Hi guys, how you doing? This is Rich here on behalf of Rich TV Live and I have another great company that I wanted to talk to you about. It's Patriot One Technologies. Let's get started. So Patriot One Technologies, they're on the TSX. They actually just recently rang the bell on the TSX exchange, Toronto Stock Exchange. Symbol is PAT. Their symbol in America on the OTCQX exchange is P-T-O-T-F and in Frankfurt, Germany the symbol is O-P-L. Patriot One Technologies is an AI, artificial intelligence and machine learning software company which applies its software solutions to hardware for the detection of known threats. For example, rifles, guns, knives, bombs and chemicals. I think that this is a great company. I actually got the pleasure of interviewing the CEO just a few days ago, Martin Cronin. And I was very impressed with what this company is doing. They have a great company that is focused in an industry that has a huge, huge future. Patriot One is working to become one of the foremost proponents and providers of innovative commercial weapons, threat countermeasures solutions for general public safety. With the leading technology, top scientific research support and prudent business leadership, the company aims to quickly build itself into a recognizable brand and leader in the sector. Patriot One Technologies' mission is to deliver innovative threat detection and counterterrorism solutions for safer communities. Especially nowadays where we see so much, like every time you turn on the TV it seems like there's some type of a terrorist threat or a terrorist attack somewhere in the world. This is a company that is focused on trying to create a solution for that, which unfortunately in 2019 is a real world problem. So they've created a couple of products. One is called the Patscan Trademark Multisensor Covert Threat Detection Platform. It provides a network of advanced sensor technologies with powerful next generation AI machine learning software. The network can be covertly deployed from far perimeter to interiors across multiple weapons restricted facilities. The Patscan Trademark Platform identifies and reports threats wherever required. Car parked, building approach, employee and public entryways and inside the facilities. This is great for schools. This is great for governments. This is a company that you need to put on your watch list. You need to put them on your radar because I think this is one you're going to see for a long time. Each solution in the platform identifies weapons, related threats or disturbances for immediate security response. PAT's motto, deter, detect and defend is based on the belief that widespread use of the Patscan Trademark Platform will act as an effective deterrent to diminish the epidemic of active threats around the globe. Now, the share structure is actually something I really like as well. They only have 137 million and a half shares issued in outstanding. They have 38.07 million warrants at a $2.49 weighted average exercise price. They have 6 million and three options. They have a market capitalization of 275 million on the TSX, Toronto Stock Exchange and a 200 million market cap on the OTC in America. They have working capital of 73 million Canadian dollars. Their 52 week high is $3.01 in Canada on the Toronto Stock Exchange and their 52 week high in America is $2.29. Now, what they do? They are in the public safety sector. They are in the innovative threat detection industry, microwaves, no fixed visible security infrastructures, smart sensors and microwave detectors. They detect threats before they happen so they can literally help you resolve a threat before it happens. This could be huge for sporting events. I can literally see this being used everywhere. Churches, synagogues, schools, governments, sporting events, airports. Literally anywhere where you are potentially going to have a risk of some type of a threat, they are going to be able to detect it before it happens. Which is why I believe that this is a company you need to put on your radar and put on your watch list. The application is ubiquitous. Anywhere they may be threats of violence. Designing a system which is low cost and can be deployed ubiquitously across places where people gather fundamentally that's ubiquitous across sectors. So this is going to be big for parades, this is going to be big for events, this is going to be big for conferences. Essentially these guys have a solution for everything. Everywhere where there's people and large groups of people. Now what makes them different from their competition? Because there's other people out there that are going to try to resolve these problems too. But these guys are unique. PAT is a many to one channel partner driven sales strategy. We sell one to many not one to one. That's what makes them unique. They sell one to many, not one to one. This is about a multi-sensor platform. No direct competition. So literally there is no one doing what they're doing directly in this sector. Okay, they are unique. Because they're not one to one, they are one to many. What is their approach? Whatever the environment, there's a solution that is appropriate within their mix. Other security companies offer a hardware to solve a specific issue. PAT, PAT1 Technologies, offers a customized solution using their security platform. AI, artificial intelligence play and not simply a hardware play. They are an artificial intelligence play. They are a machine learning play. They have an evolutionary approach which will evolve over time. Algorithms get smarter and better which is going to allow their technology to only improve over time. And become more and more effective and more and more interesting for others to want to utilize their services. They have a multi-sensor approach, not a one size fits all approach. They are solving a problem instead of selling a piece of hardware that is successful based on clients deployment. Now what is the benefits of the PAT1 Technologies platform approach? The sheer volume of clients that they can access by having a platform multi-sensor approach. Threat detection and security screening is put in places it couldn't be before, location-wise. Security hardware can only go in specific places, i.e. where should we put this metal detector? PAT1 Technologies is hidden and scans an entire area. Partners with those who have reach supplying the suppliers. They are integrating into the world's leading security systems. This is so big. The advantage of a platform approach instead of a hardware approach is that they can continue to grow exponentially. This is not a static play. It will keep evolving and getting bigger and better. So please, keep PAT1 Technologies on your radar, keep it on your watchlist. I believe this is a company that has an incredible future. The software is always evolving and the company is always evolving. And after I spoke to the CEO, I felt as though he was very interested in being open-minded. He's someone that is definitely willing to think big. And when I asked him if he's interested in schools and governments, he said, Yeah, we are already talking to governments and schools. And that him and his management team has a lot of experience with governments. So I believe this has so much potential. Considering we're in Canada and right next door to us, America is one of the more powerful militaries. You have to assume that PAT1 Technologies is going to have a future potentially working with the US government providing these services, which could be just enormous. Okay, so stay tuned to that. Now let's talk about their distributors and resellers. They have 12 global distributors. So that's enormous. So they're looking for business globally. Did not offer exclusive rights to anybody. So they're not exclusive to anyone, which means they have enormous growth potential. They are a national tier two reseller. They are working with Simmons and Honeywell. The contracts are in the works will be announced in the future through press releases. So they have a lot of contracts in the works that they're currently putting together, which Martin wouldn't be able to really tell me, but he told me there's a lot coming. They want to announce tier one companies and partnerships before tier two. Some of the companies and partnerships, which are just enormous, include Raytheon, Cisco, IBM, and Johnson Controls, just to name a few, which are enormous, enormous companies. Revenue, they sell hardware and have a recurring software model for each PAT scan. Every CMR, STS, VRS, etc. has recurring revenue. Clients pay each month for software update. Akin to a virus protection software on your computer. Wow, that is enormous. I love the monthly subscription model. That is so lucrative. Software upgrades, etc. Paid