Hi, kids, you wanna
hear an amazing fact?
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For hundreds of years the
kings and leaders in Europe
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were looking for
something that was called
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the elusive Northwest Passage.
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They were trying
to find a boat route
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so they could get from Europe,
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across North America
into the Pacific Ocean.
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It was gonna save
them millions of dollars
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in traveling
fees 'cause otherwise
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they had to go all the way down
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around South
America and back up again.
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Many explorers tried,
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some lost their
lives to find this passage
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called the Northwest Passage.
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But nobody ever found it
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because they
were blocked by ice.
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That is until 1958
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when the US built a
special nuclear submarine
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that did not go over the ocean,
but it went underneath the ice.
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The real challenge for
the Nautilus submarine,
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there's all kinds of
magnetic interference
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with a normal compass.
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So the Navy needed to design
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a very special
internal magnetic gyro compass
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that would guide them
through the dark waters
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and bring them
safely into the light.
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And they were
successful in doing this.
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You know, the Bible tells
us that every believer makes
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a trip through the
waters also, just like God
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brought the children
of Israel through the sea,
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we must go through the sea,
and we need the special compass
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of God's Spirit
inside guiding us.
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We're gonna learn
about that journey.
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We want you to get
on board and join me now
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for an amazing adventure.
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Good morning, boys and girls.
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Welcome again to
Amazing Adventure.
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I'd like to welcome
all of those of you here
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in Michigan, also, our friends
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who are joining us
online across the country
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and around the world.
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We've had a great
adventure in discovery,
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discovering Bible truth
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over the past few
meetings together.
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Well, tonight we have
another very important topic.
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I'm glad you're all here.
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Probably, one of the
most important topics
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that we can
talk about is the one
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we're gonna
talk about right now.
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So we're gonna invite
Pastor Doug to come out,
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and then we'll
sing our theme song
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"Life is an Adventure."
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Good evening, Pastor Doug.
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All right, all hands on
deck for an amazing adventure
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boys and girls.
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We're very
thankful that you're here.
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Wanna welcome those who
are watching on internet
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or television,
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those here might be watching
on the future DVD program.
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We're learning so much
about taking that adventure
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on our HMS.
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You know what HMS stands for?
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His Majesty Service Adventure.
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And we're gonna sing our
Amazing Adventure song now.
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Okay, we'd like to
invite our song leaders to come
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and we have a
number of volunteers
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that have been
helping us out each program
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singing our theme song
"Life is an Adventure."
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Let's stand and
we'll sing together
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"Life is an Adventure."
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Life is an adventure
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Following the King
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Every day with Jesus
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Makes us want to sing
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Walking in the spirit
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He will lead the way
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With his words to guide us
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Glowing deep inside us
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Nothing can divide us
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Following the King
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Life is an adventure
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Following the King
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Every day with Jesus
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Makes us want to sing
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Conquering with kindness
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Everywhere we go
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Voices we are raising
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Jesus we are praising
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Life is so amazing
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Following the King
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Life is so amazing
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Following the King
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Amen.
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You can be seated.
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All right.
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Well, you know, it's been
fun having Bible questions
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coming in from children
across our country in the US
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and even
different parts of the world
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because it's
just wide open forum.
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We don't know exactly
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what the questions are gonna be.
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And we welcome any
of your Bible questions.
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Okay, so we're ready for
our first video question.
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Hi, Pastor Doug.
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My name is Jonas Allen.
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And my question is,
if Jesus is all powerful,
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why'd He have to die to save us?
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Okay.
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If Jesus is all
powerful, which He is,
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why did He have
to die to save us?
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Couldn't God just
say, "Oh, you forgiven?"
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Well, because
God is a good king.
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He's not only a loving Father,
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He is a just King
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and He cannot break His own law.
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Heard a story
years ago about a king,
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and this is in one of
those Eastern countries
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where he had a harem,
sometimes known as a harem,
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with many wives.
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And the law was
nobody was ever to look
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into the king's
harem headquarters,
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or they would have
their eyes plucked out.
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One day, the king's
favorite oldest son,
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if it get on the
prince, it doesn't matter.
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He walked into the harem.
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And this word
got back to the king
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and the king
thought, "Now what do I do?
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I'm a loving father.
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But I'm also a just king,
and I've got to keep my law.
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But I don't wanna lose my son."
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So you know what
the king decided to do.
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He plucked out
one of his son's eyes,
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and he plucked
out one of his own,
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so they can both still
see but he would keep the law.
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And so God is a loving
Father, but He's a just king.
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He has a law
and we broke His law
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and there's a
penalty, the penalty is death.
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Yes, He's
powerful enough to save us,
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but He can't break His own law.
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So He said, "Look,
I love you so much,
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I will die for you to fulfill
the requirements of the law,
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so that you don't have to die.
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If you love Me and serve
Me, you can be forgiven."
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And that's how He
is using His power.
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All right, very good.
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Our next question that we have.
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Hi, my name is Adara.
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I'm 10 years old.
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And I'm from Chicago, Illinois.
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And my Bible question is,
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is the Holy
Spirit a actual being
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or is he a Spirit?
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All right, is the
Holy Spirit just a force
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or is the Holy Spirit a being
like the Father and the Son?
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Well, there's a difference
between the Father and the Son
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and the Holy Spirit.
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That's why Jesus made a
difference when He said,
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"Go baptized in the
name of the Father, the Son,
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and the Holy Spirit."
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The Holy Spirit is
probably the hardest person
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of the Godhead for us to
picture because sometimes
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the Holy Spirit in the
Bible is pictured as wind,
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a mighty wind.
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Jesus says, "The
wind blows where it will
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and you cannot
tell where it came from
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and where it goes."
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So is the way that
God's Spirit moves on us.
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Sometimes the Holy
Spirit is compared to water,
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sometimes the Holy
Spirit is compared to fire
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in the Bible.
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When Jesus was baptized,
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the Holy Spirit
came down like a dove.
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So He's a Spirit.
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And it's hard for us in
our three dimensional world
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to understand him,
but he's very real.
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He's here right now.
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I feel and sense and
see his guidance in my life
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and the lives of others.
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But he is a very real person.
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Jesus said, when He,
the Spirit of Truth is come,
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He will guide you into all truth
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for He will not speak of himself
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but He will show you
things that are to come.
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Jesus says the Holy
Spirit has feelings.
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He can be grieved.
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The Holy Spirit leads
and you see the Holy Spirit
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from Genesis where it says,
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"The Spirit of God moved
on the face of the water."
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To the end of the Bible,
Revelation, where it says,
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"Even the spirit and
the bride, say, 'Come!'"
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And so Holy Spirit is
all through the Bible,
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a person,
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but not with the
physical body like ours.
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Okay, I think
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we have our final
video question for today.
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Hi, Pastor Doug.
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My name is Aiden.
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And my Bible question is,
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do people that
have a different faith
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and they're living up to
the light that they have,
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do they still go to heaven?
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Oh, all right.
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So people that
have a different faith,
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maybe not even
a Christian faith,
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but they're living
up to all the light,
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that they might have
the truth, they have, well,
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what happens to them?
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Do they get saved?
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Well, you know,
there will be some
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and this is not the majority,
but there are exceptions.
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First of all, the Bible says,
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nobody is going to
heaven without Jesus.
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There is no other name.
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"No other name given among men,"
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Acts Chapter 4,
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"whereby we must be saved."
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It is only through
Christ anyone will be in heaven.
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So some people may be in heaven,
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and they didn't
realize it was the grace of God
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and the sacrifice of
Jesus that bought their ticket.
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You've probably heard stories
where someone's at a drive thru
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Taco Bell or something.
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And they wanna do something nice
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for the person behind them.
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So they say to the cashier,
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"How much was
their order behind me?"
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Well, they've
already made their order.
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They're waiting for to be cooked
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and they say their order is $5.
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And he says, "I'll
all pay for their order."
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And they drive away.
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It's called a
random deed of kindness.
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They come up to the
window to pay for their meal,
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and they say, "The
person who just drove away
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paid for your meal."
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You say, "I didn't
even know who it was."
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So well, they
just showed you mercy.
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They just wanted
to do something nice.
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There'll be some
people in heaven,
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who lived up to
the light they had.
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God spoke to them
through His Spirit,
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He spoke to them through angels,
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maybe they never
heard of missionary pastor,
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couldn't read a Bible.
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But God knew their
hearts and they were honest,
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and they obeyed
the law that they knew.
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Romans Chapter 1 talks
about even the barbarians,
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people who are
out there in the world
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that don't know about God,
as they live up to the God,
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as they see it in
the laws of nature,
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God blesses them for that.
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And so there may be
some people around the world
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who are living up to
the light they have in,
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they'll be in heaven.
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Will Naaman the
Syrian be in heaven?
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Talking about him
tonight Jesus said, "Yes."
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There was a
Syrophoenician woman,
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Jesus healed her daughter.
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She had her
prayer answered by God.
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And God hears prayers
of people around the world,
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even though they may not know
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that He's the one
answering their prayers.
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Bible says, "God sends
the rain and the sunshine
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on the just and the unjust."
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All right, well, that is it
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for our Bible
question for today.
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And we'll take some
more in our next program.
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Right now, very
important lesson.
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Amen.
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Thank you, Pastor Ross.
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We do have a very
good and important lesson.
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Right now we're
gonna be talking about
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a journey through the sea.
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We're on our ship here.
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The Bible has a lot
say about sea adventures.
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Jonah had a sea adventure.
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He had to walk the plank.
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He got thrown overboard.
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Noah had a sea adventure.
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The Bible talks
about, in the New Testament,
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you've got Paul
had a sea adventure.
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You know, the Book of Acts
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talks about a great storm at sea
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where the boat was shipwrecked.
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And Jesus and the apostles
had a few sea adventures,
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didn't they?
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And so you can read
where the children of Israel
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were born
through a sea adventure.
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Now our memory verse again,
"Jesus said, 'Most assuredly,
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I say, unless one is born
of the water and the Spirit,
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he cannot enter
the kingdom of God.'"
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You know, one of
the great adventures
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by the sea in history
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was the Battle
of Dunkirk in 1940.
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There were about 340,000
French and English troops
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that were trapped
on the shore of France.
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And the Germans and
Nazis were coming in on them
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and they were just
gonna completely destroy them.
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They were trapped nowhere to go.
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The British didn't have
the navies to rescue them
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and it looked like the French
and the British were gonna lose
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their army right
there at the beginning
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of World War II.
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They needed a miracle.
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Finally, Winston Churchill said,
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"We need to rescue them.
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Let's get some boats."
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And they said,
"Well, where we get them?"
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He said, "We're English.
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We got boats all
over the country.
