THE LIVING WORD TRANSCRIPT<br><br>

PROGRAM AIR DATE: 2-18-18<br><br>



LESSON TITLE: “THE SON OF GOD”<br><br>



WELCOME<br><br>

      TODAY WE ARE BLESSED WITH A WONDERFUL GIFT FROM GOD, THE BIBLE. THIS BOOK IS GOD'S LIVING WORD. IN ITS PAGES, WE ARE TOLD “FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS LIVING AND POWERFUL AND SHARPER THAN ANY TWO-EDGED SWORD.” IT IS IN THIS BOOK OF BOOKS THAT WE FIND THE ANSWERS TO ALL OF MAN'S QUESTIONS AND NEEDS. THIS MORNING YOUR AREA CHURCHES OF CHRIST WELCOME YOU TO A PROGRAM COMMITTED TO THAT PERFECT LAW OF LIBERTY AS WE PRESENT THE LIVING WORD. NOW HERE IS YOUR HOST, RAY SULLINS.<br><br>

      WELCOME TO THE LIVING WORD PROGRAM ON THIS WONDROUS LORD’S DAY MORNING. IT IS ALWAYS AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO HAVE YOU WITH US. WE ARE THANKFUL YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO BE WITH US AS WE COMMIT THIS TIME TO THE THINGS OF GOD. MAY WE EACH PARTICIPATE AND DO OUR PART TO MAKE THIS TIME ACCEPTABLE BEFORE HIM AND ACCORDING TO HIS WORD. NOW LET’S BEGIN BY TALKING TO GOD THROUGH PRAYER! <br><br>

      PRAYER: OUR GOD AND FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY AND THE GREAT BLESSINGS OF LIFE. WE THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT PRIVILEGE THAT WE HAVE TO BE CALLED YOUR CHILDREN AND TO BE SERVANTS IN YOUR KINGDOM. AND FATHER, HELP US EVERY DAY TO BE LIGHTS IN THIS WORLD THAT THOSE AROUND US MIGHT KNOW YOU AND DESIRE TO FOLLOW YOUR TRUTH AND TO OBEY YOU AS WELL FATHER, THAT WHEN YOU COME AGAIN WE MIGHT ALL RECEIVE THAT GREAT REWARD THAT AWAITS THOSE WHO HAVE PROVEN THEMSELVES ACCORDING TO YOUR REQUIREMENTS. AND FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE, YOUR LOVE, AND YOUR MERCY FOR YOU KNOW ALL THINGS ARE ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THESE GREAT BLESSINGS AND WE KNOW THEY ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. AND IN HIS NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. <br><br>

      THIS MORNING WE WANT TO BEGIN OUR SONGS OF PRAISE BY SINGING A SONG WHICH REMINDS US OF ONE OF THE GREATEST WORKS WE HAVE TO DO AS CHRISTIANS. SO, AT THIS TIME, WON’T YOU JOIN IN WITH THE CONGREGATION AS WE SING TOGETHER, “SEEKING THE LOST.”  <br><br>



DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS<br><br>

      THROUGHOUT THE OLD TESTAMENT, WE SEE THAT WRITERS FOUND THERE CONTINUALLY ACKNOWLEDGED THE WONDER AND MAGNIFICENCE OF OUR GOD. HOW ENCOURAGING IT IS TO SEE THEIR FAITH, THROUGH THE THINGS WHICH THEY PROCLAIMED TO THE PEOPLE OF THEIR TIME. <br><br>

      IN DEUTERONOMY 3:24, MOSES SAID THE FOLLOWING TO ISRAEL, “O LORD GOD, YOU HAVE BEGUN TO SHOW YOUR SERVANT YOUR GREATNESS AND YOUR MIGHTY HAND, FOR WHAT GOD IS THERE IN HEAVEN OR ON EARTH WHO CAN DO ANYTHING LIKE YOUR WORKS AND YOUR MIGHTY DEEDS?” WHAT WONDROUS WORDS WERE SAID HERE, CONFIRMING THE GREAT POWER AND GLORY OF OUR GOD IN HEAVEN.<br><br>

