If we take knowing to mean a knowing in the salvific sense, we then remove grace from the Old Covenant. Since people in both covenants are saved by grace, this is not limited to the New Covenant alone. I can't see how we can equate knowing with grace.

However, (get out your towels for when ya'll faint) the baptist might have something here. The New Covenant is not entered into through nationality or birthrite, but by profession. I can see where this is true and what the baptists uphold. I agree. I have actually conceded this point on other occasions; all of uphold the credo position for adults.

However, this does not change the practice of entire households receiving the covenant sign as well. I believe this has been the basic practice of the Church throughout history. Baptism at birth as part of the visible covenant which has always included adults and their children.


God bless,

william