 Okay. Good morning and welcome to today's session. We continue with Book of Acts. So far we have completed till Acts chapter 19 and we just saw the beginning of Paul's third missionary journey. So, you know, we're going to get into that today, look at his third missionary journey, how it went on and you know how it came to an end. So, I just want to request one of us to pray after that, you know, we can begin to discuss. So, any volunteers this morning to lead us in prayer? Yes, Asha, please go ahead. Dear Dad, thank you so much for everything, Lord, as we're learning the Book of Acts, God, that we may understand the details and the depths of your God. Thank you so much, Lord, for this class. I pray that as Pastor Nancy's teaching, Lord, that you pour out your wisdom and knowledge and also I wish that one of my classmates, God, that those who are having health issues or any kind of issues, God, I pray that in the name of Jesus, it is healed and restored and thank you, Lord, for everything. Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you. Thank you, Asha, for that. We were at Acts 19. We looked at the initial part there about how Paul goes and he asks the people about the Holy Spirit and they had not even heard of such thing as the Holy Spirit. So, he shares about the baptism of the Holy Spirit, he updates them regarding the fact that after the baptism in water with John the Baptist now there is something known as the baptism in the Holy Spirit. He prays for the people, they have baptized in water and then we see what else happens in Ephesus. Ephesus is, I shared with us that it is a place of worship to a goddess called as Diana. She is also known as Artemis, in their language and in a famous city of worship, Paul has to go and preach the gospel. Each city has its own challenges. We saw earlier in Athens that the people were of the intellectual kind. So, in Corinth, again, they were spiritual people, they were very, their lifestyle was very immoral. So, it was a different experience in Corinth when Paul went to minister there and though he expected a good response to the gospel, he found that the Jews were not responding and thereby he had to make a decision to actually go to the Gentiles and there's an uproar against him. However, thank God, in every place God had a way of being escaped to the people who were walking according to his purposes. So, the magistrate or the person in charge there or maybe somebody equivalent to the mayor or something like that, he, Galeo, he says, why are you bringing to me matters which are not legal and therefore, you go ahead, you settle your own issues and that's the way in which he was actually released from the situation in the city of Corinth. But a couple of very interesting things happened in Corinth. We know that in this commercial metropolis and even since the city, he met co-workers like Aquila and Priscilla who were most likely, they came to know about Christ through Paul, they were equipped with the word and they became such wonderful teachers that they were the ones who actually helped Apollos, another eloquent and learned man for him to update himself in the things of the word of God. So, overall, Paul's time in Corinth was about 18 months and after that, he kind of did a little bit ministry around the area of Corinth in that region of Achaea. So, we have a place like Sancria where he went and there he ministered later on in Romans, the book of Romans you read about the church of Sancria whose person in charge is a lady known as Phoebe. So, in this manner, the ministry went on. Paul obviously, wherever he's going right now, he's not alone. He has a team of people with him. So, he has other co-workers apart from Aquila and Priscilla. So, he works along with all of them and then from there he moves out. So, they move out of Corinth and they come to a place called Ephesus. So, that's what we saw. He just touched Ephesus and then he went past that place and returned to Jerusalem. So, that's how his second missionary journey ended. Now, third missionary journey, he began this missionary journey and he went through the regions which are familiar for us, the regions of Galatia and this time around, he comes directly to this place known as Ephesus. So, that's where we were at and about the city of Ephesus. We are talking about it being this place of worship to God as Dina and there the Paul ministers about the Holy Spirit and then we see a very powerful supernatural ministry being demonstrated through his life. So, that again is a highlight of the ministry of Paul. So, that's what we were leading. So, we'll again kind of go back there and pick up. So, we said that from verse 11, some unusual miracles, they took place in Paul's life. So, what exactly happened was there were handkerchiefs and aprons from his body which were brought to the sick and just those materials as they touched the sick, they were getting healed. So, in this manner, God's power was revealed in this city of Ephesus. Now, I already told us that it was a religious city. So, it was a religious city and not just a religious city. A little later, as we read in Acts 19, we'll also recognize that they were into rituals and they were into witchcraft. So, they were familiar with practices like this. You know, maybe taking certain substances and use those substances in the rituals or practice principles that they have seen work in the spirit realm. So, for the city of Ephesus, all these things were not very new. They were already dabbling in the occult. So, they had a familiarity. However, Paul is the one who comes and he demonstrates the right kind of