Participants: Carlton P. Byrd
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000154
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00:01 ♪ (Theme Song) ♪ ♪ Jesus is worthy oh yes, ♪
00:12 ♪ he's worthy ♪ ♪ worthy of all... ♪ 00:18 ♪ all the praise ♪ Pastor Byrd: If you have 00:22 your Bibles, take them, hold them up 00:23 with me as we do each and every night as we shake 00:25 the devil on out of here. 00:26 Hold them up. 00:27 Come on, everybody, say every promise in this book is mine. 00:29 Aud.: Every promise in this book is mine. 00:31 PB: Come on, say it like you mean it. 00:33 Every promise in this book is mine. 00:35 Aud.: Every promise in this book is mine. 00:37 PB: Every chapter, every verse, every line. 00:39 Aud.: Every chapter, every verse, every line. 00:41 PB: I am saved by His grace divine. 00:43 Aud.: I am saved by His grace divine. 00:45 PB: Every promise in this book is mine. 00:48 Aud.: Every promise in this book is mine. 00:50 PB: Father in heaven, tonight we are once again 00:52 just elated, just happy, just privileged that we can 00:54 be in Your house. 00:55 We ask now that Your Holy Spirit would dwell among us, 00:59 recognizing God is not anything I'm going to say 01:01 or anything I'm going to do, but it's Your power working 01:04 through us. 01:05 It's Your power and Your Spirit speaking to us. 01:08 So God, we give You permission tonight. 01:10 Have Your way. 01:11 Have Your way tonight, set the captive free tonight, 01:14 make the lame to walk again and cause the blind to see. 01:17 And Lord, we give You the praise, the honor 01:19 and the glory in advance for what You're going to do. 01:21 Forgive us of our sins, we pray. 01:23 In the name of Jesus, let everyone say amen. 01:27 Aud.: PB: You are able to look there on the screens 01:29 tonight and you are able to see what our subject 01:32 matter is tonight. 01:33 Everybody say baptism. 01:34 Aud.: Baptism. 01:35 PB: Come on, say it like you mean it, say baptism. 01:37 Aud.: Baptism. 01:38 PB: Baptism is where we begin tonight. 01:40 We talked about Christ's second coming. 01:42 We talked about the millennium, where we recognize 01:45 the righteous will reign in heaven with Jesus 01:47 Christ, for how long, everybody? 01:49 Aud.: 1,000 years. 01:50 PB: A thousand years, very good. 01:52 We have talked about the state of the dead, 01:54 recognizing that when a person dies their body 01:56 returns to what? 01:57 Aud.: Dust. 01:58 PB: And the, the body returns to dust, the spirit turns 02:01 to whom, everybody? 02:02 Aud.: God. 02:03 PB: God, and the soul ceases to exist. 02:05 We have studied that. 02:06 We have studied the Sabbath and the change of the Sabbath. 02:11 We even recognized, on Sunday night, that our bodies 02:14 are God's what? 02:15 Aud.: Temple. 02:16 PB: Come on, our bodies are God's what, everybody? 02:18 Aud.: Temple. 02:19 PB: Temple. 02:20 So what we put in our body, what we put on our body, 02:22 and what we let people do to our bodies. 02:24 Can you say amen? 02:25 Aud.: Amen. 02:26 PB: If you have missed any of the nights, any of the papers 02:29 and handouts we have shared and given, make sure at the end 02:32 of worship tonight that you get them on your way out. 02:35 Tonight we deal with baptism, and we deal with this most 02:38 important subject because we realize and we also 02:41 understand that the crowning act in any church, I don't 02:44 care what faith group you are part of, the crowning act in any 02:48 church is baptism. 02:49 But with baptism, even with that the devil 02:53 has sought to be deceptive. 02:56 He has been deceptive, as we know, with the Sabbath; 02:59 he has been deceptive with the state of the dead 03:01 and the manner of Jesus' second coming. 03:03 And with all of that he has also been deceptive with baptism. 03:08 For example, there are many different forms of baptism 03:12 in our world today. 