Tearing Down the Walls Part 3 - The Lunchbox

if you want to join me in John chapter

John 21 · chapter mention

21 the first name for the

Christians was people of the way so I

love that song because it reminds us

what it means to be people of the way be

in uh John 21 we'll also be in Luke 22

and a couple other passages but mainly

John 21 today and the main idea of this

sermon series is that God loves to to

partner with his children to help them

Tear Down the Walls that keep them from

becoming the people that he destined

them to be so walls are basically

anything that you have to work to

overcome um and you just haven't been

able to so this could be a spiritual

wall an emotional wall a financial wall

a material wall any kind of a barrier

that keeps you from becoming the person

that you know God created you to be and

so what I've done in the series so far

is I've given you some biblical tools to

help you knock down these walls and we

started out with with a sledgehammer and

that Sledgehammer was designed uh to

help you knock down the wall of

basically Disobedience so that

Sledgehammer was daily faithful

obedience to God not once a month not

once a year but daily faithful obedience

to God will help you knock down that

wall last week we talked about the

shepherd's Crook and it's not only Larry

loved that

lesson it's not only something that God

uses to defend his people but it's also

something that God uses to redirect

his sheep and so in order to knock down

a wall you have to take on the position

of a sheep and allow God to be your Good

Shepherd and today I'm going to give you

another tool um this tool is a little

more simple this is a lunch boox in

particular this is my lunch box from

elementary school back in the 80s

returned the Jedi uh lunch boox we'll

talk a bit more about that in a minute

but I want to give you a lunch box today

that's going to help you tear down a

wall that's probably been keeping you

from being the person that God created

you to be so as we get started I want to

say a quick word of prayer and then

we'll focus on God's

word father it's important for us as we

come to a worship service to be able to

clear our hearts and our minds of

anything that would distract us from

hearing what you want us to hear Lord we

pray that if there are any distractions

in our life that you would just kind of

she away those birds to keep them from

stealing the seed before it has time to

germinate in our heart Lord I pray that

today as we focus focus on your word

that your word would penetrate our

hearts and our minds and it would reveal

to us uh the walls that exist in our

lives that keep us from doing what

you've called us to do and being what

you've called us to be and I pray that

today for those that have those walls

that they would be absolutely demolished

before they walk out the doors of this

church in Jesus name I pray

amen we're going to talk a little bit

about restoration because God doesn't

just want to tear down your wall God

actually wants to restore you um I I've

been on a big restoration kick over the

last several months it started with this

YouTuber that I was watching who took a

a Super Nintendo that had turned yellow

which happens to the old Super Nintendos

the gray on the shell uh it turns yellow

over time and I just thought that was

you know an irreversible fact of life

because I've owned a few of them and

they always have some yellow spots on

them um but this guy took one that was

completely yellowed and he put it in a

fish tank with some UV lights and some

other chemicals and like two days later

he pulled that thing out of there and it

was like perfect right back to its it's

different guys and and women that

restore things on the internet one of my

favorites was this dude found a a Zippo

lighter that had been on the bottom of

the ocean for like a long time and it

looked like a barnacle and after a few

weeks in his shop that thing would not

only light but it looked exactly like it

did when it came out of the factory it

was brand new so I'm like you know what

I I this is what I need to be doing in

my free time you know I need to be a

restoration guy uh so I told my wife my

lovely um fauxhawk wearing powerlifting

West Virginia wife uh that I felt like

maybe I should be a uh a a restoring you

know someone that could restore stuff

and she said actually you should be the

person that orders stuff off of

Amazon yeah yeah lovely woman happy

Valentine's Day uh so I did uh get a

bike out of a dump um by the way my my

son actually pulled it out of the

dumpster and and brought it to the house

and I'm like I'll show her I'm going to

restore this this bike now it's been in

my garage for like 6 months and I

haven't even looked at it um but one day

one day I'm going to restore that bike

to its original glory and guess who's

getting the first ride on it my wife all

right so moving on uh so restoration if

you look it up uh like if you ask Google

what what the word restore means it

would tell you that it means to bring

something back to its original state so

you may restore a car you may restore a

piece of furniture you may restore a

bike um so you're going to bring it back

to its original state but if you do a

Biblical study of the word restore in

scripture you will find that it doesn't

mean that it actually means something

else it means something more akin to

dropping a small block V8 into a Honda

Civic um it means making it better than

it was before so when you read the word

restore in scripture don't think about

going back to the original state I want

you to think about something getting

better that when you see the word

restore in Scripture it is when you

receive more than you lost it means that

the final state is going to be greater

than the original amen this is a great

