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Acts 16:15: Lydia's household baptism — likely no infants present given her context as a traveling businesswoman

A Biblical Analysis of Infant Baptism 00:21:57 – 00:25:01

Examination of the Lydia household baptism passage and contextual clues.

Acts 16:15 — after Lydia was baptized, so was her household. Arguments against infant inclusion: (1) "household" language generally ignores infants as established from clearer passages; (2) no infants mentioned specifically; (3) Lydia was from Thyatira but apparently in Philippi on business (~300 miles away), suggesting a business trip context; (4) no husband is mentioned — she may have been unmarried, widowed, or past childbearing; (5) she was the host, which was countercultural for a woman, suggesting unusual household circumstances. Her household may have been servants or grown children.

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@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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