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00:04 OF THE AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
00:08 ♪♪ 00:10 DOUG BATCHELOR: DID YOU KNOW THAT WHEN A HUMAN BABY IS BORN 00:13 ABOUT 78% OF IT'S BODY IS MADE UP OF WATER? 00:17 OUR WATER RATIO DROPS SOMEWHAT AS WE AGE 00:20 BUT WATER REMAINS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF OUR SURVIVAL. 00:24 IN FACT, A MERE 2% DROP IN BODY WATER 00:28 CAN CAUSE FUZZY SHORT TERM MEMORY, 00:30 DIFFICULTY WITH BASIC MATH, 00:32 AND TROUBLE FOCUSING ON A COMPUTER OR PRINTED PAGE. 00:36 IF THE WATER IN YOUR BODY DROPS 5% 00:39 YOU'LL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO SEE. 00:41 A 10% DROP TAKES AWAY YOUR ABILITY TO HEAR. 00:46 WATER PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE IN ALMOST EVERY BODY FUNCTION. 00:50 BUT SOME RESEARCHERS ESTIMATE THAT 75% OF AMERICANS 00:55 ARE CHRONICALLY DEHYDRATED. 00:57 INSUFFICIENT WATER INCREASES THE RISK FOR OBESITY, 01:01 FATIGUE, AND A HOST OF COMMON DISEASES. 01:04 WATER IS ESSENTIAL NOT ONLY TO OUR PHYSICAL BODIES 01:07 BUT OUR SPIRITUAL SURVIVAL AS WELL. 01:10 AS THE LIVING WATER, JESUS IS THE ULTIMATE THIRST QUENCHER 01:14 FOR OUR SOULS. 01:16 AND WE RECEIVE HIM IN A SPECIAL WAY WHEN WE ENTER 01:19 THE WATERS OF BAPTISM. 01:21 SO JOIN ME NOW, FRIENDS, FOR TODAY'S PROGRAM 01:23 AS WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THIS VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT. 01:26 HOW WE CAN BE BORN OF THE SPIRIT AND THE WATER. 01:29 ♪♪ 01:34 DOUG: THE PURPOSE OF PROPHECY IS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE 01:36 A PERSONAL ENCOUNTER WITH GOD. 01:39 IF WE'RE ONLY STUDYING BIBLE PROPHECY SO THAT WE CAN, YOU 01:42 KNOW, HAVE OUR CURIOSITY ABOUT THE FUTURE SATISFIED, IT WON'T 01:48 DO YOU ANY GOOD. YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS THE 01:50 DEVILS BELIEVE AND TREMBLE. YOU NEED TO HAVE A PERSONAL 01:53 ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS - A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. 01:56 AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS SPECIAL STUDY 02:00 TONIGHT CALLED A PROPHET IN THE RIVER . 02:03 NOW, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE RIVER, WE'RE THINKING 02:05 PRINCIPALLY ABOUT THE JORDAN RIVER. 02:07 AND, IF YOU LOOK IN THE BIBLE AT THE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES IN THE 02:11 JORDAN, THEY ALL TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT THE PLAN OF 02:15 SALVATION - AND IT DOES TIE INTO PROPHECY, AS YOU'LL SEE. 02:19 THERE'S A NUMBER OF MIRACLES THAT HAPPENED IN THE JORDAN 02:21 RIVER, IN THE BIBLE. FOR EXAMPLE, BEFORE THE CHILDREN 02:25 OF ISRAEL ENTERED THE PROMISED LAND, WHEN THEY WERE STILL 02:28 COMING OUT OF THE WILDERNESS, THE BORDER, REALLY, BETWEEN THE 02:32 WILDERNESS AND THE PROMISED LAND, WAS THE JORDAN. 02:35 AND GOD WANTED TO TEST THEIR FAITH. 02:37 AND HE SAID, 'YOU'VE GOT TO GET ACROSS THAT RIVER - BUT IT WAS 02:40 FLOODING IN THE SPRING - HE SAID, 'HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO 02:43 DO: THE PRIESTS ARE TO PUT THE ARK ON THEIR SHOULDERS' - THEY 02:45 CARRIED IT ON THESE POLES - 'AND I WANT THEM TO MARCH OFF INTO 02:48 THE RIVER. NOW, WHEN THEY LEFT EGYPT, GOD 02:51 PARTED THE SEA BEFORE THEY STARTED WALKING. 02:55 BUT, BEFORE THEY GOT TO THE PROMISED LAND, HE WANTED TO SEE, 02:58 'HAVE YOU LEARNED TO TRUST ME? 03:00 I WANT YOU TO START WALKING BEFORE I PART.' SO THE PRIESTS, 03:04 OBEDIENTLY - AND THEY'RE CARRYING THIS VIRTUAL GOLDEN 03:06 ANCHOR - THEY WERE GOING TO SINK IF THERE WASN'T A MIRACLE. 03:11 THEY STARTED WALKING OFF INTO THE RIVER AND WHEN THEIR FEET 03:14 TOUCHED THE WATER, THE WATERS, AT THAT POINT, FLOWED DOWN. 03:18 THE WATERS AHEAD BEGAN TO WALL UP AND JUST CREATED A GREAT BIG 03:23 DAM - AN INVISIBLE DAM - AND THE GROUND DRIED BEFORE THEM. 03:27 HE PARTED IT SO THEY COULD CROSS OVER. 03:30 NOW THE JORDAN, IN THE BIBLE, REPRESENTS DEATH. 