 All right, we will begin again because of the glitch in the recording. So yes, last week we looked at 1st Thessalonians chapter 4 where we saw the description of the rapture being given and then when we come to 1st Thessalonians chapter 5, it begins with these words 1st Thessalonians chapter 5 verses 1 and 2. It says now brothers and sisters about times and dates we do not need to write to you for you know very well the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. It mentions the day of the Lord over here. Now this day of the Lord which is being mentioned over here would be the 2nd coming. So in chapter 4 what we looked at was the rapture event where Jesus has not really come down to the earth. He only comes in the clouds and it's the believers who are caught up into the air. So that was 1st Thessalonians chapter 4 but here in chapter 5 it talks about the day of the Lord. Now this would be a reference to the 2nd coming and the things which are said over here indicates that this is a separate event, a different event from the one which is mentioned in 1st Thessalonians 4. So we will be looking at some of the details regarding this. So if we could have any one person read out for us the first 7 verses maybe. So 1st Thessalonians chapter 5 verses 1 to 7 please. But concerning the times and the seasons brethren you have no need that I should write to you. For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. For when they say peace and safety then sudden destruction comes upon them as labor pains upon a pregnant woman and they shall not escape. But you brethren are not in darkness so that this day should overtake you as it is. You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep as others do but let us watch and be sober for those who sleep sleep at night and those who get drunk are drunk at night. Thank you. So we see here that when this day of the Lord comes they will be destruction which suddenly comes upon the people of the world. Now this is not something which is mentioned in 1st Thessalonians chapter 4. There it's just the Lord coming in the clouds to collect his people and those who have passed away who have died physically their bodies will be resurrected. So we just saw those details. Here in this day of the Lord there's judgment being brought upon the people. So there are actually two separate events being mentioned over here. Now if we were to just refer to a couple of things in the previous chapter 1st Thessalonians 4 verses 16 to 17 over there it talks about how the Lord will come at the time of the rapture event. It says over there that the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a loud command with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God. So there's a loud command which the Lord gives with the voice of an archangel and a trumpet call is given and when this command and trumpet call are given the dead in Christ will rise first. So it's like a cry of triumph, a cry of victory where God is saying all of you who have died up to now rise up from the dead and you know the people will actually rise up from the dead and death will be defeated. It will stand defeated. I mean because imagine right from the beginning of time from the time that Adam and Eve fell death has been there in the world and nobody can escape it. A person may be the most powerful and influential and rich richest person on earth but then even he dies. Everyone is subject to death and now when Jesus comes on that day you know he gives a loud command with the voice of an archangel and the trumpet call is sounded and literally dead people dead bodies will be resurrected. They will be brought back to life and the people who have died will be rejoined with their physical bodies. So this is similar to what Jesus did with Lazarus. He stands in from the tomb and he says come out. He says to Lazarus and Lazarus comes out. So this is like that kind of a loud command and in 1 Corinthians 15 verses 50 to 52 this thought is repeated again and again over here as well in 1 Corinthians 15 verses 50 to 52 it talks about how the trumpet will be sounded. If we could in fact have someone read out for us those verses 1 Corinthians 15 52 52. Now this I say brethren that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God nor does corruption inherit in corruption. Behold I tell you a mystery we shall not all sleep but we shall all be changed in a moment in the twinkling of an eye at the last trumpet for the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed. Yes so here we see the same thing you know Paul is referring to the same event over here. He says we will not all sleep so not all the believers will die some will still be alive and the ones who are alive they will be changed in a flash in the twinkling of an eye they will receive their resurrected bodies they will be changed and it says when the trumpet will sound the dead will be raised imperishable so the dead persons whose bodies had perished in the ground those bodies will be resurrected so in both these places in 1st Thessalonians 4 and in 1 Corinthians 15 it's talking about a rapture event when the all the believers will be resurrected they will receive their resurrected bodies on the other hand when we look at 1st Thessalonians chapter 5 where it talks about the day of the Lord there's a different description given regarding that it says in verse 3 while people are saying peace and safety destruction will come on them suddenly as labor pains on a pregnant woman and they will not escape so here it talks about Jesus literally coming down to the earth to bring judgment so that will be the second coming event and the judgment is described with the labor pains of a pregnant woman I mean when the you know expectant mother is waiting for the birth of the child there are some indications that you know the child is going to come soon I mean the mother begins to experience contractions you know so there are some signs beforehand which make the mother aware that