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Acts 10:47
"Surely no one can stand in the way of their being baptized with water. They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have."
Marilyn D.
Marilyn D. from Chesapeake, VA said:
These kinds of verses have been a conformation to my understanding, since I came out of a religious background that taught infant baptism and that baptism administered some type of grace. Here we see that the people heard the truth first... (faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God). Secondly, he believed the message and received the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior.(for by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is a gift of God...) We know this because they received the Holy Spirit (...the Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children) and thereby we are able to follow the Lord in obedience to scripture through the waters of baptism which is simply an outward confirmation of our inward decision! Hence, "Surely no one can stand in the way of their being baptized with water...They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have."
Bruno V.
Bruno V. from Vallejo, CA said:
Yep, welcome to my world... I was there too ( : But I noticed what is also amazing about this book, after they beleived, every time - almost immidiately, they became baptized. They didn't wast any time.
Lloyd S.
Lloyd S. from Trenton, ON said:
I agree. When I received Christ and told my mother I was baptized, she said; why would you be baptized, you were baptized as a baby. I said to her, that was your committing me to God and since I was not old enough to understand that I needed to receive Christ personally and confess Him as Lord it was not a witness of my own faith but your committing to raise me in the faith as best you knew. She did not understand that there needed to be a personal committment and confession of faith. I have tried different times but her religiosity has closed her mind. It is sad that so many churches teach religion rather than the truth of God's word. Praise the Lord that He put someone in my path that opened the truth to me.
Marilyn D.
Marilyn D. from Chesapeake, VA said:
Amen Bruno and Lloyd..Thanks for posting keep being light and salt my brothers and God will use even this testimony to bring encouragement to others as it has me! God Bless! Lloyd most of my immediate family is still blinded by their religiosity...but God can remove the scales off their eyes as He did for us...I will pray for your Mom and covet your prayers for my family as well! Bruno...I was born in Brooklyn and grew up in VA...I still have a lot of family in NY who are Catholics and are like sheep being led to the slaughter! I was "baptized" Catholic and converted Greek Orthodox (which recognizes the Catholic baptism) since they are almost one in the same Religion...
Don F.
Don F. from St Petersburg, FL said:
Guys, I grew up in the Catholic Religion also, never prompted to study God's Word. The Bible says to be baptized after salvation, thru faith in Jesus. Let us please pray for those Fathers who heard our confessions, that they may also confess to God and ask for the forgiveness of their sins through faith in the name of Jesus.
Marilyn D.
Marilyn D. from Chesapeake, VA said:
Praise the Lord for delivering you too...and we absolutely need to pray for those priest and the people of the eastern and western orthodox religions because it has such a strong generational brain washing stronghold...and it is very difficult to witness to them!
Bruno V.
Bruno V. from Vallejo, CA said:
Hi Marilyn. Wow, I was Born in CA and moved to Brooklyn (Bushwick) because I married there and and her entire family are Jehovah's Witnesses (talk about "relgiosity"!). My wife used to be (was kicked out before we met), she is a Christian now, but now her entire family no longer speak to her, and to me minimal because they rent the house we own there. Coincidently, its only about 2 miles from "Watchtower HQ" and many JW's roam the streets. We have an extra floor that is open and I had an amazing idea to have "Free Prayer Days" (advertised by a sign) for all who want/need prayer when I am in Brooklyn. Likewise, please pray for me that this may be possible, and as well as God removing those scales from her family's eyes, and I'll do the same for you - one more prayer warrior is always good ! God Bless, Bruno
Marilyn D.
Marilyn D. from Chesapeake, VA said:
It sounds like a wonderful plan that the Lord has put on your heart and I will pray that God continues to direct your path and protect your steps as He paves the way and allows this opportunity to come to fruition and uses it for the expansion of His kingdom and for His glory! Your wife is like me, in that, we may have lost our earthly families but have gained so much more when we were given and placed in the body and family that God is forming! We need each other, and I am so thankful to the church and for brothers and sisters that we can commune and share with that we may not ever meet on this side of glory but will be spending all of eternity with!!! Thanks for your prayers too! God Bless!!!