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Good morning.

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We're going to do this slightly more, maybe less coordinated way this morning, ah as
they're going to advance the slides for me due to the fact that uh Justin's done what I've

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done before, and that is accidentally carry the clicker home in his pocket and then forget
to bring it back.

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But I can only take joy in it because I'm now not the only one who's done it.

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All right, so.

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It's good to have all of you here.

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are continuing our study in the Back to the Bible series.

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If you don't have a copy of the booklets, there are some booklets on the back table.

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And if that stacks empty, there's some booklets out into in the foyer on the evangelism
table.

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So if you're in need of getting one of those.

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Now, I will tell you we're not going to cover every single question that's in this.

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And I'll explain more about why as we get

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to them, ah but we may come back and do some additional study on some of those points.

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But go ahead and advance to the next slide.

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As you look at this booklet, you need to realize as you sit down and study with someone
when you've.

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studied with them through book one, you've studied with them through book two, they've
learned a lot for especially most who have grown up in the denominational world or those

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who have grown up outside of a religious environment at all.

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They've learned a lot about what the church is.

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They've learned a lot about what God does in giving His revelation and His authority in
Scripture from Christ through the Holy Spirit to the Apostles and prophets of the first

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century.

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into the Scriptures and that the Scriptures are authoritative for us today.

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But you need to realize, as you get into this booklet, they still think they're saved.

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All the things that they've learned haven't changed their mind about what their state is.

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They may have been able to look at the things that they learned and say, yeah, that is not
what my church does.

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But that's not going to necessarily draw them to a conclusion that they're wrong.

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Next slide.

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So as we go through this particular book, the sections involved in this booklet are your
spiritual condition, what is sin, how many have sinned, the consequences of sin, what must

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I do to be saved, God's justice, and God's condition for salvation.

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Next slide.

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So what is sin?

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We noticed this last week, just going to cover a few highlights from last week before we
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James chapter 1 verses 14 through 15 says,

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The reality is an individual sins.

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In 1 John chapter 3 tells us that sin is the transgression of the law.

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Individuals sin when they're drawn away by their own desires and they do that which is
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They sin.

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James chapter 4 verse 17, we're also told, Therefore to him that knoweth to do good and
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To him it is sin.

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People also sin when they see that they should do that which is right and they don't do
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You know, the two different terms that we would use in the English language for this idea
is when you violate the law, you have committed a sin.

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is a sin of commission.

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When you fail to do what the law tells you to do, you have omitted, you have failed to
keep, and so a sin of omission.

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both of those scenarios are ways in which someone sins.

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So then what are the wages of sin?

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What's the result of having sin?

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The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life.

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Romans chapter 6 verse 23.

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So as you examine this and as we looked at this last week, when an individual sins,
whether because they committed a violation of the law or they failed to keep the law, the

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wages of sin

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is death.

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So Matthew chapter 13 verses 40 through 42 says, oh

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It is necessary for people to realize there is a consequence to sin.

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And it's not just a missing eternity with God.

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It is eternal punishment.

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One passage that I want to add into this, if you'll just open your Bibles there to Matthew
chapter 25.

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Ahem.

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Matthew chapter 25 verse 45 and 46.

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As Jesus gives this visual of the judgment day, He says, "...then He, the Judge, will
answer them, saying, Assuredly I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the

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least of these, you did not do it to Me," speaking concerning the things that they had
failed to do.

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These were primarily sins of omission that they're being judged for.

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He says, these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into
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So the consequence of sin is great.

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Revelation chapter 15 verse 3, this is where we're picking up for our study today.

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In Revelation chapter 15,

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Verse 3, we read, they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God.

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This is in the vision that ah John is seeing.

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He's seeing the multitudes up in heaven and of those who are saved in the song of the
Lamb.

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And they're singing this and they're saying, great and marvelous are thy works, Lord God
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Just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.

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As you look at this text, is God just or righteous is the discussion here.

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Because we've seen the consequences of sin, but we need to understand the justice of God.

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If we were to assume that God is an unjust judge, why would we desire to do what He says?

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Why would we desire to be obedient to someone who's just an arbitrary judge?

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We don't believe that God is an arbitrary or an unjust judge.

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Rather, that He is a just, a righteous judge.

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So the individuals there in heaven are crying out before God and they're declaring God is
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He is righteous.

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If a judge refuses to sentence convicted criminals, would he be just?

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Would he be righteous?

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The answer is no.

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If, uh sorry, does righteousness demand

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that a judge sentenced convicted criminals.

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Now if we were to just apply this in our everyday environment, in our everyday court
system, if you have a judge who the jury has decided this person is guilty, they're guilty

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on all charges, they committed capital murder, the judge says, yeah, I'm not sentencing
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We wouldn't consider that justice.

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The family of the one who was murdered wouldn't consider that justice.

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God is a judge who is just, which means for a sin worthy of death, for the wages of sin is
death, and we discussed in that particular slide that one sin is when you commit that sin,

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you have earned death.

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If God is not a just God, in other words, he does not judge and sentence ah those who are
worthy of death, then he's not just.

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for those who would desire to have a God who just gives everybody a free ride because he's
so loving.

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What they've said is God is not just.

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God is not righteous.

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For what we know to be true about judges today in our own physical existence, we would be
validating that God is not.

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righteous judge.

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Consider the next slide.

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Romans chapter 2 verse 11, a very short passage but dealing with the Jews.

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uh Paul says concerning God, for there is no respect of persons with God.

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Paul is very clear.

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that God does not show partiality.

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God is not going to give a free pass to the rich and only judge the poor.

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God is not going to give a free pass to the Jew and only judge the Gentile or the other
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God is a righteous God.

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So is there respect persons with God?

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Romans chapter 2 and verse 6,

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who will render to every man according to his deeds." As Paul discusses the judgment of
God against the Jews, Paul is very clear to say God will render to every man, not some

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men, not a few men, not just Gentiles, but every man according to his works.

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All right, next slide.

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So in Revelation chapter 20.

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Revelation chapter 20 and verses 12 through 15 as this judgment scene is there in the
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We read, I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God.

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And the books were opened.

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and another book was opened, which is the Book of Life.

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And the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books according to
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And whoever was not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.

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The dead were judged according to their works." As you notice this, one of the things to
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to individuals because they may come from a background where they were taught all their
lives that they had original sin, that they had inherited sin from Adam, from Eve, from

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the sin in the garden.

