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Series Code: TDYFW
Program Code: TDYFW190030A
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00:02 I want to spend my life
00:08 Mending broken people 00:13 I want to spend my life 00:19 Removing pain 00:24 Lord, let my words 00:30 Heal a heart that hurts 00:35 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:46 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:09 Hello, and welcome again to 3ABN Family Worship. 01:12 We're looking forward to a good time 01:13 in the Lord here. 01:15 And we know... 01:16 we know that the Holy Spirit is gonna do great things. 01:18 But we're gonna sing about it 01:19 and we're gonna be praying about it. 01:20 And so I encourage you right now, 01:22 get your family and get your friends, 01:23 and get your enemies, get the dog. 01:25 Do whatever you want, just bring everybody in, 01:28 that's part of the family nowadays, is that right? 01:30 Bring them in, and let's sit down... 01:32 Right. Sit down. 01:34 Because we're gonna study the Word of God together. 01:36 And actually it's, you know, third part. 01:38 We spend a lot of time on it, 01:39 again it's dealing with a message 01:41 that has been lost. 01:42 We'll go over that in a few moments 01:44 and how all things are being restored. 01:46 Restitution of all things, the Bible certainly says that. 01:49 So anyway we're glad you have joined us 01:51 and taking time out. 01:52 We're here so often. 01:53 We take time out of our busy schedule 01:55 to make sure we can join you, you know, for Family Worship. 01:58 So it just brings joy to our hearts 02:01 to realize we have the faithful that are out there. 02:03 You're the faithful? 02:05 Praise God. Amen. 02:06 We're so glad again, everyone's here 02:07 and those who are around the table, 02:09 I realized, each ones... 02:10 Some people they forget sometimes 02:12 that those who are doing this program, 02:14 it takes study, 02:16 it takes some of your time that you're doing other things 02:18 and this is like extra and beyond, 02:20 what you do 02:21 and so we're always glad to have Janelle 02:23 and Donald with us. 02:25 You know, you guys are always a blessing 02:26 and you come here ready to go 02:27 and love of Jesus shining through, so... 02:30 Praise the Lord. We're glad to have you. 02:31 Amen. Thank you. 02:33 Yeah. 02:34 And we know the Holy Spirit's gonna use you today too 02:36 because we're gonna pray about Holy Spirit uses all of us, 02:39 to my left and certainly my wife, Christine, 02:41 always glad you're here. 02:43 You're the, people call you the balancer 02:47 because I get a little carried away at times 02:49 and she balances me and bring me back to center. 02:52 And I think it's all right to say 02:54 that, would be true. 02:55 That's all right, because you know, 02:57 I need a balance for most of while. 02:58 When I was in school, it was the paddle. 03:00 Oh, he was saying the balancer, not the bouncer. 03:04 And I almost said, "I'm married to a Shelton, 03:06 you don't bounce Shelton's." 03:07 Oh, honey. 03:09 She's the balance of the spiritual balance. 03:10 It's difficult enough to balance. 03:12 Thank you, honey. That was good. 03:14 I am still glad you are here. 03:16 And next to you, 03:18 who do we have, Brother Ryan? 03:19 Oh, yes. Yeah. 03:21 You know, always a pleasure. 03:22 You always have a smile and... Man, I love... 03:23 You're busy in the cause of Christ. 03:25 I love Jesus, I love His word, so, it's... 03:27 Amen. 03:28 Yeah and He always gives good thoughts, right? 03:29 And we pray about, it comes together and it's just... 03:32 It's nice to have a group 03:33 that just wants to bring out some truce 03:35 and try to help somebody along the way. 03:38 And we got JD Quinn, what a blessing. 03:40 What a blessing. It's my blessing. 03:42 I'll guarantee you. 03:43 What a wonderful group 03:45 because this is high energy group. 03:46 And so you know that, and what's amazing is, 03:50 as we sit around this table on the Sabbath, 03:52 I learn more than I feel like I'm contributing, 03:56 that's the way it should be. 03:57 The Holy Spirit, yes. 03:59 Amen. Amen. 04:00 Fill me with you, Lord. 04:01 Isn't that wonderful? 04:03 Well, again, I'm glad everyone's here 04:04 and glad you're here. 04:06 But I think be appropriate for us to have prayer. 04:07 And then we want to sing a song. 04:09 Amen. We don't... 04:11 We do not have a piano player. 04:12 But anyway, you're gonna sing along with us, 04:14 you won't even hear, so that will be great, 04:16 praise God for that. 04:17 Right, Brother JD, would you pray for us? 04:18 Most certainly. 04:20 Father, as we come together on this Sabbath, 04:21 we just want to thank you, Lord, 04:23 for this special day that You set apart. 04:25 Amen. 04:26 Thank you, Jesus, that we can just ask, 04:28 we emptied ourself and filled with You, Lord. 04:30 And as we sit and share this on a special day, 04:35 we just ask, Lord, 04:36 that You will just bring to our mind 04:37 the thoughts that need to be shared. 04:39 Amen. 04:40 And, Father, we just give You praise and glory 04:42 in the name of Jesus, amen. 04:44 Amen. Amen, praise the Lord. 04:46 Now remember while we're here 04:47 we all have the opportunity to speak up 04:50 when we feel like the Holy Spirit wants us to, 04:52 even someone else is talking, now not trying to be rude, 04:54 not trying to say that but I know sometime 04:56 the Holy Spirit impresses a mind real quick or something 04:59 that should be added in 05:00 or something that will enrich and I'm all for that, 05:03 I hope that doesn't offend anyone 05:05 but just go ahead and you can come back to it. 05:07 So you know we praise God for that, 05:09 Holy Spirit is gonna to be working. 05:10 Now we're gonna sing a song and so everyone of us 05:13 just happen to look it over to Brother. 05:14 Yes. 05:16 I am looking this way and said 05:17 that we're gonna sing, aren't we? 05:19 Well, I don't know, I said earlier, 05:20 you're gonna probably regret the tiner 05:22 leading out in singing. 05:23 But you know what a classic hymn, 05:26 beautiful hymn, it's one of my favorites, 05:27 "Amazing grace." 05:29 Amen. Amen. 05:31 Amazing Grace 05:35 How sweet the sound 05:40 That saved a wretch 05:45 Like me 05:49 I once was lost, 05:53 But now I am found 05:58 Was blind but now 06:03 I see 06:07 When we've been there 06:12 Ten thousand years 06:16 Bright shining as 06:21 The sun 06:26 We've no less days 06:31 To sing God's praise 06:36 Then when we first begun 06:44 Amen. Well, that's beautiful. 06:45 It's nice. 06:46 If you had to choose a verse, which one would you choose? 06:50 I mean, I love them all. 06:52 There's more than that, we wouldn't sing them all 06:53 but there's something about 06:55 when we been there 10,000 years. 06:57 That just gives me those spiritual goose bumps 06:59 every time and it's just the plan 07:02 that God has for us, it's just so exciting. 07:04 We hope you're excited about it too. 07:05 And that's so fitting because 07:07 that's why God has giving us this message 07:11 and He wants to restore everything 07:13 so that we can be there 07:15 and we can sing that with experience 07:17 one of these things. 07:20 I mean, just if anything, you were talking about, 07:22 they may complain, or they may not hear us, 07:25 just drown us out but I think the only complaint 07:27 is we didn't sing more verses then. 07:29 I just felt this presence of God here 07:31 and someday we'll be just firsthand in that presence 07:35 when we've been there 10,000 years, 07:37 what a blessing. 07:39 And you know it kind of gets 07:40 whenever you think about three score and ten. 07:42 And then if you're blessed, you can add ten to that, 07:44 so we're sitting here looking at minutely. 07:47 Oh, hell, yes. 07:48 And then all of a sudden we're claiming His promise. 07:51 We're just starting at 10,000 years. 07:53 That's right. Yes. 07:55 Wow. Exactly. 07:56 I mean, it's just... it's just... 07:57 Beyond our comprehension. It is beyond. It is. 07:59 That's right. Praise God for that. 08:01 Well, we been using and we started... 