 Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for this day Lord. Thank you for bringing us into a new semester Lord And I would like to surrender each one of us into your hand Lord Your Holy Spirit will guide us Lord throughout the semester Lord as we are going to learn from John and first second third John Lord help us to understand Lord and help us to get a better understanding of all these Epistles for Lord and I would like to submit all of us into your hand Lord and especially Pastor into your hand Lord Give us a special anointing Lord to teach us Lord in Jesus name. We pray amen Amen. Amen. Thank you Yeah, so a very very warm welcome to all of you who have logged in for this course We are a little familiar with each other because we had a module together Last semester when we covered the course on holiness So I'm not a complete stranger to you all We may have some new people enrolling, you know, who are not there for the holiness course But apart from that, I think we would be having many familiar faces People who know already know each other. So that kind of makes it easier, you know, when we already know each other Yeah So today, maybe we could just begin with a brief introduction to the gospel of John and then We could also maybe look at The first portion of John chapter one. So that's basically what we would try to cover today And then I know we'll we'll go on from there moving into chapter by chapter So before we actually get into the introduction to the gospel of John just to touch upon the Assessments that you would be having during the course Halfway through the course we'll have a midterm assessment That would just be a multiple choice question paper. It's one of those Google question papers. So which means You would go into the Google classroom and all you would need to do is stick, you know, the correct answer So that would be out of 15 marks Then at the end of the course we would have Final assessment that would be another 50. So it's not very strenuous However, you know, we would have covered many classes. So you may not remember all the details of all that was taught So you may have to refer back to some of the, you know Teaching notes and I mean, what were teaching notes you have taken down in your book while answering those questions So the the two assessments they serve like a revision, you know, it kind of helps you to Recollect all that has been covered During that particular, you know segment of the teaching during the first half and during the second half So that's just regarding the assessments All right, then we will, you know, get into the introduction to the Gospel of John This Gospel is called the Gospel of John because it is generally believed that it is John who has taught Was written and this gospel and taught the truths which are enclosed in this gospel However, if you observe nowhere in the Gospel of John, will he actually use the term saying I John have written this So we don't find him referring to himself as the author Anywhere at all in the Gospel of John or in fact in the epistels 1st John and 3rd John Do not mention him by name. We don't see that so On what basis can we say that this person who has written this gospel is John himself? The term that this author uses throughout this Gospel Is the term the one whom Jesus loved that's the term that he uses he uses this phrase in John 13 23 1926 22 And chapter 21 verses 7 and 20 in all of these places John refers to himself as the one whom Jesus loved and he does not directly refer to him to himself as me John, you know, so So some scholars kind of asked themselves How can we just assume that the person whom Jesus loved was John It could even be the other two who were there in the inner core circle, you know, the three persons whom Jesus generally kind of Took with him on Occasions when he didn't want the rest of the people being around You know on some select occasions He would take just these three persons with him Peter James and John James and John being brothers and Peter the third person. So these three are Disciples To whom Jesus gave a greater reference when it came to training Maybe he thought that they would catch the truth that he's trying to teach picker Maybe he thought, you know, that they would be leaders who would be able to help the church better But for some reason Jesus chose these three and on some occasions when he was doing miracles that required More faith, you know, so he tends to take only these three Into the inner room, you know where the miracle is being performed. So So some scholars Asked the question raised the question. They said maybe this Person whom Jesus loved Maybe it was referring to James, you know, John's brother or maybe it was even referring to Peter So maybe we should name this the Gospel of Peter or the Gospel of James, you know, why are we naming this John's Gospel? so a lot of debate took place regarding that matter and Finally, most scholars came to the conclusion that this must be John himself based on the fact that In several places where this particular author, you know refers to himself as the one whom Jesus loved He also mentions Peter by name as being with the one whom Jesus loves So which automatically means that Peter and the one whom Jesus loves are basically two separate You know distinct persons Just to look at one single reference if we could have someone read out John chapter 13 verses 23 to 25 John 13 23 to 25 if we could have someone read out, please Any volunteers? It does help to have your Bible with you, you know, and we're doing this John chapter 13 verses Yeah, 13 23 to 25 Now there was leaning on Jesus bosom one of his disciples whom Jesus loved Simon Peter Therefore motion to him to ask who it was of whom he spoke Then leaning back on Jesus breast. He said to him Lord, who is it? Jesus answered it is he to me And yeah, the passage goes on from