Infant Baptism

Infant Baptism is a manmade tradition, within a misrepresentation of justification and sanctification, where water can purify one’s soul for eternity without the admission or acceptance of Christ Jesus as God. Even Spurgeon “quoted from the Catechism of the Church of England, proving that the church teaches that it is through infant baptism the infant is made a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven. He quoted from the liturgy of the ceremony itself to further prove that the church did indeed teach that children are regenerated though baptism.” “Spurgeon also pointed out that no outward ceremony can save anyone. This can be easily proven by the facts: thousands who were baptized as infants have lived wanton, godless lives, proving that they were never children of God. Nor does the Bible teach that someone else can have faith for another; parents cannot

Connection: The biblical story, Jonah and the Whale, is an example of Baptism. God gave Jonah a job, but he set off in another direction. Suddenly, there was a storm. The boat was tossing in the middle of the sea. No one on the boat knew what to do. Jonah knew that the storm was because of him. God was with him. Everyone prayed for forgiveness and they threw Johan into the water. The storm immediately stopped. God heard Jonah’s prayers and sent a fish to rescue him. Jonah lived in the fish’s stomach for three days. He prayed to God for help. When it was safe, the fish spit Jonah out onto the land. Jonah was cleansed when he returned back to the land. Being tossed into the water was symbolic. He was reborn after the incident.

Thomas R. Schreiner is the professor of New Testament Interpretation and the Associate Dean of Scripture and Interpretation at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Prior to this he served for 11 years at

My family and I got up, got ready, and drove less than a mile down Old Hickory Boulevard to Forest Hills Baptist Church, like we had always done. Except, that day I packed my swimming trunks. On August 5th of 2007, I was baptized by a minister at my church. I was eager to get started. With both of us cloaked in white, the minster and I stepped into the baptism “tub” during the worship service. Colorful rays of light were beaming through the stained glass windows, the water was warm, and my mother was standing beside of me for comfort and reassurance; I was at peace. Out of the opening, I could see the watchful eyes of the choir, worship leader, congregation, and my family; I was at peace. As part of tradition, I was getting ready to be immersed into the water; I was at peace. While in the water, an extraordinary sensation of purification swept through my body. I, for the first time in my eight years of life, had truly felt cleansed from head to toe. This feeling was a direct action of the Holy Spirit entering and presiding in my vulnerable self permanently.

Baptism of Christ is a painting created by Francesco Albani from 1630 to 1635. ("Baptism of Christ - Francesco Albani - The Athenaeum." Baptism of Christ”). In this painting there is an image of the baptism of Christ and all of its surroundings. The reason for the creation of this portrait, is because Francesco Albani was influenced by the Council of Trent during the time he created this painting. The painting has a description of what seems to look like a half-naked person who is surrounded by what looks like a body of water and has another person pouring some type of liquid on top of his head. This image is the center importance of the peace because it’s what’s closer to the audience and doesn’t fade into the background.

entails the person being saved, and then baptize them as an outward desire to show union with

“Most assuredly, I say to you,” said Jesus “unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God”

Infant baptism has an exceedingly long history of arguments within the Christian circle. These arguments reflect different interpretations and understandings on this Christian divine ritual that was left and recorded from the first century Christians. Through the biblical, historical, and theological stand points, I can establish solid reasons to support my objections against this tradition.

In general, what is spiritual condition? It is assumed that all people inherited a guilty and a sinful nature from the first man, Adam who sinned. It results in the question of whether infants are subjected to the God’s judgement even before they commit any action. In his book, Adam Harwood analyzes the writings of theologians and important biblical texts for clarifying an infant 's spiritual condition. In this book, Harwood argues that an infant only inherits Adam’s sinful nature, without inheriting the guilty nature as well. Harwood builds up an alternate view against the Augustinian-Calvinist view.

There are several types of “baptisms” as described by Foster, and the classic film Titanic portrays an example of the “near-drowning-baptism” with Rose when she and Jack are hanging onto a plank that can only support the weight of one person. Jack decides to sacrifice his life for Rose, so that she may live to a ripe old age. On the other hand, Rose does not want Jack to leave her because it would mean giving up her one true source of happiness and love. However, as Rose holds onto Jack’s body, she realizes that his sacrifice is his gift of a lasting thrill of adventure, excitement, freedom, and most importantly, love. He had given her everything she desired when she was distraught by her forced engagement to Cal Hockley and her mother’s guarded

Wesley pictures baptism as essential for the Church and baptism is a holy observance for

In conjunction with water being a sign of initiation into the church so are the symbolic acts of the priest during the sacrament. “The symbolic act of laying hands by the priest, parents and godparents during the anointing of the initiate with chrism emphasizes the sacrament’s communal character.” (Mueller 139) As all of the parties involved are members of the church, baptism is the first act of initiation of us into our own Christ filled community known as the church. Involving various active member of the church brings together the church of past, present and future alike. The priest acts as Christ, who through his own

I do not believe being baptized as a child will get one to heaven if he or she dies before understanding Christ and making the choice to follow Him. I see it as symbolic of one’s faith, but not a detrimental part of salvation. I want to believe I do not have to to get

“The Sacrament of Baptism is the first step in a lifelong journey of commitment and discipleship. Whether we are baptized as infants or adults, Baptism is the Church 's way of celebrating and enacting the embrace of God. Being baptized ends the process of salvation which means when someone is baptized into water is when that person is saved”. Baptism helps answers the questions ‘Who am I?’ and ‘Why am I here for?’ by leading a person does what a human being should do. The word ‘baptize’ comes from a Greek word ‘baptizo’ which means ‘to dip’. Baptism has been part of Christianity from the start. Baptism has some common points with Tvila, Jewish by purified immersing in water, which is required for but in Judaism, Baptism differs from others by being repeatable while Baptism is to be performed only once. The early Christians were normally baptized by immersing whole body or partial although other modes may have been used. By the third and fourth centuries, baptism involved catechetical instruction as well as chrismation, exorcisms,

“Through salvation our past has been forgiven, our present is given meaning, and our future is secured” -Rick Warren. Sunday, November 30, 2014 around 12:40 was a very special day for me. Life-changing you could say. This was a breaking of a new day to me. A fresh start and a very new beginning. This is a day that I never will forget. The day when my heart was spiritually opened and an opened invitation was held out to a certain someone. The day I was baptized in Jesus name. Baptism is a sacred event for Christians. It is considered an ordinance of Jesus Christ. It is a concept of being submerged under water to be considered ‘’saved’’. Being saved in other words is saved means that you are accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. He is now the center of your life. It means giving up yourself and doing the work of Christ. It means turning from anything that is against the will of the highest. The day I gave my life to Christ was very special to me because I learned a lot that day. I learned who I was, who I was in Christ, and what life after this meant for me.