 Good morning and welcome. Thank you for connecting on this call. We continue with chapter 2 of 1st Peter today Let me just begin with a word of prayer Above father we thank you for your grace upon our lives. Thank you Lord that You've led us thus far Lord and even in this course Lord for enabling us to Lord really Lord be blessed by the truth of your word in Several books of the Bible Lord as we are studying first Peter. We ask for your wisdom Holy Spirit minister to hearts and lives and Lord we pray God let let this word Be implanted O God in our hearts and Father God help us to live for your glory in Jesus name We pray amen. I recall that I stated we look at a few of the Verses from the previous chapter So let's go back to first Peter chapter 1 We saw that this letter was written. It was one one of the early letters and written to both the Jews Gentiles There is encouragement coming through but there's also Some sections that talk about responsibilities as a Christian Christian living duties and He's asking the believer to live this kind of a life in the midst of the persecution That that is going on right then and also the impending persecution. So we were somewhere near was 18 And we said that one can live a holy life God is calling us to live a holy life And he we have the blood of Jesus that sets us free from the aimless conduct Received by tradition from our fathers and such a victorious thought that we have and also the fact that we have not been redeemed by Just anything right or the worldly worldly Valuable things, but we are redeemed by the precious blood of Jesus And that is something that we must remember and we know that Christ has sacrificed his own life for us It's a it's a very profound thought That God loved us so much that he gave himself up in such a manner that You know his very life was given for us So to never forget that now when we think of all these things, of course, you know Why did God go to that extent so that Satan can be defeated so that we can live an overcoming life And and so, you know, we can live holy. That's the Reminder for all of us now. Let's look at More scriptures here Yeah, there is this thought of Christ Jesus being God deciding that he will lay down his life before the foundation of the world So verse 20 he indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world even in the book of Revelation Scripture teaches us that the Lamb of God was slain before the foundation of the world But was manifest in these last times for you. That means God intended it in their heart So just look at that. It's as if the act is done in the mind of God. It's already done But the actual like in the natural it took place 2000 years ago when Jesus came Physically he was born as a human being and then, you know, he went ahead to the cross He died for our sins. But in the heart of God Before he said let there be light Jesus had already done this in the mind of God. That's our understanding So this is how God plans and thinks in his in his mind, right? So the blueprint is already in his mind and that is what unfolded in our world So we read in Galatians 4-4 that You know, it's the Son of God in the fullness of time Christ Jesus he came he appeared and he died for us So it was not like Adam's sin and a lot of sin Corrupted the world and then God came up with a solution for that sin. It's not like that even before The sin happened no Genesis 3 happened Scriptures are telling us in the mind of God The idea or the plan that Jesus will be that perfect sacrifice was already Established and so, you know, that's being spoken to us and We through him believe in God who raised him from the dead and gave him glory so that your faith and hope are in God and as we said earlier, he gives us something to hold on to the hope speaking about resurrection and He's saying that look even though it was so painful and difficult There is victory in that Christ Jesus died And and you know, he was buried that's true but he also was raised from the dead and you know, our faith is such a glorious faith, it's such a Powerful faith. We are not like people of the world who don't have any hope but we are people of hope because after death came resurrection and so we are people who Carry that hope of resurrection with us. So be strong. You know, this world is but Temporary in that sense and you know, be bold be strong. We can live a holy life So in that context, he was saying all these things now as you move on to the next section here. He says Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the spirit in sincere love of the brethren Love one another fervently with a pure heart. Remember we said Some instructions for Godly living one is brotherly kindness brotherly love Which is also needed in the community of God's people. So there is an emphasis on that And then, you know, he says we are born again by by the word of God. So which is the incorruptible seed in our lives and The word of God is very powerful because the word of God always remains. So the word of God is eternal That's the point. So We have something which will endure through all things the word endures forever So the word of God just like God his word is eternal and we can establish that by what Peter is saying here and We move on now to the second chapter So here again There will be exhortation about the identity of the believer and then he will move on to speaking about submission to various authority structures. So let's quickly read through chapter two and then we can you know, go ahead if Possible we can even read chapter three because the submission aspect news there. Let me just check Okay, let's let's do two and then we can come Excuse me, ma'am. Yes. Yes, brother Lubeka Yesterday I tried to touch my work on and