{"id":451,"date":"2017-09-20T05:54:03","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T09:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesuspaidinfull.com\/?page_id=451"},"modified":"2018-04-17T13:59:18","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T17:59:18","slug":"baptism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jesuspaidinfull.com\/baptism\/","title":{"rendered":"Baptism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div id=\"General_Content\" align=\"center\">\n<p><strong>The Covenant of Grace and Infant Baptism<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Six-Part Teaching Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For the first twelve years after conversion, I held to &#8220;believers only baptism.&#8221; That is, I believed that proper and valid baptism required a credible profession of faith in the gospel. For this reason, I was re-baptized after conversion at the age of 23 (I was originally baptized as an infant). During these twelve years, I was a convinced, ardent Baptist, and I found the Presbyterian position on infant baptism to be confusing at best.<\/p>\n<p>Understanding hermeneutics (i.e., the rules for properly interpreting Scripture), embracing Covenant Theology, and seeing the organic unity of the Scriptures led me to embrace the beauty and Biblical fidelity of covenantal infant baptism. After over a decade, I realized that my entire approach to the Scriptures with regard to baptism was wrong. It occurred to me that a complete doctrinal understanding of baptism cannot be properly formulated by simply compiling all of the verses containing a form of the word &#8220;baptism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The teaching series below represents what I have learned about how to approach the question of whether it is biblical to baptize the infant children of believers. My prayer is that it will provide clarity for those who do not yet see the biblical faithfulness and beauty of covenantal infant baptism, encourage those who do, and be a blessing to all. Please feel free to contact me with questions.<\/p>\n<p>View the full outline here, or view the various sections of the outline which correspond to each part of the teaching series below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Teaching Series<\/b>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<div id=\"footable_parent_621\"\n         class=\" footable_parent ninja_table_wrapper loading_ninja_table wp_table_data_press_parent bootstrap3 \">\n                <table data-ninja_table_instance=\"ninja_table_instance_0\" data-footable_id=\"621\" data-filter-delay=\"1000\" aria-label=\"Teaching Series\"            id=\"footable_621\"\n           data-unique_identifier=\"ninja_table_unique_id_254921114_621\"\n           class=\" foo-table ninja_footable foo_table_621 ninja_table_unique_id_254921114_621 table  nt_type_  footable-paging-right\">\n                <colgroup>\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_0 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_1 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_2 \">\n                    <\/colgroup>\n            <\/table>\n                    <style type=\"text\/css\" id='ninja_table_custom_css_621'>\n                        #footable_621  {\n    font-family: ;\n    font-size: px;\n    }\n\n    \n                <\/style>\n                \n    \n    \n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]<b>Supplementary Q&amp;A<\/b>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<div id=\"footable_parent_622\"\n         class=\" footable_parent ninja_table_wrapper loading_ninja_table wp_table_data_press_parent bootstrap3 \">\n                <table data-ninja_table_instance=\"ninja_table_instance_1\" data-footable_id=\"622\" data-filter-delay=\"1000\" aria-label=\"Supplementary Q&amp;A\"            id=\"footable_622\"\n           data-unique_identifier=\"ninja_table_unique_id_188228200_622\"\n           class=\" foo-table ninja_footable foo_table_622 ninja_table_unique_id_188228200_622 table  nt_type_  footable-paging-right\">\n                <colgroup>\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_0 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_1 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_2 \">\n                    <\/colgroup>\n            <\/table>\n                    <style type=\"text\/css\" id='ninja_table_custom_css_621'>\n                        #footable_621  {\n    font-family: ;\n    font-size: px;\n    }\n\n    \n                <\/style>\n                                <style type=\"text\/css\" id='ninja_table_custom_css_622'>\n                        #footable_622  {\n    font-family: ;\n    font-size: px;\n    }\n\n    \n                <\/style>\n                \n    \n    \n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong>Additional\u00a0Resources<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<div id=\"footable_parent_623\"\n         class=\" footable_parent ninja_table_wrapper loading_ninja_table wp_table_data_press_parent bootstrap3 \">\n                <table data-ninja_table_instance=\"ninja_table_instance_2\" data-footable_id=\"623\" data-filter-delay=\"1000\" aria-label=\"Additional Resources\"            id=\"footable_623\"\n           data-unique_identifier=\"ninja_table_unique_id_188115887_623\"\n           class=\" foo-table ninja_footable foo_table_623 ninja_table_unique_id_188115887_623 table  nt_type_  footable-paging-right\">\n                <colgroup>\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_0 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_1 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_2 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_3 \">\n                    <\/colgroup>\n            <\/table>\n                    <style type=\"text\/css\" id='ninja_table_custom_css_621'>\n                        #footable_621  {\n    font-family: ;\n    font-size: px;\n    }\n\n    \n                <\/style>\n                                <style type=\"text\/css\" id='ninja_table_custom_css_622'>\n                        #footable_622  {\n    font-family: ;\n    font-size: px;\n    }\n\n    \n                <\/style>\n                                <style type=\"text\/css\" id='ninja_table_custom_css_623'>\n                        #footable_623  {\n    font-family: ;\n    font-size: px;\n    }\n\n    \n                <\/style>\n                \n    \n    \n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] The Covenant of Grace and Infant Baptism Six-Part Teaching Series &nbsp; 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