 Yeah, the recording is on so we can continue. Yeah, Brother Shey, if you're here, you can ask your question. Thank you, Pastor. Yes. So it's just a follow-up question again. Well, thank you so much for the detailed explanation. That was a great one. I was just asking another question again. Could it also again be, I mentioned the Old Testament and I'm going to the New Testament. Could it also be because of the verse in Revelation 12 verse 11 that they have overcome the enemy by the words of their testimony and by the blood of the Lamb? Are we using that verse out of context or what do you think is the real explanation in relation to what you explained about how we apply the blood? Because there are even songs that say, oh, I plead the blood, I plead the blood. There are many songs that talk about the blood, you know, just applying the blood, you know, when faced with the enemy or crisis or something like that. So my question basically is, are we misinterpreting that scripture as a basis for why we plead the blood or apply the blood or does that verse support our use of applying the blood, you know, whether it be in prayer or whether it be when crisis or, I don't know, just more clarity, Ma, thank you. Yeah, so if we are looking at Revelation 12 verse 11 and if you go to any commentary, you know, any established commentary, they would explain, they would elaborate on this and they would explain what the terms mean and so yes, it does come across that if we want victory in our lives over Satan and over our circumstances, there are two things that would have to be working. One, of course, obviously, is the blood of the lamb which over here, it's just like a, not sure if this is mentioned in your textbook, no. But I did see this in one commentary, you know, where the author used this term, he said, it's like a shorthand for the work of the cross, the blood of the lamb and it just simply uses a phrase over there, the blood of the lamb. Shorthand for the finished work of Christ on the cross and all that he accomplished for the believers by doing that. So rather than giving that long, lengthy statement about what Christ has accomplished on the cross for us, they simply use the shorthand phrase, blood of the lamb. So obviously because of the blood of the lamb that we have victory, if the blood of the lamb had not been shed, we would not even have victory. But there's something else which has to be added to the blood of the lamb over here for us to be conquerors. And so it says over here, but they have conquered, you know, the evil one by the blood of the lamb and by the word of their testimony. So they have testified and said, yes, this is the word that I'm, this is the work of the cross that I'm standing upon. And yes, I believe that this will, you know, will cancel out the works of the evil one. I believe that the work of what Christ did on the cross is greater than these things that I'm facing. And so they testify and they, is my connection intact? I think it is. Yeah, I just had this notification coming onto my screen. So they testify and declare and say, I believe in this work of the cross. I believe in what the shed blood of Jesus has accomplished and I stand upon it and I cancel the works of the evil one. And when they do it, knowing what they are doing and they declare it, the evil one has no hold over them any longer because he has to come in line with the truth and submit and walk away, you know, slink away. He has no choice. So the victory is coming to these people through the blood of the lamb over here, which means the finished work of the cross. So the victory is coming through the finished work of the cross and by their personal testimony of it, they are declaring it over their lives and saying, yes, this indeed is going to work even for me, not just for the other believers, but his finished work. All that he did even applies to me and my children and my family. So they are testifying and declaring it. And once they take that stand and they cancel the works of the evil one, the evil one has no hold over them. It has to leave. So here these people, when they were going through this terrible tribulation, they were not just randomly saying, you know, I apply the blood. No, they consciously knew what they were doing. They were aware of what this blood stood for, what it had accomplished, which is why even when we take the Lord's table, when we celebrate the Lord's table, we are holding that grape juice in our hand and we don't just simply think of it as blood. We think of it as a symbol of the covenant, what he has done through his blood, what he has done through his broken body for us. So we focus on these two elements as symbols of his finished, established, signed covenant with us. And we know that he will never go back on what he has signed. So he has put a signature over there and we know that now what we are holding in our hands represents something that is finished, accomplished. It has been given over to us. So now we can boldly claim all that that covenant contains. So it's never just simply us thinking of the blood as a object that can be used like a magic object to ward off evil. No, we do it consciously by backing it up with, by believing in it, by through the word of our testimony. So over here, word of testimony would mean a person who is giving a testimony would need to know what they are talking about. Otherwise, their testimony does not hold