08:03 Again, this is the third part. 08:05 So I think, would be go back, 08:07 we have a foundation scripture that we started with. 08:09 Now again, what we're doing is 08:11 we're looking at about those truths 08:12 that's been covered up, you know, by tradition, 08:15 and you know, the age of the church, and so on. 08:17 And we're coming back and looking at all the truths 08:20 that are found in the sanctuary covered up 08:22 and how God has seen fit to uncover each one. 08:26 So if you know a little bit about the sanctuary, 08:28 you're gonna be excited just as we are 08:30 to see every one of these pieces being restored 08:32 and so we're gonna talk a little bit more about that, 08:35 that I like it because it's grounded 08:37 and rooted in Scripture. 08:39 So we can turn... 08:40 And I like it too, in other words 08:42 'cause the guy told me one time said, 08:43 "I want to study the Word of God, 08:45 I want to study with you guys, 08:46 you guys think you already know? 08:47 You know my room? I want to study." 08:49 I said, "Well, good. What do you want to study?" 08:51 He said, "Well, I only use the Book of Acts." 08:54 I'm going, "Oh, well... 08:56 Well, there's a lot in the Book of Acts, 08:57 praise God for it." 08:59 Amen. 09:00 But, you know, we may not limit God. 09:02 So we're not gonna limit God on this study. 09:04 So you may go through the Old Testament 09:05 and the New Testament. 09:06 Anything is in the Word of God, 09:08 but I think this will be a blessing. 09:09 Let's read that, honey. 09:11 Would you read that and then we can all get started on? 09:12 Sure. 09:14 We're gonna be on question number four, 09:15 if you've been jotting things down, number four. 09:16 All right. 09:18 And this is found in Acts 3:19-21. 09:22 "Repent ye therefore, and be converted 09:24 that your sins may be blotted out." 09:27 Let me stop and just say this. Well, all right. 09:29 You know, this is reminding us, we're in a great controversy. 09:32 There is a war going on between Satan and his angels 09:36 and Christ, our Redeemer and His angels. 09:39 And this is actually bringing us back 09:41 as Pastor Kenny mentioned to the sanctuary message. 09:45 We find in Psalms, I'm just gonna jump over to Psalm 77:13. 09:49 It says, "Thy way O God is in the sanctuary, 09:54 who is so great as our God." 09:56 So going back and you know, 09:59 when we see what God gave us 10:01 is kind of like when we drive from here to, 10:04 there's some people can't drive 10:05 from where we're at today to Carbondale 10:07 without using the GPS, you know. 10:09 So God gave us a GPS, 10:12 He gave us the sanctuary message. 10:14 And as we begin to study it, 10:16 we find that the enemy's coming 10:18 and he's ripped that sanctuary message apart. 10:21 And hopefully we're gonna find out 10:23 why he's ripped it apart again today. 10:25 But here it says, 10:27 "Repent ye therefore and be converted, 10:29 that your sins may be blotted out." 10:32 You know sins are gonna keep us out of the kingdom. 10:35 "When the times of refreshing shall come 10:37 from the presence of the Lord, we all want that." 10:39 Oh, yes. 10:41 I mean, there are times 10:42 I'm sure everybody around this table 10:44 has been in that refreshing. 10:45 When you're in that refreshing, you don't want to leave it. 10:47 That's right. Yes. 10:49 You don't want to leave it. Yeah. 10:50 But we're still in this earth at this point. 10:53 "And He shall send Jesus Christ, 10:55 which before was preached unto you 10:58 whom the heaven must receive." 11:00 This is why He went back after the cross, 11:03 "until the times of restitution of all things." 11:08 It has to be made right because the enemy's coming 11:10 and he's torn it apart. 11:12 He's made it appear, 11:13 things and the pieces of the sanctuary 11:16 that were to teach us certain things 11:17 and devils come in and change that, 11:19 which God has spoken by the mouth 11:22 of all His holy prophets since the world began. 11:26 Oh, good. 11:27 Okay, so really we've covered for those 11:29 who had not studied with us before. 11:32 And this goes to be just in a few short words here. 11:34 We can't go talking about restoring some of the things 11:36 in the sanctuary. 11:38 First thing we look at was 11:39 the restoration of the show bread. 11:40 You realize, you know, bread of life, 11:43 1300s and then we look at the 14 and 1500s, 11:46 you realize that's the altar of sacrifice was restored, 11:49 that righteous by faith and the Protestant Reformation. 11:53 We look at the 14, 1500s, 11:55 we find certainly that restored the righteousness by faith, 11:59 John Calvin, you know, 12:01 the third one there was the altar of incense, 12:03 the importance of prayer today and question number four, 12:06 we're gonna be looking at restoration here 12:08 of something I think is very, very important is the labor. 12:12 Some people have no idea what the labor is, 12:13 so might somebody can help us understand that 12:15 or read the question number four first, 12:17 would you read that? 12:19 And I think it's interesting 12:20 as you were bringing these men up, 12:22 how God through different dispensations 12:24 He calls different ones to lead. 12:26 Now that person didn't do everything on their own. 12:29 That's right. 12:30 You know, but under the unction of the Holy Spirit, 12:32 and as the rest of us catch fire, 12:34 we become part of that movement to restore all things. 12:37 And question number four reads, 12:40 all though, John Smith and Roger Williams 12:42 were used to bring baptism, you mentioned the labor, 12:46 by immersion back to the light of truth. 12:49 Many still struggle with this issue. 12:51 Many of you at home may be struggling with this issue. 12:54 You know, many people you know as friends. 12:55 I know they still struggle with this issue 12:58 because they don't quite understand it. 13:01 Back to the light of truth, 13:02 many still struggle with this issue. 13:04 What scriptures illustrate 13:06 that immersion is God's specified way to be baptized, 13:10 'cause if you go back 13:12 and you study different cultures, 13:13 they have their different ways of doing it. 13:15 And even in the United States, 13:17 there's churches here that have their different ways, 13:20 sprinkling different things like that, that they still use. 13:24 And then after we touch on that, 13:27 those scriptures, 13:28 what has it meant to each of us to be born again? 13:32 Ain't that... Oh, that's exciting. 13:34 So what is... what is that so I can have... 13:36 Brother Ryan, is, the labor... 13:38 Somebody says a labor, what is the labor? 13:39 What does it represent? 13:41 You know, if you don't mind just for a moment, 13:42 I want to just kind of... 13:44 Talk about it. 13:45 Just take a step back for a moment 13:46 'cause may be someone watching this morning 13:48 at this moment and saying, "What are they talking about?" 13:50 Exactly. 13:52 Why does this labor come into conversation 13:53 and why does it need to be restored? 13:55 I'm gonna try to kind of go back here 13:56 to Daniel Chapter 8 verses... 13:58 I want to start with verse 10 here 14:00 because prophetically we were told in the Bible 14:02 that's we're about to read, 14:04 that this antichrist power in the last days 14:06 is going to cast down the true to the ground 14:09 and that he would also cast down God's sanctuary. 14:12 We know that to mink the significance 14:14 of God's sanctuary message which we know points to Jesus, 14:17 we know it, it shows us more than anything, 14:19 clear picture of the gospel. 14:21 So notice here, speaking of this little horn, 14:23 which again, the little horn of Daniel Chapter 7 and 8, 14:26 most Bible scholars across multiple denominations, 14:30 the mob while they may disagree 14:32 on the identity of this Antichrist, 14:34 they unanimously most of them agree 14:36 that this is no doubt the Antichrist Bible prophecy. 14:39 So notice verse 10. 14:40 And we're gonna read through to verse 13 here. 14:42 It says, "And it grew, speaking of the little horn, 14:45 and it grew up to the host of heaven, 14:46 and it cast some of the host 14:48 and some of the stars to the ground 14:49 and trampled upon them." 14:51 So the same little horn is the one 14:52 that's wearing out the saints of the most high. 14:54 Of course he's blaspheming God's name. 14:57 But notice verse 11, it says, 14:58 "He even exalted himself as high as the Prince of host." 15:02 We know that Prince of host to be Jesus. 15:04 So there's a bliss of blasphemous identity there. 15:09 But then notice what it says in the B part of verse 11. 15:12 It says, "And by him the daily sacrifices was taken away." 15:16 And the word sacrifice is not in the original. 