Reflective Bible Study

As Jesus traveled around from town to town and village to village, crowds flocked to see Him and in probably every case, included in each crowd were dozens, if not hundreds, of people bringing themselves or friends of theirs to be healed by Jesus.

However, there was one man who needed to be healed by Jesus, but there was no way to get Him to Jesus. It is in this case that Jesus, prompted by the Holy Spirit, crosses the lake specifically to meet this one individual and heal him.

Three of the four gospels share this event, and for our podcast episode this week, we will be looking at Luke’s version of this event, which can be found in the gospel of Luke, chapter 8, and starting in verse 26. Reading from the New International Version, Luke tells us that:

²⁶ They sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, which is across the lake from Galilee. ²⁷ When Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothes or lived in a house, but had lived in the tombs. ²⁸ When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell at his feet, shouting at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don’t torture me!” ²⁹ For Jesus had commanded the impure spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was chained hand and foot and kept under guard, he had broken his chains and had been driven by the demon into solitary places.

³⁰ Jesus asked him, “What is your name?”

“Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him. ³¹ And they begged Jesus repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss.

³² A large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside. The demons begged Jesus to let them go into the pigs, and he gave them permission. ³³ When the demons came out of the man, they went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.

³⁴ When those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, ³⁵ and the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. ³⁶ Those who had seen it told the people how the demon-possessed man had been cured. ³⁷ Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them, because they were overcome with fear. So he got into the boat and left.

³⁸ The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, ³⁹ “Return home and tell how much God has done for you.” So the man went away and told all over town how much Jesus had done for him.

Some people might read or hear this story and think that Jesus doesn’t like pigs. However, looking from this angle at this event completely misses the big picture. All of the pigs in that herd were destined to be killed at one point or another, and so it made little difference exactly when that would happen – that is, except for the pigs’ owners and those tending the pigs.

However, while the demons likely didn’t want Jesus to gain popularity in another part of that region, they preferred an exit that demonstrated how extensive in number they were – and an exit like this would certainly attract attention.

But the biggest idea I see in this event is that Jesus made the trip across the lake for this one man. Matthew references the idea that there were two men, but regardless of the exact number, Jesus was willing to go to someone who needed help but who was unable to come to Him. Our passage begins with Jesus sailing across the lake to this man, and it concludes with Jesus being asked to leave and Him setting sail back across the lake.

This brings out another big idea: Jesus is happy to negotiate and He doesn’t want to force Himself onto others. When the demons know that they have been caught, Jesus is willing to grant their request for a different exit plan than the one they feared or claimed would be likely. Once the townspeople came out to see what the commotion was, they were scared of Jesus and asked Him to leave.

About the only person or thing in this passage that doesn’t get their request answered is the man who Jesus healed. Luke tells us in verse 38 and 39 that “The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, “Return home and tell how much God has done for you.’ So the man went away and told all over town how much Jesus had done for him.” I’m sure that the man was happy to witness for Jesus, but that he would have rather become a disciple like the twelve that were with Jesus.

This brings us to a third big idea: Sometimes our mission is not to travel with Jesus but to share what Jesus has done for us. While our lives in the 21st century are different, as our relationship with Jesus is different than literally walking with Jesus in the flesh, we don’t have to pick between leaving our world behind to follow Jesus vs. sharing what Jesus has done for us. While all of us are called to leave our past, sinful lives behind, and while many are called to travel as missionaries, with the Holy Spirit and a regular time alone in prayer with God and our Bible, we can be with Jesus wherever we are at, which leaves us with the challenge to share with others what Jesus has done for us.

Jesus was willing to cross the lake to help one individual who could not travel to Him, and He is more than willing to do the same for us. Jesus is willing to come as far as He needs to in order to reach our hearts – and after He has touched our hearts and our lives, He calls us to tell others what He has done for us.

Our stories are our testimony and they are the best invitation for others to invite Jesus into their lives as well. Jesus is not interested in forcing His way into our hearts, but He is more than happy to enter our hearts and our lives when invited.

As we come to the end of another podcast episode, here are the challenges I will leave you with:

If you haven’t invited Jesus into your heart, I invite you to do so today. Ask Him to come in and change your life from the inside into being more like the person God created you to be. If you have already asked Jesus into your heart, and/or when God has done something significant for you, choose to not stay silent and share with others what He has done.

Also, while it is easy to get caught up in the busyness of life and doing ministry, be sure to take time to personally pray and study the Bible for yourself. Now that Jesus is in heaven and we have been promised the Holy Spirit, when we pause, pray, and study our Bibles, we are able to draw close to God and Jesus through the Holy Spirit and we are able to learn what He wants to teach us. If you depend on me or anyone else for your spiritual truth, you are limiting what God wants to teach you personally.

