It's a windy day
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outside the
Pendleton Correctional Faculty
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but somehow this
wind never really
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seems to get
inside where the men are.
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And yet the cool breezes
of the Holy Spirit are inside
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and Christ is inside
and His presence is inside.
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Last year we baptized
11 men in this facility.
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So something very good is
happening here at Pendleton
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and you will know about that,
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you'll hear about that on
this edition of Free Indeed.
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I'm free indeed.
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It's something that we
don't always ask you to do
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and that's to kneel
for this particular prayer.
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If you're not
impressed to, don't want to read
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we can understand
that but I'm going to
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and because you want to
ask God's blessing upon this,
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this particular
time and this service.
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Jesus, we come to You now.
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Back in the olden days
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the subjects
knelt before their king.
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It was a demand of the
king, it's a request from You.
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But there's coming a day
when every knee shall bow. Yes.
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And every heart
will confess. Yes.
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That You're king of
kings and Lord of Lord's.
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That's right, that's right.
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And so we, we
kneel and bow here now
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because we
accept You as our Lord,
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our Savior and
our soon coming king.
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Father, there are
men here who have already
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committed their lives
to You in their hearts.
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And this ceremony is
just a public acknowledgement
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of a change that
has already began.
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Father, when we
stand up for Jesus,
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Jesus stands up for us.
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But we pick up at least
one enemy, his name is Satan.
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The deceiver, the
destroyer, the devil.
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That old dragon and serpent.
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So Father, right now I'm
asking in the name of Jesus,
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that his
presence will not be felt.
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That he'll be
banished from this place.
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Yes, yes.
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That his angels
will be put away.
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And that the
only music we'll hear
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of the sweet singing
of the angels of God.
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Bless this service Lord, with
Your presence and Your power
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and give these new babes in
the faith, victory in Jesus.
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Give them
overcoming power in Jesus.
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Give them strength
and stamina in Jesus.
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Help them to run
the race in Jesus.
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To fight the good
fighter faith in Jesus.
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To receive victory in Jesus.
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To move from grace to grace and
strength to strength in Jesus.
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Help them to know that
it always has been is now.
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And always will
be all about Jesus.
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Hallelujah. That's right.
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Take the world
give us Jesus. Yes, yes.
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And we praise you dear
God, and we thank You dear God,
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and we glory and
magnify Your name dear God
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in the blessed and worthy
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and mighty and powerful
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and all
conquering name of Jesus.
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Amen, and amen.
Hallelujah, hallelujah.
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When we were in
the baptismal class
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was it yesterday, Thursday?
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Somebody stocked their
head in the door and said,
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they said, "keep Chris
down to the count of 15."
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I'm not gonna cal any
names, better than we don't.
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Amen, amen.
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But you know
giving your life to Jesus
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doesn't mean you
suddenly become perfect.
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I'll tell you
something what giving your life,
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what conversion is?
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I want you to hold on this.
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Conversion is a
change of direction.
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All right. That's what it is.
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It doesn't mean you're
perfect, you're perfecting.
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Doesn't mean you're
not gonna have bad days.
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Doesn't mean you're going not,
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you're not going
to slip and fall.
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It means you've
changed your direction.
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Amen. I was walking--
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One way, away from Jesus
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and I notice that
Jesus is going that way.
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So we'll keep
walking this way? No, no.
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Because everyday Jesus is
getting further away from you.
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That's right. That's right.
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So what I got to
do? Change my direction.
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I got a decision to
make. May be 'U' turn.
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But all my friends
are going this way.
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No, no. Pastor going that way.
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No. Chaplain going this way.
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You can't say
that. Or my homies.
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We all going this way.
But Jesus is going that way.
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So what do I
do? Take a 'U' turn.
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That's what I do.
I'll make a 'U' turn.
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Now I'm walking
with Jesus. Amen.
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So when I fall, Jesus is
right by my side to pick me up.
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And I guarantee
you you're gonna fall
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while you're getting perfect.
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You'll have bad
days. That is right.
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But you have changed
your direction. Hallelujah.
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So before you
knee hits the ground
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Christ right there saying,
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"get up brush
yourself off, lets' go."
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Amen. Amen.
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So he is changed
his the direction.
