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>> SIN WILL SEPARATE YOU
FROM GOD, SIN WILL SEPARATE YOU
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FROM EACH OTHER AND SIN
WILL SEPARATE YOU FROM YOU.
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OF PROPHECY" VIDEO SERIES.
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>> TONIGHT'S LESSON IS
DEALING WITH A RIVER OF LIFE,
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AND IT COMES TO US IN
OUR STORACLE FROM 2 KINGS 5.
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IT'S THE STORY OF NAAMAN.
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NAAMAN WAS A MIGHTY GENERAL
WHO WORKED FOR THE SYRIAN KING.
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THE BIBLE HAS ONLY GOOD THINGS
TO SAY ABOUT HIM TO A POINT.
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TELLS US THAT HE WAS A
BRAVE MAN, AN HONORABLE MAN,
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A MAN THAT WAS LORD COULD USE.
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HE WAS USED BY GOD IN VALOR.
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HE WAS A COURAGEOUS MAN,
PROBABLY WORKED HIS WAY UP
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THROUGH THE RANKS AS A SOLDIER,
AND HIS EXPLOITS IN BATTLE
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GAVE HIM A REPUTATION WHERE
AS HE WENT DOWN THE STREETS
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OF DAMASCUS,
EVERYBODY RECOGNIZED NAAMAN.
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BUT SOMETHING HAPPENED.
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HE WAS RICH, HE WAS FAMOUS BUT
THE BIBLE TELLS US IN THOSE FIVE
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WORDS THAT IN THE FIRST
VERSE, BUT HE WAS A LEPER.
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YOU KNOW DISEASE SOMETIMES IS
INDISCRIMINATE AND HE CAME DOWN
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WITH THAT DREADED,
INCURABLE DISEASE OF LEPROSY.
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YOU KNOW LEPROSY IN THE BIBLE
IS A TYPE OF SIN, SIN SEPARATES.
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ISAIAH SAYS, "YOUR SINS
HAVE SEPARATED YOU FROM GOD."
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SIN WILL SEPARATE YOU FROM GOD,
SIN WILL SEPARATE YOU FROM EACH
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OTHER, AND SIN WILL
SEPARATE YOU FROM YOU.
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SOME PEOPLE DON'T
EVEN LIKE THEMSELVES.
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WHEN YOU GIVE YOUR HEART TO
THE LORD, YOU LOVE THE LORD,
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YOU LOVE YOUR
NEIGHBOR, YOUR LOVE YOURSELF.
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SIN WORKS THE OPPOSITE.
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IT'S A DISEASE.
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IT'S A DEADLY DISEASE.
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WELL, THE BIBLE GOES ON AND
TELLS US SOMETHING REMARKABLE
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HAPPENED.
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EVIDENTLY, THE SYRIANS HAD GONE
OUT ON ONE OF THEIR RAIDS AND
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THEY CAPTURED A YOUNG ISRAELITE
GIRL AND SHE SERVED NAAMAN'S
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WIFE.
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AND INSTEAD OF BEING ANGRY THAT
SHE'D BEEN CARRIED AWAY TO BE
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A SLAVE IN
THE--THIS FOREIGN KINGDOM.
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SYRIA AND ISRAEL WERE
OFTEN AT BATTLE WITH EACH OTHER.
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WHEN NAAMAN CAME DOWN WITH
LEPROSY, THIS YOUNG GIRL COULD
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HAVE THOUGHT, "WELL,
GOOD, I HOPE HE ROTS."
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BUT SHE MAYBE READ THE STORY OF
JOSEPH AND SHE SAID, "YOU KNOW,
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IF I'M GONNA BE A SERVANT,
I'M GONNA BE A GOOD SERVANT."
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AND SHE GAVE A MESSAGE
OF HOPE TO NAAMAN'S WIFE.
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SHE SAID, "ONLY IF MY MASTER
WAS WITH THE PROPHET WHO IS IN
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SAMARIA!
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FOR THE WOULD HEAL
HIM OF HIS LEPROSY."
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NOW WHO'S GONNA
BELIEVE THE MESSAGE FROM
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A LITTLE SERVANT GIRL?
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WHEN YOU'RE DESPERATE, YOU'RE
READY TO ACCEPT JUST ABOUT
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ANYTHING.
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AND SO NAAMAN, PRETTY SOON WORD
REACHED THE KING AND HE MADE
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PROVISIONS, AND HE TOOK HIS
ESCORT AND IN A GREAT DEAL OF
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MONEY TO PAY FOR HIS HEALING,
TOOK ABOUT HALF A MILLION
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DOLLARS IN GOLD AND SILVER
AND CLOTHING--THAT'S ABOUT LIKE
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MEDICAL BILLS
TODAY-- TO GO TO THE PROPHET.
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NOW, THE PROPHET WAS ELISHA.
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ELISHA HAD NEVER
HEALED ANYBODY BEFORE.
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INCIDENTALLY, JESUS'
NAME IN HEBREW IS YESHUA.
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IT MEANS JEHOVAH IS SAVIOR.
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ELISHA'S NAME IS ELOHIMSHUA.
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IT MEANS GOD IS SAVIOR.
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IT'S A VERY SIMILAR NAME.
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INTERESTING THING ABOUT ELISHA,
HE HAD A DOUBLE PORTION OF
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ELIJAH'S SPIRIT.
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NOBODY EVER CAME TO ELISHA WITH
A PROBLEM THAT WAS TURNED AWAY.
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HE WORKED A MIRACLE FOR
EVERYBODY IN NEED WHETHER
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THE WATER TASTED BAD OR THEIR
BORROWED TOOLS WERE MISSING,
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AND THAT'S HOW JESUS IS.
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HE CARES ABOUT ALL OF
OUR NEEDS, DOESN'T HE?