      ALSO, READ WITH ME FROM 1 SAMUEL 2:1-2, THERE HANNAH PRAYED, “MY HEART REJOICES IN THE LORD; MY HORN IS EXALTED IN THE LORD. I SMILE AT MY ENEMIES, BECAUSE I REJOICE IN YOUR SALVATION. NO ONE IS HOLY LIKE THE LORD, FOR THERE IS NONE BESIDES YOU, NOR IS THERE ANY ROCK LIKE OUR GOD.” THIS FOLLOWER OF GOD CONFIRMS HERE THAT GOD IS OUR ROCK AND CAN BE COUNTED ON IN EVERY FACET OF LIFE.  <br><br>

      HOWEVER, THE MOST WONDERFUL PART OF THESE EXPRESSIONS OF FAITH IN GOD IS THE FACT THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS UNDERSTOOD THAT TRUE SALVATION WAS ONLY FOUND IN GOD. I LOVE THE WAY JONAH PUT IT IN JONAH 2:9, THERE HE SAID, “BUT I WILL SACRIFICE TO YOU WITH THE VOICE OF THANKSGIVING; I WILL PAY WHAT I HAVE VOWED. SALVATION IS OF THE LORD.” YOU SEE THESE SERVANTS OF GOD WERE WILLING TO CLEARLY PROCLAIM WHO THERE GOD WAS, AS WELL AS GIVE HIM THE GLORY FOR THE SALVATION WHICH HE OFFERED TO THOSE WHO FOLLOWED HIS WILL! <br><br>

      SO, WHAT ABOUT TODAY, DON’T WE HAVE AN EVEN BETTER COVENANT THROUGH JESUS CHRIST? THAT’S WHAT THE HEBREW WRITER SAID IN CHAPTER 7, AND VERSE 22 OF THAT BOOK!  THERE WE READ, “BY SO MUCH MORE JESUS HAS BECOME A SURETY OF A BETTER COVENANT.”  HOW BLESSED WE ARE TO KNOW THAT JESUS HAS SECURED OUR SALVATION, BY MAKING A KNEW COVENANT AND SEALING IT WITH HIS OWN BLOOD, HEBREWS 9:14-15. <br><br>

      FINALLY, WE READ THE WORDS OF PETER IN ACTS 4:14, “NOR IS THERE SALVATION IN ANY OTHER, FOR THERE IS NO OTHER NAME UNDER HEAVEN GIVEN AMONG MEN BY WHICH WE MUST BE SAVED.” SOUND FAMILIAR?  WE ALSO HAVE SALVATION IN GOD, THROUGH HIS OWN SON, JESUS CHRIST. HAVE YOU DONE WHAT IS NECESSARY TO RECEIVE THIS BLESSING FROM GOD? <br><br>

      OUR GUEST SPEAKER TODAY IS NO STRANGER TO US, WE AGAIN WELCOME BROTHER JERRY SULLINS TO LEAD US IN OUR STUDY OF THE DAY.  BROTHER SULLINS IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE BIBLE INSTITUTE OF MISSOURI HERE IN SPRINGFIELD. WE THANK HIM FOR BEING WITH US AND LOOK FORWARD TO HIM JOINING US AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO GUIDE US IN OUR THOUGHTS FROM GOD’S WORD. THIS MORNING, WE WILL CONTINUE WITH OUR SERIES ON JESUS CALLED, “IN THE BEGINNING…!”  OUR SPECIFIC TOPIC TODAY IS, “THE SON OF GOD!” SO, PLEASE CONTINUE WITH US THIS MORNING, AND AFTER OUR NEXT SONG TOGETHER BROTHER JERRY WILL RETURN WITH THIS STUDY OF THE DAY. THE NAME OF OUR NEXT HYMN IS, “SEND THE LIGHT!” 

