Say for argument sake, the person who I quoted used the phrase, “God the Father reveals Christ in His time”, to describe the phenomenon of a “covenant” child coming to (saving) faith.

I don’t like the phrase, “reveals Christ”, to describe regeneration because it implies that a covenant child was merely not paying attention, almost like in a coma-like state, and never heard Jesus Christ preached from the Word of God….

Is there a better way to express the inner work of the Holy Spirit in such an instance? Is this particular phenomenon directly addressed in scripture?

This is the closest thing I can find to a type of assurance…

“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
Proverbs 22:6 (ESV)

Last edited by Anthony C.; Sun Nov 13, 2022 8:44 PM.