Actor Nathaniel Buzolic: ‘It’s a Privilege and an Honor To Baptize People’
By Movieguide® Contributor
VAMPIRE DIARIES Nathaniel Buzolic reflected on the importance of baptism in the Christian life and the joy he had baptising fellow believers in the Jordan River.
The actor posted a photo of himself and a group of others in the Jordan River and told the story of baptism’s origin.
“It’s a privilege and an honor to baptize people in the Jordan River,” the actor started.
“John son of Zechariah the priest began immersing first centuries Jews in the Jordan River, claiming He was preparing people for a coming messiah,” Buzolic wrote. “The people who saw John were convinced He was sent by God. The religious leaders were torn. Not because of John’s obedience but by the message His baptism delivered- repentance in preparation for God’s anointed. God’s anointed would come when religious leaders were corrupt. Jeremiah and Ezekiel both prophets of God elude to this reality.”
He continued, “In Luke’s gospel we see the dilemma of the religious who opposed Yeshua. On one of the days while Yeshua was teaching the people in the Temple and proclaiming the Good News, the ruling kohanim and the Torah scholars, together with the elders, confronted Him. And they spoke, saying to Him, ‘Tell us by what authority are You doing these things? Or who is the one who gave You this authority?’”
Buzolic then referenced Luke 20:3-8 TLV:
But answering, Yeshua said to them, ‘I also will ask you a question, and you tell Me: the immersion of John—was it from heaven or from men?’ They reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’ But if we say, ‘From men,’ then all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John is a prophet.” So they answered that they didn’t know where it came from. And Yeshua said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
“These men lost an opportunity to know the truth,” he explained. “Because they were blinded by their own ideas of God, their own ideas of righteousness and their own ideas of messiah. Many still make this mistake today.”
Buzolic concluded, “Those who know what authority Yeshua comes in the name of will seek this baptism accordingly. Amen.”
Buzolic frequently writes messages encouraging people to lean on their faith and center Christ in their lives. Movieguide® previously reported:
THE VAMPIRE DIARIES and PRETTY LITTLE LIARS star Nathaniel Buzolic shared his faith journey on Instagram and encouraged his 2 million followers to do the same.
“Many people believe they are lost,” his caption read. “Thus many if not all at one point or another… maybe even in this exact moment have gone on a search for themselves.
A search that keeps coming back null and void. Well that’s Because it’s not you who has been lost to yourself, thus it’s not you who really needs to be found once more.”
He continued: “The question the seeker needs an answer to is really simple yet requires much to be truly found; Who is the ONE TRUE GOD.”
Buzolic then described the ways God can help those looking for answers and seeking satisfaction in the world.
“If you grow weary of seeking & seeking and being completely unsatisfied in this world, begin to look to the only one who has come from heaven so that the invisible God may be revealed to you just as it was revealed to me,” the actor wrote. “Open your bible & begin a real discussion with Yahweh. A God who has claimed to be the ever existent one. The great ‘I am.’ Ten years ago I started that very same journey..”
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