03:13 One form is baptism by immersion. 03:15 Everybody say immersion. 03:16 Aud.: Immersion. 03:17 PB: When we say immersion, we literally are meaning that 03:20 someone goes in the water, under the water, and comes 03:23 up out of the water. 03:24 We then recognize another form that is in Christendom 03:28 or Christianity today is sprinkling. 03:30 Everybody say sprinkling. 03:31 Aud.: Sprinkling. 03:32 PB: And by that, people just take some water and they 03:34 sprinkle it on you. 03:36 We recognize another form is being anointed with oil. 03:40 Being anointed with what, everybody? 03:42 Aud.: Oil. 03:43 PB: Being anointed with oil. 03:44 But we recognize, as we did last Friday evening, when we talk 03:47 about anointing, we talk about being anointed, 03:49 we are then taking oil, symbolic of the Holy Spirit, and applying 03:53 it to the body, recognizing that we are simply saying, 03:56 Lord, anoint us for Your purposes. 03:59 God, rid us of the devil. 04:01 Rid us of his imps and the evil ways of the enemy. 04:04 We want our bodies, we want our lives, to be testaments 04:08 to you. 04:09 But people have confused anointing with actual baptism. 04:13 Another form of baptism in our world is where one 04:17 says I have the Holy Ghost in my life. 04:19 And so because the Holy Ghost is in my life, I've been 04:22 baptized with the Holy Ghost. 04:24 Then we have another form that is called infusion. 04:27 Everybody say infusion. 04:28 Aud.: Infusion. 04:29 PB: And with infusion it is simply saying, you take 04:31 a pitcher and you take a pitcher and you pour water on 04:35 an individual, and they have been infused, if you will, 04:38 and being infused with water means that they have been 04:40 baptized. 04:41 And then finally another method I would like to share 04:44 with you tonight is what we call the "dry cleaning" method. 04:48 Now, that's a very interesting method, because the dry cleaning 04:51 method says I'm baptized, but I don't use any water, 04:53 I don't pour anything, I don't sprinkle anything, 04:56 you don't get up under anything, you are just baptized. 04:59 What do you mean, I'm baptized? 05:01 I declare you baptized; you're baptized. 05:03 That's the dry cleaning method. 05:05 So we have immersion, we have sprinkling, we have being 05:09 anointed with oil, we have the Holy Spirit in the life, 05:12 we have infusion and then we also have a method or form, 05:17 the dry cleaning method. 05:19 But if it's not in the Word of God, it doesn't need 05:24 to be heard by the people of God. 05:27 If the method or the form is not in God's Word, we can't deal 05:32 with that. 05:33 Well, what does the Bible say about the form of baptism? 05:38 Ephesians chapter 4, verse number 5, the Word of God 05:42 says there is "One Lord." 05:43 One what, everybody? 05:44 Aud.: Lord. 05:45 PB: "One Lord, one faith." 05:46 One what, everybody? 05:47 Aud.: Faith. 05:48 PB: And "one baptism." 05:49 One Lord, one faith, and one baptism. 05:53 Meaning there's one type or one form of baptism that 05:57 is recognized by God and recognized by His Word. 06:01 Now, baptism comes from the Greek root word baptizo, 06:05 which means to dip, to submerge, to immerse. 06:09 So then, if we're looking for the right form or method 06:11 of baptism as described by the Word of God, baptism 06:15 by immersion is the only biblically recognized form 06:19 of baptism. 06:20 Therefore, any other form, be it sprinkling, be it 06:23 infusion, be it the dry cleaning method or the Holy 06:25 Ghost simply in the life, it's not condoned 06:28 by the Bible. 06:30 It is baptism by immersion. 06:32 Baptism by what, everybody? 06:33 Aud.: Immersion. 06:34 PB: Now, Jesus is our perfect example. 06:37 He is our example when it comes to the Sabbath. 