Water Baptism confers Grace on Believers and Infants
Introduction: Before I return to the topic of whether or not a person can lose their salvation, I would like to write a brief post on scripture supporting the view that Baptism is more than a symbol. As I believe that baptism confers grace, this argument will also assist my view that infants should be baptized. Previously, I defended the Biblicity of infant baptism based on scriptural arguments concerning circumcision, household baptisms, the Old Testament examples of baptism, and early Christian evidence for this practice. Now, however, I shall attempt to defend infant baptism in a more subtle way: by showing those who are not baptized lack the grace of the Holy Spirit over those who are baptized immediately as young children. Additionally, I made scriptural arguments that show examples of infants of believers having faith in Christ (contrary