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Lansing SDA Church

Wes Peppers

It Is Written

And however close we were to the Lord, we need to be closer.

We need to be drawing more sweetly to Him.

And God is winning souls in Lansing, and he's changing our lives while he's doing it.

And we've got folks that are just lined up for baptism for the next several months, and we want to continue that track.

And the Lord is going to not just use me, not just use you.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, he's not going to use, I'm getting distracted here.

He's not just gonna use Pastor Jonathan or Nancy or the pastoral staff.

And He is using you, but He has to keep using you more.

And that means that we all have to make ourselves more available to Him.

I've been reading this book by a gentleman named Andrew Murray, and it's called Absolute surrender.

It's 1 an incredible book and he talks about that God cannot truly bless the work until we are completely surrendered to Him.

How many of you think we need to be surrendered to the Lord Jesus?

If you have not figured that out in your life, I appeal to you today to not do another thing until you figure it out.

And the only place you're going to figure it out is down upon your knees, pleading with Him to make it clear for you, amen?

And if we would get on our knees and not move until we know that we've been in the presence of God, our lives would radically change forever, amen?

And we should be doing that every day, amen?

That's the only way we're going to experience the presence of God.

It's the only way you're going to have a transformation of your character.

It's the only way you're going to be prepared for Heaven, is to have a daily communion with Him.

This morning I'm just going to share a brief word with you.

And I've got to tell you guys, we've got, God has got great things coming up.

This fall, the Bible study reformation, you're going to hear more about this.

But God is going to equip each 1 of us to be able to give Bible studies, amen?

We have strong tower radio coming to Lansing.

You're gonna hear me standing up here very soon making appeals, we're gonna say, we got more people that wanna study the Bible that we can handle.

We got more people wanting to know the 3 angels message.

We need all of us to be giving out Bible studies and to be sharing the Word of God with others.

We want to be like the book of Acts because we want to be a church that acts.

How many of you want to be a church that acts like the book of Acts?

I'm just gonna share a brief thought with you this morning.

Father, we thank you so much for this opportunity to be gathered together here.

We are gathered here together to lift up our hearts to you, to praise you, to understand you, to worship you, to be in your presence this morning.

And we ask that you would bless us for the next few minutes as we open the bread of life.

May it speak to our hearts, may it speak to our minds, may it transform our lives this morning we ask for a special portion of your Holy Spirit in Jesus name Amen Matthew chapter 3 and for those who have been baptized those who are planning for baptism and for Sister Mary who is baptized today, this message is for you this morning, Matthew chapter 3 and the baptism of Jesus.

Go home and read it today, study it today, before or after you take your nap.

But Matthew chapter 3, God's Word speaks to us this morning.

Matthew 3 says in verse 13, Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him.

And John tried to prevent him, saying, I need to be baptized by you, and you are coming to me.

But Jesus answered and said to him, Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all what?

And when he had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting upon him.

And suddenly a voice came from heaven saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Can you imagine what heaven must have been experiencing that day?

All the angels in heaven were standing there watching.

And here was the 1 whom the angels had worshipped, now standing on the banks of the Jordan River, being baptized by his cousin, John the Baptist.

There's Jesus in human form, in human flesh.

What it must have been like for heaven to watch on and see Jesus baptized.

As an example to all who would follow Him, to be baptized in His footsteps.

And down He went under the water and back up again.

And they must have been thinking when Jesus said, let it be done so to fulfill all righteousness.

Heaven rejoiced because that righteousness would be given to you and I in this day and age.

If there's 1 thing that we need, it's the righteousness of Jesus Christ in our lives.

And the Spirit of God came down and landed upon him and suddenly a voice said, this is my beloved son and whom I'm well pleased.

You know, the Bible tells us that there's no greater decision that we can make than to make the decision to follow Jesus Christ.

How many of you believe that to be true today?

And there's no greater decision that we can make than to live our lives daily for Jesus Christ.

Because we make the decision, the initial decision once, but we need to make that decision how often, friends?

It doesn't matter if you've been in church your whole life.

Just the same drug addict on the streets needs a renewal.

So the Bible tells us in chapter 4, then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

Did you know, friends, that the Spirit of God led Jesus to be tempted?

Because it was prophesied of Him that He must overcome all temptation for our sakes.

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