03:33 YOU KNOW THE JORDAN RIVER IS THE LOWEST RIVER IN THE WORLD? 03:36 WHERE THE JORDAN RIVER RUNS INTO THE DEAD SEA IS THE LOWEST POINT 03:39 ON EARTH. IT'S OVER 1300 FEET BELOW SEA LEVEL. 03:43 IT'S A SYMBOL OF DEATH AND IT'S ALSO CONNECTED WITH BAPTISM AND 03:49 SALVATION. SO HERE, BEFORE THEY GOT INTO 03:51 THE PROMISED LAND, GOD WORKS THIS MIRACLE. 03:54 THE WHOLE NATION PASSED BY THE PRIESTS WHO WERE HOLDING THE 03:57 WORD OF GOD. IT'S LIKE THEIR LIVES WERE 04:00 PASSING IN REVIEW, AS THEY WENT FROM THE WILDERNESS 04:03 INTO THE PROMISED LAND. THEN THE NEXT INTERESTING 04:05 MIRACLE IS REGARDING AN ASSYRIAN GENERAL - WASN'T EVEN AN 04:09 ISRAELITE - BY THE NAME OF NAAMAN - GOOD MAN, MIGHTY MAN, 04:12 BUT HE CAME DOWN WITH A DEADLY CASE OF LEPROSY AND ELISHA THE 04:16 PROPHET SAID, 'GO WASH IN THE JORDAN RIVER SEVEN TIMES AND 04:21 YOUR FLESH WILL BE RESTORED TO YOU AGAIN. 04:24 AND SO, HE DIPPED IN THE RIVER, FINALLY - HE WAS STUBBORN AT 04:27 FIRST - COVERED WITH LEPROSY - MAYBE EVEN MISSING FINGERS AND 04:30 TOES - WASHED IN THE JORDAN SEVEN TIMES, AND FINALLY, HE 04:34 CAME UP THE SEVENTH TIME AND HE WAS CLEAN. 04:37 AMEN. NOW THAT OUGHT TO MAKE YOU 04:40 THINK - BECAUSE LEPROSY IN THE BIBLE IS A TYPE OF SIN. 04:42 SOMEONE CAME TO JESUS, ONCE, COVERED WITH LEPROSY. 04:45 THEY SAID, 'LORD, IF YOU WILL, YOU CAN MAKE ME CLEAN.' HE 04:48 REACHED OUT AND HE TOUCHED THEM AND HE SAID, 'I WILL. 04:50 BE CLEAN.' AND THEIR LEPROSY WAS GONE. THAT QUICK. 04:53 HOW QUICKLY CAN GOD WASH AWAY OUR SIN? 04:56 WHEN WE COME IN FAITH RIGHT AWAY AND SAY, 'LORD, IF YOU WILL.' 04:59 IS HE WILLING? YES. 05:00 'YOU CAN MAKE ME CLEAN.' BELIEVE. 05:03 HE SAYS, 'BE CLEAN.' THAT'S WHAT HE SAID TO THE LEPER - AND HE 05:06 WAS CLEAN. HOW DID THE WORLD COME INTO EXISTENCE? 05:08 GOD SAID, 'LET THERE BE LIGHT. LET THERE BE LAND. 05:12 LET THERE BE AN ATMOSPHERE.' AND IT HAPPENED. 05:15 NOW, THAT LEADS US A GOOD SEGUE INTO OUR FIRST QUESTION ABOUT 05:19 TONIGHT'S STUDY. WHAT NEW TESTAMENT PROPHET 05:23 WASHED PEOPLE IN THE JORDAN RIVER? 05:26 AND IT SAYS, "IN THOSE DAYS CAME JOHN THE BAPTIST, PREACHING IN 05:30 THE WILDERNESS OF JUDEA. AND THERE WENT OUT TO HIM ALL OF 05:33 JUDEA, AND JERUSALEM, AND WERE BAPTIZED BY HIM IN THE RIVER 05:38 JORDAN, CONFESSING THEIR SINS." NOW, IT TALKS ABOUT JOHN THE 05:42 BAPTIST THERE IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 3, BUT IF YOU READ THE STORY 05:45 IN THE GOSPEL OF MARK, DO YOU REALIZE THAT THE GOSPEL OF MARK 05:49 AND THE GOSPEL OF JOHN BEGIN WITH JOHN THE BAPTIST? 05:53 JOHN THE APOSTLE IS DIFFERENT FROM JOHN THE BAPTIST. 05:55 THE GOSPEL OF MARK, GOSPEL OF JOHN, START WITH SOMEONE 05:59 BAPTIZING. WHY DID THEY BEGIN THEIR GOSPELS THERE? 06:04 HOW DOES THE OLD TESTAMENT END? THE OLD TESTAMENT SAYS, 'BEHOLD 06:08 I SEND YOU ELIJAH THE PROPHET BEFORE THE GREAT AND DREADFUL 06:11 DAY OF THE LORD.' AND JESUS SAID, IF YOU CAN RECEIVE IT, 06:15 THAT JOHN THE BAPTIST WAS ELIJAH WHO WAS TO COME. 06:19 HE CAME IN THE SPIRIT AND THE POWER OF ELIJAH. 06:22 THE ANGEL GABRIEL TOLD JOHN THE BAPTIST'S FATHER, 'THIS CHILD IS 06:25 GOING TO COME IN THE SPIRIT AND THE POWER OF ELIJAH.' IT WAS 06:28 PROPHESIED THAT HE WAS GOING TO COME. 06:31 AND REVELATION TELLS US THERE'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER WAVE OF THE 06:35 SPIRIT AND POWER OF ELIJAH IN THE LAST DAYS. 06:39 SO THIS DOES RELATE TO PROPHECY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LOT 06:42 ABOUT BAPTISM TONIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT 06:44 WHAT JOHN TALKED ABOUT. IF IT'S IMPORTANT TO JESUS, IT 06:48 SHOULD BE IMPORTANT TO YOU. WHAT GLORIOUS BIBLE CEREMONY 06:52 SYMBOLIZES THE WASHING AWAY OF THE LEPROSY OF SIN? 06:58 YOU CAN READ IN ACTS CHAPTER 22 - AND THIS IS RELATING TO THE 07:01 CONVERSION OF THE APOSTLE PAUL - HE SAID, "ARISE, AND BE 07:05 BAPTIZED, AND WASH AWAY YOUR SINS, CALLING ON THE NAME OF THE 07:10 LORD." NOW, IS IT CLEAR TO EVERYBODY 07:12 JESUS CAME TO SAVE US FROM OUR SIN? 07:14 AMEN. HAS GOD CREATED A CEREMONY - 07:18 AN INSTITUTION - BY WHICH WE SUBMIT OUR LIVES TO HIM AND 07:21 OUR SINS ARE WASHED AWAY? IT'S A CEREMONY THAT 07:25 REPRESENTS THAT. WHAT'S IT CALLED? 