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You're just wasting gasoline. No, I'm not. This way all the corners are right turns. That makes your slide closer to me.  Here's the last corner. Oh! I'm slipping. These nylon seat covers are wonderful. Here's my house again. Don't you think we'd better stop? Oh, all right. Rockmorton, what's this on the floor of the car? What? Oh, that's canteen. There's water in it from the reservoir. Water? Yeah, I've got a great idea. I'll tell you about it later. It's been a lovely evening. Thanks for the movie. Wait a minute, Catherine. The evening is young. Let's turn on the radio and listen to some dance music. Well, for just a minute. Sure. I want to talk to you about tomorrow night. Tomorrow night? There's a big March of Dimes dance at the Armory. I've got two tickets. One for you and one for me. Well, that was thoughtful of you, Rockmorton. Wouldn't you just as soon see another movie tomorrow night? Another movie? Catherine, why is it that you never want to go dancing with me? In all the time I've known you, we've only been dancing once. Well... Wouldn't you like to trip the light fantastic, the urban hot stetter in his hip cats? I don't know. I may be a little tired. Oh, my goodness. This concludes our program of midnight moods and melodies. Station WSUM now leaves the air. Good night, sweetheart. Good night, sweetheart. That's WSUM sign-off. It's my sign-off, too. Don't go yet. Good night, sweetheart. Sleep will banish sorrow. Tears and parties may make us forlorn. But with a dawn, a new day is born. So I'll say, good night, sweetheart. Though I not beside you. Oh, yeah. Good night, sweetheart. Still my love will guide you. Dreams enfold you. Good night. Hey, I didn't say good night. That was that radio announcer. Talk more than I have to go in. But what about going to the dance? Well, you want to try dancing again? Do I? I wonder what you mean by that. He does. He walks straight to the icebox. Barney's been me. Without onions, I suppose. Yeah, might as well have had mine with chicken, there is. Some white meat, wishbone, and some cheese, and salami. You're going to dream again, Anki? Well, I usually dream anyway. I may as well make it exciting. Good, Anki. I think I'll have a bite. You know, I'm hungry. Bronco and I were dancing in the parlor tonight. Oh, well, I'm saving my dancing for tomorrow night at the armory. With Miss Milford, naturally. Yeah, finally talked her into it. What was the matter? Didn't you want to go? Well, we went dancing once. Ever since then, when I asked her, she's tired. I guess she's working pretty hard. Must be. You know how girls love to dance, and especially with me. I've always been very light on my feet. Pass the salami, please. You know, Anki, I bet I know why she doesn't like to go dancing with you. Why? How many new dances have you learned in the last 20 years? Well, I tried the Big Apple, but by the time I learned it, nobody was doing it anymore. Anki, I'm afraid you're getting old-fashioned. Old-fashioned? Me? When you're on the dance floor, what do you do when they play a samba? I sit down. I'm used to dancing to real music.  Witch doctors. But that happens to be the vogue. I'll bet that young intern, Miss Milford, goes with Kinsamba and Ramba, too. Well, so could I, if I wanted to. I could learn those silly dances overnight. And I may just do it. I could make all the difference in the world to a modern young woman like Miss Milford. I'll give up with. Bye, George. I'll show her. Well, good for you, Anki. You bet. Pass the pickles, please.  What do I care? Maybe Arthur Murray will show up and teach me the samba. Here. And to round up this stuff, but nobody's gonna say Throckmorton P. Giller's leave is old-fashioned. See if I have everything. How to Samba in One Easy Lesson. An album of records by Jose Pepito and his six chili peppers. Hey, before I go home, I think I'll phone Catherine and tell her to be prepared for a big surprise. If I can get into this phone booth, all this... all... Good. K-K-K-K-T. Beautiful K-T. You're the only girl that I adore. Hello. Hello, Catherine. Throckmorton. Hello, Throckmorton. Hello, Throckmorton. Are you all set for the dance tonight? Well, you don't sound very enthusiastic, but I think I figured out why. Well... I guarantee you'll have a good time tonight, Catherine. I'm working out a little surprise for you. Surprise? What is it? Well, it doesn't pay to tell little girls everything. But you'll know tonight. Oh, I can hardly wait. I love surprises. Well, ta-ta until tonight. I like women. I do the samba. That sounds simple. All right, we'll play Brazil. Lee Roy, when you finish rolling up that rug, you may go. Are you kidding? I wouldn't miss this for anything. Good. Auntie, why don't we just walk through the steps before we put on the record? Walk? Well, you think that's necessary. I learned pretty fast, you know. Let's see what the instructions say. Start in the regular foxtrot closed position. No, I'm not. Come on, Marjorie. Well, we begin like this, Auntie. I see. I'll hold the instruction books in my left hand here. Now, let's see. The samba is an easy, rocking step, a graceful swaying movement. That's right. You start with your left foot, like this. Oh, yeah. Take one step forward. Wait forward. Bending knee twice. How am I doing, Lee Roy? Oh, brother. Auntie, maybe I'd better put on the record so you'll get the rhythm of the music. Yeah, I'll pick it up in a minute once I hear the music. Hey, it says here in the book, steaming tropics of Brazil comes the samba. All right, Lee Roy.  Originally danced by the natives of Brazil in the coffee bushes. Yep. You can cut out the travelogue, Burton Holmes. Just read the instructions. Two, one, two rhythm, Auntie. Yeah, I doubt that. Now, come on, Auntie, and remember, when your feet go forward, your body sways backwards. You mean my feet go in one direction, my body in another? That's right. It's a rocking motion. Well, here it goes. Feet go forward, body sways back. Oops, almost swayed too far back. What's the matter, aren't you getting seasick? Lee Roy. Left shoulder, left foot, right shoulder, right foot. What? Right foot, left foot. That's impossible. I'd better sit down. All right, Auntie, take it. Go, Miss Gil, please. Samba, Verdi. Complicated, and I thought, Verdi. Not that I'd better leave you, Lee Roy. Heck no. But even with those feet. You'll get it in time, Miss Gil, please. I have to get it by tonight. It ain't hard. The main thing you have to do is shift gears fast. Well, excuse me, I got to get lunch. Choo, choo, choo, choo, choo. Chili pepper in the house. Bill Dishleave will be back in just a minute. 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So next time you shop, get the cheese food with the real cheddar flavor. Get pabsteth in the round package. Or better yet, save by buying the economical two-pound loaf. In any package, it's delicious. Well, let's get back to the great Gilder Sleeve. He has a date to take Katie Milford dancing tonight and not wishing to be considered an old-fashioned dancer. He's trying to learn the samba. How's he doing? Well, he isn't doing the samba. And I promised Catherine I'd surprise her. Just can't understand it. I did everything the lesson said. Something's wrong, but I don't see how it can be me. Must be the lesson. I think I'll try it here on the sidewalk. One and two, three and four. One and two and... Hello, Mrs. Pettibone. Just playing hopscotch. She probably never saw a man's samba before. Old-fashioned bitty. Funny, I can't get the hang of that step. One and two and three and... ...slipped. Sidewalks icy. I almost did it, though. My feet went forward and my body went backward. How did I do that? I can just remember to slip in the right spot. One and two and three and four. One and two and three and... Why, George, I've got it. I've learned the samba. One and two and three and four and... Zeef. Hard sidewalk. Well, anyway, I've got it. Mr. Peavey. Mr. Peavey. What can I do for you today? Peavey, guess what I'm doing? Choo-choo-choo. Choo-choo-choo. Playing train. Peavey, I'm doing the samba. I'll dance. Look, Peavey, I'm dancing. Choo-choo-choo. May I ask a question, Mr. George? What is it, Peavey? Who are you dancing with? I'm going to be dancing with Catherine. That's why I learned it, Peavey. These days, a man can't relax just because he knows how to waltz in one step. Why not? Well, because they'll think you're old-fashioned, Peavey. Come out from behind that collar and I'll teach you how to samba. Me? Yeah, come on, I'll teach you the step in two minutes. Mr. Gildersley, what would my customers say? Well, is nobody in the store? Well, if you and I started dancing, this room would be. All right, Peavey, if you want to be an old, funny-duddy. Mr. Gildersley, I'm no funny-duddy. I considered learning the Charleston once. You've been? I'm here to tell you. Then I said to myself, how often did the fella get to Charleston? Oh, my goodness. That was a little witnesses, Mr. Gildersley. Charleston is the name of the city and also the... I know, Peavey. Are you going to display that new step at the March of Dimes dance tonight, Mr. Gildersley? You bet. You going to be there, Peavey? Yes, I'm taking Mrs. Peavey. Great, you'll have a wonderful time. Well, now I wouldn't say that. Mrs. Peavey and I may be a little rusty. We haven't been out dancing since school age was President. You don't dance much, do you, Peavey? Well, no, but I consider this a worthy cause and I'm willing to make the sacrifice. You call it a sacrifice to bring $4 to the March of Dimes? No, taking Mrs. Peavey dancing. Well, I'll see you at the dance, Peavey. Nice and close tonight. Face feels like suede. Better trim my mustache a little. I want to look smooth tonight, Gildersley. There. Here on the wall. Who's the handsomest of them all? Let's watch them. I thought I told you to get my black Homburg and brush it. I was going to, but you hypnotized me. Well, the old blue surge looks pretty good. I wonder if I should wear a tight black sash and leave my shirt open the way those dancers do in the movies. Nah. Just because I can do the samba, I want to go overboard. These Brazilian cigarettes taste pretty good. Here's your hat, Uncle. Thanks, my boy. Well, almost time to go for Catherine. I wonder if I can samba downstairs. You better watch it, Uncle. Heck, I can do this on ice. Uncle, you look gorgeous. Thank you, my dear. May I have the pleasure of this dance, senorita? Delighted, Senorunkey. One and two and three and four. One and two and three and four. Well, Uncle, you've got it. Choo-choo-choo-choo. I didn't think you had it in you. Hey, Bertie! Oh, Marjorie, better save my win. Isn't he wonderful, Bertie? Yes, ma'am. He's going to make a hit with Miss Milford tonight. I'm better after all the trouble I've gone through. Yes, sir. You're going to be bell of the ball. No, Bertie. All Miss Milford got to do is close her eyes and she'll think she's dancing with Fred Astaire. Fred Astaire? Well, I'm a little more muscular than Fred is. Bertie's wrong about that. I'm not like Fred Astaire. I'm more the Rudolph Valentino type. Yeah. Suppose we sit this one out, Catherine, huh? Floor is pretty crowded. But, Rockmorton, you were in such a terrible rush to get here. I thought you wanted to dance. Well, sure. But who wants to dance to an old-fashioned waltz? Don't you? Well, I should say not. Maybe all right for Peevee and Judge Hooker, but not for me. I like dancing with some bounce. Something with some zing in it. Zing? You've only danced with me once, Catherine. It wasn't a fair sample. I had to follow the music. The band plays a foxtrot. You have to trot. You know that. Oh, yes, of course. I'm just as modern as anybody. Maybe even more so. By George, I have no sympathy whatsoever for a person who doesn't keep up with the times, especially in dancing. Rockmorton, you surprise me. You haven't seen anything yet. Just wait. Glass, that's over. I'll show you something that up-to-date people can dance to. Hi. It's awfully warm in here. Well, we can't go outside now, Catherine.  