Reflective Bible Study

On the night Jesus was arrested, as He and His disciples were walking to the garden where He would pray, Jesus began telling the remaining eleven men what they could expect to face in the coming years, and He encouraged them that they would not be alone. Of all the four gospels, only John’s gospel shares in detail the message Jesus told the group of disciples.

Matthew, who was also there, for some reason did not include it in his gospel, and perhaps the reason for this was that Matthew was writing to a different group of people at a different point in the first century. It is likely that Matthew knew that either his audience did not need to hear Jesus’ last message to the disciples before His death, or that something in Jesus’ message would keep someone in Matthew’s audience from choosing Jesus.

While reading what John tells us Jesus said, it’s possible that the part of Jesus’ message we will be focusing on in this episode might be one reason why Matthew chose to leave out this message from his gospel record. Our passage is found in the gospel of John, chapter 15, and we will be reading from the New American Standard Bible translation. Beginning in verse 18, John tells us that Jesus told His disciples:

¹⁸ “If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. ¹⁹ If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you. ²⁰ Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also. ²¹ But all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know the One who sent Me. ²² If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. ²³ He who hates Me hates My Father also. ²⁴ If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well. ²⁵ But they have done this to fulfill the word that is written in their Law, ‘They hated Me without a cause.’

Let’s pause reading here for a moment to draw our attention onto a really big idea. In this portion of Jesus’ last message, He points the disciples to a powerful idea that the more openly for Jesus that we live, the more opposition from the world we will face.

It is a strange paradox in that we could take the nicest individual, and place them doing one of the most noble acts we could imagine, let’s say saving starving children in Africa. If this is their mission, many people would rally behind it and there would be little to no opposition. But if this person adjusts their mission to include Jesus, while they still would have support, they would also attract hostility from others.

The more openly this nice individual uses Jesus as the reason for his compassion for these children, the more polarizing his ministry will be. Some opposition he might face would be people saying that he is trying to convert or brainwash the children he claims to help into believing what they believe to be the Christian lie. Others might say this nice individual is trying to earn his salvation through what he is doing.

While the actions of this individual never changed, the more openly for Jesus that one lives, the more opposition from the world the person will face.

However, while Jesus shares with us this warning, He also tells us that we are not alone. When we openly increase how we are living for Jesus and including Him in our lives, Jesus continues in verse 26 by promising us a Helper. Jesus tells the disciples:

²⁶ “When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me, ²⁷ and you will testify also, because you have been with Me from the beginning.

Jesus promised His disciples that a Helper would come from the Father, and that this Helper is also known as the Spirit of Truth. Jesus also says that the role of this Helper-Spirit is to testify about Him. God the Father, through the Holy Spirit – another name for this Helper-Spirit of Truth – will testify and teach the truth about Jesus. The Holy Spirit draws nearer to us the nearer we draw to Jesus – living for Him.

I wonder if at this point some of the disciples wondered why Jesus was sharing this with them. Jesus continues at the start of chapter 16 by saying:

^16:1 “These things I have spoken to you so that you may be kept from stumbling. ² They will make you outcasts from the synagogue, but an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering service to God. ³ These things they will do because they have not known the Father or Me. ⁴ But these things I have spoken to you, so that when their hour comes, you may remember that I told you of them. These things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you.

In this passage, we have come full circle. We can see why Jesus shared this message with His followers on the night He was arrested, and we also have a reason why Matthew may have chosen to exclude this info from his gospel letter.

John includes this message from Jesus because he is writing to Christians, giving them a message of encouragement, and challenging them to grow their faith. Matthew, Mark, and Luke are written with the goal of sharing about Jesus with someone who might not yet know who He is.

This message from Jesus in John’s gospel emphasizes that for all of Jesus’ followers living through the centuries, trouble and opposition will come. There is no way around this because Satan opposes Jesus – and Satan is happy to give power, status, and fame to those who do anything to distract people away from who Jesus is and what Jesus would want from us and for us.