much value. So these people, when they were giving their testimony, they were genuinely testifying about what the cross has accomplished. They were fully aware of what it has accomplished and they stood on that and they got their victory. So yeah, we cannot say that in our Indian religions, we have this custom where people tie this sacred thread on the wrist of the babies on their grown-ups. So we can't reduce the blood to something like that. They have a thread on their wrist and we have this invisible blood which we go around applying. No, these are not talismans that we are using, but we are talking about the finished work of the cross. So we would do it in full awareness, testifying what we have believed in. And then there is power because in his name, we are cancelling what the evil one has done and then he no longer has any hold over us. So yeah, that I think, does that help? Yeah. Beautifully explained. Thank you so much for the clarity. Thank you so much. Wow, we have more questions. I don't know whether we'll be able to get through our portion. Yeah, but yeah, after all, we have to address questions because that is where the learning comes in. So yes, Charles, your name is on my screen first. After that, I have Brother Sri Kumar's name. So first, Charles, if you could go ahead with your question. No, okay. Brother Charles, you have not raised a question. Then in that case, fine, we can go ahead with Sri Kumar. Yes, Pastor, thank you. My question is connected with the blood of Jesus. Now, I just want to know that when Jesus established the communion and he said that he raised the cup and he said that this is this is my blood and I am establishing my covenant with the blood. And even if you read the book of Corinthians, the Paul again says that this is the cup of blessing. So both the side, actually the covenant is established with the blood and Paul also saying it is the cup of blessing. So why it is not with the covenant is not with the flesh? That's my question. Or why that is not mentioned or even when Jesus said this thing, he never said that it's connected with the flesh, but it is connected with the blood. I just want to move that. Thank you Pastor. Yeah, it's just that maybe it has to do with creation. When human beings and animals were created in the beginning, the flesh would be the vessel, the carrier inside which you would have the life blood flowing because it is said in the Old Testament and in fact also mentioned in our New Testament in Acts that the life is in the blood. So the life is carried in the blood and the human flesh and the animal flesh, they are just the vessel inside which this life blood is flowing. So life is always in the blood. So Jesus Christ sheds his blood as in he's laying down his life so that we who are dead can be restored. So it's his life in exchange for our lives. So he does that work of appeasement on our behalf. So he's giving up his life in exchange for our dead lives to be restored. So he emphasizes and says that the covenant is being established by the blood simply because the life is in the blood and you have I think in three, four places in the Old Testament where you have that wording which says do not eat the blood because the life is in the blood and of course in your acts where it mentions the life is in the blood so you must not eat the blood. So the life is in the blood and that's the reason why the blood is used as your symbol in sealing the covenant. One life has been given up, sacrificed on behalf of the lives of all the other people who will now be raised to life, to eternal life because of this one life which is being laid down. That's it. The life is in the blood. Thank you. So let us look at 1st John chapter 1 verses 8 to 10. Now there are some very nice things which are contained over here in this passage if we could read out verses 8 to 10 please. Can I read back? 8 to 10. If we say we have no sin we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us the confessor sins his faithful and just forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unbridledness. If we say we have not sin we make him a liar and his word is not in us. Yes. The problem with the Gnostics is that they were saying that you know they've had this mystical experience with God and now they have been, their minds have been filled with some kind of special knowledge and because of that now they can no longer sin. So they are going around claiming from the time that we had this experience with God we have not sinned at all and so John writes over here saying if you are claiming that you have not sinned then you are calling God a liar because God talks about how you know you can repent and he will forgive and he will restore so when God is saying those things he is indicating that a person will sin even after they have made a commitment and they can go to him and he will forgive and he will accept so these people who are going around saying that oh we are now sinless we are incapable of committing any sin because we are now filled with the superior knowledge in our minds he says you are wrong what you are saying is wrong so he says if we claim to be without sin we deceive ourselves instead he says in verse 9 why not just simply you know frankly go to the Lord confess our sins and he is faithful and just and he will forgive us so rather than pretending that we are sinless rather than pretending that we are not sinning why not