Hi everyone, welcome back to the second session of the local church. We've been talking about the two divine sacraments that was instituted by Jesus. One was the water baptism and the other is the Lord's table. The bottom of page 125, there are some common questions that's being answered. Let's go through some of them regarding the Lord's table and also water baptism. The first question is, I mean these are just some of the common questions guys and it's not the questions keep on coming, keep getting evolved in different forms. This is just a little bit for us to understand. Here's a question. If I was baptized before either sprinkled or just went through immersion without having been born again, that means without having repented or really understood, understand what baptism is all about, is it necessary or all right for me to be baptized again? So if you've been just sprinkled and if you just went through the whole process without really understanding what the process is all about, if you didn't repent and whatnot, should you be baptized again? Is it necessary or whatnot? So the answer is now that you are a believer, yes it is all right to be baptized again and do it as an expression of your faith in Jesus Christ. So now you understand what this whole process is all about right and so we have such an instance in Acts chapter 19 verse 1 to 6. We can read that later when Paul encountered some disciples who had been baptized by John the Baptist. He updated them about Jesus Christ and after they believed they were baptized in water in the name of Jesus Christ again. So I would encourage you to read Acts chapter 19 verse 1 to 6. So that's one answer that you can respond to if anybody comes to you with a similar question in a different form. Second question is, do I need to reach some spiritual level or spiritual maturity before being water baptized? What's the only requirement guys? Do you remember? What's the only requirement for water baptism? Do you need to become holy in order to get water baptized? To believe in Jesus. Yes, you repent and you believe right? So no, the only requirement we see that one is born again. It becomes a believer in Jesus Christ and you read all about it in the book of Acts. The third question, can one believer baptize another believer in water or should water baptism be conducted only by a pastor or a spiritual leader? It's a million dollar question right there isn't it? Yeah, so what do you think? I think believers can do things. Okay, Yeah, Anitha, what do you think? Any believer can baptize a pastor. Have you baptized anyone? No pastor. I'm just kidding. Okay, all right. Yeah, I mean the answer is pretty simple, straightforward guys. You don't have to be a pastor or some sort of a spiritual leader in order to baptize anyone right? So the example taken mentioned there is from the book of Acts once again is we see Philip baptizing right? So in the book of Acts we see Philip who was a deacon at the church in Jerusalem baptizing new believers. We also see Ananias who was a believer sent to baptize Saul. So yes, any believer can baptize another believer in water. What if I took part in the Lord's table in an unworthy manner not really understanding or having faith in what I was doing? Will I be struck down with some deadly disease? Like being from above and you know, and no, just recognize that you took this lightly. Tell the Lord you're sorry that means that you repent of doing this in an unworthy manner. So now that you have an understanding or a revelation of what it really means, you repent and just move on. So going forward, you do this the right way. So that's another question. Another interesting question is question number five, should I take part in the Lord's table when the person leading the celebration himself does not believe in what he is doing? Wow. I wonder, my first thought was, how did that person get there in the first place? Okay, so the response is, okay, so the question one more time is, should I take part in the Lord's table when the person leading the celebration himself does not believe in what he is doing? So in general, there is no value in taking part in the Lord's table if the person leading the celebration does not believe in what is being done. Having said that, in spite of this, if you have no other option, you can choose to do this meaningfully through your personal faith. Right, guys? So you can choose to do this meaningfully through your personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and what he did for you on the cross. So this is regardless of who the person or what the person's background is or personal life is or the person's testimony is, doesn't matter as long as you do it meaningfully, because of faith, then it takes a different meaning altogether. So ultimately, each one has to examine himself and discern the Lord's body for himself or herself. The next question, can I as a believer take part in the Lord's table at home? A simple answer is yes. Okay, so let's move on. I think we did that for two and a half years during the pandemic. So let's not discuss too much about it. The short answer is yes, you can. All right, any other questions guys regarding the Lord's table or anything that we've learned about so far? Why is it not served every Sunday? In churches, they do it like first Sunday, third Sunday. Some people do it once in a month. Yeah, that I think it's up to the church's, I think it's up to the leaders and how often they want to do it. I mean, for the longest time at APC, we were doing it for once a month. That was basically, it was purely because of the logistical challenges as in getting the elements and distributing it to different locations and all of that. And the team was a lot smaller and whatnot. So and then about two years ago, we started partaking twice a month. And then about a month ago or two months ago, I think we received a suggestion saying, it's like, can we partake of the Lord's table every Sunday from one of the church members on the congregation? And so we discussed as a church staff with the pastoral team and the church staff. The church staff is important because they're the one who administrate and execute what we think of, isn't it? So we need making sure when to buy the elements and we have to send it to a church in Mangalore as well. And so all of these things had to be taken into consideration before we came to a conclusion and said, okay, all the associate pastors were fine saying, okay, yeah, I think we can do this every Sunday. And so from last month on, I think, or this month, yeah, we decided to partake of the Lord's table every Sunday. So yeah, this is just as APC. And, you know, all of these factors go into decision making when it comes to other churches, they might have their genuine reasons as to why they do it all Sundays, why they do it only two Sundays or why they do it in the last Sunday. It's just up to them really, as long as they're partaking it, partaking of it and they're doing it meaningfully. Any other questions? Anita, Leah, Enoch, Subashish, Rosalind? Okay, so if we have no other questions, we will move on to chapter 20, Church Discipline, page 127. Okay, Church Discipline. This is an exciting chapter. Okay, it's, yeah, I'm sure all of us will relate to this chapter. Okay, so it starts off by saying, while leading the local congregation of believers, there will be internal problems. Praise the Lord. Right? While leading a local congregation of believers, there will be internal problems, I mean, it's not like there can be or there would be, there might be, there may be, there will be, because, you know, people are involved. Anytime people are involved, even in churches or ministry, there are going to be challenges or issues of, bluntly to say, problems. Okay, so some of these problems will have to do with the believers. Some may have to do with the individual conduct or moral or lifestyle issues itself. So there may even be problems with leaders. So that's what this chapter is all about. We're going to cover some of it and see what the Bible has to say about it and how we can address certain certain conflicts. Okay, because this is very real. This is very important. And I think all of us, if you're either part of a congregation or if you're a leader in any ministry, you know what we're talking about, right? It's very important. It's very real. We can't just ignore this topic. Okay, so the first thing is resolving conflicts. Resolving conflicts, right? Can someone read Matthew chapter 18 verse 15 to 22 from the notes itself, please? Matthew 18, 15 to 22, anyone? Matthew chapter 18 verse 15 to 22. Moreover, if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother. Okay, so it says moreover, if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. Okay, you might want to highlight it if you want to. But if he hears you, you have gained your brother. That means if he accepts your correction, you have won him. All right, let's go on. Thanks. But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that by the mouth of two or three witnesses, every word may be established. And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector.  