Understanding Early Christian Views on Baptism

Lesson Transcript

But when you go back and read the early Christians, it starts in the beginning, with Ignatius, with the very earliest writings, and they all say it. I mean, there is not one single person who says has a different view of baptism, except the Gnostics. They were the ones saying, "No, baptism doesn't do anything for you." And the early Christians were all saying, "Yes, it does." Now, again, I don't want to—the point of this sermon isn't arguing about that.

It's like, so you're going to condemn people when they all came to this conclusion? Have you looked at why they view it that way? And can you be charitable and say, "Well, yeah, they all saw that, saw it that way, and they have scriptures to back it up, but I think they're mistaken nevertheless."