Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
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Program Code: AFP000113
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00:03 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 00:11 >>YOU DON'T READ ABOUT ANY REAL MIRACLES OF JESUS UNTIL 00:15 HE WAS BAPTIZED. AT HIS BAPTISM HE WAS FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT. 00:19 HE BEGAN PREACHING AND TEACHING. HE BEGAN A LIFE OF SERVICE. 00:25 >>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO 00:28 SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 00:31 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST 00:34 TELEVISION BROADCASTS. WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND 00:37 ENJOY THIS EDITION OF AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS. 00:46 >>YOU CAN READ IN REVELATION 21, VERSE 5 "THEN HE THAT SAT UPON 00:49 THE THRONE SAID, 'BEHOLD, I MAKE ALL THINGS NEW.'" 00:53 EVERYTHING IN HEAVEN WILL BE MADE NEW AND THAT MEANS THAT WE 00:57 NEED TO BE MADE NEW TOO IF WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE. 01:01 GOD TELLS US HE'S OFFERING US ALL A NEW HEART, A NEW SPIRIT, 01:05 A NEW MIND THAT COMES FROM THE NEW COVENANT. 01:08 AND IN GOD'S WORD HE HAS A CEREMONY THAT SYMBOLIZES 01:11 THIS NEW BIRTH. IT REALLY IS THE GATEWAY TO THE 01:15 NEW BIRTH. I WAS READING AN INTERESTING BIT 01:18 OF HISTORY ABOUT THE KING OF SIAM. 01:21 SOME OF YOU MAYBE HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE PLAY AND THE MOVIE 01:24 CALLED 'THE KING AND I' - IT'S BASED ON A TRUE STORY ABOUT 01:28 RAMA THE FOURTH WHO WAS THE KING OF WHAT IS NOW THAILAND. 01:32 HE WAS A WELL-TRAVELED MAN - SPENT 27 YEARS BASICALLY LIVING 01:36 AS A BUDDHIST AND HE TRAVELED, WAS EDUCATED, SPOKE SEVERAL 01:39 LANGUAGES - ENGLISH AND LATIN - AND TO HIS CORONATION HE INVITED 01:42 A NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL DIGNITARIES. 01:45 BUT IN SOME WAYS HE WAS VERY TRADITIONAL WITH 01:48 HIS COUNTRY'S CUSTOMS. HE HAD 39 WIVES AND 89 CHILDREN 01:55 AND A HAREM BEYOND THAT - AND FOLLOWED A LOT OF THE 01:59 FANFARE AND THE RITUAL OF THE ANCIENT SIAM KINGDOM. 02:05 BUT ONE THING REMARKABLE THAT HE DID - HE HAD A LOT OF 02:08 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS - HE BUILT A VERY BEAUTIFUL AND EXPENSIVE 02:14 BATH FOR HIS 10-YEAR-OLD SON TO HAVE A CEREMONIAL WASHING. 02:20 AND IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL MARBLE POOL INLAID WITH GOLD SURROUNDED 02:25 BY FOUR PAGODAS THAT HAD GOLD EVERYWHERE - AND THE COST FOR 02:30 THIS BATH WAS FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. 02:33 IT WAS USED ONE TIME FOR HIS SON'S CEREMONIAL BATH AND THEN 02:38 IT WAS ABANDONED FROM THEN ON. FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS 02:42 FOR A BATH - I DON'T KNOW BUT THAT'S - I PROBABLY COULD LAST 02:44 A DAY IF THAT'S WHAT IT WAS GOING TO COST. 02:47 BUT I CAN THINK OF A BATH THAT COST MUCH MORE THAN THAT. 02:52 IT'S A SPECIAL BATH THAT GOD IS OFFERING EVERYBODY THAT JESUS 02:55 REALLY PROVIDED WITH HIS LIFE - VERY EXPENSIVE. FREE TO YOU - 03:01 EXPENSIVE TO GOD. WE CALL IT BAPTISM IN THE BIBLE. 03:04 WE'RE GOING TO STUDY THAT BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY FITS IN WITH 03:06 PROPHECY AND THE THEMES OF THIS PRESENTATION. 03:10 FIRST OF ALL, IS BAPTISM EVEN NECESSARY - SPEAKING OF FOR 03:14 A BIBLE CHRISTIAN? JESUS SAID, MARK 16:16, 03:20 "HE THAT BELIEVES AND IS BAPTIZED WILL BE SAVED. 03:24 HE THAT BELIEVETH NOT WILL BE DAMNED." 03:26 SO JESUS SAID WE NEED TO BELIEVE AND BE BAPTIZED. 03:31 THE BIBLE SAYS, 'WITHOUT FAITH NOTHING IS ACCOMPLISHED' BUT IT 03:34 SOUNDS TO ME LIKE HE IS GIVING A VERY HIGH PRIORITY TO BAPTISM. 