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You are going to get better
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because God gonna see
to it that it gets better.
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Amen, amen.
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Chris, because
you love the Lord,
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your presence here says
you're in love with Jesus.
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You got a new best friend. Yeah.
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And his name is Jesus Yeah.
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He is not going to go far.
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In fact He has
promised never to leave you,
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never to forsake you.
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There's nothing you can
do that will surprise Him.
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There's no hole you
can crawl into or fall into
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that Christ can't pick you up.
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So because you love Jesus.
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And in the presence of Jesus
and under the power of Jesus
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I baptize you in
the name of Father,
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of His Son and of the Holy Ghost
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in Jesus name be
faithful unto death
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and He will give you
a crown of eternal life.
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Take a deep breath. Yeah.
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Take me to the
water Take me to the water
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Oh, Lord to be baptized
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Nothing but the righteous
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I said, none
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Nothing but the righteous
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Nothing but the righteous
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Nothing but the righteous
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Shall see God.
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Brother, Jason Wilder.
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Jason, I know you love Jesus.
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And you've requested to
be baptized in Jesus name
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because all power
has been given to Jesus.
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And it does give
us great pleasure
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to baptize in the
name of the Father,
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of His Son and
of the Holy Ghost.
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In the name of
and under the power of
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our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
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you'll be faithful
unto death, Jesus said
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because then He'll give
you a crow of eternal life.
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Take a deep
breath. Close your eyes.
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Take me to the
water Take me to the water
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Come on Take me to the water
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Oh Lord, to be baptized
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Nothing but the righteous
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I said, none
Nothing but the righteous
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Oh Lord, Lord. Lord, Lord.
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Nothing but the righteous
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Shall see God
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So Take me to the water
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Come on Take me to the water
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Come on Take me to the water
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Oh Lord, to be baptized
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Brother Bryan Clark,
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your presence here
today is in the occasion
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that you have
transferred your allegiance.
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You no longer
belong to the world.
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Now you belong to Jesus.
Now you're a son of Jesus.
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You're a soldier
in the army of Jesus.
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And so in the name of
Jesus it gives us great pleasure
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to baptize you in
name of the Father,
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of His son and of the Holy Ghost
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in the presence and power
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of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ.
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Be faithful unto death
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and Jesus will give
you a crown of life.
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Take a deep breath.
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Take me to the
water Take me to the water
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Come on Take me to the water
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Oh Lord, to be baptized
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Nothing but the righteous
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I said, none
Nothing but the righteous
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Oh, Lord.
Nothing but the righteous
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Shall see God
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Brother Hicks has
a joy in his life.
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I saw a little bit in the class
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and you can, you
can tell a changed man.
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He is a, he is a changed man.
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Thank You, Jesus.
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And we thank You, we
thank God for the change
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because true change
only comes from Jesus.
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We can--you know,
the cosmetic industry
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is a $200
billion a year industry.
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Tummy tucking
and plastic surgery,
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$70 billion a year.
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But that's,
that's all in outside.
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That's right. That's not inside.
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Only Jesus can change
inside and that's free.
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That's right. Praise God.
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So Robert, Robert just
got a makeover for free.
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Amen. Amen.
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Take my wrist, yeah.
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And when we'll read it
you need to hold down here.
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I say Father of Holy Ghost
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you take the deep
breath and cover it up.
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Robert Hicks,
because you love the Lord.
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Your presence here is an
indication that you love Jesus.
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And we see the change in
your life because of Jesus
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and now in the name of Jesus
and under the power of Jesus
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we baptize you in
the name of Father,
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of his Son and
of the Holy Ghost.
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In the presence of Jesus be
faithful unto death, Robert,
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and Jesus Himself will give
you a crown of eternal life.
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Take a deep
breath and-- Hallelujah.
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Take me to the
water Take me to the water
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Come on Take me to the water
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Oh Lord, to be baptized
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My brother Clichard McGee,
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your presence here today
says that you love Jesus.
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That you've given
your heart to Him,
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that you've begun that road
that will lead one day to glory.
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And so it gives us
pleasure to baptize you
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in the name of Jesus
and under the power of Jesus
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in the name of the Father
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and of His Son
and of the Holy Ghost.