Again, I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by my father in heaven. For the two or three of gathered together in mining, I am there in the midst of them. Then Peter came to him and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me? And I forgive him up to seven times. Jesus said to him, I do not say to you up to seven times, but up to 70 times seven. Okay. Yeah, thank you. So, you know, resolving personal conflicts or conflicts in general, how can we do that? Right? The first thing is, so if there are conflicts between two individuals, the preferred solution is that they resolve it between themselves. So, let people try to resolve it peacefully among themselves. And as Paul has mentioned in Matthew, sorry, if that doesn't happen, get another believer to mediate between the two. Another individual who knows both the individual who will not be partial or what's the word? Yeah, I think partial is the word or biased between one drawn just who would lean towards another individual, even if they're wrong. All right, so take another believer who would mediate between the two and elder. So, the first thing is, it's best that they resolve it between themselves, which is good for all of them. It saves a lot of people's time and energy. If that doesn't happen, get another believer from the church or an elder from the church and see if that helps. Well, even if that doesn't help in resolving the conflict, then that's when the leader or leaders from the church can step in to resolve the matter. Right? So, to have a discussion with the individuals involved, with the people involved. And the whole point of these meetings will be to encourage and work towards forgiveness and the conciliation, not to make the problem a bigger problem. That's not why the leaders would have to, I mean, some leaders or people would just do that.  But then the whole point of a godly leader, a godly spiritual leader is to make sure that you advocate forgiveness and reconciliation. Right? And so, they try to resolve between themselves, the two individuals. If that doesn't happen, the third individual can step in as a witness and just to make sure everything, if that doesn't happen, the leaders can step in and push for forgiveness and reconciliation. Now, it is possible that if it's not sorted by that, then, I mean, it's up to them, right? They can be released from the fellowship. Now, it's saying in Matthew here, right? Which verse is that, per 17. And if he refuses to hear them, tell him to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector. Let him just, it could be like a nobody, you know, basically a stranger. It's okay. Just wash your hands off it, move on in lifetypes because you've done everything you can. And collectively, we've done everything we can to help those individuals. If nothing has helped, it comes to a point where we just wasting energy and time and whatnot. So, we just move on and let them live their life. Okay? Can someone read the following scripture that's in the notes? 1 Corinthians chapter 6 verse 1 to 8. 1 Corinthians chapter 6 verse 1 to 8. Somebody else please? Yeah, okay, sure. Go ahead. Anita, please. Thank you. Where any one of you having a matter against another, go to law before the unrighteousness and not before the saints. Do you not know that the saints will judge the world and if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters? Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more things that pertain to this life? If then, if then you have judgments concerning things pertaining to this life, do you appoint those who are least esteemed by the church to judge?  Is it so that there is not a wise man among you, not even one who will be able to judge between his brethren, but a brother goes to law against brother that before unbelievers.  Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather let yourself be cheated? No, you yourself do wrong and cheat and you do these things to your brethren. Thank you, Anita. Appreciate it. Right. So, you know, there are certain issues that that passage kind of indicates certain issues that are more serious that would need more serious intervention from the church leaders itself. For example, business matters or family matters or divorce, anything to do with real estate, land, financial matters. And it could be anything's sexual immorality and whatnot. So, the other situations are typically that would need legal proceedings. Right. So, the scripture that is mentioned that we just read is instructing believers to bring even such matters to God's people typically.  And of, you know, having taken certain decisions, we can't choose for people. We can't impose a certain decision on the people, but we can teach them about what the scripture has to say about it. Right. For example, if there's a couple who's dealing with, who's fighting for divorce, filing for divorce, who's going through a tough period, you tell them what it really means, what marriage stands for in the kingdom of God. Right. Option for divorce is really not an option kind of a thing and see if there's anything in there that can be saved to make this happen. Right. And so that's what's being instructed. And then at the same time, we also need to know our limits when we say that we can't make certain decisions for that. And I say this to some of my young leaders, which is something I have learned is that I make myself available for certain young people, full group of young people or anyone who's going through a tough period or tough time, who are just conflicted with some things or they have something going on in their personal life. I need to know my limit, like, yeah, okay, I'm their pastor. I give them a certain counsel regarding the issue, see, tell them what the Bible has to say about this thing and whatnot. And then there comes a point where I need to know that, hey, I am not a counselor. I am not a professionally trained counselor. And so after a certain point, it becomes physically draining and tasking on myself as well. And so it is at that point where I need to be wise enough to direct them to a professionally trained counselor, who will continue to guide them and guide them. It's a very important guys as leaders to know when to know your limit as a professional person and send them to a professional counseling as well, because it'll start taking toll on your body and on your mind as well. So some of the guidance when dealing with such matters, one is if possible, or necessary, have a team of one or more elders or a team of people qualified, experienced in both spiritual and practical aspects, relating to the situation who can help with the problem resolution. Okay, have one or more elder or a team who are qualified both spiritual and both who are savvy with practically as well, to help resolve this issue. Make it clear that all decisions will be made without any partiality based on God's word and for the case for the cause of justice, righteousness, forgiveness, reconciliation. Being partial, being biased is a very important key thing is letting the individuals know that one person might have been, let's say, again, it's related to a couple. So the guy has been coming to my church for a period of time and the girl has not been, girl is part of another fellowship. Just because this person comes to my church, I'm not going to take his side or be partial only to him and say, even if he's wrong, he's right. So you're wrong, go away. Now it's very important as a spiritual leader to be unbiased. It talks about your character, your integrity as well, which is very important. The third point there is put everything down in writing so that there can be no one claiming anything different later. In other words, I thought you said this, no, oh, but I understood as that. I thought when you said this, you meant this. Communication, communicating, being crystal clear in resolving conflicts, I can't stress how important it is, right? To say, to make it, to write, to get it in paper, to get it in writing, to say it's important is an understatement, okay? So it's very important, right? So once the church leaders have provided their decision, the believers involved need to follow through. If the believers decide to proceed to legal court, the decision is left to them. The church leaders have done their part to provide a resolution, okay? So we've done our part. We leave the rest to the adults who can still have the freedom to make their own choice, okay? So I hope you are with me with regards to resolving conflicts. It's a big, big deal. It's very real, okay? The next section talks about bringing correction, okay? So as a leader, you see a certain things are not right, right? You need to remember that you are also a shepherd, right? Say you're leading a ministry, you're