Have you ever heard about LibreOffice breaking your toolchain for a long time? So I forgot to put the proper date on the slide. So the first thing we break is Android. Have you heard from Thor that Android is the new Windows? So the first problem is that GDP has exactly the same problems as Android today but used to be true on normal PC as well. Like if you would like to put a breakpoint in a function that's in a sharp library that's not yet loaded, then you can do that. So you have to, these are just quotes from Redmi phones. So you need to carry forward the guess where to put the breakpoint and once you guess where the bug is, you can prove the breakpoint there to fix the bug. Maybe there is some logical loop there. And is this actually still true or solved today? It's not yet solved, yeah. So this is still true. The other one is when the Android link breaks and the solution for this is that some of just the code output changed enough so that it no longer happens. So the Tinder was just tripped itself with waiting for enough time. So it's some internal error in the code linker. But of course not only Android is broken. So this must be seen, the Microsoft compiler. So this is the output from the compiler for the fourth version of Kandy's reward right of you at our map-free switch cases. I guess initially it wasn't switch case but it was instead some huge list of conditions. And if you have enough nested conditions then GCC and Clang is happy but not the Microsoft compiler. You don't have to use too much nesting. If you use a code generator then it's easy to do nesting with something like 200 levels and then the Microsoft compiler will already break. So let's break Clang. How about this workaround for iOS where in the middle of the write or layout rendering if you are doing an optimized build then we have to call this dummy function where we query the process ID of the current application. And if we do nesting with it then our actor layout gets fixed. Sadly Apple's Clang version is not open source as far as I know. So this is something we can just work around. The good thing is that for GCC we can report bugs. So it's really interesting if you start to search for libraries class names in the GCC bug track code. There are many hits there. So one example is we have another reference and you would like to just cast it to the real implementation to do something there. And one GCC bug was that if you just did the downcast to the basecast directly then it returned an R. But if you did it in two stops then it worked. So this is something that doesn't happen with today's GCC so this got fixed. And also this is just one more example when we had some problems and GCC guys managed to fix it or at least they took part in the process. At least today's GCC doesn't have the problem. I guess that's it in case you have any questions. No, then I am safe. Thanks for listening.


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What's up everyone it's your girl Kenzie here from Leighton Sports Guards and I'm ripping a personal for Jeremy B We've got three 2022 Panini Chronicles draft picks football hobby boxes Best of luck Jeremy. Thanks as always for your orders. Would you appreciate your support? And ripping up your college football stuff Always always All right, good starting here. I'm about a little Malik Willis right on top Followed by Chris Alave Mac Jones We've got uh Kyren Williams on the full coverage from Plates and Patches Kyren Williams We've got Kenny Pickett Rookett out Penny Kenny Pickett Rookie out of recon. Oh my goodness Nice one there Rogers Zemir White and Isaiah Spiller What a tongue twister Kyle Hamilton, we've got a David Ajavo out of 99 from Origins. Sam's boy there Sam Howell Rookie Greasehall Got a Khalil Mack on the Phoenix Rookie and Silver Kavon Thibodeau Out of Phoenix. Thanks for subbing Desmond Ritter Rookie. Haven't seen too much of him today Got redemption here. Jack Prescott. Blue Micah Parsons to 99. A little cool color match there Pierre Strong and a Amon Gardner Rookie Redemption. Good luck, Jeremy. We've got a Jaquan Brisker Origins Rookie Autograph Jaquan Brisker You're good. Bomba it would be five teams for a divisional break for a baseball six Six divisions five teams per. Oh, how many? Oh, yeah, my bad. No, you're good. How many divisions? We've got nice one here. RPA the 25 Desmond Ritter patch. What bowl were they in? Looks like maybe four F. O. Or I don't I don't know what bowl that the Cincinnati was in. Were they in the playoff? I'm not sure that's sick. 11 of 25. We'll mag this one here for you, Jeremy. Congrats Some of the patches are like really obvious and others just like you got to think Garrett Wilson Rookie. I don't watch college football. So not I have no idea. Trey McBride on the red optic. 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I'm just doing personals Forest will be live starting up for doing group breaks Um, we usually I don't think I've ever seen a divisional NBA break since working here Um, usually it's like random teams. So you'll get one per spot or tiered random where you get two never seen a Then do a divisional basketball This basketball product can get pricey and only having what how many divisions are there in basketball six Yeah, I think so. Um, it can get pretty expensive. Nick Bosa, Silver uh, Breeze Hall Dak Prescott Aiden Hutchinson college ticket and a Justin Herbert base Like I don't even think If you gave me a hundred dollars, I don't think I could give you the exact divisions either The buttoe We've got Kenneth Walker to 149 rookie Johan Dotson, Silver rookie out of Spectra Ray Lewis a Garrett Wilson out of status rookie Malik Willis optic and a Derek ceiling junior college ticket Does the checklist come out for this yet? 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Well that was quick Thanks very much usually takes about five minutes and about three shouts, but that's excellent Okay, I'm gonna be extremely brief because we want to hear from Europe And to demonstrate our genuine transatlanticism. I would say that And that we are not EU bashes despite what you may have heard this morning in fact quite the opposite We want the European Union to be as successful as possible We have with us today. I think one of the finest representatives of the wider Europe, and I mean that in a most comprehensive way Beginning his career in a Czechoslovak foreign service, and I underlined Czechoslovak a country that used to exist in 1988 Miroslav Leitschak progressed rapidly up the Slovak diplomatic ladder after Slovakia gained independence at the beginning of 1993 and Ended up during the last decade as one of the key figures I think in the European Union not only dealing with the West Balkans But also deciding on the West Balkans, and let me very briefly read from his bio Miroslav is managing director for Europe in Central Asia He's actually expanded his portfolio beyond of course the Balkans at the European External Action Service He has previously served as director general for political affairs in the Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs Has a as I've mentioned extensive experience in Southeast Europe where he was best known for his role as mediator and personal representative of the EU High Representative Savvier Solana in Montenegro in 2006 where he oversaw What we thought would be a controversial referendum, but it turned out To be a representative referendum In fact, maybe you need to add Montenegro as one of Montenegro as one of your languages in the in your bio I noticed you have hyphenated Bosnian Serbian Croatian So actually without further ado because I want to give as much time to Miros possible. Let me leave it there and Floor is yours. Thank you very much. Thanks for coming Thank you very much Janus for your in invitation and for Presenting me to the audience. I would also like to thank Heather Connolly for her Invitation to this conference and I have to say I love speaking about the Western Balkans here in the United States Because I find the discussion here More difficult but also more inspiring and I'm well aware of the fact that I'm the only Participant in today's conference who doesn't come from either United States or the Western Balkans I'm representing the European Union. So don't be surprised that my views might not be Totally compatible with the views presented here But take them as authentic European Union views on the region and I really believe that in order to stimulate the discussion It's in everybody's interest that we do not Repeat the same points But we rather Engage in exchange of sometimes different views, but our views are as a matter of fact not different The truth also is that every time when I'm invited to speak about the Western Balkans I My first question is if there is even a possibility to say something new something that hasn't been said many times before Because we seem to know everything about the region and so many of us and so many of you in this room have spent Years in in the region and know so much about the realities of the region But on the other hand if this was true and if everything has been said and everything has been done Then the Balkans today would be a much better place and we wouldn't be organizing organizing conferences like this one The same as we no longer organize conferences about the Central Europe for example, so that means that something must be wrong and I would say that amount of our investment our political military financial Investment into the region is just not adequate to the results We we see we receive namely to the