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1.1 THE PRACTICE OF CIRCUMCISION IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
2.1 Abraham sign of covenant Genesis 17:10-24
SYMBOLISM:
Like a wedding ring
Identifies the children of the Abrahamic covenant
2.2 Shechemites circumcised and slain Genesis 34
2.3 Moses and/or his sons Exodus 4:24-26
2.4 Joshua entering land Joshua 5:2-7
2.5 David Michals bride price 1 Samuel 18:20-29
1.2 THE CRITERIA FOR GODS FAVOR Romans 2:25
2.1 Ritual must be backed by obedience Romans 2:25a
2.2 Ritual without obedience is discredited Romans 2:25b
1.3 WHAT REALLY COUNTS Romans 2:26-27
2.1 Reality without ritual counts with God Romans 2:26
2.2 The lawfulfiller is better Romans 2:27
1.4 TRUE SPIRITUAL REALITY Romans 2:28-29
2.1 What reality is not Romans 2:28
2.2 What spiritual reality is Romans 2:29
3.1 SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM:
A separated, pure, obedient walk
3.2 CONTRASTS
Physical | Spiritual |
External | Internal |
Guaranteed the physical and material blessings and inheritance of Israel | Guaranteed spiritual blessings |
3.3 MANIFESTATIONS OF SPIRITUAL CIRCUMCISION
4.1 The heart Deuteronomy 10:16; 30:6
4.2 The ear Jeremiah 6:9-10
4.3 The lips Exodus 6:12, 6:30
3.4 APPLICATION OF SPIRTUAL CIRCUMCISION
4.1 A separated walk 2 Corinthians 6:17-18
4.2 A pure walk Matthew 5:8
4.3 An obedient walk Colossians 2:9-15
25 For circumcision is indeed profitable if you keep the law; but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. 26 Therefore, if an uncircumcised man keeps the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision? 27 And will not the physically uncircumcised, if he fulfills the law, judge you who, even with your written code and circumcision, are a transgressor of the law? 28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh; 29 but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God. (NKJV)
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