 Let's just pray, let's just commit this day, this class, these all these classes into your mighty in God's hands, right? Let's pray. Father, we thank you for this day, Lord. We thank you for your presence in our lives, Lord. We thank you for leading us and taking us further than we ever, Lord, dreamed of God. And we thank you. That is, pray for the word which says that you always do God exceedingly abundantly all that we can ask or think, Lord. Lord, I pray that you will enable us to keep that in front of us always, Lord, that no matter what God, in whatever situation God, you're able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we can ask or think, Lord. In difficult times, God, you're able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think. And in times when we think that there are no answers, that there is no way out, Lord, you are able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, Lord. Father, we thank you in what seems to be impossible, God. In what seems to be impossible, you are able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think. And so, God, this morning I ask and I pray for, for each one of us who have gathered, Lord, I pray that you will do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or even think, or God, or even imagine, Lord. And your word says that it's according to the power that works in us, the resurrection power of the Holy Spirit and that power is at work in us. The Holy Spirit is at work in us. We thank you, Lord, we thank you. Can we just take this time to just go before God and say, Lord, this is my, you know, maybe there's one thing or some mountain-like thing which is before you or some great need that is there. Let's take that to the Lord this morning and say, oh, God, I have this need. Here is this thing which is just before me. Here is this impossible situation that is before me. And I just pray and commit this into your mighty hands. I pray that you would come, that you would breathe life on this, that you would put your hand on it and that you would do the impossible, that you would do the miraculous. And let's just declare and say, Lord, I thank you, that you will do the exceedingly, abundantly about all that I'm asking today, or I am thinking today, or I'm imagining today and because of this power of the Holy Spirit, according to the power of the Holy Spirit, who's at work in us. You know, let's, can we just take some time to do that? Thank you Lord, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you Father. Thank you Lord, thank you. Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you, Lord. Thank you Lord. Blessed be your name, blessed be your name. Thank you. The greatest power that is at work in us Lord, the resurrection power that brought Christ from the dead, that is at work in us. Let's just bring our needs to the Lord. Now it may not be one thing, you can be 10 things, but let's bring it to the Lord. Let's say Lord you touch Lord, Lord you provide God, your Lord you heal, oh God. Lord you take care, hereimu sikindhi ke'ibeh pappa. Kura rumus samanthere'e'beh shampol. So rumus sikindhirere'behe shímaintheri'bene. Yes Lord, shhūmati hi Thank You Father God, thank You Lord. Blessed be Your name. Ye rumus simithirere thank you Lord. For you, yes Lord, exceedingly God, abundantly God. So rumus sopateke. Hereerebehe shimaintheri. above all that I can ask today about all that I can imagine, oh God that's what you do for the God hallelujah thank you thank you thank you bless your name bless your name bless your name I lift your name above every other name I lift your name above every circumstance God I lift your name above every difficulty and challenge God I lift your name oh God I declare your name over every problem I declare your name over every sickness I declare your name over every stronghold oh God I declare your name oh God and what seems to be like impossible God I declare your name over every difficulty oh God for your name is indeed oh God higher and greater and powerful and more powerful and the most powerful name in the land most powerful name in the universe oh God yes Lord every word says that at your name oh God every knee shall bow every knee oh God at your name every knee shall bow and acknowledge that you are God and so we call upon that name we we call upon your name Lord and we declare your name and we say in the name of Jesus oh sickness you have to bow your name in the name of Jesus you mountain do stronghold you have to be you have to be you have to come down in the name of Jesus you change you have you are broken in the name of Jesus in the name of Jesus this impossible situation I declare that you are made possible because of the Lord Jesus because of the greatness of us the power of the of his Holy Spirit who is at work in me hallelujah we thank you Lord we thank you we bless your name Lord we bless your name we give you praise we give you all the glory in Jesus matchless name we pray amen amen hallelujah amen okay praise God God is good and he's able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think or even imagine right amen okay so second Corinthians chapter five second Corinthians chapter five and we we started the chapter and we went on till verse 11 right so paul is talking about about his life about himself and he says you know about his about his body about his life earthly home he says he compares it to a tent and he says you know this has to be put away this has to be put off but if I put this off we I have a building from God a house not made with hands referring to referring to the spiritual body that all of us receive in Christ right referring to that so so he says this is what we have this is what we we have access to right and and then we say he also says you know in this body in this physical body there is all these aches and pains and we've grown yes there are there are weaknesses all that but in that spiritual body it is not so right and that mortality is swallowed up by life so he says you know in this body we grown we have limitations and and we you know it's we you know not because we want to be unloaded or not because that you know we want this to end or we want nothing to do with our physical body but that our physical body our