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Romans 2:25-29 · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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You guys be seated. We are continuing through our study of Romans, Romans chapter 2, if you want to turn there.
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! And as you are doing it, take a little survey real quick. By show of hands, how many of you have seen the TV show Matlock? Anybody?
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I just divided the room by age. Matlock, an attorney from Atlanta, Georgia, wore the gray suit every day, or the same gray suit.
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And almost in every episode, in dramatic fashion, he would make a closing statement that was far superior to the other attorneys.
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In Romans chapter 2, Paul has been making a case against the religious, moralistic Jewish people.
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You know, those that look down on the Gentiles that Paul listed in Romans chapter 1.
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So he's making this argument, making this case, and we come to verse 25 through verse 29.
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And this is Paul's closing argument for the case that he's making against the religious leaders.
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So Paul, by the leading of the Holy Spirit, leaves no room for any religious, moralistic person to boast.
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He has removed what they trusted in.
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And what they found their security in, which was their heritage, them being Jewish, their bloodline, being God's chosen people.
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And based on Romans chapter 2, they can also no longer trust in their actions.
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In fact, Paul called them hypocrites.
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They can no longer trust in being better than others, because Paul is making a case that,
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though you may not be Gentiles like Romans chapter 1, you still are just as guilty.
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They can't trust in their security of knowing and having knowledge of the law.
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And this morning, Paul attacks their religious activities or ceremony mainly by discussing circumcision.
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So let's read verses 25 through 29.
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I'll pray and we'll kind of jump right in.
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For circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law.
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But if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.
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So if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
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Then he who is physically uncircumcised but keeps the law will condemn you who have the written code and circumcision but break the law.
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For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical.
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But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter.
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His praise is not from man, but from God.
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Let's pray together.
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Father, I ask now that you would speak to us this morning.
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The words that are spoken would be your words.
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The words that I have written down on a piece of paper would be your words this morning.
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That if there's something on there that is false, that you would allow me to pass over those words.
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God, if something false comes out of my mouth, God, I pray that we would forget those words.
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Pray that you are honored and pleased by what is spoken this morning.
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But more importantly, you're honored and pleased by what you do in the hearts of the people here and what we do in response to what we have heard from you.
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God, we love you.
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We thank you for Jesus.
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And it's in his name we pray.
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Amen.
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So what I thought I'd do first is, since circumcision is a word that we don't really throw around very much,
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unless you've had a child or a boy, you probably haven't heard that word in quite a while.
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I thought I would kind of explain, not in detail what it is, but why it's here, why it's in the Bible, what was the point of it,
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and then kind of dig into the text.
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So, Genesis chapter 17, if you guys want to turn there.
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Genesis 17, God has just finished reminding Abraham of the new covenant that he made with Abraham.
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That he changes his name from Abram to Abraham.
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And he says, you're going to be father to many, many generations.
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I'm going to bless you through your bloodline.
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So, Genesis chapter 17, starting in verse 9, we have circumcision for the first time.
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And God said to Abraham, as for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring, after you throughout their generations.
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This is my covenant which you shall keep between me and you and your offspring after you.
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Every male among you shall be circumcised.
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You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.
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Circumcision was a ceremony meant to remind the people of the covenant made between God and Abraham.
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It was a reminder of the promise that God made to bless generation after generation.
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That Abraham would be the father to many.
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It was also a way that God was setting apart the people of Israel.
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It was a way that even the Jewish people knew that they were Jewish.
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And they setting them apart from the rest of the people in the area and of the world.
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It also was symbolic of the uncleanness that needed to be removed.
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To communicate in picture form their need to rid themselves of sin.
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By it being the very organ that passed the sin from generation to generation.
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Circumcision was a reminder of the covenant that had been made and the covenant to come.
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A Savior would come and cleanse them from all their unrighteousness.
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Now that of course is what it started out to be.
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That's what God's intention was.
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But men corrupted it into just a religious activity that separated people from one another.
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Not in a set apart holiness way, but in a superiority I'm better than they are way.
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We are God's chosen people.
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This act proves it.
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That we are God's chosen.
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And eventually because of their sin.
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Man's sin.
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What God intended to remind them of him.
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Had been watered down.
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And only reminded them of themselves.
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And how special they thought they were.
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So why is all this important?
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Because unless you've had a child.