And as I end every set of challenges by saying in one way or another, never stop short of, back away from, chicken out of, or ignore where God wants to lead you to in your life with Him!

Not long after Jesus shared the parable of the farmer sowing seed that we looked at in our last episode, we discover that Jesus shared a set of lesser-known parables with His disciples while they are alone together.

However, as I have grown up in church and have heard two of the three parables in this set explained many times, as I have grown with God, I have begun to wonder if we are stopping short of a powerful truth that Jesus wanted us to learn. Part of this stopping short is ignoring the last parable in this set, while another part of stopping short relates to only viewing these parables from one perspective and not two.

Similar to how our previous episode focused on a very foundational parable, as I have studied and focused on the set of parables we will be looking at in this episode, the framing of these parables have shaped how I look at every single one of Jesus’ other parables.

So without any further delay, let’s look at this set of parables in our passage for this episode. Our passage is found in Matthew’s gospel, chapter 13, and we will read it using the New International Version. Starting in verse 44, Jesus taught His disciples by saying:

⁴⁴ “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.

⁴⁵ “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. ⁴⁶ When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.

⁴⁷ “Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds of fish. ⁴⁸ When it was full, the fishermen pulled it up on the shore. Then they sat down and collected the good fish in baskets, but threw the bad away. ⁴⁹ This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous ⁵⁰ and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

These three parables wrap up a longer series of parables that Jesus shares in the early portion of Matthew chapter 13. I have heard the first two parables in this set shared many times and in many different ways. But almost always, I have heard these two parables framed as parables challenging us believers to treasure and focus on finding God like we are looking for a pearl or like we just found a treasure hidden in a field.

I wholeheartedly agree with this truth: We are to be constantly on the lookout for hidden treasure and valuable pearls as represented in these two parables – and that Jesus is the most valuable treasure we can find.

However, too often, we stop here. I don’t recall ever hearing a sermon on the third parable in this set, and I’m skeptical if I have heard a sermon framing the first two parables differently than I just described.

When reading this set of parables, I am struck with the realization that the third parable does not fit the same frame that we often times place the first two parables in. While the first two parables can easily be understood in the context of us seeing treasure and fine pearls, the third parable, which also contains the theme of seeking good fish, prompts us to look from a different perspective. Since Jesus does briefly explain the third parable, we can understand and conclude that the third parable is shared from God’s perspective when Jesus returns.

This pushes us past where we might be otherwise inclined to go. If these three parables are all speaking to the same or similar truths, and the third parable in this set is clearly explained as being from God’s perspective, then the best place for us to start looking at the other two parables is if they were shared from God’s perspective as well.

This means that while we should value seeking God like a treasure hidden in a field or like a valuable pearl and sell everything we own to acquire the priceless treasure, looking at these parables from God’s perspective challenges us with the parallel truth that God does the exact same thing.

In the first parable, where the kingdom of heaven is framed as a treasure hidden in a field, we could imagine that God is looking out across the universe, and hidden in the field known as the Milky Way galaxy, is a small, bluish-green planet locally known as Planet Earth. On this planet is a treasure, and God “sells” everything to acquire it.

However, if you are objecting to this interpretation because you understand the truth that God owns everything already, you’re not wrong. However, the perspective in Jesus’ parable is not on who owns what, but how much the main character is willing to give up to purchase the treasure. By choosing to disobey God and sin, our race sold itself into sin and slavery, and through Jesus, God came and purchased us. Another way to say this truth is that God redeemed us.

To further emphasize this point, the second parable compares the kingdom of heaven to a merchant looking for fine pearls. While the first parable has the kingdom of heaven being a treasure, we are also taught that the kingdom of heaven is actively seeking additional treasure. This too is significant, because God is looking at every one of us and looking at our character. A merchant who specializes in fine pearls is going to know when he finds one that is exceptionally valuable, and Jesus makes the case in this parable that God is actively searching for valuable people that He can purchase and save. When He discovers people who He sees as valuable, He sold everything He could to buy us back.

While you may not think of yourself as valuable or special in your own eyes, God sees more in you than you could ever know or understand – and regardless of what you have done to make you think that you are not valuable, in God’s eyes, you are worth sending Jesus to die in your place. You are worthy of God’s redemption.

The third parable compares the kingdom of heaven with a fishing net. If God’s kingdom is like the net itself, then it gathers everyone, both the good and the bad, before separating the righteous, valuable people from those who are wicked.

