 Good morning and welcome. Thank you for connecting to this morning's class. Let's pray and get into God's Word. We'll study from Hebrews chapter 12 today. Let me begin with a word of prayer. Heavenly Father, we thank You for the opportunity to engage in Your Word. Father, we pray that even as we go through this passage, Lord, from Hebrews 12, that You will speak to our hearts. Lord, we ask for Your blessing upon all of us, Lord, students, faculty, and our families. Lord, continue to strengthen us in You, Lord. We commit ourselves into Your hands. In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen. Let's go straight to Hebrews chapter 12 here and we can begin to read it. It's probably a familiar chapter for a lot of us. It carries, you know, some difficult themes and some fairly easy instructions so we can go through it. We can read part by part and that should be alright. So let's first begin with the initial section here. Let's read from verses 1 to 5 and then we will move on to the other section. Hebrews 12 verses 1 to 5. Therefore, we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily ensay us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross despising the same and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, rest you, become weary and discouraged in your souls. You have not yet resisted to lordset striving against sin and you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons. My son do not despise the justening of the Lord nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him. Thank you. Thank you, Super Shish. Let's go ahead and look at what this means. So far we saw how there were the lives of several men and women of faith enlisted by the writer of the Hebrews with the intention of encouraging believers that faith will help them overcome any difficulty or challenge that they may be going through and that they can hold on, they can wait upon the Lord and receive the promises that God has made towards them and right now He flows in the same thought. What is that thought? Don't be discouraged, hold on. Faith will cause you to walk into the promise. So with that thought in mind, He's talking to them about keeping on, keeping on, if you want to call it that way. So to not give up basically. So He says, we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses. Who are these witnesses? It's like a picture of us running if we can look at, consider a race or a sports event, excuse me, where athletes are running. We usually have spectators who are cheering away those who are running well, those who are almost at the finish line. So these people who are cheering are the cloud of witnesses, witnesses to the event that is unfolding before their eyes. The event which is unfolding in this particular case is our lives and our walk of faith. So who are the witnesses? Who are the witnesses that He's speaking about? Any idea, any guesses? The witnesses being talked about are those people who already appear in the space through all of them? Yes. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, among others. Thank you. Yes. Thank you. Thank you so much, Lubega. So that's right. Because we have already spoken about these people who have conquered by faith, it's as if they are now looking at us to finish our race and they are sitting in the stands and cheering us away and they want to see us reach the finish line. They want to see us complete what God has called us to do. So these are the great cloud of witnesses. Some commentators say that you know the people who have passed on, those who are in heaven are probably the cloud of witnesses. However, when we read in continuation and also because there's that word therefore it's continuing from the passage that has all these names. So our understanding is it's these people whom we have spoken about. They are watching us finish our race. It says because now they are standing to see how we will do in our journey of faith. He gives us some keys how to finish this race. One key, let us lay aside every weight and sin which so easily ensnares us and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. So he talks about laying aside every weight. What are some of these weights that we carry during our journey of faith? It can be as you know Jesus talked about the things that choke the growth of the word. He said the deceitfulness of riches, the cares of this world. So there are many such things that we carry and it could become a burden in our in our race. It could be discouragement. It could be disappointment. We've spoken about all these matters. So it can be anything that is heavy on us and it can actually slow us down. We all know that even in the world of sports today the athletes who want to win usually will go to go as far as excuse me wearing clothes that are light or having gears that are so light because they don't want anything to stop their time. They don't want to compromise on their time of completing on the record time that they you don't want to make it in and so if athletes, earthly athletes can be so very particular about running light how much more us and that's the point that the writer is making here. He's saying may our lives be light. If there's anything which is a distraction, if there's anything which will slow us down, let's get rid of it and then he introduces this thought of and the sin which so easily ensnares us. Now obviously sin has a huge part to play in derailing us from the purpose of God because he has stated here that sin ensnares. What is ensnares? Ensnares is like entangles us. We don't know how to get out of it and we've understood the nature of sin. It promises us more than what it offers and usually people get in hoping for a lot more and then the next thing they know is they are caught and they are sucked in little by little, little by little. That's ensnaring. That's