leading a church, you're the senior pastor, and you see something is not right, you have to correct them, or you have to discipline. There's a time where the shepherd uses the rod, you know? But bringing correction to individuals is best done in person, privately, not in publicly where your intention is to embarrass them and put them down. That is so not right. So as a general guidance, correct individuals in private and in person. If it's a critical feedback, or you think, okay, this feedback, you're saying it in truth. You know that's the truth, but you know that truth can hurt, and so you choose a setting. You take them aside, and you say, hey, this is my observation, this is my feedback for you, and you say to them in the best way possible because you want the best for the other individual. So when the other individual understands that you want the best for them, and that's when they will be willing to receive your feedback as well, right? They will also feel honored and respected, and they will know that your heart is not to shame them or put them down or embarrass them publicly and whatnot. So it's just simple maturity, isn't it guys? You get what I'm saying, right? Okay. So bringing correction, and there are also in churches, there will also be cultural problems. I want to kind of combine this with the other section as well with clicks and divisions. Cultural problems, any church that is rich in diversity where you have more than two or three cultural backgrounds, ethnicity in the church, again, prayerfully bring it to resolution, right? And we see that in Acts chapter 6, verse 1 to 4, there was a miscommunication where there was a group of people. The Hellenistic Jews thought that their widows were being neglected by the Jews who spoke Hebrew. Okay, they were serving food basically. The Hellenistic Jews are the Greek-speaking Jews who believed in Jesus. They thought their widows were being ignored by the Jews who spoke Hebrew. But the actual problem there was the language, administrative challenges, right? So it was not administrative properly, but immediately the response was, of the church was, they summoned 12 people, right? Let's get this right. Let's sort this. I think we need to get deacons. That's the beginning of the leaders called deacons, isn't it? Saying, okay, we need to find people who are with good reputation full of the Holy Spirit, wisdom, and let's choose them to resolve this problem and let's serve our people. So one of the things about the problems is for every problem, right, there is a solution. There is a solution that is provided under the sun. And so no problem is too big, which it does not have an issue, does not have an answer, so to speak, right? So cultural problems can be sorted and it was sorted by the church as we see. And the reason I wanted to combine the previous one, the cultural problems is, the next one is it talks about cliques and divisions. So cliques are a small group of people, right, that believe in a certain thing. Now it could be because culturally, like say, okay, I'm part of this cultural group, and so I form a clique. And I'm part of, you know, I'm part of this ethnicity, so that forms a clique.  So I'm part of that group. I'm part of, you know, and I don't really mingle with anybody else. So that's those are cliques. And it's this possibility that a certain clique or group of people can lead to a division of a church. And so Paul is writing in 1 Corinthians 3, verse 3 to 4 says, you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife and divisions among you, you are not carnal and behaving like mere men. For when one says I am of Paul, and another says I am of Apollos, are you not carnal? Verse 1 Corinthians 4, 21 says, what do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod or in love and the spirit of gentleness? So what is happening there? That means there were a clique of people, right, group of people who were taking Paul's side. And there were others. This is all in the church who would say I am of Apollos.  Okay, don't cause division or confusion in the church. When you do that, you are behaving carnal. So avoid that. This is a simple message to the congregation itself, right? So the Corinthian church had numerous internal problems. It was just one of many, right? One of which was strife and division because of people taking sides with different ministers of God. Or today, this pastor is speaking. So that's, I'm going to come to church. Or today, this so-and-so person is speaking, preaching. I don't like this person. I don't like the way he preaches. He preaches. So I'm not going to come to church as like, why is this person in the leadership? This person doesn't understand Bible or theology or doctrine, et cetera, et cetera. You see what can cause divisions, right? I'm kind of sure that most of us have been there, seen there, heard that, you know, you know what I'm talking about. So Paul addressed this issue by writing, teaching and instructing the believers in right conduct. Okay. Three phases to it. He's addressing this issue by writing and teaching. That's important, isn't it? So you're not just addressing the issue for the sake of, okay, this is the problem there. And he's not just walking away without providing them the solution. He's teaching them and then he's instructing them in the right conduct. And he also encourages their alignment to what he has to say and was prepared to deal with it in person, if necessary. He's like, okay, you either listen to me to what I have to write and say, or I have no problem coming and meeting you in person. And so Paul is almost like, you know what will happen if I come and meet you all in person, right? So can you just imagine how Paul could transform cities with just the power of a pen? It's just amazing, right? He could be sitting in another city and then just touch a nerve of, you know, other people living in another city and say, I know, I know what's happening, watch it types, you know. And so it's the same thing with, you know, creating division and all the other conflicts. And one of the other important conflicts that happens in the church is the moral issue. One among the many challenges in the Corinthians church was not just divisions, but they also had morality issues, right? So Paul addresses this sternly. You know, he's saying, you know, deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. Okay, that's in 1 Corinthians chapter five verse five. And he goes on to say, put away from yourself this evil person once they had. And so once they had done this, you know, then Paul writes about the same person in 2 Corinthians chapter two verse six, eight. So the heart of correction, even when Paul is being harsh and very strict and stern, he's saying his heart is, do this so that this person will be saved on the day of Jesus, right? So once and then he corrects this person who's lived a immoral life. And then in 2 Corinthians two, six, eight, he says, this punishment which was inflicted by the majority is sufficient for such a man. So that on the contrary, you ought to rather to forgive and comfort him. Let's perhaps such a one be swallowed up with too much sorrow. Therefore, I urge you to reaffirm your love to him. Okay. So correction for the sake of correction is not enough. You again, your intention, why are you correcting that person? Do you want to see the best for them? Is that your intention? Is that your heart for them? And that is when your correction, you know, takes on a different meaning altogether. Right. And so it, the bottom line is love, you're correcting the person because you love that person. You want the best for that person. Okay. So that is moral issues. And the other section talks about disorderly behavior, disorderly behavior. So can someone read 2 Thessalonians 3 16, 6 to 15, please, the one in the notes. 