Baptize Me in Jesus Name

[0:00] John chapter 3, verse 5. Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except the man be born of the water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

[0:13] So this is Jesus describing the new birth experience. Okay. We need to be born again. And we have to be born again of the water and of the Spirit. Okay. And then in Mark 16, verse 15 and 16.

[0:27] And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, but he that believeth not shall be damned.

[0:44] And so this is Mark's recording of Jesus speaking, his last words to his apostles and disciples before he ascended into heaven. And it's called the Great Commission.

[0:55] And we typically read it in Matthew, which we're going to do here in a minute. But also Mark recorded it. Luke recorded it. And this was Mark's recording. And Jesus said, You cannot be saved without baptism.

[1:06] That's what he said. And you better believe it or you're going to be damned. That's basically what he's saying. You've got to believe and you've got to be baptized. Otherwise, you're not going to make it. Very clear. Matthew 28 and 19.

[1:18] Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.

[1:29] This is Matthew's account of the Great Commission by Jesus right before he ascended to heaven. Just like we read Mark's account. This is Matthew's account. And he said, You have to be baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.

[1:44] And so I want to preach to you today. Baptize me in Jesus' name. Amen. Let's pray. Lord Jesus, we need your presence in this place. God, we need your anointed word to flow freely into our hearts and minds today.

[1:58] God, I pray that every soul that's in here is prepared to receive your word. Lord, that you could minister to us today. That you can answer questions today. God, about salvation, Lord, that you can lead us to the perfect salvation plan that you have for us.

[2:13] God, that you would answer our questions in our hearts and minds, Jesus, through your word. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. You may be seated in the presence of the Lord. So following the word of God, it's important.

[2:28] Okay? We need to know what's in this book. And we need to follow what's in this book. It's important. And in 1 Samuel 15, verse 22, it says, God said through Samuel, God said through Samuel in 1 Samuel 15 and 22, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord?

[2:54] Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice. Okay? So he's asking the question. So he's asking the question. Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord?

[3:05] So he's asking the question. Does God enjoy offerings and sacrifice better or obedience better? And he said, behold, to obey is better than sacrifice.

[3:17] Obedience to the word of God. That means understanding what's in this book and following it and doing it and adhering to it. Obedience to the word of God. That's what gives God great delight.

[3:28] God gets more joy out of you being obedient to what is inside this Bible than any other sacrifice you can make for him. And it doesn't say we exclude sacrificing.

[3:39] Amen. He's the greatest teacher about sacrifice. He sacrificed it all. Okay? It's not, you're not exempting you from sacrifice, but he's saying greater than sacrifice is being obedient to my word.

[3:50] Amen. So you think about buying a gift for someone. Okay? And I don't know. There's a few different ways people buy gifts for people, I've realized, in the course of my life.

[4:03] And some people are in line the day somewhere getting something for themselves the night before a birthday party. And they're like, oh, man, I got to take a gift to that birthday party.

[4:14] And they look around the checkout stand and they find one of those things that's an impulse buy. And they buy that and then that becomes the gift for that person the next day for their birthday or Christmas or whatever it is.

[4:26] Another way people buy gifts, and I've seen this many times. I would never do such a thing. But I've seen, I'll use my cousin as an example, my cousin Rick.

[4:38] Okay? He'll probably never listen to this anyway, so I can get away with it. But, and I've seen this many times. I've seen my dad do this for his wife, and I've seen Rick do this for his wife.

[4:48] And I don't think Gina has maybe gone shooting once or twice. I don't think she's big in, my Aunt Gina, big into camping and hunting and all that.

[4:59] But guess what Gina gets for Christmas and her birthdays and her anniversaries? Guns and ammo. Now, come on. Who do you think that gift's really for? He can justify and rationalize in his mind all he wants who that gift's for, but we all know who it's for.

[5:14] It's for him. And I've seen my dad do that. I would never do that. That box of seized candy, even though I ate 90% of it, was for her. She just didn't eat it fast enough.

[5:24] And so that's not my fault. That's not my problem. But, so that's two different ways we can give gifts. We can impulse last minute, not a lot of thought into it, or really there's a hidden agenda behind why I'm giving this gift.