Well, couldn't you tell me about it in the car? We could drive someplace. Catherine, I can't tell you about it. With that hot stutter and his tired hep cats who just play some decent music. Wait here, Catherine. I'm going over and have a talk with her being hot stutter. Excuse me. Be right back. I'll go away. Pardon me. Howdy, commissioner. Oh, hello, Uncle Charlie. Coming through. Walsers. Excuse me.  Oh, there's Peavey and Mrs. Peavey. Excuse me, Peavey. Well, Mr. Gildersleeve, cutting in for the next day? Yeah. No, Peavey. Just passing by. Boy, that was close. Mr. Hot Stutter. Hey, Hot Stutter. I'm Throckmorton Peavey Gildersleeve, city water commissioner. I know you're commissioner. I'll bet you want us to play a number for you. Yeah, that's right. What'll it be? Cool water?  Well, we hadn't programmed any sambas this evening. You see, this isn't a samba crowd. But you got to play one. Look, Irving, confidentially, I've spent all day learning the samba for that pretty girl over there. Yeah, she is pretty. Watch it, Irving. Watch it. How about playing a samba? We don't have our samba music out. Here, Hot Stutter. Here's $5. $5? Commissioner, the boys were just about to play a samba. Uh... Make it Brazil, and don't start like I give you the signal. Pardon me. Coming through. Excuse me. Catherine? Yes, Rockmorton? Uh, now we can dance. Well, I was beginning to wonder what happened. Together, I got music. This is a big surprise. You have to have music for it? Oh, seriously. Come on out on the porch, Catherine, and wait in the crowd. I don't think we'd better. Oh, come on. Those potted palms will make a nice background. Real tropical stuff. Like coffee bushes. But, Rockmorton, I... Yeah, this is better. Wait for all those old, funny dutties. Who are you waving to? Yeah, I'm just Irving. He waved back. Now comes a surprise. Well... Come on, Irving. Here we go, Catherine. Surprise. Choo-choo-choo. Choo-choo-choo. Oh! Oh, Rockmorton! What are you doing? That's the Samba, Catherine. That was a surprise. Oh. What's the matter? I have a surprise for you. I don't know how to Samba. Oh, funny, Daddy. Catherine, not you. Now you know the awful truth, Rockmorton. Now you know why I haven't wanted to go to dances. I can't do these new steps. Really? Is that good? Come on, Catherine. Where are we going? Back to Hot Center. South America's gonna hate us, but we're gonna trade Brazil for $5 worth of walsons. Yeah. 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Thrump, Morton, you were going to tell me about this canteen on the floor of the car. Oh, yeah. The canteen. Well, there's an ounce of water in that from the Summerfield Reservoir. I'm going to send it to New York City. From the Water Commissioner of Summerfield to the Water Commissioner of New York. Quite an idea, don't you think? An ounce of water? Well, it's just a reminder to the people that it stops, the local Water Commissioner will add an ounce of that city's water. It'll be Phoenix, Arizona, Salt Lake City, Denver, Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Washington, and Philadelphia. It'll be delivered to Mr. Stephen J. Carney, Water Commissioner of New York on February 22nd. Well, I think that's a very nice idea. Remind people there to save water. You bet. It's something for everybody to think about. Of course, the people in Summerfield have nothing to worry about as long as I'm the Water Commissioner. Backward. 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What's up good people and welcome to yet another episode of friends vibe this is espm bars now I'm joined by Nysa and Kido right here and of course today we want to dive in into a very you know important conversation and by in a usiana than our art industry yeah of course so many people have been talking about the art industry to me one i recomodi has been fighting you know to do so many things then harmonize you know pala kutoka tanzania came out and told us why are you under kawasafi which is it's been like three years that why jua what was the reason behind that yeah so our topic of discussion today is which one would you prefer as an artist to be in a record label be signed under a record label or just be solo wkwena bani jawa kwa pomfanya kazi so sijui you guys been in the entertainment industry what are your thoughts you know towards uh those two you know categories okay for some sorry and uh okay i would say i don't know it it depends with what also what what contract you have let's say and if you see if you're under a record label the kind of contract you will get and the kind of contract you're getting when you're solo also yeah and at a record level you might get more benefits let's say they're paying for everything they're paying for like your music videos they're paying for everything but um when the dividends come back and all that they're getting more than you which is not even actually a real sense now that's not really helping you yes and when you're alone maybe you have to pay for everything which is really like straining yeah it's straining yeah you have to like remove a lot of money because you are just maybe alone yeah and then when the dividends come back and everything you get everything a hundred percent you're not sharing it with anyone yeah so i would i would say if if the record label is the percentage and whatever they're getting and if it's okay for you then yeah i think yeah yeah i think it's better because sometimes all these record labels they don't even care about the artist yeah sometimes they don't care about they don't even care about your art most of these record labels are not saying all or anything but most they don't care you have seen artists come out on record labels with bad blood and all that why because they are not treated well they were taking their music they are posting music without even their knowledge you know so it's just i feel like it's it's it all starts with the agreement you guys have before just to add to what we've said uh cc africans we're trying to be with other tragically label your first world countries you see most of the music label works difference music label your maju african difference from structures in a different place pure artist way to they're not ready to work i'ma to be managed with the music label i'll give you the example kuna artist samba wali sainewa na music label naleo he maka leo maisha aribat lika wami tika on another label wani hako kwa angalia mik mail kiazo saniel kwa nimbaka street kiji bamba ori tene niya kwa label aka evolve kwa kwa kwa saniflani na tuna fatiliy maka leo tuna wana miziki aken poa na nimi na kuna wala sanimi mani piwa wali kwa na chance ya kwingi ako music label na hako kwingi ako music label na waka baki independent nbaka leo hi waka independent yeah menbata but okay nga leo saani wetua afrika sawa waka willing kufanya na music label muna but aguni na music label monye inna guarantee msa ni if kini funga na 10 years da heza kupata hi na hi na hi most of artists waki saani music label inakwa on tune aya kwa excited and show ma contract kaji wini ni okay nga lebe kuna wala saani kenya monye afrika ma afrika hawa na music label lakini bada mbaka leo hiwa me standout me standout nga lei shinski a good example nga shinskete kwa galebo leote na lienda fraternia zaka rule na badwa gemi aki kwa pa kwa pa le nga lea red sun ali nge kwa music label ali senwa nga nasoni kuna time aka potera because piwa music label sometimes ina control ina kuchwa kwa ni ni at times music label ina za kuchukua kukil kereya kwa for example onezona msa niflanya me vuma me vuma me vuma me fuka label flanya na gula msa niflanya na wufia huja ma aneza nipita wana mkunvinsen nge kwa music label on na mkil nga na na sometimes piwa naza baki solo wuka kwa ona pick nuka jikil ali kiba kwa solo baka leo hiwa na jawa hii shuka ataka baka na music label yake so bina nisa sema ni if ya joining a music label take your time as an artist but right now ali kiba is under ziki media yes wana ho di partners wana ho di partners wana ho di partners so we kama upcoming artist mone haunam tu na kumenta amata kwa guide amata kwa sa idea neneza kwa advice kama hauna experience team kuna za join a music label ala piwa nga belia contractu na sign so kusani kwa nga 20 yas 10 yas sign for 5 yas you learn unona waku mold kumana kama sa itriomio triomio na faka kwa music label a big label mii nge kwa mma triomio nge shka triomio kwa nulohi in pelika soul generation bata sa mbonu unata kwa kumpeleka kwa nuu unata kwa puseba afani kwa ni kazi ake safi yake kazi ake kwa sa waka puseba ala fumbona unata kwa kumpelega kwa record label kwa nisha prove kwa independent kwa naka kwa mii triomio wana faka kwa naka music label I see triomio now becoming an international wachana nani a starfrican star so does it mean you cannot become an international star when you are not under a record label you can't you can't if you have a great team onona I don't know how triomio management works but ono a mii zai na fila triomio kwa zako under shule kiki kwa za nusengina badoe ako badoe shule but kiki kwa under music label they can plan for you very well no na kwa mii ono taka puseba afani aplam plani sa iu wizu ono plani a wizu label I want to say that mii na taka niki a gale triomio next year kiki tu wana fanya it's something different angalia nani angalia nika wozas angalia niki ita niki tastikama ako na music label but I'm a proof ono na na mii shinda awards no mona kaze ga miinda solo but niki taku fika ila levo dia kina yemi alade o mona kina Tewa Savage o mona kina Victoria Kimani o mona the likes of our female top female artists in Africa are reitaji kwengi ako label now to me when I would like to advise artists every both of them either you're under a record label or wuko solo under a management zikon advantages not disadvantages so it all narrows down to the contract you're given kuna kontrakteni ita puji mependeza lakini kuna malu taku na finiliwa na as an upcoming artist iyo saio ita pui na mata for you ita pui kusawa juuna fanyu a publicity everyone knows you your music distribution kilamtu anaku yua kwefato ki release ngo mambili kama harmonize ati wasafi he told us that he was allowed to release only two songs paia if he wants to release another song he catens for the production and mind you when you do the production utaipo spale kwa itu pchaniliwa na uki ena kupafomiyo mimbo watanku kata pesa bado awana kula exactly na you've done the production yourself yes under a label but you see now for harmonize when he was getting into that contract be the beginning that was a very good deal ya kus you get kus he was not known but after he was known then now it becomes a problem that anaskia na finiliwa because anafil he cannot grow and spread his wings the way he wants ya so if you like we should actually check the contract visuri wone it is going to work on your favor and at the same time it will still benefit the record label but if you think about tenye now you cannot go and also ya don't tell contracts that are like over ten years ya on up ita blessing ita blessing na lisa isho apona bahati kitu ilu kwa hami a kagapit three ten years ya then a few months into ita medialize eh na fungwa nikama ni me fungwa mi lele and