self-deceived and exhorts you to test yourself to see whether you are in the faith. 2) A child’s profession of faith in Christ does not change the basic issues of childrearing. The parent’s goals are the same. The things the child is called to are the same. He requires the same training he required before. He will have times of tenderness and times of spiritual coldness. The parent’s task does not change when the child makes a decision. There are many passages
This is not adequate. We don't wait for our children to make a decision of whether or not to speak English. The concept that our children have to make a "decision" is non-sense from the standpoint that such transfers them into the state of "being saved." How does a parent know when their children know how to speak English? Gradually overtime their immersion in the English language causes them to slowly development mastery of it. Beginning with Baptism, and continuous immersion in the Family of God and his Word as it is faithfully followed, and they will develop into faithful followers of Christ.