Saturday, May 17, 2025

You Cannot Be A Christian And Believe In Infant Baptism

Acts 8:5-6 and 12-13, “Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. ...But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.”

In the inspired Word of God, new converts were always water baptized AFTER they believed. That is, water baptism always follows betting born again, never before, nor as a means of obtaining the new birth. Water baptism is simply one's public profession of faith. In our text passage of Scripture, some of the Samaritan people BELIEVED on the name of Jesus Christ to be saved, and then they were water baptized. Likewise, afterwards Simon (who had been a sorcerer) BELIEVED on the name of Jesus to be saved, and then he was also baptized.

Since the second century AD, the pagan practice of baptizing infants began, which became widespread during the third and fourth centuries until these modern times. I triple-dog dare you to show me anywhere in the inspired Holy Bible where an infant was baptized. You cannot dear reader!

My long time ministry friend, Pastor Max D. Younce (1935-2023), exposes the demonic deception of Infant Baptism in this helpful two-part sermon series:...
You cannot be a born again Christian and support infant baptism because:
  1. Infant baptism cannot wash away a child's sins.
  2. An infant is not old enough to understand the concepts of sin, Christ, redemption or forgiveness.
  3. An infant is not old enough to choose to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.
  4. The heathen practice of infant baptism began in the second century AD.
  5. Infant baptism is nowhere taught in the inspired Holy Bible.
If you think that an infant can be saved by water baptism, without actually putting one's faith in Jesus Christ as their personal Savior, then it reveals your woeful ignorance of God's simple plan of salvation, revealing your own lost condition dear friend. Every truly born again saint fully understands that no one can be saved without trusting Christ. A baby is far too young to even speak or walk, let alone comprehend God's plan of redemption through faith in Jesus.

Granted, we know that all babies who die go to Heaven, because everyone's name is already recorded into the Lamb's Book of Life, until they knowingly reject Jesus as their Savior. Nowhere in the Holy Bible do we read where someone's name was added to the Book of Life, but in numerous places we read where someone's name was removed (blotted out) of the Lamb's Book of Life. This is because at conception everyone's name is already recorded in the Book of Life. When a man rejects Christ (or perverts God's Word which is essentially the same as rejecting Jesus, whose name is “The Word of God according to Revelation 19:13), only then is his name removed from the Lamb's Book of Life (Revelation 22:19).

Roman Catholics wickedly wrest the Scriptures to fit their own ungodly manmade traditions, fully rejecting the commandments of God (Mark 7:9). Catholics pervert Colossians 2:11-12, claiming that circumcision in this passage somehow refers to infant baptism, which is ridiculous. I learned a long time ago that anything can be justified.

Pastor John MacArthur does the same wicked thing as Catholics do, falsely claiming that Jesus' “blood in Hebrews 9:12 somehow merely refers to His death, not Christ's literal liquid blood. Dr. MacArthur is a hellbound infidel, a liar and a theological fraud! And so is the Satanic Roman Catholic false religion, which will lead you into Hell if you follow their damnable false teachings and manmade traditions (Matthew 15:8). Catholics are the blind leading the blind.

Infant Baptism is a heathen ritual that no New Testament local church ought ever practice. In the inspired Holy Bible, only converts were water baptized AFTER they got saved. No infant was ever baptized, and no one was ever baptized before they were saved. Nor did anyone ever get water baptized to be saved.

Furthermore, water baptism is NOT necessary or required to get to Heaven. My Grandma (my Mother's Mom) was a born again believer, but she never did get water baptized). God wants His children to get water baptized to show others that we are saved, but this biblical command is not required to be saved. The first step that every believer should take after being born again is to be water baptized in a local Bible-believing church. Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001) preaches this biblical truth in his helpful sermon titled: “Then, Satan!

No child of God should ever attend a heathen fake church that practices the unbiblical ritual of Infant Baptism. It is wickedness and confusion! Beware of the pseudo-Christian cults who teach the damnable heresy of Baptismal Regeneration; namely, Roman and Orthodox Catholics, Mormons, Seventh-Day Adventists, Church of Christ, Lutherans and Jehovah's Witnesses who mandate water baptism for salvation.

When the Philippian jailer asked Paul and Silas, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved,” they simply replied in Acts 16:31b, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved... No mention is made is water baptism, repenting of your sins, confessing the name of Jesus publicly, praying a prayer, becoming a Christ follower, et cetera. The way to be saved is simply to BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. And to clarify, Paul and Silas were not telling the Philippian jailer that if he got saved his whole family would also be saved; but rather, the invitation to “believe on the Lord Jesus Christ” to be saved was extended to the man's entire family, if they also chose to believe the Gospel.

When some people asked Jesus in John 6:28b, “What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?,the dear Savior replied in verse 29, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. No mention is made is water baptism, repenting of your sins, confessing the name of Jesus publicly, praying a prayer, becoming a Christ follower, et cetera. The way to be saved is simply to BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. That is, to believe the GOOD NEWS (Gospel) of Jesus Christ crucified, buried and physically resurrected the third day (1st Corinthians 15:1-6). Thank you for reading my ministry blog.

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