Adam Clarke's Baptismal Theology
In this blog post I'm will argue that Adam Clarke one of the chief Methodist commentators within the tradition held to baptismal regeneration. Now the definition is very important when it comes to this topic and how I'm defining baptismal regeneration is a follows that through the water if baptism the Holy Spirit gives newness of life, forgiveness of sins and makes the recipient a new creation. Of course I'm gonna be looking at the most important passages that are commonly cited when it comes to baptismal regeneration and those are John 3:5, Acts 2:38, Titus 3:5 and 1st Peter 3:21 I would say the main verses that Clarke comments that sets forward his baptismal theology will be in John 3, Acts 2:38, Titus 3:5 and 1st Peter 3:21. From these verses we see that Clarke is precise on what baptism does and the relationship between the water and Holy Spirit. So in John 3:5 Clarke says "But the water which was used on the occasion was only an emblem of the Holy Spi...