 We'll get started with our last day, our very last class. Selen to leave your job and pray for us. If you can pick up in the word of prayer, we'll take our class off. Okay, let's pray. Father God, we come before your presence in the name of Jesus, Lord, as we begin our session. For today, Lord, you bless our pastor. Give her the grace, the strength and wisdom to teach your word in clarity so that each one of us will learn something new from this class also. You bless each one of us, Lord. We thank you. We bless you. We all know you, Lord. In Jesus' name, amen. Amen. Thank you. Yeah. So we finished first, John, last week. So today we will be looking at second John and third John, which only have one chapter each. Now the focus of these two books or rather these two letters is on traveling missionaries. So that actually is the theme. So these two letters are not very theological in nature. They give more practical advice on how to treat teachers and missionaries who may be visiting their house churches. So that's the main theme that we see over here. So let's get started in fact. If we were to look at the first few verses of second John, maybe we could read out the first four verses. Yeah, if we can have any one person read out the first four verses of second John, please. Second John, the first four verses, please. To the elders, to the elite lady and her children, whom I love in truth and not only I but also all those who have known the truth because of the truth which advise in us and will be with us forever. Grace, mercy and peace will be with you from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father in truth and love. I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children working in truth as we receive commandment from the Father. Yes, thank you. So we see here, you know, like we looked very briefly in the introduction that we did to the epistels that here John just refers to himself as the elder. So he does not use his name but he just simply calls himself the elder. He could have called himself the Apostle but he just uses a simpler title, a more common title, you know, calling himself just an elder of the church rather than using his special title of Apostle. So he is now writing to a church and he is addressing the letter to the lady chosen by God and to her children. So the assumption is that probably he is sending this letter to a house church that is run by a lady and he refers to her as the lady who has been chosen by God. So she's one of the Lord's chosen ones and it talks about her children. So over here it's it most probably is not talking about just her biological children but rather all of her spiritual children or the people who meet in her home. Now she might have been pastoring this house church or it's just that she may be the one who has opened up her home for the church and maybe someone else was pastoring. So we don't really have details regarding that but you know when John is writing this letter, he specifically addresses it to her. Now there are some commentaries which will say that the church is being personified over here as a lady but this may not be the case because especially when we look at verse 4, you know over there it talks about how John is joyful to see some of her children walking in the truth. And over there when the wording says some of your children walking in the truth, it's talking about one singular your over there is referring to a singular person. It's not the plural you which is being used over there. So most probably this letter is being written to the person in whose home the house church is meeting and because she is in some kind of spiritual leadership, you know all the people who attend that church are being referred to as her children. So John is greeting them and he says to the lady chosen by God and to her children whom I love in the truth. You know he says and not only I but also all who know the truth. So in the very opening line the emphasis is laid on the truth. He says the love that I have towards all of you in this church. I express this love in the truth and all those who know the truth also express their love towards all of you. So he's emphasizing the fact that these are people who are living in the truth. They are not part of the church which has gone out from the home church to get into false doctrines and false teachings. These are people chosen by God and they have chosen to stay in the truth of the original gospel which was presented by the Apostles. And so he twice he you know emphasizes this fact that they are in the truth and that they know the truth. And then in the second verse he goes on to say because of the truth which lives in us and will be with us forever. So he emphasizes the fact that this truth that they are believing in is not just a concept. It is not just an idea or a philosophy. It's in fact someone it's not just something it is someone who is living in them and who will one day be with them forever. So here truth is not just being presented as a concept. It's being presented as an actual person because what had happened at that time was that these Gnostics and all the other people who are spreading false teachings. They were talking about multiple truths. They were talking about how you know based on your perspective you see that as the truth. But based on my perspective I see this as the truth. So there are multiple truths is what you know they were proclaiming. But here you know John establishes the fact that there is one single universal truth and that is an act is a person. So we can't just say oh there are different versions of truth depending on your background and depending on your experiences. You can consider that as the truth while I choose to consider this as the truth. No there is one objective truth which is personified in the Son of God. So what he says alone is the ultimate truth. All