Part Two
Bibliology: 14 THE COVENANTS OF SCRIPTURE
A DISPENSATIONAL THEOLOGY
By Charles F Baker
Bibliology: 14 THE COVENANTS OF SCRIPTURE
A DISPENSATIONAL THEOLOGY
By Charles F Baker
In
Romans 4 Paul distinguishes between Abram in uncircumcision and Abraham in circumcision.
In this two-fold relationship Abraham became the father or leader of two
different groups of God’s people. He was first of all the father of the
uncircumcision, that is, of the Gentiles who were to be saved or justified by faith
alone apart from circumcision and the law. For this reason Paul called his gospel
the gospel of the uncircumcision (Galatians 2:7). Abraham then became the father of the circumcision, that
is, of the natural descendants of Abraham who would inherit the specific
blessing of the covenant. For this reason Peter’s message is called the
gospel of the circumcision. The word gospel does not simply mean salvation
from sin: it includes salvation unto something. Paul’s gospel of the
uncircumcision was a salvation unto membership in the Body of Christ. Peter’s
gospel of the circumcision was salvation unto the promised spiritual and
temporal blessings in the Messianic Kingdom. All of God’s good news is based
upon faith in the work of Christ, so that there is no difference between these
two gospels in this respect, but there was a difference between them in regard
to nationality, ceremonies, dispensational program, and ultimate destination.
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