Transformative Power of Baptism and Christ's Love
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"Baptism is the outward statement of that inward reality. The Bible refers to this, and we, it's called a sacrament, which that word just means mystery. And the mystery of it all is that it's just, it's the most common substance on the surface of the earth, water. And yet, when a person steps into it in faith, it becomes something it could never be." [00:12:03] (32 seconds)
"Paul was able to say, listen, perseverance is my willingness to do what God has asked me to do for as long as I have to do it until God does for me what only he can do. It is to put up with it, get through it. You don't give up, you don't quit, you don't give in. But Paul is the guy who also wrote Romans." [00:48:46] (21 seconds)
"Through faith and grace, the grace in which we now stand. And because of that, that's my addition, Paul would say, and we boast in the hope of the glory of God. We boast that we know we will be in his presence one day. But not only that, we also boast in our sufferings. Well, who does that? People who know there's a transformative power in suffering." [00:49:30] (23 seconds)
"And Paul says, because suffering produces. Now, in the world, they would have you believe that suffering... takes. But we know because of the resurrection that happened after the crucifixion, that's not true. Suffering actually produces something. And these are the three things. Suffering produces perseverance. That perseverance will produce character. And that character will produce hope. And that hope will never put you to shame." [00:49:56] (28 seconds)
"When the world is out of control and it's pressuring, the whole world is being pressured, right? Eventually, it can be driven by a nation, then a community, but it's just this living in a broken world does begin to produce something in our lives. And everybody's life, it's called hardship. It makes it harder to get through life, get through the day." [00:52:21] (22 seconds)
"Embracing the ministry can lead to producing many of the situations we will need to be enduring. There are consequences to faithfulness, okay? And what happens is, remember with Paul, we don't want to necessarily live our life experiencing the consequences of natural brokenness in front of people. Because you know what we're afraid of? Well, people look at our life, and they're not going to want Jesus because they're looking at my broken life." [00:55:20] (25 seconds)
"And it all comes because of him. And he always produces this. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, and self-control. The fruit of the spirit. But how do you get the juice out of the fruit? You must crush it. Right. And see we now understand something that it's in the crushing. Right." [01:03:04] (30 seconds)
"To tell you that he who knew no became that you might become. That's my message. That's our message. That's the Bible's message. And we're never powerless. I was thinking about it this week and it dawned on me. I've probably said it I don't even know how many times. And I encourage you. I'll never say it again. God is not in my corner." [01:04:37] (21 seconds)
"You're not going to fail. And I would say, go so far as to say, in your slip, trip, and fall, you will not fail. And you're like, how do you know that? Because Christ raised himself from the dead. He's not going to leave you down any longer than he was going to leave himself down. You're getting up one way or another." [01:06:03] (23 seconds)
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"Paul was able to say, listen, perseverance is my willingness to do what God has asked me to do for as long as I have to do it until God does for me what only he can do. It is to put up with it, get through it. You don't give up, you don't quit, you don't give in. But Paul is the guy who also wrote Romans." [00:48:46] (21 seconds)
"Through faith and grace, the grace in which we now stand. And because of that, that's my addition, Paul would say, and we boast in the hope of the glory of God. We boast that we know we will be in his presence one day. But not only that, we also boast in our sufferings. Well, who does that? People who know there's a transformative power in suffering." [00:49:30] (23 seconds)
"And Paul says, because suffering produces. Now, in the world, they would have you believe that suffering... takes. But we know because of the resurrection that happened after the crucifixion, that's not true. Suffering actually produces something. And these are the three things. Suffering produces perseverance. That perseverance will produce character. And that character will produce hope. And that hope will never put you to shame." [00:49:56] (28 seconds)
"When the world is out of control and it's pressuring, the whole world is being pressured, right? Eventually, it can be driven by a nation, then a community, but it's just this living in a broken world does begin to produce something in our lives. And everybody's life, it's called hardship. It makes it harder to get through life, get through the day." [00:52:21] (22 seconds)
"Embracing the ministry can lead to producing many of the situations we will need to be enduring. There are consequences to faithfulness, okay? And what happens is, remember with Paul, we don't want to necessarily live our life experiencing the consequences of natural brokenness in front of people. Because you know what we're afraid of? Well, people look at our life, and they're not going to want Jesus because they're looking at my broken life." [00:55:20] (25 seconds)
"And it all comes because of him. And he always produces this. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, and self-control. The fruit of the spirit. But how do you get the juice out of the fruit? You must crush it. Right. And see we now understand something that it's in the crushing. Right." [01:03:04] (30 seconds)
"To tell you that he who knew no became that you might become. That's my message. That's our message. That's the Bible's message. And we're never powerless. I was thinking about it this week and it dawned on me. I've probably said it I don't even know how many times. And I encourage you. I'll never say it again. God is not in my corner." [01:04:37] (21 seconds)
"You're not going to fail. And I would say, go so far as to say, in your slip, trip, and fall, you will not fail. And you're like, how do you know that? Because Christ raised himself from the dead. He's not going to leave you down any longer than he was going to leave himself down. You're getting up one way or another." [01:06:03] (23 seconds)
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