word in scripture the word restore in

job

Job 42:10

42:10 job was a man that lost everything

through no fault of his

own and it says after job had prayed for

his friends because his friends told him

to curse God and die because his life

was so miserable so he prays for these

friends um and after he's done praying

for for them it says the Lord

what what's the word the Lord restored

his fortunes and get this doubled his

previous possessions every time you see

the word restore in Scripture it always

connects to making something better than

it was originally better than its

original state it comes from the word

restoration restoration which is two

words rest which means to refresh and

oration which means formal speech so the

question might be well how do I get

restored how do I get made better than

my original state and the answer would

be to listen to the words of Jesus

because Jesus would orate the words of

God and formal speech and the people

that heard the word of God and responded

to the word of God would recover their

strength and be refreshed or renewed so

when Jesus spoke to the blind man guess

what the blind man was able to do when

he spoke to the crippled man guess what

the crippled man was able to do when he

spoke to the hungry people guess what

the hungry people received that's right

not

tacos fish

sandwiches Jesus is the word of God made

flesh and when he speaks lives are

restored that's why the Bible says lean

not on your own understanding but in all

of your ways acknowledge Him and He will

direct your paths God is always in the

restoration business with your children

with your marriage with your career with

your spiritual life with your church he

is always in the restoration business

friends he doesn't just knock down walls

he makes your life better than it was

before so that your final state is

greater than the original and this is

where you say prove it okay good that's

what we're going to do Luke chap 22 in

Luke chap 22 uh there's a situation

where the Apostle Peter uh familiar

passage of scripture if you were raised

in church but the Apostle Peter uh was

told by Jesus that Jesus was going to

have to die on the cross that he was

going to raise up on the third day and

that everything would be made right but

Peter didn't want Jesus to die and he

told him that Jesus like look get behind

me Satan and then he continues with his

oration and then Peter again goes to

Jesus and says look I just want I want

you to know when all this goes down I

got you Jesus all these other guys like

disciples are right there in the room

you know and he's like all these other

guys they're going to fail you they

they're going to deny even knowing you

when you go I guarantee they're all

going to fade away but you know who's

going to be there J Jesus you're Rock

you're Peter I'm not going anywhere so

Jesus says yeah well um about that

you're going to deny me three times

before the morning then we see in Luke

Luke 22 · chapter mention

chapter 22 after Jesus was arrested in

the garden and led away uh to a trial

which was a mock trial where he was

found guilty of things he never did it

says They seized him verse 54 They

seized him they led him away and they

brought him into the high priest's house

meanwhile Peter was following at a

distance they lit a fire in the middle

of the courtyard and sat down together

and Peter sat among them when a servant

saw him sitting in the light and looked

closely at it at him she said this this

man was with him too but Peter denied it

he says woman I don't even know him a

little while later someone else saw him

and said hey what you're one of them too

and he says man I am not about an hour

later

after another kept insisting the man was

certainly with him he's a galileon can't

you see Peter said man I don't know what

you were talking about and immediately

while he was still speaking a rooster

crowed morning

came then then the Lord turned and

looked at Peter so Peter remembered the

word of the Lord and how it had been

said to him before the rooster crows

today you will deny me three times

imagine how brutal that must have been

to to make eye contact with Jesus in the

middle of your failure after being so

braggadocious about how you would be the

only one that would stay behind with

Jesus you deny him three times as Jesus

Jesus said and on the third denial when

the rooster crows Jesus is Led out of

the house into the courtyard looks over

at Peter as Peter looks over at Jesus

they make eye contact and they're

staring at each other in the middle of

Peter's

failure and to make matters worse Peter

didn't even have a chance to make things

right because Jesus would go on to die

on the cross so here's the wall today

that I think affects quite a few of us

even if we would never admit it the wall

today is failure and it is one of the

most impenetrable walls that probably

exist in your life see we've all failed

but it's the scheme of the enemy to go

to you in your failure and tell you that

you are guilty to shame you to make you

feel less than and now sometimes that's

your fault sometimes you're the one that

takes on the identity of your greatest

failure and then sometimes it's other

people's fault because they are the

people that are reminding you of your

greatest failure it's a form of coercive

control that is used in a lot of

relationships to keep the other person

down so sometimes it's your fault and

sometimes it's someone else's fault but

it doesn't really matter whose fault it

is because the end result is the same

you can't move forward and become the

person that God created you to be

because you're running headlong into

this wall of failure it's why now in

John 21 as we go to verse one it's why

why now we see Peter going back fishing