okay in the near future the baby is going to be coming so in the same way in the last days there are going to be many signs indicating that there's a judgment coming so those who choose to respond to this you know who take the warning which God is giving and they repent they will be saved but there are some who will ignore those signs and they will act as though you know what the warning which is given which is being given will never happen they they just choose to ignore it but just because someone ignores the warning that is being given it doesn't mean that the event will not take place just like in the case of her mother the mother can choose to ignore her contractions though of course that would be difficult to do but you know if even if a mother chooses to ignore the contractions when the time comes the birth will happen the baby will come so in the same way in the end times there are many you know in the book of revelation we see that the angels go through the earth giving a warning you know that judgment is coming so people are given a chance to repent even in that last time in this in this end timings people are given a chance to repent but if they choose to ignore those signs then destruction will come judgment will come and it says they will not escape but you brothers and sisters are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief so here Paul says these people of the world they may choose to ignore what is being you know said by God they may choose to ignore the signs they may choose to ignore the warnings but we who belong to the Lord we shouldn't be taken by surprise the way those people of the world are going to be taken by surprise and because we are people who should be ready all the time we should always be equipping ourselves spiritually doing the things of God so that we will be well prepared for that judgment day so judgment will catch the unbelievers by surprise but should not catch us by surprise so 1st Thessalonians 5 is actually talking about the revelation 19 event where you have the second coming being described in in very in a very grand manner so this revelation 19 event is very different from the rapture event here you literally have God coming with his entire army Jesus coming with his army yeah maybe we could have someone read out some of those verses revelation 19 verses 14 to 16 I think that should be yeah that that should be all right revelation 19 14 to 16 if someone could read out yeah and the armies in heaven cloth in fine linen white and clean followed him on white horses now out of his mouth goes a sharp sword that with it he should strike the nations and he himself will rule them with a rod of iron he himself threads the wine press of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God yeah so here it talks about how Jesus you know when he comes back in the second coming he comes to judge the peoples it says that he threads the wine press of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty so he's now coming to release God's anger and wrath and judgment upon those who have not accepted him in fact this is what the angel says in revelation 1917 he you know the angel cries out and says to the birds in the air come gather together for the great supper of God so that you may eat the flesh of kings generals and the mighty so the second coming is an event of judgment the rapture on the other hand was a peaceful event in the sense the people of God were collected and they received their resurrected bodies so they are two separate events and then in verse five you know Paul goes on to say the people of the world when the second coming happens you know they may be fast asleep they may not prepare themselves for the coming of God so he says so then let us not be like others who are asleep but let us be awake and sober for those who sleep at night and those who get drunk get drunk at night so here there's a distinction may being made between daytime and night time in a metaphorical sense it's not talking about your literal day and the literal night it's using these two terms in a metaphorical sense and so the day is considered as you know the as belonging as belonging to that phase where you have the people of God living in the light in the light of God so it's you know compared to day on the other hand the people of darkness who are not living in the light of God the phase in which they are living that's considered as night over here so you know in Ephesians 5 13 to 14 you have a verse over there in Ephesians 5 13 to 14 where it says that people who are living in the darkness they will you know they are you know following the deeds of darkness and it says in Ephesians 5 14 this is why it is said wake up sleeper rise from the dead and Christ will shine on you so the the image of sleeping is used to talk about spiritual death it's also used to talk about spiritual indifference so here when it talks about people who are sleeping you know in the night it's basically talking about that it's talking about people who are spiritually dead who are not responding to the things of God and Paul says let us not be like those people we should be spiritually alert aware of even the smallest things that God is saying to us so we should not be asleep like them and spiritually dead like them is what he says a second comparison that he uses is of drunkenness people who are drunk are under the influence and control of something else which is outside of them you know they're under the control of the liquor the alcohol that controls them that makes them act in a certain way that makes them take certain decisions so people who on the other hand who are sober who are not drunk they will have self control they will have control over themselves and they can decide what to do and what not to do so that is the distinction which Paul brings out over here the people of the world they are drunk with the things of the world so it's the things of the world the lusts of the world which control them and