Russell Brand's Infant Baptism | Doug Wilson 

Prayers Brand finds a great local church and humbles himself as he learns under biblical, gracious church leadership.

He’s since done a short video - one month in a Christian. Very simple sincere, accurate gospel message. I’ve followed him for a couple of years. I couldn’t believe the change in this person. He was a mess. He’s done consistently thoughtful interviews. Although there are none who seek for God, he’s been sincerely seeking for peace for as long as I’m I’ve followed him. He had a couple of million subscribers. RU-vid demonetized him because why not? He has close to 7 million subscribers. My husband is wiser than me and even he’s persuaded of his sincerity. He’s had all the fame. He’s a happily married dad with three kids. Very concerned about the direction of the world. I pray for him as a brother. We all started out as baby Christians. I have people I love who appeared to be believers. They’ve fallen away. It grieves me. I still pray for them. I told you so is a thought that never comes to mind where anyone like this is concerned. Blessings.

It's pretty simple, really. You take him at face value. Believe what he's saying, and if he stumbles, you approach him as you would any other Brother in Christ. It's not really our business to try to dissect someone's sincerity right away. The truth always becomes evident in time.

Russell has since said thank you to people who pointed out that tarot is sinful and basically said he'd avoid it going forward

I'm floored at how many comments I've read in other places where it appears people (who claim to be Christian) have forgotten where they came from and who God is. I say take him at his word, pray and rejoice! God can and does call and save whomever He pleases and pasts do not equal futures. Far too many log-filled eyes out there...

God be with you, Russell; you’ve entered the Narrow Gate.

Jesus Saves.... sinners.

Praying for Russell and his family. God saves sinners like you and me and Russell. Let’s not forget that.

I’m just impressed with his ankle and hip mobility in that full squat.

PRAISE THE LORD JESUS!!!! Really needed to hear this Pastor Doug as we all need the reminder, myself included, that we Christians all start as infants in Christ. How easy it is for us, myself included, to be so prideful thinking we were never once infants in Christ ourselves, and are so easy to forget how we have stumbled along the way ourselves. Praying for genuine born again salvation for Russell!

Prayers for Russell.

I pray that his faith is genuine, a true gift from God above. Only Jesus can save, Brand cannot save himself just like you and I cannot save ourselves. He seems genuine and I pray that is genuine. It seems to be a testimony of his wife preaching truth to him (1 Peter 3:1). I am glad that he is feeling the rebirth! I believe he is a true Christian and pray that Jesus owns his soul.

Thank you for this, Pastor Wilson! Your gracious response was very encouraging!

Jude 25 & 25! "Now unto Him Who is able to keep you (him, me, us) from falling, and to present you (him, me, us) faultless before the Presence of His glory with exceeding joy; to the only wise God...&c." And THAT is how we pray for Russell Brand. Jesus...finish the work, we beg. Amen.

Of course I'm naturally skeptical but he seems genuine and i certainly hope and pray he is. All glory to God!

So cool to see him being catechized and sanctified in real time, and with him being old enough to notice it. Thank you, Father, for our new brother. May Your Spirit guide him, and may his whole family come to know truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Hallelujah for God’s grace and new life in Christ Jesus 🩵

Truly hope Russell grows on His path. Really do.

Your response to his baptism is beautiful. I'll gladly keep the brother in our prayers.

When the feeling passes, only The Rock of God’s Word will anchor the soul🙏🏼🙏🏼

High praises

I've been noticing Russells apparent trajectory towards greater levels of Truth & genuine Christian / Biblical Spirituality. Pray God its genuine ! Russell IS boldly confronting institutional L!ES as few others do...

Brand was already saved from eternity, it’s his awareness of it in time that is a beautiful work of the Lord within the longing of Brand’s heart..

As a pilgrim on this journey, I pray he finds peace and satisfaction in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 🙏🏻

Good job Doug.

I understand that his wife is Roman Catholic and her example has spurred him on to make this step of faith. It is another proof of the influence of a spouse and the marriage bond to be able to direct us to the source that the union symbolizes. I hope Russell grows in his faith and that it is a true redeeming faith in Christ.

