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April 12, 2026
Is water baptism required for salvation?
Are infants and young children required to be baptized in case of a premature death?
Baptismis not the Root of Salvation but the Fruit of Salvation
John 3:5 Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. New King James Version
John 3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.” New King James Version
John 3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicodemus said to Him,“How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” New King James Version
John 3:5 Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. New King James Version
John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” New King James Version
Acts 2:38 Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for (Greek: As a result of, in view of) the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are a far off, as many as the Lord our God will call.” New King James Version
Acts 2:41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them. New King James Version
Colossians 2:9 For in Him (The Newbirth, In Christ) dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; 10 and you are complete (Lacking nothing, filled to the brim. Perfect Tense and Passive Voice – the action happened in the past but continues in the present.) in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. New King James Version
Colossians 2:11 In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. (Also: Romans 6:1-11) New King James Version
Water Baptism is an outward display of what happened when we believed in Jesus and it is the first step of obedience for discipleship.
Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen. New King James Version
Are infants and young children required to be baptized in case of a premature death?
Romans 5:12 When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. (Ephesians 2:1 You were dead in your trespasses and sin) New Living Translation
Babies and Children are Under God’s Mercy and Grace UNTIL They Can Understand Sin and Make a Choice
Romans 7:7 What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.” English Standard Version
Romans 7:8 But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. For apart from the law, sin lies dead. English Standard Version
Romans 7:9 I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came alive and I died. 10 The very commandment that promised life proved to be death to me. 11 For sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me. English Standard Version
Matthew 19:13 Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people, 14 but Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.” English Standard Version