 Good morning everyone and welcome to the class, class on Christology. Before we begin we will cross for the word of prayer. So can one of you please lead us in prayer please? Anyone? Sri Radha, can you lead us in prayer? Good morning Arilla and Anthony. Thank you for joining class. We'll ask Sri Radha one of our in-person students to lead us in prayer. Let us pray. Thank you Sri Radha. Okay last week we were studying chapter 7 again and we are basically trying to answer these questions. What is the purpose of the Incarnation? Why do Christ have to become a man and take on the fullness of humanity? What was God doing through the humanity of Christ which he could not do in any other means? Okay so in chapter 7 we're basically trying to answer these three questions and we looked at various scripture passages which help us to answer these questions in chapter 7. Okay so we said that you know because no one has seen God or can ever see God. He lives in an approachable light. So the Incarnation was a means where you know God got about the whole final complete revelation in the person of Jesus Christ. So in the person of Jesus Christ we have God's final and full revelation for the living God which means we're able to know the nature of God, we're able to know his works, we know who he is and it is also God revealing and speaking to man so it is God manifested you know to us which means that we can see him, we can experience him, we can touch him you know we can have a tangible experience with him. So that was one of the reasons why we see you know God became man, Incarnation so that we can know who taught us, we can know his nature, his attributes, how he does things, his work and also Jesus Christ is the full and final revelation. That means everything that God wanted to do to mankind was revealed in the person and the work of Jesus Christ again and also for Christ's death another reason why Incarnation, why did God have to become man and take on the purpose of humanity, what was God doing to the humanity of Christ that he could not do for any other means was because you know Jesus died, he was put to death in the flesh. You look at various scripture references that we saw all of the scripture references specifically mentioned that Jesus Christ was put to death in the flesh which means he was put to death in the human body therefore we see that this human body provided a means for God to make that perfect sinless sacrifice okay so we see in the Old Testament that you know every time the Israelites had to make a offering okay whether it was in the field of performing or sin offering for what they have done the lamb that they had to take was a perfect sinless sorry perfect spotless without any flesh okay so no human being can die for the sins of mankind, no human being can die for the sins of my sins because we are all born in sin we are all sinful and that is why God had to become man and he had to come as a sinless being so that he can make that full sufficient and perfect sacrifice he could be the sacrificial lamb that was without blemish or sport and hence he made a full sufficient perfect sacrifice for sins of all humanity okay now because he made that perfect complete sacrifice for our sins you know we don't have to offer any more sacrifice no more sacrifices is needed everything is done it's complete it's perfect and what happened as a result of Jesus's sacrifice offering himself as a full sufficient perfect sacrifice what happened we are made righteous we made blameless without guilt we're also presented fully and nameless without any accusation before the father we are justified in the father's eyes that means today when God sees you he looks at you just as if you have never seen isn't that amazing you know this morning this morning itself some of us would have committed some sins right but when we stand before God you know if I look at some of you you know and you've done something wrong and I look at you I remember those sins but imagine when we stand before God you know he looks at us just as if we have not seen isn't that so wonderful isn't that such a blessed truth that we can you know live on and also it should be something that helps us you know not to give into sins because the power of sin is already broken over our lives because of what Jesus says that and true is that we reconcile God has reconciled man back to him so okay now we also look at two reasons why God sent his son from the likeness of human flesh we looked at Romans chapter 8 verses 3 and 4 we saw that God sent his son in the flesh so that he could become a sin offering okay and I explain about the day of the torment right and two things that we can learn from you know why God sent his son in the likeness of sinful flesh why did God have to become man okay why did he have to take on that flesh which is sinful okay which is so wrong not sinful in the sense also so has this weakness or the tendency to sin all of us have a weakness and tendency to sin to fall in the sin to give into temptation it's because of the flesh that we are in so God sent his son in the flesh so he could be that sin offering and you know I explain about the day of the torment okay so in the same body with sin ways where sin is very very prominent where the flesh is so weak your flesh gives in to temptations and you know the cravings and the sinful passions of the flesh you know it's in the same flesh that Jesus came and it's in the same flesh that he broke the power of sin and it's in the same flesh that he did not need to sin it's in the same flesh that he did not need to temptation okay so he came so that we can be an