“Raise your hand if you knew that the Westminster Confession taught baptismal regeneration…Baptism means that the one baptized has a sign and seal of the covenant of grace, has been grafted into Christ, has the sign and seal of regeneration and forgiveness of sins, and has the obligation to walk in newness of life…baptism is efficacious. But the efficacy of the sacrament is not tied to the moment when it is administered. By means of baptism, this efficacious grace is conferred on the elect at the appropriate time, the time of conversion, and it is the applied grace of their baptism.”1 – Doug Wilson
Want More Context?
Here are some links to other blogs and podcasts dealing with this and other issues in more depth:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAqhpb-UF40
https://greenbaggins.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/are-children-assumed-to-be-saved/
https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermons/213232214116948
https://www.apuritansmind.com/book-reviews/the-black-list-reformed-is-not-enough/
https://reformed.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Federal-Vision-Doug-Wilson-and-Infant-Baptism.pdf
https://heidelblog.net/2013/11/for-those-just-tuning-in-what-is-the-federal-vision/
https://learn.ligonier.org/guides/the-federal-vision
https://www.trinityfoundation.org/PDF/The%20Trinity%20Review%2000221%20251FederalVision.pdf
https://dougwilsonsays.com/blog/declared-to-be-heretics/
https://dougwilsonsays.com/blog/still-affirm-federal-vision/
Footnotes
Footnotes
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Douglas Wilson, “Reformed” is Not Enough, 2nd ed., Canon Press, 2010, loc. 1256, Kindle Edition. ↩