07:26 BAPTISM. 07:28 BAPTISM IS AS IMPORTANT TO A CHRISTIAN AS A WEDDING IS TO A 07:33 MARRIAGE. DID YOU GET THAT? 07:36 AND THIS IS NOT PASTOR DOUG'S TEACHING, THIS IS WHAT THE BIBLE 07:38 TEACHES. CALL ON THE LORD, BEING BAPTIZED, WASHING AWAY YOUR SIN. 07:43 THEY'RE ALL CONNECTED THERE. THIRD QUESTION: ACCORDING TO THE 07:47 BIBLE, HOW MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF BAPTISM ARE ACCEPTABLE? 07:51 WELL, YOU READ THERE IN EPHESIANS CHAPTER 4, VERSE 5, 07:54 IT'S PRETTY CLEAR. IT SAYS, 'THERE'S ONE LORD, ONE 07:57 FAITH, ONE BAPTISM.' I BELIEVE THERE'S ONE FAITH WE 08:01 ARE BAPTIZED INTO. I BELIEVE THERE'S ONE LORD THAT 08:04 WE SERVE - 'HEAR O ISRAEL, THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE.' 08:06 ARE THERE A LOT OF COUNTERFEITS? YES. 08:09 YOU KNOW, THE DEVIL IS A MASTER OF COUNTERFEITS. 08:13 THE DEVIL HAS A COUNTERFEIT FOR VIRTUALLY EVERY TRUTH OF GOD. 08:17 HAVE YOU LEARNED THAT? AND THERE'S ALSO A 08:19 COUNTERFEIT FOR BAPTISM. AND, IN THE COUNTERFEITS, THE 08:22 DEVIL IS TRYING TO ROB THE POWER OF THE TEACHING. 08:26 WHAT - WHERE DID ALL THESE OTHER COUNTERFEIT FORMS OF BAPTISM 08:29 ORIGINATE? WHERE'D THEY ALL COME FROM? 08:32 SOME ARE FROM DIFFERENT TRADITIONS - YOU CAN READ ABOUT 08:35 THIS IN MARK CHAPTER 7, VERSE 8. IT SAYS, "FOR LAYING ASIDE THE 08:38 COMMANDMENT OF GOD, YE HOLD THE TRADITION OF MEN." 08:42 CHRIST SAID, 'THEY OFTEN LAY ASIDE THE COMMANDMENT' - WE'VE 08:45 LEARNED THAT ABOUT THE SABBATH AND OTHER THINGS, WHERE PEOPLE 08:47 LAY ASIDE THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD TO FOLLOW POPULAR 08:49 TRADITIONS. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO 08:53 BACK AND YOU LOOK AROUND THE MIDDLE EAST, IT IS REALLY 08:55 CLEAR FROM HISTORY AND EVEN ARCHAEOLOGY, THAT THE ONLY 08:58 METHOD OF BIBLICAL BAPTISM, IN THE BEGINNING, WAS IMMERSION. 09:02 HERE'S A PICTURE OF A FIRST CENTURY BAPTISTERY IN PHILIPPI 09:06 AND IT'S REALLY CLEAR, IT HAD STEPS GOING INTO IT, IT WAS IN 09:09 THE CHURCH. HERE'S ONE FROM - IT'S IN THE 09:12 NEGEV DESERT, BUILT DURING THE BYZANTINE TIME. 09:16 IT'S A BAPTISTERY IN THE SHAPE OF A CROSS, AGAIN, WITH STEPS 09:20 GOING INTO IT. AND THEY USED TO HAVE TO FILL 09:21 THEM BY HAND SO THEY DIDN'T MAKE THEM TOO BIG. 09:24 THAT WAS BETWEEN 300 AND 500 A.D. HERE'S A FIFTH CENTURY 09:27 BAPTISTERY IN EMMAUS AND YOU - MAYBE YOU 09:32 CAN READ ABOUT THAT IN LUKE 24 - THE ROAD TO EMMAUS - THE TOWN 09:34 ACTUALLY MEANS 'HOT WATER' SO THEY HAD SPRINGS NEAR THERE. 09:38 CHRISTIANS WERE BAPTIZED. BUT, GRADUALLY, THINGS 09:41 BEGAN TO CHANGE. AS WITH EVERYTHING, IT WAS 09:44 SORT OF A CREEPING COMPROMISE. IT STARTED OUT WITH SOMEONE 09:47 SAYING, 'WELL, LOOK, SINCE BAPTISM IS A SYMBOL - SYMBOLS 09:51 ARE VERY IMPORTANT, BUT THIS PERSON'S SICK. 09:54 THEY REALLY CAN'T GET BAPTIZED.' AND SO THE PASTOR SAID, 'WELL, 09:56 WE'LL DIP A SHEET IN WATER AND WE'LL GO WRAP THEM IN THE SHEET 10:00 AND IT WILL BE AS CLOSE AS WE CAN GET.' AND THEY MEANT WELL. 10:02 YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT. AND THEN SOMEONE WOULD HAVE A 10:05 SICK BABY AND THEY'D SAY, 'I'M AFRAID THAT MY BABY MIGHT DIE 10:07 AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN BAPTIZED.' SO THEY'D SPRINKLE SOME WATER ON 10:10 THEM OR THEY'D POUR SOME WATER ON THEM. AND THEN THE NOBILITY 10:13 WOULD MAKE - THEY'D WANT TO GET BAPTIZED - THEY'D SAY, 'YOU 10:15 KNOW, IT'S REALLY NOT DIGNIFIED FOR US, WITH ALL OUR EXPENSIVE 10:19 HAIR DOS AND STUFF, TO GET BAPTIZED IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY 10:21 AND COME UP ALL DRIPPING WET LIKE A CAT.' AND THEY SAID, 'CAN 10:24 YOU DO SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE ELEGANT?' 