Signed, Sealed, Delivered

Tim Rivers | April 7, 2024

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Come on, somebody make some crazy noise for Jesus. Oh my goodness. Wasn't that video recap amazing? Yes. Can we celebrate all that God did last week?

Man, easter was just phenomenal. Okay, now I can tell y'all. So you know because you've seen the video prepped for Easter that last year while we were at an event there, I felt like the Lord said, Hey, Easter 2024 Irving Convention Center. And so I told the team about it. I said, Hey, I don't know what we got to do, but let's get the big room. Let's get it all squared away. Well then on September 30th of last year, I had a dream. And in my dream, I was at what appeared to be like a big room, concrete walls, and I was sitting at the back of the room and there were 3000 chairs set out. And I knew in the dream that the Lord specifically told me that we needed to put out 3000 chairs. Now, this is before I knew how many seats were actually going to be in the convention center, so about, and then in the dream, a couple of other details were in there, but I remember one of the details was I was preaching, and as I was preaching, there was a stream of people still coming in. The whole room was full. I was worried initially how the seats were going to be filled. It was an empty room. But in the dream, I felt like the Lord said, if you set out the chairs, I'll fill 'em.

Now, this don't hit y'all the same way that it does me, but I told very few people about that dream in case it didn't come true. You got to be smart who you tell your dreams to. I told a few people here on staff and I said, man, I don't know what's going to happen, but this is the dream I had. Well, a couple weeks after the dream, they came to me and said, Hey, we finally got the number of chairs we can put in the auditorium. It looks like we can put 3000 chairs in. I said, all right, well, y'all saw what happened last week. We set out the chairs and the Lord filled the place. Can we give glory to God? You can't tell me that God doesn't speak and do. Amen. I also want to just thank every single person that was involved in making that weekend possible. Every serve team member, I'm talking people opening doors, holding signs, the choir, oh, come on, the choir, the worship team, the setup crew, the tech team, the media. Here's what was awesome about this event. It was all Embassy City people in the it amazing. We get to hear that every Sunday. We got to take it to the world. So thank you for those that served and those that showed up. It was an amazing weekend and today is amazing because we get to celebrate baptisms.

There's already a slew of people that got water baptized. This is an amazing, amazing experience and I'm going to actually talk about baptism today, but I just want to say if you're a guest here, this is your first time here. Welcome to Embassy City Church. We're so delighted to have you, those that are watching online or an overflow, thank you for being with us. If you have not been water baptized and you have not pre-registered, don't you worry. We got shorts. Ain't nobody wor. We got T-shirts and we got a cool new pool, a cheering squad that'll help you celebrate as you get water baptized and somebody say amen. Alright, grab your bibles. We're going to Acts chapter two, the book of Acts chapter two, verse number 37. Looks like Sarah already started stepping all over my message, and I always take that as confirmation that we're on track. Acts chapter two, verse number 37. Now, when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles Brothers, what shall we do? And Peter said to them, repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Holy Ghost for those KJV folks. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off. Everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself and with many other words, he bore witness and continue to exhort them. Say, save yourselves from this crooked generation. So those who received his word were baptized and there were added that day about 3000 souls. And everybody say amen. Amen.

I'm going to preach a message, teach a message today on baptism, and for some of you, this is going to be a reminder. Maybe you got baptized 20 something, 30 something, 50 something years ago, and this message is going to remind you why you got water baptized for others. This may be the first time you hear a message on water baptism, but my prayer today is that if you have not been water baptized, that you would get water baptized if you have been water baptized but didn't understand the significance of it or it wasn't attached to your salvation. I pray you get rebaptized today. So we're going to talk about it. Is that right? My title for today is signed, sealed, delivered. And if your mind went to repent,

Somebody say, signed, signed, sealed, sealed, delivered, delivered, say, signed, signed, sealed, sealed, delivered, delivered. Heavenly Father, we're so grateful to be in your house. I thank you Lord for all that you have already done and those who have been water baptized and those who are going to be water baptized, I pray, Lord Jesus, that your word would enlighten us to the importance of why baptism is important. I pray that you give us ears to hear a heart, to receive and to mind, to understand what the spirit would say to us. Help us to walk out of here different than the way we walked in. We give you a name, the praise, the glory, and the honor because you are worthy of it in Jesus' name. And everybody say amen. Amen. One more time, give Jesus some praise with a hand clap. So last week was Easter. For those who are really spiritual, it was a resurrection Sunday. And what's interesting about Easter is that resurrection Sunday or Easter is the highest attended church service In the calendar year, everybody who professes to be a Christian shows up to church on Easter. It's almost a sin

