A strange Baptism Question

[mikado5001]

Many people come to Christ and never have a chance to publically declare it before baptism.

A lot of people come to baptism who have not come to Christ.

Thanks for your two cents?

Job 28:18

What does Job 28:18 mean to this topic?

[pointer]

Many people come to Christ and never have a chance to publically declare it before baptism.

A lot of people come to baptism who have not come to Christ.

Thanks for your two cents?

Job 28:18

What does Job 28:18 mean to this topic?

Not as much as post #4.

[Floatingaxe]

Many people come to Christ and never have a chance to publically declare it before baptism.

A lot of people come to baptism who have not come to Christ.

Thanks for your two cents?

Job 28:18

What does Job 28:18 mean to this topic?

Not as much as post #4.

Which also makes no sense in this thread.

[irishcowboy]

do we have any testimonies of anyone that John Baptised (save for Christ)?

do we have any of their names?

just curious.

I do not remember the name of the pastor that baptised me "into" the Southern Baptist Church... they would not accept the previous baptism(s) from the other church fellowships i had been a member in....

all i know is that my name is in the Lambs Book of Life, dont matter if anyone else remembers my name at all... or knows what i have gone through, so long as I am living for Christ.... there are some that think i have been living like this all my life, little do they know......

mike

[Floatingaxe]

I sure hope we all know there is no baptizing into a church! Whew!

[Guest man]

The point is...people need to be able to declare publically their faith in Jesus Christ, and it is a good thing to allow it to occur at baptism, as many new Christians have not taken the opportunity to make their public confession.

Isn't that what people are doing when they get baptised? Declaring their faith?

Public confession through action.

Baptism.

[pointer]

Many people come to Christ and never have a chance to publically declare it before baptism.

A lot of people come to baptism who have not come to Christ.

Thanks for your two cents?

Job 28:18

What does Job 28:18 mean to this topic?

Not as much as post #4.

Which also makes no sense in this thread.

Because?

[Floatingaxe]

The point is...people need to be able to declare publically their faith in Jesus Christ, and it is a good thing to allow it to occur at baptism, as many new Christians have not taken the opportunity to make their public confession.

Isn't that what people are doing when they get baptised? Declaring their faith?

Public confession through action.

Baptism.

You can confess your faith without baptism...but some people come to Christ, and don't publically confess it...baptism affords one the opportunity to do just that.

[RGR]

The point is...people need to be able to declare publically their faith in Jesus Christ, and it is a good thing to allow it to occur at baptism, as many new Christians have not taken the opportunity to make their public confession.

Isn't that what people are doing when they get baptised? Declaring their faith?

Public confession through action.

Baptism.

You can confess your faith without baptism...but some people come to Christ, and don't publically confess it...baptism affords one the opportunity to do just that.

[pointer]

The point is...people need to be able to declare publically their faith in Jesus Christ, and it is a good thing to allow it to occur at baptism, as many new Christians have not taken the opportunity to make their public confession.

Isn't that what people are doing when they get baptised? Declaring their faith?

Public confession through action.

Baptism.

You can confess your faith without baptism...but some people come to Christ, and don't publically confess it...baptism affords one the opportunity to do just that.

That is quite true, but false Christians who have never been persecuted have been using that as 'evidence' of faith for hundreds of years, to the point now that water baptism is meaningless. It is quite true that declaration of faith is made, but it is useless to do that if there is little or no risk involved, which there was for the early Christians. Witnessing in the face of unpopularity or danger is what counts.

One also wonders why it is that it is nearly always 'the pastor' who baptises, and not anyone- or no-one. Maybe water baptism is promoted not just as a false sign of faith, but also to give credence to the many worldly 'churches' that have only one 'pastor'.