spiritual power. We know that there are two sources. We have God who is the source of the true spiritual power, but there is also, you know, on the other side, the dark side where Satan and his demonic kingdom show their power. Now, we already know that there is no comparison of God's power to the demonic powers. However, the people there, they were used to the demonstration of demonic powers. So, what we'll do is, I think we will start from reading from verse 11, Acts 19. So, that way, it gives us a proper continuity. Would somebody please read from verse 11 to verse 20, Acts 19, 11 to 20. Master, can I read? Yes, yes, sir. Sri Kumar, please go ahead. Thank you. And God route special miracles by the hands of Paul so that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs of aprons and the disease departed from them and the evil spirits went out of them. Then certain of the vagabond Jews exorcists took upon them to call over them, which had evil spirits. The name of the Lord Jesus saying, we adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preached. And there were seven sons of one Skiwa, a Jew and chief of the priest, which did so. And the evil spirit answered, Jesus I know and Paul I know, but who are you? And the man the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them and overcame them and prevailed against them so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. And this was known to all the Jews and the Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus and the fear fell on them. All and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified and many that believed came and confess and shoot their deeds. Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together and burned them before all men and they counted the price of them and found 50,000 pieces of silver. So might so mightly grieve the Word of God and prevail. Thank you. Thank you. So as we can see here, the supernatural is being demonstrated. One of course is through the unusual miracles that God did. And we've talked about these unusual miracles. We've tried to understand that we've tried to come to a conclusion as to how these things actually work. Earlier, we saw that God's power could work through non-substances. So in the life of Peter, it was this shadow which was healing people. So we can't put God in our box. So miracles took place through shadows. This time around, it's some pieces of cloth which were on Paul's body. So we know that Paul was a tent maker. So that's how he is described in Corinth and Aquila Priscilla were other tent makers. So tent makers would have used some form of sweat bands on their bodies, their wrists, their head. So some kind of sweat bands while they work. Now, when we read about handkerchiefs or aprons, it's referring to that. So some cloth which Paul gently used, even when people would take that and touch a possessed person, the demons would flee. So that's so incredible to know that earlier the power of God was flowing through non-material substances and this time around material substances. So something about the way the anointing is being carried. Remember the instance in Mark 5 when the woman with the nature of blood she touches the hem of Jesus's garment and power flows out of her and she is healed immediately. And Jesus says, who touched me? Because he felt power flow out of him. So something about the dynamics of the anointing, how the anointing, the power of God actually worked in delivering people. So these things happen there. And God is so gracious that in an environment where I already told us, they were familiar, black magic, witchcraft, sorcery, practices such as those, the power of God is demonstrated in a greater measure. We also notice here that people observed how Paul actually exercised or how he cast out demons. So he cast out demons with the authority in the name of Jesus. Now here's another lesson for us. It was 13. There are the people of Ephesus who just use the principle. So they have no relationship with Jesus. In other words, they're not born again. They're just using the principle, which is the name of Jesus, the authority of the name of Jesus. They use that to cast out demons. So they say something like, we exercise you by the Jesus who Paul teaches. So the relationship that Paul had with Jesus is that of Paul being born again. But obviously, they didn't have a relationship with Jesus, which is why they didn't preach about the Lord Jesus and never worked. They just use the principle. Principle without the relationship would not release the authority which we have in the name of Jesus. So very sort of very different what we see here in this particular incident that the authority of the name of Jesus was not functional for those who were not born again. So again, it just helps us realize because of our relationship with the Lord Jesus, what a privilege. We can use the authority that God has given us in his name. So obviously, what happened? They used the principle. It never worked. And the evil spirit answered and said to them, Jesus I know and Paul I know, but who are you? So we realize that the demonic world recognizes those who are in Christ. Okay, those who are in Christ. Now there are some people who interpret this as those who are walking in authority in Christ. So, you know, people like Paul and Jesus. So obviously, we know that the demonic powers know everyone who is part of the Kingdom of Light. But for whatever reason, in this particular passage, there is a mention of Jesus and Paul. So yeah, maybe they just brought out the names of the people involved, you know, in this particular incident because they