Status Updates From Believer's Baptism: Sign of...

And I skipped another abt a specific period of time bc idc

Skipped an article bc idk why it matters

“…Calvin believed that God may mysteriously work to bring about (at least a spark or seed of) faith in the baptisms of elect infants….This is inconsistent with Calvin’s other views.”
-Pg 249

“Abraham received a divine command to circumcise his male heirs to mark them as physical Israelites [even if they were unfaithful]. There is no such instruction in the NT, for it teaches instead of the sign of the covenant (baptism) is reserved for those who have trusted in Christ due to the work of the Spirit.” -Pg 239

“Circumcision was a physical marker of ethnic Israel, identifying them as distinct from other nations.” -Pg 238

“Everywhere the NT addresses churches as those composed of “saints,” who not only are regarded by the apostles as “holy” but who have had certain objective things done for them because of God’s grace.” -Pg 226

How can you be “holy” and a “saint” if you aren’t a true believer? How can infants be true believers? Infants cannot be members of the church.

“Calvin says a sacrament ‘is an outward sign by which the Lord seals on our consciences the promise of His good will toward us in order to sustain the weakness of our faith; and we in turn attest our piety toward Him in the presence of the Lord and of His angels and before men.’…it is essential to note that Calvin stresses the individual’s active participation.”
-Pg 209

“…the credobaptist practice of baptizing only those who are followers of Jesus Christ is actually the consistent application of the paedobaptist definition of the sacraments.”
-Pg 208

“It is not the insistence that baptismal recipients be believers that distinguishes Baptist theology, but the definition of a ‘believer’ as a person who confesses Christ freely and intelligently with his or her own mouth.” -Pg 204

“[According to Luther] in baptism the infant comes under the hearing of the Word, which penetrates his heart and creates faith; he answers the baptismal questions through the mouths of his sponsors.” -Pg 194

Makes no sense lol

“Clearly, faith cannot be both the prerequisite for baptism and the gift bestowed by baptism.”
-Pg 191

“The evidence from the third century points to the origin of infant baptism in the practice of baptizing morally ill infants due to an increasing belief that baptism was necessary for the salvation of the child.” -Pg 180

“There is no defense of infant baptism prior to the third century.” -Pg 168