Pilgrim,<br><br>Very simply, what drives me to believe that we are to treat our young offspring prior to making a credible profession of faith as ones that Christ died for is the fact that they are to be baptized. When the apostle addresses the saints, or when the prophets addressed Israel, it seems rather apparent to me that they did not exclude any who had received covenant status through the sign and seal of the day. <br><br>Blessings,<br><br>Ron