Historically it's weird to me that a group would take the name Baptist and then limit Baptism more than anyone else 😵‍💫

@vinciblegaming6817

Ай бұрын

And also have a far lower view of God’s work through it! It is a bizarre paradox!

@kevinmc62

Ай бұрын

Symbolic bath time. I know several Protestants who like the rest of us lived a roller coaster spiritual life and each time they came back to Jesus felt the need to get baptized again because this time they really mean it.

@julywestt5277

Ай бұрын

Because they're fools with limited understanding, not to mention how absolutely Satanic it is to REJECT THE CHURCH ESTABLISHED BY JESUS CHRIST. I'm 55 yrs old, a cradle Catholic, and it has only been this year, how much this has impacted me. They, non-catholics, would love nothing more than to steal away Catholics, convert them to their protestant denomination, and see the complete and total fall and collapse of The Catholic Church. Does this not strike anyone else as mind blowing and disturbing beyond imagination? Think about it! I no longer refer to protestants as "our separated brethren". Anyone who wants to see the destruction of The Catholic Church, is no brother of mine, but children of Satan.

@la981

Ай бұрын

how old was Jesus when he was baptized?

@MrDoyle07

Ай бұрын

I’ve wondered this around a 1000 times.

"Let the children come to me and FORBID THEM NOT" Jesus Christ

@JWellsUp

Ай бұрын

Yep! Which is holy,the water or God that makes the water holy? Jesus upon touching those infants brought to him was an automatic baptism.

Would've been apt to continue Peter's Pentecost speech in Acts: "This promise is for you and your children"

@Justas399

Ай бұрын

The promise is not about baptism in Acts.

@user-ks3qr5fk6m

Ай бұрын

@@Justas399When you do your taxes, do you only include the members of your household who are at the age of reason?

@tabandken8562

Ай бұрын

​@@Justas399Can't get the promise without Baptism.

@troy4544

Ай бұрын

Taxes isn’t salvation. There are those saved in the Bible prior to water baptism. It is merely an act of obedience. Infant baptism does nothing. Infant has no mental capacity to accept or reject Christ. That decision is made when someone truly understands their sin, need for a savior, and hears the gospel.

@soteriology400

Ай бұрын

@@tabandken8562Repentance and faith also.

Baptize your babies! They need all the grace they can get. I wish they would go back to confirmation at 12 yrs old. By the time our kids are 17, most have already left the church. I'm praying for all our young people ❤

@oliversanderson8665

Ай бұрын

Confirmation should go back to infancy

@RebeccaLynne2046

Ай бұрын

@@oliversanderson8665 Even better! I wasn't aware that was ever a thing.

@gabolujan3109

Ай бұрын

@@oliversanderson8665I agree.

@gabolujan3109

Ай бұрын

@@RebeccaLynne2046in the eastern Catholic Church all babies are confirmed.

@jeanellecortez1422

Ай бұрын

Yes, they need to have confirmation immediately following baptism. I was baptized at 11 or 12 but my parents never got me confirmation. The faith was never discussed in my family so I grew up never understanding the importance of the mass, scripture and what it means to be Catholic and what the church actually teaches. I left the church after I moved out and throughout all my twenties lived a life that was not godly and followed the evil desires of my heart. By my early thirties I was going through suffering and my heart cried out to God the Father and asked Him to help me and I asked in the Holy name of our Lord Jesus Christ. I will never forget what happened a few nights later after my prayer. The Holy Spirit came over me and after that I started to change and my heart began to change. I no longer desired sins that had once consumed me and I had this deep grief and heartache for those around me who didn’t know Jesus. Jesus was all I thought about and talked about to everyone. Lost friends over my faith in Christ. I had a demonic encounter that same year in the month of Easter which I believe is from fervent prayer over a lost soul who is dear to me. I began to get curious about the Catholic Church and other churches who were not Catholic but claimed to be Christians and I wondered what the differences were and what were the teachings. When I began looking into this I found out about the schism between the east and the west and the reformation that happened. All of this broke my heart over the division that we have caused with each other. Anyway, I believe Christ established a church and it was build on Peter. I want to believe that the Catholic Church is the One true Church Jesus Himself started but I’m not sure yet. I know there is something there. My brothers and sisters in Christ may I ask that you say a prayer for me and ask God to help me in this season of which church I should join. I want to know the truth. I know God is still working through all of our division we caused. I believe this, He is still working. God bless you all.

Now imagine St. Peter telling the Jews at Pentecost that to enter into the New Covenant you have to be baptized BUT YOUR CHILDREN NOT UNTIL THEY ARE WAY INTO THE AGE OF REASON AFTER THEY KNEW THAT IN THE OLD COVENANT CHILDREN COULD ENTER BY THE EIGHTH DAY!?!? They would have been very angry at St. Peter.

@Nolongeraslave

Ай бұрын

It's always helpful to know how things are done. Not just taking a verse and run away with it. The way baptism was done in the New Testament should be carried out in the Church. You cannot argue like that on the issue. One can say: in the Church, for proper meaning of the family you should get married properly and also your children and grand children. Does that mean marriage should be allowed on children as well there and then? Or we wait until the proper time? What is interesting is that Christians in the Protestant Church are not really bothered by those in their midst that baptise infants. Regeneration is not caused by baptism, believing and putting our faith in the Lord is what matters. But in the New Testament, the proper way is to first believe, then baptise. Why the hurry? When the Lord decides to take an infant or babies and your children who are not yet accountable, He does it in love, whether they are baptised or not.

@tabandken8562

Ай бұрын

​@@NolongeraslaveYou can't enter the New Covenant without Baptism. Without entering the New Covenant you don't become a child of God. You're just merely His creation. You must be born from above (born again) that's baptism. Circumcision was how you entered the Old Covenant. Baptism, as Paul tells us, is the new circumcision.

@troy4544

Ай бұрын

Born from above is being filled with the Holy Spirit, not water baptism. Water baptism is an act of obedience after salvation.

@tabandken8562

Ай бұрын

@@troy4544 No. That belief doesn't come about until the 16th century. The Church was in full agreement that being born again is baptism. Here's some early Church quotes. Justin Martyr Then they are brought by us where there is water and are regenerated in the same manner in which we were ourselves regenerated. For, in the name of God, the Father… and of our Savior Jesus Christ, and of the Holy Spirit [Matt. 28:19], they then receive the washing with water. For Christ also said, “Unless you are born again, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven” (First Apology 61 [A.D. 151]). Irenaeus He [Jesus] came to save all through himself - all, I say, who through him are reborn in God; infants, and children, and youths, and old men. Therefore he passed through every age, becoming an infant for infants, sanctifying infants; a child for children, sanctifying those who are of that age . . . [so that] he might be the perfect teacher in all things, perfect not only in respect to the setting forth of truth, perfect also in respect to relative age (Against Heresies 2:22:4 [A.D. 189]). Tertullian [N]o one can attain salvation without baptism, especially in view of the declaration of the Lord, who says, “Unless a man shall be born of water, he shall not have life” (On Baptism 12:1 [A.D. 203]). Hippolytus Where there is no scarcity of water the stream shall flow through the baptismal font or pour into it from above; but if water is scarce, whether on a constant condition or on occasion, then use whatever water is available. Let them remove their clothing. Baptize first the children, and if they can speak for themselves let them do so. Otherwise, let their parents or other relatives speak for them (The Apostolic Tradition 21:16 [A.D.215]). Origen The Church received from the apostles the tradition of giving baptism even to infants. The apostles, to whom were committed the secrets of divine sacraments, knew there is in everyone innate strains of [original] sin, which must be washed away through water and the Spirit (Commentaries on Romans 5:9 [A.D. 248]).

@tabandken8562

Ай бұрын

@@troy4544 No. That's a 16th century and beyond teaching. That's not what was taught before the 16th century. Everyone before that was in agreement that Jesus was talking about Baptism in John 3. Justin Martyr Then they are brought by us where there is water and are regenerated in the same manner in which we were ourselves regenerated. For, in the name of God, the Father… and of our Savior Jesus Christ, and of the Holy Spirit [Matt. 28:19], they then receive the washing with water. For Christ also said, “Unless you are born again, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven” (First Apology 61 [A.D. 151]). Irenaeus He [Jesus] came to save all through himself - all, I say, who through him are reborn in God; infants, and children, and youths, and old men. Therefore he passed through every age, becoming an infant for infants, sanctifying infants; a child for children, sanctifying those who are of that age . . . [so that] he might be the perfect teacher in all things, perfect not only in respect to the setting forth of truth, perfect also in respect to relative age (Against Heresies 2:22:4 [A.D. 189]). Tertullian [N]o one can attain salvation without baptism, especially in view of the declaration of the Lord, who says, “Unless a man shall be born of water, he shall not have life” (On Baptism 12:1 [A.D. 203]). Hippolytus Where there is no scarcity of water the stream shall flow through the baptismal font or pour into it from above; but if water is scarce, whether on a constant condition or on occasion, then use whatever water is available. Let them remove their clothing. Baptize first the children, and if they can speak for themselves let them do so. Otherwise, let their parents or other relatives speak for them (The Apostolic Tradition 21:16 [A.D.215]). Origen The Church received from the apostles the tradition of giving baptism even to infants. The apostles, to whom were committed the secrets of divine sacraments, knew there is in everyone innate strains of [original] sin, which must be washed away through water and the Spirit (Commentaries on Romans 5:9 [A.D. 248]).

