The harvest truly is plenteous
but the laborers are few.
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Pray ye, therefore,
the Lord of the harvest
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that He will... He will send
forth laborers into His harvest.
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Also, I heard the
voice of the Lord say:
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"Who shall I send?
And who will go for us? "
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Then said I: "Here am
I... send me, send me. "
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Life on the Edge will
enable you to be an effective
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harvester for the Lord.
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We now invite you
into our classroom
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to Come Experience Life.
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Welcome to Life on the Edge.
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For those of you joining
us from home, we are glad that
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you are joining
our class here at the
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Lay Institute for Evangelism
at Pine Lake Retreat, Florida.
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We have been learning how
to share what the Bible teaches
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in Bible study. And
we're learning how to
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mark these Bible studies
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in our Bible. So as you join us
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we invite you to
look for your Bible
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and get a pencil
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so that you can mark these
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studies in your Bible with us.
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If this is your
first time joining us,
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you have missed out
on a lot of good studies
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and we invite you
to come to our website
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www. ComeExperienceLife. com
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where you can catch up on the
studies that you have missed.
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So join us with
your Bible and a pencil
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as we mark our Bibles
with the study for today.
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Today we're going to
learn about a Bible study that's
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very important in our Christian
walk... and it's Baptism.
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Baptism. The purpose of
this study is to show...
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And we are going to look at this
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when we have studied
this learning how it actually
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represents that.
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So we're going to
see Jesus in this study
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because His sacrifice
is what gives us life.
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And baptism is our way of
showing - demonstrating - that
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we are accepting
the sacrifice of Christ
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for our salvation.
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We're going to be going
through 13 texts on this study.
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These are the texts that we
are going to be going through.
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We are going to use B
as the code for our study.
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As we mark it through we
are going to be marking B.
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You want to make sure
you have this list of texts
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either at the front of
your Bible or in the back
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of your Bible. If this is
your first time joining us,
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we are going to be going
over these and showing you
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how to mark it on your Bible.
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Make sure you have your Bible
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because the texts will not
be showing on the screen...
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only the references.
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Final words are very important.
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When you know that you
talk to someone that you may not
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see again, you make sure that
the words you share with them
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are important words. I
remember when I was teaching.
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I had gone through
the year with the students
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and one burden I had in my heart
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was to make sure that I
left them with something more
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than just head knowledge.
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I wanted them to learn things
that could take them through
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life here on this
earth and life beyond.
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That was the burden
that I had in my heart.
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But as you know
with life you get busy
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and sometimes
some things pass you by
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and you realize you've
spent all this time with someone
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and it comes to the end
when you know this person
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will not be with you any more
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and you start thinking:
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"Ah, there are so many
things I did not share. "
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At the end of the year
I would sit and consider
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all the things that
happened through the year...
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what is it that I still need
to share with these students?
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What should I share
with them in this last moment
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that I have with them?
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I made sure that those
last moments were very important
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because I may not
see these students again.
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Now I taught first grade,
so a lot of these students
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I got to see through the years
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as they were there
in elementary school.
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And many of them
would come and say "hello"
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and a lot of time got in
trouble with their teachers
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'cause they would
make it late to their class
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'cause they had to stop by
Miss Feliciano's class first.
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But my last year teaching
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the burden that I had in
my heart in those last moments
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was even more
important because I knew
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I would not be
returning to the school
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so most of these students
I would never see again.
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Jesus had spent a great amount
of time with His disciples.
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He had shared
with them many things
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but now it had come
time for Him to leave.
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In His last moments, Jesus
had something very important
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to share with
His disciples also.
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He commands us: "Go ye therefore
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and teach all
nations, baptizing them
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in the name of the Father and
the Son and the Holy Ghost. "
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Now if Jesus shared this with
His disciples on the very last
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moment that He had with them,
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it must have been
something important to Jesus.
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He said to teach and baptize,
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so baptism is an
important thing to Jesus.
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And if it is to Him,
then it should be to us
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who believe and follow Him.
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So today we're going
to be studying this topic.
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Now there's
questions about baptism.
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Is it really
essential for our salvation?
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Does it matter
the manner of baptism?
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Now we're going to do
what we have talked about doing
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through these
studies. We don't want to find
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answers in other people
or other people's opinion
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or even our own,
but we want to see
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the answers that the Bible has
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because this is the
only place where we can trust
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to have truth in its purity.
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So we're going to look at
the Bible today to find answers
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and to learn about baptism...
what the Bible teaches
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on baptism. But
before we continue
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we will open
with a word of prayer.
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Let us pray.
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Dear Lord, Heavenly Father,
we thank you for the privilege
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that You give us once
more to open Your Word
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and study from
it. Lord, as we learn
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what Your Word teaches us
and what Your will is for us,
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I pray that Your Spirit will
open our minds and our hearts
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to understand the
precious truth of baptism.
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And may our hearts be
open, Lord, that Your Word
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will be able to enter in and
change and transform our lives.
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This things we pray
in the name of Jesus,
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our Lord and our Redeemer, Amen.
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We're going to begin
by looking at a story
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that helps us under
baptism. And this story is found
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in John chapter 3.
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John: the fourth
book of the New Testament.
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John chapter 3 verses 1-8.
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This is the very
first text of our study
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and this is how you're going
to mark it on your Bibles...
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as it shows on the screen.
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You're going to
write 1B and circle it.
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For those of you who are
joining us the first time
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we make a circle, write
the number of the text -
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and the code for
this study is B -
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we draw a line. Above
the line we write the text
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where we just came from.
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If we're starting, that
space is going to be left blank.
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Below the line we write
the reference we're going to.
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After this text we will be
going to Galatians chapter 5
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verses 19 to 25.
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Make sure to mark at
the end of our reference
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here in John:
chapter 3 verses 1-8.
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John chapter 3 verses 1-8.
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Mike, can you read that for us?
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"There was a man of the
Pharisees named Nicodemus,
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a ruler of the Jews.
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The same came to Jesus by night
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and said unto Him:
'Rabbi, we know that Thou art
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a teacher come from God for
no man can do these miracles
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that Thou doest
except God be with Him. '
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Jesus answered
and said unto him:
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'Verily, verily I say unto thee
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except a man be born
again he cannot enter into the
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kingdom of God. '
Nicodemus saith unto Him:
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'How can a man be
born when he is old?
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Can he enter the second
time into his mother's womb
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and be born? ' Jesus answered:
'Verily, verily I say unto thee
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except a man be born
of water and of the Spirit
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he cannot enter
into the kingdom of God.
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That which is born
of the flesh is flesh
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and that which is born
of the Spirit is Spirit.
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Marvel not that I say unto thee
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ye must be born again.
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The wind bloweth where
it listeth and thou hearest
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the sound thereof but
cannot tell whence it cometh
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and whither it goeth.
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So is every one that
is born of the Spirit. ' "
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Thank you.
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Now let us look
especially here at verse 2.
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It says: "The same
came to Jesus by night
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and said unto Him:
'Rabbi, we know that
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Thou art a
teacher come from God. ' "
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So here Nicodemus...
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he recognizes that
Jesus comes from God.
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In the rest of the verse
it tells you what he uses...
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what list of things that He
comes from God. What is that?
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The miracles that He performs.
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So Nicodemus has identified
Jesus as coming from God
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based on the external miracles
that he has seen Jesus do.
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Nicodemus is
focusing on the external.
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What is the response
that Jesus gives him?