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And yet all these passages tell us that an individual will be judged on the day of
judgment by what they do and not by what Adam and Eve did.

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was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

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There's consequence to sin and God is a just God.

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2nd Peter chapter 3.

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If God is a just God, does that mean that God is a judge who is sitting on his judgment
throne just anxiously waiting to cast as many people as he can into that lake of fire to

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exact judgment as thoroughly as possible on all of humanity?

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The answer is certainly not.

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The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness, but is
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that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

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Is it God's will that you be lost eternally?

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It's God's will that you be saved, but He's still a just God.

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In Romans chapter 5 and verse 8 we read, but God commendeth His love toward us, and that
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died for us.

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Did Jesus die for sinners?

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And we should all be very, very glad that He did.

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For Romans 3 23 has already told us, for we have all sinned and come sure to the glory of
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Was the death of Jesus on the cross an act of God's love for us?

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Yes, it most certainly was.

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So they're in Romans chapter 5.

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Very next verse, verse 9, more than, excuse me, being now justified by his blood, we shall
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Can we be justified by the blood of Jesus?

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Yes, we absolutely can and we must be.

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I was about to say if you don't have it open in front of you, but it's open on the slides.

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Hold on just minute.

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I'm gonna try and get whatever's caught in my throat cleared out.

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Alright, Hebrews chapter 5 verse 9, "...and being made perfect, he became the author of
eternal salvation unto all that obey him." Is Jesus the author of eternal salvation to

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those who obey Him?

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Yes.

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God desired that all men be saved.

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God sent His Son to save sinners.

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What group of sinners is Jesus the author, the originator of their salvation?

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Those who obey Him.

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Will you be saved if you do not obey Jesus?

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So let them answer the question.

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Most of the time they're going to get it right.

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They're going say, no, absolutely not.

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Not based upon everything I've just read.

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Matthew chapter 7 verses 21 through 23.

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Not everyone that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he
that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.

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Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, and in
thy name cast out many, cast out devils, and in thy name done many wonderful works, and

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then I will profess to them, I never knew you, depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

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Will Jesus save all those who call upon His name?

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The answer is no.

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And it's quite clear from the text.

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Were these believers lost?

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Yes, these were individuals who believed.

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These were individuals who had called on the name of the Lord and said they had done many
works in the name of the Lord and yet they were lost.

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According to verse 21, what must one do to go to heaven?

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They must do the will of the Father.

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So then as you transition into the discussion about God's condition for salvation,

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you're going to hopefully already have an idea of where they are, the background of where
they've come from, the religious knowledge that they have or don't have.

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And for those who are entirely ignorant of Scripture, this is actually a very quick
process to go through these

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discussions in these passages, because they don't have a lot of things that they've
learned wrong for years that they have to unlearn.

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They're just looking at what is it that I've been told to do.

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For those who perhaps have spent years in denominational uh churches and have been taught
things that are nowhere found in Scripture, and those things have been spoken to them and

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reiterated to them and encouraged for them to believe for years.

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You may have to take a little bit more time.

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You may have to go a little slower through these things.

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They may have some things that they need better explained in these passages, but we're
just going to go through the text for the moment.

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John chapter 3 verse 15, verse 16, sorry.

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For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in
Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

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The condition stated here is believe.

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In other words, the qualification to obtain salvation that is stated in this passage is
believe.

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John chapter 8 verse 24.

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I said therefore, and this is Jesus speaking to the Jews, I said therefore unto you that
ye shall die in your sins for if ye believe not that I am he ye shall die

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in your sins.

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Will you be saved if you do not believe in Jesus?

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There are some who I've studied with, and there was one individual back in North Carolina
who I was studying with him and his wife, and in the course of that study

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we pointed out and went to a passage that said that those who were saved were going to be
saved through Christ.

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And that if you do not believe that I am He, you shall die in your sins.

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And the individual said, well, I understand that, but the way I see it, God's just going
to save everybody.

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You mean God's going to save

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everybody no matter what they...

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yeah.

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He said, I think they're all going to be saved through Christ, but God's just going to
save everybody.

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So I asked, so a Buddhist is going to be saved.

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Yes, but he's going to be saved by Christ.

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A Hindu is going to be saved.

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Yeah, but he's going be saved.

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A Muslim.

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Yeah, he's going to be saved.

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He's going to be saved through Christ.

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His mindset was it didn't matter what you did.

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It didn't matter what you believed.

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And yet Jesus says, except you believe that I am He.

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you shall die in your sins." His beliefs were a direct violation of Scripture.

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Consider the next slide.

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Acts chapter 17 verse 30, as Paul is standing there on Mars Hill, he says, and the times
of this ignorance, God winked at, but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent.

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You might ask the question,

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How many men have God commanded to repent?

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All of them.

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Where?

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Just in Israel?

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Just in the regions of Africa?

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No, all men everywhere.

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The condition stated here is repent.

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So they need to understand that they need to believe.

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They need to understand that they need to repent.

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It's an interesting point that can be made right here.

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Because most individuals who have been taught that they're saved by faith only will have
no disagreement with you on this point.

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But you might just ask them, you know what?

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If faith is the only thing you need in order to be saved, then do you have to repent?

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And they'll go, of course you do.

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Wait a minute.

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Are you saying that there's more that you have to do in order to be saved than just have
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Well, but, but, but...

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The answer is yes.

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There is more you have to do than just have faith.

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Consider the next slide.

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2 Corinthians chapter 7, verses 9 and 10, Paul writes,

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to salvation, not to be repented of, but the sorrow of the world worketh death." Is it
merely being sorry for your sins the repentance God demands?

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No, it's not.

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And they need to understand that it's not enough to be sorry that they sinned.

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They need to understand that repentance is a change of mind that brings about a change

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in their lives.

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Does repentance demand that the sinner turn from his sins?

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Absolutely it does.

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So you cannot have an individual who says, I know that I am living in sin.

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I desire to be saved.

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I'll do all the things.

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The only thing I won't change is my life.

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No.

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Because one of the qualifications, one of the conditions for salvation is repentance.

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Now question, does a person have to have fixed everything in their life before they can
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No!

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It is a learning process, but they must repent and change direction.

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That is to say that they must stop living for the world, living for themselves, and begin
to live for God.

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And as they do that, they're going to find a number of things.

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throughout their time as a Christian that they need to change.

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We do not wait to baptize perfect people, rather those who are willing to repent.

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Consider the next slide.

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Luke chapter 3 verse 13.