06:39 The Bible says in Luke chapter 4, verse number 16, 06:41 that it was His custom on the Sabbath day to go to church 06:45 and read the Scriptures, read the Word of God. 06:48 Just like He is our example in the Sabbath, Jesus is also 06:53 our example when it comes to baptism. 06:56 Let's see how Jesus was baptized. 06:58 Take your Bibles and go with me to the book of Mark. 07:00 What book, everybody? 07:01 Aud.: Mark. 07:02 PB: And we're going to Mark chapter 1, and we're going 07:04 to Mark chapter 1, and we're going to verse number 9. 07:08 Mark chapter 1 and we're going to verse number 9. 07:13 The Word of God says to us that Jesus, our example, 07:16 illustrated here in Mark chapter 1, verse number 9. 07:20 The Word of God says, "And it came to pass in those days, 07:25 that Jesus came from," where? 07:26 Aud.: Nazareth. 07:27 PB: Nazareth. 07:28 Of where? 07:29 Aud.: Galilee. 07:30 PB: And "was baptized of" whom? 07:32 Aud.: John. 07:33 PB: John in the what? 07:34 Aud.: Jordan. 07:35 PB: And "straightway coming up out of the" what? 07:37 Aud.: Water. 07:38 PB: Come on, straightway coming up out of the what? 07:42 Aud.: Water. 07:43 PB: Water. 07:44 Which means then, if Jesus came up out of the water, 07:47 this totally then nullifies sprinkling. 07:51 This totally nullifies just the Holy Spirit in the life. 07:55 This totally nullifies infusion or water being 07:58 poured on them. 07:59 Surely it nullifies the dry cleaning method. 08:03 The Bible says Jesus came "straightway up out 08:06 of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like 08:10 a dove descending upon him: and there came a voice from 08:12 heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved," what? 08:15 Aud.: Son. 08:16 PB: "In whom I am well," what, everybody? 08:18 Aud.: Pleased. 08:19 PB: So we discover in this text, baptism by immersion is the only 08:23 biblical true form of baptism that the Bible recognizes. 08:26 Not infusion, not sprinkling, not the dry cleaning method, 08:32 not just the Holy Ghost in one's life. 08:34 But the Bible is very clear: Jesus came up out of the water, 08:38 and so it must be baptism by immersion. 08:42 The Bible goes on and gives us more evidence. 08:44 Take your Bibles and go with me to the book of John 08:47 chapter 3, and we're going 08:59 to verse number 23. 09:01 John chapter 3, verse number 23. 09:03 John chapter 3, and we're going to verse number 23. 09:05 The Word of God says to us tonight: "And John also 09:07 was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much 09:10 water there: and they came, and were" what, everybody? 09:12 Aud.: Baptized. 09:13 PB: Baptized. 09:14 Now, in order for there to be baptism by immersion, 09:17 there has to be a lot of water, because you have to 09:19 go under the water. 09:20 Are you hearing what I'm saying? 09:22 If it's just simply a few cups or pitchers of water, 09:24 that's not enough water because you've got to go up 09:27 under the water. 09:28 But the devil has sought to be deceptive even 09:31 with baptism, making people just say you can be pronounced 09:34 as baptized; making people think you can just have water 09:37 poured on you; making, as you know, you've heard people say 09:41 I'm baptized if I'm just sprinkled. 09:43 Well, just as the devil is deceptive with other truths 09:46 in the Word of God, he's been deceptive with baptism. 09:51 But the Bible is clear, baptism by immersion. 09:53 Baptism by what, everybody? 09:54 Aud.: Immersion. 09:55 PB: This is important because there is a symbolism involved 09:58 with baptism. 10:00 Now, remember, we studied earlier in the week. 10:02 We studied earlier in the week that just because Jesus 10:05 rose on the first day of the week, just because Jesus 10:08 rose on Sunday did not mean that Jesus condoned or made 10:13 Sunday, or the first day of the week, the day of worship 10:16 or the Sabbath day. 10:18 But we discovered that God instituted something 10:21 in commemoration of His death, His burial and His 10:25 resurrection on Calvary. 