No one on this thread has even hinted that only adults get baptized...So that is not and has not been an issue...
I don’t know how much clearer I can put this.....
Just as they do now, parents speak for their children, the children are under the care and protection of the parents...
No, Scripture says that ALL in Lydia’s household were baptized. Period, no distinction for age, or adulthood or anything.
It doesn't matter how clearly you explain your philosophy...Human philosophy does not win out over God's word...
Yes, all Lydia's household were saved...But there were no babies there because we know that one has to make a conscious choice to believe on Jesus to get saved and be baptized...
It doesn't say whether there were or weren't babies in the household. It can't be assumed that there were because (fill in the blank) for the sole purpose of supporting a doctrine of the church.
If it's not valid to assume that there were no babies, then it's equally invalid to assume there were.
I've noticed quite a tendency for Catholics and Catholicism to work on assumptions ie, something isn't said to not have happened therefore we can assume it did and build a doctrine on it.
It's utter foolishness to build doctrines on unsubstantiated assumptions and claim someone's salvation depends on it.
****Yes, all Lydia’s household were saved...But there were no babies there because we know that one has to make a conscious choice to believe on Jesus to get saved and be baptized...*****
That is pure speculative reading into Scripture what one wants to believe.