Worship Ministry| Lecture 4 : BC311-WM-20260819

Okay. Yeah, let's let's pray and get started. Okay. Um before we pray, I just want to read two verses. One is from Colossians, the other one from Ephesians. Um just a reminder for us about um the source or what really enables us to worship the Lord in spirit and in truth. Right? Colossians 3 and verse uh 16. Okay, Colossians 3 verse 16. It says, "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart hearts to the Lord." Right? Um so, talking about the word of God dwelling in us richly. Right? So, which means we read the word, we meditate on the word. And the word we give place for God's word in our lives. And then, what is the outcome of it? There is this singing in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in our hearts to the Lord. So, we see that uh allowing the word of God to dwell in our hearts is somehow connected to the psalms, hymns, and you know, uh singing with grace in our hearts to the Lord, which means uh one aspect of worship. Right? And if you look at Ephesians Okay, we look at Ephesians 5 and verses 18 and 19. Ephesians 5 verse 18 and 19. Uh talks about the same thing, right? Verse 18 says, "Do not be drunk with wine in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Holy with the spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord." Right? So, we see that uh um on one side, there is the word of God, which is connected with worship, worshipping in song. Then, on the other side, we see that being filled with the Holy Spirit, being filled with the Spirit of God, and that giving rise to hymns and psalms and spiritual songs, and making melody in our heart in our hearts to the Lord. So, we see that the word and the Spirit being the source of something which is um uh something which is central to worship, right? Uh we might try to define worship in many ways and say, "Okay, this causes me to worship. When I'm in a quiet place, uh when, you know, when I'm there are so many things. When I'm among nature and all that, my it causes my heart to worship." So many things. But, here we see, as described or defined by the word of God, that His word and His uh Spirit is what really stirs our hearts up and causes us to worship Him in spirit and truth, right? So, um even as we pray, let us um in- invite God to speak to us and also enable us to worship Him in spirit and in truth, right? So, let's pray. Father, we we thank You, Lord, for this day. We thank You for this time. We thank You for this opportunity to come to Your presence, Lord. And Lord, even right now, Lord, we we just pray that Your word will, Lord, um cause things within us, Lord, the things that You put within us, God, the revelations that You've given us to spring up, Lord, in songs of praise to You, God. And Master, we we ask that You would uh fill us with Your Holy Spirit, that we would be filled with the Spirit, filled with Your Spirit, Lord, to overflow with songs, hymns, psalms, and spiritual songs, Lord, uh ministering not just to ourselves, but to one another, and also to You, Father God. Lord, we pray that um Lord, that we will be such worshipers that you will enable us that you will change us to be such worshipers Father God. We thank you. We give you all the praise and glory in Jesus matchless name we pray. Amen. Amen. Okay. Um so last class we we journeyed quite a bit about worship in the you know right from the beginning, right? And I think we stop stopped where worship in the Psalms. And we also looked at I think worship in the New New Testament and synagogues, right? Um so that's um quite interesting to see Um just one second. Let me just share the screen. The online students. Okay. So we see that um right right there um in the synagogue we see worship happening. And of course if we the kind of information that we can get about what kind of worship we looked at the altars and then we looked at you know right through um uh the tabernacle, the temple, and so on and then come to the New Testament times and we see the synagogues, right? So so the origin of the synagogue is like we saw last time it is during the first temple that was destroyed and during the Babylonian exile. Right? So the Jews did not now the temple was the focus of worship. Right? Celebration uh you know feasts everything that was done it was at the temple. Like people would travel in order to be at the temple in order to worship, right? And we see that the temple was destroyed and so without that altar for sacrifice, without that you know without that central place to gather the Jews wherever they were scattered, they would gather together to in in a place, in a home, or in a designated place, where they began to gather together to pray. Right? They would gather together to pray. They would gather together for instruction in the word of God, like how we should one should live, and so on. And also to read scripture. Right? There will be reading of scripture, so that people can hear, listen, okay, this is what God's word says. And also somebody would explain and say, "Okay, this is why this is how we need to live." And and so on. Right? So, in a synagogue, right? Uh typical uh proceeding or a service, as we would call it, will be like this. Right? There would be the invitation. Invitation to come and listen. Right? That is what the uh the leader of the synagogue would start off with. Uh there will be an invitation. What the Jews call as the Shema. Right? Um I'll just put uh it's there not it's not there in the notes. I will share this a little later. Right? Um But