Sunday, November 13, 2011

Baptism and the Relationship Between the Covenants

"What has brought about this change? Ultimately the answer is rooted in Christology. The person and work of Jesus, the new covenant head, requires a change. As we progress across the canon, we move from type to antitype, from covenant heads such as Adam, Noah, Abraham, and David to Christ; and with Christ, we have change. This is the reason why it is not correct to view the church, as paedobaptists do, as simply the replacement of Israel, a kind of “renewed” instantiation of it."

For those who are wrestling through and/or would like to better understand the issue of paedo or credo baptism, this gives a wonderful explanation.

Written by Stephen J. Wellum, Baptism and the Relationship Between the Covenants.

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