 Okay, we'll pray. Okay You know what we've seen and what we read in 2nd Corinthians chapter 12 the Paul says of Spiritual experiences that he's had taken up to seven third heavens and This is and and we know that that's for that was for a purpose and every spiritual experience, you know God gives to Our God Takes us through is to really reinforce the fact is that he's all-powerful. He's all-knowing and also serves a purpose Every vision every prophetic word You know, there's a call of God. There's an assignment of God So for man God brings that Accomplishes that so let's let's just pray and ask God To reveal his mind reveal his will reveal his purposes in all these wonderful ways right through his word through his spirit through through Maybe even through other people To minister to us through the prophetic word through Visions and dreams and you know other encounters Let's pray and ask the Lord to do that father We thank you this morning that you're sovereign God that you're all-powerful one all-knowing one and this morning God We we come before you in all humility We come before you yielded and surrendered and we ask God that you would yield that you would Lord reveal. Oh God your plan your purposes Reveal your mind to us. Oh God your heart to us Lord In all these wonderful ways that we see in scripture Especially what we read in second contents 12 Lord all these virtual experiences that The Paul had God and we know it was for a specific purpose and Lord we also ask that you would You would reveal yourself to us in all these wonderful ways and We know that you're a God who cannot be contained or God that you are all-powerful all-knowing one So we ask Lord we we open up our hearts to you We ask that you would open our eyes to see you open our ears to hear you God We thank you give you all the praise and glory in Jesus matchless name. We pray. Amen Okay, oh Monday. You were in Chennai. Okay Lot of rains there Yeah, okay, so let's let's look at second content. I think we stopped at verse 6, right So Paul talking about how he was caught up to heaven and What he experienced there so he talks about that and also Talks about some of this what he heard And he says that it was in inexpressible words right Which is not lawful for man to utter meaning that It's it's he's not permitted to speak those words or to Give a revelation of that here on earth right So he talks about that I mean he mentions that Okay, let me just share the screen Okay, then he goes on to talk about something else in verse 7 and And verse 7 to 10 He actually gives an explanation For why he says in you know in the previous chapter chapter 11 and verse 30 He says, you know, I will boast in the things which concern my infirmity or which concern my weakness and body weakness in my mind Or feebleness of body, you know, that's what infirmity is so he's saying that you know He would rather boast in that and here it's kind of explanation Why he takes pleasure or why he can actually boast in those kind of things Because normally speaking, you know, nobody would like to boast about that You would like to boast about your strength. You would like to boast about or talk highly about your accomplishments So, but why does he say that I would boast in Something that results in feebleness of body and mind. Why should he say that? Right, so here he gives, you know, the explanation for that. Okay, let's read Chapter sorry chapter 12 verse 7 and lest I should be exalted above measure By the abundance of the revelations a thorn in the flesh was given to me a Messenger of Satan to buffet me lest I be exalted above measure Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me and He said to me My grace is sufficient for you for my strength is made perfect in weakness Therefore most gladly I would rather boast in my infirmities That the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore, I Take pleasure in infirmities and reproaches in needs in persecutions in distresses For Christ's sake for when I am weak Then I am strong Okay So verse 7 verse 7 says lest I should be exalted Above measure by the abundance of the revelation so Paul is a person who We know that he wrote two-thirds of the New Testament. There was an abundance of revelation revelation of the truth of God's word Which was which was not revealed to any other, you know it was was revealed to him and you know, especially about the cross especially about The substitutionary work of Christ and and so on so so many things about the gifts of the spirit which we see in the previous episode and In the book of Romans, you know about righteousness that comes through faith in Christ and and so on right so a lot of Revelation so he's saying lest I should be exalted lest that you know, he be exalted above measure By the by these revelations, he says a thorn in the flesh was given to me now very interesting and he says lest I become puffed up Or rest I be exalted above measure in beyond the ordinary means A thorn in the flesh Was given to me a messenger of Satan to perfect me lest I be exalted above measure. So that's the objective Lest he be exalted by the abundance of revelations now A lot of people, you know, so he says a thorn in the flesh Thorn is something that's very nagging irritating painful You know, which is there over and over again, which you know causes one to be irritated Which causes pain which causes this discomfort, right? So he talks about that Something called the thorn in the flesh. So a lot of people have tried to explain what this thorn in the flesh is and But when we look at that verse itself He says a thorn in the flesh was given and he kind of explains that