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Circumcision doesn't happen in our churches.
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For sure.
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Because circumcision to the Jewish people.
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Is baptism to the Baptists.
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Is name another religious activity to another religious group.
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It is important because though we don't have ceremonies of circumcision.
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We in this room have ceremonies of baptism.
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Both are an outward expression of what God has done on the inside.
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Or at least that's what God intended them to be.
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And that is where Paul is leading us in the text this morning.
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There are three points this morning.
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The first being that circumcision or any religious activity in Christianity is valuable and is worthless.
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It is valuable and it is worthless.
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The second being that circumcision is not just for the Jews.
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And the third, circumcision is a matter of the heart.
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Now I'm sorry I didn't get very creative with these three points.
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There's no wordsmithing.
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It's straight from the text.
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So let's go.
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First point.
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Circumcision or any religious activity in Christianity or Christendom is valuable and worthless.
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Verse 25 says,
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For circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law.
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But if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.
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The value in being circumcised only occurs when the law is obeyed.
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It is the only thing that justifies the religious act.
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That's what Paul is saying.
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A religious act though is just that.
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It's just an act unless God has already changed the heart by which one can obey the law.
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That's the only way a religious act is important.
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This verse will be considered blasphemous to the Jewish people of Paul's time.
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Because not only has Paul questioned the value of this religious activity of circumcision.
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He has also said that it has no worth.
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It's worthless.
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Like the Gentiles who they thought were worthless dogs.
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If they cannot obey the law.
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So what religious life they have made with self-effort and self-determination is now being destroyed by Paul's letter.
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And for us, by the word of God.
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But this shouldn't surprise us at all.
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Especially up to this point in Romans.
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Paul has destroyed any ability for a religious person to trust in any of their action.
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He's destroyed any ability to trust in our own action that is not around Christ.
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That is not founded in the act and action of God through Christ.
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See, this is what the gospel does.
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It tears apart and destroys any ability of yours or mine to boast in.
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It destroys any ability for you or my own righteousness to make a difference.
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Because the gospel is completely 100% dependent on the work of Christ.
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So what Paul is saying here to us is that our religious activities, our baptism, our singing the songs, if you keep the law, are good.
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But if you don't, it is worthless.
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In other words, it is worthless unless it is a direct result of Jesus Christ in your life by which we obey the law.
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See, the gospel leaves no room for you and I to boast.
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None.
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It is a very one-sided action.
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We respond to the gospel, but after God has revealed himself to us.
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We can't even boast in our own religious activities.
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That's the point of Romans chapter 2.
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We cannot boast in anything we do except in Christ.
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And it is Christ who allows us or Christ in us that allows us to obey the law and only that.
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So circumcision or any religious activity is valuable and worthless.
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But not only that, in verse 26 and 27, circumcision is not just for the Jews.
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Now, we're just progressing through the text here, so when we get to the conclusion of verse 29, you'll see that Paul kind of flips everything upside down.
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Verse 26 and 27, circumcision is not just for the Jews.
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Now, originally, circumcision was one of the ways that God set apart the people of Israel.
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Okay?
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But now Paul is saying to all of us that circumcision is no longer just for the Jews.
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So being set apart is not just for the Jews now.
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Verse 26.
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So if a man who is uncircumcised, meaning a Gentile, keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
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Then he who is physically uncircumcised, but keeps the law, will condemn you who have the written code and circumcision, but break the law.
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Becoming a Christian, becoming set apart, has nothing to do with who you are.
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It has nothing to do with what you have done.
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And this is what Paul is telling the Jewish religious leaders.
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It doesn't matter what you've done.
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It doesn't matter who you are anymore.
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A Muslim can be converted.
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A Buddhist can be converted.
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A Catholic can be converted.
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A Hindu can be converted.
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A church-going American can be converted.
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It has nothing to do with us.
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And becoming a Christian is all about Jesus Christ and His call on a life.
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Paul again shakes up the religious Jewish people because they thought that they were the elect.
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They thought that they were God's chosen people.
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Now, for the time they were, but they were representing the spiritual church.
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They were representing God and Christ's church.
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They thought being members of this elite club was an eternal membership.
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They thought that they were part of this elite club in town.
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And like any club, they had control of who was going to be the members and who was not.
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They thought that they were going to be able to send out the invitations and invite who they wanted to.
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But that's not the case.
