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Originally Posted by PuritanCovenanter  If what you say is true than you should be out baptizing all humans everywhere. Do they all not have the capability to receive grace? I don't agree with you and I believe History and the scriptures are on the side of the confessional baptists. |
I never doubted that was your conviction. And no doubt it is that conviction which leads you to make this reduction ad absurdum. But the fact is, it doesn't apply in this case because baptism is received on the basis of faith. In the case of the convert, his own faith; and in the case of his children, the convert undertakes to teach this faith to them. But with respect to the Lord's supper, there is an actual exercise of faith upon which the efficacy of the sacrament depends.