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Welcome to the episode today. I have so much to share with you.

Last weekend, I was in Louisville, Kentucky. It started off with an incredible bang, including a massive river, and it led to one of the most encouraging weeks on record, and God is at work. I'm just telling you, God is providentially at work. There are so few coincidences out there, just the Lord using believers to help people find Christ.

I hope that for you, particularly today, on the topic of baptism.

Immersion in water is a part of God's plan, his new dispensation through Christ.

It is a moment of contact with the power of the

death of Jesus. It is essential and necessary and taught all throughout Scripture. When we see

someone understand that and immediately go to the water, it absolutely enlivens the soul to the power

of the gospel today. and I want that for you

if you have not yet gone to the river or the water, and I'm certain you know people who need

to submit their bodies to the Lord.

And I hope that today helps.

There are several things I need to tell you.

I love all of them, but I want to begin by reading the lyrics from a song.

It was not my intent today to come in and record the story of my friend Brent's conversion to

Christ from last week, but now I will share that story with you. And again, what motivated me to do

that is on the way in today, I was listening to the radio a song called Left It in the River by

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