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Infant baptism?
The following selections regarding "infant baptism"
are gleaned from the Westminster catechisms--
Question 94. WHAT is baptism?
Answer- Baptism is .......
to be unto him a sign and seal of the covenant of grace,
of his ingrafting into Christ,
of remission of sins,
and regeneration by His Spirit;
of adoption,
and resurrection unto everlasting life...
Question 95. To WHOM is baptism to be administered?
...... the INFANTS of such as are members of the
visible church, are to be baptized.
Read what Spurgeon had to say about "infant baptism"--
The addition of "infant baptism" to the Word of God--
for it certainly is not there-- is fraught with mischief.
Without faith or even consciousness, as in the case of babes,
how can spiritual benefits be connected with
the sprinkling of water?
'Baptismal regeneration' rides in upon
the shoulders of infant baptism.
We find a class of persons who are the children of former
converts, and who have been baptized as infants, and are
therefore called Christians. But they are not one whit better
than the heathen around them. They seem to think that they
are Christians because of their infant baptism, and at the same
time, being thought Christians by the heathen, their evil lives
are perpetual scandal and a dreadful stumbling-block.
May God give us that vital, essential faith,
without which there is no salvation.
Baptized, re-baptized, circumcised, confirmed,
fed upon sacraments, and buried in consecrated ground--
you shall all perish except you believe in him.
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