10:27 AND THEY SAID, 'UH, THEY SAID IT'S A SYMBOL, RIGHT?' 10:30 'YEAH.' AND THEY TOLD THE PRIEST, 'WELL, THEN, JUST 10:32 SPRINKLE A LITTLE WATER ON ME AND WE'LL CALL IT BAPTISM.' IT 10:34 DIDN'T - AT FIRST IT WAS POURING AND THEN IT WAS SPRINKLING AND 10:37 IT GRADUALLY CHANGED THROUGH COMPROMISE AND RA - YOU KNOW, 10:42 YOU CAN RATIONALIZE ANYTHING IF YOU WANT TO. 10:44 MATTER OF FACT, YOU CAN READ IN HISTORY, IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE 10:49 COUNCIL OF RAVENNA - 1311 - OVER A THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED YEARS 10:52 AFTER CHRIST - IT WASN'T UNTIL THE COUNCIL OF RAVENNA THAT 10:56 SPRINKLING AND POURING WERE OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED AS EQUALLY 10:59 VALID AS IMMERSION IN THE RITE OF BAPTISM, AND SO, 11:02 YOU COULD DO BOTH. 11:03 EVENTUALLY THEY GAVE UP 11:05 IMMERSION FOR THE MORE CONVENIENT SPRINKLING. 11:07 AND IT JUST - IT'S ONE MORE OF THE MANY EXAMPLES WHERE THE 11:10 CHURCH HAS DRIFTED AWAY FROM THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS. 11:13 AND WHAT DO WE WANT TO HAPPEN BEFORE CHRIST COMES? 11:15 WE WANT TO COME BACK TO THE BIBLE, RIGHT? 11:18 COME BACK TO THE TEACHINGS OF CHRIST. 11:21 ANNOUNCER: DON'T FORGET TO REQUEST TODAY'S LIFE-CHANGING 11:23 FREE RESOURCE. 11:25 NOT ONLY CAN YOU RECEIVE THIS FREE GIFT IN THE MAIL, 11:27 YOU CAN DOWNLOAD A DIGITAL COPY STRAIGHT TO YOUR COMPUTER 11:29 OR MOBILE DEVICE. 11:31 TO GET YOUR COPY OF TODAY'S FREE GIFT 11:33 SIMPLY CALL US AND ASK FOR THE OFFER NUMBER 11:36 SHOWN ON YOUR SCREEN 11:37 OR VISIT THE WEB ADDRESS AND DOWNLOAD 11:39 A DIGITAL COPY. 11:41 AND BE SURE TO SELECT THE DIGITAL DOWNLOAD OPTION 11:43 ON THE REQUEST PAGE. 11:44 IT'S NOW EASIER THAN EVER FOR YOU TO STUDY GOD'S WORD 11:47 WITH AMAZING FACTS 11:48 WHEREVER AND WHENEVER YOU WANT. 11:50 AND MOST IMPORTANT, TO SHARE IT WITH OTHERS. 11:55 DOUG: ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM. 11:58 SO, WHAT IS BAPTISM? WHAT DOES IT MEAN? 12:00 RIGHT IN THE WORD, IT TELLS YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THE TRUE FORM OF 12:04 BAPTISM, WHAT IT MEANS, AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT. 12:06 IT COMES FROM THE GREEK WORD 'BAPTIZO' AND BAPTIZO MEANS 'TO 12:10 IMMERSE; TO PLUNGE; TO DIP' - IT'S TALKING ABOUT A CLEANSING - 12:15 UNDER WATER. YOU CAN READ IN COLOSSIANS 12:17 CHAPTER 2, VERSE 12, "BURIED WITH HIM IN BAPTISM, WHEREIN 12:22 ALSO YE ARE RISEN WITH HIM THROUGH THE FAITH OF THE 12:24 OPERATION OF GOD, WHO HATH RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD." 12:28 SO, IT'S A SYMBOL OF A DEATH, A BURIAL, AND A RESURRECTION. 12:32 HOW WAS JESUS, WHO IS OUR EXAMPLE - HOW WAS HE BAPTIZED? 12:36 NOW, A CHRISTIAN'S A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST. 12:38 YOU MIGHT WANT TO ASK THE QUESTION: WHY WAS JESUS 12:40 BAPTIZED? WAS IT FOR HIS SIN? 12:43 NO. NO, HE WAS BAPTIZED 12:46 AS AN EXAMPLE FOR US. I'LL SAY MORE ABOUT 12:48 THAT IN A MINUTE. HOW WAS HE BAPTIZED? 12:52 THIS WAS THE SEVENTH MIRACLE IN THE JORDAN. 12:55 "JESUS CAME...AND WAS BAPTIZED OF JOHN IN THE JORDAN RIVER." 13:00 AND THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT 13:02 THEY NEEDED A RIVER. 13:04 NOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT METHODS OF BAPTIZING TODAY. 13:07 SOMETIMES THEY SPRINKLE A LITTLE WATER, THEY POUR - SOME PEOPLE 13:10 SAY BAPTISM'S ONLY SPIRITUAL AND THEY SPEAK WORDS AND THEY EVEN 13:16 HAVE SOME PASTORS YOU CAN CALL OVER THE PHONE - THEY SAY THEY 13:18 BAPTIZE YOU OVER THE PHONE WITH WORDS. 13:20 THAT'S THE DRY-CLEANING METHOD, EVIDENTLY. 