progress achieved on the ground. So what's wrong and what needs to change? I Was asked to and I will speak more about European Union policy in the region not about the region itself so much because we have two panels Discussing the most complex issues in the region in much greater detail. So let me start by saying that It has been widely accepted that the European Union's enlargement in 2004 has been a success Why was this so? Because the European Union on the side of the candidate countries and I come from one of the countries that used to be candidate for at that time European Union integration was number one priority. That means everything that was done in the political lives of this country was measured against the ultimate goal of joining the European Union and Was considered whether it will help or will not help to get the countries closer and faster there Second there was wide political consensus and very strong public support for the European Union Integration and third it was understood that it's about reforms It's about changing states societies Systems and the membership comes as a logical consequence of this change on the European Union side There was Nationality there was clear and transparent set of rules for the process The European Union applied individual and merits based approach to each of the candidate countries and There was a mutual respect to the rules of the game as said and defined by the European Union And let's not forget that regional cooperation has proved to be an extremely efficient instrument that countries of Central and Eastern Europe Profited from both regionally and also in their integration process So are we in the same situation with the countries of the Western Balkans? No Why not? There are many reasons and let me elaborate on them It's been clearly stated and constantly reiterated that the Western Balkans have European perspective This is a clear offer of membership in a broad European family Which is voluntarily based on democratic values on single market and unified rules and this is not a small thing Just see how much the countries. I'm also dealing with In my current capacity countries like Georgia Ukraine or Moldova would wish to have the same perspective, but they don't So I guess I'm not wrong to claim that the European Union idea is more broadly accepted and wanted by the common people in The Western Balkans rather than by their political elites With all due respect to Zlatko, of course while People rather focus more on the carrots of the membership the leaders seem to be more worried about the sticks that Are attached to it and there is actually a huge discrepancy between expectations of people who won't progress European Union membership who won't freedom of movement better life and prosperity and Effort or lack of it on the side of many politicians in the region who revert to their individual interests Elitism oligarchy sometimes retrograde political concepts and quest for full and not necessarily transparent control over Political and economic processes in their countries or in parts of the countries And as a logical consequence the European Union idea is still not the leading and predominant one To make a U-turn in the mentality in the region European Union integration is important, but it's objectively not a number one priority in the region It is being mentioned But it's still not the driving force. It's rather more about words not yet about the deeds and results Too many bilateral and post-conflict issues in the Western Balkans still prevail as We all know the name issue the border issue the definition of the state issue minority and refugees issues and There is also this constant quasi dilemma, which we hear time and again from number of politicians from the region If I have to choose between the European Union integration and and you can insert whatever you want my my entity my language I will definitely go for the for the letter not for the former which is certainly not helpful So as a result that the Western Balkans seem still too consumed by domestic politics and by electoral calendars But European Union is determined to do as much as we can to help the region But at the same time it's clear that we cannot do More and we cannot bond the European integration of the Western Balkans more than the countries themselves want Joining of the European Union requires a lot of work, which is not politically attractive in the short term But it is about what's best for the countries and it's about what other people want and you know how Popular the idea of the European integration is in each of the countries of the Western Balkans At the same time European Union and we must not forget it Needs to be sure that each applicant is fully able willing and prepared to respect and fulfill our rules Which means the decades of the European Union? Evolution cannot and must not be undermined just because one or more countries wish to join Moreover enlargement shall not only solve the problems of the regions of the Western Balkan But it shall also further strengthen the European Union and that's are also important to keep in mind So I'd like to stress here two important principles First the European Union Integration process must be about reforms. It must be about wanting political economic and social transition The membership comes at the end as I said as a logical consequence of the effort and implemented reforms that have made these countries Compatible with the European Union standards So it's not about managing the change in the region It's about helping the countries to manage the change But the bulk of the work must be done on the ground and we are here when we stand ready to help and assist because it's in everybody's interest So European Union membership is not a reward for the best efficient lobbying effort in Brussels or in the capitals of the EU member states It's also an important not to forget. It's a license given after lots of successful exams and hard work Now a lot has been said already and I'm sure will be set Also in the second panel about the current role of the European Union in the Western Balkans region. So let me Just bring a couple of facts about what the European Union is doing in the region today We have the so-called stabilization and association process Which is the framework for the EU negotiations with the Western Balkan countries and you know that for the countries of Central Europe European Union proposed association process while in the Western Balkans we have stabilization and association Process and this is the process that should lead them all the way to their Accession to the European Union and it has three aims first stabilizing the countries and encouraging their swift transition to a market economy second promoting regional cooperation and third membership of the European Union We offer so-called stabilization and association agreements to the potential applicants and candidate countries They are very comprehensive contractual frameworks Which are covering political dialogue regional cooperation the so-called for freedoms that means freedom of movement of goods services capital and people They cover justice and home affairs approximation of laws and law enforcement financial cooperation and help Implementation rules and assistance and other sectoral cooperation policies such as telecommunication energy environment and so on and so forth So it's about all encompassing frame of reforms and it comes together and let's not underestimate it with free of charge advice and Know-how so if the candidate country or applicant country is serious about its European future Then it makes this future very tangible it because it simply is there and The European Union stands ready to assist and to help Then the next and probably the most attractive part of our assistance is the so-called IPA instrument for pre-accession assistance the total funding for the region of the Western Balkans for the period 2007 through 2013 is 11.5 billion euros which is not a small thing again and these funds are intended for transition for Institution building for regional development for cross-border cooperation, etc And on top of it in the Western Balkans We also employ our common security and defense policy tools in order to help to stabilize the region and enable its progress towards the European Union membership here. I'm talking about our civilian missions such as you legs in Kosovo or military missions such as U4 in Bosnia and Herzegovina and this combination of enlargement financial and CSDP elements is Expressed also operationally in our double-headed Representations that exist both in Kosovo and in Bosnia and Herzegovina and we faced out one in Fyro Macedonia at the beginning of this year So here let me point out that this three component approach its novelty and has been tailor-made for the region of the Western Balkans Now to take a bit of stock what has been achieved so far where we are at the end of 2011 We have three current candidates for the EU membership Croatia Fyro Macedonia and Montenegro and four potential candidates Albania Bosnia Herzegovina Kosovo and Serbia Out of which two Albania and Serbia already applied for membership But they are still waiting for the European Union to grant them the candidate status and what the year 2011 means for each of them You know that European Commission just Last month produced a very detailed progress report about the progress achieved by each of the countries I'm certainly not going to repeat it, but one sentence per country Should be probably sufficient here. Croatia is about to join