The promise Jesus shares is that when opposition comes, we are not alone – we have the Holy Spirit. We should also not be surprised when opposition comes because the leadership and system in place when Jesus walked the earth was opposed to Him. If the world opposed Jesus for living for God, it will oppose us for living for Jesus.

The choice we all get to make from Jesus’ message is whether we will choose Jesus and opposition in this life, with the promise of a new life with God in the next life, or whether we will reject or hide Jesus so that we will be accepted in this life and risk losing the promised new life with God.

Living openly for Jesus is the key to living the Christian life. While the decision to put your faith, belief and trust in Jesus is a private matter, open Christian living is how you know your faith is certain. Facing opposition in this world is one test you can use to gauge whether you are on the right track.

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

Be sure to decide if you want to live for Jesus and face opposition in this life. While for some making this decision isn’t easy, this decision is the most logical decision anyone can make when looking from the perspective of eternity. After all, what are a few short years of opposition and rejection in the face of a dozen millennia of years with God? If you choose God and eternity, then be sure to seek Him first each day, and then openly live for Him in a practical, loving way.

Also, be sure to pray and study the Bible for yourself so you can truly know what God is like. While living for God will be an incredible adventure in spite of the opposition, be sure that you are connecting with Him personally each day. A pastor or a podcaster can point you in a good direction, but only the Bible can teach you about how God has moved throughout history, how He doesn’t change, and how this makes Him trustworthy.

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 stumble away from where God wants to lead you to in your life with Him!

As we continue moving through the gospels looking at the night Jesus is betrayed and arrested, leading up to this betrayal, Jesus spends some time talking with His disciples. After Jesus had eaten the Last Supper with His followers, and right before they leave to go to the garden where Jesus will pray before being betrayed, Jesus challenges His followers with a powerful statement. While some might be quick to discount this statement as being only applicable for those in the first century, if we look at the context for this challenge, I doubt any dedicated follower of Jesus living today would want to give up what Jesus promises within the context of this challenge.

Let’s dive into our passage and uncover what Jesus challenges His followers with. Instead of slowly leading up to this challenge, Jesus actually opens our passage by stating this challenge in very clear, simple terms, before then including the promise in the verses following it.

With that said, let’s read our passage, which comes from the gospel of John, chapter 14, using the God’s Word translation. Starting in verse 15, John tells us Jesus told His followers:

¹⁵ “If you love me, you will obey my commandments. ¹⁶ I will ask the Father, and he will give you another helper who will be with you forever. ¹⁷ That helper is the Spirit of Truth. The world cannot accept him, because it doesn’t see or know him. You know him, because he lives with you and will be in you.

¹⁸ “I will not leave you all alone. I will come back to you. ¹⁹ In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. You will live because I live. ²⁰ On that day you will know that I am in my Father and that you are in me and that I am in you. ²¹ Whoever knows and obeys my commandments is the person who loves me. Those who love me will have my Father’s love, and I, too, will love them and show myself to them.”

²² Judas (not Iscariot) asked Jesus, “Lord, what has happened that you are going to reveal yourself to us and not to the world?”

²³ Jesus answered him, “Those who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will go to them and make our home with them. ²⁴ A person who doesn’t love me doesn’t do what I say. I don’t make up what you hear me say. What I say comes from the Father who sent me.

²⁵ “I have told you this while I’m still with you. ²⁶ However, the helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything. He will remind you of everything that I have ever told you.

²⁷ “I’m leaving you peace. I’m giving you my peace. I don’t give you the kind of peace that the world gives. So don’t be troubled or cowardly. ²⁸ You heard me tell you, ‘I’m going away, but I’m coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I’m going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.

²⁹ “I’m telling you this now before it happens. When it does happen, you will believe.³⁰ The ruler of this world has no power over me. But he’s coming, so I won’t talk with you much longer. ³¹ However, I want the world to know that I love the Father and that I am doing exactly what the Father has commanded me to do. Get up! We have to leave.”