Not to go to church on Easter. Maybe you watch online regularly, but on Easter it's time to get to the house of God. Easter literally is the highest attended service of the year. Last week, stadiums, cathedrals, worship centers, schools, gymnasiums, convention centers, would filled with millions of people around the world commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. And stark contrast though, the Sunday following Easter is one of the statistically one of the lowest attended Sundays of the calendar year. In fact, it's such a low attendance Sunday that years ago they started calling it Low Sunday. It is a real term used to describe the Easter after Sunday. And the reason why it's called Low Sunday is to show the stark contrast between all the high festivities of Easter and the low attendance and low interest that happens the week after. Now, isn't it interesting that there can be such great interest in the event of the resurrection and then such a decline in interest within a week's time? Pastors get excited about Easter Sunday because it really boosts their average attendance for the year. But the reason why I believe that people don't remain interested in the resurrection after Easter is because either they don't believe that the resurrection actually happened

Or they're unaware of why the resurrection is important. There really are two reasons why you would lose interest in the event of the resurrection. One is you either don't believe it happened really like you came with grandma and them, you came with your parents or you're like, man, I haven't worn this outfit in a while. I need a good excuse to get into a suit. Or you don't understand how the resurrection applies to your everyday life.

Now, this is nothing new. I want to take you back to when the resurrection actually happened on that Sunday morning, the first day of the week when Jesus rose from the dead. The scripture says that there were some women, Mary Magdalene, Mary, mother Jesus, they all came to the tomb where Jesus was supposed to be. And when they arrived there, they found the stone rolled away and there was an angel there saying, Hey, why do you seek the living among the dead? And they were perplexed by this because they came to actually dress the dead body of Jesus, but he wasn't in the tomb. And the scripture tells us, especially in John, that when they turned around, they saw somebody standing there and they thought it was a gardener. And Jesus who was resurrected speaks to them and says, peace be unto you. And they still thought he was a gardener. And so then Jesus said, Mary, and when she heard her name, she recognized This is Jesus.

That's a message all by itself. I can't really get into that. But then Jesus tells Mary and the rest of the ladies, Hey, go tell my disciples that I'm risen. So they go and tell the disciples, Hey, Jesus is resurrected. And there's no doubt in my mind that they thought these women are being emotional, they're getting carried away. There's no way we know that He said he would do it, but we don't believe this is true. And so Jesus is like, well, I'm going to prove 'em wrong. So that evening, while they're locked in a room, the Bible says that the door was locked because they were afraid of the Jews that Jesus appeared in the midst of them. He literally walked right through the locked door and appeared to them and they were shocked. And Jesus said, here, look at the holes in my hands and feet see my side. And they recognize that he truly was risen and they're excited. They can't believe it and they're joyful. Now, one of the disciples, however, was not there and his name was Thomas. And so you know that later on at some point the disciples are telling Thomas about the risen savior and the scripture tells us in John chapter 20 that Thomas looks at him and says, nah, bruh,

I don't believe it. In fact, unless I'm able to put my fingers in the holes left in his hands by the nails and can put my hand in his side where the spear pierced him, I will not believe. And the other disciples like, bro, you got me. Come on, Jesus, do it again, appear. And the scripture says that Jesus did not appear. He appeared to many different people, but he did not appear to Thomas until on the next Sunday, the eighth day, which is if you count the first Sunday of his resurrection as the first day, and you go all the way. The next Sunday, low Sunday, they're in a room and they're doing the same thing. They're discussing the resurrection of Christ, but Christ ain't there. And they're still trying to convince Thomas and Thomas like, nah fam, I don't believe it, but I'm going to hang out with y'all just in case it does happen. I ain't going to miss it again. And then the scripture says that Jesus appeared again out of nowhere through a locked door. And Thomas, when he saw him, he said, my Lord and my God, and Jesus said, all right, you wanted proof. Go ahead and put your hands right here in the holes in my hand. Go ahead and put your hand into my pure side. And Thomas then believed, but this is what Jesus replied after Thomas exclaimed my Lord, my God, Jesus replied to him, have you believed because you have seen me?

