Baptism | Senior Pastor Kenneth Carpenter

you have your Bibles in return reading the 1st Peter chapter number 3 verse number 18 first Peter chapter number 3 verse number 18 thank you hard-working people men and women that many of you have worked all day long today some of you if you did get to go home you ran quickly through grab something to eat and onto the house of God you've come thank you so very very much for your love for God tonight 1st Peter chapter 3 verse 18 for Christ also hath once suffered for sins the just for the unjust that he might bring us to God being put to death in the flesh but quickened by the spirit by which also by the spirit meaning by which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison which sometime were disobedient when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah while the ark was a preparing wherein few that is eight souls were saved by water the like figure one two even baptism doth also now save us not the putting away of the filth of the flesh but the answer of a good conscience toward God by the resurrection of Jesus Christ who has gone into heaven and is on the right hand of God angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto Him I'm going to teach tonight maybe it'll be information to some I hope it is I hope some by hope we have another bill Rees here tonight hope we have another bill ring so I hope we have another person that examines their baptism in light of the scripture and if we don't have a bill Rees here tonight may it be a reminder to all of us that we're built upon the rock of the word we have to be able to witness about this right we've got to be able to tell people about this so let's pray father thank you thank you thank you thank you oh thank you for the truth thank you for your name the importance of your name hallelujah Lord that is ask you tonight God anoint us and our time that we spend the next few moments God let it be of eternal value we'd be able to share this with someone Lord we give you praise and honor Jesus name we pray amen you may be seated thank you for standing the reading of God's Word Peter begins to tell us about Jesus the just one how that he suffered the just one the Holy One suffered for the unjust suffered for the one who was in sin he goes down and he mentioned his Noah's day and then he turns and he says that by the spirit he went and preached unto the spirits in prison verse 20 tells about Noah's day Noah's day because the same God that resurrected the man Christ Jesus preached through Noah preach through Noah the same God that was in Christ was the same God that told Noah to build an ark the same God Noah was a preacher of righteousness same God dwelt in Christ preached through Noah to this Noah was saved he prepared an ark and that eight Souls meaning Noah's family was saved by water saved by water because we understand that the godless culture of Noah's day was destroyed by the flood but the same water that destroyed the godless culture because Noah had listened to the Spirit of God and prepared an ark that same water that destroyed the godless culture saved Noah and his family the Bible said eight souls were saved by water but then in verse number 21 Peter says the light figure the light figure in other words he's connecting the water of Noah's Flood with baptism the the like figure whereunto baptism does also now save us Faiers definition of the word figure is a thing formed after some pattern it means a thing resembling another its counterpart so we understand that baptism water baptism in the New Testament church is is the counterpart or the true example of what the pattern was that God used in the flood a those were saved by water the like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us I don't know about you but as I witness of this precious truth that we believe we're often met with uninformed people that will say ignorantly baptism does not save us baptism does not save us I had a precious sincere gentleman come up to me in a restaurant bent down at the table and made several compliments about the TV ministry but then he said I must tell you I must tell you that you have said something on television that is not true you have said baptism saves us and baptism does not save us and I complimented the man for his sincerity to love God and that I believed if he would go home and read first Peter 3 and 21 that he would never again make a statement that was absolutely opposite of what the Bible says to say that baptism does not save us is to make a statement opposite of what the Bible would say the Bible says that baptism does now also save us then it says it's not the putting away of the filth of the flesh in other words Peter said don't read the natural into this it's not that the water takes any filth away from your flesh but it is it's not like taking a bath it's not like taking a bath in water it is not the removing of any filth field from your body but he said it is the answer the answer see because the Word of God speaks and we must give an answer we must give an answer the Bible says that God's Word will not return void see God's Word will always come back with an answer always come back with an answer I want God's Word to come back with a good conscience he said in his word the answer of a good conscience toward God by the resurrection of Jesus Christ it's the answer of a good conscience whatever God's Word says I want to answer it back from a good conscience and I want to know that that I've got a good conscience when it comes to this word right here a good conscience you see no I had a good conscience and I'll tell you that he had a good conscience because Genesis 622 says thus did Noah according to all all that God commanded him so did he now that's a good conscience because Noah didn't do some of what God said no I didn't