example for us that okay in the same environment that you are living in this environment of this flesh that you are in you know when I can as a human being when I was 100% human when I broke the power of sin and I didn't give in to the you know temptations or to sinful desires I didn't give in I was not subjected to the dictates of the flesh you know God is sending us an example and saying you also can do that through the guidance and through the power of the release and he's saying that you know in this flesh I was able to keep the law right now the whole thing even one of the reasons why God became man was so that you know he can set people free from the from the law okay from the bondage of the law from the curse of the law and I'll explain to that I'll explain to you what it means but he came to set us free but he's not that he came to abolish the law or you know to do away with the law but Jesus said hey you people found it so difficult to keep the law you know you found it so difficult to keep the law and you know but here I am I came to fulfill the law in the same flesh which means that you can also keep the law you can also overcome sin in the same flesh because you know I have said you can example and you can do this to the power of the Holy script okay so that is what we look at last and then we began looking at the three four purposes why did Jesus have to partake in the flesh and blood why did he have to have you know become human why did he have to have flesh and blood why did he have to share in our humanity so we're looking at this passage in Hebrews chapter 2 verses 14 to 18 Hebrews chapter 2 verses 14 to 18 which presents to us the three purposes for the incarnation and the consequences of it so if you want to if anyone asks you why did God become man what was the reason for God to come in flesh and blood why was it important for incarnation so then you can turn to Hebrews chapter 2 verses 14 to 18 and then you can see three purposes for the incarnation and one consequences of it so what are the three purposes you can find there and you can also find one consequence so when one of you please read Hebrews chapter 2 verses 14 to 18 we already began looking at this but we continue Hebrews chapter 2 verses 14 to 18 that's much bigger than the two here go ahead read yeah three Dana so So here we see three purposes for the incarnation in Hebron Shabbat 2 was put into 18. The first thing is that Christ shared in our humanity so that he could destroy the power of death. So he destroyed the one who had the power of death, Satan. So on the cross Jesus destroyed Satan, he destroyed Devil, he destroyed the power of sin and the power of death. And we will fill the Edenic covenant. Genesis chapter 3 verse 15. So we see that the seed of the woman will crush the head of the serpent and we see that this prophecy is fulfilled because God had promised that the one who would crush the head of the serpent or the devil would be from the seed of the woman. That means maybe born of a woman. And we also read in 1 John chapter 3 verse 8 that Christ came to destroy the works of the devil. So not only did Christ destroy the works of the devil through his death but he also destroyed the devil himself. Now the word destroy means what? To paralyze, to undo, to bring to nothing, to make to know impact. So destroy doesn't mean totally annihilate, totally dead. Satan is not totally dead. So can some people can fill out this verse and say when Jesus died on the cross it says here that he destroyed the power of death but Satan is still alive. So here what does the Greek word mean? It means to destroy means to undo. That means everything that Satan has done, Jesus has undone his work. Bring to nothing, bring to nothing all of his schemes, his agendas, his plans and to make to know affect his plans and his agendas or whatever he wants to do. So Satan is basically reduced to nothing. So your enemy is actually disarmed, your enemy is actually having no power but it depends on you whether you empower him, whether you give him the power or whether you are scared of him or you are traumatized by him. You know you are living in fear of what he can do here but here we need to believe that you know Jesus has destroyed every work, scheme, plan, agenda of the enemy. So where is the enemy now? Underneath that? So Christ has reduced Satan's power to nothing and then there will be a time when he will finally go get into eternal and that is after the millennium rule, 1000 years ago when Satan will come again out of the tapas and then Jesus will be the final war and then he will go get into eternal fight. So Colossians chapter 2 verse 15 says, can somebody read that please? Colossians chapter 2 verse 15. Anyone can read Colossians 2 verse 15. So here we see that he disarmed every principalities and powers of the triumph rule. So if somebody says hey when Jesus says he died on the cross and he destroyed Satan and how can Satan be still alive when he turned Colossians chapter 2 verse 15 and show them that he disarmed them, disarmed them. Disarmed means what? The person is still alive but they have no power or they have no ambition to fight against you. So you can overpower them at any time, you can throw them down any time. So who does these principalities and powers work for too? Yes, because Ephesians chapter 6 verse 12 tells us that our struggle is not against flesh and blood but against the powers of this dark world and the spiritual forces of darkness on the heavenly, hence it's against the rulers and the authorities again. So on the cross Jesus stripped Satan of all its power and he destroyed the power