>>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT
TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
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AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>>WELL, YOU READ THERE, IN
EPHESIANS CHAPTER 4, VERSE 5,
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IT'S PRETTY CLEAR: IT SAYS
THERE'S ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE
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BAPTISM. BAPTISM
IS AS IMPORTANT TO A
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CHRISTIAN AS A
WEDDING IS TO A MARRIAGE.
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DID YOU GET THAT?
>>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING
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FACTS HAS BEEN
DEDICATED TO SHARING GOD'S WORD
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THROUGH MEDIA. THIS
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FROM SOME OF OUR BEST
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WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND
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FACTS PRESENTS .
>>THE PURPOSE OF PROPHECY IS
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THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE A
PERSONAL ENCOUNTER WITH GOD.
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IF WE'RE ONLY STUDYING BIBLE
PROPHECY SO THAT WE CAN, YOU
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KNOW, HAVE OUR CURIOSITY ABOUT
THE FUTURE SATISFIED, IT WON'T
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DO YOU ANY GOOD. YOU
KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS THE
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DEVILS BELIEVE AND TREMBLE.
YOU NEED TO HAVE A PERSONAL
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ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS -
A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
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AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY
WE'RE HAVING THIS SPECIAL STUDY
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TONIGHT CALLED A
PROPHET IN THE RIVER .
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NOW, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
THE RIVER, WE'RE THINKING
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PRINCIPALLY
ABOUT THE JORDAN RIVER.
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AND, IF YOU LOOK IN THE BIBLE AT
THE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES IN THE
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JORDAN, THEY ALL TELL US
SOMETHING ABOUT THE PLAN OF
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SALVATION - AND IT DOES TIE
INTO PROPHECY, AS YOU'LL SEE.
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THERE'S A NUMBER OF MIRACLES
THAT HAPPENED IN THE JORDAN
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RIVER, IN THE BIBLE. FOR
EXAMPLE, BEFORE THE CHILDREN
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OF ISRAEL ENTERED THE PROMISED
LAND, WHEN THEY WERE STILL
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COMING OUT OF THE WILDERNESS,
THE BORDER, REALLY, BETWEEN THE
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WILDERNESS AND THE
PROMISED LAND, WAS THE JORDAN.
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AND GOD WANTED
TO TEST THEIR FAITH.
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AND HE SAID, 'YOU'VE GOT TO GET
ACROSS THAT RIVER - BUT IT WAS
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FLOODING IN THE SPRING - HE
SAID, 'HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO
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DO: THE PRIESTS ARE TO PUT THE
ARK ON THEIR SHOULDERS' - THEY
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CARRIED IT ON THESE POLES - 'AND
I WANT THEM TO MARCH OFF INTO
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THE RIVER. NOW,
WHEN THEY LEFT EGYPT, GOD
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PARTED THE SEA
BEFORE THEY STARTED WALKING.
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BUT, BEFORE THEY GOT TO THE
PROMISED LAND, HE WANTED TO SEE,
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'HAVE YOU LEARNED TO TRUST ME?
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I WANT YOU TO START WALKING
BEFORE I PART.' SO THE PRIESTS,
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OBEDIENTLY - AND THEY'RE
CARRYING THIS VIRTUAL GOLDEN
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ANCHOR - THEY WERE GOING TO
SINK IF THERE WASN'T A MIRACLE.
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THEY STARTED WALKING OFF INTO
THE RIVER AND WHEN THEIR FEET
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TOUCHED THE WATER, THE WATERS,
AT THAT POINT, FLOWED DOWN.
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THE WATERS AHEAD BEGAN TO WALL
UP AND JUST CREATED A GREAT BIG
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DAM - AN INVISIBLE DAM - AND
THE GROUND DRIED BEFORE THEM.
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HE PARTED IT SO
THEY COULD CROSS OVER.
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NOW THE JORDAN, IN THE
BIBLE, REPRESENTS DEATH.
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YOU KNOW THE JORDAN RIVER IS
THE LOWEST RIVER IN THE WORLD?
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WHERE THE JORDAN RIVER RUNS INTO
THE DEAD SEA IS THE LOWEST POINT
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ON EARTH. IT'S OVER
1300 FEET BELOW SEA LEVEL.
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IT'S A SYMBOL OF DEATH AND IT'S
ALSO CONNECTED WITH BAPTISM AND
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SALVATION. SO HERE,
BEFORE THEY GOT INTO
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THE PROMISED LAND,
GOD WORKS THIS MIRACLE.
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THE WHOLE NATION PASSED BY
THE PRIESTS WHO WERE HOLDING THE
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WORD OF GOD. IT'S
LIKE THEIR LIVES WERE
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PASSING IN REVIEW, AS
THEY WENT FROM THE WILDERNESS
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INTO THE PROMISED LAND.
THEN THE NEXT INTERESTING
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MIRACLE IS REGARDING AN ASSYRIAN
GENERAL - WASN'T EVEN AN
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ISRAELITE - BY THE NAME OF
NAAMAN - GOOD MAN, MIGHTY MAN,
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BUT HE CAME DOWN WITH A DEADLY
CASE OF LEPROSY AND ELISHA THE
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PROPHET SAID, 'GO WASH IN
THE JORDAN RIVER SEVEN TIMES AND
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YOUR FLESH WILL BE
RESTORED TO YOU AGAIN.
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AND SO, HE DIPPED IN THE RIVER,
FINALLY - HE WAS STUBBORN AT
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FIRST - COVERED WITH LEPROSY
- MAYBE EVEN MISSING FINGERS AND
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TOES - WASHED IN THE JORDAN
SEVEN TIMES, AND FINALLY, HE
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CAME UP THE SEVENTH
TIME AND HE WAS CLEAN.
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>>AMEN. >>NOW
THAT OUGHT TO MAKE YOU
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THINK - BECAUSE LEPROSY IN
THE BIBLE IS A TYPE OF SIN.
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SOMEONE CAME TO JESUS,
ONCE, COVERED WITH LEPROSY.
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THEY SAID, 'LORD, IF YOU
WILL, YOU CAN MAKE ME CLEAN.' HE
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REACHED OUT AND HE TOUCHED
THEM AND HE SAID, 'I WILL.
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BE CLEAN.' AND THEIR
LEPROSY WAS GONE. THAT QUICK.
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HOW QUICKLY CAN
GOD WASH AWAY OUR SIN?
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WHEN WE COME IN FAITH RIGHT AWAY
AND SAY, 'LORD, IF YOU WILL.'
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IS HE WILLING? >>YES.
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>>'YOU CAN MAKE
ME CLEAN.' BELIEVE.
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HE SAYS, 'BE CLEAN.' THAT'S WHAT
HE SAID TO THE LEPER - AND HE
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WAS CLEAN. HOW DID THE
WORLD COME INTO EXISTENCE?