entangling, right? Slowly it kind of binds us and then before you know it, you are so stuck that you don't know how to free yourself. So this is the way sin works in anyone's life and he's warning the believer. If we get entangled in sin and snared in sin, it's so difficult for us to come out. Now even if we do come out, you see in the race that we want to win, we are slowing ourselves down. So why give place for sin? Why give place for any form of fleshly desire, any form of you know, a fleshly investment from our side? Let's not have anything to do with those things because in a race, all these things slow us down. He said, first every weight, it can be anything that we ourselves evaluate and say, hey, this is slowing me down. You know, lack of discipline is slowing me down or lack of vision is slowing me down or the company I keep is slowing me down or the lack of knowledge is slowing me down. We are the best judge for ourselves. Maybe in this given season or in general in our lives, what are those weights that we can identify? We've got to get rid of it so that we can run fast. We can run with purpose intentionally and sin, sin of course, right? Because it will slow us down. We'll end up wasting time getting into sin, getting out of sin. And it also has consequences. It causes so much destruction in our lives. So as ministers of God, the weaknesses that we identify in ourselves, we've we've got to be intentional about guarding ourselves in those very areas because we don't want to slip. We don't want to waste the time that God has blessed us with. And let's move on. He says, let us run with endurance, the race that is set before us. So when we look at that word race over there, the Greek word is Agona. We all know the English word Agony. So that has to do with struggle, agony, right? Struggle, conflict of many kinds. So running the race, it's not so easy. He calls it Agona, which means that there are going to be challenges, there are going to be hindrances, there are going to be difficulties, oppositions, you know, lack, struggles of every kind that we may encounter as we are running this race in order to finish it. Now when we are running this race, he introduces this thought of endurance, run with endurance, endurance the Greek word is a Hupomon and it means having patience, having patience. So we need a capacity which is, which enables us to be patient while we are still away from the finish line. And we've again talked about all these matters, how a delay in the fulfillment of the promise can be so disheartening and that also can slow us down, that can also discourage us from running the race. So a delay is quite challenging or let's say and some uncertainty happened. We never expected life to go a certain direction and that happened that also can cause us to stop running. But in all these circumstances is where we need endurance, the patience to believe God that we will make it to the finish line even though we are going through some of these struggles. So endurance can also be explained as, explained as bearing up under pressure. See it's easy to run when there's no pressure, we can make it, it's easy. But when there is pressure, when there are difficulties, you know, when it is so, it takes more on your part to have the will to keep doing it. That's when endurance kicks in and it should kick in for us who want to reach the finish line. And that's what he's talking about. He's saying when the going gets tough, what do we need at that point? Endurance, some patience where we have faith in our heart saying that okay, if I keep going, I am going to see the results. I am going to reap the rewards. Now while we are enduring, it's not easy. There can be several battles, especially in our minds that convince us to give up. So he's giving us another key. First he said, come on, run light. Okay, run in such a way that sin cannot get you, guard yourself. Then he says, okay, run with endurance. So if you're running like this, you're a good athlete. You're running really well. And then he gives another key to make it even better. What is that key? He says, in your mind, focus on Jesus. Okay, focus on Jesus while running the race. So he starts in verse 2, looking unto Jesus. Who is Jesus? The author, the finisher of our faith. So his life is an example for us. He has lived a life of faith and he's the one who's the beginning of faith, who's the end of faith, who has applied faith in his own life and he has completed the mandate that God had for him. So if I want to get to the finish line, here is a key. Look unto Jesus. Focus on Jesus. Think about Jesus. Look at the life of Jesus as a pattern and observe it, apply it in our own lives. How did he make it? Was his life easy? Was his life very convenient? Was it smooth and simple that he could just, you know, reach the finish line and say, okay, Father, it is finished. I have completed the mandate that you gave me. No, we all know there were ups and downs. We all know that he too faced struggles. But how did he do it? This is the way Jesus did it. It says, who for the joy that was said before him endured the cross, despising the shame and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. So here is a tip or, you know, here is a method that you and I can use to make it to the finish line even if the journey is hard. And that is to always keep the goal or the reward in mind. Okay, so whenever we have the goal in mind, the struggle doesn't seem so difficult. I mean, I'm just using one simple example. These days people are all talking about fitness and losing weight and, you know, building muscle and all. Now, if they have a goal like, okay, I want to lose this much weight. I want to, whenever people are motivated, what happens? They're ready to do because they're imagining themselves fit and, you know, healthy and active. So