits on the throne. He loves at the nations of the world. So that's the God that we wish. So coming now to chapter 13, let's read over here. You'll notice that line by line there will be different instructions. So we'll take everything, even that one line which has been mentioned. So could somebody kindly read verses one through three? Verses one to three. He reads, let brotherly love continue. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers. For thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Remember them that are in the bonds as bound with them and them which suffer adversity as being yourselves also in the body. Thank you. So these are addressing attitudes, actions in a community setting. So he says, let brotherly love continue. And that is from the Greek word Philadelphia. And at the term there, Phileo, Phileo refers to brotherly love. Brotherly love that believers are supposed to carry for one another. So we must consider all of us who are in Christ as brothers and sisters. You know, the dynamics is quite different when someone is family. So there's no grace, hopefully, you know, there's no forgiveness. There is care and affection and not sure and all of that. So that's what he's saying. Look as believers and even through the difficult times that you're going through, be there for each other. Love one another and forgive one another. And verse two, don't forget to entertain strangers by and for by so doing. Some of them are critically entertaining angels. So he wants them to have a hospitable attitude. And in the times of the first century church, there were traveling ministers. So there were times when people would just go into a city and proclaim the gospel and good ministers of God. And believers noticed that somebody was serving God this man. They would be happy to host them or give them food, shelter, something. Do something for them. So he says, this is commendable. Hospitality is commendable. It's an important virtue. It's talked about in many other passages of scripture. So Romans 12 talks about it, 1 Timothy 3, 1 Timothy 1, 1 Peter chapter 4. So don't stop it. Don't stop hospitality. And he also points back to the book of Genesis, a time when Abraham was being hospitable and he was actually hosting angels and Lot also. He encountered angels. So he said, there's a possibility that you could actually be entertaining an angel. That verse 3, remember the prisoners as a chain with them. Those who are mistreated since you yourselves are in the body also. So persecution was a reality of those times. And it's not like they knew somebody else's friend. It wasn't like that. So their circumstances were such that known people were in the prisons also. Known people were being tortured for their fate, persecuted for their fate. And so he's saying, one part of the body is suffering. Everyone is suffering. So we should have that sense of grief and pain for those who are suffering. And so he points out especially to prisoners, those who are being mistreated. And he says, feel for them. Or in other words, we use the term empathy, have empathy for those who are in this situation. That's a true Christian heart. Okay. Now moving on to the next section, verse 4 to verse 6. Could somebody please read it? Verse 4 to 6. It says, marriage is honorable in all. The bird on the fowl. But warmongers are an adulterous God will judge. Let your conversation be without covetousness and be content with such things as you have. For he had said, I will never leave thee, not forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, the Lord is my helper and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. Should I continue? Yeah, that's good. Thank you. Okay. All right. Yes. So verse 4, he says marriage is honorable. So honorable means that it's good in God's sight. We know that he was the author of the very first marriage that happened in the Garden of Eden at Adam and Eve. And it started with God and he wants to remind the community that marriage is God's idea. It's God's design. It is honored by God. And so it must be honored by the people. This marriage relationship, right? It must be looked at as pure. And then he talks about instances which are outside of marriage such as fornication, adultery. And he brings a strong word to those who are living outside the boundaries of marriage that God has created. Right? And what the word talks about. He says fornicators and adulterers, God will judge. Okay. He is not trying to, like he's very direct in saying that. And that must be taken seriously. We know that in 1 Corinthians 6 as well, if all want the people not to be like proper squares and sexually to maintain purity. Because that is very important in our work with the Lord. And he also talks about the love of money. So verse 5 he says that your conduct be without covetousness. Covetousness is to want what somebody else has. It is to delight in what is not ours. So that kind of an attitude, right? Particularly when it comes to money, it's not good. We know that when Paul wrote to Timothy, he said that contentment with godliness, that's very important. And so the character which is free of the love of money is what one should have. And this is also important. So he addresses the issue of marriage. He addresses the issue of money. And he says that we must put our trust in God to have our needs met. And which is what he's saying. I'll read verse 5 and 6. Let your conduct