But those who go to church are not part of the new covenant though they sit under the preaching of the new covenant. Those in the church under the new covenant are regenerated. The new covenant is more spiritual compared to the old covenant which was less spiritual. And the meaning of circumcision should never, ever, be compared to the meaning of baptism. This mistake is often made by the Paedo-Baptist because he is semantically comparing the poorer to the richer, not the external and spiritual to the more spiritual.
Baptism is the outward sign of the inward change.
Circumcision is the outward acceptance of a nation-state obeying the commandments of God to included in the external covenant of God s redemptive plan. These are not the same things at all. I have not given an in-depth look at Scriptural passage for either side yet purposefully. Here, I just wished to set for the ideas which lurk in the minds of the Paedo-Baptist as he comes to the text. Terms like poorer and richer must be cast aside because they are subtle tools used to confuse men into believing something which has no basis in the Word of God.