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Spurgeon's debate anecdote: using an irrelevant text proves nothing

A Biblical Analysis of Infant Baptism 00:37:16 – 00:37:47

Winger illustrates the Luke 18 exegetical error through the famous Spurgeon debate story.

Spurgeon's opponent used Luke 18 ("suffer the children") to argue for infant baptism. Spurgeon responded by citing Job 1:1 ("there was a man in the land of Uz") and sitting down. When his opponent protested the irrelevance, Spurgeon replied: "Neither does yours." The point: quoting a verse with children in it does not establish baptismal doctrine if baptism is not in the text.
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2019-07-31

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biblical interpretation infant baptism Luke 18:15-16 Charles Spurgeon Job 1:1
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