I have been compiling and trying to hit angles to this subject which I have not completely dealt with in the past. It’s an attempt to fill the gaps in my studies on baptism. This is all relatively new to me (about a year, now) and I want to try commenting on as much of it as I can. If it is a help to others, I’m even more pleased to post it.

“The preceding attitude of God to him will make his unbelief unbelief, his sin sin.”

It does have something to say about that nagging question about the baptized child who grows up and does not believe.

My Gwennie is a certified Hawaiian, having been born on HI soil. And though I was only born in FL, whenever I’m asked my birth location, it’s assumed that I represent everything Floridian, even though I don’t remember a bit of it.

Birth abroad … Citizenship … Family Law Basics

I can attest to this; Our oldest was born in England. Everybody always asks if he therefore has British Citizenship; but it doesn’t work that way (in England). We were in the American Embassy on the eighth day (plus or minus 20 days) and got him his American Passport. Sadly, I hadn’t figgered out infant baptism at that time, so he was dedicated (aka dry-baptized) at about 3mo, and baptized (at NLPCA) at about 2yr.

Funny thing, that trip to the states during which he got dry-dipped, when we returned to England with him and his passport, we were almost turned away because he didn’t have a visa. Mother & Father both had valid work visas, but not that third American Citizen. Reason prevailed, however, and we were allowed to take him into the country with us and keep him while we mailed his passport away with a visa application (which was approved!)

Now we were more honest than Christians at the time as well. We, as parents, determined to raise Molly with freedom to choose her beliefs by not explicitly indoctrinating her into witchcraft’s creeds or practices. Credo-baptist Christians do not do this with their own – they create a half-way dilemma for their kids in which the dedication and upbringing are Christian, but do not provide for inclusion in the covenant family of God. Essentially, this creates pagans being accepted into the family and church. Does the term Christian-in-name-only come to mind?

The world has the concept of baptism down perfectly. Children born outside the church, to non-Christian families are “baptized” into the religion of their fathers by full acceptance as just what they are, no “of age” requirements or professions of faith required at any point in order to become part of the family or culture or nation.

Once again, it seems most natural to me to think that the position of “believer’s baptism” as the only acceptable view of baptism is backward and unfaithful to the Scripture and God’s revealed system.

OPC paedocommunion – a great layout of the scriptural and historical grounds concerning paedocommunion.

PCA paedocommunion – a collection of position papers and statements on the issue.