With that said, 2 Corinthians chapter 6 verses 11 through 18, we can begin reading together here in 2 Corinthians chapter 6 at verse 11. I'll read verses 11 through 13, and I'll give you an introduction and develop this and then move into verse 18. And so beginning here at verse 11, reading to verse 13, Paul writes, O Corinthians, we have spoken openly to you, our heart is wide open. You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections. Now in return for the same, I speak to you as children. You also be open. Now as we develop this, let me give you an introduction. Let me remind you of a few things. Paul has been very busy defending his ministry throughout the letter of 2 Corinthians. Let me remind you that false teachers have crept in and they are working overtime to undermine the work of this great apostle. So in order to safeguard the church, he has had to defend himself against these false charges. You see quite a number of these charges throughout the entire letter. And you'll see various times, and I've been pointing out to you various times, that he will defend himself. And there's a reason that he does that because he needs them to know of his credentials in ministry and to safeguard them. Now he's wanting to be very careful. He's wanting to make sure that he is not offensive in the things that he is saying and doing. And we already saw this, but remember with me what he had said in verses 3 and 4 here in chapter 6. He had said, we give no offense in anything, notice that our ministry may not be blamed, but in all things he writes, we commend ourselves as ministers of God. And so he wanted to be known as a minister of the gospel. And he lived in such a way, and he rehearsed his credentials and experiences to them in such a way as to safeguard the ministry. Why? Because he said he did not desire the ministry to be blamed. So his greatest desire was to safeguard the purity of the message. And the message he's already spoken to us about, guys, you saw that in chapter 5. It's called the message of reconciliation, that God was in Christ reconciling himself to the world and that he has given to us the ministry of reconciliation. And so he wanted to safeguard this message of reconciliation because man by nature is at war with God. Nobody who has ever been born outside of Jesus Christ, nobody who has been born, has been born without that sin nature. And by nature we are in rebellion. We are hostily in opposition to God. And so God, in order to reconcile sinful man with himself, sent his own Christ to die on a cross so that he could bear upon himself our sins as the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. And in doing so, he has given to us an opportunity to be reconciled to him by hearing the message, the terms of reconciliation, and that is found in the gospel of Jesus Christ. And because this is so important, he wanted to make sure that his ministry was not offensive to people because Paul desired to be blameless in the way he approached ministry so that he might be able to give out this priceless gospel. So in order to reinforce his credibility, he reviewed, as we've seen, a few of the trials that he's endured. Again, that's because wolves had entered the flock and the wolves were boasting of their own credentials, which is pretty much the normal way that wolves interrupt the work of God is they place themselves in opposition to and in comparison to the genuine in order that they might somehow seem superior to the one who has been preaching the gospel in ministry. So they're doing that because they are wolves. They also do that because they are seeking honor, not from God, but honor from people. They wanted to be known as very spiritual. They had even established what we today would refer to as a pecking order in order that they might reveal how they are very spiritual and how they were more spiritual than the apostle Paul. Later on, when we get to chapter 10 in 2 Corinthians verse 12, Paul said this. He said, we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with those who commend themselves, but they measuring themselves by themselves and comparing themselves among themselves are not wise. They've established a pecking order with them at the top. They were called the most eminent ones, the super apostles, and Paul was being compared to them. He was concerned. And so to provide a contrast to establish his ministry credibility, we have seen that Paul reminded them of his own credentials. Again, this is not because he desires to boast about his accomplishments. You'll see that clearly in chapter 12, but he does this to protect them. He desires to safeguard the ministry from false accusations. And so as we have seen in verses 4 following, he had begun to share some things of his trials and all. He had spoken about how he had exercised patience and troubles, tribulations that he had been an example in needs, which are unrelieved hardships, how he had been an example in the distress that he's gone through. He spoke of how he had suffered by the hand of man. He had been beaten. He had suffered imprisonment. He had gone through riots. He spoke of self-inflicted hardships. We saw this as we went through this passage together. Now he spoke of being in labor and sleeplessness and many fastings. He started speaking of his inward qualities that were being revealed by the trials and all that he went through. He also was revealing his motives as well as his methods of ministry. He spoke of his purity, how his knowledge of Jesus and doctrine. He spoke of his long-suffering, his kindness, the acts of love, in other words, that he'd performed. He spoke of the gifts of the Spirit. He spoke of the sincere love of a pure heart. He spoke of the word of truth. He spoke of the power of God, the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left because he was making it clear that all of this conflict that he went through was spiritual in nature. Paul was involved in spiritual warfare. And because he's involved in spiritual warfare, and we'll see this more closely and clearly in chapter 10, because he was in a spiritual war, he used spiritual weaponry. That's why he spoke of the word of truth. That's why he speaks of the power of God. That's why he speaks of the armor of righteousness. And then he was closing in that particular portion by responding to the attacks that he had personally endured. You see, his detractors were encouraging the church to disregard him and to disregard his ministry. They used various tactics to undermine him. They gossiped about him. They lied about him. They belittled him. He spoke of the dishonor. He spoke of the evil report. He spoke of these as deceivers. He spoke of how he was unknown, that he died constantly, how he'd been chastened and sorrowful. He spoke of being poor, having nothing in this life. Those are things that he had endured. These are some of the things that were being said of him by the infiltrators who had entered in. They said that he didn't deserve to be blessed, to be cared for, to be loved or respected, that he wasn't worthy of any of that. And so Paul has been dealing with this in Second Corinthians. You see, that's what led him to respond to their constant attacks on him. I think it's important at this point, guys, to mention that there was a reason that Paul responded to these accusations. And it's a simple one. It's because he cared about the church. And he knew that the work that he had performed in the Lord amongst the Corinthians could be undermined by these infiltrators. Today, people need to be taught as to why there are times when an answer must be given.  But we need to understand something. Sometimes a pastor may be motivated by the Spirit of God to respond because, in fact, he's not trying to safeguard his own reputation so much as to protect the church from the infiltrators who are undermining the work of God in his midst. You see, false teachers will undermine people's walk with God. And when they undermine a person's walk with God, they begin to cripple that person and stifle their faith. And sometimes they'll enter into churches and they look around for something to disagree with. And then they focus on something that they think could be corrected. And then they go and speak to other people pointing those things out in order to get them to agree with them. We've had that happen here in this church more than once over the years that I've pastored here. As I've mentioned before, there are reasons why we have people in the parking lot who are helping people to find places to park. Part of the reason is because we've had infiltrators here.  And they're trying to influence them. We've had people come into the church building who have left their tracks, their information. We've had them come into the bookstore and try and argue with and convince those who are working in our bookstore. It was not that long ago when one of our employees in the bookstore, I didn't know this was taking place, by the way. It came to my attention after the fact. I didn't know this was taking place outside of doubt with it. But we had an employee here years ago now working in the bookstore that was being proselytized by cult members. And ultimately, I found out after the fact, he quit his job to go and follow after the lead of the cult leader. We didn't know that was taking place. And that helped me to firm things up even more because that's what they do.  