Hi, I'm Zor. Welcome to a new Zor education. Continuing talking about high-order polynomial equations, I would like to demonstrate a couple of cases when you really can solve the equation of higher or higher than two order. Just a couple of examples which I have here. What I do suggest to you is, first of all, try to solve these equations yourself. They are in the notes on Unisor.com website, notes for this lecture. So try to do it yourself, whether you do or you don't, successful or unsuccessful, only then listen to this lecture. It's basically about one particular technique, how you can solve certain equations. There is no general formula for solving these higher-order equations, as I was talking about in the lectures, which received this particular exercise. So basically, you have to think about particular case about some peculiarity, about some technique maybe, or invent your own whatever to come up with a solution. These are three examples of equations which have integer coefficients, and of this attempt can be made to find integer solutions. So let me just try one after another. The first one is xq minus 7x plus 6 equals to 0. First of all, even without going into this technique which I'm going to use in all these examples, I actually can see something right up front, just looking at this particular equation. Now, what do I see? Well, here, 7x can be represented as minus x minus 6x plus 6.  Lucky guess, if you want. But actually, I see that this is something which is the way to simplify the problem. Now, why I see, I don't know. Maybe because of experience, maybe I solved probably hundreds of other equations, which look like this one in some way or another, and at some points, I basically came up with this particular technique. So first, I'm looking and I'm trying to find out, is there anything here which reminds me some way to ease the problem. This is actually the way to do it because obviously, x can be factored out. So I have x square minus 1. Now, 6 can be factored out. And this is x minus 1 times x plus 1. As you know, x square minus 1, difference of two squares is difference of the basis times sum of the basis. And what do I see now? I see that x minus 1 can be factored out from both places, leaving x x plus 1 minus 6 equals to 0. So obviously, I see there is a solution, x is equal to 1 of this original equation. Now, how about this? If this is equal to 1, this is also equals to 1. So solutions to this equation is also this. So x times x plus 1 equals to 6. This is where we are looking for solutions to this equation, where 6 is such a nice number that 2 times 3 would be equal to 2 to 6. So I already have another solution, x is equal to 2. And as you know, we have three different solutions for the equations of the third degree in the complex area granted. So my question is, are there any other solutions? Well, obviously others are when this one of these is equal to minus 3 and another is equal to plus 3. So minus 3 times minus 2 also equals to 6. So x is equal to minus 3. As you see, I have practically guessed all the solutions of this equation. And it's not because I knew everything up front. Actually, I just kind of thought about x is equal to 1. It's kind of an obvious solution. But I didn't know about 2 and minus 3. All right, so let's check it out. 1 is 1 minus 7 plus 6 is correct. Now 2, 2 to the power of 3 is 8 minus 14. It's minus 6 plus 6 is 0. Good, minus 3. Minus 3 cubed is minus 27. This is plus 21. So it's minus 6 plus 6 is equal to 0. So all three are good. There are no more than three solutions because this is an equation of the third degree. So basically I found everything. Now, this is not, I would say a general approach. Well, there is no general approach, but this is a very peculiar solution which is based on some peculiarity of these numbers. So half of this I guessed, half of this I basically also guessed I could have solved this quadratic equation as a quadratic equation. x squared plus x minus 6 is equal to 0. I can solve it using some formula. But again, I was using certain particular properties of these numbers and basically guessed it. So I wouldn't say this is a generalized approach, but what would be a generalized approach in this case? Well, probably the best way in this and the subsequent cases would be to look for integer solutions among divisors of the three member, the last one, the constant 6. So 6 has one, two, three, six, minus one, minus two, minus three, and minus six solutions. So if we will check all these eight, some of them will fit and we will find the three solutions and then we can stop. So we can basically go and sequentially check one. Does it work? Yes, it works. Two, does it work? Yes, it works. Three would not work here because this is 27 minus 21, 6 plus 6, 12. Six obviously will not be as well. Minus one will not fit, minus two will not, minus three will fit, and the minus six will not. So that's how we can find all our three solutions. On another hand, if we have found one, which is this, you know that you can always represent this particular equation as a product equals product like x minus one because one is already found a solution and some polynomial of the second degree. Second because this is the third, this is the first degree. So we have to have second degree here. So the sum of exponents should be equal to three. And obviously the first coefficient at x square should be equal to one because otherwise this will not be equal to one. I don't really need these parentheses, right? So we need equal to one. So this should be x square plus two, oops, plus some kind of a something like this. And now we can basically find b and c by multiplying this and comparing with this. Well, let's do it. Now x multiplied by this would be x square plus b, sorry, x cube plus bx square plus cx. Minus one would be minus x square minus bx minus c. And it's supposed to be equal to this, right? Now x cube and x cube is fine. Now x square, there is no x square here which means b should be equal to one. So bx square minus x square should be zero because there is no x square here. So b is equal to one. Now cx minus bx should be seven minus seven, right? So b is equal to one. So c must be equal to minus six, right? So c is equal to minus six. That plus c would be plus six which corresponds to this obviously because one is the root of this polynomial as we were already saying. So right now I can say that my original equation can be replaced with x minus one times x square plus x minus six equals to zero. So obviously first solution is this which we have already found. And the second solution is this which we can actually use the formula if we don't want to guess. So this is what? One plus 24 divided by two, right? So it's five plus one is four divided by two so it's x is equal to two. And if it's minus five, it's minus six, minus three. The same three solutions which I have kind of guessed before. So this is a little bit more scientific approach. Once you found one particular root of this polynomial x is equal to one just by guessing. Then use this to find the other two. All right, fine. So let's remember both approaches. One a little bit less scientific which I presented the first where I was guessing lots of different things. Another is a little bit more scientific. Now which one is better by the way? Hard to say. I think that the element of guessing is very, very important. It actually is the result of your intuition, your mathematical intuition which is basically the result of your experience. So there's nothing wrong with guessing. A little bit more procedural approach which is the second one. Well, first of all, it's still based on the guessing of the first particular root. And again, we kind of assumed that maybe there was an integer root so we were just trying to check all the divisors. And we were lucky enough that on the first one we already got hit. But then everything else after that was relatively procedural like presentation as a product of polynomial of the first degree and the second degree, et cetera, et cetera. So I would say that one is better than another. Try to be prepared for any kind of approach whatever you need to solve the equation. It's your ingenuity. The whole exercise of solving these equations is to develop your creativity or ingenuity, your analytics, your logic, whatever else. So that's fine if you guess it. That means that you have this mass intuition. That's okay. Now, next one. X cube minus five X square plus nine X minus nine equals to zero. Well, again, I am kind of assuming that there are integer roots. So integer roots must be plus or minus one, plus or minus three, plus or minus nine. These are all divisors of this particular equation. Well, let's do the same thing as I did before. Plus or minus one. Let's check them. That's easier, right? If it's one, it means one minus five. It's minus four. This is zero, so that's not good. Minus one, that's minus one and minus five and minus and minus. Too many negatives. Not good, not zero. Let's try three. 