George Murphy wrote:
>
> PHSEELY@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > In a message dated 01/26/2000 5:09:50 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> > dfischer@mnsinc.com writes:
> >
> > << One Sunday, the minister was giving a sermon on baptism and in the course
> > of his sermon he was illustrating the fact that baptism could take place by
> > sprinkling and not by immersion. >>
> >
> > It reminds me of an occasion here in Portland where a couple in an
> > interdenominational church wanted their baby baptized, but most of the
> > congregation was Baptist. So before baptizing the infant the pastor gave an
> > "explanation" as to why infant baptism was OK. To which one of the Baptists
> > leaned over to me and said, "I guess what he is going to do is wishy-washy
> > the baby."
>
> "But seriously folks ..."
> Such an explanation will be wishy washy only if the pastor doesn't understand
> the essence of baptism - that it's God's action & thus not dependent upon the
> intellectual level of the person baptized.
> In statu confessionis,
> George
>
> George L. Murphy
> gmurphy@raex.com
> http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
Yea just like as in Acts 2:38 where Peter commanded all the babies
present to "repent and be baptized." Bert M
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