And why don't you ever? And when do you? And they start planting seeds of discord and they start disrupting the flow of the spirit so that they might trap people to follow after their pernicious ways. It happens all the time. It's happened here. We've been going for a long time in this fellowship, many years now in this fellowship. And we've had it happen more than a few times. And we've had to deal with it more than a few times. And so that's what happens. You see, over the years in my own ministry, I've had the opportunity of being exposed to false teachers and the things that they teach. And let me share some things with you about this. And I'm gonna use this as an introduction to help you to see some of the things that Paul is referring to as we get into this passage. But one of the things I'd like to point out is some of the traits, the distinguishing traits of false teachers, those who are creeping in, the types that Paul is dealing with here in 2 Corinthians. And let me share a few things. One of the things I've seen about them is that they often have very strong personalities, very strong, they're very winsome, but very strong in their personalities. And often they are good communicators. They speak in a way that entices, that actually entertains, that draws your attention to them. So they're very strong and they have a great communicating style. But the heart of what they're doing is they're drawing away disciples after themselves. So they have a strong capacity to influence, but they're not giving them the truth. Keep this in mind, the Bible does not teach that a Bible teacher needs to be a great communicator. Keep that in mind. As a matter of fact, you'll see in 2 Corinthians how that Paul is said concerning him that he's just a lousy person to listen to. He's boring.  And they talk about strike when strike too. You know, he was a homely person, so he wasn't pleasant to look at. And then to listen to him, they didn't like, he wasn't well trained. He was in a professional order. So keep that in mind, because very often in false teachers, when you see a false teacher, very often he's winsome. And he's the person that you wanna listen to. He's got personality, maybe a very good looking guy. And he draws people, but he draws them to himself. Again, the Bible does not teach that a Bible teacher needs to be a great communicator, but the Bible does teach that the word of God must be communicated accurately. And the key is not whether or not somebody entertains you, it's whether somebody is teaching you the truth. That's the key. A second thing is these false teachers very often will accuse others that they're in disagreement with of not having a deep spiritual maturity. You see the infiltrators in Corinth had presented themselves as super apostles and they would be little Paul. We'll see that in 2 Corinthians chapter 11 and verses five and six where Paul said, I am not at all inferior to the most eminent apostles, these super apostles as they were presenting themselves. I'm not at all inferior to the most eminent apostles, even though I am untrained in speech, yet I am not in knowledge. See they were accusing him of being an untrained speaker. He didn't have eloquence. He said, I may not be able to speak as well as some of these, but I know God in a way that they don't know. So they were saying that he was a person that doesn't have a deep spiritual knowledge understanding and all of that. He says, no, I do. A third thing I've seen is they don't teach God's word, but they select verses that they use to preach their pet doctrine and ensnare hearers. They do not teach what we refer to in scripture as the whole counsel of God. They're the ones who will find a verse here and there and then tell you all of your dreams will come true. If you follow me, you're gonna have health. You will have success, wealth. You'll have all of that. You may find this interesting to note that very early in the history of the church, infiltrators were not just in Corinth, but were in various places. And the apostle Peter in second Peter chapter two verses 18 and 19 speaks of this. And the apostle Peter said concerning false teachers when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lust of the flesh through lewdness, the ones who have actually escaped from those who live in error. While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage. They have these great swelling words he said of emptiness. So they don't teach the word of God, they give to you pipe dreams. A fourth thing about a false teacher, and if you're taking notes, the fourth thing is they live unholy, unloving lives. In Titus chapter one verse 16, Paul said they profess to know God, but in works they deny him, and then he describes them in this way, being abominable, disobedient and disqualified for every good work. A fifth thing about them that you'll see is they use the ministry to become rich off of the people. They use the ministry to become rich. In 2 Peter chapter two verse three, he says it like this, in their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. And that's so true, I've seen so many over the years who will tell you outlandish stories. I always think of the same individual who had guaranteed to those who would listen to him that they would always be healthy. There's a guarantee that he was preaching, all you need to do is claim your healing and you will always be healthy. He died of cancer, never admitting it, but this is the guy who told you you would always be healthy and it wasn't really published very widely that when this false teacher died, he died of cancer, but at one time he was speaking of how that he was so filled with the spirit that he stepped off the platform and hovered in the air and then was able to return without gravity pulling him to the ground. He, they exploit you with stories they've made up and people keep on sending in their cards and letters. A sixth thing is they tickle the ears of the hearer. Why? Because they want the crowds to keep coming. In Galatians chapter one verse 10, Paul said it like this, do I now persuade men or God? Do I seek to please men? And then he says if I still pleased men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ. So they're ticklers of the ear. They want the hearers to continue coming because it gives them fame and notoriety as well as money. A seventh thing, they change the message of the gospel. They will twist it in order to suit their opinions. In Galatians chapter one verses eight and nine, Paul said it like this. He said, let God's curse fall on anyone, including myself who preaches any other message than the one we told you about. Even if an angel comes from heaven and preaches any other message, let him be forever cursed. I will say it again. If anyone preaches any other gospel, then the one you welcomed, let God's curse fall upon that person. Now remember in chapter four, Paul speaking of himself had said that he didn't walk in craftiness nor did he handle God's word deceitfully. And then in eighth thing, they preach a different Jesus and a different gospel. Again, we'll see this when we get into chapter 11. John in first John chapter four verse three said, every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not from God. This, he said, is a spirit of the antichrist. And so they change who Jesus Christ is, they change the gospel of Jesus Christ, they change the Godhead, that's what they do. You see, the church has been infiltrated and by the way, we'll be going through several more chapters and seeing very many different instances of this. I'm just giving you a few things for the moment. But the church has been infiltrated and Paul's love for them and his concern for them is stirred. He loves them. You know, in many organizations, you can be part of an organization but it's not required for you to actually love the people that you're part of the organization with whether it's a sports team, whether it's a union, whether it's a club of any sort, a fraternity, sorority, whatever. You are not required to love the people you're working with. If you're in law enforcement and you're part of that fraternity of brothers and sisters, it's not required of you to love one another but to be a believer it is. To be a member of the body of Christ, it is required of us to love one another, required. It's a demonstration that we actually know God. By this shall all men know that you are my disciples if you have love one for another. That's the mark of the Christian. It's loving one another, caring about one another and Paul loved them deeply. The church has infiltrated. Paul is an apostle but he also has a heart of a shepherd and he's stirred, his heart is stirred within him. He wants to present them to Jesus as sincere and pure believers. Again in 2 Corinthians 11, verse two, he said, I'm jealous for you with the jealousy of God himself. I promised you as a pure bride to one husband, to Christ. I'm jealous for you. I wanna present you pure. And that's what's causing him to speak to them in this way. It's this love for them that provokes him to open his heart to them. Notice verse 11, O Corinthians he says, we have spoken openly to you. Our heart is wide open. His emotions are stirred. He's writing with great openheartedness.  