Unlocking the Power of Baptism

04/29/24 • 62 min

This will bring revelation and freedom. I have done many teachings before about baptism, but nothing like this one. We need to ask ourselves: What does God do in baptism? Why does Paul talk about marriage and how we are released from the law that binds us to each other when he talks about baptism? Why did the early church always baptize people right away when they came to faith? You will receive many answers in this teaching that will set you free from the law of sin and death. In many ways, I see this as one of the most important teachings I have done about baptism as we answer the basic questions: Why do we need to be baptized and how is this part of salvation? Today, we have two deceptions. On one side, there are those who preach baptismal regeneration, which means that baptism itself saves and that we need to baptize babies. On the other side, there are those who preach that baptism is just a symbol and an outward sign. They see it as an obedient act and nothing more. They don't baptize right away as we see in the Bible, and they don't understand what God does in baptism. Both of these views are wrong. There is a middle road, and this teaching will help you see what the Bible, not our traditions, says about baptism.

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Repentance, Sin, and the Kingdom

This is a very important teaching, revealing how far the church today has drifted from the truth we see in the Word of God. Many churches today rarely talk about sin and repentance. Many Christians try to convince people to believe by luring them in with talk of joy, peace, and prosperity instead of addressing sin, righteousness, and judgment. The result is that many in our churches are not truly born again, and we see how the world has influenced the church instead of the church influencing the world.

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The Significance of Holy Spirit Baptism

The baptism of the Holy Spirit has sadly been reduced to something for only a few or for some specific church denomination. A significant part of the 'church' is missing out on this and the new birth. It is wrong to view this as something only for a few. That is the birth of the church, that is the new birth we need. That is the finished work of the cross. It happened not on the cross or in John 20 as many teach, but on Pentecost, the day the Jews celebrated Shavuot and the Feast of Weeks. The giving of the law on Mount Sinai and the first harvest. This was 50 days after the Passover and the saving out of Egypt by the blood of the lamb. Like Pentecost in Acts 2, which was 50 days after Jesus died. So Jesus died as our Passover lamb. But the new heart and new spirit prophesied like here happened on Pentecost: Ezekiel 11:19 "I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God." This did not happen on the cross. This did not happen on the day of resurrection. This happened after Jesus went to heaven and presented himself as the final sacrifice and then sent his Spirit down here. And so the church was born. This is powerful when you see it, and this reveals that the baptism of the Spirit is what the Bible says it is. This is the birth of the church, of the believers, and not just an extra power for those who want it.

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