has he met with Jesus after Jesus came

back from the dead yes twice but he's

never had an opportunity to sit down

with Jesus and try to make things right

he's never had an opportunity to confess

his sin to Jesus and so Jesus although

telling Peter that he would be the

foundation of the First Christian Church

Peter feels like a failure and so

instead of going out to establish this

church after receiving the Holy Spirit

Peter decides to go back to knows he

goes back to fishing and that's where

Jesus meets

him John

John 21:1

21:1 says after this Jesus revealed

himself again to the disciples by the

Sea of tiberias he revealed himself in

this way to Simon Peter to Thomas called

twin Nathaniel from canaa of Galilee

zebedee's sons and two other disciples

were together Peter says I'm going

fishing and they're like we're coming

with you and they told him that's what

they told him then they went out and

they got into a boat but that night they

caught

nothing expert fisherman with empty Nets

Kevin on a boat with no fish that makes

perfect sense that's my life Ronnie saw

you're on a boat with no fish that's

weird there's something to be learned

there expert fisherman with empty Nets

that might be a lesson someone needs to

learn today because you're an expert for

sure but your way is not working that

wall of failure is it's not going

anywhere so maybe you're one of those

people that's like well if I can make

enough money if I can rise to the top of

my my profession if I can gravel in

self-pity if I can have the highest

batting average then they'll forget

about my failure and they'll finally

love me God will finally accept me if I

just do good in life friends that's a

wall of failure that's not going

anywhere that way is not

working so verse four when Daybreak came

Jesus stood on the shore but the

disciples did not know it was Jesus and

he says friends you don't have any fish

do you and they said no Jesus asks a

question that he already knows the

answer to so you say why would he do

that he has infinite knowledge why would

he ask them something he already knows

the reason is because he needed to put

them on the map so when you go hiking

they have trail maps and on the trail

maps there's always something that says

you are here because that map does you

no good if you don't know where you are

so Jesus question is a way of putting

them in a position where they have to

face where they are they know where

they're on the map so now they can

figure out where they need to go it's

the same thing that happened in Genesis

Adam and Eve they they sinned and they

hid from God and God says Where Are You

Adam of course they God knew where Adam

was he's asking him a question that he

already knows the answer to because he

wants to put Adam in evil on the map so

so Adam hiding shouts out to God and

says I'm here and God's like well why

are you hiding and he knows it's because

of his failure but he's not going to

admit it so he looks over at Eve and he

says Hey God remember that lovely woman

that you created for me talking about

bad Valentine's there David this is one

of them you remember that lovely lady

that you you created that I'm married to

um she's the one that led me to eat the

fruit of the tree that we weren't

allowed to eat from and so God looks

over at Eve he says Eve why are you

hiding and she's like hey God remember

that serpent that you made and that you

put in the Gard she points her finger at

God all right so like but here's the

thing that question was so therapeutic

it was so good for them because it put

them on the map they didn't admit their

failure they walked with God they knew

God they knew that God would forgive

them if they simply ask but instead of

asking for forgiveness they do what a

lot of us do when we failed and they

play the blame game oh it wasn't me it

was her oh it wasn't me it was the snake

you know they passed the buck along this

question helped them see their wall they

realized in that moment that they were

not taking responsibility for their

failures your way is not working you

have failed and you are trying all these

ways that you can think of to to make up

for that failure and God is like stop

running into the wall I have a better

plan for

you so he says to Peter basically your

way isn't working is it and Peter has to

say well no it's it's not then Jesus in

verse six he says cast your net on the

right side of the boat and you'll find

some fish so they did and they were

unable to haul it in because of the

large number of Fish Friends this is

restoration they listened to the word of

God and their final state was better

than their original state they caught a

record number of fish this was their

personal best this wasn't just any catch

this was a personal best this is the

catch of a lifetime this is the one that

you take home and you put on the wall in

the den and you don't care what anybody

else says the fish is going on the wall

because I'm never going to catch a

bigger one that's what God does when he

speaks and you listen and do what he

tells you to do the Wall comes down and

you are better off than you were before

amen so the disciples they they

responded to the word and they received

restoration friends here's the point

their exper their expertise their

expertise did not catch any fish but

their obedience did maybe that's what we

need to hear today your expertise is not

allowing you to succeed but your

obedience to God will your way isn't

working so listen to the word of God and

that wall is going to fall down that

failure is not only going to be for

given but you will be restored you'll

receive more than you lost and the

disciples are like man this seems oddly

familiar because there was this guy

named Jesus that went back to heaven we