10:26 Take your Bibles and go with me to the book of Romans. 10:30 What book did I say, everybody? 10:32 Aud.: Romans. 10:33 PB: And we're going to Romans chapter 6, Romans chapter 6, 10:35 and we're going to verse number 1. 10:38 Romans chapter 6, and we're going to verse number 1. 10:43 Romans chapter 6, verse number 1. 10:46 The Word of God says, "What shall we say then? 10:50 Shall we continue in sin, that grace may" what, 10:53 everybody? 10:54 Aud.: Abound. 10:55 PB: "God forbid. 10:56 How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer 10:58 therein? 10:59 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into 11:01 Jesus Christ were baptized into his" what? 11:04 Aud.: Death. 11:05 PB: Come on, baptized into His what? 11:07 Aud.: Death. 11:08 PB: Baptized into His death. 11:09 "Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: 11:12 that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory 11:15 of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness 11:18 of" what, everybody? 11:19 Aud.: Life. 11:20 PB: "For if we have been planted together in the likeness 11:23 of his death, we shall be also in the likeness 11:25 of his" what? 11:26 Aud.: Resurrection. 11:27 PB: "Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, 11:29 that the body of sin might be destroyed, 11:31 that henceforth we should not serve" what? 11:33 Aud.: Sin. 11:34 PB: We should not serve what, everybody? 11:36 Aud.: Sin. 11:37 PB: All right. 11:38 Baptism is important and immersion is important, 11:40 because it then symbolizes what's taking place 11:44 in a person's spiritual experience. 11:46 You must be immersed, because we recognize that baptism 11:49 was instituted to commemorate Jesus' death, burial 11:53 and resurrection. 11:54 When a human being is baptized, it symbolizes 11:59 their death, their burial and their resurrection. 12:01 What do you mean? 12:02 When an individual is baptized, symbolically 12:04 they go in the water. 12:06 When they go in the water, their sins are then dead. 12:08 When they go underneath the water, their sins 12:11 symbolically are buried. 12:12 When they come up out of the water, symbolically they 12:16 are being resurrected into a new life in Jesus Christ. 12:19 Sin's dead, sin's buried, new life in Jesus Christ. 12:25 Baptism then signifies a U-turn. 12:28 It signifies a change in direction. 12:32 It signifies a deliberate turning away 12:34 from your former life. 12:36 It means the no more I, but the You, Christ, 12:38 that now lives inside. 12:40 Baptism now then means submission. 12:43 Baptism means I'm turning it over to Jesus, and I'll smile 12:46 the rest of my days. 12:48 Baptism means you're letting God rule your life. 12:50 Baptism means that God is in control. 12:54 That you are to say God is Creator, and you 12:56 are creation. 12:57 That God is landlord, and you are the tenant. 13:00 That God is the Shepherd, and you are the sheep. 13:03 You are in submission to God, His will, His way. 13:07 You're able to say yes, Lord, yes to Your will and to Your 13:12 way. 13:13 Yes, Lord, yes, I will trust You and obey. 13:16 Because when Your Spirit speaks to me, in my whole 13:19 heart I'll agree and my answer will be yes, Lord, yes. 13:25 So then we understand, baptism is immersion, 13:29 under the water. 13:30 Baptism is what, everybody? 13:31 Aud.: Immersion. 13:32 PB: Come on, baptism is what, everybody? 13:34 Aud.: Immersion. 13:35 PB: Immersion. 13:36 Which means, your sins are first what? 13:38 Dead. 13:39 Then we recognize your sins are secondly what? 13:41 Buried. 13:42 And then thirdly, you are resurrected into a new what? 13:45 Aud.: Life. 13:46 PB: New life in Jesus Christ. 13:47 Now that we understand that, we know that water 13:50 is for washing. 