Mike: In my tradition what is secondary has been made primary and I can just say that very explicitly. We need to move away from it being solely about the actor in the tub or in the pool and more about what God has done to get that person there, he says. Mike: If you went to any most Baptist they wouldn't deny the centrality of the work of God for the person who is entering into the baptismal pool. But as the Westminster Confession puts it we do not tie the administration so tightly to the moment it is administered. He continues: "We believe that anyone who aspires to reach eternal life ought to be baptized only once without ever repeating it"
From his own baptism by John the Baptist to his last commission to his followers to go and make disciples from all nations, Jesus’s ministry is marked by this sacrament. But what does it mean? What are its biblical origins? And who should receive it? In this episode of White Horse Inn, hosts Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Bob Hiller, and Walter Strickland discuss the traditional Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Baptist, and Reformed views on the sacrament of baptism.