there, but then we see over here that Peter asks a question to the to the person whom Jesus loves So we know that Peter and this person who is referring to himself as the one whom Jesus loves are two separate persons And now we see this happening in other places chapter 20 verses 2 to 4 chapter 21 verses 20 to 23 And in other places we we observe that Peter is mentioned along with his other person whom Jesus loves so We cannot you know change the name of this gospel into the gospel of Peter because it's most definitely not Peter who has written this The other suggestion that maybe it was James who wrote this gospel That doesn't quite work out because James died rather early. He was martyred and So he cannot be the author of this Gospel if we could just quickly turn to acts chapter 12 verses one to two acts well one to two Where it talks about, you know, James being martyred Now about that time I wrote the king stretched out his hand To Harris some from the church Then he killed James the brother of John with this sword So this happens rather early. I mean before the gospel was written so it cannot be James who has written this gospel and so Most scholars, you know, that it is John himself who has written this gospel and he refers to himself as the one whom Jesus loves, all right Now let me look at a few Pacts about this person who has, you know, given himself the special tidy You know being called the one that Jesus loves. So what do what is this? Gospel say about him. What does John say about himself, you know in this? gospel There's a reference in John chapter 1 verses 35 to 40 about two disciples of John the Baptist who Decide to follow Jesus and we are told in this passage that Peter is one of them So we get to know that Peter is one of One of the disciples of John the Baptist who chooses to become a follower of Jesus and the other person who was there along with Peter On that occasion, he is not mentioned over there in that passage but it looks like John was most probably that person So if we could maybe just read a few verses First, okay, we are looking at the gospel of John the John John's gospel chapter 1 Versus 35 36 and 37 maybe yeah, if we could read on John 1 35 to 37 John 1 35 to 37 Again, the next day John stood with two of his disciples and looking at Jesus as he walked He said behold the Lamb of God The two disciples heard and speak and they followed Jesus Yeah, and no no that should be enough So we see later when we come to verse 40 It says over there and who Simon Peter's brother was one of the two so we get to know that Simon Peter was one of the Disciples of John the Baptist who becomes a follower of Jesus and it's usually agreed by people that The other person must have been John the writer of this gospel Another thing that we get we know learn about John We find out that he was Influential, why do we say that if we were to turn to John chapter 18? Versus 15 and 16 We get to know how much influence John in fact had with you know influential people John 18 15 to 16 if someone could read out And we have a volunteer reading of John 18 15 to 16 Verse 15 to 16 And Simon Peter But Peter stood at the door without Invent out the disciple which was with the hybrids That kept the door and Then say the dance That kept the door That should be enough You know if we can have a few Volunteers other than Jeffina reading out simply because she's an on-campus student And she's here with me and it's creating an echo in the audio So that may create problems for us. You know when we are recording the video So, I'm so glad Rosalind. Thank you so much for you know reading out some of the scriptures If we can have another two or three persons also, please who can you know Read out the verses for us Because those of us were the two of us were sitting over here on campus. It kind of yeah Creates an echo effect So if we can have you know other people also volunteering to read out the scriptures It helps because you know when we read on the scripture and someone else is reading It's a different voice that's coming on to the you know system, so It helps everyone focus, you know, rather than me droning on and on so It would be really nice if you can have two or three of you volunteering to read out the verses please and also Last year when we had The other course which we did together holiness Many of the students were a very very silent lot So, you know, it would be nice if you can ask questions If you can if you would like to share your views, I know your ideas about what's being talked about So if it's just a brief question, you can post it in the chat On the other hand, you know, if you would just like to unmute and share your views about you know some particular Verse that we are discussing It just makes it all so much more interactive and so much more interesting. So, you know Do consider that, you know, just kind of to Joining in with your questions with your comments. So, you know, you just have to raise your hand You know the raise your hand icon if you can use that Then I can stop speaking and you know, you would be able to express your views So it just to make the whole thing more interactive. All right. So, yes We were just looking here at this portion John 18 verses 15 and 16 and we see that here Peter and another disciple are following Jesus and It's generally, you know, assumed that this is John and this John has got enough influence that he's able to Enter into the high priest's courtyard and Jesus is taken over there to be put on trial so this Wrong misconception that we have that just because some of the disciples of Jesus were official men They were financially poor would be a wrong statement For the simple reason that the high priest in those days probably would not have been interested in Associating with someone who is not financially well off The sadly the leaders who were there in Jesus time the