do most of what God said Noah did all that God said no that's that's that's the boat I want to be in part in the pun but that's the boat I want to be in tonight on and I think that's the only one that'll float I want to be on that I want to be on that good conscience that that answer of a good conscience so let's form our opinion tonight not from what tradition tells us let's form our opinion tonight church not by what somebody thinks but could we form our opinion upon baptism by what the Word of God says what the word says well I believe that first we must examine the importance of the name just how important is the name because you really can't examine baptism without finding first and foremost that Jesus attached a name to baptism Matthew chapter 28 verse number 18 and give you a little I'm gonna give you a little Bible college class here number one when you're reading your Bible find out who is speaking find out who is being spoken to and find out what they're talking about all right find out who's speaking find out who's being spoken to and find out what they're talking about if you will use that simple one-two-three method a lot of things in scripture will come to life who's speaking now who's speaking here Jesus is speaking who's being spoken to here the apostles are being spoken to what are they talking about here last-minute instructions because Jesus in just a few moments is about to leave the earth and ascend into heaven by cloud and he is given giving last-minute instructions to the apostles these last-minute instructions Jesus came and spake unto them saying all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth go ye therefore and teach all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you and lo I am with you always even unto the end of the world amen now let's begin with the word baptizing them go ye therefore and teach all nations baptizing them would you that's that's verse 19 now notice this in verse 19 he emphasizes teaching baptism I want you to see this now he emphasizes teaching baptism look at verse 20 quickly teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you do you know there's two classes here he says primarily go first and teach and baptize them after you get them baptized teach them all things you see as we win souls it's important that we get the proper order we need to teach baptism and when we get them baptized they're going to be at a spiritual revelation to then be taught all things sometimes we try to teach all things and they've not got baptized and they've not they don't comprehend all things until they have got to a place to where they're willing to be baptized you see that the word baptized baptizing them because there is some confusion in Christianity today and I want you to realize why we go to the expense of having a baptismal pool in our church while we go to the expense of keeping it ready when bill and I stepped in that water on Tuesday when bill stepped in that water on Tuesday it was warm it was clean and it was ready to go and I want you to know why we spend time while we go to great expense to have a pool behind us while others use the same word baptized but yet they just simply stick their finger or fingers in water and sprinkle and they will refer to it as baptism as a matter of fact brother bill told me that they said I remember asking for baptism in the Catholic Church he said I asked for baptism and he said I went and he said he walked up and he said they put oil and water on my head and he said I even told somebody there that day he said I even told somebody he said that didn't feel like baptism he said that felt like a blessing but it didn't feel like baptism and of course even without him having knowledge something deep inside of him said that didn't feel like baptism well you see there's a lot of people watch movies produce my Hollywood about the life of Christ they see things happen and such as John the Baptist baptizing in Jordan River and the way that most Hollywood movies show you John baptizing is not how John baptized John didn't bring people in the water and get a handful of water and pour on them push them on through it was not true to the word you see the word baptize or baptizing in the Greek means to get to dip to immerse to submerge it's used baptism or baptizing is not only a word that's used about a about a person being baptized in the church but when they spoke the Greek language and a ship sunk when a ship sunk and went to the bottom they would have said the ship is baptized alright and we know that we're not talking about sins we're talking about the condition of the sunken ship it is under the water they would refer to it as being baptized it means the word baptize means to to dip to immerse to submerge as sunken vessels means to cleanse by dip by dipping or to cleanse by some mercy submerging to wash to make clean with water to wash oneself to bathe so we understand and it's very important we understand that baptism is not a few drops of water on our head it is not that as a matter of fact in the book of Acts chapter 8 and verse number 38 Acts chapter 8 and verse number 38 Philip has been witnessing to the Ethiopian eunuch and he has witnessed to him and the unit says that he wants to be baptized and the Bible says in Acts chapter 8 verse number 38 and he commanded the chariot to stand and they went down both into the water both Philip and the eunuch and he baptized him now can I tell you that by that verse plainly says that two grown men went down into the water two grown men went down into the water and one of those grown men submerse the other grown man in water there's no note no sprinkling here there's no there's no sprinkling here it is two men going down into the water and one of those men Philip baptizes or dips or submerges the other man under the