Listen, in ministry, this is often one of the most difficult things. To be vulnerable and open to a church. It's one of the deepest prices any minister ever pays. Because when the minister opens their heart and it's real and shares their love and devotion with the church, not everybody appreciates that. Not everybody responds well to it. Not everybody sees it for what it is. Being openhearted isn't an easy thing. I could still remember as a kid, my dad used to say on occasion he would lecture me. He would do it quite often. He'd say, David, you need to keep things to yourself. You need to keep your heart more closely guarded, son. You open up, you're too openhearted. Even as a kid, I was that way and I've never changed because I really believe an open heart is an important thing to have. And that's who I am and I can't hide myself. I understand what Paul is saying in a different way as a minister, my heart is open to you. I understand what he's saying, ministers would. But guess what? I mean, Paul's dealing with this because one of the things that's difficult to remain vulnerable because sometimes the people will reject you. And the bottom line is we'll see this in chapter 12, by the way, is those you love will often be the ones who hurt you the most. I'll read to you in chapter 12 to give you the example by a cross reference by reading to you verses 14 and 15 when he says, for the third time, I'm ready to come to you and I will not be burdensome to you. I do not seek yours but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents but the parents for the children. And he said, I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls. Though the more abundantly I love you. The less I'm loved, that's ministry. The more I love you, the less I'm loved by you. In Zechariah 13 verse six, we read, one will say to him, what are these wounds between your arms? And he will answer those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends. And so his vulnerability is genuine because his love is real. And in this openheartedness, well, his vulnerability is going to prepare the people for his appeal. His appeal for them is to be committed to God, recommit those of you who are beginning to fade. And he's going to now deal with some of the misconduct in the church. And that's why he begins by requesting openness. Notice how he says again in verse 11, we have spoken openly to you. Our heart is wide open. We have been candid with you. We have spoken honestly, frankly, openly to you. I have completely spoken from the fullness of my heart. And I'm open to you. I've become vulnerable out of love and concern for you. My heart has been opened. There's room within it for you to enter. It's wide enough for all of you. And it's opened wide enough to receive all of you. He loved these people. He was telling them that he deeply cared for them. He wasn't using them. He wasn't lying to them. He wasn't abusing them. He wasn't deceiving them. He was simply loving them as an openhearted shepherd. And that's how he ministered in general. Paul didn't hold back. Remember back in the book of Acts in chapter 20 verse 20 when he was speaking to the elders of the church of Ephesus and in a place called Miletus. Remember how he said, I kept back nothing that was profitable to you. It was openhearted and poured into them. And so he's saying to the Corinthians, I've been open with you. Now you need to be open to me. Notice how he says, you in verse 12, you are restricted. You're not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections. So he's saying, don't restrain yourselves from receiving what I have to say at this point. My heart has made room for you. Please make room in your heart for me. I love you. I care for you as a result of this love.  You see, some of you, he could be saying have been influenced by mighty tractors and it's beginning to quench your love for me. You've allowed them to convince you that I don't love you. I'm not to be trusted and they have influenced you. Some of you have decided to believe their lies. Again, in ministry, that's part of every minister's heritage. That's part of just serving the Lord. I can't tell you, I've been in ministry a long time and I can't tell you over the years how my wife and I have experienced that. I can't tell you how many people who we loved, had in our home, ministered to, cared for, generously gave to. I had somebody in our fellowship that I paid their way to go to Israel. Just lost my reward, but it's an illustration. Paid their way to go to Israel, out of my pocket. And their thank you was leaving the church and never saying goodbye. I can tell you story after story after story of things that have been said about me and my wife, my children, by people who should have known better. But you know what, I learned a long time ago, keep your heart open wide, keep it open, it's worth it. Because in the end, God has his ways. That's what we're like. That's what we've been called to. And Paul is saying that this is his open hearted. This is what always ministers to me. It shows what I'm teaching you. You've been influenced, he's saying, by others. You've believed their lies. And you closed your heart to us. That's what he's saying. But he's saying in verse 13, in return for the same meaning open heartedness, I speak as the children. You also be open.  You know, in chapter four, verse 14 and 15 of 1 Corinthians, he said, I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons, I warn you, for though you might have 10,000 instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I have begotten you through the gospel. So I'm speaking to you as a father speaks to his children, keep it in mind that children love their father. And as a father loves the child, even though the child can be rebellious and reject and so many other things as I did with my own parents and can be done to every parent, there's still that bond between a father and a child that he's appealing to. And he's saying, I'm asking you as my children, be open. Make room in your heart for me. I have opened my heart to you as my children in the faith enlarge your heart. Receive what I have to say, receive my instructions. Proverbs four, verse one, hear my children, the instruction of a father. Give attention to no understanding. Proverbs seven, verse one, my son, keep my words, treasure my commands within you. So he says, open your hearts to me. Receive my words of correction. You see, the church needs to be corrected and Paul is bringing a word of correction to them. And correction is often most effective when it is exercised in love. And so he's giving a correction. Verse 14, do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. What fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? What communion has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? What part has a believer with an unbeliever? What agreement has the temple of God with idols for you are the temple of the living God? As God has said, I will dwell in them, walk among them, I will be their God, they shall be my people. You see, the Corinthians are compromising their faith by listening to false teachers. And Paul begins now to cite examples of inappropriate relationships, inappropriate alliances. Obviously, an alliance with a false teacher is inappropriate. And so he uses illustrations of what we have referred to as unequal yoking. He uses that term in verse 14 when he says do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. It's a way of speaking of inappropriate alliances. Now he's not condemning contact with nonbelievers. If that's the case, then who are we gonna evangelize? He's not doing that at all. What he's saying is don't be entering into covenants or alliances with those who do not know the Lord. And so he begins here, notice, by speaking of a donkey and an ox, do not be unequally yoked together. You say, well, what do you mean donkey and ox? Well, that's actually an Old Testament phrase. What he's using, you get it in Deuteronomy in the Old Testament, chapter 22, verse 10, where it says do not plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together. That's where this is coming from. That's a unequal yoking. Donkeys and oxen were not to be yoked together. They had a different pace. They had a different height. They had a different weight. And they had a different nature. And so that was a demonstration of that, that a donkey and an ox are not to work side by side and being yoked in that way. The work isn't gonna be effective. They're not of the same nature as the point. You see, when you look in the Bible, an ox is clean as an ox could be offered to God as a sacrifice, but a donkey was unclean. So Christians are not to have unequal alliances and the most obvious one that we can appeal to, even as we go through this, and it's something that people are very aware of. The most obvious one is in relationships that can lead to marriage in the Old Testament you don't see a lot of information of any at all about dating. I mean, where does it, do you know any commands anywhere that says thou shalt not go to this R rated movie on a date? I mean, you don't find anything like that related to dating because they didn't have that system of yoking. They had arranged relationships and all of that. And in our days, so we have a different way of courting in all. And so that's why I use the word dating in this. And it's related to here is unequal yoking in a marital relationship. And we use it very often when we speak concerning that and that's why the Bible teaches clearly that believers are to date and marry other believers. Paul said that in 1 Corinthians chapter seven, verse 39, when he said, a woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives, but if her husband dies, she's free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord. That's an unequal relationship if a Christian woman or a Christian man for that matter begins to want to go out with the court and ends up marrying an unbeliever that is forbidden. Men and women are unequally yoked when one is a believer and the other is not. In Deuteronomy chapter seven, verses three and four, God in the Old Testament law said, nor shall you make marriages with them, speaking of the unbelievers. You shall not give your daughter to their son nor take their daughter for your son. They will turn your sons away from following me to serve other gods.   