![]() What would make it probable? That baptism engrafts a person into God’s church and covenant? But in the Old Covenant, we certainly see many covenant members who were apostate. “But … on what basis can you say that, Pastor? Given that many thousands of children just like our little daughter do perish - that’s what you said - what makes it probably that ours didn’t?”Īnd I have no idea what you, if you were following Beza, would say. Probably she was adopted into his family. ![]() But again, my answer to your question - is our daughter in heaven? - is probably. “Um … many thousands of baptized children are never regenerated, but perish eternally.” Nor do all the prayers you’ve prayed or the prayers we prayed at baptism….” It’s not as if baptism gives you that sort of guarantee. “Pastor, is our daughter in heaven?”įrom Beza’s perspective, I suppose your answer is “Probably.” ![]() You had baptized her when she was a week old, and now they want to know what value that baptism had. A few weeks ago, their four-month old daughter died. Perhaps I’m beating a dead horse here, but here’s the flipside of what I wrote earlier about Beza’s claim that thousands of baptized children end up perishing eternally (“How would he know?”): Where does Beza get the idea that a baptized child is probably (but only probably) one of God’s children?Ī couple comes to you, their pastor, with a serious question. Category: History, Theology - Liturgical ::
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