DaveH wrote: > Do you view circumcision in a similar light > as baptism...it being a covenant?
Yes, I view it in a similar light, but I would not use the words you used, "it being a covenant." Circumcision is a sign of the convenant, actually used for more than one covenant in history (both Abrahamic and Sinaitic covenants for example), and baptism also serves this purpose, as a sign of a covenant with God through Jesus Christ. I believe that a covenant sign is one reason that Jesus was himself baptized by John. However, baptism has other purposes as well, and one is to provide a means of establishing faith in Jesus Christ. It is a vehicle for expressing faith, the same way that an automobile is a method of allowing gasoline or diesel to propel cars. David Miller. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