spiritual leaders They seem to be the kind more the snobbish kind They were very particular about their position and they wanted to develop contacts with those who can do something for them And you know that sort of thing so if John had enough influence to be able to enter into the courtyard without any issues on such an important occasion as this And Jesus was being tried Because you see a lot of talk had been going on about Jesus in the previous months They had been conspiring they had been hatching plots on how to trap Jesus and now it's all happening It's all taking place and so I think only the VIPs would have actually been allowed to enter into the courtyard And here you have you know John very happily traipsing and which means he already knew You know Contacts in there So it says over here in this passage that he goes inside because he knows the high priest But then Peter has to stay outside Because Peter has no such influence. So maybe Peter was not as well off as you know, James and John So anyway, it says in that next verse that you know, John comes out again You know uses his influence and then takes Peter inside so We this you know these verses kind of give us an idea of who John was as a person So we get to know that this Peter and John are two people who loved the things of God That is why they chose to become disciples of John the Baptist. So yes, they were Doing their fishing. They were fishermen. They were earning their livelihood But they were also disciples of John the Baptist So and then once they got to know that once John the Baptist Points them towards Jesus. They immediately are willing to follow Jesus It shows the hunger that these people have in their hearts. In fact in the earlier, you know a passage that we were looking at John chapter 1 In verse 13 9, you know, they go to Jesus and then you know Jesus says You know Okay, John chapter 1 verse 39, you know They start following Jesus so Jesus says, you know, why are you following me? What do you want and they say, you know, we know we want to learn from you So he says come come and you know fire see where I'm staying. So in verse 39 They go along with Jesus and it says that they stayed That entire day with him. So it just shows the hunger of the of their hearts So John was a person who loved the things of God He is somebody who places his faith in Jesus at a very early stage, you know, even before the other disciples and Here we see that Peter and John are two people who have not run away like the others They're still following after behind Jesus to find out what's going to happen during the crucifixion time So all of this kind of reveals to us a little bit about the kind of people that they were, you know So that makes it interesting Where what else can we see about this man John over here? Hmm There are these collection of facts about Jesus Know about John. Sorry about John We see here that John so John was among the very first to follow Jesus like we saw in chapter one We also get to know that he was sitting right next to Jesus in fact leaning upon, you know, Jesus chest so That also shows the closeness and then he was there And then when that entire trial at the high priest's Place was going on he was there and then we get to know that he was also Standing at the foot of the cross, you know, all the other Disciples were kind of hesitant to be associated with Jesus Once Jesus was hung on the cross because you know, you don't exactly want to announce that you are associated with the Person who has been punished So they all run away, but John is standing right there at the foot of the cross that again reveals the love and the commitment that he has towards Jesus and then when the ladies come and they inform that the Body of Jesus is no longer there in the tomb the ones the two who go running immediately are again Peter and John and They go over there and they look To see whether Jesus is there and this is interesting verse in John 20 where it says John, you know Well, John 20 verse 8 it says that John goes in he sees and he believes it's what it says He might not have understood, you know the significance of the of the body not being over there But he he believes in the genuineness of it of what has happened So we see that about him and then in the last chapter chapter 21 When Jesus is sitting there by the fire side making you know preparing the fire so that when they bring the fish He can cook it. So when that's happening Or they all come out of their boats They don't recognize Jesus because now in his resurrected body, he looks different from the way he did earlier So they don't recognize him physically But the first one to recognize is John it says over there in John chapter 21 verse 7 So he says oh it is Jesus when he identifies him so Now all of these things John records about himself here in this Gospel of John But at the same time he does not Refer to himself by name. He uses this just this term the disciple whom Jesus loved Why does he do that? Is he a little wrong in his doctrine to be even saying this? Doesn't Jesus love everyone equally so what right does he have to you know Give himself this title and say the one whom Jesus loved as though he is more loved than the others So is that what he is trying to indicate? I doubt it because these Disciples, you know once they are baptized and the Holy Spirit and they start learning under the you know under under the Holy Spirit's instruction Their entire perspective of life itself changes. They are no longer interested in status or money or in fact even in there You know in preserving their life. They are transformed into an entirely different You know set of followers, so When John uses this term to refer to himself in this gospel I doubt he was trying to say no look at me. I'm greater in status. I seriously doubt that that was what he was aiming for rather What he has written