DaveJes1979
Puritan Board Freshman
"For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ"
A credobaptist pointed out this verse as a prooftext for the baptism of professing believers only. Being a paedobaptist, I hadn't ever considered that particular verse as a pro-credo text before.
How would you guys respond to that? I think the implication of my credo friend is that baptism presumes union with Christ (putting Christ on) which is by faith. So faith must have been present.
But if someone has been baptized, and not "put on Christ" by faith, then how do you explain the "as many of you as were..." language? I'm not sure how to answer that.
A credobaptist pointed out this verse as a prooftext for the baptism of professing believers only. Being a paedobaptist, I hadn't ever considered that particular verse as a pro-credo text before.
How would you guys respond to that? I think the implication of my credo friend is that baptism presumes union with Christ (putting Christ on) which is by faith. So faith must have been present.
But if someone has been baptized, and not "put on Christ" by faith, then how do you explain the "as many of you as were..." language? I'm not sure how to answer that.