2006-08-10 09:18:44 · 12 answers · asked by LUVBEAUTY 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Babies aren't supposed to be baptized. It is an outward sign of an inward change. A choice made by someone old enough to choose Christ. It is silly to try to bapitze infants.
2006-08-10 09:23:40 · answer #1 · answered by cheyenne 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
John 1:32 - when Jesus was baptized, He was baptized in the water and the Spirit, which descended upon Him in the form of a dove. The Holy Spirit and water are required for baptism. Also, Jesus’ baptism was not the Christian baptism He later instituted. Jesus’ baptism was instead a royal anointing of the Son of David (Jesus) conferred by a Levite (John the Baptist) to reveal Christ to Israel, as it was foreshadowed in 1 Kings 1:39 when the Son of David (Solomon) was anointed by the Levitical priest Zadok. See John 1:31; cf. Matt. 3:16; Mark 1:9; Luke 3:21.
John 3:3,5 - Jesus says, "Truly, truly, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God." When Jesus said "water and the Spirit," He was referring to baptism (which requires the use of water, and the work of the Spirit).
Gen. 17:12, Lev. 12:3 - these texts show the circumcision of eight-day old babies as the way of entering into the Old Covenant - Col 2:11-12 - however, baptism is the new "circumcision" for all people of the New Covenant. Therefore, baptism is for babies as well as adults. God did not make His new Covenant narrower than the old Covenant. To the contrary, He made it wider, for both Jews and Gentiles, infants and adults.
2006-08-10 09:33:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a Baptist when a baby is baptized it really means a dedication to Christ. The parents promise to raise the child to love and worship God through Christ.
In a Catholic church the child is baptized to preserve innocence and save their place in Heaven.
Other Christians are just getting their kids an early start on the road to finding salvation in out lord Jesus Christ.
2006-08-10 09:26:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the point of baptizing or dedicating a baby is to dedicate your child to God. Not all churches baptize babies. Some churches require a child to be of a certain age in order to be baptized in water.
2006-08-10 09:25:39 · answer #4 · answered by Lov'n IT! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People are to come to Jesus like little children. What better time is there to do that than when they are little children? Later on they have to go through confirmation to truely understand their religion, and then they are able to take communion, but I don't see the harm in infant baptism. It's not very clearly explained in the bible, but it doesn't say that infants weren't baptized by John the Baptist.
2006-08-10 09:26:40 · answer #5 · answered by sethle99 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peter explained what happens at baptism when he said, "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit" (Acts 2:38). But he did not restrict this teaching to adults. He added, "For the promise is to you and to your children and to all that are far off, every one whom the Lord our God calls to him" (2:39). We also read: "Rise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name" (Acts 22:16). These commands are universal, not restricted to adults. Further, these commands make clear the necessary connection between baptism and salvation, a
connection explicitly stated in 1 Peter 3:21: "Baptism . . . now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a clear conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ."
2006-08-10 09:33:16 · answer #6 · answered by D~ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am LDS and we are not baptized until at least 8 years old, which we believe is the age of accountability, knowing right from wrong.
2006-08-10 09:29:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There was no baptism before Jesus did it....so he couldn't have been baptized as an infant. Jews did not (and do not now) baptize people. They have other rituals signifying commitment to God.
2006-08-10 09:29:02 · answer #8 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible talks about entire households being saved.
If you really want to do an in depth study... go here.
http://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/topic/babtism.html
It spells out the two views in depth. I have read many articles and I adhere to the full emersion baptism at an age where a person can repent and understand the Gospel.
2006-08-10 09:22:56 · answer #9 · answered by Red-dog-luke 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, in my church you can't get baptized until you're at least 8.
2006-08-10 09:23:22 · answer #10 · answered by daisyk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