 Welcome back everyone. We will begin with Kennedy's question. The second part may says difference between election and predestination. So election is to state that one is chosen. We as God's people are chosen. We will read now in first Peter chapter 2. There is this section where it says you are a chosen generation. So we are chosen or we are handpicked by God just to indicate that we are special towards God. Predestination is predetermining or because it says destination the destiny of individuals. What they are going to do and what they are going to be so predetermining is predestination. So election is being chosen predestination is predetermining and he has been chosen us as a bond servant of God. So bond servant of God actually I think it comes from this word Greek word do loss. Do loss where they would have slaves who were in service to the master like committed 100%. So those slaves were sold to the master so committed to the master. So when we say chosen as a bond servant it simply means we know apostles they had used this term to state their allegiance to God and the Lord Jesus and their commitment to the cause of living for Christ. So that is the understanding of bond servant. Now having said these things chosen and predestined see predestination should be understood in terms of the attributes of God. Omniscience is one of the attributes of God. So God already knows though the term predestination is used it doesn't mean God. He determines people's future because if that was the case even Adam and Eve being given free choice today we have free choice salvation is by choice. So free will and choice is a very real thing that God has given not just for mankind but we also know even the heavenly host angelic beings everyone they have free choice. And that is not something God ever overrides. So though that is the term predestination there's enough in scripture to tell us that God doesn't force people into a certain direction for their spiritual lives or lives in general. So yeah that much Kennedy I hope that is helpful. Okay all right thank you so much. Okay let's now move ahead with the first Peter chapter 2. So we'll notice some doctrine here as right now we've started talking about Jesus because he's again pointing to Jesus as an example. Jesus he came and he died for us and because of that we are chosen we are precious. That's how he encouraged the believers and now he's talking about Jesus as one who was rejected and yet you know the precious one to our God. And similarly we are also chosen by God and we are precious even though the believers were going through rejection at that time and feeling the pain of it he wanted them to experience joy. So let's read from verse 6 and we shall read till yeah let's read till 10. 6 to 10 please. Therefore it is also contained in the scriptures before they lay in Zion the chief cornerstone elect and precious and people believe on him will by no means be put to shame. Therefore to you who believe he is precious but to those who are disobedient the stone that which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. They stumble being disobedient to the word to which they're also appointed. But you are a chosen generation a royal priest of holy nation his own special people that you may proclaim the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Who once were not a people but now the people of God who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy. Thank you and as we can see here he is using the example of Jesus to encourage the rejected believers and he's saying think about Jesus. He was he I stated that he is referred to as a stone chief cornerstone elect and precious he's chosen by God even though he was rejected by men he was chosen by God. And so he says that now that we put our trust in this Lord Jesus the cornerstone we will not be put to shame. And similarly he goes on like he goes on to talk about the believers and he says that you don't think of yourselves as rejected because you are chosen by God. The way Jesus the cornerstone was chosen by God rejected by men you are chosen by God and uses terms like chosen generation. What does it mean? It simply means that God God has chosen to reveal his glory right through the believers. So literally we know that Israel was the one that was chosen but through Israel what was God's plan that the nations of the earth should be blessed that the gospel should go out to the nations of the world. So it's not saying that you know God has limited his his selection to a bunch of people and that's about it. Even on the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit was poured out 15 different languages people spoke because the gospel needs to be proclaimed to all of mankind that's God's desire. So let not this word chosen misguide or mislead us into thinking that God is partial or he's very selective but those who respond to God we become the chosen. So we are chosen by God. Royal priesthood. So again looking at the Old Testament we see that royalty was generally separate from priestly ministry. So you had priests in the temple but then you had kings. Both of these would not be mixed up. There were two different anointings but now that the Lord Jesus has come and has redeemed us. This combination. Royal priesthood is very unique to the believers. We are both royal. We are royalty in the sight of God and we also have priesthood. We have direct access to God. We can offer up spiritual sacrifices unto the Lord and so he's reminding the people that you have all this in Christ Jesus. He says holy nation. You are sanctified people. God has shed his own blood to cleanse you. His own special people. Special is to say that we belong to God now. We are in the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ and what is the goal or the outcome of these people whom he has described with so many words. And initially he also called them living stones. Living stones because God is building his kingdom, his house with each one of you. And he says the outcome is that you may proclaim the praises of him. So this is the call of every believer. Why do I? What should I