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Acts 16:31-34: Philippian jailer's household — all heard the word, believed, and rejoiced, excluding passive infants

A Biblical Analysis of Infant Baptism 00:19:54 – 00:21:57

Exegesis of the Philippian jailer conversion and household baptism.

Acts 16:31 — "believe and you will be saved, you and your household." Acts 16:32 — they spoke the word to all in his house. Acts 16:33 — he and all his family were baptized. Acts 16:34 — he rejoiced with his entire household that he had believed in God. For infants to be included they would need to hear comprehendingly, make a decision to believe, and rejoice with cognitive understanding. This pushes the text beyond its clear meaning. The consistent implication is that if infants were present they were ignored in the active descriptions of hearing, believing, and rejoicing.
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Scripture Commentary tweet

@dalepartridge @ZacharyConover I don't understand. Why wouldn't you baptize ever

@dalepartridge @ZacharyConover I don't understand. Why wouldn't you baptize everyone then...like have pastors in every hospital doing infant baptisms for every child to make sure they are in the coven
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@DavidGalle94823 @HagemanJack @smashbaals All 3 of those things⎯infant baptism, baptismal regeneration and a representation of the literal sacrifice in the 'eucharist' are all provably false teachings by what we have in scripture. Whatever they held ...

@DavidGalle94823 @HagemanJack @smashbaals All 3 of those things⎯infant baptism, baptismal regeneration and a representation of the literal sacrifice in the 'eucharist' are all provably false teachings
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@Grump_Old_Man Well, if you are a Christian then you clearly changed your views unless you grew up always believing. Did you hold to infant baptism but changed your view? Did you hold patriarchal views and change to egalitarian (for example)? Wer...

@Grump_Old_Man Well, if you are a Christian then you clearly changed your views unless you grew up always believing. Did you hold to infant baptism but changed your view? Did you hold patriarchal v

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A Biblical Analysis of Infant Baptism @ 00:19:54

2019-07-31

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faith infant baptism household baptism Acts 16:31-34 Philippian jailer
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