Ethan's Baptism

Well, I could not be more proud of our son for more than one reason! First of all, I stand in awe of the fact that at 3 years old Ethan understood that he was a sinner in need of a Savior! He accepted that there was no way to heaven accept through Jesus' perfect shed blood, and he asked Jesus to be his own PERSONAL Savior. We wanted to wait a while to "test" if you will his understanding of salvation before he was baptized. So for about a year, we have been watching and waiting for the "proof of salvation". There has not been one time that I have doubted Ethan's salvation. Ethan knows without a doubt who his Savior is, and I rejoice greatly in this. Not only can he tell us clearly that Jesus is his Savior but there is evidence in his fruit! The Bible tells us that those who are a child of God, "saved" if you will, will bare fruit. Let me just tell you, our little Ethan bares much fruit. He constantly has a song in his heart for Jesus, He has already preached several of his first messages, and is a little soul winner wherever he goes handing out tracts and such! I submit to you that this is fruit! He is already trying to win his little brother over to the Lord. He has amazing spiritual discernment for one so young, and has an unbelievable way of memorizing Scripture that puts his mommy to shame. He has learned many verses and almost knows every book of the Bible in order, all 66 of them! I say this not for our honor and glory but to the Glory of God who makes all things possible! So needless to say, this last month we were confident that Ethan was ready to be baptized! We spoke to him about it and he was really excited and wanted to do it. He did end up getting a little scared when the time came but I am so proud of how brave he was! I think what scared him was that Pastor told him that the water was hot. Below I have posted a video of his baptism. Please rejoice with us in this step of faith our son has taken. He was so proud of himself afterwards that he actually did it! Mommy and Daddy told him how brave he was! Remember, bravery does not mean you are never afraid. It means that even though you are afraid, you do what you know you need to do! What a brave little boy we have! We pray our boys will be leaders and as a friend of mine says, "world changers"! That's what we need today! The sound is pretty good so you will hear his response to Pastor's questions as well as his tears at the end!