Is Baptism the New Circumcision?

[Moriah]

Who said anything about a Christian. You can't become a Christian unless you are regenerated. A person becomes a Christian through regeneration not reformation. Keep on topic.

I was talking about Christians. A person gets Jesus’ teachings and obeys them, then they receive the Holy Spirit and then are regenerated, born again. They live their lives obeying Jesus’ teachings. Christians are being transformed by the renewing of their mind. What do you think renewing of your mind means? Renewing of the mind is about a different way of thinking…not just a different way of thinking, but thinking the words of the Creator Himself.

So you admit you live by the flesh.

Do not be deceitful. I live by the Spirit.

If one is to be transformed to the likeness of Christ it must be done through the power of the Holy Spirit.

How do you think that happens if you do not do what Jesus says?

True. Because good works don't save.
How hard is it for you to understand Romans 5:1?

Therefore being justified by faith we have peace with God.
We are justified by faith; not by obedience.

You just throw away all the words of God and repeat one scripture that you do not understand.

 

[Romans7man]

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3. Is there any connection between circumcision and baptism? The apostle Paul says that there is, in Colossians 2:11: “ In whom (Christ) you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ; having been buried with him in baptism, wherein you were also raised with him through faith.”

I didn't go back and read but a few posts here, so I'm not sure if someone has already stated this.

Baptism is not the new circumcision, but because we are baptized into Christ's death, burial, and resurrection, a circumcision does occur.

As the physical circumcision is the cutting and discarding of the flesh of the male's foreskin the circumcision that occurs with the believer is the death of the flesh. Read Romans 6-8 in the KJV and see how many times it referrs to the flesh, body, and members of the believer being crucified or put to death in some form or another.

We are to reckon it to be dead. This is a walk by faith and not by sight. Many talk of "putting the flesh to death", but that is not what a believer is told to do. A believer is told to reckon it already done, believe God and walk in that truth.