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Now this is one of those texts I encourage you to open to Luke 13.

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It's one of those texts that it's useful to read the entire thing to just get a little bit
of context of what's going on here.

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because otherwise you leave someone perhaps with a bit of an incorrect impression here,
but further you get the impact if you read verses one through five of Jesus saying the

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same thing twice.

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It's pretty hard to argue with Jesus when he says something once.

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It's a whole lot harder when in two verses he says something twice.

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So we read in verse one,

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There were present at that season some who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate
had mingled with their sacrifices.

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So here are some Galileans.

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Pilate came in, he killed them, and then he took their blood and he mingled it with the
sacrifices that they were offering.

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Something that would clearly have been an abomination.

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And Jesus answered and said to them, do you suppose that these Galileans were worse
sinners than all other Galileans because they suffered such things?

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I tell you, But unless you repent, you will all likewise perish." Or, those eighteen on
whom the tower of Silom fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners

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than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem?

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I tell you, no.

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But unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.

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Jesus is emphasizing

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that the consequence of not repenting is death.

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And that when someone refuses to repent, they're guilty of the consequence of death.

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It doesn't matter how harsh a life they live or how harsh a death they die.

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The reality is unless they're willing to repent, their condemnation is death.

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Romans chapter 10.

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Verse 10, for with the heart man believes unto righteousness and with the mouth confession
is made unto salvation.

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Now it's worthwhile to point out as they answer the condition stated here is confession.

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uh Now why is it confession?

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Because beliefs already been listed.

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We've already listed that one so we're not in beginning of verse, we're in the last half
of the verse.

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oh

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it's worth pointing out here in this text that both of these things are things that lead
to salvation.

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They are precursors to salvation.

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They are a part of what you do leading up to that point.

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But further, it's helpful to ask the individual, because quite often they'll assume the
wrong thing unless you get to the next verse, but ask them what kind of confession is

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this?

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most individuals are going to be thinking, I've got to confess my sins.

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That's not what's discussed here.

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The discussion with the mouth of confession isn't a confession of sin, it is rather the
confession of Christ.

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Turn to the next slide.

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Matthew chapter 10 verses 32 and 33, whosoever therefore shall confess me before men.

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Him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.

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But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in
heaven." So the question is, will you be saved if you do not confess Jesus?

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The answer is no.

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The confession of Jesus is a pronouncement of Him as Lord and Savior and King.

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in your life, but it has to be done with the mouth.

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It's not enough for somebody to just go, mm-hmm, yeah, interested.

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No.

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You see this, by the way, exhibited in the example of Philip when he baptizes the eunuch.

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And Philip asks him, do you believe?

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And the eunuch responds, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

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That is the confession.

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Interestingly, when you think back Matthew chapter 16, when Jesus said, do men say that I
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What is it that Peter said, which Jesus said of his statement that this rock is the
foundation upon which he would build his church?

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Peter said, thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

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That is the confession that must be made.

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So consider 1 Peter chapter 3 verse 21.

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the like figure whereunto baptism doth also now save us not the putting away of the filth
of the flesh but the answer of a good conscience toward God by the resurrection of Jesus

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Christ." Now, here in this text, it's not written that way up here, but there's a
parenthetical statement that exists here.

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And it's the part that begins with not, not the putting away.

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Sometimes it's helpful if someone's struggling with what's being stated here to just have
them read it without the parenthetical statement.

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The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us by the resurrection of Jesus
Christ.

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By the power of the resurrection, individuals who are buried with Christ, are baptized
with Christ, are resurrected with Him.

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and are saved by Him.

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John chapter 3 verse 35, Jesus answered, Verily, verily I say unto thee, except a man be
born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

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Will you be saved if you are not baptized?

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And you will find more arguments on that discussion.

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than on all of the other ones before it.

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But here's the challenge.

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You just ask them to answer the question.

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What does the passage say?

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What does the text tell us?

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That baptism doth also now save us.

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If they won't be honest with the questions, if they won't be honest with the answers,

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then you're looking for there may be a point at which you need to just end the study.

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Okay?

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It is not your responsibility or your job to beat someone down into submission with the
word of God.

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It is not your job to cajole them by constant pestering until they do what you're telling
them to do.

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We are to teach those with willing and open, earnest hearts what to do, and those who
refuse to hear the Word of God, if they hear you but they won't hear the Word of God, you

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haven't helped them.

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They're doing it to please you, not God.

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If they are baptized, all you will have done is manage to confuse them from that point
forward because now they'll think, well, I checked it off the list, so I must be good now.

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Someone in the future is going to have to study with them and help them actually
understand that no, baptism is the answer of a good conscience toward God.

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as you're studying with people, and I'm not saying it'll happen often, by the time you've
gotten to the third book, you probably have an idea as to whether or not they're going to

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be honest with the text.

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But if they won't be honest with the text, now they may still take some convincing, but
you're going to be understanding whether or not they're open to understanding the word.

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And they may still have questions.

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They may still have arguments.

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That's okay.

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But if they won't even be honest with what it says, just end the study.

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Thank them for their willingness to study with you and move on because what you may
provide yourself is an open door for them to come back and say, know what, I wasn't really

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being honest, but now I'm ready to sit down and study for real.

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Okay?

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Don't close doors by insisting on pushing forward when they won't be honest.

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Next slide.

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What does the Bible teach?

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This is one of the examples that's there in the big booklet, he who believes is saved and
then baptized.

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Is that what the Bible teaches?

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And they're gonna go, no, that's not what the Bible teaches.

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He who believes and is baptized shall be saved.

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Mark chapter 16 verse 16, go to the next slide, is the next text.

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He that believeth and is baptized.

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shall be saved.

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But he that believeth not shall be damned." Jesus said we must believe and be baptized to
be saved.

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Something that as Sandy and I were studying Wednesday night I said, hold on, let me read
this to you this way.

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You tell me what you think it means.

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And I read the verse, I said, he that believeth not shall be damned.

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He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.

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He said, well, I'd assume that you have to believe and be baptized to be saved.

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Quite often, because the denominational world will teach this passage and they'll
immediately say, see, the only real qualification is the belief because it's the part

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mentioned in the last half of the verse.

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It's the one that says if you don't do it, you'll be lost.

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That's not what the text says.

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That's not how English grammar works.

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That's not what the discussion was about.

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Jesus gave the qualification for salvation, he that believeth, and is baptized shall be
saved.