yearly and monthly. The separate license is not a hidden cost of ownership. They provide high level of intelligence and charge a monthly recurring fee, which means they are going to have monthly recurring revenue, which means the growth potential as far as the revenue for this stock and for this company is exponential. They have a revolutionary approach. Competitors in this space take a hardware-based approach. What Patriot One Technologies does is they try to prevent the last attack. Changes made based upon what just happened. So they are changing quickly and adapting quickly. And they are trying to provide a solution to stop terrorist attacks or threats from happening before they occur, not after they occur. Let's talk about some comparisons. Let's shift the focus to them as a solution provider. Blue Chip Space instead of hardware and what they provide. What type of ticker tag? Collaborative. The client mentioned there is no comparisons to Liberty or Plymouth Rock. And those are some of the companies that are in the sector. This is a company that is standing alone. There are some other companies like Liberty and Plymouth Rock that are in the sector. But this is a company that is standing alone because they don't have a hardware. They have a multi-censored approach. Now let's talk about some of the technology in the pipeline. They are innovators in the space. They have identified them as go-to people. So innovators in this space have identified P1 technologies as the go-to people for this solution. They have acquisitions, licenses and partnerships that are growing as they scale the wall to find the best innovators. Currently, CMR, STS, VRS software announced. TMS will be announced in the next couple of weeks. Gunshot detection solution that has wider distance goes beyond building. So there are so many more services that they're going to be able to provide, solutions that they're going to be able to provide, and it's just getting started. So they are literally going to be announcing some of these solutions in the next three to four weeks. So stay tuned to that. Now we talked about their share structure, which I think is really good. As far as the revenue, the three-year revenue forecast is 22 to 23 million in the year forecasted, but 13 to 15 million is more realistic for the end of 2019. They have 2,000 units on tier one partnership. Revenue is expected 12 months after that. The CMR surpassed what they thought they would sell. CMR is huge revenue driver. They expect to be profitable by... I assume that they're going to be profitable in the near future, but we don't know exactly when, but this will be most likely a profitable company, okay? Now some of their active already clients that are really impressive include active clients and partners include Westgate, Las Vegas, University of North Dakota, a regional police force, Seminole County Schools, IBM on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol IBM, Cisco Systems on the New York Stock Exchange, sorry, on the NASDAQ under the symbol CSCO, and Raytheon Company on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol RTN. Now Cisco, I think everybody knows Cisco, is a great partnership allowing Patriot One Technologies to advance its efforts with its VRS component and machine learning, offers a network of security system integrations, resellers, installers to help deploy the Patscan platform solution. Cisco will also be working with Patriot One on a mobile VRS solution with deployment on law enforcement police cars. Wow! Can you believe this? They are going to be putting their technology in police cars. Raytheon is working with Patriot One Technologies on deployment of its radar technologies currently the CMR. IBM is giving Patriot One Technologies access to Watson and machine learning AI teams to advance its machine learning capabilities. This is through their startup with IBM program. Patriot One has 12 active resellers. They are in Canada, the United States, South and Central America, the Caribbean Basin, the United Kingdom, France, Israel, Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. So you can already see that these guys are growing globally, which I love. Sales prospects and client leads. So currently they have 9,000, that's right 9,000 qualified resellers and end user client leads. Now one of the things that makes Patriot One Technologies so exciting is that they are at the forefront of the covert weapons detection sector. Patriot One is unique because it brings together a multitude of technologies that gathers data for a more intelligent, covertly deployed security software system. Now let's just go through some of their products. So the first one I want to talk about is the Patscan VRS. It is a video threat detection for schools platform and software that they have identified and created. It is a video recognition threat detection system for school campus features and benefits. Patscan VRS video recognition system is a revolutionary threat detection solution created to detect the presence of weapons, disturbances and suspicious behaviors to keep students, faculty and campuses safe. Now one of the sad parts about what I see here in Canada is that we see this far too often. Unfortunately we are seeing way too many threats at schools and unfortunately I see it a lot in America. I feel like we are seeing these terrorist threats and it's not necessarily terrorist threats, it's Americans hurting Americans and I see it a lot in America where they are walking into schools and they are harming other students. This has to stop. This has to stop and Patriot One Technologies is making a stand essentially saying we are tired of watching people get harmed at schools, this is our children, this is our future. Patriot One Technologies is providing a solution for this so that especially in America where I see it the most it may be happening in other countries too but specifically in America it seems as though almost every day you are hearing about students that are being harmed at their schools and schools are supposed to be a safe place. As a parent myself I want to be able to know that when my child or my children go to school that they are going to a safe place where they are going to be able to learn and grow. I don't want to hear that someone went into a school undetected and started harming other students. I love what Patriot One Technologies is doing because they are making a stand and providing a solution where we've never had a solution before. And the reality is putting police officers at schools isn't the solution but being able to detect the problem before it occurs this can be a great deterrent as far as I'm concerned for the children which are our future. We need to protect our children. We need to protect our future. So Patriot One Technologies is dedicated to the protection and security of our global citizens and their communities. We believe that students should have the ability to learn and prosper in safe and secure environments and that the VRS product and our Patscan multi-sensor covert threat detection platforms helps make this goal a reality. Now let's talk about Patscan versus D-Tex. Patscan VRS D-Tex. Weapons, handguns, and rifles. So it has the ability to detect handguns and rifles. It has the ability to detect disturbances, fights, or other anonymous crowd behavior. So they can literally detect fights. They can detect just weird disturbances within a crowd which can help them resolve the issue before it escalates to something worse, which I absolutely think is brilliant. So the key features for the schools are secure processing. Offers secure video and data storage while processing real-time information from on-site via cloud at school district data centers ensures integrity of sensitive information. Artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities offers continuous assessment of the school and campus surroundings and learns what is normal improves incident alert accuracy as the system becomes more effective over time. Now what are some of the benefits for the schools? It's a force multiplier. It helps today's schools security resources officer, SRO, who is often alone and responsible for safety and security. So unfortunately what's happening is a lot of schools do have one officer and schools are big. So how is one officer going to be able to protect an entire school? Sometimes these schools have thousands of students. So this really is going to help the one officer that's on duty be able to determine where there may be a disturbance so that they can try to resolve the issue before it escalates, which I think is brilliant. So this allows the officer and security to immediately identify incidents of interest, including detection of weapons, student disturbances, and