Is Circumcision Required for Christians?

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today I want to talk about circumcision
it's time to unlearn the lies hey
welcome to unlearn my name is Lex and
I'd like to invite you to join us each
week as we unlearn the lies and dig
deeper into the truth of God's Word
now let's get started there's a lot of
controversy and misunderstanding about
circumcision and I felt this is a
subject that needs to be addressed many
and Christianity teach that circumcision
is done away with and they use this
premise to conclude that the entire law
of God is done away with but in the
Hebrew roots and Messianic movement
there are many people teaching that we
must be physically circumcised being
covenant with God however neither of
these opinions are consistent with the
Bible the argument that physical
circumcision is a requirement for
salvation was addressed at the Jerusalem
Council on acts 15 and certain men came
down from Judea and taught the Brethren
unless you are circumcised according to
the custom of Moses you cannot be saved
therefore when Paul and Barnabas had no
small dissension and dispute with them
they determined that Paul and Barnabas
and certain others of them should go up
to Jerusalem to the Apostles and the
elders about this question this topic
was just as controversial of a topic in
the first century as it is today the
Apostles were very troubled by the claim
that physical circumcision is required
for salvation and they concluded that it
was not a requirement for salvation
however the claim that physical
circumcision has no value and that it
has been done away with is also
addressed in Romans Paul explains that
physical circumcision is profitable if
you also have a circumcised heart for
circumcision is indeed profitable if you
keep the law but if you're a breaker of
the law your circumcision has become
uncircumcision therefore if an
uncircumcised man keeps the righteous
requirements of the law will not his
uncircumcision be counted as
circumcision 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 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 inward
and circumcision is that of the heart in
the spirit and not in the letter whose
praise is not from men but from God Paul
is explaining that a circumcised heart
keeps the law of God however if you were
circumcised in the flesh but do not obey
God then your circumcision is worthless
physical circumcision is an outward sign
of our covenant with God it's a reminder
to us that we are God's people in this
way it works like a wedding ring when
you get married you put on a wedding
ring as a sign of the Covenant but if
you're not faithful the ring is
worthless it's simply a decoration and
has no meaning since you are not
committed to the Covenant however if you
are faithful in your marriage then it
doesn't matter if you're wearing or not
because you're walking faithfully to the
marriage covenant anyone can be
circumcised in the flesh it's not
uncommon for an atheist to have been
circumcised as a child because his
parents were believers but his
circumcision doesn't benefit him at all
since he has no faith the circumcision
of the flesh is a reminder that we need
a circumcised heart circumcision of the
flesh is a shadow of the true
circumcision that takes place in the
heart therefore the circumcision of the
heart is more important than that of the
flesh in him you were also circumcised
with the circumcision made without hands
by putting off the body of sins of the
flesh by the circumcision of Christ so
the big question is what about Passover
the Bible tells us that no uncircumcised
male can eat the Passover and when a
stranger dwells with you and wants to
keep the Passover to the Lord let all
his males be circumcised and then let
him come near and keep it and he shall
be as a native of the land for no
uncircumcised person shall eat it this
is why many people have concluded that
we must be physically circumcised to
receive salvation because they realized
that Yeshua is our Passover and they
conclude that we must be physically
circumcised to receive the Lamb of God
circumcision of the flesh was required
to eat of the Passover lamb but we no
longer sacrifice the lamb and Passover
because Yahshua is our Passover there is
no temple and no Levites so even if we
wanted to sacrifice the lamb we couldn't
so the question is must we be physically
circumcised to protec in the Passover
celebration of Messiah
physical circumcision is required for a
physical lamb but the physical points us
to the spiritual however the spiritual
is not first but the natural and
afterward the spiritual we do not
physically partake in the Passover lamb
of God we worship in spirit and in truth
so is physical circumcision required to
partake in a spiritual event therefore
purge out the old leaven that you may be
a new lump since you are truly
unleavened for indeed Christ our
Passover was sacrificed for us therefore
let us keep the feast not with old
leaven nor with the leaven of malice and
wickedness but with the unleavened bread
of sincerity and truth
the true Passover can only be celebrated
if you have a circumcised heart because
Yeshua is the Lamb of God and we partake
of his sacrifice spiritually therefore
the circumcision of the heart is
required above that of the flesh but
that doesn't mean physical circumcision
is worthless some people think that the
circumcision of the heart is a New
Testament invention but that's simply
not true the circumcision of the heart
was taught from Deuteronomy and now
Israel what does your Lord God require
of you but to fear the Lord your God to
walk in all his ways and to love him to
serve the Lord your God with all your
heart and with all your soul and to keep
the commandments of the Lord and his
statutes which I command you today for
your good therefore circumcise the
foreskin of your heart and be stiff
necked no longer and the Lord your God
will circumcise your heart and the heart
of your descendants to love the Lord
your God with all your heart and with
all your soul that you may live and you
will and you will again obey the voice
of the Lord and do all his commandments
which I command you today if you obey
the voice of the Lord your God to keep
his Commandments and his statutes which
are written in this book of the law and
if you turn to the Lord your God with
all your heart and with all your soul
notice the circumcision of the heart is
about loving God and keeping his
Commandments that is exactly what Paul
was saying in Romans about the Gentiles
who are circumcised in their heart for
circumcision is a deep profitable if you
keep the law but if you're a breaker of
the law your circumcision has become
uncircumcision therefore if an uncertain
sighs man keeps the righteous
requirements of the law will not his
uncircumcision be counted as
circumcision 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 paul is citing the torah to
explain circumcision he understood that
physical circumcision is not the goal
the goal is circumcision of the heart
that's why he said circumcision is
nothing but keeping the commandments of
God is what's important
circumcision is nothing and
uncircumcision is nothing but keeping
the commandments of God is what matters
so those who say we no longer need to
keep the commandments of God are an
error but those who say we must be
physically circumcised to be saved are
also in error the physical points us to
the spiritual the physical has a purpose
and is beneficial but only if you have a
circumcised heart physical circumcision
is not what makes us right with God it's
an outward sign of the Covenant like a
wedding ring but what really matters is
that we are circumcised in our heart
that we are faithful to God and that we
love God and keep his Commandments
wearing a wedding ring has significance
just as physical circumcision has
significance but the weightier matter is
the circumcision of the heart for we are
the circumcision who worship God in the
spirit rejoice in Christ Jesus and have
no confidence in the flesh
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