This country is a foolproof to the rest of the Western Balkans that it is possible and it is achievable Croatia will sign its accession treaty on the 9th of December and from then on The our Croatian partners will be sitting with us in the council in the working groups first as observers and later on as a full-fledged participants Montenegro fulfill the recommendations from the last year's progress report and Therefore the Commission proposed opening of accession negotiations. We are waiting for the decision of the December European Council on the date Major steps have been done by Serbia on the ICTY file Which was closed this year and this is bringing this country very close to the candidate status What needs to be done now, of course, is the implementation of the commitments already accepted by Serbia in the dialogue with Pristina And as we speak the dialogue is taking place in in in Brussels Fyro Macedonia We hope that the momentum to resolve the name issue could be restored after the elections and formation of the government in Skopje and with the new Greek government and it's an opportunity. We should not miss In Albania, we have seen an awful political deadlock throughout most of the year 2011 but We are also pleased to see some very promising Parliamentarian activities in Albania and I really want to hope that this is going to To to restart the process. Yes, keep our fingers crossed for this Most of our current effort with all our tools goes nowadays to Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo And it's no surprise that it's exactly these two cases these two countries that are being debated here today in much greater Detailed than the rest of the region In Bosnia-Herzegovina, we have been constantly repeating the warning of losing yet another year and that the risk of falling behind the rest of the region is imminent and Unfortunately, the Commission's progress report confirms this as 2011 has not produced much progress No agreement on a central level government has been found No real European platform has emerged among the political parties and no real engagement on the reforms among political parties was noticed by The European Union without going into details because this will be discussed Later on let me simply state that Bosnia-Herzegovina's problem problem is twofold First its political establishment is divided over how the country should function and second It's its constitutional setup. It's which was inherited as a settlement of the war reinforces these divisions European Union is willing to help But will not impose solutions to such fundamental questions We believe that there is no alternative to local solution and local compromise compromise, which we wholeheartedly support We stand ready to help to transform the consensus on the EU integration that is a very strong Feature in Bosnia-Herzegovina into a process a process through which we will be able to answer the other Existential questions that means to address the problems against the backdrop of the European Union membership perspective and our readiness Was also translated into a tailor-made approach for Bosnia-Herzegovina in particular Which was reflected first in our March strategy, which was adopted by the 27 foreign ministers of the European Union then in in May In the launch of the structure dialogue on judiciary in September by appointment our Reinforced double-headed representative who is the EU special representative and the head of EU delegation in Sarajevo and in October with a new Foreign affairs council conclusions that defined our current Modified approach on the EU for Althea operation and also indicate the proposed or suggested way forward for the OHR The next step As we see it will be to give our presence enough time to demonstrate its potential on the ground before we move further What has been done by the European Union so far particularly in 2011? I believe confirms that we do have strategy and instruments for Bosnia-Herzegovina The other concern is Kosovo and by implication Serbia It is another case where we are convinced that the European perspective that they both share is the most conducive context for finding the way forward That practical solutions which are based on the European Union rules famous Akis Agree which are must and must be agreeable to both should be defined and implemented That a proactive Facilitation by the European Union helps to turn attention to the common objective of Brussels European Union led effort is based on all the values and principles we strongly believe in it is a dialogue Which is discussing issues to improve lives of people and some of their basic freedoms such as freedom of movement Right for security and so on it is a transparent exchange of positions between the two partners That voluntarily sit at the same table and discuss directly I've heard some criticism towards this dialogue and you know that Robert was invited to take part in this conference But he's chairing the dialogue right now or facilitating the dialogue. I Don't think that much of public diplomacy Would be help conducive and helpful to achieving the goals of the dialogue. I can hardly remember any statement coming of Belgrade that made the situation in in Pristina and Kosovo Easier to accept the dialogue and vice versa. So but let's let's be assured that All the EU member states and the United States are fully in the picture United States participates in the dialogue and plays a very important role in the dialogue So we believe that this is the best way forward It's a best way forward for both for Serbia and for Kosovo because it is a step of towards normalization Towards stabilization and towards the European Union It's the only platform where Belgrade and Pristina are talking to each other So it should be in everybody's interest to strengthen this channel and it's we we need to come to the point when both Belgrade and Pristina will appreciate and value and and To having this channel and we'll work to to broaden the scale of issues that are being discussed as a part of the dialogue And This dialogue is also very important more broadly first to prevent a potential frozen conflict in the region and particularly in the northern Kosovo, which we will not which is not acceptable to keep the enlargement strategy alive and tangible To both of them to help European integration of Kosovo together with the rest of the region and To reiterate European Union support to the principle of territorial integrity This is the principle that we apply throughout the region. We don't believe in the partitions being Way forward or solution of to any of the problems Western Balkans is facing on the contrary So all that I just said about the European Union engagement leads me to a logical conclusion that the Transformational power of the European Union and enlargement has proved successful and that we shall pursue This policy is further Such a comprehensive enlarge engagement is our strategy It's our offer to the Western Balkans and it's our testimony to what we believe in And you can rest assured that European Union will remain engaged. This is our firm conviction Which is reiterated again and again Now coming back to the title of this conference time for change. Maybe I could suggest a change of paradigm First we must build our policies on realities not on wishful thinking as Much as we might wish that Europe was not divided on the issue of Kosovo That's a reality so instead of crying why is it 20 to 5 we shall build our policies on on the fact that it is how it is As much as we might wish or we try to be given much greater support particularly from the European Union It's not the case because majority of the EU member states Don't believe that this is the right way to to progress in the European in Bosnia-Herzegovina And they would wish to give much more space to the European agenda rather than to the OHR agenda Which is a reality whether we like it or not so Let's stop saying what if and let's start building our policies on where we are This is probably the best point of departure. We shouldn't we should not get stuck in time It's impossible to deal with the challenges of 2011 Through the instruments of 90s. We shall Be very clear that status quo is not a strategy Maintaining the status quo is Not offering positive and sustainable solutions for the western Balkans on the contrary. It's a way of deepening crisis And also our approach It is not and should not be about Individuals about personalities it should be about countries about processes about inclusiveness and about the perspective for each of the countries and for the whole region and And it was also mentioned here We have to see things in wider perspective and speaking about western Balkans We must not forget about the Arab Spring about Iran about other issues because whenever we Require political decision. This is how people look at the issues to put it on the scale of challenges That they are facing globally These are important points if we want to implement a strategy, which is credible and which is tangible For the region and this is what we want. So to conclude I'm convinced that the European Union's enlargement policy remains the right vehicle for the western Balkans Compared to the previous enlargement our approach has become more tailor-made and we will come we continue working on it as I explained before But such approach will still needs to be formulated against the backdrop of European perspective And on the basis of the European Union's best practices and Akis and the candidates and applicants will still be judged on the buried