mortality may be swallowed up by immortality right so that is what he says that this physical body would be swallowed up by immortality and that the spiritual will that spiritual body is something that I will experience and he also says that you know who is prepared us it is the Holy Spirit he has prepared us he is given as a guarantee that's verse five and so we are always confident when we are in the body in one sense we are absent from the Lord and but we are confident when we are absent from the body you know to be present with the Lord and he says so now we walk by faith we have to walk by faith because we are walking in our natural bodies we are walking on this earth walking meaning living and living our lives simply put but he says that but then we will live by sight it won't be by faith anymore because we will see eye to eye face to face right so let's start from where oh yeah also verse nine he also says that we make it our aim to be well pleasing you know we make it our objective to be well pleasing to God so whether we are present or absent you know we want to be well pleasing to him whether in this life or otherwise we want to be well pleasing to him and and then he says therefore you know he talks about the judgment seat you know the Beema and we also saw that in in Corinth there was this judgment sees which was a raised platform and where the magistrate would sit and arbitrate between cases and and pronounce judgment okay so so he's saying that you know we all need to come before the judgment seat and he's talking about all believers coming before the judgment seat not judgment of heaven or hell but a judgment of the works and rewards for those we have the things that we have done on the earth right in the natural as we live this life the things that we did and and then so because we know the terror of the Lord we know the righteous judgment of God he says we we persuade men we persuade men for what to to receive the Lord to receive salvation to to be saved right so with the gospel says we persuade men so that their lives can be changed okay so let's go to verse 12 let me just project the notes here I think it's coming up so let's read verses 12 to 15 for we do not commend ourselves again to you but give you opportunity to boast on our behalf that you may have an answer to those who boast in appearance and not in heart for if we are beside ourselves it is for God or if we are of sound mind it is for you for the love of Christ compels us because we judge thus that if one died for all then all died and he died for all that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and rose again okay so here you know if you if you noticed in chapter like chapter three onwards right chapter three verse one also he makes the statement do we begin again to commend ourselves right do we do we begin I mean I mean do we have to start commending ourselves to you recommending ourselves to you so the thing is that the Corinthian church was probably you know in all strong likelihood they maybe they were esteeming Paul and his ministry and his team lightly in the sense they were not really you know some of you know at least in the church some of the people in the church we see that you know maybe they they were not really giving him the due respect they they were receiving others they were receiving other apostles or other you know visiting ministers who were actually not ministering with the right motive right so motive so we read about that also at the end of chapter two right he says we are not as so many peddling the word of God which means he's saying we're not compromising on the word of God we're not diluting the word of God we are not as so many which means that there were others who were doing it in his time right so others who were probably visiting Corinth the church that he planted and and and you know ministering to them and these people were inviting them right inviting them receiving them and and you know I think in receiving them probably with greater respect and honor than they did with Paul right because Paul would could correct Paul would Paul would tell them that hey this is wrong and and so on right so so maybe they were receiving these people and and not really you know doing the same not in the same way with Paul so Paul writes and and so that is what we see you know do we do we not for we do not commend ourselves again to you but give you an opportunity to boast on our behalf right and and says that you may have an answer for those who boast in appearance and not in heart okay so so there are these people who are boasting and who are boasting these ministers who are boasting in appearance meaning that maybe appearance is something superficial right in the way they looked in the way they maybe the the way they spoke right because Paul was not a trained orator like people of those times right they would be very very very articulate and they would speak in a very dramatic manner and Paul was not like that so so therefore you know they probably esteemed him not not really esteemed and not not really esteemed him or gave him that honor and respect that was due right so and not really received him right so so he's saying well who I'll have an answer that you may have an answer for those who boast in appearance and not in heart okay so you have an opportunity you have a you know a chance to do this right and we also see you know second Corinthians 10 verse 10 gives us further more evidence that this was going on in their minds that this is what they thought about Paul okay second Corinthians 10 and verse 10 we see for his letters they say are weighty and powerful but his bodily presence is weak and his speech contemptible okay so that is what they they you know they thought about Paul verse 9 says lest I seem to terrify you by letters you know he was he Paul also says that he wrote this letter and it was a very strongly worded letter of correction and by which they they they were made sorrowful they and also on his way to Macedonia he it was unplanned visit kind of a surprise visit maybe but he saw that some things were not in order and he had to correct what is going on right so so they didn't like it too much right so he said you know for his letters