15:18 So the daily was taken away, 15:20 and the only thing about the daily 15:21 that's associated with sanctuary terminology. 15:23 But the part I want to focus on is the end part here. 15:26 Notice, it says, 15:27 "The daily sacrifices was taken away 15:29 and this place of His sanctuary was cast down." 15:34 And as we've been studying through this three part series, 15:36 we've seen that Papal Antichrist system 15:40 began to one by one, takeaway the Word of God, 15:43 take away the light of the sanctuary, 15:45 the influence of the Holy Spirit, 15:47 take away the labor 15:49 which is what we're talking about now, 15:50 by changing and tweaking 15:53 and basically perverting the message of baptism, 15:57 which is what the labor basically represents. 15:59 So if you were to go into the sanctuary, 16:02 the Hebrew sanctuary, 16:03 you would walk through into the courtyard there 16:05 before actually going into the tabernacle itself, 16:08 the main building part, you would be in the courtyard 16:10 and you would come first to the altar of sacrifice. 16:13 Which we know Martin Luther helped bring that message back. 16:16 Right. In the early 1500s. 16:19 But now, when you keep walking past that altar of sacrifice, 16:22 now you come to the labor of courtyard and of course, 16:25 each one of these articles of furniture represent 16:28 a major aspect of the ministry of Christ 16:30 and the experience of the gospel 16:32 that you and I should be experiencing. 16:34 Exactly. 16:35 So just like we come to the sacrifice, 16:36 the altar of sacrifice 16:38 which points to the Lamb of God 16:39 Jesus being crucified for our sin. 16:41 And we are to accept that, 16:43 we are to accept the sacrifice of Christ 16:45 because He has poured out His love for us 16:48 and so that's the first step. 16:50 But in the next step, as Jesus said, 16:51 "Go ye into all nations, baptizing them, 16:54 the priest would, you know, it was a bloody mess there, 16:57 they will be taking the life of that animal, 16:59 the blood would be spilled 17:01 and sometimes they would get in their hands, 17:02 it might splatter on their feet, 17:04 they would stop at the labor before going into the tent. 17:06 And they will cleanse themselves 17:08 as they would wash their hands and perhaps their feet, 17:10 the parts of their body where the blood would splatter, 17:14 signifying, you know, 17:15 the blood of Christ has covered us, 17:17 but also the blood of Christ washes us. 17:19 Amen. 17:21 He washes our sins away, it's white as snow. 17:23 And so that's what we're talking about. 17:25 The restitution of the labor 17:27 is the restoring of the truth in regards to baptism, 17:32 and what baptism means, the significance of baptism. 17:34 Yeah, that's beautiful. Wow, awesome. 17:36 That's kind of where my thought was this morning. 17:38 Yeah, very well put. 17:40 Twenty five words or less. 17:42 No, that was good. 17:44 And as you mentioned... 17:46 When this morning when I was going back 17:48 over this study, I was thinking 17:49 because we know that Christ is in each and every part 17:53 of the sanctuary service 17:55 and it has so many meanings but then I thought so are we. 17:59 As we walk into that outer court, 18:02 we're walking out of the world 18:04 and beginning into the presence of God. 18:07 Yeah, that's what I was thinking. 18:08 I was thinking about how He's washing our character. 18:10 Yes. 18:11 You know? Yes. 18:12 That's what He's preparing us for now, 18:14 for, you know, to enter Heaven, 18:16 and we have to have a character that's clean and washed. 18:20 And before that, as you mentioned, 18:21 we stop at the altar of sacrifice. 18:24 Are we willing to sacrifice? 18:27 Are we willing to lay down? 18:29 It's really the change 18:31 that the enemy has put on us to this world. 18:33 Are we willing to let those sins go, 18:36 to sacrifice those? 18:38 And then we come to that labor 18:41 and then God washes us white as snow. 18:43 Interesting that... 18:44 Interesting that labor was, had it like a mirror finish. 18:49 That's right. And you know who... 18:50 You know, who are they? 18:52 It was actually, Moses said for the women. 18:56 It's what it says. 18:57 "For the women to bring their mirrors 19:00 and donate them to make that labor." 19:02 Wow. 19:04 It's a good symbol there. Well, it is... I'm sorry. 19:06 It's a good food for thought. 19:07 So we need to think about why, and they brought them there. 19:10 And then you can look at, you know, 19:12 Spirit of Prophecy it talks about. 19:13 There's, you know, person... 19:15 Oh, I've to be careful, you know, what I mean, 19:17 Lord have mercy. 19:18 Well, I'm just saying, you know, 19:20 you start thinking about it, 19:21 because some people take it personally, 19:23 we're not trying to do that, 19:24 is because a person who wants to spend 19:26 a whole lot of time 19:29 looking into a mirror himself had very little time 19:32 and to look into the mirror of the law of God. 19:35 They have no desire too 19:37 because they're captivated by them self 19:40 in looking and God was, 19:42 I think, was giving illustration 19:44 as take those things away. 19:46 Not that you shouldn't ever look 19:48 and not use you should never you know, 19:49 it's like the law. 19:51 He points out what sin is, you can see it, 19:53 where dirt's on your face. 19:54 But I thought that's very interesting 19:56 what God was saying right here. 19:57 It's something shiny, and then what does... 20:00 what does it really represent? 20:01 Some people say you go to church on Sunday 20:03 because you know why? 20:04 What's the reason we go on Sunday? 20:06 Because Christ did what? The resurrection day. 20:08 Yeah, resurrection, say we rose on that day. 20:10 When we talk about Romans 6, 20:11 it has to do with what? 20:13 His death, his burial and what? 20:17 Resurrection. Resurrection there. 20:19 Coming up. That's right. 20:20 Out of other water. 20:21 So I mean, it's just good food for thought 20:23 and let it go a little bit and study 20:24 and see if some things open up in a person's mind 20:27 that maybe we spend a little time doing this. 20:29 The same idea of that mirror and thinking of 20:33 what Jesus really wants us to do 20:35 is have the Holy Spirit as our mirror 20:37 to see what we really look like, 20:39 you know, to see what is really in us 20:41 instead of the physical reflection, 20:43 but what is really going on inside. 20:45 And what I would think, you know, 20:47 is, as you're looking into that mirror, 20:49 if your heart is being prepared, 20:51 being tailed up and everything, 20:53 Lord, empty me and fill me with You 20:55 as you're working in there, 20:57 and then the Creator of the universe is gonna come 20:59 and He's going to, He's not... 21:01 This is not a time for deception now 21:04 because now you're giving yourself. 21:07 And so now truth and then probably 21:09 maybe where you've seen those wrinkles before, 21:11 all of a sudden those wrinkles become insignificant 21:14 because you're being filled with the Holy Spirit. 21:17 That's right. 21:18 So there's a trade off. Good. 21:19 You're bringing us back to why, you know, 21:22 some people think it's okay 21:24 just to sprinkle a little bit here. 21:26 But the Bible as we're gonna point out in a minute 21:28 talks about going under the water 21:32 because and I didn't know that the labor had mirror. 21:34 This is the first time I've... I've heard of that. 21:36 But if you stop and think about it, the devil... 21:39 He doesn't care if you believe in the sanctuary message 21:43 or you believe these things 21:44 as long as you just don't believe in it properly. 21:47 You know, it's kind of like... Exactly. 21:49 He hardly ever takes it. Yeah. 21:52 Right, a truth as it rises... 21:55 Hardly ever takes it away 21:57 because he said too many people will spot me. 21:59 His best is to take a little bit of it away 22:01 and put a counterfeit with it and you got truth 22:03 and error mixed together 22:04 which is air is like a leech it sucks itself from what a truth, 22:07 don't think it can get us from the truth. 22:10 But I think it's beautiful if we go on because 22:13 what's a little bit of water gonna do for me, 22:15 I need to go down I hope. 22:18 You know, we... 22:19 I can remember there's been some baptisms 22:21 and they're like, be sure you get me under, 22:24 just hold me there for a while 'cause they want it washed off. 22:27 They want it, but it's symbolic, 22:29 but it's blessed of the Holy Spirit. 