do for God? What am I supposed to do? It's very clear. Proclaim the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. So that is what each one of us is called to do through each of our lives. May the Lord be glorified and that's what he's telling the believers of that time. May God be glorified through your life because he has purchased you. He has made you new. You now belong to a new kingdom. The kingdom of God's marvelous light. And he also reminds them, look, the past was very different. You were not even a people or as far as the kingdom of God is concerned. They did not have any identity. But now they have an identity. They've obtained the mercy of God through what Jesus has done and he wants them to recognize that. And now again starts instructions for righteous living, one of which has to do with submission. So we'll see. He'll talk a lot about submission. He'll talk about submission to authorities, submission to people that we work for. Submission in the context of marriage. He'll talk about submission of the wives to the husbands. And then he'll also go on talking about the context of the church and that the overseers of the church or the shepherds have to oversee the people of God because they are in subjection or submission to the elders of the church. So there's different instructions regarding submission coming up. So we are beginning with an instruction for holy living as he did earlier. So he says, look, if we put it in simple terms, he's encouraging the believers, reminding them of what they have in Christ, how the life that the challenges we have are temporal. There's eternal glory waiting for us and so to hold on and for faith to reflect in our actions just the way James spoke to the believers. He says, look, you're saying you have a new life in Christ. Let it show through your life. Let it be a righteous life. Let it be a holy life. So going to verse 11. Can somebody please read from 11 all the way to the end of chapter two, which would be verse 25, please. Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims abstained from fleshly lusts which war against the soul. Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles, that whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake, whether it be to the king as supreme or unto governors as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of them that do well. For so is the will of God that with well-doing you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men as free and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness but as the servants of God. Honor all men, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king. Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the forward. For this is thanksworthy, if a man for conscience towards God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. For what glory is it, if when you be buffeted for your faults, you shall take it patiently. But if when you do well and suffer for it, you take it patiently, that is acceptable with God. For even here and to where you called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving as an example that you should follow his steps. Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth. Who when he was reviled, reviled not again when he suffered, he threatened not but committed himself to him that judged righteously. Who his own self bear our sins in his own body on the tree, that we being dead to sins should live unto righteousness by whose stripes you were healed. For you were a sheep going astray but are now returned unto the shepherd and bishop of your souls. Thank you so much. Thank you so much, Susan for reading that. We will look at some of the key instructions that are coming through here. As I said, there is an instruction for Godly living and he reminds us, he says sojourners and pilgrims. The intention is to tell the believer, life on earth is temporary. Remember that our citizenship is in heaven. So, sojourners and pilgrims, you are just journeying through. Nothing is permanent here. And he says, when we are, we actually belong to a heavenly kingdom. We must, we must seem that we have come from that heavenly kingdom and have features of that heavenly kingdom. And you know, we have got to be different in other words. And that's why earlier he said, be holy and now again along the same lines he's saying, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul. Another beautiful, deep concept we can go into is how when we yield to fleshly lusts, there is that deceptive thought that we are going to receive gratification or satisfaction from fleshly lusts because that's how it appears. If you get into it and you get more of it, you're going to feel wonderful but it's deceptive because why here Peter is pointing out fleshly lusts, what do they do? God has designed our soul in a certain way but fleshly lusts are going to go against that design and they are going to bring destruction to the soul. So no man who engages in fleshly lusts can maintain the peace of God, you know, within him or her because there is something opposite about fleshly lusts which is going to destroy the soul that God has given us. So he's saying stay out of these things. We have a different life now. We can't live like the people of the world and go after the things that they are going after. You are sojourners and pilgrims. We have an eternal abode and our mind should be fixed on that. So he says having your conduct honourable among the Gentiles that when they speak against you as evil doers they may by your good works which they observe glorify God in the day of visitations. Just the way Jesus taught us. Good works let people glorify God because of your good works. So when we say believers, hopefully the unbelievers look at it as an upgrade in moral living where they say oh this person believes in Jesus, look at him he's so righteous, look at him he'll never lie, look at him he'll never cheat, look at him he'll never do anything. He won't deal wrongly with money. Hopefully that is our testimony. So that's what he's reminding the believer. When we say we have faith, let it translate in our life and