they say are weighty and powerful but his bodily presence is weak and his speech contemptible okay so he's saying he writes nice letters they're all nice and strong but physically in presence you know in physical presence he is not so very impressive his speech is also not very impressive okay so they were not they were actually giving a lot of weightage to outward appearance of the other speakers who would come but they he says you know who boast in appearance and not in heart in the sense they inside they were very different from how they were outside right they were they would boast in the appearance but you can't really boast you know they couldn't boast in heart so was 13 for if we are beside ourselves it is for God or if we are of a sound mind it is for it is for you for the love of God sorry for the love of Christ compels us because we judge thus that if one died for all then all died and he died for all that those who live should no longer live for themselves should live no longer for themselves but for him who died for them and rose again so so what he's all saying you know if we did if you if we were beside ourselves meaning if we acted you know to be beside ourselves means to be to be not your usual self you know to do something out of the ordinary to do something strange to do something radical right so saying if we were beside ourselves or even you know to do something foolish right foolishly sometimes you know foolishly brave or foolishly courageous you know so if we were beside ourselves so it is for the sake of God you know we took those unnecessary risks we we took those we knew that you know like for Paul there was this persecution and everything that was there in every city but still he went he still he ministered journeys were difficult and dangerous but still he went it is for the sake of God's kingdom so he said if we were beside ourselves if you made such choices it is for God and or if we are of sound mind the disciplined mind it is for you it is for your benefit right so when we took risks it was for the kingdom of God and when we behaved in a in a very disciplined manner it is for your sake right we ministered in this manner and it is for your sake verse 14 for the love of God compels us oh the love of God constrains us you know the old English says constraints is meaning everything that we do everything that we say all that we are doing for the for the kingdom of God it is motivated out of love it is motivated out of love so the love of God compels us guides us constraints us right it puts certain boundaries on us we don't behave in a certain way because of the love of God and we behave in a certain way because of the love of God right so love of God compels us because we judged us that if one died for all then all died when he rose again we rose again right so he's saying that this is what happened when he died we all died when he rose again we rose victorious again right so so so we have received him as Lord and Savior and we should no longer live for ourselves verse 15 he died for all that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and rose again so our plans our lives everything that we do is not for our selfish motives you're motivated by love our motive our reason for doing ministry and taking these you know these dangerous choices and decisions it is motivated out of love it is for you and the way we live disciplined lives it is for your sake for your benefit right and it is this because he died and rose again like in him we died and in him when he rose again we rose again right we live therefore the life that we live is for for Christ it is not a selfish life it is a life lived for the Lord verse 16 therefore from now on we regard no one according to the flesh even though we have known Christ according to the flesh yet now we know him thus no longer okay so what is he saying saying no we've come into a different spiritual reality okay now we knew Christ in the flesh when he you know he says like the apostles everyone they they knew him in the flesh had face to face encounters with him according to the flesh right now we know him thus no longer okay one is of course he was not physically present but the fact is that something happened when he died and rose again that that was impacting them every believer so something happened that we also died and rose again that old nature died and we accepted Christ old nature died and we now that our new nature we have new lives new nature we have Christ in us so we we also we know him no longer in that manner but we know him differently so what he's saying is that because of that death burial and resurrection of Christ everything has changed the way we look at God the way we relate to God has changed right there is a new spiritual reality because of the new covenant a new dimension right we know him thus no longer we relate to him differently and because of the new new you know covenant and new life we also relate to people right so he says from now on we regard no one according to the flesh because now we are born again so we don't regard them out according to outward appearance we got we don't regard them outward according to you know according to their according to their flesh out according to the outward appearance because now because of Christ the way we perceive the way we relate to them all has also changed as also the way we relate to God has changed now how has it changed you know we have a closer walk we know that he indwells us that he's not distant right we know that our sin has been taken away therefore we are justified in him so we can approach him boldly so all that has changed the way we relate to him has changed we don't relate to him according to the flesh right so therefore our human relationships have also changed it's not according to the flesh or human nature okay it also means that you know we don't respond or react according to the flesh you know in our relationships with people right they might for example they might provoke us they might persecute us they might say things about us falsely accuses but we don't relate to them in the flesh in the natural like we don't respond or react it it could mean that also we regard no one according to the flesh okay was 17 