But blessed are those who have not seen yet have believed. This is the same situation that we are dealing with today because many will appear to celebrate the resurrection of Christ for many different reasons, but many will walk away not believing. And I think the fundamental reasons why many people don't actually believe is because they have never considered why the resurrection matters in their personal lives. Easter Sunday only matters because it did something for you. The only reason that Easter actually matters and the death burial and resurrection provided something that you couldn't provide for yourself. The reason why we celebrate Easter is not because of Easter's sake, but it's because of what happens every Sunday after that. The reason why we come to church every Sunday, which is the first day of the week, is to commemorate the resurrection of Christ, but more importantly, what the resurrection of Christ provides in our lives. See, what you got to understand is because of the sin of Adam and Eve, sin entered into the world, they disobeyed God, sin entered in, and the Bible says that the wages of sin is death, meaning that everyone who was born after the likeness of Adam and Eve, the Bible says that we are born in the sin and shape and in iniquity we are destined for death. The consequences of sin is death.

And yet Jesus came down to earth. God and human form came to earth to take on a punishment that was meant for you and I. The reason why the resurrection matters is because he was killed and he was buried and he didn't deserve it. Isaiah begins to write about him as a servant and says that he was wounded for our transgression. He was bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement of our peace was laid upon him, and by his stripes, we are healed. You would not be healed if it wasn't for the sacrifice of Jesus. There would be no healing in your life. It wasn't for the sacrifice of Jesus. Therefore, Jesus gave his life because the penalty for sin

Is a sacrifice

And because there is no perfect sacrifice, Jesus himself gave his life

For us.

He who knew no sin became sin

For us.

He became the mediator between God and men. Jesus bore within himself the consequences of sin. Why? Because he loved you. The Bible says that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. But because he was perfect, death could not hold him down because he was innocent and had no sin, they could accuse him, fall asleep, they could beat him. They could press a crown of thorns on his head. They could pierce him in the side. They could drop nails to his hands and his feet. They could put 'em on a cross. They could rip his clothes from him, they could tear out his beard, they could put him in a tomb, but because he was innocent and perfect, grave had no power over him. That's why the psalmist wrote and said, death, where is your sting? Old grave, where is your victory? Why? Because you can't keep an innocent man down. So Jesus came up out of the grave, but he didn't just come out of the grave because he was trying to prove something. He came out of the grave to let us know that he paid the debt that we owed. This is called the gospel.

The gospel is the good news that you are destined for destruction. You are destined for death. But Jesus Christ took on the payment by the death bird and resurrection. So the question I have for you today is do you believe in the gospel? Do you believe in the gospel? Because this is a trick question. If you truly believe in the gospel, which is the good news of the death, barren resurrection of Christ, then the automatic response to the gospel is what do I do with what I just heard?

There's no other response to hearing the gospel. When you hear the gospel, there is a conviction that hits your heart that says, all right, great Easter happened. I love the story about Easter, but how does that apply to my life and what do I do to participate in what I just heard? This is exactly what happened in Acts chapter two in the scripture that we read, this is exactly happened. Lemme give you a little bit of context. Acts chapter two opens up with 120 people gathered in an upper room and they're waiting for the promise of the Father. This is 50 days after the resurrection. This is 10 days after the ascension of Jesus and they're waiting for the Holy Spirit to descend. The Holy Spirit descends. We'll talk about this on Pentecost Sunday and they're all filled with the Holy Spirit and the Bible says they begin to speak with other tongues and the crowds that were gathered around on the feast of Pentecost. Notice these individuals acting strangely because they were filled with the Holy Spirit and they asked the question, are these individuals drunk with new wine? Have you ever seen a drunk person?

They must have looked like they were having a good time. Don't let anybody tell you the church ought to be dead, dry, dull and boring.

There ought to be such joy in this place that people are wondering what are they sipping on? I want some of that stuff. Are these men drunk when you want? And Peter gets up and he says, listen, they're not drunk as you supposed seen as, but 9:00 AM If they drunk at 9:00 AM they got some problems. But this is that which was prophesied by the prophet Joel in the last days. I pour out my spirit upon all flesh. Then Peter goes on to preach the gospel for several verses. He tells him about how Jesus came down out of heaven, how he bore our sins, how he was falsely accused, how he was nailed to a cross, how he was buried and how he was resurrected. And then Peter says, he did it all for you and when they heard this, they were cut in their heart and guess what their response was? Brothers, what shall we do? You cannot hear the gospel and not feel like you got to respond

When the gospel hits you and you realize that the consequence of your sin is deaf and destruction, but God's made a way. I want to know what do I do with what I just heard? And then Peter gives them the instructions. This is where Acts chapter two, verse number 38, it comes into play, and here's what I love about this. This is the first account of the disciples fulfilling the great commission because remember Matthew 28 19 right before Jesus' ascension, he says, go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit. Peter knows this and he begins to outline to them that there are three components of true

Faith.