be without covetousness. Be content with such things as you have. For he himself has said, I will never leave you. Now forsake you. So we may boldly say, the Lord is my helper. Are there not fear? What can man do to me? So it's actually verse 5 and verse 6 of continuation. So basically what he's saying is, don't try to get what others have. Be happy with what you have. Because God has said that he is our provider. So you look to God and you say, it's like a reflection. When God is saying I'm your provider, you say God is my provider. It's like when God is saying I'm your healer, you say I'm healed. When God is saying I'm your redeemer, you say I'm redeemed. So it's responding. It's reflecting to what God has already spoken about himself. He said, I will never leave you. I will never forsake you. And so I boldly say, yes, the Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me? So God is our provider. So the area of needs, the area of money. He says, look Jehovah Jaira, don't forget that that covenant is still valid. And God will take care of us. Verses 7 through 9, please. Jehovah, could you read it? 79, he reads, Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God. Whose faith follow considering the end of their conversation. Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today and forever. Be not carried about with divers and stringed doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace, not with meats which have not profited them, that have been occupied therein. Okay, so more instructions follow. In verse 7, he's talking about Godly leadership. And he says, look, when you find Godly leadership, people who are truly contributed to the increase of our faith, who helped us grow in the word of God, in our work with the Lord. He says, it's good to follow such leaders. And he also says, observe their lives, right? Observe their lives. Faith in God obviously bears fruit. So there is an outcome to their condom. So as you look at them, as you observe them, if there are things that you can learn from their lives, then you take that from their example, follow it, live it, and that will be helpful for you. So basically we say, learn from Godly leadership. And in verse 8, he says, Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever. There is another way of him saying that there is stability in God. We don't have a God who changes like the weather, or changes like the seasons, or changes like the mind of man, but he remains the same. And so we have that stability. So he's continuing to remind the believers from verse 8, going back to that same tone of saying, don't go back, don't give up. He's saying there is stability in Christ. And therefore, verse 9, he says, do not be carried away with various strange doctrines. So there can be new teachings that come up, or even the old things sort of twisted. But don't go with that. Go with what has been there. Even Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever. And what he's saying would not change. And so be grounded and rooted in the truth of God's Word, in the truth of who God is. And he is warning them against traditions. So he says, let not the heart be, let it be established with grace and not with foods. So again, the traditions, because they were used to a lot of traditions. So we say, come on, now you are part of the grace of God. And so you have a new life, live it in the new manner. Let's move ahead. Now at the end doesn't seem to come. So we still have verses to go, but that's okay, because we'll learn something here. Verses 10 through 16. Maybe somebody else, if you all don't mind, we'll have a new person read it. Okay, Vidya. Vidya, you can read it. I just noticed a question here. I'll look at it in the chat. What are biblical directions to believers so that we may not pose the devil who comes like an angel of light? Biblical directions. So Kennedy, I believe that a child of God would recognize even if the devil came as the angel of light, because a child of God who's walking with him will be familiar with the presence of God with the voice of God. When we read John chapter 10 over there, scriptures say that my sheep know my voice. But when the thief comes, they do recognize that this is actually not the shepherd. So it just takes some moments for us to recognize. So I think it's an innate thing, that's how we are as children of God. If there is, let's say, a young believer, then yes, there could be challenges because they're just getting trained in understanding the presence of God, understanding the voice of God. So what will help for them not to host the devil is the right teaching. So if they're taught the right way, they're established in the principles of God's word, then they too will recognize quickly and they won't host the devil. So that's what I believe. Firstly, that as sheep, we all hear the voice of God and that faculty can be strengthened by spending time with God. Does that make sense, Kennedy, or is there anything more you want to ask? Okay, thank you. Actually, I'm asking, for this question, there are people who take advantage of Christianity. When you host them, they become what they're not supposed to be. Like the cases where you've seen, where pastors or the ministerial leaders have been swindled or led into making bad decisions. Thank you. Okay, I got where I'm coming from. Thank you, Kennedy, for that. So you're saying that well-meaning believers end up hosting