tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22402209.post7568098716895756764..comments2023-10-28T04:45:40.173-04:00Comments on Dr. Benton Quest: The Baptism SermonBentonQuesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09007300481037924684noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22402209.post-25734442409957619562009-11-15T07:47:09.000-05:002009-11-15T07:47:09.000-05:00Preach it!!! :)Preach it!!! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22402209.post-42636386956458272462009-11-15T06:32:10.000-05:002009-11-15T06:32:10.000-05:00Although I grew up in a vastly different tradition...Although I grew up in a vastly different tradition than you did, I grew up in the same kind of "spiritual mentality": that the Sacrament of Baptism was something we "did to the baby" so that the baby would not go to hell. Likewise the Sacrament of Holy Communion was this somber event in which we really felt sorry for our sins and that certainly could not be done more than four times a year or else we would "ruin" it. There was no concept of joy or of Eucharist ("let us give thanks") in either event.<br />I thank God (sincerely) that the Holy Spirit has led me to that place of understanding in which Baptism is a celebration of joy - not of what we do, but of what God has done for us in claiming us as his own through Love and Grace - and in which the Eucharist is a "thanksgiving feast of Love and Grace" that cannot be celebrated enough. "Get out the good china"? Indeed!! for we who were once dead are alive again. We who once thought we were unloved have discovered that unending Love and Grace that "gifts" us throughout all our days.R Bnoreply@blogger.com