(Theme Song)
Jesus is worthy oh yes,
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he's worthy worthy of all...
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(Music) Pastor Byrd: We've been
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having a good time
in the Word of God,
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can you say Amen.
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And I've been
praying for tonight.
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I know that tonight God
is going to have his way.
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Come on, say Amen.
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You want the
Lord to have his way,
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let me hear you say Amen?
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We've been coming
out almost two weeks now
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and coming out
night after night.
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We must admit
that we have seen God
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show up and show out.
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We have seen God
through his Word open our minds
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and our eyes,
illuminate our minds.
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We have had receptive hearts
because we continue to come
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out because I tell you this,
you can have good fellowship,
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you can have good singing,
but there's nothing like
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the Word of God.
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Can you say Amen?
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Praise God for his Word.
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And so tonight, because
we, as I said earlier, we're
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sensitive, understanding,
it's during the middle
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of the week, we want to
go ahead and get right into
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the Word tonight.
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Now we preached
that salvation coming
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only through Jesus Christ.
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We preached the fact
that Jesus Christ one day
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very soon is coming back.
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Come on, say Amen.
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We have preached
that when he comes
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back the second time,
let me test your knowledge,
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let me test you memory.
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We have said that when
Jesus Christ comes back
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the second time,
we have said that
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the righteous dead
will rise what, everybody?
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(Aud: First.) And then
we have said the righteous
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living will be caught up
to meet the Lord in the what,
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everybody?
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(Aud: Air.) We have
said from the Word of God
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that the wicked living
will die at the brightness
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of his what?
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(Aud: Coming.) We have also
said that the wicked dead will
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remain what?
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(Aud: Dead.) And they
will remain dead for how long?
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A thousand years, and
during the thousand-year
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period the
righteous will be where?
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(Aud: Heaven.) We recognize
the wicked will be resurrected
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and Satan will tempt them
again, because Satan will let
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them know he resurrected them.
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We then discovered
that Jesus Christ and the
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righteous will come
down, the Bible says,
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out of heaven as a
bride adorned for her husband
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and Jesus will begin to
set up the new Jerusalem
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here on this earth.
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But as he's coming down
to this earth, the wicked
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in Satan will seek to
surround Jesus Christ,
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the righteous and the Holy City
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as it descends.
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But, you know what?
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God has the last word.
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I said, God has the last word.
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And God is going
to rain down fire,
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Satan, his imps
and the wicked will be
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destroyed forever.
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And then we recognize
at this time, this will be
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the third coming?
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This will be the
what coming, everybody?
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(Aud: Third.) What
distinguishes this is at his
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first coming Jesus
came to what for his people?
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Save his people.
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At his second coming,
Jesus is coming to what?
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Get his people.
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At Jesus' third
coming, he's coming
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back what? With his people.
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What is so powerful
about the third coming
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is when the
wicked are resurrected
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and the righteous
come down with Jesus
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out of heaven, this will be
the only time on earth's history
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where everyone
who has ever lived,
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we will all be
alive at the same time.
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Prophesy must come to
pass that one day every knee
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shall bow and every tongue
must confess that Jesus Christ
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is Lord. Hallelujah, somebody.
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We recognize after
going over that, that when
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a person dies their
body returns to what?
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Come on, their
body returns to what?
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(Aud: Dust.) The
spirit returns to whom?
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(Aud: God.) And the
soul ceases to what?
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(Aud: Exist.) Do
dead people haunt houses?
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(Aud: No.) Can
dead people praise God?
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(Aud: No.) Can
dead people learn truth?
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(Aud: No.) Why?
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Dead people are what?
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(Aud: Dead.) Good.
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Dead people are dead.
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Very good. All
right, we're good.
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And then we recognize
when we study the Word
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of God, that God created
this earth in how many days?
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(Aud: Six.) Now, we
were rolling, you all.
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We were rolling.
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Let's try it one more time.
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God created this
earth in how many days?
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(Aud: Six.) Six days.
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All right, let me test you.
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Day one he created what?
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(Aud:Light) day
two he created what?
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(Aud: firmament.)
Day three he created?
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Got some people
sitting there like--
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Day three God created what?
