AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT
WHEN A HUMAN BABY IS BORN
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ABOUT 78% OF IT'S
BODY IS MADE UP OF WATER?
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OUR WATER RATIO
DROPS SOMEWHAT AS WE AGE
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BUT WATER REMAINS AN
ESSENTIAL PART OF OUR SURVIVAL.
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IN FACT, A MERE
2% DROP IN BODY WATER
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CAN CAUSE FUZZY
SHORT TERM MEMORY,
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DIFFICULTY WITH BASIC MATH,
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AND TROUBLE FOCUSING ON
A COMPUTER OR PRINTED PAGE.
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IF THE WATER IN
YOUR BODY DROPS 5%
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YOU'LL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO SEE.
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A 10% DROP TAKES
AWAY YOUR ABILITY TO HEAR.
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WATER PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE
IN ALMOST EVERY BODY FUNCTION.
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BUT SOME RESEARCHERS
ESTIMATE THAT 75% OF AMERICANS
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ARE CHRONICALLY DEHYDRATED.
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INSUFFICIENT WATER
INCREASES THE RISK FOR OBESITY,
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FATIGUE, AND A
HOST OF COMMON DISEASES.
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WATER IS ESSENTIAL NOT
ONLY TO OUR PHYSICAL BODIES
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BUT OUR
SPIRITUAL SURVIVAL AS WELL.
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AS THE LIVING WATER, JESUS
IS THE ULTIMATE THIRST QUENCHER
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FOR OUR SOULS.
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AND WE RECEIVE HIM IN A
SPECIAL WAY WHEN WE ENTER
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THE WATERS OF BAPTISM.
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SO JOIN ME NOW,
FRIENDS, FOR TODAY'S PROGRAM
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AS WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT
THIS VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT.
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HOW WE CAN BE BORN OF
THE SPIRIT AND THE WATER.
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THE PURPOSE OF
PROPHECY IS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE
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A PERSONAL ENCOUNTER WITH GOD.
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IF WE'RE ONLY STUDYING BIBLE
PROPHECY SO THAT WE CAN, YOU
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KNOW, HAVE OUR CURIOSITY ABOUT
THE FUTURE SATISFIED, IT WON'T
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DO YOU ANY GOOD. YOU
KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS THE
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DEVILS BELIEVE AND TREMBLE.
YOU NEED TO HAVE A PERSONAL
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ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS -
A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
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AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY
WE'RE HAVING THIS SPECIAL STUDY
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TONIGHT CALLED A
PROPHET IN THE RIVER .
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NOW, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
THE RIVER, WE'RE THINKING
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PRINCIPALLY
ABOUT THE JORDAN RIVER.
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AND, IF YOU LOOK IN THE BIBLE AT
THE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES IN THE
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JORDAN, THEY ALL TELL US
SOMETHING ABOUT THE PLAN OF
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SALVATION - AND IT DOES TIE
INTO PROPHECY, AS YOU'LL SEE.
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THERE'S A NUMBER OF MIRACLES
THAT HAPPENED IN THE JORDAN
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RIVER, IN THE BIBLE. FOR
EXAMPLE, BEFORE THE CHILDREN
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OF ISRAEL ENTERED THE PROMISED
LAND, WHEN THEY WERE STILL
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COMING OUT OF THE WILDERNESS,
THE BORDER, REALLY, BETWEEN THE
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WILDERNESS AND THE
PROMISED LAND, WAS THE JORDAN.
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AND GOD WANTED
TO TEST THEIR FAITH.
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AND HE SAID, 'YOU'VE GOT TO GET
ACROSS THAT RIVER - BUT IT WAS
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FLOODING IN THE SPRING - HE
SAID, 'HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO
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DO: THE PRIESTS ARE TO PUT THE
ARK ON THEIR SHOULDERS' - THEY
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CARRIED IT ON THESE POLES - 'AND
I WANT THEM TO MARCH OFF INTO
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THE RIVER. NOW,
WHEN THEY LEFT EGYPT, GOD
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PARTED THE SEA
BEFORE THEY STARTED WALKING.
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BUT, BEFORE THEY GOT TO THE
PROMISED LAND, HE WANTED TO SEE,
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'HAVE YOU LEARNED TO TRUST ME?
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I WANT YOU TO START WALKING
BEFORE I PART.' SO THE PRIESTS,
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OBEDIENTLY - AND THEY'RE
CARRYING THIS VIRTUAL GOLDEN
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ANCHOR - THEY WERE GOING TO
SINK IF THERE WASN'T A MIRACLE.
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THEY STARTED WALKING OFF INTO
THE RIVER AND WHEN THEIR FEET
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TOUCHED THE WATER, THE WATERS,
AT THAT POINT, FLOWED DOWN.
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THE WATERS AHEAD BEGAN TO WALL
UP AND JUST CREATED A GREAT BIG
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DAM - AN INVISIBLE DAM - AND
THE GROUND DRIED BEFORE THEM.
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HE PARTED IT SO
THEY COULD CROSS OVER.
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NOW THE JORDAN, IN THE
BIBLE, REPRESENTS DEATH.
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YOU KNOW THE JORDAN RIVER IS
THE LOWEST RIVER IN THE WORLD?
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WHERE THE JORDAN RIVER RUNS INTO
THE DEAD SEA IS THE LOWEST POINT
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ON EARTH. IT'S OVER
1300 FEET BELOW SEA LEVEL.
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IT'S A SYMBOL OF DEATH AND IT'S
ALSO CONNECTED WITH BAPTISM AND
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SALVATION. SO HERE,
BEFORE THEY GOT INTO
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THE PROMISED LAND,
GOD WORKS THIS MIRACLE.
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THE WHOLE NATION PASSED BY
THE PRIESTS WHO WERE HOLDING THE
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WORD OF GOD. IT'S
LIKE THEIR LIVES WERE
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PASSING IN REVIEW, AS
THEY WENT FROM THE WILDERNESS
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INTO THE PROMISED LAND.
THEN THE NEXT INTERESTING
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MIRACLE IS REGARDING AN ASSYRIAN
GENERAL - WASN'T EVEN AN
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ISRAELITE - BY THE NAME OF
NAAMAN - GOOD MAN, MIGHTY MAN,
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BUT HE CAME DOWN WITH A DEADLY
CASE OF LEPROSY AND ELISHA THE
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PROPHET SAID, 'GO WASH IN
THE JORDAN RIVER SEVEN TIMES AND
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YOUR FLESH WILL BE
RESTORED TO YOU AGAIN.