2 Corinthians, 2 Thessalonians chapter 3 verse 16 to 15. But we command you brethren in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that you withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which he received from us. For you yourself know how you ought to follow us, for we were not disorderly among you. Nor did we eat anyone's bread free of charge, but work with labor and toil night and day that we might not be aborted to any of you. Not because we do not have authority, but to make ourselves an example of how we should follow us. For even when we were with you, we commanded you this, if anyone will not work, neither shall he eat. For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but all busy bodies. Now those who are such, we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread. But as for you brethren, do not grow weary in doing good. And if anyone does not obey our word in this abyssal, know that person and do not keep company with him that he may be ashamed. Yet do not count him as an enemy, but admonishing as a brother. Yeah, thank you. And so here Paul is just talking about in disorderly behavior when if there is a person or an individual who is not working on their living, indulging in gossip or other behavior that is not appropriate for believers, Paul is simply saying they need to be warned, they need to be corrected, and you don't demonize that person. You don't demonize them, you don't treat them as an enemy, but then I bonus them. Again, the bottom line is love. So if they do not change, then we are not to continue encouraging them or not befriend them so that they realize what they are doing is wrong. So the whole point is that they realize what is happening, but we don't demonize them, so to speak. So that is correcting disorderly behavior as leaders, as ministers and say, he's like, hey, what's going on? Why are you living such a life? This is not right. Okay, so wake up, kind of thing. Okay, there are all kinds of people, isn't it guys, who comes in all different shapes and sizes. It's entertaining. The word that I would use is characters. We have all kinds of characters. So the other one is deceiving brethren, who talk about false doctrine, who deceive people or manipulate, that's again mentioned in Corinthians and Galatians. One of the challenges that Paul faced in the church of Corinth and Galatia is false apostles preaching wrong doctrines. And Paul addresses this in his letter to Galatians, where he amplified the truth of our liberty in Christ and challenges the brethren to walk in spirit and not by the law. So there was misunderstanding there was what Galatians, the Jewish would say that, okay, Gentiles, if you're going to believe in our gospel, you need to get circumcised and believe and live like us. And that was addressed by Paul and saying, that's not necessary. And there was conflict of truth between Paul and Peter. But then again, they met and they discussed and they took their stand. So that is deceiving brethren, false doctrine, false teaching. And then there are opposing brethren who would oppose your leadership or your authority or anything that you have to say or do. And this happens again to Paul at Ephesus. He faced opposition from a few men who probably had been believers from the local church body. And he's writing that in the letter to Timothy. He says, 1 Timothy chapter 1 was 1920 saying, having faith and a good conscience, which some having rejected concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck of whom are Hameneas and Alexander whom I delivered to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme. 2 Timothy chapter 2 verse 16 to 18 he says, but shun profane and idle babblings, for they will increase no more ungodliness. They will increase to more ungodliness. And their message will spread like cancer. Hameneas and philatis are of this sort who have strayed concerning the truth saying that the resurrection is already past and they overthrow that faith of some. Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm. May the Lord repay him according to his works. Verse 15 says, you must also be aware of him, for he has greatly resisted words. So there are certain people who used to be with Paul seem to have kind of gone off track and started opposing him. We don't know the details of it, but then few names are being mentioned in Paul's letter to Timothy. So they somehow seem to have become rebellious and openly challenged Paul's teaching and promoted their wrong teachings. And Paul addresses this publicly by instructing believers not to be moved by their teaching. So there are certain things that needs to be addressed publicly as well. You see that certain things are causing harm to your congregation. Your flock is being deceived.  It's not what it is. This is what is right. So you correct them publicly for the sake of your congregation. So you guys, are you with me? You're following what's happening. These are all very real problems that happen in our churches internally. It's again very similar to the other topic there at the bottom of page 131 where it talks about correcting leaders. Correcting leaders. So as 1 Timothy chapter 5 verse 19 to 22 he says, do not receive an accusation against an elder except from two or three witnesses. Those who are sinning rebuke in the presence of all, that the rest also may fear. I charge you before God that the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect angels that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing with partiality. Do not lay hands on anyone hastily nor share in others people's sins. Keep yourself pure. Okay. So when it comes to correcting leaders, saying be extra careful. Why? Because don't just go ahead with what one person is saying. There are always two sides to a coin, so to speak. You need like two hands to clap. There are always two sides to a story. So don't come to a conclusion or jump to a conclusion based on one person's witness or testimony. Have multiple testimonies if possible before you take a decision of correcting a leader. So that's a gist of that passage is don't jump into conclusion. Because that leads, so say that the leader is found guilty and have done something wrong. How do you restore? We need to restore. I helped the person to restoration as well, isn't it? So Galatians chapter six was one says, brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in the spirit of gentleness. Considering yourself less, you also be tempted. So as leaders, we've seen it that Christian leaders, men and women of God, fall, fail into various kinds of things like misuse of money, sexual immorality, abuse of people, and the list can go on, isn't it? And so as fellow leaders, it is our responsibility to not ignore of what is happening or just brush it under the carpet for the reputation of your ministry. Okay, if I correct this person and or say so and so, the person from my ministry has done such a thing. It's going to affect the image of my ministry. And so I'm going to ignore it. I'm going to brush it under the carpet. That's the worst thing that you can do. Right. And so it's your responsibility to address it. The issue, not ignore it of what is happening, but lovingly and bring healing and restoration. Right. So it is advisable. A practical thing to do is to ask that person to take a break from all kinds of ministry to step down from all kinds of ministry just to take time to be in God's presence until they're healed. And only when we recognize that there has been healing and strength restored, then we can release them back into ministry. Right. So in that period, we walk with them, you try to address what was the root of that issue, whatever the issue that caused them to sin or fall. If it is misuse of money, you sit with them, you walk with them and understand what was the root cause for this thing. And then once you realize that they have been restored and strengthened, then you can reintroduce them back into ministry. But until that happens, it's best that they are on a break for their own sake and for the sake of everybody else in ministry. Right. Hey Isaac, no worries. It's fine. Anyways, the sessions will be recorded and so you can catch up later on. No worries. Okay. And so, and it's also very important for us to understand that we don't use our authority as leaders to abuse people. And I mean, it's just, and this is also real where people misuse or abuse their leadership and authority over people to just embarrass them or bring them down unnecessarily and whatnot. So that will be spoken off against your integrity and your character. Right. And so guys, we've been talking about correction and correction. And if you've ever corrected someone, you know what, you know, what I'm talking about, you know, at the bottom of page 132, be prepared for different responses to correction. Okay. So when we bring correction, some people may receive it well, some may not receive it well, they may respond negatively. So receiving negative responses from the very ones you love could be very painful. Right. So when you correct someone, they may react in a certain way, complaining. Suddenly the world becomes totally different to the individual who has received correction. What was so wonderful and beautiful suddenly becomes a wilderness or a desert place. The individual begins to complain about every little thing. Or there can be withdrawal. The individual who was corrected withdraws or disconnects and hides away in a shell, goes into a shell. Or there's a retaliation. Because you did this, I'm going to make sure you're going to have a bad name or departure. Right. They would just leave the church and go because they received correction. They get offended and they think that they did not deserve it and they would leave the church and go. So what can we do in a certain situation? We need to understand as leaders do not take it personally. Someone else's inability to receive correction is not your fault. Okay. So you need to get that through your head. And another person's inability to receive correction when it is corrected with all the good intention with love. If they take it, if they take offense or retaliate or depart or complain, it's not your fault. Okay. You guard your heart. You don't get offended because of that. Give people time for people to change. If they need a break, if that's what they want, just give them their space, let them change, hope for them to change and allow them to move in, move on in peace. This is very important guys, is you need to allow them to move on.  