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Re: Baptizing Minors...
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Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea
Well ... Miss B ...
In this dilemma on how to approach the parents one might have to decide which of these two verses takes precedence, especially if they refuse to grant permission:
Acts 2:38
38Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
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Exodus 20:12
12 "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you. |
It's possible to do both, Daniel.  Prayer and fasting can go a long way toward moving mountains. And a little bit of friendliness on the part of the Youth Pastor will probably take care of the rest.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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