>>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT
TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
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AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>>YOU DON'T READ ABOUT ANY
REAL MIRACLES OF JESUS UNTIL
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HE WAS BAPTIZED. AT HIS BAPTISM
HE WAS FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT.
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HE BEGAN PREACHING AND TEACHING.
HE BEGAN A LIFE OF SERVICE.
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>>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING
FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO
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SHARING GOD'S
WORD THROUGH MEDIA.
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THIS PROGRAM FEATURES
HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST
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TELEVISION BROADCASTS. WE
INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND
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ENJOY THIS EDITION OF
AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS.
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>>YOU CAN READ IN REVELATION 21,
VERSE 5 "THEN HE THAT SAT UPON
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THE THRONE SAID, 'BEHOLD,
I MAKE ALL THINGS NEW.'"
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EVERYTHING IN HEAVEN WILL BE
MADE NEW AND THAT MEANS THAT WE
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NEED TO BE MADE NEW TOO
IF WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE.
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GOD TELLS US HE'S OFFERING US
ALL A NEW HEART, A NEW SPIRIT,
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A NEW MIND THAT COMES
FROM THE NEW COVENANT.
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AND IN GOD'S WORD HE HAS
A CEREMONY THAT SYMBOLIZES
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THIS NEW BIRTH. IT
REALLY IS THE GATEWAY TO THE
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NEW BIRTH. I WAS
READING AN INTERESTING BIT
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OF HISTORY ABOUT
THE KING OF SIAM.
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SOME OF YOU MAYBE HAVE HEARD
ABOUT THE PLAY AND THE MOVIE
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CALLED 'THE KING AND I' -
IT'S BASED ON A TRUE STORY ABOUT
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RAMA THE FOURTH WHO WAS THE
KING OF WHAT IS NOW THAILAND.
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HE WAS A WELL-TRAVELED MAN -
SPENT 27 YEARS BASICALLY LIVING
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AS A BUDDHIST AND HE TRAVELED,
WAS EDUCATED, SPOKE SEVERAL
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LANGUAGES - ENGLISH AND LATIN -
AND TO HIS CORONATION HE INVITED
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A NUMBER OF
INTERNATIONAL DIGNITARIES.
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BUT IN SOME WAYS HE
WAS VERY TRADITIONAL WITH
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HIS COUNTRY'S CUSTOMS. HE
HAD 39 WIVES AND 89 CHILDREN
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AND A HAREM BEYOND THAT
- AND FOLLOWED A LOT OF THE
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FANFARE AND THE RITUAL
OF THE ANCIENT SIAM KINGDOM.
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BUT ONE THING REMARKABLE
THAT HE DID - HE HAD A LOT OF
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CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS - HE BUILT
A VERY BEAUTIFUL AND EXPENSIVE
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BATH FOR HIS 10-YEAR-OLD SON
TO HAVE A CEREMONIAL WASHING.
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AND IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL MARBLE
POOL INLAID WITH GOLD SURROUNDED
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BY FOUR PAGODAS THAT HAD GOLD
EVERYWHERE - AND THE COST FOR
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THIS BATH WAS FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
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IT WAS USED ONE TIME FOR HIS
SON'S CEREMONIAL BATH AND THEN
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IT WAS ABANDONED FROM THEN ON.
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
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FOR A BATH - I DON'T KNOW BUT
THAT'S - I PROBABLY COULD LAST
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A DAY IF THAT'S WHAT
IT WAS GOING TO COST.
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BUT I CAN THINK OF A BATH
THAT COST MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
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IT'S A SPECIAL BATH THAT GOD
IS OFFERING EVERYBODY THAT JESUS
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REALLY PROVIDED WITH HIS LIFE
- VERY EXPENSIVE. FREE TO YOU -
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EXPENSIVE TO GOD. WE
CALL IT BAPTISM IN THE BIBLE.
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WE'RE GOING TO STUDY THAT
BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY FITS IN WITH
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PROPHECY AND THE
THEMES OF THIS PRESENTATION.
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FIRST OF ALL, IS BAPTISM
EVEN NECESSARY - SPEAKING OF FOR
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A BIBLE CHRISTIAN?
JESUS SAID, MARK 16:16,
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"HE THAT BELIEVES AND
IS BAPTIZED WILL BE SAVED.
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HE THAT BELIEVETH
NOT WILL BE DAMNED."
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SO JESUS SAID WE NEED
TO BELIEVE AND BE BAPTIZED.
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THE BIBLE SAYS, 'WITHOUT FAITH
NOTHING IS ACCOMPLISHED' BUT IT
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SOUNDS TO ME LIKE HE IS GIVING
A VERY HIGH PRIORITY TO BAPTISM.
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BAPTISM REPRESENTS THE
PUBLIC DECLARATION THAT WE HAVE
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COMMITTED OUR LIVES TO CHRIST
AND WE ACCEPT THE CLEANSING
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THAT HE'S OFFERING. IN
THE LAST CHAPTER HERE OF MARK
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HE MENTIONS BAPTISM. YOU
CAN ALSO FIND WHERE JESUS
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SAID TO NICODEMUS IN
JOHN CHAPTER 3, VERSE 5, "MOST
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ASSUREDLY I SAY TO YOU, UNLESS
ONE IS BORN OF THE WATER AND
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THE SPIRIT, HE CANNOT
ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN."
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A PERSON NEEDS TO BE BORN
- THE WATER AND THE SPIRIT -
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IF THEY'RE GOING TO
ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
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WELL, WE ALL KNOW WHAT
THAT SPIRIT BAPTISM IS.
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WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT
- THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO
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THE DISCIPLES AT PENTECOST.
IT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO SAMPSON
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WHEN THE SPIRIT OF
THE LORD CAME UPON HIM.
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TO BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT
OF GOD AND THE MIND OF GOD.
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BUT WHAT IS THIS WATER?
BEING BORN OF THE WATER?
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I'VE HEARD SOME PEOPLE SAY,
'WELL, HERE IT'S TALKING ABOUT
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'UNLESS YOU'RE BORN OF THE
WATER' - THAT'S TALKING ABOUT
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THE PHYSICAL BIRTH - YOU KNOW,
BEFORE YOU'RE BORN YOU'RE ALL
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IN AN ENVELOPE OF WATER THAT
AMNIOTIC FLUID AND YOU COME OUT
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OF THAT WATER' - THAT'S
NOT WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.
