 Yeah, so welcome back everyone. I'm just reading from 1 Peter chapter 1, and this is verse 22 onwards, right? 1 Peter chapter 1 verse 22 it says, Since you have obeyed, sorry, since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit, in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible, through the Word of God, which lives and abides forever, because all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the field, the grass withers, and it flowers, falls away. But the Word of the Lord endures forever. Now, this is the Word which by the gospel was preached to you. So we just see a few things that Peter mentions here. He says, you have purified your souls in obeying the truth. So we're looking at 1 Peter chapter 1 and verse 22 onwards, 22-25, right? So you have purified your souls. What purifies our souls? Which means our thinking, our imagination, when we obey the truth, when we actually carry out the instruction of God's Word. Then the second thing that we see is that, having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible, corruptible, through the Word of God. So you've born again, not of something that's corruptible, but something that's incorruptible. Incorruptible meaning something that does not decay, something that is not capable of going bad. It's incorruptible, it's pure. So because it's pure, the Word of God, since it's pure, you have is. And since you obeyed the Word, you purified your souls, your mind, will, emotions. Everything is being purified, your attitudes, your motive, everything is being purified. Then it says here, you've been born again, not of corruptible, but of incorruptible, which is the Word of God. Of incorruptible seed, which is the Word of God. And then it says that the flesh is grass, the glory of man is a flower of his feet. And then everything, the grass withers, everything is temporary. But the Word of the Lord endures forever. It goes on, stays on, because it's not of the world. It's something that's heavenly, something spiritual, and the Word of the Lord goes on forever. And in chapter two, it says, therefore, lay aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, as newborn babes desire the pure milk of the Word that you may grow thereby, if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious. So he's saying, he's just describing the Word, you purify your souls through obeying the Word of God. The Word of God is so pure and it's incorruptible and it's like seed, and because of that you were born again. And everything else that you see, the grass and everything is very temporary, it's transient, but then you see that the Word of God endures forever. And this is the Word which was preached to you, which by the Gospel was preached to you. This Word which is living and powerful and alive, this is the Word which has been preached to you, and says, therefore, lay aside, put aside all malice, all envy, all hypocrisy, everything, all deceit, and as newborn babes desire this pure milk of the Word that you may grow thereby. So he's talking about the Word of God, he's talking about the characters of the Word of God, and he's talking about what happens when the Word of God is in us as a seed, what happens when the Word of God is obeyed and what happens when we desire the pure milk of the Word of God, and we grow, and there is spiritual growth. So just before getting into the notes, he's saying that the Word of God is so central to our lives as believers, and as communicators, as facilitators, as preachers, we have this privilege of handling this powerful, this awesome Word of God, which is not of this world, which is the truth of it, it's from the heavens, it's from God originates from him, and he speaks it, and therefore it has life, it has intrinsic power, and we get to handle it, we get to communicate it, we get to preach it. It's an awesome privilege. And the importance of the preaching being central, or the Word of God being central to our preaching. Okay, so last session we ended by looking at the whole practical aspect of communication. While we handle this amazing Word of God, what can we do practically to make sure that when we communicate, it reaches the one who is the recipient of this communication, it reaches in the same manner, it's not lost in transit, it's not damaged in transit, it reaches the same way for the most part, it reaches the same way in which it was meant to reach. So the message does not change, it does not adulterate, the message does not lose any of it, what was supposed to be communicated and it reaches in the same way. Therefore finding its mark, therefore the seed being sown on good ground. So we looked at several things, the basics of communication, we looked at what communication does and so on. So I think we came to point number seven and we saw it's important that we understand people, other audience, we understand their life orientation, where they are at, so that we can communicate even better. We can choose illustrations, we can choose the method of communication, communicating that same message, but we can choose different ways of communicating it. And if you are communicating to a very, if you're preaching, if you're sharing with a very, very young audience, let's say these are children, then obviously the best way to communicate is through object lessons maybe, is through some other way, something visual, something like object lessons, something that you do and show so that it stays with them. It completely, they're able to retain it, it stays with them. So children, well, at that age their mind is able to see things and grasp things. They may not be able to think abstractly at that stage yet, abstractly in terms of theories and all those things, putting things together, ideas, maybe