Can't wait for Gavin Ortlund to start calling Polycarp's 1st century infant baptism an accretion.

@Nolongeraslave

Ай бұрын

And he (Gavin) will be right! Although I doubt whether he will wish to engage in this. Some these topics should be debated once.

@thelonelysponge5029

Ай бұрын

@@Nolongeraslavewhat?

@Nolongeraslave

Ай бұрын

@@thelonelysponge5029 Yes.

@thelonelysponge5029

Ай бұрын

@@Nolongeraslave Gavin is not Catholic unfortunately

@tabandken8562

Ай бұрын

​@@NolongeraslaveA first century anything being an "accretion" is 😂😂😂😂

1. Without exposure to the testimony of the early church fathers, the biblical texts can be interpreted as being favorable to either (A) infant baptism/baptismal regeneration or (B) believer's baptism/symbolic ceremony. 2. With exposure to the testimony of the early church fathers, the biblical texts overwhelmingly support infant baptism/baptismal regeneration and is reflected in the ancient practices of the Catholic, Orthodox, Assyrian Churches, and later numerous Protestant Churches. 3. Therefore, the choice is between either (A) Apostolic Tradition or (B) Baptistolic Tradition, the latter developed under the guise of Sola Scripture.

@vinciblegaming6817

Ай бұрын

And is a NEW teaching, which violates Paul’s own admonition of someone teaching you a different gospel than what he taught.

@annakimborahpa

Ай бұрын

1. The Baptists are unaware of this gospel difference, most having been raised in the tradition of sola scriptura. 2. Also by definition, Baptists are self-governed congregations and have no conception whatsoever of the hierarchical nature of the church governed by bishops, priests and deacons that succeeded the apostles by divine design. 3. Otherwise, the Catholic Church recognizes that by the grace of God: A. Baptist baptisms are considered sacramental, even though for them it is merely symbolic - and so - B. Civil marriages among baptized Baptists, indeed among all baptized Protestants, are considered sacramental because, through no fault of their own, their baptisms and marriages were not conducted subject to a bishop's authority. 4. By and large, Baptists have remained steadfast in their observance of traditional Christian morality, in contrast to others like the United Methodist Church, who in their recent conference who have departed from these norms. 5. Therefore, Baptists are esteemed and welcomed under No. 15 of Lumen Gentium, the Dogmatic Constitution of the Church solemnly promulgated by Pope Paul VI on November 21, 1964, Chapter Two - On the People of God, that begins with the following sentence: "The Church recognizes that in many ways she is linked with those who, being baptized, are honored with the name of Christian, though they do not profess the faith in its entirety or do not preserve unity of communion with the successor of Peter." (Cf. Gal. 4:6; Rom. 8:15-16 and 26) [Vatican VA /archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19641121_lumen-gentium_en.html]

@D12Min

Ай бұрын

With exposure to the earliest church writings infant baptism is actually impossible. The Didache (around 100 CE, kind of a basic church manual) tells us that the baptized need to fast beforehand. Infant baptism is non-existant in it. A bit later Justin Martyr explicitly tells us in the first Apology (around 160 CE) that the new birth of baptism - unlike the natural birth - is not based on the parents´ decision but one´s own free will. So these are the earliest sources and especially Justin explicitly excludes the idea of infant baptism.

@annakimborahpa

Ай бұрын

1. The infants were unable to read so these texts were not directed towards them. 2. In the Didache, those who should fast are those baptized who have reached the age of reason. 3. Justin Martyr's First Apology is directed towards multi-generational families living together as was common, so that children having reached the age of reason should make their own decision as to whether they wanted to be baptized if their parents were becoming Christians. 4. If you are going to quote Justin Martyr's First Apology, do you accept the following from him in its Chapters 66-67? Chapter 66: "We do not consume the eucharistic bread and wine as if it were ordinary food and drink, for we have been taught that as Jesus Christ our Savior became a man of flesh and blood by the power of the Word of God, SO ALSO THE FOOD THAT OUR FLESH AND BLOOD ASSIMILATES FOR ITS NOUIRSHMENT BECOMES THE FLESH AND BLOOD OF THE INCARNATE JESUS BY THE POWER OF HIS OWN WORDS CONTAINED IN THE PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING." "The apostles, in their recollections, which are called gospels, handed down to us what Jesus commanded them to do. They tell us that he took bread, gave thanks and said: Do this in memory of me. This is my body. In the same way he took the cup, he gave thanks and said: This is my blood. The Lord gave this command to them alone." Chapter 67: "On Sunday we have a common assembly of all our members, whether they live in the city or the outlying districts. The recollections of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as long as there is time. When the reader has finished, the president of the assembly speaks to us; he urges everyone to imitate the examples of virtue we have heard in the readings. Then we all stand up together and pray." "On the conclusion of our prayer, bread and wine and water are brought forward. The president offers prayers and gives thanks to the best of his ability, and the people give assent by saying, “Amen.” The eucharist is distributed, everyone present communicates, and the deacons take it to those who are absent." (First Apology of St. Justin Martyr, Cap. 66-67: PG 6, 427-431) [ Crossroads Initiative Com /media/articles/sunday-eucharist-in-the-early-church/#:~:text=This famous passage from the First Apology of,becoming the flesh and blood of Jesus Christ.] 5. A. Acts of the Apostles 16:15 (NASB): "And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, saying, 'If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.' And she prevailed upon us." B. Acts of the Apostles 16:33 (NASB): "And he took them that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household." C. 1 Corinthians 1:16 (NASB): "Now I did baptize also the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any other."

