• Buried In The Deepest Sea  PRO

  Contributed by Rick Stacy on Mar 8, 2002 (message contributor)

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  Scripture:  2 Corinthians 5:17, John 3:3, Romans 6:4, Colossians 2:11-15, Joshua 1:17-30:30  (view more)  (view less)

  Tags:  Grace, Atonement, Baptism, Forgiveness, Sin, Redemption, New Life, Born Again, God's Forgiveness  (view more)  (view less)

  Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

BURIED IN THE DEEPEST SEA

Several years ago Rick Stacy baptized a man in Lake Superior.

It was late October and about 9:00 PM.

Rick had been talking with Myron and his wife about accepting the Lord as their personal savior and sealing that decision with baptism into Jesus.

Myron was hesitant for a long time and then finally said, “Yes, I want to accept Jesus – and I want to be baptized tonight – right now in Lake Superior.

In case you don’t know Lake Superior is cold.

The average temperature (year round) is about 38 degrees.

This was late October and the gales of November (remember the Edmund Fitzgerald) had come early.

The waves were running 3 feet high.

The water was very cold.

They were going to walk out waist deep into the water, but only made it about knee deep.

Rick laid Myron down and the waves washed over him as he was baptized in the name of Jesus.

When they went back to Myron’s home for some hot cocoa and a hot soak for their cold feet, Rick asked him why it was so