on the on the basis of their individual merits and achievements The fact that European Union is going through its internal challenges and has to dedicate much more time and energy To its internal issue does not mean that we have departed from our from our commitment towards the region of the western Balkans enlargement is and will continue to be our policy with regard to the western Balkans and We are proving our commitment through the progress progress achieved every year as Reflected in the Commission's progress report and in the council decision So no one can say that the process has has come to a standstill because it's not true and I'm sure that the interest of the United States States is the same Because we have jointly invested so much in the region and we need to preserve our investment together And therefore the full and clear backing of the of the European Union in the western Balkans by the United States is Necessary the European Union needs clearly demonstrated and applied trust of the United States We are allies and we are allies in the western Balkans project European Union success in the region is our common interest and it's our common success United States has played and continues to play very important role in the western Balkans region We are fully aware of it and we fully appreciate it We have a good track record of successes in the region Particularly when the United States and European Union acted united formulated common visions and spoke with one voice And we have always been a good tandem of heart and soft power And we shall continue to play this leading role together and united and this philosophy has been Outlined and reflected a number of times also by the statements Delivered by the US officials such as a Phil Gordon speech in Sarajevo in June or his Presentation to the Congress last week and I'm very pleased to say that we share the philosophy of our approach So ladies and gentlemen, this is our strategy our offer and our vision. We are convinced This is the only credible way forward. We are not disengaging On the contrary when talking about the western Balkans as critical as we might be about the Actions and activities and the role played by the European Union We shall still acknowledge and let's face it that the European Union is the only International player with a very concrete tangible and positive strategy for the region Promising those countries a very clear perspective perspective that we offer namely the membership perspective Should therefore be our joint program and our joint platform for our future common actions and this that's I believe is The best we can jointly do for the region of the western Balkans. Thank you very much Okay, thank you very much Miroslav. We have about 10 minutes and I want to jump in with the first question Probably an obvious one you refer to it near the end about commitments But given the crisis within the European Union itself, I don't want to exaggerate it too much But there are those that do nevertheless. There is a crisis in the eurozone economic stagnation Sovereign debts increasing social disquiet How does this impact on enlargement policy amongst voters amongst politicians? Particularly if they begin to equate Let's say the performance of countries such as Greece and Italy and others with the West Balkan aspirants In other words the idea that they're not well-governed that they don't know how to do budgeting That they're corrupt or there are some very special interests involved that they do not meet basic European Union criteria Is that having an impact would you say in EU policy? Yes and no As I like to say European Union is an organism rather than a mechanism and we are going through different times and different periods There are moments when enlargement is very high on the list of our priorities and there are moments when we focus on Different issues, but what's most important? It is our official policies that has never been questioned The fact that European Union has got less time and less money to deal with the western Balkans Means that we expect more from the countries of the region to do their homework and to come to us with more of solutions rather than problems and once again, it has never been questioned our commitment is here to stay and It everything depends on the progress on the ground in the countries of the western Balkans region Okay, thanks very much questions. I see Mike lady next to Mike. Let's start with the two of you actually Mike Thank you very much, Mike Hultzels, John Sopkins says thank you, Mr. Leitch act for your comprehensive and hard-hitting remarks You said that we can't Hold with the status quo in the western Balkans. I'm assuming that You're not talking about changing of borders in that regard. I mean, that's one status quo that I would have thought we would hold to Okay Okay, my question is the following You mentioned the the various tools the EU has including stability mechanisms including EU for in Bosnia and Herzegovina and In the previous panel several people said that any change in borders would be romantic and counterproductive and Have a domino effect They didn't say that they would also be immoral because any change of borders Especially with regard to the Republic of Serbska would have been the result of ethnic cleansing and genocide of the population So my question is very simple Has the EU considered Moving Some of its EU four troops up to Birchco Which is a federal district as a demonstration that even though the EU has a structured dialogue with the RS that It wants to make absolutely clear that the RS is part of the Bosnia and Herzegovina and that's a fact of life and the presence of however many hundred EU soldiers in Birchco would demonstrate that Is that something you might consider? Thank you, even a Howard National Endowment for democracy You read that the title of the presentation or the conference today is time for change But it's a new transatlantic approach and you mentioned the US towards the very end maybe one more time before But surprisingly you mostly talked about the EU approaches and only mentioned us in a sense that the US should join you in these approaches and Of course, I think there it's no secret here in Washington There's an impression that there is really a no joint approach particularly when it comes to Bosnia and what happened with Lady Ashton's visit to Banyaluk earlier this year and the resulting structural changes Was something that really drew a line between the approaches between The European Union towards the resulting the issue in Bosnia and the US and at the relationship between the two is not maybe as As nice as everybody would like to to say publicly I think most of the time when we ask when we ask people such as yourself everybody says no everything is fine But I think in my opinion recently The way that this was illustrated most prominently is when a friend of mine recently told me that A new technocrat asked him at one point. Why do you trust the Americans more than us? Has have you really gotten to a point that there is no trust between the Americans and the Europeans as I think There is an impression looking at it from here particularly when it comes to Bosnia. Thank you I personally always trusted Miroslav, but anyway Anybody else maybe one more question. No, okay, let me Let's be very clear Changes of border are not on the agenda will not be on the agenda is totally not acceptable I mean we the the the setup of the western Balkans is final European Union will never support any changes of borders and we shall not Think in the direction that Changing borders might solve our problems. It would open Pandora's box in the in the region with the unpredictable Impact and it's better not to dwell on it our military presence in Bosnia Herzegovina continues in line with the Decisions made by the ministers of foreign affairs in October. It's going to be well partly downgraded refocused more on training education and The deterrence Effect will be now shifted more to the over the horizon forces This is based on the conclusions made by the military people and they are also responsible for the For the way how the the forces are geographically located, but you know how high is the mobility of our forces So I have not been present at any discussions of stationing you forces in Bercico directly, but the their mandate covers the entire territory of Bosnia Herzegovina and whenever they feel or see Threats to the territorial integrity or the constitutional order of Bosnia Herzegovina They are ready to act on the basis of their mandate here so on regarding the I Was specifically asked to speak about European Union's policy in and that's what I'm doing. I believe it's important to outline and refresh to the audience what are the The strategies instruments tools the European Union has and applies in the region of the Western Balkans We know very well and we miss no opportunity to stress that if we want to be successful we need firm as possible alliance between the European Union and the United States in the Balkans and that's what we do We are in a daily context I am personally in daily contact with people who are forming and shaping the Western Balkan policy here in the State Department in The NSE so are my colleagues. We we are informing each other about Everything we do and I've also used my visit to Washington DC to to continue doing so So I absolute I absolutely disagree with us with the statement that there is no trust between the European Union and the United States there is a strong trust and This trust is being reinforced through