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WELL, PRETTY SOON, NAAMAN MADE
HIS WAY TO THE HOUSE OF ELISHA
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AND ELISHA DOESN'T
EVEN COME OUT TO SEE HIM.
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HE SENDS A SERVANT.
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YOU KNOW, JESUS OFTEN SENDS
MESSENGERS INSTEAD OF SPEAKING
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TO US DIRECTLY.
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AND THE SERVANT SAYS, "GO WASH
IN THE JORDAN RIVER SEVEN TIMES
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AND YOUR FLESH
WILL BE RESTORED."
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EVIDENTLY HIS LEPROSY HAD
ADVANCED TO THE PLACE WHERE HE
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MAYBE WAS EVEN MISSING
SOME OF HIS EXTREMITIES.
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YOUR FLESH WILL BE RESTORED.
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HE WAS IN PRETTY BAD
SHAPE, AND YOU'LL BE CLEAN.
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HAVE YOU EVER FELT
DIRTY AND LONG TO BE CLEAN?
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WELL, NAAMAN WAS INSULTED.
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FIRST OF ALL, HE'S INSULTED THAT
HE'S GOTTA LISTEN TO THE MESSAGE
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OF HIS LITTLE SLAVE
GIRL, THEN HE'S TURNED AWAY
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BY THE KING OF ISRAEL.
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THEN HE COMES TO SEE ELISHA
THE PROPHET, AND HE'S USED TO
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DEALING IN PALACES WITH
DIGNITARIES AND HE DOESN'T EVEN
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HONOR HIM WITH A PERSONAL VISIT.
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HE SENDS OUT HIS SERVANT.
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THEN HE SAYS, "GO WASH."
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NOW WHAT'S IMPLIED WHEN
SOMEONE SAYS, "GO WASH"?
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YOU'RE DIRTY.
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THE JORDAN RIVER
WAS NOT THAT CLEAN.
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IT WAS SORT OF A BROWNISH GREEN
COLOR, AND WHEN YOU'RE TOLD TO
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WASH SEVEN TIMES,
WHAT'S IMPLIED THERE?
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WHEN YOU'RE TOLD TO WASH
SEVEN TIMES IN A DIRTY RIVER,
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WHAT'S IMPLIED?
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THAT WAS MORE THAN HE COULD
STAND AND HE SPUN HIS CHARIOT
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AROUND IN A RAGE AND HE STORMED
OFF AND HE, SHOUTIN' AT THE TOP
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OF HIS LUNGS, "CAN'T I GO
BACK TO DAMASCUS AND WASH IN
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THE RIVERS OF ABANA AND PHARPAR?
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AREN'T THEY MUCH CLEANER
THAN ALL THE WATERS OF ISRAEL?"
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AND HE WAS RIGHT, THE RIVERS IN
DAMASCUS WERE CLEANER THAN THE
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JORDAN, BUT GOD SAID THE JORDAN.
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DOES GOD MEAN WHAT HE SAYS?
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GOD IS SPECIFIC, BUT GOD IS
MERCIFUL AND ON HIS WAY BACK TO
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DAMASCUS, HE HAD TO
GO BY THE JORDAN RIVER.
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YOU CAN BE LOST IF YOU WANT
TO, BUT GOD IS GONNA MAKE IT
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DIFFICULT FOR YOU.
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IF YOU WANT TO BE LOST, YOU'VE
GOT THAT FREEDOM BUT YOU'RE
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GONNA HAVE TO MARCH
OVER THE BROKEN BODY OF JESUS
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ON YOUR WAY TO DESTRUCTION.
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HE AND THE CROSS STAND
IN YOUR WAY AS AN OBSTACLE.
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AND WHEN HE CAME TO THE
JORDAN RIVER AS HE WAS GOING BY,
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HIS SERVANTS CAME TO HIM.
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THEY SAID, YOU
SEE THEY DREW NEAR.
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HE HAD LEPROSY.
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THEY HAD TO KEEP A DISTANCE AND
NOW THEY'RE TAKING RISK AND THEY
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DRAW NEAR.
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AND THEY SAY, "MASTER, IF HE HAD
TOLD YOU TO GO FIGHT A BATTLE
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OR CLIMB A MOUNTAIN
OR DO SOME GREAT DEED,
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YOU WOULD HAVE DONE IT."
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HE SAYS, "WASH AND BE CLEAN.
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YOU'RE RIGHT HERE.
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WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO LOSE?"
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FIRST HE GETS A MESSAGE
FROM LITTLE GIRL, THEN FROM THE
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SERVANT OF ELISHA,
NOW FROM HIS OWN SERVANTS.
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YOU KNOW SOMETIMES IT'S NOT ANY
ONE MESSAGE THAT REACHES US, BUT
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A SERIES OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN
OVER THE COURSE OF OUR LIFE.
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NAAMAN THOUGHT THAT HIS PROBLEM
WAS LEPROSY, HIS PROBLEM WAS
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PRIDE.
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GOOD MAN, BUT HE WAS A PROUD
MAN AND HE HAD TO GET ALL THESE
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MESSAGES FROM THESE HUMBLE
SOURCES AND NOW HE HAD TO GET
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OFF HIS HIGH HORSE, TAKE
OFF HIS GLITTERING ARMOR THERE
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WITH EVERYBODY WATCHING.
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SORT OF HUMILIATING
TO SEE ALL YOUR LEPROSY.
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WALK DOWN IN THE MUDDY WATERS
OF THE JORDAN BRUSHING ASIDE
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THE SCUM ON THE SURFACE.
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AND HE DIPS HIMSELF DOWN ONCE
AND HE COMES UP, HE'S STILL GOT
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HIS SPOTS,
STILL HAS HIS LEPROSY.
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TWICE.
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HE SAYS, "WHAT'S THE USE?
