back to index2021-03-28 Younghae Chung Baptism
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Hi, my name is Young Hei, and I'm married to Tim for about 13 years. 00:00:22.800 |
You guys might know them as Jordan, Jacoby, and Jude. 00:00:27.640 |
We moved to California from New York about six years ago and have been coming to Berean 00:00:34.480 |
since November of 2019, a couple months before the pandemic. 00:00:41.340 |
To share a little bit about my testimony, I was infant baptized and grew up going to 00:00:48.320 |
Though outwardly I was attending church and serving a youth group every Sunday, inwardly 00:00:55.000 |
I was living a very self-centered and people-centered life. 00:01:01.120 |
My heart was embittered towards my parents, and I lived primarily for the approval of 00:01:08.040 |
I knew about God in my head and learned about the do's and don'ts of Christianity, but 00:01:15.120 |
it didn't have a lasting impact in my daily life, thoughts, or actions. 00:01:21.160 |
When I was a sophomore in college, I attended a college conference, and it was during that 00:01:26.120 |
prayer time when I finally understood the power of the gospel. 00:01:31.240 |
For the first time, I came face to face with my own depravity and sins, and God slowly 00:01:37.080 |
began to reveal the heart and heart, as well as all the sins of self-righteousness, bitterness, 00:01:44.360 |
pride, and all of the false idols that I had been living for. 00:01:49.720 |
That time of confession was not only humbling, but emotionally overwhelming, as I recognized 00:01:59.640 |
the power of the cross and Jesus' sacrifice for me. 00:02:08.520 |
Experiencing His love and forgiveness was what freed me from bitterness and enabled 00:02:29.760 |
Rather than trying to live for the approval and purposes of man, I was now excited to 00:02:40.160 |
That was the year when I laid down my life and turned to Christ as my personal Savior 00:02:46.160 |
Over the past eight years, it's been quite a faith journey and adventure for our family. 00:02:53.040 |
There's been so many transitions from career to church, to moving from New Jersey to Boston 00:03:06.680 |
But in the midst of continual transitions and trials, I'm holding on to the promises 00:03:11.760 |
of God, and I look forward to starting and sharing life together with this Berean family. 00:03:19.360 |
I'll close with this verse from Romans 6, verse 4. 00:03:22.760 |
It says, "We were buried, therefore, with Him by baptism into death, in order that, 00:03:28.600 |
just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk 00:04:06.360 |
>> Do you understand when you go into the water, you're united with Christ and his death 00:04:10.360 |
and you are being united with his resurrected life when you come out? 00:04:15.360 |
>> I baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.