 Let's just begin to praise the Lord. Father, we thank you. We praise you, Lord. We praise you. We bless your name. We bless your name. We give you praise. We give you praise, O Father God. We thank you. You are worthy. You are worthy. You are worthy. You are worthy of all praise. You are worthy of all the glory. You are worthy of all the honor, O Master Lord. You are who you say you are. You are the King of kings. You are the Lord of lords. Lord, you are the one who's enthroned in the heavens above, Father God. You are from everlasting to everlasting. Yes, Lord, you are the all-powerful one, the all-knowing one, the eternal one, God who's present everywhere, the omnipresent one. Lord, we bless your name, Father God. We thank you, God, that, Lord, you are who you say you are, Father God. The promises that you've spoken, the word that you've spoken, Father God, it will not return to you void. And Master, we thank you for all that you've, Lord, spoken over our lives, Father God. We thank you for every word that was quickened to our hearts, Lord. And Master, we just want to thank you this morning, especially for the month that has gone by into this new year, Father God. One month has already passed, and we want to thank you, Lord, for this one month that has gone by. And yes, Lord, we look forward expectantly, Lord, at the months that are ahead and particularly, Lord, we commit this month of February into your mighty hands, Father God, we pray that, Lord, not a day will be wasted, not an hour, not a minute will be wasted, Father God. Lord, we pray that we will invest the time wisely, Father God, your word says, walk circumspectly and redeeming the time, Lord. We pray that you will teach us to do that, Master. Yes, Father God, we pray that you'll enable us to value. Lord, this great gift and resource that you've given us, Father God, and that we may use, Lord, all our abilities and gifts and everything, Father God, for your glory. Yes, Master, we commit ourselves into your mighty hands. In Jesus' matchless name, we pray. Amen, amen. Okay. So let's begin from where we stopped last class. I think we stopped at Galatians, and it was the fifth chapter, or, yeah, I think the fifth chapter, the last part of it is where we stopped. Let me just turn there. Okay, let's just read that last part again and then see what we can, just to review what we saw last class. Let me just go to that place one second. Okay. So this is where, immediately after Paul asked, who hindered you, you ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? I'm reading from verse 16. So Paul gives some very important keys or, you know, important revelation to walking victoriously, to walking in the spirit. So verse 16, I say then walk in the spirit and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh. And these are contrary to one another so that you do not do the things that you wish. But if you are led by the spirit, you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries and the like. Of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christs have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the spirit, let us also walk in the spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another and being one another. So this is what we saw last class. This is what we ended with. So Paul is saying, walk in the spirit and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. And he finishes the chapter also by saying the same thing. Let us also walk in the spirit. So the key to living a life or living a successful life of not giving in to the temptations of the flesh or the lust of the flesh, the key to that, the answer to that is to live in the spirit, to be led by the spirit. And he lists down what are the works of the flesh very clearly and compares that with what is the fruit of the spirit. When we say fruit of the spirit, what is the end result of the work of the Holy Spirit in our hearts? What is the end result of that? So he writes about that and says, against this, there is no law. Whereas against all the other things, the law says that it is sin, it is unlawful, adultery, infonication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, everything. But against this, the work of the spirit, which is brought about by the spirit, the end result, which is brought about by the spirit in a person's life, in a believer's life, is all the good things, love, joy, and peace, long-suffering kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control, and against this, there is no law. And verse 24 is again important for us to identify with. What does he say? He says that those who are Christs, that those who belong to Jesus, those who belong to Christ, have crucified the flesh with its passions. So when did this happen? It happened when we accepted Him, when we received Him as Lord and Savior. Because what happened is that there is this truth of identification, right? Just as Christ died, we in Christ, we also died. Just as He was buried, we were also buried. Just as He rose again, we were also brought back to life. Romans chapter 6, we see that very clearly. So now here Paul writes and he says, those who are Christs have crucified the flesh. That has already happened in the past. Now that is our identity. Now the flesh has already been crucified. But let us walk in the Spirit. The flesh has been crucified, the flesh. But the thing is that we need to walk in the Spirit. We need to be led by the Spirit. Because there is the possibility of not being led by the Spirit. If we are not being led by the Spirit, we will be guided by the lust of the flesh. It is very