 Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining class this morning. Before we begin, can I ask Jefina, can you please lead us in prayer? Sure. Dear Heavenly Father, we come to the name of Jesus. We thank you for this beautiful day and for the beautiful class we are about to have. God, we invite our Holy Spirit to lead us and guide us as we read the scriptures, as we read the things on the lesson. Help us to open our eyes and mind and understand every little thing that our teacher is teaching. Be with her and guide her. I thank you for all my friends who have joined here. Help us to listen to your words and understand it and apply that on our life and be an example to everyone around us so that they can know that you are God and you are everything. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Jefina. So last Friday we were looking at the doctrine of church, the church, and we were looking at the sacraments. There are two sacraments, which are the two sacraments that the church observes. Which are the two sacraments the church observes? What about the baptism and the Lord's table? Thank you, Zealotolis. So thank you, Begur baptism, water baptism and the Lord's table. So we looked at, you know, water baptism. What are some of the things that, you know, we learned regarding water baptism in our class on Friday? What is water baptism? Why do we partake in the water baptism? What are what is the significance? What is the expression of water baptism? What is the symbolic meaning of water baptism? One's acknowledgement regardless of age. Okay, thank you, Lupega. What is getting qualified? The two words, one's acknowledgement. What is the person acknowledging? Okay, anyone else? What did we learn about water baptism? What is this an expression of? What is symbolic of? What are some of the things that we learned regarding water baptism? It's fulfilling the righteousness of God. It is a request for a good conscience and it is also an identification with the death burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Okay, thank you, John. So baptism is a symbol of our inner experience of the death burial and resurrection with Jesus Christ. Okay, thank you. What else is baptism? Any more answers? Okay, baptism is an expression of our decision to follow Jesus Christ alone. It is that we have accepted him as our Lord and as our Savior and like John Paul said, it's a symbol of our inner experience of the death burial and resurrection with Jesus Christ. Now we also saw that there's something about water baptism that is much bigger than just repentance from sin. It was something that even the sinless Lamb of God, the sinless Son of God, who was the Lamb of God, desired to step into what a baptism it is actually an expression of the will of God that is being released on the earth. So everyone who partakes in water baptism are actually saying yes to the will of God and to the kingdom of God to be released here on the earth, to be released in and through their lives, their ministry, their vocation, their family, their gifts, their talents. And so you know they would step into water baptism as an expression of their yes to God, yes to doing the will of God. Like John Paul said, to fulfill all righteousness. That's basically saying yes to the will of God and also saying yes to being somebody who is going to release God's kingdom here on earth. It's basically releasing God's kingdom presence, his kingdom reign, his kingdom values, kingdom ethics, to bind on earth what is bound in heaven, to release on earth what is released in heaven. So that is the bigger picture of the whole significance of taking water baptism which even Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Lamb of God stepped into it with this bigger picture, with this bigger significance. So even as we've taken water baptism, we've actually stepped into it saying yes to the will of God and also we've stepped into it saying yes to ushering God's kingdom or extending his kingdom here on earth and building his kingdom here on earth. Now we look at the second sacrament. What is the other sacrament? One is water baptism. The other one is what is the second sacrament that the church observes? Thank you, Lubega. It's the Holy Communion or the Lord's table. Who instituted the Lord's table? Who instituted the Lord's table? Jesus. Thank you Paul. Thank you, Subashish. Jesus himself. And how do we know that it was Jesus who instituted the Lord's table or the Holy Communion? How do we know that? It's written in the Bible but I've forgotten the chapter. Thank you Paul. It's in Matthew chapter 26. Yes, Matthew chapter 26 verses 18 to 30. So can one of you please read Matthew chapter 26 verses 18 to 30? Anyone would like to read Matthew 26 18 to 30 please? Matthew chapter 26 verse 18 to 30. He replied go into the city to a certain man and tell him the teacher says my appointed time is near. I'm going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house. So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover. When the evening came Jesus was reclining at the table with the 12 and while they were eating he said truly I tell you one of you will betray me. They were very sad and began to say to him one after the other surely you don't mean me Lord. Jesus replied the one who has dipped his hand into the bow with me will betray me. The son of man will go just as it is written about him but over to the man who betrays the son of man it would be better for him if he had not been born. Then Judas the