Re: [TruthTalk] Question Regarding Covenants & Salvation

[Dave Hansen]

DAVEH:  Again, thanx for the explanation.  Do you feel that the OT sacrificial rites were similarly related....that is, were signs of a covenant?  If so, why do you think they needed to be replicated? David Miller wrote: 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. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.langlitz.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you wish to receive things I find interesting, I maintain six email lists... JOKESTER, OPINIONS, LDS, STUFF, MOTORCYCLE and CLIPS.