Assertion: baptism | /r/HasProperty | sign
Facets:
value: like circumcision
type: OTHER
value: according to luther's small catechism
type: OTHER
value: for adult converts
type: OTHER
value: eminently
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Wesleyan covenant theology further teaches that baptism is a sign and a seal of the covenant of grace:
text: Of this great new-covenant blessing, baptism was therefore eminently the sign; and it represented "the pouring out" of the Spirit, "the descending" of the Spirit, the "falling" of the Spirit "upon men," by the mode in which it was administered, the pouring of water from above upon the subjects baptized.
text: Not only so, this physical link with the people of God immediately carries with it great privileges, and baptism is a sign of these.
text: So baptism is extraordinary important, this is the initial rite of the Christian's obedience, but it also is a sign that builds up the faith, not only of the person being baptized, but of the rest of the Church community, is they ...
text: Baptism is a sign.
text: If baptism is a sign that a person is a member of God's covenant community, and if the children of believers are members of that community, it follows that the children of believers should receive the sign that they are members of God's covenant community by being baptised, as an infant is entitled to a passport that indicates the child as a member of a particular country.
text: Baptism is a sign that someone has turned from (‘repented of’) living to please themselves and instead has chosen to live God’s way.
text: Moreover, Calvin and Zwingli both agreed that baptism was a sign and proof of faith, but they differed in emphasis.
text: According to Luther's Small Catechism, baptism is a sign that "the old person in us with all sins and evil desires is to be drowned through daily sorrow for sin and repentance, and that daily a new person is to come forth and rise up.
text: For adult converts, baptism is a sign of what Christ has done for them, forgiven them and washed them.
text: Like circumcision, baptism is a sign of being united to him in his death by faith.
text: Peter says that the flood waters of Noah symbolize baptism, because baptism is a sign of dying to sin, the washing away of sin by Christ’s blood, and living by faith in Christ.
text: In identifying these, he also makes the point that baptism is a sign and pledge of our being in covenant with God.
text: But baptism is also an illustration; a sign.
text: Baptism by water is a sign that a person has repented, received forgiveness, renounced evil, and died to sin,1 through the grace of God in Christ Jesus.