this gospel that he has written You know was copies of it were written down and these copies were sent throughout Asia Minor You know that entire region Which covers your Egypt and your the Persian regions and you know the Anatolian peninsula that entire region these copies of this letter of this gospel have been sent out and People are reading it and so Christians somewhere out there Let us say you know in one corner of Anatolia may not really know who this John is And should they really be trusting what he has written The record which he is giving about Jesus and all the events that have taken place so John makes it a point to To specify at various places in his gospel that he is somebody who actually was Walking with Jesus was associated with Jesus was someone who actually had Conversations with Jesus someone that Jesus knew personally and you know interacted with and loved so he wants to establish the fact that he is a reliable eye witness, you know, so That is what he says finally, you know in the end of his gospel He says all these things which I I know to be true. I am testifying regarding them. I'm a good Witness so you can trust you can trust the testimony that I am presenting here in this gospel is what he says You know at the end of his gospel So he was using this phrase to kind of Emphasize the fact that he is somebody that Jesus knew and so he some he is someone who had close Association with Jesus and learned at his feet. So whatever he's recording here in this gospel is something that these people can Know trust in fact when we look at the historical records we get to know that John did most of his ministry, you know in the early church in Jerusalem up to AD 70 and then in AD 70 is when you have the Romans coming in and destroying Jerusalem destroying the temple. So after that We get to know from historical records that John moves to Ephesus and so he begins doing his ministry from Ephesus So while he was in Jerusalem his Focus was mainly the Jewish believers But once he moves to Ephesus he starts doing a lot of ministry among the Gentiles and so this He spends most of his lifetime Doing his ministry among the Gentiles over there and he becomes his name becomes well known among all the You know Disciples who are scattered throughout Asia Minor so He wanted to Affirm that he is the one who is sending out this written record about Jesus So he's assuring them, you know that this is something that you can trust what I have written over here about Jesus and about his Divinity it is all true. So you can place your faith in this Jesus and be saved. Okay, so so It is generally, you know, believed that he was only using this term over here to Emphasize that he was someone personally known by Jesus And so he is a reliable witness of all the things that are recorded in this gospel In fact in first John 1 1 he in fact goes on to make that very interesting Statement about himself and the other disciples if we can have one person read out first John chapter 1 first one Yeah, if we can have someone, you know, if Rosalind It's not reading out to someone else also put read out. Please first John 1 1 For John 1 1 in that beginning was the world and the world was because and the world was God Yes, if you could also read out first John 1 1, you know the epistle And rather than the gospel because that too has an interesting beginning the first verse is interesting So first John 1 1 That which was from the beginning which we have heard which we have seen with the eyes Which we have looked upon and our hands have handled concerning the word of life Exactly, so, you know even over there when he's starting off that gospel he mentions this He says, you know, we have seen him with our eyes. We have looked at him our hands have touched him So this is some this is an actual person of flesh and blood that we associated with and at the same time We saw the glory of God in him, you know, so is what he is saying so When this gospel went out the copies of this gospel went out throughout Asia Minor and people began to read it When they saw the close Association that Jesus had with this man who calls himself the one that Jesus loves They were able to, you know, accept that this is a true record that the things which I mentioned over here are things Events which actually took place And so it helped them to trust this gospel that was being, you know, disperse distributed among them now We also see mention of John's authorship In some of the other early writings, you know the church fathers Like Irene, yes. Irene is one of the more popular names he was he wrote a couple of writings in those days and He was around he was writing around 280 yeah, so he was not anytime, you know during Jesus time but He refers to people in his writing. He refers to people who were alive during Jesus time. So He talks about Paulic up who was in fact a direct disciple of John the writer. So Irene's talks about Paulic up. He talks about how Paulic up has Made a quotation from first John, you know, and all those things he mentions all those things in his writings So one of the things that he says is is that This gospel of John was written by John He very very clearly says that he mentions that in his writings And he also mentions the fact that the disciple of John the writer Paulic up He has put quotations of first John in his own book, which he writes, you know, which Paulic up writes later on so Another he also Irene's also mentions another person papayas or papayas So that person also When he wrote a commentary, you know, he in his commentary He writes about he mentions the fact that John is the one who wrote this particular gospel so all of these You know people Confer that the writer is most definitely John. All right, so Now some of the Things that we can you know talk about to bring out the historical accuracy of this gospel John when he is writing