he says a messenger of Satan to buff it. Okay, so which which means that there was this Messenger of Satan. Okay, so people have tried to explain maybe it was a Physical condition. Maybe it was a sickness right, maybe it was a Problem with his eyes Maybe it was, you know, something like that. So But when we look at the text itself he explains who it was or what it was he says it was a messenger of Satan Okay The word messenger again in the Greek meaning angel loss The word angel from which we get the word angel the Greek word angel loss, which means It can be used for heavenly being it can use for, you know, earthly beings also a messenger or You know, someone who's a spiritual leader Who was who was really a spokesperson or someone who was communicating a message, right? So we see in Revelation the same word used for the for the leaders of the church is the angel loss, right? So So it's the angel loss or angel of Satan the messenger of Satan So, so what was the messenger of Satan's? objective was to buffet him to Come trouble him to the buffet means to strike over and over again to hit over and over again So we don't know in what nature in what way the message of Satan was Troubling it, but it says that this was something that happened okay, and In the previous chapter like chapter 11 Paul talks about the kind of hardships he endured when he says, you know The things that qualify him to be a minister of God so List on law various things like these talks about Punishments he talks about dangers and some of these things he actually willingly took it upon himself the sense he would say, okay I need to go I need to travel. I need to share the gospel So something that was intentional he went about doing it and as a result of it He faced those hardships or dangers. Maybe, you know rough weather Shipwreck and all those things and some of the other things where what people did to him right an opposition to the gospel work Okay, so this was a persecution And people are posing the message and all that so that was in opposition to the work, right? So so what did Paul do? Right, so this this messenger of Satan this The came to Buffett in and Let's he be exalted right and Paul immediately prayed to the Lord verse 8 we see that concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord So he prayed he asked the Lord not once but twice three times, which means which means the You know the condition persisted or the messenger of Satan Doing whatever he was doing that was persisting and so he prayed three times that it might depart and He said to me meaning the Lord to whom he prayed he said to him My grace is sufficient for you For my strength is made perfect in Weakness, okay, so what is he saying? You know my grace is Sufficient is enough and we know that you know, he uses this word sufficient A couple of times in this episode, you know, we see that he uses In chapter 3 verse 5, you know, not that we are sufficient of ourselves, but our sufficiency Is from God? Okay, so he makes us Competent he makes us We bring gives us the ability is what he's saying. So here is what is the Lord saying, you know, my grace is sufficient it's it's enough it is more than enough and To make you competent right to make you to give you the ability so saying I will My grace is sufficient for you for my strength is made perfect in weakness This is what the Lord says my strength the Lord's strength is made perfect or is brought to completion in The weakness that he was experiencing, okay, so My strength is made perfect in weakness. Okay, so that was the explanation The Lord saying that grace is my grace is sufficient because my strength Would will will be enough to make Make you sufficient, right? so Paul says verse 9 second part of it therefore most gladly Okay, therefore most Gladly, so he's come to that conclusion Because I heard this from the Lord that he will make his strength perfect or complete In my weakness in what I'm going through in my feebleness Most gladly says I will Rather boast in my infirmities I will boast in these kind of conditions because Because of what the Lord does what do you see do that the power of Christ may Rest upon me because God has promised something the Lord has promised something the Lord Jesus was promised something saying that my grace is Efficient my strength is made perfect in your weakness So there is a maturing of my strength in you in you Despite your weakness or in your weakness so So Paul came to the conclusion and he says, you know, therefore I boast I Take pleasure verse 10 he says therefore Verse 9 he says therefore I will boast in my infirmities Why that the power of God will rest upon me Okay, so that's the thing, you know, he's not boasting because he's going through some some kind of you know Struggle and he's not boasting. Oh, look at me. I'm you know, I'm going through this He's boasting because the power of Christ rests upon him Right verse 10. I take pleasure in infirmities in reproaches in needs in persecutions in distresses for Christ's sake So all this you know infirmities reproaches needs persecutions distresses for the sake of Christ so which means in the path of ministry or while sharing the message or the as a result of Doing ministry as a result of that when he's experiencing all this He says I take pleasure in it, right? I will gladly I will gladly go through it I will gladly go through all these things distresses But look at the reason I'm doing it for Christ's sake but the reason is that for when I am weak Then I am strong Okay, so that's the conclusion It's not that I continue to be weak. I continue to you know be in that state of help listeners and