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Overview of Pt.
I
Covenant of Grace Defined
Revealed in the Gospel
First to Adam and progressively until the NT
Based on eternal Covenant of Redemption
Only through this Covenant has anyone found salvation
Baptism Defined
NT ordinance ordained by Christ
Sign of fellowship with Him in His death and resurrection, of being grafted into Him, of remission of sins and of submission to God through Jesus Christ to live and walk in newness of life
Church Membership Defined
Only regenerate members of CoG are members of the Church
Only members of the Church are to be baptised
Children are not members of the Church
Baptists see discontinuity in the OT and NT in how God uses families to fulfill His covenant.
How does God use families to fulfill his covenant differently in the NT as opposed to the OT?
Acts 2:14-41
This leads us to our text tonight: (read 14-41)
Who and what is the Church?
This verse is often used by Presbyterians to proved a case for infant baptism
There is NO scriptural evidence of infants ever being baptised
Does God
Clarity and finality of the NT over the OT
We need to ask two questions in this text:
What is “the promise?”
The pouring out of the Holy Spirit
vs. 33
No longer the promise of the seed to come
God
Cannot separate salvation from HS
This is the promise of actual salvation by faith in the Seed that HAD come and lived and died and was resurrected
Not a future promise to be carried on by physical descendants
To whom is the promise made?
God’s people (the church)
Who are God’s People?
Those that the Father promised to the Son in the Covenant of Redemption (The Elect)
CoR involved two parties: Father and Son
Father promised a people to the Son
Son agreed to the terms
Covenant of Redemption
Evidenced by the eternal purpose of Father
Ephesians 1:
2 tim 1:
Realized through the obedience of the Son
Phil 2:
These chosen people are the members of the CoG
Once alienated/grafted in
Beneficiaries of a New Covenant mediated by Christ
True Israelites
Christ is Israel
Hosea 11:1
Jesus was called out of Egypt
Jesus went through the water
Jesus was tempted in the desert
Isaiah
Christ is the head of a spiritual nation
No longer an ethnic nation
In Him we are true Israelites
Dispy/Covenant
Christ centered hermeneutic vs. Israel centered hermeneutic
The Church
Always God’s Plan A and Goal
Not replacement BUT fulfillment
Matthew 16:1
The Church had always existed in the form of a Promise
But had not been realized in the OT
God used ethnic Israel to bring forth the promised Seed (Christ)
Done by passing down the Covenant of circumcision generationally
Now that Christ has come and His church is being built we see a change in the role of the family in regards to Covenant membership
An Emphasis on Bearing Children is No Longer Expressed in the NT
Ethiopian Eunuch in
Loyalty to a Physical Family is Upended in the NT
We see examples of familial loyalty throughout the OT
Noah and his sons
Ruth and Naomi
Jonathan and Saul
We belong to the spiritual family of God by adoption
It is this Spirit that dwells in our hearts that make us covenant members of the spiritual family of God.
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