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If the sentence had ended right there, everyone would have no choice but to understand the
statement.

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But one thing that can also be helpful is provide them an illustration if they're
struggling with this.

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One of my favorites is, you're hungry.

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And I come to you, hand you a $20 bill and say, if you will go inside the store and order
a sandwich, you'll be full.

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And yet, the person says, I'm not going in the store.

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If they don't ever go in the store, are they going to be full?

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No!

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Why?

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Because they can't order the sandwich unless they go in the store.

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They must do the first one before the second one can even come into consideration.

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And if they refuse to do the first one, if they refuse to believe, what would happen if
they would be baptized?

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They'd just be getting wet.

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It wouldn't matter

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about the second one.

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If the first one, the precursor to it is not fulfilled.

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Next slide.

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He that eats and digests shall live.

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So if you don't want to try and remember some examples off the top of your brain as you're
studying, have the booklet with you.

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Have some examples that they can look at.

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He that eats and digests shall live.

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He that eats not shall die.

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You say, well, that just means digestion is unimportant, right?

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No.

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If you can't digest food, have a much more severe problem.

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You will die.

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Alright, next slide.

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Acts chapter 2 verse 38.

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As you're doing this, what you're doing is you're tying in the things they've already
agreed to.

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The things they've already said, yep, you definitely have to believe.

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yeah, you have to repent.

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And you're tying them to the commands of baptism, showing that they both preceded and that
salvation comes after it.

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Acts chapter 2 verse 38, then Peter said unto them, Repent and be baptized every one of
you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift

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of the Holy Spirit.

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Now, you've already made it clear from Acts chapter 17 verse 30 that the command to repent
was to all men everywhere.

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When Peter gives the command

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to repent and be baptized, he gives the command to every one of you.

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Peter doesn't say this is just for a certain select group.

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Peter doesn't say this is just for those who have already been saved.

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Rather, Peter says every one of you.

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The inspired preacher told those believers to blank and be blank, to repent and be
baptized.

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They never miss it.

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They know what it says.

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It's not a discussion of whether they know what it says.

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It's discussion of whether they're willing to believe what it says.

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Repentance and baptism are for the remission of sins.

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It's right there in the text.

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You will on some very rare occasions get someone who has been well studied in Baptist
theology and Greek literature and they'll go, well the word ice, E-I-S in the Greek

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doesn't mean for.

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If they have that discussion, they'd be happy to deal with that question.

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Let's write it down at the end of the booklet and we'll come back to it.

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Don't die on the hill of Acts chapter 2 verse 38 and the discussion of the word ice.

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Okay?

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Move on.

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Because guess what?

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The word ice isn't in 1 Peter chapter 3 verse 21.

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Baptism doth also now save us.

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Don't die on a discussion of a Greek term.

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Rather, continue to study.

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Next slide.

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Acts chapter 2 verse 38, you have a coordinating conjunction, repent and be baptized.

439
00:39:03,077 --> 00:39:05,637
And you can illustrate that with a train.

440
00:39:05,637 --> 00:39:10,537
If that conjunction, you know, some might even say, hey, conjunction, function junction.

441
00:39:10,677 --> 00:39:13,457
Remember the song from grade school, all right?

442
00:39:13,457 --> 00:39:15,697
They know what that word does.

443
00:39:15,697 --> 00:39:21,477
says you got to have this and this in order to accomplish the thing that you have at the
end.

444
00:39:21,477 --> 00:39:22,897
All right, next slide.

445
00:39:23,597 --> 00:39:25,237
Ephesians chapter 1 verse 3.

446
00:39:25,237 --> 00:39:27,565
By the way, those slides in the booklet,

447
00:39:27,565 --> 00:39:29,486
They're great illustrations.

448
00:39:29,486 --> 00:39:31,668
Please don't try and use every one of them.

449
00:39:31,869 --> 00:39:42,139
They are for using when someone's not understanding, so it's good for you to see them, to
know what's there, but it's not for you need to use every, let me show you this visual,

450
00:39:42,139 --> 00:39:45,032
oh, let me show you this visual, let me show you, no, don't do that.

451
00:39:45,032 --> 00:39:48,619
You'll distract from the study, and it will be a four hour study.

452
00:39:48,619 --> 00:39:59,374
Alright, Ephesians chapter 1 verse 3, blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus
Christ who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.

453
00:39:59,374 --> 00:40:07,877
Now in the new version of the booklet you'll find a circle down there that says Christ and
all spiritual blessings.

454
00:40:07,877 --> 00:40:15,480
Eternal life, salvation, heaven, all of those things are part of what's going to be
described in this text as being in Christ.

455
00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:17,205
But I encourage you

456
00:40:17,205 --> 00:40:26,870
as you're studying with them, get out a sheet of paper, draw a circle, and write in Christ
in the middle of the circle.

457
00:40:27,491 --> 00:40:29,252
Let them look at it.

458
00:40:29,252 --> 00:40:30,913
Let them visualize it.

459
00:40:30,913 --> 00:40:33,074
Let them see you drawing it.

460
00:40:33,074 --> 00:40:40,859
It will make more of an impact than a circle on here because they don't know if that was
just a designer putting a circle around it so you knew that that text was separated from

461
00:40:40,859 --> 00:40:41,939
something else.

462
00:40:42,079 --> 00:40:42,920
Okay?

463
00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:45,239
There are times where visuals are in here.

464
00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:50,333
but it's useful to just get a piece of paper out and draw it in front of them.

465
00:40:50,333 --> 00:40:53,316
You're keeping their attention on what you're saying.

466
00:40:53,316 --> 00:40:57,449
All all spiritual blessings are in Christ.

467
00:40:57,449 --> 00:40:59,581
The answer is yes, or are all.

468
00:40:59,581 --> 00:41:05,596
If all spiritual blessings are in Christ, are there any spiritual blessings outside of
Christ?

469
00:41:05,596 --> 00:41:07,168
So you got the piece of paper there.

470
00:41:07,168 --> 00:41:09,270
It's got a circle on it, in Christ.

471
00:41:09,270 --> 00:41:11,451
You say, where are all spiritual blessings found?

472
00:41:11,451 --> 00:41:12,432
Nobody's gonna miss it.

473
00:41:12,432 --> 00:41:13,813
They're in Christ.

474
00:41:14,359 --> 00:41:16,250
So, you point to outside the circle.

475
00:41:16,250 --> 00:41:17,990
How many are found outside?

