blhowes
Puritan Board Professor
[quote:cd92f15acb="Augusta"]I am tilting heavily toward the Paedobaptist position. My line of reasoning is this...Thanks for listening to me nearly convince myself of it.[/quote:cd92f15acb]
Your line of reasoning makes sense.
The only thing I personally would take issue with is this:
[quote:cd92f15acb="Augusta"]Thus thinking that people must believe before they are baptized is dangerously close to a belief in works playing a part in salvation.[/quote:cd92f15acb]
As one who is still on the baptist side of the fence and looking over at the paedo's nice front lawn, I've never thought of baptism as being a work that plays a part in salvation. Its just a testimony of what God has done in your heart. I think of obeying the command to be baptized as no more of a work than any other thing the Bible tells us to do as a Christian - study your Bible, pray, go to church, die to self, etc.
[quote:cd92f15acb="Augusta"]Your prayers would be appreciated. [/quote:cd92f15acb]
Your line of reasoning makes sense.
The only thing I personally would take issue with is this:
[quote:cd92f15acb="Augusta"]Thus thinking that people must believe before they are baptized is dangerously close to a belief in works playing a part in salvation.[/quote:cd92f15acb]
As one who is still on the baptist side of the fence and looking over at the paedo's nice front lawn, I've never thought of baptism as being a work that plays a part in salvation. Its just a testimony of what God has done in your heart. I think of obeying the command to be baptized as no more of a work than any other thing the Bible tells us to do as a Christian - study your Bible, pray, go to church, die to self, etc.
[quote:cd92f15acb="Augusta"]Your prayers would be appreciated. [/quote:cd92f15acb]