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I'M NOT GONNA BE ANY CLEANER THE
THIRD TIME THAN I WAS THE SECOND
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OR THE FOURTH.
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WHY NOT GET OUT?
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IT'S NOT WORKING."
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WHAT DID GOT
SAY, HOW MANY TIMES?
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WHEN GOD SAYS
SOMETHING, DOES HE MEAN IT?
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WHEN GOD SAID TO JOSHUA, "MARCH
AROUND THE CITY SEVEN TIMES
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AND YOU'LL GET THE
VICTORY, THE WALLS WILL FALL AND
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YOU'LL BE BLESSED."
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IT DID NOT
HAPPEN AFTER SIX TIMES.
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THEY MARCHED AROUND ON
THE SEVENTH DAY, SEVEN TIMES.
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THEY BLEW THE TRUMPET AND
THEN GOD WORKED HIS POWER.
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WHEN GOD SAYS THAT HE'S BLESSED
THE SEVENTH DAY, HE MEANS
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THE SEVENTH DAY.
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GOD IS SPECIFIC AND A LOT
OF PEOPLE MISS THE POWER AND
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BLESSING THAT GOD HAS FOR THEM
'CAUSE THEY THINK IT DOESN'T
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MATTER.
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THEY WANT TO DO IT THEIR WAY,
BUT NAAMAN, PROBABLY READY TO
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QUIT.
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AND HIS SERVANT SAID, "LOOK,
YOU'VE GONE THIS FAR, JUST DO IT
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SEVEN TIMES" AND HE COMPLIED.
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HE THOUGHT "WHAT
HAVE I GOT TO LOSE?
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I'M GONNA GO HOME AND DIE."
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AND HE DIPPED DOWN AGAIN, THREE
TIMES, FOUR TIMES, FIVE TIMES,
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SIX TIMES, SEVEN TIMES AND
HE CAME UP THE SEVENTH TIME,
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THE SPOTS WERE GONE.
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HE MUST HAVE
BEEN FELT SOMETHING.
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MUST HAVE FELT HIS FLESH POPPING
BACK INTO POSITION AND FINGERS
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POPPING AND TOES
POPPING BACK WHERE THEY BELONG.
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I DON'T KNOW, BUT HE MUST HAVE
FELT SOMETHING AND HE WAS HAPPY.
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THE BIBLE SAYS THAT HIS FLESH
WAS RESTORED LIKE THE FLESH OF
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A LITTLE CHILD.
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THAT ALWAYS CRACKS ME UP.
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YOU PICTURE THIS BRAVE,
FEARLESS GENERAL WITH BABY SKIN.
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SOLDIERS SAID, "BOY,
YOU'RE HEALED, CAN I TOUCH?"
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YOU KNOW AND THAT'S
WHAT A CHRISTIAN IS.
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A CHRISTIAN IS A SOLDIER WHO
IS A CHILD OF GOD, EXCEPT YOU
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BECOME CONVERTED AND BECOME
LIKE LITTLE CHILDREN, YOU CANNOT
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ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
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WELL, THIS IS THE STORY OF HOW
TO BE HEALED FROM THE LEPROSY OF
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SIN IN THE JORDAN RIVER.
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AND THE JORDAN IN THE
BIBLE IS A SYMBOL OF DEATH,
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BURIAL AND RESURRECTION.
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CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HAD TO
CROSS THE JORDAN TO GET INTO THE
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PROMISED LAND, AND THE
JORDAN IS A SYMBOL OF BAPTISM.
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LET'S GO NOW TO QUESTION
NUMBER ONE, "WHAT GLORIOUS BIBLE
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CEREMONY SYMBOLIZES A WASHING
AWAY FROM THE LEPROSY OF SIN?"
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ACTS 22:16, IT SAYS, "ARISE
AND BE BAPTIZED, AND WASH AWAY
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THY SINS, CALLING ON
THE NAME OF THE LORD."
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YOU NOW NOTICE IT SAYS
THAT BAPTISM IS CONNECTED WITH
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WASHING AWAY SIN.
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DOES THE WATER WASH AWAY SIN?
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CAN H20 WASH AWAY OUR SINS?
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WHAT CAN WASH AWAY MY SINS?
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NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS.
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BUT YOUR FAITH IN CHRIST IS
SHOWN THROUGH YOUR ACTING OUT
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BAPTISM, JUST LIKE YOU ARE
SAVED BY VIRTUE OF YOUR FAITH
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IN CHRIST'S SACRIFICE.
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MAYBE YOU DID NOT SEE IT, BUT
YOU ARE SAVED BY FAITH IN THAT
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AND WHEN YOU FOLLOW CHRIST
IN BAPTISM, YOU DO EXPERIENCE
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A CLEANSING THAT
YOU WILL FEEL BY FAITH.
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"WHAT DOES THE
WORD 'BAPTIZE' MEAN?"
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COLOSSIANS 2:12 IT SAYS, "BURIED
WITH HIM IN BAPTISM, WHEREIN
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ALSO YOU ARE RISEN WITH
HIM THROUGH THE FAITH OF THE
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OPERATION OF GOD, WHO HAS
RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD."
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TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING ABOUT
THE BIBLICAL METHOD OF BAPTISM,
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ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
IS LOOK AT THE WORD.
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THE WORD "BAPTIZO" IS
THE WORD THAT'S OFTEN USED.
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IT MEANS TO DIP,
IMMERSE, TO PLUNGE UNDER WATER.
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IT MEANS TO COMPLETELY SUBMERGE.
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IT'S A WORD THAT'S FOUND IN
ANCIENT GREEK TEXTS WHEN THEY
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WOULD DYE CLOTH.
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THEY WOULD BAPTIZO, THE CLOTH.
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THEY WOULD IMMERSE IT, PLUNGE IT
UNDER AND THAT'S WHAT THE WORD
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MEANS.
