The following presentation
was made by John Carter
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to a crowd of more
than 100,000 souls.
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This message is one
of a truth filled series
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that was delivered in the
power of God's Holy Spirit
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at the Sir John Guise Stadium,
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Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
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One night as the evangelist
spoke about the Holy Spirit,
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a giant white bird flew
low over the vast audience.
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And the people rejoiced
that God had visited His people.
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Crowd surged forward to accept
Christ as Lord and Savior.
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A few days later
thousands were baptized
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in the sea at Ela Beach.
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All who attended these
Holy Spirit anointed meetings
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were convinced
that God's word is true
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and His gospel is
still the power of God
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for the salvation
of all who believe.
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The message you're
about to hear and see
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will not leave
you the same person.
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Welcome to the Carter Report
at the Sir John Guise Stadium,
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Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
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The topic tonight
is, "Is It Necessary
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To Be Baptized To Be Saved."
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I plan tonight, God helping me,
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to answer some of these
questions and some more.
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Listen, will
unbaptized babies go to hell
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or some place other than heaven?
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Do unbaptized
babies go to a place
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called purgatory or limbo?
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Now we all love little babies.
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What an awful idea to
think that our little baby
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might be shut out
of the kingdom of God
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because the parents did not put
some water on the baby's head.
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Isn't that a cute
baby on the screen?
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Wow, that's a cutie.
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Listen, my friend, what
will be the fate of those
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who are unbaptized and how
should a person be baptized?
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Millions of people believe
in baptism by sprinkling,
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by putting a few
drops of water on their head
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as you can see on the screen.
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But what does the Bible
talk about when it says baptism?
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Is it sprinkling water or
is it baptism by immersion?
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Should we put people
right under the water?
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And the next important
question is this, listening?
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Should we even baptize babies?
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Were babies baptized
in the days of Christ
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and the days of
the Bible prophets?
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Who should be baptized?
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Why was Jesus baptized?
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Where was Jesus baptized
because He was the son of God?
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Tell me somebody
why was Jesus baptized?
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Is it necessary?
Here is the question,
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is it necessary to
be baptized to be saved?
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I want to be saved, don't you?
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Hey, do you want to be saved?
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Well, if you want
to be saved, my friend,
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you better find out the
answer to this question.
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Is it necessary for you and for
me to be baptized to be saved?
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We're going to notice some
great truths about baptism.
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Number one, here it comes.
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I'm just so glad
to be here tonight.
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I'm feeling so good.
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I'm feeling so
much at peace with God
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and the world and I can sense
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that the Holy Spirit of
the Holy God is in this place.
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And I know tonight that
I'm talking to an audience
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maybe more than
a 100,000 people.
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What a tremendous audience.
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But I want you to
know the greatest presence
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we have here tonight is
not the presence of people,
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it is the presence of
Jesus by the Holy Spirit.
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Now here is the great truth.
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Number one, number of truths.
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Jesus was baptized not as a baby
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but as an adult
in the Jordan River.
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Let me say it again.
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Jesus was not christened.
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Jesus was not
baptized as a baby.
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Jesus when he was a
grown adult was baptized
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by John the Baptist
in the Jordan River.
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I'm going to take my Bible,
my New International Version
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and I'm going to turn in
my Bible to Matthew 3:1-6.
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And what we're going
to do for you convenience
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as I read the
texts out of the Bible,
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you can follow along
on the giant screens.
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Matthew 3:1-6. Are
you, folks, ready to read?
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Here we go.
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"In those days
John the Baptist came,
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preaching in the
Desert of Judea and saying,
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'Repent, for the kingdom of
heaven is near.'" Or it hand.
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"This is he who was spoken
of through the prophet Isaiah,
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'A voice of one
calling in the desert,
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prepare the way for the Lord,
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make straight paths for him.'"
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John the Baptist
was the prophet of God.
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He was the man of God.
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Verse 4, "John's clothes
were made of camel's hair,
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and he had a leather
belt around his waist.
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His food was
locusts and wild honey.
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People went out to him
from Jerusalem and all Judea
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and the whole
region of the Jordan.
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Confessing their
sins, they were baptized
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by him in the River Jordan."
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It says there in
the Jordan River.
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John the Baptist was a firebrand
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in the hand of Almighty God.
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He was a voice
crying in the wilderness.
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He was sent by God
to preach to the people.
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And he was sent by
God to prepare the people
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for the coming of the
Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ.
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And so John the
Baptist went down
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to the banks of the Jordan River
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and there he started to preach
the good news of the kingdom.
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And when people came, he
led them down the muddy banks
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into the water and
then he baptized them.
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We're going to
read on in the passage
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and I want you to follow
along verses 13 and onwards.
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"Then Jesus came
from Galilee to the Jordan
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to be baptized by John.
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But John tried to
deter him, saying,
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'I need to be baptized by
you, and do you come to me?'
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Jesus replied,
'Let it be so now.
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It is proper for us to do this
to fulfill all righteousness.'"
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Then the Bible goes on to
say, "Then John consented."
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Verse 16, "As soon
as Jesus was baptized,
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he went up out of the water."
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I'm reading here in the Bible.
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"At that moment
heaven was opened,
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and He saw the Spirit of God
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descending like a
dove and lighting on him."
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And the Bible tells us
that a voice came from heaven
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which was the
voice of Almighty God.
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And the voice
said, "This is my Son,
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with whom I am well pleased."
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Listen to me,
friend, I want you--
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want you to use
your imagination.
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We go back around 2,000 years,
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the prophesies of
the Bible tell us,
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that Jesus was about
to come into the world
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and the world was not interested
and the world was not ready.
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And the church seemed
to be utterly indifferent,
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the Pharisees and
the priests were going
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through their meaningless
rituals in Jerusalem.
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And John, the
Baptist, came with a message
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hot from the heart of
God and I want you to notice
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his message because we're
going to put it on the screen.
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He preached, The
Kingdom of Heaven Is At Hand.
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I want to say to you here
tonight in this great audience
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that we preach the same
message in these meetings.
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We believe with all our hearts.
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It is a fire burning
in my soul here tonight.
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I want you to know this.
I'm not paid to say this.
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Why did I come from America
with this message hot in my soul
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which is bursting forth
from these limbs of clay?
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It is because I believe
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the Kingdom of
Heaven Is At Hand.
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I believe that the
signs of the times tell us,
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my beloved friends, that
Jesus is going to come soon
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in great power and great
glory and I want us to get ready
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to go home with Jesus
to the Kingdom of God.
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Can you say, amen, Hallelujah?
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Can you say,
amen, hallelujah? Amen.
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You're not
saying the hallelujah.
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Come on, amen,
hallelujah. Amen, hallelujah.
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Because Jesus is
coming and John, the Baptist,
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preached the message repent
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for the Kingdom
of Heaven Is At Hand.
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That's the message we're talking
about today, Jesus is coming.
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The Bible tells us in John 3:23,
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that "Jesus was
baptized in a place
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where there was
plenty of water."
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Want you to notice the text.
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I'm going to take
it right off the screen
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straight out of the Bible.
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"Now John also was
baptizing at Aenon near Salim."
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You notice what the Bible says?
