The practice of baptizing infants has no precedent nor authorization through command in the Word of God. The Bible says that whole "households" were baptized at different times (Acts 11:14; 16:15, 27-34; 18:8; 1 Corinthians 1:16; Hebrews 11:7 & 1 Peter 3:20-21). However, there is no evidence that suggests that the baptism of these "households" involved infants. In the first century a household could include male and female servants as well as spouses or offspring.

The evidence regarding baptism is that it was never designed for babies. The Bible says that a candidate for baptism must be able to believe that Jesus is the Son of God and to confess this belief (Acts 8:35-39; Romans 10:10). The Bible also says that candidates for baptism must be able to repent of (renounce) sin (Acts 2:38). This would involve the knowledge and recognition of what constitutes sin (2 Corinthians 7:10-11). Further, the Bible says that the candidate for baptism makes his/her own determination that they wish to be saved from their sinful condition (Acts 2:37; 8:24, 36-38). Infants have neither the ability nor the inclination to meet these God-given requirements.

Finally, the Bible says that infants are pure of heart, and of the nature of mind and soul that will be found in heaven (Matthew 19:14). The Bible says clearly that no sin nor any soul to whom sin is accounted or imputed will be allowed into heaven (1 Corinthians 6:9-11). Since the infant has no sin imputed to it because of the innocence and purity of its heart there is therefore no sin to wash away in baptism (Acts 22:16).

The phenomenon of infant baptism or "christening" was and is a tradition contrived by man. The Bible's clear omission of it as either a command or by example is evidence enough that infant baptism has no place as a regular practice in the church that answers to Jesus and uses the Word of God as its standard.