[5:40] But then there's those that give gifts that they think about the person. They think about what they like. They think about what they enjoy. And then they even put, like, their own little pizzazz on it, you know, and make it nice and thoughtful and cute and take it and give it to them.

[5:56] And it's a very thoughtful gift, and it's something that they would enjoy and use and like and appreciate. So there's a few different ways and types that we give gifts, right? Would you all agree with that?

[6:08] Amen. And so which do you think of those gift-giving types, if you're the one receiving the gift, or which do you think that they're going to appreciate the gift the most?

[6:19] It's an obvious answer, I think, right? And so God isn't pleased with us just going through life and not thinking about what he likes for us or just giving God what we would like to give him.

[6:31] You know, I'm willing to give him this, but I'm not willing to give him that. That's not what God's after. It's not what God's looking for. God spells it out in his word to us, the absolute things that he wants and what brings God the greatest joy, as the Bible says in Samuel.

[6:48] And that's you adhering to and being obedient to his word. That's the gift that God wants, and that's the gift that we should give God. God's word is God's laws and statutes for our lives.

[7:01] And when we are not obedient to his word, when we take his word as a suggestion instead of a commandment, instead of an absolute requirement, and we take it as a suggestion, God will not be pleased with us.

[7:14] And on top of that, it doesn't benefit us in life to ignore the word of God. It just doesn't. There's no pay in that. Amen. There's just, you're not going to benefit anything good out of just ignoring what's in this book.

[7:28] And so when we break the laws of our government, let's say a city law or a state law or a federal law, when we violate the law, sometimes you feel like you're getting away with it. I mean, okay, fine.

[7:41] I probably speed every day. I shouldn't say this because my wife works for the sheriff's department. She's a mandatory reporter. I probably speed every day.

[7:53] And there's probably other things I do that I shouldn't do. We're not going to go there right now. But when we violate the law, sometimes you feel like you're getting away with it, like you've got one over on it.

[8:05] But eventually, it's going to catch up with you, okay? Eventually, the long arm of the law is going to get a good grip on you at some point. Or if not, and you continue to be evasive, you know, to that, at some point, the consequences that those laws are in place to protect you from is going to catch up with you, okay?

[8:24] Everyone that has ever ridden in the vehicle with me driving for any extended period of time is probably already thinking about how many times my phone is in my hand when I'm driving.

[8:38] And it is something that I really need to overcome. And Deanna kept me in check last night all the way to Fresno, or Kerman and back, and I did pretty good.

[8:49] There was an accidental missed call to a man's wife from my phone, but hopefully that all got cleared up. I made her clear it up because it was her fault.

[9:02] I'm like, see, this is why I just, Siri doesn't help, okay? Siri's kind of silly sometimes and just does random things. And so I'm probably going to end up wrecking because of that other than me just actually just texting what I need to text.

[9:14] Anyways, but I really do need to overcome that temptation because it's not just to avoid a ticket. That could be a consequence, you know, to get a ticket. But the consequences that really could result in that action is that I hurt myself or somebody else, or even somebody dies as a result of it.

[9:33] And so those are real consequences in play in violating that law. You know, and I feel like I might be getting away with it, but someday it could catch up with me. And that would lead to a lot of unhappiness.

[9:46] And if that happened, if somebody got hurt or lost their lives because of a consequence of me using my phone while driving. And so when we break our government's laws, it leads to consequences.

[9:58] It ultimately leads to unhappiness. And the same is true when we break the laws that God has given us in his word. There are severe consequences and unhappiness in our lives when we ignore the things that God shows us in his word.

[10:12] The things that God demands of us in his word. When we ignore, if we don't know what they are, that doesn't, if you don't know what the law is and you break the law, is that going to get you off? No, you're still going to have the consequences, right?

[10:23] Same with the laws of God. Just because you didn't take time in your life to pick up this book and investigate, what is it that God wants from me? You know, how am I to serve God?

[10:35] What does, how does God want me to live my life? And just because you haven't taken the time to do that, it's not going to get you off. It's not going to get you off. And everything's going to dissolve at the end.

[10:47] But God said his word's going to last forever. And so following the word of God is important. The Bible clearly teaches that we must be baptized to be saved. If that is the case, then I want to be baptized.

[11:01] I want to be baptized. So please tell me how to be baptized. If, like I read earlier, it says that we need to believe and be baptized, otherwise we're going to be damned. I want to be baptized, and so please tell me how to be baptized.