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HE'S TALKING ABOUT BAPTISM.
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WHY WOULD JESUS SAY, 'UNLESS
YOU'RE BORN OF A WOMAN AND
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THE SPIRIT' - I'M JUST WONDERING
ANYONE HERE NOT BORN OF A WOMAN?
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I WOULDN'T RAISE MY HAND EITHER
- IT MEANS YOU'RE AN ALIEN - I
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MEAN EVERYBODY'S BORN THAT WAY.
SO JESUS ISN'T TALKING ABOUT
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THAT, HE'S
TALKING ABOUT BAPTISM.
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MATTER OF FACT, THE
CONTEXT OF WHAT HAPPENS IN
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THE GOSPEL OF JOHN BEGINS WITH
JOHN THE BAPTIST BAPTIZING HIM -
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AND THIS IS RIGHT AFTER THAT.
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CHRIST IS SAYING
YOU NEED BOTH BIRTHS.
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YOU NEED TO BE BORN OF THE
WATER, WHICH IS YOUR CHOICE,
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BORN OF THE SPIRIT IS
GOD'S CHOICE. TWO BIRTHS.
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CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
WHEN THEY CAME OUT OF EGYPT.
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BEFORE THEY GOT TO THE PROMISED
LAND THEY WENT THROUGH THE RED
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SEA - A SYMBOL FOR WATER BAPTISM
- AND THEN THE FIRE OF GOD,
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A PILLAR OF FIRE, CAME
AND PROTECTED AND GUIDED THEM
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AND ILLUMINATED THEIR CAMP.
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THAT REPRESENTS THAT FIRE
BAPTISM OR SPIRIT BAPTISM.
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REMEMBER JOHN THE BAPTIST SAID,
'I'M BAPTIZING YOU WITH WATER
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BUT THE ONE WHO'S COMING HE'LL
BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY GHOST
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AND FIRE.' THAT'S
THAT SPIRIT BAPTISM.
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WE NEED TO BE BORN OF
FIRE AND RAIN, YOU MIGHT SAY.
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THE WATER BAPTISM,
THE SPIRIT BAPTISM.
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OUR PLANET - WASHED BACK IN
THE DAYS OF NOAH WITH WATER.
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THE BIBLE SAYS IN 2 PETER
CHAPTER 3 WHEN JESUS COMES AGAIN
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THIS WHOLE PLANET'S
GOING TO BE WASHED IN FIRE.
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'THE ELEMENTS WILL
MELT WITH A FERVENT HEAT.
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THE EARTH AND THE THINGS THAT
ARE THEREIN SHALL BE BURNED UP.'
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BAPTIZED IN THE WATER,
BAPTIZED IN THE FIRE, MADE NEW.
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YOU AND I NEED BOTH CLEANSINGS.
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YOU NEED TO HAVE THE CLEANSING
OF COMMITTING YOUR WILL TO THE
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LORD - THAT'S BAPTISM - AND THEN
GOD'S GIVING YOU HIS HOLY SPIRIT
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TO GUIDE YOU. HOW
IMPORTANT IS BAPTISM?
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THE THIEF ON THE CROSS
WASN'T BAPTIZED. HE'LL BE SAVED.
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JESUS SAID, 'YOU'LL
BE WITH ME IN PARADISE.'
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HOW IS THAT
POSSIBLE? IS IT THAT IMPORTANT?
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WELL, IT IS TRUE - JESUS
SAID TO THE THIEF ON THE CROSS,
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'VERILY I SAY TO YOU TODAY, YOU
WILL BE WITH ME IN PARADISE.'
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HE DIDN'T COME DOWN OFF
THE CROSS AND GET BAPTIZED.
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NEITHER DID HE COME DOWN
OFF THE CROSS AND GIVE BACK
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EVERYTHING HE HAD
STOLEN - BECAUSE HE COULDN'T.
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AND SO, OBVIOUSLY, IF A
PERSON CAN'T BE BAPTIZED THEN,
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YOU KNOW, THE
LORD UNDERSTANDS THAT.
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WE'RE NOT IN TROUBLE FOR
NOT DOING WHAT WE CAN'T DO.
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GOD DOESN'T PUNISH US FOR
NOT DOING WHAT WE CAN'T DO.
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EVERY COMMAND OF GOD IS ENABLING
AND NO PARENT WOULD PUNISH THEIR
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CHILDREN FOR NOT BEING ABLE
TO DO SOMETHING THEY'RE ASKED
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TO DO. WE'RE REASONABLE.
MAN'S UP ON A CROSS - I'VE BEEN
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TO PRISONS BEFORE AND SOMETIMES
A PERSON MAYBE IS ON DEATH ROW.
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CAN A PERSON EVEN
GUILTY OF MURDER BE FORGIVEN?
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WELL, LET'S HOPE SO.
DAVID WAS GUILTY OF MURDER.
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GOD FORGAVE HIM.
MOSES KILLED AN EGYPTIAN.
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GOD FORGAVE HIM.
JESUS SAID, 'IF YOU'RE ANGRY
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WITH YOUR BROTHER WITHOUT CAUSE
AND YOU WANT TO - SOME OF YOU
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HAVE COMMITTED ASSASSINATIONS IN
YOUR HEART - COME ON, 'FESS UP.
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JESUS SAID IT'S NOT JUST
THE LITERAL MURDER, SOME OF US
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ARE SPIRITUAL - WHAT DO
THEY CALL THAT? SERIAL KILLERS.
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WE THINK TO OURSELVES
'OH, I WISH A METEOR WOULD
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COME DOWN AND HIT
THAT PERSON OVER THE HEAD.'
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AND SO, THE LORD
CAN FORGIVE THAT, YES.
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A PERSON ON DEATH ROW IN PRISON
- MAYBE THE PRISON WON'T LET
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THEM GET BAPTIZED. BUT
THEY SURRENDER THEIR HEART
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TO THE LORD. CAN
GOD STILL FORGIVE THEM?
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WILL THEIR BAPTISM
BE AN OBSTACLE? NO.
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SOMETIMES I GO TO HOSPITALS AND
I VISIT PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THEIR
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DYING BED AND IN THE LAST
HOURS OF THEIR LIFE THEY GIVE
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THEIR HEART TO JESUS -
IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE THAT.