testimony because that is how it should be that life is actually flowing out of us. And he's giving the believers this instruction during a difficult time and in preparation for worse times to come. And you can imagine like Peter what are you talking? Times are getting tough. Everyone is fending for themselves. Everyone is fighting for themselves to establish themselves in the world and get more and all that. And you're telling us keep a good testimony, follow God, be holy. But then what he wants us to realize is look this world is not everything for us. There are greater things in God, in the spiritual realm, at the time of the appearance of our Lord Jesus. So a believer must have that eternal mindset. Only then we will know the value of what Peter is telling us. Live a holy life. Times are difficult but you still make the right choices. You still maintain the good testimony. So that is the call that he's giving the believer. And then two more sections here which we noticed where he says, Submit yourself to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake. And he lists out king as supreme, governors to those sent by him for the punishment of evil doers, for the praise of those who do good. So what do we understand here? Governing authorities. Today some of us may have kings in our nation, some of us don't. But governing authorities, he says, you be in submission to them. Or you go by the laws that they have kept and the way in which they are guiding the nation. So what is the responsibility of governing authorities to things? Punishment of evil doers, praise of those who do good. So they are like a picture or a shadow of God because God is a God of justice. And he wants to uphold justice on the earth. And so like him, there's a reflection. You have authorities, you have people put in places of power who are supposed to do that, uphold justice. So he's saying that's their role. So you be in submission to them for this is the will of God that by doing good, you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men as free yet not using liberty as a cloak for wise but as born servants of God. So he knows that during the time of persecution, the believers can get rebellious. And they may say, why should we keep the law of the land? Why should we follow our governing authorities? And they can end up having like the testimony among the people will also be spoiled. Now one thing we have to understand whenever we talk about submission, if the governing authorities ask us to do something against God that we cannot follow. But everything else, yes, we can go according to it. When we read the Book of Acts, when we study about the life of Paul, he was under trial and what were they trying to look for? You know that he defamed the Roman authorities and he did his own thing. He broke the law, but they could never find one thing against Paul because they were law abiding citizens. Though we have instances, for example in Acts 4, we have a time when Peter and John and this is the same Peter who says, oh, we can't do it, don't preach in the name of Jesus. He says, sorry, we can't do it. So when the governing authorities are telling us to do something against God, like times of Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego, they were thrown into the fire because they were not willing to bow down to an idol and worship it. So don't go with the law if it's asking you to go against God. That even Peter knows. But everything apart from that, he's saying, Christians, believers, we've got to be the most law abiding citizens. Actually, that's how it should be because then what happens? People will look at us and see how we, he writes here, honour all people, love the brotherhood, fear God, honour the king. We are living our life in a very, very righteous way and that should be the testimony of every believer even in times of difficult persecution. So that's the call which is going out to the believers. Next section, he talks about submitting to masters. Masters is a strong word and in their times, there were slaves and masters. But today, not so. We have bosses, we have employers, so we can understand it in that context. So in the workplace, he says, you be submissive to the person who's your authority at the workplace with all fear. What fear? Fear is reverence here, reverence to God. Ultimately, our following of authority, keeping the law, being a good employee is because ultimately we fear God and that's why we are doing it. And very hard thing that he speaks of over here is he says, look, when it comes to bosses, when it comes to superiors, some of them are gentle. Thank God for that. Some of them are good. They are understanding. Excellent. Then the problem is solved in many ways. But some of them are so harsh. But then he says, even when we have harsh people in authority over us, he says, how good is it if you are only submissive to those who are gentle? But he used the word commendable. If we endure unjust grief, suffering and things that are done wrongfully to us, we endure it and still maintain a good attitude towards our boss or our employer. So that is something. It could happen in the places where we work. We don't have the most supportive employer, but as Christian, as a believer, as long as they're not telling us to do anything against God, we must be those who are doing the right thing always. And he goes ahead and then says that God commends it or God is pleased with it. He's happy with it. And he asks this question for what credit is it if when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently because one deserves it if they've done wrong. But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God. So a very hard call there. He says, be submissive, not just to your good master, but also in case they are harsh. You still got to be submissive to them. Then he points to the example of Jesus once again, because that's a perfect example. And he says Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example that you should follow his steps who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth. So he's telling us, see, we go through some of these