 Alright, so who would like to pray today? Can I pray, mom? Yes, please go ahead. Dear Heaven Father, we thank you so much for this wonderful morning. We thank you for the arrangement that you make for us that would be able to study your word. You tell us to study the word so that we can rightly debate the word of truth. Therefore, Lord, as we study this book of Acts and Apostle Paul's life, Lord, may we get out what you wanted us to get so that we'll be able to serve you on the earth. Later we'll be with you forever in eternity. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Thank you, Charles. So the last class was more of an introduction where we saw what the book of Acts is all about. We saw that it was written by Luke, who was apart from many other hats that he wore. He was a travel companion of Apostle Paul and most likely he wrote it as a defense brief for one of the Roman officials to help Paul during his trial. And this was also most likely written somewhere between, somewhere like 65 to 70 AD is what people say. And we see here a wonderful account of the ministry of Jesus after his resurrection, followed by the empowering of his apostles and then the ministry of the apostles in Jerusalem and the regions around. So we will continue from where we stopped in the last class. There's also a question that we had in class that I will answer first and then we will get further into it. I think some camera is not, like I just request everyone, if you can, I mean as long as you are looking into the camera, that's fine. But if not, then it'll be good if you can put off your cameras, please. All right. I don't want the class to be disturbed by any movement. All right. Yes. So in the last class, Shri Kumar asked us about Matthias and he said that, is he on the call yet? Doesn't look like, but I'll go ahead and answer his question anyway. So he said that Matthias' name is not seen anywhere else in the New Testament, but strangely he is selected as the 12th Apostle in the first chapter of the book of Acts. And was Matthias present during the Passover meal that Jesus had together with his disciples? So the answer to that question is not very straightforward. When you read the accounts of the Passover meal, it seems like the 12 apostles were the one who sat with Jesus and had the meal. So Matthias is not counted in there. And that would be the answer, straightforward answer to his question whether Matthias was part of the Passover meal. So we don't see that. Now there are speculations that, okay, in the preparation of the meal, there could have been even though 12 disciples sat with Jesus at the table and they had the meal with him in the preparation of the food. Others could have been involved. And who those people are, we have no idea. Some people say that it could be women because women were known to prepare these meals. But it could also be someone else. So could Matthias have been one of those men who prepared the meal? You know, we wouldn't know the answer to this question. So that's what it is. And I mean, if it helps in some way to know whether Matthias was part of that Passover meal, then, you know, yeah, so I just wanted to answer that for us. Okay, so now going back into what we were studying, we said that Jesus spoke about the things pertaining to the kingdom of God. And if I may just say, Elisha, I think your camera is on. If you don't mind, if you could please have it on off. That would be helpful. Thank you. Thank you for your cooperation. So we said that Jesus spoke about the things pertaining to the kingdom of God. And after that was the promise of the Father that Jesus talked about. And he encouraged his disciples to wait for the empowering of the Holy Spirit before they went and did any work of the ministry. And then is the selection or you may want to call election of Matthias as led by the Holy Spirit. And later we see that the apostles, along with other disciples are gathered together seeking God for this gift of the Holy Spirit or the promise of the Father in the upper room. So that's where we are at and we will pick up from there. But before we get further into this, any thoughts, questions about what we have learned so far? Okay, how about, you know, why is it that Jesus asked his disciples to wait? Why couldn't they go and do the ministry without the baptism in the Holy Spirit? What do you all think about that? Pastor said the question again. I say, I said, why did Jesus want the disciples to wait to receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit before they did the ministry? Why couldn't they have just blessed them and send them out? Because, you know, we have a huge task on hand, isn't it, to reach the ends of the earth and it would be good for the believers to start right away. Pastor, it is like two ways because it had already been pre-programmed by the Father. Before he went, he told them, wait until I send you the gift of the Father that he has promised. And then the blessing would work. It has the power, but he had again said that I'm not going to give you as often as I'm not going to give you alone. I'm going to send you a helper. They needed a helper to do that. And then again in the book of John, he said, when the teacher has come, he will teach you everything. So that means that the coming of the Holy Spirit, the waiting would now bring on board a teacher that would teach them some of the things that might have not been understood. Because there are some that are going to join the group when they had not seen Jesus. So they would now have the teacher in the group who would teach them. Thank you. Alright, thank you Charles. So you said two things that they were asked to wait. And secondly, that the Holy Spirit is that great teacher who would lead us into