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BY THE WAY, DON'T COUNT ON THAT
BECAUSE MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN
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THAT PEOPLE THAT PLAN ON GIVING
GOD THEIR LIFE IN THE LAST HOURS
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- IT NEVER WORKS OUT THAT WAY -
YOU'RE PRESUMING ON GOD'S GRACE.
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THERE'S ONLY ONE OR TWO EXAMPLES
IN THE BIBLE OF AN ELEVENTH-HOUR
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CONVERSION - A
DEATHBED CONVERSION -
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SO THAT NOBODY
NEEDS TO LOSE HOPE.
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BUT THERE'S ONLY ONE OR
TWO EXAMPLES SO THAT NOBODY
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WOULD DARE PRESUME.
DON'T BE SAYING, 'I'LL WAIT.
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I'M GOING TO LIVE FOR THE DEVIL
AND AT THE LAST MINUTE - ONCE
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THE DOCTOR SAYS, 'YOU'VE GOT
SIX WEEKS' - ON MY FIFTH WEEK
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THEN I'M GOING TO SAY
'I'M GOING TO BE A CHRISTIAN.''
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THAT'S AN INSULT TO GOD.
THAT'S LIKE GIVING THE LORD A
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FLOWER WHEN ALL THE
PETALS FALL OFF THE ROSE.
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GIVE HIM YOUR STRENGTH, AND YOUR
ENERGY, YOUR YOUTH, YOUR MIND.
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AMEN? THERE ARE
MANY ORDINANCES THAT
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ARE CALLED BAPTISM TODAY - ISN'T
ANY ONE OF THESE ACCEPTABLE?
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PROVIDED A PERSON IS SINCERE AND
EARNEST ABOUT IT, DOES IT REALLY
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MATTER HOW YOU'RE BAPTIZED?
WELL, THE BIBLE SAYS THERE IS
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ONE LORD - WHAT'S
IT SAY UP THERE? -
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ONE FAITH AND ONE - ONE BAPTISM.
NOT ONLY DOES THAT MEAN THERE'S
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ONE TRUTH INTO WHICH WE
ARE BAPTIZED, I BELIEVE THAT'S
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TELLING US THERE IS ONE BIBLICAL
METHOD OF BAPTISM AS WELL AND IT
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DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE
TO GOD HOW THAT'S DONE.
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SINCE JESUS AND THE DISCIPLES
BAPTIZED BY IMMERSION, WHO
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INTRODUCED THESE OTHER SO-CALLED
BAPTISMS THAT EXIST TODAY.
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CHRIST SAID, 'BUT IN
VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME
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TEACHING FOR DOCTRINES
THE COMMANDMENTS OF MEN.'
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MAN-MADE COMMANDMENTS.
AGAIN, "FOR LAYING ASIDE THE
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COMMANDMENT OF GOD" -
HE SAID - "YOU HOLD TO
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THE TRADITION OF MEN."
MARK 7, VERSE 8 - FOLLOWING
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TRADITIONS THAT JUST
WEREN'T IN THE BIBLE.
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YOU KNOW, I'VE TRAVELED AROUND
THE MIDDLE EAST AND YOU CAN SEE
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EVEN THROUGHOUT TURKEY AND ASIA,
THIS IS WHERE THE ANCIENT CHURCH
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OF PHILIPPI IS, THE CHURCHES
WERE BUILT AROUND BAPTISTERIES.
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THIS IS - YOU CAN STILL
SEE THE BAPTISTERY THEY BUILT
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RIGHT INTO THE CHURCH.
IT WAS A PRINCIPLE THING FOR
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THEM TO BAPTIZE BY IMMERSION -
THEY HAD POOLS IN THE CHURCHES.
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YOU PROBABLY HEARD OF THE
LEANING TOWER OF PISA - I'VE
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BEEN THERE BEFORE. MOST
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE
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CHURCH THAT IS ACROSS THE
COURTYARD - IT'S A CHURCH THAT
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IS A THOUSAND YEARS
OLD THAT'S THERE IN PISA.
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AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS
CHURCH IT'S A BAPTISTERY AND SO,
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THE WHOLE THING
WAS MADE FOR IMMERSION.
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IT WASN'T A LITTLE BIT OF
WATER THAT WAS SPRINKLED ON
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SOMEBODY'S HEAD. NOW,
AGAIN, I'M SURE NOT TRYING
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TO CRITICIZE WHAT SOMEONE ELSE
MAY HAVE PRACTICED, BUT BAPTISM
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INVOLVES FOLLOWING
WHAT GOD SAYS HIS WAY.
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IF YOU'VE GOT A PILE OF
GARBAGE AND YOU TELL YOUR KIDS,
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'WILL YOU TAKE THIS OUT IN
THE BACK ACRE AND BURY IT?'
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AND THEY TAKE THIS BAG OF
GARBAGE AND THEN GO OUT AND THEY
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THROW IT ON THE GROUND AND THEY
REACH DOWN AND GET A HANDFUL OF
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DIRT AND SPRINKLE IT ON
THE GARBAGE CAN OR THE BAG OF
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GARBAGE AND THE NEXT DAY YOU
LOOK OUT AT THE BACK ACRE THERE
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AND GARBAGE IS EVERYWHERE
BECAUSE THE BEARS AND THE
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RACCOONS - OR
WHATEVER YOUR VARMINTS ARE -
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HAS SPREAD IT
ALL OVER THE PLACE.
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AND YOU SAY, 'DIDN'T
I TELL YOU TO BURY IT?'
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AND THEY SAY,
'WELL, BURY, SPRINKLE,
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WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?'
IS THERE A DIFFERENCE?
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BAPTISM REPRESENTS THE
OLD MAN IS BEING BURIED.
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YOUR OLD NATURE - YOUR SINS.
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I DON'T WANT MY SINS SPRINKLED,
I WANT THEM BURIED, DON'T YOU?
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AND SO THE IMMERSION REPRESENTS
A BURIAL OF THE OLD NATURE,
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A BURIAL OF THE OLD
SINS, A NEW BIRTH, A WASHING,
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A MARRIAGE - ALL OF
THAT'S ENCAPSULATED IN IT.