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(Aud: Vegetation) Day
four the sun, the moon
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and the?
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(Aud: Stars.) Day
five what? Fish and fowl.
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Day six? Mammal and
man. And on day seven
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he did what three things?
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(Aud: He rested.) He what else?
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(Aud: Blessed it.)
And then he what else?
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(Aud: Sanctified.) He
said remember the Sabbath
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day, keep it what?
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(Aud: Holy.) Was
the Sabbath even kept
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after Jesus' death? Yes.
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Will the Sabbath be
kept in the new earth?
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(Aud: Yes.) Praise God.
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Give yourself a
round of applause tonight.
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Amen. Amen.
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All right. Our catch
phrase throughout this entire
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revival has been know
what you believe, know why
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you believe it, and
know where it's found.
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I've discovered that
too many people come into
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church, go into
ministry, go into worship,
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they don't know
what they believe,
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they don't know
why they believe it
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and they don't
know where it's found.
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But we can leave here
after we culminate this weekend
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and know that we
know what we believe,
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we know why we believe it,
and we know where it's found.
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Can you say Amen.
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You have your Bibles
in the house tonight.
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Let me hear you say Amen
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if you do. Hold them up.
Come on, let's hold them up,
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everybody. Repeat after me.
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Every promise in this
book is mine, every chapter,
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every verse, every line.
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I am saved by his grace divine,
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every promise in
this book is mine. Amen.
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We're praying, God,
thank you, for allowing us
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to come again into your
house. God, we have sung,
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we have fellowshipped,
we've even prayed, but,
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Lord, now we need to hear
from you. God, I am so unworthy
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to stand here, but,
Lord, thank you for your
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grace and your mercy.
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Thank you for your
blood, because of your blood
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I can stand here tonight.
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I ask that you would
speak to us this evening
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in a very, very marked way.
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I pray that, God, we would have
open hearts and minds and be
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receptive to
your leading tonight.
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And when all is
said and done, God,
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we give you the glory tonight.
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Forgive me of my
sins, in the name that is
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above all other
names, the name of Jesus.
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Let everyone say Amen and Amen.
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Tonight we want to talk
about baptism. We want to talk
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about what, everybody?
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(Aud: Baptism.) And we want
to begin by going to the gospel
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according to John.
Let's go to John, Chapter 3
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and let's go to verse
5. John 3:5. You may say,
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Pastor Byrd, why are we
spending a night on baptism?
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Well, John 3:5 kind of
let's us know the importance
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of baptism and why
we're spending a night
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devoted to this
most important subject.
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The Word of God says to us in
John 3:5, if you have it let me
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hear you say Amen.
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The Word of God says:
"Jesus answered," Jesus
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himself
speaking, "Verily, verily,
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I say unto thee, Except of what?
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(Aud: Water.) Come on,
except a man be born of what?
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(Aud: Water.) "And of the" what?
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(Aud: Spirit.) "He
cannot enter the kingdom
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of" whom, everybody?
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(Aud: God.) So,
unless a man be born
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of water and born of the Spirit,
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he cannot enter the
kingdom of God. So we discover
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from this text that
water baptism, not just baptism
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of the Holy
Spirit, but water baptism
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is very, very important.
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Can you say Amen.
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Now, when we talk
about baptism, there are
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many different kinds of
baptism in our world today.
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We have baptism by immersion.
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Baptism by what, everybody?
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(Aud: Immersion.)
That's when an individual
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goes under the water and
they come up out of the water.
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Baptism by immersion.
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Then we discover
that in our world today,
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we have baptism by sprinkling.
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Everybody say sprinkling.
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And when we say sprinkling,
in essence is being sprinkled
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on an individual.
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Then we recognize
that baptism some feel
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is just being anointed with oil.
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Just being anointed with oil.
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Taking oil, place it
on one's forehead and you
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have been baptized.
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You are being, if you
will, anointed with oil.
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Then we have some
people who feel that baptism
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is just the Holy
Spirit or the Holy Ghost
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in your life.
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The Holy Ghost in your life.
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Then we have some who feel
that there must be infusion.
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Everybody say infusion.
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When we talk about infusion,
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it's like taking a pitcher
or a glass and pouring water
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on an individual.