@rejipaul2185

Ай бұрын

Baptism... Why do we have so many false teachers around us on this topic ? Many such things they do and they want to justify their actions 🔹🔺“thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do” (Mark 7:13,3;) there are many other traditions that they observe.🔹🔺 ❎ INFANT BAPTISM ❎ Does it have any scriptural basis or is it a tradition in Christianity ? ✍️Why not we examine what Bible says about baptism ? ❤️Repentance of Sins and Divulgences of Sinful Practices and Obedience to God, whether is required or not required for baptism by the Holy Spirit ?❤️ ✍️ Examine these verses and come to your own conclusion. 🚩 Baptism of Repentance... PERHAPS God may grant repentance ? 🚩 Acts 2:38; Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins ........ AND ... 🚩 2 Timothy 2:25; God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth. 🚩 If God grants repentance, what will happen ❤️ Acts 2:38; AND YOU WILL RECEIVE the gift of the Holy Spirit ❤️ WATER BAPTISM :- Mark 3:6,8; They were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins ... Bear fruit in keeping with repentance. Acts 19:18; many of those who were now believers came, confessing and DIVULGING THEIR PRACTICES. 🚩 Mathew 28:30; Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. 🚩 John 3:22; After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained there with them and was baptizing. John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming and being baptized 🚩 John 3:26; They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you bore witness-look, he is baptizing, and all are going to him.” 🚩 John 4:1-2; Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples) ❤️ Were the Apostles Baptizing in water after the resurrection? 🚩 Acts 8:34-38; the eunuch said to Philip, “About whom, I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?” Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus. And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “See, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?” And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. 🔸Who was that Eunuch ? Acts 8:27; there was an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure. He had come to Jerusalem to worship. ✅ What is the purpose of water baptism?🚩 1 Peter 3:21; Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as AN APPEAL TO GOD FOR A GOOD CONSCIENCE (Holy Spirit) ❤️ Baptism of the Holy Spirit:- 🚩Mark 1:8; I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.❤️ Acts 11:15-18; AS I BEGAN TO SPEAK, the HOLY SPIRIT FELL ON THEM just as on us at the beginning. And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us WHEN WE BELIEVED IN THE LORD Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God's way?” When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, “THEN TO THE GENTILES ALSO GOD HAS GRANTED REPENTANCE that leads to life.” ❤️ Apostle Paul baptized in the Holy Spirit without water baptism. Why, When & How ? 🚩Acts 9:7, 12, 17; hearing the voice but seeing no one.....he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and LAY HIS HANDS ON HIM so that he might regain his sight.....laying his hands on him he said, “Brother Saul, the LORD JESUS who APPEARED TO YOU on the road by which you came has sent me so that you may regain your sight and BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. 🔸 WHEN ?🔸HOW ?🔸WHEN?❤️ Galatians 3:13-14; you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it...... I was advancing in Judaism beyond many... so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers....❤️ Galatians 3:12,15; I received it THROUGH A REVELATION of Jesus Christ....called me by his grace, was PLEASED TO REVEAL HIS SON TO ME. ✅ HOW CAN YOU BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT WITHOUT OBEYING GOD ? There are many verses that contradicts infant baptism. In my understanding, baptism by the Holy Spirit happens when (1) 🚩 When you hear the word of God, the Gospel of our Lord Yeshua Messiah, we as hearers are required to believe “when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, WHICH IS AT WORK IN YOU BELIEVERS” 🚩 James 2:21-22; PUT AWAY all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. BUT BE DOERS OF THE WORD, AND NOT HEARERS ONLY, DECEIVING YOURSELVES (2)🚩 “WE (Apostles) have RECEIVED grace and APOSTLES HIP TO BRING ABOUT THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH for the sake of his name among all the nations, including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ. (3)🚩 Why was Apostleship given to Peter and others ? 🚩 What is the meaning of Obedience of Faith ? “Christ has accomplished through me to bring the GENTILES TO OBEDIENCE-BY WORD AND DEED, by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God-so that from Jerusalem and all the way around to Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ”. ❎ Tell me, KZread Teacher, how can an infant hear the Gospel, believe in the Gospel, repent and confess and divulging sinful practices, for are they not infants without any gentile practices ? ❤️ HOW CAN YOU BE BAPTIZE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT? How can your heart be circumcised? How can your Soul be lighted with the light of life? How can you receive the Holy Spirit without obeying God and the Gospel of our Lord Yeshua Messiah, for the Scripture says;❤️ “the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him”. ✅ It is not my intention to teach anyone, as I am not a priest, pastor or teacher who has studied in any Theological Seminary or Bible college. Let those who by chance happen to read my comments, they may come to their conclusion, for all my comments are quotes from the Sacred Writings. Before anyone commence teaching, my advise to all self declared teachers, self declared priests, and especially many KZread teachers, haven’t you read in the Scripture; 🔻James 3:1; NOT MANY OF YOU SHOULD BECOME TEACHERS, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness 🔻Mathew 24:25,4; so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. See, I HAVE TOLD YOU BEFOREHAND ..... Jesus answered them, “SEE THAT NO ONE LEADS YOU ASTRAY.

Is it just me, or is Jimmy's accent getting stronger since he moved back to Arkansas?

@joegrim8322

Ай бұрын

Yes, thought the same thing!

@Brattynn

Ай бұрын

I’m hearing the same thing. As a long time listener of Jimmy’s, it’s slightly distracting just in the sense that I notice the change in the way some words are pronounced. I don’t mean this in any sort of negative way. I just catch myself thinking about how he’s saying the words rather than what he is saying. I love hearing Jimmy share his wisdom though, accent or not. He’s a big factor in my own conversion to the Church.

@LibertysetsquareJack

19 күн бұрын

Lol I thought I was imagining it. His accent is definitely stronger than years ago. The intonation and rythym of the speech is more Southern too.

“For the promise is for you AND your CHILDREN.”

@DanOcchiogrosso-uj4be

Ай бұрын

You mean the promise that if your children will “REPENT and be baptized” they will receive the forgiveness of their sins and the Holy Spirit? That’s the exact argument as to why children should be old enough to repent before they are baptized 🙂 I realize the counter argument is that Peter is talking to adult converts, not children of believers. But then neither side should be able to use it to justify or nullify baptismal regeneration. Thanks for reading!

@tabandken8562

Ай бұрын

@@DanOcchiogrosso-uj4be Peter is quoting Joel 2 in Acts 2. Just before the passage Peter quotes, infants and children are to come up. Infants are meant to be baptized. God's Grace shouldn't be held from them.

@DanOcchiogrosso-uj4be

Ай бұрын

@@tabandken8562 Thanks for your response! I reread the passage, and “This promise is for you and your children” (v.39) is directly after “Repent and be baptized for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” (v.38) Joel’s prophecy is back in vv. 17-20. Interestingly, Peter follows that quotation with “Then, everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved”, (v.21) something that an infant clearly can’t do. Furthermore, in Joel’s prophecy “the sons and daughters” are prophesying (v. 17) which again, is clearly not for infants. I am not saying that Acts 2 disproves infant baptism, and I do see some good arguments for it, but definitely not from Peter’s sermon at Pentecost. Thank you for a blessed interaction!

@tabandken8562

Ай бұрын

@@DanOcchiogrosso-uj4be Yet Joel calls infants to come and Peter affirms the promise is for children. Raise children in the path of the Lord and they will call on his name. In normal situations adults are smart enough that every nit picky thing does not need to be clarified. We know exceptions exist. But regarding the bible, you all pretend to be dumb because you cannot accept being wrong. The bible is clear from the OT, from Jesus, from Paul, and Acts that babies should be baptized. Exactly how the Church that wrote the NT interprets it.

@anthonyburke2353

Ай бұрын

@DanOcchiogrosso-uj4be I think the problem with Sola Scriptura is that it truly is the Bible ONLY; without consideration for historicosocial context. To any who takes the text out of this dynamic and judges the passage solely on what is written it becomes a solely ideological paradigm. When you read this passage and realize that "everyone of you" applies to an entire household, such an application is sanctioned and carried out by the head of the household and all those who live in that house must follow. Like when Abraham had EVERYONE (every male) in his household circumcised, even the sons of his slaves...

Gracias @Jimmy for helping us grow in our faith. Thanks Robert from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

Jimmy I love how you explain things. You do it in such a positive way with facts in a non-judgmental matter. That is how people will listen and understand things and may find themselves going to the Catholic Church

"Now they were bringing even *infants* to him that he might touch them; and when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. But Jesus called them to him, saying, *'Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of God.'* " Lk 18:15-16

