The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Infant baptism

<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr>[color:"blue"]Circumcision was performed in a Theocracy.</font><hr></blockquote><p>Oh contraré!! Circumcision was given to Abraham, hundreds of years before the nation of Israel ever came into existence. The primary symbol of that rite was spiritual identity and not national identity, as Paul in many places teaches. I sincerely respect your right to reject paedobaptism. And given the several distortions of it that are being taught today by Baptists, old and new and likewise even by some paedobaptists themselves, I can easily understand how someone would find the doctrine objectionable. [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/wink.gif" alt="wink" title="wink[/img]<br><br>Without question, I can stand beside and find MUCH more unity with a Babdist like Susan than I do many paedobaptists in our day. And at the risk of being too redundant, as an example, in a conservative Reformed Church of which I was a member, we took into membership several Reformed Baptist families who left their church due to a "power struggle" and sought fellowship and worship with us. Not only did we accept them as members, but we even appointed several of the men to teaching positions in the Church. On the other hand, I have attended not a few Baptist Churches, which in so many ways were marvelous churches in that they had sound preaching, excellent educational programs, etc.. but I was always turned away when I sought membership because I would not submit to rebaptism by immersion. It was made VERY clear to me that unless I was rebaptized by immersion, I had no place in the church. Yes, without doubt, there are paedobaptists who would and do turn away godly men and women from their memberships because they hold to a Credobaptist doctrine. In my small opinion, this is a travesty and affront to the Lord Who shed His blood for those turned away no less than those who turn them away and Who calls them to join HIS CHURCH.<br><br>Granted, I may be a "rare bird" when it comes to this issue. But I can fly in the freedom of God's grace where the others only imagine they can! <br><br>In His Grace,