The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Infant baptism

Using those exigetical principals, this passage could just as easily venerate baptismal regeneration. Really!<br><br>I need some more time to think this over, and do some more reading, but my interim conclusion is that the kind of covenantal continuity that forms the basis of paedobaptism clearly makes a distinction between the new covenant and salvation. This is a dualism not found in the pages of scripture, and is just as unwarrented as the slice-em' and dice-em' hermeneutics employed by your typical dispensationalist. <br><br>I think it stems from trying to explain two seemingly irreconcilable truths found in scripture; namely, the assurance of salvation, and the many warnings not to fall away. These twin truths cannot truly be called anything other than a mystery. Explaining them by way of the aforementioned covenant/salvation duality is like trying to reconcile divine election and human volition. You either end up an Arminian or a hyper-Calvinist. Let mysteries be mysteries!<br><br>More later...