On Flood Sunday, we learned that It’s Different Now. Today, over 25,000 individuals chose to take the next step into water baptism. Baptism is the outward sign of an inward decision. Baptism is the divine interruption. There is a journey after your salvation. It’s Different Now.
glory to god glory to god
brie what’s up mike where are you
i know i just came to the church and
nobody’s here where are you
we’re not at the church today we’re at
the house oh
jesus lord okay it’s time for me to
preach huh
yeah i’m coming i’m coming right now
lord help us it is flush sunday
and we at the house let’s go
y’all is flood sunday and i thought we
was at the church today
and we not at the church but 25 000
people
are about to get baptized and it’s
happening at your house
at your pool at your pond let’s
go let’s see if we can’t get everybody
hold on the whole team is here
we are back we’re out back the band is
here y’all ready
y’all ready y’all ready it’s flush
sunday i’m excited for what’s about to
happen
let’s go oh
it’s first sunday somebody give god some
praise
hallelujah come on let’s lift up the
name of
jesus hallelujah
hey listen if you can’t tell
we are excited because today
is unlike any other day today is flood
sunday
oh yes
and if you’re joining us for the first
time i want you to know that this
is not our usual setup but the beautiful
thing that you need to know
is that wherever you are god is
yeah and at transformation church we
believe
from the very beginning that the church
was never an organ
not organization it was all about the
organism
and so today i got about 50 of my
transformation church
family and friends and transformation
nation all over the world
and today we’re not letting anything
stop us
from this awesome opportunity of baptism
if you
are just joining us for the first time
we want to say welcome my name is
michael
and i am crazy for jesus and um
we are excited because our whole mission
as a church
is to represent god to the lost and the
found
for transformation in christ and for the
past
almost four years we’ve been doing this
thing
around baptism that that we decided that
we weren’t going to be a church
that would just follow the message of
the bible
but we would follow the method of the
bible
i’m gonna say that one more time we’re
not just gonna follow the
message of the bible we’re gonna follow
the method of the bible
and while we’re out here today at a pool
and while we’re doing what we’re doing
today
is because god tells us in his word
that people that follow him should be
baptized
and today i usually would preach a long
message
but today i’m gonna give a talk because
uh i i don’t i don’t know
if i’m gonna be able to hold it because
today there are people that in front of
everybody are gonna make a public
declaration that their old life is gone
and their
new life in christ oh yeah y’all better
help me
and get this get this get this get this
i put out this call of flood sunday
about two and a half weeks ago
and in two and a half weeks we have had
this
is sunday may 23rd over 25
000 people over 80 countries
yo glory to god
and we believe and we believe if you’re
watching now it’s not too late
that there are people after i share from
god’s word how important this is
today your excuse is not going to be
valid anymore
and you’re going to make a decision i
know you just got your hair done i know
it looked good too
and your nails look good and you want
them planning on getting but today i’m
telling you
the most spiritual thing you could do
today along with 25
000 plus people is make a public
declaration
that i identify with christ and i’m
going to get baptized
um we’ve been in a series called the
upgrade what’s the series called
and today that’s what’s about to happen
we’re about to take an upgrade together
and we’ve been talking about the power
of the holy spirit and a few weeks ago
we talked about three different baptisms
there’s the baptism of salvation there’s
the baptism
in water and then there’s the baptism of
the holy spirit
and we decided as a church you need all
three
you need all three and today we’re going
to take the second step together
now i know some of y’all see a little
rain and rain drops and all this other
stuff
nothing will stop oh y’all don’t hear me
nothing will stop what god what’s a
little rain when we gonna get flooded
anyway
[Applause]
it’s so important that we don’t let
anything stop us
from what god has called us to do and
today i want to encourage you in that
and take you on this journey of
understanding how
holy how amazing
and how spiritual the act of baptism
is you know what i before the sermon
today i was looking
at um the first flood sunday and i was
as passionate on the first flood sunday
as i am today and i watched it and it
said today
we have 40 people getting baptized
and as 25 000 plus are getting baptized
today
it doesn’t matter if it was 40 or forty
thousand
god rejoices over one
and today i might backflip into the pool
i don’t know what’s gonna happen today
and i wanna let you know that your
baptism your step your
journey that step you’re taking is
important only if it was just one person
because jesus our example his
last words some of the last things that
he ever said to his disciples
are found in matthew 28 verse 19.