of Satan. Now notice that Satan is defeated and Jesus destroyed them not as deity but as humanity. Why do we say that he was not deity? That means he did not have the power of God or the nature of God that he used to destroy Satan. Why do we say that? Why do we say that when Jesus died on the cross he disarmed Satan or he destroyed Satan because he was fully human and not because he used his divine nature. Why? He is fully divine, he will have the joy of life. He will be omnipotent, yes. So what did he do? He refrained from exercising and expressing his nature of deity, God. What is the nature that he refrained from exercising or expressing? Omniscience, omnipotence and omnipresence. So that is what he restrained from using soul. It was not because he was deity that he destroyed Satan but it is to his humanity. So what does it tell us? It can also tell us that we can also disarm and destroy Satan and when Christ defeated Satan he was as a representative of the human. He was our captain, he was our king. Now when a captain or a king goes to fight against the enemy and the captain or the king kills the enemy king, what happens? Victory is won, right? That is only the king experience of victory or the whole kingdom experience of victory. The whole kingdom experience is the victory. So he is the captain of our salvation as it says in Hebrews chapter 2 verse 10. So when Jesus defeated the devil, he defeated him on our behalf, he shares his victory with us and hence we also have a victory. Now the second thing that we can learn or the second purpose of the incarnation on Hebrews chapter 2 verses 14 and 18 is that having destroyed the devil Christ can now bring deliverance. Okay, Hebrews chapter 2 verse 15. Did somebody read that? Sure they read it but you can just read it once again. Hebrews 2 verse 15. Thank you. So when people have no assurance of salvation what happens? There are two died. Even for some of us who are already in deep salvation, death is something that can be very traumatizing, can be very fearful. So when Jesus died, he broke the fear of death at the speed that people are held bondage given. People were in bondage not only as slaves to sin and Satan but also to death. So Jesus on the cross, he broke that power of that bondage to being slaves of death and he released us from that tormenting fear. Okay, so because of what Jesus did on the cross, he died on the cross. We know that we have to live in fear of death. We don't need to live in subject of bondage, all our lives with fear of death. Okay, so this is a great news that we can share to the world. You know people are so afraid to die, they're afraid of what will happen after death but then you can just keep them as wonderful news that Jesus died on the cross. He also set us free from the bondage of death. Now the third purpose of incarnation that you will see in Hebrews chapter 2 is verse 17. So in one of the pieces verse 17. Amen, thank you. So here it says that Jesus became like us so that he can become merciful and faithful. I agree in things relating to God. You know, so the first thing that why Jesus also, why incarnation, why God became man. Okay, all the whole purpose of incarnation was so that Jesus can identify with us, he can represent us. And also when the president on the cross, he won the victory so that we can share in that victory. Another reason for purpose of incarnation was so that he can become a faithful, high priest. Now when a high priest, a member of the Day of Atonement when he used to go for polis, he used to go and sprinkle the blood on the mercy seat which is the half of the company. And he used to represent the whole of the Israelite community. So one man going to a polis who represents the entire Israel or community. So when Jesus, he became that sacrificial lamb, he became that high priest who made that full sufficient perfect sacrifice. He had, he could represent us to God, okay, as that high priest. And even when we died, you know, those of them who descended back from heaven. Now what does the Bible say that he seated on the right hand of God and he is an interceding high priest. He's a high priest so, you know, he's representing even us before God. So every time we sin, you know, God's nature has not changed because what Jesus did on the cross. God's nature is, every time we sin, sin has to be punished. So the law of God goes out, but Jesus is a great high priest. I'm just giving that, you know, like, just explaining it. You know, so Jesus is a high priest and he says, you know, Father, I made that sacrifice for Selena sin, please forgive me. So what comes out is grace and forgiveness and not the law of God. So he became the high priest, you know, offered the sacrifices on our behalf to a powerful person. And also to represent the people before God as that high priest that we can be so that God can, you know, be reconciled back to his people. So therefore we see in the incarnation, you know, Christ became one like us so that he can represent us before the Father as a compassionate and faithful high priest. That's why it says in Hebrews, like we read here, you know, that, you know, he's a sympathizing high priest who is able to sympathize with our weaknesses. Who was tempted in every way just as we are but yet without sin. So, you know, he can understand us, he can sympathize with us, that means he understands. He knows our weaknesses, he knows our pain. So he can sympathize or empathize with us. So therefore we see that incarnation made it possible for us to have a high priest who could represent us before God in making that food sufficient for the sacrifice. And