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We got sailing
boats, we got fishing boats
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and to get everybody
that's got a luxury boat,
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a tour boat, any
boat in the country,
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every boat that can float,
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get it over there
and rescue those men."
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And they did it.
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It was one of the
greatest maritime evacuations.
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And they rescued
340,000 soldiers in a few days
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as the German forces
were coming in on them
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to destroy them.
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The Germans got
there to wipe them out.
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They were gone.
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They'd made a
journey across the sea.
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Now, the whole
thing took about a week
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for them to evacuate everybody.
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Do you know you can
get from France right now
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to England by
going under the sea?
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I'm not talking
about under the water,
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talking about
under the sea itself.
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They dug a tunnel
called the Chunnel.
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That's 'cause it's the
English Channel Tunnel.
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They dug a tunnel.
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It was amazing how they did it.
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They had these
great big boring machines,
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one came from France
and one came from England.
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They were digging a tunnel
under the water in the earth.
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And they were
able to meet together
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within a few millimeters.
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It's amazing the
technology how they did that.
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Now you can ride
the Chunnel, 35 minutes,
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you can get underneath the sea.
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Well, you know, the Bible talks
about God bringing His people
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not over the
sea or under the sea
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but through the sea.
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During the Exodus,
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a nation was
born because they went
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through the sea and
if you are born again,
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you must go through the sea too.
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Bible tells us, "Jesus said,
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'Unless you are born of
the water and the Spirit,
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you cannot enter
the kingdom of heaven.'"
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We're gonna find out
what that's talking about.
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Children of Israel
were born of the water.
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You can read the
1 Corinthians 10,
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when they went through the sea,
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Moses baptized the
whole nation in the sea.
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And then God
sent a pillar of fire,
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and God baptized them
with a pillar of light fire.
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That's the Spirit.
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So they were born of the
water and born of the Spirit
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and they became a new nation
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that was saved from
the slavery of Egypt.
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God saves you from
the slavery of the devil,
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and you are born of
the water and the Spirit.
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Jesus said, it's very important.
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So look at our first question.
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We're gonna get into our lesson.
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I think we'll have some
fun as we learn along the way.
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Number one, do we have
a choice in being saved?
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You know, some
churches teach, "Well, you know,
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this person's
destined to be saved
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and this person
is not to be saved.
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It's just not their fate."
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And God is up in heaven.
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And God is going, "Eeny,
meeny, miny, moe, I'll save you.
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Eeny meeny..."
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Is that how God does it?
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Or does God give
everybody a free choice?
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And we get to decide
whether we want to love Him
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and follow Him or live
for the world and the devil.
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You get to choose.
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The Bible says,
"Choose for yourself this day,
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"Joshua 24:15,
"who you will serve,
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but as for me and my
house, we will serve the Lord."
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One of the last
appeals in the Bible.
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It says, "Whosoever
will take the water of life,"
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whosoever, you get to
choose, let them come.
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Christ said, "Come unto me."
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And He invites us to
come, but we've got to choose
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and you actually have freedom.
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You know, it's kind of like,
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you've probably seen
these pictures before
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where you've got, you
know, a little temptation.
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You got the
devil on one shoulder
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and you got angel
on the other shoulder.
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Jesus said, "No one
can serve two masters."
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There are two voices pulling.
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The devil has voted against you.
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Jesus has voted for you.
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You have the tie breaking
vote, you get to choose.
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Furthermore, in the
Bible, that's Matthew 6:24.
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"For either he will hate
the one and love the other
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or he'll be loyal to
one and despise the other.
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No man can serve two masters."
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So how do you
deal with temptation?
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All of us are tempted every day.
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Is it a sin to be tempted?
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Was Jesus tempted?
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Bible says, "Jesus was tempted."
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Did He sin?
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Never sinned.
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The Bible says, "He did no sin."
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Jesus was sinless.
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He was pure.
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So I get tempted, you
get tempted every day.
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How do we get victory?
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How do we succeed?
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How do we defeat the
devil when we're tempted?
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Any ideas?
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What do you do
when you're tempted?
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Claim God.
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Claim God's
promises, the Bible and prayer.
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The Bible says,
"Resist the devil,
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and," what will he do?
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"He will flee from you."
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Draw near to God and
He will draw near to you.
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So question number two.
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What is it that
God wants us to choose?
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The Bible tells us, God says,
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"I have set before
you life and death,
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blessing and cursing.
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Therefore choose
life that both you
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and your descendants may live."
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This is what
Moses said, of course,
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under the inspiration of Jesus.
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Moses when he talked
to the nation of Israel,
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all of us have a
choice of life or death.
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Moses said, blessing or cursing,
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life or death, good or
evil, you get to choose.
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Which one do you want?
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Every day when you
choose to listen to the devil,
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and you think, "Oh,
this is gonna make me happy."
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He's a liar.
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His temptations
will end up hurting you.
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So how do I show God
that I wanna choose God's team
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and live for Him forever?
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The Bible says in Acts 2:38,
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can you see what that says?
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"Repent, and let
every one of you be," what?
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Baptized.
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"Baptized in the
name of Jesus Christ
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for the remission of sin."
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There is a sea
that we go through
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where we are washed
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and it is a symbol
of a new beginning.
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Be baptized.
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"'As I live,' says the Lord God,
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'I have no pleasure in
the death of the wicked,
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but that the wicked
turn from his way and live.'
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"This is what repent means.
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Before you're
baptized, the Bible says,
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"Repent and be baptized."
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Repentance means
that you tell God
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that you're sorry.
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He says, "You turn,
turn, turn from your evil way,
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why will you die?"
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The soul that sins will die.
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So if you see that
you're walking away
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from God, you're
not talking to God,
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you're not thinking about God,
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you're just living
for your own selfish,
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happiness.
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And then Jesus
gets your attention
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where the Holy
Spirit, you tell the Lord,
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you're sorry, and
you actually turned.
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You change directions,
and now you follow the Lord,
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and you walk with Him.
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And that's what repentance is.
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It's a change of heart.
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How important is it
for me to be baptized?
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Is this a minor thing?
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Jesus says, listen
to this in Mark 16:16,
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"Whoever believes and
is baptized will be saved.
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He that does not
believe will be condemned."
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It is absolutely
crucial that we follow through
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and are baptized.
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Now, are there gonna
be some people in heaven
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that were not baptized?
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Sure.
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Did.
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Jesus talked to a thief
on the cross before He died?
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And He said,
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"You will be
with Me in paradise."
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But he didn't have
time to get baptized.
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What about all the
people before Christ,
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in the Old Testament,
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the faithful
kings and patriarchs,
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Abraham, David, Moses,
doesn't say they were baptized.
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But from the time of Christ,
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baptism represents
a washing away of sin,
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a death, a new
birth, a marriage.
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It's the turning point in
your life where you choose,
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you publicly say,
"I'm gonna follow Jesus."
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The last words of Jesus
when He ascended to heaven,
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"Go ye therefore,
teach all nations,
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baptizing them in
the name of the Father
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and the Son and
the Holy Spirit."
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Do you know, the
Bible begins with baptism?
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The Gospel of Mark
and the Gospel of John
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start out with John
the Baptist baptizing.
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The last thing in
all four gospels is Jesus
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sending people out telling
them to teach and baptize.
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Encourage people
to make the decision
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'cause when a person's baptized,
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they're promised to receive
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a special gift
of the Holy Spirit.
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How many of you know a story
in 2 Kings Chapter 5 about,
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he was a Syrian
General named Naaman?
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I just mentioned him to
you a minute ago, Naaman.
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Naaman, the Bible
says 2 Kings Chapter 5
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was a great general, a
mighty man, a valiant man.
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What is his problem?
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He had leprosy.
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He had money.
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He was strong.
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He was famous,
but he was miserable
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'cause he was
dying from this disease.
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The Bible
compares leprosy to sin.
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Well, it so happens,
the Naaman as a general,
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he had many
servants in his house.
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One of the
servants was a little girl
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who told Naaman,
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she told her
mistress who told Naaman,
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"I was kidnapped
from the land of Israel.
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We have a prophet
in Israel named Elisha,
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everybody who comes
to Elisha with a problem,
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Elisha helps them.
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If Naaman, my master
was with the prophet Elisha
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in Israel, he could
heal him of his leprosy."
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Well, Naaman was dying, he
was desperate for anything.
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So the king of Syria sent Naaman
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with millions of
dollars, and gold, and clothing,
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and silver, and he
sent a little entourage,
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a group of soldiers with him.
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And they went to
the king of Israel,
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and they brought a letter.
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And the letter said,
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"I sent this letter
with Naaman, my servants
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so that you can
heal him of his leprosy."
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And the king said,
"Why did he send him to me?
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He's trying to start a war.
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I can't heal
anybody of leprosy."
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And soon Elisha
heard what had happened.
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And Naaman was then
sent to Elisha's house.
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And Elisha didn't
even come out to him.
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He sent a message
to him and it said,
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"Go wash in the
Jordan River seven times,
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and you will be cleaned.
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Your flesh will be cleaned.
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Your leprosy will be healed."
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Well, the Jordan River
is not a very big river.
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I can throw a rock
across the Jordan River.
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The water
sometimes the year is muddy,
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full of mosquitoes
and weeds and moss.
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And they thought,
"Why would you tell me
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I've got to wash in
the Jordan seven times?
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Have you ever
had to take a bath?
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You got brothers and sisters
and your mother fills the bath
00:22:18.80\00:22:21.00
and you take bath in turn,
00:22:21.04\00:22:22.74
you had to
share the bath water?"
00:22:22.77\00:22:24.77
Oh, yeah, I said, "Me too."
00:22:24.81\00:22:27.38
Now it's not as bad.
00:22:27.41\00:22:28.74
But I was the youngest.
00:22:28.78\00:22:30.11
I was always the last one.
00:22:30.15\00:22:31.48
I had to take a bath
00:22:31.51\00:22:32.85
with my
brothers' dirty bathwater.
00:22:32.88\00:22:34.88
I thought that's no fun.
00:22:34.92\00:22:36.25
Some of you come
from a big family.
00:22:36.28\00:22:38.52
One of you, he
has to take a bath
00:22:38.55\00:22:39.89
after two or three
others have taken a bath.
00:22:39.92\00:22:41.62
And you go, man,
you got a little ring
00:22:41.66\00:22:43.06
around the tub
when you get in it.
00:22:43.09\00:22:45.99
If someone
tells you take a bath,
00:22:46.03\00:22:47.63
what are they saying to you?
00:22:47.66\00:22:49.96
If you're dirty,
what if they tell you,
00:22:50.00\00:22:52.00
you got to take
a bath seven times?
00:22:52.03\00:22:54.50
You're real dirty.
00:22:54.54\00:22:55.87
What if they tell you,
00:22:55.90\00:22:57.24
you got to take a bath
seven times in a muddy river?
