In a world
surrounded by darkness,
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there is a voice that
whispers to every young
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heart, urging them to
find the treasure of truth.
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Those who follow the
path will discover eternal
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riches beyond
their wildest dreams.
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Joined us now for
an Amazing Adventure,
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a Journey for Life with Jesus.
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Good morning
friends. Welcome to this
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very special edition
of Amazing Adventure.
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We're glad that you
have joined us wherever
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you are. I know there
is a number of sites across
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American, many around the world.
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Friends we'd like also
point you to the direction
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of our website. For
more information about
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the Amazing Adventure
program, those who are
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watching you go to
amazingfactskids.org.
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We do have these
bright beautiful lessons that
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go along with the
series tonight is Journey
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through the Sea. You
can get this lesson from the
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website amazingfactskids.org.
Let's stand together
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as we sing our theme
song. I invite the Amazing
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Adventure singers to
come and lead us into song.
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Life is an
adventure following the King,
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Everyday with Jesus
makes us want to sing,
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Walking in the
Spirit He will lead the way,
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With his word to guide
us glowing deep inside us,
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Nothing can divide
us following the King.
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Life is an
adventure following the King,
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Everyday with Jesus
makes us want to sing,
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Conquering with
kindness everywhere we go,
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Voices we are raising
Jesus, we are praising,
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Life is so amazing
following the King,
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Life is so amazing
following the King.
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Please remains standing
as we have our scripture
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reading and prayer
this morning. I invite our
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volunteers to
come forward. Nathan,
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lets start with
the scripture reading.
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Tell us what
verse you are reading.
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I am reading John
3:5. Jesus answered,
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"Most assuredly, I say to you,
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unless one is born
of water and the Spirit,
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he cannot enter
the kingdom of God."
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Thank you very much. Our prayer
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is being brought to us by Rosie.
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Father, thank you for
today being the Sabbath,
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and thank you for
helping all the people together
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here today. Please
bless this program and
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help us to learn about
you. In Jesus name, amen.
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Amen, thank you very much.
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You may all be
seated. I invite Pastor
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Doug to come
forward for Bible questions.
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Morning pastor
Ross. Good morning.
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Good morning
friends. Good morning.
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And our friends
who are watching,
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I wonder how many questions
do we have this morning.
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We have got
three video questions,
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and then one
written in question. Okay.
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So we are ready to start.
Let's roll the first video
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question for this
morning. My name is Emma,
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I am nine, and my
question is why God didn't show
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his face to Moses? Oh
you remember Bible tells
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us in the Book of
Exodus that Moses asked if
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he could see the Lord
and God said no man can
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see my face and live,
but he put Moses in the
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cleft of the rock. We
sing a song about that he
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hideth my soul in
the cleft of the rock.
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He put Moses up in this
crag in the rocky mountain
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side. He said I will
pass by and I will move my
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hand after I by, and you
could see me from behind,
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but no man who
sees my face can live.
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The glory of God
unshielded his face is so bright
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that it would
have destroyed Moses,
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if he would have
looked into the unshield the
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glory of God's face. Now
here in this world because
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of our sinful
bodies and our natures,
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we can't behold the
glory which would burn us
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up, it's so bright. Even
in angels, Isaiah chapter 6,
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they covered their
faces in the presence of God,
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but you the Bible
tells us in heaven we are
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going to talk about
that tonight that now we look
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through a glass
darkly First Corinthians 13,
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but then face to face.
In heaven He tells us we
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will see His face.
Well thank you very much.
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We do have another
video question we will play
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at the time. Hi, my
name is Mary Matheson,
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I am eight years
old, and my question is.
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What happened to the
animals when they got
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off the Ark? Alright,
you remember of course,
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Noah was told by the
Lord to help assembled on
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the Ark, the animals,
they were clean animals
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came by sevens, the
unclean animals came two
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by two, and chances
are some of them did a
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little multiplying during
the one year approximately
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they were on the ark,
and when he opened the
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doors and they began to
fly out and to crawl out,
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and to rush out. They
began to fan out over the
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surface of the earth.
Now the world went through
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some dramatic
changes shortly after the
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flood. Some of the
continental plates were still
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shifting and floating
because the world had been
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so saturated, and they
believe at that time there
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were some of the
continental plates that were
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moving. Some of the
animals that were called
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marsupials like
kangaroos and koalas.
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There are in
Australia some of them went down
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in that direction, and
they separated by itself,
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and other animals came
to probably went across
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the Bering Strait,
and came to North America,
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and others migrated
down into Africa and to Asia,
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and they spread,
and they multiplied.
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Some animals like some
climates, and some areas
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more than others, and
so you get very interesting
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collections of animals
all over the world based
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on the way they
dispersed from mountain Ararat.
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Alright thank
you to pastor Doug.
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One more video
question for this morning.
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Hi may name is
Judith, I am nine years old,
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and my question is.
Will Satan stay on earth or
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go to heaven when the
second coming is here.
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Okay the Bible tells us
in Revelation chapter 20,
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that an angel comes
down from heaven and he
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binds the devil. The
devil is bound in the
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bottomless pit. Now
that word bottom list
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pit is really is called
abussoz, that's the Greek
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word that means the
abyss, and it also describes
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the condition of this
world before creation.
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The world was of an
abussoz. You can read
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about that in
Jeremiah chapter 4, and in the
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Greek version of the
Old Testament called the
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Septuagint. This world
after Jesus comes is going
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to be chaotic mess.
Cities are broken down,
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people have died, the
loss, they are lying there.
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Satan is bound on this
planet for one thousand
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years, and then he is
judged at the end of that
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one thousand years. No
Satan does not get to go
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back to heaven. Well
Pastor Doug, we've got
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Phillip who is from Jamaica
and his question is this.
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How will I know when
I am ready for baptism?
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Oh that's a very good question,
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a very important
question. I hope that if you
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haven't been
baptized, you are thinking about
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that, and those who
are watching baptism is a
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lesson today, but
it's the most important
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decision that you
can make regarding your
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choice to follow
Jesus. How do you know when
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you are old enough to
be baptized? Well first of
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all you must
believe and accept Jesus.
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You need to have your
own relationship with the
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Lord will you talk to
him on a regular basis.
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You should have
your own devotional life,
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are you reading
your Bible every day,
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spending some time
in prayer. You should be
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a consistent witness
and your family should
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be doing your best to
represent Jesus at school
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and among your
friends and neighbors.
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And we will talk
more about that answers,
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but I am glad you
are asking that question.
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As matter of fact I
think we might even have
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an example of the baptism today.
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That's right pastor Doug
immediately following our
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special music. We will
be having a baptism right
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here. Praise the Lord.
At this time we are going
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to invite our
Amazing Adventure singers
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to come forward. God bless.
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And they that
be wise shall shine
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as the
brightness of the firmament;
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and they that turn
many to righteousness
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as the stars forever and ever,
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and ever and they shall
shine, they shall shine.
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And they that
be wise shall shine
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as the
brightness of the firmament;
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and they that turn
many to righteousness
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as the stars forever
and ever, they shall shine.
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And they that
be wise shall shine
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as the
brightness of the firmament;
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and they that turn
many to righteousness
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and stars
forever and ever and ever
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and they shall
shine, and they shall shine,
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And they that
be wise shall shine
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as the
brightness of the firmament;
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and they that turn
many to righteousness
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As the stars
shall shine forever.
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As the stars
shall shine forever.
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As the stars shall shine
forever. They shall shine.
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Good morning
everyone. Good morning to
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those of you at
the downlink sites.
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We have a very special
event about to take place
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now. In fact it's
probably the point and reason
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that we are here. A
young lad Hannah Keenan
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who is seven years old
is about to be baptized.
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She has given her
life to Jesus Christ.
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Now I can tell you this
is a very smart intelligent
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child who very much
knows what she is doing
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because of your
love for Jesus Christ,
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because of your
desire to serve him even at
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this young tender age.
It gives myself and Pastor
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Cesar a great pleasure
to baptize you in the name
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of the Father and
his son Jesus Christ,
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and the Holy Spirit. Let
everybody here say, amen.
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Amen. And you
say Praise the Lord.
