{"id":5048,"date":"2018-10-12T12:00:41","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T12:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/?p=5048"},"modified":"2018-07-10T08:31:22","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T08:31:22","slug":"another-coffee-break-resurrection-from-the-dead-part-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/another-coffee-break-resurrection-from-the-dead-part-16\/","title":{"rendered":"ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: Resurrection From the Dead, Part 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"457\" height=\"307\" title=\"defaultblog1\" src=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-2006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1-400x269.jpg 400w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1.jpg 457w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1105px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=WordSection1>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;\ntext-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white'><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",\"sans-serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#747474'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;\ntext-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#984806'>Resurrection From the Dead, Part 16<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>October 12, 2018<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#8A6900'>A couple weeks ago, I quoted a statement that I\u2019ve heard on\nnumerous occasions during the past weeks.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>One of the oft-used phrases I\u2019ve heard from both a dentist and a medical\ndoctor in the past few weeks is, \u201cYour health begins in your mouth.\u201d<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>I got to thinking about that and realized\nthat there\u2019s more truth in that statement than meets the eye.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>No statement could be more applied to the\nconfession that comes out of our mouths regarding our deliverance from death,\nthe curse of death, and the power of the Resurrection as it applies to our\ndaily living.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#8A6900'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Have\nyou ever noticed how Jesus only commanded the keeping of two statutes, customs\nor ordinances for us as believers?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Both\nof them incorporate the end of death and the cancellation of our appointment\nwith death.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:black'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\n<u>first<\/u> of the two commands comes in the observance of the Table of the\nLord.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>I Corinthians 11:23-26 (NASB)<\/span><\/u><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>:<span\nstyle='color:purple'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000;\nmso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>For I received from the Lord that which I also\ndelivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed\ntook bread; <sup><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><\/sup>and when He had\ngiven thanks, He broke it and said, <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>\u201cThis is My body, which is for you; do\nthis in remembrance of Me.\u201d <sup><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><\/sup>In\nthe same way <i>He took<\/i> the cup also after supper, saying, \u201cThis cup is the\nnew covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink <i>it,<\/i> in\nremembrance of Me.\u201d <sup><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><\/sup>For as\noften as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord\u2019s death\nuntil He comes.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\n<u>second<\/u> of the two commandments came after Jesus was crucified and had\nrisen from the dead.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>This second of the\ntwo commandments had the force of the Throne of God backing it in terms of its\ndemonstrative authority and power.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Both\nMatthew and Mark record this command:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:black'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Matthew 28:18-20<\/span><\/u><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>:<span\nstyle='color:purple'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000;\nmso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All\npower is given unto me in heaven and in earth. <sup><span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><\/sup>Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,\nbaptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy\nGhost: <sup><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><\/sup>Teaching them to\nobserve all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you\nalway, <i>even<\/i> unto the end of the world. Amen.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;\ncolor:#C00000;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Mark 16:15-16<\/span><\/u><\/b><b><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>:<span style='color:purple'><span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000;mso-bidi-font-weight:\nbold'>And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to\nevery creature. <sup><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><\/sup>He that\nbelieveth<\/span><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#660066'> (<\/span><\/b><b><i><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#003399'>pisteuo<\/span><\/u><\/i><\/b><b><i><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#003399'>:\nexercises faith<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#660066'>) <\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000;mso-bidi-font-weight:\nbold'>and is baptized<\/span><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#660066'> (<\/span><\/b><b><i><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#003399'>baptizo<\/span><\/u><\/i><\/b><b><i><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#003399'>:\ncovered over, fully whelmed by water or fluid<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#660066'>) <\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000;\nmso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>shall be saved<\/span><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#660066'> (<\/span><\/b><b><i><u><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#003399'>sozo<\/span><\/u><\/i><\/b><b><i><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#003399'>:\nsaved, delivered, healed, protected, made to prosper, made whole and complete<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#660066'>); <\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000;\nmso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>but he that believeth not shall be damned<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;color:#C00000;\nmso-bidi-font-weight:bold'> <\/span><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#660066'>(<\/span><\/b><b><i><u><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#003399'>katakrino<\/span><\/u><\/i><\/b><b><i><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#003399'>:<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>judged, condemned and sentenced<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#660066'>).<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#660066'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Ever\nwonder what baptism is all about?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Have\nyou ever considered why Jesus would make such a command in the first place?<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:black'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Then\nconsider what He said when He was preaching to Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews\nand a Pharisee.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>John 3:5-8<\/span><\/u><\/b><b><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>:<span style='color:purple'><span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000;mso-bidi-font-weight:\nbold'>Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, <u>Except a man be born\nof water and <i>of<\/i> the Spirit<\/u>, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.