The Lutheran Church had its beginning with
the teachings of Martin Luther during the 1500’s.
Lutherans endorse a number of creeds including the following:
Nicene Creed, Apostles Creed, Athanasian Creed, Augsburg Confession, and Luther’s Catechism, which were all written by men.
Luther originated the doctrine of salvation by “faith only”, which the Lutheran Church and the majority of the denominational world follow. They teach that baptism is not essential to salvation. The false doctrine of “faith only” is condemned by the Bible in James 2:24, 26.
Lutherans teach that an infant inherits the “original sin” of Adam.
But this contradicts what the Bible says in Ezekiel 18:20 which says, "The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son". To justify their doctrine of “faith only” they say that infants are aided by the faith of others who bring them to baptism.
They teach that "baptism" can be sprinkling, pouring, or immersion. But the Bible says immersion is the only form of baptism. Romans 6:4 says, "Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death" and we read in John 3:23, "And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there".
They teach that one should confess his sins to the pastor and will receive forgiveness from the pastor as from God Himself.
Click here to see Quotes from their website,
(Showing what they falsely teach and practice concerning salvation). Lutheran ChurchQuotes copied & pasted from:
http://www.lcms.org/Document.fdoc?src=lcm&id=537
Baptism and its purpose Lutherans believe that the Bible teaches
that a person is saved by God’s grace alonethrough faith
in Jesus Christ alone.
The LCMS does not believe that Baptism is ABSOLUTELY
necessary for salvation.The thief on the cross was saved
(apparently without Baptism), as were all truebelievers in the Old Testament era.How does faith play a role in infant Baptism?
(Page 6 of 14) Parents and sponsors of a baptized child bear the responsibility of teaching this childGod's Word so that the child's faith may remain alive and grow (Matt. 28:18-20).
Confirmation is a time-honored church tradition (not required by God's Word, but-webelieve-useful nonetheless) in which the child baptized as an infant is given theopportunity to confess for himself or herself the faith that he or she was unable toconfess as an infant.
Why do Lutherans use the “sprinkle” method for Baptism?
(Page 10 of 14) On the basis of the evidence provided in
the New Testament, it is not possible toprove that the term "baptize" always refers to immersion, nor that the Baptismsmentioned
were all done by immersion--implying (in the view of some)
that onlyBaptisms done by immersion can be considered valid. Lutherans have therefore held that the manner of Baptism
(that is, immersion,pouring, sprinkling, etc.)
does not determine whether a Baptism is valid.
the teachings of Martin Luther during the 1500’s.
Lutherans endorse a number of creeds including the following:
Nicene Creed, Apostles Creed, Athanasian Creed, Augsburg Confession, and Luther’s Catechism, which were all written by men.
Luther originated the doctrine of salvation by “faith only”, which the Lutheran Church and the majority of the denominational world follow. They teach that baptism is not essential to salvation. The false doctrine of “faith only” is condemned by the Bible in James 2:24, 26.
Lutherans teach that an infant inherits the “original sin” of Adam.
But this contradicts what the Bible says in Ezekiel 18:20 which says, "The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son". To justify their doctrine of “faith only” they say that infants are aided by the faith of others who bring them to baptism.
They teach that "baptism" can be sprinkling, pouring, or immersion. But the Bible says immersion is the only form of baptism. Romans 6:4 says, "Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death" and we read in John 3:23, "And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there".
They teach that one should confess his sins to the pastor and will receive forgiveness from the pastor as from God Himself.
Click here to see Quotes from their website,
(Showing what they falsely teach and practice concerning salvation). Lutheran ChurchQuotes copied & pasted from:
http://www.lcms.org/Document.fdoc?src=lcm&id=537
Baptism and its purpose Lutherans believe that the Bible teaches
that a person is saved by God’s grace alonethrough faith
in Jesus Christ alone.
The LCMS does not believe that Baptism is ABSOLUTELY
necessary for salvation.The thief on the cross was saved
(apparently without Baptism), as were all truebelievers in the Old Testament era.How does faith play a role in infant Baptism?
(Page 6 of 14) Parents and sponsors of a baptized child bear the responsibility of teaching this childGod's Word so that the child's faith may remain alive and grow (Matt. 28:18-20).
Confirmation is a time-honored church tradition (not required by God's Word, but-webelieve-useful nonetheless) in which the child baptized as an infant is given theopportunity to confess for himself or herself the faith that he or she was unable toconfess as an infant.
Why do Lutherans use the “sprinkle” method for Baptism?
(Page 10 of 14) On the basis of the evidence provided in
the New Testament, it is not possible toprove that the term "baptize" always refers to immersion, nor that the Baptismsmentioned
were all done by immersion--implying (in the view of some)
that onlyBaptisms done by immersion can be considered valid. Lutherans have therefore held that the manner of Baptism
(that is, immersion,pouring, sprinkling, etc.)
does not determine whether a Baptism is valid.
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