13:22 AND SO THEY'VE GOT ALL THESE DIFFERENT - SOME SPRINKLE SALT 13:24 AND A LOT OF CHURCHES - THERE'S A LOT OF COUNTERFEIT BAPTISMS 13:28 OUT THERE, BUT THE BIBLE'S PRETTY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT 13:30 HAPPENED. IT SAYS HE WAS BAPTIZED BY JOHN 13:33 IN JORDAN "AND STRAIGHTWAY COMING UP OUT OF THE WATER. 13:38 HE SAW THE HEAVENS OPENED." - THAT'S A MIRACLE - AND 13:42 THE HOLY SPIRIT DESCENDING. ALL OF THE MIRACLES ABOUT 13:44 THE JORDAN RIVER IN THE OLD TESTAMENT TELL US ABOUT 13:47 SALVATION BECAUSE IT'S CONNECTED WITH SALVATION - THE NEW 13:51 TESTAMENT, IN MATTHEW AND LUKE, BEGIN WITH THE BIRTH OF JESUS. 13:55 MARK AND JOHN BEGIN WITH BAPTISM AND THE MINISTRY OF JOHN THE 13:59 BAPTIST AND IT'S A START - WHEN DOES CHRIST'S MINISTRY BEGIN? 14:04 WITH HIS BAPTISM. HE LIVED THIRTY-THREE AND A HALF 14:07 YEARS, BUT HE WAS ANOINTED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AT HIS BAPTISM. 14:11 THE METHOD WAS IMMERSION. THAT MEANS HE WENT DOWN UNDER 14:14 THE WATER - IT SYMBOLIZED A WASHING, A DEATH - BECAUSE YOU 14:18 HOLD YOUR BREATH - AND THEN WALKING IN A NEWNESS OF LIFE. 14:23 AND IT SAYS ALSO - YOU READ IN JOHN CHAPTER 3, VERSE 23, "NOW 14:27 JOHN ALSO WAS BAPTIZING IN AENON NEAR SALIM, BECAUSE THERE WAS 14:31 MUCH WATER THERE." SO, IF THE BIBLICAL METHOD OF 14:35 BAPTIZING IS TO SPRINKLE A LITTLE WATER, THEN WHY 14:38 WOULD YOU NEED A RIVER? YOU COULD BAPTIZE 14:42 WITH A CANTEEN. YOU COULD DO IT IN THE CITY. 14:45 YOU COULD DO IT BY A WELL. BUT IT SAYS THEY NEEDED A RIVER 14:47 - THEY NEEDED A RIVER WITH MUCH WATER. 14:49 IN OTHER WORDS, DEEP ENOUGH WHERE PEOPLE COULD BE IMMERSED. 14:51 AND ALL THE PEOPLE CAME DOWN TO THE RIVER TO BE BAPTIZED. 14:55 NOW SOME HAVE ASKED ME, 'WELL, PASTOR DOUG, DOES IT HAVE TO BE 14:57 FRESH WATER?' I THINK YOU COULD PROBABLY POINT 15:00 TO SOME CASES IN THE BIBLE WHERE PEOPLE WERE BAPTIZED 15:02 IN THE OCEAN. THE IDEA OF THE SYMBOL IS TO BE 15:04 IMMERSED, CONSECRATE YOUR LIFE TO THE LORD, SAY 'THIS IS IT. 15:08 I WANT TO MAKE A PUBLIC DECLARATION OF MY SURRENDER TO 15:11 JESUS.' AND YOU COME UP TO WALK IN A NEWNESS OF LIFE. 15:15 "THEREFORE WE ARE BURIED WITH HIM BY BAPTISM INTO DEATH:" - 15:19 SAME PRINCIPLE WE SAW EARLIER IN COLOSSIANS - "THAT AS CHRIST WAS 15:23 RAISED FROM THE DEAD BY THE GLORY OF THE FATHER, EVEN SO WE 15:27 ALSO SHOULD WALK IN A NEWNESS OF LIFE." 15:30 BAPTISM REPRESENTS A TURNING POINT. 15:33 SOME PEOPLE SAY, 'WELL, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO GET BAPTIZED AND 15:36 EVENTUALLY I'M GOING TO, YOU KNOW, STOP DOING SOME OF THE BAD 15:38 THINGS I'M DOING.' NO, JOHN THE BAPTIST SAID, 'REPENT AND BE 15:42 BAPTIZED.' YOU REPENT AND YOU TURN FROM THESE HABITUAL SINS 15:46 BEFORE BAPTISM. YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW MANY 15:49 PEOPLE COME TO ME AND SAY, 'PASTOR DOUG, I JUST THINK IF 15:51 YOU'D BAPTIZE ME I COULD STOP, YOU KNOW, RUNNING AROUND, 15:54 MISBEHAVING, USING DRUGS.' I SAY, 'NO, THAT'S 15:56 NOT HOW IT WORKS. YOU COMMIT YOUR LIFE TO JESUS, 15:59 YOU TURN AWAY FROM SIN - YOU REPENT OF YOUR SINS - AND THEN 16:03 YOU GET BAPTIZED.' PEOPLE CAME TO JOHN THE BAPTIST, HE SAID, 16:05 'BEFORE YOU'RE BAPTIZED, BRING FORTH FRUITS THAT ARE MEET FOR 16:08 REPENTANCE.' LET ME SEE IF I COULD ILLUSTRATE IT THIS WAY: 16:12 LADIES OUT THERE, HOW WOULD YOU THINK ABOUT A GUY WHO PROPOSED 16:17 TO YOU AND HE SAID, 'I LOVE YOU. WOULD YOU MARRY ME? 16:22 I THINK IF WE COULD JUST GET MARRIED, I'LL STOP DATING THE 16:24 OTHER GIRLS.' (LAUGHTER) AS THOUGH THE WEDDING CEREMONY IS 16:30 GOING TO SUDDENLY MAKE EVERYTHING OKAY. 16:34 NOW BAPTISM IS A CEREMONY, BUT IT'S A CEREMONY THAT REPRESENTS 16:37 YOU HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT THAT YOU LOVE JESUS, THAT YOU'RE 16:40 REPENTING OF YOUR SINS - YOU SEE HE'S DIED FOR YOUR SIN AND YOU 16:44 WANT TO FOLLOW HIM. AMEN? AMEN. 16:46 AND SO, YOU SEE, THE CHANGES SHOULD HAPPEN BEFORE BAPTISM, 16:50 BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN EVERYTHING CHANGES. 