OF THE AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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DOUG BATCHELOR: 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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DOUG: 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
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DOUG: ONE LORD,
ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM.
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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
00:12:00.98\00:12:04.02
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
00:12:17.43\00:12:22.10
ALSO YE ARE RISEN WITH
HIM THROUGH THE FAITH OF THE
00:12:22.14\00:12:24.91
OPERATION OF GOD, WHO
HATH RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD."
00:12:24.94\00:12:28.48
SO, IT'S A SYMBOL OF A DEATH,
A BURIAL, AND A RESURRECTION.
00:12:28.51\00:12:32.71
HOW WAS JESUS, WHO IS OUR
EXAMPLE - HOW WAS HE BAPTIZED?
00:12:32.75\00:12:36.65
NOW, A CHRISTIAN'S
A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST.
00:12:36.69\00:12:38.32
YOU MIGHT WANT TO ASK
THE QUESTION: WHY WAS JESUS
00:12:38.35\00:12:40.82
BAPTIZED? WAS IT FOR HIS SIN?
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NO. NO, HE WAS BAPTIZED
00:12:43.76\00:12:46.23
AS AN EXAMPLE FOR
US. I'LL SAY MORE ABOUT
00:12:46.26\00:12:48.50
THAT IN A MINUTE.
HOW WAS HE BAPTIZED?
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THIS WAS THE SEVENTH
MIRACLE IN THE JORDAN.
00:12:52.23\00:12:55.87
"JESUS CAME...AND WAS BAPTIZED
OF JOHN IN THE JORDAN RIVER."
00:12:55.90\00:13:00.48
AND THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT
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THEY NEEDED A RIVER.
00:13:02.88\00:13:04.51
NOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT
METHODS OF BAPTIZING TODAY.
00:13:04.55\00:13:07.08
SOMETIMES THEY SPRINKLE A LITTLE
WATER, THEY POUR - SOME PEOPLE
00:13:07.12\00:13:10.72
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.
00:13:18.46\00:13:20.23
THAT'S THE
DRY-CLEANING METHOD, EVIDENTLY.
00:13:20.26\00:13:22.40
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
00:13:24.90\00:13:27.97
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.
00:13:51.53\00:13:55.76
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
00:14:04.21\00:14:07.08
YEARS, BUT HE WAS ANOINTED WITH
THE HOLY SPIRIT AT HIS BAPTISM.
00:14:07.11\00:14:11.21
THE METHOD WAS IMMERSION.
THAT MEANS HE WENT DOWN UNDER
00:14:11.25\00:14:14.85
THE WATER - IT SYMBOLIZED A
WASHING, A DEATH - BECAUSE YOU
00:14:14.88\00:14:18.85
HOLD YOUR BREATH - AND THEN
WALKING IN A NEWNESS OF LIFE.
00:14:18.89\00:14:23.09
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
00:14:27.93\00:14:31.90
MUCH WATER THERE." SO,
IF THE BIBLICAL METHOD OF
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BAPTIZING IS TO SPRINKLE
A LITTLE WATER, THEN WHY
00:14:35.20\00:14:38.87
WOULD YOU NEED A
RIVER? YOU COULD BAPTIZE
00:14:38.91\00:14:42.71
WITH A CANTEEN. YOU
COULD DO IT IN THE CITY.
00:14:42.74\00:14:45.28
YOU COULD DO IT BY A WELL.
BUT IT SAYS THEY NEEDED A RIVER
00:14:45.31\00:14:47.85
- THEY NEEDED A
RIVER WITH MUCH WATER.
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IN OTHER WORDS, DEEP ENOUGH
WHERE PEOPLE COULD BE IMMERSED.
00:14:49.48\00:14:51.82
AND ALL THE PEOPLE CAME DOWN
TO THE RIVER TO BE BAPTIZED.
