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During Abraham's time, circumcision was performed by knives made of rocks as they did not have steel yet. After a male was circumcised, this left him in extreme pain and he was very sensitive to all his surroundings for a month. Even a small change in temperature would bring pain to the male.
How does this point to Salvation?
After Adam and Eve's fall in the garden in Genesis 3, God cursed humanity, and every human has a heart made of stone. That is the result of our disobedience to God. As Adam represents the whole humanity, he is the head of all of us, we all fell in Adam. And we have a problem. Our hearts are made of stone, incapable of following God, we are enslaved to sin.
We need a surgeon who performs a heart surgery. A surgeon who removes the heart of stone and replaces it a heart of flesh which is capable of loving God and following His commandments.
And as it was with Abrahamic circumcision, this heart surgery also leaves us very sensitive to God.
I remember from my experience when I was saved, I realised the sin within me and how evil I was, thinking God would never forgive a sinner like me. I was mourning over my sinfulness and inability of doing anything about it. I needed a Saviour.
And thus every Christian has a heart that wants to follow God and hates sin. It mourns over sin, it is sensitive to God.
But if your heart does not hate sin, and does not want to obey God, you need a surgeon who gives you a new heart of flesh, capable of following God and loving Him, you need a Saviour.
How does this point to Salvation?
After Adam and Eve's fall in the garden in Genesis 3, God cursed humanity, and every human has a heart made of stone. That is the result of our disobedience to God. As Adam represents the whole humanity, he is the head of all of us, we all fell in Adam. And we have a problem. Our hearts are made of stone, incapable of following God, we are enslaved to sin.
We need a surgeon who performs a heart surgery. A surgeon who removes the heart of stone and replaces it a heart of flesh which is capable of loving God and following His commandments.
And as it was with Abrahamic circumcision, this heart surgery also leaves us very sensitive to God.
I remember from my experience when I was saved, I realised the sin within me and how evil I was, thinking God would never forgive a sinner like me. I was mourning over my sinfulness and inability of doing anything about it. I needed a Saviour.
And thus every Christian has a heart that wants to follow God and hates sin. It mourns over sin, it is sensitive to God.
But if your heart does not hate sin, and does not want to obey God, you need a surgeon who gives you a new heart of flesh, capable of following God and loving Him, you need a Saviour.