He says, first of all, you got to believe you must first believe the gospel. If you don't believe the gospel, you can go about your merry way. But when you believe the gospel, something in your life

Realizes something in your heart realizes, I got to respond to this. Here's what Acts chapter 16, verse 30 through 31 says, then he brought them out. This is when the disciples were delivered out of prison. They brought them the other prisoners with him. Then he brought them out and said, SIRS, what must I do to be saved here again, when you are pricked in your heart, you're going to ask the question, what must I do? And they said, believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved. The first step in expressing faith in Jesus is you got to believe that that actually happened and it actually happened for you. This is why I'm saying that if you go to Easter service and you walk off and nothing happens, you may not believe that it's actually happened, but if you believe that it actually happened, there's a response in your heart that says, I got to find out more. Does anybody know what I'm talking about? Does when you heard the gospel, it doesn't matter where you were. You could have been at a bar shooting pool and somebody tell you the gospel and you're like, I got to stick it up out of here. Lemme take this one more drink.

How many days, oh, I don't want, lemme just go one more time. But the natural response to the gospel is you first of all got to believe it's true. Then Peter says, repent in response to believing the gospel, what shall we do? Asking that question, Peter says, you must repent. Now to repent means to turn away from everything else to God. We acknowledge that we're sinners and that we are in need of a savior. The biblical definition of repentance, a lot of people think that repentance is just an about face physically, but the biblical definition of repentance is a change of mind that results in a change of action. Be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by what? Renewing of your mind. You got to get your mind right because when you get your mind right, your actions will be right. A lot of churches will try to get your actions right, but if your mind ain't right, your actions are just fake. You can dress wholly if you want to, but if your mind ain't right, it ain't going to fix nothing. You can go through the motions of coming to church, but if your mind ain't transformed,

Repentance and believing are two sides of the same coin. You cannot believe and not be convicted. I'm just preaching the gospel. Romans chapter 10, nine through 10 says, because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus Lord and belief in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Check this out for what the heart one believes and is justified and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. Acts chapter three verse 19, repent therefore and turn back that your sins may be blotted out. So Peter says, first of all, God, you have to start with believing because if you don't believe the rest don't matter. You got to start with believing, truly being in belief of the gospel. And what happens is when you believe the gospel, it will convict you. The Bible says they were cut in their hearts and there's a difference between being condemned and convicted. Condemnation comes from man, conviction comes from God. If somebody got your arm twisted behind your back and says, you better get in this water, that's condemnation. But if nobody tells you anything and you hear the gospel and something within you says,

I got to respond. That's the conviction. And what happens is when you believe the Holy Spirit will convict you to repent, which means that you are making the declaration to God, I'm turning, I'm changing my mind. I'm leaving the old behind and I'm starting new. Then Peter says, be water baptized, repent and be baptized. Now Peter also follow the instruction of Jesus and called for a believer to be baptized and this way he says, for the remission of sins. Now I got to teach this because some people read this to think that their sins are not remitted unless they're water baptized. But the word for does not mean in order to receive remission of sins, it means as an expression of a remissions of sins. When Peter tells them to be water baptized, he is telling them, when you are water baptized, you are making a public declaration of the inward decision that you made to follow Christ.

So now I want to explain a little bit why baptism is important. We got baptism Sunday happening today. It's only appropriate that I'm talking about water baptism, but I needed to tell you this, water baptism is not something we do just because we're trying to keep up with church tradition. Water baptism is an ordinance, meaning that it was ordained by Jesus himself. Jesus was water baptized. He was declared in public who he was in water baptism. The disciples were all water baptized. The disciples consistently preached about water baptism. Water baptism doesn't save you. Faith does. Faith is the means by which we are saved. Water baptism is how we demonstrate that we are saved. Let me get in for some of you Bible scholars, the word baptize is the Greek word bap or also baptizo. And what this word means is to be or become momentarily immersed in water. I'm going to teach you about this in a second. So somebody asked me, why is baptism? Why does baptism matter? Somebody asked me that.

Why does baptism matter?