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Jesus Christ is the gatekeeper.
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He is the one that invites.
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He is the one who sends out those invitations.
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Last week in Philippians chapter 3, we talked about Paul's resume.
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Turn to Philippians chapter 3.
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We're going to stand a couple minutes there and then come back to Romans.
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Philippians chapter 3.
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We're reading verse 7 and kind of go back a couple of verses and then move forward again.
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Starting in verse 7, Paul says, same author, same guy.
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It says, but whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.
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Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus as Lord.
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So we're not sidetracking here.
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We're not chasing rabbits.
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This has to do with our sermon this morning.
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What gain did Paul have?
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But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss.
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Well, that gain is his resume in verses 5 and 6.
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It says, circumcised on the eighth day of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a heaver of Hebrews, as to the law of Pharisee, as to zeal, a persecutor of the church, as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
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So all of that, Paul says, it was gain.
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But I count all of that as loss.
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And why is all that gain?
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Why does he count all that as gain?
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Because being God's chosen has its benefits.
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Like being schooled in the law.
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They were taught God's word.
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They had knowledge of the law.
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That was to point to Christ.
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They were beneficiaries of God's favor up to this point.
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But now because of Christ,
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Paul can write in Romans chapter 2,
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in verse 27,
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then he who is physically uncircumcised,
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the Gentiles,
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but keeps the law,
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will condemn you who have the written code.
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They will condemn
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the Jewish religious people.
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Because the Jewish people
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had all the advantage.
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They had everything set before them.
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God clearly
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moved among them.
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And still they have stubborn hearts.
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And still they refuse to believe
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in Christ.
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That's gain.
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Those things are gain that Paul lists.
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But he has to lose them all
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and says,
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I counted all as loss
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for the sake of Christ.
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Because Christ is much better.
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He counts all of that as loss.
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And not in a way like,
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I wish I could have that,
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but I will sacrifice.
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It's not in that at all.
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But in a willingness
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because something is far better.
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Now it's an odd comparison
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because it's not like comparing
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garbage to filet steak.
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Though that's an easy decision.
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Because the stuff that Paul lists
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in 5 and 6,
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his heritage,
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his teaching,
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his zeal,
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those were good things at the time.
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They had value.
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What makes it odd
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is that what did have value
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no longer has value.
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It's flipped.
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So what was filet
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is now garbage
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compared to Christ.
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In fact,
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everything compared to Christ
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is far worse than garbage.
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It is worthless.
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And compared to Christ,
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our best is nothing.
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And he says in Philippians,
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the surpassing worth
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of knowing Christ Jesus,
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my Lord.
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The surpassing worth.
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Paul says the worth
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of knowing Jesus
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is far greater
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than anything else.
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Look at that.
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It isn't just a knowledge either.
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He says,
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surpassing worth
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of knowing Christ Jesus,
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my Lord.
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It is a personal relationship.
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It is having that intimacy
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that has surpassing worth.
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Not our religious activities.
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Not our baptism.
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Not circumcision.
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Not the songs we sing.
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Not the books we read
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or the five points we master.
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It's none of that.
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Knowing and having a relationship
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with Christ
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is far better.
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Surpassing worth
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of knowing Christ Jesus.
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is an intimate,
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real,
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pure,
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convicting
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knowledge
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of Christ.
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So let's read further
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in Philippians chapter 3
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verses 8 and 9.
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Indeed,
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I count everything
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as lost
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because of the surpassing worth
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of knowing Christ Jesus,
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my Lord.
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For His sake,
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I have suffered
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the loss of all things
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and count them
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as rubbish
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in order that I may
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gain Christ
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and be found in Him,
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not having a righteousness
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of my own
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that comes from the law.
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But that which comes
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through faith in Christ,
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the righteousness
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from God
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that depends
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on faith.
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He isn't just
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losing something.
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It is losing something
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that he saw
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was damaging to him.
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That Paul saw
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as a detriment to him.
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Paul saw
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that his religion,
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his self-righteousness,
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in verse 9 he says,
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righteousness of my own
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that came from the law.
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Religious activity
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was damaging
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or damaging to him.
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And it's damaging
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to you and to me.
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Our self-righteousness
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damages us.
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It is what we must lose.
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We must put aside.
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And this is the point
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that Paul is trying
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to get at here
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saying circumcision
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is worthless
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unless you obey the law.