frankly go to him and admit our sin and you know say Lord I really do not want to do this anymore so please forgive me and if we go with a genuinely repentant attitude he will forgive another verse that we could another passage that we can you know kind of look at to you know gain further clarity going back to the gospel of John if someone could read out John chapter 3 verses 20 and 21 John 3 20 and 21 John 3 20 for everyone who does wicked things hate the light and does not come to the light lest his works should be exposed but whoever does what is true but whoever does what is true comes to the light so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God okay there's this difference between believers and you know those who are still in the world they don't like coming into the light because their deeds will be exposed they'd rather stay in the dark where their deeds don't look so bad because it's only when you bring your actions under the glare of God's holiness then very very clearly it is seen that what you have done is so rotten and it stinks you know or even you're hiding in the darkness everything seems alright everything is gray over there in the darkness right so what you've done also doesn't look too bad the details of what of your rottenness are hidden and it feels nice you can feel good about yourself so the people who are you know consciously living in the darkness they hate the light because the light really exposes them for what they are and then it says in verse 21 those who are in the light on the other hand they come out into the light very plainly it says over lives by the light comes into the light so that it may be plainly seen that what they have done has been done in the sight of God so what happens when a believer sins you know they feel that they need to go and hide because obviously they are aware that God is holy and what they have done is wrong and so now they feel guilty and they don't feel comfortable coming into the light coming into his presence but the instruction that we are given over here is do not hide from God do not pretend and try to deceive yourself and say oh it's okay what I did was not too bad let me try and forget about it no just plainly boldly come into the light come into his presence you know let it be clearly seen that yes what I have done is wrong and frankly admit and say yes Lord in the light of your holiness I can now clearly see that what I said on that day was not just an opinion which I expressed but rather I did something very hurtful I actually genuinely hurt that believer and I realize now that it's not me expressing my opinion rather I have sinned against you with my words by tearing down that person I admit that I have sinned so in the full glare of his glory you can see and he can see that what you have done is really bad and you are frankly getting down on your knees and admitting and saying yes what I have done is wrong and now when you come with that attitude the Lord he is just and he is faithful and he will forgive and he will purify us from our unrighteousness so we who are in the light never need to hide if we continue to hide either we will go in the air along the line in the direction of deception and start telling ourselves what I have done is not too bad it's okay it's alright we start arguing and we move into deception or we can be consumed with guilt and think oh my this is one sin that God can never forgive I am beyond forgiveness and we are always held imprisoned by that guilt so whether it is deception or whether it is guilt as long as we continue to hide Satan can take advantage of us and we may actually go back into a life of sin so when we are walking in the light it's alright better to come directly into the glare full glare of the light and say yes I can see that what I have done is bad I can see that what I have done is sinful I confess and admit that what I have done is not just a mistake but a sin committed against you and when we come with that attitude and admit it he is immediately just and faithful he forgives and not just forgives he purifies us from the unrighteousness of what has been done so now we are spotless before him again and we can continue with our walk with him so what John is saying over here is do not hide hiding will only create greater danger Satan can take advantage of us when we sin it's best to immediately come back into his presence even though it is so shameful and humbling because in the light of his presence we can see that what we have done is so rotten but it's okay it's good to be honest and admit what we have done because then the Lord can purify us from that unrighteous attitude and he can start working in us to changes and transform us so we don't have to be stuck where we are we can move on to greater heights through him so the advice is to not hide immediately come back into his presence and enjoy what he has to offer maybe we can yes we have raised hands Charles if you would like to go with your question first I don't know it's just that your name keeps appearing over there I'm so sorry it clearly says over there Charles and Sheyi have raised hands it says but yeah if Charles doesn't have a question Brother Sheyi you can go ahead Yes thank you pastor I'm sorry I'm just asking too many questions Go ahead yes My question since we're on the issue of sin and believer covering up their sins and all that I would just like to get more clarity on