Items related to "Can infants or children receive baptism if they do not understand the truth, do not have faith, and cannot repent?", 119 total items found

Do baptized believers who have not received the Holy Spirit belong to Christ?        

Salvation is by grace through faith, not by works (Ephesians 2:8,9). Aren't sacraments of works, not of faith?        

Why must you perform baptism in living water, and not in a pool or baptistery?        

The apostle Paul stresses that Abraham was justified before circumcision, not after (Romans 4:10-12). Circumcision was only a sign of the righteousness he had already received by faith. Aren't sacraments likewise only signs, with no effect?        

Is sprinkling a form of baptism? God promised in Ezekiel 36:25 that He would sprinkle on His people to make them clean. 1 Peter 1:2 states that believers have been sprinkled by the blood of Jesus Christ. The author of Hebrews also confirms that our hearts        

If Christ removed the law by nailing it to the cross (Col 2:14), then why do believers still need to keep that Sabbath?        

Isn't trying to do the right thing good enough? Won't God accept me if I try to be a good, sincere person?        

How can we be sure that the seventh day today is the original seventh day God set aside in the beginning? What if we've lost track of time?        

Can we receive the grace of forgiveness and eternal life by saying, "Jesus is my Lord'?        

How do we receive the Holy Spirit of the latter or spring rain?