@rejipaul2185

Ай бұрын

Baptism... Why do we have so many false teachers around us on this topic ? Many such things they do and they want to justify their actions 🔹🔺“thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do” (Mark 7:13,3;) there are many other traditions that they observe.🔹🔺 ❎ INFANT BAPTISM ❎ Does it have any scriptural basis or is it a tradition in Christianity ? ✍️Why not we examine what Bible says about baptism ? ❤️Repentance of Sins and Divulgences of Sinful Practices and Obedience to God, whether is required or not required for baptism by the Holy Spirit ?❤️ ✍️ Examine these verses and come to your own conclusion. 🚩 Baptism of Repentance... PERHAPS God may grant repentance ? 🚩 Acts 2:38; Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins ........ AND ... 🚩 2 Timothy 2:25; God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth. 🚩 If God grants repentance, what will happen ❤️ Acts 2:38; AND YOU WILL RECEIVE the gift of the Holy Spirit ❤️ WATER BAPTISM :- Mark 3:6,8; They were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins ... Bear fruit in keeping with repentance. Acts 19:18; many of those who were now believers came, confessing and DIVULGING THEIR PRACTICES. 🚩 Mathew 28:30; Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. 🚩 John 3:22; After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained there with them and was baptizing. John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming and being baptized 🚩 John 3:26; They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you bore witness-look, he is baptizing, and all are going to him.” 🚩 John 4:1-2; Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples) ❤️ Were the Apostles Baptizing in water after the resurrection? 🚩 Acts 8:34-38; the eunuch said to Philip, “About whom, I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?” Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus. And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “See, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?” And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. 🔸Who was that Eunuch ? Acts 8:27; there was an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure. He had come to Jerusalem to worship. ✅ What is the purpose of water baptism?🚩 1 Peter 3:21; Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as AN APPEAL TO GOD FOR A GOOD CONSCIENCE (Holy Spirit) ❤️ Baptism of the Holy Spirit:- 🚩Mark 1:8; I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.❤️ Acts 11:15-18; AS I BEGAN TO SPEAK, the HOLY SPIRIT FELL ON THEM just as on us at the beginning. And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us WHEN WE BELIEVED IN THE LORD Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God's way?” When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, “THEN TO THE GENTILES ALSO GOD HAS GRANTED REPENTANCE that leads to life.” ❤️ Apostle Paul baptized in the Holy Spirit without water baptism. Why, When & How ? 🚩Acts 9:7, 12, 17; hearing the voice but seeing no one.....he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and LAY HIS HANDS ON HIM so that he might regain his sight.....laying his hands on him he said, “Brother Saul, the LORD JESUS who APPEARED TO YOU on the road by which you came has sent me so that you may regain your sight and BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. 🔸 WHEN ?🔸HOW ?🔸WHEN?❤️ Galatians 3:13-14; you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it...... I was advancing in Judaism beyond many... so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers....❤️ Galatians 3:12,15; I received it THROUGH A REVELATION of Jesus Christ....called me by his grace, was PLEASED TO REVEAL HIS SON TO ME. ✅ HOW CAN YOU BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT WITHOUT OBEYING GOD ? There are many verses that contradicts infant baptism. In my understanding, baptism by the Holy Spirit happens when (1) 🚩 When you hear the word of God, the Gospel of our Lord Yeshua Messiah, we as hearers are required to believe “when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, WHICH IS AT WORK IN YOU BELIEVERS” 🚩 James 2:21-22; PUT AWAY all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. BUT BE DOERS OF THE WORD, AND NOT HEARERS ONLY, DECEIVING YOURSELVES (2)🚩 “WE (Apostles) have RECEIVED grace and APOSTLES HIP TO BRING ABOUT THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH for the sake of his name among all the nations, including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ. (3)🚩 Why was Apostleship given to Peter and others ? 🚩 What is the meaning of Obedience of Faith ? “Christ has accomplished through me to bring the GENTILES TO OBEDIENCE-BY WORD AND DEED, by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God-so that from Jerusalem and all the way around to Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ”. ❎ Tell me, KZread Teacher, how can an infant hear the Gospel, believe in the Gospel, repent and confess and divulging sinful practices, for are they not infants without any gentile practices ? ❤️ HOW CAN YOU BE BAPTIZE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT? How can your heart be circumcised? How can your Soul be lighted with the light of life? How can you receive the Holy Spirit without obeying God and the Gospel of our Lord Yeshua Messiah, for the Scripture says;❤️ “the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him”. ✅ It is not my intention to teach anyone, as I am not a priest, pastor or teacher who has studied in any Theological Seminary or Bible college. Let those who by chance happen to read my comments, they may come to their conclusion, for all my comments are quotes from the Sacred Writings. Before anyone commence teaching, my advise to all self declared teachers, self declared priests, and especially many KZread teachers, haven’t you read in the Scripture; 🔻James 3:1; NOT MANY OF YOU SHOULD BECOME TEACHERS, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness 🔻Mathew 24:25,4; so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. See, I HAVE TOLD YOU BEFOREHAND ..... Jesus answered them, “SEE THAT NO ONE LEADS YOU ASTRAY.

Jimmy, it gives me joy to hear your voice has caught a hint of an accent - reflective of your recent move ❤

I don’t think I’ve ever heard Jimmy so fully in his southern accent. ❤

@stevehammett2008

Ай бұрын

Big fan of Jimmy. Not a fan of his (re?) acquired southern accent.

I was baptized at about six. Always believed god was there. 40 yo now and i am Catholic. Found my home recently.

Fantastic content Jimmy! If "brevity is the soul of wit", you've achieved brilliance! 🙂

I've found this engaging, and more people should see it. :)

@michelemunn5700

Ай бұрын

I agree.

@michelemunn5700

Ай бұрын

I agree with peterboer3808 and Jimmy - not eucharistangel4662, methinks he doth protest too much:)

@nightyew2160

28 күн бұрын

As Jimmy said, Scripture also says Baptism now saves you. You cannot pit the salvation of Baptism against the salvation of Christ on the cross because it is the same thing. Baptism is the means by which the salvation of Christ is applied. Of course Jesus forgave sins apart from Baptism. Jesus is God, and God can forgive sins. However, He has shared this power with His Church through the Sacraments such as Baptism. Of course people received the Holy Spirit before Baptism. We cannot receive God's grace without the Holy Spirit. We cannot accept Baptism without the Holy Spirit. We cannot even have faith in Jesus except through the grace of the Holy Spirit. However, the grace we receive by the Holy Spirit in Baptism is a special saving grace, a direct line to the grace Jesus won for us on His Cross. As for infant Baptism, I think it still operates through faith, but faith doesn't have to be the faith of an individual. There are times when Jesus worked miracles based not on the faith of the person benefitting from it but based on the faith of others such as the Roman centurion or the people who lowered their lame friend through the roof to get him to Jesus. Can He not also give His salvation to my infant for the sake of my faith? Of course I have faith in Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior, but as a Church we also benefit from a communal faith in a communal salvation in that we are all parts of one body, the Church with Christ as her head.

I guess the major hurdle for many with infant baptism is that they think that you need to believe to be saved, so infants who are to young too believe can't be saved, and thus it doesn't make sense to perform the saving action on them. To convince those who are against infant baptism, I think you'd need to address this somehow.

@steverentfrow2415

29 күн бұрын

What does it mean to believe? All in Rayhab's house were saved from Israel's army, being in the house with the scarlet cord. To be in the house is to believe the promise. All of Isreal going through the devided waters (baptized into Moses) believed m, yes even the infants. All 8 souls on the Ark believed, being in the Ark, and were raised up by the waters off the cursed ground while all the unbelievers drowned. John the Baptist believed, being filled with the Spirit in his mother's womb, after hearing the greeting of the Christ barer. Lazarus believed the word given to Him, Jesus saying, "Lazarus, come forth!" And though he was dead 4 days, he believed and came forth. The promise (Word) given by God is all the "faith" one needs because His word doesn't return void. “For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ” All of you!

@ralphdavis1343

27 күн бұрын

Infants-of-believers, are in an ideal position to grow up learning & knowing the gospel. Therefore it makes sense that they are given the sign of the New Covenant, which is Baptism. A Covenant does not itself save, it is the keeping of the Covenant which saves. The New Covenant says, "believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved." Baptism marks that announcement. The child, when he comes of age...will have to decide whether he will choose to believe and obey that covenant, applied to him at baptism. In the mean time...he is kept safe with the grace of baptism. Baptism--and the teaching of the gospel in a Christian home--will give him the grace to believe when he gets older. Baptism though, without that teaching...can amount to a still birth. It's not magic, rather a means of grace.

@michaelogrady232

21 сағат бұрын

How about that part in Matthew where the babies are crying out, and Christ says: "Have you not read, From the mouths of infants You have ordained praise!" Sounds like believers to me!

@steverentfrow2415

3 сағат бұрын

@michaelogrady232 , yes! Faith isn't what is often thought of as faith. Faith comes from hearing the word. Jesus gave Lazarus a command "Lazarus, come forth," and Lazarus heard (believed) and came forth; though he had been dead 4 days. How did Jesus help the unbelief of the man who had a demon possessed son? ‭‭Mark‬ ‭9:21‭-‬27‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ [21] So He asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. [22] And often he has thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.” [23] Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.” [24] Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!” [25] When Jesus saw that the people came running together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it: “Deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter him no more!” [26] Then the spirit cried out, convulsed him greatly, and came out of him. And he became as one dead, so that many said, “He is dead.” [27] But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. Jesus said "All things are possible for him who believes" The man said, "I believe, help my unbelief" How did Jesus (The One who trusts all His Father's will) help the man's unbelief? Jesus cast out the evil spirit. Jesus did it all! And gave him to his father. For with man it is impossible, but with God (The Man Jesus), all things are possible (for Him who believes). The man's unbelief was helped by Jesus doing it all. So, Jesus was his faith! When a baby is baptized, God is doing it all. The word of Promise, the Name of God, and the sealing of the Spirit is faith, and it is the baby's faith, given to them by sure and certain means.

I've never heard this argument, which is fascinating and brilliant, before now. Thank you!

Thank you Jimmy for that additional information regarding Infant Baptism.

Thanks for a phenomenal and concise video on this subject!

@nightyew2160

28 күн бұрын

​@eucharistangel4662I noticed that many of your examples of Jesus forgiving people's sins before Baptism also took place before He went to the cross. I don't think the fact that He did so disproves what Baptism does any more than it disproves what the Cross does. I also feel like you're kind of just proving Jimmy Akin's point. You disagree with infant Baptism because you disagree about what Baptism does.

