 Good morning. Thanks for joining me. I hope you're all doing well. Can you hear me okay? Okay, great. Well, let's continue from where we left off with the last class. We've been talking on the holiness of God. The first two chapters was really about looking into God's holiness, understanding His holiness. Who is this being we are trying to understand? And who is this being that created us, that made us in His image, in His likeness? And the Bible says that He is holy. His name is holy. Everything about Him is holy. Everything that He does is holy. In His holiness, He is good. In His holiness, He is kind. In His holiness, He is merciful. In His holiness, He is just. In His holiness, He is righteous, isn't it? And we see that He surrounded Himself with holiness. The Bible says that holiness adorns His house. He's decorated His house with holiness. The language that is used there is so beautiful, so amazing. I'm sure I've shared this story before. You would have heard this singing competition in the Coimbatore. If you don't remember it, I'll just quickly share it. But there was a singing competition in a school in a city called Coimbatore. And the principal of the school said, you are welcome to sing any song that you want to. You can sing a song from any religion that you want to, about any God that you want to. The only condition was that you don't mention the name of your God. That was the only condition that the principal had set. So students came one after the other and started singing songs. This is a real story, by the way. And then there's this one person who comes. One student who comes, he picks up the mic and he starts singing and saying, Parisuttar simply means holy in Tamil. And then the principal comes running towards him and says, I told you not to mention the name of your God. He goes saying, but I did not mention the name of my God. Then the principal goes, who else is holy besides Jesus? See, somehow the world understands and doesn't understand his holiness. That he is holy. And that's what sets him apart. What sets apart our God is that he is holy. There is no one like him. Yes, and I know we've been talking about this week after week. And I know that we've heard about his holiness. And I know that we sing so many songs during worship on his holiness. But no amount of study would be sufficient for us to completely grasp this being, the one who is holy. Because that's what sets him apart. And from the time he called Israel out of Egypt, he is saying the Lord your God is one and he is holy. Sound 22 verse 3 says, God is enthroned in the praises of people. He says, the holy one of Israel is enthroned in the praises of his people. Why should it say the holy one of Israel? I should just say the God of Israel, which he is, isn't it? And there's another time where we see that he says, in my holiness, I have sworn to David, but in my holiness, I will not lie. We looked at that very specifically saying, okay, he could have just said, I have sworn to David, I will not lie. Why did he have to say I have sworn? In my holiness, I will not lie. Why did he have to add holiness there? Because there's an emphasis, isn't it? And I know as adults, as growing up, we've kind of understood that if something is mentioned more than once, it's important, isn't it? Like if someone is saying, hopefully you understand the weightiness of it, okay? Okay, that person said that twice, so he reminded me twice. But time and time and time and time and time and time again, the scriptures reminding us of who God is and that he is holy. He is holy. He is, and in another chapter three, I think last week we covered, talks about his holiness in me. There's another covenant name is Jehovah Makodesh, the Lord our sanctifier. So he desires this holy God, this God who is set apart from everybody else, that there is no one like him. He's just not happy in his place, elevated high above everyone else. But he desires for us to partake in his holiness. Isn't that beautiful? He wants us to partake in his holiness. That's what Hebrew says when we look at that eventually. But he is our sanctifier. He sanctifies us. He purifies us. Are you with me? Yeah, okay. So as priests are holiness to the Lord, in the New Testament, we are priests. His royal priesthood, in Revelation 1, chapter 1, verse 5 and 6, with his own blood, he has made us kings and priests. These are scriptures that we need to remember when we talk about holiness. Not just Isaiah 6 and Revelation 4, that God is holy, holy, holy. But he has invited us to partake in his holiness. And the price that he paid was by his blood, that means his death and resurrection. You remember, we emphasize that it's not enough that we only remember what we've been forgiven. It's also important what we've been given. What we've been given is this, his righteousness. And that he has made us kings and priests unto himself. Amen? So his people are called to be holy. And we looked at a bunch of things as sanctification, as the process in page 31 in your PDFs. I'm not sure what page number it is in your hard copy. And then we looked at, as a sanctification as the process of holiness, we looked at the sanctification of our mind and our body, sanctification of our desires, our affection and our passions. This is