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01:03 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 01:11 >>WELL, YOU READ THERE, IN EPHESIANS CHAPTER 4, VERSE 5, 01:14 IT'S PRETTY CLEAR: IT SAYS THERE'S ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE 01:18 BAPTISM. BAPTISM IS AS IMPORTANT TO A 01:22 CHRISTIAN AS A WEDDING IS TO A MARRIAGE. 01:25 DID YOU GET THAT? >>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING 01:30 FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO SHARING GOD'S WORD 01:33 THROUGH MEDIA. THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS 01:36 FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION BROADCASTS. 01:39 WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF AMAZING 01:43 FACTS PRESENTS . >>THE PURPOSE OF PROPHECY IS 01:51 THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE A PERSONAL ENCOUNTER WITH GOD. 01:54 IF WE'RE ONLY STUDYING BIBLE PROPHECY SO THAT WE CAN, YOU 01:58 KNOW, HAVE OUR CURIOSITY ABOUT THE FUTURE SATISFIED, IT WON'T 02:03 DO YOU ANY GOOD. YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS THE 02:06 DEVILS BELIEVE AND TREMBLE. YOU NEED TO HAVE A PERSONAL 02:09 ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS - A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. 02:12 AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS SPECIAL STUDY 02:15 TONIGHT CALLED A PROPHET IN THE RIVER . 02:19 NOW, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE RIVER, WE'RE THINKING 02:20 PRINCIPALLY ABOUT THE JORDAN RIVER. 02:23 AND, IF YOU LOOK IN THE BIBLE AT THE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES IN THE 02:27 JORDAN, THEY ALL TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT THE PLAN OF 02:30 SALVATION - AND IT DOES TIE INTO PROPHECY, AS YOU'LL SEE. 02:34 THERE'S A NUMBER OF MIRACLES THAT HAPPENED IN THE JORDAN 02:37 RIVER, IN THE BIBLE. FOR EXAMPLE, BEFORE THE CHILDREN 02:40 OF ISRAEL ENTERED THE PROMISED LAND, WHEN THEY WERE STILL 02:43 COMING OUT OF THE WILDERNESS, THE BORDER, REALLY, BETWEEN THE 02:48 WILDERNESS AND THE PROMISED LAND, WAS THE JORDAN. 02:51 AND GOD WANTED TO TEST THEIR FAITH. 02:53 AND HE SAID, 'YOU'VE GOT TO GET ACROSS THAT RIVER - BUT IT WAS 02:55 FLOODING IN THE SPRING - HE SAID, 'HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO 02:58 DO: THE PRIESTS ARE TO PUT THE ARK ON THEIR SHOULDERS' - THEY 03:01 CARRIED IT ON THESE POLES - 'AND I WANT THEM TO MARCH OFF INTO 03:04 THE RIVER. NOW, WHEN THEY LEFT EGYPT, GOD 03:07 PARTED THE SEA BEFORE THEY STARTED WALKING. 03:11 BUT, BEFORE THEY GOT TO THE PROMISED LAND, HE WANTED TO SEE, 03:14 'HAVE YOU LEARNED TO TRUST ME? 03:15 I WANT YOU TO START WALKING BEFORE I PART.' SO THE PRIESTS, 03:20 OBEDIENTLY - AND THEY'RE CARRYING THIS VIRTUAL GOLDEN 03:22 ANCHOR - THEY WERE GOING TO SINK IF THERE WASN'T A MIRACLE. 03:27 THEY STARTED WALKING OFF INTO THE RIVER AND WHEN THEIR FEET 03:30 TOUCHED THE WATER, THE WATERS, AT THAT POINT, FLOWED DOWN. 03:34 THE WATERS AHEAD BEGAN TO WALL UP AND JUST CREATED A GREAT BIG 03:38 DAM - AN INVISIBLE DAM - AND THE GROUND DRIED BEFORE THEM. 03:42 HE PARTED IT SO THEY COULD CROSS OVER. 03:45 NOW THE JORDAN, IN THE BIBLE, REPRESENTS DEATH. 03:49 YOU KNOW THE JORDAN RIVER IS THE LOWEST RIVER IN THE WORLD? 03:51 WHERE THE JORDAN RIVER RUNS INTO THE DEAD SEA IS THE LOWEST POINT 03:55 ON EARTH. IT'S OVER 1300 FEET BELOW SEA LEVEL. 03:58 IT'S A SYMBOL OF DEATH AND IT'S ALSO CONNECTED WITH BAPTISM AND 04:05 SALVATION. SO HERE, BEFORE THEY GOT INTO 04:07 THE PROMISED LAND, GOD WORKS THIS MIRACLE. 04:09 THE WHOLE NATION PASSED BY THE PRIESTS WHO WERE HOLDING THE 04:13 WORD OF GOD. IT'S LIKE THEIR LIVES WERE 04:15 PASSING IN REVIEW, AS THEY WENT FROM THE WILDERNESS 04:18 INTO THE PROMISED LAND. THEN THE NEXT INTERESTING 04:21 MIRACLE IS REGARDING AN ASSYRIAN GENERAL - WASN'T EVEN AN 04:25 ISRAELITE - BY THE NAME OF NAAMAN - GOOD MAN, MIGHTY MAN, 04:28 BUT HE CAME DOWN WITH A DEADLY CASE OF LEPROSY AND ELISHA THE 04:32 PROPHET SAID, 'GO WASH IN THE JORDAN RIVER SEVEN TIMES AND 04:36 YOUR FLESH WILL BE RESTORED TO YOU AGAIN. 