I was baptized as an adult, and I’m glad for it. As a teenager and young adult, I got into witchcraft. I was foolish enough to believe I was only dealing with the positive forces. Something attached itself to me, weighing my life down. Over time it grew and I was acclimated to it. When I decided to turn away from from those ways, I turned to God. As I was baptized, I felt something deep rip out of me, leaving me out of breath, but steady. My heart was at peace. I was stunned to actually see this familiar darkness ascending out of me. I was freed. God provided a way to get that thing out of me. I will forever be grateful and know that it isn’t just symbolic thing.

@DanOcchiogrosso-uj4be

Ай бұрын

Amen! Thank you for sharing a beautiful testimony. But in my understanding for baptismal regeneration to be true, you would have had to be spiritually dead until you passed through the water. What I believe is that someone like you had already come to life in Christ through faith, which is why you chose to be baptized. God did pour great grace upon you for obeying Him in baptism, but you were spiritually alive before that, which is why you wanted to be baptized in the first place. Honest question here: Would you say that you were spiritually dead, not forgiven of your sins, and not possessing the Holy Spirit until the moment you were baptized? Again, thank you for sharing your testimony to the glory of God. I am not trying to minimize it in any way.

@Mochaluv924

Ай бұрын

@@DanOcchiogrosso-uj4be I was never spiritually dead. I’ve always been quite spiritually in tune. I explored things I didn’t fully understand. I didn’t give anything permission to attach to me, I was fooled. It started out like a mole and slowly grew into a part of me, like an abuser does. I second guessed the path of God and learned from it. I was forgiven for that sin and rewarded with the freedom in God’s path.

@AlaneSMegna

Ай бұрын

If you had been baptized as an infant, a demonic force would not have been able to attach itself to you. In baptism, we receive the Holy Spirit, and there is no room for demonic possession after that. Now, people can still get involved in occult activities, even after baptism, but that's an external sin, not an internal attachment.

Thank you, I’ve not heard it explained in this way before.

Subscribed, wonderfully put and extremely helpful. Thank you sir. Praise be to Jesus Christ!

Can you do this on all the Sacraments. Thank you . May God bless you and your work ❤

⚠️‭Romans 10:14 'How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them❓️ God is willing to save people through their trusting in Christ.

@gregorybarrett4998

Ай бұрын

Hi, Mark. Thanks for that citation, as it is inspiring and edifying. In the context of the video for which this is the comments section, however, it presents as an attempt at an argument in refutation of Jimmy's argument in favour of infant baptism. The argument that you did not make would run something like this: The arguments that we find in Scripture present baptism as a response in obedience once faith has been induced in the life of the new believer, as illustrated in this verse fourteen from the tenth chapter of the epistle of Paul to the Romans. Since we do have Scripture representing baptism as a response to faith and we do not have Scripture representing baptism as supplying or inducing faith, we are safe in maintaining baptism as a response to faith. Since Scripture does warn against going beyond what is revealed, we are safe in refusing to go beyond the clear example of Scripture. We are therefore justified in refusing to baptise except in those contexts clearly illustrated in Scripture. This seems like a respectable argument. Indeed, since as a Protestant you have no access to revelation beyond the text of Scripture, you do well to let yourself be guided by what you find in Scripture. God forbid you should develop the habit of mind which feels free to adopt any wind of doctrine conceived by the ingenuity of men even when such winds contradict revelation. Since you have nothing more, you do well to stick with what you have, and I'm sure that God will reward you for your fidelity to the light that you have. I would propose for your consideration, however, Mark, that there are significant holes in the argument. There is of course the whole debate about Sola Scriptura, which would call for some adjustment of the way the argument is constructed, but is a discussion for another time. Another line of thought is the basis on which the Protestant takes it as given that the way to understand Scripture is better apprehended by that specific subset of Protestant reformers descended from the Anabaptist movement in preference to the entire history of the Church prior to the Protestant reformation and in all other strains of the Protestant reformation, and notably by those who were formed by the Apostles themselves. Allowing for the sake of argument that there is no authority in the Church beyond Scripture, so that the believer is not bound to receive the instruction presented to him by the successors of the Apostles, it nonetheless remains that those in the Anabaptist tradition have no authority and no claim to be heard over the universal agreement of the whole rest of believers. Within the context of Romans 10:14, the first and most obvious problem is the universe of discourse. Who is the "they" to which Paul addresses himself? Clearly, Paul has in mind adults who are candidates for encountering the gospel and to whom Apostles and their successors are sent for its proclamation. This is fully appropriate on Paul's part, since his purpose is to emphasise the necessity of sending evangelists. The problem is that this passage is not addressing itself to the question of whether infant children of believers, who will be raised in the faith of their parents, should be denied infant baptism. Since Paul is not here addressing himself to this question, this passage may not legitimately be used conclusively to demonstrate the invalidity of infant baptism. In the light o the foregoing, Mark, we see that the line of thought behind your reference to Romans 10:14 represents an expression of your preference to maintain your allegiance to a wind of doctrine originating in human tradition rather than a demonstration of the invalidity of Catholic doctrine. Since it cannot demonstrate its foundation in Scripture, it is on Protestant grounds a best debatable. Since it is directly contradicted by explicit Magisterial instruction of those commissioned by God to maintain the faith intact, it actually causes harm, in depriving such infants as are doomed to die before developing the possibility of making a personal act of faith, of the graces which God makes available in baptism, and needs to be repudiated.

@markwilson1724

Ай бұрын

@gregorybarrett4998 God saves people spiritually. Men cannot control the newness of life by water baptism. This removes God's sovereignty. God saves whom He saves.. Baptism is an outward work of an inward change. Baptism is the outward sign of an inward work of Grace. The outward rite, does not produce the inward Grace. Acts 2:38 Titus 3:5 1 Peter 3:21 Romans 2:28 Ephesians 2:8-9 Philippians 3:4-9 Romans 6:3-4 YOU NEED TO BE BORN AGAIN! NOT BORN AGAIN INTO RELIGION BUT BORN AGAIN OUT OF RELIGION! INTO A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD JESUS CHRIST Baptism is a work of a saved believer, not a lost person.

@gregorybarrett4998

Ай бұрын

@@markwilson1724 Hi, Mark. Thank you; you have faithfully articulated the human traditions, not only of Anabaptists, but also of Calvinists. What you have not done is demonstrated any deficiency in my reply. In actuality, you have demonstrated yourself a faithful adherent of a particular religion. By claiming that what is needed is repudiation of religion, you are demonstrating yourself an adherent who consistently repeats the doctrine of your religion. In principle I have no objection to this, but it falls to you to recognise that what you are doing is not exiting any religion but rather entering solidly into your particular religion. Further, it will not serve to object that you are but giving expression to your firmly held belief, both because to have a religion is to have a firmly held belief which binds its adherent to religious submission of mind and will, and because the expression you have made is made without significant variation by a recognisable subgrouping of the larger population, which together identify a religion. Having made general observations, I turn now to the specific content of your reply. God does indeed save people spiritually. I don't think you understand what that means. Since God is a spirit, there can be no other way in which God saves people. If your objection is that the salvation which God achieves is spiritual and not physical, then there are at least two objections. Whenever Scripture records God's saving acts, we find physical manifestations of His interventions, including plagues, divided waters, healings, miracles. This dovetails perfectly with the second objection, that spiritual is not juxtaposed in contrast to physical. The man God saves is not a Platonic form, a spiritual being who happens to have a body along for the ride, so that his salvation is spiritual rather than physical. Rather the man God saves is the only being in visible creation who in and through his body comes to know and love God and man or fails or refuses to know and love God and man. This knowing and loving are spiritual acts, but it is in and through his body that he acts. It is a category error to distinguish God's salvation of man as spiritual rather than physical. The question of whether men can control the newness of life by water baptism requires refinement. Of course man can control the newness of life, also by water baptism. God calls and invites men into covenant relationship with Himself. It is precisely on the basis of his response to this invitation that he is judged. Even as a Calvinist you recognise this. The question of whether a mature responsible adult submits to the obedience of faith is illustrated in his obedience to submitting to water baptism. Even as a Baptist you recognise this. As for the question of the sovereignty of God with respect to baptism, it was your claim that God invites people to relationship with Himself. Covenant relationship is not and cannot be identical with control of chess pieces. God's sovereignty is demonstrated, not in double predestination which inescapably makes God the author of evil, but in making man, alone in visible creation, in His own image to the degree that man enjoys true and real ability to know and love, including transcendent reality which is beyond his ability to know or love perfectly, including knowing and loving God who is the ultimate transcendent reality. God alone is so fully sovereign that His purpose is not defeated but rather accomplished in making man in His image in this way so that the relationship you insist on can be real, true, free, and full. You're right, Mark, that baptism is an outward work of an inward change. Your confusion lies in the assumption that the outward work must necessarily follow the inward change, and that the inward change has no essential correlation with the inward change. It is Christ who baptises with water and the Spirit, and His words do not pass away.