In this passage, Jesus’ first words are the clear, direct, straight-forward challenge: “If you love me, you will obey my commandments.” Ten times in these 17 verses, Jesus uses the word “love”, and in all ten instances, the love Jesus is talking about is us loving Him, us loving God the Father, or us receiving love from Jesus, or God the Father.

Three times Jesus connects obedience to Him to be the same as loving Him. Verse 15, which opened our passage by challenging us, says, “If you love me, you will obey my commandments.” Then if that wasn’t enough, the first part of verse 21 says, “Whoever knows and obeys my commandments is the person who loves me.” And to top it off, in verse 23, Jesus again restates this in the opening to His reply, saying, “Those who love me will do what I say.”

There is no easy way to get around Jesus’ challenge, except for people who want to debate exactly what Jesus’ commands are while working to exclude commands they don’t want or like. The point most people who want to debate Jesus’ commands start from is with the “new” command Jesus gave earlier that evening. Part way during the Last Supper Jesus ate with His followers, He gives them the new command to love one another.

However, this then leaves people to debate whether Jesus’ command to love one another replaces or is added to other commands Jesus taught, and whether the commands Jesus shared are added to or whether they replace what the Old Testament taught. In other words, this debate centers around whether Jesus’ commands are added to or whether they replace the Old Testament Ten Commandments that God spoke from Mount Sinai, and/or whether Jesus’ commands are added to or whether they replace the rest of the Mosaic law.

However, while preparing for this episode, a different question entered my mind. While preparing for this episode, I had the question enter my mind about whether Jesus was the voice that spoke the Ten Commandments while the children of Israel were camped around Mount Sinai.

With this question, hoping someone had answered or tackled this question before so I could look at what they concluded, I did a quick Google search about this, and the results that returned were fascinating. While I can’t speak to what you would get if you searched for this question today, the results I received did anything but answer my question.

Instead of answering my question, Google pulled together the age-old debate of the relevance of the Ten Commandments, and a surprising number of results that focused exclusively on the Sabbath commandment. Looking through the first 5 or so pages of results, and clicking through to several of the links, I found no websites sharing about Jesus’ role in the Ten Commandments, but instead, Christ-followers debating the relevance of either the whole group of the Ten Commandments, or just the fourth commandment.

In my mind, this is sad. Perhaps the debate over the Ten Commandments’ relevance is more important than the question I asked. However, I doubt this to be true.

If you haven’t guessed this about me, I am the sort of person who likes to look at the context and author of what I’m reading in order to understand their frame of mind. In the case of the Ten Commandments, regardless of whether Jesus was the member of the Godhead to speak them or not, the Author of these commandments is God, and the Author of the Ten Commandments should be our focus, not the commandments themselves. In the case of the times God speaks, how we treat God’s words says more about how important God is in our lives and less about the words themselves.

While I could piece together an argument that says since Jesus is the Word, as John opens His Gospel by illustrating, then the words spoken by God in the Old Testament, including the Ten Commandments, would have been spoken by Jesus. There isn’t really much of a question on whether God spoke the commandments, but John’s introduction is one of the few passages where the case could be made for narrowing God’s speech in the Old Testament down to a single member of the Godhead.

However, I suspect that my question really was a bad question. Perhaps a better question for us to ask ourselves is simply: where did Jesus get His commandments?

We don’t have to look far for the answer, because it happens to be found right at the heart of our passage for this episode. In verse 24, Jesus gives us the answer when He says, “A person who doesn’t love me doesn’t do what I say. I don’t make up what you hear me say. What I say comes from the Father who sent me.”

The question of whether Jesus spoke the Ten Commandments is not relevant when we understand that Jesus received everything He said, taught, preached, and shared from the Father. Regardless of whether you think Jesus’ words replace or overshadow commandments from the Old Testament, recognize that Jesus tells us that what He says comes from the Father – and with this being the case, anytime Jesus references back to Himself, He may be simply speaking on the Father’s behalf. This ultimately means that the Source behind Jesus’ words and commands is God the Father.