00:14:51.85\00:14:55.29
NOW SOME HAVE ASKED ME, 'WELL,
PASTOR DOUG, DOES IT HAVE TO BE
00:14:55.32\00:14:57.79
FRESH WATER?' I THINK
YOU COULD PROBABLY POINT
00:14:57.83\00:15:00.33
TO SOME CASES IN THE
BIBLE WHERE PEOPLE WERE BAPTIZED
00:15:00.36\00:15:02.40
IN THE OCEAN. THE
IDEA OF THE SYMBOL IS TO BE
00:15:02.43\00:15:04.93
IMMERSED, CONSECRATE YOUR LIFE
TO THE LORD, SAY 'THIS IS IT.
00:15:04.97\00:15:08.80
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.
00:15:11.34\00:15:14.98
"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
00:15:19.75\00:15:23.25
RAISED FROM THE DEAD BY THE
GLORY OF THE FATHER, EVEN SO WE
00:15:23.28\00:15:27.52
ALSO SHOULD WALK
IN A NEWNESS OF LIFE."
00:15:27.56\00:15:30.86
BAPTISM
REPRESENTS A TURNING POINT.
00:15:30.89\00:15:33.66
SOME PEOPLE SAY, 'WELL, YOU
KNOW, I WANT TO GET BAPTIZED AND
00:15:33.70\00:15:36.67
EVENTUALLY I'M GOING TO, YOU
KNOW, STOP DOING SOME OF THE BAD
00:15:36.70\00:15:38.53
THINGS I'M DOING.' NO, JOHN
THE BAPTIST SAID, 'REPENT AND BE
00:15:38.57\00:15:42.47
BAPTIZED.' YOU REPENT AND YOU
TURN FROM THESE HABITUAL SINS
00:15:42.50\00:15:46.61
BEFORE BAPTISM.
YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW MANY
00:15:46.64\00:15:49.58
PEOPLE COME TO ME AND SAY,
'PASTOR DOUG, I JUST THINK IF
00:15:49.61\00:15:51.48
YOU'D BAPTIZE ME I COULD
STOP, YOU KNOW, RUNNING AROUND,
00:15:51.51\00:15:54.15
MISBEHAVING, USING
DRUGS.' I SAY, 'NO, THAT'S
00:15:54.18\00:15:56.12
NOT HOW IT WORKS. YOU
COMMIT YOUR LIFE TO JESUS,
00:15:56.15\00:15:59.39
YOU TURN AWAY FROM SIN - YOU
REPENT OF YOUR SINS - AND THEN
00:15:59.42\00:16:03.29
YOU GET BAPTIZED.' PEOPLE CAME
TO JOHN THE BAPTIST, HE SAID,
00:16:03.32\00:16:05.89
'BEFORE YOU'RE BAPTIZED, BRING
FORTH FRUITS THAT ARE MEET FOR
00:16:05.93\00:16:08.86
REPENTANCE.' LET ME SEE IF I
COULD ILLUSTRATE IT THIS WAY:
00:16:08.90\00:16:12.20
LADIES OUT THERE, HOW WOULD YOU
THINK ABOUT A GUY WHO PROPOSED
00:16:12.23\00:16:17.57
TO YOU AND HE SAID, 'I
LOVE YOU. WOULD YOU MARRY ME?
00:16:17.61\00:16:22.14
I THINK IF WE COULD JUST GET
MARRIED, I'LL STOP DATING THE
00:16:22.18\00:16:24.25
OTHER GIRLS.' (LAUGHTER) AS
THOUGH THE WEDDING CEREMONY IS
00:16:24.28\00:16:30.39
GOING TO SUDDENLY
MAKE EVERYTHING OKAY.
00:16:30.42\00:16:34.02
NOW BAPTISM IS A CEREMONY, BUT
IT'S A CEREMONY THAT REPRESENTS
00:16:34.06\00:16:37.09
YOU HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT
THAT YOU LOVE JESUS, THAT YOU'RE
00:16:37.13\00:16:40.90
REPENTING OF YOUR SINS - YOU SEE
HE'S DIED FOR YOUR SIN AND YOU
00:16:40.93\00:16:43.97
WANT TO FOLLOW HIM. AMEN? AMEN.