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SO WHAT HAPPENED HISTORICALLY?
WHERE DID IT CHANGE?
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IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE
COUNSEL OF RAVENNA IN 311 A.D.
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THAT SPRINKLING AND POURING WERE
OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED AS EQUAL
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AND VALID AS IMMERSION
IN THE RITE OF BAPTISM.
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IT HAPPENED SLOWLY.
NOTICE, THIS IS 1300 YEARS A.D.
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- THAT'S 1200 YEARS
AFTER THE CHRISTIAN ERA
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IT STARTED TO CHANGE. NOT
BECAUSE OF A COMMAND OF GOD,
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BUT BECAUSE OF THE TRADITIONS
OF MEN. WHAT MUST A PERSON DO TO
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PREPARE FOR BAPTISM?
NOW, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
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WE'RE GOING TO GO
THROUGH A FEW THINGS.
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FIRST OF ALL, UNDERSTAND
THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS.
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CHRIST SAID THERE IN MATTHEW
28, 'GO YE THEREFORE, TEACH ALL
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NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM.'
THAT MEANS THAT THEY SHOULD BE
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TAUGHT TO
UNDERSTAND. TAUGHT WHAT?
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JESUS SAID, 'TEACHING THEM
TO OBSERVE ALL THINGS WHATSOEVER
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I HAVE COMMANDED YOU.'
TEACHING THEM THE COMMANDS OF
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GOD AND THAT WE SHOULD OBSERVE
THEM - THE FUNDAMENTALS OF
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THE CHRISTIAN FAITH. DOES
A PERSON NEED TO WAIT UNTIL
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THEY UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING
BEFORE THEY'RE BAPTIZED? NO.
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YOU KNOW, BAPTISM IS
SOMETHING LIKE MARRIAGE.
00:12:50.70\00:12:53.13
IF YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN BAPTISM IS
IMPORTANT IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP
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WITH JESUS AS THE WEDDING IS
FOR TWO PEOPLE TO GET MARRIED.
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NOW, I WANT TO ASK THOSE OF YOU
WHO ARE MARRIED - OR YOU'VE BEEN
00:13:02.48\00:13:06.85
MARRIED - DID YOU KNOW
EVERYTHING ABOUT YOUR SPOUSE
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BEFORE YOU GOT
MARRIED? CAN I SEE YOUR HANDS?
00:13:10.42\00:13:13.82
DID YOU LEARN A FEW THINGS
AFTERWARD THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW?
00:13:13.86\00:13:18.83
SO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL
YOU KNOW EVERYTHING, YOU'LL
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NEVER BE READY, BUT YOU NEED
TO UNDERSTAND THE FUNDAMENTALS.
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SOME PEOPLE GET MARRIED
TOO FAST. SOME PEOPLE GET
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BAPTIZED TOO FAST. YOU GET
THE SAME ISSUES. ANSWER B -
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NOT ONLY KNOW THEM, BUT
BELIEVE THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS.
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THAT MEANS BELIEVING THE
FUNDAMENTALS OF THE GOSPEL.
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IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU KNOW
EVERYTHING IN THE BIBLE, BUT THE
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BASICS OF ACCEPTING CHRIST,
REPENTANCE, FAITH IN HIM,
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THE NEW HEART, AND
WHAT THE WILL OF GOD IS -
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THOSE THINGS
SHOULD BE UNDERSTOOD.
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IT SAYS THERE IN MARK
16:16 TO BELIEVE AND BAPTIZE
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WILL BE SAVED.
REPENT OF OUR SINS.
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REPENTANCE MEANS A
SORROW FOR SIN AND A WILLINGNESS
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TO TURN AWAY FROM IT.
NOW, DOES THAT MEAN A PERSON
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NEEDS TO BE PERFECT
BEFORE THEY'RE BAPTIZED?
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WOULD ANYONE HERE QUALIFY IF
YOU HAD TO FEEL LIKE YOU WERE A
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STAINLESS STEEL STERILE
ROBOT BEFORE YOU GOT BAPTIZED?
00:14:09.81\00:14:13.72
I AM A PERFECT CHRISTIAN. I
DON'T THINK ANYONE WOULD EVER
00:14:13.75\00:14:16.79
FEEL WORTHY, BUT YOU NEED
TO HAVE THOSE MAIN ISSUES OF
00:14:16.82\00:14:21.16
REPENTING AND
FORSAKING YOUR SINS DEALT WITH.
00:14:21.19\00:14:24.53
YOU DON'T WANT TO BE
ENSLAVED BY SIN ANYMORE.
00:14:24.56\00:14:27.93
IF YOU'VE GOT SOME
ADDICTION OR HABIT,
00:14:27.96\00:14:30.07
YOU WANT THE VICTORY OVER THAT.
00:14:30.10\00:14:32.20
I HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT I
DISAGREE WITH THEIR THEOLOGY.
00:14:32.23\00:14:35.30
THEY SAY, 'OH, PASTOR DOUG,
MAYBE AFTER THEY GET BAPTIZED
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THEY'LL TAKE CARE OF
THAT DRINKING HABIT.'
00:14:38.54\00:14:40.48
I SAY, 'NO, THEY'VE GOT
TO TAKE CARE OF THAT FIRST.'
00:14:40.51\00:14:43.21
WHAT DO YOU THINK IF A PERSON
MEETS YOU AT THE BAR AND THEY'RE
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TOASTING AND DRINKING
THEIR WHISKEY AND SAYING,
00:14:46.28\00:14:48.28
'HEY, PRAISE THE LORD! I GOT
BAPTIZED TODAY.' WHAT KIND OF
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WITNESS IS THAT FOR - 'YEAH,
I'VE BEEN SET FREE BY JESUS.
00:14:51.45\00:14:54.12
OF COURSE, I'M STILL ADDICTED
TO ALCOHOL BUT I GUESS HE SET ME
00:14:54.16\00:14:56.52
FREE SOMEHOW, I'M NOT
SURE WHAT THAT MEANS.' IT MEANS
00:14:56.56\00:14:59.93
REALLY, TANGIBLY, CHANGED.
AND IT'S COMPARED TO A MARRIAGE.
00:14:59.96\00:15:04.93
IT'S THE PUBLIC
CEREMONY WHERE WE ACCEPT CHRIST.