Regardless of who spoke the Ten Commandments, or even the commands Jesus shares in the New Testament, we can understand God the Father as the original Author. According to Jesus, we love who we obey. If we love the Father, then we will obey what the Father has commanded. In this case, Jesus is simply an Ambassador, speaking on behalf of the One who sent Him.

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 choose to apply the truth Jesus shared about love into your life, starting today. Know that according to Jesus, we love who we obey.

Also, as I always challenge you to do, intentionally pray and study the Bible for yourself to learn what God, the author of life, wants for us and from us. Other people can give you ideas to think about, but other people cannot grow you a personal relationship with Jesus.

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 give up on where God wants to lead you to in your life with Him!

During the night before Jesus’ crucifixion, He shared a special meal with His twelve closest followers. Included in this number, at least for the first portion of the meal, was Judas Iscariot, the disciple who was already plotting to betray Jesus. The reality that Judas Iscariot was the betrayer was not a surprise to Jesus, but neither were the failings and faults of the rest of Jesus’ disciples.

The passage we will be focusing on in this episode happens right after Judas the betrayer had left. Jesus knew that Judas’ departure signaled the countdown to the cross, and it also signaled an urgency in Jesus’ teaching with His disciples. We will be looking at this event using John’s gospel and it is found in chapter 13. Reading from the New International Version and starting in verse 31, John tells us:

³¹ When he was gone [that is, Judas Iscariot], Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified and God is glorified in him. ³² If God is glorified in him, God will glorify the Son in himself, and will glorify him at once.

³³ “My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: Where I am going, you cannot come.

³⁴ “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. ³⁵ By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

³⁶ Simon Peter asked him, “Lord, where are you going?”

Jesus replied, “Where I am going, you cannot follow now, but you will follow later.”

³⁷ Peter asked, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”

³⁸ Then Jesus answered, “Will you really lay down your life for me? Very truly I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times!

What I find amazing every time I read this event is that Jesus knows Peter better than Peter knows himself. Peter was quick to speak that he was willing to go anywhere Jesus went, and even giving his life for Jesus – and I believe Peter meant it. Just a few hours later, as the mob was coming to arrest Jesus, Peter is the first and primary one to resort to violence when defending Jesus. It appears as though Peter is bold and strong when he is with Jesus, but just a few hours later, when he is alone by a fire and not next to Jesus, his boldness has completely evaporated – allowing for Jesus’ prediction to come true.

But looking back on our passage, it appeared as though Peter derailed Jesus’ thought, and his question overshadows the powerful statement Jesus had just shared before.

In verse 33, Jesus tells the disciples: “My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: Where I am going, you cannot come.” Peter responds to this statement in verse 36 by asking Jesus where He is going. It is likely that Peter completely missed hearing the two verses between Jesus’ statement about leaving and his response – and if Peter missed this two-verse message, I wonder how many of the other disciples missed it too.

We are also tempted to miss it, but less so because we already know that Jesus was referring to His death and then future ascension.

Let’s focus for a moment on the message that is included in these two verses. In verses 34 and 35, Jesus tells His followers (and this is all of His followers; not just His eleven remaining disciples): “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

On the surface, this new command seems redundant. After all, earlier in Jesus’ ministry on at least two separate occasions, Jesus referred to the two great commands as loving God and loving one’s neighbor. It really appears like Jesus is simply reemphasizing these two other commandments and grouping them into one. I have heard scholars who are much smarter than me with the original languages of the Bible present the case that Jesus is reemphasizing this command rather than introducing something completely new.

However, while the “loving your neighbor” command covers how we should relate to every other human being, I wonder if Jesus is taking the original command to love your neighbor and pushing it deeper. While no one would argue with Jesus’ explanation of the Good Samaritan being the best example of being neighborly, this too can be rationalized away because many times, the idea of loving our neighbors must also be present when there isn’t a clear need. Showing love was clear in the illustration of the Good Samaritan that the man dying on the road needed help. In cases where clear help is needed, we are called to help – even if it is a stranger we are helping.

