hi
SARAH, i wanted to address this post to you.
i find this interesting:
Matthew 19:14
Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."
paidion: a young child
Original Word: παιδίον, ου, τό
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: paidion
Phonetic Spelling: (pahee-dee'-on)
Short Definition: a little child, an infant
Definition: a little child, an infant, little one.
3813 paidíon – properly, a child under training; the diminutive form of 3816 /país ("child"). 3813 /paidíon ("a little child in training") implies a younger child (
perhaps seven years old or younger). Some scholars apply 3816 (país) to a son or daughter up to 20 years old (the age of "complete adulthood" in Scripture).
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the context would determine the presumed age of the child in any given reference.
this is the part i find interesting:
Some scholars apply 3816 (país) to a son or daughter up to
20 years old (the age of "complete adulthood" in Scripture).
do Believer's Baptism folks wait until 20 yrs of age?
if not, why not?
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warning wiki alert > may not be appropriate for all audiences:
Believer's baptism (occasionally called credobaptism', from the Latin word credo) is the Christian practice of baptism as this is understood by many Protestant churches, particularly those that descend from the Anabaptist and English Baptist tradition. According to their understanding, a person is baptized on the basis of his or her profession of faith in Jesus Christ and as admission into a local community of faith.
The contrasting belief, held in other Christian churches, is infant baptism (pedobaptism or paedobaptism, from the Greek paido meaning “child”), in which infants or young children are baptized if one or both parents professes the faith.
Baptisms are performed in various ways: believer's baptism by immersion or pouring also called affusion and infant baptism by affusion or aspersion (sprinkling) or immersion. Believer's baptism is often erroneously referred to as adult baptism, even though children may be baptized so long as they are old enough to earnestly profess their faith.
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Sarah, since little kids attend the service with their families in certain denoms
, it's possible to hear them chattering; praying; singing hymns; drawing pictures of Noah, and David; and Jesus...and professing their faith - some quite earnestly.
one particular 4 year i have in mind
...(i've heard a smiling 2 year old say 'Jesus' on more than one occassion
)
should that 4 year old child (defined as
an infant, and "a little child in training" by
paidíon) be baptized?
wouldn't that be
infant baptism?
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i wonder why that earnestly professing 4 year old [paidíon] child in training would
not be baptized, particularly since Jesus Christ The Lord said:
Matthew 19:14
Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and
do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."
just wondered what your thoughts on that would be,
SARAH.
love you too sis.
Zone H.R.H.