it refused but what they did on your email. I don't know whether it will be considered Okay, thank you for letting me know I'll I'll just respond to you about that Okay, sure. Thank you Okay, let's Go now to chapter two here and we leave it in two sections as we did earlier. There are 25 Verses so one person could please read 12 and the other 13 verses Therefore Lene said all the less all the seeds hypocrisy in the and all evil speaking as Newborn best desire the pure will of the world that you may grow thereby If indeed you have tested that the Lord is precious Coming coming to him as through a living stone rejected indeed by men but chosen by God and precious You also as living stones are being built up as spiritual house a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices Acceptable to God through Jesus Christ Therefore it is also contained in the scripture Behold I lay in Zion a cheap corner stone in late precious and he who believes on he will not will by No means put to shame therefore to you who believe he is precious But with those who are disobedient the stone with the builders Rejects are rejected has become the cheap corner stone and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense The stumble being disobedient to the world to which they also were appointed But you are a chosen generation a royal priesthood a holy nation his own specials people that you may proclaim the praises of him who call you out of darkness into his marvelous life Who once were not a people but are not the people of God who had not obtained mercy But now have obtained mercy the lover that beg you as so generous and pilgrims abstain from fleshly Last which were against the soul having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles that when they speak against you as evil the worst they may be They may by your good post which they observe glorify God in the day of visitation Okay, thank you as Ellie. We have the next section here. We would like to Beat it out for us Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake Whether to the king as supreme or to governs as to those who are sent by him For the punishment of evil birds and for the praise of those who to good But this is the will of God That by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men That's free yet not using liberty as a clock for wise But as born servants of God honor all people love the brotherhood here God another thing Servants be submissive to your masters with all fear not only to the good and gentle but also to the hearts But this is commendable It because of consents to our God one end your script Suffering wrongfully for what a credit is it if when you are beaten for your faults You take it patiently, but when you do good and suffer if you take it patiently This is the commendable before God But do this you are called because Christ also suffered for us living as an example that you should Follow his steps who committed no sin nor was this it found in his mouth who when he was revealed Did not reveal a revival in return when he suffered he did not threaten But committed himself to him who judges righteously Who himself bore our sins in his own body on the tree that we having died to sins might leave for righteousness By whose stripes you are healed For you for you were like seep going astray, but having now returned to the safer and overseer of your soul Ma'am you are muted. Oh, yeah. Thank you Rosalind. Thank you so much. Yeah, okay So I was saying we'll go ahead and explain What we've just learned So as we shared earlier, there is an encouragement to live holy because of who we are in Christ No, you talked about You know, we we being the people of God means having a more permanent Membership in heaven and we are just pilgrims and sojourners here on earth And you know, we have this eternal word of God that has been given to us Christ Jesus has done powerful things through his blood for us so, you know, we are we are a special people and That you know one one needs to live out this this life that Has internally is spiritually been accomplished for us now There are again, we would notice that the team know It's us at the end of the day who have created these chapters and verses So there are different topics that go through each each Chapter here may or may not exactly be linked to the the previous section. So I mean, let that not Worry us. Let's just take from, you know, what it is sharing So he spoke about all these matters and now he is giving us the Inside that Maturity is needed maturity is needed even the writer of the Hebrews right in the times when he was encouraging the believers. He said Now go on to maturity Hebrews chapter 5 you need to become more mature in Christ By now, you should have all been teachers, you know, but I still have to talk to you about the basics of the of the Gospel So maturity maturity and there's a There's a pointer to maturity by Peter also. He says come on Become more mature and in saying that he's he's talking about how one should live a more spiritual like walk in the spirit like how Paul spoke in in Ephesian Is it yeah Galatians 5 Galatians 5 he talks about walking in the spirit, right? So to yield to the spirit is maturity not yielding to the flesh and here Peter also says that he says laying aside malice all deceit hypocrisy envy evil speaking What are what where do these come under they come under the category of the flesh Activities of the flesh. So he says we must become more mature. We must be more yielded to the spirit of God and He says as new born babes desire the pure milk of the word that you may grow thereby So that's what he's inviting the people you need to grow up grow up in God How to grow up how to become that spiritual believer yield