A question for Christians ONLY?

Question

At what age did you become saved?
Where you babtised as a child?
If so did you feel the need to be babtised again at an older age?

I was babtised when I was very young. I didn't know Jesus even was at the time, I just did it because my parents wanted me to.

I excepted the Lord at the age of 23 and was babtised again. I felt like it was better making the decision as an adult.

What are your views on this?

Answer 1

For me i grew up in church but when i was fifteen sixteen i start doing my own thing. But thank god i had a grandmom who was praying for me. After running from the lord for so long and doing all the sin that i could think to do i finally gave my life back to him at 19 and im only 22 and my life couldnt have been better i got baptized last year on fathers day. Since i gave my life to christ it has been so much better. I have peace, joy, happiness, and most of all love from my heavenly father whos name is Jesus

Answer 2

I was brought up in a Christian home, so always seem to have been a Christian. Made a committment to Christ when I was 12, but rededicated my life when I was 17. Got Baptised by full immersion when I was 18. Already been baptised as a baby, but I agree that I felt the need to make a public declartion of faith as an adult. I think this is important. Being baptised as a child does not make you a Christian (despite what many beleive and some areas of the church preach). Only a personal decision to follow Christ does that, believing in the cross and resurection - it is therefore in my opinion a good thing to have an adult baptism if you feel the need to do so - as I did.

Answer 3

I personally don't think that young children should be baptized. They don't have the ability to make the choice to serve God or not. I was baptized Catholic as a baby and not once in my life have I ever felt like a Catholic. Nothing against Catholics but I could never wrap my mind around their doctrine. I just don't understand allot of their practices. Around the age of 20 I started to seek the Lord out for myself. Looking into different religions and different beliefs. I chose a Protestant form of Christianity which I feel brings me closer to God. Getting baptized is a big step that symbolizes a personal commitment to the Lord and a change in the way one lives their life. It shouldn't be taken lightly and the choice certainly shouldn't be forced on child that doesn't even know what it really means.

Answer 4

I think you are right with this. I am also a christian and I was baptized when I was 22, I had been going to church basically my whole life, but I had to know Jesus and believe in him and what he did on the cross to know that I am saved because he died for me. It is a big decision and I believe it can only be done when you understand what Jesus did, and that can be at done at any age but you have to be able to make the decision with all of the information { which is something an infant can not do}. God Bless!

Answer 5

I agree with you 100%.... often times children accept Christ and look at him as their savior at a very early and tender age.... while there is nothing wrong with this.... as we get older and truly begin to understand who he is to us.... our views and way we precive our relationship with him grows. If you feel that being baptized again after you re-dedicated yourself to him drew you closer to him... then by all means I agree with your decision to be baptized again. I myself have baptized people for a second time when they have turned away from their faith ... then later when they make the choice to rededicate their lives they want to be baptized as a symbol of their choice to die to sin and to walk ahead with the Lord is a wonderful thing. The word only tells us that "when" we baptize to do so in the name of the Father..... the Son and the Holy Spirit.... it does not tell us that we can not repeat the baptism if the person feels the need to do so to strengthen their walk with God.

I personally will not baptize a child unless they can express to me a declaration of faith in Jesus and show an understanding of what they are doing and why.
However I will do a "Dedication" of a child if they are under the age of understanding. This is determined on a case by case basis... some understand later than others.... while some are able to understand at an earlier age

Answer 6

I grew up in the catholic church but wasn't baptized until age 13,but i still didn't understand what having a personal relationship with the lord or being saved meant,until after dabbling in the occult and eastern religions.I gave my life to Christ and was rebaptized at age 23.
I believe baptism should be done when the person is old enough to understand what it means to be saved and have a relationship with the Lord.

Answer 7

I agree with you. Baptism is really suppose to be done when someone has confessed Jesus Christ LORD of their life & believed in ones heart the atonement for sins & resurrection.

So when you were baptised young it was just parents requesting the LORD to bless you. Jesus said to bring the little children unto Him.

Water baptism is to be done during confession or after confession that Jesus Christ is your LORD (salvation). It represents the old man is dead and the new man in Christ is alive forever more.


I had asked Jesus in my heart as a young teen. I was baptized. I didn't really understand things at that time. I was stupid & fell away. When I came back to the LORD (after 10 yrs), it was during a 1 yr breakdown. I was desperate and was delivered of much. (Bad spirits, idols, etc.) So I love God sooo much. Yet I had to go through the fire for falling away, I don't believe I lost salvation (Part of the breakdown was going through false concepts of points of no return. Very scary.). So I never was water baptized again. But I do believe the Holy Spirit baptism is with me forever. Praying in the Spirit and in truth is very important to build up most Holy Faith. No way am I going to fall away again.

Water baptism represents the spiritual birth. That actually happened when I was young because I believed in Jesus Christ as my Saviour. I was filled with the Holy Spirit as a teen also.

Answer 8

You did exactly the right thing. If you were baptized as a child but really didn't know what you were doing you should have been baptized - if only for your peace of mind. Baptism is not being saved. It is only a public announcement of your salvation. However, we are to do as Jesus did and he was baptized. And we all know he was saved.
God bless. Remember:
P-Pray
U-Until
S-Something
H-Happens

Answer 9

Most people are christened as a child, which really don't mean anything at all.

An adult as you rightly say can decide for themselves, and it is appropriate when you have been saved to be baptised, it is a symbol of what has already taken place in your life. Baptism means baptiso which means full emersion. It represents the death, burial and resurrection of the Lord Jesus.

Hope this helps!

Answer 10

I agree totally with jhvnmt. If you did not understand it as a child, then it didn't really count because you were not making the decision. You just 'got wet'. Making the decision to get saved and baptized as an adult, or even whenver you understand what you are doing, is better that just getting it done as a kid.