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Once a dear Baptist brother sat me down to take me task about "infant baptism" (though I prefer the term "household baptism").

(He had his Bible open to the NT.)

He was friendly but firm: "Name ONE time in Scripture baptism was by sprinkling and not by full immersion!"

"When Moses led the Israelites through the Red Sea," I said, with a twinkle in my eye.

(The questioning stopped there.)

Children have *always* been included in the covenant [community]. When a king's allegiance changes, his kingdom's follows.

"...as for me, *and my house*, we will serve the Lord."

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Auxmos 2y ago

Love the heart ❤️ here

🤝

Liberty Gal 2y ago

I think the problem is the perspective. Some people think that being baptized makes a person a Christian where the Bible requires faith in Jesus. On the other hand, having the church/saints bless a child, agree to do everything in their power to lead them to Christ, and to understand how God can bless a family or other group even when not 100% are true believers is reality, too. I'd argue that it isn't the action that matters but the purpose/belief that matters.

1 Corinthians 7:14 (NASB1995)

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband; for otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.