this is what we uh I'll just put for the online students. Okay? Yeah, so uh this is what would happen. They would read. There would be an invitation. There would be a recitation of from Deuteronomy 6 and 4, which says, "Hear, oh Lord, uh the Lord our Hear, oh Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one." Okay? So, there will be the invitation. They will be read uh they would be read out. They would be announced. And then there would be prayers that would be said. It's not like spontaneous prayers, prayers which would be from scriptures that would be read out or they would be said. Um and everyone will be most often will be standing. Okay? After this, there would be the reading from the Torah. Okay? Um Just one second. Okay. So, the after this, there would be the reading from the Torah. Okay? Which is the the Old Testament text. Right? So, they would read out It will be in Hebrew. It will be read out in a scroll. And uh So, the the idea was that either in a year's time or uh maybe, you know, once in 4 months or, you know, at least three times in a year. Um the the whole Torah would be read out. And they would be, you know, the whole the scriptures, the law and the prophets, um and the Psalms and everything would be read out and they would be able to listen to it. Right? So, this would um be read out. Um then, there would be uh a translation. Maybe if there are some Greek-speaking Jews, maybe there are some, you know, like the Hellenists, which are the Greek-speaking Jews, there would be a translation for them or a paraphrased uh paraphrase meaning just a gist of it, a summary of that what was read it would be shared. Then, someone would just like how we have a message. You know, there would be a sermon. Right? And then, they would close with a benediction. Now, uh it was there was usually a ruler of the synagogue or a spiritual leader of the synagogue. You know, this is the setup, how it was set up. There would be a spiritual leader. Um do you remember any spiritual leader who's mentioned in the Gospels? A ruler of the synagogue or spiritual leader of the synagogue? Do you remember in the in the Gospels there's somebody mentioned as a spiritual leader. Jairus, right? That's the That's the name I can also remember. So, Jairus um he was a ruler of the synagogue. So, it means he led the synagogue. In the book Book of Acts actually you read about others also. Right? So, we see that he was a leader of the synagogue and so the real So, this is the thing the leader of the synagogue was responsible for organizing was responsible for inviting the speakers. Um so, there was not a priest, but a you know, a a person who was designated as a spiritual leader, right? So, the synagogue was open to both men and women. Okay. But in the temple there would be primarily men and there would be a section, right? Um for women. But the which means like it was not inside temple. There was a outside section, but in the in the synagogue it was open for the entire community, right? Women could come, men could come, children could even they would say, you know, if there was a non-Jewish person, right? Who feared or respected God. There was a non-Jewish person. Um who had not become a Jew, right? And if But you are curious, you want to know more. You are also invited. So, you see that it was quite different from the temple where only Jews were allowed, right? If you're a non-Jew, you know, you would actually make the place unclean, right? According to the ritual ritualistic purification law. So, you were not allowed in that place, but then here um it was that was a difference. They would uh they would be seated and they can actually attend. Um the their was seating was different uh separate for men, separate for women, and and so this was there. And uh what we see is that we see that this is a precursor or something that happened before to recognize the priesthood of all believers. Right? So, we see that in the New Testament times, right? What does the Bible call us? What is that identity? Of course, we are new creations, right? If you look at 1 Peter, okay, um 1 Peter chapter 2, right? And verse 9. 1 Peter chapter 2 verse 9 says, "You are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood." Right? A royal priesthood, which means that you are royalty, you are kings, and you know, royal But also you are a you are priests. Priests to God, right? Priests unto God, which means you offer sacrifice, you go there to intercede on behalf of people. So, each one of us as believers, we are called or we are given that position as royal priesthood. But we see that, you know, that actually in the synagogue it kind of starts, right? Where everybody is welcome, and it is not a designated priest who is made a ruler, but um someone, you know, who can who's actually selected from the people, someone who's elder, someone who's mature, is there as a uh uh you know, as a leader, spiritual leader, right? Now, these proceedings, of course, changed over a period of time, and uh it it began it it it did not have a rigid order, even though whatever we mentioned right now, reading of scripture, prayers, communal prayers, etc. was there as a structure, but it was, you know, it was not a rigid order. There would be, you know, some spontaneous sharing. For example, um even in Paul's time, Paul would always go to the uh synagogues, right? He would go to the synagogue, he would talk about from the Old Testament scriptures, he would talk about the Messiah, he would talk about how Jesus is the Messiah. And there also we notice