27 minus three square is nine, 45. So 27 minus 45, that's what? Minus 18, right? Minus 18. Now, minus 18 plus 27, that's nine. And minus nine is zero. Okay, so three is good, which means we can always represent this as x minus three times x square plus vx plus c. Again, I'm using the coefficient one here because the product should have the coefficient one at x cubed. All right, fine, that's easy. Now let's multiply this and find b and c, right? That's easy. Actually, c I can find right now. Minus three times c, that's the only free member without any x and it's supposed to be equal to minus nine, right? So minus three times c is equal to minus nine, so c is equal to three. We got that, all right? Now let's do the multiplication. x times this would be x cubed plus bx square plus cx, but x is equal to, so it's plus three x, right? I'm using c is equal to three already. Now, minus three x square, minus three bx and minus nine. Again, I'm using c as three. And this is supposed to be equal to x cubed minus five x square minus nine x minus nine. So what can we do from here? Well, bx square minus three x square is b minus three and it's supposed to be equal to minus five. So b minus three is supposed to be equal to minus five. So b is equal to minus two. Now, how about this one? Three and minus two, that's six, that's nine x. This is minus nine, nine x, but no, something is wrong. What's wrong here? Minus nine, c is equal to three, right, something is wrong. This is nine, three times b, that's six, that's nine. So why am I not... Okay, let me check it, let me check again. Is three the root? Okay, it's 27 minus 45, it's minus 18. Minus 18 plus 27, that's nine. Yes, three is the root. Okay, fine. Now, minus three times c should be equal to minus nine. That's correct. So x cube plus bx square plus cx, which is three x, right, minus three x square, minus three bx and minus nine. So x cube is fine, b minus three x is equal to minus five, x square again. All right, so b is equal to minus two, that's strange. How come it's not working? I'm supposed to have minus nine x. Oh, I'm sorry. This is plus and this is plus. I have made this little mistake by writing the wrong thing here and then transferred it here. It's plus, of course, and minus two is correct. All right, well, as you see, I'm making some mistakes as well. Well, although this is just a very simple one. All right, so basically we have found our equation, b equals minus two and c equals to three, which means we can rewrite the right part as x minus three times x square minus two x plus three. All right, fine. Now, is our life easier right now? Oh, absolutely. Because one solution we have already found, which is x is equal to three, and another solution is to solve this one, right? And the roots of that thing is, well, it's obviously one plus minus square root of one minus whatever, 12 or something. Well, obviously this doesn't have any roots at all. Well, obviously it's seen from it's x minus one square plus two, right? x minus one square is x square minus two x plus one. So this is positive plus two, I mean, non-negative plus two. So there are no solutions to this equation. It cannot be equal to zero. So in this particular case, in the realm of real numbers, we have only one solution. In the realm of complex numbers, we have three solutions, one from here and two complex one with real and imaginary part from here. And well, let's just do it.  So it's one plus minus eight, four times two, square, square root of two, right? So that's two other solutions which are supposed to be solutions of the third degree polynomial equation. I hope I didn't make mistake here. Well, forgive me if I did. In any case, this is just a square, this is just a quadratic equation, so it's okay. Principle is more important than the details of this. And the last but not least, we have the equation of the fourth degree, x to the fourth plus four x square, no, x cube, sorry, minus two x square minus 12x plus nine equals to zero, all right. Now, this is, again, the polynomial equation of the fourth degree. And we are looking for integer solutions first, which means, again, we are looking among plus or minus one, plus or minus three, and plus or minus nine, which are divisors of the ninth. Well, let's check it out. I mean, we don't have any better approach. Okay, start from one, it's easier, right? So everything is basically x is equal to one. So one plus four is five, minus two is three, minus 12, minus nine and plus nine. Well, we're so lucky, one is the root. Okay, that's good, but that's basically not the complete pass to solution, because one will allow you to reduce from the fourth to the third degree, all right? Okay, let's do that. So we have x minus, all right, we need something else, how about this? So we have x minus one times, now the coefficient at x cubed should be one, otherwise I will not get one when I multiply to get x to the fourth, plus, well, let's use bx square plus cx plus b, all right? So that is supposed to be equal to this. Since one, x one, is a solution, it's supposed to be represented in this way. All right, let's find out dc and d. Well, d is easier, right? Because multiplied by minus one, it should give nine, which means d is equal to minus nine, all right, fine? Let me make my job easier, and I will put minus nine here, that's easier, right? Fine, now we have only two variables. Let's think about x cubed, x cubed can be either minus one, or when you multiply b times x, so it's plus b. So these are only members when they open the parentheses which give you x to the power of three, right? Minus x cubed and plus bx cubed, everything else will be lower degree, and I should get four. So b is equal to five, right? b is equal to five, and I will substitute it here because it's easier for me, great. Now we have only one left, c. All right, let's think about x square, how can x square be obtained? First of all, it's x times cx, which will be cx square, and secondly, minus one times plus five x, which is minus five. So we have c minus five, coefficient at x square, it's supposed to be equal to minus two. So c is equal to three, c minus five, so it's three. Okay, the only thing which is left is the coefficient at x, minus 12. We have to check if we really have it. Well, indeed, x to the first degree can be obtained from x times minus nine, which is minus nine, and also minus nine, minus one times three x, which is minus three, so it's minus 12. So this is a correct representation, fine. So we found one particular root, x is equal to one, and we have reduced our equation to the third degree. So now we have to solve this. So let me get rid of this. It already played its role, and let's solve this equation. Found one root and reduced the power of the equation. Okay, what should we do with this one? Well, let's try again. What kind of roots this particular equation has? Again, we're looking for integers, right? So minus nine, again. It's nine, so it's plus minus one, plus minus three, and plus minus nine. Well, let's try again. Let's start with one, again. One plus five, six plus three, six, nine, minus nine, zero. We're lucky again, x is equal to one is a solution. So we have another solution, x is equal to one. It's a double root, if you wish. Yes, a particular solution can be represented twice in the polynomial, which means that this again can be divided into x minus one times x square plus bx plus c. Do exactly the same thing. First, we start from this free member. Minus one times c should be minus nine, so c should be equal to nine, right? Okay. Now, so x cube is fine, and minus nine is fine. We have these two. Well, let's start from five x square. x square can be either x times b, x. So we will have bx square, or minus one. And that should be equal to five. So b is equal to six. b is equal to six. And all I have to do to check if I'm right, I have to verify that coefficient at x is what I'm really looking for. Well, coefficient at x is plus three. Here, x can be multiplied by free member, which is nine x, or minus one can be multiplied by six, which is minus six. So nine x minus six, x is three x, so that corresponds. Everything is fine, we don't make any mistakes. So now, we have another root, which is x is equal to one, and another equation to solve. Well, again, I'm guessing, but look, this is obviously x plus three square, right? The x square plus double x times three, which is six x plus square of this. But, I mean, if you want to really solve it, use the formula or whatever else. Now, what does this mean? It means that, again, we have two roots. One root is equal to x equals to minus three, and another root is also equal to x minus three. So we have four roots, but these are actually two different values, each of them double. We have a one double root and minus three double root, and which is fine. Altogether, we have four solutions to the equation of the fourth degree, which is correct, which is the way how it's supposed to be. These are all happened to be integer solutions. That's what it is, that's what it is. Okay, basically, I think you understand the schema which I was using here. It's one of the approaches which you can use if you would like to solve some equation of the high degree. Try to find some root, and then using this representation as a product of x minus this root times polynomial of the lower degree, you basically make your life easier. Okay, there are some others, and I might actually present some other further lectures, but this is it for today. Try to go through these solutions yourself again, and don't get scared if somebody offers you to solve the polynomial equation of a higher order, because most likely solutions are relatively simple. You just have to approach it properly, and if it's a problem given to you, most likely it has a relatively easy solution, not a generalized solution. There is no generalized solution in this particular case. Nobody would give you this problem. All right, that's it for today. Thank you very much.


