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Steve asks averagefellar (and all paedobaptists [implied]):
So there you are! The Bible clearly requires repentance and faith as pre-requisites for baptism. We see that John asked for 'fruits worthy of repentance', that the apostles only baptized those who 'gladly received' Peter's word, and that Philip required a clear and credible statement of faith from the eunuch.

Case made?
The case is made for what is required for the baptism of ADULTS, which we all agree upon and which has never been questioned. But the case has hardly been made for the discontinuity of excluding believers and their "seed" from receiving the sign of the new covenant. The reason is, IMHO, that you simply can't. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Nowhere can it be found that a radical change in covenant policy was mandated whereby children of believers are to be ostracized from the covenant community and refused the sign which was done for thousands of years. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

In His Grace,

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simul iustus et peccator

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