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Jesus said be
faithful unto death
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and He will give
you a crown of life.
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I have baptized my dad
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in the Buffalo,
New York in November
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and the pipes in
the church broke.
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Water was freezing and
I was in the tank with him
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and felt bad putting his
face under that cold water
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but one month later
he had a stroke and die.
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So I was glad I did it
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because we got him in before
the Lord called him to rest.
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And so my brother David Ericson,
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because you love Jesus,
you've given your life to Jesus,
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you surrendered
your heart to Jesus.
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It gives us pleasure to
baptize you in the name of Jesus
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and in the power of Jesus
and in the name of the Father
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and of His Son
and of the Holy Ghost.
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Jesus says be
faithful unto death
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and He will give
you a crown of life.
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The Bible says, whenever someone
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gives their heart to
the Lord angels rejoice.
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Amen. Amen.
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You know, angels
kind of throw a party
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because they are so excited
to see someone come to Jesus.
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You can spend your
whole life serving to devil
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and then come to the Lord
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in your last broken down days
and angels throw a party. Amen.
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And that's how
much God loves us. Amen.
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And when you
come, when you're young
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and kind of
strong and good looking,
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praise the
Lord, God can use you.
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You know, --and
like your haircut.
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My brother in Christ,
because you love Jesus,
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your presence here is
indication that you love Jesus.
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You have given your all to Him
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and He has
given His all for you.
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We now baptize you in
the presence of Jesus,
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under the power of Jesus.
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In name of the Father
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of His Son and
of the Holy Ghost,
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my Jesus has said
be faithful unto death
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and He will give you
a crown of eternal life.
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Also kind of slip down
on us at the last minute
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but there is story in Matthew
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it talks about the
people that came at 3 o'clock,
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some came at 6
o'clock, some came at 11 o'clock
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and everybody
got the same penny.
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And so those who had
come early in the day said,
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now wait, wait, wait,
wait, this is not right.
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We've been working
all day, we got a penny
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and these guys work one hour
and they get the same penny.
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And God said, "So?"
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He said, you, you
signed on for a penny.
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Don't get mad at Me
because I'm generous and I love.
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So those that come
late get the same penny
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as those, that come early.
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And a thing about it
when you get to heaven
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it's not gonna matter.
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You could be so glad
that you got in. Hallelujah.
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You gonna be so
glad that you got in.
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You're not gonna worry
about those that came and,
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I served the Lord all
my life and you didn't.
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My dad served the one
month and had a stroke.
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I got baptized at age 10
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and been serving
the Lord all my life.
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And my dad and I
will be in the same condo
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right next to each other. Amen.
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Everybody gets the
penny. That's the love of God.
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Amen. Amen.
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That's right, that's right.
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First last, last of
you first, it won't matter.
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It won't matter not in heaven
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because you will
have all you need.
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And you won't be looking at mine
and I won't be looking at yours.
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I will be so
glad that I'm there.
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That would be
enough from me. Amen.
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That's right. Amen.
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My brother Arthur,
because you love the Lord,
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you've given your life to Jesus
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and Jesus has
accepted that life.
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He is gonna give you the
power to live victoriously.
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It gives us
pleasure to baptize you
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in the name of the Father
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and of His Son
and of the Holy Ghost,
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in the presence of
and under the power of
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our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ.
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His command to you
be faithful unto death
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and He will give
you a crown of life.
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Take me to the
water Take me to the water
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Come on Take me to the water
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Oh Lord, to be baptized
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When I met Edward yesterday
and in dealing with him
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with the baptism all
things and other things that I--
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there was something about him
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and I couldn't
quite figure it out
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and when I heard he was military
as a dad is I knew that he has--
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he kind of comes off kind
of like a marine a little bit.
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He kind of official,
you know, kind of official
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and I said, you're military.
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No nonsense. He
said, here's the papers.
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Sign them, I'll be
back to pick them up.
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I said, yes sir.
So it's in there.
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Well, today he is
listing in a new army. Amen.
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And, and there is no discharge.
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You never get kicked out
of this army. Hallelujah.
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Now you can, you
can excuse yourself.
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But Christ will
never kick you out.
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And there is no
dishonorable discharge. Amen.
