Does The Bible Say Who Should Be Baptized?
The inspired word of God, the bible, makes plain to us who is the subject of baptism, or who should be baptized. A. Jesus Christ, in Matthew 28:18-20, taught us that the subject of baptism must be teachable – that is; a person who is sane, rational, sensible, and mature enough to receive, absorb, and assimilate instruction, and to be able to exercise faith in or reject that instruction, Notice that the Master and Saviour informed us that the person to be baptized must first receive teaching or instruction (Matthew 28:19) before baptism, and teaching or instruction after baptism. When one observes how the apostles and the first century church carried out this commission (Acts 2, 8, 9, 10, 16, 18, 19) it will be noticed that, without exception, every prospective convert or subject of baptism received instruction and exercised faith before he or she was baptized. This naturally EXCLUDES infants, and intoxicated person, or an insane person.
