{"id":2629,"date":"2024-01-27T14:45:58","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T14:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsview.us\/1stlutheranchurch\/?p=2629"},"modified":"2024-01-27T14:48:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T14:48:29","slug":"baptism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsview.us\/1stlutheranchurch\/baptism\/","title":{"rendered":"Baptism"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-2629\" data-postid=\"2629\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-2629 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_dbga776 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_yimo777 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_s7eu525   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h1>Baptism<\/h1>\n<p>We believe this because the Bible says that infants can believe (Matt. 18:6) and that new birth (regeneration) happens in Baptism (John 3:5-7; Titus 3:5-6).<\/p>\n<p>Lutherans believe that the Bible teaches that a person is saved by God&#8217;s grace alone through faith alone in Jesus Christ. Baptism, we believe, is one of the miraculous means of grace (together with God&#8217;s written and spoken Word) through which God creates the gift of faith in a person&#8217;s heart.<\/p>\n<p>Lutherans baptize by sprinkling or pouring water on the head of the person (or infant) as the Trinitarian formula is spoken. Lutherans teach baptism to be necessary, but not absolutely necessary, for salvation.<\/p>\n<p>When a child is baptized, its parents and godparents gather round the baptismal font. The one who carries the child answers on the child&#8217;s behalf when the pastor asks if it renounces the devil and believes in God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. The parents promise to bring up the child in the Christian faith.<\/p>\n<p>Children may be baptized at any age. Infants three to six months old are ideal for immersion in the font because at this age most babies do not have separation anxiety and are willing to be held by the pastor.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_8tgz558 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_yjr7558 first\">\n                    <!-- module buttons -->\n<div  class=\"module module-buttons tb_e33t715 buttons-horizontal solid \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"module-buttons-item tf_in_flx\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=UlQgGKR_YE68bWi5lUo0ZgOG65RJyehIpmxmo_BirxZUOTcwTFUxODBaOEJBNlZDNDgzVVg4QUlDSS4u\" class=\"ui builder_button tf_in_flx tb_default_color\" >\n                                                Baptism Application                                        <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<!-- \/module buttons -->\n        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baptism We believe this because the Bible says that infants can believe (Matt. 18:6) and that new birth (regeneration) happens in Baptism (John 3:5-7; Titus 3:5-6). 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