one who would betray him said surely you don't mean me Rabbi. Jesus answered you have said so. While they were eating Jesus took bread and when he had given thanks he broke it and gave it to his disciples saying take and eat this is my body then he took a cup and when he had given thanks he gave it to them saying drink from it all of you. This is my blood of the covenant which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you I will not drink from this fruit of wine from now on until the day when I drink it new with you in my father's kingdom. When they had some of him they went out to the Mount of Olives. Thank you Jafina. So here we see that Jesus instituted the Lord's table he took bread he blessed it he broke it and he gave it to the disciples saying take eat this is my body and likewise he took the cup and he gave thanks and he said drink you know drink this because this is the blood of the New Testament or the New Covenant which is shed for the forgiveness of your sins. So we do this in remembrance of what Christ has asked us to do as you know he said do it as often as you remember me so we can do it often you know is it okay that you know we can partake in the Lord's table daily for a yeah okay yes for some people partake in the Lord's table at home daily by themselves because they want to break through they want to see receive healing they want to just receive the full blessings of what Christ has finished for them on the cross they're pressing in they are pressing in for a breakthrough they're pressing in for an answer they're pressing in for healing and so you know people can take a holy communion daily by themselves because Jesus said you can do this as often as you remember me okay so who can partake in the Lord's table who can partake in the Lord's table born again believers yes so the thank you Zillatoli okay Zillatoli says born again believers Subashi says those who have taken baptism and Jafina says every believer okay thank you for your answers you know I'm a little you know it's it's good to qualify it by saying that those who are born again believers because when we say just believers there are people who are just nominal Christians you know who go ahead and take the holy communion but it is more appropriate for those who are you know born again believers those who believe in Jesus Christ it's also fine that you know they take it so that they can you know at least you know God can work in their lives they can see what they have received as a result of that and that can at least bring about a change in themselves so do you think that you know it's only for born again believers or all believers can take communion what is your thoughts on that all believers I mean by those who are just nominal Christians nominal I mean by those who live like the world the rest of the world does so do we qualify and say it's only those who are born again believers or do we say even those who are just believers can take part in the communion what are your thoughts on that I think everyone who believes Jesus died for their sins can take part of the Lord's table okay thank you so when John Paul and you say those who believe that Jesus died for their sins you're not they're saying they have to have a personal experience a born again experience with Jesus Christ I mean to say if they know that Jesus died for their sins and they experience it I think it's already part of it okay they're part of being born again okay Lupeka says only those who are born again believers can you qualify your answer and say why you say only born again believers yes go ahead Lupeka I really think it's all about doctrine because even the Muslims believe in Jesus so if I really say that every believer in Christ will take the holy communion that will mean that everybody will come onto the table but because of doctrine Muslims have something they lack as far as their doctrine is concerned let me say they believe that Jesus Christ of course died died for the sins but they they remove that nitty nitty gritty which believes that Jesus Christ is a true son of Jesus of God so once you remove that into the mix you've lost the entire point so that's why I'm saying that you must be a born again believer you believe that he was you must believe everything let me say you must believe the air the soil everything of Jesus Christ you must believe that he was he came here he was a god he was a born of a virgin Mary he is the only way to everything everything the cross you must believe you don't say that it was you that says carry out who was who was who was done what who was crucified on the cross you must believe everything you take it all not part of Jesus Christ thank you thank you Lupeka so Zirutoli says I think only those who are born again believers because we need to partake in the communion in a worthy manner yes so yes those only who are born again believers when they partake in the holy communion you know they receive the full benefits of what Jesus has completed and done on the cross because Paul when he's writing in first Corinthians chapter 11 when he's saying that you know you know if you don't take part of it in a worthy manner then you that's why you see many of you dying very young and you know there's so much of sickness in your body which shouldn't be if you take part of it in a worthy manner but here we see that even the church at Corinth they they knew the whole significance of what they are partaking in that it was the broken body and shed blood of Jesus Christ but they were not