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Praise the Lord. You
know that's the reason
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we are dong these
meetings is because we want
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to encourage young
people in their vigor,
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and youth, and energy
of life to commit their
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hearts, and minds,
their lives to Jesus.
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So that he can
activate the wonderful plan that
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he has for them. You
know I am a little sad
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because it seems like
we are getting near the
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end of our meetings.
We've got this meeting,
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and then one more
meeting tonight. Have you
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enjoyed this
friends, have you learned some
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things about Jesus,
amen. And our friends,
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who are watching,
don't forget there are other
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things that we are
going to continue to do.
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You can go to the
amazingfactskids website,
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and a matter of fact
we are going to be posting
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some of the many
pictures of the groups from
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around the world. We are
going to develop a little
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forum there. So later
this week we hope that
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you will go and you will
heck amazingfactskids.org.
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How many of you
young people, I am just
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wondering in your
house you got the Internet,
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show your hands.
That's what I suspected,
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you know there are
some other websites,
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there is a website
called kidsinfo.com,
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there is a website
called myplacewithjesus.com.
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I believe voice of
prophecy has another good
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kids website. I
hope when you are on the
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Internet instead of
playing games and shooting
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asteroids, you can
be studying the Bible,
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and continuing to grow
in your relationship with
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Jesus. So you keep in
touch with some of those
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good locations there
and you will find out more
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about that. Our lesson
this morning is dealing with
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the subject of
Journey through the Sea.
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We are going to take
an adventure today that's
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going to carry
us through to sea.
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You know back
during World War 2,
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the battle of Dunkirk,
Dunkirk, France was a very
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dramatic time. Over
three hundred thousand
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British and allied
forces were stuck there on the
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shore of Dunkirk being
bombarded by the Germans
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that were pushing them
off into the sea with no
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way of escape. And it
looked like pretty soon they
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were all going to
either drown or they were going
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to be taken prisoner
or they were going to be
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killed. And then a
special call was put out,
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an emergency call, and
across the ocean there in
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England, and
other parts of France,
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and even Scandinavia
hundreds of fishermen
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brought their little
boats and in just nine days
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they evacuated
three hundred and thirty
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thousand men from
the shore that would have
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perished. It was one
of the great rescues of
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history and they
brought them across the sea to
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safety. You know right
now where they all rode
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across the sea and
it took days to do that,
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between England and
France there is a tunnel
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not through the sea,
but under the sea in the
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earth. It's the two
trains that go back and forth is
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called the Chunnel,
and have you heard about
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the Chunnel. And now
in just a couple of hours
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you can racing like a
bullet from Paris all the way
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to England and back
again. But we are not going
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to be talking now
about going over the sea or
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under the sea. There is
a story in Exodus 14 about
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God's people needing
to go through the sea in
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order to be saved.
You remember when the
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children of Israel
were slaves in Egypt,
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and God forced the
pharaoh to loosen his grip
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and they began their
journey from the slavery of
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Egypt to the Promised
Land. This is like salvation.
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But before they
could get out of Egypt,
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they had to through
the water, and I got news
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for you everybody
that wants to get to the
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Promised Land must
make that journey that
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adventure through the
sea. It's called baptism.
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You remember the
children of Israel were up
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there and the
Egyptians began to chase them,
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and there was no way of escape.
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So what did God do?
He performed a miracle.
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Moses stretched out
his rod, and the ocean
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parted and the
children of Israel went across
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miraculously. When
they went through the sea it
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was they symbol of
baptism. Paul tells us in
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First Corinthians 10,
they were baptized the sea.
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Now let's get
to our lesson here.
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We are going to
learn some more about this
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important subject of
getting a new beginning
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called baptism. Number
one, do we have a choice
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in being saved? You
know I have heard some
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people say well God
knows everything and God is
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all powerful, and if
he wants to save you,
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he will save you and
maybe some are meant to
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be saved, and
some won't be saved,
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and it's all predestined
and you can't decide,
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that's not true. The
Bible says you can choose
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Joshua 24:15. Joshua
said choose yourself this
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day whom you will
serve, but as for me and my
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house we will serve
the Lord. Have you made a
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decision to serve the
Lord? And again Jesus said,
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no one can serve two
masters. There are two
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forces that are
warring for our soul.
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Did you all know that?
Any of you every played
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tug of war before.
You get a bunch of kids on
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one side of the rope,
put a flag on the rope,
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and you have a couple
of lines, and you get a
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bunch of kids on the
other side, and you say
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on your mark get set
go, and they began to pull
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back and forth, and
whoever can pull one team
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across the line they
win. Have your ever feel
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that tug of war
going on in your heart.
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There is a tug of
war. Jesus loves and he is
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tugging with his love
this way. The devil wants
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to destroy you,
so he can hurt Jesus.
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He is tugging the other
way. But you get to make
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the decision. You are
the one who is adding your
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vote, either to the
pulling of the devil,
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or the invitation of
the Lord, you get to choose.
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That's why Jesus
says come on to me.
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You can choose to come
to him. The devil cannot
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force you to be lost if
you make up your mind to
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give yourself to Jesus
and to trust him with your
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life. You have a
choice. Matthew 26:24 says,
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you can't serve two
masters for you will either
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hate one and love the
other, or else you will be
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loyal to one and hate
the other, despise the other.
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You get to choose
which one you love.
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You can't serve
the world and heaven.
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You can't serve Jesus
and the devil. You got to
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make up your mind that
you want to serve the Lord.
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Jesus said that, I
am sorry Moses actually
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said it. I have set
before you this day two choices,
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life and death,
blessing and cursing.
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Therefore chose life,
that both you and your
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children, your
descendants might live.
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You can choose
life. You know what's sad.
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I want to ask
young people a question.
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There is about 6.7 billion
people in the world today.
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When Jesus comes
will most of them be saved
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or lost. Lost.
That's terribly sad,
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but it appears most
of them will be lost.
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Jesus said broad is
the way that leads to
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destruction and
many they are that go in
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through that gate,
narrow is the gate that
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leads the life and
few there be that find it.
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You know why there is
few that find it because
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there is few sincere
adventures that are seeking
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for it. Are you
seeking for life? What's more
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important than everlasting life?
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There is no greater
treasure that you could find.
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Number three, how do
I show that I want to
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choose God's team and
to live my life for Him?
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What is it that we
do to demonstrate I am
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making a decision to
commit my life to Jesus.
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Bible tells us
in Acts chapter 2,
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Peter was preaching.
He said repent everyone
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of you and be
baptized in the name of Jesus
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Christ for the
remission of sins.
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See baptism
represents a cleansing,
00:20:12.34\00:20:16.09
it represents a new
birth, it represents a death,
00:20:16.54\00:20:19.40
a burial, and a
resurrection. It represents
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a marriage. It
represents a very important
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decision that you can
publicly make to say I am
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choosing to be cleansed
from my sins and to follow
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Jesus. The Lord
wants everyone to be saved.
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Why will be some be lost.
It tells us right in God's
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word as Ezekiel 33
verse 11. As I live,
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says the Lord, I have
no pleasure in the death
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of the wicked. God
doesn't want to see anybody die,
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not even the wicked. He
says but the wicked turn
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from his way and
live. And then you can hear
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Jesus pleading turn,
turn ye from your evil ways,
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why will you die? The
Lord tells us that if we come
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to Him we can
turn from the devil,
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turn to the Lord and
he will give us life,
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but we need to
make that decision.
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So question number
four. Is it important to be
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baptized? Oh yes, as
a matter of fact Jesus
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said just before he
ascended to heaven in the
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Gospel of Mark,
chapter 16:16. He who believes
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and is baptized will
be saved, but he who does
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believe not will be condemned.
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So did Jesus say
baptism is important?
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You need to believe
in him and be baptized.
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That means publicly
demonstrate your faith in
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him. And not believing
is the most dangerous thing.
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The last word of
Jesus before he ascended to
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heaven after he
died on the cross.
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He was buried, he rose.
He talked to the disciples
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for about forty days.
He appeared to them and
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then he ascended to
the heaven. You know the
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last thing he said. Go
ye therefore and teach all
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nations, baptizing
them. So how important was
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baptism to Jesus. I
would think that the last words
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of Jesus should be the
first priority of Christians.
