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Ever been water baptized more than once?

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Baptism of Christ. Jesus is baptized in the Jordan River by John. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) What should I do if I become convinced that I might have been born again  after  my baptism? That can be a tricky question (for baptists, at least). There are a lot of people who end up being baptized two, three or four times. The Gospel Coalition recently shared two answers to the question, one from a  credobaptist  (a person who holds that baptism should follow conversion) and one from a  paedobaptist  (who holds that infants should be baptized). Have you read J.D. Greear’s book  Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart  and found his answer to the question very helpful? What do you do about baptism if you think that you might have been “born again” after  your first one? There are several answers to this question, depending on your particular situation. If your baptism occurred as an infant, I think the answer is clear: you should be baptized again. Your infant baptism was more a symb