13:51 Come on, say amen. 13:52 Aud.: Amen. 13:53 PB: 'Cause I trust you'll wash before you go out 13:56 tomorrow. 13:57 Come on, say amen. 13:58 Aud.: Amen. 13:59 PB: Water is for washing. 14:01 Water is for cleansing. 14:05 We said it earlier in the week, if you're going to clean 14:07 something, there are two primary ways in which you 14:09 do it. 14:10 You either wash it, or you burn it. 14:13 Tonight we're talking about being washed, tonight we're 14:17 talking about being clean. 14:19 But not just talking about being physically clean, 14:22 but we're talking about being spiritually clean. 14:24 In order to become physically clean, in order to remove 14:28 the odor from your life, you've got to take a shower. 14:31 In order to remove the dirt from your life, you've got 14:33 to take a bath. 14:34 In order to move the spiritual odor from your life, 14:38 the spiritual dirt from your life, you've got 14:41 to be washed and you've got to be made clean. 14:44 Water is for washing, and in our world today 14:47 we don't like talking about sin too much in church. 14:51 We're living in a society now that if it feels good, do it. 14:57 Don't preach to me truth, don't preach to me 15:01 principles, don't preach to me doctrines, don't preach 15:05 to me stuff that's going to conflict with my 15:08 comfortable lifestyle. 15:10 But I need you to make me feel good. 15:13 I'm feeling bad, I'm feeling low, so when I come to church 15:16 don't tell me how I need to live as a follower of Christ, 15:19 just help me feel good. 15:22 In fact, church for some has become a sort of pep rally. 15:27 Let's get as loud as we want, let's get as emotional 15:31 as we want, and we walk out of church, we've jumped, we've 15:34 shouted, we've clapped our hands, and we haven't heard 15:37 anything the preacher has said. 15:40 We don't like to talk about it. 15:43 We don't like to talk about sin in our world today, but 15:47 I'm here to remind you, whether you like it or not, 15:50 all of us are sinners. 15:53 All of us need cleansing. 15:55 All of us need washing. 15:59 We get baptized, because we want our sins washed away. 16:04 We get baptized, because we want to be cleansed from our 16:10 sins. 16:11 Baptism is an outward symbol of an inward cleansing. 16:16 Baptism means that there is something going on, 16:18 on the inside. 16:20 You may not know about it, because you only see somebody 16:22 get in water, but there's something supernatural going 16:26 on, on the inside. 16:27 There's something that the Holy Ghost is doing 16:30 in somebody's life. 16:31 There's something within me that I cannot explain. 16:35 Something within me that banishes pain. 16:37 All that I know, I thank my God, I've got something within. 16:42 When you're baptized, you're cleansed from sin. 16:45 You're letting the world know that Jesus is number one 16:47 in your life. 16:48 But also, baptism is a gift. 16:50 Baptism is a what, everybody? 16:51 Aud.: Gift. 16:52 PB: Gift. 16:53 It's not something we do for ourselves. 16:55 You know, like being born. 16:57 None of us asked to be born. 16:59 We were just born. 17:02 Birth was a gift. 17:04 So, baptism is a gift. 17:07 It is a gift from God to all of us. 17:10 Baptism is a new birth. 17:12 A new birth into a new body. 17:15 A new birth into a new community. 17:17 A new birth into God's church. 17:20 A new birth into a royal priesthood. 17:22 A new birth into a chosen generation. 17:25 That's why Paul was able to say, if any man be in Christ, 17:28 he is a new creature. 17:31 Old things are passed away, all things become new. 17:34 Baptism, again, by immersion. 17:37 Going under the water. 17:38 Your sins must be dead, your sins must be buried, you must 17:42 be resurrected into a new life into Jesus Christ. 17:45 We understand that's what baptism commemorates. 17:48 We are baptized because we want cleansing. 