22:31 And God is saying, 22:32 "I've got to restore you back into My image 22:35 because the enemy is coming and he's trying to twist 22:38 and put his image on each piece of these sanctuary furniture 22:43 or messages as we've been talking about, dispensation." 22:46 So anyway, He's bringing us back and saying, 22:50 "I want to recreate in you 22:52 and this is the new birth in Jesus Christ." 22:55 I think it's just awesome. 22:56 I don't know if it's wrong or not. 22:58 One time I baptized an individual, 23:00 you know, went all the way down and came back up. 23:02 He shouted hallelujah. 23:03 He said, take me down one more time. 23:05 I want to make sure it's right. 23:07 I'm gonna enter one more time. 23:10 Actually look at that word baptism. 23:12 Baptism, the word is actually a Greek word. 23:15 It's really interesting. 23:16 I'll see if I can find this here. 23:18 Baptizo. 23:19 Baptizo, yeah which actually 23:21 it means a full like being covered fully. 23:23 Thank you, Hallelujah. Yeah. 23:26 So it's... Yeah. 23:27 That's the thing is being totally submerged, yeah. 23:29 And doesn't that fit with the rest of the scripture? 23:32 God wants all of our heart. 23:35 He wants all of our mind. Amen. 23:37 All of us, not just a portion, 23:39 you know, I'm not gonna just take this little portion 23:41 and you can go spend the rest of it out here. 23:44 You know, it's a beautiful thing. 23:46 I love it. 23:47 You'll be surprised how many people 23:48 struggle with what we're talking about. 23:50 Exactly, yes. 23:51 Because we live in a Western culture 23:54 that is shrouded in tradition here and tradition there. 23:57 And for many people who have been raised 23:59 in certain churches, certain faiths, 24:02 certain particular denominations, 24:03 they practice this, 24:05 what they might call baptism by infusion 24:06 or sprinkling or pouring, 24:09 to them it's just normal, it's natural, 24:11 but that's their tradition. 24:13 But the question is, what is the... 24:15 That's the question I want to ask. 24:16 What does the Bible say? 24:17 And you know what? 24:19 Even deeper than that, you know, who was our example? 24:20 Right, Christ. 24:21 If you're wondering at all about anything, 24:24 I always ask the question, you know, 24:26 what would Jesus do? 24:27 The famous question. 24:29 And in this case, we don't have to wonder what Jesus done 24:30 because the Bible tells us 24:32 right here in Mark Chapter 1:9-10. 24:35 The Bible says, "And it came to pass in those days 24:38 that Jesus came from Nazareth, Nazareth of Galilee, 24:41 and was baptized by John in the Jordan," 24:43 and notice his next words, 24:45 "And immediately coming up from the water, 24:49 he saw the heavens," obviously partying 24:51 and the Spirit descend upon him like a dove. 24:53 So if he was coming up out of the water, 24:55 where had he previously been? 24:57 Under the water. 24:58 He had previously been in the water. 25:00 So again what Donald was bringing out, 25:01 that baptizo again, right here, baptizo simple means immersed, 25:05 fully covered. 25:06 And back to your point, you know, 25:08 I know we're gonna get to this verse in a moment. 25:09 In fact, I'm gonna let someone else read it 25:11 because I don't want to take up all of someone else's time. 25:14 But we're gonna get to Romans Chapter 6 in just a moment, 25:16 which I believe to be kind of the epidemy passage 25:20 when you're trying to understand 25:21 the importance and significance of baptism. 25:23 Amen. 25:24 Romans 6 really points it out, 25:26 but she mentioned earlier about, you know, 25:29 actually I think it was pastor here about the death, 25:31 burial, and resurrection, that that's what baptism, 25:33 you know, baptism is a symbol of the death, burial, 25:36 and resurrection of Christ. 25:38 Amen. 25:39 And, you know, I don't mean to be disrespectful, 25:41 but just kind of give an illustration here. 25:43 When we... 25:45 When a loved one or a friend or anyone that you know of, 25:48 you know, passes away and dies, 25:49 you don't take their dead corpse out there, 25:52 lay it on top of the ground and throw you know, 25:55 like a handful of dirt on the top of everybody. 25:56 Yeah. Well, it's true. 25:58 So in the same sense biblically 26:00 we know that when Christ was buried, 26:02 He was buried in a tomb, he was fully covered. 26:04 Yeah. 26:05 And so in like likeness, you know, 26:07 baptism is a symbol of that old man that is being, 26:11 as your, as Christ was buried in the tomb, 26:13 the old man, our old selfish man, 26:15 old common man is buried completely, 26:18 not a sprinkle, not poured because, 26:21 I want the whole thing. 26:23 So as we come up out of that water, 26:25 then were resurrected a new person 26:27 as Christ was resurrected. 26:28 Amen. Amen. Wow. 26:30 Absolutely. Yeah, what was that? 26:31 That Peter, you know, when he's washing feet? 26:32 You know, you're not gonna wash my feet. 26:34 Right. Right. This little part. 26:36 He say, "If you don't, you have no part with me." 26:38 And really, could this not boil down to, 26:41 you know, very interesting, 26:43 defining line, even in scripture 26:45 about what God would have us to do 26:47 and Jesus by setting the example. 26:49 We can go back, right? 26:51 I mean, you can go back to the early centuries 26:53 and you will find in Rome and in Italy 26:56 and all these different places of the country, 26:57 you will find baptismal tanks 27:01 that were in the back of the church 27:03 that they used and they were three or four feet deep, 27:06 that they used to baptize. 27:08 Something happened along the way. 27:10 That's right. 27:11 The enemy came in and said, 27:12 "You don't really need to do that. 27:14 It's a little bit inconvenient anyway, 27:15 and we can do this a little bit quicker, we're in a hurry." 27:17 Something happened and the enemy came 27:19 in to change a beautiful truth 27:21 because what was Jesus and Nicodemus? 27:24 Oh, yeah. 27:25 You know, you mean I had to be baptized, 27:27 you know in the water of the Spirit. 27:29 You know, you read about... 27:30 Nicodemus knew exactly what Jesus was referring to, 27:34 exactly what he was. 27:36 And sometimes people do too 27:37 and they just want to follow, yeah. 27:38 Pastor, you mentioned, you know, 27:40 something happened along the way. 27:41 For those who like history, I can give you. 27:44 You know, if you study in history, 27:45 you'll find out that it was actually formally changed 27:48 by the Catholic Church. 27:49 We're talking about the method of baptism, 27:51 it's formerly changed by the Catholic Church 27:52 and you can look this up. 27:54 It was at the famous Council of Ravenna in 1311, 27:57 where they changed it or in a Catholic Church 28:00 even for more than 1,000 years, 28:03 actually practiced baptism by immersion. 28:04 Yes, they did. 28:06 But of course, as the traditions and the paganism 28:07 begin to creep silently into this divine, 28:11 you know, rank that they would call the divine institution, 28:13 they begin to change the methods 28:16 and of course, by 1311. 28:18 What does that... What does that show us? 28:19 Now... 28:20 If we let untruths come into the church 28:24 and among us, it will. 28:25 If you don't nip it, it will get worse. 28:28 Like you say... You got what? 28:30 You're gonna say, it's just a little change, 28:31 little change and then more and more and more 28:33 and worse and worse and worse. 28:34 So we have to like say, 28:36 "Grab hold by the grace of God, 28:37 this is what the word says, 28:39 whether everybody loves it 28:40 or whether they don't believe it." 28:42 And it's easy to get caught up in ignorance. 28:44 Oh, yeah. 28:45 Not purposely, not purposely, you know, just, I mean, 28:49 if that happened in 1311, that's... 28:52 it's been a long time ago, you know. 28:54 And I mean, there's been a lot of sin raised and said... 28:57 So I mean, you could just accidentally 28:59 get caught up in things. 29:00 But then you have those certain people 29:03 that hunger and thirst for truth. 29:04 Yeah. 29:06 So they're the ones that steps forward and says, 29:07 "Hey, wait a minute here, 29:09 1311, you mean you actually researched that?" 29:13 So there are people that really are wanting to know more 29:16 and then its programs like this, you know, that... 29:19 Hey, maybe if you have to research it, you know, 29:21 we're not making the stuff up. 29:23 No. I mean, what did Jesus say? 29:24 I mean, we can all discuss. 