that motivates them. So that images in their minds and to get to that place, they know that today they have to make some sacrifices. They have to, you know, be strong and they have to push themselves. Even if they don't like doing what they are doing for their own health, they're able to do it, right? Or think about a student who wants to crack the exams or crack a competitive exam in their minds. They're thinking, okay, you know, I will have this position. I will have this option to study in this university. Is it easy to put in those many hours? Is it easy to be disciplined and make time to study? It's not easy. It's definitely not easy. But what did Jesus do? This is exactly what Jesus to did. He looked at the joy which was set before him. Okay, and because he was thinking about what was on the other side of the cross, maybe it made it a little easier in the mind for him to endure the cross. So what was the reward that Jesus was waiting for? Jesus was waiting to, you know, be able to provide that redemption to the people that brought him joy. Jesus was waiting to finish the work and go back and see the father. Jesus was waiting to hear from the father that, okay, well done, good and faithful, you know, son of mine. Jesus was waiting to be received in the arms of the father. So these were the pleasures that motivated him. And as he was looking at these things, okay, I'm going to be a blessing to the people and I'm going to be back with my father and, you know, be back in heaven. These were all things that could have given him that joy that, okay, it's quite hard for me right now, but I'm going to end here. So these are the keys that the author is sharing with us and it also states, despising the shame. So was there a shame associated with the cross? There was. Okay, is there a shame? It could be a shame associated with our struggles, the opposition that we are facing. Yes, there could be, but when we are considering the results and the blessings much more than what pain we are going through now, it makes it somewhat easier for us to walk that path and to actually reach the finish line. Okay, so when we are running the race, don't you think it's important to reach the finish line? Yes, that's that's the reason we are all running. It's in in a like a World Cup or you know, like Olympics. Would any athlete come with the intention of I'm just going to have a good time, you know, I'll just run and see I just want to feel I want to feel how it is to run on on that track or to hear the cheers of no athlete who's competing in you know, a championship goes there without the intention of winning. Okay, and so it's devastating when you don't get to the finish line and you know, it's devastating if you don't get that gold medal. Okay, people put in yours their lifetime to be able to get that gold medal and that is the way we as believers have to run our race and we are being invited to run our race. Okay, run like you have to get the medal. Don't just run for a you know, for a fun time or for pleasure. No, that's not what our lives journey is about. But we look on to Jesus. Okay, don't get entangled in the things of this world. Be like a soldier. That's another picture that we see in scripture as far as our Christian life is concerned here. It's like an athlete. But we've also seen other places where it says we are like a soldier. We can't afford to get entangled in the world's affairs because we've got a medal to win. We've got a finish line to reach Jesus had that mindset for him. My father's business. I'm here to do the will of the father. That was the joy that Jesus had and and he always wanted to rejoice in that to be able to serve the father the way that he did. And so for you and me as a child of God, it's the same thing. This life God has given it is for the Lord. We have to do what God has called us to do. I've got to get to the finish line and I don't want anything to distract me. Okay, so in this scenario, we understand discouragement was the big thing, right? So the others speaking to them in many ways and saying, don't let discouragement get you if Jesus did it and now he's sitting at the right hand of the father having completed, you too can do it. So be encouraged and verse three for consider him who endured such hostility from sinners against himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls. I don't know how many of you have seen. There's one picture that usually gets circulated where you know, someone's telling Jesus their problems, but then Jesus is sitting there bleeding. Okay, and you know the way he and your pain. And so Jesus is sitting there and this person is sharing their problems and that the title of the pictures like, you know, when you want to tell Jesus how difficult life is for you, but you see that he's already been through way more than you and I will ever face. And we could possibly never even match up to what he has endured, right? And so he already knows and so when we are going through some opposition, we can think about Jesus. He went through more than me, but he didn't give up. So why should I give up? You know, I too can deal with what is happening right now and I shouldn't be weary. My soul should not be discouraged. Verse four, you have not yet resisted to blood shed striving against sin. So he is also giving this comparison and he's saying that we've not even, you know, kind of reached the high point of that test yet. Okay, but Jesus went through it all. He reached levels in his struggle against sin and his endurance that we can always gain a lesson from Jesus. If he could do it, you know, we are nowhere close to him in our struggle and most certainly we can do it. So don't be weary. Don't be discouraged in your soul. Verse five, he says, and you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons. So this is the next section