Thank you for asking. Number one, signed. Number one, baptism is a sign. The word sign means adjust your or action used to convey information or instructions.

Baptism is a reenactment of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. One of the reasons we get water baptized is because we are participating in a reenactment of what Jesus did for us. Romans chapter six, verse number three says, do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead, by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. The reason why we baptize in full immersion is because have you ever seen a burial with a little bit of dirt? Have you ever been to graveside? Well, they took one little shovel and said, that's good. No. The reason why we do fully immersion number one, because the word literally means to be fully immersed underwater momentarily. It indicates it's a sign of a burial. If you are going to be buried, you are going to go all the way in and covered with dirt. If you're here in the us, you get buried six feet in the ground. Why? Because they want to make sure you're covered.

Baptism is an action. It's a reenactment of being buried with Christ in baptism, but then you are coming back out and Paul says that coming out of the water is the reenactment that you're coming back into newness of life. You go down and you leave the old man behind and you come up in the newness of life. Anybody thankful that you've been water baptized? Baptism is a sign that the old sinful person that used to control you no longer controls you. The reason why I get water baptized is because after I profess faith in Jesus and I repent of my sins, I'm saved now to demonstrate that I have truly repented and walked the other direction. I'm going to show all y'all out with the old and with the new. That's why water baptism is so important. Also, if you think about a sign, you got to think about signing a letter or a signature. Did you know that signing a letter is showing externally proof of internal authority? When you are water baptized, it's a signal, it's a reenactment that you are participating in the death burrow and resurrection of Christ. Number two, the reason why baptism matters is because sealed

Baptism is a seal. Baptism serves as an external sign of an internal reality. In times past individuals, kingdoms, authorities would send a letter to somebody or a package to somebody and the recipient of the letter would want to know is the contents in this letter legitimate? And so the sender of the letter, the one who constructed the letter, would put a stamp seal on the outside of the letter to prove to the one receiving and seeing it that what the contests inside the letter are legitimate and authorized. Baptism is the stamped seal on your life in front of everybody that what's inside is legitimate because you ain't just getting water baptized because you want to get wet.

You can go to the lake for that. You can go to a pool for that. But baptism is an outward seal of an N word reality. Y'all still don't believe me. Alright, I'm going to take you to Genesis chapter 17. Abraham is having a conversation with God. God begins to tell him, Hey, I'm going to do all kinds of stuff in your life and I'm going to make a covenant with you. A covenant is a contract and God begins to tell Abraham, I'm making a contract with you that I'm going to bless you wherever you walk. That's what I'm going to bless. Whoever blesses you is going to be blessed. Whoever curses you is going to be cursed and then I'm going to bless your seed and God makes a covenant with Abraham says, I'm going to give you all this stuff. And then God says, in order to seal the promise that I've made with you, God says, you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin and it shall be a sign of the covenant between you and me. Circumcision was never the covenant. The covenant was internal. Circumcision was the external sign of an internal promise that God made to Abraham.

Paul then draws the parallels in Colossians chapter two 11. He says in him also, you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, having been buried with him in baptism in which you were also raised with him through faith and the powerful working of God who raised him from the dead. Paul says that just as Abraham was circumcised as a sign of an internal covenant, you when you are water baptized or get, it is an external sign of an internal covenant that God has made with you. This wedding band right here, I ain't got to say nothing, y'all know I'm committed, I'm taken. I'm blessed. Highly favored, right? This thing goes with me everywhere. I don't ever take it off. Why? Because it's a sign to everybody. I'm married and I love it and I'm not ashamed about it. Boy, I don't want to meddle. But people that be slipping off the ring, you better keep that joint on. Why? Because it's a sign and a sign of an internal reality. This doesn't make me married. My covenant with Janice makes me married, but this is an outward expression and sign to tell anybody, people that I know and don't know that I have made an internal decision to be in covenant with my wife. I love my wife. I live with my wife To adapt to this part,

Lemme give you the third reason why baptism matters. Delivered baptism demonstrates deliverance.

Baptism is a demonstration of deliverance out of something old and into something new here, Paul draws the parallel in Exodus chapter 14 when he says, when he talks about the children of Israel coming out of Egypt and going into the promised land that they went through the Red Sea. This is what he says in one Corinthians chapter 10, verse number one, for I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. And he draws the parallel that Jesus Christ is the one leading us out of Egypt and into Israel, into Canaan, into the promised land. He is leading us out of one place and into a new place. So when you get water baptized, it is a outward sign that you are leaving the old behind and that you're about to walk into your promise. This is why we water baptized, because according to scripture, water baptism is a vital part of a believer's demonstration of faith.