In all three of these parables, the focus is on acquiring things of value. The explanation of the third parable gives context for this block of three. These three parables are important from God’s perspective, and He is actively seeking out each of us because we are valuable to Him.

All too often, we like to place ourselves in Jesus’ parables, but while we may initially think of ourselves as the man who finds hidden treasure, or as the merchant, or even as a fisherman, the perspective given from God’s eyes places us as part of the hidden treasure called planet earth, part of the exceptionally valuable pearl called the human race, and as a fish – hopefully a good fish – that was gathered and saved by Him.

God loves you and I so much that He sold everything in order to get us back. He succeeded, but has left us with the freedom to choose whether to be free in Him, or whether to reject His gift. God will not force His gift on us. Instead, He allows you and I to choose whether we accept this gift or not.

As we come to the end of another podcast episode, here are the challenges I will leave you with:

As I always challenge you to do, intentionally seek God first in your life. Understand and believe that God loves you so much that He paid the ultimate price to buy you back from sin. Realize that God loves you more than you could ever imagine.

Also, continue to pray and study the Bible for yourself. Through prayer and Bible study, discover how you can grow closer to God as you move personally closer to Him through personal prayer and study. With personal prayer and Bible study, discover who God really is and just how much He loves you!

And as I end every set of challenges by saying in one way or another, never stop short of, back away from, chicken out of, or abandon where God wants to lead you to in your life with Him!

Tucked at the heart of Matthew’s gospel is a chapter filled with parables. Included in this set of parables is one that seemed to bother the disciples a little more than the others, and we can be thankful for this, because the disciples wanted clarification and they asked Jesus to explain this parable to them. We can also thank Matthew for including both the parable and Jesus’ explanation in his gospel.

Before beginning our discussion on this parable, and on Jesus’ explanation, let’s read the parable for ourselves and refresh our minds about the details that Jesus shares. This parable is found in Matthew’s gospel, in chapter 13, and we will be reading from the New International Reader’s Version of the Bible. Starting in verse 24:

²⁴ Jesus told the crowd another story. “Here is what the kingdom of heaven is like,” he said. “A man planted good seed in his field. ²⁵ But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came. The enemy planted weeds among the wheat and then went away. ²⁶ The wheat began to grow and form grain. At the same time, weeds appeared.

²⁷ “The owner’s slaves came to him. They said, ‘Sir, didn’t you plant good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?’

²⁸ “ ‘An enemy did this,’ he replied.

“The slaves asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull up the weeds?’

²⁹ “ ‘No,’ the owner answered. ‘While you are pulling up the weeds, you might pull up the wheat with them. ³⁰ Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the workers what to do. Here is what I will say to them. First collect the weeds. Tie them in bundles to be burned. Then gather the wheat. Bring it into my storeroom.’ ”

There are a number of key details that we should pay attention to in this parable. The owner of this field planted only good seed, and while we might simply blame nature for helping weeds get mixed into the gardens that we plant, the description Jesus gives of this field is that there were too many weeds to have occurred naturally. The owner attributes the weeds to one of his enemies. We’ll come back to this point in a moment.

When it has been discovered what happened, the workers ask if they are to go pull the weeds early to let the grain grow better and have better access to the soil nutrients and sunlight. But the owner responds that he is worried that they might pull or damage some of the grain in the process. This also is a key point to remember as well.

Lastly, when the harvest time is ready, the workers will first pull the weeds and bundle them before harvesting the grain and bringing it into the owner’s storeroom. This is a third key point for us to remember.

Let’s now read Jesus’ explanation of this parable a few verses later. Jumping back in at verse 36, Matthew continues by saying:

³⁶ Then Jesus left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him. They said, “Explain to us the story of the weeds in the field.”

³⁷ He answered, “The one who planted the good seed is the Son of Man. ³⁸ The field is the world. The good seed stands for the people who belong to the kingdom. The weeds are the people who belong to the evil one. ³⁹ The enemy who plants them is the devil. The harvest is judgment day. And the workers are angels.

⁴⁰ “The weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire. That is how it will be on judgment day. ⁴¹ The Son of Man will send out his angels. They will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin. They will also get rid of all who do evil. ⁴² They will throw them into the blazing furnace. There people will weep and grind their teeth. ⁴³ Then God’s people will shine like the sun in their Father’s kingdom. Whoever has ears should listen.

