 We'll get started once again. So right now we are in the second chapter of Second Thessalonians. If we can have someone read out for us, Second Thessalonians chapter 2, verses 8 to 12, verses 8 to 12, please. And then the loudest ones will be revealed, between the road cheeses were killed at the bread that is now and reigned to nothing by the appearance of this coming. The coming of the onwards one is by the activity of symptoms that are powering false signs of animal abuse. And with all the care deceptions for those who are perishing because they refuse to love the truth and so be safe. Therefore, false signs mean a strong delusion so that they may believe what is false in order that only becomes them who did not believe in truth but have pleasure and righteousness. Yeah, there are two main points being made in this particular passage. Let's just look at the first thing. It talks about how this lawless one, the Antichrist, will be coming and he will use all kinds of signs and wonders to deceive people. So when people look at all of these signs and wonders, they may start believing, okay, here is a man who can really be our messiah, who can help us with all our situations. And so they are willing to even worship him as a God because of what he is able to do. So all of that will happen. And then it talks about how you have all these people getting deceived. And then it talks about what kind of people who actually get deceived. Yeah, verse 10 it says, they perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. And then in verse 12 it says, those who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness. So there are some people who get deceived because they have a delight in wickedness. They love wickedness and they do not have any love for the truth. And for such people it becomes very easy to get deceived because the liar is actually giving them permission to continue living in their wickedness. So it's so much easier for them to embrace that rather than give up all of their wicked ways and love the truth. So loving the truth costs, it's expensive to love the truth. On the other hand, loving wickedness, that too has a very terrible cost but people don't realize that. I mean it's going to cost them their entire eternity. So yes, loving wickedness is also very expensive. It will cost you your own soul. So but people don't realize that. They think of loving the truth as something painful and too expensive. And so they prefer not to love the truth. And it is such people who get deceived. So this, I mean I know over here it's talking about the people in the end times, it's talking about those who refuse to accept the Lord Jesus and they instead choose to embrace this Antichrist. It is talking about those things. But the spiritual principle over here, I think we can apply that even to ourselves because when we delight in something wicked, it is so easier to use reasoning and arguments to try and support what we are doing. You see? We are willing to compromise on the truth. So on the other hand, if we are people who really love the truth and want to hold on to what God has said, then we will be willing to go that extra mile and make those painful sacrifices and give up what the flesh is asking for. So when we need to maybe examine ourselves on a regular basis and make sure that our love for ungodly things is not on the increase, we got to kind of always curtail that, keep that in check. Because when our what attraction towards the ungodly things starts to increase, we can be very very sure that deception also will begin. Because once that attraction increases and we allow it to increase, then Satan can start blinding our eyes. You see? And once you can't see very clearly anymore, the truth will no longer reveal itself to us. We will look at the scriptures, we will read the Bible, but not really perceive what is being told over there. So it's a very serious risk. So on a regular basis, we just need to kind of keep it in check. Just make sure that our love for the ungodly things, for the things of the world, our attraction towards those things is not on the increase. So how do we keep that kind of under control? I think it helps the kind of company we keep, the people with whom we usually rub shoulders and mix with and hang out with. If there are people who are literally into all the things of the world, then our interest in those things also will increase. So that is one main thing. Another thing is how much time we spend on the social media, where you seem to have more ungodly things being promoted, rather than good things being promoted. So the more and more time maybe we spend on social media, on the wrong kind of websites, which are just all about glamour and the world and the worldly values and principles, whatever we're kind of feeding ourselves with, that is what tends to attract our minds. So we need to be very careful about this whole thing of delighting in wickedness. Because when there is delight in wickedness, this attraction towards wickedness starts increasing, deception follows. Because Satan can use this new attraction that we have towards wicked things, he can start using that to veil our eyes. We can no longer see very clearly and when we can no longer see the beauty of the truth of God's word, we start losing out on that and then the deception increases. So I think that's one principle that we can draw from this, even