If you wondered, should I get water baptized? The answer is yes. Acts chapter, this is perhaps one of my favorite stories about baptism. Acts chapter eight. This is the eunuch who is reading the scripture in Isaiah, and as he is on his chariot, the Holy Spirit leads the apostle. Go talk to him. The Bible says, then Philip opened his mouth and begin beginning with his scripture. He told him the good news about Jesus. That's the gospel. And as they were going along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, see here is water. What prevents me from being baptized? It's the response, what shall I do with what I just heard? And he commanded the chariot to stop and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. And when they came up out of the water, the spirit of the Lord carried Philip away and the eunuch saw him no more and went on his way rejoicing. Why is baptism important? Because it's a sign, it's a seal and it demonstrates deliverance. So then the question becomes who should get baptized? Somebody say who? Anyone

Who has believed in the gospel and repented of their sins. If you have believed and professed faith in Jesus and have not yet been water baptized, baptism is for you. Anyone who has been baptized but didn't genuinely profess faith. Some people got baptized as children but didn't know what they were doing, and I'm glad for the faith of your parents, but baptism has got to be your decision because it is an acknowledgement that you make that I'm in relationship with Jesus. So if you've been water baptized as a child, you didn't have an understanding or you were baptized as an infant, you didn't have an understanding, then I'm glad for what your parents intended to do. But baptism is a personal decision between you and Jesus. So if you've been water baptized but you didn't understand it's time to get water baptized. Now there's some people that got water baptized because they thought they made a profession of faith, but your conversion wasn't genuine. Here's how you know your conversion genuine because your life will change. I'm not saying it's going to be perfect, don't get it twisted. He's still working on me. But you know that there are incremental changes that happen. There are certain things that happen in your life where you're like, nah, I can't go around this. I can't be around here. I can't do that. I don't feel comfortable with that. Why? Because when conversion really happens, it

Turns you, and some people have professed faith, but it was a false faith. Maybe it was just you felt guilty or somebody twisted your arm and you got water baptized and they gave you a prize. It's a shame that people do that. I'm talking to you, but if you had a true conversion experience later on time to get water baptized, for some of you, you got baptized as a teenager and you didn't have a conversion, then you had a conversion in the adult life, get water baptized because that's the demonstration of true faith. Anyone who wants to go public with their faith, sometimes you have had some things in your life where you don't feel like, man, I was really in it. Get in it. Get in deep with Jesus and get water baptized. Now, this is what we're going to do. I know how we do. You don't have to pre-register, but I believe there are some people in here that it's time for you to get water baptized and you're like, man, please end the service so I can get out here and get this water on me. I got you.

Because right now the Holy Spirit is drawing somebody. You're ready to get out of your seat and go get water baptized because you can feel that pull. This is what I want you to do all across this house. Just stand to your feet. The first thing I want to do is I want to give somebody an opportunity to enter into a genuine relationship with Jesus. The Bible says in Romans 10, nine, because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus Lord and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved for what the heart one believes and is justified and what the mouth one confesses and is saved. So if you have never believed in your heart truly and confess with your mouth, I want to give you this opportunity right now. So all heads bowed, all eyes closed.

If you're ready to make that decision of follow up, Jesus, because you heard the gospel and now you want to respond to it, I want you to just pray with me. Say, dear Jesus, I acknowledge my need for you. I acknowledge my need. I believe that you came, that you died, you a rose again, and you did it all for me. It all forgive me. Forgive of my sins. Come into my life. Into my life. Be the Lord of my life. The Lord of my I confess that you are Lord, that you are. Lord, I thank you for hearing my prayer and it's your name, I pray in Jesus name. Amen. Come on, somebody, make some noise right now. Come on, somebody. Make some noise for some decisions that are made in the house. Now, this is what I want you to do. If you pray that prayer for the very first time, I want you to get out in the aisle, go to the back, somebody in the blue shirt's going to greet you to get you water baptized right now. If you know it's time to get water baptized, I want you to start heading out. We're going to cheer you on. Come on, somebody. Make some crazy noise.

Come on, there are people moving right now.

We believe that this is the moment for somebody's life to be changed, to be rearranged, to be recess in the name of Jesus somebody, you got some praise.