 Let's begin with the word of prayer. I would like to request someone to please lead us in prayer, please. Yes, good morning, Mangi. Mangi, would you like to lead us in prayer? Good morning, Pastor. Yes, I'll gladly do it. Yeah, please go ahead. Thank you. Heavenly Father, we thank you this morning. Thank you for giving us the opportunity and love. So to meet Lord for your glory and for the glory of your name, Lord. Although we pray as we learn about the local church, empower us, open our mind, open our hearts, Lord, to receive whatever knowledge and wisdom that you instructing us through personality in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you. Thank you, Mangi. So trust that you're all doing fine and the assignments, how are the assignments going? Are there any questions with regard to the assignments? Okay. I'm not sure if you've started doing it. Yeah. Okay, no questions, no questions. That's all right. So if you do come across something, please let me know. You can post it on the stream page and I will answer that for us. Basically, this is a simple format, the first one for the online batch. It's more like a quiz. So as long as you answer the questions there, some are multiple choice, some are short answers, some are long answers, you can answer it right there and that should be it. Only when you're done, please hit the submit button because after you hit the submit button, you can't make any changes. So that's the only thing. So kind of keep that in mind and this is the first assignment. There'll be one more assignment. Hopefully, I'll post it by next week is what I'm thinking. So you have sufficient time to complete the second assignment also. I think it'll be due sometime by 19th of November or earlier. So you'll have enough time to do both the assignments and will be through with the evaluation part. So far we have learned about the different pictures that we have in the Bible about the local church and this gives us a better understanding of what the church is meant to be. Otherwise, when we look at church, the gathering, things that we are used to, we may miss out on the deeper meaning of what this gathering is all about, what the relationships that we have with people and the way God has set the church with the leaders and with the elders and the congregation. We might miss out on the deeper meaning of things and that is why we are studying this course and I trust that it will help us no matter which capacity we are serving God at capacity we are serving God with. So I truly believe that we all will contribute towards the building up of the church, the way Jesus is doing it right now. Okay, so in the last class we talked about the church, the local church being the temple of God and we saw the purpose of a temple. The purpose of a temple is to host the presence of God. Without that, the temple is just a building, the temple is just a structure. But we saw the importance of us inviting God's presence and being a people where God is happy to come and dwell. And I don't know if any of you noticed this, but at APCE, the service that we had last Sunday, Pastor touched on us hosting the presence of God from Sam 132, the same section that we had studied in class. So it was a refresher personally for me and I was really blessed by that. So that's what we looked at. And today we are going to touch on a couple of other aspects of the local church. The next topic here, this is on page number 107, is the local church as Zion God's people. Now, when we look at scripture, Hebrews 12 points to Mount Zion, it points to the city, God's people and tells us that we are those people, we are God's people, we are God's city. So as we look at the term that is used for God's people, it is Mount Zion. And Mount Zion, we are aware that it has its own significance in scripture. It was known as the city of David. Now it's not exactly Jerusalem, but it's close by, but the significance of Mount Zion is what we are going to, like that is important. It's not really the place where it is positioned. It's not in Jerusalem, but Mount Zion has an importance. And what does that imply for us as believers? We look at that. We're told that as God's people, as Zion, that God calls us His chosen people. He calls us His chosen people. So there are a couple of scriptures which I think if we read, we will have a better understanding. Let's go through Hebrews 12, Hebrews 12 versus 22 to 24. It's already there in our notes. So could somebody please read that? The first scripture portion there, Hebrews 12, 22 to 24. May I marry? Ah, yes, yes, please. Hebrews 12, chapter 22 to 24. But you have come unto Mount Zion and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the first one, which are written in heaven and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better things than that of Abel. Yes, thank you. Thank you, Susan. So now you see here that there is a mention of Mount Zion, and we're told that we have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels. Whenever we study things like this, the tendency is to think that it's literal, okay? We know that God generally fulfills all his promises in the spiritual first and then in the literal. So when we talk about Mount Zion here, the reference is to the spiritual Mount Zion, which would be the church of the Lord Jesus Christ. So we're told that, you know, with the church of the first one registered in heaven, and that the Lord Jesus is the mediator of the new covenant that we all partake in. And this Zion or this people, these people are God's chosen people. So again, there is a reference in the book of Peter, first Peter chapter two, where we are told that, you know, we