 Right, so let's pray in line with what stitches that we read out. Let's pray. Father, we thank you. We thank you, Lord, for these words, God, that you establish our thoughts, Lord, when we commit our ways to you and commit our work to you, God. And yes, Master, we thank you that you will establish our thoughts for the good, Lord, so that the words that we speak, God, will be the ideas we communicate, what we share will be, Lord, will be something that really is impactful, brings fruit, God, in people's lives. It is helpful, beneficial for their lives, Master. And also, Lord, we thank you that you direct our steps, Lord. You direct our choices, our decisions. You direct us, God. We thank you. And even to that end, Lord, we yield, we commit ourselves, Lord, so that you can direct us, God. Thank you for this promise. Thank you for this privilege that all of us can enjoy your directing. And yes, Lord, we choose to be sensitive to your direction. We choose to be sensitive and obedient, Lord, to your direction. We thank you. In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen, amen. OK. So the Lord directing us and we being sensitive to that, and also us committing this work to him, is especially when it comes to the last topic that we discussed last class, in leading people to respond to God's word. So that's something that we looked at. So when it comes to leading people to respond to God's word, it helps. You might have this thing, OK, maybe I can do these things, one, two things creatively. But the Lord actually would either give his approval on it, breathe life into that, or it could be the Lord directs, gives some fresh ideas, gives some inspiration, and say, OK, why don't you do this? And that would be always turn out for the best. And emotionally, we might not feel like it. But when we step in, when we just show up, when we step in, and start to do that, what the Lord is leading, then you begin to see the hand of God. And that further strengthens us, that refreshes us, in the Spirit, right? OK. OK, so today, let's look at, in continuing with chapter 12, leading people to respond, we're going to look at a few things about application. So you remember, we looked at making things relevant, so that people can actually apply the word, and apply the truth of what was shared. They can, people can apply it. If I can apply it, meaning if I can live it out, do it, then it's going to stay with me, right? But if it's something very abstract, and if it's not something that I can actually readily apply it, then it might stay for some time, but then I begin to lose whatever was shared. So it's good that I apply it. So the thing is, here are some guidelines for when it comes to application. OK, let's, excuse me, sorry. OK, here are some guidelines. Now, the application should not change the interpretation. Just give me a minute, sorry about that. OK, so the application should not change the interpretation. It's very important. So what do we mean by that, in the sense that the way you apply the word should not change the meaning of the truth that you shared? For example, if you look at some of these scriptures, let's say Romans 14, let's look at Romans 14. And Romans 14 talks about about receiving a person who is weak in faith and not allowing our liberty to hinder that person in any way, right? So the whole chapter talks about that. It talks about when we, it talks about, OK, somebody's observing a day, time, et cetera. And one person esteems one day higher than the better than the other, and let each one be fully convinced, right? And this goes on. The second part of it goes on to talk about the food. The first part also, one believes that one may eat all things and another one does not believe that way. So it goes on to talk about how this is what it ends, right? The chapter verse 21 onwards, it's good neither to eat mate or drink wine or do anything in which your weak brother stumbles or is offended or is made weak, OK? Now, for example, if you look at 1 Corinthians 8, let's quickly go there. OK, so 1 Corinthians 8 is, again, very clear about food awful to idols and about the eating of it. And so it's basically the same message, right? If this liberty of ours becomes a stumbling block to those who are weak, OK? So now this is for a weaker brother, OK? It's very, very clear. In both these cases, it's about someone who is not mature enough in faith. It's about someone who is there. You have a scenario where there's somebody who is a strong Christian, someone who's not so strong as a believer, maybe a new believer. One has maturity to know that, OK, a food does not take one person away from God, so it's fine. Idol is not anything in the world who the true God is and so on. So that person believes that, OK, it's fine. I can do this. I can eat this. But the other person is actually hindered in their walk. Now, that is for a believer, OK? So the context is for a believer. It's not for an unbeliever, a person who is not a believer. That's the thing. So if you're using it in the context for making a non-Christian or somebody who is not a believer, then we are missing the whole point, right? So somebody is not a believer. Somebody is not having a walking with the Lord and you're using that, these principles, and you're saying, OK, therefore, you cannot do these things, then it is not applicable at all. So the thing is, we have changed the interpretation of it. We've changed the context in which both these passages are communicated. So it is not relevant. It's not for an