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?
Again, so that you can hear it clearly: You are arguing a negative from silence. You say the bible denies baptism to infants, and you can provide no verse saying so.
Not one. Not the hint of one.
If there WERE one, you would post it.
So, by way of challenge, post the verse that says: “Do NOT baptize infants.” Feel free to use synonyms for infants. Feel free to use synonyms for do, not, and baptize.
In fact, feel free to post a verse that says: “Baptize ONLY adults.”