the others who claim to have different perspectives will have to submit and given to this one ultimate objective truth. Because Jesus declares and says I am the way. I am the truth and I am the life. So if other people are presenting alternate truths there is no life in those truths. Those truths are not going to be leading to the Father because Jesus is the only way. He is the only way to the Father. And you know we see the same danger even today especially in the new age philosophy which is now becoming more and more prevalent. The common belief that is put forward is that oh there are so many pathways leading to the truth. So you based on your background and your experience you follow one pathway and it leads you towards the truth. And then another person uses a different pathway and they arrive at a different version of the truth. And it's all right for us to hold different versions of the truth is what is taught by new age supporters. But if you are saying the truth is a person then you can't say oh it's multiple things. It will have to be whatever that one single person is proclaiming. And Jesus clearly says I am the way I am the truth I am the life. So if we are saying that Jesus is the truth then whatever he says will have to hold as the one truth in which there is life. And the one truth through whom you know we will be able to go to the Father. So therefore he says grace mercy in the third verse. He says grace mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father's son will be with us in truth and love. So imagine again for the third time in the third verse he is again bringing in this concept of truth. And what is the truth? He emphasizes and says Jesus Christ the Father's son. So who are the people who will enjoy grace and mercy and peace from God? They are the ones who will accept this fact that Jesus Christ is the Father's son that he is divine. So only those people will be able to enjoy the truth and love which God offers. So when we look at this you know this third verse in the original Greek it actually that sentence begins with the words will be with us grace mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father's son in truth and love. So the sentence starts off with a phrase will be with us. The emphasis is on that because in most letters the New Testament letters the greeting generally is may the grace of God be with you. May the love of God be established among you. It's like a wish that is made at the beginning of the letter. And we see Paul using that format. For instance if we were to look at Romans chapter 1 verse 7 this is what he says in Romans 1 7 even as he begins the letter to the Romans. To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. It's like you know he's wishing them and saying may the grace and peace of God the Father and Jesus Christ be with you. So it's like a wish that he is expressing and that is the format which is followed in almost all the New Testament letters. But here John is not you know making a wish and saying may the grace mercy and peace of God be with you. He says grace mercy and peace will be with us in truth and love. You know he's making a statement rather than just offering a wish because he wants to establish that we the true church who are believing in the true doctrine and walking in love. We are the ones who will definitely enjoy grace mercy and peace you know which comes from God the Father and from his son Jesus Christ. So he affirms that he makes it like a clear statement and then he also emphasizes the fact that Jesus is the Father's son. So all these facts are brought out right at the very beginning of this very brief letter and he concludes with these words in truth and love. He's basically saying so if you are holding on to the truth the true doctrine and if you are practicing love towards one another even as the true doctrine commands that you should do. Then you are the people who will enjoy grace mercy and peace. So he makes his opening statement. It's a theological statement with which he is beginning his letter and then because you know we are living in the truth in this manner. He goes on to say it has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth just as the Father commanded us. So he is so full of joy that this church to which he has sent the letter has not been deceived by the false teachers that they have been able to hold on to the truth. And now he asks them one additional thing he says I'm so glad to see that your children your spiritual children are all walking in the truth. But you know he adds one more thing and now dear lady he says in verse five I'm not writing a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another. So he says I'm so glad that you're walking in the truth of the true doctrine. But one more thing. Could you also please you know operate in love towards one another and over there. I mean the Greek grammar is supposed to be the present subjunctive form of the verb to love which basically means it's like an ongoing love on a daily basis. You need to continue walking in love operating in love towards one another. So he says that and then he clarifies and says this is what I mean when I say that you should you know operate in love towards one another. So in verse six he explains and this is love that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning his command is that you walk in love. You know so all the commands of the Lord are summarized fulfilled in this one commandment to love. Like Jesus had explained earlier in many of the other Gospels. For instance in Matthew chapter 22 verses 37 to 40 this is what Jesus says regarding love. Matthew chapter 22 verses 37 to 40. If someone could please turn to Matthew chapter 22 verses 37 to 40. Let's look at what Jesus says about commandments and about love in this particular passage. Matthew 22 30 7 to 40. Matthew chapter 22 verses 37 to 40. Jesus said unto him though shall love the Lord by the Lord with all thy heart and all thy soul and all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment and the second is like unto it though shall love thy neighbour as they shall. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. While the Pharisees were gathered together Jesus asked him. Yeah, yeah verse 40. So here we see that Jesus says all the law and the prophets hang on these two commandments. You know it's like as if these two commandments are hooks and the entire law the entire prophets everything that has been proclaimed in the Old Testament. It's all hanging on just these two commandments. So if a person can keep this command to walk in love then automatically all that God has required of us in the law and in the prophets it automatically gets fulfilled. So therefore you know if John is saying here in this letter I'm glad to see that you have not gone after false doctrines that you have held on to the truth. And now my second request is please also walk in love because walking in love you know automatically is equal to obeying all the commandments of the Lord. Now moving into verses 7, 8 and 9. If we can have someone read out you know here we have a lot of noise. If someone online could read out for us verses 7, 8 and 9 please. I'm so sorry that I have to know keep like begging and requesting but this is a classroom setup and you are required to have your Bibles with you and read out. Please if you could cooperate verses 7, 8 and 9. For many look at yourselves that we do not lose those things we worked for but that we may receive a full reward. I'm so sorry but it's a second John that we are looking at the second letter of John. I am reading that one. It talks about deceivers. Yeah 7, 8 and 9 please yeah yeah please go ahead 7, 8 and 9. For many deceivers have gone out in the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the fresh. This is a deceiver and an ant Christ look at yourselves that we do not lose those things we worked for but that we may receive a full reward. Whoever trespasses and does not obey abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son. Amen. Amen thank you. Yeah so here he says there are many deceivers who are not acknowledging that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh and they have gone out into the world. What he is saying over here John contrasts what is said in the rest of the New Testament. You see whenever the antichrist is mentioned in the other places in the New Testament. It's always talking about the antichrist as somebody who is in the world and who is attacking the church. But here John is the only person who talks about antichrist who are inside the church and who have now gone out into the world. So he is saying something that is contradictory to what is said in the rest of the New Testament. The general assumption that Christians have is that this word antichrist is mentioned in Revelation but actually that is not true. The word antichrist is not mentioned anywhere in Revelation or in fact anywhere else in the New Testament. It's John. John is the only person who mentions this particular term antichrist. In the other places where this antichrist figure is described there are other terms that are used to talk about him. In Matthew 24-15 Jesus talks about this antichrist figure and the term that he uses to describe him. He calls him the abomination that causes desolation. In Matthew 24-15 and also in Mark 13-14 this antichrist figure is described as the abomination that causes desolation. And then in 2 Thessalonians chapter 2 verses 3-4 where this particular antichrist figure is talked about. He is described as the man of lawlessness. He is described as the man doomed to destruction. And then in Revelation in a couple of places in Revelation 13 and also in Revelation 11 where this person is talked about. He is just described as the beast. So in none of these places is the term antichrist used. It's only John who uses this particular phrase. So in these places where you know in Matthew in 2 Thessalonians and Revelation where this particular figure is talked about. He is somebody who is in the world and from his position in the world his position of power in the world. He attacks the church. He works against the church. But here when John is using this particular term antichrist you know in 1 John and also here in 2 John. He is the one person who is using this term to talk about people who are preaching false Christs. Antichrists in that sense. They are preaching false Christs. They are giving a false doctrine about Christ. So in 1 John chapter 2 verses 18 to 19 and in 22. He talks about you know if you remember we covered it at that time. He says in 1 John chapter 2 verse 18. Dear children this is the last hour and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming. Even now many Antichrists have come and then he describes them and he says you know they went out from us. But they did not really belong to us or if they had belong to us they would have remained with us. So he talks about this Antichrist. So he admits that there is one Antichrist figure who will be coming in the end. But in the meantime many many other Antichrists have come and these are the people who were in the church. Part of the church of God but then they chose to go after false doctrines and they left the church. And he says in that same chapter 1 John chapter 2 he says who is the liar. It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. So all such people are Antichrists. And then in 1 John chapter 4 he again repeats the same concept. He says every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God and he calls it an Antichrist. So here in 2 John you know the verse which brother read out just now. Again it says those who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh they are the Antichrist. So he is referring to these Antichrists or false Christs. This doctrine of false Christs which is being presented by these false teachers when he talks about deceivers. So these are people who are literally in the church and then they went out of the church and began to work against the church. So he says in verse 8 watch out that you do not lose what we have worked for but that you may be rewarded fully. So these people this Antichrist who chose to leave the church and go after false doctrines who began to preach a false Christ. They did not receive their reward. I mean they could have been part of the true church. They could have made a true commitment to Christ but they chose to leave the truth of the gospel behind. And so they lost out on the reward which they could have had. So now John says watch out that you do not get into that same danger. He says we have worked for this. We have worked hard to bring the truth to you to share the gospel with you. Now do not be led away. Do not lose out on the reward which can be yours. So he urges the believers to continue holding on to the truth so that they can receive their full reward. And then he goes on to say something nice in verses 9 and 10. If we could have someone read out for us verses 9, 10 and 11. 9, 10 and 11. Kosoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house nor greet him. For he who greets him shares in his evil deeds. Amen. Amen. So in verse 9, this is what John says. In the NIV it reads as anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God. They are running ahead of what has been taught and they are bringing in new concepts in that sense. So they feel that whatever has been taught so far has now become stale, has now become boring. So they feel that something new has to be brought in, something new has to be added. And so they are running after all these spirits which are bringing all kinds of new revelations. You know that Greek word G-N-O-S-I-S, gnosis. So they are going after these spirits which are coming to them in night visions and presenting them with new gnosis, with new revelations. So they feel that now something new is being added to the original gospel which was taught. And they feel that this is now a higher knowledge, that this is somehow more special than what was presented to them earlier by the Apostles. So John is saying people like this who are running ahead, they actually do not have God. They are proclaiming and saying that these spirits are now giving them new special divine revelations. But actually they don't even have God. He says on the other hand, continue to hold on to the teaching of Christ which was taught to you. Because if you do that, then you will have both the Father and the Son. You will have God. But if you want to have these new revelations which they say the Holy Spirit is giving them, when it's actually some other spirits which are giving them those revelations, if you are holding on to such things, you are actually running ahead of what was taught. And you lose out on having God. So it's a warning that he gives to them. And it's a warning that maybe we too should pay attention to today. Because people feel that the gospel message is too simple. It just talks about the cross. It talks about us placing our faith in the finished work of the cross. And if we place our faith in it, then yes, God grants us salvation. And he begins his work of sanctification in us. Nothing fancy in it. Nothing that sounds very philosophical or grand. And so people try to bring in new ideas, new themes. They take the familiar passages and they try to bring out new creative sermons. The whole emphasis seems to be on how creative you can be in taking the familiar passages and bringing out some new revelations out of it. And in the process of doing that, they may actually be corrupting the original gospel that was taught. And that's a very dangerous thing. So people who sit in the congregation and listen to all this new kind of revelations that are being brought out from the familiar verses, the congregation thinks, oh, wow, that sounds so good. Oh, wow, this is a new angle that we are giving to this verse. But did God want us to really look at that particular verse from that new angle? So when we hear these new creative, very innovative sermons based on familiar scriptures, we need to really carefully sit down and ask ourselves in the overall context of what this passage is saying. Does this make sense? Did the original writer whom God inspired, whom the Holy Spirit inspired, did the Holy Spirit inspire that person to mean this? Or was the Holy Spirit conveying a much simpler message, a very straightforward message? And it's very, very important for us to hold on to that original message which the Holy Spirit wanted to convey through the writer. Nowadays, the emphasis is on creativity. The emphasis is on how intelligent you can be in saying things which can grab the attention of the listener. But it's dangerous. These things will lead us away from the power of the Gospel because in the original simple Gospel which was first presented, there was the power of the cross resided in that. And so, we have pastors who don't run after these innovative sermons. They just simply present the simple truth. And it may not sound very interesting and creative, but there's power in that for the people who believe in it and base their lives on it, it builds up their lives. It builds up an eternal future for them. There is a reward awaiting them in heaven when they just stand on these basic, simple teachings and follow them. So, let us not be too eager to run after very fancy, creative sermons which are really not bringing out the basic truth of what the Holy Spirit wanted to convey. So, we need to be careful regarding that. In the early 1800s, when Mormonism first began to spread, a lot of Christians