Participants: Carlton P. Byrd
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000155
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00:00 ♪ (Theme Song) ♪ ♪ Jesus is worthy oh yes, ♪
00:07 ♪ he's worthy ♪ ♪ worthy of all... ♪ 00:16 ♪ all the praise ♪ So, if one must be taught, 00:21 one must believe, one must repent, we recognize infant 00:25 baptism is not biblical. 00:26 We recognize that a child appropriately understanding 00:31 the Word of God can be baptized. 00:33 We also understand that because there is no biblical support 00:37 for infant baptism, we understand this 00:40 makes Satan a liar. 00:41 The devil is clever, is sneaky, the devil, the devil 00:45 is deceptive; because the reality is, if the devil can 00:49 deceive you on the second coming, if he can deceive you 00:52 on the millennium, if he can deceive you on the state 00:55 of the dead, if he can deceive you on God's Sabbath, 00:58 then don't you know he will deceive you on baptism? 01:04 So the question now is, all right, Pastor, I understand 01:06 baptism by immersion. 01:08 My sins are dead, my sins are buried, I'm resurrected into 01:12 a new life in Jesus Christ. 01:14 Baptism means my sins are being forgiven, that God 01:17 is washing me and I'm being cleansed. 01:19 Baptism is a gift from God. 01:21 I praise God for this gift that He has given me, 01:24 the gift to be able to be baptized. 01:26 I recognize I must be taught, I must believe, then I must 01:29 repent in order to be baptized. 01:31 So I fully understand that it's inappropriate for an infant 01:35 to be baptized because they can't be taught, 01:36 they can't believe or repent. 01:39 But then, Pastor Byrd, what if I've been baptized before? 01:46 Can I be baptized again? 01:49 Is rebaptism ever proper? 01:55 I was baptized before, but can I be baptized again? 01:57 Well, let's go to the Word of God. 02:00 Acts chapter 19, verse number 1. 02:07 Acts 19, verse number 1. 02:12 The Word of God says to us tonight, speaking to this 02:15 issue and subject of rebaptism, or being baptized 02:17 again. 02:19 "And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, 02:24 Paul having passed through the upper coasts came 02:26 to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, He said unto them, 02:30 Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? 02:34 And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard 02:39 whether there be any Holy Ghost. 02:41 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? 02:45 And they said, Unto John's baptism." 02:50 Verse number 4, "Then said Paul, John verily baptized 02:56 with the baptism of" what, everybody? 02:58 Aud.: Repentance. 02:59 PB: "Saying unto the people, that they should believe on him 03:02 which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus." 03:07 Verse 5, "When they heard this, they were baptized 03:11 in the name of the Lord Jesus." 03:14 Now, let's understand what's going on here. 03:16 The people up until that point had been baptized 03:19 unto John's baptism. 03:21 They had been baptized, if you will, up unto 03:24 what they knew. 03:26 They had been baptized unto what they had been taught. 03:29 So in their minds, hey, we're okay, we've been baptized. 03:31 And to an extent, yes, they were okay up until that point 03:35 where they had been baptized. 03:37 But Paul says, But have you been baptized of Jesus' baptism? 03:40 Well no. 03:41 And so we recognize here that in their spiritual 03:44 experience, they're moving on up a little higher. 03:46 They had been baptized unto John's baptism, unto what 03:49 they had known up until that point. 03:52 Unto the truth that had been given them unto that point. 03:54 But then, with Jesus coming on. 03:56 Because recognizing that John was just to prepare the way 03:59 of the Lord, Jesus to come on a little later, it was time 04:04 for them to move up in their spiritual experience. 04:07 Move up into what they had now and would gain 04:09 in the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. 04:11 So it was proper for them to be baptized, or rebaptized, 04:15 or baptized again, however you want to say it, because 04:18 they had been baptized formerly unto what they knew, 04:20 but now God was trying to take them 04:22 to a higher level in Him. 04:25 So it's proper. 04:26 In fact, many people would be stronger if rebaptized. 04:29 There are several commisions in which rebaptism, or being 04:32 baptized again, is proper. 04:33 Number one, when you were formerly baptized unto what 04:39 you knew, as if God through His Word had shown you 04:45 and taught you from His Word, new life, new truth, new things 04:51 that you formerly did not know. 04:54 You were baptized formerly unto what you knew, but like 04:57 the people in Acts 19, God is trying to take you higher. 