 Okay, good morning. Thank you, Anita, success in Lubega for joining class this morning. Before we begin, can I ask success to lead us in prayer, please? All right. Thank you, Ma. Shall we pray? Can you hear me? Yes, we can. Thank you, success. You can go ahead. Let us pray. The most precious father will want to say thank you. He is ashamed of this. I want to say thank you. Thank you for how far you have taken us in this course. Thank you, Lord, because none of us have missed it. Thank you because we are all alive. Thank you, Lord, for the knowledge. Thank you for the impartation of your word. Thank you for our lecturer. Father will receive all the glory in the name of Jesus. My father and my daughter will commit this lecture into your book hence today. Lord, please impart us in the name of Jesus. Father, we want to be the dweller and the hearer of your word this morning. Open our order standing in the name of Jesus. And enlight us through your servant this morning, our lecturer in the name of Jesus Christ. At the end of the day, we will give you all the glory and all the glory will be returned on to you. Thank you, Lord, because we decrease that you may increase in us. In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen. Amen. Thank you, success. So on Wednesday, we were looking at the doctrine of the church and we were looking at the local church as a family unit and we also saw the local church as an army. And we said that, you know, the local church as an army, we have been given spiritual weapons that we as believers can use. And we also discussed why is the local church called as the army. We looked at Matthew chapter 6 verses 15 to 19. It says, you know, God has given us the keys of the kingdom of heaven. We can bind on earth what is bound in heaven. We can lose on earth what is lost in heaven. And so we saw that Jesus is describing the church as a body that is authorized by heaven to bind and lose and to go against the powers of darkness. And we also said that the apostle Paul, you know, uses a lot of military imagery in his epistles, which depicts that we as believers are engaged in spiritual conflict. And he talks about the spiritual armor in Ephesians chapter 6. And, you know, the Word of God also admonishes us, teaches us, exhausts us to engage in spiritual warfare and, you know, to be trained. We need to be taught and we need to be trained how to engage in spiritual warfare. And so we looked at some of the spiritual weapons that we have. What are the weapons, spiritual weapons that we have? I named eight of them. Do you all remember what are the spiritual weapons that God has given us to fight against our enemy? Thank you, Anita, the name of Jesus. Yes. What else? Seven more to go. The blood of Jesus. Thank you. Five more to go. Others, you all remember? What are the spiritual weapons that we have? Thank you, the Word of God. Yes. So we have the name of Jesus, the blood of Jesus, the Word of God. What else do we have? Apart from reading the Word, what else do you all do every day? Yes. Prayer. Thank you. Praying in the Spirit. Yes. Okay. That is prayer itself. Okay. When we go to church, other than hearing God's word and praying, what else do we do? In church? Worship. Yes. Praise and worship. Do you remember anything more? Okay. Thank you, Anita and Zillatoli. So we have the name of Jesus. We have the Word of God, the blood of Jesus, our position in Christ, who we are in Christ. We have the full armor of God that is elaborated for us in Ephesians chapter six. Then we have prayer and intercession. We have praise and worship. And we have repentance and righteousness, repenting of our sins and righteousness. So we need to be trained in all of this and how we need to use them. Okay. So since we are an army that is engaged in spiritual conflict, there are some strategies and insights we can gain from how an army operates. And then we can relate that back to how the local church as an army of God, as a body of Christ, should function. So we look at the army. You know, we have in the earthly realm how it functions. And, you know, we can apply that back to how the local church body should function. So in the army, there is a rank, there is order, and there is discipline. Okay. These three things are very prevalent or can be seen or top most priority in an army that is rank, order, and discipline. And so how do we apply that back to the local church? We see that in the local church, God has set leaders amongst the local church body to lead the local church. So it's their responsibility to be overseers, to be shepherds of the flock that God has given them. So we need to recognize and order, honor leaders at all levels. But however we look at in scripture, we see that our obedience is first and, you know, top most priority. And our obedience first is to God himself. Okay. That is what we learn from scripture that, you know, our obedience is to God himself first and then to man. So we, this means that our absolute obedience is reserved only to God himself because it's possible for human leaders to make mistakes. As we are to submit to leadership that God has placed in our family, in our society, in our nation, in the church as well. We need to submit to authority. We need to honor them. We need to recognize them. But at the same time, you know, when leaders tell us to do that something, the leaders tell us to do things that are against God's standard, his will, his plan and his purpose. His commandments, what he has given to us. Then at that time, you know, we have to do what God has asked us to do and not obey our earthly leaders in those situations. So it's important that our priority first is our obedience to God himself always in all situations. But at the same time, we also need to recognize the leadership authority