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You notice what it says,
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"Because there
was plenty of water,
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and people were constantly
coming to be baptized."
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It is apparent. It is obvious.
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There's no doubt about
it that John, the Baptist,
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was not a preacher
who was sprinkling babies.
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Now you say but that's
the tradition of the church.
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My friend, I would
rather follow the word of God
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than the
tradition of any church.
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We're not here tonight to talk
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about the
tradition of the church.
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We respect the churches.
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But tonight we are not talking
the tradition of the church,
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we are talking the
living word of the living God.
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Are you listening to me?
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The Bible says he
was baptizing at Aenon.
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Jesus walked
down the muddy banks
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and went into the Jordan
River and John the Baptist
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placed our blessed
Lord under the water
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and it was good
enough for Jesus.
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It's good enough
for me, my friend.
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I want to do what
Jesus did, don't you?
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The Bible says, He went
down the banks into the water
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and John, the
Baptist, baptized Him.
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And as He came
up out of the water,
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the Spirit of God came
down upon him like a dove
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and a voice from
the throne of God said,
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"This is my beloved Son."
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I want you to know this
tonight, if you will truly--
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if you and I will
truly believe in Jesus,
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and if we will be
baptized as Jesus was baptized,
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as we come up out of the water,
the Spirit of God will say,
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"This is my beloved
son, my beloved daughter,
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I'm pleased with you."
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So seems absolutely apparent,
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it is absolutely clear
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that Jesus was not
baptized as a baby.
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Jesus was baptized
by total immersion.
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I want you to do something.
This is not hard to do.
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If you can see tonight
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that Jesus was baptized
not as a baby but as an adult
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and He was baptized in
plenty of water by immersion,
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I want you to raise
your hand and wave it at me.
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Would you put up your hand?
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If you can see
tonight that Jesus
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was baptized as an
adult and He was baptized
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down in a river
by total immersion,
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I want you to raise up
your hand and I want you to say,
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"Lord, you've made it
very, very plain to me tonight,
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Jesus, my Lord, was
baptized by total immersion
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when He had grown up
and He'd come to the age
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when He knew what He was doing."
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Now when I read my Bible
and I read this book every day
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because it is the word of God.
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I just want to tell,
you folks, something,
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I read my Bible every
day because I want the power
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that comes out
of the word of God.
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I am a sinner. I am weak.
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I don't have any power
inside me but the power
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comes down from God
through the Holy Spirit
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and God works
through the word of God
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as I read the word of God.
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The power comes
out of the word of God
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and the power of
God comes into my life
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and I can feel His power.
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I can feel His mighty
grace. He's here tonight.
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My friend, I want you
to get this power tonight.
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I want you to know that God
wants to come and live in you.
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I want you to know that
the Spirit of God wants to come
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and live in you tonight
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and he wants to
make you a child of God.
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Listen to me, when
the apostles went out
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to preach the word of
God because they thought,
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you see that on the screen,
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Jesus was baptized as an
adult in the Jordan River.
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When the disciples went
out to preach the gospel
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around the world,
they followed Jesus
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and they baptized
by total immersion.
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The disciples followed
the example of Jesus Christ.
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No, I don't want
to offend anybody.
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Please don't misunderstand me.
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I love everybody. I
respect the great churches.
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I love the
clergyman. I love everybody.
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But I want you
to notice something,
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I don't want to follow
the tradition of the church
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when the tradition of the church
goes contrary to the word of God
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I want to follow the
word of God, you see.
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And so when I
turned to the Book of Acts
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I'm told exactly how
the apostles baptized
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and I'm going to turn
over here in the Holy Bible
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and I'm going to come to
the Book of Acts 8:28-39.
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Are you ready? Acts 8:28-39.
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We're gonna put
this up on the screen.
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I mean, we've such
a vast audience here
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that the only way you
can read the Bible tonight
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is by reading it off
the screen. Here it is.
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This is talking
about an Ethiopian.
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He was an Ethiopian who
was a man of great power
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and he'd been up to
Jerusalem to worship God.
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The Ethiopians are black people.
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This is the story about a
black man who came from Ethiopia
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and he'd been up to Jerusalem
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to worship
Christ, to worship God.
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Now you read the story.
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"...and he was on his
way home" back to Ethiopia.
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He "was sitting in his chariot
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reading the Book
of Isaiah the prophet.
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The Spirit told
Philip," who was an evangelist,
00:18:07.01\00:18:10.61
"'Go to that
chariot and stay near it.'
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Then Philip ran up to
the chariot and heard the man
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reading Isaiah the prophet."
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Yeah, hey, "'Do you understand
what you are reading?'
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Philip asked." So here's a man
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reading the Bible and
he doesn't understand it.
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"'How can I,' he said, 'unless
someone explains it to me?'
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So he invited
Philip," hey, "come up" here
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come up "and sit
with him." The Bible says.
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"The eunuch," this
is this Ethiopian man
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of great authority.
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"The eunuch was reading
this passage of Scripture,
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'He was led like a
sheep to the slaughter,
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and as a lamb before
the shearer is silent,
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so he did not open his mouth.
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In his humiliation he
was deprived of justice.
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Who can speak
of his descendants?
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For his life was
taken from the earth.'
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The eunuch asked
Philip, 'Tell me, please,
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who is the
prophet talking about,
00:19:13.24\00:19:14.88
himself or someone else?'"
00:19:14.91\00:19:18.01
And sometimes you need
someone to explain to you
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the meaning of the word of God.
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"Then Philip began with
that very passage of Scripture
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and told him the
good news about Jesus."
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We're just gonna
pause here for a moment.
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Want you to think about this.
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Here is this black man,
this man of great intelligence,
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this man of great authority,
00:19:44.96\00:19:48.66
this man who's
got a heart for God
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and he's been up to
Jerusalem to worship
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but he can't understand too
much and so Philip goes and sits
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with him in the
chariot and he starts
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to tell him the
good news about God.
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Now we're going to
keep reading the text
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and then I'm going to tell
you the good news he told him.
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"As they
traveled along the road,
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they came to some water." It
must've been a pool of water.
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Because it's pretty dry
in that part of the world
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but there are lots of little
springs and tiny little lagoons.
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"As they
traveled along the road,
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they came to some
water and the eunuch said,"
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hey, "'Look, here is water.
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Why shouldn't I be baptized?'"
Hey, that's a great question.
00:20:36.09\00:20:40.96
If you haven't been
baptized as Jesus was baptized,
00:20:40.99\00:20:44.32
my friend, you
haven't been baptized.
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You know, I was
baptized as a baby.
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Hey, friend, that's not baptism
as far as God is concerned.
00:20:49.32\00:20:53.17
"And he gave orders
to stop the chariot.
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Then both Philip and the eunuch
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went down into the water
and Philip baptized him."
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He put him right
down under the water
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as Jesus was baptized.
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"When they came
up out of the water,
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the Spirit of the Lord
suddenly took Philip away,
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and the eunuch
did not see him again,
00:21:13.89\00:21:16.17
but went on his way rejoicing"
00:21:16.20\00:21:19.98
and praising God because he'd
been baptized and he was saved.
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This is a great story.
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This story is for
you and as for me.
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You know, what it tells me?