not, maybe not at that stage. So it's best to think of communicating with object lessons and something visual. You use pictures, you use videos, you use charts and they're able to grasp it. So it's good to understand who is my audience and what stage of life are they in, what phase, season of life are they in. So the other one, next one, continuing with basics of communication is that we, when we communicate, we communicate, let's say it's spoken communication, we communicate in a verbal manner. And as we are communicating in a verbal manner, we also communicate in non-verbal ways. What do we mean by that? Which means that we use gestures. Quite recently I watched a video where it says, Italians, can Italians speak without using their hands? Well, it showed clips of different people in Italy and they are talking to each other and they're always using their hands. So that's one thing that they use these gestures and they talk like this. So it's normally, that was the Italians, they use these a lot. So they showed all these clips and said, can Italians speak without using their hands? The obvious thing was, no, there's a lot of gestures. The thing is that even when we speak, we use hand gestures, we use our face, we use a tone of voice. There are a lot of non-verbal, of course tone would be a verbal thing, but use gestures. We use the way we look at our audience or not looking at them, not connecting with them. All those things are clues, the way we stand, the way we move about. All those are verbal cues or verbal messages that the audience is also picking up and certain things that we may not even realize, but it shuts. The audience will find it difficult, maybe even shut down our message. Let's say for example, we don't smile at all with our audience. We wish them and we've got a very long face, we're very serious. Well, the audience might find it difficult to relate. Especially if the message is not so serious, if it's not absolutely of that nature, you're not talking about crucifixion or anything of that sort, but you're talking about something which is light hearted and if you're going to have a very serious expression, that's a non-verbal message that's going out. So be mindful of that. If we are fidgeting, always fidgeting and fidgeting in a sense, maybe just doing that and you're always adjusting your collar or putting something in the pen, taking it in your pocket, taking it out. These are things that distract, so we need to be mindful of that. When we communicate, there are verbal things and we're going to come back to it a little later in making presentations, how can we have an impactful presentation and what are some things to avoid doing? One of the things that we need to understand is that communication, let me just share these notes here, that's coming up. So we need to understand that when we communicate, there's a reaction and it stirs up, it produces some emotion in people, the words that we use, the things that we narrate. So we need to be aware of that. The message that you share, it evokes a reaction. Cognitive, meaning because they understand the reason they receive it and it's going to produce a reaction. For example, if there's something humorous that you're narrating, then they receive it, then there is a reaction to it, a response to it. And the response is normally laughter or at least a smile if it's not a great joke. So it's communication, you're communicating something, therefore you could communicate something to diffuse a situation, meaning that maybe people are angry, upset, and you're sharing something to calm them down. Well, that's a response, that's a reaction that you expect, that is possible if people are discouraged. Well, you're sharing something, encouraging something positive and something prophetic and in time, in season word that builds them up. So be aware of that, that your communication is going to evoke a reaction because you're handling the truth. Generally communication evokes a reaction, but especially since you're handling the truth and you're sharing the truth and maybe a timely word, it's going to evoke a reaction. At the same time, just to be mindful of the fact that you don't want to use communication to manipulate an emotion. We don't want to share something just to make people either feel good about themselves or you want to elicit some sympathy or you want to feel liked by people. So you can do a lot of things to manipulate emotion and we have to avoid that because we're not here to do that. We need to be communicators with integrity. So you don't share things just to make people feel something emotional or you want them to act in a certain way. We don't want to do that. We don't want to stir up people's emotions. We want to present the truth and there will be an emotional reaction. As a result of that, there could be. That's absolutely fine, but we do not want to manipulate the emotions of people or manipulate the actions of people because sometimes we hear so many things happening manipulating people's emotions in order to give for a good cause. Present the truth, share the truth. The truth itself could move people. Maybe it's a very worthy cause, maybe there's a need and people are living in some very difficult situations and conditions and it moves the hearts of people. Obviously, there will be a reaction. But you don't do that with the intent of just manipulating emotions so that people will give. It's a fine line, but we need to be aware of that. Okay, so here are certain things. What are the functions of language itself? When you say language, it could come under these categories. You could look at that. Well, we can inform. We report information much like how a news reader would. You inform. You're informing