just towards the latter part of chapter 3. Sanctification of our dreams, of our times, talents, sanctification of our family, home and possessions. And so as sanctification, Jehovah Makodesh, the Lord our sanctifier, when we accept him as a Lord and Savior, there are two truths to that, isn't it? One is when we believe in our hearts and confess with our mouths that there's the positional truth, isn't it? Where I am saved, I am in him and he is in me. And then there is the process. That spirit is still living in this mortal body, in the soul, which is fallen. And hence the process. And we are going to go just a little bit more deeper on that part. Okay? So are we all on the same page now? Okay. All right. So chapter 4 titled, Perfecting Holiness. So we're just going to go a little bit more deeper into this process of sanctification, understanding holiness, his holiness in me. Okay. So second Corinthians chapter 7 verse 1. Can someone read that for me, please? Second Corinthians chapter 7 verse 1. Therefore having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit perfecting holiness in the fear of God. Okay. Thank you. So therefore having these promises. Now, anytime there's therefore, what do you need to ask? Why is it therefore? Ask extra stress on the R. Why is it therefore? Okay. So what is before chapter 7? It's chapter 6. What happens in chapter 6? Uh-huh. Second Corinthians chapter 6. Okay. He says, you're the temple of the Holy Ghost, right? And don't be unequally yoked with unbelievers. Ah, you've been set apart. He's stating all these standards. He's setting these standards. He's giving them all these promises. And so now when we come to chapter 7, it says, okay, now therefore having these promises, everything that I've declared, we don't be unequally yoked with unbelievers. Don't you know that you are the temple of the Holy Ghost, right? And then he says, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness. So you see there, very important. It says, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness. That means there's an invitation for you to make an effort in living a holy life. Cleanse yourself. Okay. Now you can, I know you had this question, it's like, oh, but you know, what can I do? You know, Jesus who cleanses me and all of that. Yes, that's true. Uh, that's 100% true. But that's what we're going to learn and go a little bit more deeper in this chapter and the next chapter. Okay. So Paul is very clear. He's saying, beloved. Now that you know that you don't, you shouldn't have to be unequally yoked with unbelievers. Now that you know that you are the temple of the living God, cleanse yourselves. Okay. From all filthiness. Okay. That means stain of the flesh and spirit. Flesh and spirit. He's not just saying, cleanse yourself, wash your hands. He's not just talking about, he's not talking about outward appearance at all. Um, so what are you dealing with in your flesh? And what is it that your spirit's carrying? Are you carrying hatred, bitterness, jealousy? Are you, are you, are you living or are you living? Are you stuck in a habitual sin? Are you with me? Right. So he's, he's presenting the promises before you. Hey, Francis, you are the temple of the living God. That's who you are. That's where I died for. But then there's an invitation now come. Cleanse yourselves of all filthiness. It's a very strong word, filth. Uh, in Greek it's mentioned there as stain, right? It's, uh, um, must be a very ugly looking stain. Isn't it? It's, yes. Sir. The spirit here in this voice. So that's what, so we'll see the thing is now filthiness of the flesh and spirit is see now you can. No, you can, you can have given your life to God. Isn't it? But then it's a sanctification is a process. Isn't it? So what is it saying is that the way we can't, for example, in the last chapter we saw that, uh, as an old creation, there would have been a certain way of you thought, right? That's kind of involved with your spirit and soul. Isn't it? Like what do, what do you do with your body? And, uh, you know, it has a direct impact on your spirit, your spirit man as we say, isn't it? What did you meditate on as an old man? You could have meditated on things of the kingdom of the world that could have impact on your spirit. Right. And so now that you are a new creation, second Corinthians 517, I think please correct me if I'm wrong. Second Corinthians 517 saying you are no longer, you are a new creation in Christ. Isn't it? And so as soon as you become a new creation, uh, the way you think has to change. The way you act has to change. Like the way your lifestyle has to change. As an old creation, if you did not honor your parents, uh, you know, in the new, as a new creation, you will have, you will have to obey what Jesus taught on your parents. I live a certain way. And so I think it's kind of correlated there on the flesh and spirit, because what you do in flesh has a direct impact on your spirit. Right. What you do in the flesh has a direct impact on your spirit. So in the flesh, when you pray in tongues, who's being empowered and equipped? