Hey guys!
Do you know what baptism is?
Why is it so important?
And what is the difference between faith and baptism?
Well, first of all, I just want you to know that my goal, is not to fight with you here.
I know there's a lot of Christians and different denominations, that fight about all these things.
And it just separates us even more.
And we forget that our fight is not against each other, but against the dark forces in the air.
But my goal is to look at Scripture.
To look at what baptism is, and its relationship to faith.
This is going to be interesting video.
So let's get to it.
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Now, what is baptism?
Well, it is one of the two ordinances that Jesus gave to us.
To the church, before He went to heaven.
To God the Father.
He says in Matthew 28:19,
"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,
Baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son of the Holy Spirit,
teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you;"
So we, as the church should preach the gospel.
The truth in love.
Number one.
We should make disciples and then also baptize those disciples.
Now you need to know, that the day when you became a real reborn Christian,
you were baptized with the Holy Spirit.
God sent His Spirit to come and live inside of you.
Remember, John, the baptist said in Mark 1:8,
"I have baptized you with water, but He [Is talking about Jesus] will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."
So, remember when Jesus went to the Father in heaven.
The disciples didn't really know what to do and then they started to pray.
And then on the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit came on them.
And in 1 Corinthians 12:12 we read,
"For just as the body is one and has many members,
And all the members of the body, though many, are one body,
So it is with Christ.
For in one Spirit
We were all baptized into one body--
Jews or greeks, slaves or free--
and all were made to drink."
So on that day when you really became a real Christian, you received the Holy Spirit.
You became part of the body of Christ.
The family of God, and we are brothers and sisters in Christ.
Because we have the same Spirit, in all of us.
Black,
white,
brown
Culture,
it doesn't matter.
With all the racist things going on in the world.
We Christians, we're different.
I am not a white Christian.
I am a Christian first, that happens to be white.
Do you get what I'm saying here?
This is the amazing thing about being a Christian.
Having God's Spirit in us.
And we are a body of Christ.
A family in Christ.
So what is the baptism with water?
It is the reenactment, of the baptism by the Spirit.
When you read Scripture and you see that Jesus Christ died for you.
When you accepted it.
It's not just Jesus who died for you, but you died with Christ.
Your old nature.
The person you used to be.
Who lived in sin.
That person.
Daniel,
that Peter,
that Susan,
that person died with Christ on the cross.
Romans 6:11 says,
"So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive in Christ Jesus."
So first, when you are baptized, you are put under the water.
Meaning it shows, symbolizes that you died with Christ.
Romans 6:4 says,
"We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order
that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father,
we too might walk in newness of life."
So remember, when you are baptized it symbolizes you die with Christ.
And then when you come out of the water,
it represents that you are spiritually reborn.
Newness of life.
A new creation.
Remember.
Before you are saved, you are spiritually dead, because of your sin.
Ephesians 2:1 says,
"And you were dead
In your trespasses of sins in which you once walked,
following the course of this world,
following the prince of the power of the air,
the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience---
among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh,
carrying out the desires of the body and the mind,
and we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us,
even when we were dead in our trespasses,
made us alive together with Christ-- by grace you have been saved---"
The word baptism means, to emerge.
So you under the water, die with Christ.
Rise from the water, rise with Christ.
It shows how God changed you, as a person.
You were dead, spiritually.
And now He raised you and gave you spiritual life.
Colossians 2:12 says,
"Having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised
With Him through faith in the powerful working of God,
Who raised Him from the dead.
When you are baptized.
You openly say to the world, that you are now a real reborn Christian.
That you've been born again.
You turned away from your old sinful lifestyle, and you turned to God, in newness in life.
A new spiritual relationship.
A loving relationship between you and the living God.
So let me say this clearly.
Baptism, illustrates your death, burial and resurrection with Jesus Christ.
And baptism with the Holy Spirit, happens inside of you.
God changes you as a person inside.
It's a miracle that only God can do.
And then baptism with the water, is the outside testimony of what happens to you inside.
So it is associated with your salvation.
And very importantly.
Baptism is an act of obedience.
Because God said, that we have to be baptized, when we come to faith.
First.
You believe in God.
You testify it with your mouth.
You ask Him to forgive you and to come and change you.
And to make you a new person.
So He justifies you and He gives you the Holy Spirit.
This is regeneration.
And then you have to be baptized.
The order right through the bible is very clear.
It is not first baptism and then you get saved.
No, it is always first.
You hear the gospel.
You accept it.
And then you're baptized.
Remember Jesus said.
"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations baptizing them.
First disciples, then baptize them.
Acts 2:41 says,
"So those who received His word were baptized."
Again, first you receive the word and then you are baptized.
In acts 16:14
We read,
"One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira,
A seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God.
The lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul.
And after she was baptized, and her household as well,
So, first you hear God's word.
God opens your spiritual eyes, and an understanding, to understand the spiritual truth.
Then you accept it.
You accept Christ into your life and then you are baptized.
Now if you're a new Christian, I urge you to get baptized as soon as possible, out of obedience.
And then focus on growing spiritually.
This journey of sanctification.
You know.,
there is nothing, that can compare to a living relationship with an almighty God.
The only God.
There's nothing I can compared to that.
A spiritual relationship in truth.
Where you live in Him.
He in you.
You are His child.
He is your father and He leads you in this life.
It's not just.
You just don't become a Christian just so you can go to heaven.
No.
It is that everything changes the moment, you become a real Christian.
Everything opens up.
You see the world for what it really is.
To live in the spirit, is something else.
Normal people, who are unsafe cannot understand this,
because they don't have a spiritual nature in them.
They are spiritually dead.
So they don't understand the things of God,
because they don't have the spirit.
And you can only worship God in Spirit and in truth.
John 4:24 says,
"God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."
Now if you want to know more about this new spiritual nature.
And what is the difference between your soul and your new spiritual nature.
Then please watch this video here.
And i'll see you there.
And remember, God loves you,
and I love you, too.
Bye!
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