17:51 We want our sins washed away. 17:53 We are baptized, because baptism is a gift 17:56 from Jesus Christ. 17:57 And so now, because we know all that, what do I have to 18:00 do in order to be baptized. 18:02 What are the steps? 18:03 Take your Bibles and go with me to the book of Matthew. 18:05 What book did I say, everybody? 18:07 Aud.: Matthew. 18:08 PB: Matthew chapter 28, Matthew chapter 28, 18:11 and we're going to verse number 18, 19 and 20. 18:17 Matthew, chapter 28, and we're going 18:20 to verses 18, 19 and 20. 18:24 The Word of God says to us tonight in Matthew 28:18,19 18:27 and 20, "And Jesus came and spake unto them, 18:30 saying, all" what, everybody? 18:31 Aud.: Power. 18:32 PB: Come on, all what? 18:33 Aud.: "All power is given unto me in" where? 18:36 Aud.: Heaven. 18:37 PB: And in what? 18:38 Aud.: Earth. 18:39 PB: "Go ye" what? 18:40 Aud.: Therefore. 18:41 PB: Go ye what? 18:42 Aud.: Therefore. 18:43 PB: "And teach all" what? 18:44 Aud.: Nations. 18:45 PB: "Baptizing them in the name of the" what? 18:47 Aud.: Father. 18:48 PB: And of the what? 18:49 Aud.: Son. 18:50 PB: And of the what? 18:51 Aud.: Holy Ghost. 18:52 PB: "Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever 18:54 I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you" what? 18:56 Aud.: Always. 18:57 PB: "Even unto the end of the" what, everybody? 18:59 Aud.: World. 19:00 PB: In order for one to be baptized, one must first 19:02 be taught. 19:03 There must be a blending between what I'm feeling 19:07 and what I'm thinking. 19:10 There must be a blending between revelation 19:15 and inspiration. 19:17 In order for one to be baptized, one must first be taught. 19:24 But then number, go to the book of Mark 19:29 chapter 16, verse number 16. 19:34 Mark 16, and verse number 16. 19:42 Step number two: Mark 16, verse 16, the Word of God 19:49 says, "He that believeth and is baptized shall be" what? 19:55 Aud.: Saved. 19:56 PB: So, if you want to be saved, if you want salvation, 20:03 you must be baptized. 20:06 "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved." 20:12 But in the converse, the opposite to that is, 20:15 "H that believeth not shall be damned." 20:20 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved. 20:23 I want to be saved, God. 20:25 I want salvation. 20:26 I want to be in Your eternal kingdom. 20:28 Then, he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved. 20:32 He that believed not shall be damned. 20:34 SO then, step number one, one must be taught. 20:37 Step number two, in order for one to be baptized 20:39 one must believe. 20:41 One must do what, everybody? 20:42 Aud.: Believe. 20:43 PB: Number three, go to the book 20:46 of Acts, chapter 2, and we're going to verse number 38. 20:51 Acts chapter 2, and verse number 38. 20:56 the Word of God says to us this evening, Acts chapter 2, 20:58 verse number 38, "Then Peter said unto them, repent, 21:02 and be" what? 21:04 Aud.: Baptized. 21:05 PB: "Every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, 21:07 for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift 21:12 of the Holy Ghost." 21:14 Step number three, after one is taught, after one believes, 21:19 thirdly one must repent. 21:23 God, I'm sorry. 21:26 God, I have not been living according to Your word. 21:28 God, I didn't know Your Word before, but God, now that I know 21:32 Your Word I've been taught and I believe Your Word, 21:34 and I must repent now. 21:35 Repentance is step number three. 21:38 One is first taught, second is one believes, then third 21:42 one must repent. 21:45 Now, let's throw another deception in of Satan. 21:47 Satan would have you to think, Satan would have me to think, 21:50 Satan would have us to think that infants or babies 21:54 should be baptized. 21:56 But where, tonight, in Scripture do you find where any baby 22:01 or any infant in Scripture was baptized? 