suspicious behavior. It also, one of the benefits are immediate on-site notification. So it is integrated with existing CCTV infrastructure. So incidents of interest are instantly identified, captured on video, and sent to on-site security via mobile, laptop, and or desktop notifications. They also provide first responder notification, which is on-site school security resource officer, the SRO, has enhanced ability to immediately advise and inform first responders, police, fire department, and ambulance services based on the nature of the incident of interest. School management updates offers flexibility for staff and management notification, principal, counselors, and teachers, as well as school superintendent officers with the ability to receive alerts as configured by the on-site security resource officer, otherwise known as the SRO. And recorded information. Real-time protection is recorded with software embedded date and timestamp alerts to support forensic and evidentiary review. So not only are they able to determine incidents before they occur, but in addition to that, they record everything so that if there is an issue, they can go back and they can review the film, which is great for incidents that occur that have already occurred, so that the police or the principal or the counselors or the teachers can review any incidents and go back and get all the information they need so that they can determine what course of action they need to take if there is some type of an incident or disturbance. Now, there's also active monitoring. So they are actively monitoring the schools and campuses for incidents of interest and immediately sends notification alerts to predetermined personnel, first responders, and law enforcement as required. In addition, they have incident intelligence. So immediately identifies incident site based on camera location, system supports multi-alerts offering responding personnel real-time status and location updates, ensures timely and efficient response from on-site school security, management, and first responders. In addition to that, they also provide visual aids, which are easy to understand. Visual aids helps responders assess the situation efficiently and ensure appropriate and timely response to critical incidents. So, just to get into Patriot 1 Technologies a little bit more, Patriot 1 Technologies has developed the PatScan trademark multi-sensor covert threat detection platform, the next generation of software and sensor solutions to covertly deploy as a layered multi-sensor platform to detect and combat active threats before they occur. The platform features three sensors and software components including the PatScan trademark CMR Cognitive Microwave radar covert weapons detection sensor, PatScan trademark VRS video threat recognition software, and PatScan trademark STS multi-chemical sensor, all packages as a uniquely integrated system. All three components target cost-effective deployment at weapons restricted facilities and share proprietary networked cognitive machine learning software. The PatScan platform covertly secures perimeters, i.e. parking lots, access points, and facility interiors to identify and classify weapons, other threats, and related incidents for immediate response. Patriot 1's motto is deter, detect, defend. Let's say it again, deter, detect, defend. I love it. And it is based on the belief that widespread use of its PatScan trademark multi-sensor covert threat detection platform will act as an effective deterrent to diminish the epidemic of active threats across the globe, which I believe is a genius technology. So the PatScan trademark VRS through proprietary automation and computer vision software technology, the PatScan video threat recognition software, VRS component dramatically increases detection of weapons, public disturbances, suspicious behaviors, and incident identification. Leveraging machine learning technology, the software isolates, identifies, and categorizes and displays anomalous events well before human security operators can typically react due to multi-camera overload, timely action limits, violent events, which we've seen this time and time again when first responders can get onto the scene and get involved before there's a massive issue, lives get saved. This is why the Patriot One Technologies company, vision, products, and trademarks are revolutionary and why I believe this is a company that is undervalued, under-appreciated, and under-exposed. Now in addition to that, the PatScan trademark STS, another product they have, is employing proprietary multi-plane splicing technology. The PatScan STS component, powered by Sotec Secure, is a multi-chemical threat detection sensor designed to rapidly detect trace airborne chemicals with a parts per trillion sensitivity. This innovative sensor technology allows for the detection, identification, and tracking of trace explosives, chemical warfare agents, volatile organics, nerve agents, narcotics, and fentanyl. I absolutely love what Patriot One Technologies is doing. I think this is so revolutionary and I haven't heard of anyone that has any proprietary products like this. Now they're also focused on covert deployment. The platform with its components is trained to specific covert locations. Each PatScan component continues to learn, becoming increasingly smart at detecting hidden threats. This is the power of artificial intelligence and machine learning. It literally learns about everything that it comes into contact with, and it understands trends, it understands history, and it understands the future. This is the power of artificial intelligence and machine learning. The platform represents the first cost-effective integrated suite of covert sensor and software solutions for active threats in today's marketplace. This is, like I said, revolutionary and the first of its kind. Why now? According to NYPD statistics, 46% of active threats, active threat incidents are ended through the application of force by police or security. 40% end in the shooter's suicide. In 14% the shooter surrenders, and in less than 1% of cases, the violence ends with the attacker fleeing. Once a terror attack is underway, nobody wins. This is why we want to be able to deter the attack from even starting. We want to be able to identify these issues before they get started. This is why Patreon Technologies is such an incredible company. Now let's talk about short-circuiting attacks. The PatScan trademark multi-sensor covert threat detection platform, a layered multi-sensor approach to threat detection, acts as an effective deterrent to diminish threats from ever occurring. I absolutely love this company. I think they have so much potential. Let's just take a look at their stock. You can go to RichTVLive.com and follow me at RichTVLive.com where we have information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, all the breaking news, all the information. All you need to do is go to RichTVLive.com and literally write Patreon One Technologies and the symbols will pop up. You'll see PAT is the Canadian symbol, Patreon One Technologies on the Toronto Stock Exchange. You'll see P-T-O-T-F Patreon One Technologies in America on the OTCQB and you'll even see their warrants. Patreon One Technology warrants at PAT.WT.A and you can find all of this at www.RichTVLive.com which is a great place for you guys to learn about companies because when you type in the company's name, all of their stock symbols pop up. All of their warrants pop up. Their American symbol pops up. So what I tell people to do is when they use the website, actually type in the company name and then you'll see their Canadian symbol, their US symbol and all of the warrants that they have available. Now if we look at the price in Canada right now, let's take a look. So they're at $1.79. Traded 219,000 shares and if you look at their chart, let's take a look at their chart. And you guys can follow me along at www.RichTVLive.com and get all this information as well, absolutely free. Now if you look at their chart over the last year, you can see that they've been as high as $2.79 on March 12th which is only about three months ago and their low-low in the last year has been as low as $1.37. So we're currently at $1.79. We're closer to the low-low than we are to the high-high. In my opinion, I believe that this is a buy. I think that this company has huge potential. I believe that they've got some more revolutionary technology that's going to be coming, more partnerships and I believe that this is a stock to watch. So keep your eyes on Patriot 1 Technologies, a company that I think has enormous potential and could change the world. Thank you for watching. This is Rich from RichTVLive. Have a nice day.


