John 3:18  He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God. ASV

John 3:18  He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. KJV

Joh 3:18  The one believing into Him is not condemned; but the one not believing has already been condemned, for he has not believed into the name of the only begotten Son of God. LITV

Joh 3:18  He who believes on Him is not condemned, but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only-begotten Son of God.  MKJV
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CLONES!
  Everyone born into the human race are all born automatically under condemnation. Even Clones!
This is not as far-fetched as you might imagine folks. Animals have already been successfully cloned and now they are talking about cloning a human being.
 Hey...! I wonder if Covenant Theologians will say that a Clone of a Christian is a Covenant child?  HA! That's a good one!

ARMINIANS:
  All who do not believe [unbelievers] are under condemnation; Arminians do not believe [are unbelievers]; TF Arminians are under condemnation.

The argument is of course whether or not Armies are true believers. They’re Not! The god they believe in is some other god than the God of Scripture. Their god loves everybody including the reprobate. Did their god love the reprobate from eternity, as he does the elect? Does he then change when they are born and hate them, as Scripture declares that he does? Ps 5:5 Or does he love them while they are in this life and then change back to hating them again when they die? Or maybe he continues to love them while they are in Hell under his wrath and continue to blaspheme him for all eternity. The jesus they believe in is some other jesus than the Jesus of Scripture. Their jesus died for every last buddiee in the entire human race who ever was or shall be born. That means he died for those who died in their sin before the cross and were already suffering the wrath of God for their sins. Their jesus was also suffering the wrath of god for the same sins at the same time. That’s blasphemy against the blood of the Son of God as well as an affront to the Justice of God! The "atonement" they believe in is some other atonement than that which is according to the  Scriptures. Their ‘atonement’ atoned for nobodies sins in particular. It only ‘atoned’ for some nebulous, generic notion of "sin" and as such was "sufficient" to save every last buddy in the entire human race who ever was or shall be born. But it was absolutely powerless to actually save anybody at all. It only "made salvation possible" for everybody and anybody who happens to exercise their free-will decision and "accept jesus as my personal savior." That means that they do not believe in Biblical Christianity or the Biblical Gospel. Therefore...they’re unsaved.

COVENANT THEOLOGY:
  All who do not believe [unbelievers] are under condemnation; Infants do not believe [are unbelievers]; TF infants are under condemnation.

That means Covenant Theologians baptize people who are under condemnation. Unless they can prove that infants believe the Gospel there's no way around it. Moreover I have had CTers tell me that if a person who has grown adult children becomes a believer the grown adult children are now "in the covenant" and should be baptized even if they have no interest in the Gospel. At least they are consistent in their false doctrine.



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