03:39 BAPTISM REPRESENTS THE PUBLIC DECLARATION THAT WE HAVE 03:42 COMMITTED OUR LIVES TO CHRIST AND WE ACCEPT THE CLEANSING 03:46 THAT HE'S OFFERING. IN THE LAST CHAPTER HERE OF MARK 03:50 HE MENTIONS BAPTISM. YOU CAN ALSO FIND WHERE JESUS 03:53 SAID TO NICODEMUS IN JOHN CHAPTER 3, VERSE 5, "MOST 03:57 ASSUREDLY I SAY TO YOU, UNLESS ONE IS BORN OF THE WATER AND 04:02 THE SPIRIT, HE CANNOT ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN." 04:07 A PERSON NEEDS TO BE BORN - THE WATER AND THE SPIRIT - 04:10 IF THEY'RE GOING TO ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 04:12 WELL, WE ALL KNOW WHAT THAT SPIRIT BAPTISM IS. 04:16 WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT - THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO 04:18 THE DISCIPLES AT PENTECOST. IT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO SAMPSON 04:21 WHEN THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD CAME UPON HIM. 04:23 TO BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT OF GOD AND THE MIND OF GOD. 04:27 BUT WHAT IS THIS WATER? BEING BORN OF THE WATER? 04:31 I'VE HEARD SOME PEOPLE SAY, 'WELL, HERE IT'S TALKING ABOUT 04:33 'UNLESS YOU'RE BORN OF THE WATER' - THAT'S TALKING ABOUT 04:35 THE PHYSICAL BIRTH - YOU KNOW, BEFORE YOU'RE BORN YOU'RE ALL 04:39 IN AN ENVELOPE OF WATER THAT AMNIOTIC FLUID AND YOU COME OUT 04:43 OF THAT WATER' - THAT'S NOT WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT. 04:46 HE'S TALKING ABOUT BAPTISM. 04:47 WHY WOULD JESUS SAY, 'UNLESS YOU'RE BORN OF A WOMAN AND 04:49 THE SPIRIT' - I'M JUST WONDERING ANYONE HERE NOT BORN OF A WOMAN? 04:54 I WOULDN'T RAISE MY HAND EITHER - IT MEANS YOU'RE AN ALIEN - I 04:58 MEAN EVERYBODY'S BORN THAT WAY. SO JESUS ISN'T TALKING ABOUT 05:01 THAT, HE'S TALKING ABOUT BAPTISM. 05:03 MATTER OF FACT, THE CONTEXT OF WHAT HAPPENS IN 05:05 THE GOSPEL OF JOHN BEGINS WITH JOHN THE BAPTIST BAPTIZING HIM - 05:10 AND THIS IS RIGHT AFTER THAT. 05:11 CHRIST IS SAYING YOU NEED BOTH BIRTHS. 05:13 YOU NEED TO BE BORN OF THE WATER, WHICH IS YOUR CHOICE, 05:16 BORN OF THE SPIRIT IS GOD'S CHOICE. TWO BIRTHS. 05:21 CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WHEN THEY CAME OUT OF EGYPT. 05:23 BEFORE THEY GOT TO THE PROMISED LAND THEY WENT THROUGH THE RED 05:26 SEA - A SYMBOL FOR WATER BAPTISM - AND THEN THE FIRE OF GOD, 05:30 A PILLAR OF FIRE, CAME AND PROTECTED AND GUIDED THEM 05:33 AND ILLUMINATED THEIR CAMP. 05:34 THAT REPRESENTS THAT FIRE BAPTISM OR SPIRIT BAPTISM. 05:38 REMEMBER JOHN THE BAPTIST SAID, 'I'M BAPTIZING YOU WITH WATER 05:41 BUT THE ONE WHO'S COMING HE'LL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY GHOST 05:43 AND FIRE.' THAT'S THAT SPIRIT BAPTISM. 05:47 WE NEED TO BE BORN OF FIRE AND RAIN, YOU MIGHT SAY. 05:50 THE WATER BAPTISM, THE SPIRIT BAPTISM. 05:52 OUR PLANET - WASHED BACK IN THE DAYS OF NOAH WITH WATER. 05:56 THE BIBLE SAYS IN 2 PETER CHAPTER 3 WHEN JESUS COMES AGAIN 06:00 THIS WHOLE PLANET'S GOING TO BE WASHED IN FIRE. 06:03 'THE ELEMENTS WILL MELT WITH A FERVENT HEAT. 06:05 THE EARTH AND THE THINGS THAT ARE THEREIN SHALL BE BURNED UP.' 06:08 BAPTIZED IN THE WATER, BAPTIZED IN THE FIRE, MADE NEW. 06:11 YOU AND I NEED BOTH CLEANSINGS. 06:14 YOU NEED TO HAVE THE CLEANSING OF COMMITTING YOUR WILL TO THE 06:16 LORD - THAT'S BAPTISM - AND THEN GOD'S GIVING YOU HIS HOLY SPIRIT 06:20 TO GUIDE YOU. HOW IMPORTANT IS BAPTISM? 06:23 THE THIEF ON THE CROSS WASN'T BAPTIZED. HE'LL BE SAVED. 06:27 JESUS SAID, 'YOU'LL BE WITH ME IN PARADISE.' 06:29 HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? IS IT THAT IMPORTANT? 06:32 WELL, IT IS TRUE - JESUS SAID TO THE THIEF ON THE CROSS, 06:36 'VERILY I SAY TO YOU TODAY, YOU WILL BE WITH ME IN PARADISE.' 06:40 HE DIDN'T COME DOWN OFF THE CROSS AND GET BAPTIZED. 