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NASB | Colossians 2:12 having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Colossians 2:12 having been buried with Him in baptism and raised with Him [to a new life] through [your] faith in the working of God, [as displayed] when He raised Christ from the dead. |
Bible Question:
Saints and brethren, Greetings in the name of Jesus! "...and in Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ; having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead." Colossians 2:12 NASB Is water baptism the sign of the New Covenant? Would it then be the promised 'circumcision of heart?' "Moreover the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live." Deuteronomy 30:6 NASB Also, would water baptism be a fulfilment of the Old Testament command? "Circumcise yourselves to the LORD And remove the foreskins of your heart, Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, Or else My wrath will go forth like fire And burn with none to quench it, Because of the evil of your deeds." Jeremiah 4:4 NASB. Blessings one and all! In Christ Jesus, charis |
Bible Answer: Water Baptism is a sign of the New Covenant because it is an outward show of dying with Christ and rising with him again in victory. The Holy Spirit does the circumcizing of the heart; our role is to desire it. If we yield ourselves to the Holy Spirit, obey God's commands, and are holy (Be ye holy, for I am holy, saith the Lord), the Holy Spirit can circumcize our hearts. But, we must be holy. We cannot yield to sin and expect the Holy Spirit to circumcize our hearts. We recently had a service at my church where we asked the Holy Spirit to do just that. Those desiring to have God circumcize their hearts went forward for prayer and the work was begun. It is being accomplished still. It is an ongoing work of the Holy Spirit. I can only speak by my own experience. |