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Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail And mortal life shall cease, I shall possess within the veil A life of joy and peace. Stanza 5

Jesus: Water Baptism Is Important!

He started his public ministry by SHOWING us! He ended his public ministry by TELLING us!

We shouldn’t minimize what Jesus emphasized!

God’s Books In Heaven

• The Book of DAYS

Psalm 139:16

• The Book of TEARS

Psalm 56:8

• The Book of DEEDS

Revelation 20:12

• The Book of LIFE

Revelation 20:12, 21:27

• The Book of FINAL HISTORY Revelation 5

Grace After We're "Home"

Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail And mortal life shall cease, I shall possess within the veil A life of joy and peace. Stanza 5

Showing Us

Jesus started his public ministry by being baptized!

Matthew 3:13-15, NLT

Then Jesus went from Galilee to the Jordan River to be baptized by

• John. But John tried to talk him out of it. “I am the one who needs

to be baptized by you,” he said, “so why are you coming to me?” But Jesus said, “It should be done, for we must carry out all that God requires.” So John agreed to baptize him.

Where Is History Going?

World history is NOT “in chaos”!

(going nowhere in particular)

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Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail And mortal life shall cease, I shall possess within the veil A life of joy and peace. Stanza 5

Showing Us

Jesus started his public ministry by being baptized!

Matthew 3:13-15, NLT

Then Jesus went from Galilee to the Jordan River to be baptized by

• John. But John tried to talk him out of it. “I am the one who needs

to be baptized by you,” he said, “so why are you coming to me?” But Jesus said, “It should be done, for we must carry out all that God requires.” So John agreed to baptize him.

Where Is History Going?

World history is NOT “in chaos”!

(going nowhere in particular)

World history IS “on course”!

(going somewhere in particular)

God’s Story Line With A Goal Line!

Grace After We're "Home"

Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail And mortal life shall cease, I shall possess within the veil A life of joy and peace. Stanza 5

Baptism: How Much Water Is Needed?

The NT word baptizo literally means to bury, dunk, plunge, submerge,

• r immerse something completely under!

So, by definition, it takes a lot of water to baptize a person!

John 3:23, NLT (see also Acts 8:26-39)

At this time John the Baptist was baptizing at Aenon, near Salim, because there was plenty of water there…

History = HIS Story!

God is still on his throne—and he has written “the book” on how this present world will come to an end!

Revelation 4:2 & 5:1, NIV

…there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting

• n it…Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne

a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals.

Grace After We're "Home"

Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail And mortal life shall cease, I shall possess within the veil A life of joy and peace. Stanza 5

“Plenty of Water”

Baptism pictures the spiritual BATH we received through our faith in Jesus.

Acts 22:16, NLT

Get up and be baptized. Have your sins washed away by calling on the name of the Lord.

John 13:10, NIV

Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean…

Who Will Open This Book?

At first, no one emerged as “worthy” to move God’s story line to the goal line!

Revelation 5:2-4, NIV

And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?” But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could

• pen the scroll or even look inside it. I wept and wept

because no one was found who was worthy…

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Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail And mortal life shall cease, I shall possess within the veil A life of joy and peace. Stanza 5

“Plenty of Water”

Baptism pictures the TOMB where our old life was buried… …a tomb which empties because we’ve been raised to live a new life!

Colossians 2:12, NLT

For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with him you were raised to new life because you trusted the mighty power of God who raised Christ from the dead.

Only The “Lion” Is Worthy!

The “triumph” of the Lion is what qualifies him to open the book of final history.

Revelation 5:5, NIV

Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah…has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

Grace After We're "Home"

Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail And mortal life shall cease, I shall possess within the veil A life of joy and peace. Stanza 5

Is Baptism Necessary?

Water baptism is not necessary for SALVATION. But it is necessary for OBEDIENCE!

Acts 2:38 & 22:16, NLT

Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ…What are you waiting for? Get up and be baptized.