00:15:04.97\00:15:07.74
'FOR AS MANY OF YOU AS
HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST
00:15:07.77\00:15:10.61
HAVE PUT ON CHRIST.'
TYPICALLY, IT USED TO BE, THAT
00:15:10.64\00:15:14.08
WHEN A WOMAN MARRIES A MAN
SHE TAKES HIS NAME, BUT BAPTISM
00:15:14.11\00:15:18.61
REALLY REPRESENTS
A MARRIAGE TO CHRIST.
00:15:18.65\00:15:21.42
NOW, MOST
MARRIAGES ARE PUBLIC. WHY?
00:15:21.45\00:15:24.85
WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEBODY AND
YOU'RE COMMITTING YOUR LIFE TO
00:15:24.89\00:15:26.76
SOMEBODY, YOU WANT OTHERS TO
KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE.
00:15:26.79\00:15:30.66
AND BAPTISMS ARE USUALLY PUBLIC.
I MEAN, LADIES, WHAT WOULD YOU
00:15:30.69\00:15:36.87
THINK IF A MAN SAID TO
YOU, 'YOU KNOW, I LOVE YOU AND
00:15:36.90\00:15:39.87
I'D LIKE TO MARRY YOU, BUT LET'S
NOT TELL ANYBODY ABOUT THIS.
00:15:39.90\00:15:44.37
DO WE HAVE TO DO IT IN
FRONT OF OTHER PEOPLE?'
00:15:44.41\00:15:46.64
WOULD YOU BE
SUSPICIOUS IF HE SAID THAT?
00:15:46.68\00:15:48.64
'WHAT, ARE YOU ASHAMED OF ME?
00:15:48.68\00:15:49.48
HOW COME HE DOESN'T
WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW?
00:15:49.51\00:15:50.91
DOES HE HAVE
ANOTHER WIFE SOMEWHERE ELSE?
00:15:50.95\00:15:52.58
WHAT'S GOING ON?'
YOU'D WONDER, RIGHT?
00:15:52.61\00:15:56.62
WHEN JESUS DIED FOR YOU, DID
HE DIE PUBLICLY? THEN WE SHOULD
00:15:56.65\00:16:00.66
NOT BE ASHAMED TO PUBLICLY
COMMIT OUR LIVES TO HIM.
00:16:00.69\00:16:04.09
WHY IS BAPTISM AN URGENT
MATTER FOR A CONVERTED SINNER?
00:16:04.13\00:16:08.36
IT SAYS IN ACTS CHAPTER 22,
VERSE 16, "ARISE" ANANIAS SAID
00:16:08.40\00:16:14.17
TO PAUL, "AND BE BAPTIZED AND
WASH AWAY YOUR SINS CALLING ON
00:16:14.20\00:16:19.04
THE NAME OF THE
LORD." NOTICE HOW IMPORTANT
00:16:19.07\00:16:20.91
THAT VERSE IS. BE
BAPTIZED. WASH AWAY YOUR SINS.
00:16:20.94\00:16:25.11
CALLING ON THE NAME OF THE LORD.
IT IS THE CEREMONY BY WHICH
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GOD OFFICIALLY
WASHES AWAY YOUR SINS.
00:16:28.25\00:16:31.39
NOW, YOU CAN REPENT
BEFORE BAPTISM - YOU MUST.
00:16:31.42\00:16:34.29
YOU NEED TO LOVE
THE LORD BEFORE BAPTISM.
00:16:34.32\00:16:36.96
YOU NEED TO COMMIT YOUR
LIFE TO THE LORD BEFORE BAPTISM.
00:16:36.99\00:16:39.89
BUT ALL OF THIS IS
OFFICIAL THROUGH BAPTISM.
00:16:39.93\00:16:43.30
DO YOU
UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING?
00:16:43.33\00:16:44.97
I MEAN, LADIES, WHAT WOULD
YOU THINK OF A MAN IF HE SAID TO
00:16:45.00\00:16:47.34
YOU, 'IF WE COULD JUST HAVE A
MARRIAGE CEREMONY, I THINK THEN
00:16:47.37\00:16:50.94
I'LL LOVE YOU.' WOULD
THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY MAKE
00:16:50.97\00:16:54.88
SOMEONE LOVE SOMEONE ELSE?
MATTER OF FACT, THE CEREMONY IS
00:16:54.91\00:16:57.28
SOMETIMES A LITTLE
STRESSFUL. BUT THAT CEREMONY
00:16:57.31\00:17:00.05
IS VERY IMPORTANT.
THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE OFFICIALLY
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ACCEPTING THAT CLEANSING
FROM SIN THAT GOD TALKS ABOUT.
00:17:02.32\00:17:06.05
ALL RIGHT. WHAT
ABOUT RE-BAPTISM?
00:17:06.09\00:17:09.92
THERE'S AN EXAMPLE IN
THE BIBLE OF RE-BAPTISM.
00:17:09.96\00:17:12.76
ACTS 19, VERSES 2
THROUGH 5 TELLS ABOUT WHEN PAUL
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WAS TRAVELING
AROUND UP HERE IN EPHESUS.
00:17:16.87\00:17:19.90
HE RAN INTO TWELVE EPHESIAN
BELIEVERS - INTERESTING NUMBER -
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AND THEY WERE
BAPTIZED BY JOHN THE BAPTIST.
00:17:23.81\00:17:28.11
HE SAID TO THEM, AS THEY WENT
TO HIM, THEY SAID, "WE'VE NOT
00:17:28.14\00:17:31.08
EVEN HEARD WHETHER
THERE BE ANY HOLY GHOST."
00:17:31.11\00:17:33.45
THEY HADN'T BEEN TAUGHT ABOUT
GOD SENDING THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT
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HAPPENED IN ACTS
CHAPTER 2. "AND HE SAID, 'UNTO
00:17:37.12\00:17:39.55
WHAT THEN WERE YOU
BAPTIZED?' AND THEY SAID,
00:17:39.59\00:17:42.39
'UNTO JOHN'S
BAPTISM.'" NOW, JOHN BAPTIZED BY
00:17:42.42\00:17:45.16
IMMERSION - THE RIGHT,
BIBLICAL METHOD OF BAPTISM.
