? (Theme Song) ? ?
Jesus is worthy oh yes, ?
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? he's worthy ? ?
worthy of all... ?
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? all the praise ?
Pastor Byrd: If you have
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your Bibles, take
them, hold them up
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with me as we do each
and every night as we shake
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the devil on out of here.
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Hold them up.
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Come on, everybody, say every
promise in this book is mine.
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Aud.: Every promise
in this book is mine.
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PB: Come on, say
it like you mean it.
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Every promise in
this book is mine.
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Aud.: Every promise
in this book is mine.
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PB: Every chapter,
every verse, every line.
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Aud.: Every chapter,
every verse, every line.
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PB: I am saved
by His grace divine.
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Aud.: I am saved
by His grace divine.
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PB: Every promise
in this book is mine.
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Aud.: Every promise
in this book is mine.
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PB: Father in heaven,
tonight we are once again
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just elated, just happy,
just privileged that we can
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be in Your house.
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We ask now that Your Holy
Spirit would dwell among us,
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recognizing God is not
anything I'm going to say
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or anything I'm going to
do, but it's Your power working
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through us.
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It's Your power and
Your Spirit speaking to us.
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So God, we give
You permission tonight.
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Have Your way.
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Have Your way tonight,
set the captive free tonight,
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make the lame to walk again
and cause the blind to see.
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And Lord, we give
You the praise, the honor
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and the glory in advance
for what You're going to do.
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Forgive us of our sins, we pray.
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In the name of Jesus,
let everyone say amen.
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Aud.: PB: You are able
to look there on the screens
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tonight and you are
able to see what our subject
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matter is tonight.
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Everybody say baptism.
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Aud.: Baptism.
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PB: Come on, say it like
you mean it, say baptism.
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Aud.: Baptism.
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PB: Baptism is
where we begin tonight.
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We talked about
Christ's second coming.
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We talked about the
millennium, where we recognize
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the righteous will
reign in heaven with Jesus
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Christ, for how long, everybody?
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Aud.: 1,000 years.
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PB: A thousand years, very good.
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We have talked about
the state of the dead,
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recognizing that when
a person dies their body
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returns to what?
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Aud.: Dust.
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PB: And the, the body returns
to dust, the spirit turns
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to whom, everybody?
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Aud.: God.
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PB: God, and the
soul ceases to exist.
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We have studied that.
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We have studied the Sabbath
and the change of the Sabbath.
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We even recognized, on
Sunday night, that our bodies
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are God's what?
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Aud.: Temple.
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PB: Come on, our bodies
are God's what, everybody?
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Aud.: Temple.
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PB: Temple.
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So what we put in our
body, what we put on our body,
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and what we let
people do to our bodies.
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Can you say amen?
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Aud.: Amen.
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PB: If you have missed any
of the nights, any of the papers
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and handouts we have shared
and given, make sure at the end
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of worship tonight that
you get them on your way out.
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Tonight we deal with baptism,
and we deal with this most
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important subject
because we realize and we also
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understand that the crowning
act in any church, I don't
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care what faith group you are
part of, the crowning act in any
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church is baptism.
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But with baptism,
even with that the devil
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has sought to be deceptive.
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He has been deceptive, as
we know, with the Sabbath;
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he has been deceptive
with the state of the dead
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and the manner of
Jesus' second coming.
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And with all of that he has also
been deceptive with baptism.
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For example, there are
many different forms of baptism
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in our world today.
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One form is
baptism by immersion.
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Everybody say immersion.
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Aud.: Immersion.
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PB: When we say immersion,
we literally are meaning that
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someone goes in the water,
under the water, and comes
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up out of the water.
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We then recognize another
form that is in Christendom
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or Christianity
today is sprinkling.
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Everybody say sprinkling.
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Aud.: Sprinkling.
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PB: And by that, people
just take some water and they
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sprinkle it on you.
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We recognize another form
is being anointed with oil.