that, you know, because Paul was a visitor there, you know, they would ask, you know, please share, right? What is, uh you know, share something from the scriptures. And Paul would share. So, they would give that invitation, right? So, we see that it's not a very very um rigid structure, but it was also kind of flexible. Um the duration of the of the worship time, right? Um Now, they would meet in the synagogues even on weekdays, and typically on Sabbath mornings. And Sabbath is like Friday evening till Saturday evening, right? Uh Jewish Sabbath. So, the Sabbath morning, they will meet. And so, that was it would they say that it the prayers every and the the worship or the what we'd call as a service would be about 2 and 1/2 to 3 hours. That would be they would take time to read, they would take time to listen, take time to pray. Someone would share the So, it is it was around that time. Maybe we can say 2 and 1/2 hours, right? Um So, the appointed leader would speak and continue to speak. And when the leader decided, "Okay, it's about time." That is when the meeting would get over, right? Um And also, I think this was the This was the structure which kind of flowed into the um even into the early church. Right? The early church we go down to uh the Book of Acts. Right? So, that is where we see how they met in the houses. Right? We see that they met in the temple and they would also meet in the houses. And in the houses, they would uh uh you know, the apostles would teach them the doctrine. And the scriptures you used to be the Old Testament scriptures. They would teach them the doctrine. They would teach them about the way, which was uh you know, uh about the Lord Jesus, about salvation. So, they would teach them. And we see that uh that we can we can assume that that duration also would be around that time. Would be about, you know, 2 to 2 and 1/2 hours or 3 hours. Uh because what is interesting is if you noticed um Paul when uh we read about how he begins to share the word. Um this is in Acts chapter 20. Right? We go to Acts chapter 20. Acts 20 and uh Yeah, we see uh Acts chapter 20 verse 7, I think. Okay, 7 to 9. So, it says, "Now, on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread." So, what was it? It was actually a a time when the church met for worship and prayer. So, they meet. And then Paul was actually ready to leave the next day. But look what happens. Right? He spoke to them and continued his message until midnight. Okay, [laughter] so um um so they meet and then he continues with his um so uh when they came to meet to break bread uh maybe it was sometime in the evening, you know, I'm not sure. Just need to study it to better to see whether it was it in the morning or was it in the evening. Maybe it was in the evening. But whatever, um he continued speaking continue it says continued his message until midnight. And then that whole incident of how this young man uh called Eutychus how he fell asleep and how he fell from the window and he was actually uh dead and then we see the miraculous um you know, intervention of God and he comes back to life, right? So, that whole incident happens. So, that also teaches us about you know, something about uh the flexibility which they had in terms of time. Right? It was not rigid when it come came to the worship and so on, right? Um so, that's that that was how it was in the uh New Testament times, right? Okay, so just going forward a little bit um what about worship? What about singing? Was it there, right? We know that it was there uh right through the Psalms we read about it. So, uh singing was very much there and also all other expressions of praise and worship um were very much there as part of the worship during that time. Right? Um as prescribed in the word of God, right? Well, um the the thing is um when we when we see in the New Testament, we see that uh with the Lord Jesus and the disciples they met together, they were there in the upper room, they they observed the Passover and then we see that they sang a hymn. And then they went. They sang a hymn and then they left, right? When we read the book of Acts also, we see that um um Acts chapter 16 right? We read about Paul and Silas. They were in prison. They were praying and they were singing. Singing hymns to God, which means that for a believer, uh, believers of that time, uh, churches of that time, it was normal, it was it was, uh, you know, it was a normal thing, it was a routine thing to to worship the Lord with song, right? So, we don't have to, you know, kind of isolate or separate singing saying, "Okay, there's nothing, there's no not many mentions of singing." So, maybe it was not given importance, right? We can't come to such a conclusion because, uh, we see that they did have that, um, and so even in prison, uh, Paul and Silas, when they thought of praising, when they thought of praying and praising God, the automatic response was they sang a hymns of praise to God, right? So, we see that, okay? Um, Romans also talks about that, Romans 15, verse, uh, nine onwards. Romans 15, verse nine, that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy as it is written. So, Paul is actually quoting from the Old Testament, he says, "For this reason, I will confess to you among the Gentiles and sing to your name." And he's drawing from the Psalms and he's saying, "Okay, I will sing to your name." Um, 1 Corinthians 14, we know that verse, 1 Corinthians 14, verse 15, where Paul is writing about the gifts of the spirit to the Corinthian church, right? And it