If that person wants to move on, it's okay to let them go. Right. Don't be scared. It's okay. Oh, this person is an amazing musician. If this person walks away, I'm not going to have a, you know, a good musician. I'm going to be losing out. What is that? FOMO. That's the word that we use these days. Fear of missing out. It's okay. You don't need to have a FOMO. Okay. Let the person move on. It's all right. So don't take it personally. Don't get offended. Give people time, change. Allow them to move on in peace. But what is very important is that you do not procrastinate in correcting the individual. Okay. Don't delay. And I'm not just sharing this because it's in the notes, but that is something I've learned in the last four years of my life in being part of the full-time ministry is that the longer you delay in correcting an individual, the root just keeps growing so deep. And when the time comes to finally correct that, you know, just taking out a tree that's 100 years old is very, very hard, right? It's easy. It's very easy to just add to a mistake than to undo or not. Have you ever tried undoing or not? It's just not a pleasant thing. It's right. And so do not procrastinate when it comes to correcting an individual in a timely manner. You know, the time and how you do it, why you are doing it is very important. Right. So all of this is talking about the divine order of page of chapter 20. And so that's it about today, guys. I hope there was something that you could take away from today's lesson. We'll stop the class now. Apologies for going two minutes over time. We'll stop the recording now. And I'll see you all next week. Okay. You guys take care. Bye.


Do you ever think about your superhero alter ego and what that might be whether it's you know If you have a superhero you are a superhero What's your alter ego in real life or vice versa in real life once you would be your? superhero power or Image that you would want to present You know most of us don't have to make that kind of a choice in our lives We're not gonna have to lead that dual life of being a superhero But in a sense we almost do have that dual existence as it relates to the workplace for many of us, right? So I mean we present a particular image or we try to present a particular image or put on a particular sort of Display is at work so that we are taken seriously and seen as a professional This is something we call Professional presence and it's something that we need to think about even now as we're engaged in in college If you're studying in college or you know if you're just starting your career to think about What's the image that you're going to portray and what's gonna be your alter ego at work again to clarify not talking about? Leading two separate lives or or being false, but what parts of your personality and What can you do in the workplace to present the best possible version of yourself and the best possible image of yourself? So to start I want to take a look at what we mean in terms of professional presence We're talking really about professionalism. So what do we mean by professionalism? Professionalism is essentially the conduct aims or qualities that characterize or mark a profession or a professional person Now note that this could be different depending on your profession depending on the work environment that you're in professionalism will look different and may Be required to behave differently But in some degree degree there is a sense of professionalism in whatever career fields you're gonna end up in There are going to be standards are going to be Expectations for how you dress and how you behave and how you speak and so we want to keep that in mind in terms of professionalism professionalism is important in workplace for a Lot of different reasons including some of these that it creates boundaries. It creates an atmosphere of improvement amongst the colleagues and employees it enhances a sense of Accessibility it can mitigate conflict when people are professional in the workplace They can lead to increase job satisfaction because of reduced drama and reduced conflict and things like that They can also lead to a lot of personal growth. So there are a lot of different reasons that professionalism is important So what are some of the qualities of our professional or of professionalism? first of all Competence people expect you to be competent in the field that you're working in they expect you to have an understanding of what Your job is What the skills are that are required there and be able to be able to perform those the skills Skillfully essentially right to do a good job They expect you to know what you're doing and have competence in in the field that you're working in They expect you to be ethical expects you to be honest. They expect you to be on time They expect you to be responsible with it with the company resources and what's your with the resources that you're Granted and that you're using so ethics are of great concern in terms of professionalism They expect you to have Fundamentally solid communication skills that includes things like interpersonal skills the ability to work well with others and get along well with others That's not necessarily mean you have to be best friends or you have to be the world's greatest communicator But the ability to engage with others and to work effectively with others to a certain extent some Basic presentational skills will probably also be expected of you Communicating with the you know with a group about your product or about your service that you're providing and so forth So just communication skills in general which includes listening and don't overlook that as a communication skill the ability to listen effectively But a professional is also reliable. They're reliable in terms of just I mean from the get-go getting to work on time Staying for the appropriate amount of time getting the amount of work done when you're meeting deadlines So you're expected to meet deadlines and be reliable in that sense and getting done what you are Required to have done in the time that you're supposed to have it done being reliable in all of those ways at the most basic level Your appearance is another quality of professionalism. Are you dressed for the job? Are you dressed appropriately for that job? Does that mean you always have to be wearing a suit? No In fact, I love that my job rarely if ever requires me to wear a suit It requires a certain degree of formality in my dress But not a suit and tie and I like that about it other jobs may require a uniform if you're an HVAC technician There may be a uniform required for your job. So so but maintaining that appearance of Is important to the sense of professionalism both for those you work with and the customers that you're serving and so forth And then just some general social skills again You do not have to be best friends with everybody that you work with but you should have enough social skill to say good morning How are you? Is there anything that I can help you with and have those you know types of skills that you can In coexist with others and in a reasonable way in in the workplace where you're gonna be spending a lot of time with these people So now that we have an idea of what professionalism is Let's take a look at how that translates into professional presence and what we mean by that in terms of professional presence Professional presence starts and we're gonna kind of funnel this down Based on you know the different components of professional presence starting with what we call gravitas communication and appearance Those are things that have come up as we discuss professionalism But in terms of establishing a professional presence for and a professional identity for yourself These are important things when we say gravitas were really Signaling signaling that you have the confidence and the credibility to get your point across and to create buy-in For your co-workers and from your co-workers and from your clients and so forth from your superiors and supervisors But you have the sense of gravitas the sense of being taken seriously and people having confidence In you and that they can have confidence in you you have the basic communication skills as we talked about you have them The bearing and also the speaking skills to establish confidence and credibility to stop help establish that gravitas And then the appearance it's not just how we look but how we present ourselves how we behave non-verbally and And how we keep our work area and so forth all of those things