by phos » February 21st, 2006, 6:59 pm
Let me addres Pine first. Pine, isn't it possible when Jesus said to recieve the Kingdom of God like a little child, that He could have meant recieve it like a little child would recieve it, or any other gift for that matter? With excitement, gratitude, unwavering trust? And also, I do not believe that having childlike faith means having a faith that is silly, immature, shallow, or lacking in discernment. Jesus told us to be as gentle as doves, and wise as serpents. A childlike faith means one that is not shaken, that trusts without doubting.
Secondly, I must ask a question. Did Jesus continue to be God while He was being crucified? If Jesus only thought He was forsaken, and was actually not, then that means either that:
A. God does not know everything at all times.
B. Jesus was not God, either at all, or just while being crucified.
If Jesus did continue to be God, and you do believe that God is omniscient, and if Jesus only thought He was forsaken, then that means God was wrong. And I don't want to approach that territory.
About infant baptism, I find no precedent for it in Scripture.
If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.
-C.S. Lewis