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GOD SAID, 'LET THERE BE
LIGHT. LET THERE BE LAND.
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LET THERE BE AN
ATMOSPHERE.' AND IT HAPPENED.
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NOW, THAT LEADS US A GOOD SEGUE
INTO OUR FIRST QUESTION ABOUT
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TONIGHT'S STUDY.
WHAT NEW TESTAMENT PROPHET
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WASHED PEOPLE IN
THE JORDAN RIVER?
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AND IT SAYS, "IN THOSE DAYS CAME
JOHN THE BAPTIST, PREACHING IN
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THE WILDERNESS OF JUDEA.
AND THERE WENT OUT TO HIM ALL OF
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JUDEA, AND JERUSALEM, AND WERE
BAPTIZED BY HIM IN THE RIVER
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JORDAN, CONFESSING THEIR SINS."
NOW, IT TALKS ABOUT JOHN THE
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BAPTIST THERE IN MATTHEW CHAPTER
3, BUT IF YOU READ THE STORY
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IN THE GOSPEL OF MARK, DO YOU
REALIZE THAT THE GOSPEL OF MARK
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AND THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
BEGIN WITH JOHN THE BAPTIST?
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JOHN THE APOSTLE IS
DIFFERENT FROM JOHN THE BAPTIST.
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THE GOSPEL OF MARK, GOSPEL
OF JOHN, START WITH SOMEONE
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BAPTIZING. WHY DID THEY
BEGIN THEIR GOSPELS THERE?
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HOW DOES THE OLD TESTAMENT END?
THE OLD TESTAMENT SAYS, 'BEHOLD
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I SEND YOU ELIJAH THE PROPHET
BEFORE THE GREAT AND DREADFUL
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DAY OF THE LORD.' AND JESUS
SAID, IF YOU CAN RECEIVE IT,
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THAT JOHN THE BAPTIST
WAS ELIJAH WHO WAS TO COME.
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HE CAME IN THE SPIRIT
AND THE POWER OF ELIJAH.
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THE ANGEL GABRIEL TOLD JOHN THE
BAPTIST'S FATHER, 'THIS CHILD IS
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GOING TO COME IN THE SPIRIT
AND THE POWER OF ELIJAH.' IT WAS
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PROPHESIED THAT
HE WAS GOING TO COME.
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AND REVELATION TELLS US THERE'S
GOING TO BE ANOTHER WAVE OF THE
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SPIRIT AND POWER OF
ELIJAH IN THE LAST DAYS.
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SO THIS DOES RELATE TO PROPHECY,
BUT WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LOT
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ABOUT BAPTISM TONIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
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WHAT JOHN TALKED ABOUT. IF
IT'S IMPORTANT TO JESUS, IT
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SHOULD BE IMPORTANT TO YOU.
WHAT GLORIOUS BIBLE CEREMONY
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SYMBOLIZES THE WASHING
AWAY OF THE LEPROSY OF SIN?
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YOU CAN READ IN ACTS CHAPTER
22 - AND THIS IS RELATING TO THE
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CONVERSION OF THE APOSTLE
PAUL - HE SAID, "ARISE, AND BE
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BAPTIZED, AND WASH AWAY YOUR
SINS, CALLING ON THE NAME OF THE
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LORD." NOW, IS IT
CLEAR TO EVERYBODY
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JESUS CAME TO
SAVE US FROM OUR SIN?
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>>AMEN. >>HAS GOD
CREATED A CEREMONY -
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AN INSTITUTION - BY WHICH
WE SUBMIT OUR LIVES TO HIM AND
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OUR SINS ARE WASHED
AWAY? IT'S A CEREMONY THAT
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REPRESENTS THAT.
WHAT'S IT CALLED?
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>>BAPTISM. >>BAPTISM.
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BAPTISM IS AS IMPORTANT TO A
CHRISTIAN AS A WEDDING IS TO A
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MARRIAGE. DID YOU GET THAT?
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AND THIS IS NOT PASTOR DOUG'S
TEACHING, THIS IS WHAT THE BIBLE
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TEACHES. CALL ON THE LORD, BEING
BAPTIZED, WASHING AWAY YOUR SIN.
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THEY'RE ALL CONNECTED THERE.
THIRD QUESTION: ACCORDING TO THE
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BIBLE, HOW MANY DIFFERENT
KINDS OF BAPTISM ARE ACCEPTABLE?
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WELL, YOU READ THERE IN
EPHESIANS CHAPTER 4, VERSE 5,
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IT'S PRETTY CLEAR. IT
SAYS, 'THERE'S ONE LORD, ONE
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FAITH, ONE BAPTISM.' I
BELIEVE THERE'S ONE FAITH WE
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ARE BAPTIZED INTO. I
BELIEVE THERE'S ONE LORD THAT
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WE SERVE - 'HEAR O ISRAEL,
THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE.'
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ARE THERE A LOT OF
COUNTERFEITS? >>YES.
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>>YOU KNOW, THE DEVIL IS
A MASTER OF COUNTERFEITS.
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THE DEVIL HAS A COUNTERFEIT FOR
VIRTUALLY EVERY TRUTH OF GOD.
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HAVE YOU LEARNED
THAT? AND THERE'S ALSO A
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COUNTERFEIT FOR BAPTISM.
AND, IN THE COUNTERFEITS, THE
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DEVIL IS TRYING TO ROB
THE POWER OF THE TEACHING.
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WHAT - WHERE DID ALL THESE OTHER
COUNTERFEIT FORMS OF BAPTISM
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ORIGINATE? WHERE'D
THEY ALL COME FROM?
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SOME ARE FROM DIFFERENT
TRADITIONS - YOU CAN READ ABOUT
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THIS IN MARK CHAPTER 7, VERSE 8.
IT SAYS, "FOR LAYING ASIDE THE
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COMMANDMENT OF GOD, YE
HOLD THE TRADITION OF MEN."
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CHRIST SAID, 'THEY OFTEN LAY
ASIDE THE COMMANDMENT' - WE'VE
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LEARNED THAT ABOUT THE SABBATH
AND OTHER THINGS, WHERE PEOPLE
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LAY ASIDE THE COMMANDMENTS
OF GOD TO FOLLOW POPULAR
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TRADITIONS. AND
THEN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO
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BACK AND YOU LOOK AROUND
THE MIDDLE EAST, IT IS REALLY
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CLEAR FROM HISTORY AND
EVEN ARCHAEOLOGY, THAT THE ONLY
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METHOD OF BIBLICAL BAPTISM,
IN THE BEGINNING, WAS IMMERSION.