16:52 IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S STILL GROWTH THAT HAPPENS AFTER 16:55 BAPTISM. HOW MANY OF YOU THAT ARE MARRIED 16:58 LEARNED SOME THINGS THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT YOUR SPOUSE 17:02 BEFORE YOU GOT MARRIED? HOW MANY OF YOU KNEW EVERYTHING 17:06 ABOUT THEM BEFORE YOU GOT MARRIED? 17:08 I SAW ONE HAND. YOU DIDN'T HEAR THE QUESTION. 17:10 (RAUCOUS LAUGHTER) YOU'RE JUST BEING SUPPORTIVE. 17:13 (LAUGHTER) I THINK EVERYBODY LEARNED SOMETHING NEW AFTERWARD, 17:18 AM I RIGHT? AND SO, WE COMMIT OUR LIVES TO 17:21 JESUS - YOU'RE STILL GOING TO GROW IN CHRIST. 17:23 YOU'RE GOING TO LEARN - YOU'LL MAKE MISTAKES, BUT YOU WANT TO 17:26 HAVE YOUR LIFE COMMITTED. YOU WANT TO TURN AWAY FROM THE 17:30 SINS THAT ARE DRAGGING YOU DOWN. YOU DON'T WANT TO BE A CAPTIVE. 17:34 HOW IMPORTANT IS BAPTISM? NOW THIS IS - THE REASON I'M 17:37 TALKING ABOUT THIS IS BECAUSE I WANT TO PRIORITIZE, IN A SEMINAR 17:41 LIKE THIS, WHAT JESUS WOULD PRIORITIZE. 17:44 CHRIST SAID, IN MARK 16:16 - THIS IS PRETTY CLEAR - "HE THAT 17:49 BELIEVETH AND IS BAPTIZED SHALL BE SAVED; BUT HE THAT BELIEVETH 17:54 NOT SHALL BE DAMNED." NOW, YOU NOTICE HE DOESN'T SAY, 17:57 'HE THAT BELIEVES NOT AND IS NOT BAPTIZED.' WILL THERE BE 18:01 PEOPLE IN HEAVEN THAT WERE NOT BAPTIZED? 18:02 YES. SURE. 18:04 THE THIEF ON THE CROSS WHO DIED BY JESUS WHEN CHRIST WAS 18:07 CRUCIFIED, HE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GET BAPTIZED. 18:11 SOMETIMES I GO TO HOSPITALS AND I VISIT WITH PEOPLE AND TALK TO 18:13 THEM ABOUT THE LORD IN THE CLOSING HOURS OF THEIR LIFE AND 18:17 THEY'RE ALL HOOKED UP TO HOSPITAL MACHINES. 18:18 THEY ACCEPT JESUS - CAN THEY BE SAVED OR DO I HAVE TO TRY AND 18:23 FIND A WAY TO GO IMMERSE THEM? OF COURSE GOD'LL SAVE THEM. 18:26 I'VE BEEN IN PRISONS WHERE THEY WILL NOT ALLOW A BAPTISM FOR A 18:29 PERSON ON DEATH ROW. WILL BAPTISM BE AN OBSTACLE TO 18:33 THEIR SALVATION IF THEY TOTALLY SURRENDER TO CHRIST? 18:36 NO. YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE CHRIST GOT BAPTIZED, NOT 18:39 FOR HIS SIN, BUT I THINK THAT, IN THE SAME WAY JESUS DIED FOR 18:43 OUR SIN, FOR THOSE THAT CAN'T BE BAPTIZED, THEY GET 18:46 CREDIT FOR HIS BAPTISM. AMEN. 18:47 BUT IF YOU CAN BE, YOU SHOULD BE. 18:50 AMEN. WHY WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO? 18:52 AND, AGAIN, CHRIST SAID TO NICODEMUS IN JOHN 3, VERSE 5, 18:56 "EXCEPT A MAN IS BORN OF WATER AND OF THE SPIRIT, HE CANNOT 19:01 ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD." 19:02 DOESN'T THAT SOUND LIKE A PRIORITY TO YOU? 19:05 AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO JESUS OUGHT TO BE IMPORTANT TO US. 19:09 NOW, YOU NEED BOTH BIRTHS IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE SAVED. 19:12 UNLESS YOU'RE BORN OF THE WATER AND BORN OF THE SPIRIT - AND 19:15 THERE ARE SOME CHURCHES THAT ONLY EMPHASIZE WATER BAPTISM - 19:18 BUT CHRIST SAID YOU NEED SPIRIT BAPTISM. 19:20 THEY COME TOGETHER. PETER SAID, 'REPENT, EVERY ONE 19:25 OF YOU, AND BE BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS AND YOU 19:28 SHALL RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 19:31 NOW, IT MAY COME AT DIFFERENT TIMES, BUT DOESN'T THE BAPTISM 19:35 OF THE HOLY SPIRIT REPLACE BAPTISM BY IMMERSION? 19:39 NO, THEY WEREN'T MEANT TO REPLACE - THEY GO TOGETHER. 19:42 AND PETER SAID TO THEM, AND I THINK I QUOTED THIS TO YOU 19:46 EARLIER IN ACTS CHAPTER 2, VERSE 38, "REPENT AND BE BAPTIZED 19:50 EVERY ONE OF YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST FOR THE REMISSION 19:54 OF SINS, AND YE SHALL RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST." 19:58 PETER PUTS THEM TOGETHER, DOESN'T HE? 20:01 BE BAPTIZED AND - FOR THE REMISSION OF SIN - YOU'LL BE 20:04 FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. NOW WE NEED BOTH BAPTISMS - YOU 20:08 NEED TO BE BORN OF THE WATER, BORN OF THE SPIRIT. 