Acts #66 Does Household Baptism Include Infants?

When you figure out your household budget, you don’t exclude the needs of your infant or small children. Why? Because they are members of the household. When you pay for family insurance, you don’t exclude your infant or small children. Why? Because they are members of the family. If you defend your house against intruders, you don’t exclude your infant or small children. Why? Because they are a special gift from God in your house. Should infant or small children be excluded from the members of the house for whom you are to care in 1 Timothy 5:8?

This Lord’s Day let us consider the conversion of Lydia and not only her baptism, but the baptism of her household in Acts 16:13-15: (1) God Initiates Regeneration as He Did in the Heart of Lydia (Acts 16:11-14); (2) Baptism Is not only Applied to Christian Parents like Lydia, but also to the Children within the Household (Acts 16:15).