[daniel1212]

I tell our son that he is sealed with the mark of the Holy Spirit through Baptism and Confirmation. This sort of drives him crazy

And it is "crazy," as the Holy Spirit distinctly states that repentance and wholehearted faith are required for baptism, (Acts 2:38; 8:36,37) and nowhere manifestly records an infant being baptized, which circumcision (Col. 2:11) only has limited correspondence to (in being a figure), while Peter testified how God purified the hearts of souls by faith, before baptism. (Acts 10:43:47; 15:7-9)

Moreover, spiritual dead clergy cannot convey the Holy Spirit, while there simply is no separate class of believers distinctively titled "priests," the distinctive word for which the Holy Spirit never uses for NT pastors. See here to save my typing again.

[wmfights]

And it is "crazy," as the Holy Spirit distinctly states that repentance and wholehearted faith are required for baptism, (Acts 2:38; 8:36,37) and nowhere manifestly records an infant being baptized, which circumcision (Col. 2:11) only has limited correspondence to (in being a figure), while Peter testified how God purified the hearts of souls by faith, before baptism. (Acts 10:43:47; 15:7-9)

Thank you for posting this Scriptural view. Infant baptism and any other related rituals are worthless and in my opinion do a disservice to the unsaved. They perpetuate an idea that you can perform certain rituals and be saved without a conversion of your heart. It's unfortunate but this is one of the few areas where Evangelical Christians differ with the Reformed.