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Bible Question: My 6yr old daughter has never been baptized/christened in the church. I call it christened, due to our family growing up as a Catholic. However, I am a born again Christian now, and I desire to do what's right for my family! Therefore, is it really necessary for me to get this done, because it's been bothering me a lot! I desire for my child to make it into heaven. With that said, will my child enter God's kingdom if she does not get baptized/christened? May you please respond to my question at your earliest convenience? Thank you in advance!!! God Bless!!! |
Bible Answer: No, dear "jesus1km," no amount of "christening" can get anyone into heaven -- not me, not you, not your daughter, not anyone. Not "joining" the church, not good deeds, nothing -- nothing that we can possibly do can justify us before the Holy God. The most precious thing we can imagine is eternal life, yet we can do nothing to earn it! It is made possible only by the finished work of Jesus on the cross, and it is completely and utterly eleemosynary, totally independent of human works. It is free! The redeemed are "justified freely by His grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus" (see Romans 3:24 and the other verses that surround this passage). ...... Dear parent of this precious six year old child, your daughter can enter God's kingdom, not through any rite (such as baptism), but like all the rest of humankind, by the grace of God alone through faith alone in Jesus Christ alone. It is the gift of God and not of human works of any kind. (Please see Ephesians 2:8-10). ...... You speak of yourself as a regenerate believer; therefore, train up your child in the way she should go (see Proverbs 22:6) and pray that God will in His good time draw your daughter to His Son, our blessed Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Thank you for your question. ...... "The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace" (Numbers 6:24-26, NKJV). --Hank |