were attracted to it because it was talking about new things. John Smith who started the Mormon religion, he claimed that an angel had come to him and was now giving new revelations which were throwing light on what the Bible had taught so far. So, he was saying that the angel is now granting him new revelations, further truths regarding what the Bible has already said. And so, he began to corrupt the original teaching that was contained in the Bible. He said, yes, the Bible does talk about hell, but then there are now new truths which the angel has revealed based on which he said that hell is not really eternal. People who go to hell will also get a second chance and then they will no longer be in hell and they will be able to get salvation. So, he began to add new extra revelations which he claimed had come from an angel. So, it might have been a dark angel, an angel of darkness that revealed those things to him because it was warping, it was corrupting the actual truth. And he also said that angelic being has given approval for polygamy. So, he took multiple wives, he did not really believe in the Genesis passage which talks about cleaving to one companion and staying true to her. So, people were attracted to these new revelations because they appealed to their flesh and so they were getting led away from the truth. So, people can say that an angel has come to me and given me this new revelation regarding this Bible passage and they may start saying something that is not upheld by the rest of the scriptures. So, whenever we hear something completely new which we have not heard before it is always good to sit down and look at what the rest of scripture says and does it back up and support this new concept which this person is bringing in? If the rest of scripture is not backing up what this person is saying then maybe we should consider from which spirit this teaching has come. It may not be from the Holy Spirit, it may be from a false spirit. So, we need to be on our guard regarding these things because what does John say over here? He says, watch out that you do not lose what we have worked for but that you may be rewarded fully. Let us not lose out on the eternal reward that is awaiting us just because we got sidelined by some fancy teaching. The basic truth of the gospel has the power in it to win for us a great, great reward. So, even though it may not sound very fancy to our human ears let us hold on to it because the reward that we will get from standing on the simple facts, the simple teachings that reward is eternal, it's great. So, he is asking the congregation not to run the head and go after these novel new teachings not to hold on to the teaching of Christ because then you will have God. He says, you will have both the Father and the Son because that's basically what even Jesus had said earlier in the Gospel of John, John 1423 where Jesus says, if anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. He will not run after other teachings, he will obey my teaching and John 1423, Jesus says, if anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him and we will come to him and make our home with him. So, through the Holy Spirit, we literally have the Father and Son also living with us in us. You know, they have come to us and they have made their home in us. That is a privilege that we have if we hold on to the simple basic teaching of Christ. So, let us not be too eager to run after new teachings and lose out on God, on having God. You know, is what John is saying over here and therefore he says in verse 10, if anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching do not take them into your house or greet them. So, he is saying, you know, don't invite them into your home to stay at your place and in fact, don't even greet them is what he says because in those days, you had travelling preachers and travelling teachers. So, if anyone has a ministry of teaching, God would ask that person basically to go from place to place, you know, expounding on the scriptures, building up the believers in the faith. You know, so they didn't have access to Zoom and Google Classroom back then. So, you would literally have those teachers would literally have to go from town to town and do their teaching. So, when they would go to a new place, they don't know anyone in that place and obviously the unbelievers in that place would not bother to give them any shelter. So, basically they would go to the doors of Christians and say, you know, please, can you let me stay here for a few days because, you know, the Lord has sent me to preach and I want to, you know, minister in this place. Please, can you shelter me for a few days. Now, back then in those days, they did have lodging facilities. They were in some kind of primitive hotel kind of a thing. They did have those but there was no security in such places because, you see, this is an outsider who has come from somewhere and so the locals can take advantage of them if their belongings are stolen. They can't just walk up to the nearest police station and file a complaint because back then every town would have its own law enforcement, you know, people, you know, a few people who are kind of looking after the law and order in that place and their loyalty will basically be towards the people of that place, of that town. They would in fact not really care about these outsiders who are coming over there. You know, here now in our modern day, we have the centralized law and order where you have police stations all coming under one main government. So, you know, you can go to any place and you will get your rights and privileges and if your rights and privileges are violated, you can go to the police station and you can claim your rights and privileges. But back then each town would be functioning more as a independent, you know, unit. So, the local law