In some ways, it is easier for us to help strangers and more difficult to help those we know really well.

As I read Jesus’ “new command”, I am challenged to think Jesus may be commanding his followers specifically to love each other – even if the other person has a strange or different understanding of a certain doctrine than we do.

In some ways, while Christians can rally together when helping a social cause, like caring for those who are homeless, defending the rights of those who are being persecuted, or even adopting orphans from countries on the other side of the world, some of the harshest criticisms come from scholars of different “Christian” backgrounds who are stuck debating the validity of certain doctrines. I wonder if Jesus’ command to “Love one another” has to do with Jesus telling His followers to love those other followers who believe something different about a certain doctrine or passage of scripture. If this is the case, Jesus’ command is a very high calling that has not been obeyed very well at certain points in history.

Jesus’ command does not mean that we must agree with everyone on every doctrine, nor does it mean that we must erase all differences and distinctions and be 100% united in thought, belief, and doctrine. In some ways, when any group – sacred or secular – does not allow for debate or challenges, that group stops being able to grow. If Christianity were to ever unify 100% in thought, belief, and doctrine, it would be inevitable that eventually the church would stop growing towards God because it would close itself off from all opposing thoughts. In some ways, certain denominations have closed themselves off in this way and have stopped growing as a group.

But Jesus’ command is for all of His followers, regardless of denominational affiliation, doctrinal obedience, or church attendance. The true test of whether we are Jesus’ disciples is if we will be loving towards others who call themselves followers of Jesus, but who live, look, believe, and/or act differently than we do. If we truly love like Jesus loved, we will look past our differences and towards how we are unified through what Jesus did for us on the cross.

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

Choose to intentionally seek God first by obeying Jesus’ command about loving one another. Be sure to love and help your neighbor when they need help, and be doubly sure to love those who are Christians but who don’t believe along the same side of an issue as you do. Focus on where we are together, and be civil on the issues we don’t agree with.

Also, as I always say, pray and study the Bible for yourself and take to heart the other side’s argument for or against a certain doctrine. Only when we truly look at the positives of both sides of an issue will we be able to decide what is most likely accurate for us to believe. Rarely is one side 100% wrong while the other is 100% right. Usually both sides have valid arguments that must be reconciled.

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 give up on where God wants to lead you to in your life with Him!

All too often, when we . . . actually I should probably say I, since this might just be me.

All too often, when I think of a well-known event, I think of only the gospels that are the most quoted from. Perhaps you are like this too. Many people have a preferred gospel for specific events, and where there are different details included, often we will simply lean towards the most detailed one, or the one that has the wording we like the most.

Unless this is your first or second podcast episode, you know that for the past several episodes, we have been moving through the week leading up to Jesus’ crucifixion. This episode marks the first big event that all four gospels include: the last supper.

One thing that fascinates me about this event is that each gospel writer seems to give some unique detail that the others leave out. Many of the gospel writers share similar details, but each one includes something the other three chose to leave out.

When reading about the Last Supper, most people seem to gravitate to reading either Matthew’s version of this event or John’s. I can understand this as those two gospel writers, when put together, include the most detail surrounding what many Christians today call the communion ceremony.

However, by focusing on only Matthew and John, we ultimately miss out on a detail that only Luke’s gospel includes.

I suspect that since most people see the Last Supper as being like many communion ceremonies, most people likely believe that this supper was a formal, somber, and quiet meal, and following Jesus washing the disciples’ feet, they were all in shock and were quiet for most of the rest of the meal.

