The primary basis for the baptism of the covenant child is claimed to be found in God’s promise of covenant blessing to Abraham and to his “seed.” Abraham was justified by faith through believing in God’s promises to be his God and to make him the father of many nations (Gen. 12–17; Rom. 4). He and his “seed” would inherit Canaan as an everlasting possession. And, most important of all, the Lord promised to be the God of Abraham and
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