seasons where unjustly we are treated in an evil way. But it's not a new experience for Jesus. He also went through it. He did nothing, but he still suffered, right? But because he trusted God and he trusted God for the ultimate outcome. There are so many other examples we can look at stories like Esther, the book of Esther where there was a plot against the Jews. And it was so difficult to turn the rules and the laws in favor of the Jews. There were people who were actually scheming and planning to destroy the Jews. But you see, when they put their trust in God, you find Esther and the people, they fast, they look to the Lord. So how did the solution come? They look to the Lord and then ultimately that whole thing happens. The gallows that is built for Mordecai is finally, Haman is the one who dies on it. So there are instances in scripture where we see God coming through so powerfully on behalf of his people because they have put their trust in God. Are they going through injustice? Yes. Is this unfair? Yes. But Peter is saying, don't get hassled. God will come through for you. So you do the right thing, right? Look at Jesus. He committed no sin, but he went through suffering and then he talks more about Jesus. Again, you know, doctrine, like the book of Hebrews, we can keep on talking about these passages who when he was reviled did not revile in return. When he suffered, he did not threaten but committed himself to him who judges righteously. See there, a good attitude. He had a good attitude even during suffering because of what? We fear God. That's why we do this because he, him who judges righteously, he committed himself to God who himself bore our sins in his own body on the tree that we having died to sins might live for righteousness. So here the righteousness of God, we are now the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. When we read, I think it's Romans 521. So we can learn so much about the righteousness that has now been bestowed upon us. And we see the work of the cross, Isaiah 53, by whose stripes you were healed. Why does he say were healed? We were talking about past tense, present tense. Well, on the day or in those moments when Jesus died on the cross, as far as Peter is concerned, and he is one of those disciples who was there. He even denied Christ. But he knew of a spiritual reality and that is the great exchange took place in those moments when Jesus died on the cross. And that's why he's using the past tense here. And it's not a grammatical mistake. It is in the Greek also it is were he's using it in the past because it's done. It's a done deal. Our healing was bought for us on the cross of Calvary 2000 years ago. We were healed. So if I confess and I make a declaration, I was healed by the stripes of Jesus. It's doctrinally, biblically very accurate. Then it says, for you were like sheep going astray but have now returned to the shepherd and overseer of your soul. He says, we are now in subjection to God and thereby being subject to authorities whom God has put on our lives, whether it is a king or whether it is a boss, it's fine. We can do it because we trust God. So let me just come here and see if there are any questions before we move into chapter three. Any thoughts, any questions? It's quite straightforward. Now let's move on to chapter three here. And the submission of wives that is being spoken of and wives are being encouraged. Would somebody like to read it? You can read from verse one. And let's read verse six. So that's one section. Let's go over that. One, two, six. One, two, six. It reads, Yes. In the same way, you wives must accept the authority of your husband. And even if some refuse to obey the good news, your godly lives will speak to them without any words. They will be worn over by observing your pure and reverent lives. Don't be concerned about the outward beauty of fancy hairstyles. Expensive jewelry or beautiful clothes. You should clothe yourself instead with the beauty that comes from within. The unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God. This is how the holy women of old made themselves beautiful. They put their trust in God and accepted the authority of their husbands. For instance, Sarah obeyed her husband, Abraham, and called him her master. You are our daughters when you do what is right without fear of what your husbands might do. Yes. Thank you. So this is in the context of women getting saved once they are married. And now that they are saved, they are believers, but their husbands are still unbelievers. So how to deal with this situation? We see Paul addressing this to the Corinthian church. Even in the book of Ephesians, Paul talks about the mystery of the way God deals with the church. And then he uses the example of marriage there and says husbands love your wives. And so this matter, this issue was happening during those times. And women were probably perplexed about what needs to be done now because I am a believer and he is not a believer. So even in such a situation here, of course, Paul addresses that and he says that if the person wants to live with you, then you just stay with that person. But if that person abandons you, then that's fine. What can you do? But if the person chooses to stay, so over here there are women and their husbands are staying with them. They've chosen to stay with them. Maybe, maybe what happened to them is now that they understand about the great blessings in Christ. There is a tendency to look down upon the unbeliever. And in this case, it's a husband that they are married to. But Peter reminds them that it's still the context of marriage and the government structure in marriage is what God has prescribed. And he says it's God, the husband, and then the wife. So that is the government structure as far as the family is concerned. So he is reiterating that. Peter is reiterating that and he says wives likewise be submissive to your own husbands. And notice he says to your own husbands because there are, you know, lots of schools of thought and theological arguments about how in general women have to be subject to men in general, right? Like