06:42 NEITHER DID HE COME DOWN OFF THE CROSS AND GIVE BACK 06:45 EVERYTHING HE HAD STOLEN - BECAUSE HE COULDN'T. 06:49 AND SO, OBVIOUSLY, IF A PERSON CAN'T BE BAPTIZED THEN, 06:53 YOU KNOW, THE LORD UNDERSTANDS THAT. 06:54 WE'RE NOT IN TROUBLE FOR NOT DOING WHAT WE CAN'T DO. 06:58 GOD DOESN'T PUNISH US FOR NOT DOING WHAT WE CAN'T DO. 07:00 EVERY COMMAND OF GOD IS ENABLING AND NO PARENT WOULD PUNISH THEIR 07:06 CHILDREN FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO DO SOMETHING THEY'RE ASKED 07:08 TO DO. WE'RE REASONABLE. MAN'S UP ON A CROSS - I'VE BEEN 07:12 TO PRISONS BEFORE AND SOMETIMES A PERSON MAYBE IS ON DEATH ROW. 07:17 CAN A PERSON EVEN GUILTY OF MURDER BE FORGIVEN? 07:21 WELL, LET'S HOPE SO. DAVID WAS GUILTY OF MURDER. 07:24 GOD FORGAVE HIM. MOSES KILLED AN EGYPTIAN. 07:28 GOD FORGAVE HIM. JESUS SAID, 'IF YOU'RE ANGRY 07:32 WITH YOUR BROTHER WITHOUT CAUSE AND YOU WANT TO - SOME OF YOU 07:34 HAVE COMMITTED ASSASSINATIONS IN YOUR HEART - COME ON, 'FESS UP. 07:37 JESUS SAID IT'S NOT JUST THE LITERAL MURDER, SOME OF US 07:40 ARE SPIRITUAL - WHAT DO THEY CALL THAT? SERIAL KILLERS. 07:47 WE THINK TO OURSELVES 'OH, I WISH A METEOR WOULD 07:49 COME DOWN AND HIT THAT PERSON OVER THE HEAD.' 07:52 AND SO, THE LORD CAN FORGIVE THAT, YES. 07:56 A PERSON ON DEATH ROW IN PRISON - MAYBE THE PRISON WON'T LET 07:59 THEM GET BAPTIZED. BUT THEY SURRENDER THEIR HEART 08:02 TO THE LORD. CAN GOD STILL FORGIVE THEM? 08:04 WILL THEIR BAPTISM BE AN OBSTACLE? NO. 08:08 SOMETIMES I GO TO HOSPITALS AND I VISIT PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THEIR 08:10 DYING BED AND IN THE LAST HOURS OF THEIR LIFE THEY GIVE 08:15 THEIR HEART TO JESUS - IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE THAT. 08:17 BY THE WAY, DON'T COUNT ON THAT BECAUSE MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN 08:20 THAT PEOPLE THAT PLAN ON GIVING GOD THEIR LIFE IN THE LAST HOURS 08:23 - IT NEVER WORKS OUT THAT WAY - YOU'RE PRESUMING ON GOD'S GRACE. 08:27 THERE'S ONLY ONE OR TWO EXAMPLES IN THE BIBLE OF AN ELEVENTH-HOUR 08:31 CONVERSION - A DEATHBED CONVERSION - 08:34 SO THAT NOBODY NEEDS TO LOSE HOPE. 08:36 BUT THERE'S ONLY ONE OR TWO EXAMPLES SO THAT NOBODY 08:39 WOULD DARE PRESUME. DON'T BE SAYING, 'I'LL WAIT. 08:42 I'M GOING TO LIVE FOR THE DEVIL AND AT THE LAST MINUTE - ONCE 08:45 THE DOCTOR SAYS, 'YOU'VE GOT SIX WEEKS' - ON MY FIFTH WEEK 08:47 THEN I'M GOING TO SAY 'I'M GOING TO BE A CHRISTIAN.'' 08:50 THAT'S AN INSULT TO GOD. THAT'S LIKE GIVING THE LORD A 08:53 FLOWER WHEN ALL THE PETALS FALL OFF THE ROSE. 08:56 GIVE HIM YOUR STRENGTH, AND YOUR ENERGY, YOUR YOUTH, YOUR MIND. 08:59 AMEN? THERE ARE MANY ORDINANCES THAT 09:02 ARE CALLED BAPTISM TODAY - ISN'T ANY ONE OF THESE ACCEPTABLE? 09:06 PROVIDED A PERSON IS SINCERE AND EARNEST ABOUT IT, DOES IT REALLY 09:09 MATTER HOW YOU'RE BAPTIZED? WELL, THE BIBLE SAYS THERE IS 09:13 ONE LORD - WHAT'S IT SAY UP THERE? - 09:15 ONE FAITH AND ONE - ONE BAPTISM. NOT ONLY DOES THAT MEAN THERE'S 09:21 ONE TRUTH INTO WHICH WE ARE BAPTIZED, I BELIEVE THAT'S 09:23 TELLING US THERE IS ONE BIBLICAL METHOD OF BAPTISM AS WELL AND IT 09:29 DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO GOD HOW THAT'S DONE. 09:33 SINCE JESUS AND THE DISCIPLES BAPTIZED BY IMMERSION, WHO 09:36 INTRODUCED THESE OTHER SO-CALLED BAPTISMS THAT EXIST TODAY. 09:41 CHRIST SAID, 'BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME 09:44 TEACHING FOR DOCTRINES THE COMMANDMENTS OF MEN.' 09:47 MAN-MADE COMMANDMENTS. AGAIN, "FOR LAYING ASIDE THE 09:50 COMMANDMENT OF GOD" - HE SAID - "YOU HOLD TO 09:52 THE TRADITION OF MEN." MARK 7, VERSE 8 - FOLLOWING 09:55 TRADITIONS THAT JUST WEREN'T IN THE BIBLE. 09:57 YOU KNOW, I'VE TRAVELED AROUND THE MIDDLE EAST AND YOU CAN SEE 10:00 EVEN THROUGHOUT TURKEY AND ASIA, THIS IS WHERE THE ANCIENT CHURCH 10:03 OF PHILIPPI IS, THE CHURCHES WERE BUILT AROUND BAPTISTERIES. 