Biblical BAPTISM : should it be by immersion or sprinkling ?

Question

Provide biblical arguement...also ,should a child be baptised when he does NOT know the reason for it ?

Answer 1

Jesus was immersed, in imitation of him true Christians should as well.

Children can't understand the importance of being baptized to serve god.
baptism is washing away the old sinful past and making a new one in god's eyes, and wanting to serve him, a choice babies just can't make until they are older.

Answer 2

The Bible never mentions any specific meathod of baptism. In the case of Jesus it says He went down to the shore of the river. He then went down into the water. Some people interpret this as immersion, but it doesn't say that at all. He went from the shore down into the water. Then John baptised Him (no mention of how). Then he "came up out of the water". Well, obviously. Why would he remain in the river after John had baptized Him? He came up out of the water, back onto the shore.

Every single ancient work of art depicting the baptism of Jesus, and there are a number of murals and mosaics from very early times, shows Jesus standing beside John in the water, sometimes ankle deep, sometimes waist deep, as John pours water over His head, either from his hand or from a shell. Kind of curious that not one early Christian artist thought Jesus had been baptized by immersion.

I know of no church that baptizes by "sprinkling". The Catholic Church uses two approved methods - pouring, which was the norm in the early Church; and immersion, which is also fully acceptable, though not every Catholic Church is set up to do it. The early Church existed in a desert land. Many towns were built on an oasis, and often the only source of water for great distances was the town well. People were not baptized in the well. they were baptized with water drawn up from the well, by pouring the precious water over the head three times, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Exactly as it is done today.

If the norm for the early Church had been immersion, and the Church later changed it, surely we would find many writings both critical of the change and supportive of it. All such major changes engender a great deal of public debate. Yet, when we look back in history we find not a single word of protest or debate over switching from immersion to pouring. That's because both methods have been recognized as valid from the very beginning.

Answer 3

it is a symbol of burying urself in a burial and rising from it again as a symbol of resurrection . And that what happened with our LORD JESUS he dies and rose again from the death, as we will in the last day of this world.So u have to be immersion and about the children sure no cuz they can't decide to be christians or not so they will be baptized when they belive in JESUS not before that.

Romans. 6:3
Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptised into
Christ Jesus were baptised into his death?
We were therefore buried with him through baptism into
death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead
through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will
certainly also be united with him in his resurrection.
(continue this chapter it will complete the idea)

Answer 4

I really believe immersion, Because that is the example Christ himself set for us. The Bible says he came up out of the water. You can not come up out of a sprinkle.{ I don't think it's necessary} But The child can be baptized without knowing the reason for it, But should do it later on his own as he understands for himself.

Answer 5

It can be by immersion or actually pouring water over the head. Women know this even if they do not realize what they know. Baptism is a new birth and it is known that a sudden gush of water always means birth is imminent.

Answer 6

Baptism was done by immersion. If one holds true to traditions it should still be immersion as the Baptists still do it today. Mostly we sprinkle out of convenience. Also, I believe Jesus said suffer unto me all the little children for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven, not baptize for me all the little children for only then is theirs the Kingdom of Heaven.

It is our own shortcomings as adults that forces us to baptize our children. They are the innocent ones already given the key, it is we who obsure their view of the doorway. Baptism should be done on your own terms when you are willing to understand and commit yourself, we should force no religion on another being. Our God is a benevolent God, why is it that we should decide and force a way of life on another person, he did not force himself of us.

In the bible, even Jesus himself walked down to the water and was baptized by John the Baptist (who was thought to be a prophet by some). That would be in Mattew 3:16 after he rebuked the Pharisees and Sudducees for their unwillingness to repent and warning them of a far greater power to come.

Answer 7

the greek word in the Bible as written 2000 yrs ago was "baptiso" - which means to fully emerse.
Therefore biblical baptism is done by immersion.

Answer 8

Baptism symbolizes the passing of the old man/woman and changing to a "new creature in Christ Jesus". Different denominations denote this by emersion (Baptists) or sprinkling (Methodists). Explore the denominational beliefs, if you're shakey regarding what you believe about this. Decide after that.

Answer 9

Acts 8:26-40, in verse 38, "So he commanded the chariot to stand still. and both Phillip and the eunuch wen down into the water, and he baptized him." If it were not immersion, then they would have to left the chariot, the eunuch had water with him.
In verse 36 and 37 "...And the eunuch said, "see, here is water, What hinders me from being baptized?" "Then Phillip said, "If you believe with all your heart, you may."" Therefore an infant can believe; therefore does not need to be baptized.

Answer 10

Do you really believe in a god that will send you to heaven IF and ONLY IF you get either sprinkled or dunked in water? And if you don't get either sprinkled or dunked, you're going to hell? Is that really the god you believe in? Seriously?

Oh, and by the way -- such minor doctrinal differences such as "immersion" or "sprinkling" have caused wars and thousands of deaths. How silly is that??