INTRODUCTION

I. OT BACKGROUND

   A. Circumcision and Covenant

     1. Covenants in General

     2. Covenants and Oaths

     3. The Abrahamic Covenant

   B. The Implications of Circumcision and Covenant

     1. No Automatic Blessing (Deut. 10:16; Jer.
4:4)

     2. External and Internal Reality to the
Covenant

II. THE NT REALITY

   A. Baptism as a Curse Sign (1 Pet. 3:20-21)

     1. Floods, Oceans, the Abyss, and the
Deep.(Gen. 1:2 → Rev. 21:1)

     2. The Flood and Baptism (2 Pet. 3; Eph.
4:9-10)

   B. Baptism as a Blessing Sign (Rom. 6:3-4)

     1. Baptism and Union with Christ

     2. Jesus Bore the Curse of the Covenant

Col. 2:11-12; Gal. 4: 4-5; Isaiah 53:8; 2 Cor. 5:21;
Gal. 3:13

CONCLUSION

Our baptisms should make us look back, take
inventory today, and look forward to the new
creation.