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NASB | Mark 16:16 "He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 16:16 "He who has believed [in Me] and has been baptized will be saved [from the penalty of God's wrath and judgment]; but he who has not believed will be condemned. |
Bible Question: I have been unable to find any scripture referring the the baptism of children/babies. Is there anyone that can help me? |
Bible Answer: Hello speshul, and welcome to the forum. I like the way you worded your question, it shows that you are looking for truth and not fiction, when you said that you were looking for answers in Scripture. There are some on this forum that are pushing their denominational beliefs rather then the facts of the Word of God, the reason being that they put them both on the same par, even if God's Word is contrary to their denominational teaching. Infant baptism is impossible if you consider what has been spoken as truth in the Bible: the reason being that an infant or babies don't have the ability to reason and figure thing out. Just by using one situation that took place in the Bible should convince you of what the prerequisite for baptism is and that it is impossible for a baby to do. Acts 8:26-35 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. 27And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, 28Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet. 29Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. 30And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? 31And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him. 32The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth: 33In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth. 34And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man? 35Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. 36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; (what doth hinder me to be baptized?) 37And Philip said, (If thou) (believest with all thine heart,) (thou mayest.) And he answered and said, (I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.) Verse 36 says that there is a hindrance or a reason for not being baptized. Verse 37 tells us that the reason for not being baptized would be that of not believing in the message that was presented, about the person of Jesus, as being the very Son of God. The one who was being talked to said that he believe the message so as a result we have the action that takes place in the next verse. Acts 8:38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. As you can see from Scripture a baby doesn't have the ability to reason or believe about the message of salvation through Christ. I hope this clears this up for you. CDBJ |