Comments on: You Asked: Should I Get 'Re-Baptized'? (Paedobaptist Answer)

By: Miscellanées (Week 6, 2013) | Jake Belder

Miscellanées (Week 6, 2013) | Jake Belder — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 06:58:44 +0000

[...] You Asked: Should I Get ‘Re-Baptized’? – Sometimes people who were baptised as infants were baptised as a matter of tradition by parents who weren’t believers, and then later in life when they become Christians, often face the question of whether or not they should be baptised again. Jared Oliphint answers this question in a helpful post, pointing to the efficacy of God’s covenant faithfulness as the determining factor. [...]

By: Albert

Albert — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 07:12:46 +0000

Baptism was not administered to "disciples" only. The credobaptist position are making as much inferences to the text as the paedobaptist. The main question is; who's interpretation makes the most sense in light of the analogiae fide. The credobaptist position fails miserably.

By: Roundup | Eternity Matters

Roundup | Eternity Matters — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:29:32 +0000

[...] You Asked: Should I Get ‘Re-Baptized’? (Paedobaptist Answer) [...]

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:31:27 +0000

John Lawless,

Paedo- and Credo-baptists agree on 1) faith and 2) baptism in regards to new believers. There is no debate on that. Entrance into the Covenant of Grace has always been by faith alone and followed by the reception of the covenant sign.

However, one has to reckon with the reality of the fact that the gospel (Paul uses gospel here in the same sense as he uses it in other places, i.e. the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ) was preached to Abraham, he received it by a spirit-wrought faith, and then was included into the covenant of grace. He then got the sign, circumcision. And then he was commanded to circumcise his offspring at 8 days old, before they had confessed faith. If this is the same gospel as we have today, and if Abraham is a father in the faith, and if we are in the same covenant of grace as Abraham, then we have to decide if we will let the entirety of scripture speak to our doctrine of baptism. The New Testament is not our only guide to faith and practice. There are many discontinuities between the Old and New Testaments, but there are also continuities, one being God's continual work in the context of the covenant community.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:01:03 +0000

Well, that was my last question. Riley, thanks again for answering my questions and helping me understand your point of view.

By: Riley

Riley — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:54:36 +0000

That is an interesting question, but it does not strike me as relevant to the topic. We are not in this to play the odds, but to obey God. I'm not sure if I know the answer to it. I think that having been baptized will be a help to the child's assurance of salvation, and that there is a reward to obeying God's commandments.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:51:07 +0000

Thank you for answering my questions. Very kind of you.

Here's another. So does a baptized child raised in gospel-preaching church and in a Christian home have better odds (or however you might say it) of being regenerated than an unbaptized child raised in a gospel-preaching church?

By: Riley

Riley — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:48:24 +0000

Not guaranteed, because there are exceptions like Saul, Esau, and Ishmael. But you have no reason to doubt that your child will be regenerated. You should parent in faith that God will regenerate your child. This is not based upon the baptism but upon God's covenant promise which is signified and sealed in baptism.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:34:01 +0000

Riley,

So I baptize my baby and my baptized baby will now one day be regenerated? Guaranteed?

Thanks,
Chris

By: John Lawless, MDiv, MBA

John Lawless, MDiv, MBA — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 07:21:28 +0000

After having read the many comments I am glad I am just a simple member of a SBC church. First, faith then baptism. Seems pretty simple.