Twice Baptized?

Question

I am leaving soon to go to the church my wife and I recently joined. I am scheduled to be baptized in this evening's service.

I was baptized as an infant in another church of another denomination but, since it was a "sprinkling" of holy water and not a complete immersion (and also because I was an infant and not of an adult age) the current church does not accept is as a baptism.

Do you think God did not consider me baptized for those reasons? Or did he accept my baptism so many years ago?

Is there anything peculiar about being baptized twice?

Any thoughts on this?

Answer 1

In Acts 19:1-5 there are some who had been baptized according to John the Baptist's instructions. This was done after Christ's baptism (Mark 16:16, Matthew 28:18-20, Luke 24:47, Acts 2:38) came into effect. They should have been baptized according to the instructions of Christ.

These people were taught correctly and then they were baptized again. This time they were baptized in the name of, or according to the authority or instructions of Christ.

(You cannot obey correctly if you have been taught wrong.)

Answer 2

This is a very good question! I would first like to point out that one cannot join the Church that the Lord built. The Lord has to add you to the Body of Christ (acts 2). The greek word baptizo, which is baptize, means to fully immerse. There are no N. T. examples of a sprinkling baptism. When you were an infant you had no idea what you where doing or what was being done to you. One has to repent before being baptized and as an infant you had no reason to repent because you did not know what sin was. I would worry more about what the Bible says than what a man tells me. God has give man a pattern of salvation, hear (rom. 10:17), believe (john 3:16), repent (act 17:30), confess (matt. 10:32-33), and to be baptized for the forgiveness of sins (acts 2:38; acts 17:30, I peter 3:21).

Answer 3

In the very meaning of the word baptize it means to immerse. Also Jesus gave an order of events dealing with baptism. If you remember when He sent forth the disciples He told them in Mat. 28 Go ye.... teach... and baptize. So this denotes a learning process before you are baptized. Salvation always precedes baptism in the Bible. So Being sprinkled as a child kind of goes against the scriptures in 2 points. 1. Not being immersed and the other not having obtained a knowledge unto salvation.

Now about being baptized a 2nd time (in which case I don't think you are) there is an example in scripture of someone being baptized more than one time.

You can read about this in Acts 10.

You read there about Cornelius who had been baptized in Johns way with water but Peter revealed to them about the Holy Spirit of Whom they had no knowledge. After they were instructed more fully they were baptized in the name of our Lord and they then received the Holy Spirit. So if there has been some great gaining of knowledge of doctrinal truth you may if you wish be re-baptized. I hope this helps.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

I was Baptized twice, too. I don't think the sprinkling I got as an infant did me any good at all. For one thing, it was just a tad of water, and I didn't choose it for myself. Just something my Mom & Dad chose.
A Baptism should be something that you choose to do for yourself, as a way to show that you repect God and want to do this, as a rememberance.
I do not believe that you have to be Baptised to get into heaven.

Answer 6

Baptism is like a swearing-in ceremony. You do it AFTER you've decided to accept a position. As an infant, you had not made any decision to accept any position.

Once a person accepts Christ as their Lord (which also makes Him their savior), they should make a public proclamation of this decision by being baptized.

Answer 7

There's only one baptism to a customer.

If your original baptism was done using any amount of water at all, and it was done in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and it was accomplished in order to make you a Christian, than you have no need of any further baptism.

Doing it a second time may even constitute blasphemy of the Holy Spirit.

Not a good thing.

Perhaps you ought to take another look at what those guys are teaching ... and why you're apparently so willing to "swallow" it.

Answer 8

I was baptized twice. Once as an infant and a month ago. Just think about this: As a baby, your parents make the decision for you to be baptized. I was baptized twice because I wanted to show God that it was my decision to follow Him.

Answer 9

If you are baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, even by someone who is not ordained, you are baptized. One baptism does not invalidate the other. One priest said this about infant baptism: It is like putting money in the bank. It draws interest.

Do not allow hatred or misunderstandings to arise.

Answer 10

I believe that your first baptism as a child is considered a baptism. I think that you are baptized. I don't think there is anything wrong about being baptized twice. As an infant it was more for your parents, but as an adult it is more for yourself.