clear. It is either the Spirit or it is the flesh. It is very clear. It is one or the other. So it is either the flesh or the Spirit. But we know that the flesh is against the Spirit. It says the flesh lusts against the Spirit and the Spirit against the flesh. So these are contrary. These are kind of opposite to one another. So that you do not do the things that you wish. Many times it happens in the life of believers that one does not end up doing the things that one wants to do. Whether it is a decision, whether it is a choice, that one wants to make. If one is led by the flesh, then one does not end up doing what the Spirit of God wants. And only if you are led by the Spirit of God and they are giving in yielded to the Spirit of God, do we actually obey and end up doing what the Spirit of God wills or desires. Let us not become conceited or proud, provoking or envying one another. Let us look at chapter 6. And this is the final chapter in Galatians. Let us look at that. Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in the Spirit of gentleness. Considering your own self, lest you also be tempted, bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. And if anyone thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each one examine his own work, and then he will have rejoicing in himself alone and not in another. For each one shall bear his own load. Let's look at those first five verses. So here's an instruction. So he's saying if a man is overtaken in any trespass, which means that if a person has given himself over to sin, he's overtaken, which means that he has fallen. He has actually given in to sin. So now what is the solution? What is the responsibility of the believer? He's saying you who are spiritual. Now you restore that person. So he doesn't say you make fun of that person, or you condemn the person, or you gossip about the person, but he's saying you restore the person. Obviously the other person also has to be willing. You restore that person in a spirit of gentleness. That restoration has to be in a spirit of gentleness, which means that you don't do it harshly, or there has to be firmness. We need to speak the truth in love, but you do it with a spirit of gentleness. And considering yourself lest you also be tempted. Now many times what happens is, in the process of correcting someone, or in the process of restoring someone, we ourselves, given to the temptation of the flesh, whatever is listed there, maybe it's an outburst of wrath, or its anger, or dissension, whatever it is. Sometimes those things which are listed here become our expression. In the process of correcting someone, in the process of even restoring someone, so that's why Paul writes and he says, consider yourself lest you also be tempted. You also be tempted to stray into the works of the flesh, whether it's anger, whether it's dissension. So in the act of correcting, in the act of restoring someone, you consider, let you, lest you also be tempted, or it could be pride even. So you consider. The other thing is also in the very same area in which that other person has fallen, there is a chance that the person who's actually correcting might strain to that. He's correcting, but he or she is correcting that person, but he or she might strain to that. So saying, consider yourself lest you also be tempted. This is the sixth chapter. Just one second. And that word consider means to observe, to contemplate, to fix your eyes upon. Which means you be alert in other words. The word scopio means consider, be alert, and you observe your action. Think about your action. In correcting that person, in bringing correction to that person, you think about it. Am I saying anything? Am I doing anything? Which greets the Holy Spirit. See now it's a good thing. It's a sincere thing. It's an honorable thing. What is it to restore a person back to how that person was? Is it fallen? Now we want to bring in restoration. And as a restoration means, that person has fallen, that person needs to be brought back into how he or she was as a believer. And maybe repentance and everything that person needs to be empowered to maybe it's some kind of addiction, maybe it's some kind of attitude, whatever. You're bringing up a bit change. But you observe, you contemplate, you think about your actions, your speech. Your motivation. Because if you're not careful, then you will get tempted and succumb to that temptation. Given to that temptation. To deal with it in the flesh. You might lash out in anger. React in anger. So that person is not willing to change. You react in anger. You hit back in anger. Say words in anger. Or do things in a fit of rage. And some things become very, it actually damages. It creates even more damage than what was there earlier. And breaks the relationship and so on. So consider. Bear one another's burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ. If anyone thinks himself to be something. So that example of bearing one another's burden. If someone is carrying something responsibilities and if they are unable to do that or struggling with it, help. Fulfill the law of Christ. And if anyone thinks himself to be something when he is nothing. Which means wrong perception. They are deceived themselves. So if someone is thinking that they are something. When they are actually not that. Then they are deceiving themselves. So these are some separate instructions he's giving. And verse four, but let one, let each one examine his own work. Then he will have rejoicing in himself alone and not in. Another. So there is no comparison. And it, whether it's ministry or some