I was excited when I heard XCOM Chimera Squad was going to be a thing, I've been with the XCOM franchise since Pharaxes' first venture, and the second game made a believer out of me, disappointing then that this small installment, made by some of the veteran developers working on XCOM 2, failed to grab me. Before I get into the meat of it, I'll share in a few words about the narrative. And it's a straightforward one, setting up a small-scale conflict in comparison to the worldwide stakes that play in the last two games of the same name. You're in charge of Chimera Squad, a mixed human-alien XCOM unit tasked with bringing City 31 to order. This city is the first of its kind, a source of hybrid plays that sees humans and aliens living and coexisting together. But problems are on the horizon and different powers on the rise. This is where you step in. The story is told in short sequences, such as this one. The comic book panel cuts scenes due to the job well enough, unlike the style. It's clean and fulfills the requirements of communicating important information well enough and stating the latest objectives of the Squad in a concise, simple way that doesn't bog you down at any point. Chimera Squad comes with pre-made characters with concrete backgrounds, classes and set characteristics. In narrative terms you've got some enjoyable banter between the characters, and I really felt a camaraderie between all of them. There's a feeling that these are all folks who have gone through hell. And even though Restoring the World, after the invasion, is no easy feat, is very much a task everyone is enthusiastic about. But enough about the narrative device is used. The most interesting idea Chimera Squad enacts is that of different breach points, different avenues of attack through which the Squad members can gain a variety of advantages. Make an entrance through the main entryway to a room you might have your pick of enemies to gun down. But the odds are some of them will be alert and ready to take post shots towards you. Make an entrance through the main entryway to a room you might have your pick of enemies to gun down. But the odds are some of them will be alert and ready to take post shots at you. Crawl through a vent in every foe you shoot is stunned by your fire. Break through the windows of an office building and you might have extra movement during your first turn. Enter through the backway and you will have extra defences to begin with. There are other permutations too. And these do make a difference. They give a certain freedom of approach which is key to the XCOM formula. The issue with this breach system is your inability to then pick where your characters take cover. In the opening few missions of the game, this is a mild annoyance at best. Whereas the enemies mount and their damage output and health bars grow, this oversight becomes increasingly frustrating. Until about 12 hours in, I grew beyond annoyed with it. You see unlike XCOM 2 where enemies grew tougher but at the pace that challenges you and forces you to adapt, use new strategies. Here enemies grow bullet spongy while the tools your squad has at its disposal do not grow at that same pace. Plenty of the oldest XCOM 2 foes make their return. And it's good to see the meaty lads but when you have so much less to cut them down with, this inevitably reaches a tipping point that bypasses challenging and ends up at irritating. The second biggest weakness of this installment in the franchise is perhaps the removal of permanent agent death. If your agent dies during a mission, you automatically fail the mission. Which is needless to say, a Natima to the formula and the very creed of XCOM. The reason they have done this is because the developer has decided to imbue these agents with personalities, making them react to the developing story. And while these craft a unique identity for Chimera Squad, the issue is they do take away from the pleasure that comes with creating your own characters and enjoying the emergent storytelling. And of course owning up to your mistakes. When you lose a character you care about, well, nothing stings quite like it. I still remember my XCOM 2 ranger class, a woman in her 30s I named Vassia through a high school friend who killed two of the chosen who by the time the closing credits of the game rolled, had put down well over a hundred aliens and does not mention the hordes of lost sheet cut down. I cannot, if I don't look them up right now, remember a single name in my squad. I have a mild recollection of their backgrounds and backstories, I remember their models, even some of the lines and so on and so forth. But I do not have an impression of them that will stay with me for years to come. Something that is, I think, part of the unique DNA that makes XCOM and XCOM likes so excellent. The premade characters also come with fewer customization options both in terms of cosmetics and in terms of skill choice. The first, I guess, you've defined the way your characters will look, that's frustrating but okay, it's the second choice, the narrow down customization part in terms of abilities which bothers me because it translates to less replayability. Also, it makes levelling up unexciting. I can't remember a time I wasn't excited to get that little level up sign at the end of the mission in XCOM 2 because I knew every new ability unlocked offered me tactical possibilities that might spell the difference between success and failure the next time my agents go out on a mission. Wow, that was a long sentence, not so hater. Too many of the abilities I unlocked were not impactful enough. Some, true, hit the mark, but enough didn't, that I lost that excitement about developing my characters, which again, due to the scarcity of the options, was not all that great in the first place. It's strange because this game, for most of my playtime, was a whole lot easier than any of the other Firaxis releases, not to mention any of the XCOM likes out there, games like Xenonauts and Phoenix Point, which are even more difficult. It was at a level of difficulty this game that eventually frustrates you. I've mentioned this before, but I really, really need to hammer it in. But then, once you reach that point during which you enter the middle game, and maybe because I didn't press on with the cutting edge in terms of weaponry, I had an unpleasant time with those spongy enemies that flooded my missions. Speaking of the science, that was another example of the game I was thoroughly dissatisfied with. It was bland and stale and streamlined to an extent that I was inclined to pick research projects almost at random, at one point or another. I resisted the urge, but when a strategy game in which research plays an important role, awakes something like that in a player, it's not a brilliant outcome for anyone involved. Would I recommend this game? No. Not unless you're looking for a mediocre experience at best. Compare it to most other XCOM likes, and you'll find this doesn't do an awful lot that's interesting or new. Short admissions, a more compact story, a far less exciting strategic layer. These don't go too far in winning me over. Compare it to XCOM 2 and this is your classical example of one step forward, two steps back. The price in the box, especially on account of how often this goes for 10 euro apiece, or your regional equivalent, works in its favour. So does the performance. This one works without a hitch on a purely graphical level, which I have to highlight here. I don't think the game dropped below 60 FPS more than once or twice for me. And my gaming notebook is middle of the line. Most of the time it was well above 60. Still price to no price, I don't think there is enough here to excuse the time investment. By hour 10 I was bought. By hour 13 I gave up. I think this is perhaps the first game I have not finished that I'm writing a review of. But by Jove I want to share my thoughts about it, and also I want to use by Jove. Because I've been reading the elite. Speaking of the elite, nope, can't make this work in anyway. If you enjoyed this video, like it, just press that like button, share, share with your friends, all over social media, and subscribe, the first. Write a comment down below, and if you're a friend of mine, leave a comment down below. Don't do that thing where you leave a comment in our messenger chats when it could have perfectly well served to be part of the video. It helps. It really helps. I need this channel to grow. 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Oh, yes, let's assume our class So before the break we were talking about How Jesus urges us to abide in him in the same way the branches abide in the wine and Only as long as the branches stay attached to the wine. They are able to bear fruit and in fact Jesus says I think it was in worse Five he says without me you can do nothing so You know in case we are thinking that we can live Godly lives or be able to achieve something for the kingdom Or in fact, you know Gather any kind of merit? No, it can simply not be done without him. It's only through his enabling it's only through his grace that we are able to do anything for the Lord and That becomes possible as long as we are abiding in him and you know, allowing his word to To become alive in us in line our choices in our lifestyle then out of that fruit comes So Jesus talks about us abiding in him and he again links it to this concept of loving one another so in Verses 9 to 11 he again brings up this Commandment about our having to love one another you will notice that from this chapter 15 onwards, there's a lot of repetition Where again and again Jesus says that you must love one another he stresses this more than anything else Why because God is love I mean that is, you know one of the vital Aspects of who he is and so if we wish to call ourselves his disciples then we need to We too need to be moving in love just like him And we really cannot even have any relationship with him if we do not have love in our hearts And if you're not operating in love So it it's like very vital and maybe that's the reason why Jesus felt the need To repeat this again and again to his disciples in this last day's why you know of his time on earth Because this is one teaching that he wanted Imprinted on their hearts and so later when John writes those three epistles of his you know first John second John and third John first John is again all about loving one another I mean so that that team gets emphasized so much Here Jesus makes a very interesting point in our verses 9 to 11 and Maybe we can actually read out verses 12 to 15 because in verses 9 to 11 he again urges the disciples and says you know remain in love in my love if you keep my commandments You will remain in my love So he talks about how if we abide in him we will stay in his love and immediately after that he he again I know rate rates the point and says my command is this love each other as I have loved you If you can have someone read out for us from chapter 15 verses 12 to 17 12 to 17 West well, this is my commandment that you love one another as I have loved you Greater love has no one than this than to lay down one's life for his friends You are my friends if you do whatever I come on to No longer do I call you servants or a servant does not know what his master is doing But I have called you friends for all things that I heard from my father I have made known to you. You did not Oh, no, no, yeah, we will come to that later So this this so Jesus first says you know keep my commandments by doing that You will remain in my love. You will be able to enjoy the benefits of you know being loved by me So stay in me see keep my commandments and while you're doing that The main command which I'm giving you, you know when I say he said in verse 10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love and what are the commands that I want you to keep? He again says