Amen and Amen to Russell's decision upon Christ Jesus! While I do not know much of the man, I do know that publicly expressing an inward decision acknowledges a sinful self that cannot save itself, but for saying YES to I AM. I will always celebrate a brother or sister joining the Family of God. I'll leave the true conversion of heart to Holy Spirit and will lift that person (Russell) in prayers to Heavenly Father for their spiritual maturation with abundant fruit.

Thank you for this episode and speaking about this. I didn't really know much of who Russell Brand was/is. But I wish him well in the Lord, and would really be interested in hearing about his journey to faith in Christ and the Gospel.

I hope for his sake that he grows into a full fledged acknowledgment of the Cross Christ and Redemption. Lets all pray for Russell.

Amen!

Been praying for RB for a while, he needs a solid foundation not mother's milk or formula...some Gospel meat well chewed, the term discipleship comes to mind

We have all witnessed a number of false confessions of faith. Sadly, they have made me skeptical when a well-known person comes forward. But for some reason, watching this and listening to Doug, the Holy Spirit moved my heart to grace and prayer for Russell.

streets been waitin on a new doug reaction vid

I am going to give Russell a chance. Being regenerative is an on-going process.

"Infant baptism is the golden calf of the reformation. " Paul Fisher.

Hello Pastor! I just want to ask if you could make a video of your thoughts on Jordan Peterson's recent tour with We Who Wrestles with God. Thank you!

Inner peace of mind and spiritual harmony, achieved through calmness, self-control, knowledge and understanding ❤ Stay free and safe with Russell Brand…💥💯❤️🙏💫💥

Amen

i was surprised at how my wedding day felt literally "heavenly". i dont know what I was expecting apart from a little nervousness and happiness, but i felt like I was in a dream and that eternal things were moving..... I will say my wedding day was far more mystical than my baptism and I haven't really dug deep into it. As a man I m not as in touch with all of my emotions but there was something very different that occurred on that day

I don't get it. Does anything Russel says sound christian? I haven't heard anything at least. Just normal mysticism. Isn't faith required for baptism? One blieves first, gets baptized after. You don't just get baptize because you think it might give you some spiritual experience. Am I the only one thinking that?

I would have hated to have my conversation and first few years of spiritual growth being online for all to see. I hope he finds a solid enough church and a group of solid Christian men to help him along the way.

Remember when Kanye became a "Christian"?Let's be cautious, time will tell.

Hasn't Russell come out just recently giving a very succinct and short Gospel message?

wormwood will be hard at work now after this apparent setback.. but alas, uncle screwtape knows many tricks

Amen

Skeptical here

We shall see what we shall see. God bless the man, though.

I’m thinking of other celebrity conversions - Bob Dylan - don’t know what happened there. I suspect it might have something to do with the Vineyard movement, and all the crazies. Jim Carrey - claims to be a Christian - seems more like a new ager. Kanye West - He’s God don’tcha know. Alice Cooper - seems very genuine. Jane Fonda - not even close. Russell Brand - the verdict is still out. I pray he continues to seek the truth. I almost forgot Jordan Peterson - friend of Russell Brand. I’m amazed. God definitely changes hearts. I’m not certain if he has completely converted, but I see definite changes in his thinking towards Jesus - at one time Jesus was completely mythical to Jordan - now it seems that he’s grasping the necessity of Christ’s (and his resurrection’s) historicity. I’m sure he’s read and contemplated 1 Corinthians 15 - “16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.” ESV I think that one verse will tend to set someone straight on the mythical value of Christ - negligible. Honorable mention - Donna Summer - gone too soon.

Douglas [Nicodemus] Wilson,…. a credible professional of faith is needed before baptism. Russell did not express this.

The problem isn’t the baptism or anything to do with the act nor is it whether or not his fruits will show. He got sober before all this. He changed because he’s spiritual long before any of this occurred. This has nothing to do with salvation in Christ. That is the problem. The problem is he never once mentions the blood of Christ or repentance. He’s speaking in spiritual terms, not redemptive. I pray that he may one day come to find salvation in Christ, but he hasn’t as yet by his own lack of acknowledgment of the very thing that he’s been saved from, let alone by. Even a baby Christian understands that. He never mentions it once and Christians who are taking him at face value are hearing what he isn’t saying. No one should discourage him from seeking Christ but we must make certain it’s the correct Jesus.