verse 8 of chapter 1 the reason why I'm asking this is I truly get the understanding that if we if we have sin in our hearts we should actually own up to it and converse but there's an attitude that I have seen growing up over the years and is that they use this scripture verse 8 especially that if we claim to be without sin we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us that's verse 8 of chapter 1 and this is the basis is that everybody's a sinner that even as a Christian you're still a sinner you still have sin so every time we come to prayer people call this verse as they ask God for forgiveness for your sins particularly even congressional prayer and there was a time I really really took time to really understand that is this really true like is this what John was trying to point out so maybe for clarity and I may be wrong maybe what John is saying is exactly what everybody has been saying but the way I look at this verse is I don't think he's saying that Christians who have been blood washed by Christ who are not willfully sinning you know necessarily always have a sin I don't know if that's what the verse is saying but maybe he can give more context that what is John particularly saying is he saying that regardless of the fact that we've asked for God for forgiveness we still have sin so even when we come to prayer we pray to God we should also say God forgive me for the sins I have because that verse many people have used this verse to say oh if we claim we have sin we are deceiving ourselves so better ask God for forgiveness of sin and even though you know within you that there's nothing you know you might have done and I'm not saying this that oh out of prayer that oh you're coming with your self righteousness but basically within you the Holy Spirit has not convicted you but because of what that person is saying there's this sense of guilt that comes upon you that maybe I should just ask God for forgiveness so I was just maybe if you could just give more clarity on what John was exactly saying in that verse contextually in his letter yeah that's me that's what I was trying to say yeah so here he's asking them to confess the sin which they have committed so he's obviously speaking about sins which they have felt convicted about so something has been done and they have felt convicted about it and so rather than you know hiding and pretending that what they have done is pretending that it's not a sin it's better to confess and admit that yes this is a sin so they have felt convicted about it so he is asking for us to go ahead and seek forgiveness whenever we do anything and it's brought to our awareness by the Holy Spirit saying what you have done this is wrong you must repent and so we must be willing to go ahead and repent so I'm sure that over here John is speaking about sins which we feel convicted about regarding things that we are doing they say not just sins of commission which we are more aware of but also sins of omission things which you should have done but you have not done now those there are probably scores of those which we are not yet even aware of because Paul with his level of spiritual maturity he says he has still not yet arrived you know he has not yet fully been made into the image of Christ there are still areas in which he is still lacking in which he is still falling short so the more a person grows in spiritual maturity the more they are coming into the light and the more they are seeing all of their life in the light of that bright light of God's holiness and what earlier probably did not look like sin is now beginning to look very much like sin and so the awareness increases as we grow in God the more we our eyes are opened the more closer we draw to him the more we begin to recognize things in ourselves which we thought were alright earlier but now we know that they are not alright so yes we are all in the process of growth and yes we all have these you know attitudes and perspectives and actions that need correction it's just that we are not even aware that we are doing something bad you know so yes it is true we will always be imperfect on this side of heaven but it's not necessary for us to live under some kind of you know cloud of guilt and always have to start off our prayers by saying oh I have done I'm a sinful person and my lips are sinful and so even as I begin my prayer please forgive me that kind of makes it sound like as if we are living in a relationship of fear and not really the kind of you know the spirit which God has put in us because the spirit which has been given to us teaches us to cry out Abba Father and to know that we have been declared righteous and now we are safe in our Abba and so only when Abba corrects and says you know this thing which you have done I think you need to admit that what you have done is sinful and that time when Abba says that better to confess and say yes Lord what I have done is wrong so sorry Abba I do not want to continue this way you purify me forgive me and purify me Abba will do it but to always come to him with that attitude of saying I am a sinner my lips are unclean my attitudes are unclean so please forgive me and then start the prayer that seems like a relationship of fear and no I do not think God would really like that he would prefer us to enjoy his presence and feel secure in him and when he gives a word of correction as children we accept it and we say yes