[11:14] I need to know how to get baptized in the way that the Bible says. And so in Romans 6 and 4, the word of God says that we are buried with Jesus by baptism into death.

[11:25] That like Jesus was raised from the dead, we too should walk in newness of life. So baptism is a burial with Christ. When we go down into the water, and when we come back up, we're experiencing, we're being buried with Christ, and we're being raised with Christ.

[11:41] That's what it's about. In Colossians 2 and 22, it says that we are buried with Jesus in baptism. The word here in the Greek, baptize comes from the Greek word baptizo, meaning to immerse or to submerge.

[11:54] The submersion in water represents being buried, put into a grave, and then coming out of the water represents the resurrection, coming out of the grave. Everything that God demonstrated by putting on flesh, and coming and being crucified, and dying on a cross, and being placed in a tomb, and coming out on the third day.

[12:13] That's what it all represents, being buried with Christ in that action that he did, and being resurrected with Christ in that action. And so because it represents that, it's important.

[12:23] We do not sprinkle with water. We do not pour water over your head. That's not baptizo. That's not being fully submerged. That's not burying into a grave. And so when we understand what it's representing, it makes it clear and easy to understand how it should be done.

[12:39] And so we take you to a large amount of water, and we fully submerge you under the water, and bring you back up out of the water. We bury you and raise you. That's what we're doing. And so you're buried with Jesus by baptism unto death, and like Jesus was raised from the dead, we too will walk in newness of life because of it.

[12:57] Amen. And so the mode in which we baptize is the biblical mode of baptism, and that is always fully submerged in water through obedience to his word.

[13:08] We understand with the understanding that it represents a burial and a resurrection when you go down and come back up out of the water. So it's a death, burial, resurrection, newness of life.

[13:20] And so following the word of God is important. It's of the utmost importance to follow the word of God. If you have not been baptized by full submersion in water, you need to get baptized the biblical way.

[13:33] The biblical way says. And to be fully submerged. It's a burial. Jesus said, He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved. If you want to be saved, you have to be baptized.

[13:44] So let's take it serious and let's get this right. It's a serious thing that we're talking about. When we're getting baptized in the name of Jesus. Amen. All right. So we call that the mode of baptism.

[13:58] How is it done? How is it performed? And now I want to talk about what we call the formula. We know we have to be baptized. We have to be fully submerged. And so the next question is, we have to answer, is that what do we say when we announce?

[14:13] What do we announce at baptism? What's said? What's the formula? And to find out, we need to look into the word of God. And so to get this right, I want to be obedient to the word of God.

[14:24] This has to do with my salvation. So I want to be obedient to it. So let's look into the word of God for this. Because it's important to get right. Okay. So let's look at his final words. To his apostles and disciples.

[14:35] We read it earlier. It says, Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Okay. So here it's very clear that when we are baptized, it has to be done in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

[14:55] Jesus didn't stutter when he told his apostles and disciples that. He didn't stutter. Okay. It's very clear. Very clear. We are to be baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

[15:08] Okay. So what is the name we need to use? Because in this commandment, Jesus didn't give us the name here. So we need to figure that name out. Right? So because a lot of people actually just repeat this verbatim, and they don't use a name, because the name's not mentioned by Jesus in that scripture.

[15:29] They just repeat exactly what Jesus said instead of doing what Jesus said. He said to baptize in the name. So to use a name. Right? And so there's no name there, so we have to discover what is this name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.

[15:43] And so people get this wrong, because they just repeat instead of doing what Jesus says. Okay? And I bet that annoys Jesus, if you think about it. It annoyed me as a parent hearing it, when Taylor would just repeat everything Trevon said just to annoy him.

[16:03] What are you doing? What are you doing? Mom. Mom. She's doing it again. She's doing it again. It's annoying.

[16:15] I'm sure you probably experienced that as a child as well. It's annoying to just repeat, repeat, and repeat something that somebody said.

[16:25] It's not what Jesus was asking us to do. He said to baptize in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Okay? He's telling you what to do, not what to say.

[16:36] So let me tell you, there isn't a single place in this Bible, in the Word of God, where somebody was baptized with the statement, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.