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"JESUS IS OUR EXAMPLE.
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HOW WAS HE BAPTIZED?"
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NOW WE WANT TO FOLLOW
CHRIST'S EXAMPLE, AM I RIGHT?
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MARK 1:9-10, THE BIBLE SAYS,
"JESUS CAME AND WAS BAPTIZED,
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IN THE JORDAN, OF
JOHN IN THE JORDAN.
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AND STRAIGHTWAY COMING UP OUT
OF THE WATER, HE SAW THE HEAVENS
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OPENED."
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THE BIBLE TELLS US
CHRIST CAME UP OUT OF THE WATER.
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NOW WHY WAS JESUS BAPTIZED?
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TO WASH AWAY HIS SIN?
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THERE ARE THREE PRINCIPLE
REASONS THAT CHRIST WAS
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BAPTIZED.
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NUMBER ONE, THE BIBLE SAYS
HE'S GIVEN US AN EXAMPLE THAT WE
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SHOULD WALK AS HE WALKED, SO
HE WAS BAPTIZED AS AN EXAMPLE
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FOR US TO FOLLOW.
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THE SECOND REASON CHRIST
WAS BAPTIZED IS SO THAT WE MIGHT
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EXPECT WHAT HE EXPERIENCED.
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CHRIST, WHEN HE WAS BAPTIZED,
BEGAN A LIFE OF MINISTRY.
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WHEN A PERSON MARRIES CHRIST
THROUGH BAPTISM, THEY THEN TOO
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BECOME A SERVANT OF THE LORD
AND BEGIN WORKING FOR THE LORD.
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FURTHERMORE, THEY HEAR
GOOD SAY, "YOU ARE MY SON."
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THEY'RE ADOPTED INTO THE FAMILY.
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GOD SAID TO JESUS,
"I'M WELL PLEASED WITH YOU."
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HE BECOMES WELL PLEASED WITH US.
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THE SPIRIT CAME.
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GOD GIVES YOU THE SPIRIT BECAUSE
YOU CANNOT LIVE THE CHRISTIAN
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LIFE WITHOUT THE
CHRISTIAN SPIRIT.
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SO WE ARE TOLD TO
EXPECT WHAT CHRIST EXPERIENCED.
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SECOND REASON--THIRD REASON NOW
THIS MAY BE NEW FOR SOME OF YOU,
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CHRIST WAS BAPTIZED ALSO IN
BEHALF OF THOSE WHO CANNOT BE.
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NOW WHAT ABOUT THE
THIEF ON THE CROSS?
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JESUS SAID, "VERILY I SAY
TO YOU TODAY, YOU'LL BE WITH ME
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IN PARADISE."
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WE LEARNED ABOUT THAT.
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HE'S NOT THERE YET, BUT
HE'S GONNA BE IN PARADISE.
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WAS HE BAPTIZED?
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WE HAVE NO EVIDENCE THAT HE WAS.
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DOES THAT MEAN HE
COULDN'T BE SAVED?
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BIBLE TELLS US
BAPTISM'S VERY IMPORTANT.
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WE GET CREDIT FOR
CHRIST'S PERFECT LIFE BY FAITH.
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HE WILL GIVE CREDIT TO THOSE
WHO CANNOT BE BAPTIZED BY FAITH
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FOR HIS BAPTISM.
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HE WASN'T BAPTIZED
FOR HIS SINS, WAS HE?
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SO WE CAN CLAIM BY FAITH
HIS BAPTISM IF WE CANNOT BE
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BAPTIZED.
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NOW THERE'S MORE I WANT
YOU TO NOTICE ABOUT BAPTISM.
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THE BIBLE TELLS US, I'VE
GOT SOME ADDITIONAL SCRIPTURES.
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"NOW JOHN, THE BAPTIST, WAS ALSO
BAPTIZING IN AENON NEAR SALIM,
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BECAUSE THERE
WAS MUCH WATER THERE.
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AND CAME THERE AND
THEY WERE BAPTIZED."
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THE BIBLE SAYS HE
NEEDED MUCH WATER.
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YOU KNOW IN THE SUMMER TIME,
THE JORDAN RIVER IS SOMETIMES
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A SERIES OF STAGNATING POOLS.
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YOU GOTTA FIND A PLACE
WHERE THE WATER'S DEEP ENOUGH.
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IF SPRINKLING AND POURING
AND THESE OTHER METHODS ARE THE
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BIBLICAL TECHNIQUE OF BAPTISM,
JOHN DID NOT NEED A RIVER,
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HE COULD HAVE USED A
CANTEEN IN THE DESERT, RIGHT?
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HE COULD HAVE USED A SPRING
OR A WELL UP IN JERUSALEM.
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HE NEEDED A LARGE BODY OF
WATER 'CAUSE PEOPLE WERE BURIED.
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THEY WERE IMMERSED.
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"WHAT OTHER BIBLE TRUTHS
ARE SYMBOLIZED BY BAPTISM?"
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ROMANS 6:4, "THEREFORE WE ARE
BURIED WITH HIM BY BAPTISM INTO
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DEATH: THAT LIKE AS CHRIST
WAS RAISED UP FROM THE DEAD BY
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THE GLORY OF THE FATHER, EVEN
SO WE SHOULD WALK IN A NEWNESS
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OF LIFE."
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BAPTISM IS A SYMBOL OF BURIAL
AND RESURRECTION, AND YOU LOSE
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THESE SYMBOLS WHEN YOU GET
AWAY FROM THE BIBLICAL METHOD OF
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BAPTISM.
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YOU CAN ALSO READ
HERE IN ROMANS 6:5,
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"FOR IF WE HAVE BEEN UNITED
TOGETHER IN THE LIKENESS OF HIS
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DEATH, CERTAINLY WE ALSO
SHALL BE IN THE LIKENESS OF HIS
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RESURRECTION."