you know, I Failure or whatever No, because when I when I'm in that state then Christ strength and power Is made perfect in me matured in me As a result of it when I'm weak actually I'm strong So he's saying I would rather you know boast I take pleasure he says I take pleasure in infirmities That's worse than you know, it's a Which means it's a great, you know It's a great testimony For one to say that I take pleasure in it Which means that he's thinking well of it If he goes goes through a persecution He's actually not thinking of it as a difficulty, but he's actually thinking well of it You know, he's having something positive to talk about it and the Greek word says you know to think well off or to You know to think good off to be pleased about You know it also means, you know to be even pleased to this extent of being willing to go through it So he takes I he says I take pleasure in it Why? Because when I'm weak Then I am strong so he knows that he will experience the power of God He will experience the power of God in his in his body in his mind in that situation That circumstance he will experience because he's become a target for the power of God and So he says that you know, I I take pleasure because I will experience this I'll experience the power of God and When he experiences the power of God then he can boldly declare that I am strong Strong, I'm strong. I experience the power of God to both endure and to overcome To endure and to overcome, you know Paul He says right You know in the previous In the previous episode he says led in a triumphant procession in Christ Jesus And and so on so that there's victory in the blood of Jesus in all his episodes You know, he talks about the victory that we are more than conquerors through Christ and so on so So he says that you know, there is I'm favorably I Think of all these things favorably Whatever I go through. I think of it favorably. I take pleasure in it because When I am weak then I am strong Okay, so a couple of things for us to remember. Okay, what is this? thorn in the flesh So, you know, there could be many Many references To thorn in the fence or maybe speculation, you know, maybe it is Maybe it is Let's say people might say maybe it is referring to some kind of a Sickness maybe it is some kind of Condition in his body Etc. But we need to be clear, you know, there is very Paul explains in that same verse itself. What is that thorn in the flesh? He so he explains that so there's no need for any other You know conclusion or any any doubt about it So he's specifically talking about that, right? So so he's because of which he takes pleasure in He thinks favorably about He lists down certain things infirmities reproaches which means insults of people insulting him He says it's fine, you know, because when I go through that for the sake of the gospel Then I experience the power of God Infirmity is weakness of body. Well, he talks about it. No, he says in hunger If you look at chapter 11 and verse 27 says in weariness and toil in sleeplessness in hunger in thirst in Fastings in cold and nakedness. So these are all, you know, some things physically discomfort and infirmities that is is going through so You know that also for the sake of Christ, right? He talks about reproaches. He talks about needs maybe, you know, some necessities that I need these things some constraints some persecutions and You know, some anguish and pressure, you know, press me all these is going through For the sake of ministry for the sake of taking the gospel and for the sake of doing ministry But he says that you know all this I take pleasure because I know that the power of God will rest upon me I know that his strength the Lord's strength is made Perfect or complete in my weakness So I will live I'll be able to endure it. I'll be able to go through it I'll be able to still be able to minister with the power of God. So that's the perspective No, that's the reason why Paul says, you know, I take pleasure In infirmities, I will boast in infirmities. So, you know, these two things we need to be clear off because You know First of all to understand that yes, tharn in the flesh Paul is talking about a messenger of satan. He's not talking about anything else like a messenger of satan to come and strike him and and secondly He's he's saying that he takes pleasure in it In all those things that he lists List down the difficulties that the power of God may rest upon him so that he might end your hand overcome that Okay, so that's the second thing we need to remember and the third thing, you know about this this this You know this passage this portion of scripture that we need to also understand is that um that um, you know that that we come to a place of Knowing in the sense We know that God is not Visiting people with sickness, you know, he The Lord Jesus he carried Our sickness on the cross. He carried the symptoms of sickness disease And everything on the cross so that we might be healed so that we might receive healing. So um, so that's the that's what the Lord Jesus did for us on the cross. So therefore What he died for what he carried on the cross Is he did that so that he might remove it from our lives Okay, not to reintroduce it into our lives Okay, we need to be sure of that. So that's the third thing. You know that it's not that God is giving this Sickness in order to humble us Okay, sometimes people come to that, you know He's he's giving this sickness in order to humble. No, he took it on the cross so that we might be free of it Okay, what about, you know, these kind of things that is happening in my life. It is to humble me Scripture is very