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Being anointed
with what, everybody?
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Aud.: Oil.
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PB: Being anointed with oil.
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But we recognize, as we did last
Friday evening, when we talk
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about anointing, we
talk about being anointed,
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we are then taking oil, symbolic
of the Holy Spirit, and applying
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it to the body, recognizing
that we are simply saying,
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Lord, anoint us
for Your purposes.
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God, rid us of the devil.
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Rid us of his imps and
the evil ways of the enemy.
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We want our bodies, we
want our lives, to be testaments
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to you.
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But people have confused
anointing with actual baptism.
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Another form of baptism
in our world is where one
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says I have the
Holy Ghost in my life.
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And so because the Holy
Ghost is in my life, I've been
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baptized with the Holy Ghost.
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Then we have another
form that is called infusion.
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Everybody say infusion.
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Aud.: Infusion.
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PB: And with infusion it
is simply saying, you take
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a pitcher and you take a
pitcher and you pour water on
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an individual, and they
have been infused, if you will,
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and being infused with
water means that they have been
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baptized.
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And then finally another
method I would like to share
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with you tonight is what we
call the "dry cleaning" method.
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Now, that's a very interesting
method, because the dry cleaning
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method says I'm baptized,
but I don't use any water,
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I don't pour anything,
I don't sprinkle anything,
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you don't get up under
anything, you are just baptized.
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What do you mean, I'm baptized?
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I declare you
baptized; you're baptized.
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That's the dry cleaning method.
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So we have immersion, we
have sprinkling, we have being
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anointed with oil, we have
the Holy Spirit in the life,
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we have infusion and then
we also have a method or form,
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the dry cleaning method.
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But if it's not in the
Word of God, it doesn't need
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to be heard by
the people of God.
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If the method or the form is
not in God's Word, we can't deal
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with that.
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Well, what does the Bible
say about the form of baptism?
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Ephesians chapter 4,
verse number 5, the Word of God
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says there is "One Lord."
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One what, everybody?
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Aud.: Lord.
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PB: "One Lord, one faith."
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One what, everybody?
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Aud.: Faith.
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PB: And "one baptism."
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One Lord, one
faith, and one baptism.
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Meaning there's one type
or one form of baptism that
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is recognized by God
and recognized by His Word.
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Now, baptism comes from
the Greek root word baptizo,
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which means to dip,
to submerge, to immerse.
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So then, if we're looking
for the right form or method
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of baptism as described
by the Word of God, baptism
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by immersion is the only
biblically recognized form
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of baptism.
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Therefore, any other
form, be it sprinkling, be it
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infusion, be it the dry
cleaning method or the Holy
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Ghost simply in the
life, it's not condoned
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by the Bible.
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It is baptism by immersion.
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Baptism by what, everybody?
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Aud.: Immersion.
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PB: Now, Jesus is
our perfect example.
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He is our example when
it comes to the Sabbath.
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The Bible says in Luke
chapter 4, verse number 16,
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that it was His custom on
the Sabbath day to go to church
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and read the Scriptures,
read the Word of God.
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Just like He is our example
in the Sabbath, Jesus is also
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our example when
it comes to baptism.
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Let's see how
Jesus was baptized.
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Take your Bibles and go
with me to the book of Mark.
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What book, everybody?
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Aud.: Mark.
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PB: And we're going to
Mark chapter 1, and we're going
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to Mark chapter 1, and
we're going to verse number 9.
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Mark chapter 1 and
we're going to verse number 9.
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The Word of God says to
us that Jesus, our example,
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illustrated here in Mark
chapter 1, verse number 9.
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The Word of God says, "And
it came to pass in those days,
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that Jesus came from," where?
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Aud.: Nazareth.
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PB: Nazareth.
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Of where?
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Aud.: Galilee.
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PB: And "was baptized of" whom?
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Aud.: John.
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PB: John in the what?
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Aud.: Jordan.
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PB: And "straightway
coming up out of the" what?