it says therefore go and make
disciples of all nation we have over 80
plus
watching right now and then it says
something i wasn’t expecting brie
it says when you get all these nations
together
do this one thing pray over them
build churches no no no no
start worship ministries no no no it
says when you get
all of the disciples of all nation i
want you to
baptize them in the name of the father
the son and the holy spirit somebody say
you need all three
you need all three and it says teach
them to obey
everything i’ve commanded you and surely
this is the part excites me
for everybody that knows what we’re
doing today it says and surely i am with
you always
even to the very end of the age
as a believer as a disciple as a
disciplined one
god says so clearly all i want you to do
is get to everybody you can
and make sure that they get baptized
make sure they understand what the
father god has done
what jesus has paid for and what the
holy spirit will empower them to do
you need all three and today we’re going
to step into water baptism what is water
baptism you’re asking
it is an outward sign of an inward
decision
at salvation you say i am no longer
living my life for myself
but now i’m giving control over to you
jesus
and the crazy thing about that is you
can make that decision and nobody know
yeah i’m gonna tell a story because
there was this young lady that i
that i was dating that nobody knows that
i dated and this was in sixth grade so
they don’t even think this personality
you don’t have to text or dm or anything
like that
in sixth grade we dated for six days
in sixth grade that was a long time six
days
but we dated for six days and what ended
up happening
is nobody knew we dated because we never
went public
it didn’t even show up on my relational
radar
and some of y’all y’all been doing that
for six years with people right now you
need to
you need to quit it stop that ain’t my
message today go back and watch
relationship goes
what i’m telling you is that if you do
not make it public
did it really even exist
and i’m just tired of so many people
calling jesus
lord and savior in the midnight hour and
will not represent him in front of
anybody
he’s your side chick savior he’s not the
one that you bring out in front of
people but he’s the one you call
it when you were in need and god said i
was never meant to be something that was
hidden
i want to be the god that shows up for
you big
and you represent me big that’s why our
church
has been called to represent god to the
lost and found
for transformation in christ we’re going
to
be public with this we are going to rep
you know when somebody’s in love
and they don’t care who knows like y’all
can always spot them at the fair
you know them couples that have the big
bear and they walk in and they’re
sipping out of the same cup and they
they’re sharing funnel cakes and then
they kiss at the end
they don’t care when it comes to my
relationship with jesus i don’t care
i don’t care what you think i don’t care
where i work and what their beliefs are
he has done too much for me
for me to sit here and not represent him
and what baptism does it’s a spiritual
representation
of what has already happened on the
inside of you
yeah yeah one of the things that you got
to understand is it’s like this wedding
ring
me and my wife have been married almost
11 years
june 19th oh thank you
[Applause]
we made it and um when i look at this
wedding ring
this wedding ring doesn’t mean that i’m
committed to natalie
that this my commitment had to be made
in my heart
but this shows every other heifer no no
i’m just i’m just playing
i just play but i’m serious uh
it shows everybody else that
i am committed to someone whether
they’re there or not
see there will be many places i walk
into
that you don’t know what i’ve committed
behind closed doors
but when you see this you know that he
has taken a vow and a commitment
when we get baptized today and some of
you are going to get baptized in
bathtubs and in jacuzzis and in ponds
and in pools and at rec centers i don’t
care where it is
find some water and get baptized
but when you do it take a picture
take a video tell everybody
post it everywhere because it is a sign
to the world
that you’re taking
[Music]
i have been bought with the price
somebody say i’ve been bought with a
price
[Applause]
somebody say i’ve been bought with a
price
i’m taken there’s a sacrifice that’s
been made for me
and when you make that commitment it
means
watch this that your old life is buried
with christ
just how he was buried and they thought
it was over he said i’m going to come up
and i’m going to defeat death hell in
the grave so that everything you did in
your past could be buried and stay
buried
now what happens when everything i did
in my past god says i don’t i choose not
to remember that
now i don’t know about you but i’ve done
some things and said some things and
been some places
that i don’t want to be reminded of and
god says see when you do this when you
get in me
he said and you go through this baptism
process it’s just like you’re going down
and being buried
and when you come up you are new you are
resurrected you are a brand new person
say
all things new
and what you have to understand is that
god throughout scripture
puts together this act
so that at any moment everything can
become new
and today i’m getting emotional
because there’s some of you that today
you are waiting some for something to
happen to you
and today god’s saying you can make the
move
and all things can become new today
you’re waiting for somebody somebody
else to do something and god’s saying
i’ve given you the power if you would
repent
see john the baptist isaiah talked about
him
he was the one that would be like a
voice in the wilderness and he would be
crying out prepare the way of the lord
and his whole job
was to tell people three things repent
turn to jesus be baptized
sometimes i wish that’s all my message
could be matter of fact i’m preaching
right now i think that’s all my message
is going to be
repent and all repent means is
turn if you’ve been going this way god
is saying today
turn but don’t just turn he’s telling
you where to turn to