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He tells him that you
have to be born again.
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Now Jesus here is not
talking about external things.
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He's talking about spiritual
things... they're internal.
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He's trying to lead
Nicodemus from the external
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into the internal things.
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But look at what
Nicodemus does in verse 4.
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He is questioning
Jesus, and what is the question
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that he asks Him?
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"How can a man be
born when he is old? "
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Is he getting what
Jesus is telling him? No.
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Is he recognizing
this is a spiritual matter?
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No. He is still
focusing on the external.
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He's still focusing on
that thought, so he's trying
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to figure out
how a man can be born
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after they are already grown.
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"But Jesus answered
and said: 'I say unto thee
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except a man be born of
the water and of the Spirit
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he cannot enter into
the kingdom of God. ' "
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"He cannot enter
into the kingdom of God. "
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Now then it says: "That which
is born of the flesh is" what?
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"flesh and that which is
born of Spirit is Spirit. "
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So if we have flesh,
anything that comes of it
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is going to be flesh.
And if we have the Spirit,
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whatever comes from
it or the fruit of it
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or the promise of
it will be Spirit.
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Now what does it mean
to be born of the Spirit?
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To be what? To be
led by the Spirit.
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Now can you think of something
that happens in a person's life
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that you can
identify as being born again?
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Because there Jesus is saying:
"You have to be born again...
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be born of the
Spirit and the water. "
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What does it mean when a
person says they are born again?
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There is change.
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There's... it's referring
to the conversion experience.
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And the conversion
experience leads you to change.
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You recognize your condition,
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you recognize who Jesus is,
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and your life
changes as a result.
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So being born again
is having that experience
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where the Spirit of God
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is taken... you are taken
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into the Spirit of God and your
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life is changed.
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There is a new experience
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in your life. It says...
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Now notice that it says
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"born of the
Spirit and of the water. "
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These two are necessary
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to enter into the kingdom of God
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is what Jesus is telling him.
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Now we're going to
look closer at what it means
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to be "born of the Spirit. "
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And then we're going to
look at what it means to be
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"born of the water. "
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Now we talked
about if it... if it's...
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Spirit... if it's born
of the Spirit it's Spirit
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and if it's born of
the flesh it's flesh.
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We're going to look
now in Galatians chapter 5
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verses 19 through 25.
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We're going to see what
are the fruits of the flesh
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and what are the
fruits of the Spirit.
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Galatians
chapter 5 verses 19-25.
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This is the
second text of our study,
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so at the end of this reference
you're going to be writing 2B.
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We just came from John
chapter 3 verses 1 through 8
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and we'll be going to
Mark chapter 16 verse 16.
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We are in Galatians chapter 5
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verses 19 through 25.
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Darlene, can you read
first verses 19 through 21?
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"Now the works of the
flesh are evident, which are:
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adultery, fornication,
uncleanliness and lewdness.
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Idolatry, sorcery,
hatred, contentions,
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jealousies, outbursts of wrath,
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selfish ambitions, dissentions,
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heresies, envy,
murders, drunkenness,
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revelries and the like
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of which I tell you beforehand
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just as I also
told you in times past
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that those who
practice such things
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will not inherit
the kingdom of God. "
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Thank you, Darlene.
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Now here in these
first few verses it's listing
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certain behaviors. Now what
does it say these behaviors are?
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The works of the flesh.
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So here we are seeing the types
of behaviors of those who are
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living in the flesh. Now when
it mentions living in the flesh
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it's just referencing
to the carnal nature.
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And so here it says that these
are the things that they do.
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And then it tells us that
those who are doing these things
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what's going to happen?
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They're not going to
inherit the kingdom of God.
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Now Jesus was just
talking to Nicodemus
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talking about the two
things that you would need
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to enter into
the kingdom of God.
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And here it's showing
these people who are living
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by the flesh... so these
individuals who are showing
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these things have not
been born of the Spirit.
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They're still
living in the flesh.
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Now in the next few
verses we're going to see those
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who are born of the Spirit and
what their behaviors are like.
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Shelleta, can you
read verses 22 through 25?
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"But the fruit of the
Spirit is love, joy, peace,
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longsuffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith,
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meekness, temperance.
Against such there is no law.
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And they that are Christ's
have crucified the flesh
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with their affection and lusts.
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If we live in the Spirit,
let us also walk in the Spirit.
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Let us not be
desirous of vain glory
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provoking one
another, envying one another. "
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Thank you... thank you so much.
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Now here it's listing
the fruits of the Spirit.
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And then it clarifies here
that they that are Christ's
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have crucified the
flesh. That means you have died
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to the flesh
'cause you're born again.
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You have had
that new experience.
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So those who are born of the
Spirit have died to the flesh...
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to the old man or
to the sinful man.
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And now you have
to walk in the Spirit.
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So we have been able
to see what the Bible says
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being born of the Spirit means.
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Now we're going to look
at what it means to be born
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of the water.
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The next text that we
are going to is Mark 16:16.
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We're looking for
the answer what it means
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to be born of the water.
Mark chapter 16 verse 16.
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Second book of
the New Testament.
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Matthew, Mark
chapter 16 verse 16.
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This is the third
text in our study.
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You're going to mark it as
it shows on the screen: 3B.
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We just came from
Galatians 5 verses 19 through 25
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and we're going to be going
to Ephesians chapter 4 verse 5.
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We are in Mark 16 verse 16.
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Vanessa, could
you read that for us.
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"He that believeth and
is baptized shall be saved
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but he that believeth
not shall be damned. "
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All right, now here
it's Jesus talking again
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and He's talking about being
saved and those who are not.
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And He says there's two
things that have to happen
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for those who are saved.
What are those two things?
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Believe and be baptized.
Believe and be baptized.
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Believe and be baptized.
Now the person who's born of
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the Spirit believes.
That's the conversion experience
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that happens. But they also
have to do something to show
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this... and that
is to be baptized.
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So the Bible makes
it clear that Jesus
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has said that
baptism is important.
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Here it says that you have
to believe and be baptized.
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Talking about salvation: you
must believe and be baptized.
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So we see that when it talks
about being born of the water
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it's talking about baptism.
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Now how many forms of baptism
does the Bible talk about?
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Now we may have
heard of different baptisms
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but we want to know
what the Bible talks about.
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And so we're going to say...
first going to see how many
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forms of baptism the
Bible says are valid.
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We're going to look
at Ephesians chapter 4...
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Ephesians chapter 4 verse 5.
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Ephesians chapter 4 verse 5.
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This is the
fourth verse of our study
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so you're going to mark
at the end of this reference
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4B. Above the line you're
going to write Mark 16:16.
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That's where we came from.
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And we will be going
to Mark 1 verses 9 and 10.
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We are in Ephesians
4... chapter 4 and verse 5.
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Dosung, could you
read that verse for us?
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"One Lord, one
faith, one baptism. "
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Now that's very simple.
What does the Bible say?
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How many baptisms? One.
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The Bible says
there is one baptism.
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Now let's see what
type of baptism the Bible
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is talking about. What we're
going to do is we're going to
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look at some examples
of baptisms in the Bible.
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And the first one
that we're going to look at
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is Jesus' baptism.
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Now Jesus is our example
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so looking at His
baptism is important for us
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'cause He came to
be an example for us.
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And we are going to
find this in Mark chapter 1.
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We're going to be
reading verses 9 and 10.
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Mark chapter 1 verses 9-10.
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This is the fifth
text of our study.
