As Charles Spurgeon and John MacArthur
share the same birthday on June 19, I will present this debate with John MacArthur
and the late R.C Sproul where they debate on whether infants should be baptized.
Just a note of reminder, I am for
infant baptism and I know many Christians who cannot agree with it but
nevertheless, I am not breaking fellowship with them. As long as they believe
in Jesus Christ as King, I count them as my brothers and sisters in Christ.
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R.C Sproul (left) and John MacArthur (right)
Today my friend,
co-defender of the truth and theological giant is standing in the presence of
our Lord whom he loved and served faithfully. R.C. Sproul has stood with me for
decades in every major theological controversy and I will dearly miss him. There
is no one like him.
[PHOTO SOURCE: https://twitter.com/johnmacarthur/status/941445970545352704]
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Playlist:
Baptism Debate with R.C. Sproul and John MacArthur
The
church’s practice of infant baptism came under attack in the sixteenth century.
Since that time, many Christian churches have rallied against the practice,
administering baptism only to believing adults. From Ligonier Ministries’ 1997
Pasadena Regional Conference, Drs. John MacArthur Jr. and R.C.
Sproul discuss their views on the biblical meaning and mode of Christian
baptism. Dr. MacArthur presents the credobaptist position and Dr. Sproul presents
the historic paedo(infant) Baptist position.
INTERNET SOURCE:
https://www.ligonier.org/learn/series/baptism_debate/
https://www.gty.org/library/articles/A361/case-for-infant-baptism-the-historic-paedobaptist-position
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It is this one Spirit who makes it possible for
an infant to be regenerated . . . when that infant is brought to baptism; and
it is through this one Spirit that the infant so presented is reborn. For it is
not written, 'Unless a man be born again by the will of his parents' or 'by the
faith of those presenting him or ministering to him,' but, 'Unless a man be
born again of water and the Holy Spirit.' The water, therefore, manifesting
exteriorly the sacrament of grace, and the Spirit effecting interiorly the
benefit of grace, both regenerate in one Christ that man who was generated in
Adam. - Augustine of Hippo
[PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.azquotes.com/quote/607450]
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Colossians 2:12 and 1 Peter 3:21 baptism is an expression of the faith of the
person being baptized. I [do] not see how an infant could properly receive this
ordinance as an expression of his or her faith. – John Piper [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.azquotes.com/quote/1308578] |
MacArthur vs Sproul - A Baptism Debate
VIDEO SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deK7FyDs6xo
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"Is God unfair in not choosing to save
everyone? Fair would send everyone to hell.You don't want fair you want
mercy" - John Macarthur [PHOTO SOURCE: https://reformedspirit.blogspot.com/2015/03/is-god-unfair-in-not-choosing-to-save.html] |
OTHER
LINKS:
https://www.jacobabshire.com/teaching/theology/baptism-debate-believers-babies/https://www.truthforlife.org/resources/sermon/the-baptism-debate/
https://reformedperspective.ca/live-baptism-debate-watch-it-here/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur5bwBZKnoA
https://gospelreformation.net/controversy-infant-baptism/