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One of the last things
he said go tell everyone
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about the Gospel and
baptize them. In another
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words tell them but
don't stop there, ask them to
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make a decision to
accept the message.
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You know another
example in the Bible that tells
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us how important
baptism is. Some of you
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remember there was a
disciple by the name of
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Philip. He was a
deacon, he later became an
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evangelist. And one day
the Holy Spirit spoke to
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him. He said Philip I
want you to go down to the
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desert by Gaza. I've
got something for you to do
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there. So Philip walked
the long way from Samaria
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down to the desert
by Gaza, and while he is
00:22:50.37\00:22:52.92
walking along wondering
why the Lord sent him all
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this way, this big
desert region. He saw that
00:22:55.01\00:22:58.17
there was a man who
would probably parked his
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chariot to rest a
little bit in the shade of a
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big tree, and he was
reading the scroll of Isaiah.
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And he was reading a
prophecy about messiah,
00:23:08.27\00:23:10.35
and he is reading out
loud as the Jews often did.
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And it was just a
passage about Jesus coming.
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And he says I am not
sure what this means.
00:23:17.58\00:23:19.64
And Philip overheard
him, and he said you know
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maybe I can help you
understand, and then he
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said you are heading
this way hop into my chariot,
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we will go together, and
so Philip and the treasurer
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from Ethiopia, they
rode along together and
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Philip began to teach
him and preach to him about
00:23:34.07\00:23:36.76
Jesus, that Jesus was
messiah, and the Holy Spirit
00:23:36.81\00:23:40.47
told that man this is the
truth, I can't wait to take
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this message back to my people,
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but I need to make a
decision. What prevents
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me from being baptized.
And Philip said well if
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you believe with all
your heart and you believe
00:23:51.33\00:23:53.06
these teaching, and
you're surrendering your life
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you can. And the
Ethiopian man said we are
00:23:55.58\00:23:58.50
passing by some
water right here,
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maybe there was an
oasis, it might have been
00:24:01.75\00:24:03.52
the Mediterranean
sea there by Gaza,
00:24:03.55\00:24:05.45
and they got out of
the chariot and right then
00:24:06.27\00:24:08.44
and there Philip
baptized this man who was a very
00:24:08.47\00:24:11.64
important man with
the queen of Ethiopia,
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and when they came
up out of the water,
00:24:14.91\00:24:16.52
you know what
happened to Philip.
00:24:16.67\00:24:17.64
Have you ever seen
someone plain disappear?
00:24:18.52\00:24:20.26
They just vanish.
After they came out of water
00:24:21.40\00:24:24.32
Philip vanished and all
of a sudden Philip found
00:24:24.78\00:24:26.85
himself up north by
Joppa another town miles
00:24:26.92\00:24:29.46
away. Do you think that
Ethiopian man was happy?
00:24:29.49\00:24:32.66
He probably thought
that Philip was an angel.
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God sent Philip all
the way down there to the
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desert to teach
that man and baptize him.
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So how important is
baptism. And you know
00:24:41.99\00:24:44.68
that man then took
the truth about Jesus to
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the country of Ethiopia
and it spread all through
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the country to this
very day. People are there
00:24:49.38\00:24:51.92
who believe the truth
because Philip went down
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to the desert when the
Holy Spirit told him to.
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So baptism is very
important because when you
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surrender your life to
Jesus, you are saying Jesus
00:25:00.39\00:25:02.74
I want you to give
permission to fill me with
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your Spirit.
Question number five. Does it
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matter how we're
baptized? Did you know there
00:25:08.88\00:25:12.42
is a lot of different
ways of being baptized?
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The Bible says in
Ephesians chapter 4 verse 5.
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There is, this is on the
screen you can see with me.
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There is one Lord,
one faith, one baptism.
00:25:22.18\00:25:27.37
One that not only
means there is one Lord,
00:25:28.48\00:25:30.64
we commit our lives
to. When we are baptized is
00:25:30.70\00:25:32.94
one truth. There is
also one true way of being
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baptized, and it
does make a difference.
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Now baptism is a
symbol, but does the symbol
00:25:39.36\00:25:42.47
matter. Why does a
woman wear a white dress
00:25:42.80\00:25:46.76
when she gets
married. Anyone know,
00:25:46.86\00:25:49.72
it's supposed to
represent purity.
00:25:51.86\00:25:54.20
If she wore a pink
dress with white poke dots
00:25:55.37\00:25:58.19
that wouldn't
look normal would it.
00:25:59.11\00:26:00.62
Would you say that's a
strange looking wedding
00:26:00.76\00:26:02.56
dress because these
things have symbols?
00:26:02.75\00:26:05.89
You know one pastor
when we have the Lord's
00:26:06.01\00:26:09.01
supper. Jesus gave
us two institutions,
00:26:09.15\00:26:12.00
baptism and
communion. You maybe you
00:26:12.54\00:26:15.73
participated in
communion, you have probably
00:26:15.81\00:26:17.65
seen communion where
they have the unleavened
00:26:17.70\00:26:19.81
bread, and little bit of
grape juice, you have seen
00:26:19.95\00:26:22.14
that before. That
represents the body,
00:26:22.17\00:26:24.81
the bread
represents the body of Jesus,
00:26:25.35\00:26:26.80
the grape juice
represents the blood of Jesus.
00:26:27.28\00:26:29.29
The bread is not
supposed to be leaven.
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Leaven represents sin.
Jesus had not sin in his
00:26:32.42\00:26:34.73
life. The grape
juice is unfermented.
00:26:34.83\00:26:37.35
Jesus blood was pure.
I heard one pastor said
00:26:38.00\00:26:41.44
well its only a
symbol, so we are going to have
00:26:41.55\00:26:43.51
communion. We are
going to have coco cola
00:26:43.56\00:26:45.56
and hamburgers, since
it's just a symbol really.
00:26:45.62\00:26:49.76
Now is that right to
do that? Doesn't that
00:26:50.72\00:26:53.40
destroy the meaning
when you do something like
00:26:53.61\00:26:55.63
that? The symbols
are important and baptism
00:26:55.72\00:26:59.06
being done the right
way, there is a beautiful
00:26:59.16\00:27:01.22
symbolism that's
lost. You know some
00:27:01.40\00:27:03.70
churches they say well
since water is a symbol
00:27:03.88\00:27:06.29
you don't want to get
all wet, so we will sprinkle
00:27:06.80\00:27:09.33
a little water on
you, and so when the person
00:27:09.36\00:27:11.95
is baptized they just
sprinkle a little water on
00:27:11.98\00:27:13.67
him, and they say
you have been baptized.
00:27:13.71\00:27:15.58
But that's not
what the word means,
00:27:16.47\00:27:18.90
the very word baptism
means to be submerged.
00:27:18.98\00:27:21.98
We want to be
baptized the way Jesus was,
00:27:22.74\00:27:24.62
don't you think. A
Christian follows Jesus.
00:27:24.78\00:27:27.03
How was Jesus
baptized? Mark chapter 1,
00:27:27.22\00:27:29.82
verse 9, Jesus was
baptized by John in the Jordan,
00:27:29.85\00:27:34.23
was the Jordan a
name of a bottle of water,
00:27:34.60\00:27:37.06
was the Jordan
the name of a spring,
00:27:37.38\00:27:39.32
was the Jordan
the name of the well,
00:27:39.96\00:27:41.60
or Jordan the name of a river?
00:27:41.93\00:27:44.35
River. So John the
Baptist needed the whole
00:27:44.80\00:27:47.26
river to baptize him.
He was baptized by John
00:27:47.47\00:27:50.85
in the Jordan and
immediately coming up out
00:27:50.91\00:27:53.22
of the water. So he
have gone down in the water
00:27:53.40\00:27:55.65
in order for him to
come up out of the water.
00:27:56.08\00:27:58.34
He saw the heavens
parting and the Spirit
00:27:59.29\00:28:01.91
descending like a
dove, and God wants to give
00:28:02.03\00:28:04.51
you the Holy Spirit
too. That why it says in John
00:28:04.55\00:28:07.33
chapter 3:23. John the
Baptist was baptizing in
00:28:07.42\00:28:10.75
Aenon near Salim. The
word Salim or Salem means
00:28:11.01\00:28:14.53
peace, but it was a
place in the river where
00:28:14.68\00:28:17.63
there is lot of water.
