· WELCOME
· THANKS FOR BEING HERE TODAY
· PRAYER
· PURCAHSE OF A NEW VAN (PASTOR JOE AND DARYL)
· TODAY IS CELEBRATION SUNDAY
· IT’S THE MOST EXCITING DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH
· CHRISTMAS/EASTER- BAPTISM SUNDAY
· IM GOING TO EXPLAIN WHY IN A MINUTE
· SHOW YOU A MAN-HIS LIFE TRANSFORMED
· HE CAN’T HOLD IT IN-WHATS HAPPENED INSIDE
VIDEO
· PRISONER PHYSICALLY-BUT NOT SPIRITUALLY
WHAT
· WHAT IS BAPTISM?
· ITS ONE OF 2 SACRAMENTS WE RECOGNIZE
· COMMUNION/BAPTISM (JESUS PARTICIPATED)
· GREEK WORD IS BAPTIZO-TO IMMERSE
· ITS AN OUTWARD EXPRESSION OF AN INNER WORK
· MY WEDDING RING IS AN OUTWARD SYMBOL
· BAPTISM IS AN OUTWARD EXPRESSION
· WE ARE BURRIED WITH HIM SYMBOLICALLY WATERY GRAVE
· RAISED TO LIFE WITH HIM
· BAPTISM DOESN’T SAVE YOU (HBURG WATER)
· BAPTISM DOESN’T FORGIVE YOUR SINS
· IT IS BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH YOU BEEN SAVED
Baptism may be administered by sprinkling, pouring, or immersion, according to the choice of the applicant.
WHY
· BECAUSE JESUS COMMANDED IT/DEMONSTRATED
· JESUS PUBLIC MINISTRY STARTS RIGHT HERE
MATTHEW 3:13-14
13. THEN JESUS CAME FROM GALILEE TO THE JORDAN TO BE BAPTIZED BY JOHN. BUT JOHN TRIED TO DETER HIM, SAYING, “I NEED TO BE BAPTIZED BY YOU, AND DO YOU COME TO ME?”
MATTHEW 3:15
JESUS REPLIED, “LET IT BE SO NOW, IT IS PROPER FOR US TO DO THIS TO FULFILL ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS, “THEN JOHN CONSENTED”
MATTHEW 3:16-17
AS SOON AS JESUS WAS BAPTIZED, HE WENT UP OUT OF THE WATER. AT THAT MOMENT HEAVEN WAS OPENED, HE SAW THE SPIRIT OF GOD DESCENDING LIKE A DOVE AND ALIGHTING ON HIM. AND A VOICE FROM HEAVEN SAID, “THIS IS MY SON, WHOM I LOVE, WITH HIM I AM WELL PLEASED.”
· MINISTRY BEGINS
· THE FATHER-THE SON-AND THE HLY SPIRIT MEET
WHO
· ANY WHO GETS SAVED
· YOU ASK FOR FORGIVENESS OF SINS
· YOU ASK CHRIST TO TAKE OVER YOUR HEART
· NICODEMUS- YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN.
FIRST SERVICE-
I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO SCOTT MILLER
YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN SCOTT-DRUMMER
· I WANT SCOTT TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT HIS BEING BAPTIZED WHEN HE WAS YOUNG-
· TAKE US THROUGH THAT.
· AT SOME POINT LATER- YOU FELT PROMPTED TO GET BAPTIZED AGAIN? WALK US THROUGH THAT.
· YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO DO IT- BUT YOU FELT MOVED TO DO SO.
SOUNDS LIKE YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF BAPTISM CHANGED?
IM HERE TODAY HEARING YOU- “WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THE PERSON SITTING HERE CONSIDERING BAPTISM FOR THE FIRST OR SECOND TIME- WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS STEP FOR THEIR FAITH JOURNEY?”
· FEW WEEKS AGO AT OUR EAST ROCK CAMPUS
· SUPPOSED TO HAVE OUTDOOR/RIVER BAPTISM
· FLOOD- WATER A BIT MUDDY AND FAST
PICTURE OF MARY LIZ
· DANCE INSTRUCTOR
· WELL KNOWN IN THE ELKTON AREA
· PASTOR TERRY TALKING TO HER
PICTURE OF MARY LIZ HANDS UP
· PASTOR TERRY GETTING READY TO BAPTIZE
· MARY LIZ IS MORE THAN READY
PICTURE MARY LIZ
· PASTOR JARED AND PASTOR TERRY
· ASKED PERMISSION TO SHOW THIS GLOW
WHEN
· WHEN YOU GET SAVED- YOU GET BAPTIZED
· WHEN YOU TAKE A CLASS?