to the word of God yield to the word of God? And he talks about desiring the word of God how to desire the word of God now We all know there's a reference to new born babes because the only only Source of nourishment that they They can be built by a mother's milk. That's how they are designed. Are they even if we feed them other things? It will not set right with them the way they are designed is to have the milk the mother's milk Now he's talking about the new born babes desire That's the point here. So new born babes desire for milk. We know for anything and everything You know, they need to be fed if they're crying. It's probably that they are hungry I face look uncomfortable is probably that they are hungry. It's always that they want milk, right? And and it nourishes them. It strengthens them So he's saying as a believer our desire for the word of God should be like the new born babe desiring milk Okay, so that kind of eagerness that always I want I want That nourishment from God and always eager to receive the word of God when we become like that Then he says you may grow there by once I become so desirous of the word of God growth will happen I remember Paul also spoke in Acts 2032 he points us to to the fact that the word of God will build you up So our growth comes from the word of God in our lives and so he's encouraging the believers come on It's time to grow up and the way to grow up is to commit ourselves to the word of God and now he Encourages them saying that you know, they are the believers are chosen by the Lord and Even if they go through persecution, it's like Christ who was rejected But now Christ is the chief cornerstone that stone which was rejected has become the chief cornerstone And you are also living stones. He uses this this picture of a living stone And we know that a building is built with stones. It's built with bricks now What is the importance of that living stone so that entire structure is formed by individual stones Similarly the house of God. He's talking about a spiritual house Now we know as the body of Christ or the church of our Lord Jesus Christ the family of God We have different terms to describe ourselves Ecclesia, you know God's people who are called out. We are the gathering of God We are also a spiritual house. Now though we don't look like a building spiritually the house of God is formed by every single one of us All of us and he's saying we are not dead stones because usual buildings are made out of Stones that can't speak stones that can't think But the house spiritual house of God is formed by living stones and the thing about living stones is They can be used if they are yielded if they are not yielded See because the stone is living it can go off anywhere it wants But that's not how we build the building right if God says, okay, this is your purpose. You have to be here Hopefully that stone is there only dead stone will be there but living stone. You can't guarantee but when we are yielded to God No, we are those yielded living stones and through us obeying You know his purpose that he has for us God is building up his spiritual house. Now how beautiful with all of us, uh, you know, he's building a beautiful place to hold his presence and uh, you know, he's uh, Peter is also calling us holy priesthood Because earlier we know that only the priests could go in but now we believe us we have Through the blood of Jesus, right? We have been brought near to God. That's what scripture tells us And so we can offer up sacrifices to God directly. We don't need a mediator Jesus has become our mediator. So he says your position in Christ now is you are a holy priesthood And you offer spiritual sacrifice sacrifices Acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. Now, this is where We say the old practices going into a temple and you know making a sacrifice no longer valid for a believer But there are still sacrifices that scripture talks about but these sacrifices are spiritual sacrifices What could be some of the spiritual sacrifices? We know praise Is a sacrifice of our lips Okay, so praise is a sacrifice our own life offering our life to God Dedicating our life to God obeying God yielding to God is a spiritual sacrifice Our giving to God is a sacrifice It's a spiritual sacrifice when we give to the Lord when we you know, bless people in the name of God That's a spiritual sacrifice. So now the kind of sacrifices which we give to the Lord are different From the kind which the people offered in the temple So he's just reminding us look this all this has happened You are now so blessed as a people and always remember Because this has happened because of Jesus and that Jesus was that That stone who was rejected, but he has become the chief cornerstone now. So we could even say that He's he's saying People are facing so much of persecution. So there must have been an atmosphere of rejection also So it's a good reminder to know that even Jesus went through rejection But God chose him and thereby, you know, God caused him To be so precious that he's become the chief cornerstone Like if God has chosen that is our Consolation that is our comfort So even you as a people even though they may have been facing opposition We may be facing opposition difficulties Rejection when we are chosen by the Lord That comforts us that gives us our strength and I've heard that You know, there are once again Yeah Verse seven Therefore to you who believe he is precious, but to those who are disobedient You know the stone which the builders rejected here. He has become the chief cornerstone So he's saying those who are disobedient for them the power of the cross It doesn't get applied in their lives, but to us who believe it is Precious, so I've heard that