is a multi-ethnic church, and he writes to them and in saying that, he says, "I will pray in the spirit. I will pray with the understanding. I will sing with the spirit. I will also sing with the understanding. So, from that also we get an idea and that yes, singing to the Lord in worship, singing to the Lord in the spirit, singing in tongues was something prescribed, was something normal, right? It was not something unusual. It was part of it, part of our worship to God. Then the two verses that we read at the beginning, right? Colossians chapter 3 verse 16, and also Ephesians 5 verses 19 and 20 talk about singing to one another. You know, this is congregational. Congregational singing. Singing to one another and to the Lord. Right? Both are there. It is both horizontal, singing to one another and vertical, which means you are taking that song and offering that song to the Lord. Sorry. So, both are scriptural in the New Testament times and both are very much present there, right? So, three categories are mentioned, right? Ephesians both in Ephesians 5 and also in all three types of songs are mentioned. Can you just read that out? Ephesians 5:19. What are What are those three things that are mentioned there? First is Psalms, right? Psalms are there. Then hymns and spiritual songs. Okay, so So, what are these Psalms? Of course, Psalms we know, these are poems, this is poetry set to music. Maybe some are not set to music. These are prayers. Some are prophetic. And this was literally the songbook of the Old Testament times. Right? And the Hebrew word used there is Tehillim, which means book of praises. Right? Book of praises, Tehillim. And we know that we study that word right in the first semester, Tehillah, which means a song of praise to God, right? As something that you sing to the Lord. So, we see here that Psalms are there. And this was Psalm was the Psalms were the songbook, you know, they would say, "Okay, let's sing this Psalm. Let's sing that Psalm. A song of David. A song of Asaph." They'll, you know, they'll sing it to the Lord, and they encourage one another with these Psalms, right? And what are these hymns, right? Hymns also are a category where we see that even during the Reformation, right? Hymns were songs which actually taught something. Right? This was rich in doctrine. See, what happened was that during the Reformation, what is the Reformation? Um Reformation, huh? Sorry, what? >> It was a change came >> Hm? What kind of change was it? A change in the belief, right? A change in In other words, a change in theology, right? So, when you look at the word Reformation, it means reform, right? There is a reformation of belief theology. Like, there's a reformation of theology. So, um what was the basic uh you know, reformation of theology? It was everything had gone um liturgical without meaning. There's nothing wrong in being liturgical. There's nothing wrong in being written down and, you know, saying it, chanting it. There's nothing wrong. But it had lost its meaning, and it was the belief itself system itself had got as changed, right? It had become a salvation of works. Whole thing had become a salvation of works. You do this and the priest will do this and then you will be forgiven. Or you pay this the priest will pray for you like you pay this amount, the priest will pay for you and yes, everything will be okay with you. Or you even if you commit a sin, it will be forgiven, right? And if you do these things, if you pay so much money, then you will reach you will or you give away you do these good works, then you will attain salvation, right? Excuse me. Then what happened? Okay, these people who are dead and gone and they lived a good life. Um you know, maybe the apostles and so on, disciples of the Lord. Not only can you pray to the Lord, but you can also pray to them. Right? You see the you know, the belief how it had you know, changed, right? So um Actually, if you look at the scriptures the Old Testament scriptures itself talk about Hear our Israel the Lord God God you worship is one. Right? So there's no other mediator ex- if you look at the epistles, we say it or see that there's no other mediator except the man Christ Jesus, right? There's no other mediator between God and man except Christ Jesus. And so the belief system had changed. So what happened was during the reformation, Martin Luther actually wrote a lot of hymns right? And these hymns were rich in theology, right? So these hymns actually taught theology, right? The right belief, uh salvation by grace through faith uh and so on. And so which was meant to establish the people of God in the word of God. Right? In the right belief system. So, even today, right? We have many songs which actually have a lot of scripture, have a lot of theology in them. Right? Um and so, songs not just about of the greatness of God, which are all good, not just about, you know, the response of man to the greatness of God. Right? Uh saying that, "Okay, I um you know, I come in repentance and I come in remorse and I know, I I realize, I understand what has happened, you know, so many things." The response of man. Uh which is also great. But also to teach what is there in scripture, to teach doctrine. Um and to establish people in the doctrine of the church, which is very important. So, those were the hymns. Right? So, you see that um uh uh the you know, do we do we have modern hymns? Yes, of course. Right? So, we can write hymns. Uh we can write songs that are rich in theology. So, hymns typically, when you when you look