@markwilson1724

Ай бұрын

@gregorybarrett4998 Can men control the newness of life by water baptism? Surely this removes God's sovereignty & places a devine accomplishment into the hands of sinful men? Can man raise a dead soul to eternal life? What is God's plan of Salvation? John 3:16-21

@gregorybarrett4998

Ай бұрын

@@markwilson1724 Hi, Mark. Thanks for your reply, though I'm not sure what to make of it. It seems that you're going back to something you raised in your previous reply, which suggests that my discussion on that matter is something that you want to dwell on. This desire may be because you have found in my discussion new lines of thought which are both unfamiliar to you and which do not seem to fit easily into your existing system of understanding, whether as dovetailing within that understanding or as already repudiated and invalidated by that understanding; or it may be that you think that my discussion has effectively been repudiated and invalidated by your understanding and it simply remains for you to draw me to recognise the falseness of my understanding. I would appreciate your clarifying this point. In the light of the further elements of your reply, it seems that you're inclined to think that my comments deserve repudiation, which you suppose would be best accomplished by drawing me to discover the validity of your deterministic view. The simple answer to that is that Catholics are neither Pelagians who think they don't need God's grace to have the strength to respond to God, nor Calvinists who think they don't need human agency in responding to such grace. Even before the Fall, which did weaken man's intellect without destroying it, and weaken man's will without removing it, and scatter his faculties so that his attraction to the good tends not to be integrated in a well-ordered manner, he nonetheless needed grace to be able to have communion with God. This need even before the Fall is real because it concerns not his natural end as a natural man enjoying a well-ordered natural world, but because it concerns his supernatural end which is a participation in the supernatural life of communion with God. It does not belong to the nature of man to participate in the supernatural life of communion with God, but it does belong to the nature of man to know both that such participation is possible and that such participation corresponds with his purpose in existence. The closest, best, most perfect analogy in human experience for God's covenant relationship with man is marriage. So true is this that the prophets repeatedly refer to idolatry as adultery and the Mosaic covenant as God's marriage with Israel; and Christ and his apostles refer to God's covenant relationship in Christ with His Church as a marriage covenant. Well, I'm sure, Mark, that you wouldn't treat your proposal to your wife as a command or your relationship with her as, not even the relationship between master and slave but between owner and construction equipment; nor would you tolerate such attitude and behaviour in a prospective son-in-law. For the marriage analogy to be valid and meaningful, there must be freedom both to refuse and to negotiate the character of the relationship. This freedom must be both real and constrained to operate within the boundaries of what it is to be married. Some dimensions are subject to variation according to the particular relationship, while others are constrained by the nature of marriage, which therefore must inherently either be accepted or refused. In no case is there no freedom which actually affects the relationship. The Calvinist determinist claim that the freedom that man enjoys is the freedom to enjoy what God has determined what man will do is invalidated in reference to marriage, where you might be inclined to take a dim view of anyone who would treat your daughter that way. Within the context of the marriage analogy, it might be said that Calvinists emphasise the man's role while non-determinists emphasise the woman's role. For there to be a true marriage, both are indispensable. The reason Catholics emphasise the woman's role while in discussion with Calvinists is that God has already said definitively that He desires all men to be saved, whosoever will may come, and He will in no wise cast them out. In the context of the whole, this is reflected in the Catholic expression that God supplies grace with liberality, so that the operative question is the degree and character of response made to the invitation.

As per usual. You are amazing! So knowledgeable. May God bless you beyond measure.

Jimmy, I really loved this video focused on a single topic. I feel like you made all the key points with great support for your points, yet in a concise way. Well done and thank you :)

This makes so much sense. I didn’t even realize until recently that some protestants don’t believe that baptism takes away original sin and confers the life of God into your soul.

@soteriology400

Ай бұрын

Was Simons original sin taken away, in Acts 8?

@renjithjoseph7135

Ай бұрын

​@@soteriology400 yes

@soteriology400

Ай бұрын

@@renjithjoseph7135 You are reading into the text what is not there.

@ruthmaryrose

Ай бұрын

@@soteriology400 Of course.

@soteriology400

Ай бұрын

@@ruthmaryroseBaptism includes faith and repentance. Problem with this video, Jimmy formed his opinions and theology on fallible sources. Then molded the scriptures around his theology based on fallible sources. Paul was not thinking of church fathers to build our theology on when he wrote Ephesians 2:20. This is not how we are to interpret scripture. You don’t form your theology, then mold the scriptures around your preconceived theology. We are to build our theology from the prophets, Jesus and the apostles (scripture). This video is so riddled with errors and what not to do in hermeneutics. The verses Jimmy used, if you read them carefully, and think them through, does not support what he was saying at all.

I was a Baptist who did believe in credobaptism but have come to believe the position of the early church. To me, it rings truer and answers a question that I didn't really know I had. I find it a source of wonder that we, as 21st century, believers, think we know more of what the early church taught, than the early church. I will cling to the early church and care not who thinks I am wrong!

@bellcoolmountain6650

Ай бұрын

The 1st. Century church that you read about in the new testament is the church of Christ, Romans 16:16.

@bellcoolmountain6650

Ай бұрын

​@eucharistangel4662 If baptism does not save then Peter didn't know what he was teaching, 1Peter 3:20-21 *baptism now saves us* You say the opposite of Peter.

@shirleygoss1988

Ай бұрын

@eucharistangel4662 I said I follow the early Church! You're the one whose decided that I am part of the Roman Church, when I am not!

@bellcoolmountain6650

Ай бұрын

@@shirleygoss1988 No Sir, I never assumed you are Roman catholic.

@shirleygoss1988

Ай бұрын

@@bellcoolmountain6650 I was addressing a response to eucharisticangel, not to you. My mother must be very surprised to learn that I am a Sir!

I just found your channel and I'm glad I did. You have some really interesting videos which stretch the mind to new and novel ideas.

Thank you, Brother.

Great video, Jimmy. Much appreciated.

Jimmy's content equips everyone

Well-measured & well-evidenced as always. Thank You Jimmy!

Excellent video as always! This is a great concise example that is a perfect format for sharing with others

First video I’ve watched of your’s but this is a wonderful explanation and so calmly and respectfully spoken. Thank you! #infantbaptism

@georgefuentes4112

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This is Jimmy in a nutshell. Knowledge beyond belief, kind, charitable, and … simply awesome!

Its prob the most important & helpful argument that affirms infant baptism. It was fine to circumcise into God's family in the Old Cov...but yet many object infant baptism into Christ & the Kingdom of Light in the New Cov. We should all want our children brought into the body of Christ asap....otherwise what is the correct age, when is a proper faith determined? John the Baptist leaped in his mother Elizabeth's womb at the presence of Christ in Saint Mary's womb. An objection to it does not hold up, & the words of the Lord, "suffer not the children from coming to Me." Pax Vobis

Thank you for your concise and simple (not simplistic) answer, especially with all the quotes of scripture and letters of the early church fathers.

Thank you! Excellent content and excellent timing as well!

Roman's 5:12 Wherefore as by one man sin entered into this world, and by sin death; and so death passed upon all men, in whom all have Sinned. Pretty clear that ALL are guilty of the sin. Men, women, and children.

@Straight-Outta-Scripture

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@eucharistangel4662 unfortunately that's incorrect. I'll caveat this with there must be some middle road. The earliest versions of the creed and church fathers held Marys perpetual vitginity. How then does the angel deliver God's message saying "full or grace" (sanctifying grace). Mary was so full of grace that her soul "magnifies" the lord. How does the Holy Ghost fill Elizabeth after Mary's salutation? Can a sinner transmit the Holy Ghost in such a manner? It's a much larger topic and I'm sure Jimmy has written about it.

We have infant baptism in the Anglican Church of Canada.

@hyeminkwun9523

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But do you understand that your baptism is not the Sacrament of Baptism conferred by the Catholic Church, but it is simply a human ritual without the re-generation of the Soul? It is one of the reasons why 'Outside of the Church, No salvation" is a Catholic Dogma.

@vinciblegaming6817

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@@hyeminkwun9523the Catholic Church recognizes ALL baptisms as sacramental if they follow the form and matter laid out in canon law. The only form and matter in canon law is water in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Which is why you have had a crisis with the sacrament of baptism NOT happening in the Catholic Church because wayward priests were using a different form than that required. This is different from the Eucharist, Marriage, and confession where Canon law requires an ordained priest.