then ya you're here for ten years kus you already signed you already signed this is a contract ita binding and everything even our good friends uh south soul cca kama ma fans waw to me kuna concerns and what is happening jia manza kufani solo project ya because maybe kuna vitu midi tatu hazi wa waki we used to south soul kama wajisa inuna label kuna 12 vitu back to back the music is still there the music is still good but na wuna kikwanda label maybe there's a way they work out there's a new way there's a new formula there's a new system for them but wana sa kuna vitu wana aza kufani zio project zaw moja moja and that actually makes me wonder if a such an international act like south soul piwa wama ek fita point wana fiu nikama wana fini liwa na record label if that's the case kus we don't know and legend imagine namsa ni wonya na ana up coming alakini wana aza na up coming wama pona na label kwa gaya nga leka maiani ya ni label wama yana na mea anza juzy wana jampe ana aza 3 yas labda tanda kuna arobo ito na anam fini liwa utennawal aza iya mea mkuma utennawal di kusawa skina sum goldoroma na kazi nzuri bana beti bana aaa ni sawa msa nindo sasa labda tafika sum 3 yas to kama feel aaana nikama utenpe waldi meni fini liwa you know so ma you want to grow a mkuma kiburi the contract does not allow you to ya na doa kus obviously as a natist you also don't want to to just stay in one place yaa kuso na ukuro fana nandu yas pona jamia pugro but you signed another contract there that just depends that you stay when you want to grow the same place for a while for a while yaa i don't think i don't know just before even entering a contract first of all i feel like you just reading it sometimes the words in the contract are very deceiving niyaa i do yaa so you need to find a lawyer ataka ma just not just to pay them just for you the contract and actually telling you and explain it to you ya in a language that you understand one by one what this means that's better not just you reading and you're like yaa i've got in it alafi piya if kama u nimsani na toa kulebo leo hee give it credits kama u zanio wami jamali kutua kwa street kush kama kona li invest time yaa ke kaku post even if me kusana usi kuji umka bash out usi rene kuna prasim pa di na watungine toa kase meniaje since i was this coming out is 11 minutes kusama li hapa na shkulu of course in the same contract we got it kwa 1% na 1% but i want to be grateful to them for what they've done for me ataka ma kule kumifi nyo badines do rimsani na toa ka ala disya press ananzakulia nongiambaya sometimes ita kukia ukiya kuna na piya lebo mukivata na namsani toa statement kuna doa damo leja patea story line aja tumbia ni what really happened kuna doa we have so many cases kuna wasani wei ngubi toa ma lebo na chiniya maji ma lebo migra zime kufa kuna gati na nili fungo lebo yake bahaiti li fungo yake aka funga kuna wasani nginu nga mesei niwa kikaka empaya waka toka so tuja kusama ni if you're working with an artist be ready for anything but once artists are metoka like it clear for us ndi watu aji wala up coming wasani eh lebo inna tisha oh mi mimisani nini misi wei buka lebo fula jupia wei tui wei na jiyo very well kuna rewa kusai diya kusai yapa up coming artist kumbawa kummenta dila pesa sikwizi sikwizi sikwizi sikwizi sikwizi sikwizi sikwizi sikwizi na tika watu aze kuni DM vituza betu wala up coming betu wala up coming na rosa fi na rosa fi na ni konae na tiki pii sitchaki kutumi ka bro sitchaki kutumi ka but mi what i would like to tell you know artists whether you're up coming whether you're ready in the industry if you want to join a record label please go through the contract visuri and mi i would advise to take a contract and buy us your yamiya coming at least 3 years and then you can re-evaluate achai kwa indikated eh achai kwa indikated kwa contract we can re-evaluate no ikuwe usikwe agridi sahi usa idike alafu 5 yas on now you're complaining it's as if you did not sign that contract yeah so normalize getting a lawyer clearly to read for you that contract and explain to you normalize consultation normalize consult and also taking just your time to understand what you're getting exactly don't just sign because we are in kujia and you're up coming and you're like ah this is a hugest label so now i have to sign one in the tab and no i'm just signing nah take your time even if you're up coming now see why you're like heeshwa yeah you feel like pwaza pwaza those people you wanna kwa rakisha na on diwa wanna taku they something very something me just to the artist music is business simple music is business aku na ubesite nibiasi nara na usifila tueni mnyongi atijunans asasai you're taking anything that is going to cost you five years on when you're famous it is going to cost you so have standards whether you are poor you know they say poverty is mentality it's your mental you know thoughts so don't be poor even in your thoughts if you do not have money if you're poor financially don't also be poor in your thoughts think have a standard and I mean I feel like this is a very we have a long way to go as a country when it comes to music labels and just management but I'm sure we are gonna get there I mean at least we are having these conversations there so I hope to my side I'm to Leo if you're an upcoming artist please go consult you know on getting to aku side and if also independent is working for you why not why not continue being independent you don't really need a music label if it's working for you yeah simple as that all right guys this is friends vibe remember to subscribe hit the like button and share this video to your fellow artist at Awa Lan all right bye


Good evening, aspirants. Welcome to the Hindi news analysis by Shankar Ayes academy. These are the list of articles chosen for today's analysis. It has been given along with the page numbers of Chennai, Bengaluru, Delhi, Trivandrum and Hyderabad editions. The link for the handwritten notes in the PDF format and the time snapping for the displayed articles is given in the description box below. And for the benefit of smartphone users, the time snapping is also provided in the comment section. Before moving on to the discussion for today, there is one small announcement for the viewers. Due to the Janta curfew that was announced by the Prime Minister of India, tomorrow there will be no Hindi news analysis video. We request all the viewers to stay safe, to stay at home and also wash your hands regularly. Now let us move on to the first article discussion. The first discussion is based on these news articles. This news article and this editorial suggests some measures to reduce or weaken the economic impact of new coronavirus disease. The syllabus that is relevant for this discussion is given here for your reference. Now the news is that our Prime Minister has recently informed that a COVID-19 economic response task force will be set up under the leadership of Union Finance Minister. This task force is expected to devise a suitable approach to effectively tackle the economic challenge after assessing the economic impact of the pandemic. This task force will also ensure effective implementation of all the steps to reduce the economic difficulties. So, this is the response from Indian government's side on the economic calamity of new coronavirus disease. In the scenario, the author of the editorial has asked the government to do few more initiatives or actions in addition to this task force. The author has also highlighted some best practices that is followed in other countries. Now let us see what are the suggestions given by the author. The first suggestion is to consider giving cash transfers of a fixed amount to the vulnerable sections of the population. Now the vulnerable sections which the author is referring to here is the persons such as cab drivers, small workers and persons who are working as domestic helps then disabled or differently abled individuals, transgenders and other vulnerable communities. So, author notes that the beneficiaries of such cash transfers can be identified using the Janthan bank accounts and also by using ration cards under the public distribution system. But as we know, some of the vulnerable sections of the populations may not have access to the Janthan accounts or may not even have ration cards. So, serious efforts have to be taken to identify these extremely vulnerable sections of our population. Author has suggested this measure based on the announcement made by the Hong Kong administration. Hong Kong has announced 10,000 Hong Kong dollars as a supportive measure to every adult permanent president of Hong Kong and if you see this particular amount in Indian money amounts close to rupees 1 lakh per resident. So, that is why author is also suggesting that government of India should also announce cash transfers for vulnerable population in a similar way. So, this is the first suggestion. Then the second suggestion is that the government should announce loan guarantee to service industries and some manufacturing industries that were affected because of this pandemic. We can find service industries such as airlines, hotels and restaurants and even tourism sector all these are severely affected by this pandemic. So, by loan guarantee what the author is referring to is the process where if an industry could not pay interest or principal back to the financial companies then in such case for a specified period the debt obligation of that industry should be taken by the government. So, it will act as a timely relief for the industries which are suffering. At the same time it will also save the balance sheets of banks from risks because if loan is not paid or the loan interest is not paid then banks will also suffer. Then the third suggestion given by the author is that he has asked the government to pass an order by which there will be an equated monthly installment holiday or mortgage holiday for a prescribed period. We know that mortgage refers to the payment of interest and principal for the loan of a borrower. Now, here the equated monthly installment holiday or the EMI holiday is the period for which an individual whose economy or earning capacity is affected he or she need not pay the EMI. Now, if this measure is implemented then it will become a huge blessing for the individuals and even businesses which are facing job losses, salary cuts or loss of revenue due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Author has suggested this measure based on the announcement of United Kingdom because the government of United Kingdom has already announced a three-month mortgage payment holiday for its members. Then, fourthly the author has asked the Reserve Bank of India which is the banking regulator to adopt a temporary measure. The measure is to exercise regulatory forbearance or restraint when it comes to asset recognition for banks because as we saw already these are the banks that might be affected by default of payments from businesses that are impacted by COVID-19. So, this measure will give interim relief for banks that might be impacted due to the default of debt obligations and moreover if the impact of coronavirus extends further the government of India should give temporary tax relief to affected businesses also. So, this is also one of the suggestions given by the author. So, based on the suggestions you can say that all the above measures will have a financial commitment from the government or while executing such suggestions the government will have to forego or lose some revenue which it has been collecting as of now. So, there will be some revenue loss for the government also. So, in