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Aud.: Water.
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PB: Come on, straightway
coming up out of the what?
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Aud.: Water.
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PB: Water.
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Which means then, if
Jesus came up out of the water,
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this totally then
nullifies sprinkling.
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This totally nullifies just
the Holy Spirit in the life.
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This totally nullifies
infusion or water being
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poured on them.
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Surely it nullifies
the dry cleaning method.
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The Bible says Jesus
came "straightway up out
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of the water, he saw the heavens
opened, and the Spirit like
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a dove descending upon
him: and there came a voice from
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heaven, saying, Thou
art my beloved," what?
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Aud.: Son.
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PB: "In whom I am
well," what, everybody?
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Aud.: Pleased.
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PB: So we discover in this text,
baptism by immersion is the only
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biblical true form of baptism
that the Bible recognizes.
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Not infusion, not sprinkling,
not the dry cleaning method,
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not just the Holy
Ghost in one's life.
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But the Bible is very clear:
Jesus came up out of the water,
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and so it must be
baptism by immersion.
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The Bible goes on and
gives us more evidence.
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Take your Bibles and go
with me to the book of John
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chapter 3, and we're going
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to verse number 23.
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John chapter 3, verse number 23.
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John chapter 3, and
we're going to verse number 23.
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The Word of God says to
us tonight: "And John also
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was baptizing in Aenon near
to Salim, because there was much
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water there: and they
came, and were" what, everybody?
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Aud.: Baptized.
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PB: Baptized.
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Now, in order for there
to be baptism by immersion,
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there has to be a lot of
water, because you have to
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go under the water.
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Are you hearing what I'm saying?
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If it's just simply a few
cups or pitchers of water,
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that's not enough water
because you've got to go up
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under the water.
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But the devil has
sought to be deceptive even
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with baptism, making people
just say you can be pronounced
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as baptized; making people
think you can just have water
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poured on you; making, as you
know, you've heard people say
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I'm baptized if
I'm just sprinkled.
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Well, just as the devil is
deceptive with other truths
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in the Word of God, he's
been deceptive with baptism.
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But the Bible is
clear, baptism by immersion.
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Baptism by what, everybody?
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Aud.: Immersion.
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PB: This is important because
there is a symbolism involved
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with baptism.
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Now, remember, we
studied earlier in the week.
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We studied earlier in the
week that just because Jesus
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rose on the first day of
the week, just because Jesus
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rose on Sunday did not
mean that Jesus condoned or made
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Sunday, or the first day of
the week, the day of worship
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or the Sabbath day.
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But we discovered that
God instituted something
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in commemoration of His
death, His burial and His
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resurrection on Calvary.
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Take your Bibles and go
with me to the book of Romans.
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What book did I say, everybody?
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Aud.: Romans.
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PB: And we're going to Romans
chapter 6, Romans chapter 6,
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and we're going
to verse number 1.
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Romans chapter 6, and
we're going to verse number 1.
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Romans chapter
6, verse number 1.
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The Word of God says,
"What shall we say then?
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Shall we continue in
sin, that grace may" what,
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everybody?
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Aud.: Abound.
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PB: "God forbid.
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How shall we, that are
dead to sin, live any longer
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therein?
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Know ye not, that so many
of us as were baptized into
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Jesus Christ were
baptized into his" what?
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Aud.: Death.
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PB: Come on,
baptized into His what?
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Aud.: Death.
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PB: Baptized into His death.
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"Therefore we are buried
with him by baptism into death:
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that like as Christ was raised
up from the dead by the glory
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of the Father, even so we
also should walk in newness
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of" what, everybody?
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Aud.: Life.
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PB: "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" what?
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Aud.: Resurrection.
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PB: "Knowing this, that our
old man is crucified with him,
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that the body of
sin might be destroyed,
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that henceforth we
should not serve" what?
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Aud.: Sin.
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PB: We should not
serve what, everybody?