@kimfleury

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The US Episcopalian Church was originally the Anglican Church in the Colonies, but reorganized after the American Revolution. The only difference at the time was who they considered to be the Titular Head of the Church. For Anglicans, it's the Monarch of England (who became the Monarch of other countries through certain events, thus Great Britain and later the United Kingdom, as I expect you know but others might not). The Anglican Church of Canada is the official religion in Canada, but I'm not sure who the Titular Head of the Church is there. Is it the Governor General? It can't be the Prime Minister, since there have been Catholic PMs (nominally or otherwise). The US Episcopalian Church did away with having a political figure as the Titular Head of the Church because of the US Constitution forbidding the government from establishing any religion.

@hyeminkwun9523

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@@vinciblegaming6817 Sorry, it is a wrong information. Only in emergency when a person is in critical condition and may die, then anyone could baptize him and it is a valid baptism. Otherwise, all baptism conferred by non-ordained priests or deacons are invalid.

@vinciblegaming6817

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@@hyeminkwun9523 I just converted and my children are converting and there is absolutely no requirement in the Catholic Church to re-baptize. They are incredibly clear that all baptism with proper form and matter are valid. So… I’ll take the authority of the church over your assertion.

Good work. God gives us grace. The enemy tries to get us to resist it.

Excellent summary Jimmy!

Thank you, Jimmy!🫡

Time to return back to the Apostolic practice of confirming and communing babies, too!

@richardsaintjohn8391

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The Orthodox do.

@killianmiller6107

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Eastern Catholics do too

@D12Min

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With exposure to the earliest church writings infant baptism is actually impossible. The Didache (around 100 CE, kind of a basic church manual) tells us that the baptized need to fast beforehand. Infant baptism is non-existant in it. A bit later Justin Martyr explicitly tells us in the first Apology (around 160 CE) that the new birth of baptism - unlike the natural birth - is not based on the parents´ decision but one´s own free will. So these are the earliest sources and especially Justin explicitly excludes the idea of infant baptism.

@killianmiller6107

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People who reject infant baptism also tend to reject baptismal regeneration in favor of merely symbolic baptism. Justin Martyr explicitly spoke of baptismal regeneration in his first apology.

@rejipaul2185

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Baptism... Why do we have so many false teachers around us on this topic ? Many such things they do and they want to justify their actions 🔹🔺“thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do” (Mark 7:13,3;) there are many other traditions that they observe.🔹🔺 ❎ INFANT BAPTISM ❎ Does it have any scriptural basis or is it a tradition in Christianity ? ✍️Why not we examine what Bible says about baptism ? ❤️Repentance of Sins and Divulgences of Sinful Practices and Obedience to God, whether is required or not required for baptism by the Holy Spirit ?❤️ ✍️ Examine these verses and come to your own conclusion. 🚩 Baptism of Repentance... PERHAPS God may grant repentance ? 🚩 Acts 2:38; Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins ........ AND ... 🚩 2 Timothy 2:25; God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth. 🚩 If God grants repentance, what will happen ❤️ Acts 2:38; AND YOU WILL RECEIVE the gift of the Holy Spirit ❤️ WATER BAPTISM :- Mark 3:6,8; They were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins ... Bear fruit in keeping with repentance. Acts 19:18; many of those who were now believers came, confessing and DIVULGING THEIR PRACTICES. 🚩 Mathew 28:30; Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. 🚩 John 3:22; After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained there with them and was baptizing. John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming and being baptized 🚩 John 3:26; They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you bore witness-look, he is baptizing, and all are going to him.” 🚩 John 4:1-2; Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples) ❤️ Were the Apostles Baptizing in water after the resurrection? 🚩 Acts 8:34-38; the eunuch said to Philip, “About whom, I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?” Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus. And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “See, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?” And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. 🔸Who was that Eunuch ? Acts 8:27; there was an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure. He had come to Jerusalem to worship. ✅ What is the purpose of water baptism?🚩 1 Peter 3:21; Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as AN APPEAL TO GOD FOR A GOOD CONSCIENCE (Holy Spirit) ❤️ Baptism of the Holy Spirit:- 🚩Mark 1:8; I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.❤️ Acts 11:15-18; AS I BEGAN TO SPEAK, the HOLY SPIRIT FELL ON THEM just as on us at the beginning. And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us WHEN WE BELIEVED IN THE LORD Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God's way?” When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, “THEN TO THE GENTILES ALSO GOD HAS GRANTED REPENTANCE that leads to life.” ❤️ Apostle Paul baptized in the Holy Spirit without water baptism. Why, When & How ? 🚩Acts 9:7, 12, 17; hearing the voice but seeing no one.....he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and LAY HIS HANDS ON HIM so that he might regain his sight.....laying his hands on him he said, “Brother Saul, the LORD JESUS who APPEARED TO YOU on the road by which you came has sent me so that you may regain your sight and BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. 🔸 WHEN ?🔸HOW ?🔸WHEN?❤️ Galatians 3:13-14; you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it...... I was advancing in Judaism beyond many... so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers....❤️ Galatians 3:12,15; I received it THROUGH A REVELATION of Jesus Christ....called me by his grace, was PLEASED TO REVEAL HIS SON TO ME. ✅ HOW CAN YOU BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT WITHOUT OBEYING GOD ? There are many verses that contradicts infant baptism. In my understanding, baptism by the Holy Spirit happens when (1) 🚩 When you hear the word of God, the Gospel of our Lord Yeshua Messiah, we as hearers are required to believe “when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, WHICH IS AT WORK IN YOU BELIEVERS” 🚩 James 2:21-22; PUT AWAY all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. BUT BE DOERS OF THE WORD, AND NOT HEARERS ONLY, DECEIVING YOURSELVES (2)🚩 “WE (Apostles) have RECEIVED grace and APOSTLES HIP TO BRING ABOUT THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH for the sake of his name among all the nations, including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ. (3)🚩 Why was Apostleship given to Peter and others ? 🚩 What is the meaning of Obedience of Faith ? “Christ has accomplished through me to bring the GENTILES TO OBEDIENCE-BY WORD AND DEED, by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God-so that from Jerusalem and all the way around to Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ”. ❎ Tell me, KZread Teacher, how can an infant hear the Gospel, believe in the Gospel, repent and confess and divulging sinful practices, for are they not infants without any gentile practices ? ❤️ HOW CAN YOU BE BAPTIZE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT? How can your heart be circumcised? How can your Soul be lighted with the light of life? How can you receive the Holy Spirit without obeying God and the Gospel of our Lord Yeshua Messiah, for the Scripture says;❤️ “the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him”. ✅ It is not my intention to teach anyone, as I am not a priest, pastor or teacher who has studied in any Theological Seminary or Bible college. Let those who by chance happen to read my comments, they may come to their conclusion, for all my comments are quotes from the Sacred Writings. Before anyone commence teaching, my advise to all self declared teachers, self declared priests, and especially many KZread teachers, haven’t you read in the Scripture; 🔻James 3:1; NOT MANY OF YOU SHOULD BECOME TEACHERS, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness 🔻Mathew 24:25,4; so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. See, I HAVE TOLD YOU BEFOREHAND ..... Jesus answered them, “SEE THAT NO ONE LEADS YOU ASTRAY.

This video is excellent, Jimmy. Great job as usual. I love your posing the question, "What does baptism do?”

Thank you, Jimmy

Have you considered an overlooked comment for the Algorithm?

I have to wonder, how much of credobaptism relies on the idea that the grace is requisite upon YOUR faith? In a way, Catholics are more “grace alone” because even a child with no ability to confess can be baptized.

@Justas399

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Being baptized with no faith in Christ only gets one wet.

@troy4544

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Amen!

@tabandken8562

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​@@Justas399Requiring faith in order for children to be baptized means we are not saved by Grace alone.

@troy4544

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@tab - so those without faith are saved?

@tabandken8562

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@@troy4544 Children because of their parent's faith.

Thanks very much for this one, Jimmy.

Brilliant as usual, sir!

Why do you force adults to wait for baptism?

@killianmiller6107

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We “force” them to go through initiation because we don’t want our converts to be poorly formed in their faith, since it’s more harmful to force a hasty conversion. They ought to know what they’re getting into, since there is no immediate danger of death and will likely live for years to come. If they’re going to die soon, that’s a different matter; this is because there is an ordinary way and an extraordinary way. We baptize babies when we have good reason to think they will be raised in the faith by their parents.

@kazager11

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@killianmiller6107 all of that applies to infants. At least a convert could make personally all of the commitments that parents make for children. Also, you have left the apostolic tradition for your own, man-made one.

