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[color:"blue"] As a mother of 6 "child dedications", it stands on the premise of Hannah taking Samuel to the Temple to Eli to dedicate him to the Lord.



You mean the OT helps interpret the NT?

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[color:"blue"] Surely all of David's sons were circumcized, but we know not all of them received the inheritance of salvation.



And therein lies the crux.......why doesn't the new covenant follow the same pattern for Baptists?

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[color:"blue"] I have also been blessed to see 6 children baptized in what I truly believe to be sincere conversions, but in no way did I believe that my children received salvation, or even the promise of salvation at their dedications.



I have seen my children baptised, but feel the exact same concerning salvation. Why do we differ?

Next question.......where, in the NT, or new covenant, or the practice of the early church, do we find simple dedications over baptism?


God bless,

william