00:22:57.27\00:22:59.51
You're really dirty.
00:22:59.54\00:23:01.31
So Naaman was mad.
00:23:01.34\00:23:02.88
"Is what does he think I am?
00:23:02.91\00:23:04.38
Go wash in that
dirty river seven times,
00:23:04.41\00:23:06.28
you think I'm that bad?"
00:23:06.31\00:23:07.82
Naaman was
marching off home angry,
00:23:07.85\00:23:11.15
and his servants came up
to him and said, "Now Master,
00:23:11.19\00:23:13.09
you're just going
home to die of leprosy.
00:23:13.12\00:23:15.42
You can't hug your wife
or children, you're isolated.
00:23:15.46\00:23:19.49
Maybe you should try it.
00:23:19.53\00:23:20.86
What do you got to lose,
00:23:20.90\00:23:22.23
if there's a
Jordan River right here?"
00:23:22.26\00:23:23.60
See, he had to
ride by the Jordan River
00:23:23.63\00:23:24.97
to get back to Syria.
00:23:25.00\00:23:27.44
And he said "All right."
00:23:27.47\00:23:28.80
So he got off of his chariot
and he took off his armor.
00:23:28.84\00:23:33.04
He listened to his servants.
00:23:33.07\00:23:35.24
He went down in the water
and he dipped himself one time.
00:23:35.28\00:23:38.35
Did he get a blessing?
00:23:38.38\00:23:40.78
Two times, was he clean yet?
00:23:40.82\00:23:42.15
No.
00:23:42.18\00:23:43.52
Why not?
00:23:43.55\00:23:44.89
Water is water, right?
00:23:44.92\00:23:46.92
Three times, four times,
was his leprosy still there?
00:23:46.96\00:23:49.52
Yes.
00:23:49.56\00:23:50.89
What difference does it
make four times, five times?
00:23:50.93\00:23:54.03
'Cause it's obeying the
Word of God brings the blessing.
00:23:54.06\00:23:57.90
When God says He blessed us
the seventh day and you say,
00:23:57.93\00:23:59.83
"Well, I'm gonna
keep the third day,"
00:23:59.87\00:24:01.44
are you gonna get the blessing?
00:24:01.47\00:24:03.97
God means what He says.
00:24:04.01\00:24:05.87
When God says to Jericho,
00:24:05.91\00:24:07.24
"March around the city
seven times on the seventh day,
00:24:07.28\00:24:09.24
and then you're
gonna get the victory."
00:24:09.28\00:24:11.01
You can't say, "I'm
gonna march around the city
00:24:11.05\00:24:12.61
two times in the third
day," you're disobeying God.
00:24:12.65\00:24:15.78
God means what He says.
00:24:15.82\00:24:17.99
Naaman went down
five times, six times,
00:24:18.02\00:24:19.95
and he looked
at his friend said,
00:24:19.99\00:24:21.32
"This is
humiliating. I'm getting out."
00:24:21.36\00:24:22.69
They said, "One more time."
00:24:22.72\00:24:24.89
He got down one more time.
00:24:24.93\00:24:26.73
He came back up and he
felt something happened.
00:24:26.76\00:24:29.46
All of a sudden,
00:24:29.50\00:24:30.83
little missing fingers
from his leprosy and sores.
00:24:30.87\00:24:33.03
He felt them begin to heal,
00:24:33.07\00:24:34.74
and the toes and fingers
were popping back into place.
00:24:34.77\00:24:37.01
And the Bible says,
"His flesh came to him again,
00:24:37.04\00:24:40.08
like the flesh
of a little child,
00:24:40.11\00:24:43.14
and he was clean."
00:24:43.18\00:24:45.38
This is a symbol for baptism,
because when you're baptized,
00:24:45.41\00:24:48.78
it's like being born again.
00:24:48.82\00:24:50.15
That's why... Can
you imagine a general...
00:24:50.19\00:24:51.85
He is a general, big
tough strong general,
00:24:51.89\00:24:53.29
says he got flesh like a baby.
00:24:53.32\00:24:55.42
Like imagine
the soldiers saying,
00:24:55.46\00:24:56.79
"Praise the Lord!
00:24:56.83\00:24:58.16
Captain Naaman,
you've been cleansed.
00:24:58.19\00:24:59.53
Can I pinch your cheek please?
00:24:59.56\00:25:00.90
It looks so soft."
00:25:00.93\00:25:03.40
I mean, you got this big soldier
00:25:03.43\00:25:04.77
with baby skin.
00:25:04.80\00:25:06.53
This is what a Christian is.
00:25:06.57\00:25:07.90
You are a soldier,
but you're a child.
00:25:07.94\00:25:10.11
Jesus said, "Unless you become
converted like a little child,
00:25:10.14\00:25:13.07
you cannot enter
the kingdom of heaven."
00:25:13.11\00:25:15.04
Now how does
water wash away sin?
00:25:15.08\00:25:18.51
Now this is a mystery.
00:25:18.55\00:25:19.88
I need a couple of
volunteers up here.
00:25:19.91\00:25:22.42
Let me see here.
00:25:22.45\00:25:24.99
You can come up, young lady.
00:25:25.02\00:25:26.89
And let me go back around here.
00:25:26.92\00:25:29.32
All right, you got some
friends that are voting...
00:25:29.36\00:25:30.93
These are those, yeah,
00:25:30.96\00:25:32.29
your friends want
to you to come up.
00:25:32.33\00:25:33.66
Yeah.
00:25:33.70\00:25:35.03
All right, come on up.
00:25:35.06\00:25:37.90
Now...
00:25:37.93\00:25:41.67
Got a couple
things for you here.
00:25:41.70\00:25:43.07
All right.
00:25:46.64\00:25:48.11
Here we've got
something that represents,
00:25:52.98\00:25:57.82
you wanna guess?
00:25:57.85\00:25:59.19
Red... Sin.
00:25:59.22\00:26:00.56
Well, that's the blood of Jesus.
00:26:00.59\00:26:01.92
This is sin.
00:26:01.96\00:26:03.29
This is our sins.
00:26:03.32\00:26:04.66
Do you wanna hold that?
00:26:04.69\00:26:06.03
Matter of fact, I'm
gonna each give you,
00:26:06.06\00:26:08.40
one of them it says,
they're on there but just...
00:26:08.43\00:26:12.33
It's a piece of
paper, I wrote sins on it.
00:26:12.37\00:26:15.50
Find out what
happens to our sins here.
00:26:15.54\00:26:18.04
Sometimes it helps tear straight
00:26:18.07\00:26:19.44
if you fold it
both ways and then rip.
00:26:19.47\00:26:21.21
Let's see if that works.
00:26:21.24\00:26:23.71
Have you ever sinned?
00:26:23.75\00:26:25.15
Yeah.
00:26:25.18\00:26:26.51
What's your name?
00:26:26.55\00:26:27.88
Paige.
00:26:27.92\00:26:29.25
Peach?
00:26:29.28\00:26:30.62
Paige. Paige.
00:26:30.65\00:26:31.99
And? Jenna.
00:26:32.02\00:26:33.36
Jenna. Jenna.
00:26:33.39\00:26:34.72
Pastor Doug is a little deaf,
00:26:34.76\00:26:36.09
because I ran a
chainsaw for several years.
00:26:36.12\00:26:37.46
You got to...
00:26:37.49\00:26:38.83
Okay, we're gonna share
the sins evenly with you.
00:26:38.86\00:26:40.20
All right, there we go.
00:26:40.23\00:26:41.56
So you ever sung that song,
00:26:41.60\00:26:44.93
"What Can Wash Away My Sins?"
00:26:44.97\00:26:47.50
Yeah, you know,
what's the answer?
00:26:47.54\00:26:49.80
The blood of Jesus.
00:26:49.84\00:26:51.17
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
00:26:51.21\00:26:52.54
So if you take your sins,
and you put them in there,
00:26:52.57\00:26:55.91
let's see what happens.
00:26:55.94\00:26:57.71
Steer them around a little bit.
00:26:57.75\00:26:59.08
You wanna make
sure they're baptized.
00:26:59.11\00:27:00.82
It's slipping off.
00:27:00.85\00:27:02.18
Yeah, keep going.
00:27:02.22\00:27:04.29
Look at that.
00:27:04.32\00:27:05.99
What about you?
00:27:06.02\00:27:07.36
You're gonna put yours in
there too and see what happens.
00:27:07.39\00:27:11.63
I know, you think,
don't worry, it's not blood,
00:27:11.66\00:27:13.43
it's food coloring.
00:27:13.46\00:27:14.80
You're not gonna eat
them, you would be okay.
00:27:14.83\00:27:17.20
Isn't that amazing?
00:27:17.23\00:27:19.00
It's gone.
00:27:19.03\00:27:20.37
What happened to it?
00:27:20.40\00:27:22.24
You got a few letters,
particles of letters in there.
00:27:22.27\00:27:26.21
When you confess
your sins to Jesus,
00:27:26.24\00:27:29.18
and you're baptized,
where did the sins go?
00:27:29.21\00:27:32.28
They're not in your hand now.
00:27:32.31\00:27:34.38
Can you ever put
those back together again
00:27:34.42\00:27:35.92
or they're gone now, huh?
00:27:35.95\00:27:37.29
No.
00:27:37.32\00:27:38.89
Once we are baptized,
when we confess our sins,
00:27:38.92\00:27:41.52
He says He washes away our sins.
00:27:41.56\00:27:43.19
We are cleansed.
00:27:43.22\00:27:44.66
It tells us in Revelation,
00:27:44.69\00:27:46.16
"The righteous
have washed the robes
00:27:46.19\00:27:47.73
and made them white in
the blood of the Lamb."
00:27:47.76\00:27:49.36
How could something
be made white in blood?
00:27:49.40\00:27:52.27
Well, we saw the other day,
00:27:52.30\00:27:53.64
you remember when you put
some of that special chemical,
00:27:53.67\00:27:55.64
the red went away,
and it turned white.
00:27:55.67\00:27:58.71
And so the Lord can do
that through the blood of Jesus.
00:27:58.74\00:28:00.24
Thank you very much.
00:28:00.28\00:28:01.61
You can go back to your seats.
00:28:01.64\00:28:02.98
I don't think you
wanna take that with you.
00:28:03.01\00:28:04.35
So Naaman came out of the water,
00:28:04.38\00:28:05.78
he could go back
home and rejoice.
00:28:05.81\00:28:07.58
He could be with his wife.
00:28:07.62\00:28:09.05
He could talk to
the people in the city.
00:28:09.08\00:28:11.22
He was so happy now.
00:28:11.25\00:28:12.59
You know what Naaman did
00:28:12.62\00:28:13.96
after he had his
leprosy washed away?
