Understanding the Importance and Meaning of 'Amen' – A Biblical Study by Tucker McDaniel

Join Tucker McDaniel as he delves into the biblical significance and usage of the word 'Amen'. Throughout this insightful lesson, Tucker explores various scripture passages to highlight how 'Amen' is an affirmation of faith, agreement, and recognition of God's truths. He discusses its use in both the Old and New Testaments and emphasizes how saying 'Amen' is a form of active participation in worship. Whether you're seeking to deepen your understanding of this term or enhance your spiritual practice, this video offers a thorough examination of 'Amen' in Christian faith.

00:00 Introduction and Greetings
00:26 Affirmation of Faith
02:13 Expressions of Praise: Doxology
04:42 The Significance of 'Amen'
05:56 Old Testament Usage of 'Amen'
07:38 New Testament Usage of 'Amen'
16:24 The Importance of Agreement in Worship
23:16 Encouragement to Participate in Worship
36:30 Conclusion and Invitation

Transcript

Good evening. I appreciate the opportunity of being here, uh, together with you. I appreciate your love, your support for the work in Springfield, Illinois. Uh, and I appreciate the interaction, the engagement, the participation that I saw this morning in Bible class, and I appreciate Bible class and lesson this morning.

I am gonna say something and then I'm gonna ask it and I might ask you to, uh, raise your hand, uh, if you agree with this statement or not. Jesus', king of kings and Lord of Lords, he reigns in his kingdom and all praise be given unto his name. Can we all agree on that? I hope every single hand's up. Jesus is king of kings and Lord of Lord.

He reigns in his kingdom and all praise be given unto his name. Amen. Amen. If those who are Astros fans, I had to survey out a little bit to find out who likes what here. If those who are Astros fans think that they're the greatest team or the Rangers, whatever team you're on think that they're the greatest team, I'd probably get some, yeah, man.

Or some hooting and some hollering. Because we're proud of what we stand for. I'm a proud Gator fan. Win or lose. Even if you're a Cowboys fan, even if they're the worst team, you're still gonna be happy and proud. You'll say you'll love them and that you'll root for them every day. We might make those verbal agreements quite a bit, but how often do we firmly stand on the one, uh, most important thing most of the world is against.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ, of who God is in Psalm 1 0 6. Uh, if you'd like to have this mark, we're gonna come back to this a little bit later. Uh, in Psalm 1 0 6 and verse 48 reads, blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting, and let all the people say amen. Praise the Lord.

I don't know if this works. Alright. Real quickly, this isn't the point of the lesson, but real quickly, I, I want to discuss doxology. I'm not a scholar. I had to look these up. I don't even know if I'm pronouncing them right. But doxology is an expression of praise. Uh, we see this, or we should see this in our praise and in our worship to God.

And now the word doxology is not in the Bible, but the meaning of it is, uh, the, uh, doxology comes from two Greek words. Dosa meaning glory and legia, meaning speech or logos. Logos. Uh, thus our conclusion of doxology means glorious speech or speech of glory or praise. And I think we can understand that. We see doxology all throughout scripture, words of praise to the Almighty in Psalm 41 and verse 13, he says, blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting.

Amen. Amen. Amen and amen. In the Hebrew, you know, they don't have punctuation, they don't have exclamation, so they say, amen. Exclamation, exclamation of how important this is. David expresses his agreements with his and the Holy Spirit, doxology of God. In first Timothy chapter one and verse 17, as as Paul is writing to Timothy in the beginning of his letter, he says in, in chapter one, verse 17, now to the king, eternal.

Immortal, invisible to God, who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. He focuses in the beginning on the great glory of God and his grace. The eternal attribute of God. Uh, God is the one who is wise, who is to receive all glory and honor forever, not just now, but forever. And I think it's safe to say that most of the things that we do or should be doing in this life is a foreshadowing, if you will, of what we will be doing in heaven of praising our great God and Father.