at the uh the songs uh or the music part of it, they would form, they would have certain song structure. Okay? And that is why they would come under the category of hymns. Right? They would have certain notes, musical notes as part of it. Um that is why they would come under the category of hymns. Right? And hymns were written mainly for congregational singing. Right? See, there are some songs that we sing, uh even songs of worship, which are mainly for solo singing. Like, as a solo singer, you can sing it. But as a group, if you try to sing it, everybody will be singing different things. Right? Either it's too fast or it's a little complex. Uh it's not simple enough for groups to sing together, right? There could be some songs like that. But hymns, if you see, they're all congregational. So, okay. So, songs relating to spiritual things and also the other next kind of songs category. So, we see Psalms, we see hymns, we see spiritual songs, right? Spiritual songs could be spontaneous songs of the heart. Spiritual songs could also be, you know, any song of worship to the Lord, any song of encouragement to the people to draw them to God and so on, right? And what is melody? Melody is just a tune. He's saying making melody in your heart to the Lord. That is what Ephesians 19 5:19 says, making melody in your heart to the Lord. And the Colossians also mentions these three categories, if you see. Right? It says um hymns, Psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Here it says singing with grace in your heart to the Lord. In your heart to the Lord. Melody to the Lord. Making melody in your heart to the Lord. So, melody is a tune, melody is a music. And so, that is what we are called to offer to the Lord, right? So, all these were part of the New Testament church format of worship. Or this is what they would, you know, bring to the Lord in worship. In addition to, you know, the overflow of the heart, they would bring this to the Lord in worship. Okay? Um What are the scriptures that we see? Yeah, Hebrews 2 also talks about the same thing, right? Um in in the midst of the assembly I will sing praise to you. I will declare your name to my brethren. He's again drawing from the Psalms the And then saying this, right? Um Um >> [clears throat] >> Okay. Um then you know, so this is the unfolding of the format of worship or the act of worship that we see in the Bible right from the altars up to the New Testament times, right? Um so things have changed, right? But one thing needs to remain constant and that is something that the Lord Jesus emphasized. So that is what because that the woman at the well asked the question, "You Jews, you say only at the temple you should worship. But you know, our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, worshiped God on the mountain. We worship the same God. And in response to her statement, the Lord Jesus says, "Yes, that is true. Salvation is of the Jews. But there's coming a time when neither in this temple nor on this mountain God is worshiped, but the Father is seeking worshipers, true worshipers, who will worship the Father in spirit and truth." Right? So if you look at, you know, the the history of worship, we see that it has changed, right? It has changed. If you look at different cultures that worship, um we see there is, you know, different songs, uh different instruments being used, some more instruments, some less instruments. And in when I'm saying, you know, worship in song, so all that, you know, when we say, "Okay, is that the right thing? Should we not Should we use drums? Should we not use drums?" No, that's not the point, right? Should we use loud music? Should we not use loud music? Should we sing only fast songs or only That is not the point. The point is this. The Lord Jesus is saying, you know, the place and all that does not matter, but the point is this, it has to be in spirit and in truth. So, that is the basic guideline or instruction the Lord is saying. Saying, "This is the definition of worship." Right? The Father seeking worshipers who will worship in spirit and in truth. God is spirit. Like John 4:23-24. God is spirit. Those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth. So, the the language, the format, and all that, it's fine in God's eyes. Except that it must be in truth. It must be in spirit and in truth. We know what it means. Probably you can tell me what is What does it mean to worship God in spirit and in truth? Yeah, so what does it mean to worship in spirit? There's two things I mentioned there, right? In truth, in spirit. Okay, in truth meaning, okay, uh knowing the truth about God, and also being truthful. Like being truthful, there's no pretending. Right? When you pretend to be something that you are not, or when you say something that you do not mean, that is not being truthful. Right? So, uh being truthful throughout in whatever you're saying, in whatever you're doing, being truthful, that is the main thing. Being truthful also means that we worship the Lord in accordance with the word of God. Right? Because the Lord Jesus made the statement. He says, "Thy word, or your word, is truth." Right? He being the living word, he said that I am the way, the truth. Right? So, when we worship the Lord, our way of worshipping, or what how and why we worship description of worship needs to be according to the truth of God's word. Right? So, there's no point in saying okay you might worship this way, but I will only worship this way. Don't ask me to worship any other way. There's no point in