Four Baptized in Gattaran

Our venue for Wednesday was the building of the Lapogan congregation in Gattaran, Cagayan. Brother Joben Jocobo, who was a former student in a Preacher Training Program at Tuguegarao, is preaching there along with his good father, Celso. Celso has been a steady influence for good for a number of years along with his faithful wife, Florencia. Joben has been one of the shining star to go through the PTP and has done much good in the cause of Christ together with his good wife, Miriam.

The morning session started with my sermon on “Repentance” which focused on the nature of true repentance as seen in 2 Corinthians 7:10-11. Rody summarized the lesson briefly, then preached a lesson on “Repeating Naaman’s Mistakes” from 2 Kings 5:1-14. It noted the things which did not bring cleansing to Naaman and paralleled those things with mistakes man can make in religious matters which will not result in the cleansing of their souls. At the end of the lesson, Rody extended the invitation and four responded to be baptized.

After lunch, I presented an extended lesson that examined “Baptism in the New Testament vs Denominational Baptism.” We started with the principles on baptism introduced in the baptism of John, then looked at the baptism of the Great Commission as it was carried out in the book of Acts, and ended by seeing how baptism was viewed in the epistles as Christians looked back on their baptism. Rody summarized the lesson in the dialect and extended another invitation, but none responded at that time.

We are about to have the Wednesday evening Bible study at Tuguegarao and I have been asked to teach on Psalm 127. So, I will close for now and get ready. Again, I am very thankful for your interest in this work and for your prayers. God bless!