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Aud.: Sin.
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PB: All right.
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Baptism is important
and immersion is important,
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because it then
symbolizes what's taking place
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in a person's
spiritual experience.
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You must be immersed, because
we recognize that baptism
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was instituted to
commemorate Jesus' death, burial
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and resurrection.
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When a human being is
baptized, it symbolizes
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their death, their
burial and their resurrection.
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What do you mean?
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When an individual is
baptized, symbolically
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they go in the water.
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When they go in the
water, their sins are then dead.
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When they go
underneath the water, their sins
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symbolically are buried.
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When they come up out of
the water, symbolically they
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are being resurrected into
a new life in Jesus Christ.
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Sin's dead, sin's buried,
new life in Jesus Christ.
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Baptism then signifies a U-turn.
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It signifies a
change in direction.
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It signifies a
deliberate turning away
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from your former life.
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It means the no more
I, but the You, Christ,
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that now lives inside.
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Baptism now then
means submission.
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Baptism means I'm turning it
over to Jesus, and I'll smile
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the rest of my days.
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Baptism means you're
letting God rule your life.
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Baptism means
that God is in control.
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That you are to say
God is Creator, and you
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are creation.
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That God is landlord,
and you are the tenant.
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That God is the
Shepherd, and you are the sheep.
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You are in submission
to God, His will, His way.
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You're able to say yes, Lord,
yes to Your will and to Your
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way.
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Yes, Lord, yes, I
will trust You and obey.
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Because when Your Spirit
speaks to me, in my whole
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heart I'll agree and my
answer will be yes, Lord, yes.
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So then we understand,
baptism is immersion,
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under the water.
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Baptism is what, everybody?
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Aud.: Immersion.
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PB: Come on,
baptism is what, everybody?
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Aud.: Immersion.
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PB: Immersion.
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Which means, your
sins are first what?
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Dead.
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Then we recognize your
sins are secondly what?
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Buried.
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And then thirdly, you are
resurrected into a new what?
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Aud.: Life.
00:13:45.60\00:13:46.60
PB: New life in Jesus Christ.
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Now that we understand
that, we know that water
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is for washing.
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Come on, say amen.
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Aud.: Amen.
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PB: 'Cause I trust
you'll wash before you go out
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tomorrow.
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Come on, say amen.
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Aud.: Amen.
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PB: Water is for washing.
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Water is for cleansing.
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We said it earlier in the
week, if you're going to clean
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something, there are two
primary ways in which you
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do it.
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You either wash
it, or you burn it.
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Tonight we're talking about
being washed, tonight we're
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talking about being clean.
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But not just talking
about being physically clean,
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but we're talking about
being spiritually clean.
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In order to become physically
clean, in order to remove
00:14:24.83\00:14:28.03
the odor from your life,
you've got to take a shower.
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In order to remove the
dirt from your life, you've got
00:14:31.13\00:14:33.43
to take a bath.
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In order to move the
spiritual odor from your life,
00:14:34.73\00:14:38.43
the spiritual dirt
from your life, you've got
00:14:38.43\00:14:41.13
to be washed and
you've got to be made clean.
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Water is for washing,
and in our world today
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we don't like talking
about sin too much in church.
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We're living in a society now
that if it feels good, do it.
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Don't preach to me
truth, don't preach to me
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principles, don't preach
to me doctrines, don't preach
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to me stuff that's
going to conflict with my
00:15:05.86\00:15:08.30
comfortable lifestyle.
00:15:08.30\00:15:10.50
But I need you to
make me feel good.
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I'm feeling bad, I'm feeling
low, so when I come to church
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don't tell me how I need to
live as a follower of Christ,
00:15:16.50\00:15:19.76
just help me feel good.
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In fact, church for some
has become a sort of pep rally.
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Let's get as loud as we
want, let's get as emotional
00:15:27.60\00:15:31.20
as we want, and we walk out
of church, we've jumped, we've
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shouted, we've clapped our
hands, and we haven't heard
00:15:34.63\00:15:37.20
anything the preacher has said.
