#7 - Commitment Under Fire - Teens Class | Cornerstone Connections Lesson Q3 2026

Hello everyone. My name is Ethan Koras and I'll be reading today's mission story. The title for the mission story is Yellow Rescue Angel. It was a very hot summer afternoon in Austria when mother accidentally locked Tiny Tmer in a car in a parking lot of a supermarket. Mother hadn't gone to the supermarket planning to lock her 18th month um daughter in a car. She had got she had gone in an in with an important mission to fill the the refrigerator with food. Her shopping list included bread, milk, and many delicious vegetables and fruits. After shopping, Tama sat in the cart beside the car as mother packed the the trunk the car trunk with the groceries. Then mother returned to the cat of Then mother returned the cat to the supermarket, picked Tamilia and carried her into the car. Opening the rear door, she placed Tama in her child's seat. She needed both hands to fasten Tamila's seat belt. So, so she threw the car keys into the front seat. When she did, it was possible she accidentally pressed the car lock button on the keys. Or perhaps the button was pushed when the keys landed. Nobody knows. But when mother closed the rear door and and tried to open the front one, she discovered all the car doors were locked. She couldn't open the front door. She couldn't open the rear door. Even the trunk was locked. When mother remembered her pass with her cell phone and money in the trunk, everything was locked in the car. Her phone, her money, and most importantly, her little Tamir. mother ran back inside the supermarket. She knew only one phone number by heart, Tama's grandmother. She asked the supermarket worker whether she could borrow her phone. The worker handed over her cell phone and mother called grandmother. Frantically, she explained the situation and asked her to call father. Maybe he was nearby and could come help. But grandmother soon learned that father was very far away. Still, father wanted to help. So he called a roadside assistance service. But the roadside service said it would take more than an hour for everyone to arrive. Mother was devastated. It was very hot and tiny Tamila was turning red inside the car. Tamir didn't understand why it was so hot and why mother wasn't in the car with her. She was balling loudly. Mother prayed. Dear God, she said, "Nobody is here to help me. Only you can, and I really need you now." Opening her eyes, she saw a yellow car pulling into the parking lot. Um, roadside assistance cars are often yellow. Some people even call drivers yellow angels because of their yellow cars. Mother was surprised. Could it be a yellow angel? She looked more closely. It was It was a car belonging to the roadside service. Mother rang to the yellow car crying. I need urgent help. My little girl is locked in the car. A man jumped out of the yellow car. He grabbed some equipment from his truck and rushed over. It was just a few moments he had unlocked the car and freed Tamir. Tamir was so happy to see mother. Mother was so happy to see Tamir. Then the man told mother, "I just stopped here to grab a sandwich. I was on my way to help someone else." The man thought that the only reason he had stopped to the supermarket was to eat a sandwich. But mother knew better. She knew that God had sent him to rescue Tamia. Mother smiled at the man. You are a yellow angel today. She said, "Thank you for the 13th Sabbath offering, also known as the quarterly mission project offering that will help children in Europe learn about God who who answers prayer. Mother now teaches children about the importance of prayer at a 7th Day Adventist school that received part of our previous offering. Thank you for planning and generously giving to the quarter. Let's pray. Our kind and loving father, we thank you for this day. We thank you for your gift of life as now we want to um finish our missions. May you please help us understand and apply it in our lives in Jesus name I pray. Amen. >> Good morning, good evening, good afternoon from wherever you are. Welcome to the cornerstone connections. uh this we're going to be doing lesson seven as the title commitment and a fire. So before you continue we'd like to do a short introduction to each and every one of us. Then we're going to have a word of prayer. So start from the from my right. >> Uh hello my name is Jan Oko. >> My name is Javan Gumbo. >> Jon Mana is my name. >> Okay let us have a word of prayer. Dear everlasting father, we thank you for this day and for the gift of life. We thank you for allowing us to see this day. Oh Lord, as you're about to start this lesson, we ask you to ask for your guidance to go ahead of us. Forgive us all our sins and trespasses. Make us all before you, Lord, for what you have done knowingly and unknowingly. Prepare for your for your soon return. Just may I pray in believing. Amen. >> Amen. Amen. >> So our lesson today is titled commitment under fire. And Jack, I'd like to pose this question to you that in this lesson, we have our picture over here. What do you see? And what is the first thing that comes into mind when you see such a picture? >> I mean, I see someone uh holding a Bible trying to shield himself from stuff such as divorce, entertainment, depression, materialism, and temptation. And the first thing that comes to my mind is this man is seeking God. Okay. What about you, Shon? Um, same thing. I agree with Jackson. There's