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    Credobaptists - What about those with disabilities and baptism?

    Is the baptizing of a baby all that is required for that child to become a Christian brother/sister and part of the body of Christ? If something more is expected at some future point, then that becomes the point that Pedrito is referencing as the “age of accountability” (the point when the...
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    To those whom the Lord has called

    Thread started for you: Does the Qu'ran tell the same truth found in the Christian Bible?
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    Does the Qu'ran tell the same truth found in the Christian Bible?

    Rather than watch you two bounce back and forth, I took the liberty of starting a topic for you ... ... and here is a verse to really get to the heart of the matter: Surah 4:157 (Sahih International) And [for] their saying, "Indeed, we have killed the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, the...
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    Does Jesus Hate Children?

    Yes it is. Is is not your issue with the Anabaptists, but is is, and has always been, my issue. It cannot be argued by any reasonable person that the baby repented at the time of its baptism, so there WAS a baptism without repentance when scripture says "repent and be baptized" [two actions...
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    Does Jesus Hate Children?

    Did he test all the parents before healing their children? What if the parent had failed the test? Are you then saying that Jesus did not heal the children out of love for the children, but only to honor the faith of their parents? [I can see what he did, but the question asked in the title was...
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    Does Jesus Hate Children?

    We take it for granted that Jesus loved children, but why was Jesus so reluctant to heal a non-Jewish child? Did Jesus only love Jewish Children? (Those under the OT Covenant with God?) Mark 7:24-30 24 Jesus got up and went away from there to the region of Tyre. And when He had entered a...
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    Thoughts on the 'annihilationism' Thread

    Psalm 49:15 NASB But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, For He will receive me. Selah. Psalm 139:8 NASB If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. Cessation of existence?
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    Does Jesus Hate Children?

    I think she has 1 Corinthians 1:16 (Now I did baptize also the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any other.) in mind. She DID say “adults and their children” which suggestests that she has the “and their household” type verses in mind.
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    Does Jesus Hate Children?

    GOD can. My complaint has always been that scripture places “believe, repent and baptism” all together and MEN should not separate them by “baptizing” without “repentance” (God alone can supply the belief).
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    Credobaptists - What about those with disabilities and baptism?

    I received an accusation: I responded with an analysis of the actual verse: I then countered with a question about why part of the verse (which was a command from Peter and the Holy Spirit) was being emphasized while another part of the verse/command was being ignored: You and anyone else...
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    Credobaptists - What about those with disabilities and baptism?

    He was quoting that verse and leaving out one of the actions, making it sound like that verse commanded us to go and baptize, when it actually commanded us to go and make disciples. I just thought that scripture should be quoted to preserve the original meaning, not distort it.
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    Credobaptists - What about those with disabilities and baptism?

    Yup. [Or that I can't be a monergist if I don't believe that God intended baptism to be for infants like every CHRISTIAN has unanimously believed for 1500 years until one Anabaptist made up his own rules.]
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    Credobaptists - What about those with disabilities and baptism?

    Read the verses before it, they matter (God had already done his part.)
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    Credobaptists - What about those with disabilities and baptism?

    Would that include the rest of what Peter said to those people about the promise being for their children and those far off? Are there ANY commands that were not spoken to people? Is anything commanded of us? I think your interpretation creates problems.
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    Credobaptists - What about those with disabilities and baptism?

    The command is "Go and make disciples", see: Matthew 28:19 NASB “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit," ... you keep posting "go... baptize.... teach" but leave out "make disciples". Now here again, the...
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    Credobaptists - What about those with disabilities and baptism?

    "There ISN'T such a command" (Acts 2:38) "supposedly attacking Anabaptists" [Just for the record, this was not about Anabaptists. He asked to discuss the text and that particular point was all about ME and not about the verse.] ... 'attack' may have been too strong of a term, but it was more...
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    Credobaptists - What about those with disabilities and baptism?

    I am not concerned at all about it. I am concerned about people claiming that we are commanded to baptize children when I perceive that teaching to be contradicted by scripture. In a topic in a "Christian Theology" section of a board, I feel the teaching of scripture should be defended against...
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    Heidelberg Catechism on Baptism

    For a Calvinist, baptism is likely an ordinance (I cannot speak for every Calvinist denomination and church). Perhaps I misunderstand the purpose of a Lutheran sacrament.
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    Credobaptists - What about those with disabilities and baptism?

    sure. Then why are you disassociating "repent" and "believe" from "be baptized"? Why are you associating "you" with "your children" but disassociating both from "all who are far off"? What teaching are we disregarding? Where is the "baptize unbelieving baby" teaching? I only find commands to...
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    Heidelberg Catechism on Baptism

    Here is what the Baptist Faith and Message (2000) says about Baptism: VII. Baptism and the Lord's Supper Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer's faith in a crucified...
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