05:01 God is trying to take you to a higher level in Him. 05:05 And so you were baptized first unto what you knew, 05:07 but now because God has allowed you to know more, you now 05:12 must act on the new truth and new light that you have 05:16 received from God through the study of His Word. 05:19 Number two, rebaptism is proper when one has turned 05:21 away from Christ and now they want to come back to Christ. 05:26 Time won't permit or let me go into a long dissertation, 05:31 but we know the story of the prodigal son. 05:34 The prodigal son, the Bible tells the story there in Luke 05:37 11, where Jesus tells this parable of how this young 05:41 man had lived in his parents' home. 05:45 But he thought that his parents' home was hard, 05:47 that it was exact, that he was in a straightjacket and he 05:50 couldn't live life how he wanted to live life. 05:53 So he said to his father, Give me my inheritance 05:58 and give it to me now. 05:59 I want my inheritance because I'm grown now, and I want 06:03 to go live how I want to live. 06:04 I want to go do how I want to do, and I don't need you 06:07 telling me what to do, so give me what is mine now. 06:12 He goes. 06:13 His older brother, however, stays home tending 06:17 to the family's needs. 06:19 The older son, however, goes and wastes, the Bible says, 06:22 his life on riotous living. 06:24 Things got so tough, things got so bad for him, the Bible 06:26 as you know teaches that he fell upon hard times 06:29 and he ended up living and eating what pigs ate. 06:35 He comes to himself. 06:37 Have you ever been doing something that was foolish 06:39 and you came to yourself? 06:40 The young man comes to himself and he says my 06:47 daddy's servants eat better than I'm eating. 06:51 Let me stop this living among pigs, get up and go home 06:56 and see my father. 06:57 The Bible says that when he was on his way home, 07:04 his father sees him from afar. 07:08 His father sees him from afar, which teaches me 07:10 a lesson I wish I had time. 07:11 His father sees him afar, which teaches and lets us 07:13 know that his father was always looking for him. 07:17 He was always looking for him. 07:19 Not a day went by that he was not looking for his son. 07:23 The son had been involved in foolishness, but he sees 07:27 his son from afar off. 07:30 Instead of taking that spirit of What's my son doing, 07:33 why is he coming home? 07:34 He says oh no, no, no. 07:35 Go get the best robe. 07:36 Go make the best meal. 07:39 Put this robe on my son, let me embrace him. 07:42 He was lost but now he's found. 07:45 He was blind, but now he sees. 07:50 But we know the story of the other brother. 07:52 He's made because his dad is throwing a party for him. 07:56 How dare you throw a party for this son who ran out 07:58 and left you, and I've stayed here all these years? 08:00 That's just like some people. 08:02 They get mad when we get our deliverance. 08:05 They get upset when we get our salvation. 08:08 But what I love about the father is, he tells the son, 08:11 he says, Look, all that I'm giving to your brother you've 08:13 always had. 08:14 It was always yours. 08:17 You just chose not to take it. 08:18 I wish I had a witness in this place. 08:20 But the principle of what I'm trying to draw with the baptism 08:23 is, when a person has run or turned from God and they 08:27 come back to God, rebaptism is proper because, 08:31 just like that father, God receives you with open arms. 08:34 Regardless of what you said, regardless of what you've 08:36 done, regardless of what you did last night, last week, 08:40 last year. 08:41 Regardless of what you did 10 years ago, you are received 08:46 with open arms from the Father. 08:48 Number three, when an individual wants to renew their commitment 08:52 with God they feel a strong urge and a desire, 08:57 I want to be baptized. 08:59 I want to be rebaptized. 09:01 I want to strengthen my relationship with the Lord. 09:04 And so, rebaptism is proper. 09:06 After when it's been taught, after one believes, after one 09:09 repents, it's time to unite then with God and His church 09:14 through baptism. 09:16 Because understand, when a person is baptized, 09:18 they are united with Christ. 09:20 Galatians chapter 3, verse 27, says, "For as many of you 09:24 as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ." 09:29 Baptism then, is as essential to the Christian as the wedding 09:33 is to a marriage. 09:35 In a marriage, in a baptism, both ceremonies are based on 09:40 deep-seated love. 09:42 Both ceremonies are based on full understanding. 09:49 Both ceremonies are based on an undying, unconditional 09:53 love for the individual. 09:56 When a man marries a woman and a woman marries a man, 10:00 do I have a witness in this place? 10:02 [Aud. reaction] PB: It is based on love. 10:04 It is based on respect. 10:06 It is based on understanding. 