the same thing here verse 12 my command is this love each other as I have loved you And so he says the greatest love would be where you are willing to lay down your life for others, okay, so That is the kind of love that he is expecting us to Show towards one another and then he makes this statement. He says You are my friends if you do what I command I no longer call you servants because a servant doesn't know his master's business Instead, I have called you friends for everything that I learned from my father. I have made known to you Jesus treats the disciples and his Followers as friends are not just people that he's just imparting some teaching to but rather as Like-minded people, you know He believes that they will be interested in the things that he is interested in and they will catch what he's trying to say And they will follow the same values and principles that you know, he is Demonstrating in his own life. So he says to them, you know, if you were servants I would talk to you very differently. I would give you a series of orders I would expect you to obey them and that would be that but I have been everything that the father has taught me I've been sharing that with you Why because I regard you as friends I believe that you care about the same things that I care about, you know It's what Jesus is conveying over here And so he says this reason the reason I'm asked giving you this command to love one another Is because you are not servants because a servant does not know his master's business Why does the servant work? Why does the servant obey the orders being given by the master because he's going to get paid for it? He doesn't really care why the master is asking him to do that the master says, you know I wanted to take all of these logs and you know, put them over there in the in the in the in that storehouse He doesn't care why the master is asking him to carry those logs and put them over there. He'll just do his job He's not interested in finding out why and what he doesn't interest him. He just wants his pay but When you're asking a friend to do that your friend understands your heart Oh, okay fine those logs are going to be used for this particular purpose That's why he's asking my help. He wants me to you know, assist him in taking them over there So you care about what is being told you you reflect on why it is being told and you work towards it So Jesus is basically saying over here You know, if you're going to be abiding in me and I abide in you and we are going to be having this relationship It's going to work only if you're going to be operating in love You can't be full of hatred and unforgiveness and grudges and all of that and say I'm abiding in the Lord It just doesn't work that way in the same way that the Lord operates in love I too would need to have the same attitude and operate in love Because only then would I truly be abiding in him and I would be doing this not as a servant Just obeying an order. I would be doing this because I truly understand his heart. I understand What he is all about, you know, it says over here so clearly a servant does not know his master's business He doesn't care what his master's business is. He's just doing the job given to him He wants to get paid and that's the end of it But if we are friends, we understand why the Lord is doing all the things that he is and Why he has given us the mission that you know, he has given to each one of us He wants us to accomplish certain things in our life. He has a purpose for us And so we are actively involved in his business Because we care about the things that he cares about and we are partnering with him in all of this and For us to be able to do that. We need to have the same heart that he does So only if we are operating in love the way he does Then we can truly say that we are abiding in him and this is a very difficult teaching I mean, I find it very very difficult because I whenever I read these passages I think oh am I really walking in love to the extent that Christ did? Am I really fulfilling this commandment because you know, it is so it is so easy on so many occasions for us to become a little Self-centered to focus more on our own interests than on the interests of others So this is something that we have to constantly keep reminding ourselves off and we need to constantly express our Dependence and cry out and say Lord, this is going to take place only through the enabling of the Holy Spirit So oh Lord, you help me you Renew me or Lord on the inside so that I can I know give up my selfish attitudes my worldly priorities and Walk in love. So this is something that we constantly have to learn to do So it is possible for us to abide in the wine and have this kind of a heart of love only through the Enabling of the Lord and this is something that the Lord wants us to consciously pursue So we talked about abiding in the wine We talked about how abiding in the wine means that you submit to him that you obey him because you know You're cleansed by his word. He imparts his word to us on a daily basis We choose to trust it obey it submit to it and by doing that we get pruned we get cleansed and So even as we are doing that we also choose to Live in love towards one another so that we have the right attitude now that all that is one aspect of being in the wine When you're abiding in the wine something else also happens you will encounter persecution So Jesus goes on to talk about that aspect now So he says to them you did not choose me But I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should remain But whatever you ask the father in my name, he may give you so The fruit that you're going to be bearing it will not just be some temporary fruit With just temporary results the fruit that you bear will be eternal in the sense Whatever you have done for the kingdom. What do you have done for the Lord will last It will have lasting value. It will bring about change and transformation in people's lives So that is the kind of fruit that you will be able to bear and even as you're going out going forth and bearing fruit for the father Even as you're going about the master's business or rather in this case the father's business because you know You're not just regarding him as a master You know, I have a personal relationship with him and you're interested in what he is interested in So even as you are pursuing his Interests and bearing fruit there are going to be many many things many challenges that you will face So all you need to do is go to the father and say Lord help me I am trying to live for you. I'm trying to accomplish things for you There are people that I'm trying to share the gospel with but Lord there are all these challenges You help me your Lord you make a way the Lord says whatever you ask the father in my name He will grant it to you so that you will be able to bear more and more fruit So over here actually it's not really a promise that is being made You know where you just keep asking things for yourself for your own self interest. It's all lump at least over here And no very very very way this verse is being mentioned. It's being mentioned in the context of fruit bearing So we all have this desire inside us to do something for the Lord to to to bear fruit Which remains, you know, which has got eternal value not just some temporary thing Which will really not accomplish anything much, but something that is of lasting value And to be able to accomplish something like that, you know Takes a lot of effort Challenges come in our way Satan tries to stop us from accomplishing those things He does not want us to bear fruit. So I mean we are going through those times of difficulty We have complete permission from Jesus to go to the father in the name of Jesus and say Lord I am trying to bear fruit for you for your kingdom Help me your Lord These are the challenges that I'm facing and these are the ways in which Satan is attacking me and my family He wants me to get distracted and feel, you know Low and burdened so that I know I will no longer focus and run the race Not all these things are taking place. Please Lord. I want to bear fruit you know It talks about people who will reap a hundred fold. So we want to be like that, right? So That is what I want. Oh Lord So you enable me you help me you make the way you strengthen me You give me the right scriptures to stand on, you know We have we have the freedom to cry out to him regarding these things and he will help us So even as we start doing this even as we start bearing much fruit a position will come I mean, there'll be persecution which will come the world instead of being grateful for the blessing that we are being to it You know the world will instead, you know spew hatred against us and So Jesus says when you're abiding in the wine when you start bearing much fruit and fruit Which lasts eternal fruit which has caught, you know it Eternal value and repercussions when the world starts seeing you operate like that and they can see you being so Christ like They're not going to praise you. They're gonna hate you No, which is not the kind of response which we would expect No, we would think that people would applaud us and say wow You know what you're doing is good. What you're doing is noble But no the world which is driven by the prince of the air Will instead hate us and that is why Jesus says they're going to respond in this way because you don't belong to the world He says that in verse 19 He says you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world That is why the world hates you, you know, he said that in verse 16. He said I chose you I came to you I picked you up to the same way he picked up Saul on the road to Damascus and appointed him in the same way We all have been picked up and been appointed to be really fruit bearing to To reap a hundred fold That is the way that's what he has appointed us for and when we start doing that The world is not going to like us. It's going to Persecute us and so Jesus says when that happens, you know, do not be discouraged He says in verse 20 a servant is not greater than his master if they persecuted me They will persecute you also So he says do not be shocked when these things happen to you It is actually an outcome a natural result of abiding in me. You will draw at least some Persecution and you know some kind of a position So then Jesus goes on to say They will treat you this way because of my name that would be verse 21 Chapter 15 verse 21 for they do not know the one who sent me And Then Jesus in fact quotes an Old Testament scripture Maybe we can read out verses 23 and 24 if someone could read out for us, please verses 23 and 24 Hates me hates my father also if I had not done among them the works which no one else did They would have no sin, but now they have seen and also hated both me and my father But this but this happened that the word might be fulfilled, which was which is written in their law They hated me without a cause All right So Jesus is saying this is actually something that was already prophesied in the Old Testament that people who see miracles people who see lives being restored people who see dead the dead coming back to life and being Restored to their families instead of rejoicing instead of being happy instead of being glad What is going to be the response? They will hate me without reason. No, that's what it was already prophesied in the Old Testament and This phrase actually they hated me without reason is actually mentioned in two places in the Old Testament Psalm 35 19 and also Psalm 69 4 Most probably Jesus is not referring to Psalm 69 because over there it talks about the psalmist's guilt and all of that Jesus of course had nothing to be guilty about So most probably Jesus was quoting Psalm 35 19 where it talks about how the enemies are Attacking him without any reason And it says in Psalm 35 verse 20 They devise false accusation accusations, you