29:25 What did Jesus say, one of the thing, 29:27 important thing, at the end Matthew 28. 29:29 He said, "Go and what?" 29:31 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations. 29:32 Disciples and He always said, "Go teach and then baptize," 29:36 you know. 29:37 So again, it's a good foundation 29:38 that which we have, that we can work from 29:40 because you mentioned 29:42 a while ago Jesus set the example. 29:43 He didn't know sin, but yet He wanted to set an example 29:47 on what we should do to die self and come up. 29:49 So, well, that's... To me that's exciting. 29:50 Amen. Amen. 29:52 Okay. 29:53 Another example of baptism is found in Acts 8:38 29:57 when Philip was speaking with the unit in the chariot. 30:01 And it says, "And they both went down into the water 30:06 and the eunuch and he was baptized." 30:08 So you know, we have examples of the right way 30:11 and I love what brother JD said. 30:14 He said there are people 30:16 that want to know what truth is. 30:17 A lot of people are just, they feel complacent. 30:19 They feel fine. I don't need to know anymore. 30:22 But when you begin to say, Lord, I want to understand. 30:25 I want to know why there's so much confusion 30:29 over this beautiful book. 30:30 I want to know what the truth is 30:32 and your life begins to change 30:34 and you begin to do this research. 30:36 And right now research is so much easier than 30:39 what it ever was. 30:41 I mean, when I was going to school, 30:42 when I was in college, it wasn't that easy. 30:45 You know, I want to know something now 30:47 like somebody miss... 30:48 Not mispronounce here, 30:50 pronouncing a word differently on a program I hear. 30:52 I just say, "Hey Google." 30:54 Oh, she's listening. 30:57 I had it turned off but she's listening. 31:02 But, you know, right now 31:04 to use the technology that we have. 31:06 We realize how technology can be used for good or bad, 31:09 but it's just so much easier now. 31:11 And so we need to be students of the word. 31:14 We need to be asking God what is truth. 31:17 You know, even baptism, there are lot of people 31:20 that we've met over the years that... 31:22 that they were not baptized this way. 31:26 I think back in Chandler, we were there, 31:28 was the last year we were in Chandler, Arizona? 31:30 Arizona when that... Okay. 31:32 And so when we were there in Arizona, you know, 31:34 there was a man that had been a Catholic, 31:36 for how many years? 31:37 Can you remember? Oh, my, he was like... 31:39 Unlike we're not saketh... Yeah, it's a long time. 31:42 And he had started praying about truth. 31:45 And there he was at our meetings 31:47 and he was fighting it, bless his heart, 31:50 he was fighting it. 31:51 And I don't remember what... 31:53 I tried to help him, you know, from night to night 31:55 and I remember feeling impressed 31:57 to go and speak with this man. 31:59 And he was just in tears and he finally gave in 32:03 and he went under that water. 32:04 Yes, he did to become... 32:06 He came back up a new creature in Jesus Christ. 32:09 And sometimes you know 32:11 we living in the world that we're living in. 32:13 You know, our life hasn't been one it's always been. 32:16 And sometimes we think, you know, 32:18 we need to start over again 32:20 or maybe I wasn't baptized for all the right reasons, 32:23 maybe you weren't baptized for all the right reasons. 32:26 And maybe the Lord is tugging at your heart to say, 32:28 you know, this is making sense to me. 32:31 I need to give everything, 32:32 my whole heart to Jesus and go in it again. 32:36 Yeah, it's exactly what I experienced, 32:38 you know, 2009. 32:39 I just want to share a scripture 32:41 about what you're talking about. 32:42 Matthew 5:6 says, 32:44 "Blessed are they to do hunger and thirst, 32:46 after righteousness." 32:47 And obviously Isaiah 64:6, 32:50 that we have no righteous of our own. 32:51 It's all filthy rags. 32:53 But we're hungry and thirsting after Jesus. 32:56 It says then we shall be filled. 32:58 So He wants to fill us 33:00 and what is He gonna fill us with? 33:01 He's gonna fill the Holy Spirit. 33:02 So I actually learned about the truth through prophecy, 33:05 which is amazing. 33:07 I love prophecy but it was until I... 33:08 Really in 2009, I got baptized, 33:10 but in 2013 I had much more growth 33:13 and I realized I was missing an element 33:14 that was a relationship with Jesus. 33:17 And when I had that conversion, then I sort of like, 33:19 I get it now, it makes sense. 33:21 So now I got re-baptized in 2013. 33:23 Amen. 33:24 You are going into the second part of that question. 33:27 What does it mean to you, Brother Ryan, to be born again. 33:30 Let's start and let's hear. 33:32 What is it you mean? 33:33 Oh, you know, the joy is in being able to serve the Lord 33:37 and you just see that, 33:39 that people's lives are altered and changed for eternity. 33:42 When you see that 33:44 and you see that they get the identity 33:45 of who they really are in Christ, 33:47 as a son or daughter 33:48 and the light bulb finally goes on 33:49 and they can break the chains of this darkness 33:51 that's been holding them down 33:53 and suppressing them for so long. 33:55 And we get the privilege of sharing that with somebody. 33:57 And it's just, it's amazing to see. 33:59 Just like we had a young man recently had come here 34:01 and been going through some stuff 34:03 and this young man's now on so many days sober 34:05 and we sat down with him, he's been coming to church, 34:07 he actually, few weeks ago he had to make a decision 34:11 and I just text him something. 34:12 I said, you know, you got to make a decision right now. 34:14 I said, basically, God is blessing 34:16 but He's also testing your loyalty. 34:18 Because I thought about that all night. 34:20 He says, get down me. 34:22 He said, well, as he told me, 34:24 I need to get rid of the bad influences or do... 34:26 I mean, you make church a priority. 34:28 Wow. 34:29 I mean, we can go to church and make it a priority. 34:30 So he's now, he's now hungry and on fire and just... 34:34 That's the joy, we get to see that, 34:36 you know, and it's not about us anything we do, 34:38 but that's the Holy Spirit work on. 34:39 It is. It is. 34:41 We were actually baptized together in 2013 34:43 and I was baptized when I was about 12. 34:46 But you know, life happens 34:49 and I drifted way away from God 34:51 and it was a really special day. 34:53 Yeah. 34:55 Yeah, and it was very memorable. 34:57 My actual... 34:59 My personal dream was to get baptized in a creek 35:01 'cause when I was a kid, I saw pictures of my mom, 35:04 she got baptized in the creek, you know, 35:05 I want to do that, like my mom did. 35:07 Yeah. 35:09 It didn't work out totally like that, 35:10 but it doesn't matter where is that 35:12 as long as it happens, you know. 35:13 And yeah, and... 35:15 But that was a dream 35:17 that I had to be in a creek outdoors. 35:19 I love being outside, but it was still special. 35:21 And it was a very meaningful moment 35:24 and I like the comparison of baptism 35:27 being like a wedding, you know, 35:29 because it is an outward ceremony, 35:31 outward display of affection to Jesus to the world. 35:35 And too good, we met a while ago, 35:37 you know, people say, well, you brought up, 35:39 you know, washing, washing the feet 35:40 and so on so forth. 35:41 But what is that really referred to basically? 35:44 Isn't that a miniature? 35:46 Baptism. Baptism. 35:48 That's exactly what it is. 35:49 And... A renewal. 35:51 Right. Yeah, it's a renewal. 35:52 You know, you wash your feet. 35:54 And Jesus said, you know, if you don't do it, 35:56 you have no part with Me. 35:57 So we're looking at and then Jesus, what is it? 35:59 In John 3:15, He talks about, Jesus was baptized. 36:03 This is interesting, to fulfill all righteousness. 36:07 That's just heavy duty to fulfill all righteousness. 36:12 He went through the... 36:14 that he was totally human, He did it. 36:16 Yeah... Yeah. 36:17 It was fulfilling to hear God's voice, 36:18 the Dove came down. 36:20 Yeah, those three things came, 36:21 that was a fulfillment of righteousness. 36:23 That's right. Yeah, amen. 36:24 That gave me goose bumps because I feel like too, 36:26 you know, there's other people 'cause people say, 36:29 "Well, I've never beeb, do I have to be baptized 36:31 or this person didn't have time to be baptized." 