The generalization of Euler's formula gives us a relationship between the number of edges, vertices, and genus of a connected graph. So consider the corollaries. If we take our relationship and solve for g, we find… And since g must be a whole number, we'll round this reaction up, and so this gives us the minimum genus of a graph with v vertices and e edges. So earlier we concluded that a graph with e edges can be embedded on a sphere with genus e choose 2. This could be very high, so can we find a lower bound? Well let's consider, suppose an edge crosses one or more other edges. We could actually avoid all intersections simultaneously by putting this edge on a handle. So this means we only need a handle for every edge, giving us the genus is less than or equal to the number of edges. While we might not know the number of edges, the number is limited by the number of vertices, and this gives us a sharper bound. A graph with n vertices can be embedded on a sphere with n choose 2 handles. And equivalently, the maximum genus of a graph with v vertices is… So let's find the bounds of the genus of k5. So k5 has 5 vertices and 10 edges. And so first we can find a lower bound, which will be… And so the genus of k5 is at least 1. Next, we can find an upper bound, which will be v choose 2, and so that will be… And so the genus of k5 is no more than 10. For bipartite graphs we have, and we can prove this in the same way that we did for genus 0 graphs. So let's find bounds of the genus of k3.3. So k3.3 has 6 vertices and 9 edges. Since k3.3 is bipartite, all cycles are even, so all faces have at least 3 sides. And so our formula gives us… And so the genus is greater than or equal to 1. Next, our upper bound v choose 2 will be… And so the genus is less than or equal to 15. At this point, remember Gauss' stake sum, solve a problem any way you can, then find a better solution. So let's think about this. The limit of v choose 2 was based on the possibility that any 2 vertices could be joined by an edge. But in k3.3, the complete bipartite graph, vertices in the bipartite sets can't be adjacent. So in fact, there are only 9 pairs of adjacent vertices, and putting each on its own bridge will give us a genus of 9. And in fact, we can leave one edge on the original surface, so we'd only need to add 8 handles. And so the bound of the genus is less than or equal to 8. Now, since every graph on n vertices is a subgraph of kn, then bounding the genus on kn is a useful result. So let's think about this. Kn will have n vertices, and n choose 2 edges. So we can substitute these into our formula. And let's clean this up a little bit. Let's get rid of that fraction by multiplying numerator and denominator by 2. And expanding, simplifying, factoring, and this gives us a useful result. The genus of kn satisfies. Now with some effort, we can make the inequality an equality. And this gives us an important theorem, first proved by Ringel, Young's, and Meyer in the 1960s, that the genus of kn is exactly. For essentially the same logic, we find the complete bipartite graph kmn must have. And again, with some effort, we can make this an equality. Ringel proved this a few years later that kmn has genus. So let's find the genus of k5 and k33, which are non-planar graphs, for n equals 5 vertices we have. And so the genus of k5 is 1. Since k33 is a bipartite graph we have, and so again, k33 also has genus 1, so both can be embedded on a torus.


We're in chapter 7. We're going to look at verses 17 through 31 today and what we'll do is I'll begin at verse 17 and I'll read to verse 24, give you some background and then we'll get into our study. 1 Corinthians chapter 7 beginning at verse 17. Paul writes, But as God is distributed to each one, as the Lord has called each one, so let him walk. And so I ordain in all the churches. Was anyone called well circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Was anyone called well uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised. Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandments of God is what matters. Let each one remain in the same calling in which he was called. Were you called while a slave? Do not be concerned about it, but if you can be made free, rather use it. For he who is called in the Lord, while a slave is the Lord's freed man. Likewise, he who is called while free is Christ's slave. You were bought at a price. Do not become slaves of men. Rather, and let each one remain with God in the calling in which he was called. Now as we've seen, the Apostle Paul has been answering questions. I mentioned to you that in chapter 7, beginning at verse 1, he actually begins to answer questions that the Corinthians had asked. And they began by asking questions concerning marriage. Now as he's been sharing things related to marriage, he made the statement, and I want you to see it in verse 20. He makes the statement in verse 20, let each one remain in the same calling in which he was called. And so in the Corinthian church, opinions concerning marriage have been forming, and the opinions included whether it was better or worse to be married. Now Paul's going to deal with that in a little while, but now he encourages them simply to be satisfied. Be satisfied where you are. You see in verse 17 he says, but as God has distributed to each one as the Lord has called each one, so he's speaking concerning how they have a certain place in the body of Christ and things that God is doing in their life. When it says distributed, that speaks of whatever God has chosen to impart. So whatever your lot may be, whatever your special circumstances may be, whether you're single or married, whether you've been deserted on account of your belief in Christ, what he's saying is continue to grow without seeking a change. I was mentioning to you that sometimes when people are finding themselves single through whatever circumstances that occurs, one of the first things they want to do is remarry. They just, they can't stand being alone. Paul said it's better to be single because you're free to do things for the Lord. So when you find yourself in whatever circumstances they may be, he's simply saying you need to use those circumstances to serve Jesus Christ in. And what he really is pointing to, and we'll see that for just a moment here, is he's really leading to the fact that we need to be content in the Lord. We need to learn what satisfaction really is. So he's talking about being contented in your station in life. Now, when Paul was writing to the Philippians in chapter 4, verses 11 and verse 13, Paul said to the church there, not that I speak in respect to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am to be content. He went on to say, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. So I have learned in whatever circumstances of my life, whether I'm abounding or whether I'm abased or whatever the condition may be, whether I'm free or whether I'm in jail, I've learned to be content in that estate, knowing that God is at work. It's been said real contentment must come from within. You and I cannot change or control the world around us, but we can change and control the world within us. And so what are you speaking about is learning to live in a contented way, whether you're married, whether you're single, whatever it may be. The presence of God in our lives is intended to make us satisfied. Someone once said, you say if I had a little more, I should be very satisfied. You make a mistake. If you're not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled. And that's absolutely true. We know that. I was a young man. Let me date myself, because nobody else will date me. Let me date myself. And I'll say that in my early marriage, I wanted to make $5 an hour, because if I could make $5 an hour, I would be rolling. I would have so much money. Do you realize that's $200 a week? And for me, oh, man, can you believe that? If I could only make $5 an hour. See, I was making $3.25. So $1.75 was a lot of money. And so I really wanted to one day make $5 an hour. Now I was paying $175 a month rent. Car payment was $74. Things were a bit different at that time. Gasoline was around 50 cents or so. You know, so for me $5 an hour, that's making a lot of money. And you begin to look at that over the course of a year, and you are making a ton of money. You're making over $10,000 a year. Well, guess what happened? Obama. No, guess what happened? I shouldn't have said that. Oh, well. But guess what happened? Man, the bar keeps moving. The bar keeps moving.  