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BAPTISM IS
SYMBOLIZED BY MANY THINGS.
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IT REPRESENTS A NEW BIRTH.
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YOU KNOW WHEN A BABY IS IN
THE MOTHER, IT'S PROTECTED BY
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AN ENVELOPE OF WATER AND WHEN
THE WATER BREAKS AND THE BABY
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EMERGES, IT TAKES A BREATH.
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IT SYMBOLIZES THAT A NEW STAGE
OF LIFE HAS BEGUN AND YOU ARE
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A BABY CHRISTIAN AFTER BAPTISM.
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AND THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT WE
GROW IN THE LORD AND THAT JESUS
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NURTURES US AND THAT WE'RE
TO DESIRE THE SINCERE MILK OF
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THE WORD AFTER BAPTISM.
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AND SO ALL OF THESE
ANALOGIES ARE THERE.
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THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT
BAPTISM IS A SYMBOL OF WASHING,
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CLEANSING.
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SO ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE LOST.
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"HOW IMPORTANT IS BAPTISM?"
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WHAT DOES JESUS SAY?
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MARK 16:16, YOU CAN
REMEMBER THAT VERSE.
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"HE THAT BELIEVETH AND
IS BAPTIZED SHALL BE SAVED;
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BUT HE THAT BELIEVETH NOT
SHALL BE DAMMED," OR LOST.
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JOHN 3:5 JESUS SAID, "EXCEPT
A MAN BE BORN OF THE WATER AND
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THE SPIRIT, HE CANNOT
ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN."
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UNLESS YOU'RE BORN OF THE WATER,
BAPTISM AND BORN OF THE SPIRIT,
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THE HOLY GHOST, YOU CANNOT
ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
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YOU REALIZE GOD'S GONNA SOMEDAY
MAKE A NEW EARTH, BUT THIS WORLD
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WAS BAPTIZED IN WATER
BACK IN THE DAYS OF NOAH.
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PETER TELLS US IN 2 PETER 3 WHEN
JESUS COMES BACK AGAIN, WORLD'S
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GONNA BE BAPTIZED IN THE FIRE
AND THEN HE'S GONNA MAKE A NEW
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HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH, RIGHT?
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WE ALL MUST BE BAPTIZED IN
WATER AND FIRE, THE SPIRIT.
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THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS,
THE PILLAR OF FIRE AND WE ALSO
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BECOME NEW CREATURES SO
BAPTISM IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
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"WHAT COMMAND DID JESUS GIVE HIS
PEOPLE JUST BEFORE HE ASCENDED
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TO HEAVEN?"
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MATTHEW 28:19 HE SAID, "GO
YE THEREFORE, AND TEACH ALL
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NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM IN THE
NAME OF THE FATHER, AND THE SON,
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AND THE HOLY GHOST."
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YOU KNOW THE LAST THING THAT
JESUS SAID BEFORE HE ASCENDED TO
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HEAVEN SHOULD BE THE
FIRST PRIORITY OF THE CHURCH.
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PEOPLE SAY, "OH, BAPTISM,
THAT'S A TRIVIAL DOCTRINE."
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IT WAS IMPORTANT ENOUGH FOR
IT TO BE THE PARTING WORDS OF
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CHRIST AS HE
ASCENDED UP INTO GLORY.
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HE SAID, "GO YE
THEREFORE, TEACH AND BAPTIZE."
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IN OTHER WORDS, ENCOURAGE PEOPLE
TO COMMIT THEIR LIVES TO ME THAT
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I MIGHT FILL
THEM WITH THE SPIRIT.
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THEY MIGHT SERVE ME.
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CHRIST BEGAN SERVING
THE FATHER AT HIS BAPTISM.
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HIS MINISTRY
BEGAN AT HIS BAPTISM.
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BAPTISM MARKS
THE STARTING POINT.
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IT MEANS YOU'RE SURRENDERING
YOURSELF TO THE LORD AND
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ALLOWING HIM TO
FILL YOU WITH HIS SPIRIT.
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IT'S A VERY, VERY
IMPORTANT THING THAT IS OFTEN
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MISUNDERSTOOD, AND MY
HEART YEARNS OVER PEOPLE.
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A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
BAPTIZED AND THEY WERE NOT
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TAUGHT FIRST.
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UM...THEY JUST LIKE...
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THEY WERE CATTLE BEING
BRANDED, AND THEY WEREN'T
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SURE WHAT IT MEANT AND THEY WERE
ROBBED, I THINK, OF THE BLESSING
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THAT THEY WERE TO RECEIVE
BY FAITH 'CAUSE JESUS SAID,
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"GO YE THEREFORE,
TEACH FIRST THEN BAPTIZE."
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YOU NEED TO BE
TAUGHT THE BASICS.
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"WHAT BIBLICAL QUALIFICATIONS
MUST PRECEDE BAPTISM?"
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I'M GONNA GO QUICKLY THROUGH THE
THINGS A PERSON NEEDS TO KNOW.
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FIRST OF ALL, ANSWER A, THEY
MUST UNDERSTAND THE TEACHINGS OF
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JESUS.
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THEY NEED TO BE TAUGHT AND
THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS
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THE COMMITMENT.
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ANSWER B, IT'S ONE
THING TO UNDERSTAND,
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THE DEVIL UNDERSTANDS,
BUT HE DOESN'T BELIEVE.
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HE'S NOT GONNA FOLLOW.
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NEED TO BE WILLING TO
BELIEVE THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS.
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AMEN?
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ANSWER C, AND YOU'VE GOT THE
CORRESPONDING SCRIPTURES THERE.
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NEED TO BE WILLING TO REPENT
OF YOUR PAST SINS, THAT MEANS
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A SORROW FOR AND
A TURNING AWAY FROM.
