To baptize infants, Reformed paedobaptists are inconsistent with their own definition of baptism. With little variation Calvin, Murray, and Marcel define baptism as cleansing, mortification, and union with Christ. Significantly, they each appeal to the necessary response of faith on the part of the one baptized. Therefore, baptism, according to their careful NT exegesis, represents an individual’s commitment to Christ. Each of them goes on to argue, however, for the baptism of infants who have not exercised faith and therefore have not been cleansed of sin, have not mortified (or are not in the process of mortifying) the flesh, and are not united to Christ. For example, how does Calvin stress baptism’s role in uniting a believer with Christ and still advocate the baptism of infants, who lack faith and therefore are not united to Christ? François Wendel rightly notes that “Calvin seems to be making union with Christ dependent upon reception of baptism, whereas almost everywhere