our actions on the ground starting from Secretary Clinton and Lady Eshton down to our ambassadors on the ground in Sarajevo or in any other country of the region I Don't want to Elaborate on Eshton's visit here because this is not what I was asked to do So let me just say that this visit was highly appreciated in the European Union in Brussels and by our member states Which is also the fact of life. So but As I said the combination of the soft and hard power the fact that there are countries in the region who turned to Washington before they turn to Brussels is a fact that we appreciate and therefore It's really important not to send the signals that we might not be united because I do believe that we share the same ultimate goal for the region and and it's nothing works better in the region when the United States and European Union speak with the same voice and That's what we mutually understand very well Maybe one last question if it's a quick one Please Mr. Leiter You come from Slovakia you were a diplomat in Slovakia your country does not recognize Kosovo Four other countries don't recognize Kosovo It's a reality But what that says in terms of the European Union speaking with one voice being capable of implementing the strategies that you're talking about when there is no consensus of How to move forward and prolong the issue of full Recognition of Kosovo not only by European Union But other countries and allow after 20 years people to enjoy the same rights that the rest of Europe enjoy as I said, it's a reality and Therefore we have to to To build our policies on on this reality. It doesn't make life for the European Union easier But this this is where we are and if you want to know my personal opinion That's one of the reasons why I believe in the dialogue and why I Encourage the both parties to engage in dialogue because if you want the non recognizers to Reconsider the policy there must be a reason for them to do so That means they they it's the national positions are based on on on the resolution of the parliaments You don't go to parliaments to say I mean I've reconsidered you have to come back to your parliament to say There is a different reality on the ground They are talking to each other. They are accepting the documents. They are traveling freely They are supporting each other in regional for us So that there is a new situation compared to the one when the decision was made and therefore It's time for for us maybe to reconsider this our position So this is something that Pristina should bear in mind. No knowing how important it is To present itself as a credible international player Particularly through the dialogue and believe me that this is a very powerful instrument with multi multiple impact including on the issue Do you just raised? Okay, Europe has spoken. Thank you Muroslav


Place the Lord, welcome to class, all of you online students, also welcome to our in-person students and to all of our e-learning students who will be listening to the lecture later on. We will continue our study of chapter 7, okay, before we move on to chapter 8. And I'll ask one of our in-person students to lead us in prayer please. Let's pray, Lord Heavenly Father, thank you for this day my Lord, thank you for this morning, thank you for us giving a new month in our lives my Lord, thank you for this hour of study my Lord, give our wisdom of understanding, how to understand the word of the Lord my Lord. I'm blessing everybody's life, surrounding everybody's life in your hands. In Jesus' name I pray and ask Amen. Amen, thank you, so we were studying chapter 7, we are looking at it for quite a number of classes now, very important lesson and last class on Tuesday, something wrong? Okay, we continue our study on chapter 7 about what is the purpose of incarnation, okay, why did Christ have to become a man and take on the fullness of humanity and what was Christ doing through the humanity of Christ that he could not do through any other means. So we're looking at, we looked at various scripture passages that talks about the humanity of Jesus Christ and why he had to become human and what are the things he fulfilled in the flesh. So we looked at the threefold purpose of Jesus partaking in the flesh and blood in Hebrews chapter, remember which passage, yes Hebrews chapter 2 verses 14 to 18, okay, so we looked at the threefold purpose there Jesus shared in our humanity, why did he share in our humanity threefold things that we learned in Hebrews chapter 2 verses 14 to 18, the first one is okay, thank you to destroy the power of death, the second one is to bring deliverance, yes thank you and then the third one is, what is the third one, to become our high priest to make atonement for the sins of the people, okay, so these are the threefold purpose of Christ's humanity that we saw in Hebrews chapter 2 verses 14 to 18, okay and then we looked at Galatians chapter 4 verses 4 to 7 where we looked at that Jesus came to redeem us from the curse of the law, okay, so when we look at Deuteronomy chapter 28 and Deuteronomy chapter 30 there God lists out all the blessings and all the curses for those who keep the law, so if you look and study Deuteronomy chapter 28 or if you just look at and read Deuteronomy chapter 30 you will see a list of blessings and curses, okay, so the Israelites knew that if they did not keep the law then they would inherit curses, okay and so they were very rigid in keeping, they couldn't keep the law, they found it difficult to keep the law, okay, but they held on to the law and the law helped them to know when they have sinned and gone against God so that they and when they did that they used to go to the temple and make sacrifices, okay, but when Jesus came and died on the cross he redeemed us from the curse of the law, okay, he redeemed us from the curse of the law or he redeemed us from being under the law. Why did he redeem, how did he redeem us from being under the law? He died on the cross, when he died on the cross he redeemed us from being under the law and what does it mean to be under the law? We studied Galatians chapter 4 verses 4 to 7 where we looked at how in the fullness of time God sent his son who was born under the law to redeem those who were under the law. So what does it mean that Jesus came to to abolish the law the law was not good the law was not perfect so he came to set us free from the law. He came he came to uphold the law yes we also looked at Romans chapter 7 verse 7 verse 12 verse 14 where it says the law is good the law is just and holy the law is spiritual okay Romans chapter 7 verse 14 and it was given by God and we also saw that the law served a purpose it served a reason a purpose and that was pointing people to the sin that they committed and also the law was pointing to Jesus okay that was very very important the law made us aware of this of sin that we have sin we are sinning we are sinners we missed the mark but it's more you know beautifully it was pointing out to Jesus Christ okay why was it pointing out to Jesus Christ why was the law pointing out to Jesus Christ. He was a perfect person to uphold the law perfect as in where he without any sin so there was nobody else better than him to hold the law okay even though he was fully man he was able to keep the law okay and he continued to remain sinless okay so he uphold the law like he said and also he was someone who came to redeem us from the curse of the law okay and so that is why we looked at Galatians chapter 4 we studied Galatians chapter 4 in detail or we look at the book of Galatians and we look at the book of Romans so what Paul is basically saying is in Galatians he's telling the Jews or the Judaizers who are becoming would become Christians who come into the Christian faith that there is that you are saved by grace through faith it's not by keeping the law okay because when they became believers in Christ they were part of the church they were forcing the others to keep the righteous requirements of the law the rituals the circumcision rituals or make all this you know keep all those special days and feasts and so they were burning the Gentiles with the rituals and the traditions of the law so Paul is saying hey you know Christ has come to set us free you know from being slaves of the law he set us free look at Galatians chapter 3 verse 13 says he set free those who are under the law free from its bondage and bringing us out of slavery okay into the glorious liberty to be sons and daughters okay and in Galatians chapter 5 verse 1 he says you know that he has set us free and hence we no longer need to live under the law of the flesh that means under the dominance of the flesh so what Paul is basically saying is hey God set us free and he wants his people free and not be bound to all the rituals and traditions and he's also telling in Galatians chapter 5 verse 1 stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free and do not be entangled with the yoke of bondage okay and in verse 13 he says you know you have been set free you have been given liberty and freedom don't use that liberty and freedom to indulge in the desires of the flesh okay so he's saying the law of flesh that means the law means not the Old Testament law but the law of flesh here means the dominance the power of the flesh the overpowering nature of the flesh to yield to sin okay so he's saying don't be under that bondage okay because you have been set free and don't use your freedom the grace that you have received to continue to live under the bondage of the flesh okay and he also Paul is basically