We Welcome You

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We Welcome You
In the heart of the community
With the community at heart

• True Love
• Christian Fellowship

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I Keep Falling in Love with Him

• I keep falling in love with Him
• Over and over and over and over again
• I keep falling in love with Him
• Over and over and over and over again
• He gets sweeter and sweeter
• As the years go by
• Oh what a love between my Lord and I
• I keep falling in love with Him
• Over and over and over and over again

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We Welcome You
In the heart of the community
With the community at heart

• True Love
• Christian Fellowship

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We Welcome You
In the heart of the community
With the community at heart

• True Love
• Christian Fellowship

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Prayer Requests

• TLC Fellowship, Our Pastor, GAAAP
• Our Nation, Our Economy, Our community in general

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

• April Attendance Emphasis
• April 12 is Easter Sunday Communion,
• Resurrection Songs Pitch in Dinner ???
• May 30-31 Pentecost Revival
• June 7-14 Indy Pride Week Need people to help
  with the parade float and booth

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OFFERING TIME
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Heavenly Father
Heavenly Father, I appreciate You Heavenly
Father, I appreciate You I love You, Adore You I
bow down before You Heavenly Father, I appreciate
You
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You Are Worthy
You are worthy of my praise You are worthy of my
praise I love and adore You I bow down before
You Jesus You are worthy of my praise
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He Brought Me Out

• My heart was distressed
• neath Jehovahs dread frown
• and low in the pit
• where my sins dragged me down
• I cried to the Lord from the deep miry clay
• who tenderly brought me out to golden day

He brought me out of the miry clay,He set my
feet on the Rock to stayHe puts a song in my
soul today,A song of praise, hallelujah!
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He Brought Me Out

• He placed me upon
• the strong rock by His side
• My steps were established
• and here Ill abide
• No danger of falling while here I remain
• but stand my His grace until the crown I gain

He brought me out of the miry clay,He set my
feet on the Rock to stayHe puts a song in my
soul today,A song of praise, hallelujah!
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He Brought Me Out

• He gave me a song
• twas a new song of praise
• By day and by night
• Its sweet notes I will raise
• My hearts overflowing, Im happy and free
• Ill praise my Redeemer who has rescued me

He brought me out of the miry clay,He set my
feet on the Rock to stayHe puts a song in my
soul today,A song of praise, hallelujah!
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He Brought Me Out

• I will sing of His wonderful
• mercy to me
• Ill praise Him till all men
• His goodness shall see
• Ill sing of salvation at home and abroad
• til all men shall hear the truth and trust in God

He brought me out of the miry clay,He set my
feet on the Rock to stayHe puts a song in my
soul today,A song of praise, hallelujah!
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Joy Unspeakable

• I have found His grace is all complete
• He supplieth every need
• While I sit and learn at Jesus feet
• I am free, yes free indeed

It is joy unspeakable and full of glory Full of
glory, full of glory It is joy unspeakable and
full of glory Oh the half has never yet been told
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Joy Unspeakable

• I have found the pleasure I once craved
• It is joy and peace within
• What a wondrous blessing I am saved
• From the awful gulf of sin

It is joy unspeakable and full of glory Full of
glory, full of glory It is joy unspeakable and
full of glory Oh the half has never yet been told
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Joy Unspeakable

• I have found that hope so bright and clear
• Living in the realm of grace
• Oh, the Saviours presence is so near
• I can see His smiling face

It is joy unspeakable and full of glory Full of
glory, full of glory It is joy unspeakable and
full of glory Oh the half has never yet been told
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Joy Unspeakable

• I have found the joy no tongue can tell
• How its waves of glory roll
• It is like a great overflowing well
• Springing up within my soul

It is joy unspeakable and full of glory Full of
glory, full of glory It is joy unspeakable and
full of glory Oh the half has never yet been told
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Highest Praise

• Come on and give, the Lord,
• the highest praise,
• Hallelujah, Hallelujah
• Come on and give, the Lord,
• the highest praise,
• Hallelujah, Hallelujah
• Come on and give, the Lord,
• The highest praise,
• Hallelujah
• Praise His holy name

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We Welcome You
In the heart of the community
With the community at heart

• True Love
• Christian Fellowship

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Baptism in Jesus Name!
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What is baptism?

• Baptizo- to immerse, submerge to make
  overwhelmed with fluid
• Sheep wool gets very dirty and grimy.
• Sheared wool needs cleansed.
• Dipped in solution and shaken to get rid of
  impurities.