therefore if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation I think we've studied that word over and over again that was um he is a new creation old things have passed away and behold all things have become new so we have become a new creation the old things have passed away and all things have become new was 18 now all things are of God now these all things that have become new they are of God they are of God meaning from God and through God himself right so the my spirit is quickened is born again this thing that has become new it is of God it is from him and what has he done was 18 second part he is who has reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ okay he has reconciled us he has brought us closer um he has broken down whatever was there as a as a uh as a blockage you know as something of as a barrier he is reconciled you know what was broken he has made new and the word is the picture that we have there is of a you know of a bone being set a bone that is broken being set again to um to to heal right so it has been it's it's been set again so we we are reconciled um let me just take that word and uh um just one second okay whereas who has also given us the word of reconciliation he has given us the ministry of reconciliation okay so that word there meaning to um okay a great exchange that is done and to also to um to you know to settle that difference right to mutually settle that difference so whatever gap was there whatever uh thing was there um the great exchange being done in order to settle the difference so so we see that the Lord has done this he's saying the Lord has done this he has reconciled us to himself he has he has bridged that gap bridged that difference um and he has is set that thing in place what was broken reconciled us to himself not only that but he has given us the ministry of reconciliation right so what he did for us what he did for us he has given us the same kind of ministry okay the ministry of reconciliation verse 19 that is that God was in Christ reconciling the word to himself not imputing right not putting on the the their trespasses to them and has committed to us the word of reconciliation so this is what Christ did he he brought us all back to himself reconcile us to God um and not imputing our sins not placing our sins our trespasses but uh or treating us according to that but has committed to us the word of reconciliation so the message of reconciliation so we not only we have the ministry of reconciliation we also have the message of reconciliation so we will see that okay and um um yeah and verse 20 now then we are ambassadors for Christ we are ambassadors meaning we are new creations we are given the message we are given the ministry and we are representatives right um Sunday we were looking at you know what is an ambassador a representative a senior representative so a one who's a spokesperson who speaks on behalf of someone on behalf of a nation actually who represents the nation and who speaks on behalf of a nation or a kingdom right so similarly we are ambassadors we are representatives we are a spokesperson for Christ you see you know it's a it's a great privilege it's a great privilege to speak on behalf of a nation it's a great privilege it's a great responsibility and it's a great privilege to do that right so the to the highest office in the land uh maybe the you know maybe it could be a cabinet it could be a president it could be a minister prime minister so we as ambassadors an ambassador would take instructions and carry that out on behalf of a nation so wherever he goes it's like uh you know he represents the nation so if it's India and an ambassador from India goes to another country it's as if India is he represents India they look at him as this nation India saying this India is doing this right so that is what you know that is what that is how they see an ambassador right so it's a great honor it's a great privilege at the same time it's a great responsibility because whatever the ambassador says and does uh is under a lot of scrutiny like the newspapers will report it right the ambassador from India did this your life is under scrutiny your life is also you know on put on display so they see the ambassador you know behaved in a very honorable manner or behaved in a very dishonorable way this he spoke in an honorable manner he spoke knowledgeably or he spoke in a very dishonorable manner so the the ambassador is always you know on display and under scrutiny right they would they would very visible so it's a great responsibility as well so Paul says we are ambassadors for the sake of Christ as though God were pleading through us we implore you and which is what exactly it is right they are taking the message going to the people as an ambassador as ambassadors so he's saying as though God were pleading to us through us we implore you on Christ's behalf be reconciled to God be made right to God drawn here to God be reconciled to God okay verse 21 for he made him who knew no sin to be sin for us that we might become the righteousness of God in him this was also you know like verse 17 we have studied this over and over again it says that he knew he made him like the Lord Jesus it says he made him who knew no sin so there was he was sinless he knew no sin he had no sin he carried our sin right he was he knew no sin he was made made him who knew no sin to be sin for us meaning he bore our sin right he literally identified with it and carried it and also bore the consequence of the sin on the cross right in that sense he became sin itself right he he made him who knew no sin to be sin like he became that very thing um so he carried the sin we carry the consequence right of it became sin he did this so that when we receive him as Lord when we become new creations we might become the righteousness of God in Christ okay it's a very powerful statement again a very powerful truth that in Christ we become the righteousness of God we receive the righteousness of God we are clothed with the righteousness of God and that's how God sees us so made right with God right standing with God and also the very nature of God righteousness is something that he imputes on us in you know it gives us in the place of