00:21:35.64\00:21:37.06
God loves white
people, He loves Jewish people,
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and on this occasion, He
especially loved this black man,
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special man, a
special man, a man of God,
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a man of great intelligence,
a man of great authority,
00:21:58.83\00:22:04.31
and a man with a heart for God.
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When he discovered the truth
of the gospel and the good news,
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he said, stop the chariot
and he went down into the water
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with Philip and
Philip baptized him
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and he became a
child of the king,
00:22:31.37\00:22:35.13
a child of God and he was
passed from death and to life.
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And I say tonight
praise the Lord, hallelujah.
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Won't you? Wouldn't you like
to have that experience tonight?
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Now the Bible says,
Philip preached under him
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the good news about Jesus.
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I want you to
know something tonight,
00:22:57.01\00:22:58.69
my friends, here in
this vast auditorium.
00:22:58.72\00:23:01.48
I want to say to the
100,000 people here tonight.
00:23:01.51\00:23:05.41
I want to tell you this,
00:23:05.44\00:23:06.81
we are here
tonight not with bad news,
00:23:06.84\00:23:10.85
we are here
tonight with good news.
00:23:10.88\00:23:14.27
It is the good
news about Jesus Christ.
00:23:14.30\00:23:19.16
It is the news
that He loves you.
00:23:19.19\00:23:21.97
It is the news
that He cares for you.
00:23:22.00\00:23:24.62
It is the news
that He died for you.
00:23:24.65\00:23:27.36
It is the news that He's
going to come back again.
00:23:27.39\00:23:30.61
It is the news God became a man.
00:23:30.64\00:23:35.14
You know, what
amazing news this is.
00:23:36.74\00:23:39.36
I think I've got a
picture here somewhere of Mary
00:23:41.48\00:23:44.92
with a little
baby. There she is.
00:23:44.95\00:23:48.46
And so Philip told this man,
00:23:50.29\00:23:52.63
"Hey, the news is so
astounding God became a man.
00:23:52.66\00:23:59.93
Can you believe this?
It's true, God became a man.
00:23:59.96\00:24:04.26
The creator of the
universe saw us lost and lonely
00:24:04.29\00:24:08.80
and beaten up and sick
and despairing and God said,
00:24:08.83\00:24:13.59
"I'm going to go down
and I'm going to save them."
00:24:13.62\00:24:17.75
So God became a little baby.
00:24:20.89\00:24:25.21
That's the good news.
00:24:27.18\00:24:29.27
God became a little baby.
00:24:29.30\00:24:32.88
And Jesus lived among us.
00:24:32.91\00:24:35.61
He walked
around and He did good.
00:24:38.26\00:24:43.01
You would've liked him.
00:24:43.04\00:24:46.05
He was the kindest
person who ever lived.
00:24:46.08\00:24:49.25
He was the most
compassionate people.
00:24:52.37\00:24:55.25
He loved the little babies.
00:24:55.28\00:24:57.64
He loved the children.
00:24:57.67\00:25:00.03
And the Bible tells me
00:25:00.06\00:25:02.72
He is the sinner's friend.
00:25:02.75\00:25:07.23
If you feel tonight
that nobody loves you,
00:25:09.83\00:25:14.22
if you feel tonight
that nobody cares about you,
00:25:14.25\00:25:18.75
I'm here to tell you tonight,
somebody cares about you.
00:25:18.78\00:25:22.44
Jesus loves
you. Jesus loves you.
00:25:22.47\00:25:26.42
Jesus cares for you.
Jesus knows all about you.
00:25:26.45\00:25:30.58
That is the
good news, my friend.
00:25:30.61\00:25:33.45
Philip preaching from the Bible,
00:25:33.48\00:25:36.21
he told him the
good news about Jesus
00:25:36.24\00:25:39.83
and then he told
him Mr. Ethiopian,
00:25:39.86\00:25:44.39
not only did He become a man,
00:25:44.42\00:25:46.74
not only did He heal the sick,
00:25:46.77\00:25:49.50
not only did He
praise the world in love
00:25:49.53\00:25:53.59
but He went to the
cross, went to the cross.
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Ethiopian, the black
man, the man of influence,
00:26:00.15\00:26:06.76
the man of power, God's man.
00:26:06.79\00:26:10.39
He said to Philip,
"What do you mean?"
00:26:12.67\00:26:17.76
Philip said, "He
went to the cross
00:26:17.79\00:26:20.80
to redeem you
because He loves all people."
00:26:20.83\00:26:24.67
Christ is for everybody.
00:26:24.70\00:26:27.54
Christ is for the American.
00:26:29.22\00:26:33.00
He is for the Russian.
He is for the Australian.
00:26:33.03\00:26:37.40
He is for the Englishman.
00:26:37.43\00:26:40.68
He is for the
world of the Hispanics.
00:26:40.71\00:26:44.41
And, my friend,
00:26:44.44\00:26:46.19
Christ is for Papua New Guinea.
00:26:46.22\00:26:52.24
He is your Christ.
00:26:54.46\00:26:57.48
You belong to
Him. He belongs to you.
00:26:57.51\00:27:01.47
He came down to show
you how much He loves you.
00:27:01.50\00:27:05.77
He went to the cross.
00:27:05.80\00:27:07.54
We talked about
this two nights ago.
00:27:07.57\00:27:10.17
I think it was the greatest
meeting I've ever been in.
00:27:10.20\00:27:13.82
When we talked about
how Christ went to the cross
00:27:15.40\00:27:19.25
and was nailed to a cross
and went through hell and terror
00:27:19.28\00:27:26.08
and suffering to
pay for our sins.
00:27:26.11\00:27:32.14
He could've gone back to glory.
00:27:33.35\00:27:35.58
He could've gone
back to His father.
00:27:35.61\00:27:37.79
He could've gone home.
00:27:37.82\00:27:39.23
He could've said, "It's
too hard, it's too hard."
00:27:39.26\00:27:44.08
They don't--He could've
said, "It's not worth it."
00:27:44.11\00:27:48.57
The devil said to Him,
00:27:48.60\00:27:49.97
"Many of them are
going to reject You."
00:27:50.00\00:27:53.03
And He could've said,
"I'm going to go back."
00:27:53.06\00:27:55.46
But, you know, what He did?
00:27:57.97\00:27:59.65
He took whole of the Roman nails
00:27:59.68\00:28:03.66
and He held on until His
heart broke in two for you.
00:28:03.69\00:28:10.93
That's the good news.
00:28:14.43\00:28:15.80
That's why you and I ought
to get baptized by immersion.
00:28:15.83\00:28:21.46
And then as Philip went
on telling him the good news,
00:28:24.09\00:28:26.81
he said, because the
eunuch must have said,
00:28:26.84\00:28:29.93
"Hey, then He's
dead, He's dead."
00:28:29.96\00:28:32.05
He said, "No, no, He's alive."
00:28:32.08\00:28:35.09
Jesus is alive. Jesus
came up out of the tomb.
00:28:35.12\00:28:39.63
They'd locked him in the tomb.
00:28:39.66\00:28:41.45
They sealed up the tomb
but they couldn't keep Him
00:28:41.48\00:28:44.34
in the tomb
because Jesus is alive.
