{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Christ Covenant Church","title":"Baptism and Covenant Commitment","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4473,"description":"1. Baptism \n1.1. What happens in baptism? \n1) We take the sign which represents our life-long marital vow of faith/faithfulness to Christ as our Head/Husband necessary to establishing a saving covenant w/Him and becoming a part of His Bride, the church, - i.e., God’s family (Mar 16:16; 1Pe 3:21 “appeal” = A vow/pledge; “good conscience thru the resurrection” = God receives our vow of faith and applies the forgiveness secured thru Christ’s death and resurrection [giving us a good conscience before Him – i.e. we are now right w/God or justified]; Jer 31:31-34 “Husband…I will be their God and they shall be My people = Marriage”; “I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it” = Similar to Sinai [Exo 24:7-8], a vow of faithfulness [to God and His Law] wb taken to secure the covenant and salvation/justification; Act 20:28 “church of God which [Christ] purchased with His own blood” = Jesus gave His life as the bride-price for the church [Eph 5:25]; Gal 3:26-27 “clothed” = You are now a part of Christ’s lineage/family, the lineage/family of Abraham/promise [v16], the lineage/family of the sons of God [v26] who do the deeds of Abraham [Joh 8:39] and the will of the Father [Mat 7:21 w/12:50] b/c they have traded their earthly family/loyalties for loyalty to God’s family [hence v28]). As such, we now consider ourselves not only dead to sin/flesh/the world (no longer trusting their judgment or seeking to fulfill their desire) but under the daily obligation to put them to death through trust and obedience to the Spirit - or Christ and His Law. IOW: we must flee what is familiar [our flesh/the world/blood family] and embrace what is foreign [the Spirit/Christ/His Law/God’s family/the church]) to maintain what we have gained (Rom 8:12-13 [w/Joh 14:26, 16:13-15]; 1Co 9:21[Gal 6:2]; Gal 5:16; 1Jo 2:15-17; Rom 6:1-18). \n \n2) We receive initial cleansing[1] of our sins (justification/right standing/forgiveness/propitiation) by the Holy Spirit in regeneration...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/UXGjftzm8Yw--IISwUKe6A6-CX1YtARptisfLmFJFoI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81Zjc4/MmNmNTMxZjNmOTgw/YjA1NWRhYmMxMTNl/YmE1Zi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}