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. | 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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| </body> | </body> | ||||||
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