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Today Dr. Byrd speaks on the
topic Baptism." And now, here he
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is, speaker/director of Breath
of Life Ministries, Dr. Carlton
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Byrd. Our world is confused. Our
world is even confused about
baptism. There are many
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different forms of baptism in
our world. There is baptism by
immersion; there is baptism by
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sprinkling; there is baptism
with being anointed simply with
oil; there is baptism when one
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says just the Holy Ghost in the
light. There is baptism by
infusion, which is having water
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poured on you. There is then
baptism, some folk even call it
the dry cleaning method. But
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tonight, what does the Bible
say. Because if it ain't in the
Word, it doesn't deserve to be
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heard. What does the Word of God
have to say about this subject?
Paul said in Ephesians 4 verse
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number 5 that there is one Lord,
one faith, and one type or form
of baptism. Baptism comes from
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the Greek root word baptizo,
meaning to dip, to submerge, to
immerse, which makes then,
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baptism by immersion, the only
biblical recognizable form.
Therefore, any other form,
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sprinkling, infusion, or just
the Holy Ghost in the light, is
not condoned in the Bible.
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Understand that Jesus is our
example in everything. Are you
hearing what I'm saying? [Aud.
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reaction] PB: And whatever we do
in this Christian walk, Jesus is
our example Now, Jesus was
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baptized, but let's be clear
tonight: Jesus did not need
baptism. Jesus was without sin,
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but Jesus got baptized as an
example to us. Jesus was
baptized by immersion. There was
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no dry cleaning method. There
was no just being anointed with
oil. There was just no Holy
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Spirit in the light, because
after all, Jesus said, Except a
man be born of the water and be
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born of the Spirit, he cannot
inherit the kingdom of God. So,
Jesus, our example, was baptized
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by immersion. Can you say amen?
Aud.: Amen. PB: Now, let's read
about that. Take your Bibles and
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go with me to the book of Mark.
What book did I say, everybody?
Aud.: Mark. PB: And we're going
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to Mark chapter 1, and we're
going to verse number 9. Mark
chapter 1, verse number 9. The
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Word of God says to us in Mark
chapter 1, verse number 9. If
you have it, let me hear you say
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amen. The Word of God says in
Mark chapter 9, I'm reading,
"And it came to pass in those
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days that Jesus came from
Nazareth of Galilee and was
baptized of John in the Jordan.
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And, straightway coming up out
of the water." I'm going to read
that again, "straightway, coming
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up out of the" what, everybody?
Aud.: Water. PB: "He saw the
heavens" what? "Opened, and the
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Spirit like a dove descending
upon him: and there came a voice
from heaven, saying, Thou art my
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beloved Son, in whom I am well"
what, everybody: Aud.: Pleased.
PB: Now, if this were baptism by
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infusion, Jesus would not have
come up out of the water. If
this were baptism by sprinkling,
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Jesus would not have come up out
of the water. If this were
baptism by a dry cleaning
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method, Jesus would not have
come up out of the water. The
reality is, this was baptism by
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immersion. Jesus had to go under
the water and come up out of the
water to be clean. Do I have a
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witness in this place? [Aud.
reaction] PB: Understand,
friends of mine, I love this
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text because the Father, the Son
and the Holy Ghost are all
involved in what's going on
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here. What do I mean? Jesus the
Son is the baptized. The Father
says, This is my beloved Son, in
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whom I am well pleased. And then
the Holy Ghost descends on Jesus
in the form of a dove, which
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means the Father, the Son and
the Holy Ghost are all working
to bring about our salvation.
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Jesus was baptized by immersion.
