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Originally Posted by jpechin  Quote:
Originally Posted by North Jersey Baptist Jeremiah,
The 1689 LBC, the confession you purport to hold to, states: Quote: Chapter 10 - Effectual Calling
Elect infants dying in infancy are regenerated and saved by Christ through the Spirit; who worketh when, and where, and how he pleases; so also are all elect persons, who are incapable of being outwardly called by the ministry of the Word.
( John 3:3, 5, 6; John 3:8 ) |
Are you in agreement with the confession? If you answered in the affirmative earlier in the this thread I haven't read it. The thread is long and I won't be reading each post.
| I am in complete agreement with the 1689 LBC on this matter. In fact, I don't think that the status of any infant should be elevated beyond this knowledge in any way. Elect children dying in infancy will go to heaven, and we can say no more. I am simply arguing that to add to this statement is unnecessary - we don't need some heartfelt assurance to families that a child born to their covenant family somehow provides added assurance that their child is in heaven, and this is really beyond what the scriptures firmly establish. God is just in all matters, He establishes His elect, and the wind blows where it wishes, not where we assume.
I hope that this sentence structure is clear enough. It seems like some forum deity is handing out labels of 'obtuseness' for those that don't have perfect knowledge or sentence structure. Careful, he might brand you, as well. |
Hey:
If the child of a believing parent is considered a "saint" (read post #131 above), then we can in good conscience make the claim that children of Believers dying in infancy are, in fact, elect, 1 Cor. 7:14.
We comfort bereaved Christian parents by pointing them to the Promises of God found in the Scriptures. The Credo-Baptist position that you hold causes you to look at the situation from the decrees of God. Consequently, you say "I don't know" because no one can know the Decrees completely.
We live our lives by faith in the Promises of God. If we live our lives out of the Decrees, then we would be constantly asking ourselves whether we are saved or not.
The Promise is to you, your children, and to those who are afar off...
Try to leave your credo-baptist prejudices aside, and look at the Scriptures from a Reformed Covenantal perspective.
Blessings,
Rob Wieland