that God has placed in our lives. In over every sphere of our life, whether it's the job place where we are working or in the church or at home, in the family or in the society that we're living in, the city that we're living in. We have leadership authority that God has placed. We need to recognize them, honor them. At the same time, and obey them, but at the same time, our obedience comes of our obedience is to God himself first. So when our leaders go against God's standard, his righteousness, his laws, his commands, at that time, we choose to do what God has asked us to do in his word. Okay. So that is about rank. We also need to have a military mindset, which means, you know, people in the army are always on a high alert. And also as children of God, we are constantly engaged in the spiritual battle because we're fighting against a spiritual enemy who is real, and he's always there to attack us. Like it says in 1 Peter chapter five, verse eight and nine, it says be sober, but be vigilant because your adversary, the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour, resist him, step first in the faith, knowing that the same thing is occurring, that experience by a brotherhood in the world. So we need to always be on a high alert, knowing that we are in battle. We need to always put on our spiritual armor. We need to know how to use it, when to use what, be very conscious, be very alert, because our enemy, the devil is like a roaring lion. He's looking for whom he may devour. Okay. And we know that his plan for us is to steal, kill and destroy us. So we need to resist him. And we need to be steadfast in the faith. And we need to use the spiritual armor that God has given us to fight against him. So we need to be on high alert because we're in the battle. And we refuse to give the enemy any inroads through any means that we have sinned. We don't give the enemy any ground. So if we have done something that is wrong, we quickly ask God for forgiveness and we shut the doors. And we don't give Satan any access because we know that he, we give him a foothold, you know, he can just walk right in and destroy our lives. So we take, that is why we said one of the spiritual weapons that we have is repentance. Okay. And righteousness. So we need to quickly repent of our sins and, you know, get right with God, even in the area of unforgiveness, you know, unforgiveness is also a small opening in the door that we can allow the evil one to come in. So I know it's difficult for all of us to forgive people who have hurt us. But we just place it in God's hand, ask him to help us, give us the grace to help forgive the person who has hurt us and, you know, do what God wants us to do. So we need to have that military mindset where we are always on the high alert and the efficiency up to four was 27 says do not give place to the evil one, do not give place to the devil. Okay. So we need to honor and recognize, you know, as an army, you know, they, they honor the commanding officer, they do what the commanding officer says in total obedience. They have a military mindset, which is they're always in a high alert anytime ready for battle. The same way the local church has to honor, recognize leadership has to be having a military mindset. And the third thing is have a military lifestyle. We as a local church who are engaged in a spiritual battle need to have a military lifestyle, just like, you know, an army in the world has. We saw the three things that in an army is that they have the rank, order and discipline. We know that in the army there is high discipline that is followed. So also as members of the local church will engage in spiritual battle, we need to have a military lifestyle. And that is what Paul writes to Timothy in Second Timothy chapter two, where he's telling him that you, you know, you have to be like, like a soldier and like a, like a farmer and like an athlete. You know, and they can act lead to have perseverance and like a farmer. You work hard and look forward for the food and then he says, as a soldier he says in Second Timothy chapter two was three and four can one of you please read that. Second Timothy chapter two versus three and four please. You actually with us like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No one serving as a soldier gets involved in civilian affairs. He wants to please his commanding officer. Thank you, John. So here we see that, you know, as a soldier, Paul is exerting Timothy to endure hardship because it's hard work. It's hard labor. It's hard, you know, you have to go through a lot of hard training and also, you know, a set lifestyle. So he says end your hardship as a good soldier and also a soldier's always ready for the call of duty. You know, he may take care of his family, but he's not so caught up in that that he cannot respond to the call of duty. Anytime when there is a call of duty, this is duty first then his family. So we see that no man who's a soldier gets entangled with the affairs of this life. And as, as people who are part of God's army, the church, you know, we also need to live that way. We need to be always ready to do what God calls us to do, which does not mean that we overlook our family or we don't take care of their needs. We have to. But our first priority is what God has called us to do. Okay. And so that is what it means about a military lifestyle, just like a soldier is not caught up in his, you know, entangled with the affairs of this life. So also we shouldn't get too entangled with the affairs of this life, but they are always ready for the call of duty in the same way. Similarly, we need to also be ready for God's, ready to do God's call any moment he asks us to. So we live as soldiers, while we discharge our early duties, we must keep ourselves from