With that said, we have to recognize the majesty of God. If we don't recognize it here, we're not gonna recognize it in all of eternity. As we talked about this morning about, uh, whether we're in or, or, or whether we fit in or we fit out, um, we have recognize God's authority here to then recognize it for all eternity.

Uh, these examples that we just looked at. Show, uh, at the end, uh, a certain word. And that word is what I want to talk with you about this evening, uh, for the rest of our time. Uh, a amen. These examples show, um, that certain word, amen being used. It was a custom that was passed on from the Jewish synagogues to Christian assemblies.

So, so we'll, we will see and we'll take our time this evening. Uh, we won't look at all the verses 'cause that would take forever. Uh, but we'll look at some verses this evening to help put a focus, an emphasis on this word and how it's been passed down. Uh, during the time, uh, something was read in the Old Testament and the New Testament and, and afterwards, others would say Amen.

And by saying that, that made the substance of what was being said their own. What was being uttered was their own. They were agreeing to it. Now it's from, again, I'm not a scholar, but from the Greek to, to the arame, to the eng, to the Greek, I said Greek from the Hebrew to the Arame, to the Greek, and then to English.

It's always been spelled similar, similarly, um, but pronounced differently. So, excuse me if I'm not saying amen correctly, uh, if I'm mispronouncing it. But let's look at some passages about the use of Amen. We see its usage, um, in throughout scripture. Uh, it's a very common word used in the Bible because it is, it has a couple of different meanings depending on the context.

Uh, true certain, uh, sure, faithful, trustworthy. And Deuteronomy chapter seven. Verse nine, shows of the verb form of amen. Therefore, know that the Lord your God, he is God the faithful. Or if I may answer the amen, God, God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love him and keep his commandment.

This is the verb form showing that God is the faithful, God is the Amen. And we'll look at New Testament passages in a minute to kind of, uh, help us and understand and, and substantiate that with Jesus Christ. In Psalm 19, a very familiar Psalm that we have a p song, a hymn, uh, after, in Psalm 19, verse seven says, the law of the Lord is perfect.

Converting the soul. The testimony of the Lord is sure or amen. It is. It is sure. It is certain making the wise, the simple. It describes God's uh, it describes God's character, his work and his word, showing his faithful character, his trustworthiness. When we say Amen, we mean something is faithful. Well, God is the faithful.

God is trustworthy. We can take that to the bank. When it's used by God, God, uh, God's people, excuse me. It is to confirm and to recognize all of this that we're discussing. When God or Jesus uses the word, it means, thus shall it be In Matthew chapter six, verses one and two, Jesus offers a discourse in Matthew's account of a sermon, the Sermon on the mount, as we call it.

In that discourse, Jesus will use the word in the new King James version, which I'll be reading from. Assuredly. Jesus says this PS Summ 30 times in the book of Matthew and Matthew chapter six verses one through two. Take He that you do not do your charitable deeds before men to be seen by them.

Otherwise you have no reward from your father in heaven. Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hip hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly I say to you, they have their reward. As Jesus is saying this, assuredly in verse two, at the end of verse two, he is saying, truly, surely they will have their reward.

And we know this is true. We know what it's like when we do things for the glory to get attention from men. They see it, they, they, they give us a pat on the back. It makes us feel good. And it might make, it might make us feel good until we're gone. Until we're dead. But it's still temporary. It's only while we're living on this earth that we feel that way.

It only lasts a little while. Where, in contrast, in what Jesus says about the one who does things in secret, has the right heart, does it for the glory, uh, for, for God, and to honor him to do good ultimately, because God says, gets that eternal, uh, reward. So surely Jesus is true in this statement, and people say the word, amen.

It means thus let it be so when God or when Jesus says it means thus shall it be. In Revelation chapter 22, and we'll, we'll end with this, uh, with this revelation, with this, uh, passage from Revelation in Revelations 22 and verse 20 After what Jesus says, we see what John says in in his statement afterwards.