It says he baptized there
00:28:17.85\00:28:19.98
because there was
much water, the water was
00:28:20.02\00:28:21.75
deep enough. See
even in the Bible Jesus,
00:28:21.86\00:28:25.06
John the Baptist
they knew it was important
00:28:25.22\00:28:27.60
to do it the way God
said. Matter of fact the
00:28:28.02\00:28:30.57
word baptism it comes
from a Greek word baptizo,
00:28:30.65\00:28:34.02
and that word
baptizo, it means to dip,
00:28:34.43\00:28:37.16
to immerse, to
plunge underwater,
00:28:38.09\00:28:41.47
and that's because
when you are baptized its
00:28:42.36\00:28:44.57
like a new birth.
It's like a burial,
00:28:44.61\00:28:46.74
and you are totally
washed. You are totally buried.
00:28:47.24\00:28:50.40
You are totally
reborn. If your parent said
00:28:50.65\00:28:54.29
you know I want you to
go out in the backyard,
00:28:54.42\00:28:56.06
I want to bury some
trash, and you went out the
00:28:56.20\00:28:59.13
backyard, and you
dig a hole, and mom and
00:28:59.23\00:29:01.87
dad were looking and
saying to you, you drop
00:29:01.95\00:29:03.98
the trash in the hole,
you took a little dirt,
00:29:04.15\00:29:06.12
you sprinkle it on
there, and you walked away,
00:29:06.32\00:29:08.20
is it buried. No the
neighborhood raccoons
00:29:08.42\00:29:12.21
are going to dig it
all up. Buried mean buried.
00:29:12.27\00:29:15.54
Now when you are
baptized it's a symbol of
00:29:16.33\00:29:17.80
your sins being
washed away. How many of
00:29:17.85\00:29:19.50
you want your sins
totally buried. You don't
00:29:19.53\00:29:22.62
want them to resurrect
right, and so it's symbolic
00:29:22.67\00:29:25.85
of that. The symbol
does make a difference it's
00:29:25.88\00:29:28.21
important. What are
some of the other important
00:29:28.36\00:29:31.09
symbols that are
represented in baptism?
00:29:31.14\00:29:34.30
Question number
six. What other important
00:29:35.23\00:29:37.98
symbols does baptism represent?
00:29:38.01\00:29:40.06
Well Ananias said to
Paul why are you waiting?
00:29:41.43\00:29:44.20
Arise and be baptized,
and wash away your sins,
00:29:45.04\00:29:49.88
calling on the Lord.
So baptism represents a
00:29:50.33\00:29:53.98
washing away of sin.
Now how old do you have
00:29:54.14\00:29:58.45
to be before you know
that you need sins washed
00:29:58.60\00:30:01.58
away. Well you know as
you get older you begin
00:30:01.61\00:30:05.03
to understand
what's right and wrong.
00:30:05.06\00:30:06.76
You can teach a two
year old the difference
00:30:06.92\00:30:09.24
between right and
wrong, and even younger than
00:30:09.32\00:30:10.87
that. There is
something they know are no.
00:30:11.06\00:30:13.88
Some of you I bet the
first word that you learned
00:30:15.03\00:30:16.91
was no. How many of
you parents. First word
00:30:17.03\00:30:22.34
they learned, no.
Nathan's first word was it's
00:30:22.37\00:30:27.01
stuck, it's actually
two words. He was out there
00:30:27.12\00:30:29.67
digging in the garden,
I put the shovel in the
00:30:29.80\00:30:31.57
ground, and he
couldn't pull it out.
00:30:31.64\00:30:33.09
I said it's stuck.
He said it's stuck.
00:30:33.22\00:30:34.95
It's the first
thing he ever said.
00:30:35.55\00:30:37.16
But we all you know
have our first word.
00:30:39.09\00:30:41.38
But we know right
and wrong. But really
00:30:41.63\00:30:44.17
understanding the
consequences of sin and
00:30:44.34\00:30:46.47
salvation. You know
sometimes it's not until
00:30:46.55\00:30:49.79
you are seven, eight,
nine and ten years old,
00:30:49.89\00:30:52.08
you begin
understand those things.
00:30:52.14\00:30:53.31
Some don't
understand until sixteen.
00:30:53.45\00:30:55.29
We all kind of grow
with different ages.
00:30:56.01\00:30:57.92
When you are old
enough to be lost,
00:30:59.54\00:31:01.08
you are old enough
to be saved. There is a
00:31:02.19\00:31:03.38
place the Bible
where its called the age of
00:31:03.60\00:31:05.68
accountability. When
we are young children,
00:31:05.77\00:31:07.69
we may not
understand some of these things,
00:31:07.79\00:31:09.79
and God looks on
the heart, doesn't he.
00:31:10.32\00:31:11.80
But when we are
old enough to know what
00:31:12.46\00:31:13.97
God really wants us
to do. And if we are old
00:31:14.12\00:31:16.40
enough to be lost,
we are old enough to be
00:31:16.44\00:31:18.49
saved. And so that's
important to remember.
00:31:18.63\00:31:21.02
He said be baptized and
you shall receive the gift
00:31:22.23\00:31:25.66
of the Holy Spirit.
You know the Bible tells us
00:31:25.90\00:31:29.65
that the Lord wants us
to all receive the gift
00:31:29.84\00:31:31.98
of the Spirit. When
Jesus was baptized the Holy
00:31:32.06\00:31:34.65
Spirit came down.
God's Spirit gives us power.
00:31:34.76\00:31:38.35
Did Jesus need the
power of the Holy Spirit
00:31:38.63\00:31:40.69
after his baptism? He
began a life of ministry
00:31:40.72\00:31:44.66
and a life of
miracles, and not only that was
00:31:44.94\00:31:48.00
Jesus tempted by the
devil after he was baptized.
00:31:48.10\00:31:50.54
Yes, and through of
the power of God's Spirit
00:31:52.05\00:31:54.81
we can resist
temptation. You know there
00:31:55.05\00:31:57.16
is another
important symbol for baptism.
00:31:57.19\00:31:59.17
It says
husbands love your wives,
00:31:59.74\00:32:03.47
just as Christ also
loved the church and gave
00:32:03.98\00:32:07.42
Himself for her. You
know baptism is something
00:32:07.50\00:32:10.62
like a marriage. It
likes two people love each
00:32:10.69\00:32:14.38
other. Finally
they say we are going to
00:32:14.48\00:32:16.54
demonstrate our
love for each other.
00:32:16.62\00:32:17.90
We are going to
commit to spend our lives
00:32:18.13\00:32:20.14
together, and we are
going to belong to each
00:32:20.20\00:32:23.19
other, and the
husband promises to provide
00:32:23.27\00:32:26.15
and protect his wife,
and the wife promises to
00:32:26.23\00:32:29.90
love. It used to be
love, serve and obey,
00:32:29.96\00:32:32.24
but they don't have
those vows any more.
00:32:32.40\00:32:33.85
Her husband and
that was because it was a
00:32:34.75\00:32:37.76
symbol of Christ and
his church. When you are
00:32:37.92\00:32:40.91
baptized you become
part of God's church,
00:32:40.99\00:32:43.99
and it's like you
get married to Jesus.
00:32:44.25\00:32:46.19
Now baptism is
something usually done publicly.
00:32:46.83\00:32:48.65
We just saw a
beautiful baptism here.
00:32:48.75\00:32:50.52
It was done in front
of other people, why?
00:32:50.89\00:32:52.68
Because you don't want
to be ashamed of Jesus.
00:32:54.08\00:32:56.23
Did Jesus died for you publicly?
00:32:56.26\00:32:58.49
Was he in front of
other people when he died
00:32:59.07\00:33:00.54
for you. He showed
his love for you in front
00:33:00.60\00:33:03.44
of other people.
What would you think girls
00:33:03.55\00:33:05.95
if you had a
boyfriend. You're too young,
00:33:06.03\00:33:08.22
but if you had a
boyfriend and he said yeah,
00:33:08.44\00:33:11.79
I got a girlfriend but
I don't anyone to see me
00:33:12.40\00:33:15.06
with her because I
am afraid of what they
00:33:15.14\00:33:18.91
might think, or she
looks kind of funny.