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So it says cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of flesh and spirit. Perfecting. Perfecting. Forget the words in the bracket for perfecting. Perfecting holiness in the fear of God. Okay. So perfecting simply is an indication of a pro, uh, a progress. Like you are a progression. It's a continuation. It's a process. Okay. So, uh, now we can look at the words in the brackets. There is so perfecting Greek word epitello means to fulfill further to accomplish, finish, or bring to completion. How will you bring something to completion is that you go through that process. Are you with me? Yes. Okay. So now it's saying, therefore, having the promises beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit going through the process. Of holiness. How in the fear of the Lord, in the fear of the one who has called us, know the one who has called us and then set yourself apart. All good. Okay. Yes. Good. So now this scripture tells us cleanse yourselves of flesh of all filthiness and flesh and spirit. So how do we do that is what the next section is about. Okay. He's not just given this. That's the beautiful part about our God is that he's not just told us how to live. And I mean, this is how you should be and hasn't, you know, left us to figure it out by ourselves. Do you understand? Like he said, okay, be holy for I am holy. You know, before we ask the question, okay, so how should we be holy? He's spoken in his word. Yeah. You know, one of my favorite instance is in Joshua chapter one between verse six to nine. I think especially between verse seven and nine, he says to Joshua, be strong, be courageous. The next was he says, be very strong, be very courageous. Okay. And then verse nine, he says, be strong, be courageous. So between verse seven, six and verse nine, he chapter one of Joshua, he does Joshua three times to be strong and courageous. But not once does he say how to be strong or how to be courageous. But instead between verse seven and verse nine is verse eight, where he gives like a nice note of advice or a suggestion. Meditate on my word. Don't let the law depart from you. Are you with me? So he's saying, okay, by meditating on my word, in my word, day and night, you will figure out how to be strong. You will figure out how to be strong and courageous because I will teach you. Yeah. Okay. So that's what we're going to look at. He's invited us to cleanse ourselves and live a life of holiness. So how do we do that? First thing is we are empowered by the spirit of holiness. We are empowered by the spirit of holiness. His first name is what? Holy. So if you have to live a life of holiness, who's going to help us? Thank you. It wasn't a tricky question. Holy spirit. And he's the spirit of holiness. Yeah. And again, so in the previous scripture, it says, let us cleanse ourselves. That means there's an invitation. I can give you an invite. It is your choice to respond to that invite RSVP. You can either choose to go to the wedding or not go to that wedding, but the invitation is given. Yes or no? So similarly here, we understand that we are empowered by the spirit of holiness. You know, another name for the Holy Spirit, we see that he's a teacher. Isn't it? Now I am your teacher here in this class. Who am I going to teach if nobody shows up? So if you don't show up for class, how will Holy Spirit teach you? I understand. You have to respond to the invitation, isn't it? Okay. It's not just enough to recognize and acknowledge that, oh yes, Holy Spirit is a teacher. What are you going to do about it? Are you going to allow him to teach you? Yes. That's what it goes on to say in Romans chapter one verse four, he says, and declared to be the son of God with the power according to the spirit of holiness by the resurrection from the dead. He is the spirit of holiness. Romans 15, 16, that I might be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles ministering the gospel of God that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable sanctified by the Holy Spirit. He empowers us. He sanctifies us. Why? Because he is the spirit of the living God. He is our sanctifier. So again, in the tabernacle of Moses, we see that there is this water in the outer courts in the bronze laver, where it's filled with water for the priests to cleanse themselves before they enter the holy place. Of the many symbols that are in the Bible, the symbol for the Holy Spirit is the water. He's the river of life as we call it. He cleanses us. He refreshes us. He brings us to life. So allowing the Holy Spirit to sanctify us is crucial. Now, if you read Romans chapter eight, Ephesians chapter five, Ephesians chapter five, it starts off with this statement. It depends on which version you're reading, but it says, be imitators of Christ. Ephesians five. We famously used to call it E five as a chord E five. Be imitators of Christ. And then we know this famous scripture in verse 18. It says, don't be filled with wine. Don't be drunk with wine, but be filled with the Holy Spirit, right? So allowing him to fill us. And then Galatians chapter five says, we don't walk in flesh. We walk in the spirit. We are commanded to walk in the spirit. Okay, so again, reiterating that point. How do we cleanse ourselves by allowing the Holy Spirit to empower us and allowing him to sanctify us? Okay, that word is very important. Allowing that we say yes to his class and attend