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- We think baptisms are a big deal. After all, we are a Baptist church. And we don't believe that baptism brings about one salvation.
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- We believe that the water signifies on the outside what has happened on the inside.
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- And it points us to Christ and his life, death, burial and resurrection and what has happened in the regenerate heart.
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- So one of the things that we want to do in our baptism is we want to have our baptismal candidates read their testimony.
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- And so Ella has worked hard on this. Her mom and I didn't fill in words.
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- We just asked her questions and she'd go back and work on it. And her spelling leaves some to be desired.
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- But I love the theology and I want you to hear and be encouraged by what
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- God has done in her life. I was reading a book about John Bunyan's daughter and how she was saved.
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- It made me realize that I was a wretched sinner and had disobeyed Christ in sin and needed to be saved.
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- So I asked God to save me and repented of my sins. And out of his mercy and grace, he did.
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- He took my sins on the cross and saved me from his wrath and rose again.
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- And now I am a Christian and want to honor and obey him. I want to read the
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- Bible and pay attention in church so I can learn more about him like he commands. And I will wait till he comes back and takes all his children with him.
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- Based on this testimony, the grace of God in your life, in our obedience to our
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- Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, I now baptize you as my sister in the name of the
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- Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Glory.
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- Oh, how great a mystery by his grace alone.
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- I'm saying, Hallelujah, glory be to Christ for his sacrifice.