There was a man we all know by name, his name was Solomon. And remember how that Solomon had prayed and asked God to give him wisdom and God had granted his prayer. We see in first Kings chapter three, verse 12, that God said to Solomon, I will do what you've asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart so that there will never be, so there will never have been anyone like you nor will there ever be. He had asked for wisdom and God said, I will give you that. We know him as the wisest man, but scripture records that this man, Solomon entered into forbidden marriages in first Kings 11, verses one through four, King Solomon however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh's daughter, Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, cellulites, Uptites. I'm waiting to hear the sound of laughter. Sidonians, Hittites, they were from nations about which the Lord had told the Israelites, you must not intermarry with them because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods. Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love. He had, check this out, 700 wives of royal birth and 300 concubines, that's crazy. And his wives let him astray. As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods. His heart was not fully devoted to the Lord his God as the heart of David his father had been. A man may have authority, the wife has influence. In the case of Solomon, Solomon loved many foreign women. He married those and his heart clung to them in love. And in his older age, his heart didn't remain strong attached to God the way his father's had, but it was turned away. The influence over time, he allowed them to build altars, sacrifice, and actually allowed paganism to infiltrate the nation. And so, if you're dating somebody you need to understand that person is supposed to be a believer.   Never forget that. And so, as he's speaking of improper relationships, I'll touch these lightly. Notice how he speaks again here in these verses and he speaks concerning other things. He speaks of righteousness and lawlessness. What does it have in common? In other words, those who love the Lord cannot compromise their faith and accept lawlessness. He speaks of light and darkness. Light does not cohabit with darkness, but by its nature it actually exposes. In Ephesians 511, Paul said have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, rather expose him. He speaks of what in common does Christ have with Belial. The word Belial speaks of a false God, but the word literally is translated worthless. Believers do not accept as normal and right the worthless things of this world as the point he's making. We are worshipers of God and the world rejects the things of the Lord. He goes on a fifth thing. He says a believer, what in common does a believer have with an unbeliever? Any fully committed believer knows that their ethics are not compatible with that of an unbeliever. If you're looking for a business partner, you don't go into a business partnership with an unbeliever because your ethics are different and you're gonna compromise. And so you're strictly warned against that. And then he speaks of the temple of God with idols. Again, every Christian knows that we are God's temple. And because we are God's temple, we will not practice idolatry. There will be no false God. Notice how he says in verse 16, how he says, you are the temple of the living God. As God has said, I will dwell in them, walk among them, I will be their God. They shall be my people. The living God dwells in us. In contrast to the dead God's worshiped by unbelievers. In Jeremiah 10, verse 10, the Lord is the true God. He is the living God and the everlasting King. At his wrath the earth will tremble and the nations will not be able to endure his indignation. In Romans chapter eight, verse nine, Paul said, you however are controlled not by the sinful nature, but by the spirit. If the spirit of God lives in you and if anyone does not have the spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. And that's something for you who are listening to this study right now. That's something for you to think about. If you don't have the spirit of Christ, you don't belong to God. That's why you need to open your heart up and become the temple of the spirit of God. Because prior to opening your heart up to be a believer asking Christ to enter in, you are outside of the promises of God. You're not reconciled to God. But when you open your heart to God, you become the temple of the spirit of God. God comes and he literally by his spirit dwells within you. And when he dwells within you, you belong to him. And now that you belong to him, you don't follow the things of paganism anymore. The life is transformed. But if you don't have the spirit of Christ within you, you don't belong to him. So you need to open your heart up to the Lord today. You need to say, God, be merciful to me, forgive me.  And then he finally closes by saying, in verses 17 and 18, therefore come out from among them, be separate, says the Lord, do not touch what is unclean and I will receive you. I will be a father to you and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty, be separated. Be separated from this world system, the things that he just spoke about. Be separated from this world. So you're separated from something. And then he says it and be separated to someone. Be separated from the world and be separated to the living God. Separate yourself from the world, from this world that has values, goals and standards that are rejecting God and tempting to us. Turn away from those things, turn to God. Separate yourself from the world. Separate yourself unto God. Like it says in James chapter four, verse eight, draw nigh to God, he will draw nigh unto you. So come out from among them and be separate, sayeth the Lord, do not touch what is unclean. I will receive you. I will be a father to you. You shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty. Separate yourself from the world.  And so Paul is telling the Corinthians that they need to be separated and these false teachers that have entered into the church are attempting to separate the heart of the church from the heart of the one who brought the gospel that revealed the heart of the father.  And so if you need to get right with the Lord, because you're not right with him right now, whether you're a backslider or whether you're somebody who's just never really giving your heart to Christ, before we close, I want to give you an opportunity to get right with him. So let's pray together. And Father, I do ask that as this word goes forth that you would be glorified through it. And Lord, if there be any that you are speaking to right now, I pray that you would touch their hearts in such a way that they would yield themselves to you right now. And even as I close our heads about, perhaps you're hearing the voice of the Lord speaking to you. You may be trusting in your religion or trusting in your own goodness. There could be a thousand and one things you're trusting in, but you're not trusting in him. And if you need to get right with the Lord and you know it, the Holy Spirit is speaking to your heart right now and you know it. And I asked you to open your heart to Christ and give yourself to him. And you can do it by confessing, God, I'm a sinner. You can ask God for forgiveness. God cleansed me. And you can invite him to enter in. Father, fill me. May I be your temple. And if you desire that, then pray with me. I'll pray a simple prayer. And if you can buy with your heart sincerely agree in faith, you can open your heart to Christ right now. You can pray, Father, forgive me. I'm a sinner. Jesus died on the cross to save sinners. Jesus died to save me. Forgive me of my sins, cleanse me, give me a new life. I will follow you every day from this day forward in Jesus name, amen. And if you've done that, I ask you to please contact us. That way we can follow up. That way we can send you a Bible if you need one. That way we can minister to you as effectively as is possible. And so please do. And let's close with the final word. Jesus, I ask that as we have been in your word today, may your word really find a home in us. And may we love you and may we serve you with all that's within us. In your name we pray.