to his class. Amen. Okay. The next point is we are sanctified by the word. We are sanctified by the word. Now we know in second Timothy chapter three verse 16. And second Timothy chapter three verse 16. Anyone say what that is? Second Timothy chapter three verse 16. Let's go there. Thank you. So all scripture is breathed out by God. I'm profitable. Sorry. Yeah. I'm profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness. Now it simply says all scriptures are God breathed. That means it is an inspired word of God. It's inspired by God. Now inspired, inspiration is an old Latin word. It simply means in spirit. That means by the spirit. In spirit. So when we say that the Bible is the inspired word of God, the Holy Spirit helped men to write it out. So here we have the person of the Holy Spirit himself sanctifying us, empowering us to live a life of holiness. And then as if that was not enough, he's also given us his word. Right. It says John 1717. Sanctify them by your truth. Your word is, your word is truth. John chapter 8 verse 31 and 36. Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed him, if you abide in my word, you are my disciples indeed. If you abide in my word, if you abide in me, who's the word? Yeah. You are my disciples indeed. Okay. And you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. So abide in my word, abide in me, he says. And so another secret, a simple secret, which is an open secret. You heard that word, open secret. That means everybody says, oh, it's a secret. It's a secret, but everybody knows about it. It's an open secret. And then there's no big deal. It says, there's no hiding here. If you abide in my word, you are my disciples indeed. Why? Because my word sanctifies you. And because I am the word, I sanctify you. There's something very interesting that I learned recently. It's such a simple thing in creation. Genesis 1 and early chapters of 2. When God wanted to create the fish, the sea creatures, he spoke to the sea, isn't it? And then when he wanted to create the trees of the field, he spoke to the earth, isn't it? And they all sprung forth. But then when he wanted to create us, he spoke to himself. Now, you see, what happens when you take a fish out of the water to the thing that he spoke to? It dies. What happens when you pluck a tree out of the ground to the thing that God spoke to? It dies. What happens when you uproot yourself out of God? Yeah. So that's why he's saying, God knows. Hey, abide in me. I have come to give you life and life in abundance. Right? So God's word has the power to cleanse us. He cleanses us. I mentioned about bronze laver. We all know that the inner part of the bronze laver was made of mirrors, which was used by the women. And then we see in James 4, I think, that he talks about how a mirror, he refers to God's word as a mirror. A man looks at a mirror and if he doesn't correct himself, what benefit is it? Like that is the word of God, is that when you look at yourself and you don't correct your ways, what good is it? It helps you to live a life of holiness. So we are empowered by the spirit of holiness. We are sanctified by the word. And then there are times where God's divine discipline also produces holiness in us. There are times where God chooses to discipline us. Okay. Just so that we can be better. Hebrews 12 was 10 and 11. Can someone read that please? Hebrews 12 was 10 and 11. Indeed, for two days, Chastain has seemed best to them. But he, for our prophet, that we may be partakers of his holiness. Now Chastain seems to be joyful for the present, but painful, never-thless. Afterwards, it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Thank you. Chastain, that word that's used there, for they indeed, for a few days, chastained us. It can seem like a very harsh word, but it simply means to discipline or to bring about correction. Okay. Discipline or to bring about correction. That is drawn in comparison to how a parent would discipline a child. We have to very clearly understand that discipline is so very different, absolutely different from abuse. Okay. When a parent disciplines a child, it is truly out of love. So that a parent wants their child to be a better person, to be a better human. If a child is talking with, is being disrespectful towards elders, a good parent would take the child inside the room. Come, let's have a word. If you're an Indian parent, it would be a little different. Today we have all this gentle parenting. I don't know what gentle parenting is, guys. It's like, okay, it's all right. No problem. I'm sure you are not used to gentle parenting, but suddenly my dad would become Jackie Chan and all of that, you know. Before you know it. But the point here is that the Lord chastens us. He disciplines us because he loves us. He loves us as a parent would correct his or her child. He corrects us because he takes interest in us. Yes or no? And you would not necessarily make an effort to correct someone that you don't really care about, isn't it? That fellow, why should I care? What's in it for me? Why should I waste my time in telling that person that they can be a better person? I don't care. I don't care if he falls in a ditch with me, right? But he corrects us because he cares. He loves us. And the first part