Actor Russell Model says he feels “blessed” after being baptized on Sunday.
He usually talked about Christianity on social media and eventually took the plunge on the weekend when he was baptized within the River Thames.
In a put up on X, previously Twitter, Model stated it was an “unimaginable, profound expertise” and gave him the peace he was on the lookout for.
“As an individual who used many, many substances previously and was all the time dissatisfied by my incapacity to supply the type of peace and tranquility and even transcendence that I all the time felt I used to be on the lookout for, one thing occurred within the baptism course of. it was unimaginable, overwhelming… so I felt modified, reworked,” he stated.
Model stated that whereas he nonetheless has “challenges” within the “actual world”, he feels “like some new useful resource has turned on in me”.
He stated that whereas he isn’t good and can make errors, he has dedicated to this journey and already feels “blessed, relaxed, nourished, held.”
He went on to say that his new Christian religion was a “pleasure” for him and he felt “so grateful” for the individuals who accepted him.
He concluded, “I’m so grateful that I surrendered in Christ.”
A number of days earlier than the baptism, he shared a put up speaking about his plans and what it means to him, calling it a “die and be born once more” second.
He steered that conversion to Christianity was a pure alternative as the trendy worth system was collapsing.
“As which means within the fashionable world deteriorates, as our price programs and establishments collapse, we’re all more and more conscious that there’s this eerily acquainted awakening and beckoning determine that we now have all identified all through our lives, inside us and round us. And it's very thrilling for me,” he stated.
In a latest put up, he talked about carrying the cross “as a result of Christianity, and particularly the determine of Christ, appears to me to inevitably turn into extra vital as I turn into extra accustomed to struggling, objective, self and non-self.”
London's Metropolitan Police are nonetheless investigating allegations of rape and critical sexual abuse made in opposition to Brando final yr. Model denied the allegations.