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You're going to mark at
the end of this reference
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as it shows on the screen: 5B.
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We came from
Ephesians chapter 4 verse 5.
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And we will be
going to Acts chapter 8.
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We'll be reading
verses 36 through 39.
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We are in Mark
chapter 1 verses 9 and 10.
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Roberto, can you
read that for us?
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"It came to pass in those days
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that Jesus came
from Nazareth of Galilee
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and was baptized
by John in the Jordan.
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And immediately
coming out from the water
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He saw the heavens parting and
the Spirit descended upon Him
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like a dove. "
Thank you, Roberto.
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Here it's relating the
story of Jesus being baptized
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by John the Baptist.
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In verse 10 it's
describing what happens.
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What does this tell
us is happening there?
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Before... He came
up out of the water.
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Says "He came up
out of the water. "
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What does that tell us if
He came up out of the water?
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He must have gone
down into the water.
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So here we see Jesus
coming out of the water
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in His baptism. So He
had gone in the water.
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Now in verse 9 it says
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"and was baptized of
John in the Jordan. "
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The word there
baptize in the original Greek
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the Greek word is
baptizo which means immersion.
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Which means to be
submerged or fully made wet.
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So in the word itself
it's understood what type
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of baptism it was referring to.
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It's talking about immersion.
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Now we do not... we
hear the word baptism
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and we just relate it
to what we have learned
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in our experience. But
the people in that time
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knew what that word meant.
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They knew the word baptizo
in itself meant immersion.
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So to them there was no question
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as to what type of
baptism they were talking about
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because it
actually meant immersion.
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Now it occurred to you
when you study your Bible
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to have one of those
Strong's Concordances that has
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the Greek and the
Hebrew original words
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'cause it really helps
you to understand much clearer
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what the Word of God says.
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And here we see how it
really clarifies what it meant
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by baptism. It's
actually the immersion.
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Now we're going to see another
example found in Acts chapter 8.
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Acts chapter 8, and we're going
to be reading verses 36-39.
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Acts chapter 8
verses 36 through 39.
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This is the sixth
text in our study.
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You are going to mark it
as it shows on the screen: 6B.
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Mark 1:9-10 is
where we came from
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so that goes on top of the line.
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And we will be
going to John 3:23
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and you will put
that below the line.
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We are in Acts chapter 8
and we're going to be reading
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verses 36 through 39.
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Tom, could you read that for us?
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"Now as they went down the
road they came to some water.
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And the eunuch
said: 'See, here is water.
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What hinders me
from being baptized? '
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Then Philip said: 'If you
believe with all your heart,
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you may. ' And he
answered and said:
00:22:58.68\00:23:00.94
'I believe that Jesus
Christ is the Son of God. '
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So he commanded the
chariot to stand still
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and both Philip and the
eunuch went down into the water
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and he baptized him.
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Now when they came
up out of the water
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the Spirit of the
Lord caught Philip away
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so that the
eunuch saw him no more.
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And he went on
his way rejoicing. "
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Thank you, Tom.
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Now here we see a story
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and we're going to look into
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this story a
little bit more later.
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But what has happened so far...
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Philip has been with a eunuch
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and they have been studying
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the Word of God. Now they're
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walking and he sees water.
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And what is the
first thing he says?
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Says: "Water... what
keeps me from being baptized? "
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Now he has been
studying the Word of God.
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There certainly has
been conviction in his heart
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and he sees the water.
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Now remember we've been talking
about being born of the water.
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He sees the water and
he decides to get baptized.
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What does Philip ask him?
00:24:03.92\00:24:06.69
If you believe. He says: "If you
believe with all your heart. "
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And then he proclaims
that he believes in Jesus
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and he goes... Now I
want you to notice in verse 38
00:24:14.05\00:24:17.33
it says: "And he commanded
the chariot to stand still
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and they went down
both into the water" -
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both Philip and the eunuch -
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"and he baptized him. "
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And then in verse 39 it says:
00:24:28.58\00:24:30.61
"And then when they were
come up out of the water. "
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So here it describes them
as going down into the water
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and coming up out of the water.
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So again we see another example
of baptism, and we see clearly
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that the person is
going down into the water
00:24:45.38\00:24:48.13
and coming out of the
water. So we see again that
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the method of baptism
here again is immersion.
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The person's going
down into the water
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and coming out of the water.
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That... It's
interesting to see...
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We know that John the Baptist
was preaching the message
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of repentance and he
baptized a lot of people...
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Jesus being one of them as
we saw in the example before.
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And it's interesting to
see what caused him to choose
00:25:13.32\00:25:17.78
the location where he
would have this baptism.
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And we're going to look at
that in John chapter 3 verse 23.
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John chapter 3 verse 23.
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That's just one book
before. John chapter 3
00:25:30.22\00:25:35.29
and we're looking at verse 23.
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This is the
seventh text in our study,
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so at the end of this reference
you're going to be writing 7B.
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We just came from Acts 8:36-39
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so that will go
on top of the line.
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And below the line you
will write Romans 6:1-6.
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That's the verse that we
will be going to after this.
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We are in John
chapter 3 verse 23.
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Ryan, can you read that for us?
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"And John also was
baptizing at Aenon near to Salim
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because there
was much water there.
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And they came
and were baptized. "
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Thank you, Ryan. Here
John has chosen to baptize
00:26:13.02\00:26:17.20
in Aenon near to Salim. Why?
00:26:17.41\00:26:19.61
Because there
was much water there.
00:26:21.29\00:26:22.69
Now why is this important?
00:26:22.79\00:26:24.55
For immersion. Now if they
were just going to do sprinkling
00:26:24.75\00:26:30.48
did they need "much water? "
00:26:30.68\00:26:32.10
No. If they were just going to
do the anointing in the forehead
00:26:32.41\00:26:37.38
would they need
all this water? No.
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So it's evident here that
John understood that baptism
00:26:39.15\00:26:43.19
had to be by immersion
so he made sure the location
00:26:43.39\00:26:45.74
that he picked had much water.
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Had much water.
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So we see how the
Bible clearly identifies
00:26:50.15\00:26:54.27
the form of
baptism as being immersion.
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Now Jesus talking
to Nicodemus told him
00:26:59.90\00:27:02.73
that to enter
into the kingdom of God
00:27:02.93\00:27:05.31
he must be born of the
Spirit and born of water.
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We saw that being born of
the Spirit meant having an
00:27:10.02\00:27:13.12
experience. Not just
an emotion that you have.
00:27:13.22\00:27:15.27
Being born of the Spirit is
an experience that brings change
00:27:15.47\00:27:19.90
to your life. Someone
who lives by the Spirit
00:27:20.10\00:27:23.02
walks by the Spirit
is what the Bible says.
00:27:23.22\00:27:25.28
And we looked at the
fruits of the Spirit.
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We also looked at
the fruits of the flesh.
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So a person that's
been born by the Spirit
00:27:30.90\00:27:33.92
has a change in the
types of behavior that they do.
00:27:34.12\00:27:38.73
So there's a change in the life.
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That is what shows us
that a person has been born
00:27:40.84\00:27:43.63
by the Spirit.
But Jesus also said
00:27:43.73\00:27:46.40
ye must be born by the water.
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And we see how
here the Bible shows us
00:27:48.77\00:27:53.54
that the way of baptism
that the Bible approves of
00:27:53.74\00:27:58.62
is immersion.
Being born by the water
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is being baptized.