partaking of it in a worthy manner so I think it applies in both ways we can't say we can't support people who say that you know if a person who is you know not born again and they partake at least you know they experience the benefits of the cross and that would turn them to repentance to sin but it's just doing that as a ritual it's just when they're not even able to you know acknowledge what Christ has done and accept that as part of their own lives and consecrate their lives for what Christ has done live in you know in in in thanksgiving for what he has done then you know just taking part in the Lord's table as a ritual so that you know thinking that their sins would be forgiven is equal to an unbeliever who goes to a river or goes to a holy place just for his sins to be washed away so that he can you know his sins are cleansed but we know that you know this salvation is in no other name but the name of Jesus and there's no forgiveness of sins other than believing confessing with your mouth and believing your heart that Jesus died for you so we need to believe and confess so we need to take part in the Lord's table in a worthy manner and also for those who are you know were born again it's also important for us to remember that we need to partake in the Lord's table in a worthy manner so that we can you know receive the full benefits of the cross it also doesn't become a ritual for us those who are born again you know doing that as something that is very ritualistic but also we do that you know each time we do it we remember what Christ has done for us on the cross we thank him and we receive appropriate whatever he's done for in two our lives yes Paul do you have something to say yes I think also from from the name it is tell of he's a holy communion there should be an ill element of holiness we only worship and praise God in holiness so that is very very important so not everyone should be there we should go down when you're holy can't go to stable when you are dirty thank you yes thank you so even Jesus said that you know if you're going to the table and you have something against your brother leave your offering there go back you know ask for forgiveness you know and come back to the altar so it's important that you know even we who are born again when we partake in the Lord's table we need to also remember that you know we need to take part of it in a worthy manner you know of course we have asked for forgiveness of sins but we have done things that consciously or unconsciously that has grieved the heart of God so we ask for forgiveness and we just receive what he has finished for us on the cross what he has done what he's purchased for us on the cross okay so celebrating the Lord's table is an expression of our personal faith in the death burial and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ it's also a proclamation of we just proclaiming what Christ has done for us on the cross what he has purchased for us on the cross was he has redeemed for us what he has taken back for us from Satan so we are proclaiming what he has done and we know that every proclamation that we make every decree that we make in the name of Jesus and what he has completed what he has done for us it's very powerful in the spiritual realm and hence we can expect to receive the power of the cross just invading our lives even as we partake in the Lord's table we also when we partake in the Lord's table we are expressing our faith in his coming again and it's also an expression of our union with Jesus Christ we read this in 1 Corinthians chapter 10 verse 16 so can one of you please read 1 Corinthians chapter 10 verse 16 please 1 Corinthians chapter 10 verse 16 thank you John so it's an expression of our union with Jesus Christ where we are declaring a communion our union our fellowship with the body and blood of Jesus Christ with Christ him self it's also our expression of our union with one another with others in the body of Christ with other believers with other saints the same chapter 1 Corinthians chapter 10 the following verse verse 17 can one of you read that please 1 Corinthians chapter 10 verse 17 can one of you please read 1 Corinthians chapter 10 verse 17 because there is one loaf we who are many or one body for we all share the one loaf thank you jeffina so though we you know we are many but you know we are one body in Christ we partake of that one bread and so you know it is also expressing our union with one another our unity as one body in Christ Jesus just as you know it's also an expression of our union with Jesus Christ Lubega says that Jesus Christ is a whole package believe in all his doctrine not part of it yes very true so we need to you know when we believe we believe and accept everything we walk in in all that he has done for us declaring everything that he has done for us proclaiming everything that he has done for us and receiving it and we can receive it only when we are in union with him when we are one with him okay because you know this chapter says we can't drink the the cup of blessing and we can't drink the cup of satan we can't be you know on on the fence so to say on the wall on either side you know just sometimes jumping to this side when we want to receive blessings sometimes the other side because the way that we want to live it is yes we believe in Jesus Christ or you know and we we receive the whole blessings or we don't believe and we receive the you know the curses for because we are part we're drinking the cup of satan and we