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We don't like to talk about it.
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We don't like to talk about
sin in our world today, but
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I'm here to remind you,
whether you like it or not,
00:15:47.36\00:15:50.36
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, because
we want our sins washed away.
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We get baptized, because we
want to be cleansed from our
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sins.
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Baptism is an outward
symbol of an inward cleansing.
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Baptism means that
there is something going on,
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on the inside.
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You may not know about it,
because you only see somebody
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get in water, but there's
something supernatural going
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on, on the inside.
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There's something that
the Holy Ghost is doing
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in somebody's life.
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There's something within
me that I cannot explain.
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Something within
me that banishes pain.
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All that I know, I thank my
God, I've got something within.
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When you're baptized,
you're cleansed from sin.
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You're letting the world
know that Jesus is number one
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in your life.
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But also, baptism is a gift.
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Baptism is a what, everybody?
00:16:50.13\00:16:51.33
Aud.: Gift.
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PB: Gift.
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It's not something
we do for ourselves.
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You know, like being born.
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None of us asked to be born.
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We were just born.
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Birth was a gift.
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So, baptism is a gift.
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It is a gift
from God to all of us.
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Baptism is a new birth.
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A new birth into a new body.
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A new birth
into a new community.
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A new birth into God's church.
00:17:17.60\00:17:20.03
A new birth into
a royal priesthood.
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A new birth into
a chosen generation.
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That's why Paul was able to
say, if any man be in Christ,
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he is a new creature.
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Old things are passed
away, all things become new.
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Baptism, again, by immersion.
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Going under the water.
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Your sins must be dead, your
sins must be buried, you must
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be resurrected into a
new life into Jesus Christ.
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We understand that's
what baptism commemorates.
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We are baptized
because we want cleansing.
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We want our sins washed away.
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We are baptized,
because baptism is a gift
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from Jesus Christ.
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And so now, because we
know all that, what do I have to
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do in order to be baptized.
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What are the steps?
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Take your Bibles and go
with me to the book of Matthew.
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What book did I say, everybody?
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Aud.: Matthew.
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PB: Matthew chapter
28, Matthew chapter 28,
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and we're going to
verse number 18, 19 and 20.
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Matthew, chapter
28, and we're going
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to verses 18, 19 and 20.
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The Word of God says to us
tonight in Matthew 28:18,19
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and 20, "And Jesus
came and spake unto them,
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saying, all" what, everybody?
00:18:30.53\00:18:31.70
Aud.: Power.
00:18:31.70\00:18:32.70
PB: Come on, all what?
00:18:32.70\00:18:33.80
Aud.: "All power is
given unto me in" where?
00:18:33.80\00:18:36.36
Aud.: Heaven.
00:18:36.36\00:18:37.36
PB: And in what?
00:18:37.36\00:18:38.50
Aud.: Earth.
00:18:38.50\00:18:39.50
PB: "Go ye" what?
00:18:39.50\00:18:40.53
Aud.: Therefore.
00:18:40.53\00:18:41.53
PB: Go ye what?
00:18:41.53\00:18:42.53
Aud.: Therefore.
00:18:42.53\00:18:43.53
PB: "And teach all" what?
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Aud.: Nations.
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PB: "Baptizing them
in the name of the" what?
00:18:45.53\00:18:47.53
Aud.: Father.
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PB: And of the what?
00:18:48.53\00:18:49.53
Aud.: Son.
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PB: And of the what?
00:18:50.53\00:18:51.53
Aud.: Holy Ghost.
00:18:51.53\00:18:52.53
PB: "Teaching them to
observe all things whatsoever
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I have commanded you:
and, lo, I am with you" what?
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Aud.: Always.
00:18:56.53\00:18:57.53
PB: "Even unto the end
of the" what, everybody?
00:18:57.53\00:18:59.53
Aud.: World.
