An infant is being baptized as shown in this picture
Infant baptism is unbiblical for the following reasons:
1) Baptism are for those who'll repent on their sins
Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Infants from the start dont do any kind of trangressions.
2) Baptism are for people who has the capacity to believe in the Gospel
Acts 2:36 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? 2:37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. 2:38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
Infants have no capacity to follow, to believe and understand anything and think well. It includes following and believing the Gospel as said in this verse:
Hebrews 5:13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
3) The kingdom of heaven is such for the little children
Matthew 19:14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
In desperation, Catholic Defenders will use this defense:
Acts 16:14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
16:15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
So they conclude that in a household, there is an infant.
Oh really, have they seen the household of Lydia in personal to conclude that there is even a single infant in her household? They just interpreted this w/o any Bible verse support to be proven true their interpretation on the said verse.
besides, not all household of men have at least an infant living there, even if you try to survey in your own community where you are living and you'll find out that this is really true.
We should always remember of how our Lord Jesus was baptized is the same way his followers should be baptized.
Mark 10:39 And with the baptism wherewith I am baptized, you shall be baptized.
If our Lord Jesus Christ was baptized as an adult, the same his followers should be baptized as adults and not as an infant.
Do not believe on the priests' reasoning that babies should be baptised it is because they inherit an original sin.
This is unbiblical! read this Bible verse:
Ezekiel 18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
In desperation, Catholics will use Psalms 51:5 "Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me."
It was the mother who sinned and not the child. that is why he was shapen in iniquity and in sin his mother conceived him.
besides, Sin in the Bible is transgression of the law (read 1 John 3:4)
An unborn child cant do any sin because he has not heard yet the law and cant do anything.
Besides the original sin of man was that Adam prefer to listen to his wife than of God who said to him not to eat the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden mentioned in Genesis 3:17.
3:17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Like I said, a child cant inherit the iniquities of his father (it's in Ezekiel 18:20)
Another proof that the iniquity of a man's parent will not be inherited by him is read this verse: (NOTICE IT WELL WHILE READING)
1 Kings 15:1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah. 15:2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 15:3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.15:8 And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. 15:9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. 10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.
In fact, Lord Jesus taught the Christians to imitate the little children meaning they are sinless from the start.
Matthew 18:3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 18:4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
The original sin of man is that Adam preferred to hear his wife to eat the forbidden fruit than of God who ordered him not to eat it.
And in the Bible, The things that a child can inherit from his parents are house and riches (read Proverbs 19:14) and not the iniquities of their parents.
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