Jane_Doe22
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"Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost."Yup - and the "WHY" is spiritual regeneration - even for infants.
This is what Jesus taught (John 3:5), this is what Peter taught (Acts 2:38), this is what Paul taught (Col. 2:11-12). This is what the Early Church taught and has been the constant living teaching of the historic Christian faith for 2000 years. This is what your Protestant Fathers like Luther and Calvin taught.
This ONLY came into question over the last few hundred years.
I wonder why that is??
Who's sins?
And in what order are these things to be done?
Those are the big questions.
From perspective A, the order is: 1) Bob repents of Bob's sins, 2) is baptized for remission of Bob's. And somewhere in there receives the Holy Ghost.
From perspective B, the order is: 1) be baptized for remission of Adam's sin, 2) then Bob later repents of sins. And somewhere in there receives the Holy Ghost.
That's the core of this disagreement here. Everything else is a distraction of less importance.