Uh, he who testifies to these things says, Jesus speaking here. Now surely I am coming quickly. John comes in and says, amen. Even so, come Lord Jesus, John's amen is thus, let it be come Lord Jesus. Jesus said, thus, shall it be innocence. Th this will happen. Uh, surely is used there. So thus it will happen. And John says, let it be Lord.

We see two quick other. Uh, uh, sections in Luke chapter one, verse 38, Mary's response to the angel of the Lord and, and the birth of Jesus. We see this in a positive view. She says, behold the maid servant of the Lord let it be according to your word. And the angel departed her, uh, Peter in the negative sense, said, uh, many times far be it from you Lord.

Uh, Matthew chapter 16, verse 22. And that's in the negative, far be it from you Lord. Uh, but this shows what the word means. So be it. Thus let it be in, in our sense and, and what and how we say it. So let's look at a few Old Testament passages and in numbers chapter five, in numbers chapter five, uh, verse verses 20 through 23, concerning unfaithful wives.

Keep that in mind concerning unfaithful wive. Numbers chapter five, beginning verse 20. But if you have gone astray while under your husband's authority, and if you have defiled yourself and some man, some other man, then your husband has LA with you, then the priest shall put the woman under the oath of the curse, and he shall say to the woman, the Lord make you a curse and an oath among your people.

When the Lord makes your thigh rot and your belly swell, and may this water cause the curse go into your stomach and make your belly swell and your thigh rot, then the women shall say, amen. So be it concerning the unfaithful wives, even in their submission to this statement and, and agreement to what is being said concerning them, that they'll receive the curse.

They say, let it be so, let it be they agreed with the words of the Lord. Even, even if it's a curse that that comes upon them. Uh, they stand true to what God says. And we see, uh, this similar idea in, in Deuteronomy chapter 27. In Deuteronomy chapter 27, it begins in verse 14, as we look at the, the curses from Mount Evil and, and it be begins in verse 14, and we won't read the whole chapter, but in verses 14 and 15.

He says, and the Levites shall speak with a loud voice and to say to the men of Israel, curse is the one who makes a carved or molden image, an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsmen and sets it up in secret, and all the people shall answer and say, amen. This chapter is full of what the Lord expects from his people.

And his, what his people say in response to that. They're agreeing on the curses. If, if they don't hold up to the law, they don't obey God. Uh, they say, amen. Let this curse come upon me. They realize how important it is and how important it is to say, faithful to God. God will punish them, and they're, and by saying this, they're committing themselves to abide by God's law.

And face, or face his, his consequences. In Nehemiah chapter eight, uh, this might be a familiar passage to us, as, as Ezra is, is reading among the People. And in Nehemiah chapter eight, verse six, and Ezra blessed, the Lord blessed Yahweh, the great God. And then after he blessed Yahweh, the great God. Then all the people answered, amen.

Amen. While lifting up their hands and they bowed their heads and worship the Lord with their faces to the ground. What happened in this situation as Ezra's reading as Ezra's blessing, uh, saying, blessed be the Lord. Blessing the Lord. Uh, they agree to this statement. They know how important it is. As, as I started, uh, deceiving off with, uh, that saying, it wasn't Bible verse, but that Jesus' king of kings and Lord of lords, we can all agree on that.

And that's what they're doing here. They're agreeing on, on how great the Lord is. And after doing that, after they lift up their hands. They bow their heads down, they worship, they praise God with their faces to the ground. This was the Jewish practice and it shows that how people would answer back.

Providing a I agree statement to what is being said, what is being taught. Many of the Psalms, I could probably spend all night going over all the Psalms that have the word amen in it, meaning that these praises, uh. From God, these praises from God are true, that they believe in them and they participate in what is going on and what is happening.

So we see the Levites, we see Ezra reading, explaining the law of God among the people. And they all vocally say, amen. I agree. They participate in that. In saying this shows that those listening believe the truth of God, and we'll talk more about this later. Towards the end, uh uh, they believe in what the individual is talking about.

So even though what I said wasn't word for word or verse, we can all agree on that statement based off of the truth, based off of the Bible. The word amen is used over a hundred times throughout the Bible. I think this is something of importance. We see that it's in the Bible, well that's important. And two, it's used many times.

