PUTTING ON CHRIST.
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AND YOU KNOW WHAT WE
DO EVERY TIME BEFORE WE
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OPEN THE WORD TO PREACH.
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WE ASK YOU TO PRAY WITH US.
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WOULD YOU DO THAT ?
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FATHER IN HEAVEN, I GIVE
YOU MYSELF OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
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AND I GIVE YOU ME NOW.
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I'M NOT MUCH MORE
THAN A LITTLE BOY'S LUNCH.
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BUT OH WHAT JESUS
DOES WITH LUNCHES.
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SO TAKE WHAT LITTLE I BRING
AND MULTIPLY IT BY YOUR POWER.
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AND I PRAY THAT AFTER WE
HAVE HEARD WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY
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TONIGHT, WE'LL TAKE BASKETS
FULL HOME, BECAUSE WE ENJOY
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EXPERIENCING THE POWER OF JESUS.
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LET IT BE SO TONIGHT
IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
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LET'S START AT THE BEGINNING.
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THAT'S A GOOD PLACE TO START.
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IN JOHN, CHAPTER 3:
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WITHOUT BEING BORN OF WATER
AND OF THE SPIRIT, YOU CAN'T
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ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
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BEING BORN OF
WATER IS VERY SIMPLE.
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IT'S A REFERENCE TO BAPTISM.
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AND TONIGHT IT'S MY JOY TO
TALK ABOUT THE POWER OF BAPTISM.
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THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE MADE IT SO TRITE.
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WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, I
LIVED IN A CITY WHERE SOME
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STRANGE THINGS HAPPENED
UNDER THE BANNER OF BAPTISM.
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MY BROTHER AND I
WERE AT A PUBLIC PARK.
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WE SAW A FIRE ENGINE.
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THEY PULLED OUT THE HOSES.
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THEY BEGAN TO
SPRAY CROWDS OF PEOPLE.
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OUR PARENTS HAD
TAUGHT US ABOUT JESUS.
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WE WANTED TO DO EVERYTHING
JESUS SAID, BUT SOMETHING ABOUT
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THAT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO US.
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SO, WE BACKED AWAY FROM
THE HOSES, AND WE WATCHED FROM
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A DISTANCE, AND LATER
DISCOVERED THAT SOMEBODY
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HAD CALLED THAT BAPTISM.
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I THINK IF YOU KEEP
BRINGING IT DOWN, YOU
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TAKE THE POWER OUT OF IT.
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SO, TONIGHT, WOULD YOU
PRAY WITH ME THAT GOD WOULD SHOW
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US WHERE THE POWER IS AGAIN.
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BECAUSE BAPTISM IS
NOTHING TO TOY WITH.
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IT IS A POWERFUL SYMBOL.
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AND I THANK GOD FOR
ALLOWING IT TO BE PART OF
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OUR CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE.
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FIRST PETER, CHAPTER 3,
AND VERSE 21 IS WHERE I'D
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LIKE TO TAKE YOU FIRST.
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FIRST PETER,
CHAPTER 3 AND VERSE 21.
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NOW, THIS IS AN AMAZING TEXT
BECAUSE IT HAS BRACKETS IN IT.
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IT HAS SOMETHING IN PARENTHESES.
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AND WHAT I WANT TO
ASK YOU TO DO IS THIS.
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LET'S TRY TO
DISCIPLINE OURSELVES, AND I'M
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TALKING TO ME, TOO.
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I'M GOING TO TRY TO DISCIPLINE
MYSELF TO READ THE TEX
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WITHOUT THE PARENTHESES.
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OKAY ?
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LET'S SEE WHAT IT
SAYS WITHOUT THAT.
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NOW, I JUST READ THE TEXT,
TOOK OUT EVERYTHING THAT WAS
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IN THE PARENTHESES, BECAUSE
IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THE
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BAPTISM SYMBOL IS ONLY POWERFUL
BECAUSE IT CONNECTS WITH THE
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RESURRECTION OF JESUS.
