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NASB | Luke 22:20 And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, "This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in My blood. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 22:20 And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, "This cup, which is poured out for you, is the new covenant [ratified] in My blood. |
Subject: Is baptism a sign of the New Covenant? |
Bible Note: "The way I understand the term from the Old Testament, one had to be circumcized in order to be a receipient of the benefits of the covenant." One became a member of the visible covenant people through circumcision, but were the spiritual benefits of the covenant limited only to the circumcised? "For indeed circumcision is of value if you practice the Law; but if you are a transgressor of the Law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. So if the uncircumcised man keeps the requirements of the Law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? And he who is physically uncircumcised, if he keeps the Law, will he not judge you who though having the letter of the Law and circumcision are a transgressor of the Law? For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh. But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God." --Romans 2:25-29 This is why a distinction is made between the visible church and the invisible church. Just because the circumcision by God of the heart made one a "true Jew" did not mean that the outward circumcision didn't take place. The latter visibly marked a child as a member of God's people and truly set him apart as a covenant member. Whether he would show himself to be a covenant breaker or a covenant keeper would remain to be seen. Whatever the true spiritual condition of the circumcised male, he and the rest of the outwardly circumsized were "in it together." --Joe! |