I think Charles Spurgeon he preached a message on this topic To you who believe he is precious an entire sermon on that particular scripture so The more we learn about Christ and we understand Why is he so precious because of all the things that have been Accomplished and Peter is exhorting the believers He is reminding them of their position in Christ. He's saying you are a chosen generation You know the way Christ Jesus is chosen by God You too are chosen maybe rejected by people, but you are chosen by God chosen generation And royal priesthood right royal priesthood because now we are we are kings We are priests unto the Lord We carry authority. What is royal royal carrying authority and Christ has given us authority priesthood We can approach God directly. We can minister to God. We can minister to people. So the ability to do that is priesthood Holy nation. Yes, God has made us holy He has empowered us to be holy And so he's calling them a holy nation a special people And what is the purpose of being? So special, you know, sometimes it gives us such a boost to hear that. Oh, you know, I am chosen generation royal priesthood holy nation special people But there is a purpose for being all this In that same scripture the end of that scripture says That you may proclaim the phrases of him So what why did God make us so special? Chosen blessed Victorious prosperous So that we may proclaim his praises So he's reminding there is a purpose. We are here To glorify God as a believer The purpose of our lives is to praise God or you know What is it that through our lives we can do? How can we live in such a way that in our generation The name of God can be praised. So understand that purpose. That's what he is telling the believers Okay, let all our lives praise God because of who he has now made us and he's reminding us We were earlier not even a people But now we are the people of God. What a privilege because of what Jesus has done We've been brought into the kingdom. We've been brought into the family of God So he's calling the believers from verse 11. You know, he says, okay now that you understand that we are We are supposed to praise God Don't live fleshly lives live a godly lives and he says the Fleshly lusts war against the soul very important. You probably would have learned about this in Who is that The battlefield of the mind. There is an apc publication. So we we see that when a believer yields to fleshly lusts It destroys Their soul because that's what the scripture is saying. There is an opposing effect fleshly lust War Against the soul. So it's not possible that a believer yielding to lust and still being healthy In our soul right like still being fit in our soul Cannot happen because scripture clearly says there is a war going on. So when we yield to, you know, the maybe lustful sexual desires lustful thoughts the lusting after money lusting after The the things of the world riches So when we we live that kind of an uncontrolled uncontrolled Passion for all these things And we are living a fleshly life It will destroy our soul Right, uh, so that's a warning That's a warning for us that we cannot have ungodly lives We cannot be sowing to the flesh because we are going to reap of the flesh if we do that So godly life is so very important for a healthy soul Even the soul part of us for our emotions for our will and our Mind to be healthy To stay away stay away from fleshly lust and he says have a honorable conduct honorable conduct Conduct among the Gentiles. So what does that mean? Basically? He says live a godly life For your own health's sake and also maintain a testimony. What is a testimony? You see Of course, we shouldn't uh, you know May our main motive is that we must live right before god god should say that yeah, you're righteous You're you're correct. So that is the way we live But at the same time there is value to the the way people perceive our lives Right if if we are living a righteous life before people, that's what we call a good testimony a good testimony is also important So peter is saying we can't say that I am righteous. I am good. I don't care what people say There is some value In having a good testimony before people. So how do I behave myself in front of people is also Necessary he's saying in fact not just any people the unbelievers. What are the unbelievers saying about us? I mean living in such a way that the unbeliever can condemn us If yes, if the unbeliever can easily condemn us and say look at that believer How they live their lives Then we are missing something but instead of that peter's instruction is your conduct honorable among the gentiles So a godly life even before those who are unbelievers and he's saying when we live like that Even if people speak against You know evil against you they will observe the good things And you know they'll know that you are a righteous person. So that's a tall order. Actually, it's it's a challenging thing But he says that's how we must live live an honorable life even among the gentiles So that they know your good works, which means there's got to be good works in the life of a believer Right now there are two sections that address Submission one is submission to government second is submission to masters So when we speak about submission to government, we know in romans 13 There is a reference where we are called to honor The authority that god has placed on our lives There is a call in first timati chapter 2 verse 1 where paul calls the believers He says look let petitions prayers intercession thanksgiving Be made for all people verse 2 he says for kings and all those in authority That we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. So it's a biblical thing to honor authority government