Journey with Deacon Robert to Ghana: First Baptisms in Ghana as a Deacon

The Lord promised his chosen people through the prophet Ezekiel that

"I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. I will put my spirit within you, and make you follow my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances. Then you shall live in the land that I gave to your ancestors; and you shall be my people, and I will be your God."

Ezekiel 36:24-28

In light of this Jesus continue this teaching of Baptism when he told Nicodemos that, "Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit"

John 3:5.

This past weekend, many parents brought their children for baptism after going through the appropriate required instruction. I baptized ten infants and I was very happy that Jesus Christ was receiving these children and was not only going to wash away their sins and welcome them into the church, but was going to in a very special way bless each of them. It made me remember my own baptism as an infant and how my parents and Godparents had to stand in for me. I am grateful today that this best thing (Baptism) happened to me. I belong to Christ now and so are these babies who were Baptized, and so are you.