QUESTION: Should we not baptize infants against their will, since Ephesians 6:4 teaches that adults are baptized against their will?
ANSWER: Since Ephesians 6:4 has nothing to do with baptism, it is assumed that the author of the “question” is referring to Romans 6:4. Neither of these passages, however, teaches that adults are to be baptized against their will. To the contrary, Romans 6:16-17 clearly shows that obedience from the heart requires a ‘yielding of one’s self,’ which means to give up; to surrender. In Revelation 22:17, Jesus said, “whosoever will” may come!