water so we understand that we first understand the mode of baptism that's very important fathers mothers I want you to be able to witness to your children of this Bible lesson tonight for they ask you why we baptized I want you to be able to go back over this Bible study and you teach this Bible study well after Jesus said the word baptized he said baptize them in the name now we understand that the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost please make special note who is speaking who is being spoken to and what are they speaking about please make a special note that no one is being baptized here no one is being baptized and make a special note no one's being baptized and make another special note that nowhere in your Bible was anyone ever baptized repeating the words Father Son and Holy Ghost that's very important that's that's very important that you know that nowhere no nowhere so we have to look at this and realize as the places that these men that heard what Jesus said all right these men that heard what Jesus said they baptized in the name of Jesus now you have to come up with one or two explanations for this they either number one disobeyed what Jesus said and if they did disobey then the entire New Testament is not believable because the majority of it was written by those men that Jesus was talking to so now I think we can pretty well right off that they did not disobey but that they got into the spirit and they did baptize in the singular name please notice Matthew 28:19 does not say baptizing them in the name it does not say baptize them in the name of the Father in the name of the son in the name of the Holy Ghost it says one name name of the father name of the son or name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost one name we understand the night and I believe you'll understand this after we read acts four and twelve four and twelve neither is there salvation in any other for there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved there is no other name under heaven today that salvation can be acquired through there's no other name don't you see this now there's no other name makes me feel so good to say his name tonight Jesus there is no other name there's no other name under heaven that has been given among men whereby we must be saved saved saved from what destruction you're you're not saved from anything but destruction so when it talks about us being saved we're being saved from destruction I don't want to be lost I don't want to spend eternity in the devil's hell you and I were not made for hell hell is made to accommodate Lucifer and his fallen angels it was not made to accommodate man by the grace of God tonight I'm gonna walk on streets of gold by the grace of God tonight I'm gonna spend eternity when death catches up with me and only God knows that day when death catches up with me and I draw my last breath I'm gonna wake up on the other side of glory and understand that I was saved on this earth by the only saving name that there is I'm glad to know the name of Jesus I wish you'd say it with me tonight Jesus oh Jesus thank God no other name why in the book of Matthew chapter 1 verse 21 God had to send an angel to talk to Joseph because Joseph was about to put Mary away but the angel said to Joseph and she shall bring forth a son and thou shalt call his name Jesus for he shall his people from there all it's a saving name you see the name of Jesus is the only name that can save you from your sins that beautiful tonight I I just get to talk about this and I just get the feeling the sweet presence of God that name of Jesus have I got you convinced tonight it's the saving name have I got you convinced tonight that it's the name that Jesus was meaning when he said baptize them in the name huh then mark comes along and mark I think really we have the Bible to help us because there are those that want to say it doesn't matter if you're baptized doesn't matter what if the Bible shows us that it doesn't matter what if the Bible would tell us it's essential to get baptized you that you're either baptized for salvation and if you're not baptized you're not saved all right if you're not baptized you're not saved mark chapter 16 mark chapter 16 verse number 15 who is speaking Jesus who is being spoken to the apostles what are they speaking what's he's speaking about last minute instructions you see Matthew recorded but then mark recorded mark Chmura mark came away with this neither mark contradicts Matthew Matthew does not contradict mark but God allowed these men to record because you get a little bit of it from Matthew and then you get a little bit of it from mark listen to mark and he said unto them go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved but he that believeth not shall be damned saved from damnation that's talking about eternal damnation eternal damnation saved from what damnation and he says you're to go and preach the gospel to every creature aren't you thankful that you fall under the category of every creature amen every creature and then it said that when you preach to every creature that he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved so let's do the math believing plus baptism equals what saved let's do the math again believing plus baptism equals you selves a salvation or save but he that believeth not shall be damned now there are those that look at this and say all but it says he that believeth not and is not baptized shall be damned well it doesn't have to say and is not baptized because if you did not believe that stops the process cold it wouldn't matter if you got baptized it wouldn't matter if you got baptized you could get baptized but it wouldn't matter if you were an unbeliever all you would be doing is getting wet that's all you're doing is getting wet so the