DAD'S RAMBLINGS – The True Child of God
Romans 2:25, 28-29
"For circumcision is indeed profitable if you keep the law; but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.... For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh, but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit (or spirit), not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God."
Paul is addressing the Jews who claimed their position as God's chosen people based on their adherence to the outward rite of circumcision – which actually predated the Mosaic Law – but struggled to obey the righteous law of Moses. The evidence of being God's chosen people (the elect) is not based on the external acts of righteousness, which may indeed win the praise of other people, but on the inward work in the heart, which is what wins God's approval.
TODAY'S THOUGHT: The basis for being God's chosen people is not the external acts of righteousness but the inward work of the heart.
Have a "God's person" day. Love you.
Romans 2:25, 28-29
"For circumcision is indeed profitable if you keep the law; but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.... For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh, but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit (or spirit), not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God."
Paul is addressing the Jews who claimed their position as God's chosen people based on their adherence to the outward rite of circumcision – which actually predated the Mosaic Law – but struggled to obey the righteous law of Moses. The evidence of being God's chosen people (the elect) is not based on the external acts of righteousness, which may indeed win the praise of other people, but on the inward work in the heart, which is what wins God's approval.
TODAY'S THOUGHT: The basis for being God's chosen people is not the external acts of righteousness but the inward work of the heart.
Have a "God's person" day. Love you.
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