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HERE'S A PICTURE OF A FIRST
CENTURY BAPTISTERY IN PHILIPPI
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AND IT'S REALLY CLEAR, IT HAD
STEPS GOING INTO IT, IT WAS IN
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THE CHURCH. HERE'S
ONE FROM - IT'S IN THE
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NEGEV DESERT, BUILT
DURING THE BYZANTINE TIME.
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IT'S A BAPTISTERY IN THE SHAPE
OF A CROSS, AGAIN, WITH STEPS
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GOING INTO IT. AND
THEY USED TO HAVE TO FILL
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THEM BY HAND SO THEY
DIDN'T MAKE THEM TOO BIG.
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THAT WAS BETWEEN 300 AND
500 A.D. HERE'S A FIFTH CENTURY
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BAPTISTERY IN
EMMAUS AND YOU - MAYBE YOU
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CAN READ ABOUT THAT IN LUKE 24
- THE ROAD TO EMMAUS - THE TOWN
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ACTUALLY MEANS 'HOT WATER'
SO THEY HAD SPRINGS NEAR THERE.
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CHRISTIANS WERE
BAPTIZED. BUT, GRADUALLY, THINGS
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BEGAN TO CHANGE. AS
WITH EVERYTHING, IT WAS
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SORT OF A CREEPING COMPROMISE.
IT STARTED OUT WITH SOMEONE
00:10:00.56\00:10:03.93
SAYING, 'WELL, LOOK, SINCE
BAPTISM IS A SYMBOL - SYMBOLS
00:10:03.97\00:10:07.00
ARE VERY IMPORTANT,
BUT THIS PERSON'S SICK.
00:10:07.04\00:10:10.81
THEY REALLY CAN'T GET BAPTIZED.'
AND SO THE PASTOR SAID, 'WELL,
00:10:10.84\00:10:12.94
WE'LL DIP A SHEET IN WATER AND
WE'LL GO WRAP THEM IN THE SHEET
00:10:12.97\00:10:16.44
AND IT WILL BE AS CLOSE AS WE
CAN GET.' AND THEY MEANT WELL.
00:10:16.48\00:10:18.81
YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND THEN SOMEONE WOULD HAVE A
00:10:18.85\00:10:21.18
SICK BABY AND THEY'D SAY, 'I'M
AFRAID THAT MY BABY MIGHT DIE
00:10:21.22\00:10:23.92
AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN BAPTIZED.'
SO THEY'D SPRINKLE SOME WATER ON
00:10:23.95\00:10:26.65
THEM OR THEY'D POUR SOME WATER
ON THEM. AND THEN THE NOBILITY
00:10:26.69\00:10:29.06
WOULD MAKE - THEY'D WANT TO
GET BAPTIZED - THEY'D SAY, 'YOU
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KNOW, IT'S REALLY NOT DIGNIFIED
FOR US, WITH ALL OUR EXPENSIVE
00:10:31.83\00:10:35.03
HAIR DOS AND STUFF, TO GET
BAPTIZED IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY
00:10:35.06\00:10:37.43
AND COME UP ALL DRIPPING WET
LIKE A CAT.' AND THEY SAID, 'CAN
00:10:37.47\00:10:40.74
YOU DO SOMETHING A
LITTLE MORE ELEGANT?'
00:10:40.77\00:10:43.61
AND THEY SAID, 'UH, THEY
SAID IT'S A SYMBOL, RIGHT?'
00:10:43.64\00:10:46.07
'YEAH.' AND THEY TOLD
THE PRIEST, 'WELL, THEN, JUST
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SPRINKLE A LITTLE WATER ON ME
AND WE'LL CALL IT BAPTISM.' IT
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DIDN'T - AT FIRST IT WAS POURING
AND THEN IT WAS SPRINKLING AND
00:10:50.91\00:10:53.38
IT GRADUALLY CHANGED THROUGH
COMPROMISE AND RA - YOU KNOW,
00:10:53.42\00:10:58.35
YOU CAN RATIONALIZE
ANYTHING IF YOU WANT TO.
00:10:58.39\00:11:00.56
MATTER OF FACT, YOU CAN READ
IN HISTORY, IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE
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COUNCIL OF RAVENNA - 1311 - OVER
A THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED YEARS
00:11:05.39\00:11:08.66
AFTER CHRIST - IT WASN'T UNTIL
THE COUNCIL OF RAVENNA THAT
00:11:08.70\00:11:12.30
SPRINKLING AND POURING WERE
OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED AS EQUALLY
00:11:12.33\00:11:15.17
VALID AS IMMERSION IN THE RITE
OF BAPTISM, AND SO, YOU COULD DO
00:11:15.20\00:11:18.47
BOTH. EVENTUALLY THEY GAVE UP
00:11:18.51\00:11:20.38
IMMERSION FOR THE
MORE CONVENIENT SPRINKLING.
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AND IT JUST - IT'S ONE MORE
OF THE MANY EXAMPLES WHERE THE
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CHURCH HAS DRIFTED AWAY
FROM THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS.
00:11:26.38\00:11:29.78
AND WHAT DO WE WANT TO
HAPPEN BEFORE CHRIST COMES?
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WE WANT TO COME
BACK TO THE BIBLE, RIGHT?
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COME BACK TO THE
TEACHINGS OF CHRIST.
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>>HELLO, FRIENDS,
DON'T GO ANYWHERE.
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IN JUST A MOMENT WE'LL RETURN TO
COMPLETE TODAY'S PRESENTATION.
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HAVE YOU EVER WISHED THAT YOU
COULD DO SOMETHING TO JUST WASH
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AWAY ALL THE
MISTAKES OF THE PAST?
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WELL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A FREE
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THAT. IT'S CALLED
PURITY AND POWER .
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GOD HAS A CEREMONY IN THE BIBLE
CALLED BAPTISM, DESIGNED TO HELP
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YOU GET A NEW BEGINNING - TO
FEEL WASHED INSIDE AND OUT, AND
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AFTER YOU READ IT,
SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND.
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WELL LET'S GET BACK TO TODAY'S
PRESENTATION AND LEARN SOME MORE
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AMAZING FACTS
FROM THE WORD OF GOD.
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>>ONE LORD, ONE
FAITH, ONE BAPTISM.
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SO, WHAT IS
BAPTISM? WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
00:12:24.51\00:12:27.38
RIGHT IN THE WORD, IT TELLS YOU
SOMETHING ABOUT THE TRUE FORM OF
00:12:27.41\00:12:30.45
BAPTISM, WHAT IT
MEANS, AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT.