And so we recognize
00:28:02.95\00:28:06.00
that the method of
baptism is immersion.
00:28:06.20\00:28:09.30
Now it's interesting to
say that the method of baptism
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is actually dictated by
the meaning of baptism itself.
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And we're going to see
that as we read in Romans
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chapter 6. We're going to
be reading verses 1 through 6.
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Romans 6:1-6.
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This is the
eighth text of our study.
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You're going to mark it as
it shows on the screen: 8B.
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Above the line John 3:23.
That's where we came from.
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And we will be going to
Matthew chapter 28 verses 18-20.
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And we are now in Romans
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chapter 6 verses 1-6.
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Um, Anita, could you
read those one at a time?
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"What shall we say then?
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Shall we continue to
sin that grace may abound? "
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Now here you see
the question is asking:
00:29:01.70\00:29:05.02
"shall we continue to sin? "
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It's talking about grace.
Now some people believe that
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because of grace we can just
continue as we usually were.
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But we've seen that being born
of the Spirit brings a change.
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Now here the question is
asked: "shall we continue in sin
00:29:19.73\00:29:23.04
that grace may abound? "
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Continue verse 2...
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"God forbid! How shall
we that are dead to sin
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live any longer therein? "
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Now here it's clear that
it says if we have died to sin
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that... remember,
if you are born again,
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you must have had to die to sin.
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So if you have died to sin,
now you are living a new life...
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so it should not
be a life of sin.
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Continue in verse 3...
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"Know ye not that so many of us
were baptized into Jesus Christ
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were baptized into His death? "
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Now here the Bible
clearly compares baptism
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as being baptized
into the death of Christ...
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being baptized into
the death of Christ.
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And baptism has a very
important symbol in our lives.
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As we choose to accept the
death of Christ for our lives
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we demonstrate
through baptism. It says:
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"Baptized into His death. "
Now let's continue in verse 4:
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"Therefore we are buried
with Him by baptism into death
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that like as Christ
was raised up from the dead
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by the glory of the
Father even so we also
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should walk in
newness of life. "
00:30:42.83\00:30:44.97
And now here it's talking about
we were baptized into His death.
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Now it compares
how Jesus was raised up
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to our experience. And
what does it say about that?
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"Into newness of life. "
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So we die with Him...
that means we die to sin...
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it says here "dead to sin,
" and then we are raised up
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just like He was
into newness of life.
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Continue in verse 5:
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"For if we have been planted
together in the likeness of His
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death so we shall be also in the
likeness of His resurrection. "
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So we see baptism
here is being compared
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to the death and then
it says that as we come out
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into newness of life it
compares it to the resurrection.
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Um... verse 6:
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"Knowing this: that our
old man is crucified with Him
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that the body of
sin might be destroyed
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that henceforth we
should not serve sin. "
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Now the Bible makes
clear that as we die to sin
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our lives should be different.
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Here baptism is the
symbol of the death, burial,
00:31:53.36\00:31:58.23
and resurrection of Christ.
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Now when you get baptized
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the first thing you need to
do before you go into the water
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you need to hold your breath.
00:32:06.17\00:32:07.48
Now when we were studying
about the state of the dead
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we saw how when Jesus
created man, to give life to man
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what did He have do?
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Breath of life in it,
00:32:16.90\00:32:18.08
and that was what
brought him to life.
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And then we saw
that for death to happen
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what happened was
that breath was taken away
00:32:23.45\00:32:26.29
and then the body
was left without life.
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So when we hold the breath
for those moments that we hold
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our breath to go
down in the water
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we are
representing the death of Jesus.
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As we are put under the water
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we are seeing the
symbol of Jesus' burial.
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When you bury someone you don't
leave them on top of the ground,
00:32:47.97\00:32:52.00
right? You dig a hole and
you put them under the ground
00:32:52.20\00:32:56.29
and cover it up.
00:32:56.40\00:32:57.45
The same thing
when we go into baptism
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we are buried under the water.
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And then the resurrection
of Jesus is represented
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by our coming out of that water.
00:33:08.38\00:33:10.43
We come out of that
water into newness of life.
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Here we see the death, burial,
and resurrection of Jesus
00:33:14.74\00:33:20.00
in the symbols of baptism.
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Now let's... let's think about
the different types of baptism
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that you have seen
or you have heard of.
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Can anyone think of a different
baptism other than the one
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that we studied
today: immersion?
00:33:33.37\00:33:35.11
What was that? Infusion.
00:33:36.58\00:33:38.29
Infusion. Now tell us a little
bit about that type of baptism.
00:33:38.49\00:33:42.22
What happens? You are basically
put over a pail of water
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and they just
pour it over your head
00:33:45.84\00:33:46.96
and then they rub
oil on your forehead.
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OK. Now if you think about these
three things that we just saw
00:33:49.64\00:33:53.58
are symbols of
baptism: the death, burial,
00:33:53.78\00:33:55.97
and resurrection, now the
Bible is telling us that baptism
00:33:56.07\00:33:58.45
does represent that
death and that resurrection.
00:33:58.65\00:34:01.57
Can you see infusion being able
to symbolize those two things?
00:34:01.77\00:34:06.64
No.
00:34:06.94\00:34:08.91
Can anyone thing of another type
of baptism that you have seen
00:34:09.11\00:34:11.92
or experienced or heard of.
00:34:12.12\00:34:13.69
Immersion three times?
00:34:16.29\00:34:17.72
You've seen
immersion three times?
00:34:18.02\00:34:19.96
OK.
00:34:20.16\00:34:21.46
Baptism of just the
Holy Spirit; no water.
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Yes. OK. So they just
receive the Holy Spirit?
00:34:28.44\00:34:31.72
Yeah, they believe
that you don't have to...
00:34:31.92\00:34:34.77
OK... you don't have to come
in contact with water at all.
00:34:34.97\00:34:37.32
All right, OK. You
know, I haven't seen that
00:34:37.42\00:34:39.04
but I think I've heard of it.
00:34:39.24\00:34:40.56
Now when we are talking
about being baptized by the
00:34:40.86\00:34:44.27
Holy Spirit, umm... Are
these people who believe that
00:34:44.47\00:34:48.31
the Holy Spirit
manifests in certain things?
00:34:48.51\00:34:51.80
So they are just going
by the outward demonstration
00:34:52.00\00:34:55.74
of the Holy Spirit. Now
can you see the 3 things
00:34:55.77\00:34:59.36
that we looked at here: the
death, burial, and resurrection
00:34:59.46\00:35:01.46
in that type of baptism? No.
00:35:01.66\00:35:02.83
No. Can anyone
think of another type?
00:35:03.03\00:35:05.67
Sprinkling... sprinkling.
00:35:06.83\00:35:09.36
Can you see the death, burial,
00:35:09.56\00:35:12.26
and resurrection of Jesus
00:35:12.37\00:35:13.81
symbolized in the baptism
00:35:13.95\00:35:16.17
that's done by sprinkling?
00:35:16.27\00:35:18.54
No. So if we are
believing that the Bible says
00:35:18.67\00:35:22.82
clearly here that baptism
is symbolized... symbolizes
00:35:23.03\00:35:26.47
the death and
resurrection of Jesus,
00:35:26.67\00:35:28.47
we can only take the
method that the Bible teaches:
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immersion.
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The Bible shows us also
that there are certain things
00:35:35.56\00:35:39.00
that should happen to
prepare you for this decision.