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AND THERE'S POWER
IN JESUS' RESURRECTION.
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THERE ARE PEOPLE AROUND
THE WORLD TONIGHT WHO WORSHIP
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FIGURES WHO ARE DEAD.
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THEY LIVED AND THEY DIED.
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BUT THERE IS NO TOMB FOR
CHRIST THAT HAS ANYBODY IN IT.
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YOU CAN FIND TOMBS
OF POWERFUL FIGURES.
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I HAVE BEEN TO THE HOLY LAND.
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I'VE SEEN THE SEVERAL PLACES
THAT POSSIBLY COULD BE THE
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PLACE WHERE JESUS WAS BURIED.
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BUT ALL OF THEM HAVE ONE
THING IN COMMON, THEY'RE EMPTY.
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WE SERVE A RISEN SAVIOR.
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AND HE'S NOT DEAD ANYMORE.
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HE WAS ACTUALLY DEAD.
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THERE WAS NO
TELEVISED SITUATION.
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IT WAS NOT MADE UP.
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JESUS DIED, BUT HE ROSE AGAIN.
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AND THERE IS POWER
IN THAT RESURRECTION.
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OH, I'LL GET YOU
TO A TEXT IN A MINUTE.
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BUT LET'S GET TO WHAT
WAS IN THE PARENTHESES.
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AND HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS.
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IT SAYS:
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BAPTISM DOES NOT WASH
YOU CLEAN IN ACTUALITY.
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IT'S A SYMBOL OF CLEANSING.
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IN FACT, IF YOU WENT BACK TO THE
VERSES AHEAD OF THIS, YOU WOULD
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DISCOVER THAT THE REFERENCE
IS TO NOAH AND THE SALVATION
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OF EIGHT PEOPLE ON THE ARK.
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SO THIS TEXT SAYS THAT JUST
LIKE WATER SAVED EIGHT, WHILE
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WATER BROUGHT AN END TO THE
LIFE OF THE UNBELIEVERS, THERE
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WERE EIGHT WHO BELIEVED.
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AND THOSE EIGHT WHO
BELIEVED WERE SAVED BY WATER.
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SO THE TEXT SAYS IT'S
KIND OF LIKE THAT THE WAY THAT
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WATER SAVED THEM, WATER
SAVED THOSE WHO WERE BAPTIZED.
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BUT EVEN THE ARK THAT FLOATED
ON WATER DID NOT FLOAT BECAUSE
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OF THE POWER IN THE WATER,
IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE POWER
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OF JESUS THAT SAVED
EVEN NOAH AND HIS FAMILY.
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NOAH FOUND GREAT IN
THE EYES OF THE LORD.
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SO WE MUST UNDERSTAND, DON'T
LET ANYBODY THING, IN FACT,
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WE'VE GOT SOME PROBLEMS NOW.
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THERE ARE CHALLENGES BECAUSE
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE
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THAT IF YOU GET
BAPTIZED YOU'RE CHANGED.
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I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT
WHOLE REFERENCE THING ON THE DRY
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DEVIL/WET DEVIL THING.
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BUT IF THE ONLY THING YOU
DO IS TO GET IN SOME WATER, NO
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MATTER HOW GREAT THE PREACHER,
IF ALL YOU DID WAS SUBMIT
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YOURSELF TO BE IN WATER,
IF NOTHING HAS CHANGED INSIDE,
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THEN THERE'S SOMETHING
FLAWED ABOUT YOUR BAPTISM.
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THE TEXT SAYS IT'S NOT THE
WASHING AWAY OF THE FILTH OF
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THE FLESH, IT'S THE ANSWER,
IN FACT, THE TRANSLATORS SAY
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IT'S THE ANSWER OF A
CLEAR CONSCIENCE TOWARD GOD.
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ONCE JESUS HAS CHANGED
ME, THEN I AM IN A HURRY TO
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LET THE WORLD KNOW THAT
I AM UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT.