00:16:44.00\00:16:46.43
AND SO, YOU SEE, THE CHANGES
SHOULD HAPPEN BEFORE BAPTISM,
00:16:46.47\00:16:50.31
BUT IT DOESN'T
MEAN EVERYTHING CHANGES.
00:16:50.34\00:16:52.64
IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S
STILL GROWTH THAT HAPPENS AFTER
00:16:52.67\00:16:55.51
BAPTISM. HOW MANY
OF YOU THAT ARE MARRIED
00:16:55.54\00:16:58.31
LEARNED SOME THINGS THAT YOU
DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT YOUR SPOUSE
00:16:58.35\00:17:02.62
BEFORE YOU GOT MARRIED?
HOW MANY OF YOU KNEW EVERYTHING
00:17:02.65\00:17:06.15
ABOUT THEM
BEFORE YOU GOT MARRIED?
00:17:06.19\00:17:08.22
I SAW ONE HAND. YOU
DIDN'T HEAR THE QUESTION.
00:17:08.26\00:17:10.53
(RAUCOUS LAUGHTER)
YOU'RE JUST BEING SUPPORTIVE.
00:17:10.56\00:17:13.86
(LAUGHTER) I THINK EVERYBODY
LEARNED SOMETHING NEW AFTERWARD,
00:17:13.90\00:17:18.63
AM I RIGHT? AND SO,
WE COMMIT OUR LIVES TO
00:17:18.67\00:17:21.50
JESUS - YOU'RE STILL
GOING TO GROW IN CHRIST.
00:17:21.54\00:17:23.27
YOU'RE GOING TO LEARN - YOU'LL
MAKE MISTAKES, BUT YOU WANT TO
00:17:23.30\00:17:26.37
HAVE YOUR LIFE COMMITTED.
YOU WANT TO TURN AWAY FROM THE
00:17:26.41\00:17:30.15
SINS THAT ARE DRAGGING YOU DOWN.
YOU DON'T WANT TO BE A CAPTIVE.
00:17:30.18\00:17:34.82
HOW IMPORTANT IS BAPTISM?
NOW THIS IS - THE REASON I'M
00:17:34.85\00:17:37.89
TALKING ABOUT THIS IS BECAUSE I
WANT TO PRIORITIZE, IN A SEMINAR
00:17:37.92\00:17:41.42
LIKE THIS, WHAT
JESUS WOULD PRIORITIZE.
00:17:41.46\00:17:44.56
CHRIST SAID, IN MARK 16:16 -
THIS IS PRETTY CLEAR - "HE THAT
00:17:44.59\00:17:49.03
BELIEVETH AND IS BAPTIZED SHALL
BE SAVED; BUT HE THAT BELIEVETH
00:17:49.06\00:17:54.70
NOT SHALL BE DAMNED."
NOW, YOU NOTICE HE DOESN'T SAY,
00:17:54.74\00:17:57.24
'HE THAT BELIEVES NOT AND
IS NOT BAPTIZED.' WILL THERE BE
00:17:57.27\00:18:01.01
PEOPLE IN HEAVEN
THAT WERE NOT BAPTIZED?
00:18:01.04\00:18:02.94
YES. SURE.
00:18:02.98\00:18:04.95
THE THIEF ON THE CROSS WHO
DIED BY JESUS WHEN CHRIST WAS
00:18:04.98\00:18:07.42
CRUCIFIED, HE DIDN'T
HAVE TIME TO GET BAPTIZED.
00:18:07.45\00:18:11.55
SOMETIMES I GO TO HOSPITALS AND
I VISIT WITH PEOPLE AND TALK TO
00:18:11.59\00:18:13.92
THEM ABOUT THE LORD IN THE
CLOSING HOURS OF THEIR LIFE AND
00:18:13.96\00:18:17.26
THEY'RE ALL HOOKED
UP TO HOSPITAL MACHINES.