of verse, verse 10, is so beautiful. It says, for they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but he for our profit, for our profit, why should he, God of the universe, worry about our profit? That we may be partakers of his holiness. So when we allow our God, allow the Lord to correct us, to discipline us, to chasten us, we are partaking in his holiness. Now the other section says, now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present. That means when a child is corrected immediately, you don't always say, yes, mommy, yes, daddy, I understand what you're saying. No, there will be one tantrum. No, you have had enough chocolate for the day. No, I want more chocolates. But the parent knows it's good. It's not good for the kid to have more chocolates. Sugar rush is not going to sleep. Okay, cavities in the teeth or whatnot. So we understand that, isn't it? And so, sorry guys, it's just a hilarious example. But we get the point, isn't it? Initially it may look like it's a pain. We don't enjoy it. We don't like going through it. That's what it says. Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present. But painful. Nevertheless, afterward it yields a peaceable prophet of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Again, another example from parenthood is, I'm sure that there were things that we didn't like when we were young that our parents did to us, when they corrected us. But now, on the hindsight, we can look back and say, I'm so thankful that my parents were strict that they didn't allow me to go to all these parties. I'm thankful because they were strict. At that time, it might seem like, why can't I enjoy my life? Why are you my enemy? Don't you care about my joy? Why do you want to spoil my joy? On the hindsight, we turn out to be grateful, isn't it? I think you'll understand when you become a parent. It's for your own good. It's for your war for my own good. But that's what's happening here. What's Hebrew is his time to say. But then again, because God continues to love us and if we don't respond to his correction, if we don't respond to his discipline, every action has consequences. And that's something that God can't really interfere. God is sovereign, but we also have our responsibility. If you remember a point from Healing and Deliverance, there's the sovereignty of God and the responsibility of man. I can't drink and drive and crash the car somewhere and then blame it on the Minister of Transport. Provided the roads are nice. The roads are nice, beautiful highway and all of this. I can't be reckless in my driving. Go crash the car, cause an accident and then say because of this transport minister, I went and crashed. There's no connection, isn't it? So everything has been provided for us. A good road, good highway system, signals. All these guidelines have been provided. Now it is up to you to be responsible and to respond well. Are you guys with me? Understanding, isn't it? So that's the third point. Looking at divine discipline produces holiness in us. That is the key point there. Divine discipline produces holiness in us. So what was the first thing we saw? Empowered by the Holy Spirit. It has to resonate with us guys. We are empowered by the Holy Spirit. In John 16 verse 7, if Jesus said that it is better for me to go away, so that the Holy Spirit can be with you, Jesus, the Son of the living God, God incarnate, an expressed image of our Father in heaven. If He is saying that it is better for Him to go away, so that the Holy Spirit can come. This Holy Spirit has to be very important. So we are empowered by the Holy Spirit. We are sanctified by the Word and then divine discipline. Finally, consecration. Walking blameless in holiness. Walking blameless in holiness. We know this scripture from Leviticus chapter 20 verse 7. It says, consecrate yourself. See how it's related to the previous scripture that we read in 1 Corinthians chapter 7? Cleanse yourself. Exactly. So it means there is an invitation that you have a responsibility. Consecrate yourself therefore and be holy. Be set apart for I am the Lord your God. Verse 26 from the same chapter of Leviticus. It says, and you shall be holy to me for I the Lord am holy and have separated you from the peoples that you should be mine. Simple understanding. We are not set apart for the sake of being set apart. You would have heard me say that a million times right now. We are not set apart for the sake of being set apart. We are set apart unto the Lord. We are set apart unto the Lord. Why is God giving Israelites this commandment in Leviticus? Because every other nation around the nation of Israel were worshiping all kinds of gods, were practicing all kinds of wickedness from sexual immorality to idolatry etc etc. And then God is saying, I don't want you to be like the peoples around you. I want you to live by my commandments so that everybody around you will look at you and know that you are set apart. You are different. But there is an invitation, consecrate yourself. God is not going to force holiness on you. He's not going to force holiness on us. In Matthew chapter 5 verse 29 and 30, we know this famous scripture. If your right hand causes you to sin, pluck it and cast it. If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it