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AND SO, HE DIPPED IN THE RIVER,
FINALLY - HE WAS STUBBORN AT
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FIRST - COVERED WITH LEPROSY
- MAYBE EVEN MISSING FINGERS AND
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TOES - WASHED IN THE JORDAN
SEVEN TIMES, AND FINALLY, HE
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CAME UP THE SEVENTH
TIME AND HE WAS CLEAN.
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AMEN. NOW THAT OUGHT TO MAKE YOU
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THINK - BECAUSE LEPROSY IN
THE BIBLE IS A TYPE OF SIN.
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SOMEONE CAME TO JESUS,
ONCE, COVERED WITH LEPROSY.
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THEY SAID, 'LORD, IF YOU
WILL, YOU CAN MAKE ME CLEAN.' HE
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REACHED OUT AND HE TOUCHED
THEM AND HE SAID, 'I WILL.
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BE CLEAN.' AND THEIR
LEPROSY WAS GONE. THAT QUICK.
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HOW QUICKLY CAN
GOD WASH AWAY OUR SIN?
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WHEN WE COME IN FAITH RIGHT AWAY
AND SAY, 'LORD, IF YOU WILL.'
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IS HE WILLING? YES.
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'YOU CAN MAKE
ME CLEAN.' BELIEVE.
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HE SAYS, 'BE CLEAN.' THAT'S WHAT
HE SAID TO THE LEPER - AND HE
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WAS CLEAN. HOW DID THE
WORLD COME INTO EXISTENCE?
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GOD SAID, 'LET THERE BE
LIGHT. LET THERE BE LAND.
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LET THERE BE AN
ATMOSPHERE.' AND IT HAPPENED.
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NOW, THAT LEADS US A GOOD SEGUE
INTO OUR FIRST QUESTION ABOUT
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TONIGHT'S STUDY.
WHAT NEW TESTAMENT PROPHET
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WASHED PEOPLE IN
THE JORDAN RIVER?
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AND IT SAYS, "IN THOSE DAYS CAME
JOHN THE BAPTIST, PREACHING IN
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THE WILDERNESS OF JUDEA.
AND THERE WENT OUT TO HIM ALL OF
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JUDEA, AND JERUSALEM, AND WERE
BAPTIZED BY HIM IN THE RIVER
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JORDAN, CONFESSING THEIR SINS."
NOW, IT TALKS ABOUT JOHN THE
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BAPTIST THERE IN MATTHEW CHAPTER
3, BUT IF YOU READ THE STORY
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IN THE GOSPEL OF MARK, DO YOU
REALIZE THAT THE GOSPEL OF MARK
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AND THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
BEGIN WITH JOHN THE BAPTIST?
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JOHN THE APOSTLE IS
DIFFERENT FROM JOHN THE BAPTIST.
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THE GOSPEL OF MARK, GOSPEL
OF JOHN, START WITH SOMEONE
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BAPTIZING. WHY DID THEY
BEGIN THEIR GOSPELS THERE?
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HOW DOES THE OLD TESTAMENT END?
THE OLD TESTAMENT SAYS, 'BEHOLD
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I SEND YOU ELIJAH THE PROPHET
BEFORE THE GREAT AND DREADFUL
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DAY OF THE LORD.' AND JESUS
SAID, IF YOU CAN RECEIVE IT,
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THAT JOHN THE BAPTIST
WAS ELIJAH WHO WAS TO COME.
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HE CAME IN THE SPIRIT
AND THE POWER OF ELIJAH.
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THE ANGEL GABRIEL TOLD JOHN THE
BAPTIST'S FATHER, 'THIS CHILD IS
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GOING TO COME IN THE SPIRIT
AND THE POWER OF ELIJAH.' IT WAS
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PROPHESIED THAT
HE WAS GOING TO COME.
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AND REVELATION TELLS US THERE'S
GOING TO BE ANOTHER WAVE OF THE
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SPIRIT AND POWER OF
ELIJAH IN THE LAST DAYS.
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SO THIS DOES RELATE TO PROPHECY,
BUT WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LOT
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ABOUT BAPTISM TONIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
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WHAT JOHN TALKED ABOUT. IF
IT'S IMPORTANT TO JESUS, IT
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SHOULD BE IMPORTANT TO YOU.
WHAT GLORIOUS BIBLE CEREMONY
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SYMBOLIZES THE WASHING
AWAY OF THE LEPROSY OF SIN?
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YOU CAN READ IN ACTS CHAPTER
22 - AND THIS IS RELATING TO THE
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CONVERSION OF THE APOSTLE
PAUL - HE SAID, "ARISE, AND BE
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BAPTIZED, AND WASH AWAY YOUR
SINS, CALLING ON THE NAME OF THE
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LORD." NOW, IS IT
CLEAR TO EVERYBODY
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JESUS CAME TO
SAVE US FROM OUR SIN?
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AMEN. HAS GOD
CREATED A CEREMONY -
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AN INSTITUTION - BY WHICH
WE SUBMIT OUR LIVES TO HIM AND
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OUR SINS ARE WASHED
AWAY? IT'S A CEREMONY THAT
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REPRESENTS THAT.
WHAT'S IT CALLED?
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BAPTISM.
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BAPTISM IS AS IMPORTANT TO A
CHRISTIAN AS A WEDDING IS TO A
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MARRIAGE. DID YOU GET THAT?
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AND THIS IS NOT PASTOR DOUG'S
TEACHING, THIS IS WHAT THE BIBLE
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TEACHES. CALL ON THE LORD, BEING
BAPTIZED, WASHING AWAY YOUR SIN.
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THEY'RE ALL CONNECTED THERE.
THIRD QUESTION: ACCORDING TO THE
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BIBLE, HOW MANY DIFFERENT
KINDS OF BAPTISM ARE ACCEPTABLE?
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WELL, YOU READ THERE IN
EPHESIANS CHAPTER 4, VERSE 5,
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IT'S PRETTY CLEAR. IT
SAYS, 'THERE'S ONE LORD, ONE
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FAITH, ONE BAPTISM.' I
BELIEVE THERE'S ONE FAITH WE
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ARE BAPTIZED INTO. I
BELIEVE THERE'S ONE LORD THAT
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WE SERVE - 'HEAR O ISRAEL,
THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE.'
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ARE THERE A LOT
OF COUNTERFEITS? YES.
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YOU KNOW, THE DEVIL IS
A MASTER OF COUNTERFEITS.