Lord I am sorry I know this is sin and I admit it is sin and I confess so I think that would be a healthier attitude which God would enjoy he wants us to be secure in him does not want us to always you know that fear and always feel condemned and guilty no yeah thank you pastor I wish many people could just hear what you said because a lot of Christians have the attitude of guilt and condemnation even in the place of prayer I really really wish because many people isolate this verse and don't look at the context of what everyone was saying and that's why I just ask so that to gain more clarity thank you so much pastor thank you thank you yes so let us now come to maybe verse chapter 2 and verse 1 and 2 yeah if someone could read out in chapter 2 if someone could read out verses 1 and 2 my little children my little children my little children these things are right to you so that you may not sin and if anyone sins we have an advocate for the Father Jesus Christ the righteous and he himself is the perpetration for our sins perpetration of our sins and not for us alone but also for the whole world yes so here Jesus is being described as the perpetration for our sins in some versions the simpler term atoning sacrifice is used so in your Greek that would be the word Helasmos so what exactly is this word Helasmos signifying because only over here in this particular verse and in another one place in the entire New Testament so just on the basis of these two verses it kind of becomes difficult to understand what exactly is Helasmos what exactly is this propitiation so what people generally do is they go to the Septuagint which is your Greek translation of the Old Testament and over there in the Greek translation of the Old Testament this word Helasmos is used 6 times so here we can get a kind of broader idea of what exactly this word stands for and we make the beautiful discovery that over here this word is not just indicating cleansing from sin and forgiveness of sin it is also referring to the removal of God's anger God's anger against us is taken away wiped out, removed God is no longer angry with us peace with us so we have that security to just go to him and say Abba Father because Jesus Christ became this atoning sacrifice for us so Jesus Christ is not only offering us cleansing and forgiveness he is also taking away God's anger against us so when I have committed a sin and the minute I realize that what I have done is sinful and I feel convicted I come into his presence and I say Lord I admit that what I have done is sinful it's not just a mistake but it's a sin that I have committed against you so I confess and I repent and I do not want to repeat it any longer you purify me oh Lord you forgive me oh Lord so when I do that he forgives and not only does he forgive so has taken away God's anger against us so God is not angry at all he forgives he cleanses but anger is not there that factor of anger is not there at all because right there at that moment when you submitted your life to Jesus and that atoning sacrifice was applied to you and you became a new creation in that moment anger was removed from the the scene so God's anger does not apply to a believer anymore unless like it says in Hebrew chapter 6 and I think chapter 10 where it talks about a person who has enjoyed the blood and who has tasted of the Holy Spirit and then in spite of that they have chosen to go back into the world for them there is no repentance there is only judgment in them so except for such people the basic believer is not under anger at all God's anger at all we are not under God's anger at all we are under his love so it's a beautiful thing we can come to him you know when we sin we can come to him having that full secure knowledge that he will forgive he's not angry he just wants us to stop being foolish and frankly admit that what we have done is sinful and move on because you know he will forgive he will start purifying us we will be able to overcome this thing in the future and you know life can go on the relationship can continue to be built between him and us so we never have to feel insecure so these are beautiful amazing things that John is imparting to the church so that they can hold on to him confidently and not be led away by all these false teachers who are talking about some kind of special club of people who alone have access to God and the rest of them are useless and have no access to God all that's rubbish is what John is saying over here because he says that this is what Jesus did he became an atoning sacrifice for us so even if you have committed a sin frankly admit it come to him and you know relationship with him will be restored is what is the point that he brings out over here maybe the next verse that we can look at could be verse 10 I just kind of liked verse 10 maybe someone could read out 9 and 10 please yeah it's a rather I don't know big statement a person who loves their brother and sister and lives in the light there is nothing in them to make them stumble I mean so it's like as if a person who is really living in an attitude of love you know Christ like love that love which is willing to correct that love which is willing to pick up a person when they have fallen a love which is willing to overlook when they have hurt you in some way and still continue to be kind and compassionate towards them a love which does all of those things a person living in that