authority Uh, and and so he calls the believer and he says look this uh Authority has been given by god to us. So you walk in submission. What is submission? Submission is yieldedness yielded to the authority so in verse 13 of first prayer chapter 2 He says therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the lord's sake Whether to the king as supreme or to governors as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evil doers And for the praise of those who do good. So god has placed authority to regulate Right in society You know the good and like overcome the evil So there is a purpose why god has appointed authority and peter is saying just like paul Peter is also saying respect authority now in their In their life, uh, as we we did the book of acts there also we saw towards the end paul says my conscience is clear. I have not done anything evil against Man or against god. I'm sure of that right So they live their life in such a way that they respected the authority. Yes at a time when Authority is asking us to go against god those are the times when Both paul peter this stood up. You remember right the early chapters of of the book of acts when peter says that You can't stop us. We will preach in the name of jesus. So when authority is asking us to to Be disobedient to god. Those are moments where we've got to rise up and say sorry We can look back even at the life of daniel and uh, shardak meshaka bednego. They were asked to um Worship other gods. They were asked to do Things that was common for the people in babelon and they refused. They said no like even if we die We will not do that So when authority is forcing us to do something against god That's when we must put our foot down But otherwise in general the bible says we must respect God given authority our government. We must pray for leaders. We must not you know like uh Sort of grumble and uh Let them down Right. We we need to pray for them. Yes. Is everything going right? We may find that certain things are not going right So what should a believer do in that situation? Pray pray first timati chapter two Or you know verse two says that pray for them pray for them that they may be able to do what is right in god's side So this is in relation to government. So what are we supposed to do? Submit submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for whose sake for the lord's sake So that god's name will not be uh, you know let put down Give us 15 for this is the will of god that by doing good You may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men As free yet not using liberty as a cloak for wise but as born servants of christ So uh born servants of god. So he's reminding us that actually by the Word of god actually by the work of the cross we have been set free so We we are free. We are not born servants to anyone In that sense because jesus has set us free from uh the slavery of sin and the slavery of satan So we are liberated But willingly what we are doing is for the lord's sake Right and because this is the will of god and to put to silence the ignorance of foolish men We are yielding ourselves to authority right just because we have freedom. We can't say hey I'm a believer. I'm a citizen of heaven. I won't follow any government rules No, I won't follow traffic rules. I'm from another I'm another person, right We can't say things like that. We'll have to follow what the government Uh put star Right and uh peter is calling us. He's saying honor all people Love the brotherhood fear god honor the king So there's a way of living a righteous life where we are respectful Of the people around us and particularly, you know, he he says love the brotherhood, which means Uh the believers the body of believers is a special love For the body of believers where we are ready to minister where we are ready to uphold one another Uh strengthen one another so that is the attitude one must carry towards the body of believers And of course, you know towards god godly fear fear god and uh towards the government authorities honor them honor them Now that was the section about honoring the authorities now the next section here is about Submitting to masters now. I do understand that masters Is for our generation. We don't like that word because it it reminds us of slavery Which obviously was was what uh, you know society had Way back then today This can be applied in the Work relationships where we have bosses and we have Superiors we have managers. So this next section is applicable for that context So here, uh The scripture says servants be submissive to your masters with all fear not only to the good and gentle but also to the harsh For this is commendable if because of conscience toward god one end your grief suffering wrongfully For what credit is it if when you are beaten for your faults you take it patiently But when you do good and suffer if you take it patiently, this is commendable before god For to this you were called because christ also suffered for us leaving us an example and you should follow his steps so, uh, actually quite interesting where first it says Submit to the master serve and submit to the masters, which means today we are supposed to submit to our authority in the workplace Okay, that is understood Now the the second portion is interesting because we are being told Be submissive not just to the good manager, but also to the you know so-called tough manager Uh, maybe that manager is not gentle. They are harsh You know, sir, they are speaking roughly to us or something is going on where we feel Oh, this is not okay. Why should I listen to to this manager? They are so harsh Or you know, they are so rough and tough But he's reminding us of the uh the fact that look at jesus even jesus