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JESUS IS IN CHARGE OF MY LIFE.
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SO, WHEN YOU FIND PEOPLE IN THE
BIBLE GETTING BAPTIZED, THEY ARE
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USUALLY IN A HURRY TO DO IT.
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IF ANYONE EVER COMES
TO ME AND SAYS, WELL, I
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DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT SURE.
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THEY'RE NOT READY.
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BECAUSE WHEN THEY GET
READY, OH, YOU OUGHT TO SEE IT.
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THERE WAS A LADY IN A CITY
THAT I SHALL NEVER MENTION,
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BUT THIS LADY WAS WONDERFUL.
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SHE WAS ABOUT TO BE BAPTIZED.
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SHE CAME TO MY OFFICE.
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SHE SAID, PASTOR, THERE'S
SOMETHING I WANT TO ASK YOU.
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I WANT TO KNOW, CAN I
INVITE PEOPLE TO MY BAPTISM ?
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I SAID, OH YEAH, SURE.
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SHE SAID, COULD I
SEND THEM INVITATIONS ?
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YEAH.
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SHE SAID COULD I SEND
THEM ENGRAVED INVITATIONS ?
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I SAID, YEAH.
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WE'VE NEVER HAD IT
HAPPEN BEFORE, BUT.
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SHE SAID, COULD I
SEND OUT A LOT OF THEM ?
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YEAH, I GUESS.
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WHEN THAT LADY GOT BAPTIZED,
ALL THE PEOPLE WITH THE
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ENGRAVED INVITATIONS SHOWED UP.
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AND WHEN SHE CAME AFTER BAPTISM,
THERE WAS A RESOUNDING AMEN
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THROUGH THE CONGREGATION.
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SOME FOLKS GOT A LITTLE JEALOUS.
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I GUESS BECAUSE
NOBODY CAME TO THEIR BAPTISM.
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BUT WHEN YOU ARE
CHANGED BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY
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SPIRIT, WHEN JESUS DWELLS IN
YOUR LIFE, YOU DO NOT HESITATE.
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IN FACT, YOU WANT
QUICKLY TO BE BAPTIZED.
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BECAUSE IT
REFERENCES THE RESURRECTION.
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FIRST CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 15.
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LET'S GO OVER THERE AND
THERE MIGHT BE AN EXPERIENCE
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THE POWER MOMENT
HIDING SOMEWHERE OVER THERE.
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FIRST CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER
15, AND WE WANT VERSE 14.
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FIRST CORINTHIANS,
CHAPTER 15, AND VERSE 14.
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AND HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS:
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IF JESUS IS STILL DEAD,
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS
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WHEN A PREACHER HAS
TO HAVE GREAT DISCIPLINE.
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EVERY FIBER OF MY
BODY IS IN MOTION NOW.
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IF JESUS IS STILL DEAD, I
NEED TO SHUT UP MY MOUTH AND
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NEVER PREACH ANOTHER SERMON.
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IF JESUS IS DEAD, NOBODY
OUGHT EVER GET BAPTIZED AGAIN.
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IF JESUS IS DEAD, WE
OUGHT TO EXCUSE EVERYONE AND LET
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THIS SERVICE BE CLOSED.
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BUT JESUS IS NOT DEAD.
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I SERVE A RISEN SAVIOR.
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CAN YOU FEEL THAT POWER ?
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DO YOU KNOW THAT JESUS'
POWER IS SO WELL KNOWN AND
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WELL ADVERTISED
BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE PEOPLE
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COMING BACK FROM THE DEAD.
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NOT MUCH.
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AND GUESS WHAT ?
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EVERYBODY WHO EVER DID, CAME
FORTH IN THE POWER OF JESUS.
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BECAUSE HIS RESURRECTION IS THE
CORNERSTONE OF WHAT WE BELIEVE.