\n<sup><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><\/sup>That which is born of the\nflesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. <sup><span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><\/sup>Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye\nmust be born again. <sup><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><\/sup>The wind <span\nclass=SpellE>bloweth<\/span> where it <span class=SpellE>listeth<\/span>, and\nthou <span class=SpellE>hearest<\/span> the sound thereof, but canst not tell\nwhence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the\nSpirit.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;\ncolor:#C00000;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Remember\nwhat happened when the centurion pierced Jesus\u2019 side while He was hanging on\nthe Cross?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Water and blood came forth\nfrom Him.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Jesus\u2019 last words before He\ndied were, \u201cIt is finished!\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:black'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>And\nwhat was finished?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Death.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>What\nwas finished?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>A new birth was taking\nplace: a bride was being birthed for the Lord Jesus Christ.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>But this birth was unlike any in\nhistory.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>In the realm of the flesh, a\nbirth takes place in the midst of<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>water\nand blood.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Babies come forth out of the\nwater or amniotic fluid that keeps them alive while they are still in the womb,\nand blood accompanies the birthing process.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Jesus,\nhowever, made it clear that this new birth was NOT of water \u2014 not in the normal\nsense \u2014 nor of blood, even though His blood was shed in the process.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>A supernatural transformation \u2014 a\nregeneration \u2014 was taking place.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>This\nnew birth was taking place in that realm which has authority and power over the\nflesh and the soul: the spirit.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>A\ndimensional change was occurring.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>&nbsp;Hence,\nJesus said to Nicodemus, <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>\u201cThat which is born of the flesh is\nflesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.\u201c<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;\ncolor:#C00000;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Because\ndeath only affects our flesh, because death has power over unredeemed flesh, a\nnew kind of birth had to take place \u2014 one that had never before occurred in\nhistory.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:black'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Think\nback to when Adam was created. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span>He wasn\u2019t\nborn in the<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>normal sense of the\nword.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>He was formed, molded and created\nby the Hand of God, but not until God breathed into him the breath of His\nSpirit did Adam become a living, breathing, speaking being.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Adam was born, or rather began his existence,\nof and by the Spirit of God.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Adam\u2019s very\nbreath was the Spirit of God.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>He existed\nby the Spirit.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\nBlessing operated in and through him by the Spirit.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>He ruled and had dominion over the earth (and\nall that was therein) by the Spirit.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>(See Psalm 115:16)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>When\nAdam missed the mark (<b><i><span style='color:#003399'>hamartia<\/span><\/i><\/b>)\n\u2014 the prize of God\u2019s high calling in him \u2014 and ate of the Tree of the Knowledge\nof Good and Evil, he ingested HIV: the human immunodeficiency virus, which was\ninherent in the fruit of that tree.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>As\nwe all know, there is no cure for HIV.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>Death is the permanent result.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>And that death is genetically passed on to every generation which\nfollows.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Let\u2019s\nget back to the Table of the Lord.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Why\ndid Jesus command us to eat and drink of Him \u2014 and do it often?<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The apostle Paul was very clear in his\nexplanation.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>For as often as you eat this bread and\ndrink the cup, you proclaim<\/span><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#660066'> (<\/span><\/b><b><i><u><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#003399'>kataggelo<\/span><\/u><\/i><\/b><b><i><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#003399'>:\nannounce and demonstrate, promulgate<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#660066'>) <\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000;\nmso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>the Lord\u2019s death until He comes.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;\ncolor:#C00000;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Now\nyou\u2019re beginning to get the picture.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>Jesus\u2019 most earnest desire is that we promulgate, that we<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>announce to the world the fact that He kept\nour appointment with death.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We no longer\nhave to suffer death, disease, sickness, infirmity, poverty, etc.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:black'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>But\nthere\u2019s more.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>It\nis important that we not only show the world our deliverance from death: we\nmust also demonstrate to Satan, to principalities, to rulers of this world\u2019s\ndarkness, that we\u2019ve been set free from the curse of death, that we\u2019ve been\nfreed from Satan\u2019s dominion, that we\u2019ve been restored the authority, the power\nand the dominion originally given to Adam in the Garden of Eden.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Water\nbaptism does just that.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>This ordinance \u2014\nthis statute \u2014has enormous spiritual significance.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>This isn\u2019t for the world\u2019s sake, even though\nit is part of an outward show, a demonstration of a spiritual regeneration that\nhas taken place.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>This\nis a \u201cHands Off!\u201d declaration to Satan.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>This is the posting of a legal decree which clearly states we are no\nlonger members of that class of human beings subject to the Law of Sin and\nDeath.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\nold being which was subject to death and had the \u201cknowledge virus\u201d in our genes\nhas been put to death. The appointment with death has been kept.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The person who then comes up out of the water\nis raised from the dead by the Spirit of God. <span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span>This newly-born individual is born again \u2014\nboth of water AND of the Spirit!<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Once\nagain we have Paul\u2019s description to the Romans: <\/span><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000;mso-bidi-font-weight:\nbold'>\u201c<u>all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized\ninto His death.<\/u>\u201c<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;\ncolor:#C00000;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Yessir!<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The appointment with death has been kept.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:black'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>And\nagain Paul says, <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>\u201c<u>as Christ was raised from the dead\nthrough the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.