36:34 Our Lord and Savior was baptized, 36:36 He had never sinned, and He was baptized. 36:39 And His baptism, 36:41 I also believe is for those like the thief on the cross 36:45 that couldn't come down. 36:46 He could not go through this. 36:47 He could not be restored in that respect. 36:51 But Christ did it for him. 36:52 That's right. He is our all and all. 36:55 He is the sanctuary service. 36:58 And maybe we'll talk more about that toward the end 37:00 or if there happens to be a fourth part, 37:02 we'll see but He is our all and all. 37:05 Amen. Praise the Lord, it's all good. 37:08 We're celebrating already. Yes, yeah. 37:10 But, you know, 37:12 anything else anybody wants to add 37:13 on this part of the question. 37:15 We're talking about experience or sharing what it meant to... 37:17 I think, you know, 37:19 with something that really strikes me, 37:20 I share it with a lot of people. 37:21 When Jesus came to Peter, 37:23 He said, Satan is asked for his desire 37:24 to sift him as a wheat. 37:26 I like the word he said, but when you are converted, 37:29 that word converted, 37:30 that's much more expansive than people think, you know. 37:33 It is. 37:34 And, then he said after it says when you are converting, 37:36 you will strengthen your brethren. 37:38 So when you really have that experience in your heart, 37:40 that change that real change, 37:42 and like I was talking about earlier for me, 37:43 you know, I finally realized who I am in Christ Jesus now. 37:46 And when I had that, 37:47 I can go now strengthen other people 37:49 as that true conversion. 37:50 I think that's really powerful. 37:52 But you couldn't give what you didn't have. 37:53 Does that make sense? 37:55 We can't give what we don't have... 37:56 My cup is full. My cup is full. 37:59 So that's nice but you can't give a full cup away, 38:02 you can only give that which goes over the top. 38:05 Yep. That's right. 38:06 You know. You can't get a bigger cup. 38:08 It's true. 38:10 But you still gotta got to get by. 38:12 It's got to go over the top 38:14 and that's what gives to others, 38:16 the other is to keep you full and that's so important 38:18 and you talk about you know... 38:20 And it is possible... 38:22 You're gonna say something, just a sec. 38:24 And it is possible to, 38:26 let's say be in the church 38:27 and you say in good standing 38:29 and not really be, they call born again, 38:31 you need to be converted 38:34 you see 'cause I mean, 38:35 I was one of those in the church, 38:36 you know, a lot of years and I was younger in there 38:38 and didn't realize 38:39 what it really meant to be converted. 38:41 Not to say I have all the answers right now, 38:43 I'm not trying to say all that. 38:44 I'm just simply saying my life has changed. 38:46 Yep. Right. Praise God. 38:47 And it was a big change. 38:49 But for... Like I said... 38:51 I said for years, you know, like I say they give you, 38:53 they give you the plaque for doing this 38:54 and you're deacon, 38:56 then you become an elder and like that, 38:57 and really that was before I was converted. 39:01 You know, following the Lord and trying to do what, 39:02 you know you read, you just kind of do the right 39:04 but I'm talking about a real heart change. 39:06 There is a difference. 39:08 I mean, I say night and day. 39:10 I still I say I...I sing, 39:13 we cut our teeth and maybe the pacifier 39:16 whatever I had one on water frame we had in Jesus, 39:19 you know we would sing songs at the church. 39:21 But after conversion, the very first Sabbath, 39:24 that conversion I cried like a baby, 39:26 right there in the church in front of everybody, 39:28 saying that same song, some teen years 39:32 and I've felt it to a certain extent 39:35 and I thought that was normal and was right. 39:37 But when my heart really just completely changed, 39:39 I saw in such a different way, just broke my heart. 39:42 So that's kind of what that does 39:44 when you come accept Christ, Well, JD, yes. 39:47 The word freedom comes to my mind. 39:49 Okay. Oh, I like. 39:50 There's a freedom that comes 39:52 whenever you are truly converted. 39:54 There is a freedom whenever you are baptized that... 39:57 that rib for real. 39:59 I mean, 'cause we've all gone through 40:02 and doing the very best that we could do... 40:04 You know, we have our youthful baptisms, 40:06 you know, because as I'm learning, 40:10 I've talked to two or three people just slightly, 40:12 bless their little hearts. 40:13 My daughter is 12 years old, she needs to be baptized, 40:16 she needs to be baptized, you know, 40:18 and a lot of times you are baptized as a youth, 40:21 because the parents want it. 40:23 You know, when the kids say they, 40:25 but so be it, 40:27 because they have second chances, just like we did now. 40:31 So they grow and then they mature, 40:33 you know, than there's that time 40:35 when you want something more. 40:37 You're ready for something more. 40:40 And boy, to me, 40:42 there was a freedom that went down 40:44 whenever I was a very mature person, 40:48 you know, and that was just a freedom there that, 40:51 wow, so the person is looking at mirror now 40:55 is different than that person who looked in the mirror 40:57 10 years ago or 15 years ago. 40:59 Should it be? 41:01 You bet? Oh absolutely. 41:02 Yes, you know, that's the whole thing is do the same old, 41:03 same old all the time and we should be growing 41:05 and changing everything. 41:07 And you know, God changes not so, it's not, He's... 41:10 I mean, it's not, it has nothing to do with Him. 41:14 It has to do with me. 41:15 I'm the one that need to be free. 41:18 Yes, very good. 41:19 Oh, absolutely, awesome, awesome thought. 41:21 The word that came to my mind 41:23 when you were saying that was recalibrating, 41:25 you know that word just like it gets us back 41:28 and gets us back in line on the right track 41:30 and it's amazing. 41:32 And what brought you back? 41:33 Was that the word? Oh, yes. 41:35 It was the word we're taking in... 41:36 Faith comes by hearing, hearing by the Word, 41:38 being around the right kind of people. 41:41 Right, that's very important. 41:42 Seeds are being planted, you're hearing different thing 41:43 and changes can come 41:46 as easy as that as long as we certainly be whole 41:50 and which He says, "Behold the Lamb of God, 41:51 things begin to change in our life." 41:53 Amen. But... 41:54 We can do anything for you, honey? 41:55 Well, I was just... I've been... 41:57 My mind's been everywhere here actually. 41:58 I bet it had. 42:00 But what you're talking about, like you continuing to grow, 42:01 that's part of going through this sanctuary service, 42:04 that table of show bread, you know, the candlestick, 42:08 letting your light shine and the incense, 42:10 all of these things are part of it. 42:12 We would have thought Peter had been converted 42:15 before Christ's death. 42:16 But he said, you know, before the cockcrow, 42:19 was it two times? 42:20 Three. 42:21 Three times, you deny me twice, or three times? 42:24 So it's three and three. 42:25 I was trying to remember 42:27 if it's three and three or two and three. 42:28 Okay, thank you. 42:29 I had a little brain glitch there. 42:31 But then afterwards when Christ visited with him, 42:34 he says, he had to ask him, Peter, do you love Me? 42:37 Come on. That's right. 42:38 Yeah. Peter, do you love Me? 42:41 Because here Peter been with Him 42:44 and seen Him go through so much. 42:48 And he denied his Savior when he said he wouldn't. 42:51 See a lot of us are rash that way sometimes. 42:54 But after he was resurrected, he looked at... 42:56 Can you imagine the loving Savior saying, 42:59 "Peter, do you love Me?" 43:01 It's amazing. And feed my sheep. 43:04 The other thing is he want to go back to fishing. 43:07 Before that happened, 43:08 he actually want to go back to his original thing. 43:11 He wanted to go off. Yeah. 43:12 This ain't working, I was gonna go fish. 43:14 And Peter's response is the results of that 43:17 in the sense that, 43:19 if you go into the original Greek in that passage there, 43:21 Jesus says, "Peter, do you love Me, 43:23 do you agape Me?" 43:25 But the response that Peter gives, 43:27 in English you'll see that Peter says, 43:29 "Lord, you know, I love You." 43:31 But in the original Greek, 43:32 the word there that Peter uses was not a agape, 43:35 it was phileo, 43:37 which means basically a friendly fondness. 