Baptism

Sometimes I am asked why we baptize children. For some reason I feel the need to comment on this today.

First of all, we tell our children what they can wear, where they will go to school, and when to come home. We decide where they will live, what is on the dinner table and if they get to have a friend spend the night. Why shouldn't parents decide that their children will be raised as Christians?

The most important part of baptism is not "our decision." The most important part of baptism, as in any encounter with God, is God's action. God always plays the principle role in the drama of rescue.

Abraham decided that his entire clan would pick up and follow this God to a new land. They didn't take a vote. Examples in the New Testament make it clear that the head of the house made spiritual decisions for the entire family. Read about the Philippian jailer in Acts 16. It is a clear implication in this story that his children were baptized, along with the rest of his house.

Those who insist that children should not be baptized until they are older, can show no scriptural evidence of this ever happening. There are no recorded incidents of children who were born to believers being brought for baptism at some age of accountability. That idea makes it sound like our faith is all about what we decide. Remember, God plays the principle role in the drama of rescue. The fawn may think that it is all grown up, making decisions and being in charge, but you know that the momma deer is close by, guiding, directing and protecting.

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Now since I mentioned a momma and a baby deer, ............I wanted to share this picture with you that I took yesterday.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.