Spontaneous Baptism

Let me start this blog by saying thank you to all the leaders of Generation 1:9 who made last night a HUGE success.  We have more than 30 adult leaders who make tremendous sacrifices so that JH/HS students can courageously follow Jesus.  Leaders, thank you for everything you do to make our student ministry the best it can be!

We believe in baptism…by immersion.  At Generation 1:9 we teach that the next step for every person who has made a decision to follow Jesus is to be baptized.  And last night, we gave everyone that opportunity…on the spot!

Last week we bought a $75 inflatable swimming pool and filled it with 1400 gallons of water.  As more than 100 students arrived and began asking questions about the suspicious swimming pool, we responded, it’s a  “sermon illustration.”  And it was.  Not only was the swimming pool used to illustrate the healing of a Naaman (2 Kings 5), but it was also used to illustrate an even greater miracle…SALVATION!

More than 23 of our students in attendance responded to the message by being baptized…spontaneously!  They had no clue it was coming.  They didn’t have extra clothes, towels, nothing. (of course, we had plenty of towels and extra clothes hidden in a back room) A large majority, maybe 18-20 of these students were baptized for the FIRST TIME ever!

It was incredible.  I’ve never experienced anything like this, ever.  The worship experience was truly amazing.