04:40 AND SO, HE DIPPED IN THE RIVER, FINALLY - HE WAS STUBBORN AT 04:42 FIRST - COVERED WITH LEPROSY - MAYBE EVEN MISSING FINGERS AND 04:46 TOES - WASHED IN THE JORDAN SEVEN TIMES, AND FINALLY, HE 04:50 CAME UP THE SEVENTH TIME AND HE WAS CLEAN. 04:53 >>AMEN. >>NOW THAT OUGHT TO MAKE YOU 04:55 THINK - BECAUSE LEPROSY IN THE BIBLE IS A TYPE OF SIN. 04:58 SOMEONE CAME TO JESUS, ONCE, COVERED WITH LEPROSY. 05:00 THEY SAID, 'LORD, IF YOU WILL, YOU CAN MAKE ME CLEAN.' HE 05:03 REACHED OUT AND HE TOUCHED THEM AND HE SAID, 'I WILL. 05:06 BE CLEAN.' AND THEIR LEPROSY WAS GONE. THAT QUICK. 05:09 HOW QUICKLY CAN GOD WASH AWAY OUR SIN? 05:11 WHEN WE COME IN FAITH RIGHT AWAY AND SAY, 'LORD, IF YOU WILL.' 05:14 IS HE WILLING? >>YES. 05:16 >>'YOU CAN MAKE ME CLEAN.' BELIEVE. 05:19 HE SAYS, 'BE CLEAN.' THAT'S WHAT HE SAID TO THE LEPER - AND HE 05:22 WAS CLEAN. HOW DID THE WORLD COME INTO EXISTENCE? 05:24 GOD SAID, 'LET THERE BE LIGHT. LET THERE BE LAND. 05:27 LET THERE BE AN ATMOSPHERE.' AND IT HAPPENED. 05:30 NOW, THAT LEADS US A GOOD SEGUE INTO OUR FIRST QUESTION ABOUT 05:35 TONIGHT'S STUDY. WHAT NEW TESTAMENT PROPHET 05:39 WASHED PEOPLE IN THE JORDAN RIVER? 05:42 AND IT SAYS, "IN THOSE DAYS CAME JOHN THE BAPTIST, PREACHING IN 05:45 THE WILDERNESS OF JUDEA. AND THERE WENT OUT TO HIM ALL OF 05:49 JUDEA, AND JERUSALEM, AND WERE BAPTIZED BY HIM IN THE RIVER 05:54 JORDAN, CONFESSING THEIR SINS." NOW, IT TALKS ABOUT JOHN THE 05:57 BAPTIST THERE IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 3, BUT IF YOU READ THE STORY 06:01 IN THE GOSPEL OF MARK, DO YOU REALIZE THAT THE GOSPEL OF MARK 06:05 AND THE GOSPEL OF JOHN BEGIN WITH JOHN THE BAPTIST? 06:09 JOHN THE APOSTLE IS DIFFERENT FROM JOHN THE BAPTIST. 06:11 THE GOSPEL OF MARK, GOSPEL OF JOHN, START WITH SOMEONE 06:15 BAPTIZING. WHY DID THEY BEGIN THEIR GOSPELS THERE? 06:19 HOW DOES THE OLD TESTAMENT END? THE OLD TESTAMENT SAYS, 'BEHOLD 06:24 I SEND YOU ELIJAH THE PROPHET BEFORE THE GREAT AND DREADFUL 06:27 DAY OF THE LORD.' AND JESUS SAID, IF YOU CAN RECEIVE IT, 06:30 THAT JOHN THE BAPTIST WAS ELIJAH WHO WAS TO COME. 06:35 HE CAME IN THE SPIRIT AND THE POWER OF ELIJAH. 06:37 THE ANGEL GABRIEL TOLD JOHN THE BAPTIST'S FATHER, 'THIS CHILD IS 06:41 GOING TO COME IN THE SPIRIT AND THE POWER OF ELIJAH.' IT WAS 06:44 PROPHESIED THAT HE WAS GOING TO COME. 06:47 AND REVELATION TELLS US THERE'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER WAVE OF THE 06:51 SPIRIT AND POWER OF ELIJAH IN THE LAST DAYS. 06:54 SO THIS DOES RELATE TO PROPHECY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LOT 06:58 ABOUT BAPTISM TONIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT 07:00 WHAT JOHN TALKED ABOUT. IF IT'S IMPORTANT TO JESUS, IT 07:04 SHOULD BE IMPORTANT TO YOU. WHAT GLORIOUS BIBLE CEREMONY 07:08 SYMBOLIZES THE WASHING AWAY OF THE LEPROSY OF SIN? 07:14 YOU CAN READ IN ACTS CHAPTER 22 - AND THIS IS RELATING TO THE 07:17 CONVERSION OF THE APOSTLE PAUL - HE SAID, "ARISE, AND BE 07:21 BAPTIZED, AND WASH AWAY YOUR SINS, CALLING ON THE NAME OF THE 07:26 LORD." NOW, IS IT CLEAR TO EVERYBODY 07:28 JESUS CAME TO SAVE US FROM OUR SIN? 07:30 >>AMEN. >>HAS GOD CREATED A CEREMONY - 07:34 AN INSTITUTION - BY WHICH WE SUBMIT OUR LIVES TO HIM AND 07:37 OUR SINS ARE WASHED AWAY? IT'S A CEREMONY THAT 07:40 REPRESENTS THAT. WHAT'S IT CALLED? 07:43 >>BAPTISM. >>BAPTISM. 07:44 BAPTISM IS AS IMPORTANT TO A CHRISTIAN AS A WEDDING IS TO A 07:49 MARRIAGE. DID YOU GET THAT? 07:51 AND THIS IS NOT PASTOR DOUG'S TEACHING, THIS IS WHAT THE BIBLE 07:54 TEACHES. CALL ON THE LORD, BEING BAPTIZED, WASHING AWAY YOUR SIN. 07:59 THEY'RE ALL CONNECTED THERE. THIRD QUESTION: ACCORDING TO THE 08:03 BIBLE, HOW MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF BAPTISM ARE ACCEPTABLE? 