00:28:13.99\00:28:16.16
He went back to Elisha
the Prophet to thank him.
00:28:16.19\00:28:19.26
And he wanted
to give him a gift.
00:28:19.29\00:28:20.63
He was so thankful
that all of his leprosy
00:28:20.66\00:28:22.83
have been washed away.
00:28:22.86\00:28:24.20
And Jesus can
wash away your sins
00:28:24.23\00:28:26.10
and give you eternal life.
00:28:26.13\00:28:28.20
Now does it matter
how we are baptized?
00:28:28.24\00:28:32.77
There's a lot of
different churches
00:28:32.81\00:28:34.14
baptize different ways.
00:28:34.18\00:28:35.94
Some baptize by sprinkling,
00:28:35.98\00:28:39.15
and some baptize by immersion,
00:28:39.18\00:28:42.18
and some baptize by pouring.
00:28:42.22\00:28:44.55
Some churches baptize by
putting rose petals on you.
00:28:44.59\00:28:47.52
Some churches
baptize by putting your head
00:28:47.56\00:28:49.42
in the water three times.
00:28:49.46\00:28:51.03
Sometimes it's your
sprinkled with a shell of water
00:28:51.06\00:28:54.03
as a baby.
00:28:54.06\00:28:55.40
Some churches baptize by salt.
00:28:55.43\00:28:58.40
They pour salt on you.
00:28:58.43\00:29:00.54
Some just speak
words over the phone.
00:29:00.57\00:29:02.64
That's what you call
the dry cleaning method.
00:29:02.67\00:29:05.81
They got all
these different churches
00:29:05.84\00:29:07.18
have these different methods
00:29:07.21\00:29:08.54
but how many different
ways of baptizing are there?
00:29:08.58\00:29:11.71
What does the Bible say?
00:29:11.75\00:29:13.78
"There is one
Lord," you say with me,
00:29:13.82\00:29:16.82
"one faith," you guys read that?
00:29:16.85\00:29:18.92
"One baptism."
00:29:18.95\00:29:20.29
There's one true biblical method
00:29:20.32\00:29:22.66
you can see through the Bible
for how people were baptized.
00:29:22.69\00:29:26.59
"Jesus was baptized
by John in the Jordan,
00:29:26.63\00:29:30.57
and immediately
coming up out of the water."
00:29:30.60\00:29:33.47
Was Jesus sprinkled?
00:29:33.50\00:29:36.00
Or was He immersed?
00:29:36.04\00:29:37.37
Do you know what immerse means?
00:29:37.41\00:29:38.94
It means he went down
and he came back up again.
00:29:38.97\00:29:41.84
And it says, "He
saw the heavens parting
00:29:41.88\00:29:43.45
and the Spirit
descending on Him like a dove."
00:29:43.48\00:29:46.72
You can read in John 3:23,
00:29:46.75\00:29:48.95
when John the
Baptist was baptizing,
00:29:48.98\00:29:51.15
says, "John also
baptizing in Aenon near Salim,
00:29:51.19\00:29:53.96
"Salim means peace
'cause it was a wide spot
00:29:53.99\00:29:56.26
in the river where the
water was calm and peaceful,
00:29:56.29\00:29:59.36
"because there
was much water there."
00:29:59.39\00:30:02.43
Now if the Bible method
for baptism is sprinkling
00:30:02.46\00:30:05.83
or spraying or pouring,
00:30:05.87\00:30:08.17
why did John need a river?
00:30:08.20\00:30:11.14
See, the way that God tells us
00:30:11.17\00:30:13.54
to do something
is very important.
00:30:13.58\00:30:15.84
The Greek word Baptizo,
when you read the word Baptizo,
00:30:15.88\00:30:18.78
it simply means
to dip, to immerse,
00:30:18.81\00:30:22.35
to plunge
underwater, to submerge.
00:30:22.38\00:30:25.72
I heard about a pastor.
00:30:28.76\00:30:31.83
You all know
what the Lord's supper
00:30:31.86\00:30:33.23
is, right?
00:30:33.26\00:30:34.83
When you have communion,
00:30:34.86\00:30:37.00
and what do we use for
the symbols in communion?
00:30:37.03\00:30:41.67
The bread represents what?
00:30:41.70\00:30:44.17
The body of Jesus.
00:30:44.21\00:30:45.64
And the grape juice represents?
00:30:45.67\00:30:48.04
The blood of Jesus.
00:30:48.08\00:30:49.74
Is it real blood?
00:30:49.78\00:30:51.11
No.
00:30:51.15\00:30:52.48
Is it His real physical body?
00:30:52.51\00:30:53.95
No.
00:30:53.98\00:30:55.32
They're symbols.
00:30:55.35\00:30:56.69
Since they're just symbols,
00:30:56.72\00:30:58.89
is it okay instead of using
grape juice, can I use 7Up?
00:30:58.92\00:31:03.22
No.
00:31:03.26\00:31:05.53
'Cause Jesus
told us what to use.
00:31:05.56\00:31:08.53
You know, I heard
about a pastor, he said,
00:31:08.56\00:31:10.27
"Well, we're gonna
have a communion service
00:31:10.30\00:31:11.87
in our church.
00:31:11.90\00:31:13.23
And since we know that the bread
00:31:13.27\00:31:14.60
and the grape
juice are just symbols,
00:31:14.64\00:31:16.64
instead of
bread and grape juice,
00:31:16.67\00:31:18.01
we're gonna have
Coca-Cola and hamburgers."
00:31:18.04\00:31:22.31
And we're gonna call that
00:31:22.34\00:31:24.05
that's what you
call that sacrilegious.
00:31:24.08\00:31:26.78
We're gonna call that communion.
00:31:26.82\00:31:28.75
Is that appropriate?
00:31:28.78\00:31:31.79
So when God tells us to
do something a certain way,
00:31:31.82\00:31:33.49
does He want us to follow
00:31:33.52\00:31:34.86
what the Bible truth
is on those subjects?
00:31:34.89\00:31:37.83
What is the Bible
method for baptism?
00:31:37.86\00:31:40.70
You know, sometimes
a person gets baptized
00:31:40.73\00:31:42.60
and they just get
sprinkled a little bit.
00:31:42.63\00:31:45.67
That's not baptism.
00:31:45.70\00:31:47.04
Or they sprinkle
people that are babies,
00:31:47.07\00:31:48.70
and a baby is not
really old enough to know
00:31:48.74\00:31:51.31
what is happening.
00:31:51.34\00:31:53.01
There's another
example in the Bible.
00:31:53.04\00:31:55.01
Philip the evangelist
was told by the Holy Spirit
00:31:55.04\00:31:58.28
to go down on the road
towards Gaza out in the desert.
00:31:58.31\00:32:03.28
And while he was
going down that road,
00:32:03.32\00:32:05.85
he ran into an
Ethiopian treasurer,
00:32:05.89\00:32:08.82
who was the
treasurer for Queen Candace,
00:32:08.86\00:32:11.33
who was riding
along in his chariot,
00:32:11.36\00:32:13.50
and he was reading
from the prophecies.
00:32:13.53\00:32:16.23
Philip was told
go near the chariot.
00:32:16.26\00:32:17.80
He's the first
hitchhiker in the Bible.
00:32:17.83\00:32:20.74
And he said to the man,
00:32:20.77\00:32:22.27
"Do you know
what you're reading?"
00:32:22.30\00:32:24.04
He said, "Well, how can I
know unless someone guide me?
00:32:24.07\00:32:26.27
Would you like to come
up in my chariot with me?"
00:32:26.31\00:32:28.04
So they rode along.
00:32:28.08\00:32:29.41
He was reading a prophecy
from Isaiah about Jesus.
00:32:29.44\00:32:32.88
Philip started to
preach to him and say,
00:32:32.91\00:32:35.38
"This is talking
about Jesus the Messiah.
00:32:35.42\00:32:37.15
He came, He
died a few weeks ago.
00:32:37.19\00:32:40.52
And He's the one that
we've been waiting for."
00:32:40.56\00:32:43.32
And the man said,
"This is wonderful news.
00:32:43.36\00:32:45.56
And I accept it and I believe."
00:32:45.59\00:32:47.63
And he wanted to
know, "Can I be baptized?"
00:32:47.66\00:32:50.33
Philip said, "If you
believe with all your heart."
00:32:50.37\00:32:52.17
He said, "There's water here."
00:32:52.20\00:32:54.30
So he might have
been pointing at the ocean
00:32:54.34\00:32:56.64
because they were
driving down by the ocean
00:32:56.67\00:32:58.27
or it could have been an oasis.
00:32:58.31\00:33:00.34
So notice what it
says in the Bible,
00:33:00.38\00:33:01.71
they went down into the water.
00:33:01.74\00:33:04.31
And when they had
come up out of the water,
00:33:04.35\00:33:07.62
Philip suddenly disappeared
and found himself walking down
00:33:07.65\00:33:10.59
the road towards Caesarea.
00:33:10.62\00:33:13.05
That's the first
example of somebody being beamed
00:33:13.09\00:33:15.76
in the Bible from
one place to another.
00:33:15.79\00:33:18.73
This Philip was
brought to this man
00:33:18.76\00:33:20.63
just so he could hear
the truth and be baptized
00:33:20.66\00:33:23.16
and as soon as he was baptized,
00:33:23.20\00:33:25.53
it was so important
that he stay with him
00:33:25.57\00:33:26.90
until he was baptized.
00:33:26.94\00:33:28.27
He then took the gospel down
00:33:28.30\00:33:29.64
to the whole
country of Ethiopia.
00:33:29.67\00:33:31.01
Then Philip disappeared.
00:33:31.04\00:33:32.37
He went
preaching somewhere else.
00:33:32.41\00:33:33.98
But it says they went
down into the water together,
00:33:34.01\00:33:37.05
they came up out of the water.
00:33:37.08\00:33:39.08
A lot of churches
have lost the significance
00:33:39.11\00:33:41.85
of why this symbol and the type,
00:33:41.88\00:33:44.19
and the method of
baptism is so important.
00:33:44.22\00:33:47.02
What other important
symbol does baptism represent?
00:33:47.06\00:33:51.49
"He said, 'Why are you waiting?
00:33:51.53\00:33:53.36
Arise and be baptized
and wash away your sins,
00:33:53.40\00:33:57.33
calling on the
name of the Lord.'
00:33:57.37\00:33:59.73
"I don't know
about you but sometimes
00:33:59.77\00:34:01.64
when I'm working
real hard especially,
00:34:01.67\00:34:03.00
I'm working on cars
and I get a little dirty,
00:34:03.04\00:34:05.31
and sweaty, and greasy,
00:34:05.34\00:34:06.68
and it's so nice
at the end of the day
00:34:06.71\00:34:08.81
to come in and take a
shower to wash all the dust
00:34:08.84\00:34:11.45
and the dirt off
of and feel clean.