00:18:17.29\00:18:18.83
THEY ACCEPT JESUS - CAN THEY
BE SAVED OR DO I HAVE TO TRY AND
00:18:18.86\00:18:23.00
FIND A WAY TO GO IMMERSE THEM?
OF COURSE GOD'LL SAVE THEM.
00:18:23.03\00:18:26.03
I'VE BEEN IN PRISONS WHERE THEY
WILL NOT ALLOW A BAPTISM FOR A
00:18:26.07\00:18:29.30
PERSON ON DEATH ROW.
WILL BAPTISM BE AN OBSTACLE TO
00:18:29.34\00:18:33.54
THEIR SALVATION IF THEY
TOTALLY SURRENDER TO CHRIST?
00:18:33.58\00:18:36.01
NO. YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE CHRIST GOT BAPTIZED, NOT
00:18:36.04\00:18:39.55
FOR HIS SIN, BUT I THINK THAT,
IN THE SAME WAY JESUS DIED FOR
00:18:39.58\00:18:43.55
OUR SIN, FOR THOSE THAT
CAN'T BE BAPTIZED, THEY GET
00:18:43.59\00:18:46.09
CREDIT FOR HIS BAPTISM. AMEN.
00:18:46.12\00:18:47.96
BUT IF YOU CAN
BE, YOU SHOULD BE.
00:18:47.99\00:18:50.29
AMEN. WHY WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO?
00:18:50.33\00:18:52.39
AND, AGAIN, CHRIST SAID TO
NICODEMUS IN JOHN 3, VERSE 5,
00:18:52.43\00:18:56.33
"EXCEPT A MAN IS BORN OF WATER
AND OF THE SPIRIT, HE CANNOT
00:18:56.36\00:19:01.04
ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD."
00:19:01.07\00:19:02.80
DOESN'T THAT SOUND
LIKE A PRIORITY TO YOU?
00:19:02.84\00:19:05.41
AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO JESUS
OUGHT TO BE IMPORTANT TO US.
00:19:05.44\00:19:09.28
NOW, YOU NEED BOTH BIRTHS
IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE SAVED.
00:19:09.31\00:19:12.61
UNLESS YOU'RE BORN OF THE WATER
AND BORN OF THE SPIRIT - AND
00:19:12.65\00:19:15.15
THERE ARE SOME CHURCHES THAT
ONLY EMPHASIZE WATER BAPTISM -
00:19:15.18\00:19:18.42
BUT CHRIST SAID YOU
NEED SPIRIT BAPTISM.
00:19:18.45\00:19:20.46
THEY COME TOGETHER.
PETER SAID, 'REPENT, EVERY ONE
00:19:20.49\00:19:25.16
OF YOU, AND BE BAPTIZED IN THE
NAME OF THE LORD JESUS AND YOU
00:19:25.19\00:19:28.36
SHALL RECEIVE THE
GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:19:28.40\00:19:31.30
NOW, IT MAY COME AT DIFFERENT
TIMES, BUT DOESN'T THE BAPTISM
00:19:31.33\00:19:35.34
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
REPLACE BAPTISM BY IMMERSION?
00:19:35.37\00:19:39.84
NO, THEY WEREN'T MEANT TO
REPLACE - THEY GO TOGETHER.
00:19:39.87\00:19:42.91
AND PETER SAID TO THEM, AND
I THINK I QUOTED THIS TO YOU
00:19:42.94\00:19:46.41
EARLIER IN ACTS CHAPTER 2, VERSE
38, "REPENT AND BE BAPTIZED
00:19:46.45\00:19:50.79
EVERY ONE OF YOU IN THE NAME OF
JESUS CHRIST FOR THE REMISSION
00:19:50.82\00:19:54.82
OF SINS, AND YE SHALL RECEIVE
THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST."
00:19:54.86\00:19:58.86
PETER PUTS THEM
TOGETHER, DOESN'T HE?
00:19:58.89\00:20:01.06
BE BAPTIZED AND - FOR THE
REMISSION OF SIN - YOU'LL BE
00:20:01.10\00:20:04.53
FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT.