00:12:30.48\00:12:32.98
IT COMES FROM THE GREEK WORD
'BAPTIZO' AND BAPTIZO MEANS 'TO
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IMMERSE; TO PLUNGE; TO DIP' -
IT'S TALKING ABOUT A CLEANSING -
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UNDER WATER. YOU
CAN READ IN COLOSSIANS
00:12:41.72\00:12:43.86
CHAPTER 2, VERSE 12, "BURIED
WITH HIM IN BAPTISM, WHEREIN
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ALSO YE ARE RISEN WITH
HIM THROUGH THE FAITH OF THE
00:12:48.56\00:12:51.33
OPERATION OF GOD, WHO
HATH RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD."
00:12:51.37\00:12:54.90
SO, IT'S A SYMBOL OF A DEATH,
A BURIAL, AND A RESURRECTION.
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HOW WAS JESUS, WHO IS OUR
EXAMPLE - HOW WAS HE BAPTIZED?
00:12:59.17\00:13:03.21
NOW, A CHRISTIAN'S
A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST.
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YOU MIGHT WANT TO ASK
THE QUESTION: WHY WAS JESUS
00:13:04.91\00:13:07.38
BAPTIZED? WAS IT FOR HIS SIN?
00:13:07.42\00:13:10.29
>>NO. >>NO, HE WAS BAPTIZED
00:13:10.32\00:13:12.79
AS AN EXAMPLE FOR
US. I'LL SAY MORE ABOUT
00:13:12.82\00:13:15.09
THAT IN A MINUTE.
HOW WAS HE BAPTIZED?
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THIS WAS THE SEVENTH
MIRACLE IN THE JORDAN.
00:13:18.83\00:13:22.26
"JESUS CAME...AND WAS BAPTIZED
OF JOHN IN THE JORDAN RIVER."
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AND THE BIBLE TELLS US
THAT THEY NEEDED A RIVER.
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NOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT
METHODS OF BAPTIZING TODAY.
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SOMETIMES THEY SPRINKLE A LITTLE
WATER, THEY POUR - SOME PEOPLE
00:13:33.61\00:13:37.21
SAY BAPTISM'S ONLY SPIRITUAL AND
THEY SPEAK WORDS AND THEY EVEN
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HAVE SOME PASTORS YOU CAN CALL
OVER THE PHONE - THEY SAY THEY
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BAPTIZE YOU OVER
THE PHONE WITH WORDS.
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THAT'S THE
DRY-CLEANING METHOD, EVIDENTLY.
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AND SO THEY'VE GOT ALL THESE
DIFFERENT - SOME SPRINKLE SALT
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AND A LOT OF CHURCHES - THERE'S
A LOT OF COUNTERFEIT BAPTISMS
00:13:51.43\00:13:54.46
OUT THERE, BUT THE
BIBLE'S PRETTY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT
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HAPPENED. IT SAYS
HE WAS BAPTIZED BY JOHN
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IN JORDAN "AND STRAIGHTWAY
COMING UP OUT OF THE WATER.
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HE SAW THE HEAVENS OPENED."
- THAT'S A MIRACLE - AND
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THE HOLY SPIRIT DESCENDING.
ALL OF THE MIRACLES ABOUT
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THE JORDAN RIVER IN THE
OLD TESTAMENT TELL US ABOUT
00:14:11.61\00:14:13.78
SALVATION BECAUSE IT'S CONNECTED
WITH SALVATION - THE NEW
00:14:13.82\00:14:18.12
TESTAMENT, IN MATTHEW AND LUKE,
BEGIN WITH THE BIRTH OF JESUS.
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MARK AND JOHN BEGIN WITH BAPTISM
AND THE MINISTRY OF JOHN THE
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BAPTIST AND IT'S A START - WHEN
DOES CHRIST'S MINISTRY BEGIN?
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WITH HIS BAPTISM. HE
LIVED THIRTY-THREE AND A HALF
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YEARS, BUT HE WAS ANOINTED WITH
THE HOLY SPIRIT AT HIS BAPTISM.
00:14:33.67\00:14:37.77
THE METHOD WAS IMMERSION.
THAT MEANS HE WENT DOWN UNDER
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THE WATER - IT SYMBOLIZED A
WASHING, A DEATH - BECAUSE YOU
00:14:41.44\00:14:45.41
HOLD YOUR BREATH - AND THEN
WALKING IN A NEWNESS OF LIFE.
00:14:45.45\00:14:49.65
AND IT SAYS ALSO - YOU READ IN
JOHN CHAPTER 3, VERSE 23, "NOW
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JOHN ALSO WAS BAPTIZING IN AENON
NEAR SALIM, BECAUSE THERE WAS
00:14:54.49\00:14:58.49
MUCH WATER THERE." SO,
IF THE BIBLICAL METHOD OF
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BAPTIZING IS TO SPRINKLE
A LITTLE WATER, THEN WHY
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WOULD YOU NEED A
RIVER? YOU COULD BAPTIZE
00:15:05.60\00:15:09.40
WITH A CANTEEN. YOU
COULD DO IT IN THE CITY.
00:15:09.44\00:15:11.97
YOU COULD DO IT BY A WELL.
BUT IT SAYS THEY NEEDED A RIVER
00:15:12.01\00:15:14.54
- THEY NEEDED A
RIVER WITH MUCH WATER.
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IN OTHER WORDS, DEEP ENOUGH
WHERE PEOPLE COULD BE IMMERSED.
00:15:16.18\00:15:18.51
AND ALL THE PEOPLE CAME DOWN
TO THE RIVER TO BE BAPTIZED.
00:15:18.55\00:15:21.98
NOW SOME HAVE ASKED ME, 'WELL,
PASTOR DOUG, DOES IT HAVE TO BE
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FRESH WATER?' I THINK
YOU COULD PROBABLY POINT
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TO SOME CASES IN THE
BIBLE WHERE PEOPLE WERE BAPTIZED
00:15:26.99\00:15:29.06
IN THE OCEAN. THE
IDEA OF THE SYMBOL IS TO BE
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IMMERSED, CONSECRATE YOUR LIFE
TO THE LORD, SAY 'THIS IS IT.
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I WANT TO MAKE A PUBLIC
DECLARATION OF MY SURRENDER TO
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JESUS.' AND YOU COME UP
TO WALK IN A NEWNESS OF LIFE.
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"THEREFORE WE ARE BURIED WITH
HIM BY BAPTISM INTO DEATH:" -
00:15:41.64\00:15:46.34
SAME PRINCIPLE WE SAW EARLIER IN
COLOSSIANS - "THAT AS CHRIST WAS
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RAISED FROM THE DEAD BY THE
GLORY OF THE FATHER, EVEN SO WE
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ALSO SHOULD WALK
IN A NEWNESS OF LIFE."
00:15:54.18\00:15:57.49
BAPTISM
REPRESENTS A TURNING POINT.
