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37, please explain what you think the New Covenant community is.
I've brought up the parallel between the Mosaic Covenant and the Nation Israel in connection with circumcision and I've stated that the New Covenant Church, the Israel of God, has a similar connection with baptism.
When you read through the sermon to the Hebrews, you need to focus on the Covenant teachings of the speaker. If you miss that, you will never grasp what he is exhorting to the church in which he is preaching.

 

Peter doesn’t say “we”, but “ye”, which means Gentiles were once not God’s people. It doesn’t refer to Israel. Your reference is incorrect.

 

The KJV, ESV and NIV do not capitalize pronouns of deity.
Here is John Owen on the subject in his commentary on Hebrews:
'The last aggravation of this sin with respect unto the blood of Christ is that it is that "wherewith he was sanctified." This is not a real internal sanctification, but a separation and dedication unto God, in which sense the word is often used. Some have thought that this refers unto the person guilty of the sin here insisted on; but the design of the Apostle in the context leads plainly to another application of these words. It is Christ himself who is spoken of, who was sanctified and dedicated unto God to be an eternal High Priest by the blood of the covenant which he offered unto God. That precious blood of Christ whereby he was sanctified and dedicated unto God, they esteemed an "unholy thing," that is, such as would have no such effect as to consecrate him unto God and to his office.

Another important point is that if people who have been sanctified by God can fall away to such an extent that they regard the blood of the covenant an unholy thing, that plays into the hands of the paedobaptists who 'baptize' infants into the new covenant but hold that they can fall away. Baptists have always believed that new covenant in Christ's blood is for all time and so did the writer to the Hebrews (Hebrews 10:15-17; cf. Jeremiah 31:31-34).

 

*1 Peter 2:9-10*
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

 

Your interpertation that "He was sanctified" is not Biblically correct in Hebrews 10:29. Also I do not hold that the saved can become lost.

 

1. It is not my interpretation, but that of John Owen and all (SFAIK) the 17th Century Particular Baptists.
2. So do you believe that someone who was sanctified by the blood of the new covenant (i.e. the blood of Christ. 1 Corinthians 11:25).can trample the Son of God underfoot, count the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing and insult the Spirit of grace? I am surprised if a Baptist can believe that.

 

It doesn't say our faith is filthy rags. It says our RIGHTEOUSNESSES are as filthy rags.

 

I'm sorry it's unclear. Our righteousnesses are as filthy rags in God's sight. What are OUR righteousnesses? To the ancient Israeli, it was keeping the Mosaic Law. To us, it's church attendance, tithing, not cussing, not getting drunk, not committing adultery, not lying, not stealing, etc., for the purpose of EARNING our salvation and/or obtaining God's favor apart from BELIEVING GOD and depending on His Christ.

Abraham didn't do that. Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness. Salvation come by believing God. That's not filthy rags, seeking to earn salvation or obtaining favor with God apart from Christ. No, that is obedience to God's command.

 

Thanks for referencing Isaiah 64:6, but I was asking where the Bible says our faith is 'as a filthy rag.
Romans 4:5. 'But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted as righteousness.'

 

Wrong interpretation.

 

#33.

 

2 Peter 1:1. '.....To those who have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ.'
Jere Peter tells us not only that our faith, far from being 'dirty-rag' is actually precious, and something we have obtained from the Lord Jesus Christ. It is truly the gift of God.