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To: envisio

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.


7 posted on 10/06/2015 10:41:58 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: rjsimmon
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.

Big ol' +1 on that!

37 posted on 10/06/2015 11:00:14 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility)
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