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THE DEVIL HAS A COUNTERFEIT FOR
VIRTUALLY EVERY TRUTH OF GOD.
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HAVE YOU LEARNED
THAT? AND THERE'S ALSO A
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COUNTERFEIT FOR BAPTISM.
AND, IN THE COUNTERFEITS, THE
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DEVIL IS TRYING TO ROB
THE POWER OF THE TEACHING.
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WHAT - WHERE DID ALL THESE OTHER
COUNTERFEIT FORMS OF BAPTISM
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ORIGINATE? WHERE'D
THEY ALL COME FROM?
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SOME ARE FROM DIFFERENT
TRADITIONS - YOU CAN READ ABOUT
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THIS IN MARK CHAPTER 7, VERSE 8.
IT SAYS, "FOR LAYING ASIDE THE
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COMMANDMENT OF GOD, YE
HOLD THE TRADITION OF MEN."
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CHRIST SAID, 'THEY OFTEN LAY
ASIDE THE COMMANDMENT' - WE'VE
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LEARNED THAT ABOUT THE SABBATH
AND OTHER THINGS, WHERE PEOPLE
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LAY ASIDE THE COMMANDMENTS
OF GOD TO FOLLOW POPULAR
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TRADITIONS. AND
THEN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO
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BACK AND YOU LOOK AROUND
THE MIDDLE EAST, IT IS REALLY
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CLEAR FROM HISTORY AND
EVEN ARCHAEOLOGY, THAT THE ONLY
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METHOD OF BIBLICAL BAPTISM,
IN THE BEGINNING, WAS IMMERSION.
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HERE'S A PICTURE OF A FIRST
CENTURY BAPTISTERY IN PHILIPPI
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AND IT'S REALLY CLEAR, IT HAD
STEPS GOING INTO IT, IT WAS IN
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THE CHURCH. HERE'S
ONE FROM - IT'S IN THE
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NEGEV DESERT, BUILT
DURING THE BYZANTINE TIME.
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IT'S A BAPTISTERY IN THE SHAPE
OF A CROSS, AGAIN, WITH STEPS
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GOING INTO IT. AND
THEY USED TO HAVE TO FILL
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THEM BY HAND SO THEY
DIDN'T MAKE THEM TOO BIG.
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THAT WAS BETWEEN 300 AND
500 A.D. HERE'S A FIFTH CENTURY
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BAPTISTERY IN
EMMAUS AND YOU - MAYBE YOU
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CAN READ ABOUT THAT IN LUKE 24
- THE ROAD TO EMMAUS - THE TOWN
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ACTUALLY MEANS 'HOT WATER'
SO THEY HAD SPRINGS NEAR THERE.
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CHRISTIANS WERE
BAPTIZED. BUT, GRADUALLY, THINGS
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BEGAN TO CHANGE. AS
WITH EVERYTHING, IT WAS
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SORT OF A CREEPING COMPROMISE.
IT STARTED OUT WITH SOMEONE
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SAYING, 'WELL, LOOK, SINCE
BAPTISM IS A SYMBOL - SYMBOLS
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ARE VERY IMPORTANT,
BUT THIS PERSON'S SICK.
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THEY REALLY CAN'T GET BAPTIZED.'
AND SO THE PASTOR SAID, 'WELL,
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WE'LL DIP A SHEET IN WATER AND
WE'LL GO WRAP THEM IN THE SHEET
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AND IT WILL BE AS CLOSE AS WE
CAN GET.' AND THEY MEANT WELL.
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YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND THEN SOMEONE WOULD HAVE A
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SICK BABY AND THEY'D SAY, 'I'M
AFRAID THAT MY BABY MIGHT DIE
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AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN BAPTIZED.'
SO THEY'D SPRINKLE SOME WATER ON
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THEM OR THEY'D POUR SOME WATER
ON THEM. AND THEN THE NOBILITY
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WOULD MAKE - THEY'D WANT TO
GET BAPTIZED - THEY'D SAY, 'YOU
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KNOW, IT'S REALLY NOT DIGNIFIED
FOR US, WITH ALL OUR EXPENSIVE
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HAIR DOS AND STUFF, TO GET
BAPTIZED IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY
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AND COME UP ALL DRIPPING WET
LIKE A CAT.' AND THEY SAID, 'CAN
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YOU DO SOMETHING A
LITTLE MORE ELEGANT?'
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AND THEY SAID, 'UH, THEY
SAID IT'S A SYMBOL, RIGHT?'
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'YEAH.' AND THEY TOLD
THE PRIEST, 'WELL, THEN, JUST
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SPRINKLE A LITTLE WATER ON ME
AND WE'LL CALL IT BAPTISM.' IT
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DIDN'T - AT FIRST IT WAS POURING
AND THEN IT WAS SPRINKLING AND
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IT GRADUALLY CHANGED THROUGH
COMPROMISE AND RA - YOU KNOW,
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YOU CAN RATIONALIZE
ANYTHING IF YOU WANT TO.
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MATTER OF FACT, YOU CAN READ
IN HISTORY, IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE
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COUNCIL OF RAVENNA - 1311 - OVER
A THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED YEARS
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AFTER CHRIST - IT WASN'T UNTIL
THE COUNCIL OF RAVENNA THAT
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SPRINKLING AND POURING WERE
OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED AS EQUALLY
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VALID AS IMMERSION IN
THE RITE OF BAPTISM, AND SO,
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YOU COULD DO BOTH.
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EVENTUALLY THEY GAVE UP
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IMMERSION FOR THE
MORE CONVENIENT SPRINKLING.
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AND IT JUST - IT'S ONE MORE
OF THE MANY EXAMPLES WHERE THE
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CHURCH HAS DRIFTED AWAY
FROM THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS.
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AND WHAT DO WE WANT TO
HAPPEN BEFORE CHRIST COMES?
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SO, WHAT IS
BAPTISM? WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
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RIGHT IN THE WORD, IT TELLS YOU
SOMETHING ABOUT THE TRUE FORM OF
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BAPTISM, WHAT IT
MEANS, AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT.
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IT COMES FROM THE GREEK WORD
'BAPTIZO' AND BAPTIZO MEANS 'TO
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IMMERSE; TO PLUNGE; TO DIP' -
IT'S TALKING ABOUT A CLEANSING -
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UNDER WATER. YOU
CAN READ IN COLOSSIANS
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CHAPTER 2, VERSE 12, "BURIED
WITH HIM IN BAPTISM, WHEREIN
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ALSO YE ARE RISEN WITH
HIM THROUGH THE FAITH OF THE
00:12:22.57\00:12:25.34
OPERATION OF GOD, WHO
HATH RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD."