You know, one more step and I almost have it. One more step and I almost have it. I finally made the $5 an hour. But guess what? The bar moved. And it always will. And when you finally get hold of it, and you finally have it, whatever it may be, you may have said to yourself, if I could only have a car like this, I want to have this car. It's not that it's wrong to have that car. It's what you want. It's when your life goes no problem with that. But you finally got it. And now you roll into your driveway, and you're thinking, man, this is the coolest car. And then here comes the new version. The brand new one comes putting by and your neighbor pulls up and says, hey, you got the old one. I got the new one. What happens? What happens when you get that iPad? And you say, you know, I really like iPads. So you pick up the iPad, and now you're learning oh, it's so cool. And then what did they do? Announce the new one that just came out. That's just the way it is. And so no matter what it is you get, it will never satisfy you. And if you want $5 an hour, $10 an hour would never satisfy you. Because contentment is never based on the material things that you possess. Jesus Christ said that. He said, a man's life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses. What we need is contentment in the Lord. And that's what Paul is speaking about. So somebody is married. Don't be desiring to be not married. Somebody is unmarried. Don't be desiring to be married. What you need to do is enjoy yourself where you're at in the Lord Jesus Christ. And so when he says in verse 17, God is distributed to each one as the Lord has called each one and let him walk in that way. Whatever assignment or calling you have, use it to glorify the Lord. Since you don't know if you can influence the unbeliever to be saved, do not be quick to divorce them. The key will be learning to serve Jesus in whatever circumstances you find yourself to be in. And so in verse 18, he goes on to give us some practical things. Was anyone called while circumcised? Well, let them not become uncircumcised. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? Let them not be circumcised. Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandments of God is what matters.   Jewish believers need not violate their consciences and Gentiles don't need to be circumcised. Don't go in that direction. You see, neither desire circumcision nor be embarrassed by it, because what really matters ultimately is your relationship to God through Jesus Christ. In Galatians 6 verse 15, Paul said, For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything but a new creation. Philippians 3 verse 3, we are the circumcision who worship God in the Spirit, rejoicing Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh. You see, circumcision is a matter of the heart. It's a heart that really is circumcised. It's not an external right at all. It's speaking, concerning a matter of the heart. And so what matters, according to verse 19, is the keeping of the commandments of God. In other words, this is a way of saying what matters is your relationship to God through Jesus Christ. When he says he's keeping the commandments of God, we simply need to ask, what commandment would he be referring to? Is he speaking of the law? Well, remember what Jesus said in John 14 verse 1, let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God, believe also in me. What is the commandment of God? To believe in the Lord Jesus Christ that we might be saved. And so he says, What really matters is your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. What really matters is not the external, whether or not you've been circumcised, or whether as a Gentile you are in uncircumcision. What matters is your relationship to God in faith through Jesus Christ. And so, verse 20, let each one remain in the same calling in which he was called. Now, that's what we're to do individually. As a Christian, I'm to remain firmly committed to Jesus Christ. Learn to serve Jesus exactly where you are and do not go where you are not called. Learn to serve him exactly where you are is a very important lesson to learn. In 1977, I went to a pastor's class at Calvary Chapel of Downey. Marie and I were going there for a while. Jeff Johnson was teaching a pastor's class and I wanted to be a pastor. As a matter of fact, Jeff Johnson dedicated my daughter Corrine to the Lord. And so I blame him for all the problems she's caused in my life since then. It's Jeff's fault. He didn't do it right. I was going to this pastor's class because I knew that I was called into the ministry. And because he had allowed me to go to it, I thought that was a confirmation that God had called me. When in essence it really was but in a different place at a different time, right? So I can still remember going through the several weeks. I think it was like six to eight weeks, I forget now. And he had said, listen, if you guys ever want to talk about ministry, just give me a call at the church and I'll talk to you about it. So we graduated on Monday and Tuesday I called him up. And I said, Jeff, I just finished your pastor's class and he goes, yeah, how are you doing? I said, great. I said, I want to go into the ministry. Now I really thought what he was going to do was to say, you know, Dave, I've got some keys. I've got an office. I got a library. Come on down. I'm giving them to you. I really did. I thought, see, I thought if I would sit in the front row, he'd see the halo. He'd see the holy glow and he'd know that this is an anointed man of God. I need him on staff, right? What he said to me is he said, really? I said, yeah. He said, you know what? He said, when I planted this church, he goes, we had 500 members and because they're young people, he said they didn't support. So I had to continue working. He said, and I work construction. He said, I made a determination to become the best construction worker on the job site. He said, because I couldn't go full time. He said, I could only, you know, I was ministering full time, but they couldn't supply my needs. So I had to provide for myself. He said, I continued to work for a year full time as a construction worker, as this church was growing till it got to the point that I could be released from construction work so that I could begin the construction in human lives as a pastor at full time. He says, my recommendation to you is to keep doing what you're doing and wait for the Lord to open the doors. I was not happy with Jeff. God did not speak to that man. He was a false prophet. He was right. He was right. Of course he was right. The Lord has a way of opening doors that no man can close. And the best thing you can do is remain faithful where you are serving God and having fruit right there until he moves you to where he wants you to be. The steps of a godly man are ordered of the Lord.  And as God leads you by his Holy Spirit, he begins to move you to places where your gifts and talents are more obvious and you have opportunity to be used. And the Lord has a way of doing that. And so from, from Downey, Marie and I began to go to a church at Calvary in Claremont. And in 78 I began teaching a Bible study for them in Claremont. And 79 got ordained and 81 planted this church. But all along I thought that the Lord was going to open a door for me to be an assistant to Jeff Johnson in Downey when in reality he said, no, I have a place that has, well, it has an air you can smell. It's called Chino. It has a mascot called a fly and you're going to learn to love the place. And that's how it works. And so what we're to do is be content in the estate that we find ourselves in. Now he goes on in verse 21 and he starts asking some very serious questions. Verse 21, were you called while a slave? Do not be concerned about it. But if you can be made free, rather use it for he was called in the Lord while a slave is the Lord's freed man. Likewise, he was called while free is Christ's slave. Were you called while a slave? In other words, are you presently a slave?   