00:28:44.37\00:28:47.87
He came out of
the tomb. He's alive.
00:28:47.90\00:28:50.68
And then he
said, "Mr. Ethiopian,
00:28:50.71\00:28:54.54
He's going to come back.
00:28:54.57\00:28:56.27
He's going to
come back in power.
00:28:57.99\00:29:01.08
He's going to
come back in glory.
00:29:01.11\00:29:03.41
He's going to come
back with all the angels.
00:29:03.44\00:29:06.29
He's going to come
back and when He comes back,
00:29:06.32\00:29:09.77
He's going to
take us home to glory
00:29:09.80\00:29:13.10
and we're never
going to get sick.
00:29:13.13\00:29:14.93
We're never going to die.
00:29:14.96\00:29:16.45
We're going to live
forever in His kingdom."
00:29:16.48\00:29:19.38
I say to you tonight
here it comes, hallelujah.
00:29:19.41\00:29:23.03
I say to you tonight,
hallelujah. Praise the Lord.
00:29:24.15\00:29:27.69
He's alive and
He's coming back again.
00:29:27.72\00:29:30.56
And after he
preached to the Ethiopian,
00:29:33.82\00:29:36.03
a Jewish man
preaching to a Ethiopian,
00:29:36.06\00:29:42.43
Philip said, "Come on."
00:29:42.46\00:29:45.72
Ethiopian said, "Why
shouldn't I be baptized?"
00:29:45.75\00:29:49.57
That's what you ought to say.
00:29:49.60\00:29:51.83
Somebody sitting
here tonight you say,
00:29:51.86\00:29:53.36
"Well, I was
baptized as a baby."
00:29:53.39\00:29:55.19
No you weren't because
you can't baptize babies.
00:29:55.22\00:29:58.78
They don't do it in the Bible.
00:29:58.81\00:30:01.14
That's the
invention of the church.
00:30:01.17\00:30:03.06
Somebody says, "But
you don't understand,
00:30:03.09\00:30:05.11
I was sprinkled."
I'm sorry, my friend.
00:30:05.14\00:30:08.03
I don't want to offend you
00:30:08.06\00:30:09.43
but I'm here to
tell you the truth.
00:30:09.46\00:30:10.99
Jesus said, "You know the truth
00:30:11.02\00:30:12.98
and the truth
will make you free."
00:30:13.01\00:30:14.56
And I promise you,
I'll never lie to you,
00:30:14.59\00:30:16.82
my beloved friends.
00:30:16.85\00:30:18.43
I want you to know this.
00:30:18.46\00:30:19.86
If you haven't been
baptized as Jesus was baptized,
00:30:19.89\00:30:23.33
then you haven't been baptized.
00:30:23.36\00:30:25.30
And so that Ethiopian
went down into the water
00:30:25.33\00:30:28.91
and Philip went
down with the Ethiopian
00:30:28.94\00:30:31.16
and Philip put
him under the water
00:30:31.19\00:30:33.52
and he baptized him
in the name of the Father
00:30:33.55\00:30:36.52
and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
00:30:36.55\00:30:39.05
And when that man
came up out of the water,
00:30:39.08\00:30:42.28
he was a new child of God.
00:30:42.31\00:30:44.12
His face was shining
with the glory of God
00:30:45.19\00:30:48.08
and the Bible says he
went on his way rejoicing.
00:30:48.11\00:30:52.87
Now over there in the
great city of New York,
00:30:59.27\00:31:01.59
there's a great park,
it's called Central Park,
00:31:01.62\00:31:04.86
one of the great
parks of the world.
00:31:04.89\00:31:07.44
Many years ago,
there was a pastor
00:31:07.47\00:31:09.83
going through that park, a
man with the heart of a God
00:31:09.86\00:31:13.22
and a heart for people
00:31:13.25\00:31:14.62
and a heart for
God's little preachers.
00:31:14.65\00:31:16.79
And he came upon
some gang members,
00:31:16.82\00:31:19.48
just young guys,
really just boys.
00:31:19.51\00:31:23.38
And those boys were
crowded around a cage
00:31:23.41\00:31:26.50
and they had some little birds,
little sparrows in that cage.
00:31:26.53\00:31:30.58
The minister came up
to those boys and said,
00:31:30.61\00:31:32.65
"Boys, what are
you doing there?"
00:31:32.68\00:31:34.18
And the boys said, "Oh,
we've got some birds here.
00:31:34.21\00:31:37.14
And we're playing with them."
"You're playing with them?
00:31:37.17\00:31:40.50
And what are you
going to do with those birds
00:31:40.53\00:31:42.33
when you get
through playing with them?"
00:31:42.36\00:31:43.93
"Well," the boys said,
"you wouldn't care, preacher,
00:31:43.96\00:31:47.95
we're gonna kill
those little birds.
00:31:47.98\00:31:50.31
We're gonna torture them a bit
00:31:50.34\00:31:51.93
and then when we
finish playing with them,
00:31:51.96\00:31:54.22
we're going to kill them."
00:31:54.25\00:31:55.70
Well, the pastor
said to those boys,
00:31:55.73\00:31:57.68
"Boys, won't you
sell them to me?"
00:31:57.71\00:31:59.78
And the boys said,
"Oh, you don't want them,
00:31:59.81\00:32:02.06
preacher, they're worth nothing.
00:32:02.09\00:32:03.46
They're just
little old sparrows.
00:32:03.49\00:32:05.45
They're not worth anything.
00:32:05.48\00:32:06.97
You don't want
those little things."
00:32:07.00\00:32:09.23
But the preacher
said, "I want them,
00:32:09.26\00:32:11.58
please sell them to me."
00:32:11.61\00:32:13.16
And so they did a deal.
00:32:13.19\00:32:14.56
And the preacher bought the cage
00:32:14.59\00:32:16.39
and he bought the birds.
00:32:16.42\00:32:18.16
And then he walked down
the road and boys had gone
00:32:18.19\00:32:21.71
and he walked out to a clearing
in this great Central Park
00:32:21.74\00:32:25.20
and he tapped down
the side of the cage
00:32:25.23\00:32:27.86
and he opened up the
door and the little birds
00:32:27.89\00:32:31.58
winged their way up
into God's blue sky.
00:32:31.61\00:32:34.41
And as they went up
into the God's blue sky,
00:32:34.44\00:32:36.92
the little birds were singing
00:32:36.95\00:32:39.00
"Redeemed, redeemed, redeemed."
00:32:39.03\00:32:41.63
They were saved.
00:32:43.62\00:32:45.36
They were saved
because they had been redeemed.
00:32:45.39\00:32:50.31
Listen, thousands and
thousands of years ago,
00:32:51.78\00:32:58.46
Jesus was traveling
through the universe
00:32:58.49\00:33:02.39
and He came up on a
world, a planet earth,
00:33:02.42\00:33:07.54
it was in a cage and Satan was
00:33:07.57\00:33:11.73
playing with the
people in the cage.
00:33:11.76\00:33:14.03
And Jesus said, "Satan,
what have you got there?"
00:33:14.06\00:33:17.54
He said, "You
wouldn't care, Christ.
00:33:17.57\00:33:19.88
They're just sinners.
They're not worth anything.