@killianmiller6107

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Historically, babies were likely to die very young, we want to ensure they get the grace they need before they may die. It is simply a prudential decision that we make adults wait (especially the unbaptized) since unlike babies they have to unlearn a lot of things that they believed before whereas a baby will learn for the first time. Even in the Bible, even if catechesis was just for a day, there was still always catechesis for adults prior to baptism; now after 2000 years of development, it’s not as easy learn all the particulars of Catholicism within a day. Baptismal regeneration is an apostolic tradition, you throw that out in favor of the novel doctrine of merely getting wet out of “obedience” (though we still think it’s valid whether you like it or not).

@kazager11

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@killianmiller6107 "it's not as easy to learn all the particulars of Catholicism" which is exactly the problem. You guys have changed & added so much to it that it isn't the same gospel. I completely agree!

@killianmiller6107

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False, there is no substantial change in any doctrine of Catholicism. The core gospel remains the same, but a LOT has been said about it and a LOT of nuances have had to be made. What was once a mustard seed has grown into a great tree, as we should expect to happen; while the seed is small and simple to look at, the tree has many branches, leaves, and fruits, deep roots, thick wood, etc. Peter didn’t give the Jews an extensive catechesis on all the christology that was refined through the ecumenical councils of Nicaea, Constantinople, Ephesus, Chalcedon, etc, yet a Christian today ought to be well formed in these since heretics have called them into question. Why keep things at the bare minimum where heresy can crop up once again? Why reinvent the wheel every generation?

Jimmy what are you doing uploading at this hour! Get some sleep!

@thealvarezbrothers9130

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Worth it

@killianmiller6107

Ай бұрын

Well he’s west coast, and perhaps it takes a while to upload a video. I’m not one to talk, it’s after 1:00 am where I am right now (but I’m just an evening person)

@austinreans

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He has insomnia and can't sleep most nights. May God heal him.

@JimmyAkin

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@@killianmiller6107 I'm actually in the Ozarks now. When I schedule the videos, KZread defaults to midnight on the day I pick, and I just don't change it. I'm asleep when they post. 😴

@killianmiller6107

Ай бұрын

Thanks for clarifying

Thank You Jimmy .... Great video and Explanation of Baptism ... including Baby Baptism

Thank you Jimmy 🙏

Protesrants say salvation is a free gift of god earned by faith alone

@oracleoftroy

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Even the faith is a gift of God.

@thomasthellamas9886

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I don’t think we say it’s “earned” in a proper sense. But there isn’t unanimity amongst prots so idk

thanks for this wonderful content!

Jimmy is awesome!

Fantastic!

Great video Jimmy!

Thanks Jimmy!

So worth sharing!!!!!

Always thorough…thank you.

Thank you, Jimmy Akin. God bless you. And your beard 😁🙏

great stuff Jimmy!

Thank you for this video.

Thank Mr. Akin. Very helpful and “perspicuo” (clear)

Great argument for infant Baptism.

Thank you for this content.

Brilliant!

Thank you!

This is helpful. Thank you.

Thank you for this great information.

Thank you❤

Good work. Good luck with the channel

Just right on time for my schedule katekesis for the Sacrament of Baptism tomorrow. Thank you! I'll add this note aside from teaching the Cathecism of the Catholic Chruch.

Thank you

Thanks for a great explanation

Awesome

Good quick video

Great video!

Great!!

This is a pretty solid case you're making.

Great video

The Protestant church I grew up in believes in baptism as a means of grace but no baptism for infants, because they don’t believe the case can be made biblically. I’m learning that this is a highly unusual stance

@thomasthellamas9886

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Church of Christ?

@thomasthellamas9886

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Or, like a Reformed Baptist church,

So true

Love your videos

So much of what Evangelicals, specifically Baptists call “believer’s baptism” comes from Acts 8:37, which has been removed in most current Bible versions, both Protestant and Catholic, because in earlier manuscripts we find no record of Act 8:37. But, still clinging to their KJV Bibles, it’s in there.

I love how you can hear Jimmy's southern accent getting slightly more pronounced since his move back to Arkansas

What must we do to be saved? “Repent and be baptized…” BUT an infant CANNOT repent so how can they be saved? Sins can be forgiven by the faith of others. Men took the paralytic to Jesus. “When Jesus saw THEIR faith, he said to the paralyzed man, Son, your sins are forgiven." Mark 2:5 The promise of salvation is for our children too.

More of this, please Jimmy! Great stuff. Much better than implying Sasquatch might be real. Love the argument using St. Polycarp.

@pronghornhunter

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@eucharistangel4662 have you considered the biblical evidence for infant baptism? Who made you the pope? Your interpretation of scripture is wrong if you say it means no infant baptism.

Comment for growth

Excellent explication.

@GeorgeSmileyOBE

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@eucharistangel4662 By what hermeneutic authority do you support this peculiar interpretation?

Very good video. Short but packed with logic and scripture. I have only ever heard of You through Pints with Aquinas, and I am thankful for this acquaintance. Love from Poland 🤍❤️ May our Immaculate Mother, the Queen of Poland help this channel grow 🤍🩵 Btw. How is this type of hat called? I mean specifically the shape, the straight, flat front, not the material/fabric. Thx.

@rhyde0731

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That would be a cowboy hat.

@Quis-ut-Deus-

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@@rhyde0731 🤣🤣🤣 really?? Wow, thanks 😂😂 ...but seriously, does it have any specific name for this kind of cowboy hat though?

@rhyde0731

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The cowboy hat or the Stetson was named after John B. Stetson who created the first cowboy hat in 1865. The crown, brim and cattle grip (folds on the top) are modified for the wearer depending on their preference.

Quick correction. The council didn’t teach that you “should not” wait until the 8th day. Rather, it taught that waiting for the 8th day was not required, and that newborns in danger of death ought be baptized ASAP.

@carsonianthegreat4672

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Many early fathers held that baptism on the 8th day was symbolically fitting, but obviously not a requirement.

@carsonianthegreat4672

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St. Patrick, for example, held this position.

I read during my studies of Martin Luther a nice little argument of his: For hundrets of years there was only infant baptism in the church. If the Holy Spirit would not support infant baptism the Church would have been seized to exist a very long time ago.

"For He came to save all through means of Himself - all, I say, who through Him are born again to God - infants, and children, and boys, and youths, and old men." -Irenaeus (c. 189 AD) "The children shall be baptized first. All of the children who can answer for themselves, let them answer. If there are any children who cannot answer for themselves, let their parents answer for them, or someone else from their family." -Hippolytus (c. 215 AD) "The Church received from the Apostles the tradition of giving baptism even to infants. For the Apostles, to whom were committed the secrets of divine mysteries, knew that there is in everyone the innate stains of sin, which must by washed away through water and the Spirit.” -Origen, Commentary on Romans 5.9.11 (c. 246 AD)

God's grace and mercy's Will be applied to the Soul's Of Children if They Die in There Chilhood They Wont Need Your Religious Cutom Or Rites To Reedeem There Soul's Paul Said God Called Him Not To Baptiste But To Preach The Gospel Of Jesus Christ And The Thief On The Cross Wasnt Water Baptised And Inherited Eternal Life And We Know God Is No Respecter Of Pearson's His Aim Is To Save All People's Soul's 🙏🙏🙏

I tried discussing this with my sister’s mother in law. With her it all came down to “an infant cannot repent so an infant cannot be baptized.”

@concrete3030

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Nowhere in the Bible does it give a mode of Baptism.. nowhere in the Bible does every single Baptism look identical. But what the Bible does show is that circumcision was a covenant meant for adults and infants.. she is putting her assumptions into the Bible without any historical documents to back it up because the Bible doesn't give an age for or against.. also she probably doesn't believe in the fall of Man as Original sin.. the Bible clearly shows original sin as a "sin nature" and also in the passages about why God won't flood the earth again is because he knows our hearts are fallen..as it says in Galatians 3:22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise, by the faith of Jesus Christ, might be given to them that believe.... Also Mark 16.16 says you must believe to be baptized.. in technical "Bible only" prodestants the Bible says that little ones, infants etc do believe.. Matthew 18:6 But he that shall scandalize one of these little ones that believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be drowned in the depth of the sea. But besides using "Bible only" logic which is not what the Bible teaches.. when Peter uses the words Children in acts...that word is literally referring to people's kids.. nowhere in the Bible does it exclude or say to wait until an infant is older... early church teachings and the didache back infant baptism..so technically it doesn't matter what a 2024 person interpreting scripture thinks