a person who's shielding himself from all these um things. These are troubles of life and he's using the Bible to shield himself from them, which ties to the title, you know, being committed even when you're undergoing the tough things. And it's actually the theme of our lesson for this quart. So, being committed despite going through the toughest of moments. Yeah. >> Okay. Thank you for that. So we can get it's clear that uh that the person is using the Bible which is the word of God to deter all these uh things from him such as divorce, entertainment, depression, materialism and temptation. So on to the key texts which I will read uh 1 Thessalonians Thessalonians 5:16 to18 and it says rejoice always pray continually give thanks in all circumstances for this is God's will for you in Jesus Christ. can remember a sermon that was preached over here in this church Arabic central about I think two Sabbaths ago where it was entitled always whereby the second word in this key text is rejoice always not in the morning not in the evening not in the afternoon but always it also also said pray continually not once you don't do it once then stop give thanks in all circumstances is sometimes usually get that we usually pray for some things and at times they do not go they do not go in our way but do we always go back to say thank thank you to God for for all that he has done for us uh some music I usually listen to uh gifted it says in the chorus he says some point he says that for all that you have done we say thank you god for those that you have not done we also We say thank you God for those that you will not do. We also say thank you God. So this key text is telling us to give thanks in in all circumstances whether the thing goes into our way in our direction or not on our direction. And it finalizes by saying that it is God God's will for us in Jesus Christ. meaning all that is in this text is very good to do and it's the right thing that we're supposed to do. So, uh we'll continue to the flashlight and Jackton, please take us the flashlight. The range of the persecutors was equal by the faith of the matias. Not only men but delicate women and young maidens displayed unflinching courage. Wives will take their stand by their husband's take. And while he was enduring the fire, they will whisper words of solas. Solless. Yeah. Or seeing psalms to cheer him. The great controversy. Paragraph 240. >> Uh Jon, I'd like to pose this to you. What are your thoughts on the flashlight? Um this is more of a case of let me give an example of when you have a group of people protesting what usually happens in most political areas let's say it's a protest against against a certain leader in most countries you might find there's a counterprotest you have another group of people who are opposing those protesters those this is what happened so the people who are persecuting the the Christians they were very angry at them. They had a lot of rage. So it says the rage of the persecutors was equaled by the faith of the martyrs. So the more they be became angry, the more the faith of those being persecuted. That's what it's talking about. And it's saying it was everyone, not just men, but even young women. They displayed unflinching courage. And in historical times, you'll see that um when the Christians were put in the collision, in the arena to just be killed by animals or just being stoned to death, it wasn't just men. It was a mix. Men, women, children, everyone stood up for God. Yeah. So, it's just a call for us to be courageous even under the fire. >> Um I think it's just a way to tell us to be firm. Yeah. us and our families. No matter what's thrown at us, we should always be ready to encourage and endure the fire for Christ. So, one thing that you could get from this is that the Christians faith or those people who are put in the colosum, they were stronger than the fear of death. Their faith was stronger than the fear of death. That's why they were not afraid to spread the word of God because they did not fear death because their faith in God was stronger than the fear of death. So true commitment to Christ remains firm even if it is costly. Just like I've said, their faith was stronger than the fear of death. That's what was fooling them to continue going on to continue spreading the word of God. Um, we'll go to the what do you think section? I'll read and pose the question to one of the panel panel members. Take the following true or false quiz to test your knowledge about the persecution of Christians. Those who live in godly lives, those who live godly lives in Christ Jesus can expect to be persecuted. Uh, Jack, >> I mean true. Yeah. Because when you choose Christ, you'll never have life easier. Devil will always try to tempt you to leave. You'll be like, "Oh, ever since I started following Christ, these things have been coming to me. Maybe he's not the true God." But we need to take our stand. Mhm. Um, one thing there's this saying that always goes around that there's nothing new under the sun. So, everything that we those who live godly lives in Christ are expected to be persecuted. I say it's true because even those who are before us, they were persecuted. They were they were made to feel bad because of their faith. Even right now sometimes you'll go for an outreach but not not many people will accept the truth that you're taking to them. That's also a form of persecution. Onto the next question or still on that uh we can get just um an answer from the Bible for that. The book of 2 Timothy chapter 3:12 I read the verse. 