<\/u>\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;\ncolor:#C00000;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\n\u201cnew us\u201d is no longer subject to the Law of Sin and Death.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:black'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Romans 8:2<\/span><\/u><\/b><b><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>:<span style='color:purple'><span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000;mso-bidi-font-weight:\nbold'>For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from\nthe law of sin and death.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;\ncolor:#C00000;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\n\u201cnew us\u201d is free from death, sickness, disease, infirmity, weakness, poverty,\nneed, etc.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Now we\u2019re free to demonstrate\nJesus!<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:black'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>&nbsp;Jesus\nestablished a pattern for all believers when He was baptized in the River\nJordan by John and a remarkable thing took place.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We need to look at this event in context.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Matthew 3:13-17<\/span><\/u><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>:<span\nstyle='color:purple'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000;\nmso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John,\nto be baptized of him. <sup><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><\/sup>But\nJohn forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to\nme? <sup><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><\/sup>And Jesus answering said\nunto him, Suffer <i>it to be so<\/i> now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all\nrighteousness. Then he suffered him.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>And Jesus, when he was baptized, went\nup straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and\nhe saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo\na voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Up\nto this time, Jesus had been an ordinary man.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>Yes, He was the Son of God, and Yes, He was destined to bring\ndeliverance from the curse, but He had not yet been empowered to do so by the\nFather.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:black'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>As\nfar as the world was concerned, Jesus was just another man \u2014 a gifted man, One\nwhose knowledge of the Scripture at age 12 had astounded the most learned among\nthe priests, the Levites, the Pharisees, the Sadducees and scholars \u2014 but still\nseen as an ordinary man.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Nothing\nexhibited in His life thus far could be quantified as \u201cdivine\u201d or\n\u201csupernatural.\u201d<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>For His ministry to\nbegin, something extraordinary had to take place.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>There had to be a transition from \u201cordinary\u201d\nto \u201cnaturally supernatural and supernaturally natural.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Notice\nwhat happened when Jesus was baptized.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#CC0000'>&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;\nmargin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>1.<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>&nbsp;He\ntransferred His citizenship to the Kingdom of Heaven.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;\nmargin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;\nmargin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>2.<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>&nbsp;The Holy\nSpirit appeared on the scene, settling as a dove on Jesus before all who\nwitnessed this event<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;\nmargin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;\nmargin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>3.<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>&nbsp;All Heaven\nwas put on notice that Jesus was now <b><i><span style='color:#CC0000'>THE<\/span><\/i>\n<\/b>SON OF GOD.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;\nmargin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;\nmargin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>4.<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>&nbsp;The Father\nspoke out of Heaven and stated emphatically and unequivocally, \u201cThis is My\nBeloved Son!\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;\nmargin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;\nmargin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>5.<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>&nbsp;As the SON OF\nGOD, He was now vested with the authority and power of The Father.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;\nmargin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;\nmargin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>6.<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>&nbsp;The \u201cman\u201d\nJesus had become the Messiah, the Christ, The \u201cAnointed One.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;\nmargin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;\nmargin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>7.<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>&nbsp;Baptism demonstrated\nbefore principalities and powers, before the rulers of the darkness of this\nworld, before Satan himself that the \u201cold Jesus\u201d was dead.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;\nmargin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;\nmargin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>8.<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>&nbsp;A \u201cNew Man\u201d\nhad come forth out of the grave, resurrected by the power of God, transformed\ninto a trans-dimensional Being with the ability to function both in this\nnatural realm and in the realm of the Spirit.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;\nmargin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Are\nyou seeing it?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>God the Father vested\nHimself in <i>and made clear to all<\/i> that Jesus WAS His Son, His appointed\nand commissioned family member to bring redemption from the curse of death, and\nfrom the curse of the Law of Sin and Death.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\nfact that Satan saw this event take place or was notified of it shook him and\nhis kingdom to the core.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>What\u2019s\nthe first thing that Satan did when Jesus \u2014 after fasting for 40 days \u2014 was at\nhis weakest, physically and emotionally? Right.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>He questioned Jesus repeatedly as to His status as THE Son of God,\nattempting to trick Him into yielding to the desires of His flesh.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Were\nJesus to have yielded to even one of these temptations, He would have forfeited\nHis Sonship status and condemned the human race to perpetuity in slavery and\nbondage to Satan and the curse.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Let\u2019s wrap this up\nnext week.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>In case you are\nmissing out on real fellowship in an environment of Ekklesia, our Sunday\nworship gatherings are available by conference call \u2013 usually at about 10:45AM\nPacific.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>That conference number is <\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>(712) 770-4160<\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>, and the access code is <\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>308640#.<\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#002060'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We are now making these\ngatherings available by Skype.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>If you\nwish to participate by video on Skype, my Skype ID is <span class=SpellE>regner.capener<\/span>.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>If you miss the live voice call, you can dial\n<\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>(712) 770-4169<\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>, enter the same access code and listen in\nlater.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The video call, of course, is not\nrecorded \u2013 not yet, anyway.<\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book 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