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SO, IT'S A SYMBOL OF A DEATH,
A BURIAL, AND A RESURRECTION.
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HOW WAS JESUS, WHO IS OUR
EXAMPLE - HOW WAS HE BAPTIZED?
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NOW, A CHRISTIAN'S
A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST.
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YOU MIGHT WANT TO ASK
THE QUESTION: WHY WAS JESUS
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BAPTIZED? WAS IT FOR HIS SIN?
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NO. NO, HE WAS BAPTIZED
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AS AN EXAMPLE FOR
US. I'LL SAY MORE ABOUT
00:12:46.70\00:12:48.93
THAT IN A MINUTE.
HOW WAS HE BAPTIZED?
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THIS WAS THE SEVENTH
MIRACLE IN THE JORDAN.
00:12:52.67\00:12:56.30
"JESUS CAME...AND WAS BAPTIZED
OF JOHN IN THE JORDAN RIVER."
00:12:56.34\00:13:00.91
AND THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT
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THEY NEEDED A RIVER.
00:13:03.31\00:13:04.95
NOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT
METHODS OF BAPTIZING TODAY.
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SOMETIMES THEY SPRINKLE A LITTLE
WATER, THEY POUR - SOME PEOPLE
00:13:07.55\00:13:11.15
SAY BAPTISM'S ONLY SPIRITUAL AND
THEY SPEAK WORDS AND THEY EVEN
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HAVE SOME PASTORS YOU CAN CALL
OVER THE PHONE - THEY SAY THEY
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BAPTIZE YOU OVER
THE PHONE WITH WORDS.
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THAT'S THE
DRY-CLEANING METHOD, EVIDENTLY.
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AND SO THEY'VE GOT ALL THESE
DIFFERENT - SOME SPRINKLE SALT
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AND A LOT OF CHURCHES - THERE'S
A LOT OF COUNTERFEIT BAPTISMS
00:13:25.33\00:13:28.40
OUT THERE, BUT THE
BIBLE'S PRETTY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT
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HAPPENED. IT SAYS
HE WAS BAPTIZED BY JOHN
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IN JORDAN "AND STRAIGHTWAY
COMING UP OUT OF THE WATER.
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HE SAW THE HEAVENS OPENED."
- THAT'S A MIRACLE - AND
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THE HOLY SPIRIT DESCENDING.
ALL OF THE MIRACLES ABOUT
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THE JORDAN RIVER IN THE
OLD TESTAMENT TELL US ABOUT
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SALVATION BECAUSE IT'S CONNECTED
WITH SALVATION - THE NEW
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TESTAMENT, IN MATTHEW AND LUKE,
BEGIN WITH THE BIRTH OF JESUS.
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MARK AND JOHN BEGIN WITH BAPTISM
AND THE MINISTRY OF JOHN THE
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BAPTIST AND IT'S A START - WHEN
DOES CHRIST'S MINISTRY BEGIN?
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WITH HIS BAPTISM. HE
LIVED THIRTY-THREE AND A HALF
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YEARS, BUT HE WAS ANOINTED WITH
THE HOLY SPIRIT AT HIS BAPTISM.
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THE METHOD WAS IMMERSION.
THAT MEANS HE WENT DOWN UNDER
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THE WATER - IT SYMBOLIZED A
WASHING, A DEATH - BECAUSE YOU
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HOLD YOUR BREATH - AND THEN
WALKING IN A NEWNESS OF LIFE.
00:14:19.32\00:14:23.53
AND IT SAYS ALSO - YOU READ IN
JOHN CHAPTER 3, VERSE 23, "NOW
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JOHN ALSO WAS BAPTIZING IN AENON
NEAR SALIM, BECAUSE THERE WAS
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MUCH WATER THERE." SO,
IF THE BIBLICAL METHOD OF
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BAPTIZING IS TO SPRINKLE
A LITTLE WATER, THEN WHY
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WOULD YOU NEED A
RIVER? YOU COULD BAPTIZE
00:14:39.34\00:14:43.14
WITH A CANTEEN. YOU
COULD DO IT IN THE CITY.
00:14:43.18\00:14:45.71
YOU COULD DO IT BY A WELL.
BUT IT SAYS THEY NEEDED A RIVER
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- THEY NEEDED A
RIVER WITH MUCH WATER.
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IN OTHER WORDS, DEEP ENOUGH
WHERE PEOPLE COULD BE IMMERSED.
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AND ALL THE PEOPLE CAME DOWN
TO THE RIVER TO BE BAPTIZED.
00:14:52.29\00:14:55.72
NOW SOME HAVE ASKED ME, 'WELL,
PASTOR DOUG, DOES IT HAVE TO BE
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FRESH WATER?' I THINK
YOU COULD PROBABLY POINT
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TO SOME CASES IN THE
BIBLE WHERE PEOPLE WERE BAPTIZED
00:15:00.80\00:15:02.83
IN THE OCEAN. THE
IDEA OF THE SYMBOL IS TO BE
00:15:02.86\00:15:05.37
IMMERSED, CONSECRATE YOUR LIFE
TO THE LORD, SAY 'THIS IS IT.
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I WANT TO MAKE A PUBLIC
DECLARATION OF MY SURRENDER TO
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JESUS.' AND YOU COME UP
TO WALK IN A NEWNESS OF LIFE.
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"THEREFORE WE ARE BURIED WITH
HIM BY BAPTISM INTO DEATH:" -
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SAME PRINCIPLE WE SAW EARLIER IN
COLOSSIANS - "THAT AS CHRIST WAS
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RAISED FROM THE DEAD BY THE
GLORY OF THE FATHER, EVEN SO WE
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ALSO SHOULD WALK
IN A NEWNESS OF LIFE."
00:15:27.99\00:15:31.29
BAPTISM
REPRESENTS A TURNING POINT.
00:15:31.33\00:15:34.10
SOME PEOPLE SAY, 'WELL, YOU
KNOW, I WANT TO GET BAPTIZED AND
00:15:34.10\00:15:37.10
EVENTUALLY I'M GOING TO, YOU
KNOW, STOP DOING SOME OF THE BAD
00:15:37.13\00:15:38.97
THINGS I'M DOING.' NO, JOHN
THE BAPTIST SAID, 'REPENT AND BE
00:15:39.00\00:15:42.90
BAPTIZED.' YOU REPENT AND YOU
TURN FROM THESE HABITUAL SINS
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BEFORE BAPTISM.
YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW MANY
00:15:47.08\00:15:50.01
PEOPLE COME TO ME AND SAY,
'PASTOR DOUG, I JUST THINK IF
00:15:50.05\00:15:51.91
YOU'D BAPTIZE ME I COULD
STOP, YOU KNOW, RUNNING AROUND,
00:15:51.95\00:15:54.58
MISBEHAVING, USING
DRUGS.' I SAY, 'NO, THAT'S
00:15:54.62\00:15:56.55
NOT HOW IT WORKS. YOU
COMMIT YOUR LIFE TO JESUS,
00:15:56.58\00:15:59.82
YOU TURN AWAY FROM SIN - YOU
REPENT OF YOUR SINS - AND THEN
00:15:59.85\00:16:03.73
YOU GET BAPTIZED.' PEOPLE CAME
TO JOHN THE BAPTIST, HE SAID,
00:16:03.76\00:16:06.33
'BEFORE YOU'RE BAPTIZED, BRING
FORTH FRUITS THAT ARE MEET FOR
00:16:06.36\00:16:09.30
REPENTANCE.' LET ME SEE IF I
COULD ILLUSTRATE IT THIS WAY:
00:16:09.33\00:16:12.63
LADIES OUT THERE, HOW WOULD YOU
THINK ABOUT A GUY WHO PROPOSED
00:16:12.67\00:16:18.01
TO YOU AND HE SAID, 'I
LOVE YOU. WOULD YOU MARRY ME?
00:16:18.04\00:16:22.58
I THINK IF WE COULD JUST GET
MARRIED, I'LL STOP DATING THE
00:16:22.61\00:16:24.68
OTHER GIRLS.' (LAUGHTER) AS
THOUGH THE WEDDING CEREMONY IS
00:16:24.71\00:16:30.82
GOING TO SUDDENLY
MAKE EVERYTHING OKAY.
00:16:30.85\00:16:34.46
NOW BAPTISM IS A CEREMONY, BUT
IT'S A CEREMONY THAT REPRESENTS
00:16:34.49\00:16:37.53
YOU HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT
THAT YOU LOVE JESUS, THAT YOU'RE
00:16:37.56\00:16:41.30
REPENTING OF YOUR SINS - YOU SEE
HE'S DIED FOR YOUR SIN AND YOU
00:16:41.33\00:16:44.40
WANT TO FOLLOW HIM. AMEN? AMEN.
00:16:44.43\00:16:46.87
AND SO, YOU SEE, THE CHANGES
SHOULD HAPPEN BEFORE BAPTISM,
00:16:46.90\00:16:50.74
BUT IT DOESN'T
MEAN EVERYTHING CHANGES.
00:16:50.77\00:16:53.07
IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S
STILL GROWTH THAT HAPPENS AFTER
00:16:53.11\00:16:55.94
BAPTISM. HOW MANY
OF YOU THAT ARE MARRIED
00:16:55.98\00:16:58.75
LEARNED SOME THINGS THAT YOU
DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT YOUR SPOUSE
00:16:58.78\00:17:03.05
BEFORE YOU GOT MARRIED?
HOW MANY OF YOU KNEW EVERYTHING
00:17:03.08\00:17:06.59
ABOUT THEM
BEFORE YOU GOT MARRIED?
00:17:06.62\00:17:08.66
I SAW ONE HAND. YOU
DIDN'T HEAR THE QUESTION.
00:17:08.69\00:17:10.96
(RAUCOUS LAUGHTER)
YOU'RE JUST BEING SUPPORTIVE.
00:17:10.99\00:17:14.30
(LAUGHTER) I THINK EVERYBODY
LEARNED SOMETHING NEW AFTERWARD,
00:17:14.30\00:17:19.07
AM I RIGHT? AND SO,
WE COMMIT OUR LIVES TO
00:17:19.10\00:17:21.94
JESUS - YOU'RE STILL
GOING TO GROW IN CHRIST.
00:17:21.97\00:17:23.71
YOU'RE GOING TO LEARN - YOU'LL
MAKE MISTAKES, BUT YOU WANT TO
00:17:23.74\00:17:26.81
HAVE YOUR LIFE COMMITTED.
YOU WANT TO TURN AWAY FROM THE
00:17:26.84\00:17:30.58
SINS THAT ARE DRAGGING YOU DOWN.
YOU DON'T WANT TO BE A CAPTIVE.
00:17:30.61\00:17:35.25
HOW IMPORTANT IS BAPTISM?
NOW THIS IS - THE REASON I'M
00:17:35.28\00:17:38.32
TALKING ABOUT THIS IS BECAUSE I
WANT TO PRIORITIZE, IN A SEMINAR
00:17:38.35\00:17:41.86
LIKE THIS, WHAT
JESUS WOULD PRIORITIZE.
00:17:41.89\00:17:44.99
CHRIST SAID, IN MARK 16:16 -
THIS IS PRETTY CLEAR - "HE THAT
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BELIEVETH AND IS BAPTIZED SHALL
BE SAVED; BUT HE THAT BELIEVETH
00:17:49.50\00:17:55.14
NOT SHALL BE DAMNED."
NOW, YOU NOTICE HE DOESN'T SAY,
00:17:55.17\00:17:57.67
'HE THAT BELIEVES NOT AND
IS NOT BAPTIZED.' WILL THERE BE
00:17:57.71\00:18:01.44
PEOPLE IN HEAVEN
THAT WERE NOT BAPTIZED?
00:18:01.48\00:18:03.38
YES. SURE.
00:18:03.41\00:18:05.38
THE THIEF ON THE CROSS WHO
DIED BY JESUS WHEN CHRIST WAS
00:18:05.41\00:18:07.85
CRUCIFIED, HE DIDN'T
HAVE TIME TO GET BAPTIZED.
00:18:07.88\00:18:11.99
SOMETIMES I GO TO HOSPITALS AND
I VISIT WITH PEOPLE AND TALK TO
00:18:12.02\00:18:14.36
THEM ABOUT THE LORD IN THE
CLOSING HOURS OF THEIR LIFE AND
00:18:14.39\00:18:17.69
THEY'RE ALL HOOKED
UP TO HOSPITAL MACHINES.
00:18:17.73\00:18:19.26
THEY ACCEPT JESUS - CAN THEY
BE SAVED OR DO I HAVE TO TRY AND
00:18:19.29\00:18:23.43
FIND A WAY TO GO IMMERSE THEM?