2 Timothy 3:12 says, "And all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution." So even the Bible says, >> "Yeah, >> we'll suffer persecution." Yeah. >> Amen. Uh King David asked God for permission to avenge those who persecuted him. Children, >> false. False. Um the verse on that is Psalm 31:15. Let me just get it. Psalm 31:15 um it says, "My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me." >> David always left to the Lord. Vengeance is God's. He never did it himself. Yeah. So he never asked for permission to persecute his enemies. >> Amen. Thank you for that point that vengeance is left for God. Do not take vengeance into your own hands. Uh Lakon, do you have anything to add upon it? >> I mean Jonah, I just said it the right way, but yeah, so we should just uh leave vengeance for God. That's that's all I have to say. >> Okay. Thank you. The prophet Jeremiah understood that others rebuked him for God's for God's glory. Uh Chonan, >> true. Um Jeremiah experienced a lots of persecution. There's a time he was thrown into a dry well. There's a time he was imprisoned. So he went through it all. Um and he still gave God glory in it all. Uh it's Jeremiah who tells us in Jeremiah 30 Jeremiah 11:29, you know, 29:11, I know the plans I have for you, plans for good, not for evil. Right. So he knew even through going all that God still had perfect plans for him. May >> yeah my answer is true uh that Jesus uh sorry that Jeremiah understood that others re rebuked it from for God's glory uh depending on the way he reacted on it and this actually encouraged him to continue proclaiming the word of God. Okay to the next question. Jesus taught that whoever is persecuted for righteousness sake is blessed. Um I like to take this that even in the biatitudes it's it's also part of this that Jesus taught that whoever is persecuted for sake is blessed. Um, growing up, most of us have been taught that spreading the word of God is a good thing. So, if you are actually condemned, if you're persecuted because of doing the right thing in this case is spreading the word of God, uh, you'll definitely be blessed. And for me, I'll take it that's an that's a ticket, one of the tickets to going to heaven. If you're persecuted for righteousness sake, which is I'll put in this case spreading the word of God, you will it is you will definitely be blessed by God because he's happy of because you are spreading his work. >> Amen. I agree with you. You started really well. It's from the biatitudes that what Christ said uh Matthew 5:10. Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. And then 11 and 12, blessed are you when they revile and persecute you. Then verse 12 says, rejoice and be glad for great is your reward in heaven. So there's a reward when you're persecuted by the Lord. >> Amen. So we move to the next question. As a result of persecution, the gospel was spread. Jackon, >> true. True. I'll say true because uh this uh let me use a reference to Paul. Yeah, Paul is one of the characters who we all know got persecuted for uh proclaiming the word of God. And as we can see through his persecution the gospel was spread even further. Yeah. Paul spread the gospel further than in prison than he did when he was not in prison. >> Amen. Jon, >> uh same thing. I agree with Jackson and uh there there's a quote again from um the great controversy. I think it's chapter one or chapter 2 from um one of the advocates of the Christians during the Roman reign. It was called Tatulin and he said the blood of Christians is seed. The more you spill their blood, the more they'll grow. Because people will always be curious to know why are these people being punished for doing the right thing or why are they and they standing up for themselves. So people even get more curious to understand why do you do what you do? Yeah. Amen. Now on to the last question. Through a parable, Christ explained that some believers will endure for a long time, but when troubles comes, they fall away. Chonan, can I get your views on that? Uh, I'll take us back to parable of the sewer. Remember when Christ was talking about some seed fell on thorns, some on rocky soil, some on good soil, some along the way. Now this refers to um the seeds that fall in hard in stony ground and in thorns. We can get that in the from the book of Mark chapter 4, right? When troubles come, they they don't have strong faith enough. So their faith just withers and dies. The word in them just withers and dies. So some people will stick for the truth, but some or even most believers might just follow when trouble time, the time of trouble comes, which is a sad thing to think about. Yeah. Um yeah, I think Jonah uh just put that well that that uh Christ explained that some believers will endure for a long time but when trouble comes they fall away which just shows uh okay let me add on to it's like a way of pretending. Yeah. in the church. You may be going uh to church, you're serving uh every day you're here arranging, but then when you are out there with your friends and they ask you, "Aren't you that Seventh Day Adventist?" And of course, they deny it. Yeah. So, I think that's the best reference we can get from today for from that parable. Yeah. >> Okay. Thank you. Now in the what do you think section if there's one thing that is