All right, we might have to break from this market discussion here for this Florida pressure Pressure on the timeline of yesterday's attacks in Florida one of the more devastating attacks on a school In the meantime, let's take a look where we stand at the corner wall abroad. The market is racing at right now These are in and out of session highs actually where we were a lot higher I should say a little bit more than 200 points higher, but we are well into positive territory in the year right now So can we hold that and can this be I think the fifth day in a row of gains? We've got Margaret watches Gary B Smith We got Melissa Arma back with us and of course Deidre Bolton Melissa your take on what's going on What do you mean? I was really surprised how much we've recovered since the week I don't know why I'm shocked But I am because I didn't expect that sell-off to happen last week so quickly But I will tell you this if we a hundred percent retrace that sell-off one week right afterwards Look for smooth sailing in the market to make more records and brand new all-time highs We got to get over the high of last Monday's sell-off, which we're not that far from doing We can even do it tomorrow. Well, that could worry some people as well I did or that's a you just fluff this off like there was no message intended I agree with that and I do think as far as market tone goes. I think choppy markets more choppy trade Yes, we can hit higher highs. I also think we can hit lower lows I mean for me last week was sentimentally about that but it does seem so choppy trade is here to stay But it also seems that the market is willing to support We saw those ten-year yields hit a four-time four-year high excuse me right before the opening bell today So the fact that markets are still moving higher says to me, okay At some level investors are getting just used to the concept of slightly higher rates Yeah, or slightly more volatility. I'm guaranteed. What's interesting with this phenomenon late is it's been occurring as interest rates have been You know inexorably backing up. It's like the ten-year almost is screaming 3% 3% get there, and I don't know what'll happen if we get there because we're close to that Well, I don't think anything's gonna happen when we get there You have to put it in perspective Neil as you remember the days of super hyper inflation Back in the the mid to late 70s now. We're at 2.1 percent inflation We've had many many great years in fact for the last 60 years the average inflation is closer to 3% So even if it goes up 50% from where we are now We're just back at the average in many many years in the 60s in the 80s the economy GDP Unemployment have done quite well with inflation almost double what it is now and the Fed funds rate much higher So I think people are used to obviously lower rates But I think there's a lot of room to go before we really it really becomes a concern Most are you in the camp at higher rates are good because they say that things are good well not necessarily I think we need growth. So it's a constant balance with the Fed I mean, I wouldn't want that job. He paid me 10 million a year wouldn't take that job It's crazy it's impossible But the point is for regular people if they're making more money if they're feel good about the retirement And that retirement accounts are growing and they're making more they're not going to notice a little bit more if they're paying a little bit More it's if they're paying a lot more. That's where it's going to come out with a cost of goods I was surprised that number came out where it did it overshot it next month I think that market's going to react to that every number is going to be looked at under a microscope now worse Well, I'm kind of with your Jerome Powell has his workout for him But you know Greenspan started I think was like two months after the 1987 crash, right? You know, they all have their baptisms by five Yeah, I do think market is already pricing in three or four hikes and to Gary's point, you know Historically, yes, we still have pretty low rates Gary What if it gets beyond the three rate hikes at a minimum that are expected? I think I think at every major number There's going to be the market jitters and then people are going to look around and say my gosh GDP is now over three percent unemployment dropping. Yeah, I mean I think it's people are going to get used to it and I still don't think inflation because of the severe Competition we have both domestically and internationally for the customers dollars I don't think it's going to get out of hand here Here's what you want to look for Neil follow through Yeah We didn't have the follow through this weekend that sell off if we have the follow through in the rally this week That's what people want to watch. That's what's important the follow through is a follow through higher as a lower And right now it looks like it's higher not lower. The follow through would mean if we retrace all the ground loss. That's right Interesting. All right guys. Thank you very very much in the mean time Follow through now on a little reminder by the president of the United States for higher federal gas taxes We haven't seen one in a quarter of a century


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Everybody, E here. Welcome back to From the Desk. This is the third time I've shot this video, not because of any technical difficulties, but because I keep stumbling on my words. This is a very confusing one, so we are going in order. I'm gonna tell you the order just in case I say the wrong thing. We are going from third-person subjective to third-person objective to third-person omniscient to third-person free slash indirect to third-person alternating. That is the sequence of styles that we're gonna be covering, and this is probably going to be a longer video. I will try to add my own examples of books. They might be my own books. They might be other authors' books, of books, good books, in these styles. There are, you're gonna find more styles in third-person than any other POV. First-person, you can have first-person, just regular first-person and the first-person omniscient, which is super rare. And then second-person is just second-person. So, what is third-person? Once again, we're going back to Wikipedia for the definition so that I get this exactly right. In the third-person narrative mode, each and every character is referred to by the narrator as he, she, it, or they. But never as I or we, first-person, or you, second-person, this makes it clear that the narrator is an unspecified entity or uninvolved person who conveys a story and is not a character of any kind within the story or at least is not referred to as such. The only time I have read this, read an I in a third-person book is with Stephen King's it. Now, I've heard it argued that after the flood, after the flood chapter in the beginning where he uses I as the narrator, that when he's not in Mike Hanlon's, right, Mike Hanlon's telling of the story later in the book, The Flashbacks, when at the very beginning, he's using I in the after the flood chapter. The reason why I don't think that's Mike Hanlon is because he knows specifics about what Pennywise and Georgie say to each other and Mike Hanlon wasn't there for that. So that would be the only time that I've seen where a third-person omniscient narrator used I. Otherwise, you have to stick to those rules. Now, Stephen King can get away with it whatever he wants to. You also gotta take that into account and you're gonna see people in reviews who complain about that kind of thing because it's confusing when he's saying I but he's telling a story from third-person. Now, third-person subjective. Yes, I am reading the titles off here off of Wikipedia, but just to try and keep on track. Third-person subjective, or as I've heard it, is third-person close, close third-person. That's subject, it's literally what it means, subjectively, subjective. You're in a character's head and giving that character's thoughts and opinions on let's say, let's give it a rough idea, let's say example, like they're walking down a hallway.  Whereas in objective, which we'll get to next, they wouldn't say that, they would describe the wallpaper objectively because one man's trash is another man's treasure, all that stuff. So back to subjective. You were going to stick with one person and you were going to get deep into their thoughts, whereas with the second style, third-person objective or third-person limited is another way to say that. You were going to stick with one person, but you are not going to give that character's thoughts and opinions on things.  