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THE BIBLE SAYS WHOEVER REPENTS
AND FORSAKES HIS SIN WILL HAVE
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MERCY.
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SO LIKE I SAID, YOU GOTTA
STOP DATING THE DEVIL BEFORE YOU
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MARRY JESUS.
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THAT DOESN'T MEAN
YOU'LL NEVER BE TEMPTED.
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JESUS WAS TEMPTED.
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I'M TEMPTED EVERY SINGLE
DAY, BUT THE SINS THAT ARE
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ADDICTIONS, THE PATTERNS
OF SIN MUST BE LEFT BEHIND.
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SIN SHOULD NOT HAVE
DOMINION OVER YOU WHEN YOU MAKE
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A COMMITMENT OF BAPTISM, OKAY?
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ANSWER E--SORRY, ANSWER D, YOU
NEED TO BELIEVE WITH, HOW MUCH?
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ALL OF YOUR HEART.
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THAT'S WHAT PHILIP SAID
TO THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH.
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ANSWER F.
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ANSWER E IS WHAT I MEANT TO SAY.
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"AGREE TO TURN
FROM THE LIFE OF SIN."
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ONE THING TO UNDERSTAND
BUT A WILLINGNESS TO REPENT.
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THAT'S WHAT TURN MEANS.
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AND ANSWER F, "ACCEPT CHRIST
AS YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR AND
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EXPERIENCE THE NEW BIRTH."
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NOW IN LIGHT OF THE CRITERIA
THAT MUST PROCEED BAPTISM,
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SHOULD BABIES BE BAPTIZED?
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CAN YOU SHOW ME AN EXAMPLE
IN THE BIBLE WHERE A BABY WAS
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BAPTIZED?
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NO.
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IS THERE AN EXAMPLE IN THE BIBLE
WHERE A BABY WAS DEDICATED TO
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THE LORD?
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YES.
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IT IS APPROPRIATE TO DEDICATE
BABIES TO THE LORD, AND I KNOW
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A LOT OF YOU WHO ARE
WATCHING, AND MAYBE MANY HERE,
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WERE BAPTIZED AS BABIES.
00:18:40.56\00:18:42.40
YOUR PARENTS MAY HAVE MEANT WELL
TO DEDICATE YOU TO THE LORD, BUT
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YOU MUST CHOOSE TO BE BAPTIZED.
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YOU KNOW IN SOME COUNTRIES, THE
PARENTS ARRANGE THE WEDDINGS.
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GOD HAS NO PREARRANGED WEDDINGS
WHEN IT COMES TO BAPTISM.
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IT'S A DECISION YOU MUST MAKE.
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WE ALL HAVE A FREE WILL
AND IT'S YOU MUST REPENT.
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YOU MUST BELIEVE.
00:19:02.20\00:19:03.00
YOU MUST BE TAUGHT.
00:19:03.00\00:19:03.80
A BABY CANNOT DO THESE THINGS.
00:19:03.80\00:19:05.00
A BABY HAS NO SINS
TO REPENT OF, RIGHT?
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SO YOU CAN
DEDICATE YOUR CHILDREN.
00:19:07.30\00:19:09.60
JESUS WAS DEDICATED AS A BABY,
BUT HOW OLD WAS HE WHEN HE WAS
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BAPTIZED?
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THIRTY YEARS OF
AGE, AS A AN EXAMPLE FOR
00:19:13.73\00:19:15.86
YOU AND ME, THAT WE
SHOULD BE ADULTS OLD ENOUGH
00:19:15.86\00:19:18.33
TO UNDERSTAND THE CRITERIA.
00:19:18.33\00:19:20.16
"IS REBAPTISM EVER
PROPER OR APPROPRIATE?"
00:19:20.16\00:19:24.40
THE ANSWER IS YES.
00:19:24.40\00:19:26.76
NOW LET ME GIVE
YOU THE SCRIPTURE.
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IT'S A LONG ONE.
00:19:28.06\00:19:29.13
ACTS 19:2-5 AND IT SAYS
THAT PAUL, WHEN HE WAS TRAVELING
00:19:29.13\00:19:34.43
THROUGH THESE ASIAN REGIONS, HE
MET SOME 12 EPHESIANS BELIEVERS
00:19:34.43\00:19:40.33
AND HE ASKED THEM IF THEY
HAD BELIEVED AND WERE BAPTIZED.
00:19:40.33\00:19:44.50
AND THEY SAID, "WE HAVE
NOT HEARD WHETHER THERE BE ANY
00:19:44.50\00:19:47.23
HOLY GHOST."
00:19:47.23\00:19:48.33
THEY'D NOT HEARD ABOUT
THE OUTPOURING OF THE SPIRIT.
00:19:48.33\00:19:50.20
THEY HAD MISSED MUCH
ABOUT THE TEACHINGS OF CHRIST.
00:19:50.20\00:19:52.63
THEY WERE BAPTIZED
BY JOHN THE BAPTIST.
00:19:52.63\00:19:54.46
THEY DID NOT HAVE
INTERNET BACK THEN AND CNN NEWS.
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THEY WENT UP MILES AWAY.
00:19:57.30\00:19:59.13
THEY HAD NOT HEARD ALL
THESE THINGS THAT HAD HAPPENED.
00:19:59.13\00:20:02.00
AND HE SAID, "UNTO WHAT
THEN WERE YOU BAPTIZED?"
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AND THEY SAID UNTO
HIM, "UNTO JOHN'S BAPTISM."
00:20:05.16\00:20:08.50
NOW DID JOHN
BAPTIZE BY IMMERSION?
00:20:08.50\00:20:11.10
NOTHING WRONG WITH THE
METHOD OF BAPTISM THERE.