[16:50] Not even close, not even once. Nowhere in the Bible. Okay? So let's look at a few more scriptures to get this settled. So what was the first thing that the apostles said after Jesus told them to go, ye therefore and teach all nations, baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost?

[17:04] What was the first mention by the apostle about baptism? It was about ten days later. It's found in Acts chapter 2. Peter preached to the crowds that witnessed the apostles.

[17:16] The Holy Ghost fell upon the apostles and disciples, and they got filled with the Holy Ghost, and it spilled out onto the streets, and they're witnessing this. They're asking, what in the world's going on? They thought they were drunk. And Peter told them in Acts 2.36 that you guys just, you guys had crucified the Savior, the Messiah.

[17:32] You guys crucified the Messiah. And this crowd's now asking, in verse 37, now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, men, brethren, what shall we do?

[17:43] And then Peter said unto them, repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you and to your children and to all that are far off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

[17:59] And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, save yourselves from this untoward generation. And verse 41, then they that gladly received his word were baptized. And the Bible says, in the same day there were added unto them 3,000 souls.

[18:15] 3,000 souls. Peter gave us the name of Jesus. That's what Peter gave us. Peter said, be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins.

[18:26] See, when Jesus said to preach the gospel and baptize everyone in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost, that was the commandment to go and do that. But it wasn't the formula.

[18:37] Okay? One, it doesn't have a name. It says to baptize in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost. There is no name mentioned there. And then also, it doesn't say what it does, what the baptism does.

[18:49] But Peter revealed it. He had the keys to the kingdom. If you read earlier in the Gospels, Jesus gave Peter the keys to the kingdom. And here, Peter's unlocking that door for the Jews. And he says, repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins.

[19:07] Okay? And so that's the formula. And he said the promise is for everyone. The Bible has also said that Peter preached, save yourselves from this wicked generation. That's how we're going to save ourselves from this wicked generation is that we're going to adhere to the word of God and we're going to look for that salvation experience and we're going to find what it is to be in the name of, in the word.

[19:30] And we're going to find that it's to be baptized in the name of Jesus for the remission of our sins. Okay? So Peter did not just repeat what Jesus said. He did what Jesus said. Jesus said to teach all nations, baptize them in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost.

[19:42] And when Peter taught the people and the people wanted to be baptized, Peter did not quote Jesus. He obeyed Jesus when he told them to be baptized in the name of Jesus.

[19:52] Okay? And on the day of Pentecost, 3,000 people were baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of their sins, cleansing of their sins. And so for God's word to have validity, for God's word to have validity, if we can't make Matthew 28, 19 and Acts 2, 38 match up and we're just going to walk away and say, well, there's some sort of discrepancy.

[20:14] So who are we going to listen to? We want to listen to Jesus or we want to listen to Peter because I guess Peter didn't know what he was talking about, you know, and you want to leave it that there's a discrepancy in this word of God, then just throw this book out and just forget the whole thing.

[20:28] Okay? But there's, this word of God is infallible. There's not one discrepancy in this book. And so Matthew 28, 19 and Acts 2, 38 has to be able to reconcile together.

[20:39] Okay? To be true. That means that the name of the Father must be Jesus. But is that scriptural? Is it scriptural? So let's find out. To be true, it means the Father must be Jesus.

[20:53] Okay? And so let's look. Isaiah 9 and 6. For unto, this is the prophecy that Isaiah is prophesying long before Jesus was born. Okay? Long before God robed himself in flesh.

[21:05] Long before that, Isaiah is prophesying that very thing. And he said, Isaiah 9 and 6, for unto us a child is born. Unto us a son is given.

[21:16] And the government shall be upon his shoulder. And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.

[21:29] So he's more than a son. He's the Mighty God and the Everlasting Father. And in John 10 and 25, Jesus answered them, I told you, and you believe not, the works that I do, I do in my Father's name.

[21:43] They bear witness of me. Everything he did was in the name of his Father. Okay? And verse 14 and 9, Jesus said unto him, Have I been, this is Philip saying, just show us the Father.

[21:57] Jesus, show us the Father, and it suffices thus. Just show us the Father. And what was Jesus' response to Philip asking him to show them the Father? Jesus said unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip?

[22:13] He that has seen me has seen the Father. And how sayest thou then, show us the Father? The Bible says that God created all things. Right? I read it to you earlier when we praised God.

