The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Question for my credo friends

Fred...As a baptist, I would say that my child is outside the covenant.<br><br>William...This is most unfortunate. Those outside the covenant are not saved, and therefore, taking this understanding, all children would perish. I uphold a familial covenant, not an egalitarian one. I can no more know who is trully elect than you can, but can rightfully bring my children into the visible church. This is the dilemma I presented at General Baptist college; what are your children? Gonna-be christians? Wanna-be Christians? In answer, I again return to the fact we don't know who the elect are, but can surely know who is part of the visible Church. My children will be brought up not knowing to be anything else. This is also improper, because your children might indeed be part of the elect. God's grace makes us such, not our profession. Also..."believers baptism" is false. We simply do not know the heart. "Professors baptism" is accurate, and the London Confession of Baptist Faith admits this to be true...<br><br>The London Confession of Baptist Faith, Chapter XXIX<br>Of Baptism<br><br>II. Those who do actually profess repentance towards God, faith in, and obedience to, our Lord Jesus Christ, are the only proper subjects of this ordinance.<br><br><br>God bless,<br><br>william