So I think we should take a look at why it's used so many times and how it's used so many times. Context is he, so it's used in the Old Testament. So what, uh, we don't sacrifice bulls to forgive us of our sins. We don't do all this kind of stuff. Uh, but we see in the New Testament, it's still used. It's still important.

Uh. It doesn't stop there. The New Testament carries over the same theme of agreement of, of belief, of the true statements of God. Now in one Timothy chapter one, verse 15, Paul doesn't use the same Greek word for amen here. Dare I say, I think he could, and it'd still be right. Uh, he says in one Timothy chapter one, verse 15, this is a faithful saying New King James version.

This is a trustworthy statement, uh, however yours reads. This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners of whom I am chief again. I think he could use that statement, and it still sounds true. Can we amen this? Can we agree on this? Absolutely.

This is a trustworthy, this is a faithful saying, uh, inspired saying, of course we can amen it, uh, so we can agree to it. Many times we see and use it today at the end of a prayer. Uh, individual will end the prayer. He'll say it, and typically the congregation or whoever's around them will agree to that.

Unfortunately, even at the end of prayers sometimes we don't always say that. Uh, what is it? I don't know. Is it a lack of spirit and a lack of truth? Jesus says to worship God, you must worship him in spirit and in truth, we have to see at what's being taught. What I'm saying. Check me, make sure I'm right.

I don't wanna be wrong. Uh, make sure I'm right, make sure we can agree on that according to God's word. A beautiful prayer in Ephesians chapter three. Uh, it begins in verse 14. Uh, in Ephesians chapter three, beginning in verse 14, Paul says. For this reason, I bow my knees to the father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and on earth is named, that he would grant you according to the Richs of his glory, to the strength, uh, to be strengthened with might through his spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, that you being rooted and grounded in love may be able to comprehend with all the saints that which, uh, what is the width, the length, the depth, and the height.

To know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge that you may be filled with the fullness of God. Now, to him, who is able to do exceedingly, abundantly above all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us, to him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever.

Amen. He ends his prayer and the doxology of God in an amen. Showing that this is true. This is a faithful saying, this is a trustworthy statement, that God has done us, done this for us, that that Christ has loved us there. There's so much in this. We don't have time to go over it, but that this is true.

That God holds true to his promises in Jude verses. 24 and 25 is another example, uh, of uh, uh, ending his, his, uh, epistle, his letter with a prayer and out to him who is able talking about God to him, who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you faultless sounds like a lot's going on there before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy.

The verse 25 to God our Savior. Who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen. Can we agree on this? Can we agree that Amen. Thank you that God is powerful, that God is wise, that he is our savior. He saved us from our sins. Jude thought it was true. He wrote it with the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, but he thought it was true.

He thought it was true. Sp the word spoken, uh, by the Holy Spirit, that he wrote down that God is all of these things. And I hope we can agree on that. We have to agree on that, and I'm sure we do. That's why we're here together, and that's why we're studying God's word. That's why we want to grow closer and have a stronger connection with him by studying his word.

In two Corinthians chapter one and, and verse 20. We see the promises. Well, we don't see the promises of God. We see what he's talking about. He says, for all the promises of God in him are yes and in Him. Amen to the glory of God through us. What a blessing that through Jesus Christ, the son of God, all the promises that God made are certain.

I don't think I could stand up here and count all the promises that are made to us, but let's look at a few, just a few. He has absolutely, he has certainly done. He said that he would promise all these things to us, and he is going to keep that and we can praise God, the Father and his son. Let's think about some of these promises that we have in Christ.

I'm gonna go through 'em quickly, so if you're turning there, or hopefully you'll, you'll write them down these little subpoint. First we have the forgiveness of sins on, on the day of Pentecost. Peter said in Acts chapter two, verse 38, repent and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins.

You shall receive the gift for the Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter one, verse four, in him, that is Christ. We have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace. Uh, we are a new creation. Second, uh, Corinthians chapter five, verse 17. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ.