00:20:11.10\00:20:13.63
THEY SAID, "THEN SAID PAUL, JOHN
VERILY BAPTIZED WITH THE BAPTISM
00:20:13.63\00:20:17.76
OF REPENTANCE, SAYING UNTO THE
PEOPLE, THAT THEY SHOULD BELIEVE
00:20:17.76\00:20:21.53
ON HIM WHICH SHOULD COME AFTER
HIM, THAT IS, ON CHRIST JESUS."
00:20:21.53\00:20:25.46
THEN IT SAYS, "WHEN THEY HEARD
THIS, THEY WERE BAPTIZED IN
00:20:25.46\00:20:31.56
THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS."
00:20:31.56\00:20:33.30
YOU MIGHT SAY
THEY WERE REBAPTIZED.
00:20:33.30\00:20:35.43
NOW THERE ARE THREE REASONS
A PERSON MIGHT BE REBAPTIZED.
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FIRST OF ALL, IF YOU WERE
BAPTIZED AS A BABY OR SOME
00:20:41.13\00:20:44.40
UNBIBLICAL METHOD, EITHER ONE
OF THOSE, YOU SHOULD BE BAPTIZED
00:20:44.40\00:20:47.56
BIBLICALLY AS AN ADULT
UNDERSTANDING THE CRITERIA,
00:20:47.56\00:20:51.13
ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
00:20:51.13\00:20:52.76
SECONDLY, IF YOU WERE BAPTIZED
AND YOU'VE DIVORCED YOURSELF
00:20:52.76\00:20:58.30
FROM THE LORD, BAPTISM
IS A SYMBOL OF MARRIAGE.
00:20:58.30\00:21:01.40
NOW THIS IS
SOMETHING I LIKE TO MAKE CLEAR.
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NOW SOME PEOPLE THINK YOU GET
BAPTIZED AND A WEEK LATER YOU
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SIN OR YOU LOSE YOUR TEMPER
OR YOU DO SOMETHING, YOU GOTTA
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RUN AND GET BAPTIZED AGAIN.
00:21:08.03\00:21:09.13
THAT TRIVIALIZES THE
IMPORTANCE OF YOUR BAPTISM.
00:21:09.13\00:21:11.66
I DON'T BELIEVE IN PEOPLE
GETTING BAPTIZED MULTIPLE TIMES,
00:21:11.66\00:21:14.90
EVERY TIME THEY GET DISCOURAGED.
00:21:14.90\00:21:16.30
WE ALL GET DISCOURAGED.
00:21:16.30\00:21:18.30
I DO.
00:21:18.30\00:21:19.33
GOD'S DESIGNED SOMETHING
ELSE FOR REPETITIVE CLEANSING.
00:21:19.33\00:21:24.23
YOU KNOW, JESUS'
BLOOD IS AVAILABLE.
00:21:24.23\00:21:25.96
IF WE SIN, WE CONFESS.
00:21:25.96\00:21:27.53
DON'T NEED TO REMARRY.
00:21:27.53\00:21:29.03
BUT IF YOU'VE DIVORCED YOURSELF
FROM THE LORD, YOU STOP GOING TO
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CHURCH AND YOU WONDER
OFF LIKE THE PRODIGAL SON.
00:21:32.03\00:21:34.76
IF YOU'RE GOING TO
RETURN, JUST LIKE ANY COUNTRY,
00:21:34.76\00:21:37.83
YOU SHOULD REMARRY THE LORD.
00:21:37.83\00:21:40.03
YOU MAY PRAY ABOUT
IT, TALK TO THE PASTOR.
00:21:40.03\00:21:43.10
IT MAY BE APPROPRIATE
FOR YOU TO BE REBAPTIZED.
00:21:43.10\00:21:45.53
THE THIRD REASON, LIKE THESE
EPHESIANS BELIEVERS, IF YOU'VE
00:21:45.53\00:21:49.50
MISSED OUT ON MAJOR PORTIONS OF
THE GOSPEL AND YOU'VE COME INTO
00:21:49.50\00:21:53.56
A WHOLE NEW UNDERSTANDING
OF WHAT THE TRUTH IS ALL ABOUT.
00:21:53.56\00:21:56.26
THEY HAD NOT HEARD ABOUT
JESUS AND THE OUTPOURING OF
00:21:56.26\00:21:57.93
THE SPIRIT.
00:21:57.93\00:21:58.60
THEY SAID, "WE
WANT A NEW BEGINNING.
00:21:58.60\00:21:59.80
WE WANT TO
RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT."
00:21:59.80\00:22:01.50
AND THEY WERE REBAPTIZED.
00:22:01.50\00:22:03.06
I HEARD ABOUT A BAPTIST
PASTOR, GOOD CHRISTIAN MAN.
00:22:03.06\00:22:06.13
HE HEARD THESE MESSAGES, SAID,
"YOU KNOW, I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH.
00:22:06.13\00:22:09.63
I WAS BAPTIZED
INTO NINE COMMANDMENTS,
00:22:09.63\00:22:11.93
NOW I KNOW THE SABBATH TRUTH.
00:22:11.93\00:22:12.93
I WANT TO GET BAPTIZED INTO
ALL TEN," AND HE WAS REBAPTIZED.
00:22:12.93\00:22:16.06
AND SO AND HE GOT A SPECIAL
BLESSING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:22:16.06\00:22:18.76
WHEN HE DID THAT.
00:22:18.76\00:22:19.73
AND SO YOU'LL NEED TO PRAY ABOUT
THAT AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT
00:22:19.73\00:22:22.46
THAT IN YOUR QUESTIONS IF YOU
HAVE QUESTIONS ON THAT ISSUE.
00:22:22.46\00:22:26.06
NOW I WANT TO READ
SOMETHING TO YOU REAL QUICK.
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WHAT CAN WE EXPECT AT BAPTISM?