though I admit that this passage is not actually talking about us believers, it's talking about those who will be deceived by the Antichrist. Now the other main concept over here in this passage is how God deals with such people. It says over here, they perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. And we saw that in verse 12. Why are they perishing? It's because they delight in wickedness. Then going back to verse 11, the beginning of verse 11, it says, for this reason, God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie. And this has been God's method of dealing with the wicked. I mean, throughout history, right from Old Testament times, when somebody wants to harden their heart and God gives them various chances to repent and turn away from their wickedness, if they refuse to do that, God says, okay, fine, you really want to go on hardening your heart? Fine, in that case, I will actively help you in hardening your heart. So a stage is reached where God says, fine, you want to go into wickedness? Good, I will help you to get into wickedness. Go, go have your way. And that's such a dreadful thing, right? I mean, God himself is giving up on you. So we see that happening in the case of the Pharaoh. Pharaoh was allowed so many chances to turn around, to look at the clear demonstration of God's power and believe in the true God, but he continued to harden his heart. And then finally, you come to that verse where it says, God hardened his heart. In the beginning, it was not that, it was just Pharaoh hardening his own heart. He chose not to, he chose to turn a blind eye to all the truths that was being shown to him again and again and again. He continued to turn a blind eye to the truth. And finally, one day, God said, fine, I will help you in hardening your heart. And God begins to harden his heart. That's a very dreadful and terrible thing. So over here, and we see a reference to that even in our New Testament, maybe we can actually look at those verses, you know, it's always good to base our beliefs on actual scripture. So, you know, if we can look at, if someone can read out for us Romans chapter one verse 21, Romans 121, Romans 121. So, you see, in the beginning, people knew God, they were aware that he is there, but they didn't really like what he was asking them to do. So they neither glorified him as God, nor gave thanks to him. You know, they continued to distance themselves from him, even though they knew that what he's standing for is good and upright and holy. They continue to distance themselves from him, neither glorifying him nor giving him thanks, it says. And so what happens as a result of that, their thinking becomes futile. It becomes wasteful. It's not, it's not thinking which is yielding good fruit and achieving something, rather it is just thinking that is, you know, taking you down waste, wasteful parts where nothing will be achieved, where nothing will, nothing good will be accomplished in your life. So their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. And then if you, if we can also read verses 24 and 25, Romans 1, 24 and 25. Where both God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts to dishonour their own bodies between themselves, to change the truth of God into a lie and worship and serve the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Yeah, so it says over here, therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts. So God gives many, many multiple chances and the person, you know, is not interested in turning to the truth and loving it. Then he gives them over to their sinful desires. It's okay, fine, you want to, you know, you want to have your way, go ahead. You know, I'll give you, I'll give you over to those sinful things and let them have sway over you because you don't seem to want to be rescued. You don't seem to want to come back to the truth and love it. So he gives them over to be controlled and deluded and, you know, deceived by the sinful things. And so it says over here in verse 25, they exchanged the truth about God for a lie because the lie was comfortable. The lie enabled them to continue living the way they wanted to live. So they exchanged the truth about God for a lie. And you know, in Romans 11, 8, this is what it says about such people. If someone could read out Romans 11, 8. Yeah, the word over there used, you know, God gave them a spirit of stupor, although it's mainly talking about stupor is like when you're almost like unconscious, you know, you can almost, you know, feel nothing, sense nothing, you know, it's that kind of a total numbness where you're almost not aware of anything, that kind of a condition. So it says that God allowed them to reach that kind of a condition where they can no longer feel the guilt. They can no longer feel any, their conscience pricking. They're doing terrible things, but they don't even feel any shame regarding those terrible things. You know, that almost that senseless condition where their senses are not functioning, you know, as far as, you know, Godly things are concerned. So God allows them to reach that stage. Why? Because, you know, they had no desire to love the truth. So it becomes very, very important how we guard our hearts. We should be people who are not allowing that attraction towards the world to increase so that we can continue to maintain that love that we have for the truth in our hearts