A dear friend of mine brought up this objection to paedo baptism. I'd be curious if any of you have heard this argument and have thoughts on how to counter it. He says he hasn't found anyone who can raise an objection to it. Thanks!
"What seems insurmountable to me is that the new covenant is made in Christ’s blood. A person cannot be in it unless His blood be applied to them. And that blood is only applied to the elect at the moment of faith. So the paedobaptist view inevitably leaves you with unbelievers who are somehow related to Christ in some other way than a saving faith-union with him. I don’t find anywhere that admits of such a relationship."
"What seems insurmountable to me is that the new covenant is made in Christ’s blood. A person cannot be in it unless His blood be applied to them. And that blood is only applied to the elect at the moment of faith. So the paedobaptist view inevitably leaves you with unbelievers who are somehow related to Christ in some other way than a saving faith-union with him. I don’t find anywhere that admits of such a relationship."