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LESSON<br><br>

JERRY SULLINS<br><br>

      AGAIN, WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE LIVING WORD BROADCAST AND IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU IN OUR VIEWING AUDIENCE THIS MORNING. WE APPRECIATE SO MUCH YOUR VIEWING THIS PROGRAM AND INVOLVING YOURSELF IN THE STUDY OF GOD'S WORD. JUST THIS LAST WEEK SOMEONE SAID WE WATCH YOUR PROGRAM EVERY WEEK AND IT WOULD SEEM TO BE A JOY FOR THEM AND THEY REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE JUST PREACH THE BIBLE HERE. IN FACT, THAT'S WHAT JESUS WANTS US TO DO. HE WANTS US TO PREACH HIS WORD.<br><br> 

      FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS WE'VE BEEN IN A SERIES THAT HAS REFERENCE TO JOHN ONE VERSE ONE, “IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD, THE WORD WAS GOD.” THE SAME IN THE BEGINNING WAS GOD. WE SEE THAT IN THIS VERSE. IT'S EMPHASIZING HOW JESUS IS ALSO GOD. HE'S THE SON OF GOD AS IT RELATES TO THE GODHEAD BUT HE HAS BEEN ALWAYS IN EXISTENCE JUST LIKE THE FATHER AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. WE'VE DISCUSSED HOW HE IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT HE IS THE WORD AS WE SAID AND HE IS FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH AND HE IS THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD. AND THIS MORNING WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT ANOTHER ASPECT THAT JOHN TEACHES IN JOHN, THAT IS THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN, CHAPTER 1. AND IF YOU HAVE YOUR BIBLES WITH YOU, WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS FIRST OF ALL OR READ FIRST OF ALL VERSE 29 AND DISCUSS VERSES 34, “THE NEXT DAY JOHN SAW JESUS COMING TOWARD HIM, AND SAID, ‘BEHOLD! THE LAMB OF GOD WHICH TAKES AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD.’” THIS IS HE, JOHN THE BAPTIST IS SAYING THIS. “‘THIS IS HE OF WHOM I SAID, “AFTER ME COMES A MAN WHO IS PREFERRED BEFORE ME, AND HE,”’” THAT IS JESUS, “‘“WAS BEFORE ME. I DID NOT KNOW HIM; BUT THAT HE SHOULD BE REVEALED TO ISRAEL, THEREFORE I CAME BAPTIZING WITH WATER.”’ AND JOHN BORE WITNESS,” THAT IS HE TESTIFIED, “SAYING, ‘I SAW THE SPIRIT DESCENDING FROM HEAVEN,’” THAT'S WHEN HE BAPTIZED JESUS, “‘LIKE A DOVE, AND HE REMAINED UPON HIM. I DID NOT KNOW HIM, BUT HE WHO SENT ME TO BE TO BAPTIZE WITH WATER SAID TO ME,’” THAT IS JESUS, “‘“UPON WHOM YOU SEE THE SPIRIT DESCENDING, AND REMAINING ON HIM, THIS IS A WHO BAPTIZES WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT.”’ AND I HAVE SEEN AND TESTIFIED THAT THIS IS THE SON OF GOD.” HE WAS THE LAMB OF GOD, AS IT SAYS EVEN IN VERSE 36, SAYS, “THE NEXT DAY, JOHN STOOD WITH TWO OF HIS DISCIPLES. AND LOOKING AT JESUS AS HE WALKED, HE SAID, ‘BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD!’” AND AS HE HAD SAID IN VERSE 29, “WHO TAKES AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD.” THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST AS THE REVELATOR SAID IN REVELATION CHAPTER 1 VERSE FIVE THAT HE HAS WASHED US WITH HIS OWN BLOOD FROM OUR SINS. <br><br>