are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, and we are God's special people. So Zion is meant to refer to God's people, not necessarily, you know, the literal Zion. Will God fulfill his promises for literal Zion? He will, but the fulfillment generally happens in the spiritual first. So we are the spiritual Zion. We are the ones who have been bought with the blood of Jesus, and we are the ones who are partakers of the new covenant. So the church is that Zion that we are talking about, okay, in whom God is going to fulfill his promises. And when we look at the description that is given for God's people, as Peter wrote, you know, we are a chosen generation. We are a royal priesthood, a holy nation. We are God's own special people. So these are all the descriptions for God's people. And what is the responsibility of God's people? We are called to proclaim his praises. So what is the spiritual Zion and also the natural Zion supposed to do? Our responsibility is to fulfill the promises regarding, I mean, we will walk into those promises that God has made over us. And as we've seen, we are here to proclaim the praises of God who called us. Okay, I noticed that Charles, you have a question. Yes. Yes, yes, Charles. Thank you so much, Pastor. I'm asking about the replacement theology about the church and Zion. How is it related when you are talking about this? When does it come in? How does it affect? Oh, how can we avoid it in this that the church is now part of Zion? Thank you. Yes, thank you. Charles, that's a very important question. And that's why I am saying that the promises of God for his people Israel or, you know, other ways in which he might refer to his people, Jerusalem, Zion, it's not that God is going to forget about his people. He will not. And we very, very clearly know that even if God's people have turned away from him, we know that God is zealous to fulfill his promises towards Israel, the literal Israel, okay? I think Romans 11 is a good chapter to go through where we understand that, you know, God is still passionate. There is a scripture, Romans 11, 29, where God says that the gifts and callings of God are irrevocable, meaning the promises that he is made over Abraham and his descendants, he is not going to take it back. He's not going to change those things. So God is very clear that in the natural Israel, Israel, he is going to fulfill his promises. Now we have to wait for the unfolding of events. And, you know, as we study even the book of Revelation, we see how God is, his primary, is one of the main things that he's going to do is bring his own people back to himself. So while many people get saved on the earth, even during tribulation and all of that, the focus is Israel, the focus is his own people. So God is zealous to keep his promises and fulfill his promises towards Abraham's descendants. And that does not change. Even when we study, you know, about the end times and we see the progression of how world events are, you know, beginning to take place, how there is a return of the Jews back to their land. And, you know, there are many things. There are lots of things. So we can look at Bible prophecy and see how all those things are actually coming to pass one by one. So having said that, what we are saying is, yes, little things will happen. And therefore, we cannot, what you talked about, you know, replacement theology, where there are a lot of people who believe that the church is that Zion, okay? And the natural Zion or God's people Israel because of their disobedience and waveredness, God has forgotten his promises, you know, that he has made to the natural, natural people, like the Jews and the nation of Israel. So there are a lot of people who believe that and that's what we refer to as replacement, okay? But we know that, you know, that is not biblical. God is not trying to replace the church. He's not trying to replace Israel with the church, but there is a way in which God works. And that way is that whatever promises have been made over Israel, the church now is the spiritual chosen people of God, okay? We are part of the kingdom. We are born again. We are the family of God. We are the household of God. So we are that spiritual set of people whom God has chosen. Now the promises of God, even with regard to Israel, they will be fulfilled in us first and later on in Jerusalem. So that's how we look at it, Charles, okay? So both exist, the church exists and the natural Israel exists. One cannot replace the other. God will fulfill his promises. Usually it is done spiritually first. Like I will fill my house with the glory. We are the temple. We are filled my temple with glory. So we can expect as the church of the Lord Jesus Christ, we can expect God to do that in us first spiritually. And then literally, yes, we will see the rebuilding of the temple. We will see that temple being filled with glory, all of that in a literal sense, yeah. So any thing additional to that? Thank you, Pastor. Thank you so much. Yes, yes, thank you, Charles. So like we are not talking about replacement theology at all, okay? So we've seen how we are Zion and that our responsibility is to proclaim God's praises. Proclaim God's praises. So in that context, okay? We will look at the church. The church is God's chosen, God's chosen people. Their responsibility is to proclaim God's praises in this generation. So it's just as simple as that, okay? Now, when we look at scripture, there are promises made over Zion. So based on those promises, we'll just try to understand what we are supposed to be. For God. So Zion, many a time, it's used interchangeably with Jerusalem. We know that the places are different, but