CIRCUMCISED
Colossians 2:11
"In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ...."
Paul used a metaphor of physical circumcision to illustrate our walk with Christ. Just as physical circumcision is a cutting off of the flesh – a painful process – so also spiritual circumcision is a cutting off of the fleshly deeds and attitudes in our lives. Physical circumcision is an aid to cleanliness; so also is the spiritual. Physical circumcision was a sign under the old covenant of relationship with Yahweh, identifying the Jews as God's people; so also is the spiritual a sign of our relationship to Christ – His people. The analogy breaks down in two aspect: 1) physical circumcision is only for men, whereas in the spiritual women also need to be circumcised; 2) physical circumcision is a one-time procedure, whereas spiritual is a continuous process. God calls us all to a life of circumcision.
TODAY'S THOUGHT: Cutting off the flesh in my life is a painful but necessary process.
Have a circumcised day. Love you.
Colossians 2:11
"In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ...."
Paul used a metaphor of physical circumcision to illustrate our walk with Christ. Just as physical circumcision is a cutting off of the flesh – a painful process – so also spiritual circumcision is a cutting off of the fleshly deeds and attitudes in our lives. Physical circumcision is an aid to cleanliness; so also is the spiritual. Physical circumcision was a sign under the old covenant of relationship with Yahweh, identifying the Jews as God's people; so also is the spiritual a sign of our relationship to Christ – His people. The analogy breaks down in two aspect: 1) physical circumcision is only for men, whereas in the spiritual women also need to be circumcised; 2) physical circumcision is a one-time procedure, whereas spiritual is a continuous process. God calls us all to a life of circumcision.
TODAY'S THOUGHT: Cutting off the flesh in my life is a painful but necessary process.
Have a circumcised day. Love you.
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