because i could just turn and turn to a
lot of things but he said
turn to jesus
when you repent and turn to jesus then
he said there’s one thing left for you
to do
be baptized and today that’s all i want
to ask you no pumping circumstance
i’m out here getting rained on i don’t
care about it i want you to understand
that god wants one thing from you today
be baptized
[Applause]
no no no no no no well i i wasn’t
planning on it and i didn’t know
it’s okay at this moment that tugging at
your heart the holy spirit
that’s saying this is the moment this is
why you tuned in this
is why i made you off today this is why
and some of you are watching it on
rebroadcasting you’re saying well they
already did this no
this is your moment right now the holy
spirit is talking to you
and he’s saying be baptized
we can stop right there but i know there
are some of you right now
that now when you know it’s clear that
god said it
that we’ve taught about it that it’s
chewing his word
what’s coming to your mind right now is
excuses
and all i want to ask you is what’s your
excuse
the weather’s not right what’s your
excuse
you’ve never done it before what’s your
excuse
there was a man in the bible that i
found in acts 8 26
that he had every excuse not to be
baptized
and today i just want to read the bible
to you because it’s the only book that
you read it and it reads you
it’s alive it’s a living and it’s active
and on this flood sunday
more than my points and poems i’m just
going to read the story
of the ethiopian eunuch found in acts
8 26. look what it says it says now an
angel of the lord said to philip
go south to the road the desert road
that goes down from jerusalem to gaza so
he started out
and on his way he met an ethiopian
eunuch
an important an official in charge of
all the treasury it said this man
had gone to jerusalem to worship and on
his way home
he was sitting in his chariot reading
the book of isaiah he was reading the
bible
and the spirit told philip like he told
me
go to the chariot and stay near it make
flood sunday
have an opportunity for people to do
something
that is beyond their comfort zone then
philip ran
up to the chariot and heard the man
reading isaiah the prophet
do you understand what you’re reading
philip asked how can i he said
unless someone explains it to me
there are many of you that are watching
and you’re saying how can i get baptized
how can i do this
unless someone explains it to me this
big black man sweating in an orange
jacket
here i am to explain it to you
this what happens in the story he said
um so we invited philip to come and sit
with him and today i’m going to be your
philip
it says this is the passage of scripture
the eunuch was reading
he was led like a sheep to the slaughter
and as a lamb before its shearer in
silence
so he did not open his mouth in his
humiliation
he was deprived of justice who can speak
of
his descendants for his life was taken
from the earth
the eunuch asked philip tell me please
who is the prophet
talking about himself or someone else
then
philip began with the very passage of
scripture
and told him the good news about jesus
what i want to tell everybody before we
talk about getting baptized in water
is that there is good news that jesus
has provided for you
it is the good news of salvation and i
don’t care how long you’ve been walking
on your own in everything that you feel
like you’ve accomplished so far
you’ve not even lived yet until you’ve
let jesus take over your life
see jesus was god’s way
of putting man back into right
relationship with him
in the garden adam and eve messed the
whole thing up
they were deceived by the enemy like
many of us have been deceived
you know adam and eve get a bad rap but
if we were in their position we might
have done the same thing
they were they were in a place where
what god had told them they didn’t
listen to
and it separated them from god and god
said i cannot live
any longer without my children being
in relationship with me but i’m holy
and they have invited sin in so what do
i do
i need to pay a price that their sin
made and the scripture tells us that god
made he jesus who knew no sin
to take on every one of my sins
every one of your sins so that we could
be made right
with god and that’s the good news
well pastor mike i messed up last night
when you believe in jesus according to
romans 10 9
you don’t have to jump through hoops and
do everything that everybody told you to
do
god’s telling you if you give me your
heart i’ll help you change your habits
i’ll change you from the inside out i’ll
take what was wrong
and i’ll make it right but you have to
believe in me
by faith everybody say by faith
[Applause]
this won’t be something you can explain
to everybody it’s something you’ll have
to experience
and it’s the thing that changed me the
guy you’re looking at
was a bad person i was addicted to
pornography i was a liar i was a
manipulator
and the truth is without jesus i’m still
all that
[Music]
see i know people want to act like once
they give their life to jesus somehow
they became something new but the only
reason i’m new
is because when god looks at me he
doesn’t see me anymore
he sees me clothed in his son
and today today i want to give you that
opportunity
and as this eunuch begin to hear about
jesus
he did what you’re going to have the
opportunity to do in just a few minutes
except jesus as your personal lord and
savior
this is the one thing that changes
everything
god takes all of your wrong
he dips it in the blood of jesus and
then you
get to stand before god righteous in
right standing
by your position not performance because
you’re still gonna mess up
you’re still gonna make mistakes but you
will become quicker at repenting or
turning and this is the season that i
believe that god wants you
not to take another step without and
when this eunuch heard the good news
he said oh i got to do this look at
verse 36 as they traveled along the road
they came this is my favorite part this
is where i wanted to get they came
to some water
some water it was it wasn’t a special
water it wasn’t
something that was prepared and curated
and something that was
was was um um planned ahead of time
they were just traveling and on their