the very casually in his writing, you know, he mentioned, you know, like over there You know that pool which has got The portico of the pool which has got for six pillars It's like as if he has seen all these things. He's been he's he's lived his life in Jerusalem He's walked around that place and so he he very casually makes References to so many things which are there in Jerusalem as though he is an eye witness to those things So this is because the allegation which was made by certain people In fact in the 19th century before that nobody even doubted these things in the 19th century Something good than something sad happened In the 19th century technology began to increase people finally began to understand science a little more So they began to invent new things the industrial revolution Started and so people began to think oh, we are so great and so wonderfully perfect We don't need God. Oh God is just something that was invented by by people who didn't know science But we are people who know science now in fact, we are even beginning to discover that the Sun is the center of the solar system and it's not the earth which is the center So people like us we don't need God. So they began to criticize everything including the Bible So it is these people who began to say oh the gospel of John was written much later It was written around 150 years after the death of Jesus So some person sat somewhere and came up with stories and ideas and he created this gospel of John is what they said But now the people who actually go through this gospel step by step and and look at the you know The references which are made over there. They are able to disprove These wrong allegations that were made by these 19th century scholars So one thing that we see you know regarding this gospel of John John makes a reference to so many Things which were there in that city before AD 70 Once AD 70 happened and you had the Romans coming in and destroying many of the important structures, you know in Jerusalem People who came and looked at Jerusalem after that event would not have been aware of these things which John was aware of So it clearly shows that John was present and living over there and he knew about these things And so he was an eyewitness. So he talks about, you know The pool of Bethesda and how there were a certain number of pillars I don't remember how many pillars, but he actually specifies that and he talks about the pool of Silo He talks about Solomon's portico. He talks about all these things You know and some of these features were already wiped out and were no longer existing after AD 70 So here is a man who was writing about things which he has seen and heard and actually experienced firsthand You know, so in that sense, we can accept the accuracy of the gospel of John Coming briefly to the place from where he did his writing. So as he was staying in Ephesus, so most probably that's basically where he, you know Sat and wrote out and edited, you know, the gospel of John before bringing out the final copy. So here we see Somebody named Pauli Graves. So, you know, he was the bishop of Ephesus around 1980. So now The term bishop basically meant a leader, an elder. So the elders of the church were called bishops Now, of course, the term bishop would have a completely different connotation It would talk about someone very high up in the hierarchical structure and I mean, we may have a different opinion of bishops now, but at that time, it just basically meant a leader It just meant an elder of the church. So he specifically talks about John in his in the book which he wrote at that time and he Explains that John was living in Ephesus and that he was doing his ministry over there. So those things are mentioned Now this one interesting thing that we learn Which may have some significance and we learn that from a Writing that was called the Muratorian Canon Now the Muratorian Canon itself is not very Doctrionally accurate. So it's not really something that we believers would Refer to But if you were to just take it as a writing, you know written by someone it mentions some interesting facts about John and his gospel because here in this Muratorian Canon the writer who wrote that He this is what he says in one of his you know in one of his chapters He says last of all John being urged by his friends and inspired by the spirit Composed a spiritual gospel. He says So he makes this statement in his book that This writer of John was urged by his friends and inspired by the spirit to write this gospel now If we were to hold on to this thought and then if we were to look at John chapter 21 verse 24 It may throw some extra light on that particular verse there So if we could you know have Someone read out for us. Now. This is the gospel of John itself gospel of John chapter 21 verse 24 Yeah, if we can have someone read out, please John 21 24 Okay, John chapter 21 verse 10 says this is the disciple who testifies of these things and all these things And we know that And we know that his testimony is true Exactly. So it says over here It's like as if someone else is writing over here because you see it's no longer John writing. There's a we a plural A group of people who are saying this and this is what they are saying at the end of wind chapter 21 They're saying this is the disciple who testifies to these things and who wrote them down Okay, just for us to get a clearer idea of the context if you were to go a little A few verses before this we get to know that you know Peter and Jesus are walking down the beach and Peter looks back and sees John following and so You know Peter says to to Jesus what about him? What's going to happen in his future? What's going to happen in John's future and then Jesus says what is it to you if I want to make him live forever I can do that. So or something like that. And so then over here, you know, it's