the things of God. And for these two reasons, the disciples had to wait. Any other reasons why the disciples had to wait? Yes, Christopher, before I come to you, I can see some answers on the chat and I will read it out. Asha says, I think because he was with them. Okay, so, alright. Subajit says, maybe because they need to be born again first, which was only possible after the crucifixion. Okay, and Kung says, with the Holy Spirit, we can do the impossible if it was just by us, it would not bear witness. Okay, thank you. Thank you for those answers. Yes, Christopher. Yes, pastor. So I think there was a void that was created when Jesus would leave. And that's why he really wanted them to have someone to be with them, to give them the power, to give them the strength to take the message across the different geographies. So for me, I think the point is that the Holy Spirit is, as mentioned by a few other people, that it is a blessing and grace that has been given to us to have the Holy Spirit. And that can potentially make us a lot more effective in preaching, teaching as well as in the healing of people who require that. Yes, thank you. Thank you, Christopher. Thank you for sharing your view and also for stating that with the Holy Spirit that we would be a lot more effective. Okay, so these are many of, much of what all of you all said is correct. We know that Jesus promised the gift of the Holy Spirit, which is also known as the promise of the Father. So in Luke 24, verse 48-49, there he calls this gift which would be given to the believers as the promise of the Father. This wasn't something new because later after the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, we will see today that Peter gives a sermon and in that sermon he quotes from the book of Joel and connects the phenomenon or the event of the baptism in the Holy Spirit to a prophecy of Joel. So Joel 228. So this was foretold about the gift that the Father would give his believers. So that is one thing. This was already something that God had planned. And based on what all of us said, I'm sorry, I'm just sharing a scripture here in the chat. This is from John chapter 16 and verse 7 from the NKJV version. It reads, Nevertheless, I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away for if I do not go away, the helper will not come to you. But if I depart, I will send him to you. So the ministry of the Holy Spirit is beneficial for the equipping and the empowering of the believer. And that is the reason why Jesus wanted every believer to have the Holy Spirit. So that is one thing. But we also recognize that there are two separate experiences. One is the new birth in Christ Jesus, which is a product of the work of the Holy Spirit in any human being. So we cannot be born again without the work of the Holy Spirit in us. And in John 3, we see that Jesus talks about the work of the Holy Spirit. When Nicodemus comes and asks him, how can one be born again? So there are many other scriptures that tell us that the Holy Spirit is involved in the new birth. The second separate experience that we will see is the baptism in the Holy Spirit. So there are two experiences. One is being born again. And the second is the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Now, in both of this or rather the baptism in the Holy Spirit. Now, where the disciples born again while they were asked to wait for the baptism in the Holy Spirit, the answer would be yes. Because if you look at John chapter 20, you see that Jesus breeds on the disciples and he says receive the Spirit in John chapter 12. And that is them being born again because before that, they were not born again. Jesus had not died yet and Jesus had not given his Spirit to them yet. But after his death burial and resurrection, he does this of breathing upon the disciples and that tells us that they were born again by the work of the Spirit. You know, breath will see later. Breath is Rua or it is related to the Holy Spirit in scriptures in many places. So the born again experience was something that the apostles had experienced and Jesus asked them to wait even after that and said that they need a separate experience. Which is the baptism in the Holy Spirit, which will empower them to do what they needed to do in the world. And that's why in John 16-7, he knew that it's advantages. It's an advantage for us to have the Holy Spirit with us and even Jesus in all of his ministry. As you read about him, even in Luke chapter 4, when we read about the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness and he comes out of the wilderness. The scriptures tell us, I think it's Luke 14, where he came with the power of the Spirit. So the signs, wonders, miracles that Jesus was walking in were because of the Holy Spirit who was working in and through Jesus. So this is the reason why the baptism in the Holy Spirit was so crucial and Jesus knew that the ministry of the believers, though they could do ministry, they could go and speak about the Lord Jesus and all that he did and give a call for people to accept Christ, be born again. It wouldn't be as effective as God wanted it to be. And that is why Acts 18 says, And you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. And you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and even to the ends of the earth. So the power to be a witness with power is what Jesus wanted for the believers. Any questions, any doubts or can we move on from here if things are clear? I just wanted to clarify a past. Can we do the baptism of the Holy Spirit before the water baptism or before the person actually goes through that process of accepting God, accepting Jesus Christ? Okay. Yes, Christopher. Good question there. Can the Holy Spirit baptism take place before