He is a new creation and we have eternal life. Romans chapter six, verse 23. A lot of times we use this to talk about the wages of sin and the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus, our Lord. Again, those are just a few brief promises, but what amazing promises they are, we know it will happen and we know it will happen.

From two Corinthians chapter one, verse two. Through Jesus Christ, through the Amen that we have all these blessings, that we have, all these promises God made to us, and we know God is faithful, he is just, and we need to align our lives with his word.

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in conclusion. Amen. Was the practice using the word Amen was the practice of the first Century Church, and it carried on for centuries if dropping. Amen. The Word, amen. At the start of the New Testament, they could have done that if they wanted to. They could have dropped it, but instead they used this Hebrew word and they carried over the meaning in Greek so it could be understood by everyone that they could.

Amen. The Amen statements of God. Of course it's not just because, uh, the writers did it and they continued it and they carried it along, but because God wanted it to happen, he wanted us to agree and to confirm his word of truth. It continued to end the Christian age on purpose, and it didn't stop there.

Every ancient, uh. Hmm. Is there one of the words that I can say when I'm at home, but when I get in front of a lot of people, I can't say, uh, it was a written out way of, of service, uh, of their worship, and they had, uh, jotted down everything that they would do and, and they would add, include amen into their service.

The fourth century historian Jerome wrote about the, uh, wrote about this, the term. Amen. He says. The United Amen of the people sounded like a fall of water and a sound of thunder. What happened? Unfortunately, somewhere along the way we lost that and that brethren is not a good thing. Saying amen after a public prayer is not just showing, is not just a public showing, but a participation in that prayer.

I appreciate what, what I've heard about, uh, brother Reagan and when he goes to, to a meeting and, and preaches a gospel weaning, he comes back and includes that he'll, he'll tell you about it because you're sharing in that connection, you're sharing in that that work of the Lord. Well, when we're praying, when we're speaking, uh, we're sharing in that we're participating in that in some way, in some shape, in some fashion.

The practice of saying amen after a public prayer is not just a biblical practice, but is a showing of participation in that prayer. Public prayer is not just a passive activity. I'll say that again. Public prayer is not just a passive activity. It's not where one person leads. Others are just sitting or standing, whatever the case is, standing nearby and listening, saying Amen is verbally showing your participation in that prayer, you're saying, I agree with that.

What that man just said is true based off of not what I say, not what anyone else in this room says, but why, what God says. Saying Amen. After a PS song is not only a practice we see in the Bible such as the Psalms. Many times we could spend a long time looking at all, all the Psalms and how many times the Psalm is degrees with the inspired word of God.

But it is an emphatic showing of the agreement of that sentiment in that psal. Many times in our song books, you'll see at the end of that song we'll sing. Amen. 'cause we agree with that statement. I think we should take our time, uh, to look at some of the songs and what the words mean. We're not just singing to sound good, uh, but we're singing with the intent of meaning, what we say, praising God, edifying one another.

Saying Amen is not just a biblical practice. We see after a good strong point is made during a sermon, but rather showing a showing of engagement and agreement with that sermon. I'll tell you right now, brother Reagan had a really good sermon this morning and I appreciate that. Brethren, there is nothing more encouraging to a preacher preaching and hearing the statement.

Amen. That feedback, that feedback during and after the sermon, it also gives credibility. Think about not just the preacher, it's not all about the preacher, but think about the ones around you. It gives credibility to the Sermon for visitors. For other members showing that this is scriptural, that this is correct, that this is true.

Sometimes as preachers, maybe not all of us do it. I might not even do it all the time, but we'll look at your faces, your expression, your involvement. I've seen a couple of you laugh and, and look down and turn and, and write in your bibles or, or your notepad. We look at those kind of things. Some, some of us sometimes.

Your involvement during the sermon to get that feedback from you. If you have a confused face, uh, look on your face. I might have to back up and try to reiterate something to make sure you understand what I'm saying or I understand what I'm trying to say. Of course, I have a story about that. I did that one time.

