8/23/2016 God’s Books In Heaven Grace After We're "Home" Jesus: Water Baptism Is Important! Stanza 5 He started his public ministry by SHOWING us! • The Book of DAYS Psalm 139:16 He ended his public ministry by TELLING us! Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail • The Book of TEARS Psalm 56:8 And mortal life shall cease, • The Book of DEEDS Revelation 20:12 I shall possess within the veil • The Book of LIFE Revelation 20:12, 21:27 We shouldn’t minimize what Jesus emphasized! A life of joy and peace. • The Book of FINAL HISTORY Revelation 5 Where Is History Going? Grace After We're "Home" Showing Us Stanza 5 Jesus started his public ministry by being baptized! World history is NOT “in chaos”! (going nowhere in particular) Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail And mortal life shall cease, Matthew 3:13-15, NLT Then Jesus went from Galilee to the Jordan River to be baptized by I shall possess within the veil John. But John tried to talk him out of it. “I am the one who needs A life of joy and peace. 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. 1
8/23/2016 Where Is History Going? Showing Us Grace After We're "Home" Stanza 5 Jesus started his public ministry by being baptized! World history is NOT “in chaos”! (going nowhere in particular) Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail And mortal life shall cease, Matthew 3:13-15, NLT Then Jesus went from Galilee to the Jordan River to be baptized by I shall possess within the veil World history IS “on course”! John. But John tried to talk him out of it. “I am the one who needs A life of joy and peace. to be baptized by you,” he said, “so why are you coming to me?” (going somewhere in particular) But Jesus said, “It should be done, for we must carry out all that God requires.” So John agreed to baptize him. God’s Story Line With A Goal Line! Baptism: How Much Water Is Needed? History = HIS Story! Grace After We're "Home" Stanza 5 The NT word baptizo literally means God is still on his throne—and to bury, dunk, plunge, submerge, he has written “the book” on how or immerse something completely under! this present world will come to an end! Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail And mortal life shall cease, So, by definition, it takes I shall possess within the veil Revelation 4:2 & 5:1, NIV a lot of water to baptize a person! …there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting A life of joy and peace. on it…Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne John 3:23, NLT (see also Acts 8:26-39) a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals. At this time John the Baptist was baptizing at Aenon, near Salim, because there was plenty of water there… Who Will Open This Book? “Plenty of Water” Grace After We're "Home" Stanza 5 Baptism pictures the spiritual BATH At first, no one emerged as “worthy” we received through our faith in Jesus. to move God’s story line to the goal line! Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail Acts 22:16, NLT And mortal life shall cease, Revelation 5:2-4, NIV Get up and be baptized. Have your sins washed away by calling on I shall possess within the veil And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, the name of the Lord. “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?” A life of joy and peace. But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could John 13:10, NIV open the scroll or even look inside it. I wept and wept Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole because no one was found who was worthy… body is clean. And you are clean… 2
8/23/2016 Only The “Lion” Is Worthy! “Plenty of Water” Grace After We're "Home" Stanza 5 Baptism pictures the TOMB The “triumph” of the Lion is what where our old life was buried… qualifies him to open the book of final history. Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail …a tomb which empties because Revelation 5:5, NIV we’ve been raised to live a new life! And mortal life shall cease, Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the I shall possess within the veil Lion of the tribe of Judah…has triumphed. He is able to open A life of joy and peace. Colossians 2:12, NLT the scroll and its seven seals.” 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. How The “Lion” Has Triumphed Grace After We're "Home" Is Baptism Necessary? Stanza 5 Water baptism is not necessary for SALVATION. This mighty Lion triumphed by becoming a sacrificial Lamb—who was slaughtered! But it is necessary for OBEDIENCE! Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail Revelation 5:6, NIV And mortal life shall cease, Acts 2:38 & 22:16, NLT Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing I shall possess within the veil Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God and at the center of the throne… be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ…What are you waiting for? A life of joy and peace. Get up and be baptized. 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. The “Lamb” Can Open This Book! Grace After We're "Home" Is Baptism Necessary? Stanza 5 Water baptism is not necessary for SALVATION. On behalf of God the Father, Jesus will But it is necessary for OBEDIENCE! see to it that final history will be HIS STORY! Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail And mortal life shall cease, Revelation 5:6-7 & 6:1, NIV Acts 2:38 & 22:16, NLT The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the I shall possess within the veil Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God and seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. He went and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ…What are you waiting for? A life of joy and peace. took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne… Get up and be baptized. I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. 3
8/23/2016 Why History Will Stay “On Course” Grace After We're "Home" Is Baptism Necessary? Stanza 5 Water baptism is not necessary for SALVATION. The story line will keep But it is necessary for OBEDIENCE! moving toward God’s goal line because Jesus has everything covered from A to Z! Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail And mortal life shall cease, Acts 2:38 & 22:16, NLT I shall possess within the veil Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God and Revelation 22:12-13, NIV be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ…What are you waiting for? A life of joy and peace. “Look, I am coming soon!...I am the Alpha and Omega, Get up and be baptized. the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.” Worthy To Receive Worship! Grace After We're "Home" Is Baptism Necessary? Stanza 5 Water baptism is not necessary for SALVATION. The worshipers in heaven couldn’t But it is necessary for OBEDIENCE! help but sing the Lamb’s praises! Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail Revelation 5:8-9, NIV And mortal life shall cease, Acts 2:38 & 22:16, NLT And when he had taken [the scroll], the four living creatures I shall possess within the veil Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God and and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb…And they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ…What are you waiting for? A life of joy and peace. sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll and Get up and be baptized. 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.” Universal Worship Grace After We're "Home" Is Baptism Necessary? Stanza 5 Water baptism is not necessary for SALVATION. There is a crescendo of praise to the Lamb But it is necessary for OBEDIENCE! because the choir of worshipers keeps expanding! Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail Revelation 5:11-13, NIV And mortal life shall cease, Acts 2:38 & 22:16, NLT Then I looked and heard the voices of many angels…They I shall possess within the veil Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God and encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ…What are you waiting for? In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb who A life of joy and peace. Get up and be baptized. 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!” 4
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