Why Baptize An Infant?

# 771- Today's Du-votional comes from: Mr 16:"He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.” One more very important thing to discuss concerning baptism, since it is linked to salvation, and is a means by which God brings His grace to us. (See preceding posts) Take the time to carefully and prayerfully reconsider what God's Word says about baptism and children. Suffer the little children to come unto Jesus through this God-given means of bestowing grace. Baptize infants. They are not innocent. They are conceived in sin and need cleansing and regeneration just as you and I do. Ps 51:5 “Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me.” But why baptize a child, they can't have faith can they? Beloved faith is not a matter of the mind, it is a matter of the heart (soul) It's why David was able to write in Ps 22:9 But You are He who took Me out of the womb; You made Me trust while on My mother's breasts. 10 I was cast upon You from birth. From My mother's womb You have been My God.” A nursing child can have faith! More than that, John the Baptist exhibited faith in the womb! Faith, (regeneration of the soul,) is one of the things accomplished in baptism. Titus 3:5 says, “not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,” but as Mr 16:16 states, that faith must be nurtured and maintained, or we are lost. What great peace and comfort in knowing that children, who are born with wicked hearts are accepted by God through baptism, and what a challenge to nurture their faith as they mature.