‘Heartbreaking’—Pastor Addresses Response to Clip of Baptism He Stopped After Man’s Shocking ‘Jesus’ Claim

However, despite the negativity Whitmore has observed in response to the clip of the baptism, he expressed hope that the incident might be beneficial to his fellow pastors by helping them be aware of the sorts of situations they might face in their roles.

“If that can equip pastors to just be a little bit aware of what could possibly happen in this evil world that we live in,” he said, “knowing that people are struggling, people have—whether it’s demonic or not or mental illness or the whole gamut—there’s hurting people that walk into our church. We need to just be prepared in season and out of season.”

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When asked if there were anything else he thought people should know about the situation, Whitmore asked people to pray for the man who claimed to be Jesus. “He needs Jesus,” said the pastor. “Who else [is there] in our congregation, in the world, at Walmart across the street, our next door neighbors…who are going through a tough time, that we—not intentionally—neglect, but we look over because they’re just a little off?”

“We get to be the hands and feet of Jesus,” Whitmore said. “And if we’re not [doing that] online and we’re not in person, we have failed in [an] immense way…We need to do better.”