clear. It says that it was given to Paul. He received an abundance of revelation the abundance of revelation and So much that he wrote two-thirds of the New Testament so We don't even come close Right to qualify for that And so we might say, you know, oh because of abundance of revelation because of all these things that I've experienced and gone through and What the Lord has taught in my life and taught me because of which, you know, I'm being humbled Through all these things. No, you and I do not even qualify right, um, he was an apostle with a very unique calling and he He was a founding apostle, which means he laid down the doctrine and And scripture God used him the Lord used him to, you know Write down scripture lay down scripture. So It was a very unique call. So you and I do not qualify for that So we should not come to that conclusion and say, you know Oh, I've got this thorn in the flesh because of the abundance of revelation. We don't qualify for that So some of these things for us to remember and keep in mind when we go through these passages, right? Okay, let's read verse 11 Onwards, okay It's of course a continuation. So here, you know, you you read some more and you you see some more revelation of Of him saying, you know, I take pleasure in firmities verse 11 I have become a fool in boasting You have compelled me for I ought to have been commended by you For in nothing was I behind the most eminent apostles though I am nothing Truly the signs of an apostle were accomplished among you with all perseverance In signs and wonders and mighty deeds For what is it which you were inferior to other churches except that I myself was not burdensome to you forgive me this wrong Okay, so what is he saying? You know, he's come he's he's talking about the other apostles, right if you if you look at Chapter 11 He's looking he's he's You know whom he called the eminent apostles Right. He's saying I'm not inferior to them. I'm not in any way Lower than those eminent apostles, you know, which we read in chapter 11 and verse 5 and and in fact, they are false apostles because the way they live their life the way they Ministered was was to take something out of people and not to add to them, right to to to Take of their things to know to actually rob them to To he says, you know, even to strike them on the face You know, it was like that the way they ministered was like striking them on the face And so that was how they They ministered that is how they lived their lives. So here Paul says, you know You have compelled me to boast about that you have compelled me to by because of your action Because of your behavior, you know, you've compelled me to talk about that So I've become a fool in boasting I've boasted about I've compared myself to them. I've talked about my life You know myself And my ministry to you and so on. So, you know, I've I was I was not inferior, you know, I'm not In any way lower Than those people, you know, as you suppose as you Judge externally. I'm not in any way lower than that. Okay First well, he says truly the signs of an apostle was confirmed Or we accomplished among you Right the signs of an apostle. It was actually Very clearly displayed among you is what he's saying. And what are those signs? He says with all perseverance, right the signs of an apostle. So He goes on to say, you know Something supernatural happened signs wonders mighty deeds In signs wonders and mighty deeds These signs of the apostle were accomplished Among you Okay, we're actually brought about In among you and I was there among you in the church So this was accomplished. This was performed Right these signs. You saw it. You saw the signs. You saw the miracles. You saw the Mighty deeds that happened. So it was done among you and And then he goes on to say, you know for in what way In in What is it in which you were in fear to other churches when you compare to other churches? You know, I was not burdensome to you Okay If in any way you think that, you know, I was inferior or He's saying in in in what way, you know, you were inferior to other churches In no way except that I did not burden you with my needs I I Did not take any money from you. I did not burden you. Okay, so Signs of the apostles were accomplished among them. So he says I was not in any way inferior Okay, let's read from verse 14 now Now for the third time I'm ready to come to you and I will not be burdensome to you for I do not seek yours But you for the children ought not to lay up for the parents but the parents for the children And I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls Though the more abundantly I love you the less I am loved But be that as it may I did not burden you nevertheless being crafty. I caught you by cunning Did I take advantage of you by any of those whom I sent to you? I urged Titus And sent our brother with him Did Titus take advantage of you did we not walk in the same spirit? Did we not walk in the same steps? Again, do you think that we excuse ourselves to you? We speak before God in Christ, but we do all things beloved for your edification For I fear lest when I come I shall not find you such as I wish And that I shall be found by you such as you do not wish Lest there be contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions Pack biting, whisperings, conceits, tumours Lest when I come again, my God will humble me among you And I shall mourn for many who have sinned before and have not repented Of the uncleanness, fornication, and lewdness which they have practiced Okay, so Paul here is saying, you know, I'm coming for the third time First time was when he was there with them And then