Well, this is interesting. He's saying serve God in that situation. This is heavy because during the time of the writing up to half of the population in the Roman Empire were slaves. And when you look at some of the ancient history related to the conditions they lived under, they lived under sorrowful conditions and they were actually called verbal living tools. That's what human beings were looked at. Tools that could talk. And so the condition that they found themselves in was terrible. And yet Paul is saying were you called as a slave serve the Lord in that condition. It's been said Paul taught revolution through regeneration. Christianity destroyed slavery in the empire. But how did it do that? How did Christianity destroy slavery in the Roman Empire? Because it did. The Christian faith undermined the whole Roman slave situation. But how did that happen? Well, one, Christianity taught that masters and slaves were actually related in Jesus Christ. Philemon verse 16, speaking to Onesimus, said he's no longer a slave but better than a slave. He says a dear brother. He's very dear to me but even dear to you both as a man and as a brother in the Lord. One of the things that happened in Christianity is a slave and the slave owner became brothers in the Lord. And can you imagine that situation that this person that I have ownership of is one with me in Jesus Christ. And when the ramifications that began to dawn on the individuals who owned these human beings, it changed slavery. Secondly, Christianity taught slave owners to have a proper attitude towards their slaves. You see, it was taught during that time, as a matter of fact, there are Roman philosophers who point this out, that if I was displeased with my slave, I had the power of life and death. If they came and brought me something that I didn't like, if they brought me a food and I think that it's too cold, I could actually have had them killed or killed them myself. And nothing would have been done to me because they were my property. And I had the right to do whatever I wanted to do with them. In terms of compensation, I didn't owe them anything. I didn't have to give them anything. They belong to me. And yet, under Christianity, they were to be treated with respect and even given proper compensation. That's what Paul says in Colossians 4 verse 1, when he says, masters provide your slaves with what is right and fair because you know that you also have a master in heaven. Compensate them. Wander your brother to treat them fairly and even give them compensation. And then third, faith in Jesus Christ gave slaves personal dignity. They saw them sounds as more than simply human tools. They knew they were more than simply animals. And they understood that their service was not to man, but their services in reality to God. Colossians 3 22 through 24, slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything and do it not only when their eye is on you and to win their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord. Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. They had a sense of personal dignity and value before God. And when slavery being what it was began to be invaded by the Christian faith, it crumbled because I no longer could treat that person as just a verbal tool. That person is one with me in Jesus Christ. And I owe that person compensation. And that slave understands himself or herself to be made in the image of Jesus Christ. As harsh as that was, that's how it was undermined in the early Roman empire. So Paul is making it clear, even under those kinds of conditions, you are in a place that God can move and God can bless. So you're on the job site.  I've had people approach me saying, Pastor, I'm out of work. Can you pray that I'll find a job. And I say, of course, of course, let's pray. In Jesus' name, Father provide job. And then they come the next week or the week after that or shortly after. And, you know, Pastor, I got a job. Oh, praise the Lord. Oh, yeah, I'm bringing in some income. Praise the Lord. Then two months later, Pastor can you pray for me? Yeah.  I hate it. I want a better job. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Isn't that the job you prayed for? Isn't that the job you asked me specifically? Let's pray that you get a job. And didn't you say that you're going to serve God there? But you don't understand how hard it is. No, I don't. See, I didn't pray that prayer. You did. But anyway, isn't that the job you asked for? Yeah, is it providing income? Yes. Is it what you wanted when you prayed for it? Yes. Serve the Lord where you're at. Because God may be opening up an avenue of expression of His word in a very dark place. And rather than moving from place to place, seeking God's perfect will, why don't you abide in the place that you were called and see what God does on that work site? You may be the only light in a very, very dark place. And if you're being persecuted, well, bless it, are you? Because Jesus made it very clear that that's going to happen if we love and serve Him. So rather than wanting to run from place to place to find the perfect job, which incidentally the only one that I know of that exists is what I do, everything else, I don't know, because I love what I do.  That's your perfect job. And that's a perfect opportunity to be used by God exactly where you're at. And that's how it works. And the Lord is good because He puts you in strategic locations to be used by God right there. And you'll be so blessed to know that so often people that you may be influencing, you're not even aware that you're influencing until later on. So I'm in the army. I didn't want to go in the army. You know, I am a veteran. And I thank God for it. And I'm very pleased. But if you said, Dave, did you want to go into the army? I'd say, no. And as a matter of fact, I signed up for the Navy. I signed up for the Navy. I just didn't show up on the day that I was supposed to go in because I just didn't feel like going in that day. And so I eventually got drafted. When I got drafted, it was with the army. So when I went to the army to get my induction, August 25, in 1970, when I went in, it just so happened that I had a small felony on my record that hadn't been eradicated. I knew that it had been erased, but they didn't. And so when I went in, they said, we can't take you today because you have a burglary of a jewelry store on your record. Now we can bring you in and we can work it through or we can let you go and send another draft notice. Which do you want? So obviously I went home. I said, you can write me. And they started writing me draft notices. I got a draft notice in September. I got a draft notice in October. I got another draft notice in November. I got another draft notice in December. You are hereby ordered for induction, active duty on such and so date. And I began writing letters back to the guy who was writing me. And I said to them, sorry, I can't come. I have to go to the doctor. And I would send it back. So they would send me another induction notice. You are hereby ordered for active duty. And I'd say, sorry, I can't come in. I'm going to court. And I did that because I had heard that if you keep writing them, they'll keep writing you and you don't have to go in. And so that's what I did for months. So see, I don't stand up here as Mr. Joe Patriot because frankly, you know, I was running. I didn't want to go in. It was the height of the Vietnam War. I didn't want to go in. And then God saves me. And when God saves me, I make a choice. I'm going to go in. So I did what they call volunteering for the draft. So I volunteered for the draft and went into the army. When I went into the army, I was going through basic training. When I went through basic training, in a place I didn't want to be, doing what I didn't want to do, getting my hair cut when I don't want to cut it, wearing green, which I don't like, and all of those things. When I'm doing all of that, there's a guy named Larry Schwarm who's there. And Bill, my friend and I, speak, start Schwarm, start speaking to Larry Schwarm. And as we're speaking to Larry, you know, we lead him to Christ.  