the meaning, the essence remains the same. And Zion was a stronghold, okay? It was a stronghold for David. It was a place where David set up his city, okay? And we find this Zion being used in various places. And what God wants is that he, the way he related to the natural Zion, he wants to relate with us the spiritual Zion. And he wants to reveal that we are his chosen people. So when we talk about ourselves as the chosen people, the understanding is that we are set apart for God, okay? Chosen usually has to do with things that are exclusive for something. So in the tabernacle, we know that things were chosen, methods of preparation for worship was set in a certain way and it was not meant to be used anywhere else. So these are all kind of set apart, chosen if you want to use the word holy, okay? Holy practices. So when we consider ourselves as God's chosen people, that would be the understanding that we are set apart for God. We are special for God. So as we raise up a body of believers, a community of believers, we impart this understanding and let them know that wherever we are, and no matter what the setup looks like, what the standards of the world look like, we are chosen people, okay? Or we are set apart for God and our lives have to be like that. So again, a good example will be Daniel and his friends who were in Babylon, who were part of that team that the king really wanted to raise up as ministers and they were together with other people. And we read about the various standards of worship, of lifestyle that people had during their times, but these four men, they lived that life of a chosen community or a chosen people. So it's about living differently with God's standards, being holy, being set apart for God. So we are God's chosen people. We are Zion. What else do we see about Zion in scripture? Now there are other passages, Zechariah 2.10, where God says, sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for behold, I am coming and I will dwell in your midst. So what is God's promise to Zion? God said that he is going to dwell. He will live in our midst. That applies to us. God's spiritual Zion, we talked about us being the temple. Now we can expect to host God's presence. And that would be like a legitimate expectation and God is faithful to keep his promises. And we can always expect God's presence. We can always expect him to be one among us and be with us. So we can expect God to dwell in our midst. And also we see that scripture tell us that he says that he is going to rule out of Zion. There are other passages of scripture here. I'm not going through all of them. He's going to rule out of Zion. So looking at these passages, as God's people, we have to host God's presence. And the way we said, proclaim the praises, meaning when God is glorified, his rule and reign is first in us. His rule and reign can be seen through us. And that's the kind of people we ought to be and the kind of people that we need to raise up. So as the building the church, that is something that we can bear in mind. We also see in scripture that God promises to shine out of Zion. So Psalm 50 verses one and two, tell us that God declares out of Zion, a perfection of beauty, God will shine forth. Again, very similar to what we said, proclaim the praises of God. So as God's people, there must be something different about us. We are his chosen people. He dwells in us. And he rules in us. He rules through us and he shines through us. So we must not lack that glory that God has, that splendor that God is able to display through us. Now, how do we understand this? What we studied in the last class about what the glory of God is, how does that look in the Old Testament? It looked like the fire, it looked like the cloud, it looked like the heaviness, the heavy presence of God. It looked like all of those things. In the New Testament, can it look like all of these things? Yes, it can still seem like the cloud and the heat and so many different ways in which God's presence is manifested. But apart from that, God's glory is manifested in the works of God, the supernatural works of God. And we saw how Jesus, he carried his sonship glory and he revealed, he revealed God's nature, he revealed God's power through all the works of healing, deliverance and many other things that he did to bless people, to show his goodness to people around him. So similarly, today when we say that out of Zion, God shines, that can be a chapter in itself. How can God shine out of his community? So any community, any local church in a given place has to shine the glory of God. So when, let's say the people of the world look at the church, they must commend the church for the supernatural works that are taking place in the church. They must commend the church for the character that the people have. They must commend the church for the impact that the church is making on the society. So, you know, all these things because what's really happening? God is dwelling in our midst, God is ruling in our midst and God is shining out of us. And that is what God has promised for Zion. And we are spiritual Zion. We are God's chosen people. And we can expect that. Now, we can also talk about how, the influences on the seven mountains, the church can have that. The church can have people who are in full-time ministry and maybe others who are not called that they are in full-time ministry. But even as workplace ministers, we can shine the glory of God. And God is more than happy to reveal his light to the world around us. So in all these ways, in all these ways, supernatural works, our standards, our influence on the world, all these things will reveal God's glory and God has