at this happened, that happened. So it's historical facts, current events. You could use language to inform. You could use language to interrogate in the sense you're eliciting information, you're asking questions, you're investigating. You could use language for that in order to be interrogated. It can be interrogative in nature. It can be informative. It can be interrogative. It can be directive, meaning you can give instructions. You can give orders. You can give commands for getting certain things done, things to be done in a certain way, et cetera. So it can be directive. It is expressive in the sense you can express your emotions through the language that you use and the audience can see it. It is expressive. So what is in your heart? What is in your mind? You can express it. You can bring it out so that others can see it and it's done through language. We give them to our feelings, our emotions and it's done through language. It's also evocative. This is what we saw just now, that it creates emotions in people. So it is evocative as well. So we see that these are some of the functions of language. It is used to inform. It is used to find information, get information, interrogative in nature. It's directive. It's expressive and evocative. Just for us to understand that language can be used in all these ways, even as we communicate. So when we look into the word of God, when we look into the Bible, we see that there is, is there homiletics in the Bible? This whole thing of preparing, speaking, preparing, preaching, putting together a message and sharing, is there homiletics in the Bible? When we look at prophetic writings, we see that when we look at the language that was used we look at, like we see Proverbs, we see, for example, let me just read out a portion where there is a lot of, I'm just opened up to Psalm 107. So we see that there is a lot of repetitions, the lot of, so we see this happening there. And of course, I'm just reading through this passage and not exactly, it's not exactly a sermon, but we see this, right? We see Psalm 107, O give thanks to the Lord for he is good and is mercy and yours forever. Let the redeemer of the Lord say so. Then as we go down, you see there's a repetition. O that men would give thanks to the Lord and men would give thanks to the Lord for his goodness. So we see that repeated, that verse is repeated. That's a refrain which comes over and over again. O that men would give thanks to the Lord for his goodness and for his wonderful works to the children of men. You see that in verse eight, you see that in verse 15, you see that in verse 21, you see that it's a refrain. Of course, it's a song. So you see that it's a, you know, the Psalms, there are songs, right? Songs of praise, songs of worship. You see that refrain coming through. And also verse eight, you know, then they cried to the Lord in their trouble and he delivered them out of the diocese. Verse 13, then they cried to the Lord in their trouble and he delivered and he saved them out of the diocese. Verse 19 also, you know, so we see that, you know, this off repeated lines coming through. You see that there's a, you know, there's some intention, there's some, well, the thought, the inspiration is, is, you know, the, is the truth. They were moved by that, but then they've also used these metaphors. They use these refrains in order to communicate the message. And also when we, when we look at the prophetic, the way you look at some of the prophets, when you look at the way in which they spoke and the way in which they communicated the message, you see that they are, they use these, you know, figures of speech, they use these metaphors and illustrations and so on. Okay. Wisdom literature, meaning Proverbs, Ecclesiastes. Again, we see that, you know, Ecclesiastes, Solomon referred to as the preacher and, you know, some of the things that he speaks and he says, which is recorded there, you know, powerful word pictures are there, especially in Proverbs 25, we see that, you know, it says a word that is spoken in at the right time. Okay. The right circumstances. It's like apples of gold in settings of silver. Right. It's like, you know, amazing picture, word picture that we see here, you know, apples of gold, gold apples, golden apples in, you know, in a silver setting. So we see that. Right. And the Lord Jesus, okay, when he, when he spoke and he taught when he preached, okay, we see that he uses metaphors. You know, we saw one, like last session, we saw that the Lord Jesus saying, you know, why do you look at the speck in another person's eye and you forget the log in your own eye. And he used hyperbole, right. And he used parables, when he was preaching, he uses many parables to talk about the kingdom, to talk about, you know, the Word of God and to talk about, you know, ourselves, our own identity as salt and light uses a lot of parables to bring home the truth of the gospel, the truth of God's kingdom. It uses many parables. So we see that, you know, there is, well, if you can say homiletics, is it there in the Bible, we see that, right. Some sermons to look at are, you know, Stephen just before being martyred in Acts chapter seven, okay, we see a sermon, like it seems like an impromptu sermon, but it's like, we know that Stephen is used to preaching, you know, how do we know that? How do we know that? Just go to Acts chapter, yeah, let's go to Acts five, Acts six, sorry. So Acts six, right, we see when they were chosen, the seven, we see Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit and Philip and so on. And it says here that they were, this was a qualification, right, good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, and they were appointed over this task. And