NOW WE NEED BOTH BAPTISMS - YOU
00:20:04.57\00:20:08.10
NEED TO BE BORN OF THE
WATER, BORN OF THE SPIRIT.
00:20:08.14\00:20:10.27
YOU HAVE AN EXAMPLE IN THE
BIBLE WHERE THE DISCIPLES WERE
00:20:10.31\00:20:13.14
BAPTIZED BY WATER FIRST - JOHN
THE BAPTIST - PENTECOST, THEY'RE
00:20:13.17\00:20:16.95
BAPTIZED BY THE SPIRIT.
THEN YOU'VE GOT THE STORY IN
00:20:16.98\00:20:19.81
ACTS CHAPTER 10 WHERE CORNELIUS,
THIS ROMAN CENTURION AND HIS
00:20:19.85\00:20:23.22
FAMILY, THEY'RE
BAPTIZED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:20:23.25\00:20:26.12
AND YOU KNOW WHAT
PETER SAYS RIGHT AWAY?
00:20:26.15\00:20:27.56
'WOW, YOU GUYS ARE GETTING
THE CART AHEAD OF THE HORSE.
00:20:27.59\00:20:29.56
YOU'VE GOT TO GET BAPTIZED IN
WATER NOW.' HE DIDN'T SAY, 'OH,
00:20:29.59\00:20:33.63
YOU'VE BEEN BAPTIZED BY THE
SPIRIT, WHO NEEDS THE WATER?'
00:20:33.66\00:20:35.73
PETER SAID, 'NOW YOU NEED WATER
BAPTISM.' SO, YOU NEEDED BOTH.
00:20:35.76\00:20:39.90
YOU NEEDED THE BAPTISM OF GOD
AND THE BAPTISM OF YOUR CHOICE
00:20:39.93\00:20:44.24
AND YOUR SURRENDER. AND
SO, BOTH BAPTISMS ARE STILL
00:20:44.27\00:20:47.91
VERY IMPORTANT,
ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE.
00:20:47.94\00:20:50.91
ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE, WHAT
MUST A PERSON DO BEFORE HE OR
00:20:50.95\00:20:55.05
SHE IS BAPTIZED?
THERE'S SOME BIBLICAL CRITERIA.
00:20:55.08\00:20:59.42
WELL, FOR ONE THING, YOU NEED
TO UNDERSTAND THE TEACHINGS OF
00:20:59.45\00:21:02.72
JESUS. NOW, AS I
MENTIONED, IT DOESN'T
00:21:02.76\00:21:05.03
MEAN YOU UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING.
JESUS SAID, 'GO, THEREFORE,
00:21:05.06\00:21:08.83
TEACH ALL NATIONS, BAPTIZING.'
BEFORE BAPTISM, THERE SHOULD
00:21:08.86\00:21:12.80
BE SOME FOUNDATIONAL TEACHING
WHERE A PERSON UNDERSTANDS THE
00:21:12.83\00:21:17.17
BASICS AND MOST CHURCHES
HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME - EVEN THE
00:21:17.21\00:21:22.44
CATHOLICS HAVE A CATECHISM
- THERE'S A TEACHING CLASS.
00:21:22.48\00:21:25.61
THERE'S - SOME HAVE A BAPTISMAL
CLASS WHERE YOU GO THROUGH THE
00:21:25.65\00:21:30.25
FOUNDATIONAL TEACHINGS - YOU
SHOULD UNDERSTAND THE PLACE OF
00:21:30.29\00:21:32.65
THE BIBLE, THE GODHEAD, THE
COMING OF THE LORD, WHAT THE
00:21:32.69\00:21:36.02
CHRISTIAN LIFE MEANS - AND
BE WILLING TO SAY, YES TO THOSE
00:21:36.06\00:21:39.29
THINGS. YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND
EVERYTHING AND THERE'S MORE
00:21:39.33\00:21:42.23
TEACHING THAT COMES LATER,
BUT YOU'RE SAYING 'YES' TO THE
00:21:42.26\00:21:44.90
PRINCIPLE
TEACHINGS OF THE GOSPEL.