00:35:39.20\00:35:43.16
Now remember that baptism
is just a demonstration of
00:35:43.36\00:35:47.17
something that
already happened in your life.
00:35:47.37\00:35:49.42
Going into the water
itself is not a magical thing
00:35:49.72\00:35:54.23
that's going to
make you different.
00:35:54.43\00:35:57.37
It's just a demonstration
of faith that you do
00:35:57.57\00:36:00.37
because Jesus has said to
do it and we follow into that.
00:36:00.58\00:36:03.93
But something has to happen.
What would be some things
00:36:04.13\00:36:06.04
that the Bible said
should happen to make sure
00:36:06.14\00:36:09.26
that you are
prepared for baptism?
00:36:09.36\00:36:11.89
The first thing that
we are going to look at
00:36:12.10\00:36:13.60
is in Matthew chapter 28
00:36:13.80\00:36:16.56
and we're going to be
looking at verses 18 through 20.
00:36:16.76\00:36:19.78
Matthew 28 verses 18-20.
00:36:19.98\00:36:23.22
This is the ninth
text in our study.
00:36:23.42\00:36:26.28
And you are going to mark it
as it shows on the screen: 9B.
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We just came from Romans 6:1-6.
00:36:30.69\00:36:33.28
That goes above the line.
00:36:33.48\00:36:35.18
And we will be going to I
John chapter 5 verses 4-6.
00:36:35.38\00:36:40.03
We are in Matthew chapter 28
and we're going to be reading
00:36:40.43\00:36:45.40
verses 18 through 20.
00:36:45.70\00:36:49.03
Matthew 28 verses 18-20.
00:36:49.23\00:36:55.23
Gloria, could
you read that for us?
00:36:55.43\00:36:57.81
"And Jesus came and
spoke to them saying:
00:37:09.86\00:37:13.25
'all authority has been given
to Me in heaven and on earth.
00:37:13.45\00:37:18.73
Go therefore and make
disciples of all the nations
00:37:18.93\00:37:23.48
baptizing them in
the name of the Father
00:37:23.68\00:37:27.59
and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit
00:37:27.79\00:37:30.93
teaching them to observe
all things I have commanded you.
00:37:31.23\00:37:35.75
And lo, I am with you always...
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even to the end of the age. "
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Thank you, Gloria.
Now here we see Jesus
00:37:42.41\00:37:47.05
with His disciples in His
last moments that He's spending
00:37:47.15\00:37:50.24
with them. And He
tells them to go and teach
00:37:50.27\00:37:54.37
all nations, baptizing them.
00:37:54.57\00:37:56.47
Now what is it that
they're supposed to teach them?
00:37:56.67\00:37:59.47
All things that He
has commanded them.
00:38:01.71\00:38:04.02
So Jesus is making clear that
they have to teach these people
00:38:04.43\00:38:09.18
and baptize them...
which we can understand
00:38:09.38\00:38:12.90
that for a person to get
baptized they need to understand
00:38:13.10\00:38:17.61
the teachings of Jesus.
00:38:17.81\00:38:19.29
They need to understand
what the Bible teaches...
00:38:19.49\00:38:23.60
the Word of God teaches.
00:38:23.80\00:38:26.07
There has to be an understanding
of the Word of God.
00:38:26.37\00:38:29.36
That does not mean they
need to know every little thing
00:38:29.57\00:38:32.12
because we are
constant students of the Bible
00:38:32.32\00:38:34.99
so we are going to
continue to study more and more.
00:38:35.09\00:38:37.99
But they need to know the basics
of what the Bible teaches.
00:38:38.19\00:38:42.97
It says: "Teaching
them all things that I have
00:38:43.17\00:38:45.55
commanded you. "
00:38:45.75\00:38:46.82
So for a person to
make a decision for baptism
00:38:47.02\00:38:49.73
they have to have an understand-
ing of the teachings of Jesus
00:38:49.94\00:38:54.01
in His Word.
00:38:54.22\00:38:55.77
Now let's see what
else the Bible says
00:38:56.07\00:38:58.72
that should happen before a
person is ready for baptism.
00:38:58.92\00:39:03.56
We're going to look at I
John chapter 5 verses 4-6.
00:39:03.86\00:39:08.86
I John chapter 5.
I John is at the end
00:39:09.06\00:39:11.77
of the Bible
right before Revelation
00:39:11.97\00:39:15.29
which is the last
book of the Bible.
00:39:15.49\00:39:17.94
I John chapter 5 verses 4-6.
00:39:18.24\00:39:23.24
This is the tenth
text in our study.
00:39:23.54\00:39:25.74
You're going to mark it as
it shows on the screen: 10B.
00:39:25.94\00:39:29.58
We just came from
Matthew verse 28... chapter 28,
00:39:29.89\00:39:34.55
I'm sorry... verses 18-20.
00:39:34.75\00:39:37.54
And we will be going to
Acts chapter 8 verses 26-37.
00:39:37.74\00:39:43.48
We are in I John
chapter 5 verses 4-6.
00:39:43.78\00:39:48.28
Jessica, could
you read that for us?
00:39:48.48\00:39:50.75
"For every child of
God defeats the evil world
00:39:52.67\00:39:55.90
by trusting Christ
to give the victory.
00:39:56.11\00:39:58.44
And the ones who win
this battle against the world
00:39:58.64\00:40:02.69
are the ones who believe
that Jesus is the Son of God.
00:40:02.89\00:40:06.15
And Jesus Christ was
revealed as God's Son
00:40:06.35\00:40:10.56
by His baptism in water
and by shedding His blood
00:40:10.76\00:40:14.64
on the cross. Not by water only
00:40:14.84\00:40:17.79
but by water and blood.
00:40:17.89\00:40:19.80
And the Spirit also gives us the
testimony that this is true. "
00:40:20.10\00:40:25.07
Thank you. Now here it mentions
00:40:25.37\00:40:29.63
in verse 4 that the
victory is overcome by what?
00:40:29.83\00:40:34.14
By our faith! It
says by our faith.
00:40:35.78\00:40:38.95
And then it says faith in what?
00:40:39.26\00:40:41.30
In verse 5 it tells
us what that faith is in.
00:40:41.50\00:40:43.80
Believing in Jesus...
that Jesus is the Son of God.
00:40:44.20\00:40:49.15
We must have faith in
Jesus and in His Word.
00:40:49.45\00:40:55.22
A person that makes
a decision for baptism
00:40:55.52\00:40:58.72
needs to have an understanding
00:40:58.92\00:41:00.82
of what the teachings
of Jesus are in His Word
00:41:01.02\00:41:04.30
and needs to believe - not
just only with faith which is
00:41:04.50\00:41:09.42
which we have talked
about is a complete trust in God
00:41:09.62\00:41:14.39
without any doubt...
complete trust in Jesus
00:41:14.59\00:41:19.71
as the Son of God. So we see
the Bible has told us we need to
00:41:20.01\00:41:24.40
understand and
we need to believe.
00:41:24.60\00:41:27.08
Now before we go to the
next one we're going to go
00:41:27.39\00:41:29.46
back into the story of
the baptism of the eunuch
00:41:29.66\00:41:34.11
to see how these two
things are represented there.
00:41:34.31\00:41:37.63
And that was in Acts chapter
8. So we're going to go back
00:41:37.84\00:41:41.73
to Acts chapter 8.
00:41:41.83\00:41:44.60
We're going to be reading
this time from verses 26-37.