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IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN
THAT, YOU CAN'T GO TO POINT TWO.
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BECAUSE POINT ONE IS THE
RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST.
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AND BAPTISM IS
CONNECTED TO THE POWER OF JESUS.
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LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING.
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JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN'T GET
YOUR EXPERIENCE THE POWER MOMENT
00:12:05.00\00:12:08.43
THERE, GO TO ROMANS, CHAPTER
6, AND JUST LOOK AT VERSE 3.
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WE'VE READ ALL AROUND IT.
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LET'S READ JUST THIS.
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ROMANS, CHAPTER 6, VERSE 3.
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WELL, I'VE GOT TO
READ THE NEXT ONE.
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NOW, THAT'S HOW
YOU CAN TELL WHETHER A
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BAPTISM WAS RIGHT OR NOT.
00:12:49.10\00:12:52.36
BECAUSE YOU ARE BAPTIZED IN
HIS DEATH, BUT YOU COME FORTH
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IN THE POWER OF THE GLORY
OF GOD THAT BROUGHT HIM FORTH.
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AND YOU OUGHT TO
WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE.
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IF AFTER YOUR
BAPTISM, YOU ARE THE SAME, YOUR
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BAPTISM WAS NOT VALID.
00:13:11.23\00:13:14.80
THIS TEXT SAYS
THAT IT CANNOT BE.
00:13:14.80\00:13:17.36
NOW WHEN THOSE WORDS HAPPENED,
AND EVERY NOW AND THEN I'VE
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GOT GO DIG INTO, YOU KNOW, MY
PARENTS PAID A LITTLE MONEY FOR
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THIS EDUCATION THAT THEY GOT ME.
00:13:22.73\00:13:24.80
SO EVERY NOW AND THEN I'VE
GOT TO GO BELOW THE SURFACE.
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YOU DON'T USUALLY FIND
DIAMONDS ON THE GROUND.
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YOU'VE GOT TO DIG
FOR THEM A LITTLE BIT.
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I DID A LITTLE DIGGING,
AND HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS.
00:13:32.36\00:13:35.70
BAPTIZED UNTO IS REFERRING BACK
TO BOTH FIRST CORINTHIANS 10:2,
00:13:35.70\00:13:44.06
AND IN FIRST CORINTHIANS 10:2,
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED.
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MOSES WAS LEADING THE
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL OUT OF EGYPT.
00:13:49.53\00:13:56.16
NOW, YOU KNOW I
KIND OF LIKE THAT ANYWAY.
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I REFER TO IT WHENEVER I CAN.
00:13:58.50\00:14:01.20
BUT THE BIBLE SAYS,
WELL, YOU WANT TO READ IT ?
00:14:01.20\00:14:06.30
LET'S MAKE SURE IT'S THERE.
00:14:06.30\00:14:08.30
FIRST CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER
10, AND LET'S SEE WHAT IT SAYS.
00:14:08.30\00:14:16.80
GIVE ME 10:1.
00:14:16.80\00:14:18.26
NOW, ONE SAID
BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST.
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THE OTHER ONE SAYS
BAPTIZED UNTO MOSES.
00:14:42.46\00:14:45.63
THEY ARE SIMILAR IN MEANING.
00:14:45.63\00:14:47.63
BUT FIRST LET ME PAINT
THIS PICTURE AND TRY TO HOLD
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MYSELF DOWN WHILE I DO IT.
00:14:51.20\00:14:54.66
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WALK ON A
DRY PATH BETWEEN WATERS BUILT UP
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AND CONGEALED ON EITHER SIDE.
00:15:00.16\00:15:04.13
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME.
00:15:04.13\00:15:10.60
SO THERE'S WATER ON THAT SIDE.
00:15:10.60\00:15:11.60
WATER ON THAT SIDE.
00:15:11.60\00:15:12.80
WHILE THEY WERE WALKING
BETWEEN WATER, GOD MOVED A CLOUD
00:15:12.80\00:15:19.96
OVER THE TOP OF THE PATH.