00:15:57.52\00:16:00.36
SOME PEOPLE SAY, 'WELL, YOU
KNOW, I WANT TO GET BAPTIZED AND
00:16:00.39\00:16:03.46
EVENTUALLY I'M GOING TO, YOU
KNOW, STOP DOING SOME OF THE BAD
00:16:03.49\00:16:05.33
THINGS I'M DOING.' NO, JOHN
THE BAPTIST SAID, 'REPENT AND BE
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BAPTIZED.' YOU REPENT AND YOU
TURN FROM THESE HABITUAL SINS
00:16:09.26\00:16:13.37
BEFORE BAPTISM.
YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW MANY
00:16:13.40\00:16:16.34
PEOPLE COME TO ME AND SAY,
'PASTOR DOUG, I JUST THINK IF
00:16:16.37\00:16:18.24
YOU'D BAPTIZE ME I COULD
STOP, YOU KNOW, RUNNING AROUND,
00:16:18.27\00:16:20.91
MISBEHAVING, USING
DRUGS.' I SAY, 'NO, THAT'S
00:16:20.94\00:16:22.88
NOT HOW IT WORKS. YOU
COMMIT YOUR LIFE TO JESUS,
00:16:22.91\00:16:26.15
YOU TURN AWAY FROM SIN - YOU
REPENT OF YOUR SINS - AND THEN
00:16:26.18\00:16:29.98
YOU GET BAPTIZED.' PEOPLE CAME
TO JOHN THE BAPTIST, HE SAID,
00:16:30.02\00:16:32.59
'BEFORE YOU'RE BAPTIZED, BRING
FORTH FRUITS THAT ARE MEET FOR
00:16:32.62\00:16:35.59
REPENTANCE.' LET ME SEE IF I
COULD ILLUSTRATE IT THIS WAY:
00:16:35.62\00:16:38.93
LADIES OUT THERE, HOW WOULD YOU
THINK ABOUT A GUY WHO PROPOSED
00:16:38.96\00:16:44.27
TO YOU AND HE SAID, 'I
LOVE YOU. WOULD YOU MARRY ME?
00:16:44.30\00:16:48.84
I THINK IF WE COULD JUST GET
MARRIED, I'LL STOP DATING THE
00:16:48.87\00:16:50.94
OTHER GIRLS.' (LAUGHTER) AS
THOUGH THE WEDDING CEREMONY IS
00:16:50.97\00:16:57.08
GOING TO SUDDENLY
MAKE EVERYTHING OKAY.
00:16:57.11\00:17:00.78
NOW BAPTISM IS A CEREMONY, BUT
IT'S A CEREMONY THAT REPRESENTS
00:17:00.82\00:17:03.92
YOU HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT
THAT YOU LOVE JESUS, THAT YOU'RE
00:17:03.95\00:17:07.72
REPENTING OF YOUR SINS - YOU SEE
HE'S DIED FOR YOUR SIN AND YOU
00:17:07.76\00:17:10.83
WANT TO FOLLOW
HIM. AMEN? >>AMEN.
00:17:10.86\00:17:13.29
>>AND SO, YOU SEE, THE CHANGES
SHOULD HAPPEN BEFORE BAPTISM,
00:17:13.33\00:17:17.13
BUT IT DOESN'T
MEAN EVERYTHING CHANGES.
00:17:17.17\00:17:19.47
IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S
STILL GROWTH THAT HAPPENS AFTER
00:17:19.50\00:17:22.34
BAPTISM. HOW MANY
OF YOU THAT ARE MARRIED
00:17:22.37\00:17:25.14
LEARNED SOME THINGS THAT YOU
DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT YOUR SPOUSE
00:17:25.17\00:17:29.38
BEFORE YOU GOT MARRIED?
HOW MANY OF YOU KNEW EVERYTHING
00:17:29.41\00:17:32.91
ABOUT THEM
BEFORE YOU GOT MARRIED?
00:17:32.95\00:17:34.98
I SAW ONE HAND. YOU
DIDN'T HEAR THE QUESTION.
00:17:35.02\00:17:37.29
(RAUCOUS LAUGHTER)
YOU'RE JUST BEING SUPPORTIVE.
00:17:37.32\00:17:40.62
(LAUGHTER) I THINK EVERYBODY
LEARNED SOMETHING NEW AFTERWARD,
00:17:40.66\00:17:45.43
AM I RIGHT? AND SO,
WE COMMIT OUR LIVES TO
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JESUS - YOU'RE STILL
GOING TO GROW IN CHRIST.
00:17:48.30\00:17:50.03
YOU'RE GOING TO LEARN - YOU'LL
MAKE MISTAKES, BUT YOU WANT TO
00:17:50.07\00:17:53.13
HAVE YOUR LIFE COMMITTED.
YOU WANT TO TURN AWAY FROM THE
00:17:53.17\00:17:56.91
SINS THAT ARE DRAGGING YOU DOWN.
YOU DON'T WANT TO BE A CAPTIVE.
00:17:56.94\00:18:01.64
HOW IMPORTANT IS BAPTISM?
NOW THIS IS - THE REASON I'M
00:18:01.68\00:18:04.78
TALKING ABOUT THIS IS BECAUSE I
WANT TO PRIORITIZE, IN A SEMINAR
00:18:04.81\00:18:08.32
LIKE THIS, WHAT
JESUS WOULD PRIORITIZE.
00:18:08.35\00:18:11.45
CHRIST SAID, IN MARK 16:16 -
THIS IS PRETTY CLEAR - "HE THAT
00:18:11.49\00:18:15.96
BELIEVETH AND IS BAPTIZED SHALL
BE SAVED; BUT HE THAT BELIEVETH
00:18:15.99\00:18:21.60
NOT SHALL BE DAMNED."
NOW, YOU NOTICE HE DOESN'T SAY,
00:18:21.63\00:18:24.13
'HE THAT BELIEVES NOT AND
IS NOT BAPTIZED.' WILL THERE BE
00:18:24.17\00:18:27.84
PEOPLE IN HEAVEN
THAT WERE NOT BAPTIZED?
00:18:27.87\00:18:29.77
>>YES. >>SURE.
00:18:29.80\00:18:31.77
THE THIEF ON THE CROSS WHO
DIED BY JESUS WHEN CHRIST WAS
00:18:31.81\00:18:34.24
CRUCIFIED, HE DIDN'T
HAVE TIME TO GET BAPTIZED.
00:18:34.28\00:18:38.38
SOMETIMES I GO TO HOSPITALS AND
I VISIT WITH PEOPLE AND TALK TO
00:18:38.41\00:18:40.75
THEM ABOUT THE LORD IN THE
CLOSING HOURS OF THEIR LIFE AND
00:18:40.78\00:18:44.09
THEY'RE ALL HOOKED
UP TO HOSPITAL MACHINES.
