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I don't think you dealt with my post. Maybe my point wasn't made clearly enough. My point is that we may not say that Baptism is not for the converted alone simply based upon our inability to discern who the converted are. This should be quite recognizable for the credo-communionists since we do believe that communion is for the converted alone, even though we cannot know who the converted are. Accordingly, the discussion over who qualifies for baptism cannot be resolved over our inability to discern the state of the soul. In other words, I believe it is a mistake to argue that we should baptize babies simply because we cannot ensure a converted visible church through the means of credo baptism.

Except, and one more time, that's neither everything I said nor what I believe. Now, please show scripture that states the same requirements for both sacraments.

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Do you know of any baptist who thinks that the credo baptism ensures that only the elect or converted will be baptized? Accordingly, to argue against such a position seems at least to be a waste of time, if not to beat up on a strawman.

I can provide a thread where this was discussed. While they may not directly state such, I believe this is the end result of some baptist thinking. Now I ask you, who are the proper recipients of baptism?


God bless,

william