this scenario for the funding possibilities for the government the author suggests that the resources of the center and the states have to be pooled. This is to develop a national response to this unfolding economic tragedy of novel coronavirus disease. Secondly, the government should engage with the private sector while devising assistant measures. This has to be done to tap innovative ideas to combat the economic impact by utilizing the lot of expertise and sharp financial minds that are available in the private sector. And thirdly, the government can issue a well structured tax efficient bonds to raise funds and also to tap the large pool of domestic savings. Now, the tax efficient bonds which are mentioned here refer to the fact that some kind of tax benefits or exemptions will be given to the subscribers of these bonds. Author has given this suggestion based on a previous successful example that was taken by government of India in 1998 because in 1998 the resurgent India bond scheme was introduced. See, after the second nuclear tests of India in Pokhran which happened in 1998 India faced a slew of sanctions and other restrictive measures from a section of international community. So, for handling the economic impact of such sanctions the resurgent India bonds were issued by SBI to the non-resident Indians and based on this the bank was able to raise four billion US dollars according to the author. So, based on this only author suggests that a similar method can be adopted to handle the present unfolding crisis due to the COVID-19 outbreak. So, that is all about the news article and the editorial. So, you can see that in this editorial the author has given many valuable suggestions which can be considered by the government and if they are implemented it will benefit everyone economically and it will help to reduce the economic impact of new coronavirus disease. With this we come to the end of this discussion. Moving on to the next discussion, this news article talks about the recent World Happiness Report of 2020. So, in this discussion we will see about this report and also its findings. The syllabus that is relevant to this discussion is given here for your reference. First, know that the World Happiness Report is released annually and it has been released for the last eight years by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. This report is an outcome of a 2011 resolution that was adopted by the United Nations. That resolution urged the members to give more importance to happiness and well-being in determining how to achieve and measure the social and economic development. The resolution is called as the Bhutanese resolution because Bhutan for many years has used gross national happiness as a marker of success rather than the GDP. So, this is the brief introduction about this World Happiness Report. Now, let us see the findings of this report. This report ranks more than 150 countries by how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be. And this 2020 report for the first time ranks cities also around the world by their subjective well-being. The report also focuses more on how the social, urban and natural environments combine to affect our happiness. And this World Happiness Report is based on six variables. They are income in terms of GDP per capita, then healthy life expectancy at birth, then social support, then freedom to make life choices, then generosity, and then finally perceptions of corruption. So, remember all these six variables. It is important from the examination point of view. Now, as per the report based on all these indicators, it is found that Finland, Denmark and Switzerland are the happiest countries in the world. And as expected, one of our neighbors is in the least happy countries in the world and that country is Afghanistan. It was found that along with Afghanistan, South Sudan and Zimbabwe are the least happy countries in the world. So, what is the position of India? India has been ranked at 144th. We saw that this report ranks more than 150 countries and India is ranked at 144th. So, you can see that we are in the bottom only, not even in the middle. Now, if we compare India's rank with our neighborhood, you can see that India is the least happy country because all other countries other than Afghanistan have scored better. Then if we compare India's position with its peer group Bricks, then also India is the least happy country among the Bricks peer group. Even the report has noted that India is the new entrant to the bottom 10 groups. This is because over a period of time, India's performance has been decreasing and India's rank has come down over the years. If you see in 2018, India was ranked at 133rd position and in 2019, India was ranked at 140th position and we have further moved down to 144th position in 2020 report. And when this report compares the changes in happiness from the period 2008 to 2012 to the period 2017 to 2019, it was noted that India is among the 20 largest losers because India has lost points in the six variables. In the beginning, we saw that for the first time, this report also ranks cities across the world and it has ranked 186 cities and the Helsinki city of Finland is ranked at the first and Kabul which is the capital of Afghanistan is ranked at the bottom. And coming to India, our capital Delhi has been ranked at 180th position and here also we have been ranked at the bottom only. Based on the current life evaluation, the cities have been ranked, that is how positively the inhabitants of the cities currently evaluate their lives on an average has been taken into consideration for the ranking and New Delhi is among the bottom 10. According to this report, the cities in the bottom 10 and their countries are experiencing low economic development levels and these cities are located in countries with high political instability, a strained security situation and also recurring periodic outbreaks of armed conflict. Now, based on this, you can see that why New Delhi has been ranked at the bottom. So, these are some of the important findings of this report. So, as a whole, the citizens of our country does not perceive themselves to be happy. This point should be taken into consideration by the government because not only GDP, but also national happiness is a marker of success. So, that is all about this discussion. In this discussion, we saw about the World Happiness Report of 2020 and its findings. With this, we come to the end of this discussion. The displayed practice question we discussed in the last session. Moving on to the next discussion, this news article is regarding a bill that has been introduced by Lok Sabha. It is related to the higher education sector in India. So, in this discussion, we will be seeing about the bill and what are the changes it aims to bring. The syllabus that is relevant to this discussion is given here for your reference. See, the higher education in India is spearheaded by universities, which are the highest seats of learning and the coordination and determination of standards of such universities and the colleges which are functioning under them is interested to the university's grants commission and also some of the statutory regulatory bodies such as, for example, AICTE, that is, All India Council for Technical Education. And at present, India has university institutions or university level institutions and one such university level institution is the institution of national importance. They are the institutions that are established by an act of parliament. In which certain institutions are declared as institution of national importance. And if you see at present, there are 95 institutions of national importance in our country and among them are the IITs, IIMs, NITs, etc. And also remember that the institution of national importance, this subject comes under union list in the seventh schedule of Indian constitution. It particularly comes under subject 64, which mentions that institutions for scientific or technical education financed by the Government of India wholly or in part and declared by parliament by law to be institutions of national importance. So, remember that institutions of national importance is a union subject. So, what is the news today? Why we are discussing about institution of national importance? It is because Lok Sabha has passed a bill which aims to add five more institutions to the list of institutions of national importance. So, for this purpose, the bill was introduced and the bill is Indian Institutes of Information Technology Laws Amendment Bill of 2020. This bill aims to amend two laws. One is the Indian Institutes of Information Technology Act of 2014 and then the Indian Institute of Information Technology Public-Private Partnership Act of 2017. And this news article particularly discusses about 2017 act only. This 2017 act, which is the Indian IIT Public-Private Partnership Act, was enacted to declare certain institutes of information technology that are established under the public-private partnership mode as the institutions of national importance. And the purpose to declare certain institution as institutions of national importance is to develop new knowledge in information technology and also to provide manpower, which is of global standards for the information technology industry. This 2017 act was enacted because the central government decided to set up 20 Indian Institutes of Information Technology or the IITs in public-private partnership mode. As we know, IITs are indecisive to promote higher education and research in the field of information technology. And so far, 15 IITs were incorporated as institutions of national importance under this act. And in February 2020, the union cabinet decided to include five more IITs to this list of institutions of national importance. These are the five IITs. Now, currently if you see all these five institutes have been registered as societies under the Society's Registration Act of 1860. But now this bill seeks to amend the schedule of this 2017 act so that it can include all these five institutions. Because the schedule of Indian IITs Public-Private Partnership Act of 2017 mentions about the list of existing institutes, along with in which state they are situated and also the exact location is mentioned in this schedule. So, if this bill is passed by both the houses of the parliament and if it receives the presidential assent, then this bill will become an act. So, it will enable to include all these five institutions into the schedule of 2017 act. And after that, these five institutions will become the institutions of national importance. Now, we are saying that once they are included in the schedule, they will become institutions of national importance because according to section two of this act, the institutions which are included in the schedule are declared as institution of national importance. That is why we are saying this. Now, apart from this, the news article mentions one another information which is that once this bill becomes an act, all these five institutions will be able to use the degrees in the name of bachelor of technology that is B-Tech or master of technology that is M-Tech or PhD degrees. Now, this move is taken by the government because the institutions of national importance will help to attract more students and thus it will help to develop a strong research base in information technology. So, that is all about this discussion. In this discussion, we saw about the Indian Institute of Information Technology Laws Amendment Bill of 2020. And this bill seeks to declare five Indian IITs as institutions of