There is no reason to not have a 2nd baptism. Baptism is a public affirmation of your following Jesus Christ.
What church?
Different specific religions may teach different things. I’ll keep it simple.
God never left you. You left him. Now your back and he does not love you any less. Welcome home!
If you did understand what you were doing as a child, which is possible, then no need to be rebaptized again.
Could it be that you have grown substantially in your walk with Christ and have a better understanding of what it means to be a Christian as opposed to when you were a child?
That would be a natural progression in the walk and the sign of a maturing Christian. Paul wrote about this in Philippians 3 when he wrote about pressing on toward the upward call.
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Fairly sure God has the first one on record. The second to me is feel good and ‘on the sleeve’ stuff. Just my opinion.
Baptism is for the believer. Someone who has made a conscious choice to follow Christ and be associated with His church. A child cannot make that determination, so any baptism at that age is nothing more than an ineffective bath.
The answer is to show obedience to the Lord's command
And that can only happen after a conscious understanding of what salvation is ....
So an infant cannot give or deny permission nor can an infant understand anything except it's hungry
I be;ieve that baptism is necessary and it should be Baptism for the remission of sins. In order for that to be valid I belive that a person must have reached the age of reason. They must hear the Word, believe, confess belief in Jesus Christ as the Son of God who died for the forgivness of our sins and repent of their sins, and then be Baptized. So yes, I believe that you can and should be baptized again if you have heard, believe and are willing to confess and repent.
If you didn’t know what you were doing it wasn’t your choice. You didn’t publicly express and confirm your choice to follow christ. You didn’t repent...a presiquite to baptism. Get baptized.
Baptism is either an act of God with meaning, or an act of man without meaning.
If the first is true, I doubt God wasn’t meaningful in His action. No second baptism is needed.
If the second is true, nothing is gained by repeating it.
Baptism is a meaningful act of obedience to God. It is an outward symbol of the new birth, that you have been born again. If you didn’t know what you were doing when you got baptized the first time, then do it again. If you understood what you were doing and what baptism signifies, then there is no need to do it a second time.
If baptism is a work of God, which I believe is that the Bible claims (e.g., I Peter 3:21), a second baptism is unnecessary. OTOH, there is no place in the Bible where a second baptism is stated to be a sin, so my thought would be that the issue is similar to meat-sacrificed-to-idols in I Corinthians 8-10: if doing it would cause someone to sin, then don’t do it, but there is nothing inherently sinful in doing it.
Full disclosure: I am an LCMS elder, and we read the Bible to say that baptism is a sacrament, meaning a work of God and not something we do for God, so that when one is baptized, it is God’s work that occurs.
To ask for a second baptism is to suggest that the first baptism was invalid. That the Trinitarian formula used was non-binding and null and void based solely on the dictates of your situation (or preference). It further suggests a total lack of faith in God and His promise.
You are correct, re-baptism is not necessary, even if the individual who baptized you was, say, not a true believer, as long as the baptism was done in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. If you had been converted from Mormonism, I would say you would need to be re-baptized. All the promises of conversion, which are signified and sealed by baptism, are possessed by faith, and not by the act that signifies them.
Baptism doesn’t get you into heaven. There is no trick. Do it only if you want to.
If you want to do it because God wants your to do it, then you need to ask God, not other people. Get your Bible, find a quiet place, read your Bible and pray. You will get your answer. This is a good way to start your walk with Jesus. Since you believe in Him as your Savior, you now have direct access to Abba Father YHWH in Jesus’ name. YHWH has a plan for your life that fits into His plan for the world. If you you follow His plan for your life, you will find that there is less wear and tear on you. Ask for direction, and watch for the signs. It really works!
Baptism is not a requirement to enter into Heaven.
Case in point - The criminal on the right of Jesus on Calvary, he acknowledged Jesus as Christ and Jesus replied, on this day I will see you in Paradise.
That criminal wasn’t baptized
Baptize yourself as many times as you feel you need to. Seriously.
I am generally reluctant to urge a second baptism. However, there is a Biblical precedent. In Acts chapter 19 (see verses 1-5), Apollos was baptized again. He apparently was not aware of the nature of Christian baptism when he was first baptized.
I would say that if one is aware of the implications of Peter’s command in Acts chapter two, verse 38, that rebaptism isn’t necessary.
And Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” (Acts 2:38)
That would seem to involve being old enough to understand that you are a sinner, to repent of your sins, and to be immersed into the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ for the forgiveness of your sins.
For what it is worth, Catholics are traditionally baptized very young (one of our Sacraments). Then, at about age 12 or 13, we go through Confirmation (another Sacrament). This is the reaffirmation of our Baptism. But we are never “re-baptized). As others have said, Baptism welcomes us into God’s family (on his terms) and we are God’s people from that point forth.