sin right so we have been made righteous made right with God acceptable God we have been made the righteousness of God in Christ okay um so in verse 17 we saw that we've been made new creations right something that is new something that is fresh something that is unused and the word used there is kainos meaning a new something that is fresh and unused the creation a new creation so in in what sense in our spirit right we have come alive so that's why Bible says we are born again right and we are dead to sin we are born again we're made alive and spiritually we are one with Christ so um so Paul writes and he declares this and he says you know this is the truth um so he starts by saying you know we don't we don't need to commend ourselves to you because this is our motive it is out of love love of Christ that compels us constrains us and so we move we go and minister we take certain risk for the sake of kingdom of God we make certain choices for the sake of kingdom of God and the way we behave it is for your sake that you be ministered to right and then he says um and and and all this reality is possible because he died and rose again so that because of that change he died and rose again you know we also died and rose again and therefore we don't consider anyone according to the flesh we don't regard anyone according to the flesh we don't you know even when we relate to Christ it is out of this new born again nature that the reality which has happened he died and rose again so I identify with that so I died and rose again so we regard no one according to the flesh and then he goes on to say if any man any man is in Christ he's a new creation right if anyone is in Christ he's a new creation this is the reality and he's a new creation all things have become new the old things are taken away and and this possible because of Christ all things are of God you know it's come from him so this new nature is not man made right it's God made it's from him he's the source and he's the it is from him and it is through him in the sense he makes it possible it is not because of man's efforts it is not man made it's not because of man's efforts or performance it is through God okay so the reality of that and and and also the fact that you know verse 21 which is very powerful says that he made him who knew no sin to be sin for us that we may become the righteousness of God in Christ okay so so the reality of that then also he talks about the ministry of reconciliation the message of reconciliation that and the fact that we are ambassadors for Christ and we have a great responsibility you know as new creations we have a great responsibility as new creations we have this wonderful message of reconciliation for the world and because we are representing as though God were reconciling the word you know the world to himself we implore right we beseech you we beg you be reconciled to God so that's chapter five okay so let's move on to chapter six now any questions here anything any verse that you need an explanation or any questions in this section anything at all before we move on to onto chapter six is there anything that okay okay so second question is five you know the context okay it's it's clear okay great so the context of all this you know we we need to understand he's talking about you know the a lot of revelation and a lot of spiritual truth is sharing in the meantime the right when he says this is how we are okay about the ministry this is how we are this is how we look at life this is how we look at death this is how we look at you know the life after right all that comes in chapter five you know chapter four we do not lose heart and all that so it's talking about how he he his ministry team you know I mean they serve God this is how we serve this is how they serve and so and and here here in the middle we see that Paul is saying you know therefore you need to change your outlook about us you know like he says we are not like them right we're not like the others who boast in appearance but not in heart and so on so saying you know we give you an opportunity to boast about us right and and and all that so so he's also clearing up certain things is drawing a parallel between him the ministry team and also other a parallel as an sorry comparison parallel it's not parallel it's comparison we're saying okay you know this is how we are this is how the other ministers are who are you know whom you are entertaining you know it's not he's not about all the other ministers but some of them right because he would recommend Timothy he would recommend Titus he would recommend Apollos to various churches you know when we read his apostles we read I mean when he read his episodes sorry we read about that you know how he recommends certain ministers so there were some he did not recommend he does not name them but of course he wants in some of his letters he wants people of you know some he gives some names and he says okay you must be you know you must be careful of his words he has done much harm right you must be careful so so this is something that he did so here in Corinth specifically he is comparing to certain people who visited Corinth and ministered there and who were whose motives were not actually clear you know motives were not clear in the sense they were not sincere right in the air ministry so he's he's he's saying you know this is how we are this is our life this is how we lived okay okay um okay let's move on to chapter six okay I yeah I just minimized it Kiran so you won't be able to see now you can see it okay chapter six let's read the first few verses we then as workers together with him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain for he says in an acceptable time I have heard you and in the day of salvation I have helped you behold now is the accepted time behold now is the day of salvation we give no offense in anything that our ministry may not be blamed but in all things we commend ourselves as ministers of God we commend ourselves as minister of God in much patience in tribulations in needs in distresses in stripes in imprisonments in tumults in labours in sleeplessness in fastings by purity by knowledge by long suffering by kindness by the holy spirit by