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And you can't obey
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the law without Christ.
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So your religious activity
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is worthless
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to the Jewish people.
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We must break
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from our moralistic view
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and gain a kingdom view.
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We must break
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from our religious traditions
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and practice holiness.
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We must break
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from our religious apathy
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and pursue Christ
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no matter where
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that takes us.
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Knowing Christ
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is far better
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than anything else.
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Far better.
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And because Christ
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is far better
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and received
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only by faith
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not by works
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Paul can say
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in Romans chapter 2
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that circumcision
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is for all people
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as long as it is
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a result of Christ
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and not
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a religious activity.
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The pursuit
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of the law
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through religious activities
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gets us nowhere.
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And it is
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why religion
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is damaging
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to our souls.
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Religion leads
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to death
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and Jesus
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is life.
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So we've built up
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to this point
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verse 28 and 29.
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And the third
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final point
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circumcision
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is a matter
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of the heart.
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It says
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verse 28
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For no one
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is a Jew
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who is merely
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one outwardly
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nor is circumcision
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outward and physical.
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In other words
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what makes a person
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a Jew
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is not what they wear.
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It's not what they practice
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or what they do.
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It is who they are.
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They're born into it.
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It's a blood
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thing.
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And likewise
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circumcision
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is much more
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than just a physical act.
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It is more.
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It isn't
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this religious activity
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or religious practice.
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In verse 29
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Paul clearly
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communicates this.
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It says
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but a Jew
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is one inwardly
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and circumcision
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is a matter
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of the heart
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by the spirit
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not by the letter.