being entangled with the affairs of this life. And that is what it means to have a military lifestyle. So we looked at three components in an army, in an earthly army, and we saw how that can be applied back to how it can operate in the local church, which is an army of God. Okay. So any questions so far about the church as a body, the church is a family and the church is an army of God, the local church. Any questions? Okay, no questions. So we'll move on to the sacraments of the church. So far we looked at, in the lesson, the doctrine of the church. So far we looked at the definition of the church, Ecclesia, which the church means simply a gathering of those who have been called out for a definite purpose. We looked at each word and each phrase in detail. Then we looked at the important truths about the church, which is the body of Christ. And we also looked at the important truths concerning the local church. We looked at the mission of the local church, and then we looked at how the local church is a body, is a family, and is an army. Now we look at the sacraments of the church. What is the word sacrament mean? Sacraments, or what is the other word for sacraments? Ordinances of the church. Okay. What is the meaning of ordinance? Sacraments, ordinance, rituals. Okay. Ordinances basically mean decrees or rule that we follow. So what are the two sacraments of the church that the church follows? What are the two sacraments that the church follows? Thank you, Loubega, baptism. And thank you, Subashish. It's the Lord supper. Yes, thank you. Yes, the holy communion. Thank you. So by sacraments or ordinances of the church, we basically refer to the practices that the Lord Jesus Christ himself ordained to be permanently observed by the church. So something that is an ongoing thing, which Christ himself has ordained, which we need to follow regularly. So we see that water baptism and the Lord's supper or the holy communion are two sacraments ordained by Jesus Christ himself for the church. Okay. So these ordinances are practiced by the believers and it's a means by which we can experience the power of Christ. Basically the finished work of the cross, which becomes real and effective in a believer's life. So through these two sacraments or these two ordinances, which we do regularly, which is like a ritual, but it is more significant. It has more meaning by which we experience the full completed finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross, which becomes very real and effective in our believers' lives. So we must desire to take part in the sacraments and also learn how to receive the power of God into our lives as we participate in the sacraments of the church. So we look at the first sacrament that is what a baptism. Now who introduced the water baptism? In Scripture. John the Baptist. Thank you, Loubega. So yes, it was introduced by John the Baptist. And we read this in Matthew chapter three, verses one to eight, when he was announcing the kingdom of heaven on earth as a sign of repentance. And so we read there that repent for the kingdom of God is at hand. Then all the people who are in Jerusalem and Judea and the region surrounding the Jordan went to John the Baptist and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. So those who repented of the sins is a sign of repentance. They were baptized. And yes, it is not something that he did it on his own. It was a command that he received from God the father. Okay. So was basically baptism. What is baptism basically? What is your understanding of baptism? Or who takes water baptism? Yes, Loubega. Number one, the person who has to take baptism must be an adult of sound mind. He must have acknowledged that he is a sinner and Jesus Christ died for his sins. And I think those are basically the two things that he must have. He or she must acknowledge and he must be of age. That's very important. And it should be also full. I mean, he must have a human being into water, which is not station. Water, which is at the movement, maybe in a river, maybe in a lake or even if it's in the pool, but water, which is not station. Thank you, Pastor. So you're saying that water that is not stationary, that is moving like a river? Yeah, a river correct, a lake correct and in a pool, which is also occasionally changed is correct. And maybe technology has both other things, but I don't believe this one of the Benson, sparkling of water into somebody's forehead. I don't accept that. You don't accept what? Sorry, I couldn't see. This is sparkling of water into somebody's forehead. A baby, such a thing. I disagree with that. Yeah, sprinkling of water is not sun. It is immersion in water. That is what we see. Biblically mentioned to us and that is water baptism. Yes, it takes place in a water body where the person is immersed in water and it's not just sprinkling of water on the forehead on the head of a child. Yes. So it's basically repentance of sin. Since the one who's repented of their sins, but she says the one who believes in Jesus. One who believes in Jesus. There are many people who believe in Jesus. So would you like to qualify that? Yes, the one who believes in Jesus and repents of their sins, he invests his sin and thank you and accept him as their savior. Yes, that's very important. So one who believes in what Jesus did on the cross, that he's God that he died on the cross for their sins, repent of their sins, ask for forgiveness and accept Jesus as their personal savior. Yes, so they are the ones who take water baptism. And also we see that those who repented of their sins were baptized by John the Baptist in the river Jordan. Now was Jesus baptized? Yes, that's right. Also accept him as the only begotten son of God. Yes, as I said that they should accept and believe that he is God