43:40 So basically what Christ was saying is, Peter, 43:42 I want you to truly in a spiritual intimate way 43:46 I want you to really love me. 43:47 And Peter was saying, Lord, you know I only phileo you. 43:50 You know, I'm only... 43:52 You know, I'm not there yet. 43:54 And so but Christ just keep urging him and that's... 43:56 I love that passage because it shows the patience 43:58 that God has with us. 44:00 That if we have a willing heart, 44:01 you know, Peter had a willing heart. 44:02 Yes. Man he was a crowd pleaser. 44:05 And sometimes, you know, I can relate, 44:09 I think we all can to some extent relate to Peter. 44:11 You know, but Christ is patient with us. 44:13 Amen. He was patient with Peter. 44:15 He says, "Look, I know that you only phileo me. 44:17 I know you're only fond of Me. 44:18 But you know what? 44:20 When you're converted, you know, 44:21 you're gonna feed my sheep, you see? 44:23 You're gonna be a pillar in this group." 44:24 See how good, how that... 44:26 Exactly what he said. 44:27 Peter knew how he loved Christ, at least in his own mind. 44:30 Jesus knew exactly how Peter loved him 44:34 because He told him before, I want you to feed my sheep. 44:37 After Peter was converted, he said, "Feed my lambs." 44:41 There's a different in sheep, 44:43 there's a difference in the lamb. 44:44 There's a different way you approach a sheep 44:45 and there's a different way you approach a precious lamb. 44:48 Peter was not trustworthy with the lambs. 44:51 You know, blessed pastors and leaders and teachers, 44:53 you are not true, is that okay? 44:56 Were not trustworthy with the lambs 44:59 because they needed to be cuddled, 45:03 they need to be loved. 45:05 They don't... 45:06 they don't need the, and we all need prophecy, 45:09 we all need them now. 45:10 Mark of the Beast, Three Angels because I love all that stuff. 45:13 But there's time they don't know Christ. 45:15 What do you do? 45:16 You introduce them to Christ. You feed. 45:19 You take them back out into the courtyard. 45:21 Exactly. 45:23 And take them back to the alter. 45:24 And then you take them one more step, 45:26 you take them outside 45:27 and because there's only one way in the sanctuary 45:29 and that is the door. 45:31 Jesus says, I am the, what? 45:32 I am the door. 45:34 No man comes to Me except, 45:35 you know, you gotta go through that door. 45:36 Go through Jesus. 45:38 And, see that's to me, they need that. 45:39 Absolutely. 45:40 And I just want to highlight there. 45:42 I know we're... 45:43 And something tells me there's gonna be a part four. 45:45 That's okay. 45:46 I am loving it. I am excited. 45:47 You know, just on this whole thing, 45:49 because baptism and I think, 45:50 I think Janelle hit it right on the head. 45:52 Baptism and I just want to say for the record, 45:54 first of all, baptism doesn't save you. 45:56 The act in itself doesn't save you. 45:58 It doesn't give you some type of supernatural 46:00 holy strength to overcome. 46:02 But baptism is, I believe, an outward expression 46:05 of what Christ is already doing in one's life. 46:08 And I love how you related to a wedding ceremony 46:10 because that's essentially what it is. 46:12 Christ is already, you know, and what is... 46:14 Christ is the bridegroom and His church is the bride 46:17 and I am a part of that bride. 46:18 Christ wants us to be fully married to Him, 46:20 but He also wants us to be fully committed. 46:23 So you know, I often use the same illustration a lot. 46:26 When I married my wife, nine years ago, 46:28 we just celebrated our ninth year anniversary. 46:30 But when I married my wife nine years ago, you know, 46:33 I'm not standing there face to face with her 46:35 and saying my vows and say, 46:36 "Oh, honey, you know, 46:38 I love you so much for the rest of my life." 46:39 But on occasion, I'm gonna go over here 46:41 and hang out with one of my side chicks or one of my, 46:44 you know, girly, girly friends on the side. 46:47 That's not a commitment. 46:48 And so Christ wants us to be fully committed. 46:51 So baptism is not necessarily about perfection, 46:54 but it is about commitment. 46:55 And that's why I love Romans Chapter 6:3-4. 46:59 There you go. 47:00 Because it really expresses to us 47:02 what this is about 47:04 as far as the spiritual application here. 47:08 Notice what verse 3 and 4 says in Romans Chapter 6. 47:11 It says, "Or do you not know 47:13 that as many of us were baptized into Christ Jesus 47:15 were baptized into his death." 47:17 So self has to die, just as Christ died. 47:20 Christ took on the sin of the world. 47:22 And in order for Him to be resurrected 47:25 and to bury those sins and to deal with those sins, 47:27 He had to take on that sin, so He had to die. 47:30 Therefore, notice verse 4. 47:32 "We are buried with Him through baptism into death, 47:35 that just as Christ was raised from the dead 47:37 by the glory of the Father," 47:38 and here is the most important part, 47:40 "Even so we also should walk in newness of life." 47:44 And so what we have is, we have a lot of people, 47:47 brothers and sisters, who are trying to access 47:50 to holy place or even more so trying to jump 47:53 and take a giant leap into the most holy place 47:55 when they haven't first walked appropriately from the door 47:59 into the court yard. 48:01 And so we first have to, you know, 48:02 spend some time at that door. 48:04 Again, you know, who is it that I'm trying to get to know? 48:06 And then when you get to that beautiful altar of sacrifice 48:10 and you see what Christ has really done here 48:13 or Christ says and Zephaniah says, 48:14 they will look upon me as, on those... 48:17 those have pierced will look upon me 48:20 and they will mourn as one 48:21 who has lost the first one that mourns. 48:23 Oh, yes. Think about... 48:24 Everything you're saying is bringing me back to... 48:27 At midnight there was a cry. 48:29 You mentioned a wedding, there are 10 virgins, 48:32 they were all part of the church. 48:33 They all thought that they were gonna marry the bridegroom. 48:36 And then when the bridegroom came, there was a cry. 48:39 And that cry, they found out 48:41 that there were five that didn't have the oil, 48:43 they didn't have the preparation. 48:45 They weren't walking through these steps 48:47 that we've been talking about. 48:48 And the other said, we don't have enough, 48:50 you're gonna have to go buy it. 48:52 And what happened? 48:53 When they went to buy it, the bridegroom came, 48:55 they went in and the door of probation was shut. 49:00 And they came back and Christ said, 49:02 "I don't know you. 49:04 I don't know you." 49:06 Now is our probationary time. 49:08 That's why this restitution of all things 49:11 is so vitally important 49:14 because Christ is preparing us, 49:17 He's restoring us into His image 49:19 and it means so much. 49:21 The more we talk about it, 49:22 the more we feed off of each other, 49:24 the deeper it gets. 49:25 Go ahead, Janelle, come one help me. 49:27 Oh, you know, Ryan and Chris, the things you're saying, 49:30 it's interesting, Ryan, you mentioned in Romans 6, 49:33 because then in the next Chapter, 49:35 Romans 7 is the part of this Christian struggle. 49:39 And I know I've been there. 49:41 And it's encouraging to me to know that you know, 49:44 other people still struggle after baptism, 49:46 because it's not a one and done. 49:48 You know, you're not... 49:49 you're not ready to be translated, 49:51 usually, right after you're baptized. 49:54 But it's just the fact that it is a struggle 49:56 and sometimes it gets harder actually after baptism, 49:59 and you have those battles, 50:00 you know, and those things that... 50:02 that, you know, we're trying to overcome 50:04 and we need the Holy Spirit's help. 50:06 But it's just the fact that, you know, 50:08 don't think that you have to be perfect 50:10 after you're baptized 50:11 because it's gonna be a struggle 50:12 and the enemy will comes out as harder 50:14 even right before and then even after. 50:16 I believe that's 8:1. 50:18 Oh, 8:1, that's the whole... 50:21 Romans 8:1, "There is therefore now 50:23 no condemnation for them 50:25 which are in Christ Jesus who walk not after the flesh 50:29 but after the spirit." 