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His praise
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is not from man
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but from God.
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See Paul
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if Paul
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hasn't already
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rocked
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the religious
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leaders
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his closing
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statements
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do.
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If they weren't
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mad already
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they're mad now.
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For Paul
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now says
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that circumcision
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is no longer
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a religious action
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but a God action.
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It's no longer
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something you do
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it's what I do
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is what God
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is saying.
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It is no longer
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something that
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we can do.
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Now
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hear me
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we can do it.
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We can baptize.
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We can
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sing the songs.
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We can read
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our Bibles
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but without
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being born again
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without becoming
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a Christian
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it still leads
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to eternity
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without God.
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And the religious
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leaders were
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banking on
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their action
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leading to
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salvation.
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Their action
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being what
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saved them
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is only
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what God
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can do.
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If circumcision
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represented
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the old
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the dirty
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the fleshy
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filthy
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being removed
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to show
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a membership
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in God's
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family
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then what
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more is
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circumcision
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of the heart?
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Circumcision
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of the heart
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is God
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removing
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the old
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filthy
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sinful
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flesh
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from our
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bodies
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and giving
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us
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a new
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heart.
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Ezekiel
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11
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verse 19
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and 20
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I'm going to
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read it
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but pay
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attention
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to these
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pronouns.
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Ezekiel
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11