all women be submissive to all men. But Peter is clarifying here. He's saying look, that's not how it is. He says, I mean there are so many scriptures we can go into but I'm trying not to go into those things. He says, be submissive to your own husbands. So this is in the context of marriage. Then that even if some do not obey the word, they without a word may be won by the conduct of their wives. When they observe your chaste conduct accompanied by fear. So he's saying, even in the case of somebody who is, you know, so far away from God, they don't obey the word. And the words that you say, he's saying that there is a way of winning such a husband over and that is by the life and conduct that one has, right? And living a life of reverence. That's the word fear there. And he says, even without a word. So when we have this kind of a conduct in the context of marriage, right? In the context of marriage, then God will do a work in the husband's life. I mean, it's a tall claim. He says, even without a word, so there's no need to keep instructing, keep, you know, pointing to what needs to be done or just going on, you know, nagging the husband. But he says, look, if you live a life of this kind, even without a word, the husband can be won over. But, you know, we must understand that over here, this has not happened because somebody has chosen to marry an unbeliever. But when women got saved and they were already in these marriages, Peter's giving them this instruction. Don't worry. You follow God and your husband will be won over. And then he continues. He says, so the emphasis is on that God fearing behavior, conduct before the husband. So in that context, with that emphasis, he says, do not let your adornment be merely outward, arranging the hair, wearing gold, putting on fine apparel. Rather, let it be the hidden person of the heart with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God. So he's saying that through this good conduct, the husbands can be won over, not really through external things. And he has listed them out, right, like your appearance and the way one dresses up and all that. So that's understood. But then again, when this is misinterpreted, people come up with things such as women should not adorn themselves, you know, your hair and jewelry is wrong. But that's definitely not the point that Peter is making. So if you go back and look at, I'll come to that. You look at women, old women, and here there's a reference to Sarah. When you see Sarah, you know, going to be with Abraham, or she was given jewelry. So why is Sarah being commanded as a godly woman when she wore jewelry? You look at people like Rebecca, they wore jewelry. So we must not misinterpret what the focus of what is being said here. The emphasis is godly conduct. When we have godly conduct, when such a wife is submissive to her husband, that is this possibility of that unbelieving husband being won over. So verse five says, for in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorn themselves, being submissive to their own husbands. Okay, so we are going to talk about Sarah here. So Sarah was submissive to Abraham as Sarah obeys Abraham, calling him Lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any terror. So she was submissive to Abraham and calling him Lord is more like honor. So she honored her husband. She was submissive to her husband. And that is an example of Sarah that we can draw from in the context of marriage. Okay, so any thoughts and questions before we jump to the next section here? Instruction to husbands. Hello, Pastor Nancy. Yes. How do you, I think I get the context of this, but for some women in our contemporary times now, how do you let them understand that? Or rather, let me put it this way. Some of them are object to the fact of calling their husbands Lord. So how do we explain this to them in a way that they understand that this is cultural opportunity to the Jewish people who are the same type? As a wife, you should regard your husband. You should accord him respect, basically. I think that's the gist of this verse. But some people might just sit and take it on the surface and try to compel their wives to call them Lord. Can we just address this? Yes. So we would need to take the essence of it, say, and that is honor your husbands. That's what it says. So when Sarah called him Lord, it simply means she honored her husband. So women are being encouraged to honor their husbands. And that can come as an exhortation, that can come as a gentle exhortation to them to honor their husbands. Now, why doesn't it happen in marriages? There are so many different reasons for that. But as we continue ahead in his instruction to the husband, there is something good that you can learn. And if a husband would behave in the way that Peter is instructing, hopefully the reaction and response of the wife will be one of honor. So can I go into the next section? So then that will help you. No, I was just asking so to kind of because, you know, sometimes you could read these passages and because they say, oh, it's in the Bible, then their wives must call me Lord. So I just wanted to bring that off so that for essence of discussion, I don't know if you get what I'm saying. So people feel like because it's in the Bible, then they have every right to demand of their wives to call them Lord. Yes, I think we just brought out the answer is the essence that we should look at here. That's honor and respect. Yes. Yeah, and people who want to take these matters, you know, on the surface level they understand it and they take it. A lot of that is already happening. And it's very unfortunate. They keep doing that. Yes. But that's not what it means. Thank you, Pastor. Yeah, sure. Yes, Sister Rupa. Mama, I just wanted to add. Honor is something which is deep within inside. Just because we call somebody Lord doesn't mean that we honor them. That is what the point Peter is making there. Sarah was supposed to be the most beautiful woman in that time. And at the same time, the spirit of God is pointing out to us that her heart, the deep within her, she has a wonderful quality