make them take their decisions on the other hand we who are sober and awake we make our decisions wisely we are not you know swayed by other forces from outside so this actually reminds us of John 9 4 to 4 to 5 you know where it where Jesus talks about day and night and Jesus says over there in John 9 4 to 5 as long as it is day we must do the works of him who sent me night is coming when no one can work so daytime is is metaphorically used to talk about that time when you know the grace of God is still available to anyone who wishes to repent the work of God is going on the people of God are working to bring unbelievers into the kingdom so all this is happening during the day when when the grace of God is still being available openly being offered to people night will be the time when judgment comes off so once it becomes night and once judgment comes there's no second chance left for the people of the world who have not repented so once night comes even the church of God can no longer continue to no do its work of saving people sharing the gospel all that will be closed so which is why Jesus urges in John 9 and he says as long as it is day you know continue to do the works of God because once it becomes night it will be too late and nobody can be saved so so here Paul is using that imagery of day and night and he says let us act like people who belong to the day and not to the night so how are we supposed to be sober and awake how exactly do we do that that is explained in verse 8 if we could have someone read out for us versus 8 to 11 yeah chapter 5 verses 8 to 11 please but let us who are of the day be sober putting on the breastplate of faith and love and as a helmet the hope of salvation for God did not appoint us to rot but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ who died for us that whether we wake or sleep we should live together with him therefore comfort each other and edify one another just as you also are doing yeah so um how do we stay sober and awake we stay sober and awake by putting on faith and love as a breastplate and the hope of salvation as a helmet so again Paul brings up this theme of faith hope and love if you notice the breastplate is made up of two things over here you know he uses the imagery of the breastplate to talk about faith and love it's not enough for us to just have a faith in Jesus to believe that he can do wonderful things in our lives to trust that he will provide for us it is good to believe it is good to have faith but they must also be love they both of these things together work as a breastplate so you cannot just say I want to have one and not the other so if a person is full of faith but they have no love then the breastplate would be incomplete which is why in Galatians 5 6 when we were covering that it talks about what kind of a faith we should have over there in Galatians 5 6 it says the only thing that counts you know over there Paul is talking about how it's not important whether you're circumcised or uncircumcised the only thing that counts is faith what kind of faith uh faith expressing itself through love so it's not enough to have faith it should be that kind of a faith in Christ which actually expresses itself in loving God and loving people so that kind of a faith is what counts uh so here it is uh you know Paul says that it's both faith and love which together make up the breastplate so you need to be acting in faith and a faith which is expressed in love that kind of a faith that will become your breastplate and then you also should be wearing the hope of salvation as a helmet because the Satan will attack us with thoughts you know saying what are you achieving I mean all the ministry that you're doing is it of any effect you know so negative thoughts like that or Satan may bring thoughts saying you know you have undergone so much persecution you've been so sincere but what reward have you received you know you see other Christians who are not even interested in you know growing in the Lord and their lives are going well you on the other hand are enduring so many tribulations and sufferings so negative thoughts like that you know may attack our minds or we may have doubts regarding the scripture itself you know Satan may cause us to doubt the word uh he may may may start thinking um is this what this verse really means maybe you know maybe this is not the correct interpretation and so we kind of lose faith in those promises which God is giving to us so there are different ways in which Satan would try to attack our thinking our thoughts and so the hope of salvation serves as a helmet this word of God and what is written over there in in in those scriptures if we can continuously cover our minds with those scriptures then those scriptures act as a hope and as a helmet and they will guard us from the attacks of the evil one so we need the breastplate of faith expressing itself through love and we need the helmet of salvation which is basically all the scriptures which tell us who we are and what our status is and what God has done for us um so we need to put on these two things and live in a sober way because God has not really appointed us for wrought but rather he wanted us to have salvation he wanted us to have the privilege of living with him always whether we are awake or asleep in the sense of whether we are alive or whether we are dead it doesn't matter the the destination the future which he has for us is the privilege of living with him always and this is such a grand privilege not even death can take us away from God you know death in fact will bring us closer to God because we will literally be in his presence so this is the privilege which we are looking forward to therefore Paul says in verse 11 therefore encourage one another and build each other up just as in fact you are doing so he says do not get discouraged you know uh continue to encourage each other to stay faithful to the Lord he says um there was this phrase which I came across in