00:33:19.91\00:33:24.07
Those people,
they're not worth anything."
00:33:24.10\00:33:26.98
Jesus said, "What are
you going to do with them?"
00:33:27.01\00:33:28.85
And Satan said, "I'm
going to play with them, Jesus.
00:33:28.88\00:33:33.17
And I'm going to torture them.
00:33:33.20\00:33:35.18
I'm going to play with them.
I'm going to give them drugs.
00:33:35.21\00:33:39.97
I'm going to
give them illicit sex.
00:33:40.00\00:33:42.30
I'm going to play with them."
00:33:42.33\00:33:44.22
And Jesus said, "When you're
through playing with them,
00:33:44.25\00:33:47.84
what are you
going to do with them?"
00:33:47.87\00:33:49.36
And Satan said,
"I'm going to kill them."
00:33:49.39\00:33:52.50
Jesus said, "Lucifer,
will you sell them to me?"
00:33:55.77\00:34:02.01
And Lucifer said,
"They're not worth anything."
00:34:03.03\00:34:06.14
But Jesus said, "I want them."
00:34:07.28\00:34:09.54
"You don't want them."
"I want them." Jesus said.
00:34:12.17\00:34:15.25
Satan said, "How much?"
00:34:17.31\00:34:19.12
Jesus said,
"Lucifer, name your price?"
00:34:20.34\00:34:25.21
He said, "Listen, Christ,
00:34:25.24\00:34:29.27
I'll sell them to you
00:34:29.30\00:34:32.80
but I don't want
the silver in the world.
00:34:32.83\00:34:36.12
I don't want the
gold in the world.
00:34:36.15\00:34:38.89
It's not enough!"
00:34:38.92\00:34:41.56
He said, "What do
you want then, Satan?"
00:34:41.59\00:34:43.34
He said, "I want
the silver of your tears
00:34:43.37\00:34:48.85
and I want the
gold of your blood."
00:34:48.88\00:34:53.02
And the years rolled
by. God sent the prophets.
00:34:56.30\00:35:00.76
He sent preachers.
00:35:00.79\00:35:02.78
He gave the world
the Ten Commandments.
00:35:02.81\00:35:05.04
He gave us the
Bible and then lastly,
00:35:05.07\00:35:08.89
Jesus came down to this planet.
00:35:08.92\00:35:13.78
One night, He was praying
in the garden of Gethsemane
00:35:16.79\00:35:21.25
and He had a
terrible burden on His soul
00:35:21.28\00:35:25.27
and He was praying
and all of a sudden,
00:35:25.30\00:35:28.12
He felt a hard,
cold hand on his shoulder
00:35:28.15\00:35:35.06
and He looked up
into the face of Lucifer.
00:35:35.09\00:35:38.68
And Lucifer said,
"I've come for the price."
00:35:39.98\00:35:46.25
Jesus said, "Not now."
He said, "I've come now."
00:35:46.28\00:35:50.83
The next day on the Roman cross
00:35:54.51\00:36:01.11
beneath the Roman
lash on the cross,
00:36:01.14\00:36:05.98
He paid the price with
the silver of His tears
00:36:06.01\00:36:10.92
and the gold of His blood.
00:36:10.95\00:36:13.93
Will you not believe
in Him tonight, I ask you?
00:36:13.96\00:36:17.95
What more could
He do on the cross?
00:36:21.63\00:36:28.19
The silver of His
tears, the gold of His blood,
00:36:28.22\00:36:33.20
so that I can win
my way to glory singing
00:36:33.23\00:36:38.23
"Redeemed, redeemed, redeemed,
00:36:38.26\00:36:40.99
redeemed by the
blood of the lamb."
00:36:41.02\00:36:45.90
You see, my friend,
when this man, the Ethiopian,
00:36:45.93\00:36:51.88
heard that good news,
he went down into the water
00:36:51.91\00:36:56.40
and he was baptized
as Jesus was baptized.
00:36:56.43\00:37:00.22
Now look at me please.
00:37:00.25\00:37:01.62
Let me look in your eyes.
00:37:02.71\00:37:04.49
If you and I
haven't been baptized
00:37:07.99\00:37:09.96
as Jesus was
baptized by total immersion,
00:37:09.99\00:37:13.16
as adults, we
haven't been baptized.
00:37:13.19\00:37:16.94
Church tradition in
this matter does not count.
00:37:16.97\00:37:21.60
The Bible teaches that
we ought to follow Christ
00:37:21.63\00:37:25.67
and to be baptized.
00:37:25.70\00:37:27.73
And listen, listen to this.
00:37:27.76\00:37:31.60
Here it is. Who
should be baptized?
00:37:34.51\00:37:38.91
Here we've got a vast audience
00:37:40.39\00:37:42.35
in this great
nation, we ask the question,
00:37:42.38\00:37:44.85
"Who should be baptized?"
00:37:44.88\00:37:47.78
And the text is Mark 16:15, 16.
00:37:47.81\00:37:51.65
We give you much
scripture in these meetings
00:37:51.68\00:37:53.96
because it is written,
00:37:53.99\00:37:55.62
"Man shall not
live by bread alone
00:37:55.65\00:37:57.71
but by every word that proceeds
out of the mouth of God."
00:37:57.74\00:38:01.08
Now look at Mark 16:15, 16.
00:38:01.11\00:38:05.04
Jesus said, "He said to them,
00:38:05.07\00:38:08.32
'Go into all the world
and preach the good news
00:38:08.35\00:38:11.80
to all creation.
00:38:11.83\00:38:13.65
Whoever believes and
is baptized will be saved,
00:38:13.68\00:38:18.70
but whoever does not
believe will be condemned.'
00:38:18.73\00:38:21.79
"The first condition--
and I'm coming over here
00:38:21.82\00:38:24.31
to these blackboards.
00:38:24.34\00:38:25.75
Jesus told me
the first condition.
00:38:25.78\00:38:27.84
Jesus said,
"You've got to believe."
00:38:27.87\00:38:32.95
You can believe
tonight, my friend.
00:38:32.98\00:38:37.16
It is in you tonight to believe.
00:38:37.19\00:38:40.96
God is putting
faith in your heart.
00:38:40.99\00:38:43.34
You say, "I can't believe."
00:38:43.37\00:38:45.42
That's what the
devil would tell you.
00:38:45.45\00:38:47.48
You can believe tonight
00:38:47.51\00:38:50.24
and if you believe
with all your heart,
00:38:50.27\00:38:53.41
you ought to be
rushing to be baptized.
00:38:53.44\00:38:56.61
Now listen, can
a baby believe? No.
00:38:56.64\00:39:00.68
A little tiny, itsy bitsy baby,
00:39:00.71\00:39:03.62
this long should not be baptized
00:39:03.65\00:39:06.53
because the baby cannot believe.
00:39:06.56\00:39:10.38
The only person who
can believe is a person
00:39:10.41\00:39:13.61
who is old enough to understand
the good news of Christ.
00:39:13.64\00:39:18.29
Therefore, a
baby will not be lost
00:39:19.84\00:39:26.66
because it was not baptized
00:39:26.69\00:39:30.27
or sprinkled by a
minister or by a priest.