with God's help. Okay, so these are just some principles that we could draw from this particular passage, which is actually talking about the end times and how the people of that time will be easily deceived simply because they want to exchange the truth of God for a lie, like it says in Romans. Yeah, moving on from there, let us look at verse, verses 13 and 14. Yeah, 14. Yes. That's for you. We can't help but thank God for you, your brothers and sisters loved by the Lord. We always thankful that God chose you to be among the first to experience salvation. It's our vision that came through the Spirit who makes you holy through your belief in the truth. We called you to salvation when we told you the good news. Now you can share in the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ. Yeah, it's interesting the translation that you read out, brother, because over there they have interpreted this word first fruits as one of the first to get saved is what it says over there. But actually, you know, the Thessalonian believers were not among one of the first to get saved. Because when we look at that entire region of Macedonia, when we look at that entire region of Macedonia, we see that it was actually the Philippine believers who first came to the Lord and then later they started going into other regions and spreading the gospel. So it's actually only later that these Thessalonian believers, you know, get saved. So the word in the Greek that is actually used over there, it says, I think NKJ, we put it that way, it says, because God chose you as first fruits to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit. Okay, so this term first fruits is used in some places as the first few people who got saved. You know, that's very, very true, which is probably why in this particular translation, you have that sense being brought out. Let's look at some maybe at least one example of that. First Corinthians chapter 16 verse 15, if someone could read out first Corinthians chapter 16 verse 15. First Corinthians chapter 16, you see, you know the house of Stephanus. It is the first fruits of Akhaya and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints. Yeah, now over here, it's talking about how this household of Stephanus, this family was in fact the first family that came to salvation in this region of Akhaya. So over here, when it says first fruits of Akhaya, it's literally talking about the first family in this entire region that became believers. Alright, so there are a few other passages where the term first fruits is used in this particular sense. But over here, the Thessalonian believers were not the first fruits. It was the people at Philippi who were the first fruits because we see that in Acts chapter 16, where you have Paul gets that vision of a man who's calling out for help from Macedonia and then Paul decides that this is God's way of telling him that they should go to Macedonia and so they change direction and they go to Macedonia and then the first city they go to is Philippi. On the Sabbath day, they go to the outskirts of the city to receive there are any people that they can minister to, any prayer groups that meet and they find this particular group over there which is gathered on the outskirts, Lydia and her entire group. So they sit down over there and they share the gospel. So you could say that Lydia's family and the other families which were there in that group, they became the first fruits of Macedonia. So the Thessalonians are not first fruits in this sense. So which means maybe the term is being used over here in the other sense, which people would have been familiar with. Like we all know in the Old Testament times, the first fruits is basically what you bring like a tank offering or a tithe or whatever, in that sense you bring it to the temple. And so you don't bring your entire crop over there to the temple, you just bring the one portion of it and you offer that to the Lord and what are you saying when you're doing that? You're basically saying, in the same way I have set apart this first portion for you Lord, no this very first fruits, I've set it apart for you. I brought it over here into the temple to set it apart for you. In the same way, I regard the rest of my crop also as being set apart for you. I will use the rest of this crop, I will sell it, I will use the proceeds in a way that is honourable. So I will consider all of my wealth as set apart for you, but this first portion I'm bringing it specifically over here to show you that in the same way this first fruit, this first fruits is sanctified, the rest of everything that I have is also sanctified unto you. That was the sense in which these first fruits were offered to God. It looks like that is kind of being brought out over here in this versus that we looked at in 2 Thessalonians. We will look at the details of that, but before we get into that, yes brother Shey, you go ahead and ask your question, yes. I just wanted to bring up another, the version you said, NKJV, maybe my give us a better understanding. It says in that verse that's in NKJV, like in the same as the KJV says that for we are bound to give thanks to God, always for you brethren, beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning throws you for salvation through certification by the Spirit and the written truth to which he called you by our gospel for the obtaining of