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To answer the question about whether or not babies should be baptized, the best place to turn to is Scripture. In the Bible, on believers who placed their faith in Christ were baptized.
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Well, if Jesus' baptism at age 30 proves that babies shouldn't be baptized, it also proves that teenagers shouldn't be baptized, that twenty-somethings shouldn't be baptized, that anyone under 30 shouldn't be baptized. Even opponents of infant baptism know it can't mean that. They baptize committed Christian youth many years before they reach ...
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 · For those who practice infant baptism like Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans, and some other Protestant denominations, they see it as a symbol of God’s covenant and a welcoming into the family of God. On the other side are those who reject the idea of infant baptism. They see baptism as a step that occurs after a person has made a conscious ...
Jan 14, 2022 · The promise of faith and baptism is for the jailer and his children. Jesus said, “He that believes and is baptized shall be saved” in Mark 16:16. Many claim this to mean that faith must precede baptism. And this would seem to exclude infants as possible candidates for baptism. Seems airtight.
Oct 16, 2024 · Paul is not suggesting or encouraging the baptism of infants or children who have not yet come to faith in Christ. Still, this text does offer encouragement for raising yet-to-believe children. They are in the realm of the holy. The presence of a believing parent gives one a greater hope that the child will turn to Christ for salvation.
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Jul 23, 2019 · Often this text is seen as inconclusive on the question of infant baptism, because although the text tells us that Lydia’s household was baptized, we’re not told how old the people in her household were. The same goes for the baptism of the household of Stephanas (1 Cor. 1:16).