00:39:30.30\00:39:35.26
Condition number two, Acts 2:38.
00:39:36.62\00:39:43.27
You see we give you the
word of God in these meetings.
00:39:43.30\00:39:46.86
"Peter replied,
'Repent and be baptized,
00:39:46.89\00:39:52.09
every one of you, in
the name of Jesus Christ
00:39:52.12\00:39:55.17
for the
forgiveness of your sins.
00:39:55.20\00:39:57.78
And you will receive the
gift of the Holy Spirit.'
00:39:57.81\00:40:02.43
"The Bible says
condition number two.
00:40:02.46\00:40:05.61
I'm coming back here
to these giant blackboards
00:40:05.64\00:40:09.03
and I'm going to put
up the very words of God.
00:40:09.06\00:40:12.66
The Bible says "Repent."
00:40:12.69\00:40:16.94
Now a baby cannot repent.
00:40:16.97\00:40:19.85
Therefore, God does not
hold a baby responsible.
00:40:22.21\00:40:29.94
A baby cannot
repent but you and I can.
00:40:29.97\00:40:35.15
And what does it mean to repent?
00:40:36.97\00:40:39.19
You just watch me for a moment.
00:40:39.22\00:40:41.29
Watching here, well, here I am
00:40:41.32\00:40:46.05
walking in the path of sin.
00:40:46.08\00:40:49.26
I am breaking the
commandments of God.
00:40:50.72\00:40:53.97
Then all of a sudden,
I start to read the Bible
00:40:55.22\00:40:59.05
or I go to a meeting like this,
00:40:59.08\00:41:00.96
I'm walking in
sin and God touches me
00:41:00.99\00:41:04.90
and I turn around
and I'm sorry for my sin
00:41:04.93\00:41:10.07
and I turn away from my sin.
00:41:10.10\00:41:12.85
I believe and I repent.
00:41:12.88\00:41:15.78
Repentance means to
feel sorry for my sins
00:41:15.81\00:41:20.15
and to turn to God
for mercy and forgiveness.
00:41:20.18\00:41:24.62
Now, ladies and
gentlemen, some years ago,
00:41:26.00\00:41:31.17
I was in the city of Manila.
00:41:31.20\00:41:34.40
Tonight, we have his Excellency,
00:41:34.43\00:41:36.53
the ambassador
from the Philippines.
00:41:36.56\00:41:40.07
I had the privilege of going
into a great prison in Manila.
00:41:40.10\00:41:45.28
I went on death row.
00:41:45.31\00:41:47.61
And I preached my heart
out on the good news of Christ
00:41:49.20\00:41:54.10
and those young men who
were going to be put to death,
00:41:54.13\00:41:57.72
raised their hands
and believed in Christ
00:41:57.75\00:42:01.63
and I had the
privilege of baptizing them
00:42:01.66\00:42:04.66
in the name of the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
00:42:04.69\00:42:08.18
Now there's someone
sitting here tonight, you say,
00:42:11.25\00:42:14.12
"I'm not good
enough to be saved."
00:42:14.15\00:42:16.03
My friend, you don't
need to be good enough,
00:42:16.06\00:42:18.09
you need to repent.
00:42:18.12\00:42:20.09
Repentance is the
gift of the Holy Spirit.
00:42:21.15\00:42:25.09
There are people
sitting here tonight
00:42:25.12\00:42:27.17
and the Holy Spirit
is talking to your heart.
00:42:27.20\00:42:30.46
You didn't come to this
meeting tonight by accident.
00:42:32.24\00:42:35.34
There are people out
there in their motorcars.
00:42:35.37\00:42:38.56
There are thousands of people
outside this great stadium
00:42:38.59\00:42:42.80
and you are listening tonight
00:42:42.83\00:42:45.03
because this is
your moment of destiny.
00:42:45.06\00:42:49.94
You have now an
appointment with God.
00:42:49.97\00:42:52.64
And God is talking to
you and God is talking to you
00:42:54.48\00:42:58.42
because He wants you to be saved
00:42:58.45\00:43:01.34
and I'm calling upon you
tonight to believe the gospel
00:43:01.37\00:43:05.93
and to repent
and then be baptized.
00:43:05.96\00:43:09.36
And here's another condition.
00:43:10.75\00:43:12.12
Number one,
"Believe." Number two, "Repent."
00:43:13.99\00:43:18.80
Number three,
"Obey the word of God."
00:43:18.83\00:43:22.61
And I'm going to turn
over here to Matthew 28:19, 20.
00:43:23.81\00:43:29.62
Matthew 28:19, 20.
00:43:29.65\00:43:35.25
And these are the
words of Jesus Christ,
00:43:35.28\00:43:40.19
your Savior and mine.
00:43:40.22\00:43:42.59
"Therefore go and make
disciples of all nations,
00:43:42.62\00:43:47.57
baptizing them in the name
of the Father and of the Son
00:43:47.60\00:43:53.58
and of the Holy Spirit
and teaching them to obey
00:43:53.61\00:43:58.26
everything I have commanded you.
00:43:58.29\00:44:01.01
And surely I am with you always
to the very end of the age."
00:44:01.04\00:44:07.81
Number one,
"Believe." Number two, "Repent."
00:44:07.84\00:44:12.65
And the Bible says a
person needs to be taught
00:44:12.68\00:44:20.18
all the great
truths that Jesus taught,
00:44:20.21\00:44:23.32
the great fundamentals,
not everything because
00:44:23.35\00:44:26.74
nobody would live
long enough to understand
00:44:26.77\00:44:29.52
everything Jesus taught.
00:44:29.55\00:44:31.23
But Jesus said,
"Go and teach them
00:44:32.26\00:44:34.90
the great truths that
I've given to the world."
00:44:34.93\00:44:38.65
A baby cannot do these
things. A baby cannot believe.
00:44:38.68\00:44:42.74
A baby cannot repent.
00:44:42.77\00:44:44.77
A baby cannot obey God's word.
00:44:44.80\00:44:47.46
Therefore, a
baby will not be lost
00:44:47.49\00:44:50.17
because it was
not baptized, listen.
00:44:50.20\00:44:53.40
Years ago, when I
lived in Australia,
00:44:56.06\00:45:00.04
a minister of a great church
00:45:00.07\00:45:02.63
told a young couple
whose baby had died.
00:45:02.66\00:45:06.52
He said "Was
your baby christened?"
00:45:06.55\00:45:11.08
The parents said,
"No. We didn't have time."
00:45:11.11\00:45:14.74
Then he said, "Your
baby will go to hell."
00:45:14.77\00:45:19.34
I tell you, my friend,
what a dreadful doctrine
00:45:23.38\00:45:27.93
that a baby will go to a
hell, a purgatory, a limbo,
00:45:27.96\00:45:32.90
because it was not christened
00:45:32.93\00:45:35.78
and christening is not
taught in the word of God.
00:45:35.81\00:45:38.87
I want you to think of Jesus.
00:45:40.11\00:45:42.29
I want you to
think of how the mothers
00:45:44.96\00:45:47.00
brought their
little babies to Jesus.
00:45:47.03\00:45:50.91
And I want you to notice
the words of Matthew 19:13, 14.
