WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.870 Henry: Welcome To Immerse: The Daily Bible Reading Experience. 00:00:02.988 --> 00:00:03.768 Day 34. 00:00:04.216 --> 00:00:06.106 Immersed in Colossians. 00:00:08.656 --> 00:00:13.546 Why do you keep on following the rules of the world, such as Don't 00:00:13.546 --> 00:00:16.516 handle, don't taste, don't touch. 00:00:17.176 --> 00:00:21.826 Such rules are mere human teachings about things that deteriorate as we use 00:00:21.831 --> 00:00:24.946 them, like the believers in Galatia. 00:00:25.411 --> 00:00:28.951 Those in the city of Colossi were being pressured to keep certain parts of 00:00:28.951 --> 00:00:33.391 the Jewish law, such as circumcision, Sabbath, observance, and various 00:00:33.391 --> 00:00:38.341 festivals, and to adhere to instructions based on certain visionary experiences. 00:00:39.151 --> 00:00:44.761 These things require strong devotion, pious self denial, and severe bodily 00:00:44.761 --> 00:00:48.721 discipline, but don't help believers actually conquer evil desires. 00:00:50.101 --> 00:00:53.731 Paul heard this news about the church from his coworker EPIs, 00:00:53.971 --> 00:00:55.681 who had just come from Colossi. 00:00:56.341 --> 00:01:00.691 Paul was in prison, but even from afar, he continued to teach and guide the 00:01:00.691 --> 00:01:02.731 young churches around the Roman empire. 00:01:03.841 --> 00:01:08.611 Paul wrote a letter to the Colossians and asked his friends Ticus and animus 00:01:08.611 --> 00:01:12.751 to deliver it along with the letters we know as Philemon and Ephesians. 00:01:13.771 --> 00:01:18.511 Colossi was located in the Roman province of Asia, modern day Turkey. 00:01:19.186 --> 00:01:22.786 It was a place where people tended to mix practices and beliefs from 00:01:22.786 --> 00:01:26.656 various religious traditions and where new spiritual practices 00:01:26.656 --> 00:01:27.976 were constantly developing. 00:01:28.516 --> 00:01:33.256 Like worshiping angels, Paul warns the believers not to let these empty 00:01:33.256 --> 00:01:35.806 philosophies capture their thinking in. 00:01:35.811 --> 00:01:39.346 Instead, they are to continue in the truth of the good news 00:01:39.351 --> 00:01:40.486 they heard in the beginning. 00:01:41.551 --> 00:01:45.361 The result is a letter giving us one of the strongest statements about the 00:01:45.361 --> 00:01:47.761 person and work of Jesus the Messiah. 00:01:48.031 --> 00:01:53.521 In the New Testament, Paul combats the alternative philosophies in colossi 00:01:53.821 --> 00:01:56.281 by emphasizing the grandeur of Jesus. 00:01:57.001 --> 00:02:01.651 He writes that following rules and seeking mystical experiences won't 00:02:01.651 --> 00:02:06.361 strengthen a person's faith in Jesus or bring about spiritual transformation. 00:02:07.126 --> 00:02:11.716 Rather, Paul insists that the Colossians are made complete only 00:02:11.716 --> 00:02:13.456 through their union with Christ. 00:02:14.476 --> 00:02:18.106 After his opening thanksgiving and prayer for the Colossian believers, 00:02:18.646 --> 00:02:23.506 Paul presents a striking poem showing how Jesus is supreme in all things, 00:02:24.376 --> 00:02:28.906 the fullness of God the father dwells in the sun, who is the maker of all 00:02:28.906 --> 00:02:31.126 things and holds the creation together. 00:02:31.981 --> 00:02:34.351 Because of the son's blood shed on the cross. 00:02:34.651 --> 00:02:38.191 Everything in heaven and on earth is reconciled to God. 00:02:39.151 --> 00:02:42.601 The supremacy of Christ is the great theme of Paul's letter. 00:02:43.261 --> 00:02:47.611 Christ is sufficient for everything the Colossians need and no other 00:02:47.616 --> 00:02:50.071 power or ruler can ever be his equal. 00:02:51.191 --> 00:02:55.951 Paul then explains that this great victory by God's son has implications 00:02:55.951 --> 00:02:57.661 for how the Colossians should live. 00:02:58.621 --> 00:03:02.041 All the rules and laws they've been told to obey were only shadows. 