John, in John chapter 3, was
baptized at Aenon because there
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was much water there. After
Jesus' death, Philip, the
treasurer of Ethiopia, he was
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baptized the same way Jesus was
baptized, by immersion. Philip
baptized the Ethiopian by
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immersion. He was not sprinkled
with water, he did not have
water or oil poured on him, it
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was not a dry cleaning method,
but all of these individuals,
Jesus, John and the Ethiopian,
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were baptized by immersion. It's
important for us to get that,
because a lot of confusion today
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says that one is baptized when
they're sprinkled on. The story
is told of a minister, he was
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giving a sermon on baptism and
in the course of his sermon, he
erroneously was illustrating the
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fact that baptism should take
place by sprinkling and not by
immersion. This preacher was
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strong and wrong. You ever met
any folk like that? They are
wrong but they're so strong with
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it, they think they're right.
Are you hearing what I'm saying?
To prove his wrong point, the
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preacher began to incorrectly
point out some instances in the
Bible. He said that when John
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the Baptist baptized Jesus in
the Jordan River, it didn't mean
in the river, but he said, the
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preacher did, it means close to,
round about or nearby the river.
The preacher then said that when
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Philip baptized the Ethiopian
eunuch in the river, the
preacher said it didn't mean in
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the river, but it meant close to
the river, around about the
river, or nearby the river.
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After the man's sermon and after
the service, a man came up to
the minister and told him,
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"Preacher, that was the greatest
sermon I ever heard." He said,
"That is the best sermon I have
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heard on baptism or anything
else, and your sermon cleared up
many great mysteries I had
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regarding the Bible." The man
said, "For instance, the story
of Jonah getting swallowed by
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the whale has always bothered
me. Now, after your sermon, I
know that Jonah wasn't really in
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the whale, but he was close to
the whale, round about the whale
or nearby the whale." He said,
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"Then the story of the three
Hebrew boys who were thrown into
the fiery furnace, I understand
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now they were not burned. But I
see why they weren't in the
fire, they were just close to
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the fire, round the fire or
nearby the fire, just keeping
warm." He said, "But the hardest
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of all the stories for me to
believe has always been the
story of Daniel being thrown in
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the lions' den. But now I see,
Daniel wasn't thrown in the
lions' den, but Daniel was close
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to the den, round the den,
nearby the den, like a zoo." And
the man said, "The revealing of
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these mysteries has been a real
comfort to me because I'm a
wicked man. I'm a treacherous
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man." He said, "I'm an evil man.
But now I am gratified to know
that I won't be in hell, but
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I'll be close to hell, around
hell, or nearby hell, and next
week I won't be in church, I'll
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just be close to church, around
church, I'll be nearby church.
Thank you, because you put my
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mind at ease." That's why I
believe Jesus said in Matthew
23:15, "Woe unto you, scribes
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and Pharisees, hypocrites! for
ye compass sea and land to make
one proselyte, and when he is
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made, ye make him twofold more
the child of hell than
yourselves." Some people are
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wrong and strong. That's why
you've got to know the Word of
God for yourself. You've got to
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know the Word of God for
yourself and not what anybody
else tells you. "Thy word have I
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hid in my heart that I might not
sin against thee." Do I have a
witness in this place? [Aud.
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reaction] PB: The Bible teaches
baptism not by sprinkling, not
by infusion, not by a dry
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cleaning method, not nearby or
around the water, but the Bible
teaches baptism in the water by
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immersion. The true biblical
form of baptism, which is
baptism by immersion, is
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important because the method of
baptism makes a difference
because of the symbolism
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involved. What is the symbolism
involved? Take your Bibles and
go to the book of Romans. What
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book did I say, everybody? Aud.:
Romans. PB: And go to Romans
chapter 6. Romans chapter 6
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tells us the symbolism involved.
Now, we've talked a lot about
the Sabbath and the change of
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the Sabbath. And we've talked
about the fact that a lot of
people believe that one should
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worship on the first day of the
week, because Jesus rose on the
first day of the week. But the
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Bible is very clear that we are
to remember the what day? Aud.:
Sabbath. PB: Sabbath day to keep
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it what, everybody? Aud.: Holy.