00:34:11.48\00:34:14.35
Baptism gives you that feeling
of being clean from your sins,
00:34:14.38\00:34:18.75
no matter what you've done.
00:34:18.79\00:34:20.86
When a person
repents of their sins,
00:34:20.89\00:34:22.92
and they confess their
sins, and they're baptized,
00:34:22.96\00:34:24.89
they can get a
whole new beginning.
00:34:24.93\00:34:27.00
And you know
what the promise is,
00:34:27.03\00:34:28.76
and when you are
baptized, it says,
00:34:28.80\00:34:31.07
"You shall receive
the gift of," what?
00:34:31.10\00:34:34.80
The Holy Spirit.
00:34:34.84\00:34:37.07
When did Jesus do
His first miracle,
00:34:37.11\00:34:39.21
before His baptism or after?
00:34:39.24\00:34:43.71
After.
00:34:43.75\00:34:45.18
Jesus did no
miracles that we know of,
00:34:45.21\00:34:48.02
before His baptism.
00:34:48.05\00:34:50.42
He started His ministry.
00:34:50.45\00:34:52.32
You know the Bible
promise in Acts Chapter 2.
00:34:52.35\00:34:54.72
Peter said, listen, carefully,
00:34:54.76\00:34:56.76
"Repent and be
baptized every one of you
00:34:56.79\00:34:59.63
for the remission of sins,
00:34:59.66\00:35:01.33
and you shall
receive the gift..."
00:35:01.36\00:35:04.10
Does God wanna give you a gift?
00:35:04.13\00:35:05.97
"You shall receive the
gift of the Holy Spirit.
00:35:06.00\00:35:09.37
For the promise is
unto you and your children,
00:35:09.40\00:35:12.67
and as many as the
Lord God shall call."
00:35:12.71\00:35:15.58
He not only wants
to give you a gift,
00:35:15.61\00:35:16.98
He wants to give
you gifts of the Spirit.
00:35:17.01\00:35:20.08
Okay, I need a volunteer.
00:35:20.12\00:35:22.48
We had a girl, this time
00:35:22.52\00:35:23.85
we're gonna get a boy this time.
00:35:23.89\00:35:25.59
Let me come over here and see.
00:35:25.62\00:35:28.22
All right, you
here, come me over here.
00:35:28.26\00:35:29.92
Now, Pastor Doug has
had a habit and a practice,
00:35:33.53\00:35:37.07
and I'll tell you the truth.
00:35:37.10\00:35:38.53
I'm not sure where
we're gonna find this.
00:35:38.57\00:35:41.04
Here why don't we
look in here together?
00:35:41.07\00:35:43.14
I want you to grab that box.
00:35:43.17\00:35:46.98
You got to get
a good hold on it.
00:35:47.01\00:35:49.31
There we go. All
right, we're good.
00:35:49.34\00:35:50.88
So I've had a practice for years
00:35:50.91\00:35:53.62
of collecting Swiss Army knives.
00:35:53.65\00:35:56.95
And this is, you know,
00:35:56.99\00:35:58.32
this is called
the champion knife.
00:35:58.35\00:36:01.22
And for years I
carried this with me.
00:36:01.26\00:36:03.46
Literally, years, I
always have this on my belt,
00:36:03.49\00:36:06.13
but the problem is after
9/11 I lost several of them
00:36:06.16\00:36:09.80
because I forgot to
take them off my belt
00:36:09.83\00:36:11.53
and when I went
through airport security,
00:36:11.57\00:36:13.07
they said we got
to take that from you.
00:36:13.10\00:36:15.44
And they took my knife.
00:36:15.47\00:36:16.81
So now I pack it in my bag.
00:36:16.84\00:36:18.47
But it's got pliers on it.
00:36:18.51\00:36:22.18
It's got two knives.
00:36:22.21\00:36:24.08
You know, it's really nifty.
00:36:24.11\00:36:26.25
It's got, of course, tweezers.
00:36:26.28\00:36:28.15
I use this to
pull out splinters,
00:36:28.18\00:36:32.09
has a toothpick.
00:36:32.12\00:36:34.42
Actually, I use this.
00:36:34.46\00:36:35.79
You wanna try it?
00:36:35.82\00:36:37.16
No, okay.
00:36:37.19\00:36:39.29
And you can sign a
million dollar check
00:36:39.33\00:36:42.20
with that pen that's on there.
00:36:42.23\00:36:44.47
It's got a pen on it.
00:36:44.50\00:36:46.63
You know what it
has it most people
00:36:46.67\00:36:48.00
don't know about,
00:36:48.04\00:36:49.37
it also has a
pin that is hidden,
00:36:49.40\00:36:51.81
a little needle down in here.
00:36:51.84\00:36:54.44
It's got just about everything.
00:36:54.48\00:36:56.01
So one day, you know,
00:36:56.04\00:36:57.38
I don't have too
many collections.
00:36:57.41\00:36:58.75
Pastor Doug is, yeah, I
try to be pretty thrifty but,
00:36:58.78\00:37:00.98
you know, I
couldn't help myself,
00:37:01.02\00:37:02.72
and I bought myself
a Christmas present.
00:37:02.75\00:37:04.92
Go and sit down here
with me for a second.
00:37:04.95\00:37:06.29
What's your name? Drew.
00:37:06.32\00:37:07.66
Drew.
00:37:07.69\00:37:09.02
You're gonna be
glad. You got cold.
00:37:09.06\00:37:12.79
What know what this is,
this a Swiss Army knife.
00:37:12.83\00:37:17.90
But it is called the
monster of all knives.
00:37:17.93\00:37:21.24
It's the big daddy of
all Swiss Army knives.
00:37:21.27\00:37:24.21
It's not very practical
to keep in your pocket.
00:37:27.41\00:37:30.88
But I mean, it's
got a light on it.
00:37:30.91\00:37:35.48
It's got a compass.
00:37:35.52\00:37:37.42
It's got a clock.
00:37:37.45\00:37:38.79
I haven't activated it yet.
00:37:38.82\00:37:40.89
It's got all
these tools, see that?
00:37:40.92\00:37:43.53
You can change your tools
00:37:43.56\00:37:44.89
and here's all the different
fittings that go on the tools.
00:37:44.93\00:37:47.50
I got about four or five knives.
00:37:47.53\00:37:49.30
If you wanna start a
fire, magnifying glass.
00:37:49.33\00:37:52.63
Or if you need
to see that splitter
00:37:52.67\00:37:54.14
that you got to get out.
00:37:54.17\00:37:55.60
Pliers, wire cutters.
00:37:55.64\00:37:57.74
Ah, I like them so much.
00:37:57.77\00:37:59.31
These things are great.
00:37:59.34\00:38:00.98
It's got, of
course, a toothpick.
00:38:01.01\00:38:02.34
Can you tell?
00:38:02.38\00:38:03.71
It's got a boring tool.
00:38:03.75\00:38:05.08
It's got just about anything you
00:38:05.11\00:38:06.45
can put on a Swiss
Army Knife is on there.
00:38:06.48\00:38:08.82
When you come to the Lord,
00:38:08.85\00:38:11.72
He promises to give
you gifts of the Spirit,
00:38:11.75\00:38:15.52
not just a gift,
but gifts of the Spirit.
00:38:15.56\00:38:17.89
And there are all
kinds of different things
00:38:17.93\00:38:20.33
that you can do,
you don't even know.
00:38:20.36\00:38:21.70
But when He gives
you the Holy Spirit,
00:38:21.73\00:38:23.53
you look at the list
of the gifts of the Spirit
00:38:23.57\00:38:25.23
you find in 1
Corinthians Chapter 12,
00:38:25.27\00:38:27.30
and other places in the Bible.
00:38:27.34\00:38:29.14
And there's so many
things that you have no idea
00:38:29.17\00:38:31.17
you could do.
00:38:31.21\00:38:32.54
I didn't know I could
even play the guitar until
00:38:32.57\00:38:34.58
after I was baptized.
00:38:34.61\00:38:36.44
And I didn't know
00:38:36.48\00:38:37.81
I could get up in
front of people and teach.
00:38:37.85\00:38:39.91
There's a lot of
things I had no idea.
00:38:39.95\00:38:41.28
But God starts giving you
gifts and as you use them,
00:38:41.32\00:38:44.02
you get more gifts.
00:38:44.05\00:38:46.09
If it's okay with your parents,
I'll let you keep the baby.
00:38:46.12\00:38:48.52
Is that okay?
00:38:48.56\00:38:49.89
Let's give him a hand.
00:38:49.92\00:38:51.26
You know, the
most important decision
00:38:54.53\00:38:56.03
a young person can
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00:38:56.06\00:38:58.33
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00:38:58.37\00:38:59.70
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Not only do you get
gifts of the Spirit,
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the Bible says that
it's like a marriage.
00:39:57.33\00:40:00.80
"Husbands, love your wives,
00:40:00.83\00:40:02.63
just as Christ
also loved the church
00:40:02.66\00:40:05.50
and gave Himself for her."
00:40:05.53\00:40:08.30
The Bible says a church
is like the bride of Christ.
00:40:08.34\00:40:11.77
In order for two
people to be husband and wife,
00:40:11.81\00:40:15.01
what do they have to do?
00:40:15.04\00:40:18.15
Get married.
00:40:18.18\00:40:19.51
They call that what?
00:40:19.55\00:40:21.85
A wedding.
00:40:21.88\00:40:24.22
Baptism is as
important to a Christian
00:40:24.25\00:40:26.96
as a wedding is to a marriage.
00:40:26.99\00:40:29.26
Wedding is a ceremony
by which a man and woman
00:40:29.29\00:40:32.19
are united, they become one.
00:40:32.23\00:40:33.83
Baptism is like you're
being married to Christ.
00:40:33.86\00:40:36.83
Now, is it something
that you would do publicly?
00:40:36.87\00:40:40.50
Girls, I wanna
ask you a question.
00:40:40.54\00:40:42.10
You had a boy,
he was dating you,
00:40:42.14\00:40:43.74
now, of course, is
when you get older.
00:40:43.77\00:40:46.31
And he said, "I love
you, and I wanna marry you.
00:40:46.34\00:40:51.15
But I don't wanna tell anybody."
00:40:51.18\00:40:54.15
Would you wanna marry him?
00:40:54.18\00:40:55.52
No.
00:40:55.55\00:40:56.89
You think, "What? Is
he was ashamed of me?"
00:40:56.92\00:40:58.69
Or if he said, "I love you.
00:40:58.72\00:41:00.06
I wanna marry you.