00:41:46.64\00:41:51.51
This is the 11th text in
our study, so at the end of this
00:41:51.71\00:41:55.54
reference you will mark 11B.
00:41:55.74\00:41:58.09
We just came from I
John chapter 5 verses 4-6
00:41:58.39\00:42:02.83
and we will be going to
Acts chapter 2 verse 38.
00:42:03.03\00:42:07.13
We are in Acts chapter 8
00:42:07.43\00:42:11.80
verse 20... we're
going to begin with verse 26.
00:42:13.00\00:42:16.74
Tim, can you read
26 through 28? Sure.
00:42:16.84\00:42:22.23
"And the angel of the
Lord spake unto Philip saying:
00:42:23.00\00:42:25.57
'Arise and go toward the south
00:42:25.77\00:42:28.55
unto the way that goeth
down from Jerusalem unto Gaza
00:42:28.75\00:42:32.57
which is desert.
00:42:32.60\00:42:35.83
And he arose and went.
And behold, a man of Ethiopia,
00:42:36.03\00:42:39.04
a eunuch of great
authority under Candace,
00:42:39.24\00:42:42.61
queen of the Ethiopians,
who had the charge of all her
00:42:42.75\00:42:45.92
treasure and had come
to Jerusalem for to worship
00:42:46.03\00:42:48.82
was returning and
sitting in his chariot
00:42:49.02\00:42:52.17
reading Isaiah the prophet. "
00:42:52.37\00:42:56.75
Thank you. Now here we see
that the Lord appeared to...
00:42:58.35\00:43:02.89
spoke to Philip and He
told him to go to Gaza.
00:43:03.10\00:43:06.81
And what did Philip do?
It says he rose and he went.
00:43:07.11\00:43:11.81
He obeyed... he
rose and he went.
00:43:12.01\00:43:13.82
And there he found
a man in his chariot.
00:43:14.12\00:43:18.10
And what was he
doing? He was reading Isaiah.
00:43:18.31\00:43:22.87
He was reading the scriptures.
00:43:23.08\00:43:24.61
He was studying the Word of God.
00:43:24.91\00:43:26.58
So Philip found this
man reading the Word of God.
00:43:26.88\00:43:30.99
Danielle, can you
read verses 29 through 31?
00:43:31.29\00:43:36.06
"Then the Spirit said
unto Philip: 'Go near and join
00:43:46.80\00:43:49.93
thyself to this chariot. '
And Philip ran thither to him
00:43:50.03\00:43:53.84
and heard him read the
prophet Isaiah and said:
00:43:54.04\00:43:56.10
'understandest thou what
thou readest? ' And he said:
00:43:56.20\00:43:59.33
'How can I except
some man should guide me? '
00:43:59.53\00:44:01.77
And he desired
Philip that he would come up
00:44:01.97\00:44:03.78
and sit with him. "
00:44:03.98\00:44:05.04
Thank you, Danielle. Now
I want you to notice here
00:44:05.34\00:44:08.54
the Spirit said to Philip to go.
00:44:08.75\00:44:10.82
And what did Philip do? He ran!
00:44:11.03\00:44:14.31
He didn't go: "Oh, let me
see. Let me think about it.
00:44:14.51\00:44:16.68
I don't know... I'm afraid. "
Instead he just ran over there
00:44:16.78\00:44:20.44
and did what the
Spirit told him to do.
00:44:20.64\00:44:21.97
I pray that that's what we
do when the Spirit tells us
00:44:22.27\00:44:24.14
to do something...
that we'll just run.
00:44:24.24\00:44:25.90
Now he ran there and he heard
that he was reading Isaiah.
00:44:26.10\00:44:29.73
And what does he ask him?
00:44:29.93\00:44:31.30
Do you understand
what you're reading?
00:44:31.51\00:44:32.83
Do you understand
what you're reading?
00:44:33.03\00:44:35.07
Now if we are reading
the Word of God and we're not
00:44:35.18\00:44:37.54
understanding it,
does it do much good to us?
00:44:37.74\00:44:40.38
No. So Philip sees this man
00:44:40.58\00:44:44.22
reading. He wants to make sure
00:44:44.42\00:44:45.64
he's understanding so he asks
00:44:45.74\00:44:46.88
him: "Do you understand it? "
00:44:46.98\00:44:48.47
And what does he respond?
00:44:49.62\00:44:51.83
"Not unless someone
explains it to me. "
00:44:53.62\00:44:56.82
Now some people will need for
you to sit and study with them
00:44:57.02\00:45:00.24
and this is why we are learning
how to give Bible studies
00:45:00.44\00:45:02.85
because we want to go to those
who are beginning to search
00:45:03.05\00:45:06.56
through the scriptures
or who the Spirit of God is
00:45:06.77\00:45:08.88
beginning to move their heart
00:45:09.08\00:45:11.05
and we want to go and help
them understand the scriptures.
00:45:11.25\00:45:15.27
Now Philip was ready to go
when the Spirit of God told him
00:45:15.47\00:45:18.98
to go... and I pray
that each of us will, too.
00:45:19.08\00:45:21.10
Now here Philip sees
this man who is in need
00:45:21.30\00:45:23.98
and the man asks Philip
to stay and sit with him.
00:45:24.18\00:45:26.82
He asks him: "Have a
Bible study with me. "
00:45:27.02\00:45:29.07
And let's see what Philip does.
00:45:29.37\00:45:31.66
Bill, can you read
verses 32 through 35?
00:45:31.86\00:45:37.47
"The place in the scriptures
which he read was this:
00:45:40.01\00:45:42.91
He was led as a
sheep to the slaughter
00:45:43.21\00:45:45.38
and as a lamb before
his shearer is silent
00:45:45.58\00:45:48.28
so He opened not His mouth.
00:45:48.48\00:45:50.48
In His humiliation
His justice was taken away
00:45:50.69\00:45:53.82
and who will
declare His generations
00:45:54.02\00:45:57.22
for His life is
taken from the earth?
00:45:57.42\00:45:59.56
So the eunuch
answered Philip and said:
00:45:59.77\00:46:01.82
'I ask you, of whom
does the prophet say this...
00:46:02.02\00:46:04.52
of himself or of
some other man? '
00:46:04.72\00:46:06.90
Then Philip opened his mouth
and beginning at the scripture
00:46:07.20\00:46:11.40
preached Jesus to him. "
00:46:11.50\00:46:13.25
Thank you, Bill.
00:46:13.55\00:46:14.78
Here we see that
as he was reading
00:46:15.08\00:46:17.86
he found the
prophecies in Isaiah about Jesus
00:46:18.06\00:46:21.19
but he did not understand them.
00:46:21.32\00:46:23.25
What was the question he
had about these prophecies?
00:46:23.45\00:46:25.88
Was Isaiah talking about
himself or was it another.
00:46:28.86\00:46:32.78
So he did not understand who
this prophecy was talking about.
00:46:32.98\00:46:36.01
And what does Philip do?
00:46:36.31\00:46:38.57
He preached him
Jesus; He preached him Jesus.
00:46:40.24\00:46:42.85
Now I want you to
notice that he did not start
00:46:43.09\00:46:45.58
just giving him his opinion.
Now remember how we said
00:46:45.78\00:46:47.95
when we are studying the Word of
God your opinion has no value?
00:46:48.05\00:46:51.65
He didn't start
telling him his opinion.
00:46:51.86\00:46:53.60
He didn't start
presenting ideas or philosophies
00:46:53.81\00:46:58.34
of why this or why the other.