476
00:41:18,570 --> 00:41:19,570
None!

477
00:41:20,151 --> 00:41:21,271
They never miss it.

478
00:41:21,271 --> 00:41:22,431
Next slide.

479
00:41:23,332 --> 00:41:36,996
2nd Timothy chapter 2 verse 10, Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake, that
they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

480
00:41:37,016 --> 00:41:40,437
Is salvation in Christ?

481
00:41:40,557 --> 00:41:41,589
Absolutely!

482
00:41:41,589 --> 00:41:43,220
Alright, so you've got the circle.

483
00:41:43,220 --> 00:41:44,390
It says, Christ.

484
00:41:44,390 --> 00:41:47,871
So you've got all spiritual blessings are in Christ.

485
00:41:47,932 --> 00:41:50,373
Salvation is in Christ.

486
00:41:50,373 --> 00:41:55,434
Is it your understanding that one must be in Christ to be saved?

487
00:41:56,015 --> 00:41:57,555
Absolutely.

488
00:41:57,876 --> 00:42:06,339
Now, this whole argument is why you should never die on the hill of the word eis in Acts
chapter 2 verse 38.

489
00:42:06,339 --> 00:42:10,541
You're going to bypass that argument with no problem because watch.

490
00:42:10,541 --> 00:42:11,711
Next slide.

491
00:42:12,939 --> 00:42:17,974
Those who are in Christ, now again, you've got this visual, if you don't want to draw it,
you don't have to.

492
00:42:17,974 --> 00:42:22,757
There's so much more detail here, but you don't need that to make the point.

493
00:42:23,318 --> 00:42:31,125
Draw a circle just write in Christ and show them you're in Christ, you have salvation.

494
00:42:31,125 --> 00:42:33,347
You're in Christ, you have all spiritual blessings.

495
00:42:33,347 --> 00:42:35,848
You're outside of Christ, by the way, there's nothing out there.

496
00:42:35,889 --> 00:42:38,090
Okay, next slide.

497
00:42:38,712 --> 00:42:40,911
Galatians chapter 3 verse 27.

498
00:42:41,389 --> 00:42:49,432
For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

499
00:42:49,793 --> 00:42:54,394
How does one get into Christ?

500
00:42:55,315 --> 00:42:57,636
Well, the passage just says it right there.

501
00:42:58,296 --> 00:43:09,961
And as you're looking at it with that piece of paper, you draw a line, create an arrow
from outside to inside, and on the arrow you write baptism.

502
00:43:11,645 --> 00:43:15,607
is it that someone gets from outside to inside?

503
00:43:15,967 --> 00:43:19,089
The text tells you quite clearly it's baptism.

504
00:43:19,089 --> 00:43:19,638
Next slide.

505
00:43:19,638 --> 00:43:22,550
Ephesians chapter 4 verse 5.

506
00:43:22,550 --> 00:43:32,755
Now I usually I'll go back read verse 3 verse 4 down through verse 6 so they have some
context, but the passage says there's one Lord, one faith, one baptism.

507
00:43:32,915 --> 00:43:36,377
Is there more than one valid baptism in God's will?

508
00:43:36,377 --> 00:43:37,937
The answer is no.

509
00:43:38,873 --> 00:43:47,433
So if they've got discussion, questions about is it Holy Spirit baptism that we're
baptized with or is it water baptism or is it some other kind of baptism?

510
00:43:47,433 --> 00:43:49,093
You'll be able to answer that.

511
00:43:49,093 --> 00:43:50,193
It's right here in the question.

512
00:43:50,193 --> 00:43:58,973
Since God accepts only one baptism, we be careful to be sure we are baptized the way God
says?

513
00:43:59,053 --> 00:43:59,833
The answer is yes.

514
00:43:59,833 --> 00:44:01,213
Next slide.

515
00:44:01,413 --> 00:44:06,381
In Acts chapter 8 verse 36 through 38, that passage which we already mentioned,

516
00:44:06,381 --> 00:44:16,711
Philip, as he's teaching the eunuch, he commanded the chariot to stand still and they went
down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and Philip baptized him.

517
00:44:16,711 --> 00:44:20,203
Did Philip baptize the eunuch in water?

518
00:44:20,464 --> 00:44:20,995
Yes.

519
00:44:20,995 --> 00:44:22,566
Did he baptize him in the Holy Spirit?

520
00:44:22,566 --> 00:44:24,191
It's not in the text anywhere.

521
00:44:24,191 --> 00:44:25,609
It's because he didn't.

522
00:44:26,130 --> 00:44:31,304
Also, did both Philip and the eunuch go down into the water?

523
00:44:31,498 --> 00:44:40,422
Yes, if you want to read the whole section here in this passage to where they realize that
here's the eunuch, he's traveling along, he's in a chariot, he says, what hinders me from

524
00:44:40,422 --> 00:44:41,192
being baptized?

525
00:44:41,192 --> 00:44:44,123
Philip says, if you believe, you may.

526
00:44:44,604 --> 00:44:46,905
He says, here's water, what hinders me?

527
00:44:46,905 --> 00:44:50,626
He's observing a body of water as he's traveling.

528
00:44:50,807 --> 00:44:54,728
So what do they have to do to bury him, to baptize him in a body water?

529
00:44:54,728 --> 00:44:57,509
You gotta get out and you gotta go down in the water.

530
00:44:57,730 --> 00:44:58,800
Next slide.

531
00:45:01,152 --> 00:45:10,769
Would it have been necessary for both Philip and the unit to go down into the water if
sprinkling or pouring were the one baptism God commands?

532
00:45:10,850 --> 00:45:11,810
No!

533
00:45:12,071 --> 00:45:18,929
If sprinkling and pouring is all you got to do, then somebody could just stand on the
shore, dip their fingers in, or dip a cup in and be done.

534
00:45:18,929 --> 00:45:20,778
They don't need to go down into the water.

535
00:45:20,778 --> 00:45:31,355
You uh often see in some of the illustrations of Jesus being baptized by John the Baptist,
there's both of them, hip-deep in water and John's dumping water on Jesus' head.

536
00:45:31,355 --> 00:45:33,006
What nonsense!

537
00:45:33,387 --> 00:45:37,339
Why do have to get all your clothes wet just to have water dumped on your head?

538
00:45:37,339 --> 00:45:38,990
You can do that on the shore.

539
00:45:40,291 --> 00:45:47,586
Would it have been necessary for both Philip and the Unico down into the water if
immersion were the one baptism God commands?