your notes uh which you know uh sounded good it says believers do not need to be hearing something new all the time but they often do need to remind themselves of what they already know so that they do not forget it you know because um we always want to hear new things uh exciting things things which will catch our fancy you know and uh when we go to the church and the pastor does not preach anything new but he has just you know told us what we already know we come back home and we say ah the sermon was so boring I know all that already so this is actually such a valid statement um it says in your notes believers do not need to be hearing something new all the time but they often do need to remind themselves of what they already know so we don't always have to be running after fancy teachings the basic solid word of God which is already you know being taught to us if we can just remind each other of that and encourage each other to hold on to that that will prepare us for the second coming and in fact for the rapture so um the word of God is not meant to entertain the word of God is given so that we can constantly go on reminding ourselves of it and living according to it so that we are built up so that we become mature so that when the rapture happens and then later when the judgment of God takes place you know we can stand there confidently knowing that uh we have taken the effort to grow in God um so he that's why he says you know encourage one another build each other up do not get discouraged do not be like those people of the world who are sleeping and who are unaware of spiritual things then okay verse 12 onwards um if we could have someone read out maybe from verse 12 all the way up to verse 15 yes verses 12 to 15 please and we urge you brethren to recognize those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you and to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake be at peace among yourselves now we exhort you brethren warn those who are unruly comfort the faint hearted uphold the weak be patient with all see that no one renders evil for evil to anyone but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all yeah so he has told us that we should be sober not drunk we should be sober and awake now he's explaining you know this is some of the things which you can do to prepare yourself to stay sober to stay awake so the first thing that he says is you know there have been leaders appointed over you by God he says acknowledge the hard work that they are putting in you know because they are trying to care for you in the Lord they're trying to care for you in the way that the Lord would care for you if he were physically here so because they are putting in that effort you know acknowledge their efforts and he he says they also admonish you you know they correct you so when they are doing that hold them in the highest regard in love you know don't hate them don't be angry with them don't backbite and speak against them rather accept the correction which they are offering and he says live in peace with each other because this is one of the main points you know that we come across in almost every church setting where satan tries to um tries to bring um some kind of unrest and disunity between the leadership and the congregation you know so this is one tactic which satan uses to to make the church ineffective so that we are not ready and prepared for the Lord's coming um it is the responsibility of the leaders uh to care for the for the flock in the same way that the Lord would care for the flock which would obviously mean even discipline you know so in the same with the Lord uh not only shows love and patience he also corrects and disciplines in the same way even the leadership will have to take those steps they will have to admonish so satan will try to instigate the congregation and make them develop you know a grudge or some kind of anger towards the leaders so he's he's warning them and he's telling them don't allow the evil want to take advantage in this manner continue to hold the leadership in high regard in love you know continue to love them and he says live in peace with each other and then he goes on to give other um instructions uh which are important for being sober and awake you know so the first thing he says uh warn those who are idle and disruptive now this is generally what happens anyone who's idle will also most likely start becoming disruptive because you know that um you have that popular saying i mean it's not in the bible but there's a popular saying that says an idle mind is the devil's workshop so if you're idle if you're if you're not occupied in doing the things of god the devil will start using your idle mind for his doings so being idle is a dangerous thing so um paul says warn those who are idle and disruptive in fact he he speaks sharply about this in the second letter you know because like i had said earlier some of the people uh were thinking that Jesus is going to come back very very soon and so they had you know stopped working and because they're idle and they have too much time on their hands now they were meddling in other people's affairs and they were you know bringing about disunity and there was disruption going on so one very useful piece of advice for anyone who wants to stay sober and awake stay busy doing the things of God of course we can be busy with the things of the world i mean you know um you know gathering money and adding to our status and uh you know there are worldly pursuits with which we can stay very very busy but stay busy doing the things of God if you're doing that that is a very good way to prepare yourself for the second coming um the second thing that you can actually do is encourage the disheartened you know we come across believers when we're having just our general chats and conversations we sometimes notice that some people are feeling very discouraged you know they they feel like they have been sincere followed the Lord and