Their Hope In God

I. Parental faith and infant baptism - Joshua 5:5-7.
The land of Canaan was not promised to the Israelites irrespective of faith; the sign of the covenant witheld for a time due to unbelief, Psalm 95. What this interruption teaches us.

II. Baptism vows and administration.

III. Their hope in God - Psalm 78:1-11.
In this psalm we have church history and lessons from it paralleled.

1. The great depravation to be avoided v4.
2. Both the truth and our children are in the church of God v5.
3. The church continues through the family v6.
4. The great aim of all our teaching v7.
5. The fearful alternative v8-11.