also, you know, as a, represent us as a priest before God confirmed, you know, being that compassionate and faithful high priest. Are you able to understand? Yes. Okay. Look at what one John chapter two was one sins. Can somebody read that? One John chapter two was one. Yes. So here we have an advocate needs what? And a lawyer who fights on behalf of us, somebody who intercedes on behalf of us, somebody who stands on behalf of us before the father. Okay. So we see that, you know, Jesus Christ is a faithful high priest and also like an advocate or lawyer, you know, who's an intercessor who stands on behalf of us and intercedes on behalf of us. Intercedes means what? Father, please forgive her. You know, I pray for her sins and mercy forgiveness. We have grace. So compassion. And that is why the leader of grace and compassion and mercy and love because of what Jesus is doing on behalf of us in heaven. These are interceding great high priest. Okay. The one aspect of the incarnation that we see in need to check before was 14 to 16. Is that, you know, we can read this in need to spoke for me. Yes, I'm going to read that please. Give it to Nina. Yes. So here we see that, you know, in incarnation, you know, because Jesus lived as a man, he was a fully man. He too was tempted. He was not tempted, but he was tempted. He understands, you know, temptation, he understands the importance of temptation. And what happened? He overcame temptation. So now as a faithful high priest, a compassionate, gracious, merciful, faithful high priest, he's able to assist, he's able to help, he's able to aid those who are being tempted. So when you are going through temptation, you know, you're not alone. We know that, you know, Jesus was tempted, he was tested, he was tried in every way. He overcame temptation and he's there to help you, to aid you, assist you and relieve you from all temptation. Okay. So this is what we looked at the three, you know, three purposes of incarnation that we looked in. The Hebrew chapter 2 verses 14 to 15. Okay. And one consequence of it is that he is a faithful high priest and he's able to help us when we are tempted. Any questions? The next thing, you know, why Jesus became incarnate, why incarnation was necessary was to redeem those under the law. To redeem all of us who are under the law. So let's look at Galatians chapter 4 verses 4 to 7. Can somebody read Galatians chapter 4 verses 4 to 7? Okay. So here we see that, you know, in the fullness of time, God sent his son in the right time before he learned that study that. Okay. So even though incarnation was put to thousands of years, we see that in the, in the appointed time and the fullest of time, you know, in God's time God sent his son. Now, in this passage, you know, we see another purpose of incarnation, another purpose of incarnation of many that we have studied so far. Another reason is that Christ came to redeem those who are under the law so that we can receive adoption as sons. Okay. Now, to understand this, let's look deeply at the background of Paul's epistle to the church at Ganesha. Now, Ganesha is a region in Asia Minor, and it has regions, you know, in Ganesha, there are different cities like Antioch, Nistra, Bosnian, Iconium. And in these churches in the cities, or in this region of Ganesha, there were many churches. And, you know, the problem during Paul's time was when Paul was living in early church was that many of these Jews were becoming Christians. They're coming to think, okay, Paul was one of them who was a Jew, was coming to faith. When they come into faith, they tell these Gentiles, you know, that there are Jews and Gentiles, right? They tell the Gentiles, hey, salvation is only not through faith in Jesus Christ, but you also have to follow the laws. You also have to keep the rituals and the covenants. So, one of the covenants that they were imposing or putting on the Gentiles is they have to be circumcised. They said, if you need to circumcise, then you can become the son and daughter of Abraham, and you receive the blessing of Abraham. And so, they were putting all of these laws and they were bringing about the rituals of kind of food they have to eat. You know, how they have to dress, you have to put all these tassels, you know, the Jews have the word on their food and they're arguing that, you know, the sign thing and all of that. So, all of these rituals, they were bringing it into the church and they were burdening these Gentiles and also they were burdening them about the circumcision, ritual or the covenant of circumcision. And that is why you can see most of us, let us, he will always mention about, you know, this. And because Paul was, you know, not giving in to that the Gentiles have to be circumcised, he was not making it mandatory. He was saying, no, this is not required for the Gentiles. The Jews, the Jewish Christians, the Judaism, they started saying that, you know, Paul is not an apostle and that he is an, you know, inferior to other apostles. And so when Paul writes his letters, he always knows parts by defending his apostleship. Okay. He always says, you know, Paul and apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, which means that he is made an apostle, not by his own will or his own choosing, but it was God's willful or it was God who chose him to become an apostle. And if you look at his episodes, whether he is a woman or hostility, second Timothy, he always says my gospel, my gospel, my gospel. So if you read his episodes, then clearly Romans, first Timothy, second Timothy, he always mentions that my gospel. He does not say the gospel, but he says my