Lord knew the Lord knew that he didn't have to say he that believeth not and he's not baptized shall be damned all he had to say was if you don't believe it it stops the whole process and you are damned so mark tells me that it is essential to salvation it is essential to salvation to be baptized it is essential because he that believeth plus baptism equals salvation so it's essential we settle it there's a name there's a no saving name it's the only name and then when it's the saving name the act of baptism and believing forms the basis of salvation Jesus spoke of baptism Jesus himself spoke of baptism in John chapter 3 verse number 3 jesus answered and said unto Him verily verily I say unto thee except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God jesus said except you be born again you cannot precede the kingdom of God you see it's like this tonight it's like this tonight if you're only born once you're gonna die twice you will die a fleshly death and you will die a spiritual death eternal damnation we're all going to live somewhere forever someday what we got to decide on this Wednesday night and I want to help you by the grace of God I want you to live forever in a place called heaven so so he's saying that you're born you're born once you're gonna die twice but if you're born twice only die once you may not even die once if you get raptured amen right Jesus said except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God Nicodemus saith unto Him how can a man be born when he is old can he enter the second time into his mother's womb and be born now I personally believe that Nicodemus was sarcastic right here I believe that the education that Nicodemus carried is being a scholar of the Pharisees that he knew very well the impossibility of a person a human entering his mother's womb the second time and so I believed he was being sarcastic and jesus answered verily verily I say unto thee except a man be born of water and spirit except a man be born of water and the spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God how important is it to be baptized jesus said that you can't be saved without it as a matter of fact Jesus added to it or said about it that you can't even be born again he mentions two things he said you can't see the kingdom of God and you can't enter the kingdom of God because some other thought and our sinful nature being born only once we are blind to the things of God we are as blind as they used to say years ago they'd say blind is a bad I don't know it but you know that's blind or not but they'll say he's blinded or she's as blind as a bat when we're only born one swears blind as a bat we're just blind we can't see the kingdom of God we can hear it preach but we can't see it but not only are we blind we're crippled he said unless you're born again you cannot enter into the kingdom of God think about the pitiful plight of man who's not born again he's blind and crippled but that's why we need a new birth because when we're born again how of the water and of the Spirit our eyes get opened we get illumination that not only that our feet are healed and were able to walk the path that God wants us to walk by the power of the new birth they men see why water baptism when I told you Matthew Matthew told us about a name mark told us that it was essential but there was a doctor that wrote about it Jesus Jesus allowed a doctor to write about it dr. Luke he was a physician was a doctor and God allowed a doctor to write and you know as well as I do that a doctor always gets into detail why you feel the way that you feel he's able to now he might use long words that you don't understand but it just makes you feel better because the doctor can tell you why you're feeling what you're feeling and how to get better so now Luke writes about it and in Luke chapter 24 verse number 46 and he said Luke 24:46 and he said unto them thus it is written who's speaking Jesus is speaking who's being spoken to the Apostles and it's last minute instructions thus it is written the c-booth should be preached in his name among all nations beginning at Jerusalem and ye are witnesses of these things and behold I send the promise of my father upon you but tarry in in the city of Jerusalem until you be endued with power from on high you might say Luke never mentioned baptism oh yes he did when Luke said in verse 47 that repentance and remission of sins should be preached not had been but be preached in his name among all nations beginning at Jerusalem so two things are going to happen repentance and remission of sins is going to be preached in Jesus name going to future tents beginning at Jerusalem do we find it hard to connect the dots that just a few weeks later on the day of Pentecost when the Holy Ghost came and when the Holy Ghost filled 120 and the multitude gathered around and they begin to say that they are drunk with wine and a crowd got around Peter stood up with the eleven lifted up his voice said these men are not drunk as you suppose seeing it is but the third hour of the day 9 o'clock in the morning but this is the fulfillment of the Prophet Joel in the last day I'll pour out my spirit upon all flesh then part Bend Peter begin to preach the only saving message he began to preach the death burial and resurrection of the only one that could ever bring salvation the only name under heaven given among men he began to preach the death burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ now can you imagine 50 days prior Jerusalem had been the scene of the angry religious mobs chanting crucify him crucify him crucify him and now 50 days later Peter stands up and says the one that you crucified was your long expect acts chapter 2 verse number 36 he says there for let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God hath made that same