PB: So therefore we understand,
and we're going to read from
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Scripture, that worshiping on
the first day of the week does
not commemorate Jesus' life,
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death, burial and resurrection.
But we're going to read from
Romans chapter 6. Romans chapter
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what, everybody? Aud.: Six. PB:
And we're going to find out what
commemorates Jesus' death,
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burial and resurrection. Romans
chapter 6, verse number 1. If
you have it, let me hear you say
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amen. The Word of God says "What
shall we say then? Shall we
continue in sin, that grace may
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abound? God," what, everybody?
Aud.: Forbid. PB: "How shall we,
that are dead to sin, live any
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longer therein? Know ye not,
that so many of us as were
baptized into Jesus Christ were
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baptized into his" what? Aud.:
Death. PB: Into his what? Aud.:
Death. PB: "Therefore we are
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buried with him by baptism into"
what? Aud.: Death. "That like as
Christ was raised up from the
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dead by the glory of the Father,
even so we also should walk in
newness of" what, everybody?
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Aud.: Life. PB: "For if we have
been planted together in the
likeness of his death, we shall
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be also in the likeness of his
resurrection: Knowing this, that
our old man is: what? Aud.:
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Crucified. PB: Come on, our old
man is what? Aud.: Crucified.
PB: It is crucified "with him,
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that the body of sin might be
destroyed, that henceforth we
should not serve" what? Aud.:
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Sin. PB: You see, baptism is
merely a symbol for what is
taking place in the person's
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spiritual experience. It's a
symbol. It's a what, everybody?
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Aud.: Symbol. PB: It's a symbol.
It is a symbol, because when you
go under the water, hallelujah,
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based on this text, your sins
die. But not only are your sins
dead, your sins are buried.
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And then when you come up out of
the water, symbolically you are
now resurrected into a
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new life in Jesus Christ. Your
sins are dead, your sins are
buried, but you are resurrected
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as a new man. You are
resurrected as a new woman.
Baptism symbolizes an
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about-face, a U-turn, a new
direction, a new course, a
deliberate turning away from
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your former life. It means no
more I, but the You, Christ,
that lives inside of me. It
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means submission. It means to
have a new boss. It means
surrender. It means you're
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turning your life over to Jesus,
you're letting God rule your
life, you're saying God, You're
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in control. You're the landlord,
I'm the tenant. You're the
creator, I'm creation. You're
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the shepherd, I'm the sheep.
You're in submission to God's
way, His will and His word. I'll
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say yes, Lord, yes. [Aud.
reaction] PB: To Your will and
to Your way. I'll say yes, Lord,
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yes. I will trust you and obey.
Your Spirit speaks to me, in my
whole heart I'll agree.
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And the answer will be yes, Lord
yes. We know that water is for
washing, and although
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we don't like to talk about it
much in church, let's tell the
truth and shame the devil.
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Whether you like it or not, all
of us up in here are sinners.
All of us in this place are
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sinners. Everybody in this
sanctuary, everybody watching
right now is an ex-something.
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Everybody needs cleansing.
Everybody needs washing. Quit
pointing your finger
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at somebody else, 'cause three
fingers are pointing right back
at you. Nobody lives
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in a glass house. All of us
need cleansing from the blood of
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Jesus Christ. We get baptized
because we want our sins washed
away. Baptism is an outward
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symbol of inward cleansing that
washes away sin and assists in
bringing new life. Baptism is
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about a change, it means that
we're letting God know He is
number one from head to toe.
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I wish you knew what I was
talking about. [Aud. reaction]
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PB: I realize, I was reading one
day a little story, and a little
boy asked the preacher.
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He said, Preacher, when can I
get advertised? When can I get
advertised? The preacher said,
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you mean baptized. He said, yes,
baptized, advertised, when can I
get advertised? The young
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man made the right point. He
couldn't say "baptized." He
could only say "advertised."