00:17:45.19\00:17:47.86
BUT THEY HAD MISSED OUT ON
SO MUCH TRUTH - YOU KNOW, THEY
00:17:47.93\00:17:50.87
DIDN'T HAVE FAXES AND INTERNET
BACK THEN AND ALL THIS HAD
00:17:50.90\00:17:53.87
HAPPENED WITH THE OUTPOURING
OF THE SPIRIT AND THE DEATH OF
00:17:53.90\00:17:56.14
JESUS - THEY HAD JUST
HEARD ABOUT JOHN THE BAPTIST
00:17:56.17\00:17:58.41
AND THEY MISSED SO MUCH.
00:17:58.44\00:17:59.77
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT PAUL SAID,
"JOHN VERILY BAPTIZED WITH A
00:17:59.81\00:18:04.55
BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE SAYING
UNTO THE PEOPLE THAT THEY SHOULD
00:18:04.58\00:18:07.68
BELIEVE ON HIM WHO
WOULD COME AFTER HIM.
00:18:07.72\00:18:10.19
THAT IS, ON JESUS CHRIST."
THEY HADN'T HEARD ABOUT JESUS.
00:18:10.22\00:18:14.12
"AND WHEN THEY HEARD THIS THEY
WERE BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF
00:18:14.16\00:18:17.06
THE LORD JESUS. THEY WERE
RE-BAPTIZED. SO THERE'S THREE
00:18:17.09\00:18:20.40
REASONS TO BE RE-BAPTIZED
BIBLICALLY. ONE IS IF YOU'RE NOT
00:18:20.43\00:18:25.17
BAPTIZED ACCORDING TO
THE BIBLE - BY IMMERSION.
00:18:25.20\00:18:28.30
MAYBE YOU'RE BAPTIZED AS A BABY
- AND THAT'S REALLY A DEDICATION
00:18:28.34\00:18:30.44
- YOU SHOULD BE RE-BAPTIZED
OR BAPTIZED BIBLICALLY.
00:18:30.47\00:18:34.18
THE OTHER REASON IS IF YOU'VE
WANDERED FROM THE LORD AND
00:18:34.21\00:18:37.11
DIVORCED YOURSELF BY
THE LIFE YOU'RE LIVING.
00:18:37.15\00:18:39.55
IF YOU PUBLICLY TURNED YOUR
BACK - I DON'T MEAN IF SOMEONE
00:18:39.58\00:18:42.65
MISSES CHURCH FOR A WEEK -
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT.
00:18:42.68\00:18:45.19
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT IF A
PERSON SINS AND REPENTS EVERY
00:18:45.22\00:18:47.52
TIME THEY'VE GOT TO RUN AND
GET BAPTIZED - IT'S NOT THAT.
00:18:47.56\00:18:50.33
I'M TALKING ABOUT IF A PERSON
HAS PUBLICLY STOPPED LIVING
00:18:50.36\00:18:53.19
THE LIFE, BASICALLY TURNED AWAY
FROM THE LORD, STARTED DATING
00:18:53.23\00:18:58.30
THE DEVIL - IF THEY WANT
TO RETURN TO THE LORD FROM
00:18:58.33\00:19:02.44
BACKSLIDING LIKE THAT,
THEY MIGHT CONSIDER RE-BAPTISM.
00:19:02.47\00:19:06.81
THE THIRD REASON FOR RE-BAPTISM
IS LIKE WHAT HAPPENED TO ME AND
00:19:06.84\00:19:09.71
IN THE BIBLE HERE - A PERSON
IS BAPTIZED MAYBE AS A CHILD AND
00:19:09.74\00:19:13.01
THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE
DOING OR THEY WEREN'T TAUGHT OR
00:19:13.05\00:19:14.75
THEY MISSED THE MAJOR TEACHINGS
OF THE BIBLE, BUT THEY'VE BEEN
00:19:14.78\00:19:17.59
BAPTIZED BY IMMERSION -
THEY WOULD MAYBE PRAY ABOUT
00:19:17.62\00:19:21.26
RE-BAPTISM AND THOSE ARE
SOME OF THE EXAMPLES FOR THAT.
00:19:21.29\00:19:24.96
HOW DOES GOD FEEL ABOUT THE
BAPTISM OF A CONVERTED PERSON?
00:19:24.99\00:19:29.10
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW
IMPORTANT THIS IS, LOOK AT
00:19:29.13\00:19:31.23
THE EXAMPLE OF JESUS.
AND YOU CAN READ ABOUT THIS
00:19:31.27\00:19:33.67
IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 3.
I'LL START WITH VERSE 16.
00:19:33.70\00:19:38.44
"WHEN JESUS WAS BAPTIZED,
HE CAME UP IMMEDIATELY FROM THE
00:19:38.47\00:19:41.74
WATER AND BEHOLD, THE
HEAVENS WERE OPENED TO HIM."
00:19:41.78\00:19:44.91
ALL RIGHT, STOP. WAS
CHRIST BAPTIZED TO FORGIVE
00:19:44.95\00:19:49.18
HIS SINS OR AS AN
EXAMPLE FOR YOU AND ME?
00:19:49.22\00:19:52.42
HE'S AN EXAMPLE.
WHAT DID HE EXPERIENCE?
00:19:52.45\00:19:55.89
IT'S WHAT WE CAN EXPERIENCE.
THE HEAVENS WERE OPENED.
00:19:55.92\00:19:59.46
DOES GOD OPEN THE
HEAVENS IN A SPECIAL WAY FOR US
00:19:59.49\00:20:02.26
WHEN WE'RE BAPTIZED?
THE HEAVENS ARE CLOSED TO US
00:20:02.30\00:20:04.73
BEFORE BAPTISM BECAUSE
WE'RE KIND OF ENEMIES OF GOD.
00:20:04.77\00:20:07.44
AFTER BAPTISM, THEN WE
ARE ADOPTED BY THE LORD.
00:20:07.47\00:20:12.07
READING ON HERE - "THE HEAVENS
WERE OPENED AND HE SAW" -
00:20:12.11\00:20:16.34
YOU'LL SEE A NEW WAY
WHEN YOU'RE BAPTIZED.
00:20:16.38\00:20:19.61
YOUR EYES WILL BE OPENED.