00:15:19.96\00:15:25.70
SO NOW THEY'VE GOT WATER OVER
HERE, WATER OVER THERE, WATER
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UP THERE, AND THE BIBLE SAYS
THEY WERE BAPTIZED UNTO MOSES.
00:15:30.20\00:15:36.46
BUT EVEN MOSES DOES NOT HAVE THE
POWER TO BRING ABOUT A CHANGE
00:15:36.46\00:15:41.63
BEFORE YOU GET BAPTIZED.
00:15:41.63\00:15:45.60
SO, IF YOU WERE TO GO
TO EXODUS, CHAPTER 14, AND
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VERSE 31, IT WOULD SAY
THERE THAT THEY BELIEVE ON THE
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LORD AND HIS SERVANT, MOSES.
00:15:53.06\00:15:57.76
SO EVERYBODY WHO WENT
THROUGH THE WATER AND UNDER THE
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WATER--YOU KNOW WHAT A
CLOUD IS, IT'S DROPLETS
00:16:02.26\00:16:05.20
OF WATER SUSPENDED IN AIR.
00:16:05.20\00:16:08.20
BUT WHEN GOD GETS READY
TO DO A BIG BAPTISM, HE CAN
00:16:08.20\00:16:12.43
PUT WATER OVER THERE AND
WATER OVER THERE AND THEN
00:16:12.43\00:16:16.36
TELL A CLOUD, COME HERE.
00:16:16.36\00:16:22.66
YOU MAY NOT OBEY GOD,
BUT CLOUDS KNOW WHAT TO DO.
00:16:22.66\00:16:28.16
HEY, YOU, GO OVER THERE
AND STOP OVER THAT PATH.
00:16:28.16\00:16:33.56
AND SO NOW THE PEOPLE WHO
BELIEVED IN THE LORD AND SAW
00:16:33.56\00:16:38.83
THE LORD IN MOSES
BELIEVED MORE IN MOSES THAN EVER
00:16:38.83\00:16:43.76
BEFORE AFTER THAT BAPTISM.
00:16:43.76\00:16:47.53
AND IT'S A SYMBOL.
00:16:47.53\00:16:49.43
AFTER YOU HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED,
YOU ARE CHANGED, NUMBER ONE,
00:16:49.43\00:16:55.23
BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE MORE
IN JESUS THAN YOU EVER DID.
00:16:55.23\00:17:00.36
AND I KNOW SOMEBODY SAYS, WELL,
I CAN'T BELIEVE IN HIM ANYMORE.
00:17:00.36\00:17:03.73
OH, YOU HAVEN'T TRIED IT YET.
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DON'T SAY IT
UNTIL IT'S HAPPENED.
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THEN YOU BEGIN TO BE LIKE THE
ONE WHO CAUSED THE POWER TO COME
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IN YOU TO GET YOU READY FOR
BAPTISM, AND YOUR DESIRE FROM
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THEN ON, EVEN AS SOME OF
THE ISRAELITES WANTED TO BE MORE
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LIKE MOSES, REMEMBER,
THAT THEY COULD NOT SEE MOSES
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ANYMORE, BECAUSE MOSES HAD
TURNED HIS LIFE OVER TO JESUS.
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SO WHEN YOU LOOKED AT MOSES,
YOU DIDN'T SEE HIM ANYMORE.
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HE HAD BEEN SUBSUMED
IN THE POWER OF HIS LORD.
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SO, WHEN YOU WANTED TO BE
LIKE MOSES, YOU WERE ACTUALLY
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TRYING TO BE LIKE JESUS,
BECAUSE JESUS HAD CHANGED MOSES.
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I TELL YOU THAT THE POWER
OF BAPTISM IS THAT YOU HAVE
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ANNOUNCED TO THE WORLD
THAT I AM NOW UNDER THE CONTROL
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OF A POWER THAT MORTAL
KIND DOES NOT UNDERSTAND.