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But baptism, he was right, is
advertising that you're a child
of God. Baptism is advertising
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that you're a follower of God.
Baptism is saying, Lord, not my
will but Thy will be done.
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Baptism is saying, I'm
advertisement for Your kingdom,
O God. And God doesn't need bad
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advertisement. Are you hearing
what I'm saying? But not only is
baptism that, baptism not only
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cleanses us, but baptism is a
gift. It's not something we do
ourselves, like we're born. But
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baptism is a gift, because none
of us asked to be born; we were
just born. Are you hearing what
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I'm saying? Baptism is a gift.
Baptism is a gift from God to
us. Baptism is a new birth into
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a new body, a new community.
God's church. Baptism is a new
birth into a royal priesthood, a
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new birth into Jesus Christ. A
new birth where you say I'm not
the man I used to be. A new
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birth where you say I'm not the
woman that I used to be. A new
birth where you're saying I'm
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not going where I used to go. A
new birth, I'm not hanging out
with the same folk I used to
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hang out with. A new birth where
every day with Jesus becomes
sweeter than the day before. A
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new birth where you say Jesus is
the sweetest name I know. A new
birth, if any man be in Christ
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he's a new creature. Old things
are passed away, all things
become new. It is a new birth!
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[Aud. reaction] PB: Now, what
must happen before we're
baptized? I want to be clean. I
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accept this gift, and I want to
be baptized right, the right
form. But what do I have to do
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before that takes place? Take
your Bibles and go with me to
the book of Matthew. What book
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did I say, everybody? Aud.:
Matthew. PB: Go to Matthew, and
go to Matthew 28. One of the
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steps. Matthew, chapter 28, And
the Word of God says in Matthew
28, and we're going to verse
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number 18. Matthew 28 and verse
number 18. If you have it, let
me hear you say amen. Aud.:
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Amen. PB: The Word says, "And
Jesus came and spake unto them,
saying, All power is given
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unto me in heaven and in earth.
Go ye therefore, and teach all
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nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
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Teaching them to observe all
things whatsoever I have
commanded you: and, lo, I am
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with you always, even unto the
end of the world." Understand
that in order for one to be
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baptized, one must first be
taught. If you're going to want
cleansing, if you're going to
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want a transformation, you have
to first be taught about that
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transformation. Are you hearing
what I'm saying? You must first
be taught. Go ye therefore and
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teach." Go ye therefore and
do what, everybody? Aud.: Teach.
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PB: But not only must you be
taught, number two you've got to
believe. You've got to
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do what, everybody? Aud.:
Believe. PB: Go to Mark chapter
16, and we're going to
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verse number 16. The Word of
God says in Mark chapter 16 and
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verse number 16, "He that
believeth and baptized shall be
saved." Shall be what,
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everybody? Aud.: Saved. PB: He
that believeth and is baptized
shall be saved. But the
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Bible says, He that believeth
not shall be damned. He that
believeth and is baptized
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shall be saved. He that
believeth not, the Bible says,
Jesus Himself speaking,
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shall be damned. Step number
two, you've got to believe what
you've been taught.
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You've got to believe what the
Word of God says. If you're
going to be baptized,
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you must be taught and then
number two you must believe. You
must do what, everybody?
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Aud.: Believe. PB: Then number
three, Acts chapter 2 verse
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number 38. Acts chapter 2 and
verse number 38. Step number
three. Acts chapter 2 verse
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number 38, the Word of God says,
"Then Peter said unto them,
Repent and be baptized every one
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of you in the name of Jesus
Christ for the remission of
sins, and ye shall receive the
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gift of the Holy Ghost." Repent
and be baptized. Step number
one, you must be taught.
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Step number two, you must
believe. Step number three, you
must repent. You must say,
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I want a new life in Christ.