he was there for about 18 months, one and a half years He taught and the second time was on the way to Macedonia. It was an unplanned visit So now it's going to be the third time He's saying I'm ready and I will not be burdensome again, you know as true to the way he ministered He's not going to be burdensome. He's not going to use or take any of their money So he says for I do not seek yours Meaning I do not seek what belongs to you Okay, but I seek you know you as a person. I respect you. I honor you And I long to be with you and he also says, you know She talks about how much he loves them Though they do not reciprocate that same love Though, you know in their actions in their speech, they don't Show that same love that Paul has shown them. Okay, so he says Um, you do not you do not show that same kind of love Um, the more abundantly I love the less I am loved Okay And yeah in verse 14, he also says, you know the children ought not to lay up for the parents, you know I'm not going to come and because for me you are my spiritual children Um, so actually in the natural the the children don't usually Lay up money means to save or store You know wealth For the sake of the parents. No, they don't do that. It's it's the parents responsibility Or they are the parents are the ones who actually save and store wealth So that the children can receive that so that's the heart of the parents So this is the heart I have so therefore I do not seek yours your material benefit or what you what belongs to you I don't seek that but I just seek you as a person right, um, so he's saying, um, you know The he doesn't you know, he says it doesn't matter, you know the fact that I am loved less Even though I I love abundantly. I'm loved less by you, you know be that acid. Maybe I'm saying it's fine It's okay I did not burden you Nevertheless being crafty. I caught you by cunning Okay, um, did I take advantage of you? By any of those whom I sent to you now paul And his ministry team is talking about titers. He's talking about the other brother, you know, he's not named but um So he says I I urge titers and sent our brother with them Did titers take advantage of you did we not walk in the same steps in the same spirit? So he's saying we ministered in the same way. We lived our life in the same way. Okay, so We did not in any way Take advantage of you take advantage of you know your hospitality take advantage of your things We did not do that. Um, you know, um, so he says, you know I we speak before god in christ and god is the witness That whatever we do on the way we lived our life in the way we ministered It was for your edification So the way minister, you know paul communicated spiritual truth paul also confronted their, you know mistakes He corrected them. So everything was for their edification to build them up Right. It was never to destroy their lives so And verse 20 and 20 21 says, you know, I fear This is my fear that when I come I will not see you as I wish to see you Right. So what he's saying is that when I come and uh If there's still fights, you know, you still have fights. You still there's the works of the flesh like You know, there's selfish ambitions and backbiting and whisperings and and pride and and all these things are there I don't wish to see you that way Right. My fear is that if I come and I still see you like that And my fear is also that You see me The way you don't wish to see me, you know, I which means that I come Um In a way to discipline to bring in correction in stern, um, you know being stern and being firm Uh, and I and my my fear is that you don't wish to see me that way Right because he's already you know, they've already encountered his correction and everything and his you know strong words so this is my fear he says if such things are there if contentions and and You know strife strife and fornication and lewdness and all these works of the flesh are there Then he is compelled. He is going to be strict. He's going to be You know, uh, going to bring in correction. He's going to discipline them So he's saying my fear is that you know, you don't wish to see me that way and I don't wish to see you with all these things So, um, so with that we come to the end of chapter 12 Okay, so, uh before we go to chapter 13 any, um Any doubts any questions? We can talk about that especially about chapter 12 Any any doubts and or anything that you want to share Also, so I hope I hope it's clear about, uh, the thorn in the flesh Uh, I hope it's clear about, uh, why paul was in his infirmities Um, you know, sometimes we might think no the way infirmities Uh, if it is some kind of a physical condition and the logis is carried it upon himself on the cross Now why is paul boasting about it if he's you know going through these kind of things? Well, the reason is that he will experience the power of god to endure and overcome. Okay So that's the thing um Okay Any any doubts at all? Okay Then let's look at chapter 13 Okay, that's the that's the conclusion of this episode Let's look at chapter, uh, 13 Okay, so chapter 13 Let's read the first few verses This will be the third time i'm coming to you By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established I have told you before and foretell as if I were present the second time And now being absent. I write to those who have sinned before and to all the rest that if I come again I will not spare Since you seek a proof of christ speaking in me who is not weak towards you Mighty in you For though he was crucified in weakness yet he lives by the power of god For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of god towards you