540
00:45:47,586 --> 00:45:48,576
Yes.

541
00:45:48,877 --> 00:45:49,858
Yes, it would.

542
00:45:49,858 --> 00:45:50,918
Next slide.

543
00:45:51,842 --> 00:46:02,608
1 Peter chapter 3 verse 21, the like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us,
not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward

544
00:46:02,608 --> 00:46:03,628
God.

545
00:46:03,628 --> 00:46:08,370
In the one baptism must there be the answering of a good conscience towards God?

546
00:46:08,450 --> 00:46:09,911
The answer is yes.

547
00:46:09,911 --> 00:46:14,203
Can a baby conscientiously accept baptism as the command of God?

548
00:46:14,203 --> 00:46:15,924
The answer is no.

549
00:46:16,256 --> 00:46:22,250
You know, some people you study with, they're going to say, yeah, I've been baptized
before, but it was when I was a baby.

550
00:46:22,651 --> 00:46:25,352
I only know about it because somebody told me about it.

551
00:46:25,573 --> 00:46:27,894
Well, that's not the baptism that God commands.

552
00:46:27,894 --> 00:46:28,995
Next slide.

553
00:46:30,256 --> 00:46:32,378
Romans chapter 6, verses 3 through 5.

554
00:46:32,378 --> 00:46:38,652
I'm going to turn over and read the text since we've got that uh block over it.

555
00:46:40,916 --> 00:46:43,986
Romans chapter 6 verses 3 through 5.

556
00:47:07,826 --> 00:47:11,968
certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection.

557
00:47:12,269 --> 00:47:17,391
Does the Bible describe the one baptism as a burial in water?

558
00:47:17,391 --> 00:47:18,572
Yes.

559
00:47:19,853 --> 00:47:23,795
Where do we get the benefits of the death of Jesus?

560
00:47:23,795 --> 00:47:25,176
In baptism.

561
00:47:25,176 --> 00:47:29,238
If you are baptized the way the Bible says, could you be wrong?

562
00:47:29,238 --> 00:47:30,298
No.

563
00:47:30,559 --> 00:47:35,301
If you are not baptized in the way the Bible says, could you be wrong?

564
00:47:35,382 --> 00:47:36,422
Yes.

565
00:47:37,782 --> 00:47:40,503
Do you want to take a chance on missing heaven?

566
00:47:40,803 --> 00:47:42,243
They're going say no.

567
00:47:43,063 --> 00:47:45,762
Do you believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God?

568
00:47:45,762 --> 00:47:47,184
They're going say yes.

569
00:47:48,645 --> 00:47:51,666
As we have seen, Jesus commands repentance.

570
00:47:51,706 --> 00:47:58,287
Are you willing to start making the changes in your life that Jesus commands and to live
for God?

571
00:47:59,548 --> 00:48:01,148
They may say yes.

572
00:48:02,269 --> 00:48:07,146
It says, if you were taught you had remission of sins before

573
00:48:07,146 --> 00:48:11,607
baptism, could you have been baptized for the remission of sins?

574
00:48:11,607 --> 00:48:16,709
They may hem and haw on that one, but it's important to ask the question.

575
00:48:17,849 --> 00:48:25,872
If you were taught you were saved before baptism, could you have been baptized to be
saved?

576
00:48:26,892 --> 00:48:32,898
Usually with that one they're going, no, no, I was taught all along

577
00:48:32,898 --> 00:48:40,418
that I was saved already, we scheduled that baptism or even were baptized the same day,
but I was told I was already saved.

578
00:48:40,438 --> 00:48:42,678
I didn't do it to be saved.

579
00:48:42,818 --> 00:48:46,418
I did it because I already said I was already taught I was saved.

580
00:48:46,418 --> 00:48:54,958
Since God describes the one baptism as a burial in water, could you have been scripturally
baptized if water was sprinkled or poured on you?

581
00:48:54,958 --> 00:48:55,778
The answer is no.

582
00:48:55,778 --> 00:48:58,458
John 14 verse 15, next slide.

583
00:48:59,458 --> 00:49:02,586
Skip through this one for the sake of time.

584
00:49:03,563 --> 00:49:04,560
Next slide.

585
00:49:06,356 --> 00:49:08,259
I read through it without getting going through the slides.

586
00:49:08,259 --> 00:49:09,431
Sorry about that.

587
00:49:09,546 --> 00:49:11,094
All right, one more.

588
00:49:12,297 --> 00:49:13,468
Sorry, two more.

589
00:49:15,746 --> 00:49:17,736
There we go, John chapter 14 verse 15.

590
00:49:17,736 --> 00:49:18,927
We now caught up.

591
00:49:19,368 --> 00:49:23,530
If you love me, keep my commandments.

592
00:49:23,570 --> 00:49:29,773
As you go through this, now you may have already reached a point where they're saying, you
know what?

593
00:49:30,054 --> 00:49:31,515
I'm wrong.

594
00:49:31,515 --> 00:49:33,095
I need to change.

595
00:49:33,416 --> 00:49:34,876
But continue through this.

596
00:49:34,876 --> 00:49:41,620
You'll notice in the booklet as you're studying it that there are some stars next to
different points.

597
00:49:41,620 --> 00:49:45,600
Those stars are to give you points at which they may be ready.

598
00:49:45,600 --> 00:49:48,991
Don't study for another 30 minutes if they're ready.

599
00:49:50,232 --> 00:49:52,853
Don't say, well, I've to finish the booklet.

600
00:49:52,893 --> 00:49:53,793
No.

601
00:49:54,014 --> 00:49:57,475
If they're ready, go do what needs to be done.

602
00:49:57,755 --> 00:49:59,376
But they may not be ready yet.

603
00:49:59,376 --> 00:50:03,698
If we really love Jesus, will we want to obey Him?

604
00:50:03,858 --> 00:50:05,438
They'll answer yes.

605
00:50:05,659 --> 00:50:07,019
Do you love Him?

606
00:50:07,019 --> 00:50:10,591
Now when you're studying with someone, you get to those questions.

607
00:50:10,591 --> 00:50:11,881
Do you?

608
00:50:12,082 --> 00:50:13,512
Are you willing?

609
00:50:14,530 --> 00:50:16,433
Pause and look at the person.

610
00:50:16,433 --> 00:50:18,716
Don't just read the question.

611
00:50:18,716 --> 00:50:19,597
Answer it for yourself.