You wouldn't say that. What you would say is that the wallpaper had flowers on it, whatever. And you wouldn't even give an opinion on what the flower is, what the character thought about the flowers. It's literally that strict. Most third-person stories are written in third-person close. It's just a very easy, it's a more relatable way. The third-person objective, I can't even think of a book that I've read and I'm just looking around, glancing around the office trying to, I can't think of one. Every single book I've read in third-person has been third-person subjective. So objective is another rarity, just like first-person omniscient. So next, one of my favorite storytelling devices is third-person omniscient, but it is so rarely done right. Third-person omniscient is you head hop without alternating chapters. So it's gonna be the same stream. There's not gonna be page breaks, chapter titles, anything in between different character's thoughts. Bill walked down the hallway and thought the wallpaper was shitty. Barbara walked down the hallway and thought the carpet felt like this. You know, what you wanna try and do is, well not try, what you want to do is every single paragraph is gonna be from a different person's point of view. This can get super confusing and I don't suggest doing it, but if you want to see it done well, Dune by Frank Herbert is a masterclass in omniscient narration. Another good one that is omnisciently narrated is Mystery Walk by Robert McCammon. He does a lot of third-person omniscient, so he's an author to check out if you wanna go there. Next, we have third-person free slash indirect which throws an entire wrench in the gear works for everything. It is a mixture, it is a mixture of objective and subjective. So you have both, let me read you what Wikipedia says. Maybe it'll make more sense to you. The third-person indirect style or free indirect style is a method of presenting a character's voice freely and spontaneously in the middle of an otherwise third-person non-personal narrator. Now, I do this in cruelty. If you've read my novel Cruelty, I do it constantly. I give objective things and then I jump into, and I thought I was doing something wrong. In fact, I was told I did something wrong but I wanted to write the book the way I wanted to write the book and if people didn't like it, oh well, that was my mindset at the time because when I wrote that book, I was in a bad place. All the pain that I was going through with my back, I was having problems with mobility, wasn't able to move, all that came out and I just didn't care how that book, how people accepted that book. I just wanted it out of my head and I'll be damned if when I got done with it, it wasn't a decent experience. So I did that in cruelty without even realizing I was doing it.  So now next, third-person alternating. Third-person alternating is the last topic of discussion in this video. Third-person alternating is not third-person omniscient and it is definitely not head-hopping. If you read a book and there are POV chapters where you have one from Peter, one from Barbara, one from Bob, one from Tony, one from Deborah, whoever, if you have George R.R. Martin's A Sound of Ice and Fire is written in third-person alternating. You alternate between the characters but each character has their own specific chapter wherein it's either third-person objective or third-person subjective. So if you read reviews about people saying that those books head-hopping, that is not the correct terminology. You are not head-hopping. What you are omniscient is where you head-hop in the narrative. You are literally bouncing around between those things. So get that thought in your head. Third-person omniscient is different than third-person alternating because of the chapters. You're going to have, you were literally telling the reader. You were holding the reader's hand and saying, look here, this is a chapter from so-and-so's point of view. Whereas an omniscient, you're going to do that at the beginning of paragraphs instead of the beginning of chapters. So I think I covered everything. When I first started this series, I wanted it to be a writer's vlog about what I'm doing and where I am with my writing right now. And I'm going to tack this on to the end. Once again, I'll be live after this episode between nine and 10 Central Standard Time. And then just to talk about this topic right here, got to stay on topic. But then I'll do a hangout and chat tonight on five, six, 2018. I'll be doing a topic list or just a hangout and chat tonight at 8 p.m. Central Standard Time or 2,800 hours. Where I'm at with my own writing right now, I'm kind of frustrated. I am going to have to rewrite a book that I have already rewritten five times. Yes, I'm talking from the ground up. I'm going to have to rewrite it to fix some things because I am not happy and the most recent beta reader pretty much, I pretty much agreed that I didn't stick to landing. The problem with this book is, I have an idea in my head and I have a theme. And every time I get that theme, every time I write the book, that theme is not present. And I've had somebody read the first draft, second, third, different people have been reading these drafts. I'm running out of people to read this book. And nobody's catching what I'm, you know, nobody's catching what I'm throwing, throwing out there. So I am going into the sixth rewrite, probably I'm fighting with it, folks. I'm really fighting with it. A full rewrite of a 107,000 word book. That's nuts to rewrite that many times, but I'm just not happy with it. So we're going to have to do it. Luckily I got an extension from the publisher or else I'd be in some trouble right now because I'm not going to publish something that isn't up to my standards. Some things sneak through, sure, mistakes are made, but you can't do anything about them once it's out there. Like I said on stream one night, this is all practice until you hit publish. Maybe I even said it on from the desk, I can't remember. Another thing is, while I'm procrastinating, this is how a working author procrastinates, by the way, by working even more on stuff he shouldn't be working on. While I am trying, while I am debating or I'm procrastinating, while I am debating whether or not I need to rewrite this book again, I've written four short stories. So I am being productive.  A lonely parking space for cars. Oh no, a parking space for lonely cars. A sound that haunts. And most recently, as of yesterday or today as I'm shooting this video, as of yesterday I finished one called a drawer.  So those are done, the first two are marinating and I'll get back to them once I get done. You know, once I am okay with the short stories. I don't do my normal, you know, marinate forever with the short stories because they don't carry as much weight as a novel. It's probably not going to change as much. But I also seem to see problems more quickly with a short story. Anywho, so that's where I'm at with my own writing. At this point I'm just rambling. I'm super exhausted, super tired. Somehow I had three projects all come due at one time and it's just bad organizational skills on my side. The best of us, you know, the best of us have these problems. So, but I think that's everything. If you have any questions, leave them down there in the doobly-doo and I will get to them as I get to them. One thing is I want to know where you want to go. I think I have one more video and I'm going to talk about narrative voice. I might even talk about, let's see here. Let's say like, yeah, because I think narrative voice would be like epistolary and things like that. But what I want to know from you guys is is there anything in the POV topic that you want me to cover specifically? Like unreliable narrator, I'll get to that kind of thing. If you want me to do videos on those in this series, let me know. Otherwise, the next video will be the last one and that's just narrative voice. So if you have any questions, please leave them down there in the doobly-doo and I'll get to them when I get to them. But until next time, I have been E, you have been U. This has been From the Desk. I'll talk to you guys later. Bye.


What's up everybody, I'm TheMangus, you were awesome and today I'm going to take you on a tour of Aetherials Heroes, which they call Myths. I did something similar on this one for the minions a while back, but I have since accrued a bit more art and renders. So let's start off with one of the most anticipated classes, the Skyslayers. Skyslayers as a class will have the passive ability to fly. This won't be endless though, there will be some limiting factor, most likely like a Samutabar of sorts, but that's still up to Undying's balance team. The Skyslayers are meant to be kind of a beginner class that's fairly easy to play and will function somewhat like Junglers that take advantage of an aerial jungle. I was a little worried that that would mean it was necessary to have a Skyslayer in every match, however I've been assured that there will be an item available in the shop that grants temporary flight allowing anyone access to the airborne jungle minions. First up we have Zero, the Light's Herald. His listed realm is the Citadel and he deals physical damage both ranged and melee. There was a massive amount of lore written for Zero, but it has since been removed. What we do know is that him and Iran are kind of like arc rivals. Zero will be included in the Alpha. Next we have Leia, Error of the Jungle. She's a ranged magical hero from Zeria, a deity of sorts that was once wingless enslaved and forced to fight. She has been born again with the ability to fly. Leia will be included in the Alpha. Next up is the Archmage class. Pretty much an ability damage based class like any mages and any MOBA. Not everything Undying does is like off the wall. While we do know that each class will have its own passive, we don't know what the Archmage passive will be yet. Let's start with Noxus, Seer of the Light. She will have the ability to manipulate and project light to both attack and defend. Noxus was chosen by the Goddess Mara to prevent a disease that drains mana. Noxus will be in the Alpha and we actually have some voice lines for Noxus so let's check those out right now. Your fate is sealed, Dazzling. We are nothing if not luminous. What Dazzling Brilliant's destiny reveals. My aura shines through dimensions. Is my armor too heavy? No, it's light. Then we have Callia, the one-tailed fox. As with Zero, there was some lore for this hero but it has since been removed. We do know that she's from Edelus and she will be a ranged magical hero. Callia was originally slated for the Alpha but her character model needed rework so she was replaced by Chief Achaika. I assume he'll be a ranged magical hero too. The lore for this guy is great however it hasn't been released yet. If you didn't know I sometimes serve as a lore consultant for Undying which is a fancy way of saying I get to reach it before you do and let them know what I think. Undying is putting a very strong emphasis on lore and world building.  