actually verse five and we'll now read that next section and understand it from verse five to verse seven. So it's so precious. The initial few verses that we saw basically encouraging us, basically telling us, you know, don't get entangled in the worlds of us have the focus. So verse five to verse seven. But in the meantime, okay, we have a question. Yes, Jafina. I mean, I just don't want to mix up the questions. Yeah. So when we say Jesus is the author and the finisher of the faith, what do we actually mean by does it mean that our faith starts the moment we start believing in Jesus? And I mean, I just want to know that what the phrase actually means. So author and finisher of our faith could mean I just looked at my notes. I haven't commented on it. But my thoughts are that our faith begins with Jesus. Isn't it? Because he is the word and our faith begins with him and our faith author and finisher. I don't think it's even referring to the end of the faith. Like when it says finisher, but it could mean that he will help us complete our journey of faith. So our faith begins with him and he is the one who will also give us the faith to complete our journey. So that's my take on it. If there are any other any of our friends here who also want to share your view, please do. Is that okay, Jafina? Okay, great. And also the last thing that we did in verse four, you have not yet resisted to bloodshed again since so it just means the cross. I'm at it. Thank you. Yes, even not just the cross, but if you consider the Garden of Gethsemane even then there was this temptation to give up and we know that Jesus was sweating blood. We know there was an internal mental and spiritual battle, but he fought it in such a way that he won over it and he didn't give up. He still went to the cross. So we could even consider that. Yes. Okay, so now moving on to the next section here versus five to versus verse seven. Could somebody please pick it up and actually you could probably read to verse 11 because it has the same theme. Verse five and you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons. My son do not despise the chastening of the Lord nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by him for whom the Lord loves he chases and scourges every son whom he receives. If you and your chastening God deals with you as with sons for what son is there whom a father does not chase but if you are without chastening of which all have become partakers then you are illegitimate and not sons. Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the father of spirits and live for they indeed for a few days chastened us as seen best to them but he for our prophet that we may be partakers of his holiness. Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present but painful. Nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Amen. Amen. Thank you Rosalind. So this is like the this is some light on the parenting process. So far he said don't be discouraged keep the focus keep running even when things get difficult because we've got to make it to the finish line and now he is reflecting on some of the struggles not all some of the struggles as the chastening of the Lord chastening has to do with correction the kind of correction that parents bring to the children. Chastisement if you look up the Greek word it means education training nurture. So it's a positive word chastening doesn't mean that you know God crushes our soul God causes us to go through so much that we are broken and we are not able to rise above that particular situation that is not chastening. Chastening is like you know God for the sake of education and training nurturing main put in some tests in our way but the what is the goal of the test it is to pass isn't it? So imagine think of this first grader is learning mathematics and they are just about learning you know they've gone till 50 let's say they add up 20 plus 30 they are able to do it and suddenly the parents says okay now tell me what is what is 30 plus 30 now that is 60 and for the child it's a stretch you're like oh I'm being tested in this moment but the what is the intention of the test to be able to help the child go to the next level so any good parent would do that to educate the child train the child build up the child so that is the chastening of the Lord the chastening of the Lord is not that you know God brings judgment and you know he that the believers are so under the judgment that that's it their lives are over that's not chastening because sometimes we look at circumstances around us and we interpret it like that when people go through difficulties we say God is chastening you know God is judging you that's why you're going through this but the tests of the Lord are like the parent it's meant to educate us so every test is for promotion I heard somebody say that and I believe you know it really makes sense because that's how parenting works as well every challenge that a parent poses to the child is not that you know your child will never learn that subject or never learn that life lesson but it's to make a child champion now if the child can stretch beyond that level they go to the next level and then you know there are challenges over there so that is chastisement so with that in mind the author is actually telling see some of the difficulties that we are going through could be the chastening of the Lord so he says verse 5 you've forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as sons my son do not despise the chastening of the Lord nor be discouraged when you are rebuke by him so there are times when God will bring chastening when he may bring correction but it's all well-intentioned to build us up okay and he says verse 6 for whom the Lord loves he chastens and scourges every son whom he receives so what kind of a relationship do we have with