Brennan Cook’s Reviews > Believer's Baptism: Sign of the New Covenant in Christ > Status Update

“To be a member of Abraham's family now is not tied to a specific physical lineage, nor circumcision, nor any kind of physical links other believers. Rather, one becomes a part of Abraham's family only through faith union in Christ brought about by the Spirit (Gal
3:26-29).“ (135)

“We have, then, compelling grounds to reject infant baptism. We have seen consistently that those who are baptized have been regenerated by or received the Spirit (Tit 3:5; 1 Cor 12:13). It is difficult to see how the reception of the Spirit could be predicated of infants since the Spirit is received by faith (Gal 3:2,5) and infants do not exercise faith.” (Wright, 93)