I don't really wish to read the link you gave me. A summary would be helpful but unnecessary. The problem is an incorrect tendency to keep equivocating baptism with the elect. At best you apply baptism only to professors. Not all who profess are of the invisible/elect group. This established, the next question is who belongs to the visible covenant?

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Act 8:14-23 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost. But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God. Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee. For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity. (KJV)

I do not understand how baptism can be said to be exclusive to the elect.

I'll also add that my understanding of baptism doesn't come from one passage. There is an understanding of the covenant discussed here, https://www.the-highway.com/forum/showthr...p;o=&fpart=. There is a historical practice discussion here, https://www.the-highway.com/forum/showthr...p;o=&fpart=. There is a thread on the Visible/Invisible distinction here, https://www.the-highway.com/forum/showthr...p;o=&fpart=. There is a linguistic understanding of how the baptism was administered through the family here, https://www.the-highway.com/forum/showthr...p;o=&fpart=


God bless,

william