Baptism

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This has generated a hue and cry in the Pentecostal world. The miracle of
God, which takes place in the baptism of children, is based on the faith of the
parents. If you believe in the power of prayer, infant baptism is the most
powerful prayer parents can ever make. 1 Jn 5:14-15 14 This is the confidence
we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he
hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us--whatever we ask--we know that
we have what we asked of him.
There is no magic in baptism itself (adult or infant), but there is mountainmoving
realization in asking in faith. This is the sacramental grace. Bringing
up the children as full participant within the household of faith is the means
by which God brings it to pass. Children are partakers of the covenant along
with the parents. Generations of Christian experience support this reality. It is
most surprising that we who claim the power of faith and prayer, let this
power wasted on our children.
A child has not committed any sin. How can he be baptized for the remission
of sin. He should first commit sin, repent and then be baptized. Is this a
correct logic? If repentance and payment of sin were to be made precedent to
the commitment of sin, Jesus'sacrifice is not valid for our sins. We were not
even born when he died.
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