will read that in in first Corinthians okay so we look at we saw that it's an expression of our union with Jesus Christ and it's also our expression with our union with one another but when we partake in the Lord's table we need to prepare our hearts how do we prepare our hearts when we partake in the Lord's table how do we prepare our hearts when we partake in the Lord's table we just examine our lives we renounce any known sin that we have committed knowingly unknowingly consciously unconsciously and then when we take the elements we understand yes thank you Lubega repentance of sin we also understand and believe what they represent they represent the the the depth and the shed blood of Jesus on the cross we believe that and we receive the blessings okay so in celebrating the Lord's table we can expect the full blessings off the cross we can receive salvation healing deliverance wholeness receive so so which is a whole you know gift package that crisis purchase for us we can receive it it can be released into our lives and we can see the power of the cross being manifested in and through our lives now we come to Paul talking about partaking in the Lord's table in a worthy manner now you know he writes this to the church at Corinth now why do you think that he's talking about this to the church at Corinth any idea anyone has in 1st Corinthians chapter 10 and also he talks about 1st Corinthians chapter 11 why is he addressing this to the church at Corinth any idea okay so we look at you know the issues that were at you know that was the church of Corinth and why Paul is writing to them and what is he addressing about this issue of partaking in the Lord's table in the holy community in a worthy manner so one of the issues Paul is addressing is the behavior of people at the church at Corinth and there were two ways in which they were violating the Lord's table and the first thing is they were partaking of the Lord's table which was their act of worship and they were also partaking in the foods that were offered to idols as an act of worship towards the idol which Paul calls as idolatry and he writes about this in 1st Corinthians chapter 10 verses 14 to 33 so we see that you know he's he's saying that you can't partake in both these tables in the Lord's table and also go and partake in the food that has been offered to an idol because it's not just about eating the food it's okay to just eat any kind of food which he writes here in 1st Corinthians chapter 10 but he's saying that you know when you eat that food you're actually doing is an act of worship towards the idol you're giving reverence significance to the idol it's not about just eating the food the food is not very significant but what you're doing is very significant in the terms that it you know you're showing reverence to the idol and it's also a form of your worship towards the idol which he calls idolatry and he says even if you don't have this in mind that okay I'm not eating it because you know I'm worshiping the idol or I'm giving it reverence but if a new believer who's coming to the church sees you who's a mature believer so-called mature believer somebody who's you know being part of the church for some time now when they see it then you know they also are going to follow likewise and they also are going to learn from this and hence he's asked them to stop this practice this practice was very prevalent because you know most of them who are believers who are part of the church now came from you know pagan backgrounds where they're there worshiping idols so he writes about this he addresses this issue in 1st Corinthians chapter 10 verses 14 to 33 can one of you please read that please quickly 1st Corinthians chapter 10 verses 14 to 33 1st Corinthians chapter 10 verses 14 to 33 therefore my dear friends flee from idol tree I speak to the sensible people judge for yourself what I say it is not a cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ and is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ because there is one love we who are many or one body for we all share the one love consider the people of Israel do not do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar do I mean then that food sacrifice to an idol is anything or that an idol is anything no but the sacrifice of the parents are offered to demons not to God and I do not want you to be participants with demons you cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of the demons too you can you cannot have a part in both the Lord's table and the table of demons are we trying to allow the Lord's jealousy or we stronger than he I have the right to do anything you say but not everything is beneficial I have the right to do anything but not everything is constructive no one should seek their own good but the good of others eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of concerns for the earth is the Lord's and everything in it if an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go eat whatever is put before you without raising questions of consents but if someone says to you this had been offered and sacrificed then do not eat it both for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of consents I'm referring to the other person consents not yours for why is my freedom being judged by another's consents if I take part in the meal with thankfulness why am I denounced because of something I thank God for so whatever you eat or drink or whatever you do do it all for the glory of God do not cause anyone