back to index2021-08-01 Beatrice Cheung Baptism
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I like to go by B, but yeah, just if you see me, I might forget to respond to Beatrice. 00:00:31.320 |
My parents were active in the church, so growing up there was seldom a free Sunday morning. 00:00:37.640 |
The first time I can recall hearing the gospel message was when I was seven years old during 00:00:48.400 |
On the surface, I understood the gospel story and desired to grow in my knowledge of God 00:00:57.720 |
However, I didn't understand the depths of my sin. 00:01:04.720 |
My definition of good was performative as it came from the ways that others view me 00:01:11.680 |
It wasn't really hard for me to modify my actions to look that way. 00:01:19.400 |
It wasn't until the eighth grade that the gospel became more than a story to me. 00:01:25.720 |
Since the fourth grade, I had no concern over the sins of my tongue and profanity ran rampant 00:01:32.880 |
It was used to express the unloving thoughts that I had. 00:01:36.960 |
In Ephesians 4, Paul wrote about the life that believers are called to live. 00:01:42.200 |
Verse 29 says, "Let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but if there is any good 00:01:48.240 |
word for edification according to the need of the moment, say that so that it will give 00:01:58.520 |
When I compared the way that I lived my life to what God desired, I realized that I had 00:02:07.760 |
Recalling the gospel message that I had previously heard countless times, I finally saw my sin 00:02:14.720 |
I saw that I was completely at his mercy, and in his mercy, he also gifted me grace 00:02:23.160 |
I saw that it was only by the blood that Jesus shed that my sins could be atoned for, that 00:02:28.760 |
God's wrath could be satisfied, and I could still live. 00:02:33.600 |
This is when I began to make active efforts to live my life in a manner that was pleasing 00:02:41.320 |
Since then, God has continued to do his good work in sanctifying me. 00:02:45.960 |
Following my conversion, I took great pride in my ability to continue to conform to outward 00:02:55.240 |
God graciously revealed my self-reliant and pride attitude in the clearest way during 00:03:01.000 |
The bold and unapologetic preaching, coupled with constant accountability and investment, 00:03:07.440 |
were all means of loving discipline from my Heavenly Father. 00:03:12.280 |
Though my sin has been paid for and I am seen righteous before God because I am covered 00:03:16.580 |
by Christ's blood, I still have many sinful habits that I must work to kill through the 00:03:23.520 |
Today, I publicly confess and recognize the innateness of my sin, the inability to turn 00:03:32.560 |
from it out of my own accord, and the never-ending need for Christ to successfully maintain my 00:03:39.440 |
I was previously baptized during my freshman year of high school in 2014 through the mode 00:03:46.640 |
It wasn't until I came to Brewery Inn that I was both challenged and encouraged to form 00:03:50.720 |
a personal conviction regarding the ordinance of baptism. 00:03:58.200 |
After a year and a half of studying, having conversations, and praying, I desired to be 00:04:03.160 |
fully and completely obedient to His command given through His Word because my life is 00:04:12.080 |
I recognize that His command is to participate in baptism through immersion. 00:04:16.960 |
I have seen that His Lordship over my life constitutes every aspect of it, not only the 00:04:22.920 |
So I am being baptized here today as a means of displaying my heart's desire to obey and 00:04:28.040 |
please my God who has been faithful, persistent, and patient in His pursuit after me and continues 00:04:40.120 |
We are going to be taking a few minutes to pray. 00:04:41.120 |
So if you would like to join me in prayer, I would like to invite you to come to the 00:04:42.120 |
front of the room and to stand in the center of the room. 00:04:43.120 |
I would like to invite you to stand in the center of the room and to pray. 00:04:44.120 |
I would like to invite you to come to the front of the room and to stand in the center 00:04:46.120 |
I would like to invite you to come to the front of the room and to stand in the center of 00:04:48.120 |
I would like to invite you to come to the front of the room and to stand in the center of 00:04:50.120 |
I would like to invite you to come to the front of the room and to stand in the center of 00:04:52.120 |
I would like to invite you to come to the front of the room and to stand in the center of 00:04:54.120 |
I would like to invite you to come to the front of the room and to stand in the center