saying that because the Lord himself is saying you worship in spirit and in truth. Okay, in truth meaning as prescribed by the word of God, as laid down by the word of God. And the word of God has you know, it's a it's a very vast thing. It's a very flexible thing. Right? So, um when it comes to expressions of worship. So, Psalm 95 is a very good example. Psalm 95 talks about different kinds of expressions. Right? Different postures of worship. Uh what do we you know, just just a few verses right at the right at the beginning. Singing, shouting, verse one. Right? You see that? Psalm 95. Sing to the Lord, shout joyfully. Verse two, thanksgiving. Shout joyfully. Verse three talks about the greatness of God. Verse four and five also talks about this just gives a description of how big God is, how powerful God is. Verse six, worship, bow down. Kneel. Right? So, we see all these things one of shouting, singing, then kneeling down, bowing down, you know, all this um we see in the in the the few verses also. Right? Then um Psalm 96 also um it says worship in the beauty of holiness, tremble before him all the earth. That is verses eight and nine. Give to him glory and strength. Give to the Lord the glory due his name. Bring an offering and come into his courts and so on, right? Come before his presence with singing. We see that over and over again. Shout is mentioned there. Clapping the hands is mentioned. And all these, you know, also with the dance, worship the Lord with a dance. All that is mentioned there with the musical instruments. So, we see that, you know, it's a long list. It's a very, you know, flexible, expressive list. So, which means when you worship the Lord, he's saying worship the Lord in spirit and in truth. In truth as laid down by the word of God. The second thing is in spirit, or the first thing is in spirit, which means that, you know, it is from the from your inner most being. Right? Spirit, inner most being. You are spirit, soul, and body. Yes, what you do externally should be an expression of what is there in your spirit. Not the other way around, right? See, in many times the rituals are external. Right? I do this. I go. I Even even these expressions are external. Bowing down, kneeling down. But that external expression should actually originate in the spirit. Right? It should be what you feel in your heart. It it should be what you want to do in your heart, right? In your in your inner most being. So, worshipping in spirit is that. The second meaning of that, what we learned also, is that worshipping in spirit means as led by the spirit of God. The Holy Spirit who indwells us, he leads us. He prompts us. So, as led by the spirit of God. Yes, the spirit of God sometimes leads us into militant praise and worship, right? To declare the victory of the cross and so that the Lord might do something among us. He might lead us. The spirit of God might lead us into a time of uh, uh, intimate time of worship and repentance and surrender. Right? So, you worship as led by the Holy Spirit, as led by the spirit of God in your heart. Right? So, so these are the things that you see. Right? So, things might change as it has over the years. Right? They have changed because of the covenant. Right? We see that there was a fulfillment uh, on the cross of the things of the old of the old dispensation. And there's a change because of that. Right? Uh, you know, what there was a big change, big shift. There is and, you know, the way in which people gathered at the temple, in the synagogue, in the homes, that also is a big shift because of the change in covenant. Right? So, that is the primary thing. And also, in the new dispensation, in the church, in the new new testament church, we see that there are so many differences. Right? So many differences because of the nations, because of the ethnicity, meaning the kind background of that place, because of the culture of that place, because of the language of that place, and so on. You see that so much of difference. Right? Uh, and and all that is fine. All that is fine. Just that it should be the object of worship is the Lord Jesus, is Lord God. And the triune God. And the manner in which the worship is offered is in spirit and truth. So, which means it sets us free. Right? It sets the person, it sets the believer free. We're not stuck in a legalistic way. It gives us the flexibility. It gives us, you know, the way to express the Lord with so much of joy in our hearts and so on. Right? Okay, any questions here? Online class, anything? Any questions? Okay. Right. So, um we look at um the next thing, which is um we'll go a little bit of detail into the Tabernacle, right? Tabernacle of Moses. We'll also look into the Davidic Tabernacle, uh Tabernacle that David built. Um we look at each of each of these aspects, and how it was established, and what it means, and so on, right? Um See, a lot of meaning is assigned. Okay? Uh and we're not saying that it is wrong, right? Okay, the the gate of the Tabernacle, the you know, the each and every furniture or every part of that Tabernacle, definitely has significance, you know, significance to the cross, significance to, you know, the the the gospel. And uh so, we we need to look at it in the right way, right? And not go beyond certain things which are mentioned there. So, that's how everything is significant, but um we need to look at it in the right way, right? So, Okay. So, we'll stop here, and then we'll take a break and come back. Uh we'll look at worship in the Tabernacle of Moses, right? Okay.