The Last Sermon
“And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written.” After those weeks of teaching in Galilee, the apostles by Jesus’ command returned again to Jerusalem. Either there or in Galilee, he gave them their final commission, “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 alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”
He assured them also of their power: “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.”
Then leading the apostles out from Jerusalem to Bethany, Christ blessed them, promising that th Holy Ghost should come upon them, “and ye shall be witness s unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.” Those were His last words of farewell.
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