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19
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and 20
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this is
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God
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speaking
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and I
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will give
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them one
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heart
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and a
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new
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spirit
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I
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will
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put
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within
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them
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I
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will
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remove
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the
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heart
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of
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stone
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from
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their
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flesh
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and
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give
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them
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a
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heart
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of
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flesh
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that
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they
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may
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walk
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in
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my
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statutes
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and
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keep
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my
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rules
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and
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obey
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them
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and
24:12
they
24:12
shall
24:12
be
24:12
my
24:13
people
24:13
and
24:14
I
24:14
will
24:14
be
24:14
their
24:14
God
24:15
that's
24:17
good
24:18
news
24:18
that is
24:19
God
24:20
speaking
24:20
God
24:22
acting
24:22
the
24:24
heart
24:24
of
24:24
stone
24:24
the
24:25
dead
24:25
heart
24:25
without
24:26
life
24:26
is
24:26
removed
24:27
by
24:27
God
24:28
and
24:28
in
24:29
its
24:29
place
24:29
is
24:29
the
24:29
heart
24:30
of
24:30
flesh
24:30
a
24:32
new
24:32
heart
24:32
where
24:33
we
24:33
may
24:33
walk
24:34
in
24:34
his
24:34
way
24:35
obey
24:36
his
24:36
laws
24:36
and
24:37
glorify
24:37
him
24:38
if
24:39
what
24:40
Paul
24:40
is
24:40
saying
24:41
is
24:41
circumcision
24:42
is
24:42
a
24:42
heart
24:43
things
24:44
if
24:44
circumcision
24:45
is
24:45
a
24:45
matter
24:46
of
24:46
the
24:46
heart
24:47
done
24:48
only
24:48
by
24:49
God
24:49
then
24:51
I
24:52
would
24:52
argue
24:52
that
24:52
obeying
24:53
him
24:53
is
24:54
also
24:55
a
24:55
matter
24:56
of
24:56
heart
24:56
both
24:58
require
24:59
a
24:59
supernatural
25:00
action
25:01
on our
25:01
lives
25:02
both
25:03
require
25:03
God
25:04
to
25:05
work
25:05
and
25:07
both
25:07
are
25:08
done
25:08
through
25:08
Jesus
25:08
Christ
25:09
the
25:10
religious
25:11
leaders
25:11
the
25:12
Jews
25:13
they
25:13
followed
25:14
the
25:14
law
25:14
the
25:15
law
25:15
was
25:16
their
25:16
confidence
25:16
that's
25:18
where
25:18
they
25:18
put
25:19
their
25:19
confidence
25:19
in
25:20
it
25:20
was
25:20
what
25:20
they
25:21
thought
25:21
that
25:21
would
25:21
lead
25:22
to
25:22
salvation
25:22
through
25:23
when
25:23
the
25:23
Messiah
25:24
came
25:24
the
25:25
Messiah
25:25
would
25:25
come
25:26
and
25:26
reward
25:26
the
25:26
greatest
25:27
of
25:27
servants
25:28
if I
25:29
can
25:29
just
25:29
follow
25:30
these
25:30
rules
25:31
and so
25:33
they
25:33
followed
25:33
the
25:34
letter
25:34
of
25:34
the
25:34
law
25:34
they
25:34
followed
25:35
it
25:35
Paul
25:35
says
25:36
righteous
25:37
following
25:39
the
25:39
law
25:40
in
25:41
Philippians
25:42
3
25:42
they
25:44
lived
25:45
within
25:45
the
25:45
guidelines
25:46
that
25:46
was
25:46
set
25:47
up
25:47
so
25:48
they
25:49
could
25:49
follow
25:49
and
25:49
obey
25:50
but
25:52
Paul
25:52
writes
25:53
that
25:53
circumcision
25:54
is a
25:54
matter
25:54
of
25:54
the
25:54
heart
25:55
by
25:56
the
25:56
spirit
25:57
not
25:57
by
25:58
the
25:58
letter
25:58
so
26:00
whatever
26:00
confidence
26:01
they
26:01
had
26:01
whatever
26:02
confidence
26:03
you
26:03
have
26:04
in
26:04
your
26:04
baptism
26:05
or
26:05
in
26:05
your
26:06
walking
26:06
down
26:06
the
26:07
aisle
26:07
or
26:07
in
26:07
your
26:07
songs
26:08
that
26:08
you
26:08
sing
26:08
or
26:08
the
26:08
things
26:09
that
26:09
you
26:09
read
26:09
whatever
26:10
confidence
26:10
you
26:11
have
26:11
has
26:11
been
26:11
thwarted
26:12
whatever
26:14
security
26:15
you
26:15
have
26:15
has
26:15
been
26:15
destroyed
26:16
by
26:18
this
26:18
truth
26:19
that
26:19
circumcision
26:20
is a
26:21
matter
26:21
of
26:21
the
26:21
heart
26:22
by
26:22
the
26:23
spirit
26:23
it
26:24
is
26:24
the
26:24
holy
26:24
spirit
26:25
that
26:25
circumcises
26:25
no
26:26
longer
26:26
a
26:26
priest
26:27
it
26:27
started
26:28
out
26:28
being
26:28
something
26:29
done
26:29
in
26:29
the
26:29
