Posted on 10/03/2019 5:36:35 AM PDT by Morgana
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WKRG)– A man dying of Stage Four Lung Cancer is granted his dying wish, thanks to the staff at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Thomas Roberts had only days to live but felt compelled to be baptized. There was one small problem: He wanted to be submerged in water but could only be removed from his oxygen tubes for a short amount of time. The doctors and nurses performed a “miracle” and made it happen.
Here is a portion of the article written by Holly Gainer, in UAB’s Public Relations office.
“Roberts, who was a patient on the Palliative Care and Comfort Unit at UAB at the time, had only days to live. Upon learning of his request, Agricola spoke with Roberts’ physician, Ashley Nichols, M.D., to make sure he was able to be off oxygen long enough to go underwater.
Once he had her approval and knew the pool at Spain Rehabilitation Center was available, the team jumped into action.
“Dr. Nichols made it clear he would only be able to be off oxygen for a few seconds, which meant we couldn’t roll him down the ramp in the pool wheelchair, so we had to use the chairlift to place him in the pool,” Agricola said.
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God bless UAB.
God bless all of them!
The Sacrament of Baptism would still be 100% efficacious in the eyes of His Church.
God tells Mr. Roberts...”Welcome, my son.”...
...and then places a small blue checkmark beside the names of all involved in helping this man find peace.
This Jew appreciates this heart warming story. God bless all involved.
Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. For he who has died has been freed from sin. Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Yes, but that is not what the gentleman felt God required of him. Be thankful that he turned his life over to Christ. The employees of UAB went above and beyond to make this gentleman’s wish come true.
It is Deep South where God is still welcome in 90% of homes even lapsed folks believe
Too many "feelings" have gotten us to the place we are today ....
If someone wants to be baptized by immersion that is valid as well. The important elements are water and the Word, and the water may be applied in any fashion. God bless those who assisted.
Who gave the instructions? The Catholic Church, the Baptist Church? Pretty sure everyone in the Bible who was baptized was fully immersed in the river or lake. Baptism is an outward sign of an inward reality.
All that God requires is that we believe that His Son died for us and we will be saved. No where does it say a single thing about you must be baptized or sprinkled to be saved.
Would you have preferred I used the word “Thought”? It is between him and God, and perhaps God called him differently than He did you.
I don’t like the new “feelings” thing any better than you, but you are being legalistic and judgemental about this. Just because it isn’t the way you would do something does not make it wrong.
+St. Matthew 28:19
"Judgemental" ?!?
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