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What is baptism?
Cleansed lepor purification ceremony 2 doves
water basin 1 dove throat slit and blood spilled
in basin 2nd dove dipped in blood/water
combo then set free
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Baptism is Immersion
Romans 64 Therefore we are buried with him by
baptism into death that like as Christ was
raised up from the dead by the glory of the
Father, even so we also should walk in newness of
life.KJV
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Sprinkle? Pour? Overwhelmed, engulfed, totally
covered?
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Acts 838-39
38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still
and they went down both into the water, both
Philip and the eunuch and he baptized him. 39
And when they were come up out of the water, the
Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the
eunuch saw him no more and he went on his way
rejoicing. KJV
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Matthew 316
16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up
straightway out of the water and, lo, the
heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the
Spirit of God descending like a dove, and
lighting upon him KJV
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Importance of Baptism

• Mark 1616
• John 35
• 1 Peter 320-21
• Acts 2216
• Acts 238
• Luke 2447
• Acts 1048

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Mark 1616
He that believeth and is baptized shall be
saved but he that believeth not shall be
damned. KJV
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John 35
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit,
he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. KJV
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1 Peter 320-21
20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the
longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah,
while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that
is, eight souls were saved by water. 21 The like
figure whereunto 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
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Acts 2216
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be
baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the
name of the Lord.
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Acts 238
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be
baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus
Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall
receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
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Luke 2447
And that repentance and remission of sins should
be preached in his name among all nations,
beginning at Jerusalem.
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Acts 1048
So he ordered that they be baptized in the name
of Jesus Christ. Then they asked Peter to stay
with them for a few days. NIV
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THE THIEF ON THE CROSS?

• Not a pattern for us to follow
• Exception
• Pentecost had not yet come
• Testator had not yet died

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Hebrews 916-17
16 For where a testament is, there must also of
necessity be the death of the testator. 17 For a
testament is of force after men are dead
otherwise it is of no strength at all while the
testator liveth. KJV
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Does a name matter?

• Doesnt matter whats said over you during
  baptism, so long as you are sincere.
• You believe you are saved by works, by what
  vibrations come through a vocal chord of a man.
• Thousands of Titles of God.

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Acts 412
Neither is there salvation in any other for
there is none other name under heaven given among
men, whereby we must be saved.KJV
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Acts 2216
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be
baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on
the name of the Lord. KJV
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Colossians 317
And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in
the name of the Lord Jesus... KJV
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1 Corinthians 113-15
13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you?
or were ye baptized in the name of Paul? 14 I
thank God that I baptized none of you, but
Crispus and Gaius 15 Lest any should say that I
had baptized in mine own name. KJV
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Acts 238
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be
baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus
Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall
receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
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Acts 815-16
15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for
them, that they might receive the Holy
Ghost 16(For as yet he was fallen upon none of
them only they were baptized in the name of
the Lord Jesus.) KJV
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Acts 1048
47 "Can anyone keep these people from being
baptized with water? They have received the Holy
Spirit just as we have." 48 So he ordered that
they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.
Then they asked Peter to stay with them for a few
days. NIV
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Acts 193-5
3 So Paul asked, "Then what baptism did you
receive?" "John's baptism," they replied. 4
Paul said, "John's baptism was a baptism of
repentance. He told the people to believe in the
one coming after him, that is, in Jesus." 5 On
hearing this, they were baptized into the name of
the Lord Jesus. NIV
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Canneys Encyclopedia of Religions
Person were baptized at first in the name of
Jesus Christ Afterwards, with the development
of the doctrine of the trinity, they were
baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and
Holy Ghost.
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible
The original form of words was into the name of
Jesus Christ or the Lord Jesus. Baptism into
the name of the trinity was a later development.
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Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge
The New Testament knows only baptism in the name
of Jesus.
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History of Christian Thought- by Otto Heick
At first baptism was administered in the name of
Jesus, but later in the name of the triune God
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
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History of the Christian Church-by Williston
Walker
The trinitarian baptismal formula was
displacing the older baptism in the name of
Christ.
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Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible
The evidence suggests that baptism in early
Christianity was administered, not in the
threefold name, but in the name of Jesus
Christ.
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Encyclopedia of Religion Ethics
The formula used was in the name of the Lord
Jesus Christ or some synonymous phrase there
is no evidence for the use of the trine name.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
The trinitarian formula and trine immersion were
not uniformly used from the beginning Baptism
into the name of the Lord was the normal formula
of the New Testament.
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The NAME Is VERY IMPORTANT!
Matthew 2819 Go ye therefore, and teach all
nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost
KJV
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The NAME of the Father
Hebrews 14 4 Being made so much better than the
angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more
excellent name than they. KJV
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The NAME of the Son
Matt 121 21 And she shall bring forth a son, and
thou shalt call his name JESUS for he shall save
his people from their sins. KJV
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The NAME of the Holy Ghost
John 1426 26 But the Comforter, which is the
Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name,
he shall teach you all things, and bring all
things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have
said unto you. KJV
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THE NAME

• Of the Father JESUS
• Of the Son JESUS
• Of the Spirit JESUS
• JESUS ! JESUS ! JESUS ! JESUS !

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Lets do it the way they did in the days of the
Apostles!
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We Welcome You
In the heart of the community
With the community at heart

• True Love
• Christian Fellowship