Original Infant
Please cite Scripture that says that infant baptism washes away the stain of original sin?
Do not dance around with question with Scriptures other than what I am asking for. Where in the Bible does it say that infant baptism “without” repentance washes away the stain of original sin.
I meant do not dance around this question; not “with”. sorry for the typo
Acts 2:38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized.”
What does an infant know about repentance???
The first assumption of this question would be that we are saved through baptism, and it is the baptism that washes away our sin. Child or not, that is not a biblical teaching. While I do my best to follow the TOS’s, when the Bible is misquoted and misused, I tend to speak up.
First – the word Baptize does not mean to immerse in water as some have come to thought, it does mean to make fully whelmed or to overwhelm. The association has come to mean water, yet if it was only with water then John spoke in redundancy when he said, “I baptize you in water,” the meaning would be “I immerse you in water in water.” (John 1:26). The meaning of Acts 2:38 is simply this: Repent and immerse yourself wholly into the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins. When inserting the meaning of the word for the word, the passage comes to life.
Second: This is the one that really got to me. The use of ellipses (the . . . ) truly changes the meaning of the passage. If someone doesn’t research for themselves, they would truly believe that 1 Peter 3:21 was showing baptism is necessary for salvation. Yet, a closer look at the ellipses shows they replaced a very important word. Symbolize. Water baptism symbolizes what saves us. What is it that saves us, the answer is in this same verse. We are saved through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
While many times families are shown being baptized together throughout the Scriptures, which the inferance would therefore be the children, we must understand that water baptism does not save us. Water baptism is symbolic, our personal death and resurrection unto eternal life through Jesus Christ. We are saved through Jesus’ death and resurrection. Infant baptism does not wash away “original sin”.
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