It's more than just knowing
about it, it's more than just
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reading about it, but you've got
to do it. I've been taught, I
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believe, I repent, and now I
must be baptized. Let me say it
one more time just in case you
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didn't get that. I've been
taught, I believe, I repent, and
then I must be baptized. I said,
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I've been taught, I believe, I
repent, and then I must be
baptized. Don't let Satan even
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deceive you on baptism. Surely
if he'll deceive you on the
Second Coming, if he'll
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deceive you on the millennium,
if he will deceive you on the
state of the dead, if
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he will deceive you on the
Sabbath, he will surely deceive
you even on baptism,
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making you think sprinkling is
okay. It's not okay, it's not in
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the Word of God. Making you
think infusion is okay. It's not
okay, it's not in the Word of
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God. Baptism is cleaning,
baptism is a new start in Jesus
Christ. Baptism is baptism
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by immersion, but in order for
me to do it I must be taught, I
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must believe, and then I must
repent. But here's another
deception of Satan, because one
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must be taught, one must
believe, and then one must
repent, should infants
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be baptized? You see, the Bible
says, "Therefore to him," in
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James 4:17, "that knoweth to do
good and doeth it not, to him it
is in." But the devil will
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have us twist it so much that
even in a good thing that God
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has instituted, that he will
make it a horrific thing.
Infants should not be baptized.
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Infants should not be sprinkled
on, because you must be taught,
you must believe and
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you must repent. Sin is not
counted against a child until
that child is old enough
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to understand and be
accountable. You can read the
Bible from cover to cover and
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nowhere in the Scriptures will
you find any Bible support for
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infant baptism. It may be cute,
it may be nice or seem nice, but
nowhere in Scripture is it
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found. If it ain't in the Word,
it doesn't deserve to be heard.
I don't care if it is cute,
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the fruit looked good to Adam
and Eve. But everything that
looks good to you is not
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good for you. It's not in the
Word of God. A baby, an infant,
cannot be accountable.
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All they know is, where is the
milk. Are you hearing what I'm
saying? But a child who
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does understand right from wrong
can be held accountable and
should be baptized.
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I hear people all the time,
"He's not ready. She's not
ready." How are you going to
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tell another sinner, and you a
sinner yourself, that they're
not ready for the baptism
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of the Holy Ghost and the
baptism of water? Understand
tonight, we hold some of our
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young people back when they have
been convicted to be baptized of
God, because they've been
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taught, they believe and they
repent, and we hold them back.
And then when they get older,
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we can't understand why they
don't want to have anything to
do with God's church.
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If one can be taught, if one can
believe, if one can repent, one
surely can be baptized.
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Surely can be baptized. If these
young people can learn some of
these songs they sing,
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some of the stuff they know far
more than any of us know. I look
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at my own 14-month-old daughter.
She knows how to take that
i-phone and punch and push and
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go and take pictures of herself.
I looked at my i-phone tonight,
pictures all of her.
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[Aud. reaction] PB: Now, I'm not
suggesting my baby 14-month-old
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girl should be baptized. That's
not what I'm saying. The point
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I'm making is, if they will be
taught, believe and repent,
don't you hold them back.
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But you see, the devil's clever.
The devil is sneaky. The devil
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is deceptive. The devil knows
the Bible better than you. The
devil can quote Scripture better
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than you. The devil knows about
the Second Coming; the devil
knows about the millennium; the
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devil knows about the state of
the dead; the devil knows about
the Sabbath; the devil knows
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about baptism; and the right
form of baptism. But the devil
will deceive you on anything;
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he doesn't care how he does it,
he's just the father of lies and
he wants to deceive you.
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But in the name of Jesus, be not
deceived. God is not mocked.
Whatsoever man soweth,
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that shall he also reap. If the
Lord said it, you can count on
it, He will do just
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what He says. Give me the Bible,
the B-I-B-L-E. Yes, that's the
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book for me. I stand alone on
the Word of God, the B-I-B-L-E.
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So then the question is asked,
because Satan tries to deceive
us on this as well.
