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The children of believers are a gift from God, and are a continuation of His church and part of His covenant. God gives faithful children to his elect as a manifestation of his covenant in the continued generations. Psalm 127:3, “Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is
Having been given many children, the believer does not fret about costs, but rather meditates upon the promise of salvation recorded in Acts 2:39, “For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.” Each child is received kn
Children are also included in God’s Covenant, for God establishes His Covenant with believers and their seed in the line of generations. Children are born in the Church, receive the sign of baptism in the Church, are members of the Church, and as such must be instructed by the Church. But, someone m
There is a great benefit to the children of believers in that they are raised within the sphere of the covenant, witnessing the godly marriages of their parents and being led by their godly example. This is not the exclusive way in which God works, but it is the ordinary. As children or young people
Parents of these covenant children vowed before the church of God that they shall see these children brought up in the fear and nurture of the Lord. They shall see that these children are educated to the best of their ability. These children are not really theirs; they are children of God. They have
This shows how important it is, as parents of the church cannot receive the sign of the covenant towards their children without vowing before God to raise them in the knowledge of the Lord and the gospel of salvation. God promises to save in generations, so the children of the believers are in the c
Now, we confess with our “Baptism Form” that these privileges and blessings of the covenant are not restricted only to adult believers, but that they also belong to the children of believers (not that every child born of believing parents will share in the blessings of the covenant; but then, neithe
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Included in this personal faithfulness of God is His gift of the covenant also to a believer’s children. Such is the faithfulness of God that extends the covenant to a man in his generations. This explains our delight in and emphasis on the children and youth. They are not merely the deference that
Children of believers are baptized by virtue of the covenant which God establishes with believers and their seed. Adults (those who are believers and have reached the years of discretion, but have not been baptized) are to be baptized by virtue of their confession of faith. They are admitted into th