know, so even though This psalmist has not has not done anything evil. They are devising false accusations against him And so what he's experiencing what the psalmist is experiencing is Pointing towards what Jesus also will experience in the future. So it's a kind of messianic Some which is pointing towards something that even Jesus will undergo So here Jesus says this law has been fulfilled. What was said What was what was prophesied in the law? It has been fulfilled. They are hating me without reason So in the same way that will be done even to you even though what you are doing is good Even though what you're doing is benefiting people Without reason, they will hate you. Why because they do not know the one who sent me Whom did they know they know the prince of the air because they are under the under the slavery of the prince of the air So they are blinded. So they follow the instincts, you know, which the evil one is planting inside them And so even when they see good rather than appreciating the good which they are seeing there is a chance that they will Persecute you so having talked about these things, you know, Jesus moves into the last portion of chapter 15 Where he says, you know in the middle of all of this, don't worry the helper is going to be there He's going to come to you. He will testify of me and Even as he's testifying of me to you you will go out and testify to other people about, you know about me So in the first place, he speaks to us in our heart The Holy Spirit speaks to us in our heart and testifies about Jesus He gives us the ability to continue to trust in Jesus through trials through hardships through persecution Constantly the Holy Spirit is reminding us of the truth of who Jesus is so that we can stay strong in him And even as he testifies to us we go out and we testify to other people about who this Jesus is so So Having said that Jesus moves into chapter 16 and the conversation is still continuing and he says all this I have told you so that you will not fall away Because when the persecution hits You will wonder has the Lord abandoned me, you know Have I been left all alone by myself and so Jesus is saying, you know The reason I'm telling you all this is because you people, you disciples are going to actually obey what I have told you You will abide in me and you will bear much fruit and when that happens Instead of applause, you're going to get persecution And so at that time you should not be shocked because bad things are going to happen to you and he goes on to explain in verse 2 He says anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God You know, I'm in fact, they will which is what happened in the case of you know, Stephen. I mean, there was Stephen Speaking about Jesus He was having this debates with all these scholars and he was proving to them from the Old Testament that Jesus is truly the Messiah and rather than being grateful that someone is explaining Explaining the scriptures to them so beautifully. They choose to stone him instead And in fact, they all feel very very noble and godly in doing it Including Saul because you know Saul is over there completely approving of what's going on and he thinks that he's doing God a service by Participating and supporting the people who are stoning Stephen So Jesus says these are the kind of things that are going to happen to you and when these things happen Do not fall away because the Holy Spirit is going to be there. He's going to help you to you know to bear these things and You will be able to continue abiding you will be able to hold on so the Holy Spirit has not been given to us Just for pleasant times Just for times when everything is going well and our spiritual walk is Flourishing and we feel we are feeling very good about ourselves When you're down when you feel that you're just literally clinging on to your faith and you are And you have so many negative thoughts going through your head and you're wondering my is the Lord there Is it worth it? Is it worth it pursuing this Christian walk? Should I continue working for the Lord and so when you're down and you're you know feeling like giving up At that time the Holy Spirit is not displeased with you and he doesn't know Turner He's turn his face away and say oh look at this person having all these negative thoughts No, the Holy Spirit has been given to us four times like that He will testify with inside your inner man and say no, this is the truth hold on to it There's hope if you hold on now tomorrow you will rejoice today You will be you will be reaping in tears, but tomorrow when the harvest comes in they'll be great Rejoicing and you will be glorified So the Holy Spirit constantly testifies to us on the inside. He strengthens us so When you're feeling down and out and you're feeling very discouraged and you look at other believers who are like on fire and going strong And you think look at me. I'm so weak. I'm so much down and I don't seem to have the enthusiasm and passion that I did earlier when you're feeling that way Remember the Holy Spirit has been placed inside you for times like that as well. He is there I Like the wording that is there, you know in the APC notes for this particular portion it It says over there The Holy Spirit he comes to assist people caught up in the thick of battle and who are being tried beyond their strength So if you are going through, you know Situations where you are being tried beyond your strength and your ability and you feel weak And you feel like giving up and you have these negative thoughts going through your head The Holy Spirit is not displeased with you and he's not going to move away He's in fact there for you for such situations and if you just reach out to him He will give you, you know, he will remind you of the scriptures He will remind you of all that Jesus taught he will strengthen you He will impart to you his enabling grace. So you will be able to go on and So these things are you know being told to the disciples because they're going to go through a lot of hardships When they start abiding in the wine and bearing fruit Now this would have made a lot of sense to the First-time readers of this gospel because those were believers who were going through a lot of persecution Their neighbors their family members, you know people whom they had who had respected them in society Now those people are spitting on them. They're saying what you you've given up your Jewish faith You're going after this Jesus. I mean now have you lost your mind? Don't you at least care about the honor of your family? Why are you living like this? Why are you doing these things? You see they're going through a lot of hardship.  Oh, you have you know You have turned your back on the Old Testament scriptures. That's what the the synagogue leaders are going to say but Listen to the testimony of the Holy Spirit inside you He is testifying the truth about Jesus and so hold on to not give in So for them the disciples are the fall the first time followers the believers of that time in the early church They were being opposed by all the religious leaders whom they had respected and looked up to You know, they would go on a Saturday and sit over there in the synagogue And the leader would come and stand in front of them with a scroll and explain those scriptures to them These are their leaders. These are the people who were mentoring them and now those leaders are saying What have you done with yourself? I mean, why are you following this Jesus?  It's what they are saying so These people are being told by Jesus to listen to the Holy Spirit who is going to be inside them Talking to them teaching them Advising them guiding them They're going to be needing this inner witness of the Holy Spirit to hold on to their faith Even as they go through this through these hardships Okay, so so which is why Jesus, you know takes the effort to speak to them about these things and then Jesus says in chapter 16 Maybe you if someone could read out verses five six and seven John chapter 16 verses five six and seven But now I go away to him has sent me and none of you ask me Where are you going?  It is to your advantage that I go away For if I do not go away the helpers will not come to you But if I but if I depart I will send him to you Okay, so They are so Heartbroken about how Jesus is going to be leaving them soon They are not asking for details. They're not asking.  Jesus can only be there with them physically on the outside But the advocate will be inside them, you know 24 7 If Jesus were to go to the next village, then you know, they would no longer have Jesus help Because physically there's only so much that he can do but if he goes away and he sends the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit will be inside them 24 7 Always there to help them always there to encourage them To help them to know walk in Christ and bear fruit and be able to accomplish great things So it's in fact to their advantage that he goes away And so he says, you know, you people are now going to be bearing fruit.  So the Holy Spirit is going to help you in doing this Ministry work. So he explains to them in what way the Holy Spirit will assist these Disciples when they go out and start doing their ministry now that is explained in verses 8 to 10 now, so if we can have someone read out for us verses 8 to 10 And when he has come he will convict the world of sin and of righteousness and of judgment of Sin because they do not believe in me of righteousness because I go to my father and you see me no more of Judgment because the ruler of this world is judged Okay, we're very very familiar with this You know passage we talk about how the Holy Spirit convicts of sin righteousness and judgment But we generally do not understand what those phrases mean. So, you know here Jesus actually explains it He says first the Holy Spirit, you know, even as you share the gospel even as to talk about me Jesus says the Holy Spirit will convict these people of Sin that word convict that is used over there. I know and I be tries to use another way of phrasing it says The Holy Spirit will prove to the world. Okay, so he's going to give evidence. He will give proof. He will show them Certain things about sin about righteousness and about judgment. What exactly will the Holy Spirit show them that? If they reject Jesus it is sin Apart from him, they can have no eternal life. There can be no salvation So the Holy Spirit convicts them on the inside and shows them that if they continue as they are there is only death Eternal death awaiting them. So they need to accept Jesus So as long as they continue rejecting him It is sin and they are in sin and they have no future no hope The Holy Spirit also convicts of okay, the word convict over here is basically, you know, the word the Greek word elix or something like that So anyway that word basically saying proof. He gives proof So the next thing that he proves the Holy Spirit proves to the people is that In Jesus Christ, there is righteousness. So Jesus Christ has gone to the father the sacrifice that he Presented before the father of himself, you know as the lamb it was acceptable to God So now he's standing over there in God's presence as our intercessor. So in him His righteousness has been imparted to us. So if we reject him, there is only sin and death on the other hand If we accept him because he is now our advocate in front of the father There will be righteousness. So that is why, you know, that's the the first part is talking about people who do not believe in me Who reject him that is sin then verse 10 talks about the righteousness part of it where it says because I'm going to the father So when he goes to the father there, he will be Ever present as our intercessor and his righteousness is imparted to us The third thing or the proof that the Holy Spirit will give people Regarding these spiritual things. It's about judgment. So what