00:41:00.09\00:41:01.42
But let's do it secretly."
00:41:01.46\00:41:03.49
When you get baptized,
00:41:03.53\00:41:04.86
you notice
baptisms are usually public.
00:41:04.89\00:41:07.03
Do you know when Jesus called
people, He did it publicly.
00:41:07.06\00:41:10.83
In front of everybody Jesus
called Peter, Andrew, James,
00:41:10.87\00:41:13.84
John, Matthew.
00:41:13.87\00:41:15.27
He said, "Come follow Me.
00:41:15.30\00:41:16.64
Come follow Me."
00:41:16.67\00:41:18.01
If you're gonna
choose to follow Jesus,
00:41:18.04\00:41:19.37
don't be ashamed of Him.
00:41:19.41\00:41:21.14
If a husband is
ashamed of his wife,
00:41:21.18\00:41:22.78
she's not gonna wanna marry him.
00:41:22.81\00:41:24.55
And vice versa.
00:41:24.58\00:41:26.55
What else does
baptism represent?
00:41:26.58\00:41:28.65
And why does it matter?
00:41:28.68\00:41:30.75
The Bible says
that we are buried
00:41:30.79\00:41:33.09
with Him through baptism.
00:41:33.12\00:41:34.46
So when a person is baptized,
00:41:34.49\00:41:36.76
and they're put under
the water just for a moment,
00:41:36.79\00:41:39.59
and then you bring
them back up again,
00:41:39.63\00:41:41.23
it's like that
they've been buried
00:41:41.26\00:41:42.60
and now they're
being resurrected.
00:41:42.63\00:41:45.27
You probably seen...
00:41:45.30\00:41:47.44
Well, maybe you haven't seen it,
00:41:47.47\00:41:48.80
but you know when a baby's born,
00:41:48.84\00:41:50.17
before baby is born,
it's inside of the mommy.
00:41:50.21\00:41:52.37
And it's floating
around, it's swimming in water.
00:41:52.41\00:41:57.08
And when the water breaks
it means the baby's coming.
00:41:57.11\00:42:01.88
Now baby comes out of the water,
00:42:01.92\00:42:03.59
takes its first breath.
00:42:03.62\00:42:04.95
You've probably seen
stories where, you know,
00:42:04.99\00:42:06.45
baby is born, it comes
out, it's not breathing.
00:42:06.49\00:42:09.16
So the doctor holds the baby up
00:42:09.19\00:42:10.63
and gives them a
little swat on the posterior.
00:42:10.66\00:42:12.76
You'll know what
the posterior is.
00:42:12.79\00:42:14.76
And then baby is...
00:42:14.80\00:42:17.40
And then everybody is so happy.
00:42:17.43\00:42:19.83
"Oh, the baby is crying!"
00:42:19.87\00:42:22.30
You know, when you're born again
00:42:22.34\00:42:23.94
and you repent of your sins,
sometimes with a new birth,
00:42:23.97\00:42:26.57
there's a little bit of tears,
00:42:26.61\00:42:28.71
but that God and
His angels smile.
00:42:28.74\00:42:31.51
Bible says, "Weep,
humble yourself before the Lord
00:42:31.55\00:42:35.82
and He will lift you up."
00:42:35.85\00:42:37.29
Then you have the joy.
00:42:37.32\00:42:39.09
There might be
weeping in the night
00:42:39.12\00:42:40.79
and joy comes in the morning.
00:42:40.82\00:42:42.49
So it's a burial.
00:42:42.52\00:42:44.03
Now if your parents
tell you, "Look," you know,
00:42:44.06\00:42:46.63
you live on a ranch,
sometimes they used to say,
00:42:46.66\00:42:48.83
"Take the trash
out back and bury it."
00:42:48.86\00:42:51.37
They give you a bag.
00:42:51.40\00:42:52.97
They give you a bag of garbage,
and you take it out back,
00:42:53.00\00:42:55.74
and you drop it on the ground,
and you pick up some dirt,
00:42:55.77\00:42:57.97
and you sprinkle it
on top and you come back.
00:42:58.01\00:42:59.67
And they say, "Did
you bury the trash?"
00:42:59.71\00:43:01.54
"I buried it."
00:43:01.58\00:43:02.91
Next day the
raccoons got into the trash,
00:43:02.94\00:43:04.65
it spread all over
the farm, parents said,
00:43:04.68\00:43:07.85
"You said you buried it."
00:43:07.88\00:43:09.22
Then I say, "Well, I
sprinkled some dirt on it.
00:43:09.25\00:43:10.59
Same thing."
00:43:10.62\00:43:12.15
They said, "You didn't bury it."
00:43:12.19\00:43:14.36
Some people say, "Well,
00:43:14.39\00:43:15.72
sprinkling is the same
as person being immersed
00:43:15.76\00:43:18.19
is not the same thing."
00:43:18.23\00:43:20.06
Being immerse means
you're plunged under,
00:43:20.10\00:43:21.83
you hold your
breath for a moment.
00:43:21.86\00:43:24.90
It's like death, and
you come out of the water.
00:43:24.93\00:43:26.50
It's like a baby being born.
00:43:26.53\00:43:27.87
It's a new birth.
00:43:27.90\00:43:29.24
I did a baptism for a man.
00:43:29.27\00:43:31.87
And I've seen
other people do it too.
00:43:31.91\00:43:34.91
And he said, "Pastor
Doug, when you baptized me,
00:43:34.94\00:43:37.98
I want you to hold me
under for just a moment."
00:43:38.01\00:43:40.12
Usually, pastor
just puts you under
00:43:40.15\00:43:41.62
and brings you
right back up again.
00:43:41.65\00:43:43.25
And he doesn't don't
have to hold on under long.
00:43:43.28\00:43:45.95
And, but one man said,
"You know, while I'm under..."
00:43:45.99\00:43:48.29
Said, "I'm a
some a good swimmer."
00:43:48.32\00:43:49.82
He said, "I'm
gonna have a prayer.
00:43:49.86\00:43:53.29
So if you could
just hold me under there
00:43:53.33\00:43:54.86
and I'll then squeeze your hand
00:43:54.90\00:43:56.60
when I'm ready to come back up."
00:43:56.63\00:43:58.93
I said, "You're sure?" "Sure.
00:43:58.97\00:44:00.30
I'll be fine
don't worry about me."
00:44:00.34\00:44:01.67
It's very
important occasion to me.
00:44:01.70\00:44:03.24
So when you put me
under I'll hold you down.
00:44:03.27\00:44:07.71
Well, I did that it
went fine but I heard about
00:44:07.74\00:44:09.51
another pastor he
did that to a gentleman,
00:44:09.54\00:44:11.61
the Spanish gentleman
in Northern California
00:44:11.65\00:44:13.72
is getting baptized
in a lake and his family
00:44:13.75\00:44:15.58
was all gathered on the shore.
00:44:15.62\00:44:17.05
And, when they got out
the water, he said, "Now,
00:44:17.09\00:44:18.49
hold me under
until I squeeze your hand
00:44:18.52\00:44:20.79
and then bring me up
again 'cause I wanna pray
00:44:20.82\00:44:22.16
while I'm under."
00:44:22.19\00:44:23.56
Pastor said, "Okay."
00:44:23.59\00:44:25.69
But the family didn't know.
00:44:25.73\00:44:28.80
So he took the man, he said,
"In the name of the Father,
00:44:28.83\00:44:30.53
Son, Holy Spirit,"
and he put him under.
00:44:30.57\00:44:32.07
I just held him there.
00:44:35.14\00:44:37.77
And the man
looked like he was okay.
00:44:37.81\00:44:40.21
And the family started,
"Oh, he's trying to drown him!"
00:44:40.24\00:44:42.81
You know, they get
ready to charge him.
00:44:42.84\00:44:44.55
He squeezed his hand, he
brought him back up again.
00:44:44.58\00:44:46.61
But it represents
you come and take, "Oh!"
00:44:46.65\00:44:49.62
You take that breath
and it represents like
00:44:49.65\00:44:52.32
a baby being born.
00:44:52.35\00:44:54.22
It's a new life.
00:44:54.26\00:44:55.59
The Bible says that "Even
so we should walk in," what?
00:44:55.62\00:44:58.96
"A newness of life."
00:44:58.99\00:45:00.33
Because we are
resurrected with the Lord.
00:45:00.36\00:45:02.70
Heard an
interesting story in history
00:45:02.73\00:45:04.77
about someone
named Henry Box Brown.
00:45:04.80\00:45:07.94
He was a slave.
00:45:07.97\00:45:09.30
You know that story? Yeah.
00:45:09.34\00:45:10.67
And like, 1813 he was
born, 33 years of age,
00:45:10.71\00:45:14.21
he was having a very rough time
00:45:14.24\00:45:15.58
working for a
terrible taskmaster.
00:45:15.61\00:45:17.98
He had a wife and children.
00:45:18.01\00:45:20.48
And without even telling him,
00:45:20.52\00:45:21.85
his master sold his wife
and children to someone else.
00:45:21.88\00:45:24.82
And he said,
"Boy, enough is enough."
00:45:24.85\00:45:26.19
And he got a friend.
00:45:26.22\00:45:28.36
And he said, "I want
you to build me a box,
00:45:28.39\00:45:30.19
two feet by two
feet by three feet,
00:45:30.23\00:45:32.59
put a little water in
it, a little bit of padding.
00:45:32.63\00:45:35.26
I'll drill a
little hole for air.
00:45:35.30\00:45:37.43
And I'll take a
couple biscuits with me.
00:45:37.47\00:45:40.24
And nail me in the box
and ship me to Philadelphia
00:45:40.27\00:45:43.00
where there are some people
00:45:43.04\00:45:44.37
who are helping to rescue slave.
00:45:44.41\00:45:46.07
Ship me to this address."
00:45:46.11\00:45:48.04
So his friend did that.
00:45:48.08\00:45:49.64
And now he had marked
on the box, this side up.
00:45:49.68\00:45:52.98
He didn't wanna
get turned upside down.
00:45:53.01\00:45:54.35
This side up was
put all over the box.
00:45:54.38\00:45:56.22
But he went in a
wagon, he went in a train,
00:45:56.25\00:45:59.25
he went another wagon, he
had bounced down the road.
00:45:59.29\00:46:02.32
And they ignored the sign.
00:46:02.36\00:46:03.93
At one point they
put them upside down.
00:46:03.96\00:46:06.06
But he couldn't utter a word.
00:46:06.09\00:46:08.26
And it was hot and
he could barely breathe
00:46:08.30\00:46:10.57
and it was painful, 27
hours he was in that box.
00:46:10.60\00:46:15.84
Finally, they
delivered it to the Quakers
00:46:15.87\00:46:17.97
in Philadelphia,
who set him free.