to stumble whether Jews Greeks or the Church of God even as I try to please everyone in every way for I'm not seeking my own good but the good of many so that they may be saved thank you jeffina so the real problem here is not with the food but like I said it's for the reference that has been given to the idol in so eating something that has been offered to the idol so it's becoming like a stumbling block to new believers so Paul is asking them not to partake in the table or the food that has been offered to idols because he says very clearly you can't partake in the cup of the Lord and the cup of the demons you cannot partake of the Lord's table and of the table of the demons because he says that you know what has been sacrificed has been sacrificed to demons and not to God and it's kind of fellowship with demons because when we are when we are taking part in the Lord's table it's an expression of our union with Christ or our communion with Christ so also when you partake in the food that has been offered to demons he's saying it's like fellow shipping or it's like communion with the demons okay that is the first issue that he is dealing with the church at Corinth about partaking in the Lord's table in a worthy manner so do we also you know partake in in the food that is offered to idols and in the Lord's table do we not necessarily we don't you know go and you know get eat those you know the the food that has been offered to idols but then you know there are various idols in our life which has taken precedence to Christ which has taken the center place in our lives and sometimes you know we are offering all of our time our energy you know to that idol which is in our life whether it is our jobs whether it is making more money whether it is friends whether it is worldly lifestyles which can become an idol and which we can partake in you know in some of the food that is being offered to the idol in the sense like you know some of us can go out with our friends and you know indulge in in ungodly lifestyle which is not pleasing in God's sight and so we need to be more mindful sometimes it can subtly come in you know where we are giving place to idols in our life even though we are born again subtly sometimes we can just give precedence to other things or other matters and it can even be greed it can even be pride it can even be jealousy and hence we need to take stock of that and you know partake in the Lord's table in a worthy manner where we renounce everything we ask God for forgiveness we make sure that He you know is a center place of our lives so that when we partake in the Lord's table we can receive what He has purchased for us what He has completed for us on the cross the second thing is in what Paul writes about about taking partaking in the Lord's table in a worthy manner is in first Corinthians chapter 11 um anyone knows what he's talking about there what he's discussing with the church at Corinth there what was the problem with the issue any idea in first Corinthians chapter 11 verse 20 to 34 Paul is addressing this issue where they have made the Lord's table as a feast you know so they all bring food and they they bring wine lots of wine because if you read it says you know some of them are even drunk so it's not just it's become like a feast it's become like a fun thing where they enjoy and it's also a sad thing because there are the rich who bring their good rich food and lots of it and they have their own circle where they sit together and eat and enjoy themselves and it is the poor people who you know hardly have anything or bring very little who are going unfed and hungry okay and it's the rich who are eating well and some of them are getting drunk and so he says this is this is not the way that you participate in the Lord's table so they had turned the Lord's table into some sort of feast and hence Paul is admonishing them that they have they they need to discern that they are partaking in the body the broken body and shed blood of Jesus Christ and they need to do it in the worthy manner you know and he says if you do it in a worthy manner you will receive the full blessings of the cross in your lives which includes healing deliverance you know prosperity but if you don't really understand or pay attention to the significance of what they're partaking in then you know they will miss receiving the blessings of the cross and you know they will miss receiving healing for their bodies deliverance from every demonic oppression in their minds in their emotions and that's why he says many of them are weak and ill and some of them have even died young which is which is not what God's will is for their life so let's just read first Corinthians chapter 11 verse 20 to 34 please can somebody read that first Corinthians chapter 11 verse 20 to 34 okay first Corinthians chapter 11 verse 20 to 34 says therefore when you come together in one place is it not to eat the Lord's supper for in eating each one takes his own supper ahead of others and one is hungry and another is drunk what do you not have houses to eat and drink in or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing what shall I say to you shall I praise you in this I do not praise you but I see from the Lord that which I also delivered to you that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which he was prayed took bread and when he had given thanks he broke it and said take eat this is my body which is broken for you do this in remembrance of me in the same manner he also