For me, I went to the south and Bill went off into Germany. And I didn't run across Larry again until many years ago. My mom goes to the doctor and while she's at the doctor's, she's talking to the doctor, a young woman.  And the woman says, this is my office and I can have scripture on my desk if I want it.  Put the claws away, you know. The woman had been harassed for being a believer and was getting real uptight about that.  And the woman says, oh, wonderful. They begin to fellowship. The woman looks at my mom's paperwork, sees her last name and says to my mom, Rosalis? And she says yes. You don't happen to have a son named David, do you? And my mom says, well, of course, I hate to admit it, but yes, I do. She says, would you please tell him that I'm Mrs. Schwarm and Larry is serving the Lord and doing well. Would you please tell him that Larry is serving Jesus Christ after all of these years and your son led Larry to faith in Christ in basic training in Fort Ord back in March of 1971. I didn't want to be there. For me, that was not God's perfect place for my life, but God had something different. And where you're at right now, you may not like where you're at, but the Lord can use you exactly where you're at.  Start looking around for what God has for you there and watch what he'll do. He'll begin to use you in a wonderful way. Now, as far as it was concerning the slaves, if you have opportunity to receive your freedom, well, of course, receive it because it's been given to you. Now in verse 22, he says he was called in the Lord while a slave is the Lord's freedman. You see, ultimately, one's place in the world's eye is not what matters. Freedom is more than liberty. Freedom is a condition of the heart and you have freedom in Jesus Christ. He says in verse 23, you were bought at a price. Do not become slaves of men. You were bought at a price. What was the price? The blood of Jesus Christ.    So he says in verse 24, brethren, let each one remain with God in the calling in which he was called. Don't be looking to constantly change your situation, hoping to improve it. It's the place of stability that you normally hear the voice of the Lord most clearly. Now he goes on and gives some very practical advice, if you will, verse 25. Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord yet. I give judgment as one whom the Lord in his mercy has made trustworthy. I suppose therefore that this is good because of the present distress, that it is good for a man to remain as he is. Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife. But even if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Nevertheless, such will have trouble in the flesh, but I would spare you. And so concerning virgins, when he says I have no commandment from the Lord, Jesus gave no specific teaching concerning unmarried Christians. So Paul is beginning here to address singleness's value. Now notice in verse 26, he says, I suppose therefore that this is good because of the present distress, the present distress. That word distress speaks of calamity or difficulty. What's he speak about when he speaks of the present distress? Well, one, it could be the general distress created by the world system that makes life difficult. It's hard enough for one to live a devoted life for Christ, but it's much more difficult for two to do the same. And under the conditions of the world, under the stresses that we go through, under the distresses, under the things that can go on, sometimes it just makes it difficult. But he may be speaking of persecution. It's bad enough if one person gets hurt, but it hurts much worse when you see your loved one being hurt. Christianity often leads to suffering and pain in the lives of its followers. We've been looking at that recently in first Peter. I don't have to go over that with you right now. But some of you have heard this story before. I haven't told in a long time, but I'll share it really quickly with you. Persecution. Many years ago, I went to India, and while I was in India, I met an individual. His name is Moses Palos. Moses Palos. Moses is an itinerant Indian evangelist pastor. And he lives under intense persecution. The conditions of his life, very intense. He's an unbelievable man and he has an unbelievable wife and he has great children, by the way. I remember he came and spoke here at the church once and he was saying that it was his wife's birthday and he asked his wife, honey, what do you want for your birthday? And she said, I want a bullhorn. And he said, a bullhorn? Why would you want that? She said, so I could stand on the street corner and I could preach the gospel to people who passed by. He has an unbelievable wife and Moses has great children. Love the Lord. Moses got an invitation to go into a certain village. They had said, could you come and give us the gospel? Because he was preaching in his area where he lives. And so Moses was given an invitation. So he and his son went into this village and they were looking for their contact who had asked them to come and preach the gospel. Well, it turns out they had not been invited by believers. In reality, a very fanatic Hindu cult had invited him there because they intended to kill him. So when he arrived, they took him. When he made contact, they beat him and they beat his son so badly and they tied him to a tree in the center of the village. They sent for the village skinner.  And so they sent for this man to come and to skin Moses and his son to skin him alive. But through the providence of God, they couldn't find this guy.  When he got home, he was hospitalized with terrible internal injuries. His son was hospitalized for some time, beaten, till they almost died. And so when he's finally up and able, the first thing he did is he returned to the village, the village that they had almost taken his life because he had determined that God has called me to go to this village. And he went back. And when he went back to the village, the people who were there recognized him and some ran up to him and said, you're back. You're back.  We know we have offended your God. How do you know that? Because the tree that he had been tied to was the tree that's the center of the village's pagan worship. It's the oldest tree in the village. And it's where they would do their sacrifices and all to their false gods. And this tree that had been there for so long withered up and died. And they knew that they had offended the God of Moses, Paulus. And when Moses went back, he was able to preach the gospel and called the village together. They received Christ. He built a church and began passering there many years ago. Persecution is something that occurs in this present distress. And it isn't just something that happened 2,000 years ago. There's more persecution going on now than in the history of the church. There were more people now being killed, churches being bombed, people being martyred, almost on a daily basis throughout the world. And so Paul is saying, because of the conditions that we find ourselves in, it is difficult to be married because it would be one thing for someone to come and to take me and say to me, I'm going to take your life. No, it's not as if I'm going to cheerfully say, OK, please do. But it's one thing for them to do that with me. But if I saw them taking my child or if I saw them taking my wife or somebody that I loved, can you imagine that? And in marriage, when they come and they want to take the life of the one you love so much, so Paul is speaking concerning that, it's bad enough to hurt one, but it hurts so much worse when it's your loved one that's hurt. Charles Spurgeon said it like this, look at old Ignatius. He is brought into the Roman circus. And after facing the taunts of the emperor and the jeers of the multitude, the lions are let loose on him. He thrusts his arm into the lion's mouth, poor and aged as he is. And when the bones are cracking, he says, now I begin to be a Christian. It's been said, never did the church so much prosper and so truly thrive as when she was baptized in blood. The