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77 Bible Verses about Baptizing Children Matthew 19:14 ESV / 98 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.”
Aug 17, 2023 · It seems especially strange in light of Jesus’s words regarding children, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder [kōluō] them” (Mark 10:14), and the Ethiopian eunuch’s question, “What prevents [kōluō] me from being baptized?” (Acts 8:36). As we answer the latter question, we cannot disregard what Jesus himself says.
Here are 76 Bible verses about baptizing children, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.
- Should We Baptize Very Young Believers?Link
- Credible vs. Mature Professionslink
- From Childhood to Maturitylink
- Embrace The Professions, Wait on The Waterlink
Some of my fellow Baptists may think this inconsistent. Many argue that we have no warrant for withholding baptism from our believing children, even when they are young. Therefore, they encourage the baptism of young children based on their sincere, childlike professions of faith. And they do so for good reasons. Like me, they have a pastoral avers...
For me, the solution came through thinking more carefully about “credible” professions of faith. I think we Baptists should move away from the language of a “credible” profession of faith when it comes to our children and teens, and instead speak in terms of a “mature” profession of faith before baptizing. The difference lies in this: A credible pr...
A full biblical defense of this distinction is beyond the scope of this short article. Suffice it to say, many of the standard arguments for believer-baptism would still apply. On the maturity question specifically, Galatians 4 is helpful in giving us a window into how Paul and other biblical authors thought about childhood and adulthood. (I’m not ...
I close by highlighting that this distinction between credible profession and mature profession allows us to do two things in relation to our children and our church. First, it allows us to shepherd them well, to encourage and affirm their incipient faith, to teach them wholeheartedly to believe, to speak to them and treat them like Christians so t...
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, But Jesus said, “Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”.
Jun 11, 2024 · A person getting baptized is proclaiming that: I could not merit salvation on my own, but God has called me to himself from death to life (Eph. 2:1, 5). I have repented of my sin and put my faith and trust in Jesus alone for the forgiveness of my sins.
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Aug 23, 2022 · A person’s baptism is a proclamation that her sins are washed away by the blood of Christ and that she is now united with Christ by the Holy Spirit in the newness of Christ’s resurrection life. Here are 7 reasons why baptism is important. 1. Jesus Modeled Baptism.
