{"id":56638,"date":"2009-08-04T14:25:32","date_gmt":"2009-08-04T12:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/what-should-evangelical-christians-do-when-their-relatives-christen-their-children"},"modified":"2017-05-27T08:43:02","modified_gmt":"2017-05-27T06:43:02","slug":"what-should-evangelical-christians-do-when-their-relatives-christen-their-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/what-should-evangelical-christians-do-when-their-relatives-christen-their-children\/","title":{"rendered":"What should evangelical Christians do when their relatives baptize their children?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Question:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"td_quote_box td_box_center\">\n<p><span><em>I am married and I received the baptism in accordance with the teaching of the New Testament\u00a0one year after my marriage.<\/em><\/span>\u00a0<span><em>My<\/em> <em>husband\u00a0says that he is\u00a0an Orthodox Christian\u2026 We have godparents who have waited a child for many years and God gave them a wonderful boy.<\/em><\/span> <span><em>They<\/em> <em>invited us to christening party.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><span><em>Knowing that I disagree with the baptism of the\u00a0child, they\u00a0insist on my coming to the restaurant, other way\u00a0they consider it\u00a0a lack of respect from me.<\/em><\/span> <span><em>My husband says he will go alone if I refuse.<\/em><\/span>\u00a0<em>What to do<\/em><span><em>\u00a0in this situation?<\/em><\/span>\u00a0<span><em>I do not want my faith to be a burden to others if they believe that\u00a0I do not\u00a0respect them if I do not go to the\u00a0christening party.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span><span class=\"google-src-text\">The godparents\u00a0<\/span>proceed according to\u00a0their belief\u00a0and if you do not go to their celebration, they will certainly take it as ignorance and disrespect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>If you go to the christening party, you will have the opportunity to tell people who will be\u00a0at this celebration <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/what-does-the-bible-say-about-childrens-christening\/\">what writes the New Testament about baptism,<\/a><\/span> why\u00a0you chose to be baptized\u00a0when\u00a0you believed\u00a0in the Lord Jesus and repented\u00a0and how\u00a0important\u00a0faith for our salvation is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>I suggest you to read attentively the basic texts of the Scripture that speak\u00a0on this subject, as to be well documented for any discussions you may have there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>At the same time, beware of\u00a0any quarrel or misunderstanding and\u00a0speak only to those who wish to listen and understand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>So, if you do not go, everyone will understand that you\u2019ve ignored them and\u00a0this is the way the\u00a0faith in the Lord Jesus teaches you, which is not true.<\/span>\u00a0<span>If you go to the\u00a0baptism party\u00a0and do\u00a0not tell anyone anything about what you\u00a0believe, no one\u00a0will find out\u00a0about your beliefs. 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