00:33:18.99\00:33:22.19
You say what. If
a man loves a woman,
00:33:23.53\00:33:27.65
and if a woman loves a
man, they talk about it,
00:33:27.71\00:33:29.89
they tell
everybody, they're not ashamed.
00:33:30.00\00:33:31.82
But if you say I am
giving my life to Jesus,
00:33:31.87\00:33:33.81
you shouldn't hide
that. You should let
00:33:34.31\00:33:36.35
people know because
you love him. So that's why
00:33:36.53\00:33:38.60
weddings are done in
front of people with all
00:33:38.68\00:33:40.63
this fanfare and
pomp because these two
00:33:40.71\00:33:43.43
people love each
other, and the celebrate it.
00:33:43.49\00:33:45.42
A baptism is
something its good news because
00:33:45.72\00:33:48.62
it means the person is
going from death to life,
00:33:48.71\00:33:51.36
and getting a new
beginning. Number seven.
00:33:51.79\00:33:54.29
What else does
baptism represent?
00:33:54.76\00:33:56.53
And why does it
matter? Answer, Roman 6,
00:33:56.98\00:34:00.62
verse 4, we talked a
little bit about this.
00:34:01.10\00:34:03.25
It says we are buried
with Him through baptism
00:34:03.98\00:34:06.94
into death, that
just as Christ was raised
00:34:07.00\00:34:11.53
from the dead by the
glory of the Father even
00:34:11.56\00:34:14.43
so we should walk
in the newness of life.
00:34:14.54\00:34:17.23
It's like you are a
new born baby when you are
00:34:17.96\00:34:20.44
baptized. Did anyone
of you learn to start
00:34:20.53\00:34:24.24
walking when you
are like ten months old,
00:34:24.43\00:34:27.19
some of you really
young. Yeah one of our
00:34:28.13\00:34:30.54
kids started at ten
month old. They looked like
00:34:30.65\00:34:32.38
they were too young
to walk, and you know
00:34:32.47\00:34:34.58
when the baby first
learns to walk, do they
00:34:34.69\00:34:36.53
sometimes fall down.
Should they get discouraged?
00:34:36.68\00:34:40.01
Baby's walking along
first few steps they fall
00:34:40.33\00:34:42.63
down and they say
well that hurt, I am not
00:34:42.73\00:34:44.55
walking anymore
that could be dangerous.
00:34:44.62\00:34:46.46
Never going to try
that again is that what
00:34:48.05\00:34:49.28
they say. No, do
you know baby falls down
00:34:49.39\00:34:52.74
someone did a
study up to three hundred
00:34:52.89\00:34:54.80
times before they
can walk with stability,
00:34:54.83\00:34:57.40
three hundred
bum, bum, bum, bum,
00:34:57.85\00:34:59.80
bum, bum falling. They
keep getting back up again.
00:34:59.96\00:35:02.57
And if you make
mistakes after you're
00:35:04.08\00:35:06.59
baptized should you
give up. No you're learning
00:35:06.81\00:35:09.61
to walk, it's like a
new birth and you begin a
00:35:09.64\00:35:12.94
new life. You know
another way it's like a
00:35:13.05\00:35:15.56
new birth. When a
baby is born, one of the
00:35:15.60\00:35:19.24
signs is it breaths.
When one of our boys was
00:35:19.27\00:35:23.62
born, I don't
remember which one was that.
00:35:23.86\00:35:26.31
Steven when he
was born and after he
00:35:26.70\00:35:28.84
popped out, he didn't
breath and doctors and
00:35:28.97\00:35:33.23
the nurses were
getting a little bit worried.
00:35:33.31\00:35:34.97
Well they've given
mom so much oxygen that
00:35:35.39\00:35:37.17
he was all pink
already, he didn't even need
00:35:37.27\00:35:38.75
to breath. And so he
is just like this and
00:35:38.78\00:35:41.55
going, breathe,
breathe, they were trying to
00:35:41.62\00:35:42.85
pinch him and get him
to breathe because one
00:35:43.04\00:35:45.12
of you know the old
movies used to show that
00:35:45.15\00:35:47.09
the doctor would
hold up the baby and give
00:35:47.46\00:35:49.02
a swap on the
posterior, you know what that
00:35:49.15\00:35:51.13
is right. And he go
wee, wee and that would
00:35:51.24\00:35:55.67
mean everyone
smiled, he is crying,
00:35:55.80\00:35:58.87
new birth, he is
breathing now, everything
00:35:58.95\00:36:00.87
is going to be okay.
You know when you are
00:36:00.91\00:36:03.31
held under water, do
you breathe under water.
00:36:03.42\00:36:05.73
No that's too big, it's
like choking; you come up
00:36:06.73\00:36:10.08
out of the water, you
go that represents that
00:36:10.26\00:36:13.44
new life. We learned
about the breathe of life
00:36:13.54\00:36:16.12
last night, its like
the new spirit of God comes
00:36:16.26\00:36:18.89
into you. You may not
feel electricity go up
00:36:18.92\00:36:22.29
and down your spine
but God promises that all
00:36:22.40\00:36:24.67
your sins are left
behind symbolically in that
00:36:24.70\00:36:26.93
water. You
become a new creature.
00:36:26.96\00:36:29.05
It represents a new
birth. You know it also
00:36:30.01\00:36:33.38
represents
freedom. All your old sins,
00:36:33.47\00:36:36.31
the old slavery left
behind the children of
00:36:36.65\00:36:38.88
Israel in Egypt, they
were slaves, they crossed
00:36:38.96\00:36:41.89
the Red Sea, the came
up free. At Amazing Facts
00:36:41.98\00:36:46.59
we do these radio
programs every week,
00:36:46.66\00:36:48.27
and I heard amazing
fact about someone by the
00:36:48.36\00:36:50.29
name of Henry "Box"
Brown. Have you ever
00:36:50.35\00:36:52.81
heard about Henry
"Box" Brown. Henry "Box"
00:36:52.89\00:36:55.60
Brown was a slave
who was born in 1831 in
00:36:55.70\00:36:58.28
Virginia when there
was slavery and it was very
00:36:58.48\00:37:01.21
rough. And he did his
best to serve his master,
00:37:01.40\00:37:04.95
but finally when his
master sold his wife and
00:37:05.06\00:37:07.61
children didn't even
tell him to someone else.
00:37:07.76\00:37:10.72
He said I had enough
of this and he talked to a
00:37:11.27\00:37:14.21
couple of friends. He
said I want you to build me
00:37:14.31\00:37:17.00
a box, and they
build the box that was two
00:37:17.03\00:37:18.52
feet wide by three
feet wide, and about three
00:37:18.70\00:37:21.32
feet high, and
Henry crawled in the box,
00:37:21.35\00:37:24.39
and they crated him
up. They nailed it shut,
00:37:25.20\00:37:27.93
and they shipped
him to Pennsylvania,
00:37:28.19\00:37:32.46
for North Carolina,
they nailed, UPS so to speak,
00:37:33.50\00:37:36.79
and he was real
quite. He had a little bit of
00:37:38.01\00:37:39.58
water in there and
they put him on the horse
00:37:39.67\00:37:41.66
and he was, they put
this side up on the box
00:37:41.71\00:37:44.41
to try to keep the
right side up, and they
00:37:44.44\00:37:46.60
turned upside down
for long time, and he
00:37:46.79\00:37:49.43
bounced along for
hours in the wag and then
00:37:49.65\00:37:51.62
he heard some men
load him around and
00:37:51.68\00:37:53.18
people and he had to be
absolutely quiet and then
00:37:53.26\00:37:55.67
they put him on a
train and he bounced around
00:37:55.70\00:37:58.15
on a train, and
after twenty seven hours in
00:37:58.18\00:38:00.53
that box had to
keep absolutely quiet.
00:38:00.64\00:38:03.41
They finally got him
into the land of freedom.
00:38:04.46\00:38:06.75
They opened up the
box. He went into the box
00:38:06.86\00:38:09.61
a slave, but he
came out a free man,
00:38:09.72\00:38:12.31
and he spent the rest
of his life helping other
00:38:12.95\00:38:14.65
people get free.