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You--Jesus--you got
Him now and He has got you.
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So you're in a brand new army
and you will stay in that army
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till the day you die
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or till the day
Christ grabs you by the hand
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and takes you into that city.
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You'll never get a pass.
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You'll never get a vacation.
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You'll never get downtime.
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You're in His
army from now on, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Take my wrist if you will. Okay.
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My dear brother Edward Hoffman,
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what we do now we do
it in the name of Jesus.
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Because you've shown and
proven your love for Jesus.
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You've been listed
in the army of Jesus.
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You have stated that
you'll walk with Jesus
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and talk with
Jesus and live for Jesus
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and love Jesus and
continue to be a child of Jesus.
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And so now in the presence of
our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
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we baptize you in
the name of the Father,
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Son and Holy
Ghost and in the name,
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the matchless and
mighty name of Jesus.
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Be faithful Edward, unto death
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and Jesus Himself will
give you a crown of life.
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Take me to the
water Take me to the water
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Come on Take me to the water
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Oh Lord, To be baptized.
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Nothing but the righteous
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I said, none
Nothing but the righteous
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Oh Lord, Nothing
but the righteous
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Shall see God
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The program that you
are watching 'Free Indeed'
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is absolutely the
gospel message at work
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behind prison bars perhaps.
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There is a lot of
people that ask me.
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They said Lem, how many people
do you see that are converted?
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How many baptisms do you see?
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I want to tell you my
dear brothers and sisters,
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we are sowing
seeds for the gospel.
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We are sowing
seeds for the kingdom.
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These people today are making
decisions through baptism,
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through a final commitment
that they want to follow Christ.
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Their work is not done but they
are invited into the vineyard
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that they may
continue to work for Christ
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and bring honor and glory to God
00:22:07.37\00:22:09.63
and bring others under
this point in their life
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that they would be willing
to surrender all to Christ.
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We say, thank you for your
sponsorship for this program
00:22:14.46\00:22:17.88
and we would like
you to be involved,
00:22:17.91\00:22:19.97
your church to be involved
00:22:20.00\00:22:21.49
that they may take this program
to their county jail or prison,
00:22:21.52\00:22:24.94
ChristmasBehindBars.org.
Blessings to you.
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I don't know how many of
you here are baptized or not
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but its, its one
thing to say you love Jesus.
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So now that they
stand up for Him.
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And when you go
down in the water,
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you're symbolizing that death,
burial, resurrection of Jesus.
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Amen. That's right.
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You can read Romans 6,
its my chapter on baptism.
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Because you're, you're emulating
the example set by the Lord.
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If you haven't
done it think about it.
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We have too many
closet Christians.
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It's time to come
out of closet. Amen.
00:23:14.83\00:23:18.12
You know, don't wait
for somebody to out you,
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out yourself. Amen.
00:23:24.07\00:23:25.88
Amen. That's right.
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Come on out for Jesus
and stand up for Jesus.
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The only regret you
ever have in coming to Christ
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is that you didn't do it sooner.
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Amen. That's
only regret you have.
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That you didn't it sooner
because, you'll get power,
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power, wonder, working
power in the name of Jesus.
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So get on in. The water is fine.
00:23:53.67\00:23:57.67
And Christ will be
there with you. Amen.
00:23:58.64\00:24:00.77
And you will get a
whole, host of witnesses.
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There's a great
text in Hebrews 12.
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It talks about
this cloud of witnesses
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that's right there with you.
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Right there by you.
You know, stand by you.
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Unseen angels and
the Holy Spirit of God
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will assist you
everyday of your life
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and Christ will be there
just as long as you want Him.
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One thing about the devil
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that nothing about
you that he is afraid of.
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Nothing, nothing you can do,
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no ugly face you can make.
00:24:33.36\00:24:34.75
You can ball up your
fists, not gonna frightening him
00:24:34.78\00:24:36.92
because you're
not fighting a human
00:24:36.95\00:24:38.86
you're fighting
principalities and power.
00:24:38.89\00:24:41.42
So if you want
to win that battle
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you got to have
Jesus on your side.
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Amen. Amen.
00:24:45.86\00:24:46.99
And then He will fight for you.