house
26:29
then
26:30
it
26:30
went
26:30
down
26:30
to
26:31
the
26:31
it
26:31
was
26:31
a
26:32
priestly
26:32
activity
26:33
that
26:33
the
26:33
priest
26:33
did
26:34
after
26:34
eight
26:34
days
26:35
of
26:36
the
26:36
child
26:36
being
26:36
born
26:37
now
26:38
it's
26:38
the
26:38
Holy
26:39
Spirit
26:39
doing
26:39
it
26:39
for
26:40
us
26:40
and
26:40
it
26:40
will
26:40
never
26:41
change
26:41
in
26:43
Acts
26:43
chapter
26:44
two
26:44
Paul
26:46
right
26:46
after
26:46
Peter's
26:47
sermon
26:47
at
26:47
Pentecost
26:48
in
26:49
verse
26:49
37
26:50
and
26:50
38
26:50
right
26:52
after
26:52
a
26:52
sermon
26:52
Peter
26:54
gets
26:54
done
26:54
laying
26:55
down
26:55
the
26:55
gauntlet
26:56
on
26:56
the
26:56
people
26:57
there
26:58
at
26:58
Pentecost
26:58
and
27:00
they
27:00
say
27:00
now
27:01
when
27:02
they
27:02
heard
27:02
this
27:02
they
27:02
were
27:03
cut
27:03
to
27:03
the
27:04
heart
27:04
by
27:06
Peter
27:06
what
27:07
he
27:07
had
27:07
just
27:08
spoken
27:08
and
27:09
said
27:09
to
27:09
Peter
27:09
and
27:10
the
27:10
rest
27:10
of
27:10
the
27:10
apostles
27:10
brothers
27:11
what
27:12
shall
27:12
we
27:12
do
27:13
what
27:14
shall
27:14
we
27:15
do
27:15
and
27:16
Peter
27:16
said
27:16
to
27:16
them
27:16
repent
27:17
be
27:18
baptized
27:18
every
27:19
one
27:19
of
27:19
you
27:19
in
27:19
the
27:20
name
27:20
of
27:20
Jesus
27:20
Christ
27:20
for
27:21
the
27:21
forgiveness
27:22
of
27:22
your
27:22
sins
27:23
and
27:23
you
27:23
will
27:24
receive
27:24
the
27:24
gift
27:25
of
27:25
the
27:25
Holy
27:25
Spirit
27:26
the
27:27
Holy
27:27
Spirit
27:27
is
27:27
a
27:28
gift
27:28
to
27:29
those
27:29
who
27:29
become
27:29
Christians
27:30
so
27:31
if
27:31
you
27:31
are
27:31
a
27:32
Christian
27:32
and
27:32
you
27:33
have
27:33
a
27:33
circumcised
27:34
heart
27:34
you
27:34
have
27:34
a
27:34
new
27:35
heart
27:36
if
27:37
you're
27:37
not
27:37
a
27:38
Christian
27:38
you
27:38
can
27:39
have
27:39
a
27:40
new
27:40
heart
27:41
we
27:43
have
27:43
a
27:43
new
27:43
heart
27:44
because
27:44
God
27:44
chose
27:45
to
27:45
love
27:45
us
27:45
by
27:46
sending
27:46
his
27:46
son
27:47
to
27:47
live
27:47
a
27:47
sinless
27:48
life
27:49
and
27:51
because
27:51
of that
27:51
sinless
27:52
life
27:52
we
27:52
can
27:53
have
27:53
new
27:54
hearts
27:54
on
27:56
the
27:56
cross
27:57
Jesus
27:57
had
27:57
you
27:58
and
27:58
me
27:58
in
27:59
mind
27:59
and
28:00
not
28:00
in
28:00
a
28:00
hallmark
28:01
corny
28:02
Christian
28:02
picture
28:03
way
28:03
he had
28:04
you
28:04
and
28:04
me
28:05
in
28:05
mind
28:05
when
28:06
he
28:06
said
28:06
it
28:07
is
28:07
finished
28:07
he
28:09
was
28:09
drawing
28:10
a
28:10
conclusion
28:10
to
28:11
the
28:11
need
28:11
of
28:11
any
28:12
religious
28:12
activity
28:13
to
28:13
set
28:13
apart
28:14
people
28:14
it
28:15
is
28:15
finished
28:16
from
28:16
that
28:16
moment
28:17
on
28:17
all
28:18
who
28:18
become
28:19
Christians
28:19
have
28:19
been
28:19
set
28:20
apart
28:20
based
28:20
solely
28:21
on
28:21
his
28:21
work
28:22
not
28:22
on
28:22
anything
28:23
that
28:23
that
28:24
person
28:24
does
28:24
based
28:25
on
28:25
his
28:25
work
28:26
the
28:26
father's
28:27
call
28:27
and
28:28
the
28:28
Holy
28:28
Spirit's
28:28
draw
28:29
God
28:31
has
28:31
been
28:31
at
28:31
work
28:32
for
28:33
the
28:33
world
28:34
till
28:34
now
28:34
for
28:36
his
28:36
glory
28:36
and
28:36
our
28:37
joy
28:37
and
28:37
he
28:37
will
28:38
succeed
28:38
so
28:40
our
28:40
question
28:40
this
28:41
morning
28:41
is
28:41
will
28:42
we
28:42
depend
28:42
on
28:42
him
28:43
and
28:43
achieve
28:43
will
28:45
we
28:45
depend
28:46
on
28:46
him
28:46
to
28:46
achieve
28:46
it
28:47
and
28:47
be
28:47
part
28:47
of
28:47
his
28:47
work
28:48
or
28:50
will
28:50
we
28:50
be
28:51
dependent
28:52
on
28:52
our
28:52
own
28:52
work
28:53
and
28:54
be
28:54
a
28:54
detriment
28:55
ourselves
28:55
to
28:55
those
28:56
who
28:56
are
28:56
doing
28:56
kingdom
28:57
work
28:58
a
28:59
life
28:59
that
28:59
has
29:00
been
29:00
circumcised
29:01
a
29:01
heart
29:02
that
29:02
has been
29:02
circumcised
29:03
is a
29:03
new
29:03
heart
29:04
it
29:05
is
29:05
someone
29:05
who
29:05
does
29:06
everything
29:06
for
29:07
the
29:07
glory
29:07
and
29:08
worship
29:08
of
29:08
God
29:09
verse
29:11
29
29:12
the
29:12
last
29:12
sentence
29:13
his
29:14
praise
29:14
is not
29:15
from
29:15
man
29:16
but
29:16
from
29:16
God
29:17
another
29:18
way
29:18
to
29:18
say
29:18
that
29:19
the
29:19
praise
29:20
of
29:20
God
29:20
is
29:21
his
29:21
goal
29:21
it
29:22
is
29:22
his
29:22
drive
29:23
the
29:24
praise
29:24
of
29:24
man
29:24
no
29:25
longer
29:25
entices
29:26
it
29:29
is
29:29
the
29:29
praise
29:30
of
29:30
God
29:30
and
29:32
that
29:32
is
29:32
what
29:32
you
29:33
and
29:33
I
29:33
must
29:33
pursue
29:34
that
29:35
is
29:36
what
29:36
you
29:36
and
29:36
I
29:36
must
29:36
cling
29:37
to
29:38
the
29:39
praise
29:39
of
29:39
God
29:40
Paul
29:43
has
29:43
laid
29:43
it
29:43
out
29:44
for
29:44
us
29:44
he's
29:46
concluded
29:46
chapter
29:47
two
29:47
and
29:47
of
29:47
course
29:48
he
29:48
didn't
29:48
have
29:48
chapters
29:48
when
29:49
he
29:49
wrote
29:49
this
29:49
but
29:49
he
29:49
concluded
29:50
this
29:50
thought
29:51
by
29:51
saying
29:51
your
29:52
greatest
29:52
religious
29:53
activity
29:54
is
29:54
worthless
29:55
apart
29:55
from
29:55
obeying
29:55
the
29:56
law
29:56
and
29:56
you
29:56
can't
29:57
obey
29:57
the
29:57
law
29:57
without
29:58
Christ
29:58
he's
30:00
laid
30:00
it
30:00
out
30:00
clearly
30:01
for
30:01
them
30:01
and
30:02
for
30:02
us
30:03
this
30:03
morning
30:03
so
30:05
my
30:05
question
30:06
to
30:06
you
30:06
is
30:06
do
30:07
you
30:07
see
30:07
what
30:07
Paul
30:08
is
30:08
communicating
30:08
what
30:09
are
30:09
you
30:09
trusting
30:10
in
30:10
what
30:14
what
30:15
what
30:15
is
30:15
your
30:15
circumcision
30:16
this
30:16
morning
30:17
what
30:17
is
30:17
it
30:17
that
30:17
you
30:18
think
30:19
you've
30:20
done
30:20
and
30:20
in
30:21
reality
30:22
it's
30:22
been
30:22
worthless
30:23
let's
30:26
pray
30:26
together
30:27
a
30:27
Thank you.