Salvation is not received by doing good works and clearly Russell is relying on this work (his baptism) to save him. There was no word of him coming to God in faith believing the Gospel and then repenting. Sadly he has been misguided and I pray he learns the truth and trusts Christ alone to save him.

Praise be to God that Russell has ostensibly surrendered his life to the Lordship of Christ! There may be cause for concern however; The number of times he referred to himself and to his feelings may indicate that he doesn’t yet understand the gospel.

RU-vid, when it demonetised Russell Brand, never imagined it would lead to his turning to Chri$t.

He mentions incidents, experience, feeling, personal, happy, relieved, me, my resources, etc. Then mentions "...someone else..." . And then mentions "Christ". The almighty God king of the universe whose glory is majestic in holiness may well use the self absorbed for good, for His purposes. It could happen. Let us pray He will. And may we stop looking for that next experience and love God more that our experience.

This is what attracts me to Presbyterians, they are so hospitable. Welcoming people into the fellowship. Not blindly, and not overly skeptically either.

Brand's "typical tattoo green" party has started! 😁😁

Water baptism is simply a standing with the Brethren. Put away the Old Man brother. Things are new. You stand with your brothers in Christ.! And if you don't stand with the Brethren, you will reap what you sow. This isn't a joke. Once the Holy Ghost makes your heart new, you must act accordingly. Walk with the Brethren.

Brand has really went after the ruling elites. He's looking for greater meaning in life, and he's turned to Christ.

Last video I watched of him was about yoga. Beware

Love Doug. But here's (to my mind) the only matter deserving comment: It's all about the ceremony and Brand's feelings. Not a single, serious, contentful word from Brand about Christ - until the last two pro forma words. So, until the signoff, not in any sense a Christian testimony.

Honestly the most concerning part of this is finding out that his wife is Catholic :( she's going to be such a stumbling block.

Acts 1:5

We'll have to see the fruit. Unfortunately many celeberities who become "Christians" never truly turn from their sinful ways. But hopefully that is not the case and he stops making sinful movie and we actually see fruit of genuine repentance and salvation

So where do you all stand on baptismal regeneration? Contrary to the Bible, sounds like a lot of people are equating baptism with salvation. I like Russell Brand and truly hope he received Christ as his Saviour by grace alone through faith alone - but I’ve heard nothing about this… only baptism, which is an act of obedience AFTER salvation.

Ye shall know them by their FRUIT! He’s a babe in Christ. We’re all a work in progress. Christ was perfect. Shed His Blood for those who believe on His name. Baptism doesn’t DO anything. It’s a public picture of what’s already happened in your heart. God chooses who He will to be saved from damnation. He brings us to an irresistible choice.

+canonpress *To quote Yeshua' Ben Yushef Ben Heli Ben Mathat:* "Amen, Amen, I tell you this: That no Person, except one born of water and the Spirit, is able to enter the Realm of the Lᴏʀᴅ. Flesh bears flesh, and Spirit bears spirit. Be not surprised that I tell you that ye must be born _from above._ Ye hear and feel the wind, but cannot judge whence it comes or whither it goes: So with every one that is of the Spirit."

Remember Kanye. That is all.

1 Timothy 6:4-5 He is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions, and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain James 1:26 If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless. Matthew 24:24 For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. Romans 16:17-18 I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive

You should’ve done some research before opening your mouth… He has been in recovery for years… A bruised reed God will not crush. Why are you? Should I not send this Lord?

Yes baptism is all about clicks

Sadly they all become Roman Catholic hopefully god has mercy on in and draws him to the real Christ from the Bible.

I heard that baptism is the redemption of your sins

Brand is a grifter. Probably works for the British government.

No one cares.

I love you Doug. But you are so wrong on infant baptism. It’s tradition, it’s not supported by Scripture.

Amen