water baptism? Answer is yes. Okay, but the prerequisite is the person has to be born again. So if a person is born again, then one can receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit well before the baptism in water. So that is one answer. Then in what you just said, Christopher, you said being baptized in water or being born again. So actually both of these, one could be baptized in water, but they may not be born again. Being born again is, you know, you believe in your heart and you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus. So that's how being born again takes place. And what a baptism is our, you know, display of that decision which has been made. Okay, so water baptism in itself does not help one be born again, but water baptism comes after one is born again. Is that okay, Christopher? Yes, thank you. All right, yes, thank you. Okay, so it's good, you know, we are getting deeper into things here and it's, you know, really power packed. It's so hard to complete the book of Acts in three months. You can just stay there on each word and, and you know, it could take hours to just try and unpack all that, that one word has in itself. For example, you know, we said martyrs fought witness. So can we be a witness without the baptism in the Holy Spirit? We can, but with the baptism in the Holy Spirit, we become witnesses with power. And in Acts 1-8, he said, you shall be endured with power from on high. Power there is dunamis. Dunamis is what refers to the miraculous power of God. And so you see later on after the baptism in the Holy Spirit, the same disciples, you know, who were fearful, very confused, who did not have a focus in ministry, who were, you know, just getting by with regular life. Something happens to them. And in these 28 chapters of Acts, you see those same people making an impact among the people. How did that happen? That happened because the endowment of power from on high dunamis, you know, that made them a witness, the kind of witness that God wants here on the earth. Witnesses with power who can not just, you remember when we touched on the first few verses of the Book of Acts, what did we read then? We saw in verse 1, you know, the former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach. So teaching, yes, we will teach, but there's also the demonstration of the power and the glory of God, which is what God wanted for every child of his. And that is the reason why Jesus said, you wait. Don't go yet. You wait for the baptism in the Holy Spirit and then you proceed. You will be able to see a mighty impact wherever I place you. So we've understood now that being born again and being baptized in the Holy Spirit are two distinct experiences that every believer can experience. Okay, so from here we'll move forward. So we saw how in the last session when we were doing the last portions of Acts chapter one, we had the selection of Matthias and just put this in my Bible here, taking longer than I expected. Okay, so the choosing of Matthias and now we come to Acts chapter two and verse one. So you don't really see over there that, you know, anything else happened, the disciples were gathered together and the selection of Matthias happened. So that is the end of Acts chapter one. So in Acts chapter two, we have understood that the disciples are waiting and they're together, you know, seeking God because what did Jesus tell them? He told them that in a few days from now, you know, the Holy Spirit will be poured out upon you. And this is a great thing because, you know, it's a prophecy which will be fulfilled and we see the power of prayer. Okay, so just a digression. Even when we have a prophetic word from God, we need to pray through. And somehow the believers here seem to understand that they could have just thought to themselves that anyway, Jesus said in a few days from now, the Holy Spirit will be poured out on us. So let's just do whatever we want to do and, you know, if he has to pour out the Spirit, he will pour out the Spirit. It has to happen because God has spoken it, but that was not the attitude. We saw how they were all gathered together in the upper room and they were in a prayerful attitude. Okay, so that prayerful attitude is very important. Even when we know the prophetic word, we have to carry a posture of seeking God where we say, God, we know you have spoken, we know you will do it and we are waiting for it. And that was the way the disciples went about seeing this word fulfilled. So there was 120 of them in the upper room. They were gathered. So you had the disciples who had gathered there and you also had other believers who had been with the Lord Jesus from the beginning. So it is said that there were many women who were part of this group. There was the family of Jesus, the mother of Jesus, the brothers of Jesus. So they were all part of this 120 and they were waiting for what Jesus had spoken of. So the scriptures tell us when the day of Pentecost had fully come, the day of Pentecost was a festival that was held 50 days after the Passover. And at this time, the people in Jerusalem, the devout people in Jerusalem, they celebrated the festival of the first fruits of wheat harvest by tradition, by what God had asked them to do. So this is what would take place in Jerusalem. So Jesus, once he died during Passover, we know that he was resurrected and 40 days he appeared to the people and he ascended up into heaven. So it is something like 10 days of waiting. So once Jesus had ascended, these believers had to wait 10 days for this promise to be fulfilled. And finally, that day of festival came, but remember this, the disciples did not know that the baptism in the Holy Spirit would happen on this particular day. Who knows? They probably