ship of the church never sails so gloriously along as when the bloody spray of her martyrs falls on her deck. We must suffer and we must die if we are ever to conquer this world for Christ. He says in verse 29, but this I say, brethren, the time is short so that from now on even those who have wives should be as though they had none. Those who weep as though they did not weep. Those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice. Those who buy as though they did not possess. And those who use this world as not misusing it for the form of this world is passing away. Under all circumstances, he's saying, live sold out lives for Jesus Christ. Why the time is short? Ephesians 5.16 says, making the most of every opportunity, the days are evil. 1 Peter 4.7, the end of all things is near, therefore be clear-minded and self-controlled so that you can pray. So he gives four commands concerning these last days. He says first, he's writing to those who are married, and he's saying, keep seeking the kingdom of God first, not self-satisfaction. If you will live a blessed life under difficult circumstances, seek the kingdom of God first and do so together. Keep Jesus Christ your first love and all other relationships second. That is practical information. When Marie and I were dating and just before we were about to get married, and she could say this is true for her as it was for me, we had a conversation and I still remember some of it. As I said to her, before there was Marie, there was Jesus. And should Marie decide not to be with me, there will still be Jesus.  And that's what Paul is speaking about. You love the Lord with all of your heart and you say, no, wait a minute, if I love the Lord with all of my heart, how can I love somebody else with all of my heart? You'll be surprised how when you dedicate yourself 100% to somebody, how that the Lord actually increases your ability to love.  And the love that you have in Jesus Christ is the most pure and most powerful love that a person can possibly have. And your relationship with the Lord goes beyond any other relationship and it fuels the relationships that you have. So keep seeking the kingdom of God first. Secondly, he speaks to those who weep. And he says to those who weep as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as if they didn't. What are you saying? Weep and rejoice.  Live moderately. Third, he says those who buy as though they didn't possess. It's proper to make purchases. If you remember that what you're buying isn't a lasting possession. Don't be, well, I'll say it here. Those who use this world is not misusing it. Don't be pursuing pleasure. We shouldn't live as if we're going to miss the world when we're in heaven. I think there are some who really do. One of my friends at one point was saying to me that he believes that Jesus Christ, when he was in that garden and he didn't want to die, you know, if there'd be another way, and he was praying to the Father, remove this cup from me. He said, you know, I have a belief that Jesus enjoyed living here so much that he just didn't want to leave. That's not true at all. That was wrong then and it's wrong now. No, I have a baptism to be baptized with and how I am straightened until it be accomplished, Jesus said. I have come to do thy will. It's written in the volume of the book concerning me. I have come to do thy will, oh God. Jesus knew that he was the Lamb of God who comes to take away the sin of the world. And he embraced the cross because that was the tool God used to draw men to himself. You can have things, but don't let the things have you. You can use things, but don't let them use you. It's one thing to have a car, but it's different when the car has you. And there are people who are actually so in love with the material things that it leaves no room for the Spirit of God. And so we can have things, but we don't abuse those things. They don't become the most important thing in our lives. You see he says the form of this world is passing away. The word form, there's the word schema. It speaks of a fashion. It speaks of manner of life, the way of doing things. He's simply saying this world is impermanent. None of these things are necessarily bad. But if I give myself over to these things, it can derail my walk with the Lord Jesus Christ. When I got saved at the age of 20, I began to say to the Lord, would you do something in my life?  And I've had my ups and I've had my downs. God knows that. I haven't been the most solid believer. There are so many things that the Lord has had to take from me over the years and talk about being broken. There have been so many times that the Lord has broken my fingers one at a time as I was holding on to something. I can tell you from experience that at this point in my walk with the Lord, there's nothing more important than a clean conscience before the Lord and walking with Him in faith. There's nothing more important. There's nothing more important I can possess nothing greater than what He's already given to me. And yet He has so much more waiting for me. And the joy of serving Jesus Christ is increasing daily. The joy of serving Him. In spite of the things that go on, in spite of the various things that you have to deal with, there's one thing that I know beyond a shadow of a doubt and that is I'm going to heaven. I'm just passing through Jesus Christ's Lord and He's holding on to my hand. I may walk through the valley of the shadow of death but I will fear no evil because He doesn't leave me. He is with me. His rod and His staff, they comfort me. He takes me to the place where there's living water that I can gorge myself on that and gorge myself because that is where God wants me to be. And He plants me like a tree there in order that my leaf will not wither. That I can produce fruit because that's how it is to walk with the Lord Jesus Christ. So there's nothing greater guys. This world and the form of this world is passed in a way but the one who does the will of God continues forever. Remember that. Make Jesus your number one love in your life and everything else flows behind that. Make Jesus number one every day and watch how God will bless your life every day as you pursue Him.


You just asked Aaron Boone about your outing and he said he felt overall like your stuff just wasn't as crisp tonight. How would you kind of describe what went on out there this evening? I agree. I thought I was missing what we played a lot. Didn't make enough good pitches to get them out and obviously a show for it. Three homeruns all, I believe, off of that cutter. Did you feel like that pitch in particular just wasn't as good or they were waiting for it? I think the game plan they had was pretty good. Obviously, facing them three times in a month probably gave them a little bit of an advantage. But if they were better located, I think I could have done the job. How tough is that Parini's? I mean, just three good swings or two good swings off me. I think the other times he's been out so just it was just there. Yes, sir, was that on your mind coming into today? You had faced the radius twice in three weeks coming in a third time in three weeks. Did you try to change it out or had you approached that? I mean, it's definitely on your mind. Obviously, you're facing this is their time facing them. So the game plan obviously maybe changed a little bit. But I think I was able to stick to my strengths for the most part and it just didn't work out today. I mean, that's what it looked like. Obviously, I gave up a lot of hard contact. So, yeah, I guess I guess that was our game plan tonight. Maybe I didn't execute to where I wanted to execute. I think that was the biggest the biggest reason why you guys saw what happened today. I think if I would execute it or better, it would have been a different story. And do you consider that your best pitch right now? And if so, is it more or less frustrating to get beat on that one? No, I mean, I think, like I said, if I would execute a little better, I think it would have gotten the job done. I think them having that game plan they had today and me not putting the cutter where I wanted to put it, basically, you know, that was the outcome.