50:31 So when you're finally going through, right 50:32 with the baptize, giving your life to Christ, 50:34 really that's where the Acts 1:8 50:37 where we receive power from the Holy Ghost, 50:39 ain't that right? 50:41 That's right, to be a witness. 50:42 To be a witness, those are reasons. 50:44 And then there's more tests will come, 50:46 there's more trials will come 50:48 because they're God's little workman 50:49 right to perfect character, for perfection of character. 50:53 So that's why Paul asked us not to complain 50:55 and carry on like I do some time. 50:57 Lord have mercy and forgive me, right, 50:59 is everyone has these tests and trials, 51:01 there's a purpose for it. 51:02 Amen. Yeah, I was gonna say. 51:04 And he does and he does say... 51:05 He does say, you know, go, 51:06 you go from one level of glory to another. 51:08 So you know there is that potential of growth. 51:10 Yeah. Faith to faith. 51:11 You know that's what happened to us. 51:13 We experienced what you just talked about a little bit ago. 51:16 Somebody came to us as they were doing, 51:17 celebrating life recovery, we shares a few times, 51:19 but a lady was told that she's being taken away 51:22 from the prophecy seminar. 51:24 That she doesn't need to be coming 51:26 to our celebratory life recovery. 51:28 And this woman was struggling with alcohol. 51:29 She actually tried to commit suicide. 51:31 And so she came to our group and it was week five. 51:34 I said, "Look, just stick it through. 51:35 See how it turns out." 51:37 And she did, 14 weeks graduated, 51:38 two weeks later completely quit alcohol. 51:40 She was a, eight months later she married an Adventist man, 51:43 moved to Virginia. 51:44 She now on fire in her church 51:46 'cause she got the pieces in order 51:47 and it put her on fire. 51:49 But, you know, what you did? 51:50 You loved her anyway, you come anyway, 51:53 it doesn't matter 51:54 how much research we know or we do 51:57 or if we can explain every form of love 52:00 or every form of liberty or you know, what I'm saying? 52:03 It just doesn't matter 52:05 if you don't have the love of God in your heart. 52:08 And where is our first missionary work? 52:10 It's in our homes. 52:11 It's in our... with our families. 52:14 It's here at this table. 52:16 And everything must be in love, 52:18 whether it be a sheep, whether it be a lamb, 52:21 it just doesn't matter 'cause if JD, 52:23 he can sit there 52:25 and he can preach to me every passage 52:28 that dealt with love in the Bible, 52:30 but if he was preaching to me like this the whole time, 52:33 I would want none of it. 52:35 And that's all of us. 52:37 That's all of us. Right. 52:38 You know, who... 52:39 who do other see in us? 52:42 You know, as we've been talking about this walk, 52:45 don't forget what you're gonna share 52:46 but as we've been talking about this part, 52:48 I was thinking about being born again. 52:51 And when my life changed, I've changed. 52:53 I've shared this many times. 52:54 I guess I'll continue to share it. 52:56 But my life change when I said, 52:58 "Okay, I'm not gonna eat physical food 53:00 till I eat the spiritual food first." 53:04 So when I began to pray before I got out of bed, 53:07 when I began to study 53:08 before I would get up and do anything else. 53:10 My life began to change. 53:12 And then if I'm away from it a little bit 53:14 and these thoughts start coming into my mind 53:16 'cause your mind changes. 53:19 People, your mind changes. 53:21 That's right. You know, I... 53:23 You know, when these little things come in, 53:25 things that you would think are just nominal years ago, 53:28 all of a sudden, it's like, oh, Lord, 53:30 please I don't want that, please take that. 53:33 I don't want to think like that. 53:34 I don't want to be like that, 53:36 you know, because 53:37 we are beginning to reflect His image 53:39 internally and perfectly externally. 53:43 That's right. Yeah. 53:44 You know, so share with us. 53:45 Well, first of all, what really touched me 53:48 as the Lord put in my mind to be relatable 53:50 and not inflatable. 53:52 What I mean by that is you're... 53:55 Yeah, relatable and not inflatable. 53:57 That's good. You know that's good. 53:58 You know how to relate to anybody that's got some kind... 54:01 You can, there's a way to do it. 54:02 You know how to learning... Jesus did. 54:03 Yeah, precisely. 54:05 They didn't go to Him 'cause He looked good. 54:06 They didn't go to Him 'cause He was up and, 54:09 you know, real popular. 54:11 He wasn't... He wasn't in the government. 54:13 He wasn't the high priest at time on this earth, 54:17 you know, so they went to Him 54:19 because He was relatable and He was lovable. 54:22 Inflation is the dangerous thing, you're talking about... 54:24 what's you're talking about 54:25 because God has such wonderful ways 54:28 and loving ways still yet, 54:29 He can let the air out of you. 54:31 Yeah. 54:32 Really quick before He can do it 54:34 a little bit at a time. 54:35 I think I've had both. Yeah. 54:37 You know, you see some of these, you know, 54:39 blow up, and then, you know, 54:41 pull them behind, and boast the stuff. 54:43 You know, you can let the air out really slow. 54:45 Somebody stay with me. 54:47 Or you can take the big nozzle off 54:50 and you just, almost immediately... 54:53 You know, and sometime that might happen 54:55 in the Christian's experience if you're not careful. 54:58 If you're self inflated 54:59 and you get a big hit and you're just, 55:00 you know, too big for your britches. 55:02 God knows how. 55:03 That's true. It does. 55:04 I've been watching on YouTube. 55:06 I'm not gonna name the man's name, 55:07 but he's a street preacher and he went out there 55:09 and he was in the midst of this Peter parade thing. 55:12 He's going, you're not... He said... 55:13 First of all, he said, get right with God. 55:16 He's not gonna let you just because you eat vegetables, 55:18 get right with God. 55:20 Come on now. 55:21 You're not gonna get Him just because you eat vegetables. 55:22 I'm like, "Who are you even...? How are... 55:24 What is that even doing?" 55:26 And then people like this is the most amazing preacher. 55:28 Oh, this man knows his word. 55:30 I'm like, but what do you...? 55:31 Are you really accomplishing anything by doing that? 55:33 What are you doing? 55:34 Sometimes, you know, 55:36 I know that sometimes street preaching 55:37 can accomplish some things. 55:39 But a lot of times I think it, in our society today, 55:43 it pushes people away 55:44 because you find a lot like that. 55:47 It's very pushy in the heart. It's a meme kind of thing. 55:49 It's like you're not really, like you're talking about... 55:51 Not relatable. Yeah. 55:52 But that comes, 55:53 it comes in time, ain't that right? 55:55 It's a different thing. Jesus said what? 55:57 If I...? Be lifted up. 55:59 When you are on the street, to me as if, 56:00 if I be lifted Jesus says, you lift me up, 56:02 then all, you know, 56:04 that's what we need to be doing in His order. 56:07 Jesus always first. 56:08 If I can just share a story that you may think of this... 56:10 There is a lady, that, it's... 56:15 I'm sorry, I'll just save it for another time. 56:16 I know we're getting low on time. 56:18 Okay. All right. Well, that's... 56:19 I was started to get excited about that and weren't you? 56:23 I know that is for part four. You can't get no story... 56:26 Yeah, that was a teaser. Okay. You know what? 56:28 Teaser is gonna be, I think it should be right here. 56:31 I want to hear another verse. 56:32 Amazing grace, the last one, we've been there 10,000 years. 56:35 We'll go on that. 56:37 When we sing first and if we're not done with it, 56:39 you know Brother Ryan, then just pray us out of it. 56:42 That's right, absolutely. All right. All right. 56:44 When we've been there 56:49 Ten thousand years 56:53 Bright shining as the sun 57:01 We've no less days 57:06 To sing God's praise 57:10 Then when we first 57:15 Begun 57:18 Amen. Praise the Lord. 57:20 Father in heaven, you are so good to us, Lord. 57:22 Amen. 57:23 Lord, we have so much to thank You for God, 57:26 your love, your grace, your mercy. 57:28 And I want to pray that 57:29 this study has been a blessing to so many. 57:31 Amen. Yes. 57:32 Reach Your spirit out, touch hearts. 57:34 Bring us to You, we ask in Jesus' name, amen. 57:36 Thank you, Lord. Amen. 57:37 Amen. Amen. |
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