00:46:18.01\00:46:20.54
And he spent the
rest of his life trying
00:46:20.58\00:46:22.34
to help other people get free.
00:46:22.38\00:46:24.45
When you have been baptized
00:46:24.48\00:46:26.05
and you've been
delivered from sin,
00:46:26.08\00:46:28.38
you wanna help
other people be free.
00:46:28.42\00:46:29.78
Amen?
00:46:29.82\00:46:31.15
Amen.
00:46:31.19\00:46:32.52
So do I need to join a
church when I'm baptized?
00:46:32.55\00:46:35.62
Or can I just say,
"I'm gonna get baptized
00:46:35.66\00:46:37.89
and I'm sort of gonna
be a maverick Christian.
00:46:37.93\00:46:39.63
I'll just go
out there on my own.
00:46:39.66\00:46:41.43
And just me and the
Lord, I don't need anybody.
00:46:41.46\00:46:43.00
I don't wanna go to a church
00:46:43.03\00:46:44.37
'cause there are
difficult people in church."
00:46:44.40\00:46:45.97
Is that how
you're supposed to do it?
00:46:46.00\00:46:48.07
Bible says, "By one Spirit,
we are baptized into one body."
00:46:48.10\00:46:53.07
Do you need to be
part of that body?
00:46:53.11\00:46:55.38
Baptism is the ceremony
00:46:55.41\00:46:57.45
by which you become
part of the body of Christ,
00:46:57.48\00:47:00.28
the church.
00:47:00.32\00:47:01.65
The Bible says, "He is the head
of the body," Colossians 1:18,
00:47:01.68\00:47:05.45
"the church."
00:47:05.49\00:47:06.86
We are baptized into Christ.
00:47:06.89\00:47:08.66
So when someone
says, "I'm a Christian,
00:47:08.69\00:47:10.16
but I don't go to church."
00:47:10.19\00:47:12.53
There is
something wrong with that.
00:47:12.56\00:47:13.90
Now, if they're
sick and they can't go,
00:47:13.93\00:47:15.36
if they're so far
away, there's no church.
00:47:15.40\00:47:17.27
But if someone says,
00:47:17.30\00:47:18.63
"I'm just gonna be a finger
out there by myself or near out
00:47:18.67\00:47:21.07
there by myself, "they
will not last very long.
00:47:21.10\00:47:24.51
All the different parts
of the body work together,
00:47:24.54\00:47:26.81
we need to be connected.
00:47:26.84\00:47:28.51
Amen?
00:47:28.54\00:47:29.88
Amen.
00:47:29.91\00:47:31.25
"The Lord added
to the church daily,
00:47:31.28\00:47:33.31
those that were being saved."
00:47:33.35\00:47:35.85
God wants us to all
be part of the church.
00:47:35.88\00:47:38.32
Who's been saved?
00:47:38.35\00:47:39.69
Those added to
the body of Christ,
00:47:39.72\00:47:42.62
Christ body is His temple.
00:47:42.66\00:47:44.33
We all are
different parts of the body.
00:47:44.36\00:47:46.09
Some of us are the
mouth, some are the eyes,
00:47:46.13\00:47:48.30
some are the ears,
some are the brain,
00:47:48.33\00:47:49.70
some are the feet,
some are the hands,
00:47:49.73\00:47:51.40
but we all work together
00:47:51.43\00:47:52.77
with our
different spiritual gifts.
00:47:52.80\00:47:54.14
When you're baptized,
00:47:54.17\00:47:55.50
God gives you
some of those gifts.
00:47:55.54\00:47:58.37
Can you be too bad to be saved?
00:47:58.41\00:48:01.04
What do you think?
00:48:01.08\00:48:03.21
No, you're not a worst
sinner than God is the Savior.
00:48:03.24\00:48:07.98
Did God save liars in the Bible?
00:48:08.02\00:48:11.15
Did God save thieves?
00:48:11.19\00:48:13.05
The thief on the cross.
00:48:13.09\00:48:14.72
Did God save murderers?
00:48:14.76\00:48:18.56
Moses killed somebody.
00:48:18.59\00:48:20.60
David murdered somebody.
00:48:20.63\00:48:22.33
People who committed
adultery like David and others.
00:48:22.36\00:48:25.03
God is very merciful.
00:48:25.07\00:48:27.34
So don't think,
"I'm too bad for God
00:48:27.37\00:48:29.60
that I've sinned too much."
00:48:29.64\00:48:31.71
You know, God is all powerful
and He can forgive your sins.
00:48:31.74\00:48:35.14
How do we
receive that forgiveness?
00:48:35.18\00:48:37.41
"If we confess our
sins, He is faithful
00:48:37.45\00:48:40.45
and just to forgive us our
sins and to cleanse us from,"
00:48:40.48\00:48:42.98
how much?
00:48:43.02\00:48:44.89
"All unrighteousness."
00:48:44.92\00:48:46.99
The Lord will cleanse you.
00:48:47.02\00:48:48.52
And the promise is,
00:48:48.56\00:48:49.89
"The one who comes to Me I
will by no means cast out."
00:48:49.92\00:48:54.86
Will Jesus cast out anyone
00:48:54.90\00:48:56.50
who comes to
Him for forgiveness?
00:48:56.53\00:48:59.07
Can you think of
anybody in the Bible
00:48:59.10\00:49:00.64
that came to
Jesus for forgiveness
00:49:00.67\00:49:02.24
and He sent them away?
00:49:02.27\00:49:04.97
Everybody who came.
00:49:05.01\00:49:07.08
Leper said, "Lord,
I'm full of leprosy.
00:49:07.11\00:49:09.78
But if You want,
You can make me clean."
00:49:09.81\00:49:11.75
Jesus said, "I want to."
00:49:11.78\00:49:13.42
He touched him
and He cleansed him.
00:49:13.45\00:49:15.62
Blind man, "So Lord,
00:49:15.65\00:49:16.99
if You want to
You can open my eyes."
00:49:17.02\00:49:18.35
He said, "I want to."
00:49:18.39\00:49:19.72
He touched him, opened his eyes.
00:49:19.75\00:49:22.59
The Lord unstopped deaf ears.
00:49:22.62\00:49:24.43
The Lord healed
all kinds of things
00:49:24.46\00:49:26.16
when people came to Him,
00:49:26.19\00:49:27.86
because they had a need.
00:49:27.90\00:49:29.80
So how do I know when
I'm ready to be baptized?
00:49:29.83\00:49:34.70
Well, is there a specific age?
00:49:34.74\00:49:36.74
How old was Jesus
00:49:36.77\00:49:38.11
when He went with
Joseph to the temple, and Mary?
00:49:38.14\00:49:41.31
Twelve. Twelve.
00:49:41.34\00:49:43.28
You know, that doesn't mean
someone could be ready sooner,
00:49:43.31\00:49:47.15
some or later,
but as a general rule,
00:49:47.18\00:49:50.99
I like to say that
if you're old enough
00:49:51.02\00:49:52.72
to be lost, you're
probably old enough to be saved.
00:49:52.75\00:49:56.73
Actually, I'm quoting
James White when I say that.
00:49:56.76\00:50:00.60
You know, if you have
your own personal devotions,
00:50:00.63\00:50:04.43
and if you're
spending time with the Lord,
00:50:04.47\00:50:06.37
if you understand
the main teachings,
00:50:06.40\00:50:09.10
if you make a
decision to follow Jesus,
00:50:09.14\00:50:11.87
do you love God?
00:50:11.91\00:50:13.34
Have you invited
Jesus into your heart?
00:50:13.38\00:50:15.21
And now here's the big one.
00:50:15.24\00:50:17.31
Are you willing to
give up your selfish ways
00:50:17.35\00:50:20.82
of the world and to follow Jesus
00:50:20.85\00:50:23.22
because you love Him?
00:50:23.25\00:50:25.25
That's one of the
most important things.
00:50:25.29\00:50:26.99
All right.
00:50:27.02\00:50:28.36
I need...
00:50:28.39\00:50:32.03
Let me see here.
00:50:32.06\00:50:33.50
All right, you here.
00:50:43.17\00:50:44.94
I need a big boy.
00:50:44.97\00:50:46.78
That's all. Just one, sorry.
00:50:46.81\00:50:48.14
Okay.
00:50:48.18\00:50:49.51
All right.
00:50:54.15\00:50:56.15
Let me show you something here.
00:50:56.18\00:50:58.29
You know what that is?
00:50:58.32\00:50:59.65
It's a jar. It's a jar.
00:50:59.69\00:51:02.79
This is the devil.
00:51:02.82\00:51:04.23
Here we go.
00:51:07.66\00:51:09.00
That's the world.
00:51:09.03\00:51:10.80
Now, I can barely
get my hand in here.
00:51:10.83\00:51:16.50
And I can get my head out.
00:51:16.54\00:51:18.87
But if I try to get
a hold of the world...
00:51:18.91\00:51:20.78
You wanna take that off my hand?
00:51:20.81\00:51:22.14
I'm gonna file a
workman's comp claim for that.
00:51:28.55\00:51:32.55
Can't come off.
00:51:32.59\00:51:33.92
If I'm trying
to hang on to this,
00:51:33.96\00:51:35.29
let's see how it works with you.
00:51:35.32\00:51:36.66
All right, Pastor Ross,
you wanna play your part here.
00:51:39.26\00:51:43.70
So you like some
things in the world.
00:51:43.73\00:51:45.17
The Bible says,
"Love not the world
00:51:45.20\00:51:46.70
or the things
that are in the world,
00:51:46.74\00:51:48.57
if any man who
loves the world..."
00:51:48.60\00:51:49.94
You know, put
your hand in there.
00:51:49.97\00:51:51.31
Get a hold of that.
00:51:51.34\00:51:52.67
Make a fist. You
got to make a fist.
00:51:52.71\00:51:54.04
All right.
00:51:54.08\00:51:55.41
Here we go.
00:51:55.44\00:51:56.78
So what you got
here is you're saying
00:51:56.81\00:51:58.15
I want the world but the devil,
00:51:58.18\00:52:00.88
he uses the world to
keep you from being free
00:52:00.92\00:52:04.82
because we don't let go.
00:52:04.85\00:52:06.22
Now let go of the
world for a second.
00:52:06.25\00:52:08.56
Can you get your hand out now?
00:52:08.59\00:52:10.89
You be free, you know
what they do in Africa,
00:52:10.93\00:52:12.86
Pastor Ross is
from South Africa,
00:52:12.89\00:52:14.63
they catch monkeys.
00:52:14.66\00:52:16.80
By taking a coconut shell,
they put a little hole in it,
00:52:16.83\00:52:19.47
they chain the
coconut to the ground,
00:52:19.50\00:52:21.17
they put the monkey's
favorite food inside, usually,
00:52:21.20\00:52:23.10
handful of nuts.