00:03:02.701 --> 00:03:07.681 The reality has arrived in Jesus since they have been raised with Christ. 00:03:07.921 --> 00:03:11.581 The believers are now to live freely in his kingdom of light. 00:03:12.331 --> 00:03:17.431 As they do so, their relationships must be marked by a commitment to love each other. 00:03:18.091 --> 00:03:21.811 A new life of humility and forgiveness rooted in the Messiah 00:03:22.081 --> 00:03:23.221 will anchor their community. 00:03:24.541 --> 00:03:28.741 Paul also gives the Colossians practical instructions for household life, 00:03:29.011 --> 00:03:32.821 showing how followers of Christ should have an attitude of love and service 00:03:32.821 --> 00:03:34.351 in their everyday relationships. 00:03:35.071 --> 00:03:37.501 This includes how they relate to others within the human 00:03:37.501 --> 00:03:39.211 institutions in which they live. 00:03:40.291 --> 00:03:43.921 While these institutions won't always change overnight, God's 00:03:43.921 --> 00:03:47.491 people can move them closer to the ultimate goals of Christ's kingdom. 00:03:48.346 --> 00:03:52.576 At the end of the letter, we find specific instructions for the Colossians to 00:03:52.576 --> 00:03:57.286 share this letter with the nearby church in Leo Deia and to read their letter. 00:03:57.291 --> 00:04:02.056 In turn, this shows how the books in our New Testament first written for 00:04:02.056 --> 00:04:06.766 particular local churches were shared and eventually gathered into a single 00:04:06.771 --> 00:04:08.626 collection for all God's people. 00:04:14.326 --> 00:04:15.476 The letter to the Colossians. 00:04:18.331 --> 00:04:21.421 This letter is from Paul chosen by the will of God to 00:04:21.421 --> 00:04:23.221 be an apostle of Christ Jesus. 00:04:23.761 --> 00:04:28.681 And from our brother Timothy, we are writing to God's holy people in 00:04:28.681 --> 00:04:32.701 the city of Colossi who are faithful brothers and sisters in Christ. 00:04:34.381 --> 00:04:37.531 May God our Father give you grace and peace. 00:04:40.141 --> 00:04:44.131 We always pray for you and we give thanks to God the father 00:04:44.131 --> 00:04:45.511 of our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:04:46.171 --> 00:04:50.101 For we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all 00:04:50.106 --> 00:04:53.761 of God's people, which come from your confident hope of what God 00:04:53.761 --> 00:04:55.321 has reserved for you in heaven. 00:04:56.101 --> 00:04:59.251 You have had this expectation ever since you first heard 00:04:59.251 --> 00:05:00.661 the truth of the good news. 00:05:01.561 --> 00:05:05.911 This same good news that came to you is going out all over the world. 00:05:06.691 --> 00:05:09.451 It is bearing fruit everywhere by changing lives. 00:05:10.051 --> 00:05:13.981 Just as it changed your lives from the day you first heard and understood 00:05:13.981 --> 00:05:18.331 the truth about God's wonderful grace, you learned about the good news from 00:05:18.331 --> 00:05:23.551 Epi Frances, our beloved coworker, he is Christ's faithful servant and 00:05:23.551 --> 00:05:25.021 he is helping us on your behalf. 00:05:25.591 --> 00:05:29.551 He has told us about the love for others that the Holy Spirit has given you. 00:05:30.391 --> 00:05:33.601 So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you. 00:05:34.411 --> 00:05:37.921 We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you 00:05:37.921 --> 00:05:42.421 spiritual wisdom and understanding, then the way you live will always 00:05:42.421 --> 00:05:47.041 honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good 00:05:47.041 --> 00:05:49.921 fruit, all the while you will grow. 00:05:49.981 --> 00:05:54.931 As you learn to know God better and better, we also pray that you 00:05:54.931 --> 00:05:58.591 will be strengthened with all his glorious power, so you will have all 00:05:58.591 --> 00:06:00.601 the endurance and patience you need. 00:06:01.291 --> 00:06:05.221 May you be filled with joy, always thanking the father. 