talking about how we are out of the curse of the law or we are redeemed from the law in the terms of what he was experiencing himself now we know that before Paul became a believer he was a he's a Jew right he was somebody who appealed the law he was very zealous for his for the law he would keep the law and he was a very zealous believer of the Old Testament and anyone who went against that he was that's why he was persecuting all the those who were believing in Christ and putting them into prison okay so he thought Paul thought that as a Jew who was keeping the law he was very blameless before God he was very righteous he was right he was blameless by the mere outward obedience and outward you know following of the ceremony ceremonies and the rituals and the traditions of keeping the law but he realized later on when he became a believer that all of it was just an outward uh outward obedience but inwardly he was so far away from God why because through this in his heart he was very very proud okay he was proud that he was a blameless person a blameless Jew was keeping the law very zealous for his for his you know for the law for the the commandments you know very zealous for keeping his his his religion and holding it up and appalling upholding it against everything that is coming against it and he thought in his heart that was kind of a pride a pride of being blameless a blameless obedience also he realized that actually that was sinning against God pride was sinning against God so that is why he says when he writes in 1st Timothy chapter one verse 15 he says you know I'm actually the chief of sinners you know but by God's grace I have been saved but I am the chief of sinners why does he say that because he's saying hey you know I thought I was very blameless righteous before God because I was keeping the law I was fighting for my religion but deep down I realized later on that I was having this pride and that is why Jesus you know he confronts the Pharisees and he calls them what tombs that are white white washed stones tombs right because it looks very beautiful on the outside but inside in the spirit they're totally dead okay there is no love there is no compassion there is no forgiveness and so Jesus was outrightly condemning their keeping of traditions and rituals because the Pharisees they would go stand in the in the you know the end of the road and they would just pray and they would go to the temple they would just pray out loud they would you know dress up with all of those castles everything which had the word of God you know tight around their heads and everything so everything they were very very ardent in keeping the law but they failed to love their neighbor as themselves they failed to love God with all of their heart soul mind and strength okay and they looked down on others who were not able to keep the law but they themselves were breaking the law in so many different places and that is why Jesus was confronting them so that is what Paul is again talking about in his epistles and he's saying hey you know no need to keep or you know it's not the law that has saved you because the law could never save you you know the law continually showed you that you were sinning and you were making more sacrifices and Jesus came to deliver us from that bondage that slavery and redeemed us from the curse of the law so it is by grace through faith in Jesus Christ that you are safe not by these empty keeping of rituals and ceremonies okay so if you didn't understand anything that I said in the last class about Galatians chapter 4 and what Paul was talking about the law just understand that you know we are saved by grace through faith and it's not by rituals and traditions okay sometimes we think it's our works that you know that saves us it's our works that is going to bring blessings from God but God what does God say obedience is better than sacrifice okay so Paul also realized that obedience is more than just keeping all these traditions and these laws okay so that is what Paul is saying and he's saying that Christ came to redeem us from the curse of the law or he came to redeem us from the law any questions any doubts okay so no questions and doubts we'll move on to the last bit of this lesson where he's talking about divine exchange so can somebody please read 2nd Corinthians chapter 8 verse 9 please for you know the grace of a Lord Jesus Christ that though he was rich yet for our sakes your sakes he became poor that you through his poverty might become rich amen so we were we studied in great deal you know we looked at what is the purpose of incarnation what did Christ achieve or fulfill by becoming fully man and 2nd Corinthians chapter 8 verse 9 actually you know sums up the whole purpose of incarnation in just one verse okay says Christ became poor for our sakes so that we through his poverty or we through his incarnation could become rich which means that your Christ took everything that was us and in exchange he gave everything that was his to us okay so what is the divine exchange that took place on the cross the first thing is can somebody read that please is there in your notes is there in your notes in the divine exchange can somebody read that to lift us to his level can you read that please again Christ came to our level to lift us to his level at the right hand of God yes so Christ came he limited himself to our level so that we can be raised up to this level where are we seated now yes we're seated in the heavenly place the right hand of authority okay what is the second divine exchange can somebody else read that Christ became what we were so that we could become what he is 1st John 417 yes can somebody read what 1st John 417 says please anyone 1st John 417 1st John chapter 4 verse 17 love has been perfected among us in this that we we may have boldness in the day of judgment because as he is so are we in this world as he is so are we okay so Christ became what we were what did Christ become says Christ became what we were that means what did Christ become as we were human being okay human and what else did he did on the what else on the cross did he take on he took on the sins of mankind okay so he took on our sins he became like us so that we can become like him okay so when when Paul says in in Romans chapter 6 he talks about our spiritual identification okay he says that we are you know just like Christ we are also dead with him okay we are crucified we are dead we are buried we are resurrected we are ascended and receded at the right hand of the father so we we identify with Christ spiritually so he when he says when we identify with Christ's death that means we just like you know a dead person is when he's dead he's separated from the things of the world it means that we are separated from sin from the power of sin we no longer have the power of sin reigning in us and he talks about we identify with Christ's resurrection means now we have the new nature of Christ okay so we are no longer we are separated from the things of this world we no longer have the nature of sin we are separated from the power of sin from the bondage of sin we are dead to sin we're separated from our past sinful life and now we have the nature of God in us okay so that is who we have become and that is what the Holy Spirit is doing in us he is making us more vice like okay so we have the nature of Christ in us just like when God created us created Adam and Eve he created them in his image okay in his nature so also when we have received salvation we now have the nature of Christ okay we no longer belong to the Adam race but we are part of Christ's nature we belong to the family of God that is why we are sons and daughters of God okay what is the third divine exchange can somebody read that please should I go yes go ahead sorry so that we could become his righteousness yes Christ became sin for us so that we when he took on our sin he gave us his righteousness his righteousness was imputed upon us or we were clothed with his righteousness imputed miss his righteousness was put into our account okay what is the fourth one can somebody read the fourth divine exchange Christ was crucified on the cross so that we could be blessed with all spiritual blessings amen Christ was cursed on the cross he took upon himself our curse our shame you know our guilt okay so that we can receive all of the spiritual blessings all of the spiritual blessings that we read in Ephesians one okay all of the spiritual blessings is ours yes can you please can you just throw some light on spiritual blessings because is it something just again in sync with the gifts of the spirit or the fruits of the holy spirit or what is exactly spiritual blessings okay what exactly is your spiritual blessings here in the verse also it just says spiritual blessings in the heavenly places in Christ but what are what is it like referring what is it okay that spiritual blessings is when we are seated in the right hand of God that we are seated in a place of dominion and authority okay and we we know our dominion and authority that has been given to us we know who we are in Christ we know our position and we speak and we look at things in on earth not in the earthly perspective not with an earthly frame of mind but we look at it in a heavenly perspective because we are seated in the heavenly them so we're looking down at things so our position is now up and we're looking down at things that means we are you know in a place of authority and power and we need to look at our the our environment are the the sphere that God has given