our with our God he's our Abba father and that is why he is chastening us he's rebuke us we we see it also says gorgeous every son meaning like you get a whack or you get a beating sometimes but that's good isn't it and he goes on to talk about like bad parenting like if imagine a parent does not chasing their children that child will grow up to be a rogue because nobody can tell them what to do nobody can correct them nobody can instruct them but a parent who does their due duty of training the child in this manner will raise up a champion okay and that's the way God is working in all of our lives so he says in verse 7 if you end your chastening God deals with you as with sons for what son is there whom a father does not chase it that's not good parenting there's no good father who doesn't chase in their son or daughter so he says look when parents do that we respect them right we go back and we reflect and we say oh thank God you know my parents taught us how to be disciplined thank God my parents taught us you know how to value time thank God my parents taught us how to invest the money correctly or use the money correctly now we thank we honor our earthly parents for some of these practical life lessons that we need in our life here on earth so how much more should we be thankful to our heavenly father for chasing us for rebuking us for correcting us when we are wrong so that we can become stronger and we can become you know partakers of the blessings and the goodness of our God and the most important thing for us to remember is our relationship it's because God considers us that his children that he's doing it now if he's also explaining here in verse 11 okay where was that I think it's probably later on please give me a moment seem to have yeah verse 8 end of it where he says like if a father does not chase it then you are illegitimate and not sons that's a very strong statement because what he's trying to tell us is you know if God where to be careless about us then it shows that he's not giving us the father's interest because you know if if let's say there's a parent and their own child is is misbehaving being disobedient they sharply correct their child because they want them to grow well now if they find another person's child misbehaving they lack the rights to correct that child you know at the least they may try and say something basic but they lack the rights they can't spank the other person's child or in this case you know even a very strong statement is being made where it says that we are not God's children only if we don't have if we don't experience chasening or a rebuke or a you know a scotch so when we go through some of these difficulties where it seems like God is correcting us be open-minded about it okay receive what God is doing in our lives it reminds me of John 15 where we learn about the pruning okay pruning is never easy imagine if we were I mean as the plant when a plant is being trimmed and some edges are being cut it's painful it's surgery and we don't like that we don't want edges to be you know sort of chipped off and cut away but God does that so that we can be shaped for what in John 15 we learn the whole intention of the Godhead the father the son the Holy Spirit they're working in our lives to make us fruitful why are they pruning so that the branch will be fruitful same applies here when God is chasening us when he is working on our lives he wants us to become more fruitful and there is an emphasis on the on the way he looks at us because we are sons he can't let us just be the way that we are so how does he bring this correction okay how does he primarily bring this correction we know it comes from the word most of the time the word speaks to us the word convicts us and as we respond to the word change comes into our lives but of course you know there are other ways as well through which the Lord may want to correct us so we need to identify that so this whole section is about chasening in our lives and the fact that we must yield to it and when we do that we will like those sons and daughters who give credit to their parents for inculcating good habits in them we will praise God for what he is doing in our lives so verse 11 he says now no chasening seems to be joyful for the present but painful nevertheless afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it so let's go through the Lord's chasening it is only going to build us up it's basically training you know like how we saw athletes so who are we we are spiritual athletes and God will put us through some training you know you got to wake up 5 a.m. and do your warm-ups and run spiritually I'm talking about that so as we are doing that we will be shaped into the kind of people that he wants so we must not let some of these struggles become a discouragement so verse 12 and 13 anything about chasening anything about receiving the Lord's correction all right so as far as chasening is concerned that the point is be submissive so that the process can be quick now moving on verses 12 and 13 so I let me read that it's just two verses says therefore strengthen the hands which hang down and feeble knees and make straight parts for your feet so that what is lame may not be dislocated but rather be healed so the whole point is readiness so because of all these things we've got to finish the race God is working in our lives for fruitfulness for our benefit come on get up now okay all the weakness all the tiredness we usually say right like okay get ready roll up your sleeves so it's a position of readiness don't be fallen and discouraged when we are let's say encouraging a sibling or somebody at home they're so discouraged about the matter we might say come on let's let's nothing will happen it'll all work out let's go out for a walk you know go wash your face put on some good clothes so