No. I hoped my disclaimer would have clarified this. I was just attempting to show that the passages used are not ionstructional to baptismal prerequisites, but are soteriological passages. <br><br>The Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order, Chapter XXIX<br>Of Baptism<br><br>V. Although it be a great sin to contemn or neglect this ordinance, yet grace and salvation are not so inseparably annexed unto it, as that no person can be regenerated or saved without it; or that all that are baptised are undoubtedly regenerated. <br><br>I would think that my understanding is probably extremely close to the Presbyterian understanding.<br><br>The Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter XXVIII<br>Of Baptism<br><br>VI. The efficacy of baptism is not tied to that moment of time wherein it is administered;[16] yet, notwithstanding, by the right use of this ordinance, the grace promised is not only offered, but really exhibited, and conferred, by the Holy Ghost, to such (whether of age or infants) as that grace belongeth unto, according to the counsel of God's own will, in his appointed time.<br><br><br>God bless,<br><br>william<br><br>