00:46:58.45\00:47:00.06
Where does he take him?
00:47:00.26\00:47:01.96
To the same scriptures.
00:47:03.04\00:47:04.58
He took him back to
the scriptures there and
00:47:04.78\00:47:06.90
then he began to show him
Jesus from the scriptures.
00:47:07.10\00:47:10.37
And that's what we want to do
00:47:10.67\00:47:12.48
when a person asks us a
question about the Bible.
00:47:12.58\00:47:16.29
We want to take them back to
the Bible and lead them to that.
00:47:16.43\00:47:20.10
So here Philip is
taking him back to it.
00:47:20.34\00:47:23.59
He wants to make
sure he understands.
00:47:23.79\00:47:26.96
Now, continuing
here... verses 36 and 37.
00:47:26.99\00:47:30.98
Mike, can you read that for us?
00:47:31.18\00:47:32.52
"And as they went on their way
they came unto certain water.
00:47:33.59\00:47:36.60
And the eunuch
said: 'See, here is water.
00:47:36.80\00:47:38.94
What doth hinder me
from being baptized? '
00:47:39.15\00:47:41.20
And Philip said: 'If thou
believest with all thine heart,
00:47:41.50\00:47:45.06
thou mayest. ' And
he answered and said:
00:47:45.26\00:47:47.50
'I believe that Jesus
Christ is the Son of God. ' "
00:47:47.70\00:47:50.29
Thank you, Mike. We
see... Now Philip had already
00:47:50.49\00:47:53.32
spent time with him. He
knew he didn't understand.
00:47:53.52\00:47:55.41
He spent time with him learning
the Bible, studying the Bible
00:47:55.61\00:47:59.32
together, so he knew that
now he has an understanding
00:47:59.52\00:48:02.26
of what the Bible says.
00:48:02.46\00:48:03.72
And Philip has the desire to...
00:48:04.02\00:48:06.42
I'm sorry, the eunuch has
the desire to be baptized.
00:48:06.62\00:48:09.35
Philip knows he
has an understanding.
00:48:09.75\00:48:12.37
What is the next thing
that he sees is necessary here?
00:48:12.57\00:48:17.71
The belief. So he
says "if you believe,
00:48:18.71\00:48:21.60
with ALL thine
heart then you may. "
00:48:21.80\00:48:25.14
If you believe
with all thine heart.
00:48:25.44\00:48:27.54
So we saw the Bible
clearly states they need to have
00:48:27.74\00:48:30.28
and understanding of
what the Bible teaches
00:48:30.48\00:48:32.24
and they need to
believe with all their heart.
00:48:32.44\00:48:36.50
And we see it
even in this... in this
00:48:36.80\00:48:41.16
example of a
baptism in the Bible.
00:48:41.36\00:48:44.22
Now let's look at the last
thing that the Bible tells us
00:48:44.62\00:48:47.32
needs to happen for us
to be ready for baptism.
00:48:47.52\00:48:51.42
In Acts chapter 2...
Same book, we're just going
00:48:51.62\00:48:54.66
a few chapters
before: chapter 2.
00:48:54.76\00:48:57.96
And we're
looking now at verse 38.
00:48:58.16\00:49:00.66
This is the 12th
text in our study.
00:49:00.86\00:49:03.09
You're going to mark it 12B.
00:49:03.29\00:49:06.11
This is... We just
came from Acts 8:26-37
00:49:06.31\00:49:12.27
so you're going to
write that above the line.
00:49:12.99\00:49:15.86
And we will be going
to II Corinthians 6:2.
00:49:16.06\00:49:21.05
We are in Acts chapter 2
00:49:21.26\00:49:24.03
and we are
reading verses 37 and 38.
00:49:24.23\00:49:28.36
Darlene, can you read
that for us? Oh, 38. I'm sorry.
00:49:28.66\00:49:34.12
"Then Peter said to them:
'repent and let every one of you
00:49:35.32\00:49:39.44
be baptized in the
name of Jesus Christ
00:49:39.65\00:49:42.04
for the remission of
sins and you shall receive
00:49:42.24\00:49:46.49
the gift of the Holy Spirit. ' "
00:49:46.69\00:49:48.35
Thank you. Now
here it's telling us
00:49:48.65\00:49:51.94
that... it says
"repent AND be baptized. "
00:49:52.05\00:49:56.67
So you must
repent to be baptized.
00:49:56.87\00:49:58.41
Now we know that John,
who was one who began to
00:49:58.61\00:50:03.21
do this baptism with water,
he was preaching repentance.
00:50:03.31\00:50:06.99
"Repent and be
baptized; repent and be baptized
00:50:07.19\00:50:10.15
for the
remission of your sins. "
00:50:10.35\00:50:11.77
And then it says: "And
then you shall receive the gift
00:50:11.97\00:50:14.68
of the Holy Spirit. "
00:50:14.88\00:50:16.84
Now remember Jesus told
Nicodemus you have to be born
00:50:17.14\00:50:20.15
"of the Spirit
and of the water. "
00:50:20.35\00:50:22.95
So for us to receive the
Holy Spirit, we must repent.
00:50:23.26\00:50:27.13
Because the Word
says if we're going to die
00:50:28.52\00:50:30.54
to our sinful nature, we have
to leave those things behind.
00:50:30.74\00:50:35.09
So we have to repent from
them. And God has promised
00:50:35.19\00:50:38.22
forgiveness for our sins when
we repent and ask forgiveness.
00:50:38.42\00:50:41.53
So "repent and be baptized. "
00:50:41.74\00:50:44.39
The Bible teaches that to
enter into the kingdom of God
00:50:44.59\00:50:48.78
we must be born of the
Spirit and of the water.
00:50:48.98\00:50:53.35
We saw from the Bible
that to be born of the Spirit
00:50:53.55\00:50:57.37
means that we walk in the Spirit
00:50:57.57\00:50:59.87
and the fruits of
the Spirit are seen now.
00:50:59.97\00:51:02.23
We have died to
the sinful nature
00:51:02.43\00:51:05.99
and we are now living
in the newness of life.
00:51:06.29\00:51:09.81
So a change has occurred.
That shows - demonstrates -
00:51:10.01\00:51:13.04
that we have been
born of the Spirit.
00:51:13.24\00:51:15.52
But we must also
be born of the water.
00:51:15.82\00:51:17.91
And we saw that the
Bible talks about baptism
00:51:18.89\00:51:21.97
as the method of
being born by the water.
00:51:22.17\00:51:24.74
And that the Bible
teaches one method of baptism
00:51:24.94\00:51:27.73
being immersion...
because it shows what?
00:51:27.93\00:51:30.54
The symbols of Christ's death,
00:51:30.74\00:51:34.40
burial, and resurrection.
00:51:34.60\00:51:37.11
We looked and considered
all the baptism methods
00:51:37.41\00:51:40.94
of baptisms and we
saw how these methods
00:51:41.04\00:51:43.46
do not... cannot
symbolize these three things.
00:51:43.66\00:51:49.11
And we also saw how the Bible
makes clear in the examples
00:51:50.70\00:51:53.99
that we saw that the
baptisms that were done there
00:51:54.09\00:51:56.33
were by immersion.
00:51:56.53\00:51:57.69
Now, if we consider
about these three things
00:51:58.09\00:52:01.77
that we just saw has to
happen for you to be ready...
00:52:01.97\00:52:04.56
You must understand
the teachings of the Bible.