00:52:23.14\00:52:24.47
The monkeys look
around, they run up.
00:52:24.51\00:52:25.97
They put their hand in there.
00:52:26.01\00:52:27.34
They grab them.
00:52:27.38\00:52:28.71
Go ahead, go in there, grab.
00:52:28.74\00:52:30.08
Grab the world there.
00:52:30.11\00:52:31.45
And then the trappers come
00:52:31.48\00:52:32.81
and the monkey
tries to get away,
00:52:32.85\00:52:34.18
but the monkey is not
smart enough to let go.
00:52:34.22\00:52:36.79
And so the trapper gets them
and the monkey becomes a slave.
00:52:36.82\00:52:40.76
You're gonna go.
00:52:40.79\00:52:42.12
If you wanna get away,
00:52:42.16\00:52:43.66
I'm gonna give you a
couple of worlds here anyway.
00:52:43.69\00:52:45.49
Okay, let's give them a hand.
00:52:45.53\00:52:46.86
What was your name?
00:52:46.90\00:52:48.23
Luke. Luke.
00:52:48.26\00:52:49.60
Good job, Luke. Here.
00:52:49.63\00:52:51.43
You can have one of those.
00:52:51.47\00:52:52.80
You've got to
let go of the world.
00:52:56.04\00:52:58.61
If we love the world,
and the things in the world,
00:52:58.64\00:53:01.74
the television, the
games, the food, the clothes,
00:53:01.78\00:53:05.05
the devil tries to trap us
00:53:05.08\00:53:06.41
with the sinful
things of the world.
00:53:06.45\00:53:07.78
We think, "Oh, but
I've got to have it."
00:53:07.82\00:53:09.22
As long as he can keep you
with that and you don't let go
00:53:09.25\00:53:11.79
of those things, Christ said,
"If you're gonna come after Me,
00:53:11.82\00:53:15.19
you must deny yourself.
00:53:15.22\00:53:17.69
Take up your
cross and follow Me."
00:53:17.73\00:53:20.70
But you'll be free.
00:53:20.73\00:53:23.40
If you're trying to
have the things of the world
00:53:23.43\00:53:25.03
what would you rather have?
00:53:25.07\00:53:27.34
$100 now or a
million dollars in a week?
00:53:27.37\00:53:30.97
Million dollars in a week.
00:53:31.01\00:53:33.04
If you're smart.
00:53:33.07\00:53:34.41
But you know sometimes
little children you say,
00:53:34.44\00:53:36.61
"Do you want that one cookie now
00:53:36.64\00:53:37.98
or do you want 12
cookies tomorrow?"
00:53:38.01\00:53:40.58
They say, "I want
the one cookie now,"
00:53:40.62\00:53:42.58
right?
00:53:42.62\00:53:44.69
What would you rather
have the pleasures of sin
00:53:44.72\00:53:46.62
for this one life,
00:53:46.65\00:53:48.39
knowing that you're
gonna die and be lost,
00:53:48.42\00:53:50.56
you can't even enjoy it?
00:53:50.59\00:53:53.19
Or would you want eternal life?
00:53:53.23\00:53:56.30
Yeah, this is what the devil...
00:53:56.33\00:53:57.70
But so many people
are saying, "I'm not sure,
00:53:57.73\00:53:59.67
If I'm gonna be saved, so
00:53:59.70\00:54:01.04
I wanna give up on eternal life
00:54:01.07\00:54:02.50
so I can have the
pleasures of sin now."
00:54:02.54\00:54:04.97
If a man came
to you and he said,
00:54:05.01\00:54:07.38
"I'm gonna give
you a million dollars,
00:54:07.41\00:54:10.41
and a vacation for
three months in Orlando,
00:54:10.45\00:54:15.05
and you can go to
Epcot, and Disney World,
00:54:15.08\00:54:17.75
and Universal Studios,
and it's the theme park city
00:54:17.79\00:54:20.36
of the world, you can just go
one amusement park to another.
00:54:20.39\00:54:23.26
It'll be like Vanity Fair.
00:54:23.29\00:54:24.63
You could just have fun,
and games, and rides, and play,
00:54:24.66\00:54:27.83
and toys and million dollars."
00:54:27.86\00:54:29.93
And you say, "Wow,
that sounds great!"
00:54:29.96\00:54:31.30
And then he says, "Yeah.
00:54:31.33\00:54:32.67
And After the 90 days are over,
00:54:32.70\00:54:35.24
I'm tossing you
in a lake of fire."
00:54:35.27\00:54:36.60
Would you enjoy it?
00:54:39.61\00:54:40.94
No.
00:54:40.98\00:54:42.71
All right, every time you went
on the next ride, you'd say,
00:54:42.74\00:54:44.81
"Oh, 29 more
days, 28 more days."
00:54:44.85\00:54:48.38
And you'd be thinking...
00:54:48.42\00:54:49.75
You couldn't
enjoy anything knowing
00:54:49.78\00:54:51.12
that it wasn't gonna end well.
00:54:51.15\00:54:52.49
But if someone
comes to you and they say,
00:54:52.52\00:54:56.79
"Look, you need
to carry this load.
00:54:56.83\00:55:00.96
But at the end of the
road when you're done,
00:55:01.00\00:55:03.83
you're gonna have eternal life."
00:55:03.87\00:55:06.03
That load would seem so light
00:55:06.07\00:55:07.57
because you think I've got Jesus
00:55:07.60\00:55:09.10
and eternal life in heaven.
00:55:09.14\00:55:11.11
And it's so much
easier to be a Christian
00:55:11.14\00:55:13.17
than to enjoy the
temporary pleasures of sin.
00:55:13.21\00:55:15.84
So how do you know
you're ready to be baptized?
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Daily devotions.
00:55:18.78\00:55:20.62
Do you pray and read
your Bible every day?
00:55:20.65\00:55:23.52
Have you repented of
your sins and confess them?
00:55:23.55\00:55:26.19
Are you learning to cheerfully
do your work and chores
00:55:26.22\00:55:30.23
as though you're
doing them for Jesus?
00:55:30.26\00:55:32.63
Do you understand
00:55:32.66\00:55:34.00
the main teachings of the Bible?
00:55:34.03\00:55:35.60
That would be in
the baptismal vows.
00:55:35.63\00:55:37.30
There's about a
dozen baptismal vows
00:55:37.33\00:55:39.77
where you understand
the principle teachings.
00:55:39.80\00:55:43.20
The Bible tells us
what happened to Jesus
00:55:43.24\00:55:45.47
when He was baptized is a symbol
00:55:45.51\00:55:48.34
for what we can expect.
00:55:48.38\00:55:50.55
Now, when Jesus was
baptized, what happened?
00:55:50.58\00:55:53.72
Bible says that He
came up out of the water,
00:55:53.75\00:55:58.09
"And behold, the
heavens were opened to Him."
00:55:58.12\00:56:01.22
Was Jesus baptized for His sin?
00:56:01.26\00:56:04.69
Did Jesus ever sin?
00:56:04.73\00:56:06.09
No.
00:56:06.13\00:56:07.83
So why was Jesus baptized?
00:56:07.86\00:56:11.23
An example for us.
00:56:11.27\00:56:12.60
And you know,
Jesus was also baptized
00:56:12.63\00:56:14.67
in behalf of
those who cannot be.
00:56:14.70\00:56:17.47
Christ came up out of the water,
00:56:17.51\00:56:19.07
the heavens were open.
00:56:19.11\00:56:20.44
When you're
baptized, the heavens are open
00:56:20.48\00:56:21.98
for you in a new way.
00:56:22.01\00:56:24.41
"He saw the Spirit descending,"
00:56:24.45\00:56:26.61
God's Spirit
comes into your life,
00:56:26.65\00:56:28.78
gives you special power.
00:56:28.82\00:56:30.55
It comes like what animal?
00:56:30.59\00:56:32.15
Dove.
00:56:32.19\00:56:33.52
Like a dove, 'cause it
brings peace into your life.
00:56:33.56\00:56:36.62
And then He heard a voice.
00:56:36.66\00:56:38.36
You will hear God speak to you.
00:56:38.39\00:56:39.73
And what does that voice say?
00:56:39.76\00:56:41.76
"You are now my beloved
Son in whom I am well pleased."
00:56:41.80\00:56:45.83
When you're
baptized, what does God say?
00:56:45.87\00:56:47.94
I am well pleased with you.
00:56:47.97\00:56:50.37
I am happy with you.
00:56:50.41\00:56:52.17
You are adopted
into the family of God.
00:56:52.21\00:56:54.08
He calls you His
son or His daughter.
00:56:54.11\00:56:56.14
Now you may make mistakes.
00:56:56.18\00:56:59.55
Any of you have
a pet dog or cat?
00:56:59.58\00:57:03.59
And you pick them up as a puppy
or kitty, you bring them home.
00:57:03.62\00:57:08.92
And you say, "All right,
you're now part of the family."
00:57:08.96\00:57:11.99
Well, then the puppy makes,
00:57:12.03\00:57:13.73
he has a little
digestive accident
00:57:13.76\00:57:15.60
in the living room.
00:57:15.63\00:57:17.73
And you say, "Oh,
you stinking puppy.
00:57:17.77\00:57:20.17
I'm taking you
back to the pet store."
00:57:20.20\00:57:22.10
Is that what you say? No.
00:57:22.14\00:57:23.64
No, it's part of the family.
00:57:23.67\00:57:25.01
You just cleaned
it up and you try
00:57:25.04\00:57:26.37
and teach him better.
00:57:26.41\00:57:27.84
Or the cat gets on the curtains
00:57:27.88\00:57:29.74
and starts to tear up
the curtains, and you say,
00:57:29.78\00:57:31.35
"You wicked little kitty.
00:57:31.38\00:57:33.82
I'm taking you back."
00:57:33.85\00:57:37.92
Or you'll say, "Oh,
you're part of the family.
00:57:37.95\00:57:39.45
We're gonna try and
trim your claws a little bit
00:57:39.49\00:57:41.39
and teach you not to do that."
00:57:41.42\00:57:44.16
And so when you're adopted,
00:57:44.19\00:57:46.16
God loves you more than
00:57:46.19\00:57:47.53
you love a puppy, or your kitty.
00:57:47.56\00:57:49.76
And you are His child.
00:57:49.80\00:57:51.93
And even if you make mistakes,
00:57:51.97\00:57:53.34
once you've given your
life to Him and you said,
00:57:53.37\00:57:55.24
"I've been baptized Lord,
I decided I wanna follow You,
00:57:55.27\00:57:58.11
I wanna be a Christian, He
gives you His Holy Spirit."
00:57:58.14\00:58:01.78