to the church.

All right, all right.

Well, hey, welcome to the church 1122.

Man, whether you're gathered at one of our campuses across the city,

or maybe you're watching us online,

it is an opportunity and an honor to be able to gather around God's word with you. I'd imagine that

this week there's probably more than normal some folks that are joining us around TV screens in

their living rooms, maybe just a little extra precaution for the coronavirus. And I'd say this,

wherever you're at, whether you're, I want to gather at a campus or gathered in a living

room or a dorm room around a computer, man, we just want to say thank you for taking time

to study God's word with us. And before we dig in to the text, I think it would be wise of us

to take a moment to just encourage one another and how the church should be reacting to all the information

that's out there right now about the coronavirus.

I'm not a doctor, so I'm not going to pretend to be one, but I are a preacher.

And so let me just encourage us for a second.

Man, I want to encourage us with two things as the church.

As the church 1122, first of all, I'd remind us of this.

Romans chapter 13 says to the church, it says this, let every person be subject to the governing

authorities, for there is no authority except for from God, and those that exist have been

instituted by God. Very practically speaking, our church is taking our cues from our local and state government.

Pastor Jobi and our leadership team, they've been on the phone with the mayor and the sheriff,

and we're seeking and asking wise counsel, and the whole reason we're doing that is because

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