10:08 THIS IS - YOU CAN STILL SEE THE BAPTISTERY THEY BUILT 10:10 RIGHT INTO THE CHURCH. IT WAS A PRINCIPLE THING FOR 10:13 THEM TO BAPTIZE BY IMMERSION - THEY HAD POOLS IN THE CHURCHES. 10:17 YOU PROBABLY HEARD OF THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA - I'VE 10:20 BEEN THERE BEFORE. MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE 10:23 CHURCH THAT IS ACROSS THE COURTYARD - IT'S A CHURCH THAT 10:25 IS A THOUSAND YEARS OLD THAT'S THERE IN PISA. 10:28 AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS CHURCH IT'S A BAPTISTERY AND SO, 10:35 THE WHOLE THING WAS MADE FOR IMMERSION. 10:37 IT WASN'T A LITTLE BIT OF WATER THAT WAS SPRINKLED ON 10:39 SOMEBODY'S HEAD. NOW, AGAIN, I'M SURE NOT TRYING 10:43 TO CRITICIZE WHAT SOMEONE ELSE MAY HAVE PRACTICED, BUT BAPTISM 10:47 INVOLVES FOLLOWING WHAT GOD SAYS HIS WAY. 10:50 IF YOU'VE GOT A PILE OF GARBAGE AND YOU TELL YOUR KIDS, 10:54 'WILL YOU TAKE THIS OUT IN THE BACK ACRE AND BURY IT?' 10:57 AND THEY TAKE THIS BAG OF GARBAGE AND THEN GO OUT AND THEY 10:59 THROW IT ON THE GROUND AND THEY REACH DOWN AND GET A HANDFUL OF 11:02 DIRT AND SPRINKLE IT ON THE GARBAGE CAN OR THE BAG OF 11:05 GARBAGE AND THE NEXT DAY YOU LOOK OUT AT THE BACK ACRE THERE 11:09 AND GARBAGE IS EVERYWHERE BECAUSE THE BEARS AND THE 11:12 RACCOONS - OR WHATEVER YOUR VARMINTS ARE - 11:14 HAS SPREAD IT ALL OVER THE PLACE. 11:15 AND YOU SAY, 'DIDN'T I TELL YOU TO BURY IT?' 11:18 AND THEY SAY, 'WELL, BURY, SPRINKLE, 11:19 WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?' IS THERE A DIFFERENCE? 11:23 BAPTISM REPRESENTS THE OLD MAN IS BEING BURIED. 11:26 YOUR OLD NATURE - YOUR SINS. 11:28 I DON'T WANT MY SINS SPRINKLED, I WANT THEM BURIED, DON'T YOU? 11:32 AND SO THE IMMERSION REPRESENTS A BURIAL OF THE OLD NATURE, 11:35 A BURIAL OF THE OLD SINS, A NEW BIRTH, A WASHING, 11:38 A MARRIAGE - ALL OF THAT'S ENCAPSULATED IN IT. 11:42 SO WHAT HAPPENED HISTORICALLY? WHERE DID IT CHANGE? 11:45 IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE COUNSEL OF RAVENNA IN 311 A.D. 11:50 THAT SPRINKLING AND POURING WERE OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED AS EQUAL 11:53 AND VALID AS IMMERSION IN THE RITE OF BAPTISM. 11:56 IT HAPPENED SLOWLY. NOTICE, THIS IS 1300 YEARS A.D. 12:01 - THAT'S 1200 YEARS AFTER THE CHRISTIAN ERA 12:05 IT STARTED TO CHANGE. NOT BECAUSE OF A COMMAND OF GOD, 12:09 BUT BECAUSE OF THE TRADITIONS OF MEN. WHAT MUST A PERSON DO TO 12:13 PREPARE FOR BAPTISM? NOW, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. 12:16 WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH A FEW THINGS. 12:18 FIRST OF ALL, UNDERSTAND THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS. 12:23 CHRIST SAID THERE IN MATTHEW 28, 'GO YE THEREFORE, TEACH ALL 12:26 NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM.' THAT MEANS THAT THEY SHOULD BE 12:30 TAUGHT TO UNDERSTAND. TAUGHT WHAT? 12:32 JESUS SAID, 'TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE ALL THINGS WHATSOEVER 12:35 I HAVE COMMANDED YOU.' TEACHING THEM THE COMMANDS OF 12:38 GOD AND THAT WE SHOULD OBSERVE THEM - THE FUNDAMENTALS OF 12:42 THE CHRISTIAN FAITH. DOES A PERSON NEED TO WAIT UNTIL 12:45 THEY UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING BEFORE THEY'RE BAPTIZED? NO. 12:50 YOU KNOW, BAPTISM IS SOMETHING LIKE MARRIAGE. 12:53 IF YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN BAPTISM IS IMPORTANT IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP 12:58 WITH JESUS AS THE WEDDING IS FOR TWO PEOPLE TO GET MARRIED. 13:02 NOW, I WANT TO ASK THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE MARRIED - OR YOU'VE BEEN 13:06 MARRIED - DID YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT YOUR SPOUSE 13:10 BEFORE YOU GOT MARRIED? CAN I SEE YOUR HANDS? 