chosen us to reveal himself to the world. Okay, what else has he promised for Mount Zion? We see in Obadiah 1, verses 17 and 21, it says, but on Mount Zion, there shall be deliverance and there shall be holiness. The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. Then, saviours shall come to Mount Zion to judge the mountains of Esau and the kingdom shall be the lords. So God is promising that he will give deliverance on Mount Zion. So there will be deliverance on Mount Zion and holiness. So these are things that we can expect from God as God's people and it's really helpful, especially when we are praying. We pray God's promises over our lives. We pray God's promises over our churches. We pray God's promises over Christian communities in our city. We can hold on to these scriptures because God said, on my people, there shall be deliverance. There shall be holiness. And he's also promising and he's saying, Jacob shall possess their possessions. So what is rightfully ours? We can look at all the blessings that God has directed towards his people. We can begin with Abraham's blessings. We can then go on to the blessings of the cross, the blessings of the new covenant. And we can hold on to all of these blessings and say, God, you have promised in your word that Jacob, again, there are all these terms that are used in scripture. They refer in the spiritual sense to God's people now, the church. So Jacob, again, it refers to us. We can say that, God, you have directed all these blessings to us. So we will possess all our possessions. And we can engage in prayer. We can engage in spiritual warfare and trust God for these things to be seen in our midst. So in this section, we're saying that God will provide deliverance. In our midst, he will grant us that grace to be holy and that we, as God's people, will possess our possessions. Or we will walk in the blessings of God. And that's what it means. Satan can try his best to take them away from us. And yet, God's word says that you will possess all your possessions. So we have a claim on the blessings of God, the good things that God has released over our lives. So as God's people, we must be awakened to this truth and also speak it over people in our churches so that they are aware. It shouldn't be like people don't know what they have as God's chosen people. And sometimes our attitude is like, OK, we can beg God, thinking that, OK, God is not willing or God is not happy to bless us or make God is ashamed of us with thoughts like that. But we see very clearly in scripture that Zion was a city that God was proud of, God's chosen people. And that's God's attitude. The way he dealt with the natural Zion is the way he deals with us now. So he accepts us. He wants to live in our midst. And he wants to shine out of us. And he wants to grant us deliverance. He wants to give us holiness and also help us walk in all the blessings that he has given us. Now, there's another verse about Zion. This is in Joel 3.16, where we read that the Lord also will roar from Zion. So the Lord will roar from Zion, it says. What does that mean? I'll read the rest of the passage also, because it reveals the victory of God. It says, and utter his voice from Jerusalem, the heavens and the earth will shake, but the Lord will be a shelter for his people and the strength of the children of Israel. So we understand here that God is going to speak out of Zion. He will roar from Zion, and his voice will be released from Jerusalem. So God's voice or what God speaks should be in the church. If the church fails to hear God's voice in the now, then we are not living according to what he has already promised. He's saying, I'm going to roar from Zion, and I'm going to speak his voice from Jerusalem. So we, as God's people, should hear his voice in the now. And when we read the word roar, it's like when a lion roars, it's about victory. It's about strength and authority that is displayed through that roar. And similarly, when God roars, it's a display of his strength. It's a display of his power. And his roar is about overcoming his enemies. So in Zion, I know that we talk about spiritual warfare and how we are constantly in a place of battle on the earth. And we must apply the victory that the cross has already given us and overcome everything that the enemy is doing. This scripture adds to that, and it says that the Lord roars, which means that his victory is so great and so real that it's like proclaiming, declaring his victory. He roars out of Zion. So as God's chosen people, even while we are in battle, we can sing off his victory, we can proclaim his victory, we can shout his victory, and we can be firm in the fact that he has already overcome. And we will soon see that in our lives, in every situation, different aspects that concern us. So these are all promises over Zion. And what we're doing is we are personalizing them to the spiritual Zion. OK, yeah, Mangi, Mangi, you have a question? Yes, Pasta. Yeah, please go ahead. Thank you. Just I think it's similar to Charles's question because we have been made into a new temple. And the New Testament belief is not collective belief, but it's individual belief. So you believe, Charles' belief, the current belief, believe, and then we come together, we form a church. That's why, but first of all, it is a personal belief. So I'm battling to understand the whole concept of the New Zion because the New Testament belief is personal. It is a personal relationship with God. And God speaks through people. People are in a relationship with him. And then he said, through you, through your belly, the rivers of life would flow. I think that's what it says, the Holy Spirit flow through us. And then from individual, then spreads out. So I'm battling to understand the whole concept of the New Zion and the church being here. So is it the individual person or is it the whole church? Thank you, Pasta. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, Mangi, thank you for that. I'm trying to understand. So you're saying that individually we have faith in God. And that makes us a recipient of the promises of God, His presence, and all those things. Now, that is settled. But are you saying that when people come together, everyone may not be on the same page. And therefore, how is it that God will fill that place with His presence? Is your question something like that? No, Pasta. OK, then sorry, please tell me. Yeah, I'm saying that we are, as an individual person, we are saved on our own. And then because we are saved, because we walk with Christ, because we've been born again, and we have been made into this temple, we come together as a community to worship Him collectively. I think that's what the church is. Or some get saved, come to the church to get saved, and then they get saved into the church, and then they can move to other churches or form other community. So I might be wrong, but I believe that the church is a community of believers who personally walk with God. So even if God drops me in Amazon today, because He is in me, I'll be able to preach and I'll be able to raise other community there, because I've got a relationship with Him. So is it out of this concept that we say we are new Zion, or is it the collective body of believer is the new Zion? OK, yeah, thank you, Mangi. I think I got your question. So you're asking whether this applies to individuals or to the body or the community. OK, so it applies to both, Mangi. So it applies to both. Just this one verse that we read about deliverance. There shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness. At the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. As an individual, the scripture from Obadiah 1, I can apply it to myself, and it would be correct. I can apply the same scripture for my church community. Some of us believers together, I can apply the same scripture and say, God, we want to see your deliverance in our midst. We want to walk in all the blessings of God. It would still be correct. So nearly all promises are like that. You can apply it to an individual, and it would be correct. You can apply it to a community, and it would still be correct. Yeah, thank you. Yeah, yeah, sure. Yeah, because as an individual, we are members individually. And when you are a citizen of heaven, everything, all the benefits, whatever comes through being a citizen applies to you. Even as an individual, we can claim these scriptures and promises. And it is very much applicable to individuals as much as it is applicable to communities. So yeah, thanks, Mangi. Yeah, so we're saying that we as I in, and God's going to do all these things in us through us, and it should be like we must reveal God to the world around us. God's victory will be seen through our lives. His voice will be heard in our midst. So basically, look for these things in the local church. If anything is missing, we can pray and say, God, your word says that we are Zion. So we are praying. We are asking for your Reema word to be present in our midst, your deliverance to be here. So that's how we apply it. So that's how it is. Now, one more scripture about Zion. We see that God promises strength. Psalm 110, verses one and two, the Lord said to my Lord, sit at my right hand till I make your enemies your footstool. The Lord shall send the rod of your strength out of Zion. So God is sending forth his strength out of Zion. Similar to how he's going to give his presence, he's going to also give his strength. So we can look to God. We can look to God and how does strength help? Strength again helps us exercise our dominion. It helps us exercise our authority. It helps us overcome the enemy. It helps us stretch ourselves to full capacity and engage in everything that God has called us to do. So basically, we are not a fainting people. We are a people who can rise up and do things for God. We can overcome the works of the evil one and be victorious. So that is the understanding. And we can pray and we can ask God to make us and our community like that. So a couple of practical things that I mentioned here about us being Zion is to bring this understanding to the people that we are God's special people and therefore the culture that we have or the values that we carry. They must be in sync with kingdom culture. They must be in sync with kingdom values. And that way, we will display like how Daniel and his friends, they were able to live that separate, different life. They could dare to be different in the usual world that they lived in. So we can also be those different people living with kingdom culture and kingdom values today, wherever God has positioned us. And we can also impart this truth in believers that we are chosen people, meaning we are holy, we are sanctified, we are a call to live transformed lives. And this again, this again is a reality and people will be able to live their lives in this manner and be the testimony that God wants them to be. So to impart this truth and help people understand how they are God's own special people. And to encourage people to reveal who God is. So when we reveal God, what comes forth? The greatness of God. When people look at a believer or a Christian or a community of believers, they must see the goodness of God. They must see the greatness of God coming through out of these people. The virtues of God being revealed through