00:18:59.53\00:19:00.60
PB: In order for one to
be baptized, one must first
00:19:00.60\00:19:02.60
be taught.
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There must be a blending
between what I'm feeling
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and what I'm thinking.
00:19:07.80\00:19:10.50
There must be a
blending between revelation
00:19:10.50\00:19:15.53
and inspiration.
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In order for one to be baptized,
one must first be taught.
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But then number,
go to the book of Mark
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chapter 16, verse number 16.
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Mark 16, and verse number 16.
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Step number two: Mark
16, verse 16, the Word of God
00:19:42.16\00:19:49.60
says, "He that believeth
and is baptized shall be" what?
00:19:49.60\00:19:55.86
Aud.: Saved.
00:19:55.86\00:19:56.86
PB: So, if you want to be
saved, if you want salvation,
00:19:56.86\00:20:03.83
you must be baptized.
00:20:03.83\00:20:06.83
"He that believeth and
is baptized shall be saved."
00:20:06.83\00:20:12.36
But in the converse,
the opposite to that is,
00:20:12.36\00:20:15.26
"H that believeth
not shall be damned."
00:20:15.26\00:20:20.96
He that believeth and
is baptized shall be saved.
00:20:20.96\00:20:23.80
I want to be saved, God.
00:20:23.80\00:20:25.26
I want salvation.
00:20:25.26\00:20:26.86
I want to be in
Your eternal kingdom.
00:20:26.86\00:20:28.86
Then, he that believeth
and is baptized shall be saved.
00:20:28.86\00:20:32.76
He that believed
not shall be damned.
00:20:32.76\00:20:34.76
SO then, step number
one, one must be taught.
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Step number two, in
order for one to be baptized
00:20:37.06\00:20:39.90
one must believe.
00:20:39.90\00:20:41.20
One must do what, everybody?
00:20:41.20\00:20:42.26
Aud.: Believe.
00:20:42.26\00:20:43.26
PB: Number three, go to the book
00:20:43.26\00:20:46.40
of Acts, chapter 2, and
we're going to verse number 38.
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Acts chapter 2,
and verse number 38.
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the Word of God says to us
this evening, Acts chapter 2,
00:20:56.16\00:20:58.76
verse number 38, "Then
Peter said unto them, repent,
00:20:58.76\00:21:02.73
and be" what?
00:21:02.73\00:21:04.40
Aud.: Baptized.
00:21:04.40\00:21:05.50
PB: "Every one of you in
the name of Jesus Christ,
00:21:05.50\00:21:07.83
for the remission of sins,
and ye shall receive the gift
00:21:07.83\00:21:12.93
of the Holy Ghost."
00:21:12.93\00:21:14.60
Step number three, after one
is taught, after one believes,
00:21:14.60\00:21:19.96
thirdly one must repent.
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God, I'm sorry.
00:21:23.93\00:21:26.06
God, I have not been
living according to Your word.
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God, I didn't know Your Word
before, but God, now that I know
00:21:28.90\00:21:32.16
Your Word I've been
taught and I believe Your Word,
00:21:32.16\00:21:34.16
and I must repent now.
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Repentance is step number three.
00:21:35.73\00:21:38.13
One is first taught, second
is one believes, then third
00:21:38.13\00:21:42.83
one must repent.
00:21:42.83\00:21:45.23
Now, let's throw
another deception in of Satan.
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Satan would have you to think,
Satan would have me to think,
00:21:47.83\00:21:50.63
Satan would have us to
think that infants or babies
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should be baptized.
00:21:54.00\00:21:56.36
But where, tonight, in Scripture
do you find where any baby
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or any infant in
Scripture was baptized?
00:22:01.03\00:22:06.13
But again, that's
another deception of Satan.
00:22:06.13\00:22:08.20
Sprinkling is a deception,
that's not in the Word
00:22:08.20\00:22:10.83
of God.