Examine yourself as to whether you are in the faith test yourselves Do you not know yourselves That jesus christ is in you Unless indeed you are disqualified But I trust that you will know that we are not disqualified Okay so, um You know, he says that He will not hold back when he visits them again this third time when he is is saying that I want to tell you that And i'm writing to you now To all those who have sinned before Uh and to everyone The same when I come and if I see the same kind of things I will not spare you You know, I will not hold myself back. I there will be discipline There will be disciplinary action. There will be correction Okay now He says since you seek a proof of christ speaking in me Who's not weak towards you but mighty in you Okay, mighty in you so the the The content charge and also some of them they were comparing paul to other Apostles and wanted to see the proof of christ work like in him in paul um probably You know more of science more of Wonders whatever, you know but so paul says that You know He lives by the power of god. He was crucified in weakness talking about the lord jesus and we also Are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of god towards you so that will be, you know, you will Experience, you know, though you are weak physically and in appearance, etc What you will experience the miraculous power what he does in us and through you through us, right? so um So those of you are comparing and who want to want to see that He says you first of all examine yourself You check you investigate you examine yourself To see whether you are in the faith Okay And not disqualified so you're saying, you know, are you living? Are you living according to? the The faith are you living according to the commitment to christ? Are you living according to christ? Or is it just an external religious thing? Right, so you you check yourself you examine yourself And that word examine means to to test to To objectively look at oneself to scrutinize means to look carefully um So, you know, it's none nothing of the external things right so external things like maybe probably, you know You can't say just because a person is attending church Or just because a person does some religious duties. Okay. I'm giving Uh x amount of money to the no to ministry or to church Because of that, you know, I am in christ, you know, that's that's not the case at all So he's saying, you know, you you examine yourself. You see that you are not disqualified in any way right because All these external things are not what qualifies us so So do you not you know, he says verse five. Do you not know yourselves that jesus christ is in you? So that's the qualification Christ is in us That the holy spirit in dwells us now. That's the qualification nothing else None none of those external things are the qualifications Right, so you're saying he's saying you know test yourself Uh, I trust that you will know that we are not qualified. So we ourselves It's not the external things again. It is christ in us. So we know that we are not disqualified in any way right, um Okay Let's look at um verse seven Now I pray to god That you do no evil Not that we should appear approved, but that you should do what is honorable Though we may seem disqualified For we can do nothing against the truth But for the truth For we are glad When we are weak And you are strong That this also we pray that you may be made complete Therefore, I write these things being absent Lest being present I should use sharpness According to the authority which the lord has given me for edification And not for destruction Okay So he's uh, he's saying I pray that you do no evil Not that we should appear approved, but that you should do what is honorable Okay, so, um So he's saying, you know, you you don't do Evil things You don't get into something that is not Right or something that is unrighteous Right, so you do what is honorable Don't indulge or don't get into anything that is evil. This is my prayer Um Was it he's saying we can do nothing against the truth. He's talking about himself He's talking about his ministry. So he's he's it's a you know, it's a it's again a very, um Powerful statement Right and a statement of humility Similar to you know, the one he makes earlier Yeah, where he says, um Uh in You know be imitators Right imitate me as I imitate Christ It's a it's a similar statement where Where it's it's a statement of it's a very bold and confident statement that he makes It's uh, it's a testimony Right, but at the same time it is uh, it is a statement of Um It's a statement that is that is uh, uh Made in humility. It's not an arrogant or a boastful statement He's testifying of who he is and he's uh, it's a very very statement statement that is Made in Humility, okay So he's saying we can do nothing against the truth We can do nothing against the truth but for the truth Thing that in in all our speaking thinking doing you know, we can do nothing against the truth of God Against who god is we can do nothing but for the truth For we are glad When we are weak and you are strong, but this also we pray that you may be made complete that you come to a place of Being perfectly and thoroughly equipped and mature in Christ so he's saying you know, um well Even if we seem to be weak in your eyes That we seem to be weak and you are strong That's fine Okay, i'm i'm glad Okay, but My prayer is that you be complete that you Made complete you know, you be made complete meaning you be thoroughly equipped you come to that place of maturity in faith in Christ right Okay, so we'll stop here take a break and come back for the conclusion