Jesus whom you have crucified both Lord and Christ now when they heard this they were pricked in their heart and said unto Peter and to the rest of the Apostles men and brethren what shall we do you talk about hopeless to be looking to be in the religious systems of their day and to be anticipating Messiah The Anointed God in flesh to come and to find out that he came and because he didn't come the way we wanted him to come we crucified Him but God raised him from the dead what are we going to do about this then Peter said unto them repent what did Luke say would begin to happen at Jerusalem he said in that repentance and remission of sins would be preached in his name what is his name Jesus no wonder Peter said repent and be baptized every one of you in the name Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost he's a good doctor Matthew just says get in the water and get baptized mark just says get in the water and get baptized why I just get in the water and get baptized but the good doctor utter to wash away your repented sins and it begins to be preached in Jesus name beginning at Jerusalem oh thank God I don't know about you two not aren't you glad you've been baptized aren't you glad you've been baptized in Jesus name that's his baptism we're told why are we baptized we're baptized to join the church we baptize many we baptize many students of ACA that are not members of first Apostolic Church and do you know just about what the number one question is my parents when their children call them up and say I want to be baptized today they will ask me or somebody on staff now that doesn't mean they're joining your church does it no it don't well good they get baptized in because the religious world has been fed teaching that you join the church by being baptized he'll join the Church of a Baptist or that you only get baptized because it will it be a good thing to do after all Jesus was baptized and you ought to walk up to the front of the building you ought to walk up to the front of the building and you ought to show publicly that that he was baptized now let me tell you something that's not the reason either that's not the reason either it's not that you're gonna walk up to the front of the building and publicly show that you're being baptized neither one of those things are biblical just like bill asked me bill bill said he suffers from a stress disorder and and he said he says I do good to come to church brother carpenter I he said I really do good to come to the big crowd and he said I would be petrified if I have to be baptized in front of the whole church I said me let me ask you something are you ashamed of Jesus he said absolutely not absolutely not he's a marine he kind of got a little hot with me he's absolutely not I said so the reason you want me to baptize you at 10 o'clock is because you get stressed out in front of people I said now you're not listen you're not telling me I can't get up from the church and tell it he said I'll tell it brother karma I don't care if you tell it now I'm gonna tell you something friend I'm gonna tell you something yes we baptize people publicly here we baptize them they go right up but this man wasn't a he's not ashamed of Jesus it's not something that he's hiding it I would never baptized somebody that would say I need you to baptize me in secret I would tell you need to stay on the dot you need to stay on first base of repentance you haven't repented good if you're ashamed to let it be known that you got baptized in in Jesus name so let me tell you something let me tell you something I'm trying to get done that y'all clapping a long time tonight let's so let's listen to me now listen to me you don't get baptized join his church and you don't get baptized to publicly get over your nervousness and get up in front everybody get baptized and all that you are baptized for the remission of sins Paul saw now Paul he's here believer is Paul a believer sure he is when did he become a believer laying flat of his back knocked off the beast how do you know he was a believer because he went from hating this way to say what will you have me to do Lord what will you have me to do Lord was he a believer yes no trick he wasn't believer was he born again of the water and spirit no he wasn't so it takes more than just believing to seal your deal because God had to send a man by the name of Ananias down to where Saul was stayed Saul was blind three days and an ice entered the room and in acts 22:16 Paul rehearses it and Ananias walked into the room in acts 22:16 and Ananias said and now why tarriest thou what are you waiting on arise and be baptized and wash away thy sins calling on the name of the Lord you know he knew what the name of the Lord is he knew what the name of the Lord was you know what because when that light knocked him out that beast the first thing Paul said was who art thou Lord and a voice came back and it said I am Jesus whom you persecute he became a believer and he said what will you have me to do Lord he became a believer but he wasn't born again there's a lot of people that become believers but they're not told in a good setting such as this that you need to go on to repentance and you need to go on to water baptism because Paul you killed a lot of people of all people you've killed Saints you have held men and women put them in prison you have abused them physically you held the coats while they stoned the first Deacon of the church you've got a lot of sins against you but that's alright it doesn't matter the sins there is not a sin stain so deep in your heart that the name that is above every name cannot remove away from your life because neither is there salvation in any other there's no other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be safe you don't know my sin and I don't know