Baptism

CHAPTER TEN
REASONS FOR INFANT BAPTISM
Rom 3:1 What advantage then hath the Jew (Christian)? or what profit is
there of circumcision (baptism)?Rom 3:2 Much every way: chiefly, because
that unto them were committed the oracles of God. Rom 3:3 For what if some
did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
Why did God insisted on circumcision and baptism also to be given to the
children?
Since the sign itself did not give any benefit in terms of salvation, it gave
them the privilege of receiving the oracles of God. It gave them the privilege
of beign brought up within a community where the Word of God was heard. It
is the Word that eventually lead the hearers to salvation.
Romans 10:14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not
believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard?
and how shall they hear without a preacher?
Children are expected to be brought up in the home. They are to be treated as
part of the covenant community within the church and are required to live
within the discipline of the community. Infant baptism and circumcision are
just that. It gave them plenty of occasion to hear the word and be saved.
Today, more and more children are growing as aliens to "churched homes" By
the age of 18 they are "free" without ever being in the church or being part of
any covenant fellowship. Their parents did not baptize them as a statement of
faith that they will be saved. They never joined the community of believers in
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