08:07 WELL, YOU READ THERE IN EPHESIANS CHAPTER 4, VERSE 5, 08:10 IT'S PRETTY CLEAR. IT SAYS, 'THERE'S ONE LORD, ONE 08:13 FAITH, ONE BAPTISM.' I BELIEVE THERE'S ONE FAITH WE 08:17 ARE BAPTIZED INTO. I BELIEVE THERE'S ONE LORD THAT 08:19 WE SERVE - 'HEAR O ISRAEL, THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE.' 08:22 ARE THERE A LOT OF COUNTERFEITS? >>YES. 08:25 >>YOU KNOW, THE DEVIL IS A MASTER OF COUNTERFEITS. 08:29 THE DEVIL HAS A COUNTERFEIT FOR VIRTUALLY EVERY TRUTH OF GOD. 08:33 HAVE YOU LEARNED THAT? AND THERE'S ALSO A 08:35 COUNTERFEIT FOR BAPTISM. AND, IN THE COUNTERFEITS, THE 08:38 DEVIL IS TRYING TO ROB THE POWER OF THE TEACHING. 08:42 WHAT - WHERE DID ALL THESE OTHER COUNTERFEIT FORMS OF BAPTISM 08:45 ORIGINATE? WHERE'D THEY ALL COME FROM? 08:48 SOME ARE FROM DIFFERENT TRADITIONS - YOU CAN READ ABOUT 08:50 THIS IN MARK CHAPTER 7, VERSE 8. IT SAYS, "FOR LAYING ASIDE THE 08:54 COMMANDMENT OF GOD, YE HOLD THE TRADITION OF MEN." 08:58 CHRIST SAID, 'THEY OFTEN LAY ASIDE THE COMMANDMENT' - WE'VE 09:01 LEARNED THAT ABOUT THE SABBATH AND OTHER THINGS, WHERE PEOPLE 09:03 LAY ASIDE THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD TO FOLLOW POPULAR 09:05 TRADITIONS. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO 09:09 BACK AND YOU LOOK AROUND THE MIDDLE EAST, IT IS REALLY 09:11 CLEAR FROM HISTORY AND EVEN ARCHAEOLOGY, THAT THE ONLY 09:14 METHOD OF BIBLICAL BAPTISM, IN THE BEGINNING, WAS IMMERSION. 09:18 HERE'S A PICTURE OF A FIRST CENTURY BAPTISTERY IN PHILIPPI 09:22 AND IT'S REALLY CLEAR, IT HAD STEPS GOING INTO IT, IT WAS IN 09:25 THE CHURCH. HERE'S ONE FROM - IT'S IN THE 09:28 NEGEV DESERT, BUILT DURING THE BYZANTINE TIME. 09:32 IT'S A BAPTISTERY IN THE SHAPE OF A CROSS, AGAIN, WITH STEPS 09:36 GOING INTO IT. AND THEY USED TO HAVE TO FILL 09:37 THEM BY HAND SO THEY DIDN'T MAKE THEM TOO BIG. 09:40 THAT WAS BETWEEN 300 AND 500 A.D. HERE'S A FIFTH CENTURY 09:43 BAPTISTERY IN EMMAUS AND YOU - MAYBE YOU 09:48 CAN READ ABOUT THAT IN LUKE 24 - THE ROAD TO EMMAUS - THE TOWN 09:50 ACTUALLY MEANS 'HOT WATER' SO THEY HAD SPRINGS NEAR THERE. 09:54 CHRISTIANS WERE BAPTIZED. BUT, GRADUALLY, THINGS 09:57 BEGAN TO CHANGE. AS WITH EVERYTHING, IT WAS 10:00 SORT OF A CREEPING COMPROMISE. IT STARTED OUT WITH SOMEONE 10:03 SAYING, 'WELL, LOOK, SINCE BAPTISM IS A SYMBOL - SYMBOLS 10:07 ARE VERY IMPORTANT, BUT THIS PERSON'S SICK. 10:10 THEY REALLY CAN'T GET BAPTIZED.' AND SO THE PASTOR SAID, 'WELL, 10:12 WE'LL DIP A SHEET IN WATER AND WE'LL GO WRAP THEM IN THE SHEET 10:16 AND IT WILL BE AS CLOSE AS WE CAN GET.' AND THEY MEANT WELL. 10:18 YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT. AND THEN SOMEONE WOULD HAVE A 10:21 SICK BABY AND THEY'D SAY, 'I'M AFRAID THAT MY BABY MIGHT DIE 10:23 AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN BAPTIZED.' SO THEY'D SPRINKLE SOME WATER ON 10:26 THEM OR THEY'D POUR SOME WATER ON THEM. AND THEN THE NOBILITY 10:29 WOULD MAKE - THEY'D WANT TO GET BAPTIZED - THEY'D SAY, 'YOU 10:31 KNOW, IT'S REALLY NOT DIGNIFIED FOR US, WITH ALL OUR EXPENSIVE 10:35 HAIR DOS AND STUFF, TO GET BAPTIZED IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY 10:37 AND COME UP ALL DRIPPING WET LIKE A CAT.' AND THEY SAID, 'CAN 10:40 YOU DO SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE ELEGANT?' 10:43 AND THEY SAID, 'UH, THEY SAID IT'S A SYMBOL, RIGHT?' 10:46 'YEAH.' AND THEY TOLD THE PRIEST, 'WELL, THEN, JUST 10:48 SPRINKLE A LITTLE WATER ON ME AND WE'LL CALL IT BAPTISM.' IT 10:50 DIDN'T - AT FIRST IT WAS POURING AND THEN IT WAS SPRINKLING AND 10:53 IT GRADUALLY CHANGED THROUGH COMPROMISE AND RA - YOU KNOW, 10:58 YOU CAN RATIONALIZE ANYTHING IF YOU WANT TO. 11:00 MATTER OF FACT, YOU CAN READ IN HISTORY, IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE 11:05 COUNCIL OF RAVENNA - 1311 - OVER A THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED YEARS 11:08 AFTER CHRIST - IT WASN'T UNTIL THE COUNCIL OF RAVENNA THAT 11:12 SPRINKLING AND POURING WERE OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED AS EQUALLY 11:15 VALID AS IMMERSION IN THE RITE OF BAPTISM, AND SO, YOU COULD DO 11:18 BOTH. EVENTUALLY THEY GAVE UP 11:20 IMMERSION FOR THE MORE CONVENIENT SPRINKLING. 