00:06:05.851 --> 00:06:08.791 He has enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to 00:06:08.791 --> 00:06:10.861 his people who live in the light. 00:06:11.641 --> 00:06:16.051 For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the 00:06:16.051 --> 00:06:21.181 kingdom of his dear son who purchased our freedom and forgave our sins. 00:06:22.391 --> 00:06:25.261 Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. 00:06:25.681 --> 00:06:30.511 He existed before anything was created in his supreme overall creation. 00:06:31.126 --> 00:06:36.436 For Through him, God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. 00:06:37.126 --> 00:06:41.866 He made the things we can see and the things we can't see, such as 00:06:41.866 --> 00:06:46.366 thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. 00:06:46.996 --> 00:06:50.026 Everything was created through him and for him. 00:06:50.686 --> 00:06:55.306 He existed before anything else, and he holds all creation together. 00:06:56.266 --> 00:06:59.266 Christ is also the head of the church, which is his body. 00:06:59.986 --> 00:07:03.796 He is the beginning supreme overall who rise from the dead. 00:07:04.456 --> 00:07:08.776 So he is first in everything for God and all his fullness. 00:07:08.986 --> 00:07:14.956 Was pleased to live in Christ and through him God reconciled everything to himself. 00:07:15.556 --> 00:07:19.036 He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means 00:07:19.036 --> 00:07:20.896 of Christ's blood on the cross. 00:07:22.126 --> 00:07:25.546 This includes you who were once far away from God. 00:07:26.176 --> 00:07:30.616 You were his enemies separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions. 00:07:31.336 --> 00:07:34.666 Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death 00:07:34.666 --> 00:07:36.466 of Christ in his physical body. 00:07:37.246 --> 00:07:41.656 As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are 00:07:41.656 --> 00:07:45.946 holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault. 00:07:46.966 --> 00:07:50.536 But you must continue to believe this truth and stand firmly in it. 00:07:51.301 --> 00:07:55.561 Don't drift away from the assurance you received when you heard the good news. 00:07:56.311 --> 00:08:00.841 The good news has been preached all over the world, and I Paul have been 00:08:00.846 --> 00:08:03.331 appointed as God's servant to proclaim it. 00:08:04.921 --> 00:08:08.791 I am glad when I suffer for you and my body, for I am participating 00:08:08.791 --> 00:08:12.511 in the sufferings of Christ that continue for his body, the church. 00:08:13.171 --> 00:08:17.191 God has given me the responsibility of serving his church by proclaiming 00:08:17.191 --> 00:08:18.601 his entire message to you. 00:08:19.531 --> 00:08:24.631 This message was kept secret for centuries and generations past, but now 00:08:24.631 --> 00:08:26.821 it has been revealed to God's people. 00:08:27.691 --> 00:08:31.801 For God wanted them to know that the riches and glory of Christ are for you, 00:08:31.801 --> 00:08:34.561 Gentiles too, and this is the secret. 00:08:35.101 --> 00:08:36.901 Christ lives in you. 00:08:37.291 --> 00:08:39.841 This gives you assurance of sharing his glory. 00:08:40.981 --> 00:08:43.021 So we tell others about Christ. 00:08:43.471 --> 00:08:47.791 Warning everyone and teaching everyone with all the wisdom God has given us. 00:08:48.556 --> 00:08:52.606 We want to present them to God perfect in their relationship to Christ. 00:08:53.416 --> 00:08:57.436 That's why I work and struggle so hard, depending on Christ's 00:08:57.436 --> 00:08:59.386 mighty power that works within me. 00:09:00.706 --> 00:09:04.456 I want you to know how much I have agonized for you and for the church at 00:09:04.456 --> 00:09:08.476 La Deia and for many other believers who have never met me personally. 