How The “Lion” Has Triumphed

This mighty Lion triumphed by becoming a sacrificial Lamb—who was slaughtered!

Revelation 5:6, NIV

Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne…

Isaiah 53:7 & John 1:29, NIV

…he was led like a lamb to the slaughter…the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

Grace After We're "Home"

Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail And mortal life shall cease, I shall possess within the veil A life of joy and peace. Stanza 5

Is Baptism Necessary?

Water baptism is not necessary for SALVATION. But it is necessary for OBEDIENCE!

Acts 2:38 & 22:16, NLT

Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ…What are you waiting for? Get up and be baptized.

The “Lamb” Can Open This Book!

On behalf of God the Father, Jesus will see to it that final history will be HIS STORY!

Revelation 5:6-7 & 6:1, NIV

The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. He went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne… I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals.

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Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail And mortal life shall cease, I shall possess within the veil A life of joy and peace. Stanza 5

Is Baptism Necessary?

Water baptism is not necessary for SALVATION. But it is necessary for OBEDIENCE!

Acts 2:38 & 22:16, NLT

Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ…What are you waiting for? Get up and be baptized.

Why History Will Stay “On Course”

The story line will keep moving toward God’s goal line because Jesus has everything covered from A to Z!

Revelation 22:12-13, NIV

“Look, I am coming soon!...I am the Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”

Grace After We're "Home"

Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail And mortal life shall cease, I shall possess within the veil A life of joy and peace. Stanza 5

Is Baptism Necessary?

Water baptism is not necessary for SALVATION. But it is necessary for OBEDIENCE!

Acts 2:38 & 22:16, NLT

Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ…What are you waiting for? Get up and be baptized.

Worthy To Receive Worship!

The worshipers in heaven couldn’t help but sing the Lamb’s praises!

Revelation 5:8-9, NIV

And when he had taken [the scroll], the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb…And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.”

Grace After We're "Home"

Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail And mortal life shall cease, I shall possess within the veil A life of joy and peace. Stanza 5

Is Baptism Necessary?

Water baptism is not necessary for SALVATION. But it is necessary for OBEDIENCE!

Acts 2:38 & 22:16, NLT

Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ…What are you waiting for? Get up and be baptized.

Universal Worship

There is a crescendo of praise to the Lamb because the choir of worshipers keeps expanding!

Revelation 5:11-13, NIV

Then I looked and heard the voices of many angels…They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain…” Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!”

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Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail And mortal life shall cease, I shall possess within the veil A life of joy and peace. Stanza 5

Is Baptism Necessary?

Water baptism is not necessary for SALVATION. But it is necessary for OBEDIENCE!

Acts 2:38 & 22:16, NLT

Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ…What are you waiting for? Get up and be baptized.

“Major League” Worship

We “creatures here below” look forward to the day when we will worship like the “heavenly host above”!

• 1. We will worship God face to face!

Grace After We're "Home"

Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail And mortal life shall cease, I shall possess within the veil A life of joy and peace. Stanza 5

Is Baptism Necessary?

Water baptism is not necessary for SALVATION. But it is necessary for OBEDIENCE!

Acts 2:38 & 22:16, NLT

Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ…What are you waiting for? Get up and be baptized.

“Major League” Worship

We “creatures here below” look forward to the day when we will worship like the “heavenly host above”!

• 1. We will worship God face to face!
• 2. We will worship God perfectly!

Grace After We're "Home"

Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail And mortal life shall cease, I shall possess within the veil A life of joy and peace. Stanza 5

Is Baptism Necessary?

Water baptism is not necessary for SALVATION. But it is necessary for OBEDIENCE!

Acts 2:38 & 22:16, NLT

Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ…What are you waiting for? Get up and be baptized.

“Major League” Worship

We “creatures here below” look forward to the day when we will worship like the “heavenly host above”!

• 1. We will worship God face to face!
• 2. We will worship God perfectly!
• 3. We will worship God on a grand scale!