13:13 DID YOU LEARN A FEW THINGS AFTERWARD THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW? 13:18 SO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL YOU KNOW EVERYTHING, YOU'LL 13:21 NEVER BE READY, BUT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE FUNDAMENTALS. 13:25 SOME PEOPLE GET MARRIED TOO FAST. SOME PEOPLE GET 13:27 BAPTIZED TOO FAST. YOU GET THE SAME ISSUES. ANSWER B - 13:32 NOT ONLY KNOW THEM, BUT BELIEVE THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS. 13:36 THAT MEANS BELIEVING THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE GOSPEL. 13:38 IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU KNOW EVERYTHING IN THE BIBLE, BUT THE 13:41 BASICS OF ACCEPTING CHRIST, REPENTANCE, FAITH IN HIM, 13:44 THE NEW HEART, AND WHAT THE WILL OF GOD IS - 13:47 THOSE THINGS SHOULD BE UNDERSTOOD. 13:49 IT SAYS THERE IN MARK 16:16 TO BELIEVE AND BAPTIZE 13:53 WILL BE SAVED. REPENT OF OUR SINS. 13:57 REPENTANCE MEANS A SORROW FOR SIN AND A WILLINGNESS 14:00 TO TURN AWAY FROM IT. NOW, DOES THAT MEAN A PERSON 14:03 NEEDS TO BE PERFECT BEFORE THEY'RE BAPTIZED? 14:06 WOULD ANYONE HERE QUALIFY IF YOU HAD TO FEEL LIKE YOU WERE A 14:09 STAINLESS STEEL STERILE ROBOT BEFORE YOU GOT BAPTIZED? 14:13 I AM A PERFECT CHRISTIAN. I DON'T THINK ANYONE WOULD EVER 14:16 FEEL WORTHY, BUT YOU NEED TO HAVE THOSE MAIN ISSUES OF 14:21 REPENTING AND FORSAKING YOUR SINS DEALT WITH. 14:24 YOU DON'T WANT TO BE ENSLAVED BY SIN ANYMORE. 14:27 IF YOU'VE GOT SOME ADDICTION OR HABIT, 14:30 YOU WANT THE VICTORY OVER THAT. 14:32 I HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT I DISAGREE WITH THEIR THEOLOGY. 14:35 THEY SAY, 'OH, PASTOR DOUG, MAYBE AFTER THEY GET BAPTIZED 14:38 THEY'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT DRINKING HABIT.' 14:40 I SAY, 'NO, THEY'VE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF THAT FIRST.' 14:43 WHAT DO YOU THINK IF A PERSON MEETS YOU AT THE BAR AND THEY'RE 14:46 TOASTING AND DRINKING THEIR WHISKEY AND SAYING, 14:48 'HEY, PRAISE THE LORD! I GOT BAPTIZED TODAY.' WHAT KIND OF 14:51 WITNESS IS THAT FOR - 'YEAH, I'VE BEEN SET FREE BY JESUS. 14:54 OF COURSE, I'M STILL ADDICTED TO ALCOHOL BUT I GUESS HE SET ME 14:56 FREE SOMEHOW, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT MEANS.' IT MEANS 14:59 REALLY, TANGIBLY, CHANGED. AND IT'S COMPARED TO A MARRIAGE. 15:04 IT'S THE PUBLIC CEREMONY WHERE WE ACCEPT CHRIST. 15:07 'FOR AS MANY OF YOU AS HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST 15:10 HAVE PUT ON CHRIST.' TYPICALLY, IT USED TO BE, THAT 15:14 WHEN A WOMAN MARRIES A MAN SHE TAKES HIS NAME, BUT BAPTISM 15:18 REALLY REPRESENTS A MARRIAGE TO CHRIST. 15:21 NOW, MOST MARRIAGES ARE PUBLIC. WHY? 15:24 WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEBODY AND YOU'RE COMMITTING YOUR LIFE TO 15:26 SOMEBODY, YOU WANT OTHERS TO KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE. 15:30 AND BAPTISMS ARE USUALLY PUBLIC. I MEAN, LADIES, WHAT WOULD YOU 15:36 THINK IF A MAN SAID TO YOU, 'YOU KNOW, I LOVE YOU AND 15:39 I'D LIKE TO MARRY YOU, BUT LET'S NOT TELL ANYBODY ABOUT THIS. 15:44 DO WE HAVE TO DO IT IN FRONT OF OTHER PEOPLE?' 15:46 WOULD YOU BE SUSPICIOUS IF HE SAID THAT? 15:48 'WHAT, ARE YOU ASHAMED OF ME? 15:49 HOW COME HE DOESN'T WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW? 15:50 DOES HE HAVE ANOTHER WIFE SOMEWHERE ELSE? 15:52 WHAT'S GOING ON?' YOU'D WONDER, RIGHT? 15:56 WHEN JESUS DIED FOR YOU, DID HE DIE PUBLICLY? THEN WE SHOULD 16:00 NOT BE ASHAMED TO PUBLICLY COMMIT OUR LIVES TO HIM. 16:04 WHY IS BAPTISM AN URGENT MATTER FOR A CONVERTED SINNER? 16:08 IT SAYS IN ACTS CHAPTER 22, VERSE 16, "ARISE" ANANIAS SAID 16:14 TO PAUL, "AND BE BAPTIZED AND WASH AWAY YOUR SINS CALLING ON 16:19 THE NAME OF THE LORD." NOTICE HOW IMPORTANT 16:20 THAT VERSE IS. BE BAPTIZED. WASH AWAY YOUR SINS. 16:25 CALLING ON THE NAME OF THE LORD. IT IS THE CEREMONY BY WHICH 16:28 GOD OFFICIALLY WASHES AWAY YOUR SINS. 16:31 NOW, YOU CAN REPENT BEFORE BAPTISM - YOU MUST. 16:34 YOU NEED TO LOVE THE LORD BEFORE BAPTISM. 