00:09:09.166 --> 00:09:13.516 I want them to be encouraged and knit together by strong ties of love. 00:09:14.461 --> 00:09:18.391 I want them to have complete confidence that they understand God's 00:09:18.391 --> 00:09:23.881 mysterious plan, which is Christ himself in him lie hidden all the 00:09:23.881 --> 00:09:26.251 treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 00:09:27.361 --> 00:09:31.561 I'm telling you this so no one will deceive you with well-crafted arguments 00:09:32.221 --> 00:09:37.051 for though I am far away from you, my heart is with you, and I rejoice 00:09:37.051 --> 00:09:41.611 that you are living as you should and that your faith in Christ is strong. 00:09:43.741 --> 00:09:48.151 And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you 00:09:48.151 --> 00:09:49.681 must continue to follow him. 00:09:50.401 --> 00:09:54.931 Let your roots grow down into him and let your lives be built on him. 00:09:55.861 --> 00:09:59.431 Then your faith will grow strong in the truth You are taught and you 00:09:59.431 --> 00:10:01.471 will overflow with thankfulness. 00:10:02.311 --> 00:10:07.021 Don't let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high sounding nonsense 00:10:07.021 --> 00:10:10.981 that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world. 00:10:11.506 --> 00:10:15.406 Rather than from Christ, for in Christ lives all the 00:10:15.406 --> 00:10:17.626 fullness of God in a human body. 00:10:18.496 --> 00:10:22.246 So you also are complete through your union with Christ who is the 00:10:22.251 --> 00:10:24.556 head over every ruler and authority. 00:10:25.576 --> 00:10:28.996 When you came to Christ, you were circumcised, but 00:10:28.996 --> 00:10:30.646 not by a physical procedure. 00:10:31.156 --> 00:10:35.986 Christ performed a spiritual circumcision, the cutting away of your sinful nature. 00:10:36.811 --> 00:10:40.621 For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized and with him, 00:10:40.681 --> 00:10:45.331 you were raised to new life because you trusted the mighty power of God 00:10:45.691 --> 00:10:47.431 who raised Christ from the dead. 00:10:48.421 --> 00:10:52.711 You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut 00:10:52.711 --> 00:10:55.981 away, then God made you alive with Christ. 00:10:56.221 --> 00:10:58.021 For he forgave all our sins. 00:10:58.831 --> 00:11:01.951 He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it 00:11:01.951 --> 00:11:03.601 away by nailing it to the cross. 00:11:04.471 --> 00:11:08.311 In this way, he disarmed the spiritual rulers and authorities. 00:11:08.731 --> 00:11:12.571 He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross. 00:11:13.381 --> 00:11:18.421 So don't let anyone condemn you for what you eat or drink or for not celebrating 00:11:18.421 --> 00:11:23.941 certain holy days or new moon ceremonies or sabbaths for these rules are only 00:11:23.941 --> 00:11:29.701 shadows of the reality yet to come, and Christ himself is that reality. 00:11:30.706 --> 00:11:34.726 Don't let anyone condemn you by insisting on pious self denial or 00:11:34.731 --> 00:11:38.416 the worship of angels saying they have had visions about these things. 00:11:39.436 --> 00:11:43.216 Their sinful minds have made them proud, and they're not connected 00:11:43.221 --> 00:11:45.076 to Christ, the head of the body. 00:11:45.736 --> 00:11:49.786 For he holds the whole body together with its joints and ligaments, 00:11:50.236 --> 00:11:52.036 and it grows as God nourishes it. 00:11:53.266 --> 00:11:56.476 You have died with Christ and he has set you free from the 00:11:56.476 --> 00:11:58.306 spiritual powers of this world. 00:11:58.966 --> 00:12:03.316 So why do you keep on following the rules of the world, such as don't 00:12:03.316 --> 00:12:06.136 handle, don't taste, don't touch. 