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1 | Are children also baptized too? | Acts 16:15 | Makarios | 18666 | ||
Hello Rick! I would suggest that a person who is considering baptism should understand and be able to grasp the meaning of what they are about to undergo. In order to qualify for baptism one must repent, turn to Christ in sincere faith, and accept Him as Lord. Water baptism is an ordinance of Christ which symbolizes the baptism of the Holy Spirit, divine cleansing from sin and its guilt, identification with Christ in His death and resurrection, and the commitment to follow Him in a life of faithful discipleship. For Scriptural support for this point of view (being the Believer's baptism), please check Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 2:16-21; 22:16; Romans 6:4-6; 1 Corinthians 12:13; and 1 Peter 3:21. If a child can grasp this and make the conscious decision to undergo baptism based on a confession of faith and declaration of a renouncing of sin, then there is nothing that can keep a child from being baptized. In Acts 16:15, we come to the conclusion that all of the inhabitants of the house were indeed baptized, and it would be logical to assume that they had all, in their own way, expressed a confession of faith to receive that baptism, including any children who could grasp the meaning of baptism. - Nolan |
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2 | Household baptisms? | Acts 16:15 | Reformer Joe | 18686 | ||
Nolan: Why is it "logical" to assume that all the household baptisms were believer's baptisms? --Joe! |
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3 | Household baptisms? | Acts 16:15 | Searcher56 | 18695 | ||
Joe, Let me interject ... It is because of the other occurances of baptism in Acts, including 2:38. Also, even when John baptized, it wes after the confession of sins (Matt 3:6). I see in Galatians (3:27) and other letters that baptism is related to a member of the Godhead. Do you see the logic? Steve |
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