sincere love by the word of truth by the power of God by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left by honor and dishonor by evil report and good report as deceivers and yet true as unknown and yet well known as dying and behold we live as chastened and yet not killed as sorrowful yet always rejoicing as poor yet making many rich as having nothing and yet possessing all things okay so uh so you know in in these verses he's of course by by starting with an exhortation not to receive the grace of God in vain so he says that uh even in the uh you know in in one sentence 15 like he says by the grace of God I am what I am okay and his grace towards me was not what in vain was not in vain in the sense he gave me this grace he extended his grace to me and that grace uh when he extended it was not in vain it was put to good use how was it put to good use he said you know I laboured more abundantly than the others I worked more abundantly I laboured I put in more effort he says right because of this grace of God and he says that also uh is the grace of God it was because of the grace of God so um so the thing is this here also he says you know not don't receive the grace of God in vain verse one right um so what what is he saying he's saying that you know when you receive the grace of God let it not be in a way let it not be wasted right God has extended his grace to you he has um he has drawn you with his love and he's poured out his grace upon you and and you have received that you know grace meaning um the unmerited favor of God what we did not deceive what we did not deserve you know the favor of God he has clothed you with his favor he has grace also is a divine character you know you have received that you're growing in that grace also means divine empowerment or divine enablement that is also there and grace also refers to the gifts you know so gifts he has empowered you enabled you he has surrounded you with his favor he has given his divine character and power enablement so let it not be in waste like let it not be in waste um don't receive it in uh in and let it not be wasted right for he says in an acceptable time I have heard you and the day of salvation I have uh helped you right so what is it how can the grace of God be wasted we can look at a few things here and uh we might when we do not work hard to accomplish what God has called gifted and graced us to do so we when we do not work hard you know what happens is uh you know we are excited no there's nothing wrong believers as believers we are excited when are we excited we discover the call of God oh we discover that okay God has called me for this God has called me to do this right in in Acts chapter 13 so that was what it was you know for Paul actually started preaching the gospel right from the time he he was born again and you know what his public ministry we see really in Acts chapter 13 right coming together of everything so Acts chapter 13 we read about how they were ministering to the Lord fasting and ministering and praying and in the church in Antioch there were these teachers prophets everyone and Paul and Barnabas were also there and the Lord separated them for the work of ministry so I'm sure it must have been exciting you know to hear from the Lord okay now separate unto me Barnabas and Saul for I for the work that I have for them you know God is saying I have a special work for them so separate them so people are prophesying over them and hey this is what God is saying and must be very exciting like to say but the thing is that excitement is is good but the fact is that we we are excited and after that excitement is over we realize that now it's actually work okay so it's time to train it's time to prepare okay so the excitement was there now the excitement is now there now we realize that okay I need to prepare for what's ahead I need to train myself so it would require some effort every training requires effort requires change right change in the way of doing things like when you're training you change the way you're living your life you know there is discipline and maybe it's you know you do certain things at a certain time you put in your time and effort for certain things now there is a there is a change now if you are unwilling to make that change then the training is not effective right and the grace of God is in vain then after the training period and when we are commissioned for the work okay what does it mean so training is over okay been trained but when it's when it's time to start doing the work okay people give up halfway right and and that initial excitement and everything is because we realize that hey it's hard work you realize that you know it's going to take time you realize that things don't happen immediately right you need to put in hard work and you need to continue on so some give up halfway right like even in the first missionary journey right when we read we see Paul you see Barnabas and and we also see their companion who is John Mark and what happens he actually leaves them and and then goes right trying to get that verse accept 13 okay accept the 13 and when we come to verse 13 now and Paul and his party set sail from Paphos they came to Perga and Pamphylia and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem okay John who was with them he he just he just went back so and then we know after when they're about to take on or go on their second missionary journey so Paul says right John cannot come with us right so because he left halfway but praise God he actually turned around right his life was turned around he continued on ministry where Paul could actually you know looking back say he's useful in ministry which means he continued but then we know there are certain people who depart from the faith even not just the work but from the faith okay why so Paul Paul is you know warning and saying you know don't let this grace be in rain let us not be wasted he is he's given you he's done so much he's given for you so you know you train get trained get commissioned don't even as you are commissioned don't give up okay don't give up don't waste the thing you need to put in work okay so we'll stop here and then we'll take a break and then come back at 10 okay