said, we exercise you in the name of Jesus, who Paul teaches. So I don't know how far we can say that, you know, the power of God is only functional or the Kingdom of Darkness recognizes only those who carry, you know, great anointings in the body of Christ. Okay, so that's something for us to recognize here. Say you have something to say. I can see your hand raised. Yes, Pastor. Thank you so much. I just have a question. Yeah. For a long time, actually, the Sons of Skaver has been a classic topic of discussion when it comes to casting out demons and our relationship with Jesus Christ. But if I may ask, I would just like to know, do you know the historical background to this set of people? It seems like there were people who were into exorcism outside of the name of Jesus Christ. Okay. By what means were they doing this? You know, because it seems like they might have been seeing the results in Paul. And they were like, oh, okay, he's using the name of Jesus to cast out demons. You know, let's try this out. So what were they doing before that time? Or am I going too far thinking too much about about what they were doing before? I just thought maybe you might have an answer to that. Okay. Thank you. Say thank you for that. See, we know that this particular place of Ephesus was involved in the worship of Goddess Diana. So unlike a place like Corinth, which was a sin city, and you know, some of the practices that they were involved in was prostitution. Paul really had to address that when he wrote to the Corinthians. But when you read about the city of Ephesus, you know, it's a spiritual city, the sense that they were, as I mentioned, dabbling with the occult. So when you read the book of Ephesians, towards the end of that book, you would find that Paul talks about spiritual warfare. Okay, he talks about the weapons or the armor that a believer needs to put on. So it just goes to say that these people, the people of Ephesus were quite deep in black magic and witchcraft. Okay, now how did they get into it? I'm not too sure. See, every day comes with, you know, their own set of requirements. So maybe one of the requirements of worship for the goddess Diana was witchcraft. So that could have been one of the reasons. And the seven sons of Scewa, I don't know too much about, you know, their historical background, but suffice to say that they were like my assumption, they were like Simon the sorcerer of Samaria, who were quite famous. So we will see that, you know, after these people are not able to cast out demons and they get beaten up, that actually results in a positive response in the city. Right? So people are able to understand that there is a power which is greater than the demonic powers, which they had experienced so far. And, you know, the word of God group mightily is what we read. So they are probably a set of popular exorcists or, you know, a set of popular black magicians. That's all I know, say, but you know, if you want to research more, you can always, you know, research it further. So does that help? Yeah, it does help. Thank you, Pastor. Thank you. Okay, all right. Yep. Thank you. So coming back to what we just read here, we saw that when somebody used only the principle and they did not have a relationship with Jesus, they're not part of the kingdom of life. So the response of the kingdom of darkness is so different. They actually, the seven sons of Skiwa for 16, that the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them and prevailed against them so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. Now, what happens after that? An incident like this, where God's power is seen, you know, in a very unusual way. What is the outcome? Verse 17, this became known both to all Jews and Greeks dwelling in Ephesus and fear fell on them all and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. So even an incident like this reveals to the people that, hey, so far the power which we used to know is not the greatest power. There is a higher authority, you know, as opposed to what we were working with and so it results in the name of the Lord Jesus being magnified. So they would have used all other names, who knows, they might have even used the name of Diana but now they recognize there's a greater name, the Lord Jesus and not just the name but his people. Something special about these people and the authority that they carry. And verse 18, look at this, this is the very important part that we study about Ephesus. Verse 18, and many who had practiced magic brought their books together and okay, I skipped that verse. Verse 18, and many who had believed, came confessing and telling their deeds, give us 19. Also many of those who had practiced magic brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all and they counted up the value of them and a total 50,000 pieces of silver. So the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevail. So the impact on that city was people brought their things of magic, whatever they used for magic and they actually burned it up. And there is an estimation done of what 50,000 pieces of silver might be worth today and it is estimated at anywhere between 1 and 5 million dollars. So we can imagine that so many people brought their things worth so much and they burnt it because they realized what they were doing was not of the kingdom of light. And Paul's ministry had an incredible effect on the city of Ephesus. So think about this, a man goes to a city which is steeped in witchcraft. He preaches Christ. God's power is seen through his life. What is the outcome? The people of the city, you know, bring tons of