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#3...Your line of thinking militates verses what I expounded in the first chart in Post #143 -- about who Jesus says belongs the Kingdom of heaven...and it's even younger than "little children" in Luke 18...Luke specifically cites "infants" there as the full context for all that follows.

Luk 18:16 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

No repentance...No baptism...Children aren't required for either...

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Exactly. Be baptized -- which the NT describes as a purely passive act that happens to us. (I can perhaps go into this in more detail on another post)

The bible says exactly the opposite than what you claim...

Act 8:36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?

It was the Eunuch's decision to get baptized...He asked for it...The Eunuch could not have gotten baptized without walking down into the water...Not passive...Extremely active...

Note that the Scriptures don't say, "Repent and make 'a decision for Christ,' now do they?

Repenting IS making a decision for Jesus...