Baptism is the way God uses to teach people that He is able to help. This is important because in a believer's life, a time will come when each must act, and act with His help.Absolutely not. I don't believe baptism is necessary at all for salvation, which is why all of these "my way of baptizing is the one true way of baptizing" arguments are all a bit silly in the first place.
If someone was baptized as an infant, then great. They simply need to declare their faith at some later time when they are old enough. If someone was baptized when they were older, then also great. They can declare their faith at the same time. Both baptisms are valid.
And we also don't know that they weren't. But when talking about household in general, it's everyone...wives, husbands, servants, slaves, children, other family members living there, etc.
I really don't think God is all that picky here to begin with. He's not going out of his way looking for ways to condemn us, whether we be infants or adults. Instead, he attempts to give us every possible opportunity to come to him and build a relationship with him.
It had a particular result when drinking from the Rock, initiated by being baptised into Moses and another when being led by the Holy Spirit into all truth, when baptised into Christ's death.
Hebrews 3:7
Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: "Today if you hear His voice,
Hebrews 4:7
God again designated a certain day as "Today," when a long time later He spoke through David, as was already stated: "Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts."
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