the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ. So it seems to me like I don't know if the original Greek Talismans with the NKJV and KJV, that God in his manifold wisdom before we were born, maybe that's what is being communicated here that God always throws us, wanted us to himself, wanted us to say, I don't know, I was just thinking maybe that's what the NKJV and KJV actually is saying in relation to the original Greek, or maybe I'm wrong. Yeah, I wish we had brought up this thing before the break, because then I could have just quickly gone to Bible Hub and looked it up, because in Bible Hub it'll show you the actual wording over there, and that's, that would have just kind of clarified it. But right now, I don't know whether my internet will be able to handle it if I try to open up Bible Hub, it may cause extra strain on the internet. So yeah, it would be very, very interesting to know the exact wording over there, which is there. Yeah, I mean, let's leave that for now simply because I'm not able to access that because of my internet. No problem. Yeah. Okay, this is the Google Classroom, right? So yeah, later on, maybe I can post this, you know, I will look it up. Let's see what the wording is over there, and then how it has been interpreted. And then I can just briefly put that in the, you know, on the screen page. Yeah, I can definitely do that. Yes. So yes, also here, these people, these Thessalonians have been chosen as first fruits, you know, the first fruits which usually are set apart for God. So this Thessalonian believers have been set apart for God to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit. So this, you know, the word sanctify just literally means set apart, right? So it's the Holy Spirit, which is doing this work of setting them apart on a daily basis. He's making them more and more set apart for himself, where in their attitudes and that in the choices they make in the way they interact with one another and everything that they do, they are living set apart lives, where it's always God who comes first. They're doing it to honor him. They're doing it out of faith in him. So it's all centered around him. They are living set apart lives. So God chose them to be this kind of a first fruit. They are set apart people and God is doing this work of setting them apart on a daily basis. The Holy Spirit is doing it. So it is happening through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through their continued belief in the truth of God's word. So in the same way, we too, you know, are meant to be first fruits. Now, we are not the first believers in our particular region or anything like that. But we all are supposed to be first fruits in the sense. We say, in the same way, Lord, the Old Testament people, when they would come, they would place one small portion over there in front of you. And that was a symbol that this small portion is representative of their entire of all that they own. In the same way, this little portion is being set apart symbolically. It indicates that the rest of what they have is also being set apart unto you. So that's the way they they made their offering to the Lord in Old Testament times. And now we in the New Testament times, we are being expected to be living sacrifices in the same way. So we come over there to him and we offer all of ourselves to him. We don't we can't just give one little portion and say, you know, this is all I'm giving to you and the rest of it is for me. Just like the Old Testament people, we too are expected to give all of ourselves, every aspect of us as a living sacrifice as an offering, it's a living offering to him, you know, so we would be living for him, we would be doing things that will please him and honor him. And so in that sense, we also can be first fruits in that sense of the word. Yeah. If we can move into verses 15, 16 and 17, yeah verses 15, 16 and 17. So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by your spoken word or by your letter. Now, may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God, our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace. Comfort your heart. Enough, ma'am? 17, 17. Yes, please, 17. Comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word. Yeah, you know, again, this is lovely prayer over here. First he says, stand firm and hold fast to the teachings, you know, that we have that have been given. So stand firm and hold on to it, you know, don't get deceived, don't get led away, he says. And then he again makes this prayer, you know, and he says, may, you know, may, may, what, what, what, what does he want God to do for them? He says, may God encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word. All the things that you are trying to do, you know, for him through words, through your actions, all that you are doing, may he strengthen you in doing those things, he says. And he says, may, may, you know, may God encourage your hearts is what he says. So this is another lovely prayer that he has prayed for them over here at the end of, you know, chapter two, moving into chapter three. Yes. If we can have someone read out chapter three, verses one and two. We, brothers, pray so much to the words of the Lord in the spirit of hope and beyond, as happened in Manuji, and that we may be delivered from, we can never meet, for not all are faced. Yeah. The first two, three verses are talking