sort of go into the foundation of Establishing professional presence as well these things then lead to things like trustworthiness competence Authenticity they feed into these things and help you establish that you are trustworthy that you are competent that you are authentic And all of those things then you don't kind of like it funneling it down into presence These are all things that will eventually lead to enhanced professional presence, and that's what we're shooting for That's what we ought to be aiming for So how do we go about doing that then? How do we develop this sense of professional presence? Well first of all we have to cultivate confidence in ourselves and in others You know that others have in us so and we do that from those things we talked about through gravitas communication appearance Those are things that will cultivate confidence and if we believe in ourselves first of all that's where it starts So we have to call cultivate confidence within ourselves We have to dress the part and look the part so that we feel the part But also then that will help cultivate confidence that others have in us and help us establish that professional presence with others When we can do that when we can cultivate confidence in that way We also need to communicate well this has come up a few times now not surprising in a communication course right that and in a series of communication videos that we would talk about communicating well, but again this extends into not just communicating well in terms of Being able to have a conversation with your co-workers and it's your clients and things but also Some basic Presentational skills some really effective listening skills are really important So I'm just just being a well-rounded communicator and developing that communication competence that will help us stand out as as being Professional in the workplace We also need to dress and then act the part You know depending on how we dress that's how people are going to treat us That's how we're going to behave ourselves So when we dress the part of a professional then we will have their confidence and have confidence for ourselves when we don't When we dress sloppily and show that we don't care and don't take care of ourselves Then that other people will pick up on that as well But when we look the part regardless of whether your job requires you to wear a uniform That uniform ought to be put together well and ought to be maintained and as cleanly as possible And y'all look professional in that sense or if it requires you to be a little more dressed up in a business sense You know in business formal wear whatever it is We ought to dress and act the part that is appropriate to our profession Remember you know we to kind of dip back into the superhero idea That there's a there's the person and there's a persona We need to differentiate between a person and a persona. There's us or there's Bruce Wayne, right? They the the billionaire whatever, you know playboy or whatever you want to call him There's Bruce Wayne the billionaire and then there's Batman the persona of Batman that he takes on and those are two different things Obviously in a superhero sense, that's one thing But you know if we look at the the journey of Stephen Colbert for example who now has this successful late-night show But but you know many people got to know him as part of his persona on the daily show and then through the Colbert rapport That that he was this kind of goofball really right wing kind of Faux newscaster right that the but he's that was a persona that he put on that's not who he really is now We see Stephen Colbert as really this the person that he is as opposed to the persona We ought to be able to differentiate between those things when we have us as a person But then we have the persona that we ought to wear at work again This is not about being false or wearing a mask or doing anything like that It's about what parts for ourselves do we really let out and and to make ourselves the most Confident and and viewed as the most professional person we can be in the workplace So we need to at times again differentiate between the person and the persona me as a person My preference is to wear concert t-shirts and gym shorts everywhere. I go But in the workplace and my workplace as an educator as a professor That's not really something that's gonna let itself well to being taken seriously by my students or by my colleagues and things So so I dress apart. I mean these are my clothes. I'm comfortable wearing these things It's not something I wear just around the house necessarily but but it's a part of the persona that I put on as professor Rocky to to Play that role so to speak it's part of me, but it's the part that I bring out and let shine in that professional role Another thing we need to consider in light of today's Modern technology and the way that we communicate today is our digital presence So we now not only have to be concerned with how we look in literally in the workplace How we're dressed how we're behaving in the workplace But also online both inside and outside of the workplace if you think employers aren't looking at your digital footprint Then you're nuts and if they're not then they're irresponsible because they want to know what you're up to how you're representing their organization First of all, whether you're at work or not So they need to give it on and they you know need to know what kind of people that they're hiring and what kind of people they're employing So we need to be aware of our digital presence and how we appear in the digital world as well So in keeping in mind the digital presence. We're talking about things like our email. Are we using? Especially in a professional sense our email Should be professional it should be it should contain proper grammar and and punctuation to start and then it should use full words And it should be language that's appropriate for the workplace So we need to maintain professionality in our emails We need to maintain professionality in our text messages as they pertain to work if we're texting with the boss or a colleague or something Keep that in mind as well. We're not texting with our buddies We're not texting with our family or friends We're texting with people for work keep that appropriate for that You know, just imagine you're face-to-face with that person and that everybody in the office can hear you With your text messages and remember that these things all leave a digital footprint So it's potentially everybody will see this at some point. So we need to be aware of social media What are we saying online? How are we portraying ourselves? And there's this idea of you know free speech and I'm outside of work and so forth But yeah, but you are also representing their organization if people know you work for them And especially if you're talking about the company About the organization that you work for We need to be aware of these things that the companies are concerned about this and that they pay attention to these things And it could have an impact for us in the in the workplace And then how we use collaborative software This is becoming more and more common in different organizations to use things like Google Drive or teams Microsoft Teams or OneDrive or whatever using Slack How are we using this collaborative software? I can this is an extension of the workplace and so we need to keep our involvement their professional needs it responsibly We need to again watch our language watch our nonverbal watch our Punctuation and grammar and just the basic things like that So that we're using these things in a professional way and being seen and taken as a professional in those regards as well so Long story short we need to start now thinking about how we're going to behave and how we're going to put ourselves together that Put us in a good position to be seen as professional and and to be taken seriously. It's hard to earn that credibility back So once it's gone, it's kind of hard to earn back So we ought to set that bar high from the beginning and look to maintain it there It's much easier to maintain those high marks of professionalism than it is to to gain them back once they've been lost If you have questions about professional presence from anything else related to Communication in that regard in the workplace or outside of the workplace Please feel free to send me a message be happy to chat with you about it that way shoot me an email or something That'd be great and in the meantime I hope that you will begin now giving thought to your professional presence the way that you want to be seen in the Workplace and the way that's going to allow you to be more effective in the workplace and begin Being thoughtful about how we put that professional presence together and what we display in our workplace and establishing that professionalism