612
00:50:19,597 --> 00:50:20,158
No, no.

613
00:50:20,158 --> 00:50:21,900
Pause and look at the person.

614
00:50:21,900 --> 00:50:23,461
Do you love him?

615
00:50:24,724 --> 00:50:27,016
Do you want to obey him?

616
00:50:28,660 --> 00:50:30,842
make them and let them answer it.

617
00:50:30,842 --> 00:50:32,454
Okay?

618
00:50:32,454 --> 00:50:43,123
Since Jesus wants you to be baptized, because He commanded it, and now that you understand
the importance of being baptized right now, wouldn't it please Jesus for you to be

619
00:50:43,123 --> 00:50:43,924
baptized right now?

620
00:50:43,924 --> 00:50:48,207
Now, if they just say yes and they're just very casual about it, keep studying.

621
00:50:48,750 --> 00:50:49,399
All right?

622
00:50:49,399 --> 00:50:50,309
They're not ready yet.

623
00:50:50,309 --> 00:50:51,450
Just keep going.

624
00:50:51,562 --> 00:51:01,027
You can tell from the body language, you can tell by the tone of voice, if they're saying,
yes, and I need to do this right now.

625
00:51:02,128 --> 00:51:06,189
But if they're still very casual about it, they're not quite there yet.

626
00:51:08,928 --> 00:51:11,680
Do you wear the name of Christ only?

627
00:51:11,680 --> 00:51:14,561
You're now pulling in things from previous books.

628
00:51:14,621 --> 00:51:20,965
You're now helping them identify and connect the bridges between book one and book two.

629
00:51:20,965 --> 00:51:24,026
Do you only wear the name of Christ?

630
00:51:24,066 --> 00:51:28,829
Does the church you attend worship according to the Bible?

631
00:51:29,289 --> 00:51:33,811
Is the church you attend organized according to the Bible?

632
00:51:34,052 --> 00:51:37,954
Does the church you attend teach God's plan of salvation?

633
00:51:37,954 --> 00:51:39,714
And you want to know what they might say?

634
00:51:39,954 --> 00:51:46,394
Well, not according to what we've just read.

635
00:51:47,394 --> 00:51:56,574
Ephesians chapter 5 verse 23, for the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is
the head of the church and he is the Savior of the body.

636
00:51:57,034 --> 00:52:00,954
Jesus is the Savior of the body.

637
00:52:00,954 --> 00:52:06,526
That passage has to be kept with Ephesians 1, 22, and 23 where Paul has already said,

638
00:52:06,526 --> 00:52:16,912
and hath put all things under His feet, Christ, and gave Him, Christ, to be head over all
things to the church, which is Christ's body, the fullness of Him that filleth all in

639
00:52:16,912 --> 00:52:19,523
all." The church is also called the body.

640
00:52:19,523 --> 00:52:23,956
These are just bringing back a view from the prior ones.

641
00:52:23,956 --> 00:52:27,517
There is one body, Ephesians 4 verse 4.

642
00:52:27,517 --> 00:52:29,118
How many bodies are there?

643
00:52:29,118 --> 00:52:29,938
One.

644
00:52:30,239 --> 00:52:36,302
Do you want to be in the church, the body Jesus has promised to save?

645
00:52:36,674 --> 00:52:38,114
say yes.

646
00:52:38,114 --> 00:52:39,174
Next slide.

647
00:52:40,054 --> 00:52:48,774
1 Corinthians chapter 12 verse 13, for by one spirit we are all baptized into one body.

648
00:52:48,774 --> 00:52:55,914
Whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free and have all been made to drink
into one spirit.

649
00:52:55,914 --> 00:52:58,454
How does one get into the Lord's church?

650
00:52:58,454 --> 00:53:04,564
Now, that's where you take that piece of paper back out and it says in Christ.

651
00:53:04,564 --> 00:53:07,377
They already know that that's where all spiritual blessings are found.

652
00:53:07,377 --> 00:53:09,780
They already know that's where salvation is found.

653
00:53:09,780 --> 00:53:14,124
They already know that there's baptism that puts them in Christ.

654
00:53:14,124 --> 00:53:19,769
Now they're finding out, wait a minute, it's baptism that puts me into the church.

655
00:53:24,236 --> 00:53:29,056
So if they haven't been baptized in order to be saved, are they in the church?

656
00:53:29,419 --> 00:53:30,359
No.

657
00:53:30,361 --> 00:53:31,462
No, they're not.

658
00:53:33,142 --> 00:53:36,223
Do you want to be added to his church?

659
00:53:36,383 --> 00:53:37,323
Yes.

660
00:53:37,323 --> 00:53:37,713
When?

661
00:53:37,713 --> 00:53:41,324
And again, the little mark there.

662
00:53:41,324 --> 00:53:42,485
Next slide.

663
00:53:43,525 --> 00:53:46,662
James chapter 4, verses 13 through 14.

664
00:53:46,866 --> 00:53:48,787
Do you know for certain that you...

665
00:53:48,787 --> 00:53:49,867
Sorry, let me read it.

666
00:53:49,867 --> 00:53:57,189
Go to now ye that say, today and tomorrow we will go into such a city and continue their
year and buy and sell and get grain.

667
00:53:57,189 --> 00:54:00,598
Therefore ye know not what shall be on the morrow.

668
00:54:00,598 --> 00:54:01,920
For what is your life?

669
00:54:01,920 --> 00:54:06,545
It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.

670
00:54:06,727 --> 00:54:10,731
Do you know for certain that you will be alive tomorrow?

671
00:54:11,673 --> 00:54:12,444
They'll be honest.

672
00:54:12,444 --> 00:54:13,435
say no.

673
00:54:14,016 --> 00:54:18,652
If you were to die right now, would you go to heaven?

674
00:54:21,314 --> 00:54:25,994
That question makes them think about all the things they've just learned.

675
00:54:27,034 --> 00:54:38,894
It makes them evaluate, wait a minute, I thought I was, I thought I knew, I'm not so
certain now.

676
00:54:39,534 --> 00:54:41,494
Do you want to go to heaven when you die?

677
00:54:42,474 --> 00:54:43,214
Yes.

678
00:54:43,214 --> 00:54:44,394
Next slide.

679
00:54:44,634 --> 00:54:46,458
2 Corinthians 6 verse 2.

680
00:54:46,764 --> 00:54:54,478
For he saith, have heard thee in time accepted, and in the day of salvation I have
suckered thee.