10:08 When an individual decides to go in that pool and get 10:11 baptized, it's based on a love for Jesus Christ, 10:15 that I'm so in love with Jesus there is joy down in my soul 10:20 and I want the world to know that I'm so in love 10:25 with Jesus Christ. 10:28 Symbolically uniting with Christ, His body. 10:31 In 1 Corinthians 12:13, Paul says, " 10:32 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one 10:36 body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond 10:39 or free," we are the body of Christ and baptized people. 10:44 We are a part then of a community of believers 10:46 and that's extremely important. 10:48 Why is that important? 10:49 I hear people tell me all the time, Pastor Byrd, 10:51 I don't need the church. 10:58 I don't need the church, I don't need it. 11:01 I have my own way to connect with God. 11:06 God understands me, I have my own way 11:08 that I connect with Him. 11:09 I don't need the church. 11:11 I can do my own thing. 11:13 But my question to them is always like it is to you: 11:15 How can one be a part of the body of Christ 11:18 without getting in the body? 11:22 The Bible is clear that the church is Christ's body. 11:26 The body of Christ, and that God, thank you, Jesus, 11:31 will add to His church daily. 11:34 When I become a part of God's body, the body of Christ, 11:38 that doesn't mean everybody's in here is perfect. 11:41 We are all sinners, just forgiven. 11:43 I wish I had a witness in this place. 11:45 We are all sinners, but we are forgiven. 11:47 But our eyes are not on the messengers, 11:50 but our eyes are on the message. 11:53 Our eyes are on the message that one day 2,000 years ago 11:57 Jesus loved you so much that He went to Calvary to die 12:00 for your sins. 12:02 That He hung, that He bled, that He died, and He got up 12:05 with all power in His hands, and because He got up, 12:09 He's telling us we can get up. 12:11 [Aud. reaction] PB: Why do we walk 12:13 around defeated. 12:14 Why do we walk around like the devil's going to knock us 12:16 down and knock us out, 'cause Satan's just a sinner 12:18 who fell down but got right back on up. 12:21 And that's what baptism does for you, unites you 12:24 with Christ. 12:25 Unites you with his body. 12:28 And so tonight there's only one true form of baptism. 12:36 Baptism by immersion. 12:39 You've got to go up under the water, your sins 12:44 have to be dead. 12:46 They have to buried and then you have to become 12:48 resurrected into new life with Christ. 12:51 You've got to be baptized because you've got to ask God, 12:54 God wash away my sins. 12:55 For the individual who says they have no sins, 12:58 they themselves are lying to themselves. 13:02 Baptism is also a gift. 13:06 It's something God's trying to give you. 13:08 When we get to heaven, we're going to see just how 13:10 much God tried to save us. 13:13 But He was not willing that any should perish, but all 13:15 should come to repentance. 13:17 It's a gift. 13:19 One must first be taught. 13:21 One must secondly then believe. 13:24 Thirdly then, one must repent and be baptized. 13:27 Be what, everybody? 13:28 Aud.: Baptized. 13:29 PB: Infant baptism is not biblical. 13:32 It's a lie, it's a deception from Satan. 13:36 It's not biblical. 13:37 You've got to be taught, you've got to believe, 13:39 you've got to repent. 13:43 One must be baptized. 13:46 One must join the body. 13:50 One must get in the ark. 13:54 One must get in the boat of safety. 13:57 Quickly, do me a favor, go to Matthew 24. 14:01 Go to Matthew 24 and go to to verse number 37. 14:07 Matthew 24, verse number 37. 14:16 The Word of God says to us in Matthew chapter 24, verse 37. 14:19 If you have it, let me hear you say amen. 14:21 Aud.: Amen. 14:22 PB: The Word says, 14:25 "But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming 14:31 of the Son of man be. 14:33 [Organ Music under] For as in the days that were 14:38 before the flood they were eating and" what, everybody? 14:40 Aud.: Drinking. 14:41 PB: "Marrying and giving in" what, everybody? 14:43 Aud.: Marriage. 14:44 PB: "Until the day that Noah entered into the" what? 14:46 Aud.: Ark. 14:47 PB: And knew not until the flood came, and took them 14:53 all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man 15:00 be." In Noah's day, folk were doing everything. 15:08 They were as bad as they wanted to be. 15:11 Folk were doing everything, living life according 15:13 to how they wanted to live. 15:17 God said, I've got to clean up this earth. 15:20 If you read Genesis carefully, go home tonight 15:22 and you read it. 15:23 In Genesis 6, the Bible says it repented God that He 15:28 had even created this earth. 15:31 Things had gotten so out of control, stuff was so wild 15:33 and out of control, God repented that He had even 15:36 created this earth. 