Willem van Oranje
Puritan Board Junior
A child being raised by pagan parents is not a covenant child. There is a promise in the Old and New Testaments of a true spiritual blessing on the children of believers. It is spiritual, not merely concerned with externals. We believe that God will regenerate and save our children. We presuppose, not presume, but presuppose they are elect. That is why they receive the sign of baptism. However, it has nothing to do with genealogy as some Baptist falsely accuse us. Through Presbyterian (or Congregational ) loins, nothing gets passed except for sinful corruption. The covenant blessing is purely spiritual, based on God's promise to be a God to us and to our children. It applies just as much for an adopted child as it does for one born naturally of Christian parents.