      THE LAMB OF GOD HAS A SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE AS IT RELATES TO AN OLD TESTAMENT INSTITUTION OF THE PASSOVER FEAST. YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE READ THE BOOK OF EXODUS BUT THERE IT TELLS US OF HOW, AFTER 450 YEARS IN EGYPTIAN CAPTIVITY, A GREAT NATION AROSE AND THAT NATION WE REFER TO AS ISRAEL, THAT IS THOSE WHO WERE FOLLOWING THE OLD TESTAMENT. THIS IS A NATION THAT GOD WOULD USE TO BRING FORTH HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST, THAT IS THE LAMB OF GOD TO TRULY TAKE AWAY THE SINS OF THE WHOLE WORLD. AS WE SEE THE PASSOVER IS A TYPE OF WHAT JESUS WOULD DO LATER AS HE SHED HIS BLOOD FOR ALL THE SINS OF THE WORLD. THE TENTH PLAGUE, A PLAGUE  THAT MOSES AND AARON HAD TRIED DESPERATELY TO GET PHARAOH TO ALLOW THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL TO LEAVE EGYPTIAN BONDAGE, HE REFUSED. HE CONTINUED TO REFUSE AND AFTER NINE PLAGUES HE CONTINUED TO SAY NO YOU CAN'T GO. BUT THE TENTH PLAGUE HE WAS GONNA LET THEM GO BECAUSE THE DEATH OF THE FIRSTBORN MALE WOULD TAKE PLACE AMONG NOT ONLY MEN BUT ALSO ANIMALS THROUGHOUT ALL OF EGYPT AND THAT INCLUDED PHARAOH'S SON. WELL, THIS PLAGUE CERTAINLY DID OCCUR BUT IN ORDER FOR IT TO NOT AFFECT THAT ALMOST, WE BELIEVE, WAS 2 1/2 MILLION OR MORE ISRAELITES WHO WERE IN THE LAND OF GOSHEN, THEY WERE INSTRUCTED TO DO THIS. THIS WAS WHEN THE PASSOVER FEAST WAS INSTITUTED, TO KILL A LAMB WITHOUT SPOT OR BLEMISH AND TO WIPE THE BLOOD ON THE DOOR POST AND THE LENTIL OF EACH HOUSE AND THEN WHEN THAT DEATH CAME IT WOULD NOT BE UPON THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. AND THAT'S WHAT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DID. SO GOD GRANTED THEM SAFETY. HE GRANTED THEM THE ABILITY TO BE DELIVERED FROM EGYPTIAN BONDAGE BECAUSE AFTER THAT PHARAOH SAID THAT HE COULD LET THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL LEAVE EGYPT. <br><br>

      WE SEE THIS GREAT PROPHECY IN ISAIAH CHAPTER 53 A GREAT PROPHECY CONCERNING CHRIST. AND IF YOU HAVE YOUR BIBLES AGAIN TURN WITH ME TO ISAIAH 53 AND I'M GOING TO READ VERSES 4 THROUGH 7. VERY INTERESTING SCRIPTURE HERE. <br><br>

      SURELY HE HAS BORNE OUR GRIEFS, A PROPHECY ABOUT JESUS, AND CARRIED OUR SORROWS; YET WE ESTEEM HIM STRICKEN, SMITTEN BY GOD, AND AFFLICTED. BUT HE WAS WOUNDED FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS, HE WAS BRUISED FOR OUR INIQUITIES; THE CHASTISEMENT FOR OUR PEACE WAS UPON HIM, AND BY HIS STRIPES WE ARE HEALED. ALL WE LIKE SHEEP HAVE GONE ASTRAY; WE HAVE TURNED, EVERYONE, TO HIS OWN WAY; AND THE LORD HAS LAID ON HIM THE INIQUITY OF US ALL. HE WAS OPPRESSED AND HE WAS AFFLICTED. YET HE OPENED NOT HIS MOUTH; AND WAS LED AS A LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER, AS A SHEEP BEFORE SHEARERS IS SILENT, SO HE OPENED NOT HIS MOUTH.” <br><br>

      THIS IS A PROPHECY CONCERNING THE LAMB OF GOD WHO WOULD COME AND DIE UPON THE CROSS AND SHED HIS BLOOD FOR THE SINS OF THE WHOLE WORLD. THIS IS A PROMISE THAT ISAIAH MADE TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL AND IT WAS A PROMISE THAT WAS FULFILLED WHEN THAT JESUS CHRIST, THE WORD, THE LIGHT, THAT SON OF GOD CAME AND DIED UPON THE CROSS AND GAVE HIS BLOOD AS A RANSOM FOR ALL MANKIND AS IT RELATES TO THEIR SIN. <br><br>