And now the Berserker class. This will be a Bruiser type myth probably suited well to regular jungling. The unique passive of the Berserkers is very interesting.  I'm not entirely sure what can be destroyed or if it'll be outlined somehow and if it can respawn. But I'm still pretty excited by the prospect. Also I know many of you enjoy beast type heroes and it seems like this class is where you're going to be able to find them. Our first Berserker is Aron the Harpender of Doom. This evil looking dude seems like the quintessential bad guy. Assume he'll be melee but I'm not sure and he will be in the Alpha. Next up is Grognarch the Primordial Wrath. A physical melee myth from Eteloss. Looking like a beefed up pangolin he's an ancient entity that was awoken by some greedy miners and he will be in the Alpha. The final Berserker is Yara the Roaming Fury. Pretty cool looking chick with a giant hammer I dig that. She will not be in the Alpha but hopefully will be added soon after. And now the Claret class. These are the supports of Ethereal having the ability to shield or heal their allies. We do not know yet what their passive ability will be. Probably the cutest myth released so far we have Nicolai the Musical First. Not much has been released about Nicolai but we have seen some proposed skins for him already and he will be in the Alpha. Next is Dr. Grace the Renegade. I don't know much about Grace as she will not be in the Alpha however she is planned for release soon after probably along side Yara. Finally we have Marina not much note about this myth either and this is the only artwork I have for her. Her model is based off of a beta fish and her hair is going to be made of flowing water. Sort of an aquatic type support. Very cool. The tank class for Ethereal will be called Knights. I'm not sure what the Knight passive will be but I'm sure it will be something cool. We have Asheron Knight of Craxus.  Then there's Talos the Broken Shield. Who needs a shield when you got a giant axe though right? He's the only myth that we've seen true animations for. These animations are from very early on though so things may have changed and he will be in the Alpha. Next up is the Marsman class. These are your typical ADCs. Again I'm not sure what the passive will be for Marsman. Dante the Protector of Xuria. He's the prince of a corrupt kingdom that has decided to meet out justice by his own hand under the cover of darkness behind a mask. Very Batman like. Dante seems to have become somewhat of the poster boy for Ethereal. Love this character. I don't know if it's the design or his backstory or what but it's pretty cool. He is of course from Xuria and will be a ranged physical type hero or myth as you will. And he will be in the Alpha. Then we have Malware. Very cool ADC that uses a bow made of energy. He's a sentient computer virus that has gained the ability to infect the physical world. He will be in the Alpha and we have several voice lines for him. Instancing Dimensional Link. Enter my world. Broadband acceleration active. This world's matter is the clay I will use to forge my own universe. We are ears and find me in your thoughts. Let's put your immune system into the test. Once I'm in your system. It's only a matter of time. Rushing the system. Virus installed.  That brings us to the Reaper class. Reapers will be the assassins of Ethereal. Their passive is the ability to wall walk. That may not seem all that effective at first glance but think of Lucio in Overwatch. Malaya they were amorseless whereas I like to call her best girl. She has a hidden power that caused her own village to turn on her and flee with her brother who is another assassin in the game. She is a physical melee hero from Grinn. Malaya will be in the Alpha and she also has some skin concepts going already. Malaya's brother is Exial the Twin Souls or as I like to call him Abman Mixix Pack. He will be in the Alpha but I don't know much about him. That family got some good genes though. Now Omo's forgot about Owen the chains of Varinor. He was originally slated for the Alpha but he was deemed too complicated to play. Finally we have the Overseer class. Nothing has been revealed yet about the Overseers. This class is a complete mystery and will not be included in the Alpha. Hopefully we'll get some more info and some character designs for them when the Alpha is released. Hope you guys enjoyed this little tour of the myths. As always if you want to learn more about Ethereal I'll have their social media linked in the video description. I also want to take a little time here to say thank you to both my new and old school subscribers. The last video I did for Ethereal has way more views than any video I've ever done. I'm really excited about this game and I really want it to be successful. I mean ever since Paragon closed I can't get into a game like I did with Paragon. I can't lose myself in a game like I used to with Paragon. I'm hoping that Ethereal can somehow fill that void. I'm hoping that I'll see you guys in Ethereal. If you see me you'd go easy on me. I'm not that good at video games. And now the Clarence class. These are the supports of Ethereal having the ability to shield or heal. And now the Clarence class. These are the support.


Welcome to the Pyramid Insider. I'm Tyler Patner, and today we have a brand new one from Air Arms from the UK, the S510 Tactical in .22 caliber. So the S510 Tactical is the latest offering from Air Arms. It's available in 1.77, .22, and .25 calibers, of course. And this is built on their S510XS frame, so you have a fully regulated system but with a lot of new features that make this tactical. Now before we get into the details on the S510 Tactical, let's do a little housekeeping first. Couple things.  The notification system has changed, so even if you have that little bell icon clicked, it's not necessarily notifying everybody when we upload new videos. We know that for a fact, it is what it is. But it would help us a ton, guys, if you can like, comment, and subscribe to the channel if you're not already, and share the hell out of this video. That's the only way we're going to kind of bust through that algorithm and make sure that this content is getting out to the rest of the world. Being kind of semi-gun-related, YouTube thinks that this is a firearm and has some issues with that, so it's going to change the things we can and cannot show you here on screen. But we're going to do our best to make sure that you are getting all the same content that you guys love and show you exactly what this gun is capable of. Now the last little bit of housekeeping we have today is we're going to tell you about today's video sponsor, and that's Pyramid Air. I don't know if you guys realize this, but Pyramid Air is the only one that sponsors these videos. We don't take money from any manufacturers of scopes, optics, rings, guns, whatever. It is all paid for by Pyramid Air. They pay me to be here to make the content for you guys, and this is something that I take a lot of pride in in terms of presenting these things to you with integrity and honesty, and that's really the most important thing. So if you don't know about Pyramid Air, you stumbled onto the channel by happenstance. We've been in business for over 25 years selling all things air powered. We got into crossbows last year as well, so we try to have a nice wide array of stuff for your outdoor needs. Anyway, that's all about Pyramid Air.  