thought um but he he used to say stuff

and when we did what he said our lives

were better and they're like oh this

this reminds of us of this experience

that we've already had with Jesus and so

it says in verse seven the disciple the

one that Jesus loved said to Peter it is

the Lord I love John John and Peter must

have had this rivalry that I I would

have loved to have watched because over

and over in this gospel he's always like

I'm faster than Peter I'm more observant

than Peter I'm more obedient than Peter

I'm the disciple that Jesus loved the

most and he likes to point all that

stuff out like he's doing here so John's

like I'm the one that figured it out and

I told Peter that it is the Lord and

when Simon Peter heard this that it was

the Lord he tied his outer clothing

around him for he had taken it off and

he plunged into the sea Peter is so

extra isn't he like dude all the guys in

the boat are getting ready to take the

boat to the shore like you could roll

with the fellas man you don't need to

jump out of the boat and try to walk on

water you don't need to jump out of the

boat and try to swim to Jesus before

they get there with the boat um but I'm

going to give him a pass here because

he's been living with his failure for so

long

no doubt I I just really believe that

when he falls asleep at night he was

thinking about that moment in the

courtyard when their eyes met and he was

just caught right there in the middle of

his failure by Jesus so the fact that he

wanted to jump out of the boat and swim

to Jesus and get there as fast as

possible in order to make it right I'm

going to give him a pass on that because

it makes perfect sense given the

situation I want to take a little side

note here and uh just kind of point out

that remember that we need to remember

that sometimes our last word might

actually be our last

word we we've done five funerals in 10

months here in this building more than

that in other locations it's a it's a

humble reminder that sometimes our our

last word is really our last word and so

our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ wants

to make sure that we get things right

before it's too late he encourages us to

go and make it right in Matthew chapter

uh

23 he says so if you are offering your

gift on the Altar and there you remember

that your brother or your sister has

something against you leave your gift

there in front of the Altar and go and

be reconciled to your brother or sister

and then bring the gift back to the the

altar so Jesus is saying this is more

important than even communion this is

more important than even your your

tithes and your offering if you have a

brother or a sister in Christ and you

have a a strained

relationship understand that this might

be the last word that you've ever that

you'll ever get a chance to say to them

so don't waste the opportunity go and

make things right to the best of your

ability so Jesus is in the uh the

restoration business and what we know

about Jesus is that his mercies are

renewed on a daily basis that means that

Jesus has prepare prepared Mercy for you

every single morning he notice this too

Jesus doesn't need to spend time with

you I don't care what the Facebook posts

say like he's not he's not out there

like man I really hope Kevin spends some

time with me today so my life will be

complete okay Jesus and God and the Holy

Spirit were fine for all of eternity

before we existed and they're fine after

all that too okay they don't need us to

talk to them they want us to talk to

them because they love us and want to

spend time with us and that is why God's

mercies are made new every single

morning God wants to wake up and have

breakfast with you so Jesus doesn't need

to spend time with Peter but he wants to

spend time with Peter so Peter is on the

or Jesus is on the shore and he's uh

preparing breakfast for

Peter and Peter's like awesome I get to

go set at the feet of Jesus and now I

get an opportunity to make things right

I get an opportunity to knock down that

wall of faith failure so in verse 8 of

John 21 since they were not far from the

land only about 100 yard away the other

disciples came in the boat dragging the

net full of fish thanks a lot for your

help Peter um verse n when they got out

on the land they saw a charcoal F fire

there with fish laying on it and bread

bring some of the fish that you've

caught Jesus told them so Simon Peter

climbed out and hauled the net ashore

full of large fish 153 of them that's

when it's your personal best you you

count right you get the measure out you

get the scale out right they know 153

they've been bragging about that

forever even though there were so many

fish the Nets were not torn so Jesus

says come and have breakfast but none of

the disciples dared ask who are you

because they knew it was the Lord and

Jesus came and he he took the bread and

he gave it to them and he did the same

with the fish this was now the third

time that Jesus appeared to the

disciples after he was raised from the

dead

this kind of reminds me of my grandma

Truman she lived in Dixie West Virginia

which is a really small town in the

middle of a Haller and my grandpa was a

Baptist Minister and so often times they

would have people at their house that

would come to really do confession you

know it's the pastor and his wife and so

they would come to the house and they'd

be like oh I messed up or whatever and I

remember my my grandma no matter if it

was like one of the cousins or the

grandkids or whatever like when we

started talking to Grandma about things

that we had done wrong grandma would

always say the same same thing does

she'd say you

hungry you

hungry and then before you could answer

she's like of course you are come and

set a spell have some uh ham and ters