How important is freedom
00:38:14.95\00:38:17.77
to you. Baptism is
a decision that you're
00:38:17.84\00:38:20.76
making to serve
a different master,
00:38:20.83\00:38:23.04
and when the
devil comes after you.
00:38:23.64\00:38:24.85
When you're
baptized, you are saying,
00:38:24.99\00:38:26.19
leave me alone
devil, I have given my life
00:38:27.20\00:38:28.48
to Jesus. I belong to
him now. He has put his
00:38:28.70\00:38:30.90
stamp on me. I am
branded by the Lord.
00:38:31.08\00:38:33.93
I am his property.
I've got his designer label,
00:38:34.12\00:38:36.64
right. That's what
happens when you are
00:38:37.41\00:38:39.38
baptized. Number
eight. Do I need to join
00:38:39.52\00:38:43.22
a church when I am
baptized? Can I just
00:38:43.34\00:38:46.31
baptize myself in the
bath tub tonight Pastor
00:38:46.34\00:38:48.30
Doug. No, it
doesn't work that way,
00:38:48.35\00:38:51.74
that's just called the
bath, that's not baptism,
00:38:52.27\00:38:54.55
or we're going to swim tomorrow.
00:38:55.50\00:38:57.17
Can I just baptize
myself at the pool and not
00:38:57.31\00:38:59.04
tell anybody. No,
that's not baptism.
00:38:59.24\00:39:02.41
Baptism is a sacred
service where people
00:39:02.97\00:39:05.00
pray and you want to
be filled with the spirit
00:39:05.51\00:39:08.12
and it is done
publicly by somebody who is
00:39:08.19\00:39:10.03
ordained by the Lord to baptize.
00:39:10.09\00:39:12.01
And you become
part of God's church.
00:39:12.72\00:39:14.86
Some people sort of
want to be a maverick.
00:39:15.43\00:39:17.35
We are all riding
around in the deserts there in
00:39:18.14\00:39:20.03
Nevada a little
while ago, and we saw wild
00:39:20.29\00:39:22.46
horses, they
don't belong to anybody.
00:39:22.72\00:39:24.09
Some people say I
believe in Jesus and I
00:39:24.87\00:39:27.65
believe in the Bible
but I don't want to be
00:39:27.79\00:39:29.71
a part of the church.
I just want to be sort
00:39:29.74\00:39:31.73
of Mustang
Christian. No such a thing.
00:39:31.85\00:39:35.74
The Bible says by
one Spirit we are all
00:39:36.62\00:39:39.77
baptized into one
body. Now I need a volunteer,
00:39:39.93\00:39:43.68
you didn't think I was
going to have anything.
00:39:45.17\00:39:46.65
By someone who
has not been chosen.
00:39:46.99\00:39:48.31
Only those hands who
have not been chosen.
00:39:48.68\00:39:50.16
I am going to come
up here little ways,
00:39:51.08\00:39:52.09
young man, may I know your name,
00:39:52.61\00:39:54.40
come up here, look
in the mystery chest,
00:39:55.02\00:39:56.63
and I want to
see if you can find,
00:39:57.47\00:39:59.00
see if you can find a
nose and a ear in there.
00:39:59.55\00:40:02.04
You find a nose and
ear, really good okay.
00:40:06.72\00:40:09.88
Thank you very much.
Alright now if I should
00:40:10.19\00:40:12.94
say look a nose. You go yeah so.
00:40:13.09\00:40:18.85
Everybody got a nose
right. But if is should
00:40:19.81\00:40:22.70
say oh look a nose,
that look like something
00:40:22.90\00:40:28.43
is wrong. If you
see a nose on the floor,
00:40:28.46\00:40:31.15
if I would say now as
you leave the building
00:40:31.37\00:40:32.82
friends please
watch out for the nose on
00:40:32.91\00:40:34.14
the floor. You know
what you said that sound
00:40:34.17\00:40:37.91
right, 'cause
where does a nose belong?
00:40:38.13\00:40:39.59
It belong to our face,
right. This is actually,
00:40:42.65\00:40:45.68
this was President Bush's nose,
00:40:46.17\00:40:47.14
I hope you'll
understand. You may have
00:40:47.24\00:40:51.40
recognized it, or if I
were to say look you got
00:40:51.51\00:40:54.72
an that ear. Big deal,
if it's on someone's face,
00:40:54.75\00:40:58.64
but if you say there
is an ear on the ground.
00:40:59.30\00:41:02.25
How long does a
nose, if someone's nose get
00:41:04.06\00:41:06.45
cut off. Do you know
if you sow it back on fast
00:41:06.61\00:41:09.64
enough it'll grow back,
or if you cut off a finger
00:41:09.77\00:41:12.82
but if there is a
finger laying on the ground.
00:41:12.89\00:41:14.45
The Bible says
that we are all parts.
00:41:15.08\00:41:17.20
Thank you very much,
you can take that nose
00:41:17.78\00:41:19.10
and ear back with you,
you just don't play with
00:41:19.13\00:41:20.33
them. You never know
you might need a spare
00:41:20.36\00:41:22.65
someday. If the Bible
says we are part of the
00:41:22.69\00:41:28.99
body of Christ, you
are all different parts,
00:41:29.06\00:41:32.57
you all have
different gifts, you have
00:41:32.64\00:41:34.01
different talents and
when we all come together
00:41:34.08\00:41:36.88
together you are
the hands, and the feet,
00:41:36.99\00:41:39.95
and the eyes, and
the mouth, and the ears,
00:41:40.16\00:41:42.53
and the nose of
Jesus. We show the world
00:41:42.56\00:41:45.46
what Jesus is like
today by our words,
00:41:45.49\00:41:48.99
and by our actions.
That's why you want to be
00:41:49.03\00:41:50.73
a good witness. And
if you are baptizing
00:41:50.76\00:41:52.99
you're not part of
the church, you are not
00:41:53.05\00:41:55.27
going to last very
long. How long does a nose
00:41:55.42\00:41:57.45
live when it's
separated from the face.
00:41:57.50\00:41:59.36
I got a friend who
accidentally cut off his
00:42:01.09\00:42:02.56
finger. He was
sawing something, and they
00:42:02.62\00:42:05.49
rushed him to the
hospital twenty miles away,
00:42:05.66\00:42:07.76
and they got there
and the doctor said
00:42:09.16\00:42:10.35
where is the finger.
They said well it's back in
00:42:10.55\00:42:13.40
the wood shop. And
the doctor said well it's
00:42:13.48\00:42:16.53
too late now. If
you'd brought it with you,
00:42:16.66\00:42:18.83
I could have sew it
back on especially if
00:42:18.96\00:42:20.59
you packed it in ice,
but it stay separated from,
00:42:20.69\00:42:24.46
so he is kind of
short finger now.
00:42:25.08\00:42:27.29
You got to stay
attached to the body.
00:42:28.77\00:42:30.19
When a lamb is born
doesn't it need to be in the
00:42:30.34\00:42:32.44
fold where it's protected?
If a lamb is out there
00:42:32.66\00:42:34.94
in the woods, a
wolf is going to get him.
00:42:35.03\00:42:36.70
And so when you
are baptized you need
00:42:37.21\00:42:39.55
to be part of the
church. Jesus is the head
00:42:39.58\00:42:42.70
of the body of the
church, and again you read
00:42:42.82\00:42:45.83
in Acts chapter
2, verse 47. The Lord
00:42:45.86\00:42:49.11
added to the church
daily those that were
00:42:49.38\00:42:52.10
being saved. Notice
saved added to the church.
00:42:52.21\00:42:55.99
So before you
baptize you should have a
00:42:56.53\00:42:58.25
commitment to be
part of a church family
00:42:58.38\00:43:00.75
and that means
attending and it's good if you
00:43:01.20\00:43:03.47
can go to not only
Sabbath school and church,
00:43:03.59\00:43:05.35
but prayer meeting and
other special functions,
00:43:05.44\00:43:07.75
so you can grow.
Can you be too bad to be
00:43:07.87\00:43:10.87
saved? What if you
do something bad after
00:43:10.95\00:43:13.88
you're baptized?
You're disqualify.
00:43:13.91\00:43:17.02
No, what did we just
learn. Baby learning to walk,
00:43:17.78\00:43:20.89
you're going to make mistakes,
00:43:20.92\00:43:21.96
don't let the
devil discourage you.
