And Baptized in the water as Christ was so long ago. If you were Christened as a child read what Christ says about be Baptized as a knowledgable adult , not a baby.

Jesus at age 12, under the Law of the Passover Feast, was at Jerusalem in His Father’s House, listening and talking to the teachers. Wouldn’t Jesus have had enough understanding at 12 years old to have been baptized, if baptism was for a public testimony of His faith? But Jesus Himself gave the reason He was being baptized in Matthew 3:15, when He told John the Baptist to “…Permit it to be so now for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” So, in accordance with the Law dispensed to Moses, Jesus was thirty years old at the time He was baptized, as we read in Luke 3:23 “…And when He began His ministry Jesus Himself was about 30 years of age.” (Perhaps those who insist we should “follow Jesus in Baptism” should also require the person to be 30 years old today).

I was 40 when I was baptized.

After 40 years, the naturalness of Moses, which was not fit for God’s use, was ground out of him; he truly saw God’s faithfulness, almightiness and sovereignty, and that nothing is impossible for God. Moses lived in the wilderness for neither several days nor a couple of years, but for as long as 40 years. Though we don’t know how he made it through those years, there is no doubt that God had always led and helped him. Through such trials and refinements, Moses saw the hand and deeds of God, and thus developed true faith in Him, and had the courage to accept the commission of God and face the powerful army of the Pharaoh.

Only in difficult environments will we truly look unto God and rely on Him, see His wisdom and almightiness, and have true knowledge of Him. 🙏❤️

I was christened in the Lutheran church as a baby and confirmed when I was 12, and firmly believed that it was enough until 2014 when I was led to do what Jesus did and decided to get baptized (full immersion). I can't tell you how that changed my life! I have a deep thirst for Him that I never had before which led to some amazing things... Don't get me wrong, God was definitely in my life before that, but after, it went so much deeper I can't even explain....

Don't settle for doctrine.... Do what He did! He is our model, He shows us how... Discipleship - It's being yoked to him!

And by the way, I didn't come up out of the water feeling any different than when I went in, God didn't audibly speak, no angels were around singing, but it was taking that step and then there was a turn in my heart,

I just started to have this desire to know him more, it's the best thing that ever happened to me.