gospel because he's wanting to tell people that, hey, the gospel that I received was known as something I learned from, you know, from the other apostles. And in those days we know that they did not have the, you know, the Torah or the whole Bible to their hands. Okay. He says that it was my gospel because Jesus Christ himself or the Holy Spirit himself revealed it to me or taught it to me. So he's saying that, you know, he received this gospel from the Lord Jesus Christ himself and not from other apostles. And then in chapter three of the Episcopal Relations, Paul declares how a Gentile becomes Christians or comes to faith in Christ Jesus and become also a descendant of Abraham, not by keeping the circumcision ritual, but by faith in Christ Jesus. And he very beautifully says this because he says, even if you're studying his episode to the Church of Rome, the Book of Romans, he says, you know, in chapter six, I think in chapter six and chapter seven, he discusses that, you know, sorry, Romans chapter four. He says in Romans chapter four, he says, you know, how did Abraham, how was Abraham made righteous before God? How was Abraham justified before God? Because of his faith. Okay. Because of his faith. So even for God gave him that circumcision ritual, okay, which was a covenant of his blessings. Okay. Even before that he was justified before God. He was made right before God count because of his faith and not because of that circumcision ritual. So he keeps writing in over and over again his episodes and saying Abraham, because they, you know, they choose to help Abraham in great regard. And because of the covenant that God made with Abraham, the covenant of circumcision. And so he says Abraham was justified by faith. Even before God gave him circumcision ritual, God told him leave the father's household, go to the land and flee. And because he obeyed and went, he was not justified by faith. So all who believe by faith, all who believe by faith in Christ Jesus will receive the blessing of Abraham. Because it's only when you receive that you believe by faith that you are made justified for your made righteous and not the circumcision ritual. Okay. And then he goes on to say that, you know, he goes on to say that the law was intended only as an intermediary or a disciplinary system. And Christ came to end the law. That's not being that Christ came to do away with the law. That means now because we are on the new covenant, we are, you know, on the New Testament believers. So to say the 10 commandments, the laws that God has given him before testimony does not work in our lives. No. He really clearly see Jesus saying he did not come to abolish the law, but he came to fulfill the law. Okay. So when you're saying that, you know, the law was intended only as an intermediary or a disciplinary system. And Christ came to end the law. It means that, you know, Christ came to do away with the curse of condemnation of the law. You know, the law condemned the people. Now why did God do the law to the Israelites? Read Romans chapter seven. I wanted to listen carefully. It's very important for you to understand this. In Romans chapter seven, you know, for very elaborate treatment, elaborate treatment, he explains the elaborate way he explains about the law. He says the law is not evil. He says the law is good. It serves a purpose. What is the purpose of the law? God gave the law. If God gave the law, it cannot be bad. And because God gave the law, it does not mean Jesus came and said, oh, the law is bad. It's not right. He came to abolish the law. No. Paul writes in Romans chapter seven. He says that the law had a specific purpose. And what was the purpose of the law? The law was given so that it can make us aware of sin. It can show us where we have missed the mark, where we have gone away from God. Without the law, nobody will know that, you know, we have done something wrong. So Paul is writing in Romans chapter one. He says, for those who do not have the law, what is the law? Their conscience is the law. So you can't say like Gentiles, how can God judge them because they do not have the law. They don't know what is right and wrong. Okay. The Jews can be judged because they have the law. They know what is right and wrong. But Paul is saying that those who do not have the law of God, in the Torah, there's the laws. They can't say, hey, we don't have the laws of God that cannot judge us. But God is saying, you know, your own conscience is that law. So the law was given so that we can become aware of sin. We can know what is right. We can know what is wrong. We know when we have broken the law and what we need to do. So the law basically exposes our sin. It basically shows our sinful desires. It shows us that we are weak in the flesh, that we are sinful in the flesh. But then in verse, that is in verse seven, he says that. But in verse 12 and 13 in Romans chapter seven, Paul says that the law is holy. It is just and good verse 12 of Romans chapter seven. And in Romans chapter 14, he said the law is spiritual because it is given by God. So the law is not bad. The law is good. It's just, it's holy. It's spiritual. It's given to us by God. And the law was so served for purpose. What is that purpose? It actually pointed out to the Savior. How does the law point out to the Savior? Now people are trying to keep the law and they're not able to keep the law. Right? Because they're not able to keep the law. What is happening to them? They are being punished. Or they have to make a sacrifice for sin. So they are so bummed by this. They become so much slaves of it. You know, they're not able to