00:21:44.93\00:21:47.47
SECONDARILY, YOU NEED TO NOT
ONLY UNDERSTAND THEM, YOU NEED
00:21:47.50\00:21:50.31
TO BELIEVE THEM. NOW
THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
00:21:50.34\00:21:52.87
BELIEVE MEANS, OF COURSE,
YOU ACCEPT WITH YOUR HEART, BUT
00:21:52.91\00:21:56.85
'BELIEVE' MEANS 'BE LIVE'.
A LOT OF PEOPLE MISUNDERSTAND
00:21:56.88\00:22:02.35
THE WORD
'BELIEVE'. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
00:22:02.38\00:22:05.55
DEVILS BELIEVE. THE
DEVILS KNOW THAT JESUS IS
00:22:05.59\00:22:09.06
REAL AND THE DEVILS KNOW
THAT HE DIED FOR YOUR SIN.
00:22:09.09\00:22:11.39
THE DEVIL EVEN
KNOWS HE LOVES YOU.
00:22:11.43\00:22:12.73
IT WON'T SAVE HIM. THE
DEVIL KNOWS GOD IS LOVE.
00:22:12.76\00:22:16.20
IT'S NOT GOING TO SAVE HIM, IT'S
JUST A CEREBRAL KNOWLEDGE - IT'S
00:22:16.23\00:22:20.04
A FACT. BELIEVE MEANS TO 'BE
LIVE'. GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD HE
00:22:20.07\00:22:26.71
GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON THAT
WHOEVER 'BE LIVES' IN HIM WILL
00:22:26.74\00:22:31.58
NOT PERISH BUT
HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.
00:22:31.61\00:22:34.85
THAT MEANS 'A WILLINGNESS
TO, NOT ONLY SAY, 'I THINK IT'S
00:22:34.88\00:22:37.35
TRUE,' BUT A
WILLINGNESS TO FOLLOW.
00:22:37.39\00:22:39.82
SO, IF PEOPLE SAY, 'LORD, LORD,
I BELIEVE YOU'RE THE LORD.' AND
00:22:39.85\00:22:42.29
THEY DON'T DO HIS WILL,
THEY'RE NOT BELIEVING IN HIM.
00:22:42.32\00:22:45.69
WHEN JESUS SAYS, 'COME TO ME.'
AND YOU SAY, 'I'M COMING, LORD.'
00:22:45.73\00:22:49.46
BUT YOU DON'T - CHRIST
TOLD THE PARABLE ABOUT THAT.
00:22:49.50\00:22:51.70
HE SAID, 'WHICH OF THEM
DID THE WILL OF HIS FATHER?'
00:22:51.73\00:22:55.37
AND SO, HE WANTS US TO FOLLOW.
SO BELIEVE IN HIS TEACHINGS.
00:22:55.40\00:22:58.41
YOU REMEMBER THE STORY WHERE
PHILIP BAPTIZED THE ETHIOPIAN
00:22:58.44\00:23:02.14
TREASURER AND HE SAID, 'HERE'S
WATER, CAN I GET BAPTIZED?'
00:23:02.18\00:23:06.61
YOU KNOW WHAT PHILIP SAID?
00:23:06.65\00:23:08.25
'IF YOU BELIEVE WITH ALL YOUR
HEART, YOU MAY.' AND THEN YOU'VE
00:23:08.28\00:23:11.25
GOT THE STORY OF
THIS PHILIPPIAN JAILER.
00:23:11.29\00:23:14.16
THERE'S AN EARTHQUAKE.
PAUL AND SILAS ARE IN PRISON.
00:23:14.19\00:23:17.23
THIS EARTHQUAKE OPENS ALL
THE PRISON DOORS AND THE JAILER,
00:23:17.26\00:23:19.66
HE'S READY TO KILL HIMSELF AND
PAUL SAYS, 'DON'T HURT YOURSELF.