which God desires and honors. So no one many times people put down Sarah, but the spirit of God is saying that she has a very beautiful nature deep within her, which God is honoring. And not only that the life she went through with Abraham twice she was he lied to the people there because he was very afraid because she was so beautiful. And he had to say she is she was her sister. But both times when it when things like that happen, naturally women will have a content of are a deep hurt towards their husband, because husband is one who has to protect them. But Sarah, Abraham tells Sarah, even before they start their journey, because you're very beautiful, please, wherever we go, I'll tell them that you are my sister. So that understanding their love for each other and their oneness is something which is very noticeable there. She loved her husband. And because of her love, she was willing to do that. But because of her faith, God was so faithful that she delivered, he delivered her in those situations. In that context, when Sarah is calling her husband, Lord, it makes a sense, a greater meaning. Because when people, we are all people, we are sinful people, we don't, everyone has their own weaknesses. But in spite of that in the Lord, we are honoring the other person, we are loving the other person. That is what the writer is trying to bring out, I think, ma'am, I don't know. Thank you. Yeah, very true sister. Thank you so much for sharing all these thoughts. That's right. Yes, in the midst of all the flaws that both husbands and wives have, the writer is still trying to tell them that this is the way in which they need to relate with one another. And I think the underlying truth which has not been mentioned, but it is understood is love. When there is love, like first Corinthians 13, that kind of love, then all these things are possible. So thank you, sister. Thank you so much for sharing that. We will look at the instructions to the husbands and then we will wrap up for today. So could someone kindly read verse 7 here? First, husbands, these two wives, in an understanding way, showing her to the Lord as the leader also, since they are chairs with you, have the place of life so that your chairs may not be broken. Yes, thank you. Thank you, Asha. So, as we see here, we notice that there is an instruction to husbands as well. Now, it could be the same context where there is a spouse and they don't believe in God. But then he says, dwell with them or don't leave the person. So earlier he did talk to the wife, but now he's talking to the husbands and he says, you dwell with them. Don't just leave and go. Dwell with them with understanding. So not just being there like physically present, but there's a very key word for marriage here and that word is understanding. Like even when you go to the book of Proverbs, it says that the house is built with understanding. So if there is no understanding, then it's very difficult in a marriage. But he is pointing to the importance of developing that understanding. He says dwell with the wife with understanding. So grow in understanding, understanding each other. And another thing that he tells the husbands is giving honour. Yes, he told the wife, be submissive. Sarah called her husband Lord, meaning she honoured her husband. Now, he's telling the husband as well, honour the wife. Giving honour to the wife. See, these are the important things. So when the husband has this attitude, it becomes a lot easier for the wife to be submissive and to honour the husband. Now, yes, even if the husbands are not, that's what Peter said that they need to hold on. Trust God and eventually the husband will change. But if the husband is like this, then it becomes so much easier for the wife. If the husband dwells with understanding, gives honour to his wife and it says as a weaker vessel. How weaker in the biblical texts when we read, we don't necessarily see that the woman is weak spiritually. Because right in this passage, he says being heirs together or they are co-heirs. We have the same inheritance spiritually in Christ. So women are not weaker than men spiritually in that sense. Even emotionally, we don't see that women are weaker than men emotionally. So he's not referring to that. But yes, physically, if you compare the kind of things that men can do, the strength which they have, maybe women may not be able to demonstrate that form of physical strength. So in that context, he says weaker vessel as being heirs together of the grace of life that your prayers may not be hindered and he puts a warning there and it's a spiritual warning. He says look, if you don't do this for your wife, then it will affect you spiritually. What might happen? Prayers can also be hindered if a husband is not dealing in the right manner with his wife. So hopefully according to Peter, that was some motivation for the husbands that you want to be a spiritual man, you better treat your wife well, right? Better treat your wife right. So that is the instruction to men. So let's close because I know you have another class and what we'll do is we'll have our next class on Friday. Let's see how much we can complete. Yeah, but we will be done in time. So could somebody kindly pray as we close today's class? Yes, please. Thank you. Yeah, Father, we praise you, acknowledge your holy name. Thank you so much for this wonderful opportunity to learn and grow together, Father. Thank you for this subject. Thank you for the life of past lands. As we keep on growing and learning from the book of Peter, Father, thank you for the wonderful insights and deep revelations. I thank you for this wonderful opportunity and I dedicate each and everyone to be the future king of soldiers. Father, thank you so much for this beautiful atmosphere and learning of the faith. I give all glory and honor to your name only. I ask this prayer in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen. Amen. Thank you Prabhakar. Thank you everyone. God bless you. I look forward to meeting you on Friday. Bye for now. Thank you, Pastor. Thank you, Pastor. Thank you. Thank you everyone. Thank you, Pastor.