Embracing New Life Through the Power of Baptism
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"Baptism, on the other hand, is not so private. No. Baptism is quite public. In fact, every eye is upon the person about to be baptized. Because baptism represents the burying of the old and the resurrecting of the new. Okay? If you want to walk a life that is new, then it's a new life. It must be a resurrected life. It just absolutely has to. In fact, baptism should actually be something that's exciting." [00:29:04] (30 seconds)
"Now, there's a couple of reasons for that, but there's one thing we should recognize right off the bat, and that is baptism is not an option. It's a mandate. In fact, the last words, the last words that Jesus spoke before, before he ascended into heaven, clearly defines the importance of baptism in our life. He gave us three commissions to complete. It's known as the Great Commission, which, by the way, commission means to command." [00:30:38] (28 seconds)
"Why is it so important to be baptized? Because we need a place to start that resurrected life. And it starts in the baptismal. And I believe that's why Jesus himself made it the second greatest movement of our commissioning to change the world around us. Baptism is not an option, it's a mandate." [00:34:58] (22 seconds)
"Living a resurrected life is a choice. It is a choice. Just like baptism is a choice. I don't know about you. See, I was raised as a child in a Roman Catholic household. And I, like so many of you, was baptized. I was raised as an infant. And I thought, maybe I should never get baptized again. I've already been baptized. No, you weren't. Not according to biblical directive." [00:36:42] (27 seconds)
"So Ephesians chapter 4, 22 to 24 says this. You were taught with regard to your former way of life to put on, again, you with me? Put on the old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires, to be made new in the attitude of your minds, and to put on a new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness." [00:37:09] (24 seconds)
"A resurrected life carries the scars of the past and the pains of the present. But you know what those things do? They break. They bring wisdom and they bring an awareness that every single day, every minute of every single day, no matter what you're facing, you have the right to have a new start." [00:45:47] (19 seconds)
"That's God's grace and God's power. And you should be thankful for that. You should be continually thankful for the blessings that he's given you. But if your Christianity is based only on the things in which you are blessed by, then a resurrected life has not yet been met in your life. You see, a resurrected life has hope when there is none." [00:43:06] (22 seconds)
"Take note of that last few words. We too may live a new life. You know what it does not say? You will live a new life. Oh, no. It says you may. In other words, come on in. You may welcome. You may enter. But it's up to you. You see, one of the problems we have in Christianity is we're waiting for God to do all the work and God says, I gave you all the power. Go to work." [00:45:47] (26 seconds)
"The resurrected life, this is the hard part. A resurrected life must choose to forgive and be forgiven. That's essential in life. Colossians 3 .12 says, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourself with compassion. Get this? We're clothing you again. Do you see this? This whole thing is nothing." [00:49:06] (25 seconds)
"Jesus Christ forgave you of what's in that room. You have been forgiven for the pain in which you have inflicted upon another. They must be forgiven for the pain they have inflicted upon you. But you don't need to wait for that. Yours is yours. But here's the problem. You're feeling pretty good right now because everything's locked up." [00:53:34] (33 seconds)
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"Now, there's a couple of reasons for that, but there's one thing we should recognize right off the bat, and that is baptism is not an option. It's a mandate. In fact, the last words, the last words that Jesus spoke before, before he ascended into heaven, clearly defines the importance of baptism in our life. He gave us three commissions to complete. It's known as the Great Commission, which, by the way, commission means to command." [00:30:38] (28 seconds)
"Why is it so important to be baptized? Because we need a place to start that resurrected life. And it starts in the baptismal. And I believe that's why Jesus himself made it the second greatest movement of our commissioning to change the world around us. Baptism is not an option, it's a mandate." [00:34:58] (22 seconds)
"Living a resurrected life is a choice. It is a choice. Just like baptism is a choice. I don't know about you. See, I was raised as a child in a Roman Catholic household. And I, like so many of you, was baptized. I was raised as an infant. And I thought, maybe I should never get baptized again. I've already been baptized. No, you weren't. Not according to biblical directive." [00:36:42] (27 seconds)
"So Ephesians chapter 4, 22 to 24 says this. You were taught with regard to your former way of life to put on, again, you with me? Put on the old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires, to be made new in the attitude of your minds, and to put on a new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness." [00:37:09] (24 seconds)
"A resurrected life carries the scars of the past and the pains of the present. But you know what those things do? They break. They bring wisdom and they bring an awareness that every single day, every minute of every single day, no matter what you're facing, you have the right to have a new start." [00:45:47] (19 seconds)
"That's God's grace and God's power. And you should be thankful for that. You should be continually thankful for the blessings that he's given you. But if your Christianity is based only on the things in which you are blessed by, then a resurrected life has not yet been met in your life. You see, a resurrected life has hope when there is none." [00:43:06] (22 seconds)
"Take note of that last few words. We too may live a new life. You know what it does not say? You will live a new life. Oh, no. It says you may. In other words, come on in. You may welcome. You may enter. But it's up to you. You see, one of the problems we have in Christianity is we're waiting for God to do all the work and God says, I gave you all the power. Go to work." [00:45:47] (26 seconds)
"The resurrected life, this is the hard part. A resurrected life must choose to forgive and be forgiven. That's essential in life. Colossians 3 .12 says, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourself with compassion. Get this? We're clothing you again. Do you see this? This whole thing is nothing." [00:49:06] (25 seconds)
"Jesus Christ forgave you of what's in that room. You have been forgiven for the pain in which you have inflicted upon another. They must be forgiven for the pain they have inflicted upon you. But you don't need to wait for that. Yours is yours. But here's the problem. You're feeling pretty good right now because everything's locked up." [00:53:34] (33 seconds)
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