really evident there many [snorts] things really evident but one thing is really standing out is that persecution is a normal experience for those who want to spread the word of God. Another thing is that some believers remain faithful while others give up when difficulties arise. And Jesus warned, it's in the Bible evident that Jesus warned warned that persecution will be evident in each and every uh evangelist's life because you will go to places that they really don't like really don't support the work of God. They don't believe in the Bible. because they don't believe in the in God and trying to accept something that you think is wrong. You've been raised up knowing that is wrong. It will be really hard to to to agree to it which will lead you to persecuting that person which will lead to rejecting that person. And another thing is that we got that from the third question I think. No, the the fourth question. 1 2 3 4. No, the fifth question is that trials often help spread the gospel because in that question it was reading that as a result of persecution the gospel was spread. So in which we we got the answer that was it was true. So as a result of persecution gospel was spread. So that means that trials often help to spread the gospel onto the into the story. I'll let Jackson read the first paragraph. I'll read the second and so on and so forth. Jackson, first I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you because your faiths being reported all over the world. God whom I serve in my spirit in preaching the gospel of the son is my witness. how constantly I remember you in my prayers at all times. And I pray that now at last by God's will the way may be open for me to come to you. I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong. That is that you may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith. I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I planned many times to come to you, but have been prevented from doing so until now, in order that I may have a harvest among you, that that as I have had among the other Gentiles. I am obligated both to the Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish. That is why I I am so eager to preach the gospel unto you who are in Rome. >> Okay. Um the remaining verses. For I am not ashamed of the gospel because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes first to the Jew then to the Gentile. For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed. A righteousness that is by faith from first to last just as it is written the righteous will live by faith. uh that is from the book of Romans chapter 1. We read from verse 8 to verse 17. Okay. These verses for me I take one of them is you get this from verse 8 to verse 10 is that Paul appreciates their strong faith and he also continually prays for them and faithful Christians should encourage one another through prayer. In verse 11 and 12, uh, Christians grow stronger when they fellowship together and spiritual encouragement works both ways. In verse 13- 15, we get that Paul feels responsible for sharing gospel with everyone. The gospel is for all people regardless of culture or education. And in verse 7 16-1 17 gets that the gospel is God's power for salvation. Salvation comes through faith and Christians should never be embarrassed by their beliefs. So in this whole uh into the story part from all these verses uh one of the main things that I can get from this is that Paul's courage and confidence in the gospel were examples of commitment and our pressure. Um Jackson, can I get your views on the on the into the story part? uh into the story first shows how uh Paul is really concerned on uh the with the the church members. Yeah. So let us the church uh and it just it shows on uh how Paul reflects on his situation. Yeah. In instead of instead of uh being sorrowful, you know, like oh man, I may never see those guys again like this the end. He makes it joyfully as he starts first. I thank my God. He thanks God. Yeah. So what does he show us? In every circumstance we are in whether sorrowful uh if it's happy, well and good, but in every single situation, we should always thank God. >> Amen. >> Uh thanks for that. I'll uh I'll quote the book of Romans chapter 8 verse 28 uh where Paul still writes and he says and we know that all things work together for good to those who love God to those who are called according to his purpose. And something I'll pick out of this is um most of us tend to misuse that verse so to speak. you know, uh you might be in a in a problem and you might think that the solution is just like, no, it's okay. We'll just keep praising God and pretend that the problem isn't real. That that isn't it. What this verse talks about is instead of pretending that those circumstances exist, do not exist, we acknowledge that God exists. Acknowledge the problem is there, but keep your eyes on God. It's like when the Israelites were about to cross the Red Sea. That's the mistake they did. They knew Pharaoh is and his armies are behind them but they kept their focus on Pharaoh instead of of on God. Paul is encouraging us even in the entire book of Romans that all things work together for the good. That does not mean that problems are going to not exist. It means God is powerful enough to take us through that problem because he was still with us when he came to that position. Yeah. >> Okay. Thank you for that Jonathan. Uh we'll go through