Jesus doesn’t sugarcoat His description. Each detail of the original parable represents something. The enemy who planted the weeds is the devil, and specifically the field is the world. When reading this parable, we may be tempted to see the field as the Church, but this would be inaccurate – except to say that the more like the world the church becomes, the ratio between wheat and weeds in the church will more closely reflect the ratio of wheat to weeds that exists outside of the church.

The weeds are simply described as those who belong to the evil one, and this is a nice contrast with those who belong to the kingdom. Closer to the end of the parable, another description is given of the weeds. The last statement in verse 41, which describes God sending out His angels, describes their actions as weeding out “everything that causes sin” and getting “rid of all who do evil”. The actions of the weeds are evil actions. Nothing is said about the weeds intentions.

We could assume that an evil action will always have an evil intention behind it, but this is not always the case. The devil is a master of lies and it is possible that there are weeds that believe their intentions to be good while doing evil things.

However, one point in the parable that Jesus skips over explaining is the response the owner gives to the workers when they want to go clean up the field of weeds before the harvest. The response the owner gives is profound. Verse 29 and the first part of verse 30 tell us that the owner responds by saying, “No. While you are pulling up the weeds, you might pull up the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest.”

Perhaps the weeds that were planted would look similar to wheat while both were young or maybe the owner doesn’t trust that his servants would be careful, diligent, or observant enough to protect every stalk of wheat. The clear message, which is a very profound idea when we look closely at it, is that God does not want to risk harming any of His chosen people from an eternity-wide perspective. This might mean that His people will be injured or irritated by “weeds” in their own lives, but in the biggest picture that matters, we are able to see that even though we don’t have life easy now, God is more concerned with saving us for eternity. This parable tells us that the alternate, which isn’t an option, is risking losing some of His people with weeds that are pulled up early.

Applying this to the world today, those who are paying attention can see a growing divide between people who are growing, developing, and displaying a Christ-like character, and those who are developing and displaying characters that are not Christ-like. The biggest distinction between these two groups is where the role of self is placed. While this wasn’t as obvious in the past as it is now, when we look for this distinction today, it is becoming easier and easier to see, and it will get more obvious as we move towards the final judgment. Our role as wheat in God’s field is simple: reflect Jesus.

The last point for us to pay attention to is that while the weeds are described as those who do evil, the wheat are not contrasted by doing good. Instead, verse 43 describes God’s people as shining “like the sun in their Father’s kingdom”. While the spelling of sun in this passage is s-u-n, in God the Father’s kingdom, no s-u-n will shine as brightly as the S-o-n Son. God’s people are destined to let their lives reflect and display Jesus. This is the contrasting description, and it is a lot more significant than simply doing something good or avoiding doing evil.

As we conclude another podcast episode, here are the challenges that I will leave you with:

Don’t limit yourself by simply doing good while avoiding doing evil. Instead, focus your life on the destiny of God’s people, and don’t wait until eternity to begin reflecting Jesus. Begin reflecting Jesus today, regardless of what the weeds in your life might think.

The best way to learn how to reflect Jesus is by growing closer to Him and by learning what He is like. This is best done through prayer and studying the Bible for yourself. If you let all your Bible information filter to you through me or someone else, you are limiting yourself based on what others have learned. While learning from each other is nowhere near bad, choosing to depend on others for your spiritual life is one of the worst things you could do. Reflect Jesus by learning about Him directly from God’s Word.

And as I end every set of challenges by saying in one way or another, never stop short of, back away from, chicken out of, or deviate away from where God wants to lead you to in your life with Him!

As we continue moving through our first chronological year looking at events from Jesus’ life, we come to what many people may consider to be Jesus’ most famous parable. When we look a little closer at what Jesus shares about this parable, it is possible that this illustration is actually the most important parable in the entire Bible. This parable happens to also be among a very select group of parables that appear in three of the four gospels.

When looking at this parable and what Jesus teaches us within it, we get an amazing picture of God’s role and our role in the world today. While this parable is found in three of the gospels, let’s look at Mark’s version of it.

Our passage for this episode is found in Mark, chapter 4, and we will read it using the New International Version of the Bible. Starting in verse 1, Mark tells us:

¹ Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge. ² He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said: ³ “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. ⁴ As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. ⁵ Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. ⁶ But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. ⁷ Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. ⁸ Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.”

Skipping down a couple verses, Jesus then explains this parable to the disciples when they are alone with Him. Coming back into chapter 4 at verse 13:

¹³ Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? ¹⁴ The farmer sows the word. ¹⁵ Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. ¹⁶ Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. ¹⁷ But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. ¹⁸ Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; ¹⁹ but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. ²⁰ Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.”