00:23:19.69\00:23:23.23
WE'RE ALL HERE.' - AND HE'S THE
ONE WHO'S JUST WHIPPED PAUL AND
00:23:23.26\00:23:26.84
SILAS AND PUT
THEM IN THE STOCKS.
00:23:26.87\00:23:28.97
THEY FORGIVE HIM AND HE'S SO
MOVED BY THE POWER OF THE ANGEL
00:23:29.00\00:23:32.11
THAT OPENED THE DOORS, HE TAKES
THEM INTO HIS HOUSE, HE WASHES
00:23:32.14\00:23:34.04
THEIR WOUNDS, THEY PREACH TO HIM
- HE SAID, 'WHAT MUST I DO TO BE
00:23:34.08\00:23:37.11
SAVED?' THEY
SAID, 'BELIEVE IN THE
00:23:37.15\00:23:39.55
LORD JESUS CHRIST.' AMEN.
00:23:39.58\00:23:41.08
NOW WHAT DO YOU
THINK THEY MEANT BY THAT?
00:23:41.12\00:23:42.95
BELIEVE THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS.
BE WILLING TO FOLLOW CHRIST.
00:23:42.98\00:23:46.89
THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS.
THERE'S A LOT OF CHEAP PREACHING
00:23:46.92\00:23:50.09
ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS
TO BELIEVE THESE DAYS.
00:23:50.13\00:23:53.73
BELIEVING MEANS - JOHN THE
BAPTIST SAID TO REPENT - IF YOU
00:23:53.76\00:23:58.47
BELIEVE AND YOU REPENT - WHOEVER
CONFESSES AND FORSAKES HIS SIN
00:23:58.50\00:24:01.77
WILL HAVE MERCY. IT
MEANS BEING WILLING TO TURN.
00:24:01.80\00:24:04.24
REPENTANCE IS A
U-TURN ON THE ROAD OF LIFE.
00:24:04.27\00:24:06.78
THAT MEANS 'YOU TURN'
- YOU CHANGE DIRECTIONS.
00:24:06.81\00:24:09.61
AGREE TO TURN
FROM A LIFE OF SIN.
00:24:09.64\00:24:12.78
OF COURSE, I
JUST REFERENCED THAT.
00:24:12.81\00:24:14.38
ROMANS 6, VERSES 5 AND 6 - LUKE
3, VERSE 7 - JOHN THE BAPTIST -
00:24:14.42\00:24:18.79
YOU KNOW THE FIRST THING JOHN
SAID WHEN HE STARTED PREACHING?
00:24:18.82\00:24:21.46
FIRST WORD, 'REPENT.' WHAT
WAS THE FIRST WORD OUT OF JESUS'
00:24:21.49\00:24:26.49
MOUTH WHEN HE STARTED PREACHING?
00:24:26.53\00:24:28.46
'REPENT.' IT SAYS, 'AT THAT
TIME, CHRIST BEGAN TO PREACH
00:24:28.50\00:24:31.43
SAYING, 'REPENT, FOR THE KINGDOM
OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND.' HOW OFTEN
00:24:31.47\00:24:35.30
DO WE HEAR GOOD
MESSAGES ON REPENTANCE?
00:24:35.34\00:24:39.37
THAT MEANS YOU LOOK AT THE
CROSS, YOU SEE JESUS IS THERE
00:24:39.41\00:24:42.71
FOR YOUR SINS AND IT
HURTS YOU AND YOU'RE SORRY.
00:24:42.74\00:24:46.05
SO MANY MESSAGES TODAY
ARE JUST ALL FEEL GOOD.
00:24:46.08\00:24:49.15
IT'S ALL POSITIVE THINKING.
BUT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE YOU CAN
00:24:49.18\00:24:51.65
REALLY FEEL GOOD
YOU'VE GOT TO FEEL BAD.
00:24:51.69\00:24:53.89
THE BIBLE SAYS, 'HUMBLE YOURSELF
IN THE SIGHT OF GOD AND HE WILL
00:24:53.92\00:24:57.89
LIFT YOU UP.' BUT, BEFORE
HE LIFTS YOU UP, YOU'VE GOT TO
00:24:57.93\00:25:00.43
ADMIT YOUR SIN. AMEN.
