Can any Christian Baptize?

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Based on I Peter 2, Can any Christian Baptize?

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1 Peter 2:9
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people, that ye should show forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
 

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In short, scripture is unclear. In practice and out of practicality it has almost always been done by someone of office in the Church. Like TuxAme, I fail to see the connection of 1 Peter to Baptism specifically.
 
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I guess we can, if need be. After all we are indwelt with the Holy Spirit.

Saying that I don't think I would, as there ard more appropriate people than I and I don't see me being stuck in a remote location any anytime soon, where someone wanted to commit themselves and be baptised there and then.
 
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I guess we can, if need be. After all we are indwelt with the Holy Spirit.

Saying that I don't think I would, as there ard more appropriate people than I and I don't see me being stuck in a remote location any anytime soon, where someone wanted to commit themselves and be baptised there and then.
In the Middle Ages, the institutional church was so powerful that it insisted the state should give clerical monopolies. I am uncomfortable able the idea of letting the state muscle in on such matters.
 
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The answer to your question is "yes", but I can't think of anything that this Scripture passage has to do with it.

It is one of only two sacraments that our church teaches do not require the office of a ministerial priest to confer, the other being marriage, to which, technically, the church serves only a witness. However, if a church baptism is available, a priest would normally be stipulated by the church as the appropriate person to officiate, I believe.

I must say that both my wife and I felt the palpable blessing of a church wedding, tiny and private though it was.
 
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Based on I Peter 2, Can any Christian Baptize?

This is not a thread on Baptismal Generation or that Baptism is required to be saved.

1 Peter 2:9
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people, that ye should show forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

Acts 8

26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.

27 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,

28 Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.

29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.

30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

31 And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.

32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:

33 In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.

34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?

35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.

36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?

37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.

39 And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.
 
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Based on I Peter 2, Can any Christian Baptize?

This is not a thread on Baptismal Generation or that Baptism is required to be saved.

1 Peter 2:9
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people, that ye should show forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
I would consider it presumptuous for me to baptize anyone, since I am not an ordained minister, and there are plenty of ordained ministers, I think, who would be happy to baptize a person.
 
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Based on I Peter 2, Can any Christian Baptize?

This is not a thread on Baptismal Generation or that Baptism is required to be saved.

1 Peter 2:9
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people, that ye should show forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Based on Mat 28:19 and 20 we can.

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