right and you could be like I just ate

grandma and she's like nonsense you're

going to eat more right so she's like

forcing food down your your gullet

because that's her way of loving you so

Peter sees these nets that are full of

fish they're untorn and he knows he

knows only Jesus can do that that

blessing only comes from Jesus so he's

sitting there and I I know that

convicted his heart so he's sitting

there with Jesus eating the fish

sandwich and he's like you know he just

wants to say I messed up Jesus I failed

I've been carrying this guilt of my

failure ever since that day in the

courtyard and we just haven't had time

to Hash it out and while Peter is

mulling over how to say these words to

Jesus Jesus looks at him and says hey

Peter you

hungry I got something for you

you've been running into that wall

because you're leaving the house hungry

every day friends it's it's time to put

down the poptarts in the morning that

you eat while you're running out the

door and it's time to sit down for

breakfast with Jesus see I got this

lunch box and I'm a real one I'm an only

child so that's why it's in Immaculate

condition um and yeah so I got to prove

this too I'm not that kid that lost the

the thermos either I kept my

thermos and look look not even scratch

there's not one scratch on Wicket right

there not a scratch on them you know why

because I love my stuff and I take good

care of it unlike my children um I guess

that's not an inherited trait but look

this is a lunch box right and this is

reminding us that when we sat down with

Jesus we need to open our lunchbox and

spend some time with him stop rushing

out the door every single morning and

eat the meal that God has prepared for

you see that wall that you've been been

running into get this it has nothing to

do with your failure you think it's a

wall of failure but it's not a wall of

failure the only reason that that wall

exists is because you haven't spent

enough time with Jesus to allow him to

teach you about his forgiveness and his

restoration yes Matthew 4:4 Jesus

Matthew 4:4

answered it is written man must not live

on bread alone but every word that comes

from the mouth of God this isn't about

the lunch it's not not about the fish

sandwich this is about the word of God

the word of Jesus that knocks down walls

and restores lives Jesus says in first

1 John 1:9

John 1:9 if you confess your sin he is

faithful and just and will forgive you

of your sin and cleanse you of all

unrighteousness the wall of failure only

exists because you haven't set down with

Jesus long enough to allow him to

destroy the wall to forgive you of your

sins

and restore you to a better

condition continuing in verse 15 when

they' had breakfast Jesus asked Simon

Peter Simon son of John do you love me

more than these yes Lord he said to him

you know that I love you Jesus says feed

my Lambs second time he asked him Simon

son of John do you love me yes Lord he

said to him you know that I love you he

says shepher my sheep then in verse 17

he asked him a third time Simon son of

John do you love me but Peter was

grieved that he asked him a third time

he's connecting the dots he's got it now

he didn't need to say anything to Jesus

because Jesus knew exactly what he

needed Jesus says for a third time do

you love me and he said Lord you know

everything you know that I love you and

Jesus says feed my sheep three times

Peter denied Jesus three failures from

his past that he'd been carrying around

three reasons that Peter went back to

fish

instead of becoming the pastor of the

First Christian Church that Jesus told

him that he would be but once he took

time to sit at the feet of Jesus once he

had his breakfast with Jesus once he

heard the word of Jesus he was restored

he was forgiven three different times

three different statements encouraging

him to get out there and be the person

that Jesus destined them to be take care

of the sheep feed the sheep be a pastor

start a church teach the go gospel Jesus

came there and he's on the shore and

he's saying look Kevin have you found

what you're looking for yet and I'm like

no I haven't and Jesus like your way is

not working is it and I'm like no it's

actually it's actually not and Jesus

says well you hungry and I'm like yeah

yeah I'm hungry Jesus and Jesus says

well come and set a spell cuz I got a

word for you well talk about forgiveness

let's let's talk about blessing let's

talk about who I created you to be let's

talk about restoration let's talk about

the fact Kevin that I want to make you

better than you were before your failure

doesn't Define you it doesn't matter

what the enemy says it doesn't matter

what that person is trying to trying to

control you says it only matters What

God Says and God says that you can be

forgiven of any sin and you can be

restored that you will receive more than

you lost that your next state of being

being is going to be greater than the

original Jesus says you have value you

have dignity and you have purpose can

somebody thank God for that this morning

amen let's

pray father sometimes your word Just

Hits and it hits

hard and I thank you for that because

it's that hard hit that knocks down

those

walls sort today I know in this room and

maybe some watching online that there

might be some people that have been

defined by their failure maybe it's

their own fault that they've taken their

worst moments and saying this is all

ever be but maybe it's somebody else's

fault maybe there are people in their

life that are are are upset with them or

trying to control them and they're

they're bringing up their past over and

over to to to just make them feel guilt

and shame they're being a mouth

mouthpiece for the enemy and so Lord I

just pray for those that are under that

that that failure that identity of