· WHEN YOU JOIN THE CHURCH?
· AFTER YOU ENROL IN WHAT???
· NOT SAYING WE DON’T REVERANCE BAPTISM
· BUT YOU GET SAVED- YOU GET BAPTIZED
I PETER 3:18-19
18. FOR CHRIST ALSO SUFFERED ONCE FOR SINS, THE RIGHTEOUS FOR THE UNRIGHTEOUS, TO BRING YOU TO GOD. HE WA PUT TO DEATH IN THE BODY BUT MADE ALIVE IN THE SPIRIT. AFETR BEING MADE ALIVE, HE WENT AND MADE PROCLOMATION TO THE IMPRISONED SPIRITS
1 PETER 3:20
20. TO THOSE WHO WERE DISOBEDIENT LONG AGO WHEN GOD WAITED PATIENTLY IN THE DAYS OF NOAH WHILE THE ARK WAS BEING BUILT. IN IT ONLY A FEW PEOPLE- EIGHT IN ALL WERE SAVED THROUGH WATER.
I PETER 3:21-22
AND THIS WATER SYMBOLIZES BAPTISM THAT NOW SAVES YOU ALSO-NOT THE REMOVAL OF DIRT FROM THE BODY BUT THE PLEDGE OF A CLEAR CONSCIENCE TOWARD GOD. IT SAVES YOU BY THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST, WHO HAS GONE INTO HEAVEN AND IS AT GODS RIGHT HAND- WITH ANGELS, AUTHORITIES AND POWERS IN SUBMISSION TO HIM.”
· MYSTERY IN SCRIPTURE ABOUT WATER
· WATER DOESN’T SAVE YOU
· SYMBOLIC PASSING OF DEATH TO LIFE
· STUDY THAT IN A FEW WEEKS IN JOSHUA
JUST LAST WEEK- WE HAD A TEEN- WANTING FOR ABOUT A YEAR TO BE BAPTIZED
SO LAST WEEK-IN THE RIVER
PICTURE
· PASTOR CHRIS- BAPTIZING ELI KOHL
· CELEBRATE THIS ALREADY HAPPENED
· LATE 70’S AND EARLY 80S- WILD MAN
· BECAME FAMOUS BECAUSE OF JUMPING THINGS
· HE LIVED A HARD PARTY LIFE
· SAID LIVED BETTER THAN KINGS AND PRESIDENTS
EVIL KNIEVEL
· HE WAS ADDICTED TO DRUGS/ALCOHOL
· BEEN IN MULTIPLE RELATIONSHIPS WITH WOMEN
· WASN’T AN ATHEIST-BUT ALWAYS REJECTED GOD
· HE BROKE OVER 400 BONES
· JUMPED CARS/BUSES/CANYONS/SNAKES/SHARKS
PICTURE JUMPING ON MOTORCYCLE
· HE STARTED WATCHING A PREACHER ON TV
· ONE NIGHT MOTEL ROOM IN FLORIDA
· JESUS GOT A HOLD OF EVIL KNIEVELS HEART
· HE CONTACTED THE PREACHER- SAID YOU PROB DON’T KNOW ME
· PREACHER LISTNENED- PREACHER WAS MOVED
· DECIDED HE WOULD SUNDAY SHARE TESTIMONY
· OVER 200 PEOPLE CAME TO BE BAPTIZED
· OVER THE NEXT 4 WEEKS OVER 1000 BAPTIZED
ACTS 2:37-38
“WHEN THE PEOPLE HEARD THIS, THEY WERE they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” 38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
ACTS 2:39-40
39 The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”
40 With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.”
SCRIPTURE ACTS 2:41
41. Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.
VIDEO BAPTIZE SOCAL
· TODAY WE IS A DAY OF CELEBRATION
WE CELELBRATE WITH THOSE WHO WOULD DARE TO GO PUBLIC WITH THEIR FAITH IN CHRIST
SPONTANEOUS- MAYBE YOU’RE HERE AND YOU THE HOLY SPIRIT IS SAYING TO YOU- WHY ARE YOU WAITING?