00:22:10.83\00:22:11.83
Infant baptism is not
in the Word of God, because
00:22:11.83\00:22:14.33
in order for one to be baptized,
one must first be taught,
00:22:14.33\00:22:17.33
then believe, then repent.
00:22:17.33\00:22:18.90
The Bible then says in James
chapter 4, verse number 17,
00:22:18.90\00:22:22.23
"Therefore to him that
knoweth to do good, and doeth
00:22:22.23\00:22:25.60
it not, to him it is sin."
00:22:25.60\00:22:27.60
How does an infant know
what is sin and what is not?
00:22:27.60\00:22:30.96
But Satan, the deceiver,
the father of lies, something
00:22:32.96\00:22:40.06
as wonderful as baptism,
what it's supposed to be
00:22:40.06\00:22:42.40
and what it stands
for, he has even turned
00:22:42.40\00:22:44.40
that in some
people's minds into a lie.
00:22:44.40\00:22:47.50
Sin is not counted against a
child until that child is old
00:22:49.43\00:22:52.73
enough to
understand and be accountable.
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A baby cannot be accountable.
00:22:55.53\00:22:57.90
You all know my
wife and have a newborn.
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How could she be accountable?
00:23:00.36\00:23:01.36
All she wants to
do is eat and sleep.
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Come on, say amen.
00:23:03.36\00:23:04.36
Aud.: Amen.
00:23:04.36\00:23:05.73
PB: Nowhere in Scripture
is their biblical support.
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But then this is the
other side of that spectrum.
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When a child - listen to
me carefully - can be taught
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and held accountable in
being taught, in believing
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and repenting, it is appropriate
for that child to be baptized.
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Now, I can't put an age number
because children's spiritual
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maturity levels are different.
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Are you hearing what I'm saying?
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Their maturity levels
spiritually are different.
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But a lot of us do a
grave injustice to our children
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when they feel the presence
of God in their life, the power
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of the Holy Spirit in
their life moving, and they want
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to live right and live
according to what they know
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in the Word of God,
understanding the foundational
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and fundamental
principles from the Word of God.
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Oh, no, no, they're not ready.
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No, no, no, no, no.
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And then, when they get of
a specific age and you want
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them to give their life to
the Lord, a lot of them say
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oh, no, no, no, no.
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I'm not doing
that, I'm not doing that.
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And a lot of times
they're not doing that because
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they've seen how we act.
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I'm not doing
that, I'm not doing that.
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And you go back in
the recesses of your mind
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and you say to yourself,
if I had only allowed them
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to follow the
leadings and the whisperings
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and the
impressions of the Holy Spirit,
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maybe what I'm dealing with
now I would not be dealing with.
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Let me tell you something,
friends of mine, I don't play
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with folk when they tell me
the Lord told them something.
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I don't play with folk when
they tell me the Holy Spirit
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has impressed them,
because I'm not God.
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I don't know what God has said.
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But the Spirit sys, sing.
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You've got to sing.
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If the Spirit says
shout, you've got to shout.
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If the Spirit says
pray, you've got to pray.
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But whatever it is, you must
obey the Spirit of the Lord.
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So, if one must be taught,
one must believe, one must
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repent, we recognize
infant baptism is not biblical.
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We recognize that a child
appropriately understanding
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the Word of God can be baptized.
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We also understand that because
there is no biblical support
00:25:31.36\00:25:35.00
for infant
baptism, we understand this
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makes Satan a liar.
00:25:37.70\00:25:39.16
The devil is clever, the
devil is cunning, the devil
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is sneaky, the devil
is deceptive; because
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the reality is, if the devil
can deceive you on the second
00:25:44.53\00:25:47.66
coming, if he can deceive
you on the millennium, if he can
00:25:47.66\00:25:52.06
deceive you on the state
of the dead, if he can deceive
00:25:52.06\00:25:54.60
you on God's Sabbath,
then don't you know he will
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deceive you on baptism?
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