That is more or less what Jesus tells Nicodemus in John 3, you have to have a do-over. We call that being born again. For Nicodemus it meant that what was done to him 8 days after his birth wasn't good enough, he needed to be "born from above." In our tradition we baptize infants, but we baptize them into the household of faith, not into faith itself. Essentially their birth brings them into one family and in baptism we as the faith community adopt the child into our family and pledge to make sure that the child receives all the instruction we can give her. Our goal is to raise the child in the faith once delivered.
I wish that when we baptize infants they were good to go as far as salvation and eternal life are concerned, but I know the truth is that sin will have to be dealt with in their lives just like in mine, and if they don't turn to Jesus as the solution for that sin then I could pour buckets of water on them and it won't be enough.
We can't live in denial over sin. I wonder if Adam ever completely owned his sin? In Genesis 3 he deflected blame to "the woman you gave me." I hate that he says that because it is too often the way I think about my own life. I can make some excuses and I can envision scenarios where I could live a perfect life, completely devoted to God. Trouble is that I know that the reality is I am what I am and that's all that I am, just like Popeye. I need the do-over of rebirth from above if I am ever going to make any progress.
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