THREE BAPTISMS

THE YIELDED LIFE IS THE JOY FILLED LIFE

PHILIPPIANS 3:8

THE ONE DECISION

• THAT CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING IS YIELDING to GOD!-YIELDING TO GOD WILL LEAD YOU TO VICTORY, JOY AND PEACE•NO MATTER WHAT OR WHEN

PAUL’S LIFE TEACHES US THE KEY TO TRUE JOY

• GAL 2:20----I AM CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST, IT IS NO LONGER I WHO LIVES BUT CHRIST WHO LIVES IN ME; AND THE LIFE I NOW LIVE IN THE FLESH I LIVE BY THE FAITH OF THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME , AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME

• PHIL 2:11---EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW AND EVERY TONGUE CONFESS THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD

IN OTHER WORDS: THE YIELDED AND APPREHENDED LIFE

THREE BAPTISMS-THREE YIELDINGS

• BAPTISM IN WATER AFTER SALVATION

• BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT WITH EVIDENCE OF SPEAKING IN TONGUES

• BAPTISM OF LOVE WITH ACTIONS OF LOVE TO GOD AND OTHERS

BAPTISM

• FROM THE GREEK WORD=BAPTIZO (JN 1:25)

• TO BE SATURATED, YIELDED, SURRENEDER TO, FULLY APPREHENDED

• EXAMPLE OF A WHITE CLOTH AND RED DYE

• WILLFUL SURRENDER

YIELDING #1

DYNAMICS

• A YIELDING OF SELF TO JESUS THROUGH BELIEVING, CONFESSING, REPENTING, RECEIVING

• BY FAITH WE RECEIVE HIS GRACE—EPH 2:8

• STRUGGLE: ACCEPTING HIM AS BOTH SAVIOR AND LORD---MANY WANT TO STILL BE LORD

• REWARD: YOU BECOME BORN AGAIN-2 COR 5:17-21

OUTWARD EVIDENCE

ABOUT WATER BAPTISM• IT IS A COMMAND OF GOD AFTER SALVATION-MARK 16:16

AND MATTHEW 28:18-20• IT IS AN IDENTIFICATION WITH JESUS’S DEATH, BURIAL

AND RESURRECTION-ROM 6:3– WE BAPTIZE BY EMERSION-MATT 3:16 (JESUS CAME UP OUT OF

THE WATER)• IT IS AN OUTWARD EVIDENCE OF AN INNER WORK (AN

OUTWARD COVENANT SIGN)• WE BAPTIZE IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, SON AND HOLY

SPIRIT (MTT 28:19) AND ADD “IN JESUS’ NAME AT THE END (ACTS 2:38)

BENEFITS OF WATER BAPTISM

• IT IS A COMMAND OF GOD AND MUST BE OBEYED

• IT IS AN EVIDENCE AND PUBLIC TESTIMONY THAT YOU HAVE YIELDED TO JESUS

• THERE IS A GREATER AWARENESS OF THE LORD’S PRESENCE AFTER WATER BAPTISM (MATT 28:20---AND LO I WILL BE WITH YOU ALWAYS…)

• IT BRINGS YOU GREAT JOY

2ND YIELDING

• BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT—ACTS 2:4– YIELDING TO THE HOLY SPIRIT (BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT),

TO BE SATURATED• TO BE EMPOWERED WITH HOLY GHOST POWER, GIFTS

AND FRUIT• ANOTHER DYING TO YOURSELF (ACTS 1:8)• UNTIL THE END OF THE AGE (ACTS 2:17)—”LAST

DAYS” • PROBLEM: SATAN OPPOSES AND TRIES TO STOP YOU

AND KEEP YOU SELF-LED VS SPIRIT-LED

OUTWARD EVIDENCE

BENEFITS

• THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL BRING THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT THROUGH A YIELD SPIRIT-FILLED BELIEVER TO MEET THE NEED OF THE BODY– 9 GIFTS (1 COR 12)

• THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL MATURE THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT THROUGH A SPIRIT YIELDED BELIEVER

• -9 FRUIT (GAL 5)

3RD YIELDING

• BAPTISM OF LOVE—SATURATED WITH GOD’S LOVE)

• A YIELDING TO GOD (GOD IS LOVE—1 JN 4:8)

• A DYING OF SELF TO LOVE GOD AND OTHERS (JOHN 3:16)

• PROBLEM: IT IS HARD TO LOVE SOME PEOPLE

OUTWARD EVIDENCE

• THE LOVE OF GOD WILL BE SEEN IN YOUR ACTIONS AND WORDS

• PEOPLE WILL BE DRAWN TO GOD’S GOODNESS AND THE GOODNESS OF GOD WILL LEAD THEM TO REPENTANCE

• YOU WILL HAVE GREAT JOY BECAUSE YOU BRING GREAT JOY

• YOU WILL FULFILL MATT 22:37-40

THREE QUESTIONS

• HAVE YOU YIELDED TO JESUS AS YOUR SAVIOR AND LORD?– HAVE YOU BEEN WATER BAPTIZED?

• HAVE YOU YIELDED TO THE HOLY SPIRIT?– HAVE YOU RECEIVED THE INITIAL EVIDENCE OF SPEAKING

IN OTHER TONGUES?– ARE YOU YIELDED SO THE GIFTS CAN FLOW THROUGH YOU?

• HAVE YOU YIELDED TO GOD SO HIS LOVE CAN FLOW THROUGH YOU?– ARE YOU LOVING GOD AND OTHERS FULLY?