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JESUS IS RUNNING MY LIFE.
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AND THE ONLY THING I
WANT TO DO IS TO ANNOUNCE IN A
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PUBLIC FASHION, WELL,
LET ME SAY IT THIS WAY.
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I WANT TO MAKE AN
OUTWARD ANNOUNCEMENT OF AN
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INWARD CHANGE.
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I WANT TO MAKE AN
EXTERNAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF AN
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INTERNAL DEVELOPMENT.
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AND THAT IS THAT I'VE
TURNED MY LIFE OVER TO JESUS.
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IF YOU SEE IT, CAN
I HEAR YOU SAY, AMEN ?
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NOW, LET ME TELL
YOU SOMETHING ELSE.
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YOU KNOW, GETTING
READY FOR BAPTISM.
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MATTHEW, CHAPTER 28.
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GETTING READY FOR
BAPTISM IS NOT ONLY EMOTIONAL.
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I SOLD CARS FOR
ABOUT 10 MINUTES.
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I'M BEING FACETIOUS.
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I KNOW SOME PEOPLE
OUT THERE ARE VERY, VERY
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CAREFUL ABOUT THOSE THINGS.
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SO, I HAVE TO TELL YOU
THAT I WAS BEING FACETIO.
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IT WAS A LITTLE
LONGER THAN THAT.
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BUT I LEARNED SOMETHING.
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PEOPLE CAN BE CONVINCED
INTELLECTUALLY OF A THING, BUT
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UNTIL THEY FEEL AN EMOTIONAL
MODIFICATION, THEY DON'T MOVE.
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SO, I HAD ALL THE FACTS,
YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE WOULD COME
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I'D SPIT THE FACTS OUT.
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I WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
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AND I SAID, THIS CAR CAN DO THIS
AND IT HAS THESE KINDS OF TIRES.
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AND IF YOU'LL LOOK INSIDE,
THE LEATHER, AND IF YOU SIT. . .
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JUST TALKING
ABOUT IT DOESN'T DO IT.
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I'D SAY, COME
AND SIT IN THE CAR.
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IN THOSE DAYS, I COULD
SAY, TAKE THE CAR HOME.
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YOU'RE WAY AHEAD OF ME.
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YOU KNOW WHY I WANTED
THEM TO TAKE IT HOME ?
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I WANTED THEIR NEIGHBORS
TO SEE THEM DRIVING IT.
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BECAUSE THAT BRINGS
AN EMOTIONAL REACTION.
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SO I WARN YOU, IF YOU DON'T
PLAN TOUY A CAR, DON'T DRIVE IT.
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STAY OUT OF IT.
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THEY'D GO HOME AND THEN,
ONCE THEY CAME BACK, THEY
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WERE PUTTY IN MY HANDS.
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THEN THE FACTS HAD ALREADY DONE
THEIR WORK, BUT NOW EMOTION WAS
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DRIVING THEM TO MAKE A CHANGE.
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OH, SAY, CAN YOU SEE ?
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BAPTISM CANNOT BE
DRIVEN ONLY BY EMOTION.
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I THINK TOO MANY PEOPLE
GET CAUGHT UP IN EMOTIONS.
00:20:49.80\00:20:54.36
I'M NOT MAD AT EMOTION.
00:20:54.36\00:20:57.13
BUT WATCH THIS.
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THIS IS MATTHEW, CHAPTER
28, AND START WITH VERSE 19.
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THIS TEXT SAYS THAT BEFORE THE
EMOTIONS ARE FIRED UP, AND I'M
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GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING,
WHEN I THINK ABOUT JESUS, I
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HAVE AT LEAST TWO REACTIONS.
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I REACT TO FACT, INTELLECTUALLY.
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YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T MATTER
WHAT YOU THINK OF MY INTELLECT.
00:21:42.66\00:21:46.50
THAT'S A PRIVATE MATTER.
