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Infant vs believers

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  • Babies + young children become members of the Church (introduced to support of community), congregation welcomes new member
    ___________
  • Initiation rite into the Church, by immersion in water
  • People old enough to understand the ceremony / rite + willing to life a Christian life / start a new chapter
    Some (not anabaptist) believe they are cleansed of sin
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  • It was in the gospel - Jesus was baptised by John the Baptist - New Testament
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→Heavens opened, Holy Spirit descended from heaven in the form of a dove, God’s voice came down saying:
→“This is my beloved son, whom I love”
→Confirmation of divinity - moment all 3 forms of God appeared at once

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  • Initiates Christians into a Church - special commitment + acknowledges they are a child of God
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→Formally acknowleged as a child of God + receives his saving grace (sacrament)
→Anabaptists
→Person enters a new life with Jesus Christ
→Great Commission, Jesus said to “baptise them in the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit”

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  • Cleansed of original sin
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→Water symbolises cleansing
→Sign of the cross on forehead of babies
→Allows people to go to heaven eventually by living a pure, sin free life!

5
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allows them to enter god’s kingdom

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  • “No one can enter God’s Kingdom, unless they are born of the water”