it says that, you know, in verse seven, you go down, it says then the Word of God spread and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith. Of course, this was because of the ministry of the apostles and the ministry of these, these seven who were, you know, like Stephen, Philip, Prochorus, Nikkele, Taman, Parmenas and Nicholas, and Nicholas was a proselyte, meaning that he was a traveling, you know, a preacher, right, so, and also it says that Stephen, full of faith and power, verse eight, okay, chapter six verse eight, Stephen, full of faith and power did great wonders and signs among the people. And we know that, you know, wherever they went, they preached and God was faithful to, faithful to accomplish the Word which was preached, which was spoken. So, we see that, right, so, when we come to Acts chapter seven and we see Stephen addressing, Stephen is giving a very categorical, you know, an address of, starts with, starts with Abraham, right, so the hypris just asks this question in verse one, are these things so, okay, seven chapter one, sorry, chapter seven verse one. And then, you know, Stephen starts off, he starts off with a message right from Abraham. He talks about the, talks about Joseph, talks about the Exodus, talks about Moses, and yeah, just goes on, right, so we see that is a very, well, we could say that it's, it is in him, right, but he was used to sharing, he was used to preaching the gospel because he, it says, the testimony is that he did great signs and wonders among the people, right, to see. Then, then again, when we back up to Acts chapter two, you know, we see Sermon, that Peter, it delivers, he's just anointed, filled, baptized by the Holy Spirit and he shares, right, at Paul, at, you know, Mars Hill, right, and Athens and how he shares, shares the gospel Acts chapter 17, right, so, well, it is said of Paul that he did not, because Paul says, you know, very clearly that, you know, he did not really, he was not trained in speech, meaning that he was not trained to be the eloquent orators of his time, so the orators of his time, they were trained to speak in a certain way, they were trained to use some, you know, flowery, you know, very high language and words in order to communicate something, right, in order to get the attention of people there, they were used to using these quotes from famous people and all that, so Paul was not actually trained in that, he says, in 1 Corinthians 1, he very plainly says, you know, 1 Corinthians 117 and also chapter 2 verse 1, maybe we can just read that out. Let me just, yeah, 1 Corinthians 1 and verse 17, he says, Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect. And then chapter 2 verse 1, And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to the testimony of God, but I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and him, crucified. Verse 4, and my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom but in demonstration of the spirit and of power. So, well, in all his, in all his messages, we see that he was well read and he spoke in a very orderly manner, though he says, he himself says that he was not trained in these oratorical ways, right, of his time. Okay, so we see that, we see, you know, homiletics in the New Testament, we see that in the Old Testament, we see that in the writings. Well, when we look at Paul's instruction to Timothy, Paul says he encourages Timothy to give himself to the preaching of the word, give himself to the doctor and to rightly be dividing the word of God. So the importance that Timothy needs to give. Okay, let's look at 1 Timothy chapter 3 and verse 2, first Timothy chapter 3 and verse 2. Okay, so there in verse 2 he says a bishop, which means a spiritual overseer must be able, must have the ability to teach, which means must have the ability to, you know, we can say, okay, teach, preach, like communicate, proclaim, okay, the word. We go down to chapter 4 and we look at verse 13, right. So he says, till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. Okay, to reading, to stay in the word. So they have the Old Testament scrolls and Paul's revelations that he was writing. And so all that was there. And so he's saying, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. Do not neglect the gift which is in you. And then again in verse 16 he says, take heed to yourself and to the doctrine, continue in them. Okay, so continue, meaning the first instruction is that, okay, you meditate, give yourself entirely to, that is in verse 15. But he says, you know, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. So exhortation meaning you know, you're based on what you've read, you are actually encouraging, right. You're giving an encouraging word, an inspiring word. That's an exhortation, right. So Paul is giving that, so which means that that was part of the early church as well, that there was exhortation. There was preaching, right. So that we see just based on the word of God. Okay, so we, that's several other scriptures mentioned there. You can take a look at it. Okay, so we come to this, just moving on to chapter three. Okay, just give me a minute. Let me just check here. Okay, so chapter three. Okay, so we see that in today's world, okay, where there's different ways by which we communicate any message. This communication is so rapid. Okay, and rampant. And with technology changing and there's so much of innovation. So messages are being communicated in very different ways. So is preaching still relevant? Right, so that's the question, right. Is it relevant or should we just, you know, is it outdated? Okay, is it relevant? Should it be spoken out loud? Should it be, you know, when you look at it, if you look at all the ways in which the message