journey
after sharing the good news they came up
on
some water i love this
and when they came up to some water and
the eunuch said
here’s some water what can stand
in the way of me being baptized
oh i feel that thing already
i wasn’t planning on this today i wasn’t
planning on making this decision
i wasn’t planning on jumping in with 25
000 other people
but here’s some water and
what is standing in the way
of me getting baptized today
and he gave orders i love this stop to
chariot
then both philip and the eunuch went
down
into the water and philip baptized him
now now can we talk about this ethiopian
unit because
he had excuses if he wanted to
let’s let’s let’s look at it the bible
tells us he was important
part of the description this was an
important man
that had clout and money he was over the
treasury of an entire country see so
many times we read the bible but we miss
the details
this man could have been like i’ve given
my life to christ
and that was enough for today wow
he he understood something that i need
you to understand right this point down
everything without the king is nothing
everything he was in charge of
every resource in a country
but he made the distinction that
everything without the king
is nothing it doesn’t matter how much
money you have
forbes list without a loving family is
nothing
the mansion without meaning is nothing
success without
the significance is nothing the position
without purpose
is nothing the lights without love is
nothing
the fortune without faith is nothing the
success without the savior
is nothing it’s
nothing and all the power in the world
without its
presence is nothing
this man understood that he had a void
that only could be filled by doing the
things
that the good news told them to do and
after salvation
the thing he had to do was be everybody
say be baptized
if god isn’t enough nothing ever will be
how many hoops have we jumped through to
impress people that don’t even like us
and the god of the universe asks for a
few simple things of us
and we make every excuse and i’m telling
you if doing it god’s way
is not enough nothing ever
will be and i love the thing that
exposes this ethiopian eunuch is reading
the word of god
he was in the chair just like i don’t
understand this i’m trying to figure
this out and god sent somebody
to to to explain to him like he’s
sending me today to you
to explain to you this is what god wants
for you
and he didn’t make any one of his crowns
an excuse and i know all of us
have a crown why i was baptized when i
was young you ain’t even know what you
was doing
you you had no clue that that wasn’t
your choice
that was that was something that
somebody else decided for you
but as an adult god is saying hey could
you cast your crown
[Music]
i just got my hair done last thursday if
this would have been last wednesday i
would have done it but
and god’s saying who gave you the
ability
well i had plans today god stopped
everything
in the cosmos to send his son
to be able to die for you and your lunch
date
is more important than doing one of the
few things god asks you to do
i just gotta say it that real because
somebody
is looking at an excuse
as valid when god is saying i want to
transform your life today
he didn’t make anything an excuse his
background wasn’t excused his status was
an excuse
his location they were in the desert the
bible says and god just provided some
water
in the middle of the desert his lack of
understanding some people right now is
like i don’t know enough i don’t know
enough to do all of this
i need to know more that man was reading
the scripture and in 10 minutes they
passed some water
he accepted jesus he was like dunk me
see because he knew that this was a
moment of
of miraculous movement not
calculated movement and some of you are
so calculated that you’ve missed the
miraculous
i’m talking to you we walk
by say and not by sight it may not make
complete sense
but this is where miracles happen his
prior plans they were on their way
somewhere
he stopped it and he said no no there’s
water
let’s get baptized he laid down his
responsibilities
and this is a big one for some of y’all
he didn’t even care about his wardrobe
now if he’s the ethiopian eunuch over
the treasury
of the entire country he was probably
jet up
he was suited and booted he was fly the
drip was right he had the sauce whatever
you want to say
and he did not care about his wardrobe
he said there’s some water what is
stopping me
from getting baptized he didn’t even
allow the excuse of lack of preparation
i know my planners my ones on the
enneagram well next saturday would be a
much better day for me
to be able to get baptized and i would
no no no no today
somebody shot at me today show me one
more time
today what’s your excuse
it says as they traveled along verse 36
of the road they came to some water
and the eunuch said look here’s some
water
what can stand in the way of me being
baptized
and he gave orders to stop the chariot
then both philip
and the unit went down into the water
and philip baptized him in just a moment
you’re going to have an opportunity to
be baptized and all you need
is somebody else who believes in jesus
disciples baptized you don’t need a
pastor you don’t need a bishop
you don’t need a prophet or a prophetess
you don’t need somebody who studied at
36 years in seminary you don’t need that
all you need is a fellow believer a
disciple disciples baptized
and i’m going to baptize people here and
you’re going to go find some water some
of y’all need to start filling up johnny
go fill the tub
you need to go do it right now
cause today we have no excuse what if
what if what if 30 40 000 people today
no y’all don’t i’m just talking in crazy
faith i’m just talking in crazy faith
right now
what happened i’m about to say something
real bold
what happens if today
could be the largest day of baptisms
in the history of the world
they missed it
[Applause]
what if what if you text your friends
right now
what if you got on facetime and called
him and said girl we getting baptized
today
i don’t even care i don’t even care i
don’t even care we getting baptized
today
you used to convince him to go to the