00:18:44.12\00:18:45.65
THEY ACCEPT JESUS - CAN THEY
BE SAVED OR DO I HAVE TO TRY AND
00:18:45.69\00:18:49.86
FIND A WAY TO GO IMMERSE THEM?
OF COURSE GOD'LL SAVE THEM.
00:18:49.89\00:18:52.89
I'VE BEEN IN PRISONS WHERE THEY
WILL NOT ALLOW A BAPTISM FOR A
00:18:52.93\00:18:56.13
PERSON ON DEATH ROW.
WILL BAPTISM BE AN OBSTACLE TO
00:18:56.16\00:19:00.44
THEIR SALVATION IF THEY
TOTALLY SURRENDER TO CHRIST?
00:19:00.47\00:19:02.97
NO. YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE CHRIST GOT BAPTIZED, NOT
00:19:03.00\00:19:06.51
FOR HIS SIN, BUT I THINK THAT,
IN THE SAME WAY JESUS DIED FOR
00:19:06.54\00:19:10.51
OUR SIN, FOR THOSE THAT
CAN'T BE BAPTIZED, THEY GET
00:19:10.55\00:19:13.05
CREDIT FOR HIS BAPTISM. >>AMEN.
00:19:13.08\00:19:14.92
>>BUT IF YOU CAN
BE, YOU SHOULD BE.
00:19:14.95\00:19:17.25
>>AMEN. >>WHY
WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO?
00:19:17.29\00:19:19.35
AND, AGAIN, CHRIST SAID TO
NICODEMUS IN JOHN 3, VERSE 5,
00:19:19.39\00:19:23.32
"EXCEPT A MAN IS BORN OF WATER
AND OF THE SPIRIT, HE CANNOT
00:19:23.36\00:19:27.96
ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD."
00:19:27.96\00:19:29.70
DOESN'T THAT SOUND
LIKE A PRIORITY TO YOU?
00:19:29.73\00:19:32.30
AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO JESUS
OUGHT TO BE IMPORTANT TO US.
00:19:32.33\00:19:36.17
NOW, YOU NEED BOTH BIRTHS
IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE SAVED.
00:19:36.20\00:19:39.51
UNLESS YOU'RE BORN OF THE WATER
AND BORN OF THE SPIRIT - AND
00:19:39.54\00:19:42.04
THERE ARE SOME CHURCHES THAT
ONLY EMPHASIZE WATER BAPTISM -
00:19:42.08\00:19:45.31
BUT CHRIST SAID YOU
NEED SPIRIT BAPTISM.
00:19:45.35\00:19:47.35
THEY COME TOGETHER.
PETER SAID, 'REPENT, EVERY ONE
00:19:47.38\00:19:52.05
OF YOU, AND BE BAPTIZED IN THE
NAME OF THE LORD JESUS AND YOU
00:19:52.09\00:19:55.29
SHALL RECEIVE THE
GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:19:55.32\00:19:58.23
NOW, IT MAY COME AT DIFFERENT
TIMES, BUT DOESN'T THE BAPTISM
00:19:58.26\00:20:02.23
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
REPLACE BAPTISM BY IMMERSION?
00:20:02.26\00:20:06.74
NO, THEY WEREN'T MEANT TO
REPLACE - THEY GO TOGETHER.
00:20:06.77\00:20:09.80
AND PETER SAID TO THEM, AND
I THINK I QUOTED THIS TO YOU
00:20:09.84\00:20:13.31
EARLIER IN ACTS CHAPTER 2, VERSE
38, "REPENT AND BE BAPTIZED
00:20:13.34\00:20:17.68
EVERY ONE OF YOU IN THE NAME OF
JESUS CHRIST FOR THE REMISSION
00:20:17.71\00:20:21.72
OF SINS, AND YE SHALL RECEIVE
THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST."
00:20:21.75\00:20:25.75
PETER PUTS THEM
TOGETHER, DOESN'T HE?
00:20:25.79\00:20:27.99
BE BAPTIZED AND - FOR THE
REMISSION OF SIN - YOU'LL BE
00:20:28.02\00:20:31.46
FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT.
NOW WE NEED BOTH BAPTISMS - YOU
00:20:31.49\00:20:35.00
NEED TO BE BORN OF THE
WATER, BORN OF THE SPIRIT.
00:20:35.03\00:20:37.17
YOU HAVE AN EXAMPLE IN THE
BIBLE WHERE THE DISCIPLES WERE
00:20:37.20\00:20:40.04
BAPTIZED BY WATER FIRST - JOHN
THE BAPTIST - PENTECOST, THEY'RE
00:20:40.07\00:20:43.84
BAPTIZED BY THE SPIRIT.
THEN YOU'VE GOT THE STORY IN
00:20:43.87\00:20:46.71
ACTS CHAPTER 10 WHERE CORNELIUS,
THIS ROMAN CENTURION AND HIS
00:20:46.74\00:20:50.11
FAMILY, THEY'RE
BAPTIZED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:20:50.15\00:20:53.01
AND YOU KNOW WHAT
PETER SAYS RIGHT AWAY?
00:20:53.05\00:20:54.45
'WOW, YOU GUYS ARE GETTING
THE CART AHEAD OF THE HORSE.
00:20:54.48\00:20:56.45
YOU'VE GOT TO GET BAPTIZED IN
WATER NOW.' HE DIDN'T SAY, 'OH,
00:20:56.48\00:21:00.59
YOU'VE BEEN BAPTIZED BY THE
SPIRIT, WHO NEEDS THE WATER?'
00:21:00.62\00:21:02.79
PETER SAID, 'NOW YOU NEED WATER
BAPTISM.' SO, YOU NEEDED BOTH.
00:21:02.82\00:21:06.96
YOU NEEDED THE BAPTISM OF GOD
AND THE BAPTISM OF YOUR CHOICE
00:21:07.00\00:21:11.27
AND YOUR SURRENDER. AND
SO, BOTH BAPTISMS ARE STILL
00:21:11.30\00:21:14.94
VERY IMPORTANT,
ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE.
00:21:14.97\00:21:17.94
ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE, WHAT
MUST A PERSON DO BEFORE HE OR
00:21:17.97\00:21:22.08
SHE IS BAPTIZED?
THERE'S SOME BIBLICAL CRITERIA.
00:21:22.11\00:21:26.45
WELL, FOR ONE THING, YOU NEED
TO UNDERSTAND THE TEACHINGS OF
00:21:26.48\00:21:29.68
JESUS. NOW, AS I
MENTIONED, IT DOESN'T
00:21:29.72\00:21:31.99
MEAN YOU UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING.
JESUS SAID, 'GO, THEREFORE,
00:21:32.02\00:21:35.82
TEACH ALL NATIONS, BAPTIZING.'