who came down as man and died on the cross for their sins. Okay, thank you. Yes, Jesus was baptized. Now, why did Jesus have to be baptized? Well, for me those who repent of their sins, you know, as an act of society or symbolically, you know, they do it as an act of repentance that they have repented of their sins. Okay. Jesus did it to fulfill all righteousness as he has mentioned. Yes, as he mentioned in Matthew chapter three. Okay. As an act of obedience. Yes, thank you. So was Jesus sinful that he had to repent of his sins and so be baptized? What's your answer? Yes, no. Okay. Pregnant? No, no. Okay. Okay. Yes, Jesus was a sinless and we know that, you know, but why did he have to be baptized? Like you said, it's an act of obedience and also to fulfill all righteousness. Okay, so after John the Baptist began his ministry announcing the baptism of repentance. It is very interesting to see that to note that the Lord Jesus Christ who is God who became man himself came to John the Baptist John the Baptist to be baptized in water. And we know that the Lord Jesus had no sin to repent of. He was sinless. He was perfect. He lived every moment in perfect obedience to the Father. He was the one, the Lamb of God who was to take away the sins of the whole world. But yet we see Jesus getting baptized in water and why does he do it? Do that. There are two reasons given in scripture why Jesus was baptized in water. The first thing was, you know, remember that John the Baptist was to point out who the Messiah was or who the savior of the world was. Okay. We know that the entire Jewish race were looking for the Messiah. Why were they looking for the Messiah? More than ever, they were anticipating the coming of the Messiah. Why? More than any other point in history, they were desperately anticipating or looking forward for the coming of the Messiah. Why? Yes, thank you, Zilatoli. They were under the Roman rule and they were severely, you know, persecuted. They were, you know, they were treated very badly. They had no rights, no authority. They were and they had no, you know, a nation of their own. They were utterly frustrated with the Roman rule, with everything that was so, you know, politically wrong, economically wrong, socially wrong. There was so much of injustice there that was prevalent and also for the way that the Christians, the believers were persecuted, were treated. And hence, you know, they were looking forward for the Messiah to come and, you know, John the Baptist was the one who God chose. He's got the Father to point out who the Messiah was, who the savior of the world was to the people because they were looking forward. They were anticipating the coming of the Messiah. And in addition to the Messiah coming to him and being baptized in the water, John the Baptist was told by God that, you know, the Spirit would descend and remain on him. And that would be a sign that this is the Messiah. So it was not just the Messiah coming to him to be baptized, but the Holy Spirit will come and descend and remain on him and remain on the Messiah. And that is a sign how John the Baptist will know that this person is the Messiah who's chosen by God. So this is the first reason why Jesus was baptized in the water, because God the Father had given this as a sign to John, so that John could point out and announce that Jesus is the Son of God. And we also see that Jesus requested John the Baptist to baptize him. And he says that so they could fulfill all righteousness, like some of you had mentioned in your answers. Yes, it was Jesus came to John the Baptist to baptize him so that he could fulfill all righteousness. And which means that, you know, he wanted to do everything that was right in the eyes of the Father. Do all that the Father wanted done at that moment. Okay, so there's something about water baptism that is bigger or that was bigger than the sign of repentance from sin. And what is that? It is something that even the sinless Son of God, the Lamb of God desired to step into. It is an expression of the will of God to be released on thee. So another way of looking at, you know, to fulfill all righteousness, you know, that we can look at water baptism as something that is even bigger than repentance from sin. And it was something even Jesus, you know, stepped into as the Lamb of God because it was an expression of the will of God being released here on earth. Okay, so everyone who says yes to the will of God to be saved, to receive salvation, to accept Jesus Christ as the Lord and Saviour, accept him as a Son of God. Everyone who says yes to the will of God, the Kingdom of God to be released here on earth would step into water baptism as an expression of the yes to God. So a yes to God is not just a sign of repentance from our sins, saying yes to salvation, saying yes to what Jesus has done on the cross. But it's also a yes to the will of God to be released here on earth, which means a yes to the Kingdom of God being released here on earth. Okay, so that is why Jesus himself, you know, stepped into water baptism because he was saying yes to doing the will of God. He was also saying yes for the Kingdom of God, the Kingdom of Heaven to be ushered here on earth, which is he is going to bring in here, ushered here on earth. And so all of us who say yes to water baptism are also saying yes to salvation, yes to the will of God and yes to the Kingdom of God being released here on earth in and through our lives, in and through our ministry, in and through our family. In and through, you know, whatever secular work we do. Okay. The third thing is that baptism is a command in the New Testament. We read this in Matthew chapter 28, 19 and 20, which is the Great Commission. Jesus said, go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. So