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So not necessarily going
underwater like immersion,
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not necessarily
being sprinkled upon,
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but we discover
infusion, water is poured
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on you. And then
even, I've done some study
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and found that some
people subscribe to the baptism
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methodology of just what
they call the dry-cleaning
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method. I guess
that's just when you stand up
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and someone
declares, you've been baptized.
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The dry-cleaning method.
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But, with everything we
study, with everything we teach
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and preach from this
pulpit, we have to ask ourselves
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the question, what
does the Bible say?
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Not what Pastor Byrd says.
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Not what you say, not
what anyone else says,
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but what does
the Word of God say?
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Because if it ain't in the
Word, it doesn't deserve to
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be heard.
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Do I have a
witness in this place?
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And so in Ephesians 4:5,
the Apostle Paul lets us know
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there's one
Lord, one faith and one
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baptism. Now,
we want to be clear
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that we don't get
confused with that when we say
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one Lord, one faith and
one baptism, particularly
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about baptism
tonight, when we say,
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just being baptized one time.
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Because we're going to
discover from Scripture
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that re-baptism or being
baptized again is sometimes
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proper and in order.
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But when we say
one Lord, one faith,
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and one baptism, we are
saying that God has one method
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or one type of baptism
that is described and outlined
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in his Word.
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God recognizes only one
form of baptism and this is
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baptism by immersion.
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Baptism by what, everybody?
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(Aud: Immersion.) Now, baptism
comes from the Greek root
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word baptizo.
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Everybody say baptizo.
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Baptizo means to dip,
submerge or immerse, which makes
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baptism by immersion
the only recognizable form
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of baptism from the Word of God.
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Therefore, any other form, be
it sprinkling, be it infusion,
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be it Holy Spirit in the life,
be it the dry-cleaning method,
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it is not condoned by
the Bible. Jesus is clear
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through word and in action,
baptism by immersion. After all,
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Jesus should be
and is our example
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in everything. Can you say Amen?
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He is our example in about it.
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One of the reasons why we
keep the seventh day Sabbath
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and why we come in God's
house on God's seventh day
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Sabbath is because Jesus
himself did it. What I love
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about Jesus is he
does not ask us to do
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what he was not willing to do
himself. Understand that Jesus,
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who needed no
baptism, he was still baptized.
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Jesus kept the Sabbath holy.
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Our example. Jesus, like I said,
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did not need baptism
but was as an example
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for us.
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we are
Christians, which means we are
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followers of Christ, we should
follow Jesus in his example.
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With that in mind,
lets go to the Book of Mark.
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What book, everybody?
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And we're going to Mark,
again pointing to the fact
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that Jesus and he was
baptized by immersion.
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The Word of God
says to us in Mark,
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Chapter 1, verse 9, Mark 1:9.
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If you have it let
me hear you say Amen.
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Mark 1:9, the Word of God
says: "And it came to pass in
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Jesus came from
Nazareth of Galilee,
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and was baptized
of" whom, everybody?
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Come on, baptized
of whom, everybody?
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(Aud: John.) He "was
baptized of John in Jordan.
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And straightway
coming up out of the water,"
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that's an important phrase.
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"Straightway coming
up out of the water."
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So then that
nullifies dry-cleaning method,
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that nullifies
being anointed with oil,
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that nullifies
being sprinkled upon,
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that nullifies
baptism by infusion,
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that nullifies the
dry-cleaning method
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and it must be
baptism by immersion
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because the
Bible says straightway
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coming up out of the water.
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"He saw the heavens
opened, and the Spirit
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like a dove descending upon him.
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And there came a
voice from heaven, saying,
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Thou art my beloved Son,
in whom I am well pleased."
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I told you earlier
when we began in night
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number one that Jesus
s is God. Jesus is what,
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everybody? (Aud:
God.) Because the Bible says
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in the beginning
God created the heavens
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and the earth.
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And then the Bible goes on
in verse 26 and says, and God
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said, let us make man,
meaning the Father, the Son
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and the Holy Ghost.
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They are all the
godhead, the trinity,
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working to bring
about our salvation.