I went over a whole other point 'cause I saw Brother Ken, who I work with, kind of looking like what's going on. And I asked him afterwards, he says. I thought it was fine. He just had an expression on his face. Uh, but sometimes we, we look at that, we try to get feedback, making sure that what we're saying is, is scriptural, and that it is correct and easy to understand.

Let me get it right here. So again, we say this to help shore up God's word, not because of what I say, not because of the things that I say, but to show that God's word is true. When I'm up here, I'm facing you and you're facing me, but you're not facing each other. So when people say Amen. It helps. It's not a problem.

It helps to know that there are other people engaged. They're not just sleeping and I don't see anyone sleeping, so that's good. But it shows that they're engaged with the lesson that they're listening, uh, and hearing the words, again, not the words of me, but the words of God. The words of truth. So again, it helps brethren saying Amen, I don't think is subject only to men.

When we talk about women being silent in the church, first Corinthians chapter 14 and, and first Timothy chapter two, uh, we're talking about women, uh, taking on leadership roles and usurping a man's authority. But in reality, when we say Amen, we're showing submission. We're submitting not only to what I'm saying, but we're submitting to what God is saying and what he has said in his word and submitting to do it that we're.

We're focused and, and we're going to do what God says so that the curses don't fall upon us. Like Deuteronomy Chapter 27, those individuals, all the congregation, if you look at those situations, it says, all the people, doesn't say just the men. It says all the people, uh, women saying Amen after a prayer, a song, or during the sermon is really no different than them singing because they're participating in the worship by saying Amen.

It does not violate their role. First Corinthians chapter 14, verse 16. Now, this is a New American standard, uh, 95 edition. Says otherwise, if you bless in the spirit only, how will the one who fills the place of the ungifted say the amen at your giving of thinks? Since he does not know what you're saying now, now in this context, it's being spoken of in a negative sense.

Uh, you need to be speaking so that people can understand. But notice what Paul says. He doesn't say to give an amen. He says in this version, he says the Amen. Active participation and submission to God, uh, active participation. Sorry, I, I kicked something and that distracted me. So lemme get back on track.

It, it shows this active participation and agreement from what is expected by Paul. Paul is expecting that. Amen. Uh, but he's also expecting someone to speak clearly. So when we're praying, when we're speaking, when we're singing songs, making sure that it's a clear understanding, uh, of God's word accurately representing it.

Saying Amen is, uh, amen. More is something that I'm trying to work on in my life. It, it, it's hard if you don't do it. You don't know when to say it. Uh, sometimes the preacher might not give you the opportunity to pause and say it. Uh, and after a song, you know, may try not to say it too much. 'cause songs are powerful.

The words of it are powerful 'cause they come from God's well, they should come from God's word. And my hope and my prayer is that I get better at it. I want to agree every time God's word is spoken in truth, and my prayer is that we all will have the attitude as children of God to mimic the teaching of God's word in our life.

Can saying amen be meaningless? It can. As I mentioned briefly, we can get in a habit of doing it too much. We can just, well, oh, the prayer's over. Amen. Amen. What did he say? No, we can't go with the flow just 'cause everyone else says it. We can't just say it at the end of the, of a prayer because that's the norm that have to do it with a heart dedicated to God and saying, God, uh, this is an accurate representation of, of God's word.

And I believe in that statement. With that said, I read an art article that was against saying Amen. But what he said made sense. If we get, this isn't a quote for a quote. Exactly, uh, but what I gathered from it, if we get in the habit of saying amen at the end of everything, we can become numb to that word, and even to what is being said, we must not let our words and thoughts become vain.

When we say amen. We mean we agree with the words spoken. Which is why we should be able to say amen when the word of God is being preached correctly. When we're seeing a, a song that is, uh, Bible based, when a prayer says something that we agree with, we should be able to say that participating in saying amen is not something, as I mentioned, that is logistically easy.