kind of love there is nothing inside them left that can make them stumble so I think when Paul was saying I have not yet attained I have not yet reached but I am continuing to press forward towards that that was probably what he was aiming for to be that Christ like to be that full of Christ love but everything he does is motivated by love the way he treats people the way he does his ministry why he does the ministry you know why he prays how he prays everything he does is coloured and and soaked by Christ love you know so such a person it says there is nothing left in them which can make them stumble they have kind of almost reached Christ likeness you know so it is an amazing verse and I was thinking wow I mean if I could be that loving towards people in everything that I do and if I could be that loving in the way I do my ministry in the way I do my Bible reading in all my speech it is a very high ideal you know to work towards but because we have the Holy Spirit in us he is constantly you know causing us to improve and become more and more so that we can actually achieve this ideal you know so another verse that we can yeah we can maybe move into this new section which would be verses 12 to 17 okay so chapter 2 verses 12 to 17 is a new section so in the earlier section we saw people who claim that they know God people who claim that they are Christians how would you test them you would test their attitude towards sin and also you would test their attitude towards obedience are they obeying him are they keeping his commandments so these are the two tests which you would you know apply to people to find out whether they are really genuinely believers their attitude towards sin and also their obedience are they living in obedience or not so now we come to this new section which would be chapter 2 verses 12 to 17 where he starts off by saying whom he is talking to and he explains to them why he is specifically talking to them and then he goes on to say something so we have maybe about 7 or 8 minutes let's just quickly you know cover that look in verses 12 to 12 to 14 he makes a repetition over there in verse 12 he says I am writing to you dear children he says and then in verse 13 he says I am writing to you fathers and later on in the next portion of the same verse I am writing to you young men and almost exactly what he says in verses 12 and 13 he once again repeats the wording in verse 14 it's almost an exact repetition except that he changes the phrases a little bit so again he says I write to you dear children and he goes on to say I write to your fathers and then he says I write to you young men so there are all kinds of interpretations given to this passage and you know people talk about how when he says dear children they are talking about people who are still new believers and they have not matured very much and they say that the fathers of course is talking about people who have become very very mature in the Lord young men on the other hand they've had some experience in walking with the Lord they've had some spiritual victories and so they kind of you know popular sermons generally go for this kind of an interpretation but when you look at you know the really established commentaries which have gone into the whole Greek and the grammar and all of that they will point out that here is not referring to three categories of people based on their spiritual growth he's actually talking to he's using the word technon which you know he uses everywhere else in his John in his Gospel as well as his epistels he refers to everyone as technon irrespective of their spiritual maturity so he's speaking in general to all of his dear children all of the people in the church all of the believers and among the believers he's specifically addressing two categories of people the ones who are fathers the older people age wise nothing to do with spiritual maturity people who are older in age so the fathers and he's addressing the youngsters who are young in age and this is basically what he says he says you know you fathers you who are older you who have lived longer and you know been with God for a longer period of time you know him not intellectual knowledge but you know you've been walking with him for a while now because of your age and so you kind of know him more now in a personal way as for you youngsters it's been very long but you have had your victories you know you have stood on the word of God and you have you know been able to overcome the evil one and so you to have some experience with the Lord so I'm addressing all of you dear children I'm addressing you fathers who are older in age I'm also addressing you young men who are still young and of course we know right in those days the masculine word was used so over here even though it says fathers it's also talking about the women who are older in age and in the same way when it says young men it's not only addressing the men it's also addressing young girls so it's just that the masculine word was used even in our older English that's the way the wording was when you just say it doesn't mean just men it means humanity it means both men and women so it's that kind of a wording that is used over here so what is he saying to them he says you older people you know him you younger ones you had victory in him and so because of this he says in verse 15 he says because of you know you walk with him because your sins have