club with you now can you con
but can you convince them to make a step
towards
the thing that christ asked you to do
what if you could call the buddies that
you used to do things with in high
school
and tell them today i led you the wrong
things before
but today i want to lead you to maybe
the only right thing i’ve ever led you
to
[Applause]
what’s your excuse what’s your excuse
because this is what i found out from
this
ethiopian eunuch where you are going
is not as important as what god is doing
this man decided where he
was going which was probably important
was not as important as what god was
trying to do in his life
and today just like that ethiopian
eunuch had
i’m believing that the spirit has set up
a divine interruption
baptism is a divine interruption
it interrupts the cycles that have been
going on in your life
and it’s a new it’s a marker it’s a
defining moment it is
it is a moment where you can say
everything changed
when you went down and was buried with
christ
he said yeah that’s the divine
interruption you know what the
resurrection was
it was a divine interruption
and today let’s have a divine
interruption
verse 29 the spirit told philip
go to that chariot and stay near it the
reason i said
i’m even saying divine interruption is
because i want to tell you the story of
how we even got to flood sunday
before we started this entire series i
went to the executive team
before the first sermon i believe it was
and i said y’all
the the holy spirit has been stirring in
me
that thousands of people are going to
get baptized during this series
see the spirit led philip to this spot
and i believe the spirit has led you to
this spot
because he was talking to me in the team
about this moment
before we put it out to anybody and my
faith might have been too low joe i
didn’t have crazy faith
i said what if 10 or 15 000 people get
baptized
on flood sunday and y’all as of
right now over 25 000 people have signed
up and i believe
that you’re not going to have an excuse
after this and we might see another 10
15 20 000 people
everybody say today it’s your day
and i just believe that god by his
spirit has made a divine interruption
in the depression in your life a divine
interruption
in the cycles of perversion in your life
a divine interruption oh i feel the
spirit right now
a divine eruption in the insecurity and
the low self-esteem
a divine interruption and looking to
success to fulfill only the thing that
god
can fulfill a divine interruption for
every lie you’ve believed
today god says we’re starting over yeah
when you get baptized the old has passed
away
and behold every thing becomes new can i
show you where the bible says that
second corinthians
5 17 because it’s about to change for
you
oh i feel this thing there are people
right now
it changes somebody say it changes
it says this means thank you lord
anyone who oh god i can’t move past
anyone because anyone means you were in
jail last week
anyone means you were in somebody’s bed
yesterday
anyone means you lied to your spouse
this morning
anyone come on i just need to bring it
all the way down
anyone means that you committed the
adultery anyone means that you did lie
on your taxes
anyone means that you have just thought
god wasn’t real
everybody say anyone that means you
anyone who belongs to christ
has become a new person
the old life is gone and behold
voila abracadabra a new
life has begun
[Music]
you will be able to say after you get
baptized today
when they try to label you by what you
used to do
you can say these three simple words
it’s different now somebody say it’s
different now
yeah yeah i know that’s what i used to
do but it’s different now
see something happened to me in that
water and it’s different now
i used to talk different i used to speak
different
i used to act different but it’s
different
now i feel that thing somebody shout is
different now
you can go back to the husband
or the wife that you handed divorce
papers last week
and you can say i want to try again but
what makes you want to try again
it’s different now i’m a new creation
i would i wouldn’t ask for forgiveness
back then but today i’ve repented
to him and he’s softened my heart it’s
different now you can go back to those
children that you’ve written off because
you said they’re too disrespectful
and they don’t you can go back and say
hey i want to start again
why should i trust you it’s different
now
[Music]
you can look at yourself in the mirror
and all of the pills and all of the
drugs and
all of the pain you caused yourself you
thought it was okay because it was just
happening to you and you can now tell
yourself
i’m gonna take care of you i’m not gonna
mistreat
the temple of the holy spirit yeah and
when the lie of the enemy comes to try
to tell you and there’s no way you could
stick to this you can tell them
it’s different now
[Music]
today marks a day of change in your life
or can i say it a different way a day of
transformation
yeah it’s different now
this ethioni ethiopian eunuch did not
have an excuse
and neither do you
it’s time for us to get baptized
it’s different as soon as you
get baptized in just a moment
i’m gonna go down here and i’m gonna
baptize some people and i’m gonna
release some of you
who are i know there are people at
beaches right now gathered around the
cell phone
oh y’all can’t give it up for them there
are people at apartment complexes right
now
i’m so proud of you transformation
nation make some noise
come on the whole world
just started worshiping i said the whole
world started worshiping
[Applause]
as we go into this moment i want to
offer you the first baptism
i want to offer you salvation and today
if you’ve never given your life to jesus
christ you’ve never made him lord
and savior in just a moment i want you
to pray this prayer with me
and this is not a prayer of defeat
this is not a prayer of death this is
not a prayer of regret
this is a prayer of new life
and today all you have to do according
to romans
is believe that jesus lived and died
just for you
and you are saved and if you
want to give your life to christ i’m
telling you it is the best decision i
ever made it did not make me a perfect
man but man it has made me progress
