Baptism Sunday

Epic vs Nominal

Nominal:

Existing in name only, very small

Luke 6:38 (NIV)

Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”

God has designed things so that spiritual things are ignited or initiated though natural things

Baptism is something that initiates something

1 Corinthians 15:46

However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual

Matthew 18:18-19(NKJV)

“Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.

Baptism is a prophetic act that initiates supernatural kingdom victory into your life

Luke 12:50 (NKJV)

But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am till it is accomplished!

Mark 1:6-11 (NKJV)

6 Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

7 And he preached, saying, “There comes One after me who is mightier than I, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to stoop down and loose.

8 I indeed baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

9 It came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

10 And immediately, coming up from the water, He saw the heavens parting and the Spirit descending upon Him like a dove.

11 Then a voice came from heaven, “You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

1) Stepping out of obscurity into the spot light

2) You are sanctified from your past, and consecrated into your true purpose

Baptism:

Submerge, to cover up

Colossians 3:3 (NKJV)

For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

Matthew 3:16 (NKJV)

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 alighting upon Him.

1 Corinthians 10:1-2  (NKJV)

Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea,

2 all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,

Right to live in victory according to Covenant

You are not going to live according to the accusations of the devil or your history

About me from my website www.troybrewer.com:

Troy Brewer is the founding and senior pastor of OpenDoor Church in Burleson, Texas. He is known for his relevant and authentic teachings, amazing insights, and studies on the wonders of God including astronomy, numbers, typology, and times and seasons. He has a radical love for Jesus and a passion for serving people beyond the norm.

Troy has a passion for “reaching Christians for Jesus” and is seen by a world-wide Internet audience every Sunday and Wednesday from OpenDoor Church. His unique style and revelatory perspective brings clear and simple understanding to complex Kingdom issues and principles. He likes to say he has the “gift of realness,” and that ability helps him reach both the lost and the saved with the transformational teachings of Jesus Christ.

Troy is a one-of-a-kind Christ follower – a true extension of the arms of Jesus. He is a servant whose greatest desire is to bring the authenticity of Jesus and the reality of the Kingdom of Heaven into the lives of people around the world.

An offshoot of OpenDoor Church, Troy Brewer Ministries encompasses Troy’s media and musical efforts to reach the lost and free the enslaved worldwide. Learn more about OpenDoor Church at www.opendoorexperience.com