[22:26] In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. Right? God created all things. Isaiah 44 and 24 says, Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb.

[22:40] I am the Lord that maketh all things, that stretches forth the heavens alone, that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself. By myself.

[22:52] That means it's just him. He's by himself. He's the Redeemer. He's the one that stretched forth the heavens and formed the earth, formed you in your mother's womb by himself.

[23:05] Isaiah 44 and 24. Deuteronomy 6 and 4. Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord. Colossians 1, 15 through 17. Jesus, who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature, for by him were all things created.

[23:23] Who are we talking about? We're talking about Jesus. For him by all things are created that are in heaven and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether it be thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created by him and for him.

[23:36] And he is before all things and by him all things consist. The man Christ Jesus is the image of the invisible God. When you look at Jesus, you are looking at an invisible spirit robed in flesh.

[23:51] Okay? And that's who Jesus was. He was the Father. The man Christ Jesus is the invisible, the image of the invisible God, the God who created everything.

[24:02] And the Bible says that by Jesus, all things were created that are in heaven and in earth. Okay? In Genesis 1 and 1, God created the heavens and the earth. It's very simple, guys.

[24:13] The title Father is given because he was the Father of all creation. He created all things. That's why he gets the title Father. Okay? Jesus is the revealed name of the Father of creation.

[24:25] It was revealed when he was born of flesh. Okay? That's when the name was given to him. The invisible God now has an expressed image and a revealed name by and through the man Christ Jesus.

[24:38] Jesus is Lord. Jesus is God. The name of the Father is Jesus. And the name of the Son is Jesus. And that's an obvious one, right? I mean, it's much easier to understand that Jesus is the name of the Son when it talks about the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.

[24:56] Okay? But let's read it from the Word of God because I wanted to get it right. Matthew 1, 18 through 23. Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise when as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

[25:15] So, who is the child from? Because if we're Trinitarian, if we're not Trinitarian, but if we were Trinitarian, we have a father, a son, and a Holy Ghost.

[25:27] Right? So, yeah. Actually, the father was the Holy Ghost in here. So, then Joseph, her husband, being a just man and not willing to make a public example, was minded to put her away privately, privily.

[25:42] But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take thee marry thy wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.

[25:55] And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.

[26:05] Now, all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, behold, a virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is God with us.

[26:21] Jesus was God with us, so the name of the Son is Jesus. The name of the Father is Jesus. Okay? So, what's the name of the Holy Ghost?

[26:33] Okay? In order for Matthew 28, 19, Acts 2, 38 to match, it has to be Jesus as well. But let's find it in the Bible. Is that biblical? John 14 and 18.

[26:45] Jesus said, I will not leave you comfortless. I will come to you. He's getting ready to leave them. And he's saying, don't worry. I'm not going to leave you comfortless. I'm going to come to you.

[26:57] John 14 and 18. He said, I will not leave you comfortless. I will come to you. Seven verses later in John 14 and 26, he's explaining who the comforter is, which is the Holy Ghost.

[27:10] But the comforter, when he said, I will come to you, I'm not going to leave you comfortless. I will come to you. He said, but the comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, from whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

[27:29] Jesus said, I'm going away now, but I'm going to leave you, I'm not going to leave you comfortless. I will come to you and the comforter is the Holy Ghost that the Father will send in my name.

[27:41] Jesus is the one doing the comforting. The comforter is the Holy Ghost and the Holy Ghost is sent in his name, the name of Jesus. Okay? Romans 8 and 9.

[27:51] But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit. If so, be the Spirit of God dwell in you. Okay? And there's a period there. New sentence.

[28:03] Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. How is it that the Spirit of God and the Spirit of Christ is interchangeable? It's because Jesus is God.

[28:15] That's why. And there's a Spirit of God. God's a Spirit. And there's a Spirit of Christ. But they're both one and the same. It's the same one Spirit. There's only one Spirit. It's the Holy Ghost.

[28:26] Okay? The Spirit of God dwelling, the Holy Ghost that I receive, the Spirit that's dwelling inside of me, the Spirit of God, the Holy Ghost that I receive, that Holy Ghost in us is the Spirit of Christ because Jesus is the Father, Jesus is the Son, and Jesus is the Holy Ghost.

