"But I was baptized as an infant…"

As we have already discovered from previous lessons in God's Holy Word, faith and repentance are prerequisites to baptism.
The concept of infant "baptism" is completely foreign to the Holy Scriptures.

The practice of infant baptism stems from the erroneous teaching of "original sin".
The Bible does not give one single example or one command of any baby being baptized anywhere.
The Word of God does not teach babies are born separated from God.

On the contrary, Jesus taught that the kingdom of heaven belongs to little children…

Matthew 19:14, "But Jesus said, 'Allow the little children, and don't forbid them to come to me; for to such belongs the Kingdom of Heaven.'"

To explore the topic of infant baptism we must also look into and understand the man-made, false teaching of "original sin." 

The idea behind baptizing a baby is to remove "original sin", i.e., the sin of Adam and Eve.

But if humans are "born in sin" and separated from God, then Jesus would not have been sinless. Jesus was not 50% God and 50% man. 
We know from scripture that He was 100% God and 100% man.

1 Peter 2:22, "Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in His mouth"; (NKJV)

Hebrews 4:15, "For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin." (NKJV) 

Sin is something we commit. Sin is not something we are born with or "in".

1 John 3:4, "Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. (NKJV)

The process of falling is a step-by-step process where we turn away from God and commit acts contrary to His Divine Will.

James 1:14-15, "but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death."

Notice in these verses that nowhere does it even imply we are born in sin.

Paul taught that we fall short because we sinned-
Romans 3:23, "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God."

The word "sinned" is an active verb. It means we did something. We sinned. Although we have a disposition to sin, we are not born lost. We are not born separated from God. How can babies who can't even speak or reason, sin?
Paul emphasizes this idea again:

Romans 5:12, "Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned."

Nowhere does the context say men were born into sin. It says death comes because we all sin. The word "sinned", again, is an active verb.

This means we have an active hand in our own downfall. It is something we do to ourselves. Sin is an act committed on purpose with a purpose.

We commit sin! We are not born condemned. The act of Adam gave men the choice to sin because sin was now present and available.

In the Garden of Eden, Adam's eyes were opened and he realized he had a choice to obey God or disobey. He saw the two paths laid out before him: obedience to God's stated Word or disobedience to that same Word.

God gives us free will. The Bible says we all at one point or another have chosen the wrong path.

Adam's act brought death. In choosing to follow Adam's path we die.

Jesus Christ's act brings life. In choosing to faithfully follow Jesus' path we live.

But whether in Adam or in Christ (the Second Adam, 1 Corinthian 14:45), we make a choice. And the end result is a result of that choice we make freely:

Romans 5:19 "For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous."

Or in other words:

In Adam, we do not die until we choose to disobey. 

In Christ we do not live until we choose to obey.

But the end result of either is from the choice we make to obey or disobey.
Both choices we have exist in the world as a result brought about by the actions of these "Adams".

Adam's disobedience doesn't make every baby born lost anymore than Christ's death automatically makes every human being found or saved. 

Through Adam, sin has been made available to each of us. Through Christ, righteousness has been set before us.

If every human born was separated from God because Adam sinned and died, then every human being would be spiritually alive (saved) because Jesus obeyed and lives.

But we can't be saved unless we make a decision and choose to follow Christ. In the same way, we don't die spiritually until we choose to disobey God—and sin.

When Adam's "eyes were opened" he realized he had a choice—and we know what choice he made. Whether we live or die ultimately comes by a choice we make.

Another problem with the doctrine of "original sin" is that it teaches people they don't have to take responsibility for their own sins.

Paul explains that there was a time when he was alive once (probably meaning as a child), but when God's Law came (and he broke it), he died—just as Adam and Eve died when they sinned.

Romans 7:9, "For I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin came to life, and I died."

Even in the Old Testament there is evidence to reason that babies are not born lost and separated from God:

Job 3:11-13, "Why did I not die at birth? Why did I not perish when I came from the womb? Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breasts, that I should nurse? For now I would have lain still and been quiet, I would have been asleep; Then I would have been at rest..."  (NKJV)

The Bible often uses the term "sleep" and "rest" to describe a person who has died and gone to heaven. We see this in passages such as 1 Corinthians 15:6,18,20.

The reasoning behind the error of baptizing babies and infants is to remove "original sin" so that if they die they will go to heaven.

The goal of every human should be to enter into Heaven when this life is done. Only proper study and obedience will get the job done. 

We will continue this lesson in our next time together...God bless...