Luther and Children

Catholics and Lutheran teach the sanctification of children through infant baptism, though I do not personally see  it in the scriptures, they do have to reconcile it to scripture since they believe it.

One out is they might say it isn't in scripture but was taught orally. Yet the scriptures aren't silent, and give enough information to refute their position.

Infant baptism and faith only together are sorely incompatible.

1. Infant baptism is thru other's faith, it can't be a condition of the individual.

2. Faith must come later, however, for salvation to be through faith.

3 faith would be expressed in confirmation and following.

Luther at this point, the point of confirmation, would say the child is justified through faith alone; but Peter said sanctification was "unto obedience". There is a body of commands they are set apart to obey.

1Pe 1:2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

An obedient spirit is necessary, not just faith the priest absolved. I Peter 1:2 is controversial in that it could be "sanctification by the Holy Spirit, or by the persons spirit", if by the person's spirit it would require all people to change their minds and learn before being obedient and then cleansed.

Even if sanctified by the Holy Spirit, it could be through the word, since the Spirit gave the word.

1Co 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

1Co 2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

The Spirit was sanctifying the Church through the word.

Faith only from Luther's perspective was hypocritical and diverges from scripture.