enforcement body would show more loyalty to the locals rather than to outsiders, strangers who have come from somewhere else. So, people did not feel safe staying in those lodging facilities. They would rather go stay with the family that they trust and so you would have these poor missionaries, you know, these teachers who would be coming to the door of somebody and saying, please, you know, you're a believer, I'm a believer, please, can I stay here for a few days so that I can minister to the people in this place so that I can share the gospel over here so that I can build up the believers and so, you know, believers with good hearts would open their doors, welcome them, allow them to stay, you know, feed them, look after them. But if someone is coming with false teachings, John is saying, please don't open your doors to them, you know, so he's giving a warning over here and he's saying even such people may be coming and so he says in verse 11, anyone who greets them shares in their wicked work. So, it's not just you showing kindness to somebody and I know allowing them to come and eat at your place and, you know, rest at your place. What you're actually doing is you're participating in their wicked work of spreading false teachings. So he says, be very careful what kind of people you're showing hospitality to. So if you have false teachers coming with false doctrines, do not take them into your home. In fact, he says don't even greet them, you know, because greeting in those days would be something like, may the Lord be with you, may the Lord bless you or something like that. So don't even speak of greeting over them because they don't deserve it. They are preaching a false doctrine because this was basically what was happening. You had all these new believers who love the Lord, who want to show the love of God and then you would have these wolves who are coming in sheep's clothing to their door and these innocent people are inviting people into their homes who are bringing in false doctrines and the church is getting corrupted and so people are going out of the church into these false communities, you know, which are, you know, proclaiming Gnosticism. So that was the danger that they were facing. So he says that there are going to be people who are going to come to you, you know, in, you know, wolves in sheep's clothing, be on the watch, be on the guard and you suspect that what they are preaching is false. Do not entertain them, do not allow them, you know, into your homes because if you do that, it's almost equal to you sharing in their wicked work. So having given this warning, you know, he comes to the conclusion of the letter and he says, I have much to write to you but I do not want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face. Why does he want to talk with them face to face so that our joy may be complete, he says. So usually, you know, in those days when they would write a letter, it was considered polite to conclude with the words where you would say, oh, I wish I didn't have to just send you a letter, I wish I could actually be there and talk to you face to face. That is a way of greeting. But here, John is adding something to that and he says, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face so that our joy may be complete. You know, he talked about this earlier in verse 4 where he talked about how joyful he is to see them walking in the truth. So he says, if I can come there and see you people holding on to the truth, you know, guarding yourselves, not allowing these wrong false teachers to come into your homes and deceive you. If I can see all that with my own eyes, then my joy will indeed be complete. You know, because John and all these other disciples of Jesus, they worked very, very hard to build up that early church. I mean, there were so many wolves at that time attacking the church. So many false teachers, you know, because Satan wanted to take away the power of the cross. He wanted to somehow quash that very important truth. And so there were these, all these people attacking the young church and the church was in its early nascent stages. So at that time, these apostles worked very, very hard to build up the believers. So for them, you know, to see anyone falling away from the faith and going away into false doctrines was painful. These are people whom they had, you know, birthed through much prayer whose lives they had built up with so much love and with so much sacrifice. And so to see them being torn away from the church by false doctrines was a very, very painful thing. And so that is why he says, I want to come over there. There's so much that I want to share with you, so much that I want to teach you, face to face and when I come over there and see you holding on to the truth, what joy it will give me. So for these people, you know, in the early days, there's not just some ministry that they were doing. This was something so, something so personal. So do we feel in the same way regarding ministry today? Is it something so personal to you? No way you really care about the people that you're ministering to. Where you feel a burden for the people that you are, you know, sharing the gospel with. That is the kind of fashion that we too should have for the people that we are ministering to today. It must literally hurt when we see someone falling away from the truth. It literally hurts because you have invested that much prayer, that much tears, you know, in building them up. So now when they are, when you see them falling away, it literally hurts and you wanted like a parent, you literally want to grab hold of them and bring them back home. You know, so that was the passion which we see that these apostles, these early leaders had for the people that they were ministering to. Yeah, so when we come back from the break, we look at the third letter of John. Thank you.