everything has gone wrong and they are wondering whether God will ever do anything good for them in the future and they're losing hope so one very wonderful thing that we can do while we are waiting for the second coming of the Lord one very good thing that we can do is encourage the disheartened those who are you know feeling very discouraged because life has been very tough for them and they are wondering whether there's any future hope so we must encourage the disheartened the third thing he says help the weak this probably refers to you know new believers they are weak in the sense they have not yet grown enough in God so they don't trust God as much because I mean simply because they don't know him that intimately yet the more you start getting from the Lord know the Lord intimately the easier it is to trust him because you really know his heart you really know how he is and so it's it's it's easy for you to trust on the other hand someone who has not yet grown in God much who is still spiritually weak they are they still haven't learned to trust God enough because they still don't know him that well and so such people would need a support network till they can really grow other believers should help them you know support them encourage them and maybe even admonish them to hold on to God and not you know go back into temptation not to go back into sin so someone has to help the new believers until they can become stronger and become more mature I mean where would I be today if it had not been for so many people who invested in my life you know back then when I was weak spiritually weak oh I was thinking I was I was wonderful person because you know um because I was growing and I was feeling very confident and all of that but in reality I was still quite weak and then it was the people around me who corrected me who encouraged me they helped me to start getting stronger and stronger so we need to help those who are still spiritually weak because once a person becomes a believer they become very confident in the thing oh now I'm part of the family of God and now you know the Lord's favor is upon me so they tend to get overconfident and they don't realize that they need to actually grow so it is we who have you know battled all the you know schemes and strategies of the evil one we know from experience how it is how easy it is to fall so we are in a position to you know warn these new believers and help them to hold on so that they don't have to go through what we went through you know so we have to help the weak and it also says be patient with everyone make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong this is such an important you know commandment because when we are moving about in a church setting you know um associating with one another interacting with one another we will get hurt by somebody or the other I mean you know this this is bound to happen because in all relationships there are negative things which take place so in such circumstances the command that is given is be patient with everyone make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong so even if our feelings get hurt even if someone's does something which you know harms us in some way the command we are given is to not pay back wrong for wrong rather be patient so this is very very important because satan can use this to make believers ineffective to make the church ineffective you remember when we know when when earlier in in the earlier verse when paul says let us be sober putting on faith and love as a breastplate you see that breastplate needs to have faith but that breastplate also needs to have love otherwise that breastplate will be full of holes what what would happen to a soldier if he went on you know into the battlefield with a breastplate that is that is full of holes the arrows of the enemy can pierce him you know the arrows can get into his lungs and you know pierce his heart and the soldier would be dead so it is so important that your breastplate not only be made up of faith but it also should be made up of love what kind of a love a love that is so patient that it endures even though the other person is being rude or hurtful and they they choose not in the church there are so many human interactions this is of you know people upsetting one another this becomes a very important thing to remember just to you know dwell a little more on this point in Psalm 103 verses 8 to 10 it describes how the Lord treats us and I think we should have the same attitude I think this verse you know this passage in Psalm 103 fits very well with what is being commanded over here in the Thessalonian passage so if we could actually have someone go to Psalm 103 and read out verses 8 to 10 please Psalm 103 verses 8 to 10 the Lord is merciful and gracious slow to anger and abounding in mercy he will not always try with us nor will he keep his anger forever he has not dealt with us according to our sins nor punished us according to our inequities this is how the Lord treats us you know with compassion and grace now we are expected to show that same kind of compassion and grace towards those who may be hurting us or who you know someone who might have wronged us so here in the Psalm 103 passage it talks about you know the Lord being long suffering or in you know some versions it will say slow to anger that Hebrew word that I think we have touched upon this earlier the Hebrew word that is used over there literally if you were to translate that Hebrew word it would be basically the Lord is long of nose you know the nose it's like as if he has a long nose that's literally the wording that is used in Hebrew if you were to literally translate it long of nose is translated in English as long suffering or slow to anger because the nose was associated with anger you know when a person gets angry it's like as if they are you know it's like as if there's smoke coming out of their nostrils so that was the image which the Hebrew people had in their mind so