00:21:46.50\00:21:48.70
BUT WHEN I THINK OF WHAT
JESUS DID FOR ME, I DON'T
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HAVE A PURE EMOTIONAL REACTION.
00:21:52.23\00:21:56.46
I'VE GOT FACTS.
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WHEN I WAS IN
REBELLION, HE DIED FOR ME.
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IN FACT, BEFORE MY FORBEARERS
WERE BORN, JESUS ALREADY
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KNEW THAT I WOULD BE
A REBELLIOUS INDIVIDUAL.
00:22:09.93\00:22:15.83
BUT WHILE HE KNEW
THAT, HE STILL DIED FOR ME.
00:22:15.83\00:22:23.06
AND I WANT YOU TO, LISTEN, I
WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THERE'S
00:22:23.06\00:22:26.56
ENOUGH MERCY IN CHRIST TO
GET EVERYBODY WITH ENOUGH MERCY.
00:22:26.56\00:22:32.13
I DON'T HAVE TO CLAIM ALL OF IT
TO MYSELF, BUT I'M PROUD TO SAY
00:22:32.13\00:22:35.90
THAT IF I'D BEEN THE ONLY ONE,
HE WOULD HAVE STILL DONE IT.
00:22:35.90\00:22:39.40
BECAUSE EVERY ONE OF US
IS THAT IMPORTANT TO CHRIST.
00:22:39.40\00:22:43.36
BUT I KNOW THAT HE DIED FOR ME.
00:22:43.36\00:22:44.90
I KNOW THAT HE LIVED FOR ME.
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SOMEBODY HAD TO LIVE THE
KIND OF LIFE THAT COULD BE
00:22:48.60\00:22:50.90
ACCEPTABLE BY GOD THE FATHER.
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I COULDN'T LIVE IT, COULD YOU ?
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ON YOUR BEST DAY, YOU
KNOW THOSE DAYS, ON YOUR BEST
00:22:57.70\00:23:04.43
DAY, YOU CANNOT
PLEASE GOD WITH YOUR LIFE.
00:23:04.43\00:23:11.23
SO, JESUS NOT ONLY DIED
FOR ME, BUT BEFORE HE DIED,
00:23:11.23\00:23:14.70
HE LIVED A PERFECT LIFE
SO THAT I COULD CLAIM IT.
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THE APOSTLE PAUL SAYS
IN GALATIANS, CHAPTER 2, I
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AM CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST.
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NEVERTHELESS, I'M LIVING.
00:23:25.73\00:23:28.43
BUT IT'S NOT ME
LIVING THIS LIFE.
00:23:28.43\00:23:31.53
BECAUSE I'VE DISCOVERED
THAT MY LIFE WILL NEVER
00:23:31.53\00:23:34.46
BE ACCEPTABLE TO GOD.
00:23:34.46\00:23:36.33
SO, I HAVE ASKED
JESUS, WOULD YOU COME IN HERE
00:23:36.33\00:23:41.13
AND LIVE YOUR LIFE IN ME ?
00:23:41.13\00:23:45.23
BECAUSE WHEN THE END OF
LIFE COMES, I DON'T WANT
00:23:45.23\00:23:48.80
MY LIFE TO BE THE
THING THAT I AM JUDGED FOR.
00:23:48.80\00:23:52.30
I WANT YOUR LIFE,
JESUS, TO REPRESENT ME.
00:23:52.30\00:23:56.13
CAN YOU SEE IT ?
00:23:56.13\00:23:58.13
IT'S ALMOST UNFAIR.
00:23:58.13\00:24:00.93
IT'S ALMOST UNFAIR.
00:24:00.93\00:24:02.46
YOU ALMOST HAVE UNFAIR
ADVANTAGE, BUT THE BIBLE
00:24:02.46\00:24:05.56
SAYS, BEFORE YOU GET
ALL EXCITED, GET THE FACTS.