suffered Was it just that jesus suffered under the hands of the Pharisees and the uh, you know the jews No, there's no justice in that Did he deserve it? No, he never deserved it But he was still quiet Because he endured for the sake of god And that's the reminder for us now. What happens if we work for uh, someone who is treating us unjustly Yes, we will do everything that is right. We will trust god for bring to bring us out Uh, victoriously Ultimately our hope and trust is in the lord But even to such a manager or such a boss such a superior The bible is saying You do the right thing They may not be doing the right thing But you do the right thing because of the example that jesus left for us now. They should not be Misunderstood stating that let's say if people are treating us Badly like abuse if there is abuse going on, right? Like okay, let everyone walk over you and don't ever respond You know be that person who becomes a martyr. That's that's not what it's saying. It's not that extreme but To a certain extent right When we observe that we are we are being treated unjustly In a in a workplace situation even then for the sake of the lord Even if it is unjust to behave rightly And to still submit to authority Uh, he says twice commendable commendable commendable means Uh, it it's worthy of applause It's a good thing. It's a good thing. So Yeah, that's that's like an instruction for us In our work situation. So even if sometimes such things happen We are the ones who have to sort of Uh Walk in submission Okay now from verse 23 Uh, it's again talking about jesus who when he was reviled did not revile in return when he suffered He did not threaten but committed himself to him who judges righteously. So, uh, it's all about jesus He says who himself bore our sins in his own body on the tree that we having died to sins might live for righteousness By whose stripes you were healed So though he's only talking about the obedience of jesus the submission of jesus to the father There are other things uh coming out here where we are learning about the Redemptive work of jesus on the cross about our healing by the stripes of jesus. We are healed and he says, uh our Power to be righteous because he says He died to sins Might live for righteousness, which means you and I as believers we can be victorious over sins We can be healed from our sicknesses Uh, and from jesus's example, we can also Uh, we can also overcome if we are going through some kind of an unjust treatment by our superior And finally in the last uh passage last verse there He says for you were like sheep going astray but have now returned to the shepherd and overseer of your Souls so though it's talking about us coming back to god I want to remind us that we are told That we have a shepherd so this is a reminder because in john 3 34 we see scriptures say that um Jesus had the the spirit without measure so, uh, one of the ways in which that passage is understood is that Jesus carried the anointing in the ministry offices So we do have scriptures that talk about how he was a good teacher We do have scriptures that talk about like in hebrus 3 1 He is the apostle and high priest of our confession. So he was in the office of the apostle We know jesus said that A prophet is not respected among his own people. So jesus himself called Uh him a prophet now here we are told that he is a shepherd Shepherd that is pastor Right. So who is our ultimate pastor? Who is the overseer of our souls? Uh, jesus he carries the anointing of a shepherd Or a pastor, right? So, uh, that is a reminder for us that Our ultimate the person who carries the ultimate anointing in all the offices all five offices There's no person no human being who can carry the anointing of all the five fold ministry offices But our lord jesus he did he carried it Okay, because um, you know, he is that perfect example for us and uh, so the insights here As i stated earlier, it's more about reminding the people Of their identity the call to holy living the call to uh, you know, not yield to fleshly lust and also When it comes to to Submitting to authority He says submit to the government submit to the master And also let's remember Peter It wasn't easy for them, you know, they were all going through persecution And you can imagine, you know, like a believer working for an unbeliever when they got ill treated Peter is still saying You live a righteous life. You trust god for justice Okay, so it is it easy to practice what we are preaching today in our class Answer is definitely no Uh, but that's the instruction for us as believers and god is calling us to to Do something which he's he can empower us to do on our own Of course, we cannot but he strengthens us and we always have the example of jesus that Will encourage us so with that i'm going to stop for today. Uh, and if there's any questions or Any uh anything to discuss Let's talk about it All right, let's pray and close then One request one of us to please go ahead and lead and pray Loving father once again lord, we thank you and we praise you master for this beautiful day lord A lord, I thank you so much for speaking to us lord through your daughter lord continue to pray The things lord what we are learning Help us lord to apply it in our life and the best to come lord We will apply it in our minister lord and continuously pray for all the day ones lord those who are hearing and learning every day lord Continuously bless them jesus never pray amen Amen, thank you. Thank you super sheesh. Thank you everyone trust that uh, we were blessed Today and yeah, we will connect again next week. Let's see if we can wrap up first peter And uh, yeah, we should we have sufficient time to complete our portions. So take care. Uh, god bless