and i’m telling you whatever you walk
through you never have to walk through
it alone
god will be right there with you
if you want to give jesus christ your
life today
i want you on the count of three to lift
your hands and say pastor include me in
this prayer
and i want you to know that everybody
behind me have already made this
decision
and there’s thousands of people around
that are going to make this decision
this year
over 30 000 people have made the
decision
for jesus christ
[Applause]
and this is the key
[Music]
god’s not just rejoicing over the ones
who’ve already made the decision
heaven stops over one person
and today are you the one that heaven
will rejoice for
[Music]
you’re making the greatest decision of
your life
two i’m proud of you but forget that
your name will be
written in the lamb’s book of life and
your eternity secure forever
if you want to accept jesus christ as
your personal lord and savior
three raise your hand all over the world
can we give god
glory to god the reason they’re cheering
is just heaven it’s turning up right now
because of one person
and you know transformation nation this
is what we do every sunday
we pray together for the benefit of
those who come into christ
so would you just pray this out loud
with me say god
thank you for sending jesus
just for me today i give you my life
i repent i believe you lived
you died and you rose again
just for me change me
renew me transform me
i’m yours forever in jesus name
amen can we give god
oh y’all can do better than that can we
give god
a shout of praise all over this world
glory to
god glory to god
oh i just saw people’s lives snapped
down
i just saw people’s families turned
around
thank you lord what i want you to do
is i want you to take saved to the
number on the screen
and we’re going to send you some
information and give you some next steps
okay
but we got a next step you can take
right now
today you can get baptized somebody say
be baptized
this is your call and there’s no excuse
not i wasn’t prepared not i don’t know
where no water is no no
we make happen what we want to happen
and today there are thousands of other
people all over the world
that are making the same decision and if
you want to be baptized spontaneously
that’s what this ethiopian eunuch did he
was baptized spontaneously
he was on his way somewhere and he was
like hold up water baptized
like he did a thing right there it was
spontaneous today there are people that
are watching
that your heart has been beating and
your spirit is like you
you you you you can do this let’s do
this let’s make it happen
don’t ignore the spirit of god on the
inside of you
if you want to be spontaneously baptized
today
text right now baptism to the number on
your screen
and i’m telling y’all in five minutes
we’re about to turn up
we’re about to celebrate we are about to
oh y’all better help me we’re about to
give god praise
with you and celebrate with you as you
come alive
in christ
just want to let you know that we’re not
just here
for the big moments we want to walk with
you
every step of the way
after you do this go find a church
in your city a life-giving one that
somebody can know your name
we want you to get in community as a
matter of fact i don’t know if i’m even
supposed to say this but next week
we’re opening up b groups at
transformation church
and you’re gonna be able to get in
community with people
from all over the world if you’re in san
francisco you’re gonna be able to meet
with people if you’re in texas
you’re going to be over online if you’re
in different country
[Applause]
because if you enjoy transformation
church you only get to see
a portion of what we do if you tune in
on sundays but the real
the real secret to what god is doing
here is in community
and so next week we want you to come
back and sign up for
all of the amazing small groups that
will be happening
and then i just want to ask you to watch
this whole series
somebody say you need all three many of
you just took the step
and were baptized into salvation in just
a moment you’re gonna get baptized in
water
but there’s one last baptism it’s the
baptism of the holy spirit
and i’m telling you this is the one that
empowers you to live life
and next week we got one more week of
the upgrade y’all
you do not want to miss next week it’s
gonna change everything
okay well go back before next week
this week as your assignment is go back
everybody everybody not just the people
getting baptized everybody go back and
watch
message one through five and come ready
next week
as we see god give us his holy spirit
without mention
yeah in the upgrade hey can i can i just
say one last thing
[Music]
when you go to get baptized wherever you
go because some people are going to have
to make a drive somewhere
some people set a time you’re on a
different time zone and you decided to
meet up with people
make no excuse when you go know that the
holy spirit is there with you
[Music]
that he just like jesus our example
y’all remember in matthew when jesus got
baptized
he if anybody could have walked this
earth without being baptized
it was jesus but he told john no
this must be done no excuse
and i believe the son of god
was baptized to make sure all of us knew
that we had no excuse
and when he was baptized you can go read
it
when he came up it says the holy spirit
like a dove descended on him
and then the skies opened and the father
affirmed him publicly
and said this is my son and i feel this
is what’s going to happen
when you get baptized chains are going
to fall off old waves are going to fall
up and he’s going to say
this is my child and whom i am
well pleased and do you know
that after the baptism of jesus is when
all the miracles that we read about
happen
i believe that there is a miraculous
season
coming to your life after you take this
step of faith
can i pray for you real quick hands
lifted all over the world hands lifted
father i thank you for what you’re about
to do
and i thank you father god that as we go
into this moment
the spiritual moment this life-changing
moment
this miraculous moment of identifying
with you and your burial
and in your resurrection i thank you
father that you would touch