to us not in an earthly mindset in an earthly perspective but in a heavenly perspective okay so and also we are in a place of when you see the right hand of God right hand basically means place of authority a place of dominion and power so we know our authority and dominion and power and how we need to exercise that over our situations and over satan and everything that comes against us okay so that is again a spiritual blessings but what are the spiritual blessings that we have inherited what is the when we receive salvation what is the first spiritual blessing that we inherit come on what are spiritual blessings that you have inherited holy spirit okay salvation right eternal life okay you're no longer going to be dead eternally but you're also going to receive eternal life okay uh what else what is your spiritual blessings righteousness okay that you may have right standing with God so what does that mean when you have right standing with God no more God looks at you as though you have sin but he looks as you just looks at you just as if you have never sinned okay what else sorry obedient to God okay okay we are sons and daughters of God thank you Lucy yes we are adopted into God's family we become God's children we have the nature of God running in us or in us what else sister we have redemption of sins and forgiveness yes we have the redemption we redeem from sin from the slavery of sin bondage of sin slavery of death redemption basically means what redemption means for in the greek it basically means one of the greek words for redemption means purchase out of the slavery purchase out of slave market okay uh Jesus is a great blessing for us okay what else God becomes our father yes what else is your spiritual blessings sister you are given as the gifts of the holy spirit okay gifts of the holy spirit okay that's the fruit of the holy spirit look at efficiency chapter one what does efficient chapter one say can i read sister sorry no no no no no no don't read just look at and and just call out what are the spiritual blessings you have also have access to God the father right you can come before the throne of grace you have access before God the father you have the spiritual authority over satan and his demonic forces okay what else redemption and forgiveness of sins what else accepted and beloved yes you have the hope of the future glory and the assurance of salvation yes what else what else is your spiritual blessings yes your inheritance is your spiritual blessings yes you have not inherited fear you've not inherited poverty you've not inherited you have freedom from every bondage deliverance from every bondage from sickness healing okay from suffering from pain you have the hope and encouragement that God is your provider he's the one who sustains you okay so all of these are your spiritual blessings okay yes the hope and a future yes okay only today I think Andrew and Lucy are attending the online classes we don't have anyone else sharing anything on the chat or even talking okay okay we'll move on so can somebody read the next um exchange the divine exchange we read Christ was cursed on the cross that we can be blessed with our spiritual blessings what else Christ became sick with our sickness so that by his stripes we could be healed yes he took upon our sicknesses our infirmities he took upon himself our suffering our pain so that we can be healed delivered and restored to oldness the next divine exchange can somebody else read that Christ became the Son of Man so that we become the children of God yes he became like us so that we can become the children of God next one yes go ahead read read read read give it to him uh please read yeah Christ was born in subjection Christ was uh born in subjection to the law so that under the law could could be remained could be redeemed yes so he Christ subjected himself to laws that he could redeem us from the law next one Christ came to the earth to tell us about the father then he went to heaven to tell the father about us yes so he came to the earth to reveal the father to us and now he is gone to uh he's in heaven and what what does it mean and when it says yeah he went to heaven to tell us about the father means what what does it mean he went to heaven that meant to me the mediator sister yes thank you sister get through thank you for even contributing the class so this only sister get through Lucy and Andrew here today praise god for them okay he's interceding for us he's our advocate okay who's you know interceding who's who's talking on behalf of us to the father the next one can somebody from the online students read the next divine exchange in your notes the incarnation god taking on human form is god coming down to be with man the resurrection is man being raised to be with the father amen so here we see that in the incarnation god took on human form he came down he revealed the father heart of god to us and in the resurrection you know man is being raised or you know we have this hope of eternal life that when we die we're resurrected and we are going to live eternally with god the father again the last one divine exchange can somebody read Christ was separated from the father so that we who were enemies could be reconciled to god yes so on the cross when Jesus took on the sins of the world he was separated from the father he went through that pain that suffering of being separated from the father so that we who were enemies of god we who were separated from god could be reconciled back to god that means we could be reunited we can become friends with god again okay so we looked at all of this we studied all of this we looked at various scripture passages in this chapter on incarnation and this is the beautiful divine exchange that took place on the cross so when somebody asked you hey why did Jesus die on the cross your answer will not be limited to only one line Jesus died on the cross to take on our sins but now you have so much more to tell them why Jesus took on human form why he died on our cross yes or no yes okay so that was a divine exchange and that we also saw in this lesson the purpose of incarnation okay why did god have to take on the fullness of humanity any questions any questions any doubts anything you all didn't understand that you want me to explain again okay i'll take the silence as a no and we'll move on okay lesson eight the virginal conception okay now why have we named this chapter as the virginal conception why couldn't we just have made it simple for all of you just say the virgin birth any thoughts all of you put on your thinking hats and start thinking and ask the holy spirit to reveal some some truths why is this chapter named as the virginal conception and not as the virgin birth we have to use the mic please yeah this is very much in the plan of god it didn't happen something like a default thing in the process it was very much prophesized much earlier so it was prophesied much earlier the virgin uh giving birth to okay the virgin giving birth okay you're right so it is uh somewhere it was there in the concept of god you know you can't um save yourself from sins with human flesh and the law and so on and so forth so it is my uh idea to give my son as a sacrifice so it was there in god's mind much earlier as in it was prophesied and it had to come to pass so it was not something that had happened in the process okay so why can't we just name this chapter as the virgin birth why are we saying the virginal conception sister because it was through the holy spirit and not a man this is the holy spirit not a man okay pratt says because jesus was conceived by the power of the most high yes sanjay says from the notes there has been much controversy concerning the virginal conception of christ the term virginal conception is preferable rather than the most common okay he's just uh quoting from the from the notes okay i i i thought you would say something that would come up with your mind anyway thank you sanjay but yes pratt what you said is uh so right because jesus was conceived by the power of the most high the miracle was not in the birth right why do i say the miracle was not in the birth but the miracle was in the conception why did i why do i say that the miracle was not in the birth but in the conception because the birth was birth birth was a natural process of after conception but it was a conception which was miraculous it was where god uh entered uh to the power of the holy spirit uh entered uh mary yes you're right warren so the miracle did not happen in the birth the miracle was a normal process right barry went through the nine months of pregnancy and she gave birth in a very natural way but which all women do okay but the miracle was in the virginal conception the conception means that through the power of the holy spirit mary was able to conceive jesus was able to have jesus in in the womb okay so it was the miracle happened not in the birth but in the conception and that is why we have um you know uh termed or named this lesson as the virginal conception okay um because it's not in the birth but in the conception again so um now there is much controversy concerning the virginal conception of jesus christ even his birth many people don't accept it many people don't uh agree to it or you know accept it or even give into it okay because one of the things that they tried to argue from is aizayah chapter 7 verse 14 so can somebody read aizayah chapter 7 verse 14 please aizayah chapter 7 verse 14 therefore the lord himself will give you a sign behold the virgin shall conceive and be a