Baptism, the Believers Wedding

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Part 4 Baptism, the Believers Wedding
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The Commitment of Love
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I will come again and receive you to Myself,
that where I am, there you may be alsoI am the
way, and the truth, and the life no one comes to
the Father but through Me
John 143, 6.
At Home with God
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Salvation is God's Work
work out your salvation with fear and
trembling for it is God who is at work in you,
both to will and to work for His good
pleasurePhilippians 212-13.
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Christ at Home Within You
I have been crucified with Christ and it is not
longer I who live, but Christ lives in me and
the life which I now live in the flesh I live by
faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave
Himself up for me Galatians 220.
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Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also
loved the church and gave Himself up for her, so
that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her
by the washing of water and the word, that he
might present to Himself the church in all her
gloryand the two shall become one flesh. This
mystery is great but I am speaking with
reference to Christ and the church
Ephesians 525-27, 31.
Married
to
Christ
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Therefore we have been buried with Him through
baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised
from the death through the glory of the Father,
so we too might walk in newness of life. For if
we have become united with Him in the likeness of
His death, certainly we shall also be in the
likeness of His resurrection Romans 64-5.
Baptism, the Wedding Ceremony
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After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately
from the water and behold, the heavens were
opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending
as a dove and lighting on Him Matthew 316.
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If Christ is in You, though the body is dead
because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because
of righteousness. But if the Spirit of Him who
raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who
raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give
life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who
dwells in you. So then, brethren, we are under
obligation, not to the flesh, to live according
to the fleshfor if you are living according to
the flesh, you must die but if by the Spirit you
are putting to death the deeds of the body, you
will live. For all who are being led by the
Spirit of God, these are sons of God Romans
810-14.
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Or do you not know that your
body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in
you, whom you have from God, and that you are not
your own? -1 Corinthians 619.
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Under three things the earth trembles, under
four it cannot bear upan unloved woman who is
married Proverbs 3021, 23.
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Jesus asks, Do you love me?
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Down in the River to Pray
Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves
you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but
as an appeal to God for a good conscience,
through the resurrection of Jesus Christ
1 Peter 321, ESV
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Baptism, Calling Upon the Lord
Now why do you delay? Get up and be baptized,
and wash away your sins, calling on His name
Acts 2216.