20:10 YOU HAVE AN EXAMPLE IN THE BIBLE WHERE THE DISCIPLES WERE 20:13 BAPTIZED BY WATER FIRST - JOHN THE BAPTIST - PENTECOST, THEY'RE 20:16 BAPTIZED BY THE SPIRIT. THEN YOU'VE GOT THE STORY IN 20:19 ACTS CHAPTER 10 WHERE CORNELIUS, THIS ROMAN CENTURION AND HIS 20:23 FAMILY, THEY'RE BAPTIZED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. 20:26 AND YOU KNOW WHAT PETER SAYS RIGHT AWAY? 20:27 'WOW, YOU GUYS ARE GETTING THE CART AHEAD OF THE HORSE. 20:29 YOU'VE GOT TO GET BAPTIZED IN WATER NOW.' HE DIDN'T SAY, 'OH, 20:33 YOU'VE BEEN BAPTIZED BY THE SPIRIT, WHO NEEDS THE WATER?' 20:35 PETER SAID, 'NOW YOU NEED WATER BAPTISM.' SO, YOU NEEDED BOTH. 20:39 YOU NEEDED THE BAPTISM OF GOD AND THE BAPTISM OF YOUR CHOICE 20:44 AND YOUR SURRENDER. AND SO, BOTH BAPTISMS ARE STILL 20:47 VERY IMPORTANT, ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE. 20:50 ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE, WHAT MUST A PERSON DO BEFORE HE OR 20:55 SHE IS BAPTIZED? THERE'S SOME BIBLICAL CRITERIA. 20:59 WELL, FOR ONE THING, YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE TEACHINGS OF 21:02 JESUS. NOW, AS I MENTIONED, IT DOESN'T 21:05 MEAN YOU UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING. JESUS SAID, 'GO, THEREFORE, 21:08 TEACH ALL NATIONS, BAPTIZING.' BEFORE BAPTISM, THERE SHOULD 21:12 BE SOME FOUNDATIONAL TEACHING WHERE A PERSON UNDERSTANDS THE 21:17 BASICS AND MOST CHURCHES HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME - EVEN THE 21:22 CATHOLICS HAVE A CATECHISM - THERE'S A TEACHING CLASS. 21:25 THERE'S - SOME HAVE A BAPTISMAL CLASS WHERE YOU GO THROUGH THE 21:30 FOUNDATIONAL TEACHINGS - YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND THE PLACE OF 21:32 THE BIBLE, THE GODHEAD, THE COMING OF THE LORD, WHAT THE 21:36 CHRISTIAN LIFE MEANS - AND BE WILLING TO SAY, YES TO THOSE 21:39 THINGS. YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING AND THERE'S MORE 21:42 TEACHING THAT COMES LATER, BUT YOU'RE SAYING 'YES' TO THE 21:44 PRINCIPLE TEACHINGS OF THE GOSPEL. 21:47 SECONDARILY, YOU NEED TO NOT ONLY UNDERSTAND THEM, YOU NEED 21:50 TO BELIEVE THEM. NOW THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. 21:52 BELIEVE MEANS, OF COURSE, YOU ACCEPT WITH YOUR HEART, BUT 21:56 'BELIEVE' MEANS 'BE LIVE'. A LOT OF PEOPLE MISUNDERSTAND 22:02 THE WORD 'BELIEVE'. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT 22:05 DEVILS BELIEVE. THE DEVILS KNOW THAT JESUS IS 22:09 REAL AND THE DEVILS KNOW THAT HE DIED FOR YOUR SIN. 22:11 THE DEVIL EVEN KNOWS HE LOVES YOU. 22:12 IT WON'T SAVE HIM. THE DEVIL KNOWS GOD IS LOVE. 22:16 IT'S NOT GOING TO SAVE HIM, IT'S JUST A CEREBRAL KNOWLEDGE - IT'S 22:20 A FACT. BELIEVE MEANS TO 'BE LIVE'. GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD HE 22:26 GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON THAT WHOEVER 'BE LIVES' IN HIM WILL 22:31 NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE. 22:34 THAT MEANS 'A WILLINGNESS TO, NOT ONLY SAY, 'I THINK IT'S 22:37 TRUE,' BUT A WILLINGNESS TO FOLLOW. 22:39 SO, IF PEOPLE SAY, 'LORD, LORD, I BELIEVE YOU'RE THE LORD.' AND 22:42 THEY DON'T DO HIS WILL, THEY'RE NOT BELIEVING IN HIM. 22:45 WHEN JESUS SAYS, 'COME TO ME.' AND YOU SAY, 'I'M COMING, LORD.' 22:49 BUT YOU DON'T - CHRIST TOLD THE PARABLE ABOUT THAT. 22:51 HE SAID, 'WHICH OF THEM DID THE WILL OF HIS FATHER?' 22:55 AND SO, HE WANTS US TO FOLLOW. SO BELIEVE IN HIS TEACHINGS. 22:58 YOU REMEMBER THE STORY WHERE PHILIP BAPTIZED THE ETHIOPIAN 23:02 TREASURER AND HE SAID, 'HERE'S WATER, CAN I GET BAPTIZED?' 23:06 YOU KNOW WHAT PHILIP SAID? 23:08 'IF YOU BELIEVE WITH ALL YOUR HEART, YOU MAY.' AND THEN YOU'VE 23:11 GOT THE STORY OF THIS PHILIPPIAN JAILER. 