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Is re-baptism ever proper? What
if I've been baptized before, is
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it wrong to get baptized again?
Is re-baptism ever proper? Let's
go to the Word of God.
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Know what you believe, know why
you believe it, know where it's
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found. Why do people get
re-baptized? Is it proper,
biblically? Go with me to the
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book of Acts. We're there
already, go to chapter 19. Acts
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chapter 19, and we're going to
verse number 1. Acts chapter 19,
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and we're going to verse number
1. The Word of God says to us
tonight in Acts 19 verse 1,
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"It came to pass, that, while
Apollos was at Corinth, Paul
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having passed through the upper
coasts came to Ephesus: and
finding certain disciples."
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Verse 2, looking at Acts 19, "He
said unto them, Have ye received
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the Holy Ghost since ye
believed? And they said unto
him, We have not so
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much as heard whether there be
any Holy" what, everybody? Aud.:
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Ghost. PB: "And he said unto
them, Unto what then were ye
baptized? And they said,
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Unto John's baptism. Then said
Paul, John verily baptized with
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the baptism of repentance,
saying unto the people, that
they should believe on him which
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should come after him, that is,
on Christ Jesus." The Bible says
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in verse 5, that "When they
heard this, they were baptized
in the name of the Lord Jesus."
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That means they were baptized
again. That means they were
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re-baptized. That means then,
re-baptism in some cases is
proper and many people will
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be stronger if re-baptized.
Well, what are the conditions
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for re-baptism? Number one, when
an individual has strayed from
the Lord, and they want to
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come back to God, re-baptism is
necessary. Re-baptism is proper.
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Number two, when an individual
wants to renew their commitment
with God and get stronger in
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God, then re-baptism is proper.
But also number three, when
additional light and truth
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are discovered in the Word of
God that make a significant
change in one's life,
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then re-baptism is necessary.
The Bible says that these people
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were baptized initially unto
John's baptism. They were
baptized unto what they knew.
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But the Bible says they had to
come on up a little higher, that
there was going to be
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One who would come after
John the Baptist, that would be
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greater than John. Are you
hearing what I'm saying? That
One that would come after John
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would be Jesus Christ, the Son
of the living God. Behold the
Lamb of God which taketh
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away the sins of the world. They
were baptized formerly unto what
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they knew, but now it was
necessary for them to be
baptized unto what they now
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knew. And they knew about Jesus,
the Son of God. Some of us have
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been coming night after night to
hear the Word of God. We have
followed God unto what we knew,
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but God is taking us higher. God
is taking us higher, I said. You
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now understand the Second Coming
of Jesus Christ, that one day
Jesus is coming back soon.
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We don't know when He's coming,
but know He's coming soon. The
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Bible says there will be wars
and rumors of wars. The Bible
says there will be earthquakes
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in different places. The Bible
says that when Jesus comes back
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the dead in Christ are going
rise what, everybody? Aud.:
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First. PB: Then the righteous
living are going to be caught up
to meet the Lord in the what?
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Aud.: Air. PB: Then we recognize
the wicked living will die at
the brightness of His what?
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Aud.: Coming. PB: And the wicked
dead will remain what? Aud.:
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Dead. PB: For how many years?
Aud.: 1,000. PB: During the
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1,000 years, the righteous will
be in where? Aud.: In heaven.
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PB: The wicked will be
what? Dead, here on this earth.
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Satan will no longer be able to
deceive, because the righteous
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will be in where? Aud.: Heaven.
PB: And the wicked will be what?
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Aud.: Dead. PB: But at the end
of the 1,000 years the Bible
says the wicked are going
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to be resurrected. Satan doesn't
resurrect them but Jesus does,
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because Satan does not have
resurrection power. Jesus says,
"I am the resurrection and the
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life. I have come that you might
have life, and you might have it
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more abundantly." The wicked
will be resurrected, they will
seek to surround the New
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