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This is greatly expressed
in the baptism of Jesus,
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because in the baptism of
Jesus, what we have just read
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from Mark 1:9, 10 and 11,
we see the Father, the Son
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and the Holy
Ghost working in Jesus'
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baptism. Jesus
himself is baptized.
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The Holy Spirit
descends in the form of a dove,
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and then a voice
comes from heaven
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from the Father which
says, this is my beloved Son,
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in whom I am
well what, everybody?
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(Aud: Pleased.) So, we
discover Jesus was baptized,
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immersed into water,
came up out of the water
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and as he is our
example, we should follow
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in his example. We
continue on in John 3:23;
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we have an example
where John was baptizing
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in Aenon because
there was much water there.
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After Jesus'
death, Phillip baptized,
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in Acts 8:38, the treasurer
of Ethiopia the same way
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Jesus was baptized,
baptized by immersion.
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The true biblical form,
not sprinkling, not anointing,
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not dry-cleaning
method, not infusion,
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but baptism by
immersion is important
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because the method of baptism
makes a difference because
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of the symbolism involved.
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What are you
saying, Pastor Byrd?
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Baptism commemorates the
death, the burial and the
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resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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Baptism is a symbol, an outward
symbol of inward cleansing.
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Because it is a symbol
of what is taking place
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in a person's
spiritual experience.
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Because when you are
immersed into water you go
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under the water,
which means your sins die
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under the water.
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But then not only
are your sins dead
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under the water,
but you have to go
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under the water
because your sins must be
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symbolically
buried under the water.
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And then after
your sins are buried
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under the water,
you are then coming up
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out of the water
resurrected into a new life
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in Jesus Christ.
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So when you are baptized
and you go under the water,
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your sins are dead,
your sins are buried,
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and when you are
resurrected out of the water,
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you are resurrected into
a new life in Jesus Christ.
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If any man be in
Christ, he is a new creature.
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All things are passed
away, all things become new.
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And I like to add this
little narrative to this,
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with the fact that
your sins are dead,
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buried and you are resurrected
into a new life in Christ,
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understand what I
love about Jesus is he
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then puts out a sign
at the water and says,
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no fishing allowed.
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In other words, devil,
you can't have them anymore.
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Devil, they are
not yours anymore.
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But, devil, they have
been washed in the blood,
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they have repented of
their sins, they have opened
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up their heart and they
have let the Holy Ghost in.
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Sins are dead,
buried and the individual
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is resurrected into
a new life in Christ.
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Now, go to Romans 6, verse 1.
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In Romans 6:1, a lot of people
need this text. I know I need it
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over time
because a lot of people,
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as we said on
Saturday and Sunday
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nights, try to justify Sunday
or first day worship by saying,
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Jesus rose on the
first day of the week.
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A lot of people try
to say, well, he rose
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on the first day of the week
so if he rose he must have made
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that his Sabbath.
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Now, we studied from Scripture
where that is not the case.
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But I like Romans 6,
because Romans 6, verse 1,
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lets us know that baptism,
not worship on a first day,
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but baptism commemorates Jesus,
death, burial and resurrection.
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The Word of God
says to us tonight
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in Romans 6:1:
"What shall we say then?
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Shall we continue
in sin, that grace
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may abound?
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God" what, everybody?
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(Aud: Forbid.) "How
shall we, that are dead to sin,
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live any longer
therein? Know ye not,
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that so many of us as
were baptized into Jesus
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Christ were
baptized into his" what?
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(Aud: Death.) "Therefore we
are buried with him by baptism
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into death: that
like as Christ was
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raised up from
the dead by the glory
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of the Father, even so we also
should walk in newness of life.
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For if we have been
planted together in the likeness
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of his death, we shall
be also in the likeness
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of his resurrection:
Knowing this, that our old man,"
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our what, everybody?
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(Aud: Old.) That's
who you used to be.
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That's who I used to be.
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That's who we used
to be, our old man,
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the Bible says,
"Is crucified with him,
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that the body of sin
might be" what, everybody?
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"Destroyed, that henceforth
we should not serve sin."
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Baptism means sin's dead,
sin's buried, resurrection
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into a new life in
Christ. Jesus died,
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Jesus was
buried, but, praise God,
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Jesus was resurrected.
