not these things?” (3:10). It is therefore incorrect to say that the Kingdom simply replaced natural birth with spiritual birth, for otherwise Nicodemus as a teacher in Israel could not have known of spiritual birth. And hence the foundation of Barth’s criticism of infant baptism in the Kingdom of God is clearly refuted. As Paul says, “Know therefore that they that are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham” (Gal. 3:7). The blessing of Abraham has come upon the gentiles in Christ Jesus (Gal. 3:14).