Infant Baptism?

[bling]

None of these things are needed for salvation, my friend.

Have a blessed day. I'm so thankful my salvation doesn't depend on something I'm supposed to feel.

You do not have to repent?
You do not have to confess?
You do not have to accept God's charity?

 

[PreachersWife2004]

You do not have to repent?
You do not have to confess?
You do not have to accept God's charity?

Those are natural parts of faith, my friend.

I cannot, though, by my own thinking or choosing, "accept" God's charity. On my own, I am a condemned creature. But with Jesus, I am saved. My salvation isn't based on ANYTHING that I personally do. Saying "if you don't repent you won't be saved" makes my salvation dependent on my own actions. That's a bit Catholic. Thing is, what if I am in a car accident right after I committed a sin, and I do not get the opportunity to repent? Am I condemned to hell for that? Of course not.

But we are far, far off the topic of baptism here.

 

[ViaCrucis]

You do not have to repent?
You do not have to confess?
You do not have to accept God's charity?

All those things flow from faith. A faith given to us by the mercy and grace of God as a gift.

-CryptoLutheran