OF COURSE GOD'LL SAVE THEM.
00:18:23.47\00:18:26.47
I'VE BEEN IN PRISONS WHERE THEY
WILL NOT ALLOW A BAPTISM FOR A
00:18:26.50\00:18:29.74
PERSON ON DEATH ROW.
WILL BAPTISM BE AN OBSTACLE TO
00:18:29.77\00:18:33.98
THEIR SALVATION IF THEY
TOTALLY SURRENDER TO CHRIST?
00:18:34.01\00:18:36.44
NO. YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE CHRIST GOT BAPTIZED, NOT
00:18:36.48\00:18:39.98
FOR HIS SIN, BUT I THINK THAT,
IN THE SAME WAY JESUS DIED FOR
00:18:40.02\00:18:43.99
OUR SIN, FOR THOSE THAT
CAN'T BE BAPTIZED, THEY GET
00:18:44.02\00:18:46.52
CREDIT FOR HIS BAPTISM. AMEN.
00:18:46.55\00:18:48.39
BUT IF YOU CAN
BE, YOU SHOULD BE.
00:18:48.42\00:18:50.73
AMEN. WHY WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO?
00:18:50.76\00:18:52.83
AND, AGAIN, CHRIST SAID TO
NICODEMUS IN JOHN 3, VERSE 5,
00:18:52.86\00:18:56.77
"EXCEPT A MAN IS BORN OF WATER
AND OF THE SPIRIT, HE CANNOT
00:18:56.80\00:19:01.47
ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD."
00:19:01.50\00:19:03.24
DOESN'T THAT SOUND
LIKE A PRIORITY TO YOU?
00:19:03.27\00:19:05.84
AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO JESUS
OUGHT TO BE IMPORTANT TO US.
00:19:05.87\00:19:09.71
NOW, YOU NEED BOTH BIRTHS
IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE SAVED.
00:19:09.74\00:19:13.05
UNLESS YOU'RE BORN OF THE WATER
AND BORN OF THE SPIRIT - AND
00:19:13.08\00:19:15.58
THERE ARE SOME CHURCHES THAT
ONLY EMPHASIZE WATER BAPTISM -
00:19:15.62\00:19:18.85
BUT CHRIST SAID YOU
NEED SPIRIT BAPTISM.
00:19:18.89\00:19:20.89
THEY COME TOGETHER.
PETER SAID, 'REPENT, EVERY ONE
00:19:20.92\00:19:25.59
OF YOU, AND BE BAPTIZED IN THE
NAME OF THE LORD JESUS AND YOU
00:19:25.63\00:19:28.80
SHALL RECEIVE THE
GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:19:28.83\00:19:31.73
NOW, IT MAY COME AT DIFFERENT
TIMES, BUT DOESN'T THE BAPTISM
00:19:31.77\00:19:35.77
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
REPLACE BAPTISM BY IMMERSION?
00:19:35.80\00:19:40.28
NO, THEY WEREN'T MEANT TO
REPLACE - THEY GO TOGETHER.
00:19:40.31\00:19:43.35
AND PETER SAID TO THEM, AND
I THINK I QUOTED THIS TO YOU
00:19:43.38\00:19:46.85
EARLIER IN ACTS CHAPTER 2, VERSE
38, "REPENT AND BE BAPTIZED
00:19:46.88\00:19:51.22
EVERY ONE OF YOU IN THE NAME OF
JESUS CHRIST FOR THE REMISSION
00:19:51.25\00:19:55.26
OF SINS, AND YE SHALL RECEIVE
THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST."
00:19:55.29\00:19:59.29
PETER PUTS THEM
TOGETHER, DOESN'T HE?
00:19:59.33\00:20:01.50
BE BAPTIZED AND - FOR THE
REMISSION OF SIN - YOU'LL BE
00:20:01.53\00:20:04.97
FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT.
NOW WE NEED BOTH BAPTISMS - YOU
00:20:05.00\00:20:08.54
NEED TO BE BORN OF THE
WATER, BORN OF THE SPIRIT.
00:20:08.57\00:20:10.71
YOU HAVE AN EXAMPLE IN THE
BIBLE WHERE THE DISCIPLES WERE
00:20:10.74\00:20:13.58
BAPTIZED BY WATER FIRST - JOHN
THE BAPTIST - PENTECOST, THEY'RE
00:20:13.61\00:20:17.38
BAPTIZED BY THE SPIRIT.
THEN YOU'VE GOT THE STORY IN
00:20:17.41\00:20:20.25
ACTS CHAPTER 10 WHERE CORNELIUS,
THIS ROMAN CENTURION AND HIS
00:20:20.28\00:20:23.65
FAMILY, THEY'RE
BAPTIZED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:20:23.69\00:20:26.55
AND YOU KNOW WHAT
PETER SAYS RIGHT AWAY?
00:20:26.59\00:20:27.99
'WOW, YOU GUYS ARE GETTING
THE CART AHEAD OF THE HORSE.
00:20:28.02\00:20:29.99
YOU'VE GOT TO GET BAPTIZED IN
WATER NOW.' HE DIDN'T SAY, 'OH,
00:20:30.03\00:20:34.03
YOU'VE BEEN BAPTIZED BY THE
SPIRIT, WHO NEEDS THE WATER?'
00:20:34.10\00:20:36.16
PETER SAID, 'NOW YOU NEED WATER
BAPTISM.' SO, YOU NEEDED BOTH.
00:20:36.20\00:20:40.34
YOU NEEDED THE BAPTISM OF GOD
AND THE BAPTISM OF YOUR CHOICE
00:20:40.37\00:20:44.67
AND YOUR SURRENDER. AND
SO, BOTH BAPTISMS ARE STILL
00:20:44.71\00:20:48.34
VERY IMPORTANT,
ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE.
00:20:48.38\00:20:51.35
ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE, WHAT
MUST A PERSON DO BEFORE HE OR
00:20:51.38\00:20:55.48
SHE IS BAPTIZED?
THERE'S SOME BIBLICAL CRITERIA.
00:20:55.52\00:20:59.85
WELL, FOR ONE THING, YOU NEED
TO UNDERSTAND THE TEACHINGS OF
00:20:59.89\00:21:03.16
JESUS. NOW, AS I
MENTIONED, IT DOESN'T
00:21:03.19\00:21:05.46
MEAN YOU UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING.
JESUS SAID, 'GO, THEREFORE,
00:21:05.49\00:21:09.26
TEACH ALL NATIONS, BAPTIZING.'
