Understanding Four Views on Baptism (Counterpoints: Church Life) by John H. Armstrong

Author:John H. Armstrong [Armstrong, John H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2009-08-29T22:00:00+00:00

PRACTICAL ISSUES

Q: Should people be rebaptized if they come from another perspective into membership?

A: The promise of God comes irrespective of denominational membership. Therefore, when people have been baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in a community that confesses the Trinity, Lutherans believe that God has placed his claim on them, no matter how they may have understood or misunderstood what he was doing through his baptismal Word at the time of baptism. When people who trust in Christ come to a more complete realization of how God is at work, they need not ask God to repeat his promise in baptismal form; they need only the continued attention to the Word in other forms that helps the children of God mature as members of his family.

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