"HE SAW THE SPIRIT DESCENDING" -
00:20:19.65\00:20:25.19
GOD PROMISES TO GIVE US
THE SPIRIT AT OUR BAPTISM -
00:20:25.22\00:20:28.06
"LIKE A DOVE" - WHAT
DOES A DOVE REPRESENT? PEACE.
00:20:28.09\00:20:32.39
THAT COMES FROM BACK IN
THE DAYS OF NOAH IN THE BIBLE.
00:20:32.43\00:20:34.83
THAT'S WHAT THE WORLD THINKS
ABOUT THE DOVE - IS PEACE.
00:20:34.83\00:20:36.80
IT COMES FROM THE BIBLE.
00:20:36.83\00:20:37.80
IT REPRESENTS PEACE
BETWEEN GOD AND MAN.
00:20:37.83\00:20:40.24
THE SPIRIT CAME
DOWN LIKE A DOVE.
00:20:40.27\00:20:42.50
GOD PROMISED TO PUT PEACE
IN YOUR HEART, BECAUSE YOU KNOW
00:20:42.54\00:20:45.14
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAVEN, YOUR
SINS ARE FORGIVEN - YOU DON'T -
00:20:45.17\00:20:47.71
YOU CAN HANDLE ANYTHING IF
YOU KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO LAST
00:20:47.74\00:20:51.08
AND YOU'VE GOT ETERNAL LIFE.
IF YOU KNOW THAT GOD IS PLEASED
00:20:51.11\00:20:54.05
WITH YOU - AND THAT'S THE OTHER
THING - "SUDDENLY A VOICE CAME
00:20:54.08\00:20:57.62
FROM HEAVEN" - YOU'LL HEAR
GOD SPEAK TO YOU LIKE YOU'VE
00:20:57.65\00:21:00.59
NEVER HEARD BEFORE. NOT
ONLY DO YOU SEE, YOU HEAR.
00:21:00.62\00:21:04.49
AND THAT VOICE SAYS,
'THIS IS MY BELOVED SON
00:21:04.53\00:21:07.10
IN WHOM I'M WELL-PLEASED.'
WHAT HE SAID TO JESUS,
00:21:07.13\00:21:09.06
HE SAYS TO YOU.
IT'S FOR YOUR BENEFIT
00:21:09.10\00:21:11.30
HE SAID IT TO JESUS.
YOU NOW ARE DECLARED TO BE
00:21:11.33\00:21:13.84
ADOPTED INTO THE FAMILY OF
GOD. YOU ARE HIS BELOVED SON AND
00:21:13.87\00:21:19.07
DAUGHTER AND HE IS WELL-PLEASED
WITH YOU - MEANING, HE LOOKS
00:21:19.11\00:21:22.94
UPON YOU AS THOUGH
YOU'VE NEVER SINNED.
00:21:22.98\00:21:25.08
HE BECOMES WELL-PLEASED
WITH WHO YOU ARE AND BAPTISM IS
00:21:25.11\00:21:28.52
WHEN THIS HAPPENED WITH JESUS.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FRIENDS AND
00:21:28.55\00:21:32.39
I WANT EVERYONE TO EXPERIENCE
THAT BLESSING IN THE BIBLE.
00:21:32.42\00:21:36.16
YOU NOTICE THERE ARE FOUR
THINGS THAT BAPTISM DOES NOT DO.
00:21:36.19\00:21:40.86
BAPTISM DOES NOT
CHANGE THE HEART.
00:21:40.90\00:21:43.30
IT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT WORKS
ON YOUR HEART NOW AND A SPECIAL
00:21:43.33\00:21:46.17
MEASURE OF THE SPIRIT COMES
INTO YOUR LIFE AFTER BAPTISM.
00:21:46.20\00:21:50.04
GOD'S SPIRIT COMES
IN DIFFERENT DEGREES.
00:21:50.07\00:21:51.97
SO DON'T THINK, 'IF I
GET BAPTIZED, MAYBE I'LL
00:21:52.01\00:21:54.41
LOVE THE LORD.' YOU
WANT TO LOVE HIM FIRST,
00:21:54.44\00:21:56.34
FRIENDS.
SECONDLY, BAPTISM DOESN'T
00:21:56.38\00:21:59.05
NECESSARILY MAKE A
PERSON FEEL DIFFERENT.
00:21:59.08\00:22:01.75
SOME PEOPLE SAY, 'WHEN
I COME OUT OF THE WATER,
00:22:01.78\00:22:03.99
WILL I FEEL ELECTRICITY?'
WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL DIFFERENT IS
00:22:04.02\00:22:06.96
WHEN YOU BELIEVE HIS WORD - IT'S
BY FAITH. YOU SAY, 'I BELIEVE
00:22:06.99\00:22:10.73
GOD SAID I AM NOW HIS BELOVED
SON - HIS BELOVED DAUGHTER -
00:22:10.76\00:22:13.83
MY SINS ARE FORGIVEN.'
THAT'S WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL
00:22:13.86\00:22:16.00
DIFFERENT, IT'S YOUR
FAITH. THE WATER IS H2O.
00:22:16.03\00:22:19.50
BAPTISM DOESN'T
REMOVE TEMPTATION.
00:22:19.53\00:22:22.37
WAS JESUS TEMPTED
AFTER HIS BAPTISM?
00:22:22.40\00:22:26.01
WHEN THE CHILDREN OF
ISRAEL CROSSED THE RED SEA
00:22:26.04\00:22:28.01
WERE THEY STILL
ATTACKED FROM BEHIND?
00:22:28.04\00:22:30.85
YEAH, THERE'S BATTLES, THERE'S
STRUGGLES, BUT I'LL TELL YOU
00:22:30.88\00:22:33.75
IT'S A LOT BETTER BEING ON
YOUR WAY TO THE PROMISED LAND,
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FRIENDS, THAN BEING A SLAVE
OF THE DEVIL BACK IN EGYPT.
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FOURTH, BAPTISM
DOESN'T GUARANTEE SALVATION.
00:22:39.99\00:22:43.99
SOME PEOPLE THINK, 'IF I'M
BAPTIZED THEN, HEY - THEN, YOU
00:22:44.03\00:22:47.60
KNOW, I'M SEALED FOR
GOOD.' JUDAS WAS BAPTIZED.