the did you know section and I'd like to pose it to Jonan take us through take us through it. All right the did you know section it talks about um even today there are still places all over the world where people are killed or imprisoned for declaring themselves as Christ's followers. So many of us who are privileged to live in countries that do not persecute Christians. We don't necessarily think about our freedom as much as we probably should. We're just used to it. Often when we think of persecution, we conjure up images of burning at stake, lions, the amphitheater. But no matter how foreign it all sounds, it's as real now in some countries as it was centuries ago. Whether it's a Chinese man who chooses to become a Christian or a North Korean who smuggles Bibles, or an African woman who takes care of her two nephews because their father and mother were martyed for their belief in Jesus Christ. Christians all over the world are jailed, murdered, and executed for their faith. >> Thank you for that. In the did you know section for me, I get that many Christians around the world still suffer imprisonment and death and death because of their faith. Um, it's really evident in this part of whether it's a Chinese man who chooses to become a Christian, a North Korean who smuggles Bibles or an African woman takes it who takes care of her two nephews because of their father and mother mad for their belief in Jesus Christ. See, for the lesson to be this distinct about a Chinese man who becomes a Christian, a North Korean who smuggles Bibles and why not a Kenyan man, why not another country? Because in such in these countries being a Christian if you cannot go publicly saying that you are a Christian meaning if you go public saying that you're a Christian if you go public and you and you put up a worship place for God you will be persecuted for such a thing it's a crime in those such countries those living um persecution is not merely historical it remains present. It still remains as a present reality. Uh we got that in the times of the Israelites when they are in Rome, they persecuted for the for the faith and they even taken to the colosum both young and old, woman, man, child. As Jonan said, they were not preserved. They were all killed because of their publicity of becoming of being strong in their faith or as Christians. Uh Jack, unless you have anything to add on it, please take us to the out of the story. >> Let me just uh add one thing. Yeah. uh from did you know it really much connects to uh what do you think uh the first question which was those who live godly lives in Jesus Christ can expect to be persecuted and this really connects and it shows us that we should be ready yeah no one knows what's going to happen tomorrow maybe the laws may change so we should just keep on uh we should we should keep our fire burning yeah and in out of the story uh let me start with the first question which was who is Paul writing to list the emotions that he feels towards them and why? Okay. Our in the letters that he was writing to, he was writing to the people of Rome, the Christians of Rome. And he's he was concerned. He was he has had gratitude. He had love. He was encouraged and he was excited. And why was he writing these letters? It was because their faith was well known. And he wanted to strengthen them spiritually. Right. I agree. Same thing Paul wrote to the church of Rome and um when you read the Adventist commentary, it talks about this letter was written when when Paul was in in Corinth. He was staying there for about 3 months. That's when he wrote the letter and uh he was just reaching out. Paul was always concerned about the believers. So he was just saying hi to them. This was before his imprisonment. Yeah. Uh-huh. Do a bit do a bit of investigation work. Where was Paul when he wrote this passage? What was he doing? Does the settling does a setting add new insight or change any perspective to his words? Um I think that that's what I just covered. He was in Corinth and um he was going back now to the Israelites area, the Palestine um region and he was just going back to the churches he'd visited before contributing just seeing how much growth have they made. He was really concerned about them. And since Rome was a capital city and there were many travelers passing through there every single time, that is why Paul writes and he says that um there is um he was talking about how the message of Christ was being reported all over the world. Rome was a really important center at that time and Paul writing to them he wanted that church since it was at the center of the world at that time the known world many people are going to pass through Rome he wanted the church to be strong and in that so many people are going to be reached out through the ministry of the church yeah okay uh the next question which is Paul repeats the word gospel several times in this passage called the word gospel each time it appears in the passage. What is the context each time it's it is mentioned? Uh h um can I just get into the Bible for that? Romans 1 from verse 8 to 17. first moment he uh I think I'm I'm reading from NKJV that's the first time you see it is in verse 9 it says for God is my witness whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his son which gospel here means the ministry reaching out the great commission that Christ left with his disciples go ye therefore make disciples of all nations