took the cup after supper saying this cup is a new covenant in my blood this do as often as you drink it in remembrance of me for as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup you proclaim the Lord's death till he comes therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord but let a man examine himself and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup for he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself not discerning the Lord's body for this reason many are weak and sick among you and many sleep many sleep means many die for if we would judge ourselves we would not be judged but when we are judged we are chastened by the Lord that we may not be condemned with the world therefore my brethren when you come together to eat wait for one another but if anyone is hungry let him eat at home lest you come together for judgment and the rest I will set in order when I come now in this context you know in first Corinthians chapter 11 Paul is rebuking the Corinthians for their selfish and their inconsiderate conduct in which they come together as a church because he says when you meet together it's not the Lord's support that you eat for an eating each one goes ahead with one with his own meal and one is hungry and another is drunk so this is what Paul means when he talks about those who eat and drink you know without discerning the body that they're taking part in the broken body and the shed blood of Jesus Christ and it's also an expression of our unity with one another do it in union and communion and fellowship with the whole body of Christ because we are one there's not the rich and the divide between the rich and the poor there's no divide even among the Jews and the Gentiles so the problem at Corinth was not a failure for them to understand that the bread and the cup represented the body and blood of Jesus Christ they certainly knew about this but the problem was their selfish inconsiderate conduct towards each other while they were partaking in the Lord's table therefore it's important you know and if you don't understand or we are not discerning the true nature of the church as they were not discerning the true nature of the church as one body in Christ so in 1st Corinthians chapter 10 verse 17 he says because there is one bread we who are many are one body for we all partake of the one bread so we do it in unity and in oneness and if you know the other phrase not discerning the body means actually not understanding the unity and interdependence of the people in the church which is the body of Christ so he's saying you're not only taking part in a worthy manner in the sense of you know doing it in a way to as a means to receive what Christ has done for you but also you're doing it in an unworthy manner because you're not doing it in unity you're not doing it in oneness okay and it's not giving you know thoughts to others who are brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus so when we come together and when you come together and partake in the Lord's table we need to reflect this character of unity and oneness you know where we think first about the other brother or sister before we think about our own self so that is what he's addressing as a second issue here about them being selfish and inconsiderate and also you know partaking it as a feast and not fully you know doing it in a manner where they can receive the full significance of what Jesus has done for them on the cross okay so those are the two issues that he deals with in 1st Corinthians chapter 10 and 1st Corinthians chapter 11 okay that is why in our churches you know we wait till everyone has received the bread the wafer or everyone received the cup the grape juice or in some traditional churches where we go at the altar you know we receive individual cups and we wait for everyone to be served and then everyone who is at the altar when they all receive it then they you know the pastor prays and all of us receive it too gathered at the altar okay I know there are some churches where they just come one by one and you know I think they drink from that one big cup but this is a practice where we do it together in unity and in oneness so you know and also do it with you know the whole mindset that we are going to receive what Jesus has done for us on the cross now what is the requirement for those you know who want to receive the Lord's table there is only one requirement that and there's nothing else there's no explicit instruction in scripture that we must be water baptized before taking part in the Lord's table so therefore at all people's church you know we keep the participation in the Lord's table open to those who are only born again believers so only those who are born again believers can partake in the Lord's table there's also no explicit age restriction in scripture that we see when a person should be baptized in water or when a person can partake in the Lord's table the only requirement is that a person be born again they become a believer through their personal faith in Christ Jesus and they're welcome to be baptized in water or to partake in the Lord's table so even in our children's church you know we give the we have holy communion and we give it to children who are above grade six but not to all children who are in above grade six but only to those children who have you know accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as their person savior we speak to their parents about this and their parents say yes they've accepted the