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To: daniel1212
And it is "crazy," as the Holy Spirit distinctly states that repentance and wholehearted faith are required for baptism, (Acts 2:38; 8:36,37) and nowhere manifestly records an infant being baptized, which circumcision (Col. 2:11) only has limited correspondence to (in being a figure), while Peter testified how God purified the hearts of souls by faith, before baptism. (Acts 10:43:47; 15:7-9)

Thank you for posting this Scriptural view. Infant baptism and any other related rituals are worthless and in my opinion do a disservice to the unsaved. They perpetuate an idea that you can perform certain rituals and be saved without a conversion of your heart. It's unfortunate but this is one of the few areas where Evangelical Christians differ with the Reformed.

43 posted on 05/17/2015 5:01:26 PM PDT by wmfights (a stranger in a hostile and foreign land that used to be my home)
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To: wmfights; Reformed
Thank you for posting this Scriptural view. Infant baptism and any other related rituals are worthless and in my opinion do a disservice to the unsaved. They perpetuate an idea that you can perform certain rituals and be saved without a conversion of your heart. It's unfortunate but this is one of the few areas where Evangelical Christians differ with the Reformed.

But not all Reformed do so i think.

65 posted on 05/17/2015 7:01:41 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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