11:23 AND IT JUST - IT'S ONE MORE OF THE MANY EXAMPLES WHERE THE 11:26 CHURCH HAS DRIFTED AWAY FROM THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS. 11:29 AND WHAT DO WE WANT TO HAPPEN BEFORE CHRIST COMES? 11:32 WE WANT TO COME BACK TO THE BIBLE, RIGHT? 11:34 COME BACK TO THE TEACHINGS OF CHRIST. 11:36 >>HELLO, FRIENDS, DON'T GO ANYWHERE. 11:38 IN JUST A MOMENT WE'LL RETURN TO COMPLETE TODAY'S PRESENTATION. 11:42 HAVE YOU EVER WISHED THAT YOU COULD DO SOMETHING TO JUST WASH 11:45 AWAY ALL THE MISTAKES OF THE PAST? 11:47 WELL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A FREE OFFER TODAY THAT TALKS ALL ABOUT 11:50 THAT. IT'S CALLED PURITY AND POWER . 11:53 GOD HAS A CEREMONY IN THE BIBLE CALLED BAPTISM, DESIGNED TO HELP 11:56 YOU GET A NEW BEGINNING - TO FEEL WASHED INSIDE AND OUT, AND 12:00 TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE POWER TO LIVE A NEW LIFE. 12:03 TO GET YOUR FREE COPY, CALL THE PHONE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN AND 12:06 ASK FOR OFFER #121. OR VISIT OFFERS.AFTV.ORG AND 12:13 AFTER YOU READ IT, SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND. 12:15 WELL LET'S GET BACK TO TODAY'S PRESENTATION AND LEARN SOME MORE 12:18 AMAZING FACTS FROM THE WORD OF GOD. 12:22 >>ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM. 12:24 SO, WHAT IS BAPTISM? WHAT DOES IT MEAN? 12:27 RIGHT IN THE WORD, IT TELLS YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THE TRUE FORM OF 12:30 BAPTISM, WHAT IT MEANS, AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT. 12:33 IT COMES FROM THE GREEK WORD 'BAPTIZO' AND BAPTIZO MEANS 'TO 12:37 IMMERSE; TO PLUNGE; TO DIP' - IT'S TALKING ABOUT A CLEANSING - 12:41 UNDER WATER. YOU CAN READ IN COLOSSIANS 12:43 CHAPTER 2, VERSE 12, "BURIED WITH HIM IN BAPTISM, WHEREIN 12:48 ALSO YE ARE RISEN WITH HIM THROUGH THE FAITH OF THE 12:51 OPERATION OF GOD, WHO HATH RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD." 12:54 SO, IT'S A SYMBOL OF A DEATH, A BURIAL, AND A RESURRECTION. 12:59 HOW WAS JESUS, WHO IS OUR EXAMPLE - HOW WAS HE BAPTIZED? 13:03 NOW, A CHRISTIAN'S A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST. 13:04 YOU MIGHT WANT TO ASK THE QUESTION: WHY WAS JESUS 13:07 BAPTIZED? WAS IT FOR HIS SIN? 13:10 >>NO. >>NO, HE WAS BAPTIZED 13:12 AS AN EXAMPLE FOR US. I'LL SAY MORE ABOUT 13:15 THAT IN A MINUTE. HOW WAS HE BAPTIZED? 13:18 THIS WAS THE SEVENTH MIRACLE IN THE JORDAN. 13:22 "JESUS CAME...AND WAS BAPTIZED OF JOHN IN THE JORDAN RIVER." 13:27 AND THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT THEY NEEDED A RIVER. 13:31 NOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT METHODS OF BAPTIZING TODAY. 13:33 SOMETIMES THEY SPRINKLE A LITTLE WATER, THEY POUR - SOME PEOPLE 13:37 SAY BAPTISM'S ONLY SPIRITUAL AND THEY SPEAK WORDS AND THEY EVEN 13:42 HAVE SOME PASTORS YOU CAN CALL OVER THE PHONE - THEY SAY THEY 13:44 BAPTIZE YOU OVER THE PHONE WITH WORDS. 13:46 THAT'S THE DRY-CLEANING METHOD, EVIDENTLY. 13:48 AND SO THEY'VE GOT ALL THESE DIFFERENT - SOME SPRINKLE SALT 13:51 AND A LOT OF CHURCHES - THERE'S A LOT OF COUNTERFEIT BAPTISMS 13:54 OUT THERE, BUT THE BIBLE'S PRETTY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT 13:57 HAPPENED. IT SAYS HE WAS BAPTIZED BY JOHN 14:00 IN JORDAN "AND STRAIGHTWAY COMING UP OUT OF THE WATER. 14:05 HE SAW THE HEAVENS OPENED." - THAT'S A MIRACLE - AND 14:09 THE HOLY SPIRIT DESCENDING. ALL OF THE MIRACLES ABOUT 14:11 THE JORDAN RIVER IN THE OLD TESTAMENT TELL US ABOUT 14:13 SALVATION BECAUSE IT'S CONNECTED WITH SALVATION - THE NEW 14:18 TESTAMENT, IN MATTHEW AND LUKE, BEGIN WITH THE BIRTH OF JESUS. 