Circumcision was a sign of the covenant God made with Abraham. It was a requirement of the law. As with the other laws, circumcision was a requirement on the path of justification through the law. This justification is unobtainable. Even Abraham was not justified because he was circumcised according to the law. Abraham was only justified because of his faith that one day the law would be fulfilled, on his behalf, just as we are justified believing that the law has been fulfilled on our behalf by Jesus.
Baptism, unlike circumcision, is not a means of justification but rather an identification with Christs' death and resurrection. Justification is through faith alone in Jesus. In response to the putting to death of our flesh and the newness of life in the spirit made possible through faith in Jesus we physically represent this through the process of baptism. What an amazing demonstration of the death and resurrection of Christ in our life...
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