about, you know, serving God, talking about the spread of the gospel and the persecution that is there. And then the rest of the thing, the large chunk, which comes after that is talking about, you know, another aspect. So just we'll first look at those, you know, first two or three verses where the emphasis is more on spreading the gospel and the persecution that's going on. So there are two prayer requests which Paul makes for him, you know, for himself and his team. He says, you know, please pray that the message of the Lord will spread rapidly and it will be honored, you know, when we share it in different places, when others go out and share the gospel, people should honor what has been taught and they should be willing to believe it and receive it. So pray, please pray that the message of the Lord will spread rapidly. And the second thing that the second prayer request that he makes is, you know, pray that we will be delivered from wicked and evil people. There will be people who will try to, you know, deceive, who will try to use all kinds of, you know, wrong schemes to somehow suppress the gospel from being shared. And we see that happening, you know, even in our own communities, there are people who are actively working behind the scenes to prevent the gospel from spreading. They're trying to come up with strategies to, you know, limit and control the work that we can do openly, you know, in sharing the gospel. And so it is all right. It is good to pray against such schemes and strategies, to pray against such people. Because over here, Paul is very clearly saying, you know, pray about this. He says pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil people for not everyone has faith. And then it was three, he goes on to say, but the Lord is faithful and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one. So the Lord is faithful and he will strengthen us so that we will be able to withstand persecution. He will protect us, you know, from harm and danger to the extent, you know, it depends on some situation. In some situations, he does allow the apostolic team, you know, to be persecuted. But then there are other occasions when he actually, you know, protects them, especially on that occasion when they were supposed to, you know, be shipped wrecked. He is he the Lord makes sure that none of them are harmed. So there is divine protection given on certain occasions. So God will do all of these things. So from our side, it is totally all right to pray that we will be delivered from the evil schemes and strategies that people are coming up with to stop the spread of the gospel. We can actively pray and say, Lord, deliver us, you know, deliver the people who are sharing the gospel, deliver the ministers, deliver the church members, you know, in all these remote areas, you know, where the persecution is more. It is all right to pray and say, Lord, deliver these believers and their churches from the wicked and the evil. Because Paul would not have asked them to pray this prayer if he thinks that God will not answer such a prayer. So it is in fact valid for us to pray that we will be kept and shielded from the evil strategies of the wicked, you know, who are trying to suppress the gospel. Now coming to this other, you know, thing which he really wants to talk about over here in this passage, he seems to be focusing on people who are not willing to work. They are not willing to put in the hard work and earn a livelihood. And he seems to be quite upset about them. If you notice, you know, throughout the letter of 1 Thessalonians, and in fact, even here in 2 Thessalonians, his tone towards them has been loving. He has been, you know, he likes who they are. He takes pride in who they are. So very positive things are mentioned, but over here in this last passage, he is quite angry in the way he writes, you know, because he is very much against this particular section of people. Now, these are people who are refusing to do their work, you know, they are trying to live off other people. You know, especially, you know, us believers, we are taught that we should be generous in giving, that we should be willing to help people. And so we are more willing to shell out our money, you know, to not be very, you know, got very miserly in the way we hold on to our money. So what happens is that there are people in the church who take advantage of this, you know, and so rather than working hard, they would prefer to live off others. And Paul is very much against this kind of attitude. So he talks very firmly about this. I think in those days, you know, the impression was that any day now Jesus is going to come. You know, in fact, which is why that wrong teaching began to go around where people were thinking, oh, maybe Jesus already came and went away. You know, he collected his people and went away and we got left behind. So, you know, they were like, they were like thinking that in a very, very near future, Jesus is going to come. They were living with that kind of an anticipation. So I think the attitude among one section of the people, of the believers was that if it's coming soon, why work? Till then, we can kind of adjust, you know, these, the other believers are anyway, merciful and kind and loving, they'll keep, you know, shelling out money and, you know, we'll just live off them. So why should we put in the hard work? You know, so that was