Lord Jesus Christ we want them to have own holy communion we only give it to the children above grade six I have it intentionally for children above grade six so that they can actually know the significance of what they're partaking in they are a little mature enough to understand so they can partake in a worthy manner and of course when before we give it to them we teach them we speak to them we share a bit about the Lord's table and all the children sit and listen but when we serve the elements we serve it only to those who are born again and those who are above grade six okay so that is what we practice at all people's church we just give it to those who are born again and not necessarily those who are baptized they can be born again but not water baptized but we still give them the let them partake in the Lord's table so that they can experience the full benefits of the cross okay any questions about the water baptism and the Lord's table any questions any comments you'll have okay okay thank you Lubega okay any thoughts you'd like to any feedback about the assessments thus far please feel free to share your feedback about the assessments you think there are quite a lot of you know statements for each question options to choose from or do you think it's fine it's okay I'll repeat my question for each in the assessment for each question do you think there are a lot of statements that have been given a lot of options okay it's okay anyone else please share your feedback on assessments do you think I can follow the same format for the last assessment is it okay I have a question like what assessment so we have around five to six options so if suppose I mistakenly like dig the wrong answer so all my answers will be wrong because it carries six or five months yeah I know that's the concern for most students but that is how it has been designed and the reason behind that is because it's an open book assessment and all of the statements and all of the answers are in the in the text so it just requires a little more reading you know and that is one way that all of you will read and these are important theological truths and also it's a reasonable way to understand how well the student has comprehended because you know it's I understand if you do that if it's closed book exam this is an open book exam you have three days time there are just a few short lessons not much of notes as well for the lessons you know and I think it's you know it's important that since an open book exam this is the best way to evaluate a student's comprehension because we also give you a considerable three days to do it and that is how it has been designed so we just follow as faculty we follow the format yeah I know that's a concern for most students but considering that it's an open book exam all the answers are there in the you know in the content that has been given it's a reasonable way that we could understand the student's comprehension okay thank you Abubakar I think I I intentionally put in a lot of options because I know many students are really busy they have 10 classes they have their own vocations their own jobs there's just no time to read it so I just put in those deliberately those statements so that important statement so that at that time when I at least reading it trying to examine it whether it's a true answer right wrong answer and thus learning is reiterated and some of the foundational truths which I think which are important for a theological student to know I just hope that through this assessment will be a good exercise for y'all to to remember and to know the foundational truths because people are going to look up at you as theological students who have come out with a degree so at least these statements you know would know in your mind would remain as truth as facts because you're going to look at it whether it's a true answer or a wrong answer yeah yes Lou Baga you had your hand up it's always not easy for having been a having a teacher a teacher background but you see like the assessment of Christology which I think has deadline of tomorrow has a question which has six marks and another one there has three around there are two questions if not three questions where if you miss a mark on those two three questions you go way below 18 out of 30 now I would advise that it would be another question but instead of one question having six why it can be related to be three questions to have two to two marks but if I I tell you the truth I spent almost 12 hours on that one question and I my wife was like you old man gone to sleep and I but I don't know whether even still got it right but because you get worried when you're going to submit you say in case I miss a mark here I'm gone now I will go the last time I almost got zero and now again this one I failed so I don't know but it is good but you keep in books but it is so hard less it's part of being a student thank you teacher thank you Lou Baga I I will take that I think six marks is quite a lot of marks for a student to lose sorry I missed out that I didn't consider that but thank you for pointing it out I will make sure next time it will just be like two or three marks so that you know it really doesn't really pinch the student or leave them you know in single digit marks yeah I'll I'll make sure I do that next time okay okay thank you all for your feedback I've taken five minutes of extra time thank you for joining class today I'll see you all on Friday have a blessed day God bless all of you thank you everyone