14:22 MARK AND JOHN BEGIN WITH BAPTISM AND THE MINISTRY OF JOHN THE 14:26 BAPTIST AND IT'S A START - WHEN DOES CHRIST'S MINISTRY BEGIN? 14:30 WITH HIS BAPTISM. HE LIVED THIRTY-THREE AND A HALF 14:33 YEARS, BUT HE WAS ANOINTED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AT HIS BAPTISM. 14:37 THE METHOD WAS IMMERSION. THAT MEANS HE WENT DOWN UNDER 14:41 THE WATER - IT SYMBOLIZED A WASHING, A DEATH - BECAUSE YOU 14:45 HOLD YOUR BREATH - AND THEN WALKING IN A NEWNESS OF LIFE. 14:49 AND IT SAYS ALSO - YOU READ IN JOHN CHAPTER 3, VERSE 23, "NOW 14:54 JOHN ALSO WAS BAPTIZING IN AENON NEAR SALIM, BECAUSE THERE WAS 14:58 MUCH WATER THERE." SO, IF THE BIBLICAL METHOD OF 15:01 BAPTIZING IS TO SPRINKLE A LITTLE WATER, THEN WHY 15:05 WOULD YOU NEED A RIVER? YOU COULD BAPTIZE 15:09 WITH A CANTEEN. YOU COULD DO IT IN THE CITY. 15:12 YOU COULD DO IT BY A WELL. BUT IT SAYS THEY NEEDED A RIVER 15:14 - THEY NEEDED A RIVER WITH MUCH WATER. 15:16 IN OTHER WORDS, DEEP ENOUGH WHERE PEOPLE COULD BE IMMERSED. 15:18 AND ALL THE PEOPLE CAME DOWN TO THE RIVER TO BE BAPTIZED. 15:22 NOW SOME HAVE ASKED ME, 'WELL, PASTOR DOUG, DOES IT HAVE TO BE 15:24 FRESH WATER?' I THINK YOU COULD PROBABLY POINT 15:26 TO SOME CASES IN THE BIBLE WHERE PEOPLE WERE BAPTIZED 15:29 IN THE OCEAN. THE IDEA OF THE SYMBOL IS TO BE 15:31 IMMERSED, CONSECRATE YOUR LIFE TO THE LORD, SAY 'THIS IS IT. 15:35 I WANT TO MAKE A PUBLIC DECLARATION OF MY SURRENDER TO 15:37 JESUS.' AND YOU COME UP TO WALK IN A NEWNESS OF LIFE. 15:41 "THEREFORE WE ARE BURIED WITH HIM BY BAPTISM INTO DEATH:" - 15:46 SAME PRINCIPLE WE SAW EARLIER IN COLOSSIANS - "THAT AS CHRIST WAS 15:49 RAISED FROM THE DEAD BY THE GLORY OF THE FATHER, EVEN SO WE 15:54 ALSO SHOULD WALK IN A NEWNESS OF LIFE." 15:57 BAPTISM REPRESENTS A TURNING POINT. 16:00 SOME PEOPLE SAY, 'WELL, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO GET BAPTIZED AND 16:03 EVENTUALLY I'M GOING TO, YOU KNOW, STOP DOING SOME OF THE BAD 16:05 THINGS I'M DOING.' NO, JOHN THE BAPTIST SAID, 'REPENT AND BE 16:09 BAPTIZED.' YOU REPENT AND YOU TURN FROM THESE HABITUAL SINS 16:13 BEFORE BAPTISM. YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW MANY 16:16 PEOPLE COME TO ME AND SAY, 'PASTOR DOUG, I JUST THINK IF 16:18 YOU'D BAPTIZE ME I COULD STOP, YOU KNOW, RUNNING AROUND, 16:20 MISBEHAVING, USING DRUGS.' I SAY, 'NO, THAT'S 16:22 NOT HOW IT WORKS. YOU COMMIT YOUR LIFE TO JESUS, 16:26 YOU TURN AWAY FROM SIN - YOU REPENT OF YOUR SINS - AND THEN 16:30 YOU GET BAPTIZED.' PEOPLE CAME TO JOHN THE BAPTIST, HE SAID, 16:32 'BEFORE YOU'RE BAPTIZED, BRING FORTH FRUITS THAT ARE MEET FOR 16:35 REPENTANCE.' LET ME SEE IF I COULD ILLUSTRATE IT THIS WAY: 16:38 LADIES OUT THERE, HOW WOULD YOU THINK ABOUT A GUY WHO PROPOSED 16:44 TO YOU AND HE SAID, 'I LOVE YOU. WOULD YOU MARRY ME? 16:48 I THINK IF WE COULD JUST GET MARRIED, I'LL STOP DATING THE 16:50 OTHER GIRLS.' (LAUGHTER) AS THOUGH THE WEDDING CEREMONY IS 16:57 GOING TO SUDDENLY MAKE EVERYTHING OKAY. 17:00 NOW BAPTISM IS A CEREMONY, BUT IT'S A CEREMONY THAT REPRESENTS 17:03 YOU HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT THAT YOU LOVE JESUS, THAT YOU'RE 17:07 REPENTING OF YOUR SINS - YOU SEE HE'S DIED FOR YOUR SIN AND YOU 17:10 WANT TO FOLLOW HIM. AMEN? >>AMEN. 17:13 >>AND SO, YOU SEE, THE CHANGES SHOULD HAPPEN BEFORE BAPTISM, 17:17 BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN EVERYTHING CHANGES. 17:19 IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S STILL GROWTH THAT HAPPENS AFTER 17:22 BAPTISM. HOW MANY OF YOU THAT ARE MARRIED 17:25 LEARNED SOME THINGS THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT YOUR SPOUSE 17:29 BEFORE YOU GOT MARRIED? HOW MANY OF YOU KNEW EVERYTHING 17:32 ABOUT THEM BEFORE YOU GOT MARRIED? 17:35 I SAW ONE HAND. YOU DIDN'T HEAR THE QUESTION. 17:37 (RAUCOUS LAUGHTER) YOU'RE JUST BEING SUPPORTIVE. 