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So we are in
following Christ's example.
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More plain,
baptism signifies a U-turn.
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It signifies an about-face.
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It signifies a new
course, a deliberate turning
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from your old life.
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Baptism means no more
"I" but the "you Christ"
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that lives inside.
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It means submissive.
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Baptism means
you have a new boss.
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It means surrender.
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It means you're turning it
over to Jesus, you're letting
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God rule your life,
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that God is in
control, that God is creator,
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we are creations.
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That God is
shepherd and we are sheep.
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That God is
landlord and we are tenants.
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You're in submission to
God, God's Word, God's will,
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God's way.
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I'll say, yes, Lord, yes.
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To your will and to
your way, I say, yes, Lord,
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yes, I'll trust you and obey
When your Spirit speaks to me.
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In my whole heart I'll agree
and the answer will be yes,
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Lord, yes.
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We know that
water is for washing.
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Come on, say Amen.
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You do believe
water is for washing?
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And although we don't
like to talk about sin
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in church, whether
you like it or not,
00:20:53.26\00:20:55.40
as I said earlier,
all of us are sinners.
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All of us need cleansing.
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All of us need washing.
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We get baptized, we
have our children baptized,
00:21:05.90\00:21:09.46
because we want
our sins washed away.
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Baptism washes away sin
and assists in bringing us
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into a new life.
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Baptism is about
changing direction.
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Baptism is about repentance.
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Baptism cleanses us from sin.
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You're letting the world know
Jesus is number one in my life.
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But not only is baptism
meaning we're washing away sin,
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baptism is a gift.
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It's not something
we do for ourselves.
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Like being born. None
of us asked to be born.
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Birth was a gift.
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So is baptism. It is
a gift from God to us.
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Baptism is the new
birth into a new body,
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a new community, a
new church, a new birth
00:22:01.66\00:22:05.96
into a royal priesthood,
new birth in Jesus Christ,
00:22:05.96\00:22:10.96
new Christ. Jesus,
because he's the sweetest name
00:22:10.96\00:22:16.86
we know and because it's
a new birth in Jesus Christ,
00:22:16.86\00:22:21.30
I'm not the man I used
to be, you're not the man
00:22:21.30\00:22:25.30
you used to be, you're
not the woman you used to be,
00:22:25.30\00:22:29.03
because there's been a
new birth in Jesus Christ.
00:22:29.03\00:22:32.16
Sin's dead. Sin's buried.
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Resurrection to new
life in Christ Jesus.
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But it's not just
people got to just be baptized.
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There are some things
that must transpire before one
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is baptized.
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There are three specific
things that I want to summarize
00:22:48.96\00:22:52.00
for one to be baptized.
00:22:52.00\00:22:54.56
First, in order for one
to be baptized, one must
00:22:54.56\00:22:59.96
first be taught. Go with
me to the Book of Matthew.
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One must first be taught.
00:23:07.30\00:23:11.50
Matthew going to
read verses 19 and 20.
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Matthew
28:19-20, the Word of God
00:23:20.56\00:23:24.26
says: "Go ye," what?
00:23:24.26\00:23:25.90
Come on, go ye what?
00:23:25.90\00:23:27.83
(Aud: Therefore.) "And
teach all" what? (Aud: Nations.)
00:23:27.83\00:23:29.76
"Baptizing in the
name of the" what?
00:23:29.76\00:23:31.53
(Aud: Father.) And of the what?
00:23:31.53\00:23:32.56
(Aud: Son.) And of the what?
00:23:32.56\00:23:33.56
(Aud: Holy Ghost.)
Teaching them to observe
00:23:33.56\00:23:35.93
all things whatsoever
I have what, everybody?
00:23:35.93\00:23:40.60
(Aud: Commanded.) And
lo I am with you what?
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(Aud: Always.) Even
unto the end of the world.
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So, in order for
one to be baptized,
00:23:44.20\00:23:46.46
one must first be taught.
00:23:46.46\00:23:50.00
Go ye therefore and what?
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Teach all what?
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(Aud: Nations.) And then
notice, when you're baptized,
00:23:53.60\00:23:56.33
you're baptized in
the name of the what?