unbeliever. It's for someone who is in the Lord. So that's a small example of how we can't use it in preaching a message. Then the second one is, there are a couple of other examples you can just go through it. The second one is if an application is given as an evidence, which is different from or broader than the application. Now, here we have this application. Now, it has a broader scope. Then there are some ways by which we can justify it. So we have this particular truth which is shared in scripture, and this is how it needs to be applied. But it can be applied in a broader sense also. So what things can I keep in mind? OK, let's look at two things. One, basic thing is just, does it appeal to common sense? Does it appeal to common sense? Does it appeal to common wisdom that this application cannot be expanded to a broader scope, to a wider range? So when we're saying, can it be applied in other scenarios also, which is not really described here. For example, 1 Corinthians 6 and verse 19, 1 Corinthians 6, 1 Corinthians 3, we're talking about how our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. 1 Corinthians 6 specifically says, do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? So can I use that scripture to talk about, let's say, not smoking? So because if you see the context, it's about the spirit of God dwelling in me, and therefore I should not in any way defile the body, defile the temple, because I've been bought at the price, and it's actually talking about sexual immorality, if you read the previous verses. So can I use that in the context of anything else that defiles the body? Well, the answer is yes, you can. But it is something that is destroying the physical body, so you can use it, of course. So the scope of the application is widened, you can use that, but we should also know that that is not the context in which that truth is mentioned here, that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. Fact is that we are doing something that is definitely going to be harmful to the physical body, and we can use it in that sense. You can apply it in that sense. So similar examples are here. There are several scriptures mentioned here, and you see that some would be, does it appeal to common wisdom? Yes, it does. Or there could be a language indicating that you can apply for other versus other scenarios also. If they're indicative of that, then we can apply it. So that's the second one. If the application has a scope for a wider scenario or different circumstances, different scenarios, I should check and use it. Because if we don't do that, then it will be forced application, which means it is actually error. We are bringing people unnecessarily under bondage, because it is we're not saying what scripture actually meant in that place, and we are applying it there. So anything that is forced, twisted, will not really bring life. So that's the thing. The third thing is that a narrative example cannot be imposed authoritatively. Let's look at a few examples here. When you look at Acts chapter 14 and verse 23, Acts 14, 23, so it says so when they had, Acts 14 talks about how they went in their second missionary journey, and then they did all these things. They went to all these places, preached the gospel, and then 23 says so when they had appointed elders in every church and prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed. So the thing is that in the church, there are many leaders. It's not just one person who's a leader, but there are plurality, not just a singular leader. There are many leaders in a church, and that is very clear here. And also other places in scripture, we see that apostles, elders coming together, considering, so there is, yes. So you see that principle there, that Paul also talking about how he considered James, Peter, and others to be pillars of the church. So you know that. Let's look at one more verse, which does not seem to fit. Acts chapter one, if you just back up to Acts chapter one and verse four. And being assembled together with them, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father. This is the Lord's instruction to the disciples, the apostles, saying you wait for the promise of the Father. Promise of the Father, meaning the outpouring, the baptism of the Holy Spirit, saying you wait in Jerusalem for the promise of the Father. You go down to verse 13, and they went up, they were praying, they were in the upper room, and they were praying, and I've listed on all these people. Verse 14 says, they all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication with the women and maybe the mother of Jesus and with his brothers. So they did that. So because the Lord had actually given them commandment not to move out of Jerusalem, but to wait there. So now to extrapolate that or to use that to apply in another scenario where if we say that in order for you or for one person to be filled with the Holy Spirit, one has to tarry or one has, that's the old English term for wait. We need to wait. We need to wait for n number of days. We need to wait in prayer. You need just like the Lord commanded, wait so that you may be filled with the Spirit for the promise of the Father. So we see that. So if we take that narrative, this is what happened. So that's a story, that's an incident, that's an account. So I take that narrative and say, okay, this is how it happened, therefore I also, therefore you also you need to tarry in order to be filled, in order to be baptized. Okay, that would be