Many people are aware of the importance of baptism and the Bible gives us a lot of information about it. But we need to study the Bible very carefully when we discuss infant baptism.
Infant baptism has been practiced by numerous churches. However, the Bible does not support it. There is not a single verse in the Bible that supports baby baptism, and there are no instances of infant baptism recorded in the text.
Those who turn from their sins are urged to be baptized, but we are aware that children are incapable of understanding sin and cannot turn from it. Therefore, the baptism of infants is a wholly false teaching. It violates what the Lord actually commands us to do, thus we shouldn’t practice it in our churches.
The Bible has several verses that explain why baptism is important and how it affects our life. However, the Bible never commands us to baptize our children. Instead, we might offer our kids to the Lord.
I’ve listed a few Bible texts that can assist us to understand the significance of baptism and who is eligible to receive it. The passages that come after do not endorse baby baptism because it is intended for adults who have come to know their sinfulness and have repented of it.
To comprehend the meaning of baptism, let’s read and reflect on the following scriptures.
Matthew 3:11(KJV) I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
Acts 10:47(KJV) Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
1 Peter 3:21(KJV) The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
Colossians 2:12(KJV) Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
Acts 16:15(KJV) And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
Ephesians 4:5(KJV) One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
Acts 2:38(KJV) Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
1 Corinthians 1:16(KJV) And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.
Titus 3:5(KJV) Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
John 3:23(KJV) And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
John 1:33(KJV) And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
Acts 8:12(KJV) 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.
Romans 6:4(KJV) Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Mark 1:4(KJV) John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
Acts 16:33(KJV) And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
Galatians 3:27(KJV) For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Luke 3:16(KJV) John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
Acts 18:8(KJV) And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.
Acts 2:39(KJV) For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Acts 8:36(KJV) And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
John 3:5(KJV) Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Acts 22:16(KJV) And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
Acts 19:4(KJV) Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
Jeremiah 29:11(KJV) For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Mark 16:16(KJV) He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
Matthew 28:19(KJV) Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Acts 2:41(KJV) Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
Jeremiah 1:5(KJV) Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Acts 16:31(KJV) And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
Romans 6:3(KJV) Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
