Last day: TODAY we are leaving :(
I really do hope to come back here some day. I don’t know in what capacity, I’m not even saying for long, but it’s hard to leave. I also do really hope that my baby boy gets to continue in our footsteps and gets involved with mission. Those people need it, and other people too. It doesn’t have to be mission per say, but God’s work, helping people, loving people, ... I say that with a torn “mommy’s heart”. Off course I selfishly want to keep my baby boy at home with me (not that he’ll always remain a baby!), safe in Canada. But at the same time he ain’t mine to keep. He is God’s and whatever His plan is, I know it will be great. I also know that I don’t want to stand in the way, and I want to be Raph’s biggest cheerleader in whatever he does. Bringing him here was a huge act of “letting go” for me, but Raph has never “belonged” to me and it is with that attitude that we came here to Africa. He’s always been God's and I prefer Him to be in control anyway. Whether we’re in Africa or Canada, things could happen. Harmful things, things that I cannot control. But I do not want to live my life in fear, I do not want Raph to live his life in fear. I want him to live to the fullest, to live for God in the craziest way he is called to and I don’t want him to hold back. And I want to set an example for him, even if it’s tough at times, like this trip was (I’m sure you can imagine). I really hope I can do all that! God have mercy on me!
Off to go on 4 flights. Talk to you later :)
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WE BELIEVE JOHN'S BAPTISM
ReplyDeleteWhy do most believers in Christ accept what God said about the purpose of John the Baptist's baptism, but reject what God said about the purpose of Christian baptism?
JOHN'S BAPTISM & CHRISTIAN BAPTISM
Luke 7:30 But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected God's purpose for themselves, not having been baptized by John.
Most believers accept this as fact. Quakers and the Church of the Salvation Army reject Christian water baptism. If the Pharisees rejected God's purpose my not being baptized by John, what will be the fate of the men today who are not baptized with Christian baptism or reject its purpose?
Mart 1:4 John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
Men do not deny that John the Baptist baptize for (in order to) the forgiveness of sins, however, they reject Christian baptism outright or deny it is for (in order to) the remission of sins.
Luke 3:3,7 And he came into all the district around Jordan,preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins; 7 So he began saying to the crowds who were going out to bebaptized by him, "You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Most men agree that these men were fleeing, the wrath to come, by being baptized by John for the forgiveness of their sins. Men today do not believe that men can flee from the wrath to come by being baptized into Christ for the forgiveness of their sins.
Why would men believe God when He talks about the baptism of John, but doubt God when He refers to the purpose of Christian baptism?
Act 19:4 Paul said "John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in Him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.
Most "Faith Only" believers agree that John baptized with the baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, and then the people subsequently believed in Jesus.
Most "FAITH ONLY" believers deny that Peter and the apostles preached Jesus and then told the believers to repent and be baptized for the forgiveness of sins. (Acts 2:22-41)
THE QUESTION REMAINS WHY WOULD BELIEVERS IN CHRIST ACCEPT GOD'S WORD CONCERNING THE BAPTISM OF JOHN, BUT DENY CHRISTIAN BAPTISM? (JOHN'S BAPTISM IS NOT VALID TODAY)
WHY DO "FAITH ONLY" BELIEVERS REJECT GOD'S VIEW ABOUT CHRISTIAN BAPTISM?
CHRISTIAN BAPTISM: Acts 2:38, Mark 16:16, Acts22:16, 1 Peter3:21.Colossians 2:12-13
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