00:52:04.77\00:52:08.30
You need to... you
have to believe, have faith.
00:52:08.50\00:52:12.66
And you must repent.
00:52:12.86\00:52:15.50
Now, if we
consider a little child,
00:52:15.80\00:52:18.59
can a little child
comply with these three things?
00:52:18.79\00:52:22.51
No... no.
00:52:23.51\00:52:26.23
Then we have to conclude
that the Bible does not approve
00:52:26.43\00:52:29.91
of little children being
baptized until they're old
00:52:30.12\00:52:34.76
enough to understand
the teachings of the Bible,
00:52:34.86\00:52:38.22
to believe with all of
their hearts, and to repent.
00:52:38.52\00:52:44.18
Now some of us here and maybe
some of you who are joining us
00:52:45.31\00:52:49.41
may have been
baptized when you were a baby.
00:52:49.61\00:52:52.18
My parents - they
weren't Christians but they...
00:52:52.38\00:52:55.15
You know how parents sometimes
they didn't receive things
00:52:55.35\00:52:58.55
themselves but they want
the best for their children?
00:52:58.75\00:53:00.20
So even thou they
themselves are not Christians
00:53:00.40\00:53:02.02
they wanted us to
be blessed by God.
00:53:02.22\00:53:04.08
And they were
taught that if a child died
00:53:04.38\00:53:08.24
and had not been baptized
that they would be lost.
00:53:08.44\00:53:10.71
So in their best intentions
and in their love for us
00:53:10.92\00:53:14.69
they took us to church even
though they weren't Christians
00:53:14.89\00:53:17.23
and when we were
babies they got us baptized.
00:53:17.43\00:53:21.24
So I was baptized as a child
00:53:21.54\00:53:23.86
and maybe some of
you have been, too.
00:53:24.06\00:53:26.19
And even though that was the
best intentions of our parents
00:53:26.49\00:53:30.08
the best intentions of
your parents cannot take
00:53:30.28\00:53:34.40
the place of God's Word. Amen.
00:53:34.60\00:53:37.28
So regardless of
this, the Bible makes clear
00:53:37.52\00:53:41.29
that that's not
the type of baptism
00:53:41.49\00:53:43.99
that the Bible talks about.
00:53:44.19\00:53:46.35
Therefore, we
cannot accept that one
00:53:46.65\00:53:52.02
as being that being
"born of the water. "
00:53:52.22\00:53:56.07
So if you were
baptized as a child,
00:53:58.36\00:54:03.84
today as you've learned
the teachings of the Bible
00:54:05.26\00:54:08.31
the Spirit of God is
leading you to make a decision.
00:54:08.52\00:54:12.92
Now the Bible also
teaches you must understand
00:54:14.06\00:54:17.06
and you must be able to repent.
00:54:17.26\00:54:19.07
But it also teaches that
you have to have immersion.
00:54:19.27\00:54:24.37
The method of the Bible is clear
00:54:24.67\00:54:28.10
and it says that that
person has to have understanding
00:54:28.30\00:54:32.80
and it has to be
immersion. So you may have been
00:54:33.00\00:54:35.03
baptized as a child and
been immersed but if you didn't
00:54:35.23\00:54:40.83
understand, that doesn't count.
00:54:40.94\00:54:42.84
But you may have
been baptized as an adult.
00:54:43.04\00:54:45.79
You understood, you
were able to repent...
00:54:46.54\00:54:50.34
but the method was not right.
00:54:50.54\00:54:52.38
And if that's the case, today
00:54:54.99\00:54:59.25
as you've learned the teachings
of the Word of God on baptism,
00:54:59.45\00:55:04.25
the Spirit of God is
leading you to make a decision.
00:55:04.39\00:55:08.15
Now you may have been an adult
and you may have been baptized
00:55:08.45\00:55:12.33
in the right manner of
baptism. You may have had
00:55:12.53\00:55:15.95
an immersion and
you were an adult.
00:55:16.15\00:55:18.61
But as we have been
studying the Word of God
00:55:18.91\00:55:22.21
through these
studies you have learned
00:55:22.51\00:55:25.95
what the Bible really teaches.
00:55:26.25\00:55:28.61
And maybe now you
recognize that you did not
00:55:28.81\00:55:31.57
understand what
the Bible taught.
00:55:31.77\00:55:33.53
If that is your experience,
00:55:33.73\00:55:36.96
if you got baptized without
understanding the teachings
00:55:37.16\00:55:39.76
of the Bible, then
the Spirit of God today
00:55:39.86\00:55:44.61
is leading you
to make a decision.
00:55:44.81\00:55:47.31
Baptism in
itself does not save us.
00:55:50.88\00:55:55.52
But as we have seen
through the Word of God
00:55:55.72\00:55:58.21
time and time again it is
00:55:58.41\00:56:00.30
related at length that to be
00:56:00.50\00:56:01.77
able to enter the kingdom of God
00:56:01.87\00:56:03.60
into salvation because
00:56:03.70\00:56:05.84
it's a demonstration of faith
00:56:06.04\00:56:08.38
and we are saved by faith.
00:56:09.61\00:56:11.97
Now if we are saved by
faith and we believe Jesus
00:56:12.27\00:56:14.11
and Jesus says that
you must be baptized,
00:56:14.31\00:56:16.58
then we will follow into that.
00:56:16.78\00:56:18.57
We're going to
look at one last verse
00:56:19.59\00:56:21.35
in II Corinthians
chapter 6 and verse 2.
00:56:21.55\00:56:24.82
II Corinthians
chapter 6 and verse 2.
00:56:25.13\00:56:27.69
This is the last verse, so
at the end of this reference
00:56:27.89\00:56:30.39
you're going to mark 13B.
00:56:30.49\00:56:32.23
You're going to write Acts 2:38
00:56:32.54\00:56:35.25
because that's
where we came from.
00:56:35.35\00:56:36.72
And this is the last of our
study so you're going to write
00:56:36.92\00:56:40.48
End on the bottom.
00:56:40.58\00:56:42.29
This is II
Corinthians chapter 6 verse 2.
00:56:42.49\00:56:46.94
Um where were we? Shelleta,
can you read that for us?
00:56:47.24\00:56:51.31
Thank you.
00:56:51.62\00:56:52.93
II Corinthians
chapter 6 verse 2:
00:56:55.86\00:56:58.44
"For he sayeth: 'I have
heard thee in a time accepted
00:56:58.74\00:57:02.74
and in the day of
salvation have I succored thee.
00:57:02.94\00:57:06.17
Behold, now is
the accepted time;
00:57:06.37\00:57:08.74
behold, now is the
day of salvation. ' "
00:57:08.94\00:57:11.30
Thank you. The
Bible is telling us
00:57:11.60\00:57:14.73
"now is the accepted time;
now is the time of salvation. "
00:57:14.93\00:57:20.21
As you have heard...
as you have seen the study
00:57:20.42\00:57:24.16
of the Word of God
leading you to understand
00:57:24.36\00:57:27.22
the teachings of baptism,
00:57:27.42\00:57:30.40
if the Spirit of
God is moving you
00:57:30.60\00:57:32.88
and those of you who are
joining us from your homes
00:57:32.91\00:57:36.41
if the Spirit of
God is moving you,
00:57:36.62\00:57:38.51
now is the accepted time.
00:57:38.61\00:57:40.32
Now is the time of salvation.
00:57:40.52\00:57:43.30