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Jan 14, 2022 · So it is with infant baptism. The faith of the parents sanctifies the children, as Paul says in 1 Cor. 7:14. This is just as much a New Testament concept as it is an Old Testament concept. So if you have the Faith, and you’re on the fence about baptizing your baby . . . wonder no longer. Baptize him!
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Jul 31, 2023 · Answer. The Bible is silent on infant baptism, or paedobaptism (also spelled pedobaptism). There is no record of a baby being baptized in the New Testament. Nevertheless, infant baptism has been practiced by many Christian churches throughout history and as early as the second century. By Augustine’s time (AD 354—430), infant baptism was ...
Sep 19, 2024 · There is no direct mention of infant baptisms in the Bible. Some would argue the Bible does not say to do it or not to do it. However, what some people point to as a potential reason or possibly evidence of children being baptized is the mention of household baptisms in the New Testament.
0. First off... the practice of infant baptism as a Christian principle can be likened in the OT where infant males were circumcised. Baptism with water and circumcision are outward sings of joining into the outward kingdom of God, only. Such is a profession necessary to join a congrgation and has no eternal benefit.
Feb 14, 1993 · 4. Baptism is described by Peter as an appeal to God by the person being baptized. 1 Peter 3:18-21. 18 For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, in order that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; 19 in which also He went and made proclamation to the spirits now ...
Mar 1, 2024 · Circumcision and Baptism: The parallel between circumcision in the Old Testament and baptism in the New Testament is a significant biblical argument for infant baptism. In Colossians 2:11-12, the apostle Paul draws a connection between circumcision and baptism, stating that believers have been circumcised with a circumcision made without hands ...
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All (male) Israelites were to be circumcised as infants to be part of the Abrahamic covenant. The New Covenant is a renewal of the Abrahamic covenant. Baptism is the NT equivalent of circumcision as shown in Colossians 2:8-14. Therefore baptism should be administered to infants so that they are part of God’s covenant people.