00:43:22.23\00:43:23.77
I try to be a
Christian but I keep sinning,
00:43:23.80\00:43:25.80
and I keep getting
tempted. You're going to
00:43:25.87\00:43:27.85
be tempted as long
you're in this life.
00:43:27.93\00:43:29.61
Don't get discouraged.
The devil will try to
00:43:30.02\00:43:33.26
tempt you to give up
on Jesus. Jesus will not
00:43:33.49\00:43:35.97
give up on you, so
don't give up on him, amen.
00:43:36.04\00:43:38.61
It says if we confess
our sins, He is faithful
00:43:39.59\00:43:42.56
and he's just to
forgive our sins and to
00:43:42.59\00:43:45.15
cleanse us. Following
the Lord you'll get stronger,
00:43:45.20\00:43:48.35
you'll grow better, you
will do better all the time.
00:43:48.41\00:43:50.56
It says the Lord
promises, the one who comes to
00:43:51.53\00:43:54.76
Me I will by no
means cast him out.
00:43:54.79\00:43:57.62
You can trust the Lord
that he will never turn
00:43:58.49\00:44:00.54
away from you
if you come to him.
00:44:00.60\00:44:02.16
Just don't let the
devil discourage you.
00:44:03.10\00:44:05.12
Be determined, I am
going to follow Jesus.
00:44:06.00\00:44:08.05
And if I fall down, I
am going to get back up
00:44:08.22\00:44:09.92
again. If you fall
down what you are going to
00:44:09.95\00:44:11.88
do? If you sin, you
get on your knees and come
00:44:11.98\00:44:15.54
to Jesus, and say
Lord I am sorry, help me,
00:44:15.71\00:44:17.72
and he will help you
do better every time.
00:44:17.88\00:44:20.29
Just don't let the
devil discourage you.
00:44:20.64\00:44:22.52
You can be a
Christian. You know a lot of
00:44:22.60\00:44:24.98
people decide to be
Christians, and they start
00:44:25.09\00:44:26.97
the race, but they
quit along the way.
00:44:27.06\00:44:29.81
There would be lot
more people that would
00:44:31.27\00:44:32.85
make it to the
kingdom if they wouldn't get
00:44:32.89\00:44:34.45
discouraged and give
up. You need to press on.
00:44:34.52\00:44:37.57
Number ten. How do
I know when I am ready
00:44:38.22\00:44:41.36
to be baptized? Have
you made a decision to
00:44:41.50\00:44:44.71
follow Jesus? Do you love God?
00:44:44.79\00:44:47.68
So if you made a
decision to follow him,
00:44:48.85\00:44:50.56
and you love the
Lord, you must choose,
00:44:50.62\00:44:52.36
we've talked about
that. Another way that
00:44:52.61\00:44:55.16
we know that we're
ready to accept Jesus.
00:44:55.19\00:44:57.32
Are you willing to give
up your selfish ways and
00:44:58.07\00:45:00.89
the ways of the
world and to follow Jesus
00:45:00.98\00:45:03.36
because you love
Him more. You know there
00:45:03.46\00:45:05.80
are some things if
everybody is going to be
00:45:05.83\00:45:08.80
asked to deny
themselves. Jesus said if you
00:45:08.97\00:45:10.94
follow him you need
to take up your cross,
00:45:10.97\00:45:13.50
deny yourself
daily, and follow him.
00:45:13.80\00:45:15.80
Now some things that
you deny are no problem
00:45:16.61\00:45:18.66
for me, some things
I struggle with would
00:45:18.75\00:45:21.56
be no problem for
you. But everybody has a
00:45:21.63\00:45:24.71
struggle, you need be
willing to let go of those
00:45:24.84\00:45:27.22
things. Some of you
might be addicted to
00:45:27.29\00:45:29.25
video games all the
time. Nintendo DS, 6 Box,
00:45:29.34\00:45:35.64
Sony, they got all
these different games,
00:45:36.10\00:45:37.74
and it's almost an
addiction or you can get
00:45:37.83\00:45:41.14
hypnotized by that
stuff, and the devil can get
00:45:41.60\00:45:43.33
your minds all fevered
or you got your favorite
00:45:43.38\00:45:47.18
TV program, you
just can't miss it.
00:45:47.21\00:45:49.01
Is the Bible more
important to you than that,
00:45:50.18\00:45:51.71
spending time with
Jesus. You might need to go
00:45:51.84\00:45:53.84
through those
struggles. I am going to let go
00:45:53.93\00:45:55.56
of those things. The
devil is going to want you to
00:45:55.59\00:45:57.92
think those
things are too important.
00:45:57.97\00:45:59.58
I need a volunteer. Let me see,
00:45:59.91\00:46:03.03
I went to this side,
this time no you've never
00:46:03.22\00:46:06.22
volunteered
before, you haven't okay,
00:46:06.65\00:46:08.81
you come on up here. I
want you to look in the
00:46:08.90\00:46:11.49
mystery chest, and see
if you could find a vase,
00:46:11.57\00:46:14.88
if it was more
expense it would a vase,
00:46:16.29\00:46:18.97
but I got it at Wal-Mart.
Alright, thank you very
00:46:20.28\00:46:24.48
much. I appreciate
that. What is your name?
00:46:24.55\00:46:27.29
I want to pick
somebody look like you're
00:46:28.54\00:46:29.78
Daniel? Danny. Danny,
okay. Now I just want to
00:46:30.21\00:46:33.72
illustrate something
here. There is opening to
00:46:33.80\00:46:36.68
the vase, and I can
get my hand in here not
00:46:36.71\00:46:39.06
too much trouble
right. Alright, see that,
00:46:39.12\00:46:42.65
it's alright I want
you to help me now get this
00:46:43.29\00:46:45.36
off. You're
strong boy. That hurts.
00:46:45.44\00:46:51.99
Oh I give up,
okay. You did your best,
00:46:52.05\00:46:56.12
it's kind of stuck. I
wonder if it will make a
00:46:56.15\00:46:58.39
difference if I let
go of this. As long as I
00:46:58.42\00:47:05.22
hold onto that, I
couldn't get my hand out.
00:47:05.25\00:47:08.26
I am hanging on to
the world, and doing that
00:47:10.41\00:47:13.60
you can't get out.
You know that's how they
00:47:14.34\00:47:15.32
catch monkeys in
some part. The put these
00:47:15.41\00:47:17.43
coconuts down, they
cut a little hole in the
00:47:17.50\00:47:20.14
coconut, they put the
monkey's favorite fruit
00:47:20.17\00:47:21.98
in here and the monkey
can get his hand in but
00:47:22.17\00:47:23.45
then he takes a
fistful of the fruit and the
00:47:23.54\00:47:26.77
coconut is chained to
the ground and the people
00:47:26.83\00:47:30.02
just walk right up
and grab the monkey 'cause
00:47:30.07\00:47:31.42
the monkeys won't let
go, and so they're captured
00:47:31.45\00:47:34.40
'cause they won't
let go. And you know the
00:47:34.54\00:47:36.90
devil does that, I'll
let you keep the world.
00:47:36.93\00:47:39.01
It's worth more than the vase.
00:47:40.53\00:47:41.50
And that's how the devil
gets a lot of people too.
00:47:45.22\00:47:47.21
It's because we say
I want to follow Jesus
00:47:48.38\00:47:49.97
but we can't get
away, 'cause we won't let go
00:47:50.44\00:47:52.80
of some of the things
that are separating us
00:47:52.83\00:47:55.92
from Jesus. We need to
make sure that Jesus has
00:47:55.98\00:48:00.20
first place in our
life. The Bible says seek ye
00:48:00.36\00:48:02.58
first the kingdom of
God and his righteousness.
00:48:02.74\00:48:05.65
Do you pray and read
the Bible daily to know
00:48:05.99\00:48:09.00
God's will? You many
not understand it all
00:48:09.05\00:48:11.82
at first. I didn't,
but just keep reading it,
00:48:11.95\00:48:15.44
and you'll get to
know him. You want to
00:48:15.95\00:48:17.73
study the main
teachings of the Bible and
00:48:17.80\00:48:20.90
understand them,
and those main teachings
00:48:21.13\00:48:24.65
the foundational
things we're covering most of
00:48:24.77\00:48:26.76
that during the
series. That will prepare you
00:48:26.79\00:48:29.10
to make that
decision. You want to be helpful
00:48:29.17\00:48:31.77
round the house with
your chores, and try and
00:48:32.16\00:48:34.56
demonstrate your
love for the Lord,
00:48:34.63\00:48:36.23
and then you can
have a new beginning.
