Baptism

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Col. 2:11, 12: "In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made
without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the
circumcision of Christ; buried with him in baptism, whereas also ye are risen
with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from
the dead." .
Phil. 3 :3: "For we are the circumcision which worship God in the spirit and
rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh."
Circumcision
Baptism
Ritual cut flesh cleanse flesh
Reality
Recipients
circumcision of Christ
circumcise the heart
cut off "flesh"
baptism by the Spirit
cleanse the heart
wash the conscience
Jewish nation
Every nation
All in the household (males) All in the household (males and females)
The only difference is the recipients which now includes all nations and
includes females.
Paul notes that baptism has replaced circumcision referring to baptism as "the
circumcision of Christ" and "the circumcision made without hands." Of
course, it was mainly infants who were circumcised under the Old Law;
circumcision of adults were rare, because Jews were very intolerant to
gentiles and refused consistently to evangelize. If Paul, in making this
parallel, meant to exclude infants from baptism, he would have said so.
Essence of Covenant did not Change
The strange fact about covenants is that they always included the seed.
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