[28:47] Okay? In 2 Corinthians 3 and 17, now the Lord is that Spirit. And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. The Lord Jesus is that Spirit.

[29:00] Mario, my friend, two weeks ago you received the baptism of the Holy Ghost. And if the Apostle Paul was here right now, what do you think he would tell you?

[29:13] He would say, as he did in Colossians 2 and 6, as ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him. You have Jesus Christ inside of you.

[29:25] The Spirit of Christ is inside of you. And he's going to lead you and guide you to all truth. That's what the Bible says and he's not going to leave you comfortless. He will come unto you. He's done that. He's done that.

[29:36] Just like he's done many of, if not all of us, else in here. He's done that for you now too. Amen. And when you receive the Holy Ghost, you receive Christ Jesus the Lord.

[29:48] So walk in Jesus Christ. Let Jesus lead you and guide you the rest of your life. The name of the Father is Jesus. The name of the Son is Jesus. The name of the Holy Ghost is Jesus. Jesus said, baptize him in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.

[30:01] So baptize me in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. All over this city, state, country, world, there's churches baptizing it and they, and the formula they're using is the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, not understanding what they're saying or doing.

[30:22] And there isn't one place in Scripture where the baptizer baptized anyone in the name of the Father, the Son. you're not going to find that in this book.

[30:33] If I actually show me one place in the Bible, you're not going to be able to show me not even one. And I'm going to put an ad in the paper in this city and I'm going to offer anyone that can show me in the Bible where someone was baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost, I'm going to give them $100 cash.

[30:51] I'm going to put the ad in the paper. I'm going to have my phone number in there and then I'm going to have another section that explains what I'm preaching about but not this long and offering a Bible study.

[31:04] But if someone can show me in this Bible where somebody was baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost in that way, in that formula, I will give them $100. And guess what? I'm not going to have to pay anybody because I've searched this book and it's not in there.

[31:19] Every time someone was baptized, and there's five examples every time that someone was baptized, it was done in the name of Jesus Christ. Okay? In the name of Jesus.

[31:30] And that fulfills Matthew 28, 19 when they said, when Jesus said baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Ghost, it fulfills that when you baptize in the name of Jesus because Jesus is the Father in creation.

[31:42] He's the Son in redemption and He's the Holy Ghost that's in this church and that's leading us and guiding us into all truth. Stand with me. Amen. I'm, I don't want to continue on anymore.

[31:55] I have a couple more pages to notice, but I feel like it's time for a baptism in this place. Mario, are you ready to be baptized in the name of Jesus? All right, so this is what we're going to do. We're going to leave here.

[32:06] We're going to go right now. We're going to leave everything how it is. We're going to go to my house and we're going to put you down in the name of Jesus. And when you come up, Mario, your sins are going to be washed away.

[32:17] You're going to be cleansed from all of your sins. No condemnation anymore. You're going to come up clean before God. God's going to look at you and see a perfect vessel that's robed and his blood is going to be applied to you.

[32:30] The work he did on the cross is going to be applied to you. His death, burial, and resurrection is going to be applied to you. You're going to be born again. You're going to have a new name. It's going to be Mario Larrera Jesus.

[32:40] That's going to be your new name. Your name's going to be written in the Lamb's Book of Life. Amen. When the rapture comes, you're going to get called away. You're going to get to see Jesus face to face.

[32:51] Amen. Because you were baptized in the name of Jesus. Okay. And when you get baptized in the name of Jesus, you're not joining a church. You're not. It's not. There's spiritual implications to what you're doing.

[33:04] That nothing else can accomplish. It has to be done. It has to be done. But when you say you were baptized in the name of, when you want to be baptized in the name of Jesus, it's not that you're joining the Pentecostal church.

[33:16] Okay. You're not saying, I want to be identified with the United Pentecostal Church International. That's not what you're saying. You're saying, I want to be identified with Jesus. That's who I want to be identified with.

[33:26] Amen. And so, I want to be identified with the one who died for my sins. The one who the Bible says, neither is there salvation in any other. For there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved.

[33:40] Acts 4 and 12. So, baptize me in the name of Jesus. Amen. So, that's what we're going to do right now. Let's all leave and head to my house and we're going to have a baptism in Jesus' name.

[33:51] Amen.