BEFORE BAPTISM, THERE SHOULD
00:21:09.30\00:21:13.23
BE SOME FOUNDATIONAL TEACHING
WHERE A PERSON UNDERSTANDS THE
00:21:13.27\00:21:17.61
BASICS AND MOST CHURCHES
HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME - EVEN THE
00:21:17.64\00:21:22.88
CATHOLICS HAVE A CATECHISM
- THERE'S A TEACHING CLASS.
00:21:22.91\00:21:26.05
THERE'S - SOME HAVE A BAPTISMAL
CLASS WHERE YOU GO THROUGH THE
00:21:26.08\00:21:30.69
FOUNDATIONAL TEACHINGS - YOU
SHOULD UNDERSTAND THE PLACE OF
00:21:30.72\00:21:33.09
THE BIBLE, THE GODHEAD, THE
COMING OF THE LORD, WHAT THE
00:21:33.12\00:21:36.46
CHRISTIAN LIFE MEANS - AND
BE WILLING TO SAY, YES TO THOSE
00:21:36.49\00:21:39.73
THINGS. YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND
EVERYTHING AND THERE'S MORE
00:21:39.76\00:21:42.66
TEACHING THAT COMES LATER,
BUT YOU'RE SAYING 'YES' TO THE
00:21:42.70\00:21:45.33
PRINCIPLE
TEACHINGS OF THE GOSPEL.
00:21:45.37\00:21:47.90
SECONDARILY, YOU NEED TO NOT
ONLY UNDERSTAND THEM, YOU NEED
00:21:47.94\00:21:50.74
TO BELIEVE THEM. NOW
THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
00:21:50.77\00:21:53.31
BELIEVE MEANS, OF COURSE,
YOU ACCEPT WITH YOUR HEART, BUT
00:21:53.34\00:21:57.28
'BELIEVE' MEANS 'BE LIVE'.
A LOT OF PEOPLE MISUNDERSTAND
00:21:57.31\00:22:02.78
THE WORD
'BELIEVE'. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
00:22:02.82\00:22:05.99
DEVILS BELIEVE. THE
DEVILS KNOW THAT JESUS IS
00:22:06.02\00:22:09.49
REAL AND THE DEVILS KNOW
THAT HE DIED FOR YOUR SIN.
00:22:09.52\00:22:11.83
THE DEVIL EVEN
KNOWS HE LOVES YOU.
00:22:11.86\00:22:13.16
IT WON'T SAVE HIM. THE
DEVIL KNOWS GOD IS LOVE.
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IT'S NOT GOING TO SAVE HIM, IT'S
JUST A CEREBRAL KNOWLEDGE - IT'S
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A FACT. BELIEVE MEANS TO 'BE
LIVE'. GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD HE
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GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON THAT
WHOEVER 'BE LIVES' IN HIM WILL
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NOT PERISH BUT
HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.
00:22:32.05\00:22:35.28
THAT MEANS 'A WILLINGNESS
TO, NOT ONLY SAY, 'I THINK IT'S
00:22:35.32\00:22:37.79
TRUE,' BUT A
WILLINGNESS TO FOLLOW.
00:22:37.82\00:22:40.26
SO, IF PEOPLE SAY, 'LORD, LORD,
I BELIEVE YOU'RE THE LORD.' AND
00:22:40.29\00:22:42.72
THEY DON'T DO HIS WILL,
THEY'RE NOT BELIEVING IN HIM.
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WHEN JESUS SAYS, 'COME TO ME.'
AND YOU SAY, 'I'M COMING, LORD.'
00:22:46.16\00:22:49.90
BUT YOU DON'T - CHRIST
TOLD THE PARABLE ABOUT THAT.
00:22:49.93\00:22:52.13
HE SAID, 'WHICH OF THEM
DID THE WILL OF HIS FATHER?'
00:22:52.17\00:22:55.80
AND SO, HE WANTS US TO FOLLOW.
SO BELIEVE IN HIS TEACHINGS.
00:22:55.84\00:22:58.84
YOU REMEMBER THE STORY WHERE
PHILIP BAPTIZED THE ETHIOPIAN
00:22:58.87\00:23:02.58
TREASURER AND HE SAID, 'HERE'S
WATER, CAN I GET BAPTIZED?'
00:23:02.61\00:23:07.05
YOU KNOW WHAT PHILIP SAID?
00:23:07.08\00:23:08.68
'IF YOU BELIEVE WITH ALL YOUR
HEART, YOU MAY.' AND THEN YOU'VE
00:23:08.72\00:23:11.69
GOT THE STORY OF
THIS PHILIPPIAN JAILER.
00:23:11.72\00:23:14.59
THERE'S AN EARTHQUAKE.
PAUL AND SILAS ARE IN PRISON.
00:23:14.62\00:23:17.66
THIS EARTHQUAKE OPENS ALL
THE PRISON DOORS AND THE JAILER,
00:23:17.69\00:23:20.10
HE'S READY TO KILL HIMSELF AND
PAUL SAYS, 'DON'T HURT YOURSELF.
00:23:20.13\00:23:23.67
WE'RE ALL HERE.' - AND HE'S THE
ONE WHO'S JUST WHIPPED PAUL AND
00:23:23.70\00:23:27.27
SILAS AND PUT
THEM IN THE STOCKS.
00:23:27.30\00:23:29.40
THEY FORGIVE HIM AND HE'S SO
MOVED BY THE POWER OF THE ANGEL
00:23:29.44\00:23:32.54
THAT OPENED THE DOORS, HE TAKES
THEM INTO HIS HOUSE, HE WASHES
00:23:32.57\00:23:34.48
THEIR WOUNDS, THEY PREACH TO HIM
- HE SAID, 'WHAT MUST I DO TO BE
00:23:34.51\00:23:37.55
SAVED?' THEY
SAID, 'BELIEVE IN THE
00:23:37.58\00:23:39.98
LORD JESUS CHRIST.' AMEN.
00:23:40.02\00:23:41.52
NOW WHAT DO YOU
THINK THEY MEANT BY THAT?
00:23:41.55\00:23:43.39
BELIEVE THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS.
BE WILLING TO FOLLOW CHRIST.
00:23:43.42\00:23:47.32
THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS.
THERE'S A LOT OF CHEAP PREACHING
00:23:47.36\00:23:50.53
ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS
TO BELIEVE THESE DAYS.