national importance. With this, we come to the end of this discussion. That is where practice question will be discussed in the last session. Now, let us take one question. This question is about defense procurement procedure of 2016. We have taken this question based on this news article which mentions that recently, the Ministry of Defense has released a draft defense procurement procedure of 2020. The news article mentions that this draft will come into effect in April 2020 and it will remain in force till the end of March 2025. And when this draft comes to effect, it will replace the defense procurement procedure of 2016. See, the defense procurement procedure or in short DPP gives a roadmap for procurement of defense equipment in the future. And the core objective of DPP 2020 is to increase the indigenous defense manufacturing and to make India as a self-reliant by strengthening the Make in India program. The draft also emphasizes on reducing timelines for procurement of defense equipment. And this draft was finalized by a committee headed by the Director General Acquisition who functions under the Ministry of Defense. So, what are the major changes proposed in this new defense procurement procedure? For that first, you should know that the present DPP 2016 has two wide categories. They are Make and Buy. And these two categories are further classified into several subcategories like Buy Indian, Buy Global, then Make 1 category and Make 2 category, etc. So, that means this question's first statement is correct because it has two main categories namely Buy and Make. We discussed about all these categories on our 12th October Hindi News Analysis. You can view that video for better understanding. Now, this draft of 2020 proposes a hike in indigenous content in various categories of procurement and the proposed hike is about 10 percentage. So, this will give a boost to the Make in India program and the draft also proposes a simple and realistic methodology for verification of indigenous content for the first time. Now, in addition to the categories which we just saw, the draft introduces a new category which is the Buy Global Manufacture in India. And this category should have a minimum 50 percentage indigenous content on cost basis of the total contract value. Only the minimum necessary content will be bought from abroad while the balanced quantities will be manufactured in India itself. And this category is preferred over the Buy Global category. So, that means this second statement is incorrect because it mentions that DPP 2016 has introduced this category whereas the DPP 2020 has introduced this category and this will come into effect from April only. In addition to this, the draft 2020 also proposes a new main category which is the leasing category and the leasing is permitted under two categories. They are lease Indian and then lease global. In the lease Indian category, the leaser that is the one who leases is an Indian entity and the Indian entity is the owner of the assets. And then in the lease global, the leaser is the global entity. Now, this category will help to substitute the huge initial capital outlays which are required to pay when we buy something and it will replace it with periodical rental payments. So, this will be useful for military equipments which are not used in actual warfare like transport fleets etc. So, if you answer this question after April and the question asks about DPP 2020, then the first statement would be incorrect because at that time there will be three main categories which will be buy, make and lease. Now, here the question asks for the incorrect statement and currently statement one is correct but statement two is incorrect. So, the correct answer to this question is option B2 only. In addition to these new measures, the draft of 2020 also provides for post contract management to facilitate and provide clear guidelines for issues that are arising during the contract period. We know that the defense contracts last for a longer period and many issues arise during this contract period. To mitigate this, the post contract management is provided by this draft. In addition to this, the draft has also widened the scope and options for product support by including concepts like performance-based logistics, lifecycle support contract and comprehensive maintenance contract. These concepts will help to optimize the lifecycle support for the equipment that will be bought or that will be made. So, that is all about the defense procurement procedure of 2016 and the draft DPP of 2020. Now, let us take another question. This question is based on G7 and G20 group of countries. We have chosen this question based on this news article which mentions that United States will host the G7 summit through video conferencing facility due to the COVID-19 crisis. Actually, the meeting of G7 meeting was about to be held in US President's country residence which is called as Camp David. In the news article, you could find the term President's retreat. Here the term retreat takes the meaning of a quiet and secluded place in which a person can rest and relax. This Camp David is the place in USA which is at around 70 miles from Washington, D.C. Also know that Camp David in USA is a venue which is an ideal place to host foreign leaders. Now, with respect to the G7 countries, the leaders of group of seven or G7 have released a statement on COVID-19. The statement explicitly acknowledges that COVID-19 pandemic is a human tragedy and it is a global health crisis which also poses major risks for the world economy. In this context, it is important for us to know about group of seven and that is why we have taken this question. Know that the G7 traces its origin to the year 1975. This is because in this year, the heads of six leading industrial countries met for the first time to discuss the global economy. This meeting was in the context of the first oil shock and the subsequent financial crisis that was faced by the modern world at that time. This meeting of six leading industrial countries was held in France in a place called as Rambo E.A. This place is located 50 kilometers southwest of Paris. So, which are the six countries which met for the first time to discuss the global economy. Among these six countries, three are the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. They are USA, UK and France. The other three members are Italy, Germany and Japan. But in 1976, this group of six became group of seven when Canada joined the group. So, here you have to notice that when we say G7, it does not include Russia and China. You may have a confusion that Russia joined this group in 1998 and then this group became G8. But what happened was after the annexation of Crimea by Russia in the early 2014, the G7 nations decided in March 2014 to meet without Russia until further notice. So, as per the G7 countries, their allegation of Russia is that Russia has annexed territory which is a part of Ukraine. Therefore, US says that Russia has violated the international order and it has undermined basic human freedoms and it has also weakened common security. So, that is why now this G7 group does not include Russia also. If you look at this question, the first half of the first statement is correct because it mentions both China and Russia are not members of G7. But the second half says they are also not members of group of 20. It is incorrect because China and Russia are members of group of 20, even India is a member of group of 20. So, as a whole, this statement is incorrect. Now, the second statement is all the seven members in group of seven are members of G20. This statement is correct. All the members of G7 are members of G20. Now, to remember the members of G20, you can remember like G7 plus 12 countries plus European Union is the group of 20. Here the question asks for the correct statement. So, the correct answer to this question is option B to only. Now, let us discuss the questions that were displayed during the news article discussion sessions. This question is with respect to UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. The question asks which of the statements are correct. First statement, it mobilizes global scientific and technological expertise to promote practical solutions for sustainable development. This statement is correct. It also does this for the implementation of sustainable development goals and the Paris Climate Agreement. This SDSN was set up in 2012 under the auspices of UN Secretary General. And this agency works closely with United Nations agencies, various multilateral financing institutions, the private sector and civil society. Now, we are discussing about this agency because it only releases the World Happiness Report, which we discussed today. So, that means the first half of the second statement is correct. The second half says it also releases SDG India Index. Now, this is incorrect because this UN SDSN releases SDG index through the Sustainable Development Report. But particularly for India, which is the SDG India Index, it is released by Niti Ayog, not by this UN body. Here the question asks for the correct statement. So, the correct answer is option A, one only. Now, this question is based on institutions of national importance. First statement is the institutions of national importance are established by Ministry of Human Resource Development through a notification. Now, this statement is wrong because these institutions are established through an act of parliament. Whereas if you see the institutions of eminence, which is a stated grant under the institutions of eminence scheme, such institutions are granted the institution of eminence status by the Ministry of Human Resource Development based on the recommendations of University Grants Commission. So, there only MHRD is involved. So, this statement is incorrect. The second statement is the institutions of national importance is kept as a subject in the Union List of Indian Constitution. This statement is correct. Under subject 64, it has been kept under the Union List, which mentions that institutions for scientific or technical education financed by the Government of India, either wholly or in part and which are declared by parliament by law to be the institutions of national importance. Here the question asks for the correct statement. Here statement two is the correct statement. So, the correct answer to this question is option B, two only. Now, let us take one main question. The COVID-19 pandemic is a human tragedy and a global health risk, which also poses major risks for the world economy. Which businesses have become vulnerable as a result of the pandemic and suggest measures to reduce the economic impact of COVID-19 in Indian economy? Now, the initial lines which are given here are the lines reflected from the G7 leader statement on COVID-19. Now, the question asks which businesses have become vulnerable? You can mention about the airline operators, then tourism sector, then non-essential items based retail shops, then malls, then businesses that require large scale physical human participation, then even the banking sector which are exposed to loans, then real estate sector and construction sector, etc. etc. They all have become vulnerable to this COVID-19 pandemic. Now, for the measures to reduce the impact on Indian economy, you can suggest that the government can do cash transfers to vulnerable individuals in the society and also to the individuals whose businesses or livelihoods were impacted by this pandemic. Then you can suggest that the government can give loan guarantee for industries, then government can announce an equated monthly installment holiday or the mortgage holiday. That is the EMI holiday or mortgage holiday can be given for a prescribed period. Then the government can also give temporary tax relief to the affected businesses and individuals. So, like this, you can also mention your own viewpoints which you think will help the Indian economy to survive this pandemic.


