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1 | can a women preach and teach men | 1 Tim 2:12 | EdB | 85970 | ||
Scribe That's not how I would call it. I think Radioman2 did more than amble job showing the fallacies of her teaching. I say well done Radioman!!! EdB |
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2 | can a women preach and teach men | 1 Tim 2:12 | Scribe | 85979 | ||
Part 2 of 2 In Colossians 2:11-12 St. Paul refers to Christian baptism as a circumcision. Since throughout the Old Testament God required circumcision of infants on the eight day after birth (Genesis 17:10-14 - except when one converted as a youth or adult) then clearly the baptism of infants shortly after birth is also a biblical practice. Babies are sinners held accountable before God for their sin. (Original sin) This is clearly seen in the fact that children die. The wages of sin is death. The theory that a child is not held accountable by God for his/her sins until they reach some 'age of accountability' cannot be supported from the pages of Holy Scripture. A related problem here is that this age of accountability cannot easily be determined. This also has the effect of eroding ones confidence in God's gift of salvation. (Was I old enough to make the decision to be baptized . . .) Finally, in the New Testament we find examples of entire households being baptized. (1 Corinthians 1:16; Acts 11:14, 16:15,33; 18:8) Since almost every household in that day included children, some infants were almost certainly baptized. 2) It has been the practice of the Church from the time of the Holy Apostles on. This can be established in three ways: First, some of the early Christian writers were not in favour of it. This shows that it was certainly practiced! Secondly, we are told by the early Church Father Origen (240 A.D.) that infant baptism was the normal practice. He writes: "The church received a tradition from the apostles to give baptism to infants too." Thirdly, as already mentioned we find no trace of the children of practicing Christians being baptized as older children or adults. Clearly, infant baptism has been, and still is for the vast majority of Christians the normal means of entrance into God's family, the Holy Christian Church. 3) We also baptize infants because, quite simply, it works! Millions upon millions of fine upstanding Christians have become part of God's family through Holy Baptism. Baptism of infants is a great witness to the fact that is God and God alone who saves us. That tiny child can do nothing for himself/herself. God, and God alone gives that child the gift of salvation. To learn more about Holy Baptism please turn to Luther's Large and Small Catechism. Mark R. Danielson Now I have not taken the time to explain why this explanation does follow scripture because most readers are going to see through it without my help, my point is not to start a thread refuting infant Baptism but to demonstrate that the Lutheran Writer that calls Joyce a false teacher holds to doctrines that most protestant evangelicals today would vehemently disagree with. Should we call him a false prophet too? If Joyce taught that Jesus descended into hell but she does not say you have to believe that to be saved, that is a slander of her to say she says that, yet the Lutheran says the baby goes to hell without this baptism.. which one would you say is closer to false doctrine? You judge. |
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3 | can a women preach and teach men | 1 Tim 2:12 | Scribe | 85981 | ||
Oops correction to this post above.. Now I have not taken the time to explain why this explanation does NOT follow scripture | ||||||