00:22:28.96\00:22:31.20
WHAT HAPPENED TO JESUS
IS WHAT WE SHOULD EXPECT.
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NOTICE WHAT IT SAYS HERE.
00:22:33.86\00:22:34.93
TURN IN YOUR
BIBLES TO MATTHEW 3:16-17.
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IT TELLS US THE
HEAVENS WERE OPENED.
00:22:41.90\00:22:44.16
WHEN YOU'RE BAPTIZED,
THE HEAVENS ARE OPENED.
00:22:44.16\00:22:46.43
WE ARE DENIED ACCESS EXCEPT
THROUGH CHRIST WHEN WE COMMIT
00:22:46.43\00:22:49.83
OUR LIVES TO HIM.
00:22:49.83\00:22:51.06
THEN IT SAYS HE SAW.
00:22:51.06\00:22:53.63
YOUR VISION IS ENHANCED,
OTHERWISE IT'S THE BLIND LEADING
00:22:53.63\00:22:56.13
THE BLIND.
00:22:56.13\00:22:57.56
THE SPIRIT OF GOD
COMES INTO YOUR LIFE.
00:22:57.56\00:23:01.20
YOU CAN'T LIVE THE CHRISTIAN
LIFE WITHOUT THE CHRISTIAN
00:23:01.20\00:23:03.00
SPIRIT.
00:23:03.00\00:23:03.86
YOU CAN'T FIGHT THE
DEVIL IN THE WILDERNESS WITHOUT
00:23:03.86\00:23:05.50
THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
00:23:05.50\00:23:07.30
IT CAME LIKE A DOVE.
00:23:07.30\00:23:08.83
GOD WILL GIVE YOU PEACE.
00:23:08.83\00:23:10.63
SO MANY PEOPLE
ARE LIVING IN FEAR.
00:23:10.63\00:23:12.53
WOULD YOU LIKE THAT PEACE
THAT PASSES UNDERSTANDING?
00:23:12.53\00:23:15.70
THEN YOU HEAR A VOICE.
00:23:15.70\00:23:17.46
YOU WILL HEAR GOD SPEAKING
TO YOU, A STILL, SMALL VOICE
00:23:17.46\00:23:20.36
GUIDING YOU, AMEN, SAYING,
"THIS IS MY BELOVED SON."
00:23:20.36\00:23:24.26
YOU ARE ADOPTED INTO THE FAMILY.
00:23:24.26\00:23:26.10
YOU BECOME A CHILD OF GOD.
00:23:26.10\00:23:27.46
AND THEN HE SAYS, "IN
WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED."
00:23:27.46\00:23:30.86
NO MATTER HOW BAD YOUR SINS HAVE
BEEN, NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU'VE
00:23:30.86\00:23:34.16
DISAPPOINTED THE LORD, NO
MATTER HOW FILTHY YOU'VE BEEN,
00:23:34.16\00:23:36.83
NO MATTER HOW DEEP YOUR LEPROSY,
YOU CAN BE CLEAN IN THE BLOOD
00:23:36.83\00:23:41.16
OF THE LAMB.
00:23:41.16\00:23:42.00
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT, FRIENDS?
00:23:42.00\00:23:43.30
ALL THAT CHRIST EXPERIENCES
IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT GOD
00:23:43.30\00:23:45.86
WANTS YOU TO EXPERIENCE.
00:23:45.86\00:23:47.06
THE POWER, THE JOY, THE PEACE,
THE ACCESS TO HEAVEN, IT CAN BE
00:23:47.06\00:23:51.53
YOURS WHEN YOU MAKE A
COMMITMENT TO INVITE THE LORD
00:23:51.53\00:23:54.10
INTO YOUR LIFE.
00:23:54.10\00:23:54.90
YOU NEED TO BE TAUGHT FIRST.
00:23:54.90\00:23:56.56
I'M GONNA INVITE YOU WHO ARE
WATCHING AND YOU WHO ARE HERE
00:23:56.56\00:23:59.66
TO PRAY ABOUT YOUR DECISION.
00:23:59.66\00:24:01.13
MANY OF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN
BAPTIZED OR MAYBE YOU'VE NOT
00:24:01.13\00:24:03.76
BEEN BAPTIZED BIBLICALLY
OR YOU'VE NOT BEEN BAPTIZED
00:24:03.76\00:24:06.83
INTO THE TRUTH.
00:24:06.83\00:24:08.33
JESUS IS THE TRUTH
THAT WILL SET YOU FREE.
00:24:08.33\00:24:11.06
>> STAY TUNED, PASTOR
DOUG WILL BE RIGHT BACK WITH
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00:24:13.23\00:24:15.76
>> WHEN THE LORD COMES, READY
OR NOT, THAT'S IT, FRIENDS.
00:24:21.96\00:24:30.53
>> EACH INDIVIDUAL WILL SEE
IN THEIR OWN HEART, IN THEIR
00:24:30.53\00:24:33.16
OWN LIFE, HOW GOD HAS
DONE EVERYTHING HE COULD
00:24:33.16\00:24:36.20
TO SAVE THEM.
00:24:36.20\00:24:39.93
>> THE WHOLE
WORLD WILL RECOGNIZE
00:24:39.93\00:24:41.43
THAT CHRIST HAS BEEN JUST.
00:24:41.43\00:24:43.03
YOU SEE, THIS IS WHAT
THE WHOLE JUDGMENT'S ABOUT,
00:24:43.03\00:24:44.66
GOD WANTS US TO TRUST HIM.
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00:25:01.66\00:25:05.80
A REBELLION IN HEAVEN, A
MUTINY THAT MOVED TO EARTH.
00:25:05.80\00:25:11.80
BEHOLD THE CREATION OF
A BEAUTIFUL, NEW PLANET
00:25:11.80\00:25:15.46
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00:27:13.56\00:27:15.96
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