00:23:50.56\00:23:54.13
BELIEVING MEANS - JOHN THE
BAPTIST SAID TO REPENT - IF YOU
00:23:54.20\00:23:58.90
BELIEVE AND YOU REPENT - WHOEVER
CONFESSES AND FORSAKES HIS SIN
00:23:58.93\00:24:02.20
WILL HAVE MERCY. IT
MEANS BEING WILLING TO TURN.
00:24:02.24\00:24:04.67
REPENTANCE IS A
U-TURN ON THE ROAD OF LIFE.
00:24:04.71\00:24:07.21
THAT MEANS 'YOU TURN'
- YOU CHANGE DIRECTIONS.
00:24:07.24\00:24:10.05
AGREE TO TURN
FROM A LIFE OF SIN.
00:24:10.08\00:24:13.21
OF COURSE, I
JUST REFERENCED THAT.
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ROMANS 6, VERSES 5 AND 6 - LUKE
3, VERSE 7 - JOHN THE BAPTIST -
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YOU KNOW THE FIRST THING JOHN
SAID WHEN HE STARTED PREACHING?
00:24:19.25\00:24:21.89
FIRST WORD, 'REPENT.' WHAT
WAS THE FIRST WORD OUT OF JESUS'
00:24:21.92\00:24:26.93
MOUTH WHEN HE STARTED PREACHING?
00:24:26.96\00:24:28.90
'REPENT.' IT SAYS, 'AT THAT
TIME, CHRIST BEGAN TO PREACH
00:24:28.93\00:24:31.87
SAYING, 'REPENT, FOR THE KINGDOM
OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND.' HOW OFTEN
00:24:31.90\00:24:35.74
DO WE HEAR GOOD
MESSAGES ON REPENTANCE?
00:24:35.77\00:24:39.81
THAT MEANS YOU LOOK AT THE
CROSS, YOU SEE JESUS IS THERE
00:24:39.84\00:24:43.14
FOR YOUR SINS AND IT
HURTS YOU AND YOU'RE SORRY.
00:24:43.18\00:24:46.48
SO MANY MESSAGES TODAY
ARE JUST ALL FEEL GOOD.
00:24:46.51\00:24:49.58
IT'S ALL POSITIVE THINKING.
BUT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE YOU CAN
00:24:49.62\00:24:52.09
REALLY FEEL GOOD
YOU'VE GOT TO FEEL BAD.
00:24:52.12\00:24:54.32
THE BIBLE SAYS, 'HUMBLE YOURSELF
IN THE SIGHT OF GOD AND HE WILL
00:24:54.36\00:24:58.33
LIFT YOU UP.' BUT, BEFORE
HE LIFTS YOU UP, YOU'VE GOT TO
00:24:58.36\00:25:00.86
ADMIT YOUR SIN. AMEN.
00:25:00.90\00:25:02.86
CONFESS YOUR SIN.
TURN FROM YOUR SIN.
00:25:02.90\00:25:04.63
GOD CAN'T SAVE YOU FROM YOUR SIN
UNTIL YOU ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR SIN.
00:25:04.67\00:25:08.27
AND, IF YOU SAY,
'LORD, I CAN'T CHANGE.
00:25:08.30\00:25:10.44
YOU'VE GOT TO HELP ME -
I'M HELPLESS.' THAT'S WHEN YOU
00:25:10.47\00:25:12.44
REALLY BEGIN TO GET A NEW
BEGINNING - IS WHEN YOU REALIZE
00:25:12.47\00:25:15.28
YOUR HELPLESSNESS.
MARTIN LUTHER USED TO SAY, 'GOD
00:25:15.31\00:25:18.68
CREATES FROM NOTHING, SO UNTIL
YOU BECOME NOTHING, HE CAN DO
00:25:18.71\00:25:22.12
NOTHING WITH YOU.' AMEN.
00:25:22.15\00:25:24.09
UNTIL YOU REALIZE HOW HELPLESS
YOU ARE AND YOU FALL, BROKEN,
00:25:24.12\00:25:27.26
LIKE PETER AND YOU WEEP - PETER
WENT OUT AND WEPT BITTERLY AFTER
00:25:27.29\00:25:30.86
HE DENIED CHRIST.
THAT'S WHEN HE WAS A BROKEN MAN
00:25:30.89\00:25:33.23
AND THAT'S WHEN
HE WAS SPIRIT FILLED.
00:25:33.26\00:25:35.20
YOU COME TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU
REALIZE HOW WEAK YOU ARE, THAT
00:25:35.23\00:25:37.53
YOU CAN'T CHANGE
WITHOUT GOD'S HELP.
00:25:37.57\00:25:39.47
SO THAT'S WHAT IT
MEANS. BE WILLING TO REPENT.
00:25:39.50\00:25:42.74
DON'T GET BAPTIZED IF
YOU'RE NOT SORRY FOR YOUR SIN.
00:25:42.77\00:25:46.64
REPENT OF PAST SINS - AND
THAT WOULD INVOLVE CONFESSION.
00:25:46.68\00:25:49.91
HOW MANY REMEMBER
EVERY SIN THEY'VE COMMITTED?
00:25:49.94\00:25:54.25
THAT'S RIGHT - DO YOU HAVE TO
REPENT OF ALL OF THEM BY NAME?
00:25:54.28\00:25:59.22
WE'RE IN TROUBLE. BUT YOU
COULD START WITH CATEGORIES.
00:25:59.25\00:26:03.79
GOD EVEN GIVES YOU
AN OUTLINE IN THE BIBLE.
00:26:03.83\00:26:05.89
YOU CAN CALL ON THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS AND JUST LOOK AT
00:26:05.93\00:26:08.93
THEM AND GO THROUGH THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS AND SAY, 'LORD, I'M
00:26:08.96\00:26:11.83
SORRY FOR MY SINS. I HAVE BROKEN
THESE COMMANDMENTS. AND SAY -
00:26:11.87\00:26:17.01
PRAY THAT PRAYER OF
DAVID, 'LORD, SEARCH ME. TRY ME.
00:26:17.04\00:26:19.41
SEE IF THERE'S ANY WICKED
WAY IN ME AND LEAD ME IN THE WAY
00:26:19.44\00:26:22.34
EVERLASTING.' ASK HIM TO REVEAL
TO YOU WHERE YOU MAY NEED TO
00:26:22.38\00:26:25.71
MAKE A CHANGE, AND ACCEPT
CHRIST AS YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR.
00:26:25.75\00:26:29.92
HE'S NOT JUST THE SAVIOR OF
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00:26:29.95\00:26:33.15
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