is the thing that Jesus says about judgment? Because the Prince of this world now stands condemned. Okay, so Jesus Christ has finished Passing judgment upon the sprints of the world He thought he was defeating Jesus Christ on the cross, but he was unable to do that Jesus Christ rose from the dead victorious and So now the Prince of this world stands defeated and condemned Anyone who chooses to continue following this Prince of this world will have to share in that judgment and condemnation with Satan so The Holy Spirit even as we try to minister to people in our own way with the help of the Holy Spirit We talk to them. We share truths with them You know, we show them acts of love so that they will experience what Jesus Christ is like No, they will experience his love through us Even as we do all of these things the Holy Spirit starts working in those people's lives to give them Spiritual proof deep in their you know being where he they will start Developing an awareness of how dangerous it is to reject Christ He was the he the Holy Spirit will start revealing to them the righteousness that they can have as a result of which They'll be able to enter heaven one day. You know, so he starts imparting that to them So the Holy Spirit starts opening their spiritual eyes so that they can see these Truths and so that they can escape from the coming judgment and they won't have to share that judgment with the Prince of this world So these are the these are the things which the Holy Spirit will do through us When we go and minister to people so we don't go in our own strength We just pray and we say Lord. I'm preparing the best I know how and so sincerely I'm gonna try and do this but Lord You're going to you're going to come along with me because you are in me the Holy Spirit is in us And he will guide us he will show us what to say when the time comes So The Lord enables us to minister All right Maybe we can Maybe we can look at John chapter 16 Verses 19 222 If you look at the earlier portion, you know John 16 versus 16 to 18 We've kind of dwelt on that already You know because they ask him in a little while you're going away So so he says that he's going away in a little while So they want to know exactly what he means by in a little while So we've already kind of dwelt upon that Let's look at this portion Verses 19 to 22 of chapter 16. Yeah Now Jesus knew that they desired to ask him and he said to them Are you inquiring among yourselves about what I said a little while and you will not see me And again a little while and you will see me Most assuredly I say to you that you will reap and lament But the world will rejoice and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy Yeah, so here Jesus says that When I go away, you know, he's basically talking about his crucifixion in verse 20 He says very truly I tell you you will reap and mourn while the world rejoices So when the crucifixion takes place, they will be in deep mourning But the people of the world who have done the the crucifying, you know, they will rejoice So all of that will happen But In verse 21 Jesus says it will be like a woman giving birth She goes through the pain of Giving birth But once the child is born the joy is so great That she doesn't even dwell on the pain that she went through because now the child has come forth and you know Now there is some there's a new chapter beginning in her life. And so in the same way Jesus says What's going to happen in the near future is going to be very painful So in verse 22 he says now is your time of grief But I will see you again and you will rejoice So in that context he speaks in verse 23 he says In that day, you will no longer ask me anything Very truly I tell you my father will give you whatever you ask in my name Jesus is basically saying there are very Wonderful great things coming. Of course, there's going to be this time of deep grief You know where it will be very painful for you while the world is rejoicing You will be completely broken But I will see you again You know because after the resurrection Jesus comes back to visit them and he explains many many more things to them at that time So he says once these This new chapter comes through In that day, you don't have to come to me and ask for things, you know the last three years That's basically what the disciples were doing.  My goodness if Jesus goes away, whom are we going to turn to? Who's going to help us?  So these are really amazing words of promise that Jesus is giving them And he says until now you have not asked for anything in my name You you would come to me physically and ask for something But you never went to the father in my name and asked for big big things But you know, you do it Ask and you will receive and your joy will be complete And then he goes on to say Um in verse 26, sorry verse 26 he says in that day You will ask in my name. I am not saying that you will ask the father um On your behalf Uh, I'm not saying that I will ask the father on your behalf So the point that he's making over here is that It's not like I have to go to an angry god and somehow, you know, uh, persuade him To do something good for you. Okay. So he says, um I am not saying that I will ask the father on your behalf. You will not need my intercession You can directly go to him because it's here the father himself loves you Because you have loved me and have believed that I came from god So if you have placed your faith in me, if you believe that I am the son of god And that you have salvation and eternal life in me if you believe in me Then the father loves you and he's no longer an angry god that you're approaching fearfully You can just directly go into his presence and directly ask him in my name And whatever is required, he will grant it to you and it says your joy will be complete So, uh, this would have been a very great revelation for them Because up to now their entire dependence was on the physical jesus the one, you know, who's been walking with them and Sharing with them But now when jesus is going to be removed from the picture They don't have to be distressed because they are going to have direct access to the father And he's not going to be an angry god where some intercessor has to come in between and say please Could you do something for these people? No, he says that is why he says I'm not saying that I will ask I'm not going to do any interceding You can directly go to the father yourself And in case you're thinking of roman's chapter eight where it talks about jesus who is um, you know Romans 8 34 where it says that jesus is Standing in god's presence as intercessor over there It's talking about a different kind of intercession It's talking about how as long as he's standing over there in god's presence It is a reminder to the father that he has finished paying the sacrifice And so now Righteousness has been imparted to us and so a right relationship has been established and therefore nothing can separate us from the love of god Why because constantly jesus is standing over there as proof that the sacrifice has been Made and so nothing can separate us from the love of god is to know what that roman's eight talks about So intercession in that sense where he is standing over there having finished The work of atoning and so the right relationship between the father and us has been established Here is saying I don't need to intercede for you with regard to prayer requests, you know because um Sometimes when prayers are not being answered we say oh if only jesus was here Then I think my answer by prayer would be answered Ah, that's a very wrong theology So even though jesus is not physically present over here In his name just in his name if you approach the father Will hear you he has heard you he will answer in his time He knows better than you his brain is bigger. You know, he knows yes greater wisdom So he will do it. So just because there's some silence over there Don't make assumptions Because that jesus has made very very clear over here. He says I don't need to be physically present over here to be helping you Because I'm not going to be here physically present. I am going to be physically present in front of the throne Romans 8 34 and as long as I'm standing over there Every time the father looks at me. It's clearly understood the transaction has been completed The right relationship between god the father and us has been completely totally report So yes, when we go to him and ask Uh, what will be the result our joy will be complete So we can have this deep assurance that our prayers will be answered In his time that is one condition. Okay that we need to accept jesus does not follow our timetable He does it according to his divine timetable. He knows what is best for us And so uh, sometimes it helps for us to wait Upon his timetable and allow him allow him to do things his way So having said all of these things Finally at the end of chapter 16 in verse 33. He says I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace In this world you will have trouble, but take heart I have overcome the world So all these things that jesus said to his disciples it was basically to bring them peace So that they no longer have to feel troubled So that they no longer have to be anxious that jesus is leaving In me you will have peace is what jesus assures So even though jesus is not physically present over here among us We have the holy spirit within us who testifies of jesus And so in that sense, you know, the father and son have come and made their home in us. Um that um We will Oh, I think that's already we didn't touch upon that in John chapter 14 Yeah, so, you know, it says the father and I will come and make our home uh with you So so we already have the lord with us in us So even though there's going to be much trouble in the world um We can have peace because The lord who is inside us has finished overcoming the world He already has a solution for every problem you're ever you're ever going to have Okay, so you on your own May not know how to overcome those things But the one who is in you the one who is greater than he who is in the world He has already out schemed satan whatever scheme satan may have been trying to you know, uh bring upon you He has already been out schemed out strategized The one who is in you already knows how to take care of this Now all you need to do is just trust in him and you know Wait upon him by the power of the holy spirit and you can have peace Knowing fully the lord will cause everything to work out in his perfect timing. Okay, so that's the assurance that we have in the lord. Um, so, um Let's just close with a word of prayer Yeah Lord, we just thank you so much for the very encouraging teachings of lord that you Imparted to us in these three chapters Oh lord We really want to abide in the wine so that we can enjoy all of these things that you have promised us So we pray oh lord that even as we spend time in your presence every day Even as we have our devotions even as we read your word and cleanse our hearts and minds with it Even as we go through all of these processes and procedures Oh lord, I pray that you would make it all Um Meaningful and real for us through your holy spirit. So that oh lord Um, we are able to bear much fruit in every area of our lives Oh lord And so that we will be able to bring glory to your name because of the lifestyles that we are leading And we thank you for your promise that we can just come in jesus name to the father And you will grant us whatever we require. You will cause our joy to be complete Yes, we will have trouble in the world But you have promised that in you we can have peace because you have overcome the world oh lord You have a solution for every problem that comes our way So we thank you oh lord for all of these privileges which we have in you Thank you oh lord in jesus name Amen Thank you. Thank you


