And who am I to take away one of the few pleasures in your life! :lol

ChosenOne, let me know when you want to be baptized and I will see what I can arrange for you.

It will probably be done outside of a normal service if that is ok with you.

I have someone that would be more than willing to do it for you, I'm sure. :)

Esther,

I am sure Bro. Strange would do it...he is there most of the time. I would love to come and witness it. Please let me know if there is anything I can do, or when so I can be there if it is all right with Bro. Chosen!

Sincerely, Sis., Rhoni

MOW,
Glad you brought up the mikveh, I was about to when I read your posts.

As to the brother Swordsman, your scripture reference is taken out of context. Tell me, is it referring to water baptism or spirit baptism?

Chosen,
As has already been stated, there is no scriptural reference advocating or prohibiting.
I have been baptized twice, once after backsliding. I do not regret either time.

Actually I was think of Darryl, as Bro. Strange looked very tired to me Sunday.

I'm sure he either would be glad to do it.

I had to come up to the top to apologize for the length of this entry, but the joy of the Holy Ghost has filled my room and I cannot stop rejoicing and praising my sweet Lord.

Sister,

I have thanked God nearly every day that you have come to be not only my friend, but someone so dear to my heart. God has used you in ways that you would never know to minister to the very core of my being.

What you have written was exactly what my heart was trying to convey when I asked the question on this thread. When I was 15, I didn't know who God really was though I really wanted to have what my Pentecostal friends had with the Lord.

As I wrote yesterday, it wasn't until several years later that two very patient brothers at New Life Tab took it upon themselves to answer every question and regardless of how the bible study turned out, they were there the very next week doing what they were lead to do. Many of us would have thrown in the towel, but I thank God for these humble men of God who preserved when many would have said I was hopeless. I wasn't in anyway disrespectful to those guys, I just knew what my Papa had instilled in me for so many years.

I remember what turned out to be the last bible study I had with those two. As usual we met Sunday afternoon around 2:PM after lunch for our weekly bible study. It started just like every one before with all of us fully prepared with our scripture, questions, and yes...arguements. But you see, that day would not end like the several before, because when I read again in Acts, Chapter 20 verse 28, "Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood"...I froze. The two brothers continued a bit and they looked at me and cocked their heads wondering why I was so quite. I raised my head and cried out, "I see it...I see it"! I see who Jesus really is!!! What a day, what a day....a day that I received the REVELATION of who Jesus really was.

When I read that the Holy Ghost hath made you overseer to feed the CHURCH OF GOD that He purchased with His blood it was a one, two punch of heavenly revelation and truly one of the most significant moments in my spiritual walk. I loved the COG and I knew just like so many of my cousins, uncles and other family members that we were expected to go to Lee College to continue what our grandfather had lived his whole life. Many of them today have become overseers, evangelist, pastors and have known great success in their ministries.

Yet there were those of us that said we wanted to know without any doubt or consequences of going against the family who we would be working for....a Triune God or One God. Praise the mighty Name of Jesus Christ many now know and have never, ever comprised that truth.

My heart is overflowing just as the tears on my face this afternoon that I know Jesus. There truly is a revelation that comes to those seek to know Him and who study and wait on the Lord. I feel that too many of our people have not had that revelation, but they have just believed what they were told just like so many trinitarians have done for generations. We should weep for their souls that they would be restored and the truth burn within them to bring them forth preaching this truth to everyone.

If you have never been persecuted for your faith than I dare say that you have no faith. It is that faith that will save...it is that faith that will deliver...it is that faith passed down from the Apostles that will shine throughout eternity and will stand when all other doctrines have crumbled. Hold fast to your faith and never waver, never compromise, never surrender what God has revealed.

I may not be the true blue ultra-con I once was, but I would defend to my dying day this wonderful truth of the Oneness of our God. Those in other ranks speak of the mystery of the Godhead, because they haven't experienced the earth-shattering revelation of truth that will dispel the deceptive lies of those that tickle the ears of those around them.

Where has the burdened that so many had for the souls that are bound for hell living all around us. Have we become so complacent and comfortable that instead of weeping and reaching for those lost we just causally pass by without concern. We look at them and identify them as lost and many of us just let them continue to the drumbeat of Satan without any intervention whatsoever.

I want so badly to get up and tell everyone about what Jesus has done for them so that they might know true freedom, before it's too late. Many nights I lie here thinking if only I would have done more...If only I would have sacrificed more...If only I could have reached more...May God have mercy. It isn't our Father's will that any should parish, but we have stopped hearing His heart's cry for His lost sons and daughters.

Thank you Esther and everyone who have written here on this thread your thoughts on re-baptizing folks that have felt this need in their lives. I can tell you that my prayers have been answered and there remains no doubt that for me I must obey the Lord regarding this subject. My heart is full of such joy that I can't hardly contain myself. Oh, how precious my Jesus is to me and I owe him more than I could ever, ever repay.

Praise the lovely name of Jesus. I feel as though I could shout all over this room. I love Jesus so much.

I understand what you're saying, but on the other hand, Paul seemed to note that some Christians weren't as strong as others, and he made allowances for them.

There is something I really liked when i was looking at the methodist church and entering their ministry. They do not rebaptize (generally speaking) They have instead a service that is derived from the baptismal service. It is a service where at the point of baptism, they put their hand into the water and say remember the convenant of your baptism. It is something I would adapt if I was a pastor. I would have to look at the book of doctrine again (if I can find it) to get more specifics, but they use this service when someone wants to be rebaptized or rededicate their life/walk with Christ.

Being rebaptized to me to soothe the mind, is similar to this service of the methodist. But I would not hesitate to rebaptize someone.

I always though refer people to go and talk to their pastors first of all things.

As I wrote, it has been a month of me trying to understand exactly why I have felt the Lord tell me to be re-baptized. I started this thread yesterday in hopes that someone would help me understand. For me, I am to be obedient to the Lord and that is what he has commanded from me. I didn't understand it before, but I can tell you that He is in control and I have felt the anointing and the sweet presence of Jesus to where I can't hardly control the joy that has been flowing from me. I nearly gave up a few weeks ago when I received some bad news. My faith was nearly shattered. But through all of this, God will be glorified and I will live to tell everyone of His loving healing power. Don't count me out...count me blessed.

And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever. 1 John 2:17

Thank you dear sister....er....I mean former sister.:haloplug:killinme