that community or through those individuals. So that is what is expected when we say that God will show forth his praises from among his people who are Zion. So we can encourage and everyone from a little child to an elderly person, everyone in some way or the other. The way God is called each person. We can be that shining light. We can be salt. We can be an influence and proclaim the glory of God. Anyone who sees us, anyone who knows the way God is working in and through our lives will glorify God. They will rejoice and they will praise God. So that is what is expected out of Zion. And we must see a release of the kingdom because we just said that God speaks, God dwells, God roars, God releases his strength out of Zion. So we see his kingdom come in various ways and that is how the local church is supposed to be. So what can be some of the challenges that we face when we talk about the church being Zion? Like every other picture of the church, there can be people who find it challenging to accept this truth because accepting this truth that we are God's people and that we are here to reveal God would mean that certain changes have to come into our lives. That we must aim for maturity. We must look for progress. We must be ready to stretch ourselves. That means all of those things because without letting God work in us, there's no way we will be in a position to reveal God. So when we teach things like this, not everybody will be receptive. And in fact, some will, some could be upset that it's about making changes and it's just easier to come to church and do church and just listen to the word and go back home and that's about it. But when we are asking people to live a life where they know that they are the chosen people and God is going to reveal his glory in all these ways through their individual life or their family, it can rock the boat for some people who are comfortable with what we call as status quo Christianity. Okay, so that is an issue. But yeah, as we keep speaking the truth of God's word and I've said this earlier, when we proclaim the truth, that's the first step to take people on a journey along that truth. If people do not know what the word says, then they will never know how to make that journey. So speak the word, impart the word, teach from God's word and eventually, and hopefully people will respond and they will be ready to be that display of God's glory and splendor. So Zion, it's just that we are here to display God's glory and splendor. So I just leave this time open. If at all there are any comments from us. Yes, yes, Charles, please go ahead. Thank you, pastor. Shed more light on that is on the challenge that however as pastors and leaders, we have no choice but to preach and teach. Why is it that we don't have any choice? Your question, Charles, you're saying that we have to preach and teach. Okay, so yeah, that is fine. So what exactly is the question there? I am looking at the challenges to be prepared for. And there is this statement that says, however, okay, from the status quo, however, as pastors or leaders, we have no choice but to preach and to teach so that people will be transformed by the renewing of the mind. Why don't we have a choice? Why do we have no choice but to preach and teach? Okay, so yeah, Charles, thank you. See, that is the way in which the Lord Jesus sanctifies his body. In Ephesians five, we read that he sanctifies the church with the word. And even Jesus, you know, in John 17, he says that you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. So the word does a cleansing work in the hearts, in the lives of people. So unless we proclaim the word, that process will not be brought to completion, which is why there is no other choice. There's no other way. We could think of just motivating the people or giving them a comfortable environment where they can come and gather, where we encourage them to follow these principles. But at the end of the day, if the word is missing, then the work of sanctification will not take place. And similarly, we also understand that the Holy Spirit does His work in the life of every believer, spirit, soul, and body. And that, again, is a work of sanctification. So as a pastor or a leader, we are here to lead the way, but we are also catalysts. We must understand that we have to use what God has given us to bring about the change, which is the work of the word, the work of the spirit. Without the work of the word and the work of the spirit, people's hearts will not experience change. And yes, from their side, they have to be willing and they have to be open to the renewal of their own minds. So they make their journey. But our approach is always proclaim the word, declare the truth, make it clear. And then it begins to work in people's lives. So in that sense, yes, there is no alternative or as you put it, there is no choice. But to take this route, to see a change. Yeah. Did I answer your question, Charles? Thank you, pastor. I take longer to answer because I am in mute. When I'm on mute, but I'm thankful that... Oh, okay. We are following a command. We are following a command and the, when a command has been given and you do not need any other call, but you are already commanded. So there is no choice, it's a command. We are two calls who have been commanded by our master, our lead, our commander. So thank you so much, pastor. Okay, yeah, sure. Yes, thank you. Thank you, Charles. And I also think that we've touched 951. So let's go for a short break. We'll come back and we will continue on the subject of the local church. So thank you, everyone. See you in 10 minutes. A 10-01 is when we will come back and start again. Thank you.