the kind of attitude, probably because they believed that the second coming is very, very soon. All right. So here, he says that is not the right attitude and he goes on to talk about it. Maybe we can begin by looking at verses 6 and 7. Yeah. Ma'am, verses 6 and 7. Now we command you brothers in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you receive from us. For you, yourselves know how you ought to imitate us because we were not idle when we were with you. Exactly. So these are not empty words that Paul is speaking. He literally set an example for them when he and his team were living with them. They could easily have charged and said, you know, you need to pay us for the, you know, all the work of ministry that we are doing over here, but he never asked for any kind of money. In fact, it says here, he mentioned in the previous letter that whenever they took food from anyone, they paid for the food which they took. And so they, and he says, you know, we worked day and night to support ourselves for two reasons. First, not to be a burden to you because we didn't come to be a burden to you, rather we came to be a blessing to you. So we don't want to burden you. So for the one reason why they work like that day and night and earn their livelihood is so that they will not be a burden. The other, you know, if you remember in the previous letter, he says, it is also to set an example, he says, you know, so that you will, you know, earn your livelihood the same way we also earned our livelihood. So, so he says, keep away from every believer who is idle and disruptive. So these people who are idle, who are not working, you know, they have too much free time on their hands. And when a person has got too much free time on their hands, then the evil one can meddle with their mind and, you know, distract them with a whole bunch of other things. A hardworking person doesn't have much time for distractions because they have their work and they, and once they're finished with their work, they're tired and they just want to rest. On the other hand, a person who's idle and really not doing anything much with their lives, they can get into all kinds of wrong things. So these people have become disruptive. They're going around interfering with other people. They're, they are doing things which are actually bringing harm to the church. And they're doing all of this because they have too much free time on their hands. They are being idle. And so he says over here, keep away from such people. Now this is a rather strong wording, you know, it's saying, he's saying, don't associate with them. Don't be friends with them. Don't, you know, invite them to your house and sit over there and have a meal with them. Avoid them. Keep them away. You know, this is a rather strong wording, Jay. Paul basically, you know, he doesn't say that, right? He says, you know, all of you love each other, you know, be there for each other, carry each other's burdens. Those are the kind of wordings that he generally uses. But here regarding these people who are idle and disruptive, he says, keep away from them. The less you have to do with them, the better, you know, is the, is the implication over here. So, you know, keeping that in mind, let's also look at versus eight, nine and 10. Yeah, versus eight, nine, 10. Eight, nine, 10. Not did we eat anyone's breast free for off chat, but work with labor until nine in the day that we might not be abiding. Do any of you, not because we do not have authority, but make ourselves an example of how we should follow us. So even when we were with you, we commanded you this. If anyone which will not work, nine, 10, he eats. Yeah, you know, the, the rule that he has, that he and his team had established earlier when they were staying with them, the one who is unwilling to work shall not eat. So if you want food, if you want your basic needs met, then go get a job and, you know, work. On the other hand, if you don't want to work, then fine, then don't eat. You know, your, your, your basic needs, let them just stay unmet. So that is the kind of very firm, you know, condition that he places on, on the, on believers. And it is, it is necessary for believers to, you know, have this kind of a, have this kind of a standard because the rest of the world is watching. We saw that earlier, you know, in the other passage, which we had talked about, you know, last time, where the world is watching and they will respect people, you know, who are, you know, not dependent on anyone. That was the wording that was there in, in First Thessalonians. You know, they are, they are not dependent on anyone, but they are earning and supporting themselves. So such people, you know, the people who are watching them, they will appreciate that they will respect them for it. So he says, you know, it's so important, you know, for us to be in this way, to live in this way, because we are the Church of God, we are representing Christ. And so the name of Christ should be honored. By the way, we live these idle people on the other hand, they are causing disruption. They are in some way causing harm to the, to the believers by meddling in things, you know, which they should not be meddling in. And just a minute, yeah. So, so he says over here, you know, you need to follow this rule, the one who is unwilling to work shall not eat. And then he goes on to say this in verses 14 