sort of work. So you do it unto God. And you examine your work, whether it is, you know, you have a high standard. You examine, you see, you correct. Whether your work is, you know, right, honorable. And everything is correct before God. And not really the standard is not someone else's work. And the word which is used there for load, you know, each one's, each one shall bear his own load. It's the word which is used to define a backpack, you know, something like a responsibility. So it means that, okay, it doesn't talk about, you know, it doesn't talk about letting go of someone's responsibility. Okay, each one, the old English says each one shall bear his own burden. Okay, and that it talks about responsibility. It talks about maybe some kind of roles that person, a task that person has to accomplish. So each one has to carry their own, they have their own responsibilities. They have their own load in that sense. It is like, you know, it's like a shoulder bag or a backpack that you carry. And so each one needs to carry his own load, each one shall bear his own load. Okay, so no one else can do it for you. Like in terms of your call, the responsibilities that come with it, if it's something to do with, you know, your role and the responsibilities that come with it, the tasks that one needs to do. Now, you cannot put it off on someone else. You need to carry that to completion. So each one shall carry his own load. Okay, then let's look at verse six onwards. Okay, let him who is taught the word share in all good things. With him who teaches, do not be deceived. God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the spirit will of the spirit reap everlasting life. And let us not grow weary while doing good for induces and we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith. So let's look at verse six. He says, let him who is taught the word. So some practical advice, some scriptural practical advice. So he's saying, okay, if you are being ministered the word, someone is teaching you the word, then let him who is taught the word share in all good things with the one who teaches. Okay, this person is ministering. So share in all good things. Maybe materially, maybe financially, maybe whatever you want to share. And you know that the word that we see there, one second, let me just pull that out, is actually Koinonia, like share in all good things. So saying you have fellowship with that person, you know, when someone is sharing, you have fellowship in the sense. So to share, to make common, right, so that each one is benefited. So you're saying, you know, you share, you distribute, you be a partner in with that person, enter into fellowship with a person who is teaching the word, who is spiritually ministering. Okay, so then that is one instruction. Then the other thing is do not be deceived. God is not mocked. Okay, so don't be deceived by this particular thing that I'm, you know, that he's going to explain now. So do not be deceived. God is not mocked. Now what does mocking mean? Mocking is to make fun of, right? So don't be deceived. God cannot be made fun of or God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows, that he will also read. That's a very basic principle, right? You know, if it's gardening or agriculture, what you sow is what you reap, right? So it's, it's fairly simple, but if you're going to be sowing certain seeds of a certain kind of plant, what you will reap, what will grow is also the same thing that you expected. You know, if it's going to be, you know, a certain plant like tomatoes, that is what you will reap. You will reap tomatoes, right? You will not reap any other thing. So God is not mocked. Whatever you're sowing is what you're going to reap. So don't deceive yourself thinking, hey, I can sow something and reap something else, right? In other words, what he means is I don't be deceived thinking that I'll do this and the outcome will be something else. The result will be different. Or if I, if I do this right now, I can expect something else as a result. Or sometimes it can be even, you know, I will do this. I will expect no result. You know, maybe nothing will happen. Okay, maybe I'm doing this. You know, what is that, whatever task that you're doing? Okay, maybe it is, or even not doing, right? You know that you need, you need to maybe, you know, you know that you need to spend time in worship or prayer, spend time in the word, meditate on the word. And if you don't do that to expect spiritual growth and maturity is a wrong expectation. You know, you're deceiving yourself thinking that, okay, you know, time will just go by and I'm not going to be studying the word. I'm not going to be, you know, meditating or reading. I'm going to keep off the word and still expect spiritual growth and maturity is, it's a wrong expectation that you're just being deceived. So he's saying, you know, whatever you sow, you will reap. For he who, verse eight, he who sows to his flesh will off the flesh reap corruption. If he's going to be doing something, which is of a fleshly appetite, maybe satisfying his fleshly appetite and whatever is the desire of the flesh, or maybe he's not doing something. Okay, he knows what, what is the right thing to do. He's not doing something that is also showing to the flesh. Right, you know that you need to, you know, maybe, I don't know, you know, take, take care of yourself, take care of your health, maybe and take care of your whatever responsibilities are there. Now, if, for example, if you don't do that, then well, to expect some other result is deception. You will reap