failure and I pray that today that they

will clearly see see that even though

they have failed you like we all have

Lord that they don't have to be defined

by that that their their final State can

be so much better than the original if

they will simply listen to your words

today and realize that they can be

forgiven of all of their

sin even Christians need to be forgiven

of all of their their

sin Lord I pray that as we accept that

forgiveness that you will visually allow

us to literally see the wall coming down

because that that wall was never built

on our failure it was built on our

failure to spend time with you so for

all those that are trying to do it their

own way that are rushing around from one

place to the other trying to to earn the

approval of the people that they have

failed against Lord I pray that today

that they'll see there's only one

opinion in the world that matters and

it's the opinion of our creator Jesus

Christ and I pray that as they see his

opinion of them that it'll give them

that dignity and value and purpose that

they have lost Lord that they will see

that they don't have to be defined by

their failure but they can move forward

in the power of the Holy Spirit past

that wall and into a new relationship

with you where like Peter they can be

the people that you destined them to be

they can teach Sunday school they can

sing in the choir they can go to the

mission field they can be a greeter at

the church they can go into their

schools and their homes and their

businesses and share the gospel with

people even with a checkered past

because we know Lord that your

forgiveness is the greatest thing that

we have to offer people so why not show

them a tangible representation of

someone that has been forgiven and

restored Lord you're going to do great

work through this little branch of your

family tree you already have and I know

you're going to continue it so Lord As

we sing this last

song spend some time in introspection

Lord I pray that if there's any in the

room that that need a special prayer up

front with me or just need to do

business with you that they would tune

out all of the other things that are

going on right now the storm that's

outside or their lunch plans or whatever

Lord and they would focus on what you

are trying to say to them right now

focus on receiving that free gift of

Salvation and forgiveness that's

available to

them and we ask these things with

confidence because we're asking in the

name of Jesus Christ amen

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seeking you as

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you are

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my

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Jesus God

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Worthy is

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your

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Jesus of

God Worthy

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when I fall down you pick me up

I

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am

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Jesus

God Worthy

is

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your

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Jesus L of

God

Worthy

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is repeat that one more time

Jus L of

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God

Worthy is

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your

L God

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that one gave me the Goosebumps uh

baptismal candidates you are dismissed

at this time to uh change into your

baptism gear and uh everybody else you

can be seated for a moment um they're

going to redecorate the stage get the

Baptist

ready well baptism is

like

people is just a symbol of something

that has already happened in my life

right it's the same for baptism

salvation occurs the moment that you

confess Jesus your lord and savior and

ask him to be the Lord of your life That

Forgives you of your that you are saved

afterwards you are baptized which is the

public profession of your faith it's

equivalent to the you're letting the

whole world that I choose to be a person

of the way I choose to be a follower of

Jesus and so today we're very fortunate

to have three young people that have

given their lives to the Lord they' all

in office and I've asked of questions to

make sure they knew what they were doing

and every single one of them answered

all those questions correctly and their

childlike faith is enough to them enough

to lead me to think that they do

need so today we're going to celebrate

Three baptisms and if you're thinking

about being baptized all you have to do

is come and talk to me and we'll

schedule a time to discuss

that start with gray

so Grayson has there been a time in your

life where you've given your life

completely and fully to Jesus Christ as

your lord and savior yes on that

profession of faith and now baptize you

in the name of the Father the Son and

the Holy Spirit

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I don't know why you so

scared sister Alissa

has there been a time in your life where

you've given your life completely and

fully to Jesus Christ well that

profession of faith I now baptize you in

the name of the Father the Son and the

Holy

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Spirit all right next up we have Sanders

this is

Xander hey Xander has there been a time

in your life where you've given your

life completely and fully to Jesus as

your lord and savior yes all right W

that profession of fa and I'll baptize

you in the name of the Father the Son

and the Holy Spirit

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