and 15. I mean, like very, very serious instructions that are being given over here versus 14 and 15. When he goes on to say what he says, take note of that person. Yeah. So he, you know, just now earlier, he said, keep away from them. You know, as in, you know, don't make friends with them. No, don't spend time with them. Avoid them is what he said. Now he takes it one step further. And he says, take special note of anyone who does not obey our instruction in this letter. So if someone, even after having read this letter out, you know, to all the people, if someone is still continuing in their idleness and disrupting other people and doing all of that, take special note of such people. And it says, do not associate with them in order that they may feel ashamed. Because these people seem to be quite happy with the way they are living. They don't feel any guilt about it. You know, I mean, there are these other believers who are working very hard and trying to earn, you know, in spite of all the persecution and suffering that they are facing in the middle of all of that, they are working hard to support themselves and their families. And what are these idly people doing? They're just living off them. And it's so unfair, right? So he says, do not associate with them in order that they may feel ashamed. If anyone, you know, if everyone starts, you know, boycotting them, you know, refusing to talk to them, you know, inviting them for their fellowships and all of that, if they do that, then these people will realize, oh, what we are doing is wrong and they will feel ashamed. But immediately in the next verse, he says, yet do not regard them as an enemy, but warn them as you would a fellow believer. So any kind of correction that is done in the Christian must always be correction that is done to build up the person and not to crush the person. If all that we are achieving through our correction is, you know, making that person feel that they have no hope, that they are, you know, worthless, that's the, that doesn't, that achieves nothing. So absolutely any correction that is done, you know, within the church, it is done always to build up the person to help them see where they are wrong and to, you know, get them going in the right direction, just to kind of make them aware, help them to become aware that they are, you know, having the wrong attitude or going down the wrong path and bringing them right onto the right path. All right. So the idea is that correction is always aimed at that so that they can get back onto the right path and be built up and make progress. So the correction should never go to an extent where that person just feels crushed and feels excommunicated where, you know, they feel that they're no law known. I mean, the church no longer cares about them. If that happens, then in fact, it kind of plays into Satan's hands. Right. So, so he says over here, don't do this like as if they are enemies, but rather do it, you know, understanding that they are fellow believers and you actually want to help them, you know, not to harm them. So he talks about that. So yeah, I think these are about the main things that we can, you know, look at in Second Thessalonians. So we're kind of at the end of our course. So at this point, you know, if anyone has got any questions, anything that you would like to ask, yeah, you can actually go ahead. Otherwise, you know, we'll just close with the word of prayer. Okay, then shall we just close with the word of prayer? Yeah. Lord, we just thank you so much for the things that we could learn today from Second Thessalonians. We thank you a lot that you will, you will empower us with your resurrection power so that the things that we are trying to do for you will indeed bear fruit, that all these little steps that we take in faith to serve you, to share the gospel in all of those things that we take up. Lord, you have promised that you will release your resurrection power to bring it to fruition, to make it fruitful. So we thank you a lot for this assurance that we have in you. Also, Lord, we pray that we will be people who will set godly standards and live in a way that will bring honor to your name, you know, from the people who are watching us. So we pray a lot that we would conduct our lives in that manner. Also, Lord, we pray that even as we wait for the Second Coming, we will be people who are living in preparedness where, oh Lord, we are living in a way that will make you happy when you finally come to receive us. Because it says, Lord, in your word we saw today that when you finally come, we will marvel at you and we will glorify you, we will be filled with joy at that time. So we pray that we would prepare ourselves in such a way that it will be a joyful thing for us when you finally come. Lord, help us to remember all of these things, bring it all back to our minds, Lord, as and when we require to be reminded of these truths. And we pray that you would bless every student, oh Lord, who has gone through this course. And even as they continue, oh Lord, with their ministries, with their education, with their various responsibilities, Lord, may your strengthening be there with them in all that they do, oh Lord. Thank you, Lord. In Jesus' name, amen. Amen. Yes. Thank you so much. Amen. Thank you so much, ma'am. Thank you. Thank you. Yes. We really learned so many insights. Thank you so much. Thank you.