Alright, so the S510 Tactical, let's start at the muzzle. So we have a new tactical moderator. That's what they're calling it. Does a very nice job of keeping the gun quiet. Very similar to the Q-Tec in terms of noise output from this guy, and it is permanently affixed to the shroud, so you're not going to be able to take this on and off. Dropping down, we do have our normal Air Arms style fill fitting there. They're T-bar fill fitting, and you are going to get the corresponding adapter that you are going to have to get a quick disconnect for. This is threaded 1-eighth BSPP, so you get the little QD guy. It's about 10 bucks. You throw it on there, and you're good to go. They did put some nice texturing onto that cap there. I would like to see Air Arms go to a quick disconnect. It's been the gripe for years, but they're sticking with their proprietary fill method. We get it. It is what it is. Now you'll notice on the air cylinder here that this has a different finish. Normally, these cylinders are blueed. This has more of a sericote style finish to it, something that's going to be a little bit more durable for you, and matches the shroud actually really nicely and the rest of the chassis as well. Now, the S510 Tactical is built off Air Arms carbine platform, so you have a 185-ish CC air cylinder and a Lothar-Walter barrel, of course. We're expecting great accuracy, but it is fully regulated like the rest of the line at this point, bearing the XS moniker. Really, the departure for this gun is this tactical chassis system. We have a ton of M-Loc slots here, not just on both sides, but also on the bottom, and it does come supplied with this very long Picatinny rail, which goes right into those M-Loc sections. You can mount your bipods, accessories, what have you, and you get so much M-Loc space here that you could accessorize this thing until your heart's content. You could put lights, lasers, really whatever you want. So if you are a tactical guy, this is going to fit the bill for you nicely. The gun does also come with a Magpul 4-grip if you're into that sort of thing. Not something that I really have a use for in our testing here, but does come with it as well. And if you have an AR at home, you could certainly throw it on that, too. Now, moving back on the chassis, we do have our gauge on the underside of the rifle here, max fill of 250 bar like the rest of the regulated guns. And you can see this is a really slim profile setup. You have a nice Magpul grip on here as well. It does have kind of a grippy texture. I believe that's their K2 texturing, but a nice kind of tactile feel there. And moving up on the breach, you'll notice that Air Arms has done something different here. We have a Picatinny rail section as opposed to the normal 11 millimeter dovetail that we see on most of the other guns.  It makes running this gun just so easy and smooth. You can do it all without breaking position. It is super nice and probably my favorite feature or enhancement on this new S510 tactical that I hope they integrate into the rest of the line. As has become standard with the S510 line, we do have our power adjuster. Now, this has five steps to it. So, five different power levels. We'll figure out what those are doing when we get on to the range with you. But it does come with two 10-round magazines here in 22. They're all 10 rounds actually for all calibers. So, that's a nice kind of commonality that we don't see in a lot of lines. The trigger, probably my biggest gripe with the Air Arms guns outside of that fill system, is that the safety here is on the trigger. You push it over to make the gun hot and ready. Push it back in to make it safe. It is conveniently located, but I'd rather have it anywhere but the trigger. It's just kind of like, yeah. Now, moving on back to the buttstock, we also have a mag pull buttstock on this gun as well. And for those of you that may be looking to add another buttstock or a different buffer tube, length, something like that, if you want to modify this further, it does come with its own kind of castle wrench here. And this is not the normal style castle nut we would see on an AR-15. So, you just lock it in to that position right there and you're able to twist it on, off, tighten it, loosen it, whatever you need to do with it. But the buttstock itself as it comes is actually quite nice, fully adjustable. You've got a nice amount of length adjustment to it and it also locks in place there. So, it will keep it from moving easily anyway, but you can simply unlock it by depressing that tab firmly and adjusting it to wherever you need it. Now, we've already got our Element Helix mounted up with some UTG pro rings onto this gun. A real nice fit, 6 to 24. It's a very nice scope for the money one. I think you guys will like a lot if you haven't checked it out already. But since we're already scoped up and ready to go, let's head out to the range and see how the S5-10 Tactical performs. So, the S5-10 Tactical, obviously the S5-10s in general always very accurate guns, but this was different. This was just super easy to shoot. I don't know how to describe it to you guys. This just put the pellets where they needed to go. And honestly, like we had a lot of pellets shoot sub one inch at 45 yards, almost everything. But these are the four best. So, starting it off, three quarters of an inch, you've got the Air Arms 16 grains, same as the JSP 15.89's for the most part. Three quarters inch, 10 shot group, phenomenal there. You know, certainly good enough. FX Hybrids, bit of a surprise. The only slug that shot well, five-eighths of an inch for all 10 there. So, pretty darn good shooting there. And another five-eighths inch group, you have the Crossman Premier 14.3's. This thing just shoots them all. But the best by far, coming in at a half an inch, these are the JSP 18.13's. Absolutely phenomenal accuracy. Really no surprise. But again, this gun's just so easy to get good accuracy out of. I'm very impressed with it overall. Cycling it is just a breeze with that new dropdown lever. Let's get it over the chronograph though and see what it's doing speed-wise. Let's take a look at the chronograph numbers here. So, from a full 250 bar fill, you can expect 30 to 35 good shots on the reg here down to about 135 bar. That's where it fell off the reg in our testing. And of course, this is all with the transfer port wide open on that highest power setting. You're using JSP 18 grains with shot the best for us. An average of 885 feet per second works out to around 31 and a half foot pounds of energy. And of course, as you would expect with these access regulators, an extreme spread of just 12 feet per second. Standard deviation of two feet per second. These numbers look great. Let's take a look at what you're doing with those different transfer port settings here. So, wide open, 31 and a half foot pounds around 885 with the 18 grain JSP's. Dropping it down to the next lowest at setting four, you're looking at 860 feet per second. That's just under 30 foot pounds. And we really see a nice drop there to the third power setting that middle of the road, 23 foot pounds, 750-ish feet per second. And from there we go real low power. So, setting number two is just over 12 foot pounds running right around 570 feet per second. If you're going to run the gun this low, you're probably going to want to go to a lower lighter weight pellet rather. And setting number one, I don't know why you would use this. It's going to give you a ton of shots. Maybe you're plinking in the basement or something. But with those heavy 18 grain pellets, you're looking at 340 feet per second. Really nothing. The gun's almost dead silent. You think it's broken. But basically that's the breakdown of those power levels with the 18 grain JSP's. So, the Air Arms S510 tactical obviously performs extremely well. It's very much lives up to the expectations, the high expectations that Air Arms has established in the air gun industry. Nice and quiet with this new moderator. Like that a lot. I do like the new finish on the air cylinder. I would like to see that get integrated. Don't get me wrong. I love bluing. I think it looks great. But this is definitely more rugged and something you're not going to have to worry about so much if you're in the field with the gun. The chassis system is really nice. I was very surprised by this. Air Arms not a company known for kind of tactical stuff. This is really their first foray into that part of the market. And they've knocked it out of the park. This thing is comfortable. Feels good. Handles nicely. It's just really a pleasure to shoot. And one that was super easy to get good accuracy with right away. The mag pull accessories are super nice. If you guys don't own an AR-15, you know, mag pull is one of the better known names in that space. So obviously you're getting good quality stuff there. You have the drop down on the side lever. That's phenomenal. I want to see this on the rest of the Air Arms line. That is a nice one for sure. Obviously you still have the same features. Regulated, transfer of power adjustment. Everything works as a great system on this gun. And really for me, my only two gripes that trigger safety, you know, the location of it's not something I personally care for and the fill system. I would love to see our arms go to a quick disconnect. We'll see if that happens. I don't know. Maybe one day down the road. But those are really my only two gripes. This gun performs phenomenally well and is definitely one you should check out if you're in the market for a tactical PCP. Thanks for joining us today. Don't forget to like the video if you enjoyed it. Comment down below. Let us know what you think of the new S510 Tactical. If this is something you're going to be picking up or if it's not for you. Let us know why down in the comments. Let's keep that conversation going and don't forget to subscribe. We appreciate it a ton. We know a lot of you guys are not subscribed to the channel when you watch these videos but we would appreciate it.  So something to keep in mind there. We also appreciate it if you share the video. 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