681
00:54:54,478 --> 00:54:57,460
Behold, now is the accepted time.

682
00:54:57,460 --> 00:55:02,203
Behold, now is the day of salvation." When is the accepted time?

683
00:55:02,203 --> 00:55:02,843
Now.

684
00:55:02,843 --> 00:55:04,464
When is the day of salvation?

685
00:55:04,464 --> 00:55:05,404
Now.

686
00:55:05,404 --> 00:55:08,616
Has God promised you another day to make things right with him?

687
00:55:08,616 --> 00:55:16,020
They may say, you know what, sounds like I probably need to be at church services on
Sunday so I can be baptized.

688
00:55:16,066 --> 00:55:18,766
You say, a minute, hold on.

689
00:55:18,806 --> 00:55:20,846
Let's just keep answering questions.

690
00:55:21,146 --> 00:55:21,426
All right?

691
00:55:21,426 --> 00:55:22,326
Don't argue with them.

692
00:55:22,326 --> 00:55:23,466
Just keep answering questions.

693
00:55:23,466 --> 00:55:24,685
Just keep going.

694
00:55:26,850 --> 00:55:29,630
When should you be baptized into Christ?

695
00:55:29,890 --> 00:55:30,910
Now.

696
00:55:31,430 --> 00:55:37,170
Not a year from now, not a week from now, not on Sunday, not when everybody's assembled
together.

697
00:55:37,770 --> 00:55:38,790
Now.

698
00:55:39,390 --> 00:55:40,970
Are you ready to be baptized right now?

699
00:55:40,970 --> 00:55:43,210
If they say yes, say great.

700
00:55:43,590 --> 00:55:44,570
Let's go.

701
00:55:46,880 --> 00:55:48,564
Now a couple of points.

702
00:55:50,594 --> 00:55:54,081
And I'm gonna do away with the slides right here for the sake of time.

703
00:55:54,081 --> 00:56:00,764
We'll come back and we'll do some advanced discussions about closing a study at another
point.

704
00:56:03,168 --> 00:56:05,531
But where can you baptize someone?

705
00:56:07,730 --> 00:56:10,993
Anywhere there's enough water to immerse them.

706
00:56:12,155 --> 00:56:22,586
You can baptize someone, as my father did in Colorado in the winter, by breaking the ice
off the horse trough and baptizing them in a horse trough.

707
00:56:23,287 --> 00:56:24,688
And they'll be saved.

708
00:56:25,490 --> 00:56:29,694
They'll be cold, and they may die of hypothermia, but they'll be saved.

709
00:56:31,680 --> 00:56:33,562
You can baptize someone in a river.

710
00:56:33,562 --> 00:56:43,900
You know, there are some who have the uh mistaken concept, especially in a lot of foreign
mission fields, that they have to be baptized in moving water so their sins wash away from

711
00:56:43,900 --> 00:56:47,443
them as they are buried in water.

712
00:56:47,443 --> 00:56:50,686
Text, there's nothing in Scripture that indicates that.

713
00:56:50,686 --> 00:56:53,547
Moving water, still water, doesn't matter.

714
00:56:54,549 --> 00:56:56,210
Can you be baptized in a lake?

715
00:56:56,210 --> 00:56:57,210
Yep.

716
00:56:57,331 --> 00:56:58,112
In a pool?

717
00:56:58,112 --> 00:56:59,132
Yep.

718
00:56:59,793 --> 00:57:01,122
In an inflatable?

719
00:57:01,122 --> 00:57:04,684
uh kiddie pool at a nursing home?

720
00:57:05,325 --> 00:57:07,106
Some of you know that story.

721
00:57:09,868 --> 00:57:16,653
All of those things, the discussion of what the container of the water is doesn't matter.

722
00:57:16,913 --> 00:57:20,535
The discussion of the location of the water doesn't matter.

723
00:57:20,936 --> 00:57:29,802
You know, if you were in a scenario where you were studying someone and there was no
church building anywhere near you that was a Church of Christ,

724
00:57:31,422 --> 00:57:34,844
And yet there was a Baptist church with a baptistry nearby.

725
00:57:34,844 --> 00:57:40,248
Could you go baptize a Christian in a Baptist baptistry?

726
00:57:41,069 --> 00:57:43,250
Yeah, because it's just a pool of water.

727
00:57:44,960 --> 00:57:48,811
The place doesn't matter.

728
00:57:49,191 --> 00:57:52,772
The object the water's in doesn't matter.

729
00:57:53,592 --> 00:58:03,675
I would further point out to you that the person who is putting them down into the water
doesn't matter.

730
00:58:05,056 --> 00:58:13,618
Ask somebody once if two people who were non-Christians found a Bible and they were both
stranded on an island and they were the only two people there.

731
00:58:14,006 --> 00:58:19,809
And they opened up the Bible, they learned about who Jesus was, they studied about what to
do in order to be saved.

732
00:58:19,809 --> 00:58:26,273
Could one of them baptize the other one, and would the person be saved even though the
person baptizing them was lost?

733
00:58:26,993 --> 00:58:28,134
Absolutely they could.

734
00:58:28,134 --> 00:58:28,634
Why?

735
00:58:28,634 --> 00:58:33,797
Because there's no passage anywhere that tells you any qualification for the person doing
the baptizing.

736
00:58:34,057 --> 00:58:40,561
As a matter of fact, Paul specifically discounts the physical act of being the one
baptizing.

737
00:58:40,561 --> 00:58:42,632
He says, I wasn't sent to baptize.

738
00:58:43,272 --> 00:58:45,942
Acts chapter, or First Corinthians chapter 1.

739
00:58:46,185 --> 00:58:52,070
As you're studying with people, they may have all sorts of questions about things like
that.

740
00:58:52,070 --> 00:58:56,764
Well, wait a minute, I thought we had to, I thought this, I, just answer them.

741
00:58:58,486 --> 00:59:05,069
But if they're ready, just baptize them and then begin that walk.

742
00:59:05,870 --> 00:59:14,354
If you're here this morning and you're going, well, I don't think that what I've done to
be saved matches what I just read.

743
00:59:15,904 --> 00:59:18,936
then I encourage you and I hope you'll study with us.

744
00:59:19,137 --> 00:59:22,890
I hope you'll ask for help to sit down with the Word of God.

745
00:59:22,890 --> 00:59:28,043
If you're here this morning and you're outside the body of Christ, why not come forward
now as we stand?