the hearts the minds and the lives of
your children i don’t know what they’re
going through and what they need
but you do you’re right there with them
and father i thank you for a spirit
filled encounter with you right now god
thank you father that the testimonies of
healing the testimony of depression
following on
the testimony of joy coming back to
people’s lives
father let him ring out from all over
the world and father for everything that
you do in this time
we give you all the glory we give you
all the honor
and we give you all the praise in jesus
name
everybody say we agree we expect
amen hey i’m about to go and throw it
in to the worship team who’s in the
living room and we’re gonna worship god
as we get baptized it’s flood sunday
let’s stop
[Music]
jesus when i met you
[Music]
is
[Music]
jesus
one more time you call my name
[Music]
come on push your head
[Music]
[Applause]
hey listen we are here it is
raining we not have no
excuse no excuse
we have friends and family gathered
around
and we are about to get baptized today
i need something from everybody this is
people coming alive in christ
and i don’t care if you’re an apartment
by yourself
or you’re with a group of people we are
the body of christ
and when we see somebody making a step
by
faith we cheer we shout we celebrate
so every time somebody goes down you
don’t know what they’re leaving under
some people are leaving depression some
people are leaving hurt
some people are leaving divorce but
they’re coming up a new creature
[Music]
[Applause]
so today i’m going to invite amy into
the water
come on today is a day of freedom for
you sister
[Music]
today god is gonna do a new work come on
tears are already flowing
we baptize you in the name of the father
the son
and the holy spirit
[Music]
glory to god
[Applause]
i got my man here
[Applause]
come on he he’s wearing an anchor around
his neck right now
this is an anchoring move right here and
we believe
that everything in your life is becoming
new come on put your hand up here
today sean we baptize you in the name of
the father
the son and the holy spirit
come on somebody give god
ladies and gentlemen miss tanya is
coming
i love you so much i love you so much
now miss tanya if you don’t mind telling
everybody
how young are you she’s 61 years old and
she’s looking good
at 61 years old tanya is deciding
she’s the sign i said she’s decided
that the old is going down and a new
life has begun
tanya today we baptize you in the name
of the father
i feel god he’s going to do something
transformative in you
the father the son and the holy spirit
hey
[Applause]
yo i have two people here
that are a couple jeff and ariel are
gonna get baptized together
y’all ready scott you come right here
now i want you to know how important
this is and how significant this
is i don’t know what your marriage has
gone through
i don’t know what you’ve had to endure
but today as you take this step together
i feel the presence of god
that god is making everything new he has
been faithful to get you to this spot
but the old is going under and your
marriage and your life is being renewed
even for your child
it’s a brand new day put your hand on
your nose today we baptize you
in the name of the father the son and
the holy spirit
oh glory to god
[Music]
y’all we got a whole family we got a
whole family
we got our whole family the garden
family
wow wow wow
y’all now this is this is special
this is special gene what god has done
to get
y’all here the fact that we all hear
mine
courtney charles jerry like
i’m emotional i’m thinking god it’s
raining right now so the tears can’t
actually be seen
but i remember when ryan started coming
to soulfly
and started believing god that our whole
family would be saved
oh y’all don’t hear me but not just
saved
but walking fully right in what god had
called him to be a few years later
the family started tithing a few years
later then they started serving
and now we’re here today and the whole
jones time so today
gordon family come on bro get over here
today y’all put your hands on your nose
okay
today we baptize the gordon family
in the name of the father this is being
the son
and the holy
[Applause]
to spirit listen to me i’m so
proud of you courtney oh i’m so proud of
you
glory to god
[Applause]
[Music]
listen to me i don’t care who you are
and where you’re at god is doing
something in this water
and all you got to do is find some what
everybody say some water it doesn’t
matter where it is
this is the day where you are going to
move from death to life
and you’re going to come alive in christ
somebody shout alive
shout alive one more time alive
[Applause]
this is the moment i want to tell you
i’ve never been prouder to be a pastor
because this is the moment that people
are being transformed in christ
so today if you have a spot that you’re
going to get baptized
you see there’s no excuse we out here
everybody we out here
we in the deep there’s no excuse find
some water a bathtub a jacuzzi
go to a friend’s house go get in the
lake it doesn’t matter get another
disciple call them
and tell them i want to be baptized and
let them watch this video i’m about to
officially dismiss
everybody that is going to be baptized
somewhere
i want you to know that it doesn’t
matter what people think around you
do it loud do it big do it public
let the world know
[Music]
[Applause]
let the world know and whenever you go
do it
we want to see it i want you to
videotape it i want you
to go instagram live i want you to tag
transformation church
tag i am mike todd share it with all
your friends
when you go public you don’t do it
quietly when you go public
you do it everywhere and today
we want business partners and people
that you do work with and that go to
your kids school
and that you’re in pta with it that you
hoop with
we want them to know that you are saved
you are taken and you are baptized
so share it tag us and the next thing i
want you to know
is that it’s not too late to get
baptized somebody has watched this whole
thing
and you said like oh man the whole
family everybody
yep it’s your turn and so there is no
excuse if you want to be baptized i want
you to text
