Baptised twice? What was that about?
Precious friend, how about
Three times for me?:
1)
forced upon me when I was an infant in Roman
religion.
Called upon The Name Of The Lord at 27 years old.
2) On vacation, told relatives about my
conversion and they said I should
"talk to their preacher." He showed me his
"cherry-picked" Scriptures, but
since I was just a 'new-born' in Christ, they sounded 'good' to me. He said
that I should do it
immediately [ red flag? ], but I said I would "wait" until
Sunday. Crazy thing was, I told my relative's congregation: "I was glad I
was joining the winning team" [
little did I know...]
3) Back home, went to '
reformed' assembly, even
taught a youth class, but
studying and growing In Scriptures, started having
trouble with
their
'tradition' of infant baptism, asked 'em about it, and they gave me a
booklet to
study. Found out it was
not supported in Scriptures, so left
that place when my heart
"felt horrible watching the very next
'traditional' ceremony on an infant.
4) Heard a one-time radio ad "inviting" me to a baptist assembly, and they
asked "
If I had been baptized
their way"? I told them about the
immersion
into the 'church of Christ' way, and they informed me that was false, because
they taught it "was for salvation". So, low and behold, baptized the
third
time. They said it was
simply "an outward symbolic expression of an inward
faith" [
their 'cherry-picked' verses ] [ a babe,
How VERY little did I know!... ]
5) Kept
studying my Bible faithfully, prayerfully, and
Carefully, and
some 8 years later, God
Graciously Led me to 2 Timothy 2:15:
"Study to shew thyself Approved unto God, a workman that
needeth not to be ashamed, Rightly Dividing The Word Of Truth."
Wow,
never heard of that in 'church' before, but:
Thanks Be Unto God,
All of the above
Confusion Was Eradicated By This
Biblical Method,
instead of "following the aforementioned
traditions" of
water baptism.
If you wish to check it out,
precious friend
@timemeddler, I have made
this study:
ONE Baptism!
Thanks for your time
listening to my testimony, and:
Please Be Very
Richly Encouraged And Edified In The Lord
Jesus Christ, and In His Word Of Truth,
Rightly Divided!
Brother ChrisE