      AS WE LOOK UPON THE SACRIFICE OF A LAMB, AND I WANT TO GIVE SPECIAL EMPHASIS TO THIS, JESUS ACTUALLY IS GOD'S SACRIFICE FOR SIN. NO LONGER IS IT AS THE HEBREW WRITER SAID HEBREWS 10 VERSES 1 THROUGH 4, NO LONGER DO WE SEE THE BLOOD OF ANIMALS BEING SHED LIKE IT WAS UNDER THE OLD TESTAMENT SO THAT SINS, ESPECIALLY THE LAMB, THAT WAS SACRIFICED, I UNDERSTAND IN THE MORNING AS WELL AS IN THE EVENING FOR THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE, NO LONGER IS THAT BLOODSHED EFFECTIVE IN THE REMISSION OF OUR SINS. BECAUSE FOR GOD TO ANSWER HIS OWN SELF CONCERNING RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE HE HAD TO HAVE HIS SON DIE UPON THE CROSS, TO SHED HIS BLOOD SO THAT WE MIGHT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RID OURSELVES OF OUR SIN. AND WE KNOW THE PROBLEM OF SIN, IT EXISTS WITH US ALL OF THE TIME AND WITH EVERY HUMAN BEING WHO HAS EVER LIVED ON THE FACE OF THIS EARTH. SO WHAT WAS IT THROUGH THAT WE RECEIVE THE REMISSION OF OUR SINS? <br><br>

      I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO TURN OVER TO FIRST PETER CHAPTER 1 AND I'M GOING TO READ VERSES 18 AND 19. NOW LISTEN CLOSELY. “KNOWING THAT YOU WERE NOT REDEEMED WITH CORRUPTIBLE THINGS,” REDEEMED FROM WHAT? REDEEMED OF YOUR SINS, “LIKE SILVER OR GOLD FROM YOUR AIMLESS CONDUCT RECEIVED BY TRADITION FROM YOUR FATHERS.” THAT IS THE CONDUCT AND THE TRADITIONS OF SACRIFICING ANIMALS SO THAT YOUR SINS MIGHT BE ROLLED FORWARD UNTIL JESUS DIED. SO IT WASN'T BY THAT BUT IN VERSE 19 IT SAYS, “BUT WITH THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST, AS OF A LAMB WITHOUT BLEMISH AND WITHOUT SPOT.” JESUS WAS AND STILL IS THAT SIN OFFERING. JESUS IS THE ONE WHO DIED UPON THE CROSS AND SHED HIS BLOOD FOR THE SINS OF THE WHOLE WORLD! REMEMBER WHAT IS SAID AND STATED BY JESUS IN JOHN 3:16. YOU KNOW THIS VERSE WELL. PROBABLY ALL OF YOU OR MOST OF YOU COULD QUOTE THIS VERSE, “‘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.’” THEY SHOULD NOT PERISH FROM WHAT? FROM THEIR SINS. BECAUSE JESUS SHED HIS BLOOD THAT OUR SINS MIGHT BE FORGIVEN. <br><br>

      WE LOOK AT THE BOOK OF REVELATION AND WHAT A WONDERFUL BOOK IT IS AS IT RELATES TO HAVING US BETTER UNDERSTAND THE LAMB OF GOD. OVER 23 TIMES, IN FACT I THINK IT'S EXACTLY 23 TIMES, IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION THE LAMB OF GOD IS MENTIONED. WORTHY IS THE LAMB, AS IS STATED THROUGHOUT THE BOOK OF REVELATION. HE WAS SLAIN. HE RECEIVED A WOUND AND THAT WOUND THAT IS EVEN MENTIONED BACK IN ISAIAH 53 WAS WHERE ACTUALLY AN ANIMAL WOULD BE SLIT, THAT IS HIS THROAT WOULD BE SLIT AND BLOOD WOULD FLOW FORTH, AND ON THE CROSS THAT SPEAR PIERCED HIS SIDE AND THE BLOOD RAN DOWN HIS BODY AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST WAS SHED FOR THE SINS OF ALL MANKIND. HE ACTUALLY PURCHASED US. WE ARE PURCHASED PEOPLE WITH THE BLOOD OF CHRIST. WHICH HE PURCHASED WITH HIS OWN BLOOD, AS IS MENTIONED IN ACTS CHAPTER 20 VERSE 28. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE. THE LAMB SHALL BE THE SHEPHERD OF ALL OF GOD'S PEOPLE. THE LAMB OF GOD WHO TAKES AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD. AS WE THINK OF SONGS, MAYBE SOME OF YOU NEVER SUNG THIS SONG BEFORE, BUT THERE'S A SONG THAT WE USE AS AN INVITATION SONG AND, BY THE WAY, IN MOST CHURCHES OF CHRIST, IF NOT ALL, AT THE END OF THE SERMON PEOPLE ARE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE PART IN THIS SHED BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST. THAT IS WHAT WE REFER TO AS AN OBEDIENCE TO THE GOSPEL. THEY ARE BAPTIZED FOR THE REMISSION OF THEIR SINS. BUT IN THAT OLD SONG THAT WE SING SOMETIMES, THAT SONG IS “JUST AS I AM.” AND AT THE END OF THAT SONG, EACH VERSE "OH LAMB OF GOD I COME," JESUS INVITES US ALL TO COME. REVELATION 22, “THE SPIRIT AND THE BRIDE SAY, ‘COME!’” LET HIM WHO IS AT THIRST TAKE OF THE WATER OF LIFE FREELY. SO WE ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE PART IN WHAT JESUS DID FOR US BY SHEDDING HIS BLOOD ON THE CROSS. <br><br>