It can be hard sometimes to insert it, especially if it's due to you. You don't know when to use it or, or when exactly to say it. Again, I'm still working on it. You might have hear someone say something, oh, that's really good, but he keeps going, oh, that's really good too. And then he'll kind of keep going somewhere else.

I want to say amen to that. Uh, it, it's sometimes not logistically easy to do that. We might not know when to say it, uh, or when a good time to say it is, but I'm still learning and I want to do better for the sake of the gospel message that is being taught in our lives that people know and that they can understand what is the truth.

I had like to read the psalm. If you have Psalm 1 0 6 marked in your Bibles, I encourage you, I implore you to turn back there. Psalm 1 0 6 and verse 48.

This is another Psalm very similar to the first one that we read. Well, it is the first one that we read similar to the second Psalm that we read, and I hope we can agree on this song. And in this Psalm, I hope that you feel like you're able to verbally agree to it, and I encourage you to agree to it when we come to that part in the Psalm.

And if we can't say amen to this, then we need to double down on our study of the Almighty God. Psalm 1 0 6 verse 48, read with me, lest it be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting, and let all the people say. Amen. Amen. Praise the Lord saying Amen brings us together, brethren. It brings us together in the agreement of the word of God, and I want to close with two more passages and the the message will be yours.

I wanna close with two passages from the Book of Revelation. In Revelation chapter three and verse 14, Jesus says to the angel of the church, of lay ossan, right? These things say the Amen. The faithful, the true witness, the beginning of the creation of God. Revelation chapter three, verse 14. Jesus is the amen.

He is the faithful. He is the true witness, the beginning of the creation of God. He is faithful. He is true. He is trusting. He is the amen. And if Jesus is something, I think we need to study it. And we need to learn what Jesus is and, and what that word means, uh, like we've been doing tonight. And finally in Revelation chapter 22, revelation chapter 22, verses 20 through 21, a passage we looked at briefly.

Uh, again, as, as John is closing out this letter, he says, he who testifies to these things says, surely I am coming quickly. Amen. Even so, come Lord Jesus, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, be with you all. Amen. Here, John is closing. In his closing, there's a great example. Here's a great example of the agreement of a declaration of praise and of prayer.

John is agreeing to what Jesus is saying. I'm coming quickly, and what John says is, come, Lord Jesus, this is another lesson that I think we could learn from that we need to have this kind of, uh. Word, these kind of words in our prayer, that we want the Lord to come quickly as John says, amen. He agrees that the Lord is coming quickly.

The amen, the faithful, the true witness, the beginning of the creation of God. He is coming again. Lord, please come, come quickly. And as he ends with, well that's a praise. As he ends with the prayer, he says, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, be with you all. Amen. What a beautiful way to close the Bible. He says, amen.

I know he's saying amen in context to, to the prayer that's being spoken, but, but I'm gonna step a little bit further and say he, he's closing the book. He's closing the Bible and saying, this word, this is true. This is faithful. We can agree to this. We can say amen because Jesus Christ our savior. He died for us, like the promises that we looked at.

He forgave us. He ha has given us the opportunity to be forgiven of our sins. He shed his blood for us. We should be able to agree on that. And I appreciate your participation this evening. I hope this has been encouraging you. It's been very encouraging to me and helpful for me as I prepared for this lesson.

I've enjoyed it. Hopefully I presented it in a, in a good and acceptable manner. Um. But just know that Jesus Christ, the amen, the faithful, the promises that were made through him, he's going to fulfill it. He's going to come again. And we need to be ready. And if that's something that you haven't done yet in your life, we're not promised tomorrow.

Today is the day of salvation. We need to be ready. We need to be willing to agree and to accept the, the gospel message. And there's more to that. We know we need to continue to live by the gospel message. I invite you this evening if you haven't obeyed the gospel or if you're struggling, if you need help to agree with some of the things, a lot of people have problems with what the word of God says, we'd love to help you.

There are plenty of, of elders and, and preachers to help you, uh, and talk with you about your, your concerns with the gospel. If there's any way that we can help you and your life this evening, please come forward as we stand, as we sing.