AMPU, you have not provided one verse that denies infant baptism.
I just provided a number of verses that says God knows His from the womb. Paul says God watches out specifically for His children. Jesus says that the infants are to come to Him.
You are arguing from a negative and refuse to admit that all you are providing is circumstantial evidence. You say the bible denies infant baptism but cannot show where it does so.
Not even one single verse. Not even a piece of a verse.
Now, show the verse OR admit your case is merely circumstantial.
xzins,
I can’t imagine you would be purposely obtuse. It appears though that you are being so...
1. You are claiming that infant baptism is a doctrine of your church, yet it appears no where in Scripture
2. You are claiming that infant baptism is a doctrine of your church, yet it appears no where in the first 100 years of the Church.
3. I have patiently demonstrated not a single verse you brought forth shows a wet infant.
4. I have patiently written that every single verse about baptism shows a combination of hear, believe, repent. That is not circumstantial. It is a FACT. I’ve said this numerous times, but you’ve yet to acknowledge I’ve said it to you. It exists in every instance of the Christian practice of baptism, starting with Matthew 28:18-20 and continuing through the epistles. It is a fact. The only fact that shows what baptism is and who it is for. NO INFANT CAN POSSIBLY DO ANY OF THESE THREE THINGS.
You are left with a desire to baptize infants with no God provided reason to do so - and the act would circumvent all God has inspired that commands, instructs and demonstrates baptism in the New Testament. In short, you are left with only your desire.
YOU have not answered a single question I raised, not have you shown me the wet baby.
Since you cannot show me a single wet baby, please answer some of the questions I raised. Why won’t you?
Why didn’t Jesus Christ tell you to baptize infants?
Why didn’t the Apostles tell you to baptize infants?
Why not at least one Apostle?
Why isn’t there not one example of any believer baptizing an infant in the NT?
Why is there not one passage in Scripture that commands it?
Not one in the entire NT?
Why is there no passage that models it? Not one?
Why is there no passage that instructs you to do it?
Why is there no passage that instructs the Church to do it?
Why is there one giant black hole on this issue in the Bible? If it is even remotely important, why wasn’t it ever mentioned?
Why are there no pictures of infants being baptized before 100 AD?
Why are there no Church Father writings before 100 AD showing this?
I see your dilemma. Infant baptism is based on nothing but desire and a practice that started hundreds of years after the Church began.