Perhaps you could elighten us with a list of babies baptized in the new
testament. Bert M
attached mail follows:
George Murphy wrote:
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> Massie wrote:
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> > George Murphy wrote:
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> > > 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
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> > Yea just like as in Acts 2:38 where Peter commanded all the babies
> > present to "repent and be baptized."
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> The fact that adults were baptized at Pentecost of course in no way
> proves or even suggests that infants are not to be baptized.
> George
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> George L. Murphy
> gmurphy@raex.com
> http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
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Right.
Just do as Peter did when asked about salvation and ask them to "repent
and be baptized." I did not write this or say it, Peter did and he had
a little help with the wording. Bert M.
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