00:45:52.20\00:45:59.33
We got all these
mothers who would come
00:46:00.37\00:46:03.79
and they'd bring
their little babies
00:46:03.82\00:46:06.39
and their children to Jesus.
00:46:06.42\00:46:07.97
I want the mothers
to know here tonight,
00:46:08.00\00:46:10.33
Jesus loves you and
He loves your children
00:46:10.36\00:46:13.51
and He loves the little babies.
00:46:13.54\00:46:16.00
Look at the text.
00:46:16.03\00:46:17.83
"Then little
children were brought to Jesus
00:46:17.86\00:46:19.96
for him to place
his hands on them
00:46:19.99\00:46:22.48
and pray for them... Jesus said,
00:46:22.51\00:46:25.81
'Let the little come to
me, and do not hinder them,
00:46:25.84\00:46:29.75
for the kingdom of heaven
belongs to such as these.'
00:46:29.78\00:46:33.12
When he had
placed his hands on them,
00:46:34.40\00:46:36.81
he went on from there."
00:46:36.84\00:46:39.02
I want you to just look at me.
00:46:40.52\00:46:42.86
God is a loving God.
God cares the people.
00:46:45.58\00:46:52.32
He knows your
hurts. He knows your pains.
00:46:53.40\00:46:57.41
Mothers, He knows how you worry
about your little children.
00:46:57.44\00:47:02.03
If you give your heart to Jesus,
00:47:03.48\00:47:05.83
you and your little children
00:47:05.86\00:47:07.74
are going to be
with Christ in paradise
00:47:07.77\00:47:11.03
and you're never going to be
separated from your loved ones.
00:47:11.06\00:47:14.17
But you're going to
live forever and ever.
00:47:14.20\00:47:17.73
The Christ that
I'm preaching tonight
00:47:17.76\00:47:19.98
is the Christ who
loves the little babies.
00:47:20.01\00:47:23.88
Now people have
asked me this question,
00:47:30.66\00:47:32.73
"I once was baptized
but something happened,
00:47:34.11\00:47:38.88
and I wandered
away from God and I--"
00:47:38.91\00:47:42.67
These people will
come and they'll say
00:47:42.70\00:47:44.37
these words because they're
worried and they're concerned.
00:47:44.40\00:47:47.02
They'll say, "I once believed
but I wandered away from God.
00:47:47.05\00:47:51.64
Should I be re-baptized?
00:47:51.67\00:47:54.06
Should I be
baptized again because
00:47:54.09\00:47:57.60
I once knew God but I
turned my back on him?"
00:47:57.63\00:48:02.51
I'm going to turn over here
00:48:02.54\00:48:03.91
to Acts 19: 1-5
in this great Bible.
00:48:03.94\00:48:07.81
I'm reading the New
International version.
00:48:07.84\00:48:09.89
Acts 19: 1-5.
00:48:09.92\00:48:12.98
And I'm going to put
the text up on the screen.
00:48:13.01\00:48:16.16
And this is for those who wonder
00:48:16.19\00:48:17.56
whether they're
going to be baptized again.
00:48:17.59\00:48:20.15
"While Apollos was at Corinth,
00:48:20.18\00:48:21.84
Paul took the road
through the interior
00:48:21.87\00:48:23.91
and arrived at Ephesus.
00:48:23.94\00:48:25.80
There he found some
disciples and asked them,
00:48:25.83\00:48:28.96
'Did you receive the Holy
Spirit when you believed?'
00:48:28.99\00:48:31.67
They answered, 'No,
we have not even heard
00:48:31.70\00:48:34.20
that there is a Holy Spirit.'
00:48:34.23\00:48:36.20
So Paul asked, 'Then
what baptism did you receive?'
00:48:36.23\00:48:39.48
'John's baptism,' they replied.
00:48:39.51\00:48:41.82
Paul said, 'John's baptism
was a baptism of repentance.
00:48:41.85\00:48:45.65
He told the people to believe
00:48:45.68\00:48:47.27
in the one coming after
him, that is, in Jesus.'
00:48:47.30\00:48:50.95
On hearing this,
they were baptized
00:48:50.98\00:48:53.96
into the name
of the Lord Jesus."
00:48:53.99\00:48:57.18
And so here were people
who were baptized twice.
00:48:57.21\00:49:00.82
And when they were
baptized the second time,
00:49:00.85\00:49:03.11
it is because they
were baptized into Jesus.
00:49:03.14\00:49:07.55
They had received
Jesus, a new experience
00:49:07.58\00:49:12.66
that Christ had
come into their hearts
00:49:12.69\00:49:15.37
like this beautiful
lady here on the screen
00:49:15.40\00:49:19.05
and she's being baptized
because God has touched her
00:49:19.08\00:49:24.66
and she has
become a new creation.
00:49:24.69\00:49:28.34
And that is why you and
I are to seek, my friend,
00:49:28.37\00:49:31.97
to be baptized as Jesus was.
00:49:32.00\00:49:34.37
Now is it necessary--
00:49:39.17\00:49:45.34
how necessary is
it to be baptized?
00:49:45.37\00:49:50.62
Is baptism really necessary?
00:49:50.65\00:49:54.41
Here are three powerful reasons.
00:49:56.07\00:49:58.33
Because of the cross and because
of the resurrection of Christ.
00:49:59.92\00:50:07.11
Romans 6: 3-5. Look
at it on the screen.
00:50:07.14\00:50:14.66
Paul says, "Or don't
you know that all of us
00:50:14.69\00:50:18.61
who were
baptized into Christ Jesus
00:50:18.64\00:50:21.77
were baptized into his death?
00:50:21.80\00:50:25.02
We were
therefore buried with him
00:50:25.05\00:50:27.09
through baptism
into death in order that,
00:50:27.12\00:50:29.96
just as Christ was
raised from the dead
00:50:29.99\00:50:33.11
through the glory of the Father,
we too may live a new life.
00:50:33.14\00:50:39.25
If we have been united
with him like this in his death,
00:50:39.28\00:50:42.99
we will certainly
also be united with him
00:50:43.02\00:50:45.90
in his resurrection."
00:50:45.93\00:50:48.64
Now look at me.
00:50:49.69\00:50:51.06
When a person is baptized,
he goes under the water.
00:50:52.62\00:50:56.61
That represents
how Christ died for us
00:50:57.80\00:51:01.49
and was placed
down into the tomb
00:51:01.52\00:51:05.22
and when a person
comes up out of the water,
00:51:05.25\00:51:09.53
it represents the
resurrection of Christ
00:51:09.56\00:51:13.42
and his own resurrection to
be a new person in Christ Jesus.
00:51:13.45\00:51:20.21
Listen, my friend,
00:51:20.24\00:51:21.71
if you truly believe in Christ,
00:51:24.08\00:51:28.35
if you believe
that He died for you,
00:51:30.03\00:51:33.78
if you believe He
rose from the dead for you,
00:51:33.81\00:51:37.76
if you believe
He's coming again,
00:51:37.79\00:51:40.96
then, my friend, you
ought to be baptized,
00:51:40.99\00:51:46.31
this is the word of the Lord.
00:51:46.34\00:51:49.25
There's a second reason.
00:51:50.79\00:51:52.54
Because of the new birth.