thought that the baptism would take place immediately or maybe some of them would have anticipated three. It might happen on the third day or it might happen on the fifth day. It might happen on the seventh day because seven is a number of perfection. They would have had their own views about when God was going to fulfill this promise, but he kept his word. He said in a matter of days, in a few days from now, it did happen, but it was 10 days since Jesus had ascended. So it again shows us about our attitude that we should carry regarding the prophetic word, stay in prayer, wait, be persistent, don't give up. What if those 120 people threw in the towel and said enough, it's not yet happened. When is God going to send his Holy Spirit? We will not continue in this way in prayer, but that's not what happened. They stayed on and they prayed. So the day of Pentecost had fully come. And again, one more thing that I want us to note here about the day of Pentecost is it was a huge festival for the believing Jews. So the believing Jews from far and wide were gathered in the city of Jerusalem at that time. So it was a season for travelers, many, many travelers. It would have been very crowded in the city of Jerusalem at that time. And we also have our 120 disciples here who are waiting upon the word of the Lord which was spoken to them. Then we see that they were all with one accord in one place. Very interesting, one accord, what does that signify? It signifies being together, it signifies togetherness of heart. So when they were in one accord, we understand that they were all in faith for what was spoken by God. It's possible for us when we pray together as a community or teams or groups of people that we could be physically present in togetherness, but not have the oneness of heart. But in this case, they were together physically, but they were also together in their heart. That is what one accord means. So they were gathered together in one accord. And another beautiful term that I want to use to describe this one accord in one place is unity. Unity perfectly describes what their hearts were like. They were hungry to see the manifestation of what God had promised, all of them fervent, honest in prayer, all of them seeking one goal. Whatever Jesus said about the Holy Spirit, we want it so that we can go out and be witnesses for this Jesus wherever he sends us. That's the way in which they waited upon the Lord. Let's continue. We see in the next verse and suddenly, so many a time, the fulfillment of God's prophetic word in our lives is like this. We are waiting on it and we may also think that, hey, has God forgotten, but then there are the suddenlies of God. This suddenly is not really a suddenly in the sense that God had spoken to them and revealed to them what is going to happen. So it wasn't a completely new thing which God did. They knew that this is supposed to happen, but the timing of when this happened was a suddenly. So I'll just come back to that suddenly. I'm looking at the screen and the chat here. There are some questions. If they are aligned to what we are discussing now, I will answer them. So Manohar says how we can clearly perceive that the person is baptized in the Holy Spirit. We'll have the answer to that Manohar as we go forward. Abhishek, Pastor, do we need to wait for the baptism of the Holy Spirit like the disciples? Excellent question. In fact, I was hoping that this question would come up when we said Jesus told them to wait. So I'll answer Abhishek's question and I think Manohar's question will be answered later. For us now Abhishek, we don't have to wait a 10 day period or any duration for the baptism in the Holy Spirit. Why? Why is that? When you look at the Book of Acts, you see that people were baptized in the Holy Spirit almost immediately after believing. So nobody practiced this waiting anymore. The only time we see the waiting is for the first baptism in the Holy Spirit which was in the Book of Acts, Acts 2. Beyond that, you don't see that example in the early church at all. Which is why we do not practice waiting for baptism in the Holy Spirit. So yeah, I think that in itself would answer your question completely. Is it helpful Abhishek or did you have any follow up questions to that? Okay, great. So I know that we have all these concepts where we think once you're born again, you need X amount of time before you can receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit. But it's really funny like if you look at, I think it's Acts chapter 10 where a person called Cornelius, who's a Gentile, here's the Gospel. He receives it even before Peter can lay hands on him while Peter is talking, he's baptized in the Holy Spirit. And Peter says at that moment, if God did not stop, like he gave these people the baptism in the Holy Spirit, why should we stop them from being baptized in water? So they go ahead and they get them baptized in water after that. So you see how God is working? God didn't wait, even a day for Cornelius and his family to be baptized in the Holy Spirit. So our answer would be we don't have to wait or tarry for the baptism in the Holy Spirit. The baptism in the Holy Spirit can happen in the next breath after one is born again also. Okay, so that's how it is. Yes, Shri Kumar, I see your hands raised. Thank you, Pastor. I agree with your point. But I have a small doubt on that. Even what you said is absolutely right. But I have seen many people even after taking baptism, they are not baptized in the Holy Spirit. Like, no, they're not praying in tongues. And that signs of the baptism. Is it because of the ignorance of the people? Or what is the reason that the baptism of the Holy Spirit is not getting manifest? My second question is, I wanted to know that when