00:24:05.56\00:24:10.33
NOW, I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING.
00:24:10.33\00:24:11.66
AFTER YOU GET THE
FACTS, YOU CAN SHOUT THEN.
00:24:11.66\00:24:22.26
THAT MEANS THAT YOU'RE
NOT EXCITED BASED ON A VACUUM.
00:24:22.26\00:24:26.56
YOU'RE EXCITED BASED ON FACTS.
00:24:26.56\00:24:28.76
AND THAT IS THE
BEST KIND OF REACTION.
00:24:28.76\00:24:33.50
SOMEONE WHOSE
INTELLECT HAS BEVINCED.
00:24:33.50\00:24:37.73
AND BASED ON THAT,
THEIR EMOTIONS ARE STIRRED.
00:24:37.73\00:24:43.23
BECAUSE I'M GOING
TO TELL YOU SOMETHING.
00:24:43.23\00:24:45.20
WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT JESUS
DID FOR YOU, PERSONALLY, IF THAT
00:24:45.20\00:24:49.93
DOESN'T MOVE YOU, YOU NEED
A SPIRITUAL HEART TRANSPLANT.
00:24:49.93\00:24:57.90
WELL, GO TO ACTS, CHAPTER 22.
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ACTS, CHAPTER 22.
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I WANT TO SHOW YOU
WHAT HAPPENED TO A GENTLEMAN
00:25:02.53\00:25:04.96
BY THE NAME OF SAUL.
00:25:04.96\00:25:06.93
EVER READ ABOUT HIM ?
00:25:06.93\00:25:10.00
SOMEBODY SAID, IT'S GOING
TO BE AMAZING, THESE PEOPLE
00:25:10.00\00:25:14.93
WHO HAVE TIME TO THINK
ABOUT ALL OF THESE THINGS.
00:25:14.93\00:25:19.10
THEY SAID, I WONDER WHAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN STEVEN GETS
00:25:19.10\00:25:23.50
TO HEAVEN AND SEES PAUL ?
00:25:23.50\00:25:32.20
THINK ABOUT IT
WHEN YOU GET HOME.
00:25:32.20\00:25:38.10
WHAT HE'S GOING TO KNOW IS
THAT THERE'S POWER IN THE BLOOD.
00:25:38.10\00:25:44.83
ACTS, CHAPTER 22, AND VERSE 16.
00:25:44.83\00:25:48.83
LET ME TELL YOU
WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS.
00:25:48.83\00:25:52.60
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO SEE IT FIRST.
00:25:52.60\00:25:53.70
ACTS, CHAPTER 22, AND VERSE 16.
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IT SAYS--THIS IS SAUL
HAVING JUST COME FROM THAT
00:25:55.90\00:26:01.03
DAMASCUS ROAD EXPERIENCE.
00:26:01.03\00:26:02.93
I CAN'T EVEN TOUCH IT, BECAUSE
IF I DO, THE CLOCK WILL HATE ME.
00:26:02.93\00:26:07.86
COULD I DO A LITTLE
READER'S DIGEST MOMENT ?
00:26:07.86\00:26:14.16
DO YOU KNOW WHAT
SAUL SAW IN THAT LIGHT ?
00:26:14.16\00:26:20.16
WELL, YOU OUGHT TO
KNOW, IF YOU READ IT.
00:26:20.16\00:26:22.86
HE LOOKED INTO THE
LIGHT, WAS BLINDED, BUT FOR THE
00:26:22.86\00:26:25.96
FIRST TIME, HE COULD SEE.
00:26:25.96\00:26:32.80
AND HE HEARD A VOICE
TALKING OUT OF THE LIGHT.
00:26:32.80\00:26:36.43
SAUL ? SAUL ?
00:26:36.43\00:26:39.33
WHY PERSECUTETH THOU ME ?
00:26:39.33\00:26:42.00
AND HE SAYS,
WHO ART THOU, LORD ?
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