Correct!
For
you are all sons of God
through
faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For
all of you
who were baptized into Christ have clothed
yourselves with Christ. Galatians
3:26-27 (NAS)
Through baptism, we are buried with Christ...and
into His death, where His blood was shed.
Summary of
God's Covenants with Abraham and Moses, and
New Covenant |
God's Covenant With: |
Ratified by Blood?* |
Sign
of the Covenant |
1. Abraham |
Yes, animals were cut
in two and they passed between the cut
animals, a turtledove and pigeon (Genesis
15:8-10). |
Circumcision (Genesis
17:11) |
2. Moses and the
children of Israel: The Law of Moses |
Yes, after law was
given to Moses, he sprinkled the blood of
animals (young bulls) on the people (Exodus
24:8) |
Observing the Sabbath
(Exodus 31:12-17) |
3. All Men - Jews and
Gentiles: The New Covenant* |
Yes, with the blood of
Christ who was crucified on the cross
(Hebrews 9:24-26). Believers are baptized or
immersed in water...spiritually being immersed into
Christ and into His death. |
|
*Also called the New Testament
or the Law of Christ (Galatians 6:2, 1Corinthians
9:21).
Or
do you not know that all of us who have been
baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into
His death? 4 Therefore we have been
buried with Him through baptism into death, in order
that as Christ was raised from the dead through the
glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness
of life. 5 For
if we
have become united with Him in the likeness of His
death, certainly we shall be also in the likeness of
His resurrection, Romans 6:3-5 (NAS)
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