son and shall call his name Emmanuel so the Hebrew word here for virgin is Alma which when it's translated can mean two things can mean young woman or virgin so it can mean a virgin or it can also mean a young woman who is married a young woman is not specifically talking about a virgin can be somebody who's also married and is young a young woman so that is why people who support the claim that you know um that support this stand that jesus did not have a supernatural um Mary did not have a supernatural conception and jesus was no born uh not out of supernatural conception or through the conception of the holy spirit okay is because they use this um uh this uh verse in aizayah chapter 7 verse 14 and translate because the word Alma says either it's young woman or virgin but thank god you know um god in his wisdom knows uh man's thoughts and man's ways and man's ways of thinking so through the power of the holy spirit you know when matthew and luke write their gospel accounts and they talk about the virgin birth the Greek the word they use for virgin is patinios okay so patinios means just virgin it does not mean a young woman it does not talk about a woman or a young woman the word patinios just means virgin okay so we can argue from the standpoint that hey it was not just a young woman so any woman was married but it was specifically a virgin okay so the virgin virginal conception of Christ you know has to be looked on because it is a fact that it was through the miraculous power of the holy spirit that brought it about okay and we read this in uh luke chapter one versus 26 to 38 so can somebody read that please luke chapter one was 26 to 38 luke chapter one 26 to 38 in the sixth month of uh elizabeth's pregnancy god sent the angel gabriel to nazareth a town in galilee to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named joseph a descendant of david the virgin's name was mary the angel went to her and said greetings you are highly favored the lord is with you mary was greatly greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be but the angel said to her do not be afraid mary you have found favor with god you will conceive and give birth to a son and you are to call him jesus he will be great and will be called the son of the most high the lord god will give him the throne of the father of his father david and he will reign over jacob's descendants forever his kingdom will never end how how will this be mary asked the angel since i'm a virgin the angel answered the holy spirit will come on you and the power of the most high will overshadow you so the holy one to be born will be called the son of god amen even elizabeth thank you sorry for interrupting thank you uh so here we see that you know the virginal conception you know uh is cannot be proved scientifically okay it is not scientific it goes against all of natural laws but you know it is not something that is impossible with god even though it's cannot be proven scientifically it's unscientific it goes against or violates all of the natural laws but nothing is impossible with god when god can create man out of dust there's nothing that he can't do when god can create everything just through his spoken word there's nothing that he can't do so it was not difficult for him to bring about this whole virginal conception because even when uh when uh the angel gabriel is speaking to mary in verse 37 he says for with god nothing is impossible he says you know your elizabeth your relative is also concede the son in the old age you know and she's now in a sixth month and then verse 37 says with god nothing is impossible so yes it can't seem an impossibility in our in our small minds okay but in the mind of god nothing is impossible and hence hence virginal conception was not an impossibility with god was something that he brought about and how did he bring it about he brought it about by the power of the holy spirit okay and it says here in verse 35 the holy spirit will come upon you and the power of the most i will overshadow you therefore also that the holy one who is to be born will be called the son of god that means the one that is going to be born will be holy okay that's something that we need to keep in mind okay so we look at the doctoral importance of the virgin birth we look at it that can be seen at least in two areas the first thing why did god bring about this virginal conception okay why couldn't he have done it in any other way okay uh he why did he bring about birth of jesus through the virgin's conception is because he wanted to show us that salvation must come from god okay just as he had promised in the very beginning in genesis chapter three verse 15 remember we study genesis chapter three verse 15 what does it talk about in genesis chapter three verse 15 the seed of the woman will ultimately destroy the serpent okay so the seed of the woman who's the seed referred to here jesus also it's talking about we as a human race but specifically talking also about jesus jesus you know who destroy the serpent okay and so god was saying that the power that salvation will be brought about by his own power and not through human effort okay so the virgin birth of jesus christ is a reminder to us that salvation can never come through human effort but salvation is always the work of god himself so salvation is through the supernatural work of god and it is very evident from the very beginning you know of jesus this conception in the in marif who look at we already looked at relations chapter four verses four and five says god sent forth his son born of a woman born under the law to redeem those who were under the laws that we might receive adoption as sons okay okay so that is the first doctrinal importance the second doctrinal importance about the virgin birth made possible uh the uniting of deity and humanity in the one person of jesus christ okay so in in jesus we see the there's perfect unity of humanity and divinity okay perfectly united in the person of jesus christ okay so if this unity had to be existed in perfect unity in perfect oneness then only the virgin birth or virgin conception could make it possible okay so it was only through this means that god could you know let jesus be born into this world or god could send his son into this world as a man okay so we can think of other possible ways when how god could have brought jesus into this earth but none of them would be sufficient enough to you know perfectly unite humanity and deity in the person of jesus christ okay so uh for example you know it could be very hard if we uh for humanity and deity to exist in perfect unity if we think that you know what if jesus you know came into this world with both father and mother okay he had fully divine nature okay he was born as a perfect human being with the uniting of a father and mother and sometime later on you know um you know he could god could have put somewhere when he was on this earth his deity into him himself okay or he could have put deity into jesus christ you know when we when we think of this possibility what is wrong in that or what could have gone wrong in that what if we say that what if jesus was born in this world with both the father and mother okay with his full divine nature united in his human nature at some point earlier early in his life then what do you think would have been difficult for us to understand well then understand my question okay what i'm saying is if this possibility comes in our mind what if jesus was born in a perfect human way with you know a father and mother and sometime when he was born during his very early life you know what if god would have miraculously united his you know divine nature into his human nature he also says you can be born of sin no yes right so when we say that you know he was born in the right perfect way just like any other human being then we are we are saying that he was born just like us his origins were just like us which means we're all born in sin so he was also born in sin then if he was born in sin how can he take on the how can he be sinless to take on the sins of human nature and how can divinity exist in a human being who was sinful which is very very impossible okay so we'll stop here okay any questions yeah conception and incarnation can't stand or fall together sorry the two events stand or fall together so what's it referenced on the notes virginal conception and incarnation are interdependent the virtual conception and incarnation are interdependent two events stand or fall to get it. That means virginal conception means an incarnation, God becoming man. It's perfect when we think about it in terms of virginal conception because he was not born like you said, like to human parents and he was born in sin but virginal conception made it possible for humanity and divinity to perfectly coexist in the person of Jesus Christ. Oh, two even stand together but if they are not together then they will fall apart. Okay, if we say Jesus was God becoming man and it was not through virginal conception then it will fall apart. There is no way we can really, yes, not understood, no way that we can debate or talk about it. Okay, we'll stop here. Andrew, can I answer your question? Andrew and Sanjay, can I answer your question next week please? Is that all right? Because I have to go for my next class. Is that fine? Okay. Okay, thank you everyone. I'll just copy and paste this so that I can answer it. Have a blessed weekend everyone. See you all on Tuesday. Thank you sister. Thank you. Bye-bye.


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