forcing the application. Why? Because this is one narrative. This is one account. And we read the other accounts when we read accept. Of course, accept two is a part of that when we read accept maybe nine and then we read accept a 10. And so on, all the other incidents of people being filled, people being baptized, you realize that, well, it was not so. In fact, accept a 10, Cornelius's house, as Peter was preaching, they were receiving, responding and they were filled with the Holy Spirit, right there and there. So this whole thing actually, this tallying actually happened in church history, right? We know that there was actually a teaching going around. One has to tarry, one has to sit, wait, even wrestle with the Lord. And then only then would you be filled with the Holy Spirit, would you be baptized with the Holy Spirit? So it was birthed from that, this application of this particular narrative. This was birthed from that place, right? So we don't see that. We don't see that in the rest of the places where people are just filled. So the narrative example, you cannot say, okay, this is how it happens with their form. You need to do this unless there is a principle. So you look at other things, you see that there is no other principle. The principle is that you're a believer and you come to the Lord in faith and you be baptized in the Holy Spirit, right? Or you'll be prayed for and you'll be filled with the Holy Spirit. So that's the principle. It's the principle of faith and not just tallying, okay? So these are just three examples or three guidelines for us when we make our application because we can be at the risk of, being, making things relevant, we should not fit in, try to like force the truth into that scenario, okay? Many times, people do that and the interpretation changes because they have not been really rightly dividing the word, okay? Okay, any questions here before we get into the, some of the practical aspects? No questions, Jafina, no question at all. Okay. Yeah, please, go ahead. Pastor, let's say, regarding in the printing scripture and while sharing with people, is it, can this be applicable culture-wise in the sense like there is a culture where people are okay to take wine, okay? So how do we present the truth? Can we, I don't know if the compromise is the right word, but talk about it. What do you think? Yeah, so something culturally, something like clothing and also, of course, it doesn't come into the same category drinking wine. But we know that we can actually present a view where, there's a lot of scripture about wine and about the demerits of it, rather that wine is a brawler, Rob talks about that and impairs judgment and all that talks about that. So I guess we can just present that and it also depends on, I'm just talking from experience, it just depends on, as a ministry and as a church, you know, what is it that you are, that you are, what is your value? Okay, now it's, we know the demerits of it, we know the dangers of it, we know the doors that open to it, but culturally it seems to be prevalent. So one of the two things, right, you co-counter culture and you say this is the truth and we as a church, we preach that, we share that, right? Now if you're, let's say you're part of a church and the leadership team and everybody indulges in drinking and then it's going to be tough. We can just present and say, okay, this is what scripture says and these are some of the dangers, these are some of the physical dangers to your body, these are some of the spiritual dangers and yeah, so that's the most we can do, but if you are a leader and God is interested to you as a leadership, then you can go ahead and present the truth in this way. So now your question is okay, now have we been truthful in applying the truth in or have we kind of compromised, right? So in the sense you have presented your views, it depends on who you are in that environment, right? So if you are a leader, then the leadership team, things like this, then I think it's, you know, you should not compromise. You know, we should not compromise. We should just say, okay, this is the truth, this is what the truth is. I know culturally this is what it is, but I won't be part of that, you know, to put us to take that stand. However, if we are in a place of, let's say, you know, if you are in a place of leadership or influential leadership and then I guess we can take that stand where we say, okay, this is what we believe as a church and this is how we are going to live this out as a church and stay true to that. Yeah, but sir, just to add to that, so let's say someone from your church is having a function, let's say housewarming or birthday party or something and they are serving wine. Okay, so it's a social, even it's not like alcohol, but you know, yesterday there is a homemade. Okay, so we can always abstain from it, but I'm just thinking like, should we teach that we are not following and if they are also part of your volunteer team members, volunteer team leader, how do we, because I'm just talking about Mangalore and they are very, honestly speaking, they're very socially involved and they have wine everywhere as far as we have seen. Right, right, right, yeah. Yeah, so the thing is, you know, with regard to volunteering, I think it's pretty clear what the expectations are. If you're volunteering in church, it is very clearly mentioned, no alcohol, no wine, no drugs, no smoking, whatever. So it's very clear, you know, you're representing the church, the ministry, which