BEFORE BAPTISM, THERE SHOULD
00:21:35.86\00:21:39.79
BE SOME FOUNDATIONAL TEACHING
WHERE A PERSON UNDERSTANDS THE
00:21:39.83\00:21:44.13
BASICS AND MOST CHURCHES
HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME - EVEN THE
00:21:44.17\00:21:49.40
CATHOLICS HAVE A CATECHISM
- THERE'S A TEACHING CLASS.
00:21:49.44\00:21:52.57
THERE'S - SOME HAVE A BAPTISMAL
CLASS WHERE YOU GO THROUGH THE
00:21:52.61\00:21:57.21
FOUNDATIONAL TEACHINGS - YOU
SHOULD UNDERSTAND THE PLACE OF
00:21:57.25\00:21:59.61
THE BIBLE, THE GODHEAD, THE
COMING OF THE LORD, WHAT THE
00:21:59.65\00:22:03.12
CHRISTIAN LIFE MEANS - AND
BE WILLING TO SAY, YES TO THOSE
00:22:03.15\00:22:06.39
THINGS. YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND
EVERYTHING AND THERE'S MORE
00:22:06.42\00:22:09.36
TEACHING THAT COMES LATER,
BUT YOU'RE SAYING 'YES' TO THE
00:22:09.39\00:22:12.03
PRINCIPLE
TEACHINGS OF THE GOSPEL.
00:22:12.06\00:22:14.56
SECONDARILY, YOU NEED TO NOT
ONLY UNDERSTAND THEM, YOU NEED
00:22:14.60\00:22:17.40
TO BELIEVE THEM. NOW
THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
00:22:17.43\00:22:19.97
BELIEVE MEANS, OF COURSE,
YOU ACCEPT WITH YOUR HEART, BUT
00:22:20.00\00:22:23.94
'BELIEVE' MEANS 'BE LIVE'.
A LOT OF PEOPLE MISUNDERSTAND
00:22:23.97\00:22:29.38
THE WORD
'BELIEVE'. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
00:22:29.41\00:22:32.58
DEVILS BELIEVE. THE
DEVILS KNOW THAT JESUS IS
00:22:32.61\00:22:36.08
REAL AND THE DEVILS KNOW
THAT HE DIED FOR YOUR SIN.
00:22:36.12\00:22:38.42
THE DEVIL EVEN
KNOWS HE LOVES YOU.
00:22:38.45\00:22:39.62
IT WON'T SAVE HIM. THE
DEVIL KNOWS GOD IS LOVE.
00:22:39.65\00:22:43.26
IT'S NOT GOING TO SAVE HIM, IT'S
JUST A CEREBRAL KNOWLEDGE - IT'S
00:22:43.29\00:22:47.10
A FACT. BELIEVE MEANS TO 'BE
LIVE'. GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD HE
00:22:47.13\00:22:53.74
GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON THAT
WHOEVER 'BE LIVES' IN HIM WILL
00:22:53.77\00:22:58.61
NOT PERISH BUT
HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.
00:22:58.64\00:23:01.94
THAT MEANS 'A WILLINGNESS
TO, NOT ONLY SAY, 'I THINK IT'S
00:23:01.98\00:23:04.51
TRUE,' BUT A
WILLINGNESS TO FOLLOW.
00:23:04.55\00:23:06.98
SO, IF PEOPLE SAY, 'LORD, LORD,
I BELIEVE YOU'RE THE LORD.' AND
00:23:07.02\00:23:09.45
THEY DON'T DO HIS WILL,
THEY'RE NOT BELIEVING IN HIM.
00:23:09.48\00:23:12.85
WHEN JESUS SAYS, 'COME TO ME.'
AND YOU SAY, 'I'M COMING, LORD.'
00:23:12.89\00:23:16.66
BUT YOU DON'T - CHRIST
TOLD THE PARABLE ABOUT THAT.
00:23:16.69\00:23:18.89
HE SAID, 'WHICH OF THEM
DID THE WILL OF HIS FATHER?'
00:23:18.93\00:23:22.53
AND SO, HE WANTS US TO FOLLOW.
SO BELIEVE IN HIS TEACHINGS.
00:23:22.56\00:23:25.57
YOU REMEMBER THE STORY WHERE
PHILIP BAPTIZED THE ETHIOPIAN
00:23:25.60\00:23:29.24
TREASURER AND HE SAID, 'HERE'S
WATER, CAN I GET BAPTIZED?'
00:23:29.27\00:23:33.71
YOU KNOW WHAT PHILIP SAID?
00:23:33.74\00:23:35.34
'IF YOU BELIEVE WITH ALL YOUR
HEART, YOU MAY.' AND THEN YOU'VE
00:23:35.38\00:23:38.35
GOT THE STORY OF
THIS PHILIPPIAN JAILER.
00:23:38.38\00:23:41.25
THERE'S AN EARTHQUAKE.
PAUL AND SILAS ARE IN PRISON.
00:23:41.28\00:23:44.32
THIS EARTHQUAKE OPENS ALL
THE PRISON DOORS AND THE JAILER,
00:23:44.35\00:23:46.76
HE'S READY TO KILL HIMSELF AND
PAUL SAYS, 'DON'T HURT YOURSELF.
00:23:46.79\00:23:50.36
WE'RE ALL HERE.' - AND HE'S THE
ONE WHO'S JUST WHIPPED PAUL AND
00:23:50.39\00:23:53.96
SILAS AND PUT
THEM IN THE STOCKS.
00:23:54.00\00:23:56.06
THEY FORGIVE HIM AND HE'S SO
MOVED BY THE POWER OF THE ANGEL
00:23:56.10\00:23:59.20
THAT OPENED THE DOORS, HE TAKES
THEM INTO HIS HOUSE, HE WASHES
00:23:59.23\00:24:01.20
THEIR WOUNDS, THEY PREACH TO HIM
- HE SAID, 'WHAT MUST I DO TO BE
00:24:01.24\00:24:04.34
SAVED?' THEY
SAID, 'BELIEVE IN THE
00:24:04.37\00:24:06.78
LORD JESUS CHRIST.' >>AMEN.
00:24:06.81\00:24:08.31
>>NOW WHAT DO YOU
THINK THEY MEANT BY THAT?
00:24:08.34\00:24:10.18
BELIEVE THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS.
BE WILLING TO FOLLOW CHRIST.
00:24:10.21\00:24:14.12
THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS.
THERE'S A LOT OF CHEAP PREACHING
00:24:14.15\00:24:17.32
ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS
TO BELIEVE THESE DAYS.
00:24:17.35\00:24:20.96
BELIEVING MEANS - JOHN THE
BAPTIST SAID TO REPENT - IF YOU
00:24:20.99\00:24:25.73
BELIEVE AND YOU REPENT - WHOEVER
CONFESSES AND FORSAKES HIS SIN
00:24:25.76\00:24:28.93
WILL HAVE MERCY. IT
MEANS BEING WILLING TO TURN.