Yeah, we on boss talk one-on-one one-on-one. Yeah, we gon talk Yeah, I got one more question about the song with, uh, Morae, whatever it is, Morae Yeah That song is hard as fuck, boy You like How y'all put that together? Uh, I heard Morae come down here, and so I already had an open verse, you know what I'm saying? Cause, uh, you know, three made this song for R.I.W.A. I kinda, I thought that too, when I heard it, I'm like, that's a R.I.W.A. type of song, but then he did it He named it three-way Wow I'm like, that one was so hard We was cowering while he was alive, like, you know what I'm saying? How hard is it for you to deal with that music with Moe being gone like that, and he meant so much to you? Uh, I smile cause I'm proud of him. I was there for every song You think something's gonna sound like it's been better?  There's facts Ain't nobody in the city of Dallas, everybody, outside of Post Malone, Eric, uh, Eric Abadou ever about 2,000 people out That other girl That's a good, he's a rapper Take money and brought 2,000 people out She had?  So, yeah, you know, Mode 3 saw more albums than anybody in the city of Dallas He I love him Yeah, I love him, I'm talking about I love him He's serious about it cause he putting that work in I love him You got a big T-ass Diamond D right now, I just talked to Diamond D I'm a boy right there I'm talking about Diamond D Every one seller that ever came out of the state of Texas at his shop It's gonna be that boy, Mode 3 Everybody hate it on


I am Arpita, I was just glued to my computer screen and I was preparing notes for my students. But if you are wondering that why am I having laptop in my hand in this video lecture, it is because today we are going to talk about computers in IT which forms an important part of our life and also it forms an important part of paper one syllabus. So we will be looking at the topics which you need to study when it comes to computers and IT because computers have become a very important part of our life. I can feel that almost everyone who is of my age they spend like 4-5 hours on the computer screen be it their work or be it playing games, listening to music, watching movies, making notes. Computers have such a powerful device that you can do anything with this device and it can keep you occupied for like thousands of years. So this is why just because this device has become an integral part of the education system it is important that every professor or a would be professor knows the basics about computers and this is why in our UGC net paper one syllabus computer and IT says 5 questions every year. So we will be looking at few important topics that you must study if you are preparing for paper one and we will have a detailed discussion on all these topics so that you can channelize your preparation and you can score good marks in your next paper one exam. So let's start from the basics. The first important component of computers and IT is knowing about computer system. Computers consist of CPU which is central processing unit. It comprises of two things ALU and CU. ALU is arithmetic logical unit and CU is control unit. Apart from this you should also have basic knowledge of the memory RAM, ROM, catch files what are these terms. RAM is random access memory, ROM is read only memory. Catch files are temporary files which are stored on your computer and only when you run a cleaner these files are removed and you are able to use the space. Your mobiles may be when you download a cleaner you install a cleaner from play store and you run that cleaner. 2 or 3 GB memory becomes empty suddenly because all the catch files the temporary files which were stored in your system they are removed. So you get access to the storage that was used by those temporary files. Apart from this you should also have basic knowledge of peripheral devices. Peripheral devices are basic softwares and hardwares that are used in computers so you should know what are the basic hardware components and what are the basic softwares which are there in your computer. The next component that you must study is about computer networks. Saree computers alagalag hai but if you connect all those computers you can do wonders. Agar mai apne ghar ke 1st floor perheti hoon and my brother lives in the ground floor and if we both keep our computers connected to a same printer then if I give a command from the 1st floor my printer my documents will be printed if my brother gives the command from the ground floor the printer will print the documents. This is the benefit of having a computer network ki ek hi device ko aap bahut sare computers se ek saath use kar sathe hai and there are a lot of other benefits which you can study on your own. I am here to tell you the basic networks that you must remember we have PAN which is personal area network it is for personal use then we have LAN which is local area network. Computers in my house are connected with LAN, local area network. If you are a part of a college or a big institution there all the computers must be connected using MAN which is Metropolitan Area Network connecting computers of a larger area and finally we have VAN which is White Area Network which connects all the computers all over the world and a very very important example of VAN is Internet. So with internet we all are connected together we are like Vasudev Kutumbukam the entire world is my family this is what you feel like when you are on internet everything is just one click away. So that is VAN. So you can know more about these computer networks because they form an important part of the syllabus of paper one. We all know different languages some of us know Hindi, English and several other languages as well Chinese, Spanish, French similarly computers even have their own language and their language is quite simple they just use two digits that is zero and one. So anything that you communicate to your computer is translated into a series of zero and one. So this language is called binary language or low level language machine language these are for some words used for language used by computers. You must be aware of modems if you have a broadband connection in your house there is a modem which converts digital signals and analog signals. So analog signals are converted into digital signals. Digital signals are signals which are transported in a series of zero and one. Analog signals are the signals which have wavelength frequency just like our sound this is an analog signal. So analog signal is converted to digital signals by modem. So modem is said to be modulator demodulator it has come from the word modulator and demodulator. Apart from this you must also know that there are other kinds of language related to computer. We have got high level languages like Java C++ all those who are into computer development and software development they must be knowing that these languages high level languages are something which we understand but the computers cannot understand that. So we need a compiler which can convert the high level language into machine language so that our instructions are understandable to the computer. So this entire theory of computer languages you just need to go through the basics of these things you should know the basic languages what are the popular high level languages what is the use of modem how does compiler work. So a basic information basic knowledge of this section will help you to score more in your exam. Next topic that you must study is storage devices. I remember when I was a kid there was a time when our teachers used to ask us to bring the project in floppies so floppy was the most common kind of storage device at that time and it used magnetic storage later came a time when DVDs and CDs became quite popular and we found that you know all these optical devices came into trend and finally now is the time when we use hard disk we use pendrives in which we can carry so much information like I have seen pendrives which are so portable that you don't even see them with the naked eyes they are so so small and those small pendrives can contain tons of information so that is how computers and things related to computers have developed over a period of time and you must know a bit about the trend of the storage device you should also know the popular hard disk in today's time we have HDD we have SSD so you should know a bit about these two things. The next topic that needs your attention is file extensions I'm pretty sure that if you are observant then you don't need to learn file extensions because I am quite confident about this fact that all of you must have worked on Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel all of you must have seen images in your computers and whenever you store all these images all these documents you find that they get stored with the name and after that name there's a particular extension these extensions are important and they are asked in net exam for example every word file has an extension dot doc every image has an extension dot JPG dot PNG and several other extensions every Excel file