00:48:37.61\00:48:38.68
You know Jesus
baptism is a symbol to us for
00:48:39.56\00:48:42.67
what we should
expect when we're baptized.
00:48:42.70\00:48:45.01
Was Jesus baptized
for his sins? Jesus never
00:48:45.29\00:48:49.33
sinned, so why was he baptized.
00:48:49.60\00:48:51.76
As an example for
you and me. Look quickly
00:48:52.75\00:48:55.47
and what happened
when Jesus was baptized.
00:48:55.58\00:48:57.28
He was baptized, the
Bible in Matthew 3:16.
00:48:58.20\00:49:01.23
he came up out of the
water and immediately the
00:49:01.36\00:49:05.22
heavens were open
to him. When you're
00:49:05.32\00:49:07.63
baptized the
heavens are now open to you
00:49:07.70\00:49:09.59
in a special way. God
will hear your prayers.
00:49:09.71\00:49:12.00
And it says he saw the
Spirit of God descending.
00:49:12.83\00:49:15.64
God will send his
Spirit to you like a dove.
00:49:15.92\00:49:18.63
He will send peace
and power into your life
00:49:19.74\00:49:21.90
and lighting upon Him.
And suddenly a voice from
00:49:22.45\00:49:25.26
heaven God will
speak. Now you will hear
00:49:25.34\00:49:27.78
him guiding you through
his Spirit, saying this is
00:49:28.00\00:49:31.02
my beloved son. You
have been adopted into
00:49:31.05\00:49:34.20
the family of God as
his son and daughter.
00:49:34.28\00:49:36.74
He loves and
treats you like Jesus,
00:49:37.35\00:49:39.16
likes his own son. In
whom I am well pleased.
00:49:39.19\00:49:43.04
He want you to
have that experience.
00:49:46.64\00:49:48.51
Have you made a
decision that you want to have
00:49:49.49\00:49:51.29
that new life.
That's our last question.
00:49:51.42\00:49:54.19
Do you want to give
your life to Jesus now and
00:49:54.89\00:49:57.49
be baptized, that you
can experience that new
00:49:57.52\00:50:00.58
birth, to have your
sins washed away to know
00:50:00.65\00:50:03.98
that you got the
label of Jesus on your life.
00:50:04.01\00:50:06.09
You can make that
adventurous journey through
00:50:06.84\00:50:08.55
the sea and be free.
You know I would like to
00:50:08.62\00:50:11.24
ask our group leaders
right now if they would
00:50:11.37\00:50:13.12
be good enough pass
out our decision cards,
00:50:13.17\00:50:15.69
these response
cards we told you about.
00:50:15.72\00:50:17.51
Both at our
locations that are watching all
00:50:18.77\00:50:21.21
around the world, and
here in Richardson, Texas.
00:50:21.27\00:50:24.67
And some of you have
already made this decision
00:50:25.64\00:50:27.37
but we know some
children did not come every
00:50:27.48\00:50:29.44
night and so we like
to encourage you today
00:50:29.47\00:50:32.14
especially today. I am
asking you if you like to
00:50:32.32\00:50:35.87
make a decision to be
baptized. Now you want
00:50:35.93\00:50:39.05
to talk about
this with your parents,
00:50:39.19\00:50:40.58
but you can make
your decision right now,
00:50:40.65\00:50:42.33
and talk and pray with
them, and talk to the pastor,
00:50:43.07\00:50:45.77
or your youth pastor,
your group leader wherever
00:50:46.42\00:50:47.39
or your youth pastor,
your group leader wherever
00:50:47.40\00:50:48.37
you are meeting,
write your name on your
00:50:48.38\00:50:51.09
card, and your
address of course,
00:50:51.16\00:50:55.00
your phone number.
Name and phone number is
00:50:55.23\00:50:57.03
most important and
that first question he is
00:50:57.13\00:51:00.84
saying. Yes, I want to
give my heart to Jesus to
00:51:00.87\00:51:05.38
follow his teaching in
the Bible. I'd like to be
00:51:05.55\00:51:08.69
baptized and have all
of my sins washed away.
00:51:08.83\00:51:11.75
Now I am going to be
praying with you in just
00:51:12.95\00:51:13.92
a moment, okay.
If you weren't here,
00:51:13.97\00:51:17.30
check that box if you
would like to make that
00:51:18.85\00:51:21.42
decision to give your
heart to Jesus. First you must
00:51:21.57\00:51:23.60
believe. Second one, I
would like to be baptized
00:51:23.74\00:51:28.33
and have my sins
washed away. Write that
00:51:28.45\00:51:32.24
down there on your
card, and mark that spot.
00:51:32.29\00:51:36.13
And then the third
one, I'd like to meet with
00:51:37.75\00:51:40.62
the pastor, and find
our more about baptism.
00:51:40.71\00:51:43.47
Of course also
remember to tell your parents
00:51:43.92\00:51:45.78
about your decision to
follow Jesus. After you
00:51:45.91\00:51:50.18
fill up out your
cards we invite you to pass
00:51:50.21\00:51:52.57
them down the isle and
give them to your group
00:51:52.69\00:51:55.36
leaders. Give them
to the row captains or
00:51:55.56\00:51:59.50
whatever device you
have. So many of young
00:51:59.56\00:52:01.97
people might just be
watching in your homes with
00:52:02.03\00:52:03.76
a small group right
now. You can make a decision
00:52:03.82\00:52:06.88
and then call your
neighborhood Seventh Day
00:52:07.72\00:52:09.52
Adventist church.
Let the pastor know,
00:52:09.75\00:52:11.75
I've been watching
the Amazing Adventure,
00:52:12.02\00:52:13.70
and I made a decision,
I want to be a Christian,
00:52:14.24\00:52:16.19
I want to follow
Jesus, and they'll help
00:52:16.26\00:52:18.81
facilitate that new
birth friends. Nothing is
00:52:19.04\00:52:22.44
more important than
following Jesus, amen.
00:52:22.49\00:52:24.51
Baptism represents a
new birth, and death to
00:52:25.52\00:52:28.85
the old life, a new
beginning, freedom being
00:52:28.92\00:52:32.38
filled with the Spirit,
the heavens being opened,
00:52:32.55\00:52:34.93
and he wants to
activate his power,
00:52:35.87\00:52:37.63
and when Jesus was
baptized don't forget that
00:52:38.39\00:52:41.20
when he began his life
of miracles and ministry.
00:52:41.38\00:52:44.62
Jesus wants you to
have a miraculous life and
00:52:45.28\00:52:48.37
adventurous life. It
begins by surrendering your
00:52:48.47\00:52:52.10
heart to him, and being
baptized. And we will plan
00:52:52.19\00:52:56.38
on the best date
when the pastor and your
00:52:57.09\00:52:58.91
parents think you're
ready, okay. Now I'd like
00:52:58.94\00:53:01.70
to close the service
with prayer. We are just
00:53:01.88\00:53:03.66
about out of time, so
even if you're not done with
00:53:03.69\00:53:05.85
your cards, lets
just be still right now.
00:53:05.88\00:53:07.91
Let's bow our
heads. Loving Father,
00:53:08.62\00:53:12.02
we are so thankful
for the truth, that though
00:53:13.62\00:53:15.62
he have sinned,
and made mistakes.
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You are willing to wash
us from all of our sins to
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cleanse us in the
blood of the lamb that we
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might be pure and
holy in your sight.
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I pray that these
young people will make
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the decisions today to
accept Jesus personally
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as their savior.
To place their lives,
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their hearts and
minds in His hands,
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choose to be
baptized, and begin that new
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amazing adventure
with him. Pour out Your
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Spirit on them Lord. We
ask this in Jesus name, amen.
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God bless you
friends. Don't forget our very
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important lesson tonight on the
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city of gold.
We'll see you then.
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