when we baptize anyone, we baptize them in the name of the Father, in the name of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. And it says also in the Great Commission that we teach them to observe all things that God has commanded us to. Okay, and baptism is an expression of one's decision to follow Jesus Christ alone. We read this in Acts chapter 2, verse 38 and 39. Can one of you please read Acts chapter 2, verse 38 and 39 please. Peter replied, repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for you and your children and for all who, for all who are far off, for all whom the Lord our God will call. Thank you, John. So here we see Peter's preaching this message after just when the disciples were 120 in the upper room were all baptized with the Holy Spirit. And we know that 3,000 of them repented and then he asked them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. And this is their expression to follow Jesus Christ alone. The fifth thing is that baptism is a symbol of our inner experience of, it's a symbol of the inner experience of death, burial and resurrection with Jesus Christ. So what Jesus Christ went through, his death, burial and resurrection, it is a symbol that we also experience when we are baptized, water baptized. So, you know, when we go underwater, it's like we are dead to our sins. We are cleansed of our sins because water cleanses us, purifies us, washes us. We are immersed. We are buried. And then we come out. It's like we are resurrected into newness, into new life, new creature. We are born again in our spirit man with the nature of God himself. And so it's a symbol of the inner experience that we have of the death, burial and resurrection with Jesus Christ. And Paul writes this in detail in Romans chapter 6, verse 4, where he says, Therefore we were buried with him through baptism into death that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. So when we come out of the water, it just signifies that, you know, we are born again. We are resurrected into the likeness, the image of God himself. We have the very nature of God in our spirit man. And we are here to manifest his glory, the glory of the one and only who came from the Father full of grace and truth. The sixth one is that baptism is an expression of our desire to maintain a clear conscience before God. Okay. So 1 Peter chapter 3 verse 21. Can one of you please read that? 1 Peter chapter 3 verse 21. 1 Peter chapter 3 verse 21. And this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also. Not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a good conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ who has gone into heaven and is in God's right hand with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him. Thank you. So here we see that, you know, the water that symbolizes baptism is, you know, is something that pledges or brings about a clear conscience towards God. No, we know that, you know, when we were living in sin in our old man, our conscience is so dead to the things of God. And that's why we can repeat it. We repeatedly kept on sinning because our conscience is so smeared. It's so, so dead to the things of God. But once we are born again, you know, our conscience is revived towards God, towards the things of God, towards sin. And that's why when we do something, you know, our conscience immediately pricks us and we know that we have sinned and we know that we need to ask God for forgiveness and we know that it has hurt the very heart of God. And we don't take pleasure in that. We don't take pleasure in the sin that we are living in because now we are born again. You know, it really pricks us, it really pokes us and we do something to deal with that sin. And that one is the only requirement to be baptized is to repent and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. We read that in Acts chapter 8 was 36 and 37. Can one of you please read that? In Acts chapter 8 was 36 and 37. Sorry, I don't think this is the worst. This is about, you know, talking about the Ethiopian eunuch. But, you know, repent and believe what we had just read in Acts chapter 2 was 38 and 39 where Peter says, you have, you know, repented of your sins, you know, let everyone be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. So the only requirement to be baptized is to repent and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. No other criteria. You know, it's not that they have to have known Christ for at least one year or three months or six months or attended some classes. Or, you know, if they're only, we also at APC, we also baptized children, you know, who have accepted Jesus Christ as their personal savior. And if their parents feel that, you know, their child is sure about their salvation experience, then we get them baptized. It's so that they could, you know, experience the finished work, the full completed finished work of Jesus, which he completed on the cross. They can experience it even from a very young age. It can be operated from a very young age. And yes, of course, we have to nurture just like we have to nurture somebody in an adult, you know, who we think is quite mature enough. But we know that we've learned that, you know, people can be very spiritual, but not necessarily mature in their understanding of things. We looked at it, I think, when we were studying in systematic theology, you know, maturity and sensitivity to the things of God. So, you know, people can act spiritual, can be very spiritual. Like I said, Paul writing to the church at Corinth, they were all flowing mightily in all the nine gifts of the spirit. Like I explained, everyone was eager when they came to church to, you know, share what they have received as a word of wisdom, word of knowledge, prophecy, speaking in