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KINGDOM IMMERSION (1 OF 3)

by Jeff Ecklund

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:15-17
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Kingdom Immersion (1 of 3)
Series: Immersed into the Kingdom
Jeff Ecklund
2 Corinthians 5:15-17


2 Corinthians 5:15-17 (ESV) 15 and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.?16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer.17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Expound on going to the youth camp and watching old things pass away, and new things happen with our young people...

My experience of going to camp....And being changed for two weeks....

The thought ''baptism'' really struck me up at youth camp. One of the definitions is ''immersion''...

Why didn't I remain with that impact after my youth camp?

No immersion/baptism into a Kingdom culture....No family culture of immersion...

I've seen the same thing at our Men's Advance... Men totally impacted as they have set aside distractions, diversions, sacrificed time/money...
They have ''immersed'' themselves into Prayer/Worship/Word/Fellowship

Matthew 28:18-20 (ESV)?18 And Jesus came and said to them, ''All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.?19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,?20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.''


disciple= one who learns and is attached

Baptize= to immerse
To declare publicly
To be identified with

Name=Onoma ''to know a thing'' or attributes

Basically go and ''make'' (process) teach and be attached, immerse (more than the traditional thought of water baptism)

Original picture of baptism was a ship that submerged...

Into everything that the name of the
Father stands for...
The Son stands for...
Th ...

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