In this two-part passage, we have Jesus sharing one of His most famous parables as well as explain it to His disciples while they were alone together. One thing Mark includes that the other gospels don’t is Jesus’ pair of rhetorical questions in verse 13. Jesus asks the disciples: “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable?”

This phrase clues me into the idea that Jesus perhaps thought that this parable was more significant than most of His other ones. While teaching and preaching, Jesus shared frequently about the kingdom of God and the kingdom of heaven through parables, but perhaps this parable is more foundational. Of all the parables Jesus shared, this one might be the parable we assume relates to God’s kingdom, while Jesus doesn’t actually attribute it to it. I suspect that regardless of the lack of attributing this to the kingdom of heaven, this parable actually speaks more to the state of our sin-filled human hearts and God’s desire to reach us than it does about teaching us a big truth about how God operates.

However, while this parable is famous, I suspect Jesus knew that His words might be taken out of context or misunderstood. To help there be no confusion among His followers, Jesus comes right out and says what He meant with this parable:

First off, Jesus states that the farmer sows the word. This tells me that the seed in the parable is God’s Word or God’s message. The primary action taken in this parable is spreading God’s message with others.

Next Jesus frames the different types of soil as different types of people.

First, He talks about the path, which is so hard that the seed has no place to go and that is quickly snatched away. This is like someone who is so closed to God, the Bible, or anything spiritual or religious that anything even remotely seen as spiritual is quickly discounted or ignored. This type of soil could also represent the person who is so busy that nothing new is able to get in – no new thoughts, ideas, or even rest.

Next Jesus talks about rocky places. These people receive God’s Word with joy, but their joy does not last. There is no foundation or root, and as soon as the first problem appears, they drop the whole idea. This soil describes people who abandon any faith or belief in God when challenged by someone from another worldview. These people aren’t “bad”, they just have no foundation or root structure to help them respond.

The third type of soil Jesus describes is the soil that has competition. Whereas the first two soils had outside opposition, this third type of soil has inside competition. Worries, stress, desire, and the money trap are all internal struggles that may not stop us from starting to grow, but they will keep us from maturing.

These first three types of soil describe people who never become who God wants them to be. These three types of soil all have various challenges, but they all share the characteristic that the seed the farmer sowed wasn’t able to mature.

However, these three types of soil are not permanent. A skilled farmer or gardener could break up the rock-hard path, remove the stones from the poor soil, and weed out the thorns to make good soil out of what was formerly poor soil. However, while this is an important message for you when thinking about which type of soil is closest to your current heart, this detail is not the focal point of this parable.

The fourth and last type of soil Jesus focused on is the good soil, and the seed sowed in this soil is able to take root and grow. These people hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop. However, it is worth noting that even in their fruitfulness, there are still differences in how fruitful each person is.

What is often missed in Jesus’ explanation of this fourth type of soil is that maturing and being fruitful is what God sees as important. How fruitful you are is not an issue. The farmer is just as happy with the thirty times growth as he is with the one hundred times growth. Both are very sustainable. In God’s eyes, being fruitful is more important than how fruitful you are.

Before wrapping up our episode, there’s one more detail I want to draw our attention to: In Jesus’ explanation of this parable, He never identifies who the farmer is. He starts by explaining that the seed is God’s word, and the soil types are how receptive people are, while completely skipping over who the farmer is. This detail is important for me because it leaves the role of farmer open.

While it is possible that God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are the only acceptable Farmers in the context of this parable, I wouldn’t be surprised to discover Jesus sharing this parable with the intention that you and I could also step into the farmer role after we have matured in our relationship with God. Instead of worrying if we are one of the less-than-ideal types of soil, perhaps we should instead focus on being like the farmer and spreading God’s word and His message to those in our lives. If we chose to see ourselves as the farmer, not replacing Jesus but instead partnering with Him and His Holy Spirit, we might find ourselves to be more fruitful that we would otherwise realize or give ourselves credit for.

While I could go on talking about this parable, since it is one of my favorites, let’s save this discussion for later.

As we come to the end of another podcast episode, here are the challenges I will leave you with:

As I always challenge you to do, intentionally seek God first in your life and ask Him to change your heart into being a better type of soil. Regardless of what type of soil you think your life or heart is, ask God to cultivate it into being the ideal soil that allows for Him to grow His truth in your life.

Also, as I always challenge you to do, continue praying and studying the Bible for yourself in order to learn who Jesus really is – straight from God’s Word. While other people have ideas, take everything you read, hear, and see and filter it through the truth of God’s Word.

And as I end every set of challenges by saying in one way or another, never stop short of, back away from, chicken out of, or let yourself be pulled away from where God wants to lead you to in your life with Him!