has this stand, so it's very clear. So it's easy to communicate to someone who's a volunteer in church saying, this is the stand of the ministry. So you're representing, you're being part of it. So that's clear. But otherwise, I think, yeah, people see you and you're toasting with a glass of water instead of wine. And those are teachable moments when people ask you that question, you know, why not? Why don't you do this and say, you know, this is what I believe in, this is a, and therefore I'm being true to this. True. So that'll be a teachable moment. And yeah, so we're not condemning anybody. Yeah, yeah. So what if, I'm just going one more step further. Yeah. What if they ask, you know, Apostle Paul also mentioned Timothy that he can have wine. So yeah, so whenever you have a stomach ailment, the question to ask is, do you have a stomach ailment? And yeah, why don't you take care of it? But we also have other things like not flogs and, you know, other drugs to take care of it. Yeah, so, yeah. So that's a thing, you know, it's, I know it's not a, when it comes to culture and when it's so intermingled with tradition, when it's so intermingled with, you know, the popular things of the day, then it's difficult to kind of extricate, okay, what is culture, what is truth? But I think it's important that we do that. And it, and be patient with it, you know, be patient with people also as they, and slowly they will come to see the truth of it. Yeah. So it's not a very, yeah, it's not a very watertight situation, you know. But for us, we can, you know, we can, and in fact, I think there's a whole sermon on this very topic, yeah, so we can share that, yeah. Yeah, so Sid came in saying in Delhi, people think if you are a Christian, then it was with drinking wine, yeah, correct, that's true. So, same thing, you know, and when I was working organizations, people said, hey, you must be at least drinking wine. So they associate cakes and wines with, you know, you being a Christian. So yeah, so that's popular or traditional view, yeah. That's true. Okay, so we, so yeah, so we were talking about application of truth, and I think that's, that we went into these discussions, but it's good, yeah, it's good that we understand these things and we take a stand on these things, right? Okay, any other questions? And yeah, and I was just thinking, you know, there are some cultural practices which do not necessarily, you know, contradict the truth or in any way, you know, put down the truth anyway, you know, cultural things like maybe people greeting one another, cultural things like maybe regarding your footwear, regarding your attire, I think these are things, these are, you know, these are not the core, but these are in the periphery, and it's fine, right? It's not in any way. It's not in, I'm just reading John's comment, yes. Time to have a meeting, volunteer team meeting, yeah. First of all, one more question. So we spoke about smoking and that any other scripture like which we can point out. For the body, yeah? Yes, Pastor. Yeah, the body actually talks about gluttony also, you know, being sin, right? So which is affecting the body, you know, weight-related issues, weight-related complications. So God really wants us to be functioning well. The body is a gift from God and he wants us to be functioning well to actually run the race well, right? So that's something that gluttony is sin that we can use. But particularly about smoking, I think this verse, 1.6 actually refers to that. Anything else that I can think of, John? Sure, yeah, yeah, okay, right, okay. Okay, so let's move on to chapter 13 and we're gonna look at some practical instructions, okay? Some practical instructions when it comes to ministering God's word. And we'll go through this before we go into, to just focus on the presentation of it, confidence speaking. And like I mentioned earlier, we're gonna look at some draw some, you know, insights from TED Talks, that is technology, education, and I always design the TED Talks. And also, you know, these are talks that are just 18 minutes, not Christian, secular, various topics, but we can learn a lot from presentation, right? From that, so we're gonna look into that, okay? So let's look at chapter 13. And, you know, first thing that we see is that, again, this is again a reiteration, Jeremiah chapter one and verse 12, that now God confirms his word. God is watching over his word to confirm it, okay? So several things here that we can learn, okay? One, let my content, the content of my message, content of my message, be the word, be the truth of God's word that I'm communicating, okay? So, because he watches over the word too, perform it, to confirm it, right? So let it be the truth of God's word. Let me speak as the oracles of God. Let me communicate that truth, okay? So that is one. The same thing is that when we know that this is the promise of God's word, not only in Jeremiah, but also in Hebrews chapter two and also in the book of Acts, we see that God confirms or gives evidence to the preaching of the truth with his presence and power, okay? So that gives us great reassurance, right? And the fact that we are partnering with him in this, we are privileged to partner with him in this, right? And that fills us with joy, that gives us great reassurance that God is actually doing this. God is confirming it. God is bringing evidence to whatever I'm doing. He's confirming it, but he'll do it when, sorry, when I make sure that I'm speaking as the oracles of God, and I