Russell Brand took the plunge, in his own words, and was baptized on Sunday in the Thames.
Here was an update he shared on Monday:
The truth is this, as a person in the past who has taken many many substances and always been disappointed with their inability to deliver the kind of tranquility, and peace, and even transcendence that I always felt I've been looking for, something occurred in the process of baptism. Overwhelming... I felt changed, transitioned...
I feel as if some new resource within me has switched on.
News about his baptism was met with doubt because celebrities who begin to follow Christ often fall away.
It seems Brand understands why people would doubt his heart change.
So many of your comments have been so beautiful and encouraging and I really appreciate it. And also, even the cynicism, I understand. Because some people will just see me as a celebrity. But I don't see me as a celebrity, because I was me when I was a little boy, I was me when I was a junkie, I was me when I was poor. I've been me in all of the different phases. But I recognize that anything in this terrain, in the sort of social media world could be exploited and utilized.
For me, I've made the decision and I know what the decision is ... I'm so grateful to be surrendered in Christ.
My suggestion? Don't set Brand on a pedestal. Don't ask him or expect him to be a leader. We don't know anything about what leaders or church Brand belongs to, or anything beyond the fact that he's professed faith in Christ and been baptized.
But that, my friends, is news for celebration. Encourage him to learn and grow, and as he is discipled, he may prove that he is planted in fertile soil. Pray he is not deceived and his love does not grow cold.
Pray for him to endure to the end!
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