00:51:54.00\00:51:56.75
When a person
becomes a new person
00:51:56.78\00:52:01.29
by the supernatural
power of the Holy Spirit.
00:52:01.32\00:52:05.55
John 3:5.
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Notice the words.
00:52:11.15\00:52:13.60
Jesus was talking
to a Jewish theologian.
00:52:13.63\00:52:18.18
"Jesus answered, 'I
tell you the truth.'"
00:52:20.11\00:52:24.18
Oh, thank God that
Jesus tells us the truth.
00:52:24.21\00:52:27.36
There are many people in
this world not like you people,
00:52:27.39\00:52:30.92
but there are many
people in this world
00:52:30.95\00:52:33.74
who do not want
to know the truth.
00:52:33.77\00:52:35.81
But you do.
00:52:37.46\00:52:38.84
Jesus said you
will know the truth
00:52:38.87\00:52:42.05
and the truth
will make you free.
00:52:42.08\00:52:44.31
"Jesus answered,
'I tell you the truth,
00:52:46.55\00:52:49.42
no one can enter
the kingdom of God
00:52:49.45\00:52:51.96
unless he is born of
water and the Spirit.'"
00:52:51.99\00:52:57.35
Water is baptism,
the Spirit is the power
00:52:57.38\00:53:02.30
of the Holy Spirit when
he comes into our hearts
00:53:02.33\00:53:06.52
and we become born-again
00:53:06.55\00:53:09.09
and we become new
creations in Christ.
00:53:09.12\00:53:12.73
I just want to
open my heart to you.
00:53:16.38\00:53:18.69
We're talking tonight about
something that is supernatural.
00:53:20.67\00:53:24.19
We're talking about something
that is bigger than churches.
00:53:26.05\00:53:29.33
We're talking about something
that is bigger than religion.
00:53:30.38\00:53:34.13
We are talking about
the almighty creator God
00:53:34.16\00:53:38.30
and when this great creator
God comes down into our hearts
00:53:38.33\00:53:43.76
as we accept Jesus Christ
we become born-again Christians
00:53:43.79\00:53:50.78
and our sins are washed away
00:53:50.81\00:53:54.41
and we become brand new people
00:53:54.44\00:53:59.23
as Willie G told us last night,
00:53:59.26\00:54:02.46
we are not talking
about a modification,
00:54:02.49\00:54:07.27
we are talking about a
supernatural transformation.
00:54:07.30\00:54:13.76
Now, my beloved
friends, here in Port Moresby,
00:54:18.57\00:54:23.54
not merely my friends,
my brothers and my sisters,
00:54:23.57\00:54:30.24
my family,
00:54:30.27\00:54:32.04
is it not time that we should
go to Jesus and be made clean?
00:54:35.98\00:54:40.46
Is it not time
that we go to Jesus
00:54:41.62\00:54:44.67
and be cured of
the leprosy of sin?
00:54:44.70\00:54:47.22
Is it not time that we
fall down at His feet and say,
00:54:48.61\00:54:52.27
"Lord, if You are
willing, You can make me clean?"
00:54:52.30\00:54:55.09
And I promise you and
assure you of one great truth,
00:54:56.55\00:55:01.13
He will look you in the
eye and He will say, "I will.
00:55:01.16\00:55:07.19
Be clean."
00:55:08.98\00:55:10.74
Paul, the
evangelist, says in the Bible
00:55:13.57\00:55:16.23
that God will finish His work
00:55:16.26\00:55:17.70
and cut it short
in righteousness.
00:55:17.73\00:55:20.16
The prophet Joe says
God will pour out His Spirit
00:55:20.19\00:55:22.93
in the last days, and
signs and wonders will follow.
00:55:22.96\00:55:26.16
"The Carter Report"
believes that we are now
00:55:26.19\00:55:28.49
in the end times and His
Spirit is moving mightily.
00:55:28.52\00:55:32.88
During the Port
Moresby campaign,
00:55:32.91\00:55:35.05
we testified that we saw
the power of God revealed.
00:55:35.08\00:55:38.91
God-hungry souls
00:55:38.94\00:55:41.48
could not get enough
of the word of the Lord
00:55:41.51\00:55:44.22
as at creation the Spirit of God
00:55:44.25\00:55:46.97
moved upon the
face of the waters.
00:55:47.00\00:55:49.46
And God brought
cosmos out of chaos.
00:55:49.49\00:55:53.00
Souls were recreated in
the image of the Creator.
00:55:53.03\00:55:56.58
Instead of hate, there was love.
00:55:56.61\00:55:58.71
Instead of
despair, there was hope.
00:55:58.74\00:56:00.89
Instead of
sorrow, there was joy.
00:56:00.92\00:56:03.24
And in the place of
death, God gave life.
00:56:03.27\00:56:06.78
One night, as John Carter
preached on the person and
00:56:06.81\00:56:09.49
work of the Holy Spirit,
00:56:09.52\00:56:10.89
the image of a white bird
was flashed on the screens.
00:56:10.92\00:56:14.62
At that moment,
a great white bird
00:56:14.65\00:56:16.82
flew low over the
astonished congregation.
00:56:16.85\00:56:20.05
Cries of joy filled the
air as the audience recognized
00:56:20.08\00:56:23.53
that God has visited his people.
00:56:23.56\00:56:25.78
A mighty surge
of Pentecostal power
00:56:25.81\00:56:28.22
swept the
audience of 120,000 souls
00:56:28.25\00:56:31.98
and everyone
present felt the warm,
00:56:32.01\00:56:34.60
comforting presence of God.
00:56:34.63\00:56:36.88
"The Carter Report" team
invites you, my dear viewer,
00:56:36.91\00:56:39.95
to be a partner in this work.
00:56:39.98\00:56:42.21
Soldiers of the
cross are wanted.
00:56:42.24\00:56:44.73
Faith partners are needed.
00:56:44.76\00:56:47.16
Write to us now here
at The Carter Report,
00:56:47.19\00:56:49.99
PO box 1900,
00:56:50.02\00:56:52.01
Thousand Oaks, California 91358.
00:56:52.04\00:56:55.53
Or in Australia at PO
box 861, Terrigal, NSW 2260.
00:56:55.56\00:57:03.51
You may also contact us
online at cartereport.org
00:57:03.54\00:57:07.28
or email us at
info@cartereport.org
00:57:07.31\00:57:12.08
Thank you for joining us today.
00:57:14.77\00:57:16.73
To become a faith
partner with Pastor John Carter
00:57:16.76\00:57:19.37
and to receive our
monthly newsletter,
00:57:19.40\00:57:21.65
write to us here
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00:57:21.68\00:57:23.90
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00:57:23.93\00:57:30.73
Or in Australia at PO
box 861, Terrigal, NSW 2260.
00:57:30.76\00:57:38.70
That address
again is PO box 1900,
00:57:38.73\00:57:41.82
Thousand Oaks, California 91358.
00:57:41.85\00:57:46.07
Or in Australia at PO
box 861, Terrigal, NSW 2260.
00:57:46.10\00:57:53.66
Remember Jesus said
you will know the truth
00:57:53.69\00:57:56.44
and the truth will set you free.
00:57:56.47\00:57:58.93