and cast it away. I mean, I really hope that you understand that it is not literal. If it was literal, none of us would be having eyes and legs or hands. We understand this and it's saying, just be cut off. Again, being cut off simply means the root word of being holy is to be cut. To be set apart, to be separated. What we use the knife in the kitchen is we cut. What is useful, we put it aside. Isn't it? That's exactly what it is. But we have to allow, we submit and surrender it before God. Have you ever seen a doctor running behind a patient to operate him? Let's say there's a tumor in the brain that needs to be cut. Have you ever seen? I have not. I was like, come here, come here, come here. I love you. I care for you. If I don't do this, you will die. Doctors' responsibility is to diagnose and tell you what's wrong with you. And tell you that that needs to be cut off. And then it is the patient's responsibility to get admitted. After getting all the insurance papers and all done. And then come and lie down on the bed and say, okay, doctor, do your thing. And then the doctor will do his job. That was a strange example, but I hope. But I conveyed the point, isn't it? We allow. It is our responsibility. But our responsibility is to come before God in absolute surrender. And say, Lord, here I am. You are my sanctifier. You sanctify me. You are the living Word. Wash me with your Word. Plans me with your Word. I surrender. In all my ways, I want to acknowledge you. Yes? So how do we know the question then begs? How do we know that we are progressing in holiness? What kind of test can we give to check yourself that, okay, yesterday I was here, today I'm a little better? What can we do? What kind of litmus test can we do to ourself? And Scripture again points to us and says, 1 Thessalonians chapter 3 verse 12 and 13. 1 Thessalonians chapter 3 verse 12 and 13. It says, may the Lord make you increase and abound. What does that simply mean? To be full and overflow. With what? In love to one another and to all. All means all. That's all, all means. Now may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all just as we do to you. So that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness. Huh? You see the answer there? So that we may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints. How is holiness and love connected? God is holy, Scripture says, and God is love. He is holy, he is love, right? And so are you walking in love? It's a simple question to ask. Are you walking in love towards all people? Are you walking in love towards one another? Right? I don't want to talk about worship, but I'm just reminded of something because we are talking about love. At the core of what worship simply is you expressing your love towards Jesus. Yeah? Yes or no? And one of the first things that Paul writes to the Church of Corinthians in 1 Corinthians chapter 13 is love is? Thank you. Love is patient. It simply means we cannot rush love. We cannot be in a hurry in our worship, right? It is like, okay, okay, do something fast, do something fast. Okay, I love you, okay, first song. But it's about just being in his present, patiently waiting on him. Yes? That is how we express our worship, our love. And so when you say that we are to, you know, abound in love and walk towards, walk in love towards one another, one of the key element there is patience. How patient are we with one another? It's another meter that you can check. Awake, 1 John 4.16 says, And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love and he who abides in love abides in God and God in him. So the language is changed here. This same John who wrote the Gospel of John, he says abide in him. Right? That what Jesus tells him is said, If you abide in my word, I will abide in you. But here, it's the same John that's writing this epistle is saying, If you abide in love, you know, who abides in love abides in God. It's quite interesting, isn't it? So walking in love empowers us to walk in holiness. That's wonderful, isn't it? Walking in love empowers us to walk in holiness. We are allowing God to sanctify us. We are allowing him to consecrate us. And as a conclusion in the last part, we see that godliness, again the connection between godliness and holiness is going beyond externals. There are a few verses that's mentioned there, all of that. Just one verse and Psalm 51 verse 6 that says, Behold you desire truth in the inward part, on the inside. How's your heart? That's why the psalmist makes the most audacious prayer. He says, Search me and know me and see if there's wicked ways in me. He's saying go deeper, go inside, not just the outside, because I know that's what matters to you. And that's where the godliness kind of grows. From our heart. Godliness is practicing holiness from the inside out. Yes, I mean how you live your life, your actions, what you do, all of that is important. But then we can't just limit holiness to your attire, the way you dress or outward appearance and all of that. It's beyond that. Okay, is everybody good? All good? Cool, so that is the chapter. Perfecting holiness. After the break, we'll continue with the next one. Okay, on why personal holiness. All right, go for your break and I'll see you next hour. Thank you.