Infant Baptism and God's Covenant

1. The Covenant 2. The Promise 3. The Lessons The sermon defends the practice of infant baptism by grounding it in the doctrine of God's covenant as a family relationship of love and friendship. It argues that just as infants were included in the Old Covenant through circumcision, they are included in the New Covenant church and receive the sign of baptism. The preacher addresses the theological difficulty of unbelieving covenant members by citing Romans 9 to explain that salvation depends on God's sovereign election rather than human merit or conditional promises. Consequently, believers are exhorted to approach their children with humility, recognizing their total depravity, and to view parenting as a divine privilege despite the pain of potential rejection. The message encourages the congregation to trust in God's particular promise to the elect among them while faithfully rearing all children in the faith.