Great, let's pray and we'll get started. Father, we submit this day this time into your hands We'll be welcome you even as we study about Your church father, I pray Though that you will continue to pour out your wisdom your knowledge your understanding your insights as we learn from your world God, I pray that there will be Revelation and everything that we learn father In Jesus name I pray I meant I meant all right guys. Thank you all for joining in But today's course on the local church we move in to chapter 19 From today and we complete section one we've completed section one and section two Section two is where we elaborate About the different aspects of the church the ten different aspects of the church right from the body of Christ To the vine to the branches to as the bride as Zion as the people chosen people of God and as so many other aspects of it, right? And then and we see how God's heart and they're in each and every single aspect of The local church and everything that we studied in detail Hey, and so now we move on to the third section beginning from chapter 19 page 123 in your PDFs We really learn about the sacraments of the church Give us what this chapter is all about is some of the practices that were that Jesus commanded his people back then to Continue to push it. So that's what we will be looking right so So when we talk about when we mention the words say ordinances or sacraments You know, these were the practices basically which was ordained ordinance ordained right by by Jesus himself to be To be permanently observed by the church right to in all the different ages and stages These there are certain ordinances practices that what we were meant to follow For the you know for a long time to come. Okay, and so one One of those practices is what a baptism right now these remind you that these ordinances are to be practiced by The believer right and they it also means by which the power of Jesus is also unleashed It's released, right? That's the finished work of the cross becomes real and effective In a believer's life when we practice a practice this ordinances The sacraments The finished work of the cross is released in our lives over our lives as well Okay, and so what is the first ordinance is the water baptism? Right, so that's what we will look at So what a baptism it's introduced by John the Baptist That's why we call him John the Baptist He introduced a water baptism when announcing the kingdom of heaven on earth as a sign of Repentance, right? That's was his famous message. What was his famous message? What was John the Baptist's famous message? Yeah, go ahead Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Yeah Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand for the kingdom of God is near. Yeah Yeah, so that was his famous message that led to repentance and as a sign as an expression of repentance was People choosing to get baptized in the water, right? So John the Baptist introduced it Jesus was baptized You know, although he had nothing to repent from but it was to demonstrate obedience to full a fulfill all righteousness, right? And so Let's read a couple of scriptures there. Can can I request some one of you to read Matthew chapter 3 verse 13 to 16, please Yeah Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan He baptized by John but John tried to deter him saying I need to be baptized by you And do you come to me Jesus replied let it be so now It is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness Then John consented as soon as Jesus was baptized He went up out of the water at that moment heaven was open and he saw the spirit of God Descending like dow and lighting on him Okay, awesome. Thank you, Japhina. I mean, can you imagine? John's situation You know John is the forerunner Bridegroom's best friend a best man, I so to speak, right? And so he's by passing people those who are repenting of their sins and whatnot and then here comes Jesus I'll just only imagine his plight, right? That's like Why are you coming here? What do I have to do with you kind of things, right? But Jesus replies Beautifully, excuse me. Sorry guys Matthew chapter 3 verse 13 to 16. It's a wonderful thing So Jesus himself came forward to demonstrate obedience to fulfill all righteousness, right? And so John the Baptist introduces it he Jesus gets baptized by John the Baptist. He chooses to be baptized by John the Baptist And then we go on to see that baptism is a command in the New Testament Matthew chapter 28 verse 19 and 20 was 19 itself. We all know this Verse right go to the people of all nations and make them my disciples Baptized them in the name of the Father Son and the Holy Spirit, okay? It's very baptism simply basically what what we will learn sooner is it simply means immersion being brought into as well, right? So baptizing them in the name of the Father Son and the Holy Spirit, so that's also a commandment Right and baptism expresses your decision to follow Jesus Christ alone Baptism is a symbol of the inner experience of death burial and resurrection with Jesus And so can someone read Romans chapter 6 verse 4, please. Okay, I'll read it for us Roman 6 Chapter 6 verse 4 it says when we were baptized We died and were buried with Christ. We were baptized so that we would live a New life as Christ was raised to life by the glory of God the Father Okay, so when we were baptized we died and were buried with Christ We were baptized so that we would we would live a new life as Christ was raised to life by the glory of God the Father Okay, so That is a symbol an expression also, right? So we we go into the water old man dies We're buried and we are resurrected as a new being as a new creation itself, right? So that's the belief Baptism is also an expression of your desire to maintain a clear conscience before God Right. Um, so anyone first Peter Peter chapter 3 verse 21 first Peter chapter 3 Was 21 and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also not the removal of dirt from the body But the pledge of a good conscience towards God it saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ Right. Thank you. Right. So, uh, those um, I'm reading let me read from esv Right. So, uh, first Peter chapter 3 was 21, right? So baptism which corresponds to this now saves you Not as a removal of dirt from the body But as an appeal to God for a good conscience through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, right? Now in the Old Testament there was water involved in cleansing yourself, right? priests In the tabernacle of moses before they entered The holy place where it had the table of showbread The lamp stand and the altar of incense Before they would go there in the outer courts. There were two parts, isn't it? One was the altar of sacrifice and the other was the brazen labor or bronze labor so it was made of bronze on the outside and It was like a basin where the priests would wash themselves or cleanse themselves before they enter And inside of the basin was made of all was made of mirrors right and so We see that God's word being referred to waters many times in the scripture which symbolizes that where it cleanses us Right, but then here Peter's saying, okay. Hey, this baptism is not only cleansing the dirt It's not just that but it is an appeal to God for a good conscience through the resurrection of Jesus Christ Right, so that's what's happening in baptism as well. So already there's quite a lot So we see that John the Baptist introduces it. Jesus was baptized by him. We all know this It's a command. It's a commandment in Matthew 28 And baptism is an expression to your decision to follow Jesus Christ. Yes I mean It's in my experience at least after many youth camps Most of the youth decide to get water baptized because Something happens in the camp and they decide to give their life to Jesus Maybe they have responded to an altar call and whatnot and now They want to express it You know declare a proclaim it kind of a thing this thing. So I'm going to choose to get water baptized You know, and so that's like a public proclamation saying that I'm a follower of christ now And that's kind of an official stamp or a seal kind of a thing right The seventh point there the only requirement to be baptized is repent and Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. I can someone read acts chapter 8 was 36 and 37, please Acts chapter 8 was 36 and 37 now as they went down the road they came to some water and The eunuch said see here is water what hinders me from being baptized Then philip said if you believe with all your heart you may and he answered and said I believe and that jesus christ is a son of god in Right. Yeah. Thank you. So, uh, the only prerequisite, uh, there the requirement In other words is that you need to repent and believe To be water baptized There is no fancy five step process or seven step process or Or all these things that anyone can come up with Right. The simple requirement is that you need to repent Say that I'm a sinner and I need you and I accept you as my lord and savior who died on the cross for my sins And I believe that you rose again from the dead for me So you you believe that You're ready to get water baptized, right? Bapt someone again read, uh, baptism is immersion by water. I mean we just read that Scripture so you don't have to read it again baptism is immersion in water only now Why is that standing out? As you might all know that point is there are certain denominations or backgrounds that believe in baptism as the sprinkling of the water But it's what they do but in our context what we believe is that baptism is Completely in its only immersion in the water, right? All right But I mean, so there are exception cases for example, I mean if a person is And this is rare exceptions case and you know, we need to understand We need to be a little wise or have some common sense in other words to say, okay So if a person is medically ill or medically or physically challenged You know, you know, you can't get that person into the water well or a river or a pool So those are the exceptions that you know, you know what to do in that moment, right? So that's the exception. But otherwise what we strongly believe is that baptism in itself Is immersion Right, it actually comes from a latin greek word immerse you kind of a thing. So Simply means immersion You do not have to become very holy to be baptized People were baptized as soon as they repented and believed in Jesus Christ. I mean baptism was for the was for the sinners Was not for the holy, isn't it? Otherwise, you know, John the Baptist message as we just saw was that repent All you holy people come and get baptized. It was not John's message as in so you don't have to become holy or self-righteous suddenly and whatnot But you need to just repent and believe once again reiterated What a baptism will not make you a spiritual giant Okay, you still must grow spiritually through the word and prayer Okay, um, so I mean I I got baptized in uh, January 11th 2001 and so I was like, okay, I got baptized now and I think no, I'm like some kind of a superhero kind of a thing You know, I don't have to uh Do much to grow now But I was so wrong It's fine.  