Since circumcision was the outward sign of the Covenant of Grace in the Old Testament (just as baptism is the outward sign of the Covenant of Grace in the New Testament), how many times could one be circumcised in the Old Testament? Only once! The Lord deliberately chose an outward sign that was not repeatable, for outward circumcision pointed to the promise of a single inward circumcision in cutting a believer off from all the guilt of his sin once and for all in his justification before God (Romans 4:11). Just as one is not justified before God repeatedly or more than once (though sanctification continues throughout a Christian’s life), so an unrepeatable outward sign (circumcision) pointed to an unrepeatable justification. So likewise, water baptism being the New Covenant equivalent of circumcision is intended by the Lord to be an unrepeatable outward sign and seal of God’s promise of an unrepeatable justification in being cleansed from all the guilt of sin once and for all (Revelation 1:5). Was the baptism of John the Baptist Christian baptism or were those baptized by John rebaptized by the apostles with Christian baptism? Our main points are: (1) The One, Unrepeatable Act of Water Baptism (Acts 19:1-5); (2) The One, Unrepeatable Act of Spirit Baptism (Acts 19:6-7).
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