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What are you doing now? You tying your shoes? Tying my shoe, you got a problem with that? Yeah, you're tying like a little bit.  Happy Diwali. Happy Diwali to you and yours. Happy Diwali from the ceiling to the floors. Yeah, you can follow us on Instagram and Twitter. Thank you all for coming. And you can follow us on Patreon and follow us on Instagram and Twitter. And you can follow us on Instagram and Twitter. Links in the description below. Hey, what? They should see all of the lovely little motor they look like to you. Balloons? Nah, that's not what they look like to me. Anyway, what are we doing today? Doing a movie review. Oh no. Yeah, the ongoing joke that Rick didn't watch the movie. Just wing it. We're hilarious. We are so funny. Anyways, the new film that just came out, Ludo, which is based off the game which you haven't played says it's similar to Parcheese. Ah, I put that on my spaghetti. But this is a... Say his name for me. Oh, the director? Anurag Basu. He directed, wrote it, and produced it. I think we've seen one of his things before. That's it. I was like, I know I've seen something of his. Yep. But it's starring a whole slew of people, Little B, who we have said we wanted to see in something. I did Roy Kapoor, who I believe we saw in... We saw him in... No, we didn't see him in The Comporn Sons. Who was he in Comporn Sons? Am I mistaken? Okay, he might have been. I don't know. You can tell me. And then Rajkumar Rao. And then Tripitha. I think, if we look at his résumé, I think 75% of the roles he plays have his name as the character. Is that like an ongoing joke? Because right when he said it, I was like... I know. Is that in his contract? Like every role he plays has to have that name. Which is hilarious. Very strange. But anyways, we loved the trailer. We probably thought it was the best trailer of this past year. We were very much looking forward to seeing it.  Correct, because it's brand new. Then we'll get into it. So, Rick, your initial thoughts. Non-spoilers. Non-spoiler and initial thoughts. Loved, loved, loved. Loved it. It's quirky. It's fun. It's an extremely difficult thing to pull off. I... It's like a breath of fresh air in the midst of sensing we have to stay locked down through the winter. Something this fun and touching and entertaining and laugh out loud funny is available. I totally agree. It lived up to what I felt the trailer was supposed to be. I applauded when it was over. I applauded the screen. I love the ending. It's non-spoilers. Non-spoilers. But, yeah, I think it's actually a brilliant, also unique to especially Indian cinema who have yet to get at least to our knowledge a lot of this style which is very I want to say it has a couple elements of a few things. I'm not comparing it, but like Quinn what's his name? Guy Ritchie and the person who it reminded me of quite a bit in terms of some of the quirkiness in terms of the use of color was um, oh, boss? Who? What movie? We love him. Well, you have to tell me a movie. I know. Um, and my brain's farting on that, too, and I see his face the comedy with Hitler. Oh, Pacquotiti. Yes. Yeah, yeah, very much, very much, yes. Very much like that. So, I was one of my favorite directors watched everything he's ever done. You still haven't seen what we do in the shadows. No. That's so brilliant. I haven't. Anyways, so, yeah, I think everything from the direction to the cinematography, I thought they did a great job in each character. The cinematography even went along with what piece they were supposed to be playing, basically. So hard. Um, so that was great. I thought the score was really not of the acting. Oh, the score with the music. The acting especially by Tripathi and Rajkumar Rao. And, hey, I will talk a little bit about it, but I was shocked by Pacquotiti, man. There was not one weekly in the entire thing. Not one. So, I want to praise the director who is also the writer and the producer. Yeah. Anurag Basu did a phenomenal job making a very unique, quirky film. So, definitely just go watch it on Netflix. Enjoy it. You're going to enjoy it's got a two and a half hour runtime. It feels like a 90 minute film. Yeah. You'll forget all about COVID and elections and crap and you'll just get to escape, be entertained, be made to laugh, have some touching moments and watch some incredibly good cinematography. It's just and some really great quirky performances. Great quirky performances. It's just all good. By a lot of people. So, definitely go check it out. If you haven't seen it yet, please go watch it. We are heading into the spoiler part of the review now. Yes. There's lots of twists and turns in this film. Yes. So, we don't want you to be spoiled.  Right at the end. Yeah. No, but yeah, like I said, I loved everything about this film. I want to praise the director even more because what he did with just everything. He's got given the most credit for and I think only seen one of his and it was Barfi, which was a unique film in and of itself. I love Barfi. Yeah. And so, quirky. Like this. No. And not nearly as difficult to pull off. It's almost had like a pulp fictiony style of because they went and molded the stories together. You know what it reminded me of not in terms of its feel or genre, but its structure. The fact that we had like these different components that kept you engaged with each of the stories and they crossed each other. Yeah. It reminded me just in that respect to the success in love actually where you're connected to each of the stories in that romantic comedy and each of the people in the story. It's a really fun, underrated. We're not allowed to watch it here. She doesn't want to be mad at Alan Rickman. Why should be mad at Alan Rickman? Doesn't he like cheat on somebody? I'm not going to give away a spoiler. I'm just telling that's what it looks like. It's so cool. She does not want that vision of Alan Rickman in her head. It's a fun rom-com for the holidays one of my favorite for the holidays and it has the same kind of feel. The difficulty of taking these different stories and keeping you engaged with each of the characters and the way that they blended them the way that you'd see one moment that's just this passing moment where someone's having a conversation as the main people walk by and then 15 minutes later you're in that conversation and they're the passing by survivor. I thought it was brilliant like when Tripp was a great opening when Tripp was the ghost that killed the guy and I loved that he had his gun right on it. I did too. And that shot with the green door falling in brilliant shot you wouldn't think a film like this would have as beautiful of cinematography as it had. It's easy to miss. It's easy to miss. It was extremely beautiful. This would be one of those films that have been released like in America. This would have been one of those films that right now I'd be screaming and saying, okay, Academy don't miss the level of artistic brilliance in the cinematography because this is such a quirky, funny movie. This movie deserves and I'd be jumping up and down if it got a nod for cinematography because it's... he has some shots that are just straight up like throwaways.  It's just beautiful in so many ways. I want to talk about the performances.  I think he... he's one of the best actors acting, period. Not no region attached to that. He's legendary. He's one of the few because it's difficult to be as good as he is in drama and also, frickin' hilarious. We've seen him in multiple things. Him be just so funny. Let's just look at the two things he has out right now. And how different those characters are all of that gravitas in Mirzipur he's playing a hitman but he doesn't have any of that gravitas in the character. He's a funny character without being over played in a comical sense like he was, like he didn't stream where that was a bit more over the top. The thing that he's brilliant in comedy is he doesn't play the shtick at all. That's why it's so funny because he's one of those guys that automatically has a weight just by looking at him. You're like, oh, he's intimidating but then he kind of just he does his normal like the fact that he was so happy dancing to the song and it was brilliant when they had their heads bobbing in the back I know the guys in the back of the car Once again, the cinematography was just great comedy moments throughout. His whole character and it was so different from his character that we saw on the street and I know that we've only seen the tip of the tip of the iceberg I guess with Tripathi and we've seen a couple of his things that it's extremely difficult to be as good as he is in drama few actors can do that as much as I love Nawaz I have not seen Nawaz do that and it's really really rare to have those kinds of roles happening simultaneously right now like Mirzapur is a hit show on right now and this is a brand new film that's out right now and they're completely different kinds of characters completely different kinds of characters I want to really sing the praises we got what I was hoping we would get from Abhishek Bachchan and I now want to watch more because especially a couple of the more tender moments because I believe I love the story with the little girl wasn't it great that moment with the finger and then later I know I was so mad at her very few instances where I think that would ever be okay if you were a rape victim and you don't want to tell who the father is that's one of the few extreme things if your husband goes to jail that daughter still needs to have the right to know who her father is not to be told another human being it's her actual biological dad maybe it's just because I'm a father now no I'm with you it pissed me off but I that final scene where he's there and he's beautifully directed when he just looks at her on this side and she goes to the other shoulder and then he comes around over here and she goes to the other shoulder his portrayal throughout and this is the kind of performance I wanted to see where he wasn't doing much where we just got to see him be on the screen and it just made me really happy to see him do what I had expected we would see him do in trailers and the fact that we mentioned when Big B is your dad and you genuinely are wanting to be an actor yourself it's inevitable people are going to be comparing you to a legend the biggest yeah it's like being Marlon Brando's kid so he he stood alone just in this one thing that little girl who was always with him that little girl was fantastic great casting job in selecting that little girl the entire thing was well casted and also I loved when Tripathi made him speak like I'm a thug buck which one do you want which one do you want him from Duar that was so hilarious and the entire thing kept you on your feet the entire film there was a surprise every 15 to 30 minutes both in the plot twists and also as to at what point are we going to see the characters intertwined and you knew we're going to bring this to a head you knew this was going to have some kind of a climax and I also love the narrators throughout the whole thing those guys and the moral interplay what's the moral to the story it was kind of similar to what they did in McBool Barry and Shah and Om Pori it's a very Shakespeare kind of thing to do so I love that and then obviously the graphics they did when we were hopping over a thing was great Rajkumar Rahman the India's best gems yeah he too can do anything that because such a hilarious character I loved every time he was sad he had to do it he had to dance once again the writing in this because that noticed when he walked to the restaurant and he goes to the table he throws the water bottle and it lands on the table behind him standing up the writing in this obviously I think is definitely the star of this film because it's definitely an ensemble it's this whole thing really is on your own buses he's the star love to see more