What Saith the Scriptures?
We refuse to baptize infants not because God has made a direct statement or command to that effect, but because God has set criteria for baptism which infants do not meet. The Hebrew writer clearly sets forth the biblical principle that where God has regulated, anything or anyone that does not fall within the bounds of that regulation is not acceptable to God (Heb 7:14). Since God decreed that Aaron’s descendants from the tribe of Levi would be priests (Num 18), those from any other tribe were excluded from being priests. Likewise, if infants do not meet the prerequisites for baptism, infants are excluded from being baptized for the forgiveness of sins. The following are criteria for a person to be baptized. We must determine if infants meet these requirements.