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Bring It On-Line: Who Can Baptize?

I read that any Christian can baptize someone else because it's not about the person baptizing but about Christ. Is this true? Who can perform baptisms? The Bible says to preach the Word of the kingdom to the ends of the earth and then the end ... Read Transcript


Terry: WHAT A

BLESSING.

TIME TO DO SOME E-MAILS.

THOMAS SAYS, "IS THERE A

RIGHT/WRONG WAY TO PRAY?

I HEAR SOME PASTORS TELUS

THE LORD WHAT YOU NEED.

AND OTHERS SAY THANK HIM AND

OTHERS SAY GIVE THE LORD

MONEY AND HE WILL BLESS

YOU.

I TRIED ALL OF THE WAYS, BUT

I FEEL LIKE MY PRAYERS HAVE

NOT BEEN HEARD.

IS IT POSSIBLE MY PRAYERS

ARE NOT WORTHY OF BEING

FULFILLED?"

Pat: ALL PRAYERS ARE

WORTHY.

READ MARK 11.

THAT'S A DESCRIPTION OF HOW

TO HAVE MIRACLES.

JAMES SAYS, YOU ASK BUT YOU

DON'T RECEIVE BECAUSE YOU

ASK UPON YOUR LUST.

SO SOMETIMES WE'RE PRAYING

SELFISHLY AND THAT'S NOT THE

RIGHT KIND OF PRAYER.

BUT JESUS SAID WHEN YOU SAY

TO THIS MOUNTAIN -- I THINK

WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO IS SAY

FIRST OF ALL WE COMMUNE WITH

GOD.

THAT'S WHERE YOU START.

HE SAID HAVE FAITH IN GOD.

YOU COMMUNE WITH GOD.

AND THEN HAVING BEEN TOUCHED

BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD, YOU

SPEAK FORTH THE WORD.

THE HOLY SPIRIT JOINS WITH

YOUR SPIRIT.

YOU AGREE TOGETHER WITH THE

LORD AND THEN YOU SPEAK INTO

THE SITUATION AROUND YOU.

YOU SPEAK TO THE DISEASE,

SPEAK TO THE MONEY, SPEAK TO

YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES.

INSTEAD OF SAYING, OH, GOD,

BLESS ME, BLESS ME, BLESS

ME.

YOU SAY, LORD, SHOW ME WHAT

IS TO BE DONE.

AND IN THE NAME OF JESUS, I

COMMAND THIS TO HAPPEN.

GET IN TOUCH WITH THE LORD

FIRST.

THAT'S WHERE YOU START.

Terry: MELANIE

SAYS, "HELLO, PAT.

I READ THAT ANY CHRISTIAN

CAN BAPTIZE SOMEONE ELSE

BECAUSE IT IS NOT ABOUT THE

PERSON BAPTIZING, BUT ABOUT

CHRIST.

WHO CAN PERFORM BAPTISM?"

Pat: MELANIE, I THINK

YOU'RE RIGHT ON THE MONEY.

I THINK ANY CHRISTIAN CAN DO

THIS.

I REALLY DO.

I THINK THE IDEA IS THE

PERSON IS BURIED WITH CHRIST

IN BAPTISM AND RAISED IN THE

NEWNESS OF LIFE.

IF YOU'RE THERE, HERE IS

WATER.

WHAT IS HINDERING ME TO BE

BAPTIZED.

I THINK ANY CHRISTIAN CAN

BAPTIZE.

Terry: THIS IS DOUGLAS

WHO SAYS, "ABOUT 10 TO 12

MONTHS AGO, MY WIFE TURNED

HER BACK ON RELIGION DUE TO

PERSONAL ISSUES.

I HAVE SINCE BEEN PRAYING

FOR HER FAITH TO BE RESTORED

AND STRENTHENED.

A FEW DAYS AGO SHE TOLD ME

SHE AWOKE IN THE EARLY HOURS

OF THE MORNING AND FELT THE

PRESENCE OF A MUCH-LOVED

DECEASED AUNT.

SHE SAW AND FELT HIS AUNT'S

ARMS AROUND HER.

HER AUNT TOLD HER SHE LOVES

HER VERY MUCH AND SHE MUST

TURN BACK TO JESUS.

COULD THIS BE A MESSAGE SENT

BY AN ANGEL?

AND IF SO, WHY WAS IT SENT

BY HER AUNT?"

Pat: I DON'T THINK

DEVILS WILL TELL ANYBODY TO

TURN TO JESUS.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT

CAME THAT WAY, BUT I THINK

THE MESSAGE WAS A GODLY

MESSAGE.

ALL I CAN SAY IS DO WHAT THE

MESSAGE TOLD YOU TO DO, TURN

BACK TO JESUS.

OKAY.

Terry: JACK SAYS, "THE

BIBLE SAYS TO PREACH THE

WORD OF THE KINGDOM TO THE

ENDS OF THE EARTH AND THEN

THE END SHALL COME.

SO THIS BRINGS ME TO MY

QUESTION: IT SEEMS LIKE THE

WORD IS BEING PREACHED TO

THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.

WHAT NEEDS TO BE FULFILLED,

IN YOUR OPINION, BEFORE THE

RETURN OF OUR BLESSED

SAVIOR?"

Pat: WE'RE VERY CLOSE.

THE BIBLE CENTERS ON ISRAEL

AND THE JEWS RETURNING TO

THE HOLY LAND, AND THE

RESTORATION THERE.

IT SAYS, "THIS GOSPEL OF THE

KINGDOM SHALL BE PREACHED IN

ALL OF THE WORLD FOR A

WITNESS, AND THEN THE END."

THE THERE ARE MANY, MANY

PEOPLE WHO STILL HAVE NOT

RECEIVED JESUS.

THERE ARE MILLIONS WHO HAVE,

BUT THERE ARE MILLIONS WHO

HAVE NOT.

SO THE PREACHING IS STILL

GOING ON.

BUT IT'S GETTING CLOSE.

WE'RE SEEING SIGNS OF THE

TIME.

BUT THE BIBLE SAYS, "OCCUPY

UNTIL I COME."

I THINK WE MAKE A BIG

MISTAKE SPECULATING ON THE

END OF THE WORLD COMING AND

SO FORTH.

JESUS SAID, "THE TIMES AND

THE SEASON THE FATHER HAS

KEPT IN HIS OWN POWER."

Terry: AND YOU ALSO SAY

TO WATCH ISRAEL?

Pat: WATCH ISRAEL, AND

THAT'S THE TIME CLOCK.

AND IT'S VERY CLOSE TO

MIDNIGHT.

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