I am profoundly uncomfortable with placing Noah’s faithfulness front and center as the means for which the covenant was established.
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I am profoundly uncomfortable with placing Noah’s faithfulness front and center as the means for which the covenant was established.
From this Murray proceeds to discuss the remaining Old Testament covenant revealing how they are consistent with the Abrahamic covenant in not requiring a view of covenant that stipulates "mutual compact or agreement."
The rainbow reminds God of His unconditional covenant with all of creation. And as such, it reminds us of God's faithfulness.
"If it is proper to administer baptism to infants, then the import of baptism must be the same for infants as for adults. You cannot have one meaning for infants and another for adults." - Murray
There has been a recent rash of "Trinitarian Controversy" among evangelicals. I am not inclined to actually enter the fray.
The priestly selection for the new temple have been completed and the Holy Spirit’s expansion is complete. The church has reached its resting place in fulfillment of Christ's promise.
"The efficacy of infant baptism principally consists in this that it is to us the certification or seal that God works in accordance with this company provision and fulfills his covenant promises. It is, after all, the Lord's own nurture which infant baptism signifies and seals."