00:22:47.66\00:22:51.83
YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW
THERE'S SOME PEOPLE WHO SAY,
00:22:51.87\00:22:53.94
'I'VE GONE TO CHURCH AND
I'VE BEEN BAPTIZED SO GOD'S
00:22:53.97\00:22:55.97
GOT TO SAVE ME.' NO,
HE LOOKS ON THE HEART.
00:22:56.00\00:22:59.01
BUT THIS IS CERTAINLY PART
OF IT. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
00:22:59.04\00:23:02.51
YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD OF
THE GREAT AMERICAN CIVIL WAR AND
00:23:02.54\00:23:07.52
THERE WAS A GREAT BATTLE OF
FREDERICKSBURG - BETWEEN THE
00:23:07.55\00:23:10.22
NORTH AND THE SOUTH -
WHERE THOUSANDS OF MEN FACED OFF
00:23:10.25\00:23:14.32
AGAINST EACH OTHER AND THOUSANDS
WERE SHOT AND WOUNDED -
00:23:14.36\00:23:17.99
DIED - THE
BATTLE RAGED FOR DAYS.
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AND IN THE FIELD BETWEEN THE
TWO FORCES THAT WERE LINED UP -
00:23:21.60\00:23:24.67
HIDING BEHIND TREES AND A WALL
- ALL THESE MEN LAY OUT THERE
00:23:24.70\00:23:28.24
WOUNDED FOR ALMOST A WHOLE DAY
- ALL NIGHT LONG - AND THEY WERE
00:23:28.27\00:23:32.97
SAYING, 'HELP, WATER, WATER.'
BECAUSE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS
00:23:33.01\00:23:36.88
THAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE
IN SHOCK AND YOU'RE SCARED OR
00:23:36.91\00:23:39.18
YOU'RE BLEEDING -
YOU BECOME DEHYDRATED.
00:23:39.21\00:23:42.08
AND THE SOLDIERS WERE
HEARING THEIR COMRADES OUT THERE
00:23:42.12\00:23:45.32
PLEADING FOR WATER, BUT AS SOON
AS THEY EXPOSED THEMSELVES TO GO
00:23:45.35\00:23:48.06
HELP THEM, THEY WERE
AFRAID THEY'D GET SHOT
00:23:48.09\00:23:49.96
OR THE ARTILLERY WOULD HIT THEM.
00:23:49.99\00:23:51.89
AND AFTER ABOUT 18 HOURS OF
LISTENING TO THESE MOANS AND
00:23:51.93\00:23:55.30
CRIES AND PLEAS FOR WATER COMING
FROM THE INJURED TROOPS ALL OVER
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THE BATTLEFIELD, THIS ONE VERY
BRAVE SOUTHERN SOLDIER NAMED
00:23:59.13\00:24:02.70
RICHARD KIRKLAND, HE SAID TO THE
GENERAL, HE SAID, 'LET ME GO AND
00:24:02.74\00:24:06.81
BRING WATER TO THE
MEN.' HE SAID, 'YOU KNOW
00:24:06.84\00:24:09.61
YOU'LL BE KILLED.'
HE SAID, 'YOU KNOW,
00:24:09.64\00:24:11.61
I THINK I'D RATHER DIE THAN
LISTEN TO THEM CRY ANY LONGER.'
00:24:11.65\00:24:14.78
HE SAID, 'I CAN'T TAKE
IT.' HE SAID, 'LET ME TRY.
00:24:14.82\00:24:17.02
MAYBE I CAN HELP SOME OF THEM.
00:24:17.05\00:24:18.62
IF I COULD JUST GIVE SOME
OF THEM WATER BEFORE I DIE' -
00:24:18.65\00:24:21.59
HE SAID - 'IT
WOULD BE WORTH IT TO ME.'
00:24:21.62\00:24:24.66
AND THE GENERAL SAID,
'YOU'RE A VERY BRAVE MAN.'
00:24:24.69\00:24:26.93
AND THEY GAVE HIM SOME
PROVISIONS AND A BIG VESSEL OF
00:24:26.96\00:24:30.17
WATER AND HE WENT OUT ONTO
THE BATTLEFIELD AND THE NORTHERN
00:24:30.20\00:24:33.90
SOLDIERS SAW THIS SOUTHERN
SOLDIER AND IMMEDIATELY THEY
00:24:33.94\00:24:37.64
RECOGNIZED HE HAD NO RIFLE AND
THEY ALL STOPPED FIRING BECAUSE
00:24:37.67\00:24:42.24
THEY REALIZED THAT MIGHT BE
THEM OUT THERE LAYING CRYING FOR
00:24:42.28\00:24:44.71
WATER SOMEDAY.
AND THIS WHOLE ARMY -
00:24:44.75\00:24:46.98
NOT ONE SHOT WAS
FIRED - NO CANNON, NO
00:24:47.02\00:24:49.38
RIFLE - AS THEY SAW THIS
ONE BRAVE SOLDIER GO FROM ONE
00:24:49.42\00:24:52.79
WOUNDED MAN TO THE OTHER AND SAY
A COMFORTING WORD, STRAIGHTEN
00:24:52.82\00:24:56.83
THEIR LIMBS AND GIVE
THEM A DRINK OF WATER.
00:24:56.86\00:24:59.49
VERY BRAVE THING HE
DID AND HE DID IT ACROSS
00:24:59.53\00:25:02.80
THE WHOLE BATTLEFIELD.
AND HE WAS CITED FOR BRAVERY
00:25:02.83\00:25:05.97
FOR DOING THAT. HE
WANTED TO DELIVER THAT
00:25:06.00\00:25:08.74
LIVING WATER
BECAUSE THEY WERE PERISHING.
00:25:08.77\00:25:12.77
YOU KNOW, JESUS CAME TO PROVIDE
LIVING WATER FOR YOU AND THAT
00:25:12.81\00:25:17.41
BAPTISM IS
REALLY A SYMBOL OF THAT.
00:25:17.45\00:25:19.91
IT'S THAT LIVING
WATER, THAT ORDINANCE BY WHICH
00:25:19.95\00:25:22.25
WE ARE CLEANSED.
WE ARE BORN AGAIN.
00:25:22.28\00:25:24.89
WE'RE MARRIED TO
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00:25:24.92\00:25:28.19
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HE SAID, 'GO YE, THEREFORE,
00:25:28.22\00:25:30.93
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