it's like saying that where he's saying strengthen the hands which hang down and the feeble knees make straight parts for your feet so that what is lame may not be dislocated but rather be healed so give place through your obedience and submission give place for the Lord to bring healing we may feel like you know he's talking about dislocation and all that so when the chastening is going on it may feel painful that something is breaking something is broken but when we heal to the Lord healing will come and that's the faith that one has to keep healing will come so I'll keep going and God is going doing a good thing in my life life now versus 14 through 17 a few more instructions that he has for the believers could somebody read the section 14 to 17 versus 14 to 17 was you pleased with all people and holiness without which no one will see the Lord looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God that's that lest any root of bitterness bringing up cause trouble and by this many become defiled let's there be any fornicator or profane person like issue for one more is the foot solid his birthright sold his birthright for you know that afterward when he wanted to inherit the blessing he was rejected for he found no place for repentance though he sorted diligently with tears wow these few verses are so loaded I was thinking we can finish in five minutes but let's see you know how far we get so it's starting with verse 14 and this verse 14 is so powerful in all our relationships it's worth remembering this verse 14 it says pursue peace with all people it's so easy to get along with some people but it's so difficult to get along with some other people but no matter what kind of people are there in our circles here is a is a key instruction for us pursue peace with all people the people who are easy the people who are difficult to maintain peace with all the people and you know that's that's very helpful because sometimes we just feel like you know giving it back and making the situation worse and just starting up a quarrel and making the conflict bigger but what does the Bible say it says you know as far as possible pursue peace with all people whoever they are you do your best to be peaceful don't don't make the conflict you know bigger and greater and it says holiness peace pursuing peace is one important thing now coming to holiness it says let's be holy what is holiness holiness is you know maintaining that purity before the Lord and not being tainted by sin by you know fleshly matters coming coming with that cleaness of heart before the Lord and maintaining that throughout our journey right we begin seeking and pursuing holiness as new believers in the Lord and that hunger should always remain even before up until the Lord calls us home so holiness maintaining peace having holiness okay it's easier said than done all these matters but we know that we have got to pursue it and God is calling us to that and verse 15 he says looking carefully list anyone fall short of the grace of God there's any root of bitterness spring up cause trouble and by this many become defiled so now the third point is bitterness where does bitterness happen it happens in our hearts okay again in our relationships we may have had certain experiences that causes to dislike people now if we have forgiven them that's the path that Jesus has taught us to forgive others to let it go and you know the right way so when we forgive the right way we've released it we've released them but when we don't forgive the right way we're saying they're forgiven but then what happens we carry a route in us we understand this isn't it when people are gardening they they want to remove certain plants and then plant something else it's usually advised to kind of go a little deeper and get rid of the roots of the earlier plant or you know whatever was was growing there because unless you do that what will happen that other plant also will start to come up you may have put new seeds and you're excited about all the new things that are happening in life but you see there are some old roots because we didn't go deep enough in our working on ourselves and one of the bad roots is bitterness we've not dealt if you can think of people you know whom we so dislike that our prayers for them sound different you know and we are contemplating about doing something evil saying something evil there's certainly is a root still within us a root of bitterness and we are being warned because it's very dangerous a root of bitterness think about this and we are being warned about the root itself not even about the tree tree is not even come but he's saying even if a root is there it's going to cause so much trouble spring up because it will cause trouble by this many become defiled and he's saying it will cause problem in the church it will cause problem in the fellowship you know among God's people so make sure even the root of bitterness that it is removed and give it more please so I think we had time only for that three things first you peace holiness and get rid of the root of bitterness okay we look at the other other things in the next class so could somebody please lead us in prayer before we close our class today. Lord we thank you for the lecture we've been having Lord again we thank you for the gift of life we thank you for all that we've had from our dear lecturer but I also pray that I also pray that you bless her and her family bless all the kids all the students who are in this call and Lord even those who have missed Lord let them get time to get this on the E platform and also revise Lord we do pray and believe that everything is going to be fine in the name of the Father the Son the Holy Spirit and we say amen. Amen thank you. Thank you thank you success. Thank you everyone. God bless you have an amazing day. Take care.