make sure that I'm speaking, not from my own resources, but whatever God has put in my heart, right? And I'm depending on him and he will establish things, right? So that's the second point is that we deliver the word, but God will confirm the word, okay? Now, when it comes to confirmation of God's word, we may not always see immediate results, okay? But having said that, I just want to say that we will see immediate results as well, okay? So there are things that happen immediately because God's word functions in that way. There is that immediate that happens. There is that spontaneous thing that happens. How do we know that? Because we know that God's word is alive, powerful, Hebrews chapter four talks about that. Jeremiah 23 talks about how the word of God is like fire that burns. Now fire is immediate. It's something that you know that there's a fire, right? Visibly, there's some change that's happening. So it is immediate as well. At the same time, do not underestimate the longterm, right? Do not underestimate the longterm because Mark chapter four talks about, well, the word of God is like the soul went to the field to sow and the seed is the word of God. So we know that the seed takes time, right? But there is something that's happening. The seed has intrinsic power and life and when it is sown and it's in that environment, it is going to bear fruit, right? So do not get discouraged and we don't see the immediate but also expect the immediate because we know that this is the nature of God's word. Okay, so two things, right? So we can expect immediate and also never underestimate the timeframe or the process that it takes because it is working. The word will work in a person's life, right? But it needs to be mixed with faith and a whole lot of other things as well, right? So, okay, the other thing when we are called to minister the word, minister the word to edify, okay? Now you might ask, what if it's a birthday celebration? What if it's some get together? It's strange things happen, right? Somebody says, okay, birthday celebration, pastor, you share the word and it's the birthday of a one-year-old, you know? So what do you do? You share the word, share something. You don't have to go into a long message. Oh, I remember going to a birthday party of this similarly, one-year-old or two-year-old and then the person who prayed for the dinner for the food rather, so that person actually went on to preach a message starting from Genesis, went on to the cross, went on, oh, it was, it was misery. You know, because everything was done and this person went on to just preach the whole thing and then pray. So, you know, the other side of it. But the fact is, you know, we can always, you know, minister the word even in a similar setting, right? And I know quite recently, a couple of birthday celebrations and the Lord gave the word for the parents, not for the children, but for the parents and it was good to share that, right? Something simple, yeah, it was good to share that. So, preach to edify and never to entertain, okay? The fact is that if you're an engaging speaker and if you're, I don't know, maybe you're skilled with words and all that, then there is a temptation, okay? You know, you want the approval of people, maybe. You want people to say it is great and you want people to really, you know, enjoy it. Of course, all that is valid, but you know, just maybe the temptation is to make people like you laugh and be engaging and all that. So, just think about the motivation, right? What is it that's motivating me to be right there, to minister the word, right? And think about the fact that it's a privilege. You've been invited, you know, you have an invitation, so you have an opportunity and it's not just to, you know, it is to edify, right? And entertainment in a sense, well, people will anyway enjoy as they are being edified. They will be comforted, they will be encouraged, they will be inspired, they will be motivated and of course, they will, you know, go home with a very wholesome experience, right? And all that stems from edification, being edified. But if it's only entertainment with the motive of being entertained, then all the other things may not happen, right? It'll just fall by the way, they may not be inspired, they may not be motivated, they may not be, you know, edified, it'll just be entertained. Oh, wow, it was a great message. What is it? I don't know, it was great, it was funny, right? So, be careful, think about it, okay? Also, the fifth one is to deliver the unadulterated word of God in all sincerity, okay? Let's look at a few scriptures here, second Corinthians two and so 17, verse 17. Paul says, you know, we are not as so many peddling the word of God, but as of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ. Now, at the writing of this time, Paul, there were a lot of people who were actually ministering, in the name of ministry, they were traveling to churches, and so Paul is actually distinguishing between the true apostles and the false, and in doing so, he's saying, they are peddling the word of God, and the word used there is to adulterate, how you could take a liter of milk and then you add two more liters of water to it, and it becomes diluted, right? It's adulterated. So that's the picture we have here. So he's saying, you know, do not adulterate the word of God in order to set it, in order to make it palatable, or in order for acceptance, don't adulterate the word of God. And but, you know, sincerely