is going out, electronically, you know, written communication and so on, we see that. But in one way if you see some of these videos or most of these videos are also videos of, you know, there's somebody who's, there's a speech. There is speech, there is visual in the videos. It could be a long lengthy one. It could be a live thing. But there is speech and there is text and there is visual. So that happens. So John Stott, a theologian, a writer, this is what he says, preaching is indispensable to Christianity without preaching a necessary part of its authenticity has been lost. Christianity is, in its various sense, a religion of the word of God. Just consider that, the word. There are many things that you can do with the word, write the word. You can, you know, sing the word. You communicate the word. The word, right, it's spoken as well. Right, so when it comes to communicating, okay, so let's look at some of these thoughts here. Okay, it's an over-communicated society. Okay, you have, you have Instagram, you have Facebook, you have YouTube, you have, you know, all these things, social media, LinkedIn and all those messaging boards and Twitter and all that. Yes, it is an over-communicated, you know, add to that, newspapers and billboards and all that is happening. You know, it's a lot of communication. There's a lot of noise. A lot of, literally, you know, everything is shouting out, trying to get your attention, saying, okay, you know, follow this, buy this, go here, go there, all kinds of messages, you know, buy me, use me, buy me again, live here. So it is really an over-communicated society that we live in. Okay, and within that, is it relevant to preach the Word of God in a setting? Okay, so one thing we need to understand is all these, you know, all these methods of communication, you know, these billboards and maybe all these videos and everything can certainly, you know, it is good in a way. It can enhance our communication. Okay, it can definitely enhance our communication, but we should be careful that they don't substitute the message. Okay, so which means they don't dilute, they don't substitute, substitute meaning you replace with something else, right? Dilute meaning you water down and change the, distort the message, you know, the seriousness of it or the weightage of it or the wholesomeness of it is, you know, you take away parts of it so that it is watered down. It's diluted, right? The strength of it is taken away. So all these technology techniques can enhance our communication of the message, but they can be in the danger of substituting if we allow it, right? So we need to make sure that does not happen. Okay, well, we also live in a society where first of all, you know, it is overcommunicated. We also live in a society where social action, okay, appeals to the some Christians more than maybe, you know, communicating the truth or listening. Okay, like what is the question, you know, some of the things that they put forth is that, okay, what good are words of faith? Okay, when society demands works of faith, there is a demand for action. So what good are these words? Okay, so, you know, they even say, okay, these apostles, right? That version, I mean, that verse that we read just now, Act 6, why were the seven actually, you know, selected and, you know, ordained for the task? Because the apostle said we should not, you know, move away from the preaching. We should not move away from the study of God's Word. Okay, but when it comes to, you know, people who are who say that, okay, we need more action than, you know, we need social action. Well, they seem to think otherwise, right? So that is a real challenge. Okay, so it's an overcommunicated society. There's a challenge in the audience itself, which says, okay, I don't want the words, I want the action. Okay, but we need to understand that action is important, but it should come from, it should come from truth. It should be action which is inspired, which is motivated, which is moved out of truth and truth that is actually communicated. Okay, so the thing is, you know, we see all these challenges and, okay, Paul, when he writes to the Romans, you know, this is something that he says, right? I think it's good to read through this. Okay, yeah, so we see here that Paul, when he writes to the Romans, Romans chapter one, he says, I long to see you that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith with yours and mine. Okay, so what is it? He was writing to them. He had, you know, encouraged them. He's saying, you know, I long to see you that I might in person pray prophesy, maybe lay hands. He's saying, I won't impart some spiritual gift. So in other words, he's saying that this ministry of impartation, this ministry of, you know, this whole thing of ministering, you know, it's going to take place face to face and there can be no other substitutes. He says verse 15. Okay, let's maybe look at those verses. You can turn to Romans one. Okay, so in verse 15 he says, so as much as is in me, I am ready to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also. Right. So he says, so the importance of actually communicating, preaching the gospel. So we see that it is, it was relevant then and the same thing is relevant today. The whole aspect of ministering, the whole aspect of impartation, the whole thing of laying out of hands and so on. So it's, we cannot do away with it. We cannot substitute it with anything else. Right. But it's definitely, it is good when we use technology. It is good when we use all these methods and, you know, and so I think every ministry and every church should definitely, you know, use all these means in order to, in order for maximum impact and maximum mileage and so on. But we