yours but we know the saving name tonight we know that name well I'm not going to ask you to talk about any of those night in the sins tonight but let's look in on the Corinthians because boy did they ever have some sins 1st Corinthians chapter 6 and verse 9 1st Corinthians chapter 6 and verse 9 know you not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God be not deceived neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor effeminate nor abusers of themselves with mankind nor thieves no kill oh God feel like I need a bath right now nor thieves nor covetous nor drunkards nor revilers Wow nor extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God Wow that's right him folks ain't going to heaven read verse 11 and such were some of you but you are washed but you are sanctified but you are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the spirit of our God oh friend stumble into this apostolic church all messed up you're not going to we're not going to fret about your life because if I can get you baptized in the name of Jesus Christ look at all of that that you were can we take a moment just praise Him right now every lie ever thie ever sexual sin committed oh my god have a messed up gender situation Lord Jesus look at this tonight the name Amen we've heard from Matthew you may be seen we've heard from Matthew the name we've heard from mark I command you to be baptized we've heard from dr. Luke it's for the remission of sins but you see there's four Gospels we need to hear from John before we go home we need hear from john john simply says it this way john closes his book in john chapter 20 and verse number 30 and john says these words and many other signs truly did Jesus and the presence of his disciples which are not written in this book but these are written that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God and that believing you might have life he said there's a lot of miracles that were performed there's a lot of miracles you know what a miracle is don't you it's an unexplainable act that only God can perform science cannot test two-bit Yale cannot explain it well ho to God hold it hold it how do you know they think they're real bright somebody measured a place in the Red Sea somebody measured a place and said said oh the place where Moses and the chariots and all Pharaoh's armies went through was only ankle-deep water well you know what that may that may be true but it makes it even a better miracle tells God drown them in ankle-deep water you can't explain a miracle you cannot explain a miracle how to water you're turning the wine can't explain it how do you walk on the water can't explain it how does he stand one place speak healing and 20 miles on down the road a man is healed can't explain it can't explain it can't explain it that's what miracles are can't explain it so John does address baptism Matthew said it's in a name mark said you got to do it Luke said it's for the remission of sin and jaundice steps up and said it's a miracle because all you're doing is going up getting into water and going down and coming up and you can't explain it no more than naman could explain having leprosy that was eating him up but when he obeyed the Word of God he went down a leper and he come up a cleanse man I can't explain it but there's a miracle that happens in his name would you stand with me tonight would you stand with me all over the building and would you lift your hands and for the next few moments worship the name of Jesus praise the name of Jesus say the name of Jesus over and over again are you glad you've been baptized in his name are you glad that you went down in the name of Jesus Christ come on us praise Him right now we are an Apostolic Church we're a book of Acts church we're praising him right now we're glorifying him right now if you're glad you've been baptized in Jesus name wave your hands a little bit and just give him praise and give him honor give him Thanksgiving thank you for your name thank you for your name thank you for your name Lord oh yes oh yes thank you for your name Lord thank you for your name God oh yes god I thank you for your name well what about sins what about sins that we commit after baptism some have doctrines they want to be rebaptised again can I tell you if you truly understand baptism you'll understand that when sins after baptism come that you're now a child of God and you have an advocate you started off having a mediator but when you're a child of God you go from having a mediator to an advocate see a mediator in court is between you that they're trying to bring two parties together but an advocate that's your attorney with your best interest in mind and he said I'll write unto you my little children that you send not but if any man sin we have an advocate with the father Jesus Christ the righteous and if we confess our sins he is faithful and just oh come on children of God tonight there is no more condemnation oh there is no more condemnation Lord I want to tell you tonight at the end of this Bible lesson I love you and I want to tell you that I thank you Jesus as a pastor of this church under Shepherd under you lord I thank you for love I thank you for the truth you've give us and lord I thank you for your name that you gave us lord I thank you for the truth that's been revealed father keep your hands upon us Lord as we leave this place god I ask you tonight that as we leave and we go about our day tomorrow that God we would be ever mindful of what we've heard and we would be ready to witness to a lost world that needs this name more than ever before God bring us back Sunday morning god help us to bring somebody back with us that they can hear that saving name in Jesus wonderful name we pray and everybody said amen god bless you thank you for coming out to Bible study tonight