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 ...
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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.