has an extension dot XLS so you should remember all these popular extensions because they give you the extension and they ask that which particular software uses this kind of extension. When I was a kid I was learning about storage units for example we had liters and how to convert liters into milliliters and we had kilometers and how to convert kilometers into meters and centimeters and inches so these were units which are used for measurement similarly in order to measure the data stored in your computer they use a different kind of unit which is called bytes kilobytes megabytes gigabytes terabytes so another important section that needs your attention is the storage units you should know how many bytes will make a kilobyte how many kilobytes make a megabyte how many megabyte makes a gigabyte and how many gigabytes make a terabyte and you need to know the sequence that which of these storage unit is greater okay a terabyte is greater than a gigabyte and a kilobyte is less than a megabyte so this comparison should be there on your fingertips the IT sector is filled with acronyms you cannot dare to go into the exam without knowing some popular acronyms so the next section you need to study is acronyms you should know simple acronyms for SMTP which stands for simple mail transfer protocol MOOC which stands for massive open online course then we have several other acronyms that will create a havoc in your brain but I'm pretty sure that if you tend to learn those acronyms it will definitely pay you the desired results the next important section that you should not skip is terminology internet is filled with terminology if you look at the IT sector you will see so many terms you should remember some popular terms you will get a list of popular terms when you go through the previous year papers you might encounter some popular terminology they have asked so you should know more about those terms for example you should know what is bandwidth bandwidth means amount of data that can be transferred then we have things like Boolean operators whenever you search on Google you can use operators like and or and these operators will help you to narrow down your search if I use and I can search about two things which are there in a same webpage if I'm talking about two writers and I put and in between them that means only those pages will come in the search box which contains information about what the writers or means either of them so these are called Boolean operators they help you in searching things on internet the next section is the most unexpected part of the question paper because when I saw those questions in the question paper I was shocked to see those questions and I was really wondering that how am I going to solve this question in this lifetime but then the situation became better when I came across several YouTube videos which helped me in solving those questions and they were pretty easy so the section that I'm talking about is binary to decimal conversion and decimal to binary conversion basically binary are zero and one okay so they might give you a number like 250 and they ask you to convert that into binary that means zero one key sequence may you need to convert it and on the other hand they might give you a binary number like 010.77 and they ask you to convert that into decimal so you need to get the digit for which that binary number is there so this entire complex procedure is not so complex if you go and watch some videos on YouTube how to convert decimal to binary and how to convert binary to decimal I'm pretty sure that after watching two or three videos you'll have a crystal clear idea about how you can convert it so this section requires your time and it also requires a bit of a practice because it might sound a bit unfamiliar to you so you must practice few decimal and binary conversions before you go and sit for your UGC net paper finally let's jump to the last topic which comes under the umbrella term of computers and IT and that is internet all of us use internet on a regular basis but it is important that we know certain important terms associated to internet like you should know that what is IP IP is internet protocol every computer every laptop has an IP address by which you can be traced from which IP the computer was hacked this is a popular term that you will come across if you go and meet some web developers and some software engineers similarly there are things like URL my website is arpita karwa.com this is a URL uniform resource locator so URL you should know that there are other important things like web browser you should know which is with the first web browser Netscape so these small small basic things you should keep in your mind if you are preparing for UGC net paper one these are very simple if you just go through the previous year papers you will come across these basic terms and when you search these terms you might land up on some other important terms as well I would not suggest you to go through any particular guidebook or any particular book in order to understand all these things that is the reason why I have classified it under categories so that you know what things you need to read under the section called IT and computers so with that note I end my video lecture I have already made a few videos on paper one and few important topics I have covered in those video lectures if you have not gone through my YouTube channel you can go to my YouTube channel and look at the playlist of paper one you will find few important videos that you should not miss if you are preparing for paper one if you have not subscribed to this channel then do it right now also don't forget to press the bell icon so that you are notified every time I post a video for your guidance and for your assistance so with that note I end this video happy learning keep loving literature and stay tuned to ArpitaKarwa.com


We now have an ALCS, and it's what everybody expected. It's what everybody was pointing to. It was everybody hoping for, except for those that want it an easier path. The Yankees against the Astros. A lot of people are saying, well, this is the World Series. Well, it's not the World Series. It might be the two best teams that are left, but I'm sure you have to win four more games after you win the four games here. And I'm not gonna say that the Cardinals and the National have no chance to beat either of the Astros or the Yankees, but this should be a super fun series. It starts tomorrow at the Juice Box Minute-Made Park in Houston. And we'll see who the Yankees are gonna start in game one. We know that the Astros are gonna start Zach Grinke. Yesterday, they put a four spot on the board against Tyler Glass now. And that was it with Garrett Cole on the mound. That was it. He was brilliant again. He's an unbelievable pitcher. And when you look at his numbers, he's having one of the greatest seasons any pitcher's ever had. That's how great he's been. And the way it breaks down, it'll be Grinke, Verlander gains one and two Saturday and Sunday in Houston. And then game three on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium will be Garrett Cole. I don't know if you noticed Twitter last night, Michael, but a lot of screenshots of the game cast of the strike zone in reference to the Astros knowing what's coming. Like you're gonna hear a lot of talk going into tomorrow, Michael. Maybe you'll hear it in Houston with some of the media. Are they stealing signs? Because boy, they just look like a different offensive team at home, right? Well, Glass now said later, he was clearly tipping pitches. They're so advanced. All the analytic teams are chasing the Astros. They can figure things out better than a lot of teams. Now, we need to clarify this because when we say stealing signs, we're thinking of the shot heard around the world, polo grounds, somebody with a telescope out in an apartment building outside the polo ground. That's right, that's what I still picture. I think it's what you said. They can sniff out a pitcher tipping his pitches. But why are they better at home doing that? See, that leads you to some espionage. That's why people think there could be something weird going on. Hold on. Oh, yes, espionage of some sort. Yeah. Yeah, it doesn't mean it's a camera. Not just like I'm smarter than you. It could be location, though. They have every location in the stadium. Yeah, they've got everything buttoned up.  One quick thing, we'll get to the Giants in a moment. Garrett Cole's always been a really good pitcher. He's really good with Pittsburgh. Never been this good. So they have the secret sauce. Power ranking of the pitcher's remaining in the playoffs. Top five. Go, him, cold one. Hold on, hit the ding, RJ, sorry. Go ahead. Flaherty? Two. This is a good question. Strasburg? I'd say Verlander, Strasburg. Verlander, Strasburg. Who's five? Probably the Milster. The Milster? Beniyag Bayani. It could be Corbin. Corbin, yeah. I wasn't going to say maybe Corbin.