know that locally in that place, you know, there needs to be this whole thing of in person or face to face. Maybe it's a small group, maybe it's a church, maybe it's a fellowship, you know, where God can, or God can do what he wants done through, you know, this community of people gathering together, meeting together. Okay. Right. So, so let's, you know, just look at a few things, you know, why is it relevant? Okay. You see that God is a God who speaks. He's alive. He's living. He speaks in the here and now. Hebrews talks about the fact that he spoke through his prophets and his losses. He's speaking through his son. And then now we know that, you know, he's speaking through us the body of Christ. And where the, you know, we, the church, we are the expression of the body of Christ, the expression of the body of Christ. So, which means that expression of Christ himself. So when we look at each one of us as believers, you know, as a community together, we are the expression of Christ, the ministry of Christ in a certain place. Okay. Which would be, you know, take care of people's needs. It could be bringing healing, wholeness. It is bringing salvation, the message of the gospel, everything. So the church is expression. To express, it means in different ways, right? In action. Also, it means to communicate, right? To show forth, to put on display, right? So we are the expression of Christ in a certain geographical location. Okay. Well, God commissioned the prophets to proclaim. So we see that it's scriptural today to proclaim. The Lord Jesus, he went about preaching and teaching. And we as his disciples are to walk in his footsteps. So therefore, you know, we will also walk in his ways and minister according to the way he ministered in truth and with power, right? Mark chapter one and verse 14 says, Now, after John had been put in the gospel, had been put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God and saying the time is fulfilled. The kingdom of God is at hand, repent and believe in the gospel. See that in verse 14 and 15. So he preached the gospel of the kingdom and he said, repent and believe in the gospel. So we see in several places that he preached, that he taught and he went about healing. We see that over and over and over again. This is how he did. He preached the gospel, he taught in the synagogues and he healed all who came to him. So that was his earthly ministry. He proclaimed the truth. He taught the truth and he ministered in power the truth which said things right in people's bodies with resultant deliverance and so on. Okay. Then John the Baptist came preaching. He was a forerunner. The apostles preached the gospel in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria. And as people filled by the Holy Spirit, we are called to be witnesses. We are called to witness. We see in Acts chapter one. Acts chapter one verse eight. This is what the Lord said about the baptism of the Holy Spirit. For all the disciples, he said, but you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you and you shall be witnesses to me. And he went on to say, okay, this is the scope of witnessing in Jerusalem, in Judea, in all Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth. So you shall be witnesses in all these places and you should be filled with power and how did the people go about doing that? You know, they preached the gospel, they shared the gospel, they pointed to Christ, they testified of what Christ had done in their lives and what he could do. And we see that happening. So we can say that preaching is God's ordained means of sharing the gospel. So we need not do away with preaching while we indulge in several other ways of maybe even writing, singing it and discussing it and so on. So we don't have to or we should not do away with this method of spreading the gospel, which is preaching the gospel. So we see several other examples. And lastly, you know, we are commissioned by the Lord to preach the gospel. Okay, so to communicate the gospel, to proclaim the gospel. We see it in Matthew 28, we see it in Mark chapter 16, verse 15, where we are called and commissioned, anointed, empowered by the Lord to go preach the gospel to every creature by baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, the Holy Spirit and teaching them to observe all that the Lord has taught us to do. Okay, so we see that in the phase of over-communicated society, in the phase of all these things happening, all these changes of technological advances, we don't, we should not substitute, you know, good preaching with anything else. And because the Lord is looking for people who would communicate the truth and we would, he's looking for people who would, you know, as much as he's looking for people who would stand in the gap, he's looking for people who would communicate the truth and he's looking to perform or confirm his word and confirm the preaching of the word with his power, with science wonders and miracles. But first of all, there has to be the proclamation and the Lord would watch over the word to perform what has been proclaimed, right? So the proclamation is very, very important. Okay, so we'll stop here. Just for us, so we saw today the importance of preaching, the relevance of preaching, and also we just, you know, concluded the basics of communication and the basics of language itself. Okay, so we'll stop here and next class we'll look at the preacher, you know, the man. We looked at the message, you know, the man. We looked at the method, sorry, and we're going to look at the man, the preacher, you know, the call and the qualifications. We'll look at that in the next class, okay, which is on Thursday. Okay. Okay, so thank you and God bless we'll meet again. Bye.