minister, as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ. So that's the, so that's the instruction we have. So, you know, let's not adulterate the word of God. And second Corinthians four, was one and two, says we have, therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart, but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. So here again, when it comes to the ministry, when it's handling the word of God, is very specifically saying, we have renounced the hidden things of shame, and we are not walking in craftiness, okay, in wanting to deceive people or manipulate people, nor handling the word of God deceitfully, like trying to use it as a means to get something, using the word of God in order to control your behavior for my benefit and so on. So very careful, especially the area of giving in the area of giving financially. So when it comes to ministering the word, when it comes to teaching about giving, or maybe for putting like a cost, raising fundraising and all that, be careful, do not intimidate people with the word, sometimes you've heard, if you do not give, then God will not bless, and you are losing out on something, and you have to do this in order to, in order for God to bless and so on. So putting people, fear in people's heart, right? And using the word so that you get something, so Paul is saying, we don't do anything, not in craftiness, not deceitfully, by manifestation of the truth, because the truth always liberates, like truth does not bring people into bondage, it liberates, it has its capacity to liberate, and the Holy Spirit will lead us into all truth. So he's saying by manifestation of the truth, by display of the truth, that is how we minister. So we minister the word in that way, okay? We also rightly divide the word of truth, second Timothy chapter two, and we won't go into that scripture, but Paul reiterates that you need to rightly divide, because the reason is this, if believing leads to conviction, leads to action, leads to destiny, right? So if you divide the word rightly and you minister the word, people are going to believe it, be convinced of it, because by the power of the Holy Spirit, their actions are going to change, their thoughts are going to change, there will be transformation of their life, their lifestyle is going to change, and their destiny is going to change because of that. So a whole lot is actually linked to rightly dividing the word of God, okay? So interpretation to be consistent with the rest of scripture, of course, and avoiding arguments over words, second Timothy two verse 14, avoiding arguments over words, but to actually share something which is edifying, because of those arguments, there is strife and saying not to strive over words to no profit to the ruin of the hearers, right? Remind them of these things, charging them before the Lord, not to strive about words to no profit to the ruin of the hearers, okay? So arguments on words, arguments on, maybe other things also, but there'd be no striving which because of which the hearer is not edified, okay? So do not do that, okay? Several things here, minister present truth, this is a big one, second Peter two verses one, two. So minister the present truth. So what do we mean by that? Let me say present truth, okay? So understand that we are in which dispensation we are in and what are the things that have been given to us freely by the Holy Spirit? Understand, walk in it, right? So this is what Peter says, right? Peter when he, second Peter chapter one, he talks about adding to your faith, and he gives several things that you need to add to your faith, meaning this needs to be part of your life. And then he says, if you do these things, you will never stumble. Verse 12, for this reason, I will not be negligent to remind you always of these things, though you know and are established in the present truth, okay? So the thing is this, yes? Understand what dispensation you are in, understand that you are living on this side of the cross, understand the aspect of the change in identity because of that, understand the work of the Holy Spirit, you know, understand your inheritance, all that you have in Christ, understand that. And the move that we are in right now, though the things restorative moves of God, God has brought back several things back to the body, back to the church, and the fact that there's a restoration of the apostolic, the prophetic, the teaching ministry, and all that God has brought about that restoration. And the present truth is that, that yeah, the saints doing the work of ministry. So saints are not spectators, right? Believers are not spectators. So if you're a leader in a church and you're shepherding a group of people, then it's not for people to just be a spectator, it's not for people to come and attend and be passive about it, but for them to discover the call, discover the gifts, experience, walk in it, and to go and do the work of ministry, right? Now that's the truth, that's the present truth, the fact that every believer is a minister, the fact that every believer can, and can manifest the gifts of the spirit, the fact that every believer can hear the voice of God, you know, and prophesy and deceive from the Holy Spirit, and all these things. So this is the present truth, right? So minister the present truth, just don't go and hold on to something which is in the old dispensation and forget the times that we are in, okay? Okay, so we have four more things, but yeah, we'll pick it up next class, okay? Thank you and God bless.