their material which has to do with witchcraft and they burn it worth 1 to 5 million dollars. So incredible success, isn't it? Incredible success that he had in the city of Ephesus. Now not only that, we've also seen how, you know, he was teaching in the school of Tyranus and he again taught for about two years in that school of Tyranus. So he had the opportunity to equip lots of people, not just in the city but, you know, across the region and also we read that there were people from Asia whom he could actually equip in that place. So a very good ministry took place in the city of Ephesus. But as Satan would, you know, try to hinder them in each city, he began doing his works against Paul even in the city of Ephesus. So from verse 21, we read about riots that actually broke out. So could somebody please read from verse 21? Okay, let's see. Yes, Christopher, you have something to say? Yes, Pastor, I just wanted to chat. I'll just focus on this word in our system. It's just something that, you know, we would, as believers, would be used that word or it's more like healing of, you know, of even spirits. Because as I understand, there is, you know, exorcism is practiced by multiple religions. And I think it's also there in, you know, Hinduism, it's an Islam and a number of other religions also. And they use the word exorcism or they use the local term. That is one question. And the second question is, there are, you know, pastors, believers, I think the one person who comes to mind is Pastor Derek Prince, who kind of focused on this particular idea and healed a lot of people of their even spirits. So I guess the question is, that is something that is, I mean, is practiced. And I think in earlier chapter, you had also mentioned about, you know, some of the experiences you had, you know, seeing this happen, particularly in some of the Google areas. So the question is, is this something that, you know, needs to be followed? And, you know, is there a need to kind of focus in that particular area? Yes. Thank you, Christopher. Thank you for that question. The term exorcist, exorcism. So I was just looking it up actually in the Greek. Okay. All right. Well, yeah, it doesn't really give me too much here. As I look up the word, exorcists, one that binds by an oath, one that binds by an oath is what it says. So, yeah, it doesn't seem to give me too much about the historical background. But, you know, we could study about it. But from what I know, Christopher, the word describes the act of casting out a demon. So there's nothing wrong. Like if we use the term exorcism for casting out of demons, but in the Christian world, I don't hear that word at all. My assumption, my assumption is that maybe this word exorcism is, you know, it depicts the attempt to cast out demons in many cultures and not necessarily, you know, as a born again believer and with the authority in Christ Jesus, for example, even here in the city of Ephesus, exorcists. So, you know, it's a profession or a practice which was so common. And they did not even know that, you know, there is something like a relationship with God required for them to be able to be successful in casting out the demon. So maybe the Christian world did not adopt this word because of, you know, all this wrong kind of understanding which was associated with it. Okay, that's my assumption because after the Lord Jesus, you know, began doing his ministry and then you had the acts of the apostles and later, people who believed in Jesus, they somewhere stayed away from this word because it meant all the practices that people followed in trying to cast out demons. Okay, so Christopher, does it make sense? This is my assumption from what I know. Right, thank you. Yeah, so we don't really see that word. We simply say cast out demons and Derek Prince. So your question about Derek Prince, Christopher? Actually, more of a comment about the focus that is there on this particular area. And I know that there are other denominational churches that have priests who focus in that particular area and they just sort of do this as the main sort of area of specialty. Yes. Yeah, sure. So we might see that, you know, some people are, we use the term, they carry the anointing for deliverance. So we might see more of deliverance as part of their ministry compared to others. So it's because of the kind of grace and anointing that people can. But obviously, we know that every believer can walk with the power of God to bring deliverance. And you're right. When we read about ministers like Derek Prince, they have incredible experience in deliverance. And remember, we also studied about the Pablo Botari model, right? One of the South American ministers. Now, when there's a lot of experience, one is also able to learn of some commonalities in the deliverances that they see happen. So they get that learning and they share it. So the same way you have the Pablo Botari model that we discuss about. Derek Prince in his book, I think it says what you shall cast out demons. He also shares many of his learnings about how demons behave, how you can approach and also it's very helpful for believers when they engage in deliverance. So yeah, thank you for bringing up this subject. So yeah, now we have understood what exactly happened. There was a great impact upon the city of Ephesus and a riot broke out. So let's read from verse 21 of Acts 19. We could go till verse 34. Okay, very long section there was 21 to verse 34. So who is up to reading this long passage? Asha. Yes, Asha, please read. After Paul felt compelled by the spirit to go over to Macedonia and Achaia before going