so-called preachers and apostles and all who may actually be false. So how do we prevent that? Well, we will learn more about it because the book of Peter, the Epistles of Peter, they talk about it quite elaborately. And I'm sure you would have studied the Epistles of Apostle John also, wanting the believers to identify such people. So how do we identify false teachers, false ministers of God by their fruit? That's how we identify them. So then remember, even now in this passage, we said, Godly leaders and the outcome of their, maybe, the outcome of their Godly lifestyle. So there's always an outcome. When we look at the outcome, on the basis of the outcome, we can tell whether they are truly serving the Lord or not serving the Lord. So that's how it is. So we judge on the basis of the fruit. Thank you. There's more actually, even the witness of the Holy Spirit because the Bible says in Romans 8.16 that the Holy Spirit bears witness with our spirit. And so sometimes, can be like as we are listening to people or we are observing people, I'm not saying the human sense of judgment because we all have that. There's a tendency to judge others. But even beyond that, a spiritual sense of discernment, it can function in us because the Holy Spirit is kind of helping us know something is wrong and we must actually be open to that. So be listening to the Holy Spirit and also the gift of the Holy Spirit can be operational. And as you remember, there is this lady in the book of Acts when Paul goes to minister and Philippi who starts saying, oh, these are the servants of the Lord. Listen to them. It sounds like free publicity, but what does he do? He rebukes the devil. He casts out the demon out of that slave girl. How did he know? One may have thought, oh, God has sent an angel to promote Paul's ministry, but he recognized because there's also something known as the gift of discernment, which functions in us. So we can tell an angel from a devil. It is possible. It can happen just like that as well because of the gift of discernment. So all these senses, when we begin to exercise, it becomes rather easy to discern. I would say discern and not use the word judge. So let's not judge, but let's be discerned, right? Judge in the sense, putting people down. Okay. In that context, I'm saying that. All right. So let's move on ahead. Divya, you were supposed to read the next section here. Yeah. Let's go ahead. Yeah. We'll stand onwards. We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat. For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest percent are buried outside the camp. Therefore, Jesus also that he might sanctify the people with his own blood suffered outside the gate. Therefore, let us go forth to him outside the camp, bearing his reproach. For here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one to come. Therefore, by him, let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to his name. But do not forget to do good and to share for with such sacrifices, God is well pleased. So in this passage, talking about Jesus and his sacrifice, he says that those who are not saved, right? They cannot come to the altar and who has become a sacrifice? Jesus has become a sacrifice. And, you know, just like the animals that were taken in whose blood was brought into the sanctuary and they were burned outside the camp. Similarly, you know the Lord Jesus, he shed his blood, he suffered outside the gate. So in a sense, when he says outside the gate, you could kind of, you know, look at him as somebody who was not accepted as a high priest, isn't it? Or until the writer of the Hebrews here described why Jesus is the high priest. But for the people, he is outside of that line of high priest. But he says, okay, come on, he suffered outside the gate. So outside the gate can be understood in various ways and was 13. Therefore, let us go forth to him outside the camp bearing his approach. So we are also encouraged, right, that the Lord Jesus, the way he was kind of outside of the thinking of the Jewish believer, like the Jewish believer, didn't think of Jesus as an acceptable high priest, as an acceptable sacrifice and as more acceptable than Moses. And so there was a reproach on Jesus or he was sort of rejected. So he's saying that now that they are going through testing times and feel the same way, it's relatable. That if Jesus, what you're going through is nothing. Jesus experienced reproach, you know reproach, so now you bear his reproach. Okay, now we are being shamed for believing in Jesus, that's okay. I mean, don't let that crush you is the point that he is making. And then he points to eternity because he's saying we seek the city to come. So he is asking for an eternal mindset and he talks about spiritual sacrifices. So not the temple sacrifices any longer, but spiritual sacrifice. So what are our sacrifices that we bring to the Lord as we enter into his presence? Praise, praise is a sacrifice that we bring to the Lord as we enter his presence. The fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name and one preacher, you know, okay, anyway, let's not go beyond this. So we limited that at that was 16, but do not forget to do good and to share for with such sacrifices, God is wealthy. So two spiritual sacrifices have been mentioned here. Praise, the upper is giving, sharing. God considers that as a spiritual sacrifice. So if you want to offer up sacrifices to God, it