17:40 (LAUGHTER) I THINK EVERYBODY LEARNED SOMETHING NEW AFTERWARD, 17:45 AM I RIGHT? AND SO, WE COMMIT OUR LIVES TO 17:48 JESUS - YOU'RE STILL GOING TO GROW IN CHRIST. 17:50 YOU'RE GOING TO LEARN - YOU'LL MAKE MISTAKES, BUT YOU WANT TO 17:53 HAVE YOUR LIFE COMMITTED. YOU WANT TO TURN AWAY FROM THE 17:56 SINS THAT ARE DRAGGING YOU DOWN. YOU DON'T WANT TO BE A CAPTIVE. 18:01 HOW IMPORTANT IS BAPTISM? NOW THIS IS - THE REASON I'M 18:04 TALKING ABOUT THIS IS BECAUSE I WANT TO PRIORITIZE, IN A SEMINAR 18:08 LIKE THIS, WHAT JESUS WOULD PRIORITIZE. 18:11 CHRIST SAID, IN MARK 16:16 - THIS IS PRETTY CLEAR - "HE THAT 18:15 BELIEVETH AND IS BAPTIZED SHALL BE SAVED; BUT HE THAT BELIEVETH 18:21 NOT SHALL BE DAMNED." NOW, YOU NOTICE HE DOESN'T SAY, 18:24 'HE THAT BELIEVES NOT AND IS NOT BAPTIZED.' WILL THERE BE 18:27 PEOPLE IN HEAVEN THAT WERE NOT BAPTIZED? 18:29 >>YES. >>SURE. 18:31 THE THIEF ON THE CROSS WHO DIED BY JESUS WHEN CHRIST WAS 18:34 CRUCIFIED, HE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GET BAPTIZED. 18:38 SOMETIMES I GO TO HOSPITALS AND I VISIT WITH PEOPLE AND TALK TO 18:40 THEM ABOUT THE LORD IN THE CLOSING HOURS OF THEIR LIFE AND 18:44 THEY'RE ALL HOOKED UP TO HOSPITAL MACHINES. 18:45 THEY ACCEPT JESUS - CAN THEY BE SAVED OR DO I HAVE TO TRY AND 18:49 FIND A WAY TO GO IMMERSE THEM? OF COURSE GOD'LL SAVE THEM. 18:52 I'VE BEEN IN PRISONS WHERE THEY WILL NOT ALLOW A BAPTISM FOR A 18:56 PERSON ON DEATH ROW. WILL BAPTISM BE AN OBSTACLE TO 19:00 THEIR SALVATION IF THEY TOTALLY SURRENDER TO CHRIST? 19:03 NO. YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE CHRIST GOT BAPTIZED, NOT 19:06 FOR HIS SIN, BUT I THINK THAT, IN THE SAME WAY JESUS DIED FOR 19:10 OUR SIN, FOR THOSE THAT CAN'T BE BAPTIZED, THEY GET 19:13 CREDIT FOR HIS BAPTISM. >>AMEN. 19:14 >>BUT IF YOU CAN BE, YOU SHOULD BE. 19:17 >>AMEN. >>WHY WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO? 19:19 AND, AGAIN, CHRIST SAID TO NICODEMUS IN JOHN 3, VERSE 5, 19:23 "EXCEPT A MAN IS BORN OF WATER AND OF THE SPIRIT, HE CANNOT 19:27 ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD." 19:29 DOESN'T THAT SOUND LIKE A PRIORITY TO YOU? 19:32 AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO JESUS OUGHT TO BE IMPORTANT TO US. 19:36 NOW, YOU NEED BOTH BIRTHS IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE SAVED. 19:39 UNLESS YOU'RE BORN OF THE WATER AND BORN OF THE SPIRIT - AND 19:42 THERE ARE SOME CHURCHES THAT ONLY EMPHASIZE WATER BAPTISM - 19:45 BUT CHRIST SAID YOU NEED SPIRIT BAPTISM. 19:47 THEY COME TOGETHER. PETER SAID, 'REPENT, EVERY ONE 19:52 OF YOU, AND BE BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS AND YOU 19:55 SHALL RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 19:58 NOW, IT MAY COME AT DIFFERENT TIMES, BUT DOESN'T THE BAPTISM 20:02 OF THE HOLY SPIRIT REPLACE BAPTISM BY IMMERSION? 20:06 NO, THEY WEREN'T MEANT TO REPLACE - THEY GO TOGETHER. 20:09 AND PETER SAID TO THEM, AND I THINK I QUOTED THIS TO YOU 20:13 EARLIER IN ACTS CHAPTER 2, VERSE 38, "REPENT AND BE BAPTIZED 20:17 EVERY ONE OF YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST FOR THE REMISSION 20:21 OF SINS, AND YE SHALL RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST." 20:25 PETER PUTS THEM TOGETHER, DOESN'T HE? 20:28 BE BAPTIZED AND - FOR THE REMISSION OF SIN - YOU'LL BE 20:31 FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. NOW WE NEED BOTH BAPTISMS - YOU 20:35 NEED TO BE BORN OF THE WATER, BORN OF THE SPIRIT. 20:37 YOU HAVE AN EXAMPLE IN THE BIBLE WHERE THE DISCIPLES WERE 20:40 BAPTIZED BY WATER FIRST - JOHN THE BAPTIST - PENTECOST, THEY'RE 20:43 BAPTIZED BY THE SPIRIT. THEN YOU'VE GOT THE STORY IN 20:46 ACTS CHAPTER 10 WHERE CORNELIUS, THIS ROMAN CENTURION AND HIS 20:50 FAMILY, THEY'RE BAPTIZED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. 20:53 AND YOU KNOW WHAT PETER SAYS RIGHT AWAY? 20:54 'WOW, YOU GUYS ARE GETTING THE CART AHEAD OF THE HORSE. 