the Apostles were there on the upper room, I want you to help me to understand this. They took the baptism of John the Baptist. And so now when you read the Book of Acts chapter 19, verse three and four, you will find that Paul also asked them that which baptism you took. And they gave them the baptism when then he gave the baptism in the name of Jesus. After that, they received the Holy Spirit. So is it possible that it is not in the scripture, but is it possible that the Apostles also took the baptism before they got baptized with the Holy Spirit? Hope you understood my question. Thank you, Pastor. Yes, thank you Shri Kumar. I hope I will remember it in order and answer properly. So the first one is you said, even when someone's baptized in the Holy Spirit, how is it that they don't manifest it, right? Yes, yes, yes. There's a big time like, I saw some people have not it like that praying in tongues is for my brother itself, it took around five years to get the baptism of the Holy Spirit, even though he took the water baptism, but it took a lot of time. My younger brother is still not baptized. So I saw so many other people also, they are not praying in tongues and the baptism of the Holy Spirit is not at all. But in my case, it was different. So I understand what you're saying. So yeah, I think in practice, you see different experiences that people have and the reason why some may not like people may go for the baptism in the Holy Spirit, they may not receive it for various reasons. Maybe they don't have a proper understanding because it all depends on faith. So if they don't have a proper understanding, many a time, like at least I have seen people come in knowing the theory of the baptism in the Holy Spirit, but deep within, they have some apprehension. They're not very open, like what if I get baptized, I'm not sure if I want to speak in tongues, I'm not sure if I want all this that is being spoken of. So we really don't know the internal state of mind of a certain individual, but I believe God is very gracious. So I don't know that there are many people like they go, and for whatever reason, they don't receive it even after prayer. But the right thing to do is to keep going back and praying for it, Shikman, because we see that this is the promise of the Father, which he wants for all his children. So keep going back. Like if you don't receive it, then keep going back. But if you have received it, then for someone to use it, or let's say with one of the basic gifts, which is the gift of speaking in tongues. We need to speak in tongues and take the initiative to do it because we will see later that even though the Spirit was poured out and the Spirit gave the utterance, it is the believers who spoke. So it took their will and their faculties for this language of the Holy Spirit to be heard from them. So yes, the Holy Spirit will give us but we have to speak. So as a believer, if I'm baptized with the Holy Spirit and I can speak in tongues, but I don't speak in tongues, it's not that the Holy Spirit is not giving me the utterance, but I'm not speaking. One has to take the initiative. So that is about your first part. The second part would be baptism in water. You're asking if the disciples of Jesus were baptized in John's baptism, which is in water and is of repentance. You don't really read that they were baptized and all that, but my assumption is yes, because Jesus himself was baptized. And whatever he did, he got his disciples to follow the same path. So it's most likely that all of these disciples were baptized in water. Does that answer your questions? My question is, I understood that. My question is, did they took another baptism in the name of Jesus? Because in the book of Acts, it says that in 1934, when Paul finds some disciples of John and later they tried to... Then he asked, did you heard about the Holy Spirit? And he said, no, no, then he gave the baptism in the name of Jesus. So my question is, did all those 120 people who were on the upper room, did they also took the baptism in the name of Jesus before receiving the Holy Spirit? That is my question. It's possible. Yeah, I would just leave it with that. Because we don't have one doubt. I was always in my mind that like last time I asked the Matias thing. This is also one of the doubt I have that whether they took that another baptism in the name of Jesus before the baptism of the Holy Spirit. That's my question. Because I know it's, as you said, we know that yes, they absolutely, they have followed Jesus and they took the baptism of the John, the baptism. But did they took the baptism in the name of Jesus? That is my doubt actually. Thank you, Pastor. Yeah, sure. Thank you. So it's possible, but we don't read about it. Yeah, that's right. Because of the... Based on Acts chapter 19, verse 3, 4, I asked that question because Paul gave the baptism in the name of Jesus to those disciples, then the Holy Spirit comes. So that's why my question, I connected that question. Okay. Thank you, Pastor. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Abraham, I see a comment here. Pastor, please, what is the right way to pray for someone to receive the Holy Spirit, receive the Holy Spirit, teach them first or just pray, even if they do not understand it. Okay. So my easiest answer to you, Abraham, would be to download the publication, Holy Spirit baptism, which is available for you in PDF form from apcw.org. forward slash books, and it will answer all the questions that you have here. How do we pray for baptism in the Holy Spirit? And how do we teach people about the baptism in the Holy Spirit? And I think by the time we finish Acts chapter 2, you will also have an idea, a slight idea about it. Okay. So I hope that's fine. Pastor, for, you know, positive of time, I don't want to go too much into just one concept here. Yes, Christopher and Maggie, we are stuck at Acts chapter 2 verse 1. Yes, go ahead, Christopher. Yes, Pastor. Actually, I have two questions. One is, if you could just share a little bit of your own personal experience after you got the Holy Spirit baptism. You know, the point I guess is, you know, that we have a very dramatic transformation in the, you know, when the disciples actually got received the Holy Spirit. And so I just wanted to understand a bit on that. The second thing is, and maybe it's a question you will answer later. But there are some people who have concerns about speaking in tongues and mainly because of the fear that the devil can influence a person speaking in tongues and influence a person when they're doing that. So they have some concern that they should even speak in tongues and they have that fear. So I just want to get some clarity on that. Yeah, sure, Christopher. So to answer your first question about my personal experience, I was born again, you know, around the age of 11. And since then, I had exposure because my mom would take me to all these meetings and I would see people, you know, speaking in tongues and so I had no, like mentally, I did not have any block about baptism in the Holy Spirit as a child. I also had some people prophesy over me. So I had a positive experience about the gifts of the Holy Spirit and I remember I think maybe I was 13 years old or something. So I went for a particular meeting and on the last day of the meeting, the preacher, he gave an analogy. He said, you know, the Holy Spirit is like a water. Just imagine that there's this huge tank, you know, up above. And for us to receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit, you would just have to open the tap and to open the tap is to believe and to just open your mouth and words will come. And it was as simple as that for me. I just prayed and I just started flowing in speaking in tongues. So since then, you know, I have been speaking in tongues, but it's true that I did not have much understanding about the value of speaking in tongues. It was when, you know, I was in college that, you know, I heard a teaching about speaking in tongues and I realized at that time that God wants us to use the gift. Till that time, I would just randomly speak, you know, in a prayer meeting, you're there whenever. But after I heard the teaching is when I became more consistent and, you know, started using the gift regularly and came to know that, you know, it will build me up as a person and all that. So that's how it is Christopher. And the second question that you asked where people are afraid that when we pray and ask God for the gift of tongues that we might receive something from the devil instead. But, you know, we have to go by what the word of God says. So if you look at Matthew chapter 7, you know, that's the passage where Jesus says, you know, ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and the door will be open to you. For everyone who asks, receives everyone who seeks, finds everyone who knocks the door will be open. So it's, you know, the way of speaking is that Jesus uses the style of speaking in literature is one of convincing the audience because he's repeating the same thing. He's saying, if you ask, you will receive. So that's, that's the, you know, confidence with which he spoke about asking God. And as you go on further in that passage, he says that it has pleased the Father to give you the kingdom. Okay, and the kingdom is with the power of God, kingdom is associated with the power of God. And we know that he was actually telling the people that if you ask God for the Holy Spirit, if you ask God for the kingdom, you will receive it. So don't doubt one bit. Will a father give a son who asks for bread, will he give him a stone? So Jesus literally is trying to convince the believer that you will receive, you know, God's spirit and his power. Don't doubt it one bit. So whenever we pray for the Holy Spirit, we can encourage the people and tell them if you ask for the Holy Spirit, you will receive the Holy Spirit. And the language which will flow out of you will be from the Holy Spirit. Don't ever have a single, you know, like an iota of doubt that what will come out of you will be of the devil. How can it be, you know, you ask God, how can the devil give you a language, you know, an unknown language. So I hope that helps, Christopher. Yeah, it's not just about the receiving part, but I think someone who has received it and then, you know, they start possibly, you know, getting in exhibiting the devil, like, you know, it doesn't seem to be coming from the Holy Spirit for someone who has received it already. So maybe there is, I don't know what. Yeah, yeah, I kind of get what you're saying. Sorry to interrupt you there. But the point I would make, Christopher, is when somebody is speaking in tongues, it's very hard for us to discern, you know, is this person speaking by the Holy Spirit? Is this person, because we don't understand the language, even by their expressions, it's very hard for us to tell. And so I think you all have learned this in the keys to supernatural ministries, ministry, wait for the fruit. The fruit will tell, you know, whether or not the, you know, that manifestation of the gift is from the Holy Spirit or not. So in that moment, it's very hard to tell, you know, is it from the devil? Is it from God? Does that make sense? Right. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Great. Okay. So we will take a break. Ten minutes. We'll come back at 10 or one and move past Acts chapter two verse one. Okay. So see you all soon. Hope you can refresh yourselves and be back. Thank you.