16:36 YOU NEED TO COMMIT YOUR LIFE TO THE LORD BEFORE BAPTISM. 16:39 BUT ALL OF THIS IS OFFICIAL THROUGH BAPTISM. 16:43 DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? 16:45 I MEAN, LADIES, WHAT WOULD YOU THINK OF A MAN IF HE SAID TO 16:47 YOU, 'IF WE COULD JUST HAVE A MARRIAGE CEREMONY, I THINK THEN 16:50 I'LL LOVE YOU.' WOULD THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY MAKE 16:54 SOMEONE LOVE SOMEONE ELSE? MATTER OF FACT, THE CEREMONY IS 16:57 SOMETIMES A LITTLE STRESSFUL. BUT THAT CEREMONY 17:00 IS VERY IMPORTANT. THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE OFFICIALLY 17:02 ACCEPTING THAT CLEANSING FROM SIN THAT GOD TALKS ABOUT. 17:06 ALL RIGHT. WHAT ABOUT RE-BAPTISM? 17:09 THERE'S AN EXAMPLE IN THE BIBLE OF RE-BAPTISM. 17:12 ACTS 19, VERSES 2 THROUGH 5 TELLS ABOUT WHEN PAUL 17:16 WAS TRAVELING AROUND UP HERE IN EPHESUS. 17:19 HE RAN INTO TWELVE EPHESIAN BELIEVERS - INTERESTING NUMBER - 17:23 AND THEY WERE BAPTIZED BY JOHN THE BAPTIST. 17:28 HE SAID TO THEM, AS THEY WENT TO HIM, THEY SAID, "WE'VE NOT 17:31 EVEN HEARD WHETHER THERE BE ANY HOLY GHOST." 17:33 THEY HADN'T BEEN TAUGHT ABOUT GOD SENDING THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT 17:37 HAPPENED IN ACTS CHAPTER 2. "AND HE SAID, 'UNTO 17:39 WHAT THEN WERE YOU BAPTIZED?' AND THEY SAID, 17:42 'UNTO JOHN'S BAPTISM.'" NOW, JOHN BAPTIZED BY 17:45 IMMERSION - THE RIGHT, BIBLICAL METHOD OF BAPTISM. 17:47 BUT THEY HAD MISSED OUT ON SO MUCH TRUTH - YOU KNOW, THEY 17:50 DIDN'T HAVE FAXES AND INTERNET BACK THEN AND ALL THIS HAD 17:53 HAPPENED WITH THE OUTPOURING OF THE SPIRIT AND THE DEATH OF 17:56 JESUS - THEY HAD JUST HEARD ABOUT JOHN THE BAPTIST 17:58 AND THEY MISSED SO MUCH. 17:59 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT PAUL SAID, "JOHN VERILY BAPTIZED WITH A 18:04 BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE SAYING UNTO THE PEOPLE THAT THEY SHOULD 18:07 BELIEVE ON HIM WHO WOULD COME AFTER HIM. 18:10 THAT IS, ON JESUS CHRIST." THEY HADN'T HEARD ABOUT JESUS. 18:14 "AND WHEN THEY HEARD THIS THEY WERE BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF 18:17 THE LORD JESUS. THEY WERE RE-BAPTIZED. SO THERE'S THREE 18:20 REASONS TO BE RE-BAPTIZED BIBLICALLY. ONE IS IF YOU'RE NOT 18:25 BAPTIZED ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE - BY IMMERSION. 18:28 MAYBE YOU'RE BAPTIZED AS A BABY - AND THAT'S REALLY A DEDICATION 18:30 - YOU SHOULD BE RE-BAPTIZED OR BAPTIZED BIBLICALLY. 18:34 THE OTHER REASON IS IF YOU'VE WANDERED FROM THE LORD AND 18:37 DIVORCED YOURSELF BY THE LIFE YOU'RE LIVING. 18:39 IF YOU PUBLICLY TURNED YOUR BACK - I DON'T MEAN IF SOMEONE 18:42 MISSES CHURCH FOR A WEEK - WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT. 18:45 I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT IF A PERSON SINS AND REPENTS EVERY 18:47 TIME THEY'VE GOT TO RUN AND GET BAPTIZED - IT'S NOT THAT. 18:50 I'M TALKING ABOUT IF A PERSON HAS PUBLICLY STOPPED LIVING 18:53 THE LIFE, BASICALLY TURNED AWAY FROM THE LORD, STARTED DATING 18:58 THE DEVIL - IF THEY WANT TO RETURN TO THE LORD FROM 19:02 BACKSLIDING LIKE THAT, THEY MIGHT CONSIDER RE-BAPTISM. 19:06 THE THIRD REASON FOR RE-BAPTISM IS LIKE WHAT HAPPENED TO ME AND 19:09 IN THE BIBLE HERE - A PERSON IS BAPTIZED MAYBE AS A CHILD AND 19:13 THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING OR THEY WEREN'T TAUGHT OR 19:14 THEY MISSED THE MAJOR TEACHINGS OF THE BIBLE, BUT THEY'VE BEEN 19:17 BAPTIZED BY IMMERSION - THEY WOULD MAYBE PRAY ABOUT 19:21 RE-BAPTISM AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE EXAMPLES FOR THAT. 19:24 HOW DOES GOD FEEL ABOUT THE BAPTISM OF A CONVERTED PERSON? 