Is Infant Baptism Sin?

The better question is, "is infant baptism" (IB) contrary to the gospel?

The reason why I say this is because to call it sin then requires a specific response along the lines of Matthew 18:15. And this issue, having been made now public by Mark Dever, allows for further discussion of something normally swept under ecclesiastical carpets (see http://blog.9marks.org/2009/03/the-sin-of-infant-baptism-written-by-a-sinning-baptist.html).

But you'll notice that far from responding to the issue has sin, our brother fellowships with brethren who baptise infants. Obviously he doesn't regard it as sin, say as he would sin in his church, right?

Since the gospel can be preached without the doctrine of baptism included it isn't contrary to the gospel. Paul writes forcefully that "Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel" (1 Corinthians 1:17).

Instead, IB is a religious practice inherited from one's theological forefathers to whom one feels indebted. It is not sin, but it is dangerous since it confuses the proper biblical response to the gospel, placing baptism prior to faith. When practitioners of IB see this, they, like Adoniram Judson, flee the practice for biblical revelation.

Or, as people do in our church who were sprinkled as infants, they get baptised, leaving behind the heritage of beloved theological forefathers for a clear conscience (1 Peter 3:21).