      ARE YOU WILLING TO DO THAT? ARE YOU WILLING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE ONLY THING THAT CAN RID YOU OF YOUR SIN? MY FRIEND, I HAVE SOME NEWS FOR YOU WHICH MAY NOT BE VERY GOOD NEWS. BUT IT IS STATED IN ROMANS SIX VERSE 23, THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH, BUT THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD.” THAT GIFT OF GOD. THERE'S AN OBEDIENCE TO THE GOSPEL THAT YOU MUST DO IN ORDER TO HAVE A PART IN THAT SHED BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST. SIMPLY CONFESSING THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE SON OF GOD IS NEEDED! BUT THAT'S NOT ALL! AFTER ONE BELIEVES THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST AND HE CONFESSES THE NAME OF CHRIST, HE MUST REPENT. REMEMBER PETER'S GREAT SERMON ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST TO THOSE WHO ACTUALLY CRUCIFIED CHRIST, ACTS CHAPTER 2 VERSE 38? HE SAID THAT THEY NEED TO REPENT AND BE BAPTIZED FOR THE REMISSION OF THEIR SINS. BAPTIZED FOR WHAT REASON? WE ARE BAPTIZED INTO HIS DEATH, HIS BURIAL, AND HIS RESURRECTION, ROMANS CHAPTER 6 VERSE THREE AND FOUR. ARE YOU GOING TO REFUSE THE MESSAGE THAT GOD HAS GIVEN? THE MESSAGE THAT WE EXPRESSED EVEN THIS MORNING, THAT HE IS THE LAMB OF GOD WHO WILL TAKE AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD. JOHN THE BAPTIST TESTIFIED CONCERNING THAT. HE WAS A WITNESS TO THE FACT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT COMING DOWN AT JESUS' BAPTISM AND THE VOICE FROM HEAVEN THE FATHER SAYING ‘THIS IS MY SON, IN WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED.’ ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SHED BLOOD OF THE LAMB OF GOD? THAT'S A REAL QUESTION THIS MORNING. FAITH, REPENTANCE, CONFESSION, AND BAPTISM RELIEVES YOU OF YOUR SINS. WE ARE BURIED THEREFORE BY BAPTISM INTO HIS DEATH THAT LIKE AS CHRIST WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD BY THE GLORY OF THE FATHER. WE SHALL ALL BE RAISED TO WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE. YOU CANNOT BE RAISED TO WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE UNTIL THE BLOOD OF CHRIST HAS REMITTED YOUR SINS. <br><br>

      AND SO, ON THE BEHALF OF CHRIST, WE PLEAD WITH YOU THIS MORNING TO DO WHAT JESUS WOULD HAVE YOU TO DO! AND THAT IS BELIEVE AND BE BAPTIZED. AS HE GAVE HIS GREAT COMMISSION, GO UNTO ALL THE WORLD, PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE, HE WHO BELIEVES AND IS BAPTIZED SHALL BE SAVED. THAT MEANS YOU WILL RECEIVE THE REMISSION OF YOUR SINS BECAUSE OF THAT PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS THAT WAS SHED ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY. HOW COULD ANYONE REFUSE SUCH A PRECIOUS GIFT? AND BY YOUR DESIRE TO DO GOD'S WILL AND TO OBEY THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, YOU WILL HAVE THAT GREAT HOPE OF LIFE ETERNAL. MAY GOD BLESS YOU. <br><br>



CLOSING COMMENTS<br><br>

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