23:14 THERE'S AN EARTHQUAKE. PAUL AND SILAS ARE IN PRISON. 23:17 THIS EARTHQUAKE OPENS ALL THE PRISON DOORS AND THE JAILER, 23:19 HE'S READY TO KILL HIMSELF AND PAUL SAYS, 'DON'T HURT YOURSELF. 23:23 WE'RE ALL HERE.' - AND HE'S THE ONE WHO'S JUST WHIPPED PAUL AND 23:26 SILAS AND PUT THEM IN THE STOCKS. 23:29 THEY FORGIVE HIM AND HE'S SO MOVED BY THE POWER OF THE ANGEL 23:32 THAT OPENED THE DOORS, HE TAKES THEM INTO HIS HOUSE, HE WASHES 23:34 THEIR WOUNDS, THEY PREACH TO HIM - HE SAID, 'WHAT MUST I DO TO BE 23:37 SAVED?' THEY SAID, 'BELIEVE IN THE 23:39 LORD JESUS CHRIST.' AMEN. 23:41 NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY MEANT BY THAT? 23:42 BELIEVE THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS. BE WILLING TO FOLLOW CHRIST. 23:46 THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS. THERE'S A LOT OF CHEAP PREACHING 23:50 ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BELIEVE THESE DAYS. 23:53 BELIEVING MEANS - JOHN THE BAPTIST SAID TO REPENT - IF YOU 23:58 BELIEVE AND YOU REPENT - WHOEVER CONFESSES AND FORSAKES HIS SIN 24:01 WILL HAVE MERCY. IT MEANS BEING WILLING TO TURN. 24:04 REPENTANCE IS A U-TURN ON THE ROAD OF LIFE. 24:06 THAT MEANS 'YOU TURN' - YOU CHANGE DIRECTIONS. 24:09 AGREE TO TURN FROM A LIFE OF SIN. 24:12 OF COURSE, I JUST REFERENCED THAT. 24:14 ROMANS 6, VERSES 5 AND 6 - LUKE 3, VERSE 7 - JOHN THE BAPTIST - 24:18 YOU KNOW THE FIRST THING JOHN SAID WHEN HE STARTED PREACHING? 24:21 FIRST WORD, 'REPENT.' WHAT WAS THE FIRST WORD OUT OF JESUS' 24:26 MOUTH WHEN HE STARTED PREACHING? 24:28 'REPENT.' IT SAYS, 'AT THAT TIME, CHRIST BEGAN TO PREACH 24:31 SAYING, 'REPENT, FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND.' HOW OFTEN 24:35 DO WE HEAR GOOD MESSAGES ON REPENTANCE? 24:39 THAT MEANS YOU LOOK AT THE CROSS, YOU SEE JESUS IS THERE 24:42 FOR YOUR SINS AND IT HURTS YOU AND YOU'RE SORRY. 24:46 SO MANY MESSAGES TODAY ARE JUST ALL FEEL GOOD. 24:49 IT'S ALL POSITIVE THINKING. BUT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE YOU CAN 24:51 REALLY FEEL GOOD YOU'VE GOT TO FEEL BAD. 24:53 THE BIBLE SAYS, 'HUMBLE YOURSELF IN THE SIGHT OF GOD AND HE WILL 24:57 LIFT YOU UP.' BUT, BEFORE HE LIFTS YOU UP, YOU'VE GOT TO 25:00 ADMIT YOUR SIN. AMEN. 25:02 CONFESS YOUR SIN. TURN FROM YOUR SIN. 25:04 GOD CAN'T SAVE YOU FROM YOUR SIN UNTIL YOU ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR SIN. 25:07 AND, IF YOU SAY, 'LORD, I CAN'T CHANGE. 25:10 YOU'VE GOT TO HELP ME - I'M HELPLESS.' THAT'S WHEN YOU 25:12 REALLY BEGIN TO GET A NEW BEGINNING - IS WHEN YOU REALIZE 25:14 YOUR HELPLESSNESS. MARTIN LUTHER USED TO SAY, 'GOD 25:18 CREATES FROM NOTHING, SO UNTIL YOU BECOME NOTHING, HE CAN DO 25:21 NOTHING WITH YOU.' AMEN. 25:23 UNTIL YOU REALIZE HOW HELPLESS YOU ARE AND YOU FALL, BROKEN, 25:26 LIKE PETER AND YOU WEEP - PETER WENT OUT AND WEPT BITTERLY AFTER 25:30 HE DENIED CHRIST. THAT'S WHEN HE WAS A BROKEN MAN 25:32 AND THAT'S WHEN HE WAS SPIRIT FILLED. 25:34 YOU COME TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU REALIZE HOW WEAK YOU ARE, THAT 25:37 YOU CAN'T CHANGE WITHOUT GOD'S HELP. 25:39 SO THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS. BE WILLING TO REPENT. 25:42 DON'T GET BAPTIZED IF YOU'RE NOT SORRY FOR YOUR SIN. 25:46 REPENT OF PAST SINS - AND THAT WOULD INVOLVE CONFESSION. 25:49 HOW MANY REMEMBER EVERY SIN THEY'VE COMMITTED? 25:53 THAT'S RIGHT - DO YOU HAVE TO REPENT OF ALL OF THEM BY NAME? 25:58 WE'RE IN TROUBLE. BUT YOU COULD START WITH CATEGORIES. 26:03 GOD EVEN GIVES YOU AN OUTLINE IN THE BIBLE. 26:05 YOU CAN CALL ON THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND JUST LOOK AT 26:08 THEM AND GO THROUGH THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND SAY, 'LORD, I'M 26:11 SORRY FOR MY SINS. I HAVE BROKEN THESE COMMANDMENTS. 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