someone who was who is long of nose basically is a person whose nose does not get heated up easily their anger is not kindled easily so basically they considered Yahweh as a God who is long of nose is long suffering his anger does not get kindled very quickly so you know you will not have the the the fumes the smoke being formed in in his nostrils very very quickly so that's the word picture that is used we should be in the same way so we should be patient with everyone is what Paul says do not so we should be long of nose our anger should not be kindled very very fast we should be patient and we should see that we do not pay back wrong for wrong so the latter portion of that verse it says but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else so when someone hurts us what should be our response we should strive to do what is good and this thought is brought out very very nicely in Romans chapter 12 17 to 21 so if we could have someone read out that you know almost exactly what is being said over here that is repeated in greater detail in Romans chapter 12 so if someone could read out Romans 12 17 to 21 Romans 12 17 to 21 Romans chapter 12 verse 17 to 21 repay no one evil for evil have regard for good things in the sight of all men if it is possible as much as depends on you live peacefully with all men beloved do not avenge yourselves but rather give place to wrath for it is written vengeance is mine I will repay says the lord therefore if your enemy is hungry feed him if he's thirsty give him a drink for in so doing you'll heap coals of fire on his head do not be overcome by evil but overcome evil with good yes so I mean I remember one time in my life when I was really upset very very angry with someone and that person had genuinely hurt me you know so I was very very upset about that and so the Lord spoke to me from this passage he said do not repay anyone evil for evil no anyone even the person who feel you feel has wronged you a lot you have no right to repay them evil for evil and this verse 21 really caught my eye it says do not be overcome by evil but overcome evil with good because I was on the verge of being overcome by evil I wanted to lash out I wanted to hurt that person and the Lord said do not be overcome by evil but rather overcome evil with good too good for that person speak good about that person you know so that really convicted me at that point of time and so here over here when Paul is writing to the Romans he uses a verse from Proverbs where he talks about if your enemy is hungry feed him if he's thirsty give him something to drink and it says over there in doing this you will heap burning coals on his head I'm pretty sure we covered this particular you know verse in one of our classes so in those days especially in that Mediterranean you know region the nights are extremely cold so they would basically have this burning coals you know they would keep it near their bedside so that they can get some warmth from it I mean especially if they're sleeping out in the open like you know like have shepherds who sleep in the open you have people who live in huts who do not have proper houses they would basically have these coals burning coals near them so that the heat which is generated from that you know will be like a like a warmth and a comfort to them to them so even though your enemy has hurt you you in fact lovingly liberally generously give him an entire you know a tray of burning coals to take along with him so even as he's carrying that on his head you know it gives him warmth it um it comforts him but this is there's another side to it if that person to whom you have showed kindness and love is not grateful for what you have done then God will you know bring judgment against that person so those burning coals rather than giving them warmth would in fact turn like a judgment against them so there's a kind of double imagery when that particular verse is used in Proverbs that is the actual Old Testament meaning for that particular verse and that's the way the people of Israel would have understood it in those days so here you know in the Romans passage Paul is saying this is the way you should respond to someone who has hurt you you know feed them if they are thirsty give them drink and in this way you know heat burning coals on their head liberally generously give them all the coal that they need let it bring them warmth let it bring them comfort and if they still work against you in spite of the kindness which you are showing God will take care of it God will judge with you know like it says in verse 19 do not take revenge my dear friends but leave room for God's wrath God knows very well how to deal with the situation so you make room for him to deal with it in his own way you don't take the action into your own hands from your side all your all your expectations to do is generously give those burning coals so that you know that person can be can be warmed and comforted and too good to them so here in our Thessalonian passage coming back you know now that we have understood what is being said he Paul commands and says be patient with everyone make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else so this should be our attitude towards each other you know when we are hurt or we are angry about something and then he comes to these to this next portion where he says rejoice always pray continually give thanks in all circumstances for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus these verses are being written to the Thessalonian believers who have undergone a lot of persecution who are suffering even when we know when he sends this letter even during that time they are still suffering we saw that in verse Thessalonians chapter 2 where Paul says in the same way the believers in Jerusalem you know were persecuted for their faith you guys have been persecuted to that level and you have been faithful so we'll dwell more upon these verses when we come back from our breaks thank you