Baptism is the sacrament of initiation, its what make you a Christian and gives cleanse you from the sins of Adam. But the importance place on it is not much clear to so many Christians because a lots of us sees it as the only thing that makes us a born again. Baptism does not only makes you born again, it gives you lots of power over principalities and makes you a true heir of the kingdom of God. If properly received you have same power as all the prophets do. If you are a catholic then at baptism your journey to priesthood begins of which you may choose to be or not. Baptism is the Basic element of salvation
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I share your catholic faith brother.
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No, Baptism doesn't make you a Christian or cleanse you from sin.
To become a Christian and be cleansed from sin you need to accept Jesus as your Savior and Lord.
(John 3:16-18 NIV) "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. {17} For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. {18} Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.
Baptism should accompany belief. That's what happened in the early church.
(Acts 2:36-38 NIV) "Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ." {37} When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?" {38} Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
It's foolishness to think that by baptizing a child without their knowledge and consent that you can give them eternal life. Everyone has to believe for themselves.
Repentance is a necessary part of salvation. It can come before or after you believe. I accepted Jesus as my Savior. Immediately I felt the Holy Spirit convict me of the sin in my life and I made changes because of it.
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Well things that are accepted by Faith always looks foolish to a human reasoning but not in spirituality, where every spoken word, action and deeds are seed that most grow to manifest.
If Baptism doesn't make one a Christian or Cleanse one from original sin then what is the point of having it.
I need more light here why was Jesus baptized?
We all have different view to Christianity and my own point of view is to regain our son-ship which the human race lost from Adam.
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Second Thessalonians 2:15
“Therefore, brothers, stand firm and hold to the teachings we passed on to you, EITHER by word of mouth OR by letter"
One of the great differentiating factors between Catholicism and many Protestant faiths is the equal importance of Tradition and The Bible.
In the case of infant Baptism, it was a thing that was just always done, and always just deemed common sense that no one ever would have seen the need to write it down. Akin to how nowhere in The Bible does it explicitly say Marriage is between a man and a woman; it was just beyond reason that someone would think any other way, so no one ever would have seen the need to write it down.
Recall that there was no written compilation of the New Testament for hundreds of years after the death of Christ. All of Christian teaching was passed down orally and through tradition; there was no written word. This is why the older Christian faiths believe things that are not explicitly stated in either the Old or New Testaments. These were things that the Apostles and disciples of Christ saw Jesus say or do but were, at the time, so common- sense to them that it never occurred to any of them to write down explicitly.
These traditions were passed on orally until there became a need to formally document the Traditions as the Church expanded into cultures and times for whom centuries-old Aramaic Hebrew traditions were no longer common sense.
Infant baptism was one of these traditions that simply "always was" from the time of Jesus and his apostles. Newer Protestant denominations abide by varyingly strict interpretations of Sola Scriptura="By the Scripture Only", that throws out the concept of Tradition, and that only what is explicitly stated in The Bible should be followed. And since The Bible did not explicitly state "Infants can/ should be baptised", they do not consider it legitimate.
Obviously this topic of Tradition vs Sola Scriptura goes much deeper, but this should explain why some Protestants have negative (and sometimes even hostile!) reactions to infant Baptism as practiced by the earlier Christian Churches who value Tradition as equal to The Word.
God Bless you!
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Thank you so much for taking us back to history. I sincerely appreciate
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Peace be with you
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Thank you bro
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