But this was not the case. Luke’s gospel includes the detail that an argument breaks out among the disciples during the Last Supper, and Luke also includes Jesus’ response. Our passage is found in Luke, chapter 22, and we will read it using the New Century Version. Starting in verse 14, Luke tells us that:

²⁴ The apostles also began to argue about which one of them was the most important. ²⁵ But Jesus said to them, “The kings of the non-Jewish people rule over them, and those who have authority over others like to be called ‘friends of the people.’ ²⁶ But you must not be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the leader should be like the servant. ²⁷ Who is more important: the one sitting at the table or the one serving? You think the one at the table is more important, but I am like a servant among you.

When reading the context and order of events within Luke’s gospel, we learn that this argument breaks out after the supper itself, and when including the details found in John’s gospel, Luke’s argument would also have happened after the disciples’ feet were washed.

Those familiar with the gospels know that this argument was not the first time the disciples argued about who was the greatest among them. However, unless I’m missing something, this argument would be the last time. After Jesus’ betrayal and arrest that night, all of the disciples scatter, and after they all failed Jesus, they don’t seem very interested in comparing how great they are.

However, within Jesus’ response to the disciples in Luke’s gospel, we find a not so intuitive truth hinted at. While it is easy for us to get swept up in the cultural norm of thinking that the people at the top of the corporate ladder are the most important, and that those sitting at the boardroom table are the most significant, Jesus’ message to these arguing disciples says something different. According to Jesus, it is not those sitting at the table who are the most important; instead, those who are serving others are actually the most important. Within Jesus’ perspective, while decisions are made while sitting at tables, the service that happens independent of the decision-making is more important.

It’s worth pointing out that both the decisions at the table and the service that happens away from the table are important. However, if we understand Jesus’ words, those serving others are the true “friends of the people”.

This also brings out another subtle truth: those who have authority like to have the reputation that they are friends of the people. The implication is that they talk a good talk while they only superficially “help”. This stereotypical leader will do what is convenient for them in whatever moment they are in, and only if it is convenient do they help others. However, after helping someone, those who want to build themselves up talk about what they did and frame it as though it is a big deal. What was likely a 30 second act of kindness is ultimately leveraged into a story that is shared 3 or more years later about how they care – regardless of any caring actions done before or since.

While this sounds negative and perhaps a little cynical, the reason for me sharing this is because Jesus says that His followers are to be different. Instead of focusing on our reputation or what people think of us, Jesus challenges His followers to step down and serve. Instead of trying to look successful, we should serve our way into being successful. However, instead of focusing on looking successful to others, we should strive to be successful in God’s eyes.

For Jesus’ followers, serving others is more important than claiming to serve; stepping down is more important than leading from above. Not only did Jesus serve the disciples by washing their feet, He served all humanity by stepping down from Heaven and taking on the role of a human.

When reading Jesus’ life in the gospel record, we find example after example of Jesus stepping down to help and serve. It is as though Jesus continually was looking for ways He could step down and help. If Jesus had a ladder, He would use it to climb down to help those further down. Jesus stepped down and became a human, He stepped down and became a servant, He stepped down and became a criminal sentenced to death row, and He stepped down into death. The death Jesus stepped down into was not an instant death, but a long painful torturous death that would make most of us feel uneasy if we were to see it live.

Jesus calls us to step down too. For a follower of Jesus, it is not about getting a seat at the table; it’s about serving those lower on the ladder and stepping down to help them.

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, seek God first and intentionally model Jesus in your life by choosing to step down and serve someone else. By stepping down to help others, we are being like Jesus and we are doing what He has called us to do.

Also, continue praying and studying the Bible for yourself. While other people have ideas to think about, only you can grow a personal relationship with Jesus. I would encourage you to take a few minutes before our next podcast episode to read the crucifixion stories found in Matthew chapters 26 & 27, Mark chapters 14 & 15, Luke chapters 22 & 23 and John chapters 13 through 19. Over the next few episodes, we will be focusing on several of the details leading up to Jesus’ crucifixion, and while we won’t cover everything in this chronological year of podcasting, it is always worth being reminded of what Jesus faced for us when He faced the cross!

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!