in verse 24 It says this is that person about whom Peter asked this is that person Who testifies to these things and who wrote them down and we know that his testimony is true So some scholars say that maybe, you know, these are the friends These are the elders who urged John to write down this gospel and after he had finished You know compiling the entire gospel they go through it They and they testify and say yes, whatever he has recorded over here in this gospel It is all valid because we have been there. I mean, these are people who lived during Jesus times So they've they've seen those miracles happening. They've heard Jesus saying those words So they can testify and say yes, whatever this person has recorded over here. It is all valid and true So they say that the V in that John chapter 21 verse 24 Is probably referring to the elders and the friends of John who urged him to write down a spiritual gospel You know and and and to give a clear written record of all that Jesus did and all that Jesus said um now Just to touch upon maybe another one thing about you know in this introduction um Of course archaeologists have found a lot of copies of you know, the written copies of the gospel of john And there are some copies which seem to have only 20 chapters And there are of course, there are many many many other copies which have chapter 21 as well And so some people say that maybe chapter maybe In the beginning, you know He uh, john only wrote up to chapter 20 and then you know quickly began to you know Distributed among the believers so that everyone would be able to start reading it And then later, you know under the inspiration of the holy spirit Maybe he was inspired to add the final chapter as well And so that is when the entire gospel of john was What finally compiled uh is is one theory, but then again, we don't really know. Maybe those particular manuscripts just I mean maybe the person was copying forgot to copy the first chapter and so when they made duplicates of that It just went around without the final chapter. We don't really know But yeah, that's just you know a thought that has been expressed by some people that maybe um He finished the 20 chapters because the end of uh chapter 20 almost sounds like an inclusion by itself Like as if he's ending it off, you know, uh, so if we were to just look at john chapter 20 Versus 30 to 31 Um, this is how he ends it over there. He says Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples which are not recorded in this book But these are written that you may believe that jesus is the messiah So it almost sounds like as if he's concluding and finishing off Whatever he wished to convey so that people can now believe in jesus based on his testimony And so they say the next chapter got added later because um, you know People might have might have been asking things bringing up issues and so to clarify certain additional points The lord probably would have led him to you know add one more detail in chapter 21 Because in chapter 21 is where you have the elders confirming and saying we Are you know, testifying that what has been said is true. We validate whatever is written So that's like one additional confirmation. Uh in chapter 21 You have one more thing being getting validated that peter the last of peter was not him just Uh, you know, um betraying jesus and that was not the end of it Here we see very clearly that peter openly verbally three times expresses his love and devotion to the lord jesus So in no way has he remained in a backslidden state and from jesus side Jesus has completely restored his, you know, um him back because he says feed my labs take care of my sheep So, um, we see a validation of peter's ministry as well um In the final chapter and also one one one small detail gets clarified over there in the third chapter Because they might have been rumors going around saying that john is somebody who's going to live and stay alive under the second coming happens and so You know in that chapter 21, um, it's very clearly said Uh in john chapter 21 versus 22 to 23 Uh, especially verse 23 It says there but jesus did not say that he would not die He only said if I want him to remain alive until I return. What is that? Okay, so, uh, that also me in so in case there was a false Rumor going around that john would stay alive for hundreds of years That uh, that false rumor also would have been kind of washed so, uh So they say that maybe the lord just wanted to, you know Um put these things also to rest and so he inspired him to add one more chapter So that's just a thought regarding that um So we uh archaeologists have been able to find copies of the gospel of john from just about all over asia minor And they have in fact found uh some very ancient copies In egypt So it looks like even the believers in egypt also had started Um, uh receiving copies of this and began reading it in their own little house churches So in fact today in one of the museums the earliest Fragment of a new testament, you know handwritten copy one small fragment of that um Was one which was discovered actually in egypt. So, um, and that was handwritten around 150 ad Which is like really early piece of writing, you know, so, um, that's preserved somewhere in some museum and Yeah, that's basically a portion of john chapter 18 So that's the oldest surviving fragment of the new testament You know in existence at the moment so Yeah Yeah, it's time for our break now So, uh, we'll come back At 10 and when we log in at 10, you know, we will start off with the first chapter and So the introduction might have been a little too much of just plain information Not really inspirational or leading to growth spiritual growth But once we get into your john chapter one, we are getting into the scriptures and there's a lot waiting for us So, yeah, um, we'll all get back together at 10. Thank you