00:23:56.33\00:23:57.80
Father. What else?
00:23:57.80\00:23:59.36
(Aud: Son.) And what else?
00:23:59.36\00:24:00.33
(Aud: Holy Ghost.) So,
first one must be taught
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and then one is baptized
in the name of the Father,
00:24:02.66\00:24:05.73
Son and Holy Ghost.
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So, in order for
one to be baptized,
00:24:06.80\00:24:08.90
step number one,
you've got to be taught.
00:24:08.90\00:24:10.76
Are you hearing what I'm saying?
00:24:10.76\00:24:12.46
You've got to be taught.
00:24:12.46\00:24:14.13
Number two, go
to the Book of Mark,
00:24:14.13\00:24:16.76
Chapter 16 and we're going
00:24:16.76\00:24:19.40
to verse number 16.
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Mark 16:16. The Word of
God says to us, Jesus himself
00:24:20.40\00:24:29.16
believeth and
is" what, everybody?
00:24:29.16\00:24:34.46
(Aud: Baptized.) Shall be what?
00:24:34.46\00:24:37.60
(Aud: Saved.)
"But he that believeth
00:24:37.60\00:24:39.70
not, shall be damned."
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Step number two,
in order for one to be
00:24:41.33\00:24:44.03
baptized, one must
believe. You've got to
00:24:44.03\00:24:47.16
be taught, but then
you've got to believe.
00:24:47.16\00:24:50.30
He that believeth
and is what? Baptized,
00:24:50.30\00:24:53.50
shall be what?
00:24:53.50\00:24:54.56
(Aud: Saved.) You must
be taught, but number two,
00:24:54.56\00:24:58.36
you must believe.
00:24:58.36\00:24:59.70
Step number three. Go with me
to the Book of Acts, Chapter 2,
00:24:59.70\00:25:04.00
verse 38. Acts 2:38.
00:25:04.00\00:25:07.66
The Word of God says
to us tonight: "Then Peter
00:25:07.66\00:25:16.76
said unto them,
Repent, and be" what,
00:25:16.76\00:25:21.13
everybody? Come
on, repent and be
00:25:21.13\00:25:23.76
what?
00:25:23.76\00:25:24.76
(Aud: Baptized.)
"Every one of you in the name
00:25:24.76\00:25:26.76
of Jesus Christ
for the remission
00:25:26.76\00:25:28.76
of sins, and ye shall receive
the gift of the Holy Ghost."
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Number three,
you've got to repent.
00:25:30.76\00:25:33.36
You've got to repent.
00:25:33.36\00:25:34.36
You've got to turn away
from what you used to be.
00:25:34.36\00:25:36.36
Are you hearing what I'm saying?
00:25:36.36\00:25:37.60
You've got to be
taught, you've got to believe
00:25:37.60\00:25:40.30
and then you have to
repent. You have to repent,
00:25:40.30\00:25:43.16
the Bible says, and be baptized.
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So, if we must be
taught, if we must believe
00:25:46.20\00:25:49.10
and then we must repent,
this lets me know that in light
00:25:49.10\00:25:53.03
of this, infants or
babies should not be baptized.
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Now we're what's in the Word.
00:26:00.70\00:26:04.06
You can read the Bible
from Genesis to Revelation,
00:26:04.06\00:26:08.43
you will never find a
scripture, you will never find
00:26:08.43\00:26:12.16
an narrative where in
the Word of God a baby
00:26:12.16\00:26:15.26
or an infant was baptized.
00:26:15.26\00:26:17.66
That's sprinkled on,
that's infusion, well, we knew
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it wouldn't be
sprinkled or infusion because
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there's no biblical support
for those methods of baptism,
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but there's nowhere
in Scripture where a baby
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was immersed in water.
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Nowhere.
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Well, what about
when the disciples said,
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no, no, Jesus can't
deal with the children,
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he can't deal with them.
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No, Jesus' response was,
suffer the little children
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to come unto me.
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But the Bible never says
that Jesus baptized those babies
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or infants.
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Are you hearing what I'm saying?
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Don't look to the left,
don't look to the right,
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