00:24:28.96\00:24:31.40
REPENTANCE IS A
U-TURN ON THE ROAD OF LIFE.
00:24:31.43\00:24:33.94
THAT MEANS 'YOU TURN'
- YOU CHANGE DIRECTIONS.
00:24:33.97\00:24:36.77
AGREE TO TURN
FROM A LIFE OF SIN.
00:24:36.81\00:24:39.94
OF COURSE, I
JUST REFERENCED THAT.
00:24:39.97\00:24:41.54
ROMANS 6, VERSES 5 AND 6 - LUKE
3, VERSE 7 - JOHN THE BAPTIST -
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YOU KNOW THE FIRST THING JOHN
SAID WHEN HE STARTED PREACHING?
00:24:45.98\00:24:48.62
FIRST WORD, 'REPENT.' WHAT
WAS THE FIRST WORD OUT OF JESUS'
00:24:48.65\00:24:53.66
MOUTH WHEN HE STARTED PREACHING?
00:24:53.69\00:24:55.66
'REPENT.' IT SAYS, 'AT THAT
TIME, CHRIST BEGAN TO PREACH
00:24:55.69\00:24:58.63
SAYING, 'REPENT, FOR THE KINGDOM
OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND.' HOW OFTEN
00:24:58.66\00:25:02.60
DO WE HEAR GOOD
MESSAGES ON REPENTANCE?
00:25:02.63\00:25:06.67
THAT MEANS YOU LOOK AT THE
CROSS, YOU SEE JESUS IS THERE
00:25:06.70\00:25:10.01
FOR YOUR SINS AND IT
HURTS YOU AND YOU'RE SORRY.
00:25:10.04\00:25:13.34
SO MANY MESSAGES TODAY
ARE JUST ALL FEEL GOOD.
00:25:13.38\00:25:16.44
IT'S ALL POSITIVE THINKING.
BUT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE YOU CAN
00:25:16.48\00:25:18.95
REALLY FEEL GOOD
YOU'VE GOT TO FEEL BAD.
00:25:18.98\00:25:21.18
THE BIBLE SAYS, 'HUMBLE YOURSELF
IN THE SIGHT OF GOD AND HE WILL
00:25:21.22\00:25:25.19
LIFT YOU UP.' BUT, BEFORE
HE LIFTS YOU UP, YOU'VE GOT TO
00:25:25.22\00:25:27.66
ADMIT YOUR SIN. >>AMEN.
00:25:27.69\00:25:29.69
>>CONFESS YOUR
SIN. TURN FROM YOUR SIN.
00:25:29.72\00:25:31.46
GOD CAN'T SAVE YOU FROM YOUR SIN
UNTIL YOU ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR SIN.
00:25:31.49\00:25:35.06
AND, IF YOU SAY,
'LORD, I CAN'T CHANGE.
00:25:35.10\00:25:37.23
YOU'VE GOT TO HELP ME -
I'M HELPLESS.' THAT'S WHEN YOU
00:25:37.27\00:25:39.23
REALLY BEGIN TO GET A NEW
BEGINNING - IS WHEN YOU REALIZE
00:25:39.27\00:25:42.07
YOUR HELPLESSNESS.
MARTIN LUTHER USED TO SAY, 'GOD
00:25:42.10\00:25:45.47
CREATES FROM NOTHING, SO UNTIL
YOU BECOME NOTHING, HE CAN DO
00:25:45.51\00:25:48.91
NOTHING WITH YOU.' >>AMEN.
00:25:48.94\00:25:50.88
>>UNTIL YOU REALIZE HOW HELPLESS
YOU ARE AND YOU FALL, BROKEN,
00:25:50.91\00:25:54.05
LIKE PETER AND YOU WEEP - PETER
WENT OUT AND WEPT BITTERLY AFTER
00:25:54.08\00:25:57.65
HE DENIED CHRIST.
THAT'S WHEN HE WAS A BROKEN MAN
00:25:57.69\00:26:00.09
AND THAT'S WHEN
HE WAS SPIRIT FILLED.
00:26:00.12\00:26:02.09
YOU COME TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU
REALIZE HOW WEAK YOU ARE, THAT
00:26:02.12\00:26:04.49
YOU CAN'T CHANGE
WITHOUT GOD'S HELP.
00:26:04.53\00:26:06.43
SO THAT'S WHAT IT
MEANS. BE WILLING TO REPENT.
00:26:06.46\00:26:09.66
DON'T GET BAPTIZED IF
YOU'RE NOT SORRY FOR YOUR SIN.
00:26:09.70\00:26:13.57
REPENT OF PAST SINS - AND
THAT WOULD INVOLVE CONFESSION.
00:26:13.60\00:26:16.84
HOW MANY REMEMBER
EVERY SIN THEY'VE COMMITTED?
00:26:16.87\00:26:21.18
THAT'S RIGHT - DO YOU HAVE TO
REPENT OF ALL OF THEM BY NAME?
00:26:21.21\00:26:26.15
WE'RE IN TROUBLE. BUT YOU
COULD START WITH CATEGORIES.
00:26:26.18\00:26:30.65
GOD EVEN GIVES YOU
AN OUTLINE IN THE BIBLE.
00:26:30.69\00:26:32.75
YOU CAN CALL ON THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS AND JUST LOOK AT
00:26:32.79\00:26:35.82
THEM AND GO THROUGH THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS AND SAY, 'LORD, I'M
00:26:35.86\00:26:38.73
SORRY FOR MY SINS. I HAVE BROKEN
THESE COMMANDMENTS. AND SAY -
00:26:38.76\00:26:43.87
PRAY THAT PRAYER OF
DAVID, 'LORD, SEARCH ME. TRY ME.
00:26:43.90\00:26:46.27
SEE IF THERE'S ANY WICKED
WAY IN ME AND LEAD ME IN THE WAY
00:26:46.30\00:26:49.20
EVERLASTING.' ASK HIM TO REVEAL
TO YOU WHERE YOU MAY NEED TO
00:26:49.24\00:26:52.57
MAKE A CHANGE, AND ACCEPT
CHRIST AS YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR.
00:26:52.61\00:26:56.78
HE'S NOT JUST THE SAVIOR OF
THE WORLD, HE IS SAVING YOU FROM
00:26:56.81\00:27:00.08
YOUR SINS. >>AMEN.
00:27:00.12\00:27:02.18
>>LET'S FACE IT, IT'S NOT ALWAYS
EASY TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING
00:27:02.22\00:27:05.25
YOU READ IN THE BIBLE. WITH OVER
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