15:39 That's bad. 15:43 So God spoke about this to Noah because the Bible says 15:47 Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. 15:52 And Noah began to preach. 15:55 He said, Repent! 15:57 Repent! 15:58 Get right. 15:59 The Lord is about to send a flood, you've got to repent. 16:06 Get in the ark. 16:09 The folk laughed at Noah. 16:12 Noah had been preaching so long, 120 years, I'm pretty 16:15 sure somebody said, He's a nice man but senility 16:18 has set in. 16:19 He's standing outside just preaching, preaching, preaching. 16:23 It had never rained before. 16:25 Never rained before. 16:28 So he's telling them to get in the boat because 16:30 it's about to rain. 16:31 They thought he was crazy, they laughed at him. 16:34 The Bible then says, all of a sudden seven by seven, 16:39 some clean animals started processing into the ark. 16:42 The Bible didn't say it's two by two. 16:46 Some unclean animals started processing in the boat. 16:49 Now I must be clear: If I had been living, it would 16:52 have been hard to believe that rain was going to come, 16:55 knowing it had never rained before. 16:57 But if I had seen these animals come in seven 16:59 by seven and two by two, I probably would have said, 17:02 Let me take my chances and get up in this boat. 17:04 Do I have a witness in this place? 17:07 [Aud. reaction] PB: Noah preached. 17:11 Nobody got in the boat. 17:15 But Noah, his wife, their three sons, Shem, Ham 17:22 and Japheth, and their wives. 17:25 Now the rule of common sense, 'cause you're smart people. 17:29 The rule of common sense says, if the Bible says, 17:33 As it was in the days of Noah so shall it also be in 17:38 the coming of the Son of man. 17:40 The rule of common sense says if it were like that in Noah's 17:43 day, it must going to be like that today. 17:48 And what's happening today? 17:49 Anything goes. 17:55 People change their mate like they change magazine 17:58 subscriptions. 17:59 Drinking, partying, doing 18:08 whatever you want. 18:09 It's gotten so bad in our world that what's right, 18:14 the Sabbath, seems wrong. 18:19 And what's wrong seems right. 18:21 Just like the Lord rained down water, the day is coming 18:33 where the Lord is going to rain down fire. 18:38 Now Noah preached 120 years, get in the boat. 18:42 And I've preached two weeks, and I'm telling you it's time 18:48 for you to get in the boat. 18:52 You're taught, you believe, repent, get in the boat. 19:03 What are the parallels? 19:04 I'm clear in my authority. 19:05 God is the boat. 19:07 Pastor Byrd, going to church on Saturday, going to church 19:11 on the Sabbath when everybody else is doing something else? 19:14 You can't worry about what everybody else is doing, 19:16 you've got to make sure your soul's salvation is straight 19:18 with God. 19:19 A clear minority got in the boat. 19:21 The majority is not recognizing God's seventh day 19:23 as Sabbath. 19:24 You've got to get in the boat. 19:36 It's passing by. 19:37 O gentle Savior, Hear my humble cry; While on others Thou art 19:42 calling, Do not pass me by. 19:48 Tonight, I'm going to get you out early. 19:50 I want you to hang with me during the slides tonight. 19:52 I want you to hold what you have and hang with me. 19:55 Get you out early, but I need you to hang with me because 19:58 tonight somebody wants to get in the boat. 20:02 We're going to the screen. 20:04 The Word of God says, Sanctify them through 20:07 thy what? 20:08 Truth. 20:10 Thy Word is what, everybody? 20:11 Aud.: Truth. 20:12 PB: God's truth is most important because God's truth 20:15 will set you, what, everybody? 20:17 Aud.: Free. 20:18 PB: If God said it, then what? 20:20 Aud.: That settles it. 20:21 PB: We say this every night. 20:22 Every night. 20:23 Every night. 20:24 God said it, that settles it. 20:30 Go ye therefore and do what, everybody? 20:32 Aud.: Teach. 20:33 PB: Teach all what? 20:34 Aud.: Saints. 20:35 PB: Baptizing them in the name of the what? 20:37 Aud.: Father. 20:38 PB: And of the what? 20:39 Aud.: Son. 20:40 PB: And of the Holy Ghost. 20:41 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have 20:43 commanded you. 20:44 And lo, I am with you, what? 20:45 Aud.: Always. 20:46 PB: Always. 20:47 Even unto the end of the world. 20:49 First thing, in order for one to be baptized one must first 20:56 be what? 20:57 Aud.: Taught. 20:58 PB: Number two, he that believeth and is baptized 21:04 shall be what, everybody? 21:05 Aud.: Saved. 21:06 PB: But he that believeth not shall be what? 21:08 Aud.: Damned. 21:09 PB: Step number two, after one is taught, one must 21:14 believe. 21:17 Number three, Then Peter said unto them, repent and be 21:21 baptized, every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ 21:26 for the remission of sins and ye shall receive the gift 21:31 of the Holy Ghost. 