to Jerusalem. And after that he said, I must go on to Rome. He sent his two assistants, Timothy and Erestus, ahead to Macedonia while he stayed a while longer in the Trojan Salvation. About that time, serious trouble developed in Ephesus, consuming the way it began with Demetrius, a silversmith who had a large business, manufacturing silver strands of the Greek goddesses Artemis. He kept many craftsmen busy. He called them together all along with others in ploy and similar traits and addressed them as false. Gentlemen, you know that our world comes from this business, but as you have seen and heard this man, Paul, has persuaded many people that handmade gods aren't really gods, though. And he's done this not only here in Ephesus, but throughout the entire province. Of course, I'm not just talking about the loss of public respect for our business. I'm also concerned that the temple of the great goddesses Artemis will lose its influence and that Artemis, this magnificent goddesses, worshiped throughout the province of Asia and all around the world will be robbed of her great prestige. There at this, their anger boiled and they began shouting, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians. Soon the whole city was filled with confusion. Everyone rushed to the amphitheater, dragging along goddesses and our historicus who were Paul's traveling companions from Macedonia. Paul wanted to go into, but the goddess would not, wouldn't let him. Some of the officials of the province, Francis Paul, also sent a message to him, begging him not to risk his life by entering the amphitheater. Inside the people were all shouting, someone, some one thing and some another. Everything was in confusion. In fact, most of them didn't even know why they were there. The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander forward and told them to explain the situation. He motioned for silence and tried to speak. But when the crowd realized that he was a Jew, they started shouting again and kept it up for about two hours. Great is Artemis of the Ephesians. Great is Artemis of the Ephesians. Yes, thank you Asha. So as we can quite clearly see the impact on the city is manifold. So we have seen already how the people who were practicing black magic, they brought their things and they burnt it. Now what was also happening is that the business was affected. And we have seen that this was a very famous place, Ephesus, and it was known for the goddess. And people also say that during the times when the city of Ephesus existed, it was one of the seven wonders or something like that. The temple of the goddess Daina was one of the seven wonders. So people had taken incredible effort to sculpt out the temple and establish the pillars of the temple. And people would come from all over the place. The city was known for the goddess. The city was known for the temple. Now, when people started believing in Jesus Christ, what happened? Many of them would have left the trade of making this goddess in the idols. So that is where Demetrius, one of the businessmen who had employed people to make the idols of this goddess Daina, he got very upset because if there are no workers and if the idols are not produced or whatever, so when yours are not produced then how is he going to make money? So it affected the business. Do you remember another place where business of a community was affected? And instead of applauding and commenting the power of God, people in their small thinking are worried about their business in the natural realm. So Jesus, if you recall, he cast out demons out of a man and then they begged to go into pigs. Once they went into the pigs, the pigs went and they died in the water. And what the people say, they said, hey Jesus, can you please leave our place because you're affecting our business and money is more important for us. So something very similar is seen here in Ephesus and people's business, especially this man Demetrius, it is affected and so he brings this up as an issue and he wants a response. So there's a little riot and we know that people gathered as a mob and they began to shout and they began to glorify their own goddess, hoping that all this noise will cause the person in charge of the city to take action. But at the same time, we recognize here that this all happened in a theater and they also laid hands on some of the co-workers of Paul. So you have names like Gaeus and Aristarchus. These are Macedonian. So you see, as we go forward, the team which Paul had is becoming larger and larger. So he was never really alone in any given place. So he has team members here, Paul's travel companions. Now Paul also wanted to go to the theater but the disciples will not allow him because it was very dangerous. He might have been beaten up or he would have been treated very badly, so which is why the disciples protected him. So all this was going on and they expected a person, Alexander, who again would have been an authority, some sort of an authority or influential figure in the city of Ephesus to do something. So he motions his hand and wants to make a defense to the people. But people's attitude is one of fury. They're angry with Paul. They're angry with his team and they want nothing to do with Paul in the city. So from verse 35 to verse 41, can another person please read? 35 to 41. Okay, any volunteers? Yes, brother, please go ahead. And when the town clerk had appeared the people, he said, you men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana and the image which fell down from Jupiter. Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against you out to be quite and to do nothing rashly. For you have brought here these men which are neither robbers of the churches nor yet blasphemers of your goddess. Therefore, if the Demetrius and the craftsmen which are with him have a matter against against any man, the law is open and there are disputes that impede one another. Till 40 we have to read? 41. But if you inquire anything concerning other matters, you shall be determined in a lawful assembly. For we are in danger to be called in question for this day's uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this on course. And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly. Thank you, pastor. Thank you. Thank you. So what we see is there is an attempt. So this person, Alexander, he motions with his hand, he tries to quieten things down. But I don't think they were ready to listen. So the stickler, like he emerges and he puts this across and says the issue is of Demetrius that his business is being affected. So there is a proper way, there is a legal way of dealing with this particular issue. If he has a problem with Paul, let him go, basically what he's saying is let him approach the courts, let him fight the case, let him make the allegation and let it be taken in an orderly manner. And let us not have this sort of mob reaction. Now one of the reasons why it was very important to quieten any mob and bring order in the region or in the cities is because the Roman Empire was strict strictly against cities where there would be an uproar. There'll be something like we say here in India, presidents rule, like the central government will take over. And all the laws will be suspended and people will not have the freedom which they were practicing. So there was a risk of something like that happening and which is why any kind of an uproar in a city was not liked by the authorities. They were scared of the Roman authorities coming and taking over. So the clerk made his effort to quieten down the people and thank God, and every city, God has his way even through the authorities of the city to protect his people. So again, Paul has an escape here because the authorities just instruct the mattress and say, hey, do this in the proper way and stop making all this noise and creating commotion in the city. So don't do this with a disorderly gathering and thank God. And when he had said these things, he dismissed the assembly. So he dismissed this crowd which had gathered and one interesting thought there is that word assembly, there is ecclesia. It's the word that we usually use for the church. So assembly is also, the church is a people who are called out, but the church can also be understood as a gathering of God's people. So that's about what happened in the city of Ephesus. So after this, we will go through Acts chapter 20. We'll start from verse one, so we have only two minutes, but I'm sure we can cover this. So Acts chapter 20, if someone can read from verse one to verse six, that'll be helpful. Yes, Asha, please go ahead. When the uproar was over, Paul sent for the believers and encouraged them. Then he said goodbye and left for Macedonia. While there he encouraged the believers in all the towns he passed through, then he traveled down to Greece where he stayed for three months. He was preparing to sail back to Saria when he discovered a plot by some Jews against his love. So he decided to return to Macedonia. Several men were traveling with him. They were Sopatia, Son of Firas, from Veria, Aristoricus, and Sikendos from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derby, Timothy and Tychus and Trophimus from the province of Asia. They went ahead and waited for us at Trois. After the Passover ended, we boarded a ship at Philippi and Macedonia and five days later joined them in Trois where we stayed a week. Yes, thank you, Asha. So as you can see there, Paul, you know, he goes through other regions and the beautiful thing about the passage that we just read is he has people in many different places who are now his co-workers. So there is an entire list, Sopatia of Veria, Aristarchus and Sikendos of the Thessalonians. So apparently Aristarchus is a name which is given to a very rich family. So their heritage is that they are from a high class in society and Sikendos is a name that was given to a class of slaves. So notice how God has touched every section of the society. You have the fellowship of somebody who is from an aristocratic family and somebody from a slave family. But the beauty is they are all part of the kingdom of God. They are now all co-workers in the kingdom of God. They are part of the team of Paul. So many names, KS of Derby, Timothy, Timothy obviously is from Listra. You also have people from Asia, Taikikas, Trophimus. So it's beautiful to read that now there are so many people who are with Paul. They're traveling with Paul and he has this huge team and how wonderful that he's not alone and he has been careful to establish a second line of leadership that will take charge of the many churches. Maybe Paul by himself or through his influence planted about 20 churches but it was not just Paul anymore. You have so many men and women of God leaders in their own right who were taking charge and who were leading these church plants that Paul had initiated. So the travel continues. So what we'll do is we'll come back in the next session. We will look at the map of Paul's third missionary journey to gain some more understanding and then we will continue on from there. So it's 9.51 now. Let's go for a break. We'll come back at 10.01 and pick up from where we stopped. Thank you everyone. See you soon.