00:25:00.46\00:25:02.43
CONFESS YOUR SIN.
TURN FROM YOUR SIN.
00:25:02.46\00:25:04.20
GOD CAN'T SAVE YOU FROM YOUR SIN
UNTIL YOU ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR SIN.
00:25:04.23\00:25:07.84
AND, IF YOU SAY,
'LORD, I CAN'T CHANGE.
00:25:07.87\00:25:10.01
YOU'VE GOT TO HELP ME -
I'M HELPLESS.' THAT'S WHEN YOU
00:25:10.04\00:25:12.01
REALLY BEGIN TO GET A NEW
BEGINNING - IS WHEN YOU REALIZE
00:25:12.04\00:25:14.84
YOUR HELPLESSNESS.
MARTIN LUTHER USED TO SAY, 'GOD
00:25:14.88\00:25:18.25
CREATES FROM NOTHING, SO UNTIL
YOU BECOME NOTHING, HE CAN DO
00:25:18.28\00:25:21.68
NOTHING WITH YOU.' AMEN.
00:25:21.72\00:25:23.65
UNTIL YOU REALIZE HOW HELPLESS
YOU ARE AND YOU FALL, BROKEN,
00:25:23.69\00:25:26.82
LIKE PETER AND YOU WEEP - PETER
WENT OUT AND WEPT BITTERLY AFTER
00:25:26.86\00:25:30.43
HE DENIED CHRIST.
THAT'S WHEN HE WAS A BROKEN MAN
00:25:30.46\00:25:32.79
AND THAT'S WHEN
HE WAS SPIRIT FILLED.
00:25:32.83\00:25:34.76
YOU COME TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU
REALIZE HOW WEAK YOU ARE, THAT
00:25:34.83\00:25:37.10
YOU CAN'T CHANGE
WITHOUT GOD'S HELP.
00:25:37.13\00:25:39.03
SO THAT'S WHAT IT
MEANS. BE WILLING TO REPENT.
00:25:39.07\00:25:42.30
DON'T GET BAPTIZED IF
YOU'RE NOT SORRY FOR YOUR SIN.
00:25:42.34\00:25:46.21
REPENT OF PAST SINS - AND
THAT WOULD INVOLVE CONFESSION.
00:25:46.24\00:25:49.48
HOW MANY REMEMBER
EVERY SIN THEY'VE COMMITTED?
00:25:49.51\00:25:53.82
THAT'S RIGHT - DO YOU HAVE TO
REPENT OF ALL OF THEM BY NAME?
00:25:53.85\00:25:58.79
WE'RE IN TROUBLE. BUT YOU
COULD START WITH CATEGORIES.
00:25:58.82\00:26:03.36
GOD EVEN GIVES YOU
AN OUTLINE IN THE BIBLE.
00:26:03.39\00:26:05.46
YOU CAN CALL ON THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS AND JUST LOOK AT
00:26:05.49\00:26:08.50
THEM AND GO THROUGH THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS AND SAY, 'LORD, I'M
00:26:08.53\00:26:11.40
SORRY FOR MY SINS. I HAVE BROKEN
THESE COMMANDMENTS. AND SAY -
00:26:11.43\00:26:16.57
PRAY THAT PRAYER OF
DAVID, 'LORD, SEARCH ME. TRY ME.
00:26:16.60\00:26:18.97
SEE IF THERE'S ANY WICKED
WAY IN ME AND LEAD ME IN THE WAY
00:26:19.01\00:26:21.91
EVERLASTING.' ASK HIM TO REVEAL
TO YOU WHERE YOU MAY NEED TO
00:26:21.94\00:26:25.28
MAKE A CHANGE, AND ACCEPT
CHRIST AS YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR.
00:26:25.31\00:26:29.48
HE'S NOT JUST THE SAVIOR OF
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00:26:29.52\00:26:32.72
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