00:12:07.186 --> 00:12:11.956 Such rules are mere human teachings about things that deteriorate as we use them. 00:12:12.676 --> 00:12:17.116 These rules may seem wise because they require strong devotion, pious 00:12:17.121 --> 00:12:21.846 self denial, and severe bodily discipline, but they provide no help 00:12:21.846 --> 00:12:24.086 in conquering a person's evil desires. 00:12:26.011 --> 00:12:30.661 Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the 00:12:30.661 --> 00:12:35.881 realities of heaven where Christ sits in the place of honor, at God's right hand. 00:12:36.751 --> 00:12:39.571 Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. 00:12:40.111 --> 00:12:44.401 For you died to this life and your real life is hidden with Christ in God. 00:12:45.241 --> 00:12:49.471 And when Christ who is your life is revealed to the whole world, 00:12:49.981 --> 00:12:52.231 you will share in all his glory. 00:12:53.206 --> 00:12:56.896 So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within. 00:12:56.901 --> 00:13:01.546 You have nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity, 00:13:01.666 --> 00:13:03.376 lust, and evil desires. 00:13:04.216 --> 00:13:08.236 Don't be greedy for a greedy person as an idolater worshiping 00:13:08.236 --> 00:13:09.406 the things of this world. 00:13:10.336 --> 00:13:14.146 Because of these sins, the anger of God is coming. 00:13:15.076 --> 00:13:18.826 You used to do these things when your life was still part of this world, but 00:13:18.826 --> 00:13:20.926 now is the time to get rid of anger. 00:13:21.331 --> 00:13:25.621 Rage, malicious behavior, slander and dirty language. 00:13:26.131 --> 00:13:27.331 Don't lie to each other. 00:13:27.631 --> 00:13:31.951 For you, have stripped off your old sinful nature and all its wicked deeds. 00:13:32.731 --> 00:13:36.991 Put on your new nature and be renewed as you learn to know your creator 00:13:37.291 --> 00:13:40.381 and become like him in this new life. 00:13:40.741 --> 00:13:46.141 It doesn't matter if you are a Jew or a Gentile, circumcised or uncircumcised, 00:13:46.531 --> 00:13:49.951 barbaric, uncivilized, slave, or free. 00:13:50.581 --> 00:13:54.751 Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us. 00:13:55.801 --> 00:14:00.271 Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves 00:14:00.271 --> 00:14:05.491 with tender-hearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. 00:14:06.451 --> 00:14:10.561 Make allowance for each other's faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. 00:14:11.251 --> 00:14:15.721 Remember the Lord forgave you so you must forgive others. 00:14:16.471 --> 00:14:21.301 Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in 00:14:21.306 --> 00:14:26.161 perfect harmony, and let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. 00:14:26.611 --> 00:14:33.211 For as members of one body, you are called to live in peace and always be thankful. 00:14:34.441 --> 00:14:38.701 Let the message about Christ and all its richness fill your lives, 00:14:39.391 --> 00:14:42.481 teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. 00:14:42.991 --> 00:14:47.971 Sing Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts. 00:14:48.511 --> 00:14:53.851 And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving 00:14:53.851 --> 00:14:56.131 thanks through him to God the Father. 00:14:57.781 --> 00:14:58.441 Wives. 00:14:58.531 --> 00:15:02.371 Submit to your husbands as is fitting for those who belong to the Lord. 00:15:02.971 --> 00:15:06.761 Husbands love your wives and never treat them harshly. 00:15:07.501 --> 00:15:11.461 Children always obey your parents for this, pleases the Lord. 00:15:12.181 --> 00:15:17.581 Fathers do not aggravate your children or they will become discouraged slaves, obey 00:15:17.581 --> 00:15:19.741 your earthly masters in everything you do. 00:15:20.281 --> 00:15:23.671 Try to please them all the time, not just when they are watching you. 00:15:24.361 --> 00:15:27.451 Serve them sincerely because of your reverent fear of the Lord. 00:15:28.051 --> 00:15:31.261 Work willingly at whatever you do as though you are working for 00:15:31.261 --> 00:15:32.911 the Lord rather than for people. 