tongues, interpreting in tongues. They were just so eager that they were not even waiting for each other. They were just speaking simultaneously. And so, you know, Paul is writing and saying, we need to have some order in the church. I know you are all flowing mightily. All of you are so eager. You have a word, you know, word of prophecy, but just do it in perfect order. And then he also goes on to say that, you know, it's sad that even though you all are flowing mightily in all the gifts, you are still spiritual babes, you know, who have to drink milk. And so he admonishes them. So, you know, people who are adults who think are mature enough, you know, we can get them baptized, but we think children know. But the only criteria that for a person to be baptized is for them to have accepted Jesus Christ as their personal savior, you know, and so that they can experience the full benefits of what Jesus has done on the cross, you know, from a very early age. And we don't see any other requirement given about what the baptism anywhere other than repent and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, repent and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved. Now, we know that baptism is by immersion in water only. We read this in Acts chapter 8 verse 36 and 37 when Philip met the Ethiopian eunuch and he explained to him what he was reading from Isaiah and went on to talk about Jesus, his death, and what he has done, his resurrection. And it says here in verse 36 and 37, as he traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, look, there is, here is water, why shouldn't I be baptized? And he gave orders to stop the chariot and both Philip and the eunuch went down into water and Philip baptized him. And we also see that, you know, when Jesus was baptized, he was fully immersed because he says when he came out of the water, the Holy Spirit came on him and settled on him as a dove. Okay, you don't have to be too holy to be baptized, super spiritual, and all of those things you just have to repent of your sins and ask Jesus as your personal savior, you can receive water baptism. And also water baptism, when you take water baptism, you will not be made a spiritual giant, you will automatically not be made a spiritual giant. But, you know, we need to work out our salvation, the fear and trembling, we need to, you know, sanctify our faculties, our bodies every day consecrated to the Lord, make choices that are in accordance to God's will, His ways. And we need to grow spiritually through leading God's word, meditating on God's word, and through prayer. We also see that water baptism is an act of obedience. And once you do this as a sign of repentance, saying yes to will of God, yes to His kingdom, being established here on earth through your life, through your ministry, through your family, you can experience the full measure of the blessings of the finished work of the cross that Jesus had completed on the cross. Okay. And the 12th one is because baptism is a symbolic proclamation of the cross, you can expect the power of the cross to affect your life in breaking bondages, strongholds, bringing deliverance, setting you free from every addictions after you are during baptism or when you are being baptized and after that as well. Okay. And we see in the book of Acts, when we read the book of Acts that each time people were baptized, they were baptized in the name of Jesus. So we understand that this means that, you know, Jesus has given us the authority. We've been given the authority by Jesus to baptize people, but we baptize them in the name of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. So the formula we use in Jesus' name is I baptize you in the name of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. Okay. So we baptize in the name of Jesus. So we say in the name of Jesus, I baptize you, you know, you can mention the person's name in the name of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. So that is a formula in the name of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. But you're saying that I baptize you. It's not me personally baptizing you, but it's, I'm doing it because I've been given the authority in Jesus' name to baptize you so and so whatever the person's name is. And then, you know, we baptize them in the name of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. Okay. So this is just briefly about the baptism, water baptism. Anyone has any questions? So something new that we've learned is, you know, baptism is just not the penance of sin, but it's a symbolic proclamation of the cross, where we can experience everything crisis finished on the cross. And we can expect our bondages, addictions, you know, can experience healing and deliverance from everything. It's also doing it, saying yes to the will of God, saying yes to his kingdom to be assured here on earth, even as we have baptized through our lives, through our ministry, through our family, through whatever secular job that we are doing. So anyone has any questions? I hope, Rebecca, you got clarity that the first thing is not the person is not to be an adult or mature, but the first thing is that they need to repent and believe. That's the most important criteria that scripture gives us for water baptism. I don't know if you agree with that or disagree. No thoughts on that? Yes, Rebecca. Thank you. Okay, if there are no questions, thank you all for joining class today. I'll see you next Wednesday. Remember, we don't have a Christology class on Mondays because we've finished our portions. So we'll meet next Wednesday for our next class on doctrinal foundations where we look at the Lord's table. So happy Friday, all of you. Have a good day, a blessed day and a blessed weekend and I'll see you next Wednesday. Thank you.