keep it. They're so frustrated. And then, you know, they just go and make some kind of offering and all of that. And so they're looking for some way where they can be delivered from this law. Some way that someone can help them or save them from keeping the law. And that is why God promises them towards the end of the Old Testament. He says, I will move that out of store and give you out of place. I'll write my laws upon your bottom line. And I'll put my Holy Spirit, my Holy Spirit will help you to keep the laws. So actually the law, you know, you know, serve its part in pointing out our sin. And it also serve its part in pointing out to save him. Who will deliver them from the curse of the law? Why curse of the law? Because the law brought curse on the people. Why? It brought condemnation on the people. Condemnation means what? You know, I can't keep the law. I'm not holy. I cannot be good. I cannot be right before God. And why did the law bring about curse? Because, you know, what was God's, this one? Even if you break one law, it's like you've broken all the 634 and the 10 companies. Right? So even if you break one small law, it's like you've broken everything. And because you have broken everything, you have inherited the curse. So they were looking for somebody to deliver them from this curse, from this bondage of the law. The law was actually pointed out to Jesus Christ. And the law was good. It served the purpose. It made us aware of sin. But the more it made us aware of sin, you know, the more we want to break it. And that is what Paul is writing in Romans 6 and in verse 7. You know, he says, you know, he says, you know, the more I want to do good, I'm not able to do it. The bad that I don't want to do, I end up doing it. So, you know, he says that why do we break the law? Because sin is dwelling in me. My flesh is good for nothing because it is controlled by the power of sin. So he says, he's writing in these chapters and Romans, he says, the law of sin is working in my flesh. Now when you read in scripture, when you read in scripture, you know, phrases like this. The law of sin, the law of death, the law of the spirit of Christ, or the law of the spirit. It does not mean the law does not mean the Old Testament laws. But here the law of sin or the law of death or the law of the spirit means the power, the controlling power, the dominion, the reign of sin. So when you say the law of sin, it means the control, the power, the reign of sin. When you say the law of death, it means the control, the dominion, the reign or the power of death. When you say the law of the spirit of life, it means the control of the dominion or the power of the spirit of life. So in those phrases, when you say the law of death, the law of sin, it does not mean the law of God which God gave us. So that does not mean the law of God causes us to sin, does not mean that the law of God brings about that. It's talking about the control, the power, the reign, the dominion of sin or that you can get it. But in other places where you see law or you need to interpret in that context, it can mean the Old Testament laws that God has given a people. So he says, why can't I do away with sin? Even if I don't want to sin, why do I end up sinning? It's because sin is dwelling in me and flesh is weak because the law of sin is working in my flesh. Or the power, dominion, reign of sin is working in my flesh. Sin is the law. Sin is our force, the dominion, the being that is controlling my power. That is what he's explaining in Romans. Now coming back to the nations of the understanding of the concept of law, Paul explains in Galatians that the law in fact served in preserving the people through whom the Savior would come. So the law actually preserved them, explained, made them aware of sin, but also preserved them through whom the same nation of Israel, the same God would come, who helped them to overcome the curse of the bondage of God. So the law has been established, means what? The law has made to, of course, is upheld or made to stand in the person and work of Jesus Christ. So how has the law upheld or made to stand in the person of Jesus Christ? We look at that. So having said this, that the law is not the real problem, but sin that rules and dominates the flesh and the members of our body. So the law was required to the people, you know, require people to do things in the flesh. Now the law, whenever you read, the law was weak. That does not mean that God's law is weak. The law was weak, which means the law did not give us the strength, the ability, the help to keep the law. That is why when you read in passages of scripture where it says the law was weak or the law is weak, that does not mean that God's laws are weak. No, God's laws only good, perfect. But when we read that God's law is weak, it means that the law was just giving the people, but the law did not give the people the strength, the help, the aid to keep the law, to fulfill the law or to meet the righteous requirements of the law, which was why it was impossible for people to keep the law and which was why sin continued to dominate in the flesh. And because of that, you know, the law made sin more noticeable. The sin is more noticeable because you have broken the law. Everybody knows that. And so the law only further exposed the weaknesses of the flesh, but it did not give people the strength or the aid or the help, you know, to keep the flesh. And that's why when Jesus came in the flesh, he helped us to keep the law of good. We'll come back after the break. We'll stop here and then we'll come back after the break. Thank you, everyone.