00:24:47.02\00:24:48.24
In fact He will say "standstill,
see the salvation of the Lord."
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You don't need to
fight in that battle,
00:24:54.55\00:24:56.23
Jesus will fight it for you.
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Amen. So get on in.
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water is fine but more
than that Jesus will join you
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and He will
never ever let you go.
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Amen. Shall we pray?
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Father God, there may be those
who are considering baptism,
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give them the grace,
give them the strength
00:25:19.07\00:25:24.04
to make that giant leap for You.
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Help them to trust You
even when they cannot trace You.
00:25:28.94\00:25:34.65
Help them to know
that You're always there.
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Father, for those who
are baptized this day,
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anoint them to be the
children of the most high God.
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And for those of us, who
have long walked with You,
00:25:45.88\00:25:49.80
help us not to get weary, Lord.
00:25:49.83\00:25:52.57
Help us not to get
tired because you have said,
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"He that endorse to
the end shall be saved,
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shall receive the crown of life,
00:26:02.30\00:26:04.52
shall walk through the
gates and into the holy city."
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Oh, dear God,
keep us in the path
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that we have
selected for ourselves.
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That is the
path of righteousness
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and we praise you and thank You
00:26:17.53\00:26:21.38
in the worthy and
blessed name of Jesus.
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Amen. Amen.
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With the help of my
fellow comrades here
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and through the
ministries that they have here
00:26:31.23\00:26:35.00
people kept talking me
and you need to get baptized.
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You need to get baptized.
00:26:38.02\00:26:39.47
And it clicked one day I
need to get right with our Lord
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with between me and Him
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just a personal
message with me and Him
00:26:44.14\00:26:47.32
on one basis so
that we're together.
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And I don't know
if I will be worthy
00:26:50.84\00:26:54.01
to accept one of the
crown while I'm there.
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Brother, let me
share with you something.
00:26:56.18\00:26:57.66
Let me share with your beautify.
00:26:57.69\00:26:59.27
God went to
prepare a home for us
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and there will be a
crown for you and for me.
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Yes, we'll be as we meet
Jesus and hear those words,
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"Well done thou good
in faithful servant."
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Are we worthy?
Absolutely not, brother.
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But it's because of
Jesus that makes us worthy
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and so you will receive a crown.
00:27:14.51\00:27:16.06
And prior between now and
then he has given you a work
00:27:16.09\00:27:19.45
and that's to carry the gospel
message from here and beyond
00:27:19.48\00:27:22.40
and the other people will
be also added to the kingdom.
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So God bless you,
thank you very, very much.
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They gave me 150 years
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and they reduced
it to down once to 98.
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So they gave you a
deal? They gave me a deal.
00:27:31.36\00:27:33.34
Down to 98, and
said they couldn't get me
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anything over
100 to that was life.
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And He'll be there for you.
00:27:36.63\00:27:39.24
And don't ever get
angry, don't get upset,
00:27:39.27\00:27:42.06
and if somebody
does something to you
00:27:42.09\00:27:43.94
like I feel like I have
been wrong forgive those people.
00:27:43.97\00:27:47.82
Pray for those people
and also pray for yourself
00:27:47.85\00:27:50.89
because I had to pray for myself
00:27:50.92\00:27:52.18
because I was
thinking evil of those people.
00:27:52.21\00:27:54.93
I felt bad of those
people. That's the human nature.
00:27:54.96\00:27:57.01
I even felt like
renouncing God at that time.
00:27:57.04\00:27:59.44
When I got into the county jail
00:27:59.47\00:28:00.97
and I instead I dropped
down after about 3 months
00:28:01.00\00:28:04.61
when I got down and I
said, Lord, forgive me
00:28:04.64\00:28:07.59
for what I follow these people
00:28:07.62\00:28:08.91
and please forgive them
for what they've done to me.
00:28:08.94\00:28:11.64
And I'm still gonna
get out here some day.
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Whether it be
home on the outside
00:28:13.88\00:28:15.39
or whether be home with them.
00:28:15.42\00:28:16.52
This world is not
our home. That's right
00:28:16.55\00:28:17.88
And we're just passing through.
00:28:17.91\00:28:19.04
God bless you and this
prison house is not your home.
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