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Question:

My Catholic mother-in-law asked me to read Matthew 28:19-20 because she is concerned that my last 2 babies haven’t been baptized with Holy water. She made me question what happens if something should happen to my babies when they aren’t baptized 😔


Answer:

Baptism is about leaving the old life behind. Romans 6:4 Babies don’t have a past, so there is no need for baptism yet.


Secondly, real baptism means being fully immersed in water. John 3:23 (much water was needed). Matthew 3:16 (Jesus arose from the water.) Acts 8:38 (They went into the water). Not sprinkled. Babies are too young for that. And Jesus himself was 30 years old when he was baptized. And the Bible never mentioned baptizing babies. 


Thirdly, baptism is about dedicating one’s life to God which means that a child must acknowledge this and willingly and consciously make such a decision. Watch Jesus Image baptisms, especially of children, to understand how this is done.


Nevertheless if she still insists, feel free to have your baby fully immersed in water 😁 I understand they can be trained to naturally hold their breath? 😆 


But what we do as a family is to dedicate them. We have dedication ceremonies for each of our kids, that means we dress them in a beautiful gown because a present has to be wrapped, and we are giving them to God. Yes. We take it seriously.

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