22:06 But again, that's another deception of Satan. 22:08 Sprinkling is a deception, that's not in the Word 22:10 of God. 22:11 Infant baptism is not in the Word of God, because 22:14 in order for one to be baptized, one must first be taught, 22:17 then believe, then repent. 22:18 The Bible then says in James chapter 4, verse number 17, 22:22 "Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth 22:25 it not, to him it is sin." 22:27 How does an infant know what is sin and what is not? 22:32 But Satan, the deceiver, the father of lies, something 22:40 as wonderful as baptism, what it's supposed to be 22:42 and what it stands for, he has even turned 22:44 that in some people's minds into a lie. 22:49 Sin is not counted against a child until that child is old 22:52 enough to understand and be accountable. 22:55 A baby cannot be accountable. 22:57 You all know my wife and have a newborn. 23:00 How could she be accountable? 23:01 All she wants to do is eat and sleep. 23:03 Come on, say amen. 23:04 Aud.: Amen. 23:05 PB: Nowhere in Scripture is their biblical support. 23:11 But then this is the other side of that spectrum. 23:14 When a child - listen to me carefully - can be taught 23:20 and held accountable in being taught, in believing 23:26 and repenting, it is appropriate for that child to be baptized. 23:32 Now, I can't put an age number because children's spiritual 23:38 maturity levels are different. 23:41 Are you hearing what I'm saying? 23:43 Their maturity levels spiritually are different. 23:47 But a lot of us do a grave injustice to our children 23:51 when they feel the presence of God in their life, the power 23:55 of the Holy Spirit in their life moving, and they want 23:58 to live right and live according to what they know 24:00 in the Word of God, understanding the foundational 24:03 and fundamental principles from the Word of God. 24:06 Oh, no, no, they're not ready. 24:08 No, no, no, no, no. 24:10 And then, when they get of a specific age and you want 24:15 them to give their life to the Lord, a lot of them say 24:19 oh, no, no, no, no. 24:21 I'm not doing that, I'm not doing that. 24:23 And a lot of times they're not doing that because 24:25 they've seen how we act. 24:28 I'm not doing that, I'm not doing that. 24:30 And you go back in the recesses of your mind 24:32 and you say to yourself, if I had only allowed them 24:37 to follow the leadings and the whisperings 24:39 and the impressions of the Holy Spirit, 24:42 maybe what I'm dealing with now I would not be dealing with. 24:46 Let me tell you something, friends of mine, I don't play 24:48 with folk when they tell me the Lord told them something. 24:51 I don't play with folk when they tell me the Holy Spirit 24:54 has impressed them, because I'm not God. 24:56 I don't know what God has said. 24:59 But the Spirit sys, sing. 25:01 You've got to sing. 25:02 If the Spirit says shout, you've got to shout. 25:07 If the Spirit says pray, you've got to pray. 25:12 But whatever it is, you must obey the Spirit of the Lord. 25:18 So, if one must be taught, one must believe, one must 25:20 repent, we recognize infant baptism is not biblical. 25:24 We recognize that a child appropriately understanding 25:28 the Word of God can be baptized. 25:31 We also understand that because there is no biblical support 25:35 for infant baptism, we understand this 25:37 makes Satan a liar. 25:39 The devil is clever, the devil is cunning, the devil 25:42 is sneaky, the devil is deceptive; because 25:44 the reality is, if the devil can deceive you on the second 25:47 coming, if he can deceive you on the millennium, if he can 25:52 deceive you on the state of the dead, if he can deceive 25:54 you on God's Sabbath, then don't you know he will 25:57 deceive you on baptism? 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