add testimony re. baptism
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				| @ -135,6 +135,56 @@ As the world turned to the Internet amidst the pandemic, I reached out to strang | ||||
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| This account of my pursuit of God is me bearing fruit as well. May it encourage people in this world to reconcile themselves to God, their maker - if they are willing to pay the cost of following the Christ. | ||||
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| A testimony prepared for the occasion of my | ||||
| baptism at St Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore. | ||||
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| Have you ever gotten kicked out of a bar | ||||
|  (as in alcohol) before? Before I knew  | ||||
| Christ, I was someone who harassed women  | ||||
| in bars. I pestered a lady for a kiss and | ||||
|  before I knew it, she had told fellow  | ||||
| customers about me. And the staff threw me | ||||
|  out and refused to let me re-enter. | ||||
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| That was about seven years ago. I was twenty-four years old. | ||||
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| We read in the Bible, "the kingdom of God is about self-control". I say Amen to that. Now I can have respectful friendships with women I meet on the Internet and "in real life". Thanks be to God. I find these friendships more rewarding and satisfying than a reluctant kiss from a stranger at a bar. | ||||
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| Does that mean I don't feel temptation? Yes, I do. On the MRT, I see women wearing figure-hugging clothes. My flesh tells me to squeeze their butt, even without their permission. But do I act on the desires of my flesh? No. I walk by the Spirit, instead of the flesh. I thank God that I am not one of those young men who appear in the news for stealing ladies' underwear, or touching women without permission. | ||||
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| It is written in the Bible, "it is no longer I who live, but the Christ in me."  | ||||
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| And, "I have crucified the flesh with its desires." | ||||
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| God calls me to a higher life. It is my duty and honour to obey that call. | ||||
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