must be a part of our lifestyle that we praise God, we give, we share and God sees that and he takes notice of that. Say you want to say something? Yes pastor, I was listening along the line. So when you talked about the similarity of what was done in the temple outside of the temple where they would make the sacrifice and burn it at the altar. And then that of the death of Jesus Christ, which was at Golgotha outside of the Jerusalem gate. I was just thinking, couldn't it be, could the Hebrew writer be making a similarity to bring to the minds of the Hebrew listeners there to show them what was already fulfilled in Christ? I don't know if that's another angle to look at it because you can match what was being done in the old covenant to what Jesus now fulfilled, which makes it clear that there's no longer any need for any sacrifice. This is Jesus Christ who was crucified outside of the gate is similarity to what was being practiced or what was instructed of them to practice so that they could get the blood and sprinkle later inside the inner court. I don't know if that's another good angle to look at it from. Yes, I think so. Yeah, that should be fine also. So, because there's nothing specific, you know, that has a bit told to us so we can make all these connections and it's not so outside the context. So it's okay. Okay, thank you. Yeah, thank you. Yes, the next set of scriptures here with the conclusion finally, so we will read from verse 17 all the way to verse 25. Who will do the honors? The last portion. Okay, cool. Please go ahead. Who paid those who rule over you and be submissive for they watch out for your souls as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief for that would be unprofitable for you. Pray for us, for we are confident that we have a good conscience and all things desiring to live honorably. But I especially urge you to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner. Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, the great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you. What is well pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. And I appeal to you brethren, bear with the word of exhortation for I have written to you in a few words. Know that our brother Timothy has been set free with whom I shall see you if he comes shortly. We'd all those who rule over you and all the saints, those from Italy greet you, grace be with you. Amen. Okay. So just some closing thoughts here where he calls the people to obey the leaders subject to them and to remember that the leaders nurture them and God holds the leaders accountable for their service and ministry, which has been towards the people who have been entrusted to them. And knowing that the leaders have great responsibility. So he encourages the people to cooperate with them and give them joy by walking and growing in the Lord, which will be a blessing to the people. And he says that pray for him. Who is this person? Still speculation, right? Most people say it's it's ball, but anyhow, so he's saying pray for pray for us. And he wants to come he wants to meet the people and then he makes this prayer of blessing and a prayer that sort of commits me to God of peace who brought you up. So he basically commits the people and he says, okay, let the Lord strengthen you may make you complete in every good work to do his will. So this is a prayer which we can pray right for ourselves for one another was 20 or Hebrews chapter 13 and closing. Now he brings them news that I have written to you in few words know that our brother Timothy has been set free. So he brings the news about the release of Timothy. Okay, so this is another reason why people say, oh, this is actually fall, but anyhow, and then finally, you know, the closing greetings you agreed all those who rule over you and grace be with you all. So that's the way that she has concluded. All right, so let's just pray and close. I'm sorry, I couldn't gauge the amount of time. So I'll have to start with James refresh and we will pick that up in the next class. Could somebody please pray and we will close for today. That's great. Our Father in heaven, we bless you and thank you for another class Lord starting the book of Hebrews studying all that Lord you have done for us what you fulfilled in Christ Jesus. And thank you for all the instructions Lord you laid upon the heart of Paul and that Lord still benefits us today. We pray that this words that we are learning and have learned we pray that Lord, you will give us the grace to do them and that Lord, who will choose you always above every other thing and never saw our best writing you for the world's character for whatever the pleasures of the world that present are presented to us pray Father that you would continue to uphold our teacher. You continue to strengthen her and increase her in every way. We bless you Father for the next class coming up and we pray that you would impact us with wisdom as we have been instructed Lord in the things that will be equipped will be will be used to equip us Lord for the task ahead. Thank you have a lasting Lord. We bless you and we glorify your holy name. Thank you for answering our prayers in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you everyone. God bless you. Hope you've enjoyed the book of Hebrews. Excited to start with James in the next session. God bless you. Have a great weekend. Thank you Pastor. Thank you.