19:29 IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS, LOOK AT 19:31 THE EXAMPLE OF JESUS. AND YOU CAN READ ABOUT THIS 19:33 IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 3. I'LL START WITH VERSE 16. 19:38 "WHEN JESUS WAS BAPTIZED, HE CAME UP IMMEDIATELY FROM THE 19:41 WATER AND BEHOLD, THE HEAVENS WERE OPENED TO HIM." 19:44 ALL RIGHT, STOP. WAS CHRIST BAPTIZED TO FORGIVE 19:49 HIS SINS OR AS AN EXAMPLE FOR YOU AND ME? 19:52 HE'S AN EXAMPLE. WHAT DID HE EXPERIENCE? 19:55 IT'S WHAT WE CAN EXPERIENCE. THE HEAVENS WERE OPENED. 19:59 DOES GOD OPEN THE HEAVENS IN A SPECIAL WAY FOR US 20:02 WHEN WE'RE BAPTIZED? THE HEAVENS ARE CLOSED TO US 20:04 BEFORE BAPTISM BECAUSE WE'RE KIND OF ENEMIES OF GOD. 20:07 AFTER BAPTISM, THEN WE ARE ADOPTED BY THE LORD. 20:12 READING ON HERE - "THE HEAVENS WERE OPENED AND HE SAW" - 20:16 YOU'LL SEE A NEW WAY WHEN YOU'RE BAPTIZED. 20:19 YOUR EYES WILL BE OPENED. "HE SAW THE SPIRIT DESCENDING" - 20:25 GOD PROMISES TO GIVE US THE SPIRIT AT OUR BAPTISM - 20:28 "LIKE A DOVE" - WHAT DOES A DOVE REPRESENT? PEACE. 20:32 THAT COMES FROM BACK IN THE DAYS OF NOAH IN THE BIBLE. 20:34 THAT'S WHAT THE WORLD THINKS ABOUT THE DOVE - IS PEACE. 20:36 IT COMES FROM THE BIBLE. 20:37 IT REPRESENTS PEACE BETWEEN GOD AND MAN. 20:40 THE SPIRIT CAME DOWN LIKE A DOVE. 20:42 GOD PROMISED TO PUT PEACE IN YOUR HEART, BECAUSE YOU KNOW 20:45 YOU'RE GOING TO HEAVEN, YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN - YOU DON'T - 20:47 YOU CAN HANDLE ANYTHING IF YOU KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO LAST 20:51 AND YOU'VE GOT ETERNAL LIFE. IF YOU KNOW THAT GOD IS PLEASED 20:54 WITH YOU - AND THAT'S THE OTHER THING - "SUDDENLY A VOICE CAME 20:57 FROM HEAVEN" - YOU'LL HEAR GOD SPEAK TO YOU LIKE YOU'VE 21:00 NEVER HEARD BEFORE. NOT ONLY DO YOU SEE, YOU HEAR. 21:04 AND THAT VOICE SAYS, 'THIS IS MY BELOVED SON 21:07 IN WHOM I'M WELL-PLEASED.' WHAT HE SAID TO JESUS, 21:09 HE SAYS TO YOU. IT'S FOR YOUR BENEFIT 21:11 HE SAID IT TO JESUS. YOU NOW ARE DECLARED TO BE 21:13 ADOPTED INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD. YOU ARE HIS BELOVED SON AND 21:19 DAUGHTER AND HE IS WELL-PLEASED WITH YOU - MEANING, HE LOOKS 21:22 UPON YOU AS THOUGH YOU'VE NEVER SINNED. 21:25 HE BECOMES WELL-PLEASED WITH WHO YOU ARE AND BAPTISM IS 21:28 WHEN THIS HAPPENED WITH JESUS. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FRIENDS AND 21:32 I WANT EVERYONE TO EXPERIENCE THAT BLESSING IN THE BIBLE. 21:36 YOU NOTICE THERE ARE FOUR THINGS THAT BAPTISM DOES NOT DO. 21:40 BAPTISM DOES NOT CHANGE THE HEART. 21:43 IT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT WORKS ON YOUR HEART NOW AND A SPECIAL 21:46 MEASURE OF THE SPIRIT COMES INTO YOUR LIFE AFTER BAPTISM. 21:50 GOD'S SPIRIT COMES IN DIFFERENT DEGREES. 21:52 SO DON'T THINK, 'IF I GET BAPTIZED, MAYBE I'LL 21:54 LOVE THE LORD.' YOU WANT TO LOVE HIM FIRST, 21:56 FRIENDS. SECONDLY, BAPTISM DOESN'T 21:59 NECESSARILY MAKE A PERSON FEEL DIFFERENT. 22:01 SOME PEOPLE SAY, 'WHEN I COME OUT OF THE WATER, 22:04 WILL I FEEL ELECTRICITY?' WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL DIFFERENT IS 22:06 WHEN YOU BELIEVE HIS WORD - IT'S BY FAITH. YOU SAY, 'I BELIEVE 22:10 GOD SAID I AM NOW HIS BELOVED SON - HIS BELOVED DAUGHTER - 22:13 MY SINS ARE FORGIVEN.' THAT'S WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL 22:16 DIFFERENT, IT'S YOUR FAITH. THE WATER IS H2O. 22:19 BAPTISM DOESN'T REMOVE TEMPTATION. 22:22 WAS JESUS TEMPTED AFTER HIS BAPTISM? 22:26 WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL CROSSED THE RED SEA 22:28 WERE THEY STILL ATTACKED FROM BEHIND? 22:30 YEAH, THERE'S BATTLES, THERE'S STRUGGLES, BUT I'LL TELL YOU 22:33 IT'S A LOT BETTER BEING ON YOUR WAY TO THE PROMISED LAND, 22:36 FRIENDS, THAN BEING A SLAVE OF THE DEVIL BACK IN EGYPT. 22:39 FOURTH, BAPTISM DOESN'T GUARANTEE SALVATION. 