So, uh, you still must grow spiritually through word and prayer Because baptism is an act of obedience. You can expect increased measure of blessing Um, right. So one of the when we see it when Jesus was baptized, right? It says, um, and I like this in the gospel of mark. It says And I think new king james version or nasb. I'm not sure he says, um, he the heavens were torn apart Right the different translations that says Rend the heavens like he tore the heavens open And came down it's almost. Uh, it's not almost it's it's like I I think isaias 66 or 64. I'm not sure guys. I forget it. It's like isaias prayer saying isa Won't you rend the heavens and come down? They want you to tear open the heavens and come down And we see that imagery in mark chapter two and jesus was baptized It's saying the heavens tore apart and then the holy spirit came down and form of it out and rested on jesus um, right and so, uh With that as an act of obedience, there is a release Right and I mean the heavens could have torn apart to open anytime the holy spirit could have descended anytime Uh, but then it happened when jesus chose to obey and surrender completely and get baptized in the water Right. Um, it's a point 12 there Because baptism is a symbolic proclamation of the cross You can expect the power of the cross to affect your life. Okay. Let's go through that with me Because baptism is a symbolic proclamation of the cross. What is uh What's the proclamation of the cross it's it's death Burial and the resurrection isn't it? That's the simple message of the cross and so all of because all of that is represented in in baptism in baptism You can expect the power of the cross to affect your life in breaking bondages addictions bringing deliverance and more during baptism Right. Uh, it says somewhere in Colossians, right, uh, when it says when jesus died on the cross and rose again He made a public spectacle of the enemy Right. Uh, it's like he humiliated them publicly where he All of their power was taken this thing was taken And so we can expect that same power of the cross to work in in us, right when we when we When we get water baptized Okay, and so and And all of this as it says in Matthew chapter 28 verse 19 says baptize them in the name of jesus And so that means We've been given this authority Right the authority Of jesus's name has been given to us Right the same, uh, if you remember Acts chapter 9 Was 15 i think God tells ananias to go and meet with paul He is a vessel i've chosen to carry my name Right and so just the same way you and i Carry the name of jesus Which simply means we are here in his place. We are here As him, you know, we represent him as his ambassador. We are acting on his behalf That's a huge responsibility Okay, and it's an incredible honor When we say we are gathered together in jesus name We're going to do this in jesus name Especially when we say i'm going to baptize you in jesus name Uh, we are representing him. We are in his place and we are acting on his behalf That needs to sink in Guys, I mean For us to know that we are acting on jesus's behalf Wow, I mean If you have siblings, you know what i'm talking about or anyone, you know, it's like hey Daddy told me, you know to do this there's a different kind of a tone or authority my four-year-old understands this right if if If mom said no tv and I said And if I didn't know that she said okay, and if I said No, yes to the tv then um, you know, all everything is going to break loose at home It's like why because mama said this and dara said this so uh kid understands power And uh, I mean how much more should be right and so And that's the beauty and the power of baptism, uh, it's It's just Plunging into the water But then the the meaning and the message and the symbol that it carries is so deep, right? We are just partaking of a practice that's been happening for ages For 2000 odd years right and in just That we are saying that i'm part of this church. I'm part of the body of christ Right and and this unites us from All parts of the world isn't it? What this is one of many things that we do that that unites us together, isn't it? It we we sing and celebrate god's faithfulness. We worship him. We come together every sunday service uh, and whatnot and so Um, yeah, um, so that's water baptism. That's one of the sacraments uh, that jesus commanded that we that we do And that we follow faithfully Right, um, are you guys with us any question any thoughts? That you'd like to add or say Right, so that means we are all in agreement. We don't need to have a debate about anything Okay. All right Fantastic. Okay. Um, so the going on to the other sacrament Is the lord's uh table Right. Um, the lord's table was instituted by instituted by jesus himself Um, so i'm going to request someone to please read matthew chapter 26 was 18 to 30 Matthew chapter 26 was 18 to 30. I think it'll be good 18 to 18 to 30 matthew chapter 26 was 18 to 30 Okay He replied go into the city To a certain man and tell him the teacher says my appointed time is near I'm going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house So the disciples did as jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover An evening came jesus was reclining at the table with the 12 And while they were eating he said I tell you the truth one of you will betray me They were very sad and began to say to him one after the other surely not I lot Jesus replied the one who has dipped his hand into the bar with me will betray me The son of man will go just as it is written about him But oh to that man who betrays the son of man It would be better for him if he had not been born Then jurist the one who would betray him said surely not I robot Jesus and said yes, it is you while they were eating jesus took that gave thanks and broke it And gave it to his disciples saying take and eat. This is my body Then he took the cup gave thanks and offered it to them saying Drink from it all of you. This is my blood of the covenant Which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins I tell you I will not drink of this fruit of the wine from now on until the day when I drink it and you With you in my father's when they had some of him they went out to the mount of olives Right. Thank you, jeff. Yeah I think the last verse also it says when they had sung of him So, uh, wow, they sang uh and they worshiped Right, uh, when they had sung of him they went out to the mount of olives. Uh, but this whole thing, um It starts off with I will keep the pass over Right. Um, so, uh, what can you tell me about? What what is pass over? anyone I'm sure you're aware What was this practice all about during the time of the satellites Or the last the last plague was there and we used to put the blood of the lamb on the doorpost and the angel will pass And then here I think it's all about the power of the blood and flesh things Yeah, um, yeah, that's that's pretty much it, isn't it? Um, it's It was during their time at the egypt. Uh, they were commanded by god and uh to post blood of an innocent lamb a lamb that was without blemish on on the doorposts and Every house that had the the blood on their doorposts with the angel of death would pass over That means the judgment would not be pronounced over them. Um, and the judgment was Death basically, isn't it? um And so that's that's what it is that's what uh, and what is amazing is When it didn't matter who was inside the house Like even if it was an egyptian that was inside the house and if he was inside the house that had the blood on On the doorpost he was saved. He was uh, he was spared um, and there's so much to learn about just that and how that anyone Who is under the blood of jesus has eternal life, isn't it? That's that's a beautiful Um way to look at it, right and uh, let's read some more scriptures if that's all right I'd like to read uh, like someone to read uh first quarantine chapter 11 was 20 to 34 someone else Please first quarantine chapter 11 was 20 to 34 first quarantine chapter 11 It was 20 to 34 Therefore when you when you come together in one place it is not to eat the lord supper For in eating each one takes his own supper ahead of others and one is hungry and another is drunk What do you What do you not have houses to eat and drink in or do you despise the church of god and shame those Who have nothing what shall I say to you shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you For I received from the lord that which I also delivered to you That the lord jesus on the same night in which he was betrayed took bread And when he had given thanks he broke it and said take eat This is my body which is broken for you Do this in remembrance of me in the same manner He also took the cup after supper saying this cup is a new covenant in my blood This do as often as you drink it in remembrance of me For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup you proclaim the lord's death till he comes Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the lord In an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the lord But let a man examine himself and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself Not discerning the lord's body For this reason many are weak and sick among you and many sleep Oh, sorry. I didn't realize my was on mute. Okay. Thank you for reading that And very quickly can we also read 1st Corinthians 10 16 to 21 please somewhere else 1st Corinthians chapter 10 was 16 to 21 1st Corinthians chapter 10 was 16 to 10 Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of christ And it's not the bread that we break a participation In the body of christ because there is one love we Who are many or one body for we all partake of the one love Consider the people of history do not those Who eat the sacrifice participate in the altar? Do I mean that a sacrifice offered to a idol is anything or that an idol is anything? No, but the sacrifice of patrons or offered to demons not to god And I do not want you to be participants with demons You cannot drink the cup of the lord and the cup of demons too You cannot have a part in both the lord's table and the and the table of demons Yeah, um, thank you. Jeff. Yeah, it's so we look at I mean we read a quite quite a bit Thank you Hmm, uh, each of you for reading that so We are studying about the sacrament one of the second sacrament that jesus instituted is the the lord's table Right the the communion as we call it Um, so we we read that in matthew chapter 26 was 18 to 30 And how jesus talks about the Passover and he breaks the bread and passes the cup and all of that and and then This instruction with paul writes in first Corinthians chapter 11 verse 20 to 34 One of the key verses there is verse 23 right in first Corinthians chapter 11 verse 23 it's all is saying that I received this from the lord that means there was a revelation that he received From god himself on how this was taken and this is how it has to be Done right there are certain instructions that's been laid out Right and so that's what we will kind of look at okay, and um what? What the lord's table is all about okay, so Uh, the communion is open to all who are believers in lord jesus christ Once again right It's open to all the believers in the lord jesus christ And so when we partake or celebrate the lord's table It is an expression of our personal faith In the death burial and resurrection of the lord Right it's again same thing uh as the water baptism you're expressing you're expressing your personal faith Because you believe in jesus christ uh as your personal lord and savior you publicly confess and declare and proclaim by getting baptized And then you continue and do to do so by partaking uh in the communion in