By Mindy Honey
Society Editor
Actor and Christian Stephen Baldwin said he felt God lead him to speak at Trinity Christian Academy’s graduation.
“I just want to convey the importance of following Christ,” he said. “I am blessed for one specific reason.
“I know for sure I am saved and born again and the spirit of the living God dwells within me.”
Baldwin’s spiritual journey started several years ago when his Brazilian housekeeper told him that it was prophesied to her, in Brazil, that she would lead her future American employer to Christ.
Baldwin’s wife became a born-again Christian first and then Baldwin followed his wife’s lead shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
“I just want to communicate to these young people, the only future they, and the only future God, their father, cares about, is No. 1, they love him and No.2, they do their best to represent Jesus Christ. If you are a Christian, a real Christian, then that is what this life should be all about.”
Baldwin said he believes Jesus will be returning to earth soon.
“It is my hope and my prayer that these (graduates) will be overwhelmed and engaged, obsessed and passionate in their desire to be filled with the spirit of Christ,” he said.
“If that is their priority, they have an opportunity to have an experience beyond their wildest dreams.”