Lester
Yes, you should. if the young person really want to be a Christian or Christ follower and to be save, then, if he/she decided to be saved then, it is his/her right. Regarding the parents, they do not have the right to stop the young person.
Randy Poleson
Absolute not! You do not sin to do right. To go against the parents wishes is to not honor them as this child's parents. Read the 10 commandments! Or do these only apply to Jews? How can this child 'honor' his Mother and Father and disobey their expressed wishes? He should wait until he is 18 and then he can make his own choices.
Raul Sanchez
As with all very important decisions in a youth's life; parental consent should be required if under age. I read somewhere in a Pastor's book that a parent's permissions should be required even if the young person wants to get baptized. Interesting ha..
Jesse
Acts 5:29 "Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men."
Every person has an obligation to obey the Gospel, and there should be nothing that stops one. Human authority does not supersede God's ruling. I know one young man who was a teenage Muslim, he got converted and baptized without his parents permission. They kicked him out of the house and disowned him at 16 yrs old. He obeyed God, and suffered some persecution, which is possible. Should he have "obeyed" his parents, he could be lost today. There must be balance in all laws and there is an exception to HONOR your parents, and that is service to God. Just as a marriage, a spouse must first obey God even if their spouse disagrees.
Jeremy
It's a difficult thing to say for every situation. For one you could give the parents a wrong impression and potentially lose grasp of them. At the same time, if you don't react, you could lose that person or they could die between then. So if the parents won't budge and outright refuse to allow it, then DO IT, because Jesus said so. Now what would happen to that kid if he listened to his parents, but died without baptism, do you think he'll make it? TAKE no chances. if your mom or dad told you, you cannot repent, would you listen to them? Jesus said to repent, and in this case be baptized. If the parents seem to have room for conversion that you see, but they are not sure about Baptism, don't push the issue, but pray and ask God to open their hearts, maybe their will be a time when they will say yes. But all and all you must be baptized whether it means life or death, because Jesus said that those that lose their life would find it. pray if you find me in error
Leticia
I think that you should pray to God and ask what you should do, he will answer, if God wants it he will make it happen. I don't think God would have put the child before you if he did not want them baptized though.
Tiffany
Yes. Because If a cild is mature enough to be saved, and walk with Jesus, and take his cross, the a parent sould see that the childs decisions gets him to heavan and hes making the right one. So absolutly....not the parents decision.
