INFANT BAPTISM VS. BELIEVERS’ BAPTISM
BIBLE STUDY FORMAT
REV. A
DECEMBER 27, 1998
CONTENTS
PURPOSE OF THE BIBLE STUDY FORMAT (Page 5) FOR INFANT BAPTISM
LESSON 2. BAPTISM REPLACES CIRCUMCISION (Page 9)
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION (Page 12)
LESSON 3. COLOSSIANS 2 AND A CONCLUSION OF THE PAEDO-BAPTIST MATERIAL (Page 14)
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION (Page 16)
AGAINST INFANT BAPTISM
(Page 17)LESSON 4. OBJECTIONS TO INFANT BAPTISM (Page 17)
OBJECTION #1: GENERAL COMPARISON - OLD TESTAMENT AND NEW TESTAMENT (Page 17)
PAEDO-BAPTIST RESPONSE (Page 17)
OBJECTION #2: BELIEVERS CAN NOT BE MEMBERS OF THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT (Page 18)
PAEDO-BAPTIST RESPONSE (Page 19)
OBJECTION #3: BAPTISM IS NOT THE SEAL OF THE NEW COVENANT (Page 19)
PAEDO-BAPTIST RESPONSE (Page 20)
OBJECTION #4: THE OLD TESTAMENT CONSISTED OF THE LETTER, THE NEW TESTAMENT HAS THE SPIRIT (Page 20)
PAEDO-BAPTIST RESPONSE (Page 22)
OBJECTION #5: CONCERNING THE TRANSITION FROM CIRCUMCISION TO BAPTISM (Page 23)
PAEDO-BAPTIST RESPONSE (Page 23)
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION (Page 24)
FOR BELIEVERS' BAPTISM
(Page 25)LESSON 5. ARGUMENTS FOR BELIEVERS’ BAPTISM (Page 25)
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION (Page 27)