I was ministering at an interdenominational men’s gathering in Pretoria once, and at the end of my address, a man sitting towards the back of the auditorium stood up and asked me a question:
“What do you believe about baptism?” This question is very controversial in South Africa, and many heated debates have been conducted over this thorny issue. I realised that I would need to answer with wisdom in this interdenominational setting and swiftly asked the Holy Spirit to help me. The words which came from my mouth was not mine.
I answered, “You must understand that I minister in many different denominations and each has their own way of baptism. Some sprinkle little babies; others hold their hand over the baby’s mouth and baptise them under the water. Others baptise adults by full immersion – backwards, forwards, three times backwards.”
I said, “I don’t care how you have been baptised, but I must tell you that according to the Scriptures, if your baptism did not make a dramatic change in your life, it was just an empty ritual of no spiritual value.”
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