corruption. Okay, so, so it's talking about the lifestyle of even, you know, if you can compare it to maybe even a lifestyle of sin. So for example, if a person is living a lifestyle of sin, you know, whatever is listed in the previous chapter, what we read, right? You know, if a person is going to live like that, now that is sowing to the flesh, right, they continually living such a life that is sowing to the flesh. Off the flesh, they will reap corruption. And the end of it will be corruption, something that will destroy, something that will bring an end, right? So that's something that will decay. Perishable, it is, it is destruction. So that is what it means. It's not a good thing, right? It is, it will destroy something, you will bring on destruction. You will bring on something that is, you know, decaying. It is opposite of life itself, right? Now, that is what will happen, but, but if you sow to the spirit, then you will off the spirit reap everlasting life. Okay, so that's the thing. But if you're intentionally going to be doing certain actions, if you're going to be, you know, you know, intentionally doing something which is sowing, which is opposite of what you did to the, you know, which is opposite of sowing to the flesh, then you will off the spirit reap everlasting life. Okay. So, so intentionally, which means that, you know, intentionally, if you're going to be sowing, you are going to reap, which is again, a very powerful principle spiritually for us. And if you're going to, you know, pursue God, if you're going to spend time, if you're going to, you know, take it up, you know, even ministry wise, if you're going to be, you know, you're going to be investing your time if you're going to be doing things certain actions. It will have, there will be a time of reaping. Okay, that's what it means. Right. So whatever you sow, you will reap. There will be a time of reaping. Now, that is an encouragement as well. If I'm going to be sowing to the spirit, if I'm going to be doing this, you know, whether personally, or maybe if it's for another person, maybe it's for another group, then there will be reaping. There will be a time of reaping. Right. But if it's going to be of the flesh or something that is, you know, that is, that is not spirit led, that is fleshly. If I'm going to make my actions, if my words, if my whatever I'm going to do is going to be that in that manner, then then there will be a reaping also. What will be the reaping? What will be the outcome? It will be corruption. It will be destruction. It will be something that decays. So there's no escaping that. So he's saying, God is not mocked. Do not be deceived. Okay. And then verse nine, let us not grow weary while doing good. So for induces and we shall reap if we do not lose heart. So the thing is, why do we lose heart when there is time? And there's a time, you know, gap between sowing and reaping. Okay. We know that, you know, we can't sow today and expect to reap the next day. It's not every farmer knows that that's not how it works. Right. There is, there's going to be a time of sowing and nurturing and watering and all that. And then, you know, it grows and there is, you know, there is this protection that needs to happen and then there is a time of reaping. So, well, don't grow weary. Don't grow. Don't become tired while doing good. Don't become weary. Don't become weak. Don't become exhausted. Right. So what does that mean? That means don't, don't give up hope. Don't give up faith. Don't be discouraged. Right. Don't become tired, but continue on, continue on because what are we doing? Especially, you know, if it's ministry, if it is, you know, it's personal time, we are actually sowing. Right. And with the sowing, you must understand that there will be a reaping even though there is time in between. There is this sowing and there is this time and then there is this, you know, whatever happens in that time is growing and all that. There will be a reaping. Right. So you're saying, you know, for a new season, we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith. Let us do good to all and particularly specifically to those who are of the household of faith for the believers whom we know and who are of the household of faith. Okay. In this section, see with what large letters I have written to you with my own hand as any as desired to make a good showing in the flesh. These would compel you to be circumcised only that they may not suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. For not even those who are circumcised keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may boast in your flesh. And God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me and I to the world. For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything but a new creation. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, upon the Israel of God. From now on, let no one trouble me, for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. Okay. So you're saying, see what with what large letters I've written to you with my own hand. So, you know, we know that Paul sometimes used, you know, somebody to or got the help of somebody to write his letters like he would dictate, and someone would write the letter, right. And, and that person would also, you know, write about themselves towards the end of the letter. Now, you see that in some of the, some of the episodes, right, we've seen that. So here he's, he's writing it himself. And so he says, see, I've written to you what, what large letters I bring to see. Sometimes, like theologians have said, okay, maybe he had some problem because of which he is writing, you know, large letters, because he says, you know, earlier, you know, when I came to you first, I preached to you because of infirmity. And then I preached to you first because of infirmity and because of weakness. And he says, you know, but the way you responded, you would have actually given you, given me your own eyes. So, you know, people have, some people have kind of connected that as to say that, okay, maybe he had some eye problem, but you know, that's speculation, you know, that's just a guess, guesswork. It's not, we don't know. Right. And doesn't seem to be that way. Right. So, so he's saying in verse 12, as many as desire to make a good showing in the flesh, right, in the flesh, they want to, you know, they want to display and, and, you know, tell people that hey, this person is also following the law, keeping the law, keeping the things of the law. So these would compel you to be circumcised. He's coming back to the false brethren, which he started off with. It's coming back to their teachings and their practices. So he's saying, you know, if it's something to do with the showing of the flesh, which means it's not of any benefit spiritually. Okay. So these would compel you, these would force you, right, put pressure on you to be circumcised, only that they may not suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. So in the sense, like when people, you know, the Jews are of course persecuting the believers persecuting the church of God, Paul himself at one point did that. So now he's saying, you know, when, when somebody is, let's say, circumcised and saying, you know, I keep the law, I keep all the Jewish customs, then the persecution would stop, obviously. They would not be persecuted, you know, because they realize that hey, this man is also this person is also keeping the law, keeping the traditions, keeping the customs. So, you know, so he's saying that, you know, these do that so that they may not suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. Whereas Paul was very, very strong in denouncing the, you know, he's saying that we have been delivered from the empty ways of our forefathers. Right. So all these empty traditions and everything, we have been delivered from it, and we've been released into the King, this, this spirit of life, or the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus. Okay, so, so this is what they they want you to do, so that they might boast in your flesh, they might, you know, look at you and then both look at look how this person is following and, you know, I, I brought them, I taught them, they might boast in your flesh. But God forbid that I should boast. Okay. So saying, I'm not going to boast. In other words, God forbid that I should boast except I will boast in one thing except in the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ. And I would, I would gladly boast only about that. What, which means about the cross, what the Lord Jesus did for me on the cross, what he accomplished for me and for the entire humanity on the cross. Now that is something I would gladly boast about nothing else, not about see how many churches I've planted, see how many, you know, believers I brought into the kingdom of God, see how many people God saved, nothing. I would boast gladly in the cross of Christ Jesus, by whom the world has been crucified to me, the world is crucified. He talks about how we have been, how the flesh has been crucified. Those who are Christ have crucified the flesh, you know, that's that is what we see in crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. The flesh has certain passions and desires, and those who are Christ have crucified that very thing. So here he says, you know, I have been, that I should both accept, God forbid that I should both accept in the cross of our Lord Jesus by whom the world has been crucified to me. The world has been crucified. The world has been put to death, right, to me and I to the world. I have died. Right. So the life that I live, I live faith in the Christ Jesus as a new creation. So I have been, I have been put to death as well. Right. For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything but a new creation. Okay, that's verse, verse 15, from Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything. Okay, has any power or is capable of bringing about any, you know, any power or ability or strength. This whole thing of circumcision or uncircumcision, it does not change anything but a new creation. Now that is what it's about. How we have become a new creation in Christ. Now that is what will bring about strength. That is what will bring about change. You know, similarly, he says one another. So he says another place, right, where if we turn to chapter three, right, in, towards the end of chapter three, for as many as you were baptized into Christ have put on Christ, there is neither Jew nor Greek. There is neither male or slave nor free. There is neither male nor female. For you're all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ, then you are Abraham's seed and as according to the promise. Right. So, so this is saying, you know, there's no difference. All these differences are broken down, but you are one in Christ Jesus. You are heirs of Christ. Okay. Same way. Now in Christ Jesus, you know, all this Jews and non-Jews and, you know, whether you're circumcised or not circumcised. Now that does not matter. What matters, what is of importance is, are you a new creation? Which means have you, you know, experienced the cross of Christ, the power of the cross of Christ. Lord Jesus, work on the cross. Have you experiences? Now that is what will is, you know, you becoming a new creation. Now that is what matters. Okay. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace and mercy be upon them and upon the Israel of God. As many, you know, as many people, if they're going to be receiving this truth and revelation and as they walk, as they live their life according to this. Peace and mercy be upon them and the Israel of God. Meaning the, you know, the people of God. Peace and mercy be upon them as they walk with this understanding, as they walk with this truth. Okay. From now on, let no one trouble me. I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. Now this is, you know, because people are talking about circumcision and circumcision. He's saying I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. He was talking about, you know, the kind of difficulties, the kind of punishments that he endured, all the stripes, all the difficulties and all the whippings and everything that he has endured for the sake of the gospel. For the sake of ministering the gospel. Okay. So, so he's, he's referring to that and that word, you know, mark, meaning something that is cut, something that is, you know, something that is punched. So it's, it's, it's like, you know, some inscription even. Okay. Some cut or some something that is worth something that is cut in. So he's saying, I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus, you know, this for the sake of Christ, all this has happened. Like whether the beatings or whippings or everything, you know, this for the sake of Christ has happened and these are the marks. These are, this is proof that I belong to Jesus and I'm, I'm, you know, I'm doing the works of Jesus. So please don't trouble me about circumcision and uncircumcision anymore. He's saying, let no one trouble me for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you with your spirit. And that's how we ends that chapter. Okay. So Galatians, when we see, we see it's a wonderful book, wonderful epistle that Paul has written. And we see that he is in somewhere in Macedonia when he wrote this. And he wrote it primarily to correct the church, to warn the church, to alert the church that they were actually turning away from the true gospel. And they were going back to a form of Judaism to keep the law and to keep the Jewish customs and traditions, which they were actually delivered from. Okay. So this is actually not a Jewish people. These are, you know, non-Jewish people, but they were because of these Jewish brethren, they were actually being pulled into that to keep the customs, to keep the laws. In addition to accepting Christ. So Paul is telling them, and he starts by, you know, chapter one, chapter two, we read that he's talking about his own life and testimony, how he came to Christ. And in doing so, he's saying, when I met the apostles, when I, you know, we get, you know, clarity on how long he spent in which place, and when he actually started his ministry, all that we get, you know, I see that about 17 years had passed after which he had started the ministry. And I mean, ministry, the way he traveled, but he was anyway preaching and teaching the gospel and how he received the gospel, how he checked with the apostles about what he was preaching. And, and he also mentioned, you know, they didn't compel me for even Titus being a Greek, he was uncircumcised, but he was also not compelled by the apostles. So what are you talking about? The ones who walked with Jesus did not compel Titus even to be, you know, to be circumcised and nothing was mentioned. So he's, you know, and then he also goes on to talk about how did you, how did you receive Christ? How did you receive the Holy Spirit and, you know, all these miracles and everything supernatural that happens? Does it happen by the hearing of the law or by the work of faith, the work of the Holy Spirit? Then he goes on to talk about Abraham and how was Abraham blessed, right? And when we're under the law come, like how was Abraham declared righteous? It was before the law, right? It was by faith, right? So by faith, you are made righteous and you are the seed of Abraham. And you are, you know, if you are the seed of Abraham, then you are heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ. And, and, you know, he mentions all that and, and then goes on to talk about, you know, and further, you know, everything that he shares, you know, about the bond woman, which is about the two covenants and how one son was born because of, you know, because of bondage. And the other one was the son of promise and everything to compare and to say that, you know, you have liberty in Christ. And chapter five says, you know, stand firm in the freedom, stand firm in the liberty by which Christ has made you free. And, and of course, chapter, end of chapter five and chapter six, we see that he's exerting, encouraging the believers walk in the spirit. Because if you're going back to the law, you know, it, you are actually walking according to the flesh and, you know, the flesh is against the work of the spirit. It will not be, it will not take care of all those cravings and everything. But if you walk in the spirit, then it'll be a victorious walk. It'll be a victorious life because you can actually put to death. You will not fulfill the lust of the flesh. And then he goes on to say all that and ends the chapter. So, so we've come to the end of it. So we'll take a break. And when we come back, we will start with the book of Ephesians. So we'll take a small break.