20:56 YOU'VE GOT TO GET BAPTIZED IN WATER NOW.' HE DIDN'T SAY, 'OH, 21:00 YOU'VE BEEN BAPTIZED BY THE SPIRIT, WHO NEEDS THE WATER?' 21:02 PETER SAID, 'NOW YOU NEED WATER BAPTISM.' SO, YOU NEEDED BOTH. 21:07 YOU NEEDED THE BAPTISM OF GOD AND THE BAPTISM OF YOUR CHOICE 21:11 AND YOUR SURRENDER. AND SO, BOTH BAPTISMS ARE STILL 21:14 VERY IMPORTANT, ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE. 21:17 ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE, WHAT MUST A PERSON DO BEFORE HE OR 21:22 SHE IS BAPTIZED? THERE'S SOME BIBLICAL CRITERIA. 21:26 WELL, FOR ONE THING, YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE TEACHINGS OF 21:29 JESUS. NOW, AS I MENTIONED, IT DOESN'T 21:32 MEAN YOU UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING. JESUS SAID, 'GO, THEREFORE, 21:35 TEACH ALL NATIONS, BAPTIZING.' BEFORE BAPTISM, THERE SHOULD 21:39 BE SOME FOUNDATIONAL TEACHING WHERE A PERSON UNDERSTANDS THE 21:44 BASICS AND MOST CHURCHES HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME - EVEN THE 21:49 CATHOLICS HAVE A CATECHISM - THERE'S A TEACHING CLASS. 21:52 THERE'S - SOME HAVE A BAPTISMAL CLASS WHERE YOU GO THROUGH THE 21:57 FOUNDATIONAL TEACHINGS - YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND THE PLACE OF 21:59 THE BIBLE, THE GODHEAD, THE COMING OF THE LORD, WHAT THE 22:03 CHRISTIAN LIFE MEANS - AND BE WILLING TO SAY, YES TO THOSE 22:06 THINGS. YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING AND THERE'S MORE 22:09 TEACHING THAT COMES LATER, BUT YOU'RE SAYING 'YES' TO THE 22:12 PRINCIPLE TEACHINGS OF THE GOSPEL. 22:14 SECONDARILY, YOU NEED TO NOT ONLY UNDERSTAND THEM, YOU NEED 22:17 TO BELIEVE THEM. NOW THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. 22:20 BELIEVE MEANS, OF COURSE, YOU ACCEPT WITH YOUR HEART, BUT 22:23 'BELIEVE' MEANS 'BE LIVE'. A LOT OF PEOPLE MISUNDERSTAND 22:29 THE WORD 'BELIEVE'. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT 22:32 DEVILS BELIEVE. THE DEVILS KNOW THAT JESUS IS 22:36 REAL AND THE DEVILS KNOW THAT HE DIED FOR YOUR SIN. 22:38 THE DEVIL EVEN KNOWS HE LOVES YOU. 22:39 IT WON'T SAVE HIM. THE DEVIL KNOWS GOD IS LOVE. 22:43 IT'S NOT GOING TO SAVE HIM, IT'S JUST A CEREBRAL KNOWLEDGE - IT'S 22:47 A FACT. BELIEVE MEANS TO 'BE LIVE'. GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD HE 22:53 GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON THAT WHOEVER 'BE LIVES' IN HIM WILL 22:58 NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE. 23:01 THAT MEANS 'A WILLINGNESS TO, NOT ONLY SAY, 'I THINK IT'S 23:04 TRUE,' BUT A WILLINGNESS TO FOLLOW. 23:07 SO, IF PEOPLE SAY, 'LORD, LORD, I BELIEVE YOU'RE THE LORD.' AND 23:09 THEY DON'T DO HIS WILL, THEY'RE NOT BELIEVING IN HIM. 23:12 WHEN JESUS SAYS, 'COME TO ME.' AND YOU SAY, 'I'M COMING, LORD.' 23:16 BUT YOU DON'T - CHRIST TOLD THE PARABLE ABOUT THAT. 23:18 HE SAID, 'WHICH OF THEM DID THE WILL OF HIS FATHER?' 23:22 AND SO, HE WANTS US TO FOLLOW. SO BELIEVE IN HIS TEACHINGS. 23:25 YOU REMEMBER THE STORY WHERE PHILIP BAPTIZED THE ETHIOPIAN 23:29 TREASURER AND HE SAID, 'HERE'S WATER, CAN I GET BAPTIZED?' 23:33 YOU KNOW WHAT PHILIP SAID? 23:35 'IF YOU BELIEVE WITH ALL YOUR HEART, YOU MAY.' AND THEN YOU'VE 23:38 GOT THE STORY OF THIS PHILIPPIAN JAILER. 23:41 THERE'S AN EARTHQUAKE. PAUL AND SILAS ARE IN PRISON. 23:44 THIS EARTHQUAKE OPENS ALL THE PRISON DOORS AND THE JAILER, 23:46 HE'S READY TO KILL HIMSELF AND PAUL SAYS, 'DON'T HURT YOURSELF. 23:50 WE'RE ALL HERE.' - AND HE'S THE ONE WHO'S JUST WHIPPED PAUL AND 23:54 SILAS AND PUT THEM IN THE STOCKS. 23:56 THEY FORGIVE HIM AND HE'S SO MOVED BY THE POWER OF THE ANGEL 23:59 THAT OPENED THE DOORS, HE TAKES THEM INTO HIS HOUSE, HE WASHES 24:01 THEIR WOUNDS, THEY PREACH TO HIM - HE SAID, 'WHAT MUST I DO TO BE 24:04 SAVED?' THEY SAID, 'BELIEVE IN THE 24:06 LORD JESUS CHRIST.' >>AMEN. 24:08 >>NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY MEANT BY THAT? 24:10 BELIEVE THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS. BE WILLING TO FOLLOW CHRIST. 