baptism to the number on the screen
right now
and there are three videos that gonna
come up and you can literally watch
those three videos
it will take you through salvation it’s
me i’m gonna walk you through salvation
and then i’m gonna walk you through
being baptized i’m even gonna say i
baptize you in the name of the father
son and the holy spirit
and then somebody will be there and
they’ll dunk you i’m gonna pray with you
i wanted you to gather your family
around and i want you to do this
as soon as you can some of you are
watching this on rebroadcast and you’re
saying can i do it now
the answer is yes the answer
is yes and so we want you to get
baptized
and i want you to know that god
is going to do something so powerful as
you take this step of faith everybody
say step of faith
it’s honestly a step of crazy faith and
i believe god is going to do something
let me pray for you
and then dismiss you and if you’re going
to stay with us
as we baptize the rest of these people
we’re just going to have a praise party
for the rest of this time and we’re
going to see and celebrate
with everybody that’s getting baptized
hands lifted all over the world father
thank you
thank you for your word thank you for
your instruction
and thank you for your son who provides
a way
for us to obey you and today as we get
baptized i
thank you that miracles signs
and wonders will follow us as we believe
i thank you that people will be watching
from afar and the spirit in them will
jump up and say what must i do
to be safe thank you for the spontaneous
baptism
for the boldness and father i thank you
that your name will ring out all over
the world today
as we give you glory honor and praise
in jesus name somebody give god a shout
of praise
we love you so get baptized come on
we’re going to baptize some more
ladies and gentlemen amber’s in the
house
[Music]
it’s a new day for you they can go ahead
and sing i’m a baptizer
father today we baptize amber it’s a new
life for you
yeah in the name of the father the son
and the holy spirit
amen
[Applause]
[Music]
[Applause]
god’s gonna do a work in you father
today
we baptize jacob in the name of the
father
the son and the holy spirit
come on tiffany
[Music]
you’re here new and impressed and god
said this is a fresh song for you
today we baptize tiffany in the name of
the father
the son and the holy spirit
[Music]
glory to god
[Music]
come on taffy you ready
this last year god has done a working
shift and today this is a sign of
newness of who god’s created mark this
day
because today you are being baptized in
the name of the father the son
and the holy spirit
[Music]
come on y’all
today we baptize you in the name of the
father the son and the holy spirit
[Music]
i want you to do this
[Music]
today we baptize you in the name of the
father
the son and the holy spirit
[Applause]
glory to god glory to god
i love you come on baby
[Applause]
come on baby you got the other ones i
thought
okay come on you ready to get baptized
have you made jesus your lord are you
ready to get baptized today we baptize
you oh my goodness you’re fine baby
you’re okay
[Music]
we baptize you in the name of the father
and the holy spirit
[Applause]
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
i love you you made jesus your lord
you know what you’re doing today huh
you’re you’re going
public that jesus is forever your lord
right
all right you ready to do it all right
hold your nose today mia
we baptize you in the name of the father
the son
and the holy spirit
we’re so proud of you so proud
of you
god bless you baby hallelujah
come on gizelle
come on new life today
we baptize you in the name of the father
the son
and the holy spirit
today we baptize your critics all things
new
in the name of the father son and the
holy spirit
come on we got a couple here y’all
[Music]
let’s do it y’all ready all things to do
yes sir all things new y’all hold hands
right there
today i’m believing that even the
generational stuff
even the stuff that you like i don’t
want to feel like that i’m not saying
everything new today today we baptize
you both
in the name of the father the son and
the holy spirit
come on dad today is a new start
a fresh start this is the delineation
this is a new line
god’s gonna use you for his glory today
we pray
that we baptize mackay in the name of
the father
the son and the holy spirit
[Music]
new healing has come today
today we baptize you guys in the name of
the father
the son and the holy spirit
[Music]
you ready gabby county
this is in line god’s drawing the line
and he’s giving you a new start today
come on even though self-doubt and the
things that you’ve been thinking of
yourself
this is a new day today come on let’s do
it today
we baptize you gabby in the name of the
father the son
and the holy spirit
glory to god come on
[Music]
[Applause]
you are coming alive like never before
so today father
we baptize aaron this is us i feel god’s
doing a brand new work in you
and today we baptize you in the name of
the father the son
and the holy spirit
[Music]
[Applause]
this it’s a fresh start for you today we
baptize you
in the name of the father the son and
the holy spirit
[Music]
[Applause]
come on we got our last one tammy
you ready tammy today we baptize you
in the name of the father the son and
the holy spirit
[Music]
glory to god
[Applause]
hey listen today we
baptize 30 people
[Music]
but will you imagine with me for one
second
that a thousand times that is getting
baptized today
y’all didn’t hear me
[Applause]
and it’s still not too late if you’re
still watching this
as families and couples and kids got
baptized today
today all god is asking you is
what’s your excuse he’s already given so
much for you
let’s go ahead and make it public
transformation church
i cannot think of anything better
to do ever in life than to be your
pastor
and be your leader thank you for
allowing me and this team
to take you to the deep we have decided
in 2021 we will be
anchored and it just happened
for over 20 000 people today
[Music]
[Applause]
tell everybody about what happened today
tell your friends
tell your enemies and lift up the name
of jesus
until next sunday go out and live
a trend
[Music]
let’s go