SFC Blog: week 1
Auther: Alyssa Nelson
Water Baptism
On the 10th of October 2015 I got baptized along with
some of my friends from church and two adults. The first
time I realised I wanted to get baptized was in late 2013.
My sister was invited to a Baptist church for a baptism
ceremony and I tagged along. In the Baptist faith there is a
much longer process of getting baptized than in the
Christian faith. When I went to the service the pastor kept
on saying one thing which was “In order for one to enter
heaven they have to be born again in the spirit.” which is
true because according to the King James Version JOHN
3:3 says: “Jesus answered and said unto him Verily,
verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he
cannot see the kingdom of God” and then it in JOHN 3:5
the topic is addressed again and the bible says “Jesus
answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be
born of water and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the
kingdom of God.” From that day forward I wanted to get
baptized because I knew to myself that I was not reborn in
the spirit. Although I wanted to get baptized I was not
doing the things that was asked of me by God. I starting
attending Arima Church of God in March of 2014. I knew
that if I wanted to get baptized that I would have to learn
about God and also do what is asked of me by him. In the
period of a year I was baptized with help of my church
family and my parents. On the day I was so excited
because I was giving myself whole hearted to my lord and
saviour Jesus Christ. When we got to the beach in which
we were getting baptized we sang some worship songs
and the people that came to support gave us some words
of wisdom and then Sister Providence talked to us for a bit
and then we had to say the reason why we wanted to get
baptized (BTW the other people that got baptized with me
was Aliyah, Lecharl, Shaquilla, Brother Martin ,Sister
Marcia and myself Alyssa) the reason I gave for why I
wanted to get baptized was because I wanted to be closer
to God which I am now. We got baptized by our Pastor
Clinton Providence and our Assistant pastor Marlon
Moore. I was the fourth person to get baptized. First was
Sister Marcia then was Lecharl, Aliya, Myself, Shaquilla
and Brother Martin. When my turn came I stepped into the
water which was really cold because it was early morning.
My Pastor walked out to help me into the water, when we
reached out far enough I could hear the supporters singing
worship songs my Pastor spoke to me and then he said
“you are being baptized in the name of the father, the son
and the holy spirit” and then they dipped me into the
water. When I raised up I felt lighter to be honest like all
the things that I was holding on to God took the weight off
my shoulders. In that moment I was so happy of myself
and I know my parents was proud but most importantly I
made Jesus happy which I what I live to do. In all I do I
want his approval I want him to happy with my decisions
and proud of me. Although I got baptized I still make
mistakes. I’m human I will make mistake but I have to
learn from them and know not to do it again. Now that I’m
baptized I know that the younger ones that also want to
get baptized or even the ones who haven’t thought about it
yet are look at me because I am supposed to be a leader
and show them the right way. Overall I am so happy that I
got baptized by far the best decision I ever made in my
life, and honestly if I can go and do it again I would. Get
baptized it is an amazing experience.