been forgiven because you know him because you have overcome Satan through the word therefore do not love the world or anything in the world that's how he comes to verse 15 so verses 12, 13, 14 are like an introduction where he's saying I'm talking to these two categories of people because of the experience that they have had with God because of this experience which you have had with the Lord do not love the world or anything in the world he goes on to say in verse 15 and he explains what he means by anything in the world because he repeats that again in verse 16 where he says everything in the world so anything in the world everything in the world can be divided into three basic elements what are they last of the flesh last of the eyes pride of life so he says do not indulge in these three elements because that is what this world is all about so he says stay on your guard because if you are not on your guard and you are given to these three things you know it says over there if anyone loves the world love for the father is not in them and why is the love of the father not in such people he explains in verse 16 he says these things you know these three elements of the world last of the flesh last of the pride of life they do not come from the father they come from the world so if you are indulging in these three things you cannot possibly have the love of the father in you because you are indulging in something which is off the world on the other hand if you have been perfected in love then you will automatically see that you are obeying him so that in fact is mentioned somewhere in an earlier verse as well where he actually uses that wording that would be in actually chapter 2 verse 5 where he says NIV has a rather unfortunate translation it says if anyone obeys his word love for God is made complete in them but it is not actually a conditional statement based on the Greek grammar the actual translation of that particular verse would be um it would be whoever keeps his word truly in this one the love of God is perfected it's like you know you are saying truly a person who is keeping the word of God it proves that God's love has been perfected in them so here he is talking to the fathers and to the young people and he is saying because you know the love of the father has been perfected in you because you know him because you have come satan through the word of God therefore do not indulge in these three things lust of the flesh lust of the eyes and pride of life because these things are coming from the world and not from the father so if you if the love of the father has been perfected in you then you will not be participating in these three things okay so he he gives them that commandment and then you come to the last portion which would be you know verse 18 onwards again you know he kind of warns them and he says you know you have all these false teachers who are coming in so stay on guard against them you know they acted like I said they were part of us they acted as if they belong to us but now you know they have gone back into the world so this proves that they were never actually part of our true church you know so he talks about that and so he says in verse 24 hold on to what you heard from the beginning what was presented to you originally hold on to that do not stray away from it so these are all things that you have already talked about so we are not getting into the details of it but so the main message he is conveying over here is that because the love of the father has been perfected inside you therefore you don't need to indulge in these three things you are of God you are not of the world so do not be like the people of the world and participate in these three things is what he is saying to them so yeah I think there is no time for anything more now next class we will finish off all the other three remaining chapters 3 4 5 we will cover it next class and then second John third John can be you know done together in the last class so yeah so by this weekend I will try to put up the assessment the assessment will be only up to whatever we covered today in the class so there will be 75 questions which you would need to tick so even if you do maybe 5 questions a day you will have time enough you know to complete so yeah so let's just close with the word of prayer oh lord we just thank you for the many many things that we learnt in today's session lord whenever we need these things bring them back to our mind oh lord help us to recollect all that we have studied and lord we pray that we will be people who are secure in you people who are confident of your atoning sacrifice which has been done for us people who are secure in the work of the cross and we know what you have achieved for us and we pray that you would help us to stand on that and claim our victory I pray oh lord that because of your work divine work which is going on in our hearts we will not be like the people of the world and indulge in worldly things which we don't need to anymore we are free in you so I pray oh lord that we would remain in your love and by doing that we can show to the world that we truly belong to you thank you oh lord for all the things that you taught us and I pray that we would continue to grow in you and become more Christ like thank you lord in Jesus name amen thank you so much for you know patiently staying throughout the class so we will meet again next week yeah