Oh let the Son of God and found you with his spirit and his love,

let him fill your heart and will satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you

home.

Welcome to the word for today,

featuring the Bible Teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a verse by verse study through the entire

Bible. And on today's edition of the word for today,

Pastor Chuck continues with a good conscience towards God as we pick up in 1 Peter chapter 3 verse 21 and now with

today's message is pastor Chuck.

It isn't the washing away of the filth of the flesh, but it is the answer of a good conscience

toward God by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. So the true baptism is a matter of my heart.

Now I do believe that everyone who believes in Jesus Christ should be baptized in water.

I definitely believe in water baptism and I personally believe in water baptism by full immersion.

But I do believe that water baptism by full immersion is only a symbol of the work of the spirit that has transpired within my heart. The old man being dead now buried in water and the new life

that I now have the life of the spirit through Jesus Christ.

Baptism becomes a beautiful symbol of that.

As I go down in the water, it's being buried, the old life, just being buried, and as I come up out

of the water, it's that new life in the spirit in Christ.

And it becomes a beautiful symbol, but if it has not happened in my heart,

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