the table right of Of a bread and and wine So an expression of a personal faith in death burial and resurrection of the lord A proclamation of the completed work of christ on the cross Right every proclamation is powerful in the spiritual realm and hence we can expect to receive the power Of the cross invading our lives as we partake in the lord's table Okay And it's an expression of our faith in his return Uh an expression of our union with jesus. We are declaring our communion with the body And the blood of jesus as we just read in first corinthians chapter 10 verse 16 And also we're not just saying when we partake of the table. We are not just declaring or proclaiming that You know, we are one with jesus We are also expressing that we are part of the body as a collective as a church as a local church We are expressing that we are part of the body. We are in union with other believers of the local church Okay, and you see at least the three four points are in common of what we've already studied about water baptism Right. We are saying I belong to him. He is my everything Uh and the same power that is released, uh, you know in our lives because of our obedience in water baptism Is also released when we partake of the of the communion Okay, and so how can we So how can we prepare our hearts? Uh For us to partake of this communion for us to partake of the lord's table Is very important right because this is a covenant relationship, right? Uh when we do this we are saying I'm giving you my word so to speak And this was taken very seriously Covenant especially in the in that region the middle eastern region was taken very very seriously right, um so If you know anything about the covenants Basically two parties would come and they would choose an animal and they would kind of uh, it was Uh, what do you say, uh, split the animals cut cut it in half in different pieces And both the parties would walk between the pieces of a Uh the animal that has been uh cut Which means to say that if it's either one of us breaks the word or don't keep the word that we are giving What happened to this animal may it happen to me? So that's basically what it's saying and you know when When god makes a covenant with Abraham He again brings Abraham brings the bull and it's all cut And you know Abraham doesn't walk through that and only god goes through it It's in other words simply to say it's one of the uh Covenant names itself. He's a covenant keeping god that we call right? It's impossible for him to break his word He keeps his word for generations and generations to come and that is who he is and right and so And and when we partake of this table, we are in a covenant relationship with him. We're saying we commit ourselves To one another in the way I live Um, the way I do everything is how I you know, how I am in relationship with this god And so it's very important how we prepare ourselves when it comes to partaking of the lord's table It uh, the first thing again, paul writes is examine our lives and renouncing known sin Examining our lives and renouncing known sin habitual sin, uh, or whatever Uh, would have happened If you're living a life of sin, um examine yourselves Uh, because paul goes on to say you have to take partake of it in a worthy manner, isn't it? Um, so we look at it in just a second. So examine our lives renouncing known sin Taking the elements understanding and believing in what they represent Um, the finished work of christ on the cross through his death and resurrection taking the elements understanding and believing in what they represent Um, I'll never forget this. Uh, This is many years ago I forget 2006 or 2007 There was an evangelist from the united states who had come and we were having an all night prayer in church And uh, he was going to lead the communion during that all night service All night prayer and he took a wafer and He said, you know, I I'd like to do this thing Before I partake of the wafer and he He would break the wafer just to remind himself that his body was broken Right and so and that it was it was just a moment and it's never left me and every time since then Every sunday at least from then on till now every time I receive a wafer I would break it just to remind myself the significance and the importance You know of what it means of what you know, what jesus did for me personally on the cross Right through his death and resurrection so Yeah, and so And as it says in the notes, right it's in celebrating the lord's table. We must expect the full blessing of the cross Expected like, you know, you know what it means to expect, right? All of us have expected something in life. You expect something for yourself. You expect something from someone else You expect something from your family members Our whole life sometimes is lived based on expectations Isn't it? And so here we are encouraged to expect Full blessings of the cross and what is what what are they right salvation? Healing breaking bondages deliverance wholeness blessing provision and so much more Right to be released into our lives.  He is my refuge He is my fortress right and so You expect and you declare so I declare healing over myself. I declare healing over my family. I declare Deliverance over my family so Because you are expecting and you believe what jesus has done for you on the cross, right? So Each time we partake of the lord's table We must welcome the power of the cross to be made effective in our lives by the power of the holy spirit Okay, each time Every time you partake of the god's table of the lord's table. You must welcome the power of the cross Um, it is significant. Isn't it guys? Uh, it's so powerful. It's it's not now We it just it's not just a mundane ritual thing that we are doing because it's been been done for like 2000 odd years Uh, what keeps it alive? Uh, what what brings meaning to it is that you know what it carries You know what was done for you If you if you don't uh engage or understand or have any thought about What you're doing what you're partaking of it's then it just becomes a ritual It means nothing. It's just a wafer and juice Sometimes it's not even tasty Uh, but when you realize what it was what it is what's been done and established for you on the cross Then it takes a whole different meaning altogether right, um, so And the elements are when we just move on to page 125 in your notes, right The elements of bread and grape juice are symbolic You need to understand that. Okay We do not believe in transmutation.  It was like that, you know, the disciples stuck with him It's kudos to them, right? But everybody else did not really get Understand what jesus was really saying, but we need to understand this. We need to get this very clear Okay, we do not believe in transmutation That suddenly these elements in bread and grape juice becoming, uh, the actual flesh and blood. They are symbolic Okay, uh, you know during the covid time Um or for all the solid two and two two years or so We had churches online, right services online and we had to partake of the communion There had to become union services as well. So, you know, pastor would say Find any juice of bread or whatever it is or if you have chapati take it rocky, whatever it is It's a symbol, right? If you don't have any juice fine. Do you find a glass of water? It's a symbol right and so, um So that's what that's what's happening. Um, that's what's being explained at that point Okay, so, uh We need to understand the power that is being unleashed When we are partaking of the lord's table Right, uh, any thoughts guys any questions so far? Are you with me? Okay. All right. Thank you So paul writes, uh, you have to partake it in a worthy manner and so what does that mean there, right? One of the issues paul is addressing is the behavior of people at the Corinthian church Behavior at the Corinthian church. There were two ways in which they were violating the lord's table Uh, the first one is they were partaking of the lord's table As an act of worship and then also partaking of foods offered to idols as an act of worship toward the idol Which paul calls idolatry Okay, so the problem there was really not the food Okay guys, so It's basically they were serving two masters. That was the problem Okay, it was really not the food paul could care less about it So the real problem there as mentioned was not the food but with the reverence that was being given to the idol And so eating something sacrificed to idol, uh, which also mean became a stumbling block to other new believers So that was the issue. So it became a stumbling block to other believers. Okay, so So the challenge or the problem there or the issue at hand was not the food It was their lifestyle Right. Jesus very clearly says that you can't serve two masters But the Corinthians were serving two masters They wanted this They were also doing that that and paul was like That's not happening guys Okay, uh, and the second point is mentioned is they had turned the lord's table into some sort of feast Okay, can someone please read first Corinthians 11 20 22, please When you come together, it is not the lots of For as you eat each of you grows ahead without waiting for anybody else one remains hungry another gets drunk Don't you have homes to eat and drink in or may despise the church of god and humiliate those who have nothing What shall I say to you shall I praise you for this certainly not Okay. Yeah, thanks. So What there was no reverence. They were just treating it like Any other thing like, you know, they could come in partake of it. However, they wanted it to But again paul is saying, you know, that's not how you partake of the of the table right so They had turned the lord's table into some sort of feast and hence the admonition to discern the body and partake in a worthy manner So if we do so in a worthy manner, we receive the full blessing of the cross in our lives Which included healing etc If we do it without really If you do it without really understanding or paying attention to the significance of what we are doing We miss receiving the blessing of the cross, right? And hence the paul goes on to make that statement This is why many of you are weak and ill and some have died etc Is because there was really no reverence and the Corinthian the Corinthian church where they were known for being notorious Of her, you know of living a life like this Inside and outside two different lifestyles Okay But that's what paul is kind of reminding us as well And this is a good reminder for us also, isn't it and how we treat the lord's table How are we, you know Are we coming to the table in a worthy manner and are we coming in reverence or are we just reading it like Okay, it's just another ritual thing that that's been done for 2000 odd years So i'm just doing it for the sake of doing it Um, and so that is uh, not right that that is quite dangerous right um It talks about the requirements that the there is no explicit instruction in scripture that you must be water baptized before taking part in the lord's table Uh, now most of the churches, uh I mean to do that saying, okay, you can partake of the lord's table only if you are water baptized But this is at apc, right? We keep participation in the lord's table, uh open to all born again believers right if you believe in jesus You are welcome to partake of the of the table right of vapor and grape juice as we say it So there is no explicit instruction But again the only requirement is that you would believe Are you will believe Okay, uh great. So, uh, we'll we'll pause here. We'll take a ten minute break and we'll come back and we'll resume All right, take care