"There are two reasons I'm standing in the pool today : the first is my parents. When I was eight, I was walking down the street, holding my Dad's hand, and he was explaining that I had to invite Jesus into my heart. 'Righto,' I thought, 'fair enough. Jesus, please come into my heart.' And that was the moment I became a Christian, even with such a small faith. So my walk began there."The second reason I'm here -- 2 Timothy 3:4-5 says, 'But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it' -- that's my parents -- 'and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.' So the second reason is the power of the Scriptures and God's work in my life. This salvation is based solely on Jesus' death and resurrection -- that is, he died for my sins, and was raised to life so I could be justified.
"Let me read to you -- well, let me tell you some verses from Romans 6 : 'Or don't you know that all of us who were baptised into Christ Jesus' -- that is, baptised with the Holy Spirit -- 'were baptised into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life...For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin -- because anyone who has died has been freed from sin...In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.' [Ro. 6:3-4, 6-7, 11]
"Now this baptism is symbolic of the change that has taken place in me. As David pushes me into the water, it symbolises me dying to sin, and as he pulls me back out, it symbolises my being raised to new life in Christ Jesus.
"So this baptism is a public declaration of the fact that I have died to sin, and am alive to God in Christ Jesus."
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That is so cool Zander!! I wish i could have been there with you. It was so awesome reading why you chose to be baptised, and how you were saying that none of it had to do with YOU, but is all about JESUS. !! One thing i find really encouraging with this blog site is that every single topic has something to do with God, what he has been doing in your life, or about prayer... God is involved in every aspect of your life. Fair dinkum beaut.
xxx caity
Congrats Zander.
Caitlin, you're plain georgeous! Hope you're doing well. Steph
That's great, Zander! I'm so happy for you!
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