21:32 After one is taught, after one believes, one must repent 21:40 and be baptized. 21:44 Baptism commemorates the death, the burial 21:46 and the resurrection of Jesus Christ because 21:48 baptism is an outward symbol of an inward cleansing. 21:51 When an individual is baptized, when they 21:53 are baptized, they are united with Jesus Christ. 21:55 Therefore if any man be in Christ he is a new what, 21:57 everybody? 21:58 Aud.: Creature. 21:59 PB: Old things are passed away, all things become what? 22:03 Aud.: New. 22:04 PB: We discussed rebaptism, which is proper and necessary 22:08 when one receives new life and truth from the Word 22:10 of God. 22:11 If you were baptized before, you studied the Word of God 22:13 and you read the Word of God, and you studied up to one 22:16 point, but God now has allowed you to learn new truths. 22:21 New light from His Word, and now you must act on that. 22:24 Acts 19 teaches that, Acts 19 tells us that. 22:28 Some of you were baptized before. 22:30 You've been coming out to this revival, 22:33 this is a revival like none other. 22:35 Like none other. 22:36 I know you've been taught, because some of you have told 22:39 me you've learned in these two weeks more than you've learned 22:41 from the Bible in your entire life. 22:43 You've been taught. 22:45 I knew you believed, because if you did not believe, 22:47 you would have stopped coming by now. 22:49 You've got to repent and be baptized. 22:53 Rebaptism is necessary and proper when new light 22:58 shall have been received. 23:01 And so, But as the days of Noah were, so also shall 23:04 the coming of the Son of man be. 23:06 For as in the days before the flood, they were eating 23:08 and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage 23:10 until the day Noah entered into the ark 23:12 and knew not until the flood came and took them 23:14 all away. 23:15 So also shall the coming of the Son of man be. 23:17 As the ark in the water symbolized safety in Noah's 23:19 day, a person in the waters of baptism symbolizes safety 23:21 in Jesus Christ today. 23:24 You were safe in Noah's day, getting in the ark, you're 23:26 safe today getting into the waters of baptism. 23:29 When a person refuses baptism, whose counsel 23:31 are they rejecting? 23:32 The Word of God says the counsel of God. 23:34 It says, But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected 23:36 the counsel of God against themselves, being 23:38 not baptized of Him. 23:39 When you think you're rejecting baptism, you're not 23:42 rejecting Pastor Byrd. 23:43 You're rejecting the Spirit of God that's speaking 23:49 to you. 23:50 So therefore to him that 23:54 knoweth to do good but doeth it not, to him is sin. It's sin. 24:03 For if we sin willfully after that we have received 24:05 the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more 24:07 sacrifice for sins. 24:09 If you know what's right and you refuse to do what's 24:12 right, there's no more sacrifice for sin. 24:14 The Word of God continues and says, For it would have been 24:17 better for them not to have known the way of righteousness 24:19 than having known of it, to turn from the holy 24:22 commandment delivered to them. 24:24 It would have been better for you not to know than for you 24:30 to know, because if you know and you do know, you're going 24:33 to be held accountable for what you know. 24:35 [Aud. reaction] PB: So what's more 24:39 important tonight, obeying God or to obey man? 24:46 The Apostle Peter answered and said, We ought to obey 24:49 God rather than men. 24:50 So who are you going to follow? 24:57 God? 25:00 Or man? 25:01 You can be a nice man, you can be a nice woman, you can 25:07 be a nice person but who are you going to follow? 25:11 God or man? 25:12 Well, I went to church, I did this, and the Bible 25:14 says in Matthew chapter 7, In that day people are going 25:17 to say, Lord, Lord, have we not done this 25:19 in Your name? 25:20 Have we not done that in Your name? 25:22 God's going to say, But did you do my will? 25:24 If you didn't, depart from me ye that work in iniquity. 25:30 So tonight, why tarryeth thou? 25:36 Arise, be baptized, call upon the name of the Lord. 25:47 PB: Thank you very much for tuning in and watching 25:50 Breath of Life today. 25:51 We do hope that you were blessed by our ministry 25:54 and that we gave a healing word in a hurting world. 25:59 In order for Breath of Life to continue in ministry, 26:01 we need you. 26:03 We need your prayers, we need your support. 26:05 We want you to know that any and all donations, small 26:08 or great, they are sincerely welcomed and appreciated. 26:12 To contact us or to make your donations, please feel free 26:16 to give us a call at 877-BOL-OFFER. 26:20 That's 877-BOL-OFFER. 26:27 Or, you may write to us at Breath of Life, P.O. 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