that is what Paul is referring to here then again the next moment he speaks about the word gospel that should be in um verse 16. No, verse 15 first. So as much as is in me, I am ready to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also. And the gospel is basically three things. Actually, it's more than three things. One, we are in sin. Two, we cannot remove ourselves from sin. Number three, Christ came to earth to die for our sins. Number four, Christ resurrected. And number five, Christ is coming back again to take us home. That's the main gospel. And uh verse 16, for I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ. I am not ashamed of being part of Christ. That is what Paul is talking about. And there's so many other references in within um the story about Paul talking about the gospel. >> Uh the last question we're going to handle for today, how do spiritual gifts make us strong? And I think uh spiritual gifts uh first firstly they give us confidence. If you have a spiritual gift it will be uh easier or more uh comfortable for you to go around preaching the gospel. Uh it can be prophecy uh which uh enables us to get more people towards the kingdom of god. So yeah, I think uh the main thing here is that these gifts make us strong and how they do it is uh by commun communion. Yeah. When we are together. Uh so yeah that's out of the story. >> Okay. For me in the last question I just like to add this. They make us strong because in these gifts uh we are meant to use them to help others to serve one another. In these gifts God gave us so that we can build the church and also in these gifts they strengthen faith and encourage growth. So in the whole of the out of the sorry part I will say that Christians faith grows through fellowship service and confidence in God's message. We'll move to the punchlines and I'll do the first two then J will do the first two the second two then will do the last one. It comes from the book of Hebrews 5:7-10. I entitled the message and it says, "While he lived on earth anticipating death, Jesus cried out in pain and wept in sorrow as he offered the priestly prayers to God because he honored God and answered him. Though he was God's son, he learned trusting obedience and by what he suffered just as we do." He then having arrived at the full stature of his maturity and having been announced by God as high priest in the order of Melkisedc he became the source of eternal eternal salvation to all who believed believingly obey him. In the second verse, it is Hebrews 11:8. It says, "By Abraham, by faith Abraham when called to go to place he would later receive his inheritance, obeyed and went even though he did not know where he was going." Okay. Uh book of James 1:2-4 says, "Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." Um, you can read the next two. >> Uh, 2 Thessalonians 1:3 and 4. And it says, "We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing. Therefore, among God's churches, we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring." And Romans 8:28, which says, "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. And the last one, Romans 8:28. And we know that in all things God works for the good and of those who love him and those who have been called according to his purpose. So in the punchlines uh what I can say is that in the overall message is that God uses sufferings, trials and challenges to strengthen his people and develop their faith. Um unless anybody has anything to add on that we'll move to the further insight. God was with his people and persecution could not prevail to silence in the in the testimony. One lesson that I will get from this further insight is that God never abandons his people during the times of trial. >> All right. Um just just to sum it up um what I can say is think of Christianity like making a cake, right? Here's how it is. If everything about Christianity was smooth, then you wouldn't really appreciate the gifts of salvation. Same thing in as a cake. When you have different ingredients alone and you taste them separately, they don't taste so good. I mean, eating a raw egg is not pretty, right? or just licking salts or or sugar. But when you mix all the ingredients together and then they passed through fire and baked at high heat, then a wonderful something comes out at the end. Same with Christianity. We experience all these different things, trials, good times, bad times, everything. But all that combined shapes the Christian for eternity. So that is what we need to learn as Christians that trials are part of life. We do not live in a perfect world. So not do not expect to have a perfect life. Our lives are always going to be um troubled. But God is doing that for our own good. Romans 8:28, all things work for the good of those who love him. >> Thank you for that, Jonathan. And just to sum up, everything that you have been said is that God never lets his people die in times of trial. And that is it that we have had for the corners lesson today. And I'd like to request Jackton to pray for us as we finish. Okay, let's pray. Our dear heavenly father, we thank you for this day. Thank you for the gift of life. Oh Lord. Lord, we pray for the for this lesson. Oh Lord, please may you enable it to reach each and every uh soul on this earth. Oh Lord, please may you uh enable people out there to understand uh of your goodness and glory. Lord, oh Lord, in Jesus name I pray. Amen. >> Amen.