24:14 THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS. THERE'S A LOT OF CHEAP PREACHING 24:17 ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BELIEVE THESE DAYS. 24:20 BELIEVING MEANS - JOHN THE BAPTIST SAID TO REPENT - IF YOU 24:25 BELIEVE AND YOU REPENT - WHOEVER CONFESSES AND FORSAKES HIS SIN 24:28 WILL HAVE MERCY. IT MEANS BEING WILLING TO TURN. 24:31 REPENTANCE IS A U-TURN ON THE ROAD OF LIFE. 24:33 THAT MEANS 'YOU TURN' - YOU CHANGE DIRECTIONS. 24:36 AGREE TO TURN FROM A LIFE OF SIN. 24:39 OF COURSE, I JUST REFERENCED THAT. 24:41 ROMANS 6, VERSES 5 AND 6 - LUKE 3, VERSE 7 - JOHN THE BAPTIST - 24:45 YOU KNOW THE FIRST THING JOHN SAID WHEN HE STARTED PREACHING? 24:48 FIRST WORD, 'REPENT.' WHAT WAS THE FIRST WORD OUT OF JESUS' 24:53 MOUTH WHEN HE STARTED PREACHING? 24:55 'REPENT.' IT SAYS, 'AT THAT TIME, CHRIST BEGAN TO PREACH 24:58 SAYING, 'REPENT, FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND.' HOW OFTEN 25:02 DO WE HEAR GOOD MESSAGES ON REPENTANCE? 25:06 THAT MEANS YOU LOOK AT THE CROSS, YOU SEE JESUS IS THERE 25:10 FOR YOUR SINS AND IT HURTS YOU AND YOU'RE SORRY. 25:13 SO MANY MESSAGES TODAY ARE JUST ALL FEEL GOOD. 25:16 IT'S ALL POSITIVE THINKING. BUT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE YOU CAN 25:18 REALLY FEEL GOOD YOU'VE GOT TO FEEL BAD. 25:21 THE BIBLE SAYS, 'HUMBLE YOURSELF IN THE SIGHT OF GOD AND HE WILL 25:25 LIFT YOU UP.' BUT, BEFORE HE LIFTS YOU UP, YOU'VE GOT TO 25:27 ADMIT YOUR SIN. >>AMEN. 25:29 >>CONFESS YOUR SIN. TURN FROM YOUR SIN. 25:31 GOD CAN'T SAVE YOU FROM YOUR SIN UNTIL YOU ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR SIN. 25:35 AND, IF YOU SAY, 'LORD, I CAN'T CHANGE. 25:37 YOU'VE GOT TO HELP ME - I'M HELPLESS.' THAT'S WHEN YOU 25:39 REALLY BEGIN TO GET A NEW BEGINNING - IS WHEN YOU REALIZE 25:42 YOUR HELPLESSNESS. MARTIN LUTHER USED TO SAY, 'GOD 25:45 CREATES FROM NOTHING, SO UNTIL YOU BECOME NOTHING, HE CAN DO 25:48 NOTHING WITH YOU.' >>AMEN. 25:50 >>UNTIL YOU REALIZE HOW HELPLESS YOU ARE AND YOU FALL, BROKEN, 25:54 LIKE PETER AND YOU WEEP - PETER WENT OUT AND WEPT BITTERLY AFTER 25:57 HE DENIED CHRIST. THAT'S WHEN HE WAS A BROKEN MAN 26:00 AND THAT'S WHEN HE WAS SPIRIT FILLED. 26:02 YOU COME TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU REALIZE HOW WEAK YOU ARE, THAT 26:04 YOU CAN'T CHANGE WITHOUT GOD'S HELP. 26:06 SO THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS. BE WILLING TO REPENT. 26:09 DON'T GET BAPTIZED IF YOU'RE NOT SORRY FOR YOUR SIN. 26:13 REPENT OF PAST SINS - AND THAT WOULD INVOLVE CONFESSION. 26:16 HOW MANY REMEMBER EVERY SIN THEY'VE COMMITTED? 26:21 THAT'S RIGHT - DO YOU HAVE TO REPENT OF ALL OF THEM BY NAME? 26:26 WE'RE IN TROUBLE. BUT YOU COULD START WITH CATEGORIES. 26:30 GOD EVEN GIVES YOU AN OUTLINE IN THE BIBLE. 26:32 YOU CAN CALL ON THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND JUST LOOK AT 26:35 THEM AND GO THROUGH THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND SAY, 'LORD, I'M 26:38 SORRY FOR MY SINS. I HAVE BROKEN THESE COMMANDMENTS. AND SAY - 26:43 PRAY THAT PRAYER OF DAVID, 'LORD, SEARCH ME. TRY ME. 26:46 SEE IF THERE'S ANY WICKED WAY IN ME AND LEAD ME IN THE WAY 26:49 EVERLASTING.' ASK HIM TO REVEAL TO YOU WHERE YOU MAY NEED TO 26:52 MAKE A CHANGE, AND ACCEPT CHRIST AS YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR. 26:56 HE'S NOT JUST THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD, HE IS SAVING YOU FROM 27:00 YOUR SINS. >>AMEN. 27:02 >>LET'S FACE IT, IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING 27:05 YOU READ IN THE BIBLE. WITH OVER 700,000 WORDS CONTAINED IN 66 27:09 BOOKS, THE BIBLE CAN GENERATE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. 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