New Birth

This past Tuesday evening I was privileged with an experience that I have never had. I was able to baptize a gentleman who was born in 1917. That's right. He is 90 years old!

But he had been sprinkled as an infant and had been in a small group that had been studying material that covered Scriptural baptism. And during that small group study he had come to the conclusion that he needed to follow through with it himself.

The Bible does not support the idea of an unimmersed follower of Christ. And that thought compelled him to "cross the bridge" and be baptized.

I was really proud of his decision because there are more reasons to not do something like that than there are to do it. And yet, the reasons to be baptized may not be as many as the reasons not to be but they are certainly more significant.

And he did it. He did not let his age stop him. He did not let his health stop him either. I was very honored to participate in such a special night for this very nice man.

So, you don't know his name, you don't need to. But you do know how old he is. So remember him in your prayers. Say a prayer for a 90 year old babe in Christ.