00:15:33.751 --> 00:15:38.041 Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward and that 00:15:38.041 --> 00:15:40.591 the master you are serving is Christ. 00:15:41.371 --> 00:15:44.701 But if you do what is wrong, you'll be paid back for the wrong you 00:15:44.701 --> 00:15:47.521 have done for God has no favorites. 00:15:48.661 --> 00:15:51.691 Masters be just and fair to your slaves. 00:15:52.081 --> 00:15:55.141 Remember that you also have a master in heaven. 00:15:56.071 --> 00:15:59.761 Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart. 00:16:00.436 --> 00:16:04.306 Pray for us too, that God will give us many opportunities to speak about 00:16:04.306 --> 00:16:06.496 his mysterious plan concerning Christ. 00:16:07.276 --> 00:16:09.076 That is why I'm here in chains. 00:16:10.216 --> 00:16:13.996 Pray that I will proclaim this message as clearly as I should. 00:16:15.016 --> 00:16:18.286 Live wisely among those who are not believers and make 00:16:18.316 --> 00:16:19.996 the most of every opportunity. 00:16:20.776 --> 00:16:24.646 Let your conversation be gracious and attractive so that you will have 00:16:24.646 --> 00:16:26.656 the right response for everyone. 00:16:29.701 --> 00:16:32.281 Will give you a full report about how I am getting along. 00:16:32.911 --> 00:16:36.121 He is a beloved brother and faithful helper who serves 00:16:36.121 --> 00:16:37.441 with me in the Lord's work. 00:16:38.131 --> 00:16:41.911 I have sent him to you for this very purpose, to let you know how 00:16:41.911 --> 00:16:43.981 we are doing and to encourage you. 00:16:44.731 --> 00:16:49.771 I am also sending ESUs a faithful and beloved brother, one of your own people. 00:16:50.281 --> 00:16:53.431 He and Tikki will tell you everything that's happening here. 00:16:54.301 --> 00:16:57.601 Aris Starke, who is imprisoned with me, sends you his greetings 00:16:58.111 --> 00:16:59.581 and so does Mark Barnabas's. 00:16:59.581 --> 00:17:04.711 Cousin, as you were instructed before, make Mark welcome if he comes your way. 00:17:05.371 --> 00:17:10.111 Jesus, the one we call Justice, also sends his greetings, the, these are the 00:17:10.116 --> 00:17:12.391 only Jewish believers among my coworkers. 00:17:12.811 --> 00:17:16.381 They're working with me here for the kingdom of God, and 00:17:16.381 --> 00:17:17.491 what a comfort they have been. 00:17:18.721 --> 00:17:21.871 EPIs, a member of your own fellowship and a servant of Christ, 00:17:21.871 --> 00:17:23.701 Jesus sends you his greetings. 00:17:24.181 --> 00:17:27.961 He always prays earnestly for you, asking God to make you strong and 00:17:27.966 --> 00:17:31.981 perfect, fully confident that you are following the whole will of God. 00:17:32.821 --> 00:17:37.171 I can assure you that he prays hard for you and also for the believers in Laia. 00:17:37.711 --> 00:17:43.291 At Hira, Luke, the beloved doctor sends his greetings and so does Demas. 00:17:44.071 --> 00:17:48.991 Please give my greetings to our brothers and sisters at Latia and to MFA and 00:17:48.991 --> 00:17:50.491 the church that meets in her house. 00:17:51.511 --> 00:17:54.121 After you have read this letter, pass it on to the church at 00:17:54.121 --> 00:17:56.131 Latia so they can read it too. 00:17:56.611 --> 00:18:01.861 And you should read the letter I wrote to them and say to our kiis, be sure to 00:18:01.861 --> 00:18:04.231 carry out the ministry the Lord gave you. 00:18:05.581 --> 00:18:08.881 Here is my greeting in my own handwriting, Paul. 00:18:09.631 --> 00:18:11.041 Remember my chains? 00:18:11.716 --> 00:18:13.696 May God's grace be with you. 00:18:15.376 --> 00:18:18.256 This concludes today's Immer Reading experience. 00:18:18.376 --> 00:18:19.606 Thank you for joining us.