from him because I know we've only seen this is now our second with him but I would love to explore him more because he's such a unique director and he takes risks and his writing is so brilliant in terms of one dialogue and all the twists and turns you get so how hard not did you laugh how hard did you laugh two moments there were many I had two moments that made me three moments at the end that made me just laugh out loud when he got hit with the car showing other things and saying this is what it will be for us and he gets hit by the car I love a good I forget who did it first it might have been Mean Girls do you remember Mean Girls I've never seen Mean Girls it's not like a chick flick it's Tina Fey it's freaking hilarious but that's the moment I loved how they just ended I loved that I loved how she takes him around to the trunk his look and then how Raj Kamaral looks at him and it's not the look of how are we going to get rid of the body it's the look of oh he's really gone I get her now oh cool we're free and then in the credits Tripathi's in a wheelchair he didn't die he's just dancing with her in the wheelchair so good laugh out loud funny he just keeps living so good he doesn't die he just doesn't die I genuinely feel like this is a literal cinematic blessing in the world right now if there's something that people need who are stuck inside and it's now fall going into winter to be able to have something like this to take your mind off of everything that's going on and have a lot of laughs a lot of fun appreciate great writing this is this is really a gift and I want to praise the women in this as well the oh everybody and this was fantastic Pinky who reminded me a lot of Kuber say didn't she a little bit was she one of the girls in Dango she was wasn't she I can tell just the minute you said that that is one of the sisters yeah that's one of the sisters in Dango she was also one of the no we're done the one with the curly hair I'm gonna go to it was the other sister yes hey wow wait okay so one was Bobita oh I know exactly which one was which because the minute you said she was in it I knew who she was so she's the other one wow yeah we're done well they did a great job oh on your box it was in this who what character did he play the director he had a cameo he did his wait a minute who was he was he the bald dude with the wig let me see he might have been the whole the guy who worked at the hotel the guy who worked at the hotel yeah who goes to try to steal a thing and beats her up I wonder if he does because a lot of directors do that they like to have a little cameo Quinn loves that yeah but yeah that might have been him that's that's hilarious but yeah everybody in this did did so so well and I want to once again the writing Basu in not being because especially sometimes in Indian cinema like the way I thought like if they were on the this girl was in a porn the way I thought that would go in Indian in India right he took it a completely different direction correct and so I like it when you you don't you surprise me with the writing yes not in terms of just like somebody gets in the car but in terms of not doing the normal thing I'm used to people doing yeah with that kind of story yeah and but both of the window would rush around the female in that one and then the one with the sex the sex tape yeah story was I thought really brilliant when they brought in the the husband who you thought they were going to get all mad right he was a lot of surprises yeah lot of surprises that you didn't think we're going to turn the way that they did yeah and yeah I'm guessing him as a writer doesn't like those those things as well he's like I don't want to be boring like that get case in point when he breaks the guy out of the hospital I didn't see a crane coming did you and I didn't see Tripathi jumping on no and joining him oh my god that's so funny yeah really really fun oh so much fun lived up to the hype yeah I am so glad definitely of the films that have come out this year best film of the year 100% and the Noa's favorite film of the year the Noa's one was up there as well but this one I think I love this one way more absolutely that one was just that was a good film this is I think a great film and so I think I'm hoping everybody I agree and this truly is like with the 10 picture category at the Oscars this is the kind of film that would be it would be a contender it would be a Tika kind of a film where you'd be like a Jojo Rabbit where you're thinking to yourself they may not do it but they should this will be a lot of people's favorite of the year absolutely obviously this won't this won't get to the Oscars sadly if it was an American film it would it'd be talked about it would definitely be involved with Ensemble for SAAS but like the Globes that's one of the things that's frustrating with the Oscars is if Jojo Rabbit was made in India it wouldn't have made the Oscars for a film that's why it was interesting to see Parasite get in there because it had had a level of quirkiness to it where ordinarily what the Academy has looked at particularly they've always done this with Best Picture but particularly from any international film because they want poignancy and they want power and they want something that's like exposing the raw underbelly of absolutely but a film like this would be appreciated and loved by audiences but it could be really underrated for its artistic merits which are high high high level high high level I want to see more from the director everybody involved little B Junior B we call him little B I like that one better but let us know what you thought about this film down below and happy Diwali


Everybody forced here ripping 22 tops diamond icons baseball hobby 1 box. This is number 13. It is a random hit style break There's 10 spots 10 odd 10 hits should be 10 hits sometimes just 11 if there is an 11th hit We will combine the two weakest hits To the best of our ability and make one spot. It seems about half the boxes have an extra hit of some sort, so What up, Yui? I will not be in Dallas, Yui. I will actually be at the Derrick Jeter What was it? Chrome Stadium Club? Yeah, the Stadium Club Derrick Jeter event. Here we go, y'all. Y'all ready, Tiktok? Y'all ready? Icon's time. Shane next weekend look out on Facebook and social media Monday or Tuesday for preview videos Yeah, it got pushed back. We got a lot going on Yeah, specifically Lane has a ton going on. We got late in baseball launch the next Monday. I like there's just there's so much There's so much All right I gotta try to keep the cards away from Tiktok.  There's something really thick in the middle I'll just keep the thing on top that'll help. All right first card bat relic will Clark 10 of 10 Will Clark bat relic 10 of 10 Yeah guys Sean's gonna type him in we'll do the random at the end to see who gets what These right now are 3,500 3,500 right now Oh Nice Miguel Cabrera auto On the icons of the diamond acetate. That's 24 25 Miguel Cabrera auto. I don't know if it's a but I don't think it's a book. I Didn't see though I'm not peeking. I promise Next up. Wow nice patch there on the patch auto Matt Chapman 4 of 10 Matt Chapman patch auto 4 of 10 Beauty got the white at the bottom there. It's just about a four color or three color These are beautiful cards love the design Have like a 3d effect. I'm gonna be guys can see but kind of like pop up above that gray background They pop up a bit nice Chapman. All right. Here's that thick card. Oh Wow, dude, that is nasty. Check this out Jumbo relic Anthony Rizzo three of three Is is that a cleat? I think it's a cleat, right? It's not a glove. It's too big to be a glove. I think Although this padding it could be a glove.  Anthony Rizzo jumbo relic three of three got a partial swoosh There you got a signature there too Things dope. Let's say now. This is preeminent pieces does not say specifically what it is Yeah, I think it's cleat just by looking at this part of it But this pad here and I have like a little bit of a glove picture in my mind. I think it's cleat though.  So these guys have big old padding on their gloves. So that's the thing Next up is a Daryl strawberry auto 10 of 10 Daryl strawberry my sleeves are backwards. I'll put pictures after this Next up. Oh, we got a redemption coming up. That's gonna be my guy Rafael Devers auto 11 at 25 Sweet Raffi the redemption Nice black parallel auto O'Neill cruise Pirates rookie Black should be to 10 so that'll be an O'Neill cruise rookie auto to 10 Big redemption there. Good luck on this one. Yeah, I think most of redemption should be rookie unless it's like a dual auto I think that would be the case. Well, we saw Wander's redemption yesterday cruise Coolie Rodriguez, I think has live and redemption. I believe I believe All right, continuing on continuing on Christian yellow child of 14 of 25 yellows 14 of 25 Got a Mike Schmidt auto number 23 of 25 Yeah, Connor so the clear the acetate like the Miguel Cabrera earlier hulu Rodriguez has live versions of that card Pulled one yesterday, and then I think like the regular autos like like this design is gonna be redemption for Julio So he has some of both and the last card is a Bryce Harper auto one of 25 sweet Harper Right with a second Yeah It's like a Memorial DayClean or something. Yeah, that's a pretty nice patch out Yeah, and a Harper to 25 one of 25 and back that one ceiling There we go. I don't do it. All right. Let's get this random setup. That was 10 hits Yeah Not worried about spelling as long as the name is As long as you know the name is it's fine. I'll change it. It's really bad. All right random time, everybody Good luck. We'll randomize the names and then the hits each the same amount of times put them side by side to see who's getting what here Procter is pretty sick We'll go that's a two way back here For gonna go six times here six times on the names and the hits like I said put them side by side See who's getting what and again tick tock you won't be able to see the randoms But if you're watching on YouTube twitch, you will be able to see all the randoms everything for the whole stream basically One Two three four five six Brandon oh down to Bernie s and six times on the hits here. Good luck everybody one two three four five and six The O'Neill cruise redemption down to the Daryl strawberry auto let's move those over and read them off And guys all sold out for baseball tonight All sold out make sure you check in the the schedule will have we have got a big baseball break tomorrow actually Oh, not that Brandon oh with the O'Neill cruise redemption congrats Brandon Regis has the Miguel Cabrera Conor C the Anthony Rizzo Jumbo Relic Bernie s the Bryce Harper auto John a the will Clark bat relic Bernie had the Matt Chapman patch auto the Mike Schmidt auto John a the Yellich auto and Bernie had the Raphael devours And the Daryl strawberry as well. We're gonna get these results posted to the site And we got another one coming up next. Thanks everyone


The leader of the United Arab Emirates toured the Dubai Air Show as a sanctioned Russian arms supplier displayed an attack helicopter used in its war on Ukraine, highlighting his country's continued ties to Moscow despite Western sanctions targeting it, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed El-Nayan toured the show with his brother, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed El-Nayan, a vice president and deputy prime minister of this autocratic country of seven sheikdoms they stopped by a stand for Edge and Emirati. This company, where Sheikh Mohammed signed a drone in front of onlookers before attending a meeting there, outstanding on the runway, Russian pilots sat inside a Ka-52 attack helicopter as it was pulled down the runway at the Almak-2 International Airport. Those helicopters have been repeatedly used in Ukraine, others looked at miniature drones and other equipment used by Moscow.