22:44 SOME PEOPLE THINK, 'IF I'M BAPTIZED THEN, HEY - THEN, YOU 22:47 KNOW, I'M SEALED FOR GOOD.' JUDAS WAS BAPTIZED. 22:51 YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW THERE'S SOME PEOPLE WHO SAY, 22:53 'I'VE GONE TO CHURCH AND I'VE BEEN BAPTIZED SO GOD'S 22:56 GOT TO SAVE ME.' NO, HE LOOKS ON THE HEART. 22:59 BUT THIS IS CERTAINLY PART OF IT. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 23:02 YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD OF THE GREAT AMERICAN CIVIL WAR AND 23:07 THERE WAS A GREAT BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG - BETWEEN THE 23:10 NORTH AND THE SOUTH - WHERE THOUSANDS OF MEN FACED OFF 23:14 AGAINST EACH OTHER AND THOUSANDS WERE SHOT AND WOUNDED - 23:18 DIED - THE BATTLE RAGED FOR DAYS. 23:21 AND IN THE FIELD BETWEEN THE TWO FORCES THAT WERE LINED UP - 23:24 HIDING BEHIND TREES AND A WALL - ALL THESE MEN LAY OUT THERE 23:28 WOUNDED FOR ALMOST A WHOLE DAY - ALL NIGHT LONG - AND THEY WERE 23:33 SAYING, 'HELP, WATER, WATER.' BECAUSE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS 23:36 THAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE IN SHOCK AND YOU'RE SCARED OR 23:39 YOU'RE BLEEDING - YOU BECOME DEHYDRATED. 23:42 AND THE SOLDIERS WERE HEARING THEIR COMRADES OUT THERE 23:45 PLEADING FOR WATER, BUT AS SOON AS THEY EXPOSED THEMSELVES TO GO 23:48 HELP THEM, THEY WERE AFRAID THEY'D GET SHOT 23:49 OR THE ARTILLERY WOULD HIT THEM. 23:51 AND AFTER ABOUT 18 HOURS OF LISTENING TO THESE MOANS AND 23:55 CRIES AND PLEAS FOR WATER COMING FROM THE INJURED TROOPS ALL OVER 23:59 THE BATTLEFIELD, THIS ONE VERY BRAVE SOUTHERN SOLDIER NAMED 24:02 RICHARD KIRKLAND, HE SAID TO THE GENERAL, HE SAID, 'LET ME GO AND 24:06 BRING WATER TO THE MEN.' HE SAID, 'YOU KNOW 24:09 YOU'LL BE KILLED.' HE SAID, 'YOU KNOW, 24:11 I THINK I'D RATHER DIE THAN LISTEN TO THEM CRY ANY LONGER.' 24:14 HE SAID, 'I CAN'T TAKE IT.' HE SAID, 'LET ME TRY. 24:17 MAYBE I CAN HELP SOME OF THEM. 24:18 IF I COULD JUST GIVE SOME OF THEM WATER BEFORE I DIE' - 24:21 HE SAID - 'IT WOULD BE WORTH IT TO ME.' 24:24 AND THE GENERAL SAID, 'YOU'RE A VERY BRAVE MAN.' 24:26 AND THEY GAVE HIM SOME PROVISIONS AND A BIG VESSEL OF 24:30 WATER AND HE WENT OUT ONTO THE BATTLEFIELD AND THE NORTHERN 24:33 SOLDIERS SAW THIS SOUTHERN SOLDIER AND IMMEDIATELY THEY 24:37 RECOGNIZED HE HAD NO RIFLE AND THEY ALL STOPPED FIRING BECAUSE 24:42 THEY REALIZED THAT MIGHT BE THEM OUT THERE LAYING CRYING FOR 24:44 WATER SOMEDAY. AND THIS WHOLE ARMY - 24:47 NOT ONE SHOT WAS FIRED - NO CANNON, NO 24:49 RIFLE - AS THEY SAW THIS ONE BRAVE SOLDIER GO FROM ONE 24:52 WOUNDED MAN TO THE OTHER AND SAY A COMFORTING WORD, STRAIGHTEN 24:56 THEIR LIMBS AND GIVE THEM A DRINK OF WATER. 24:59 VERY BRAVE THING HE DID AND HE DID IT ACROSS 25:02 THE WHOLE BATTLEFIELD. AND HE WAS CITED FOR BRAVERY 25:06 FOR DOING THAT. HE WANTED TO DELIVER THAT 25:08 LIVING WATER BECAUSE THEY WERE PERISHING. 25:12 YOU KNOW, JESUS CAME TO PROVIDE LIVING WATER FOR YOU AND THAT 25:17 BAPTISM IS REALLY A SYMBOL OF THAT. 25:19 IT'S THAT LIVING WATER, THAT ORDINANCE BY WHICH 25:22 WE ARE CLEANSED. WE ARE BORN AGAIN. 25:24 WE'RE MARRIED TO CHRIST. AND JESUS IS INVITING US 25:28 TO FOLLOW HIS COMMAND. HE SAID, 'GO YE, THEREFORE, 25:30 TEACH AND BAPTIZE.' >>STAY TUNED. 25:35 PASTOR DOUG BE RIGHT BACK WITH THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL FREE OFFER. 25:43 >>WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE MORE IMPORTANT FOR A CHRISTIAN, 25:45 OR FOR A CHURCH, THAN TO LEAD SOUS TO CHRIST? 25:49 DOES YOUR CHURCH HAVE AN EVANGELISTIC PLAN FOR THIS FALL? 25:52 IF NOT, PLAN NOW ON JOINING THE 'LANDMARKS OF PROPHECY' 25:55 BIBLE STUDY SERIES THAT WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE AROUND THE WORLD. 25:59 YOU CAN LEAD A SOUL TO CHRIST. 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