The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Household Baptisms

Hello AF,
I'm not quite sure what you're asking, but neither I nor my wife come from a Christian background. We hope prayerfully for the conversion of our children, knowing that that the New Birth is 'not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God'. However, salvation could certainly be said to have come to our house when we were converted.

The biblical pattern is clearly laid out in Acts 16:25ff. The jailor is saved, he brings Paul and Silas back to his house where they preach the Gospel to his 'oikos' who also come to faith (v34). These things do happen in times of revival. Now suppose that this man had had a 16 year-old son who was a devout follower of the god, Mithras and refused to become a Christian. Are you suggesting that he would have been held down, kicking and screaming, while Paul baptized him, and that the jailor would then have, 'rejoiced, having believed in God with all his household'? I don't think so.

Wes mentioned the genealogy of Matt 1 as a 'godly descent'. It will surely be enough to note that Rehoboam (v7), Joram (v8), Ahaz (v9) and Manasseh (v10) are all included. Also, what evidence is there that, say, Eliud (v15) was a godly man?

Every blessing,
Steve