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"He is not a Jew who is one outwardly" -- in Romans 2.
"27 And he who is physically uncircumcised, if he keeps the Law, will he not judge you who though having the letter of the Law and circumcision are a transgressor of the Law? 28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh. 29 But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God."
True statement, similar to saying; Going to church regularly does not make you a Christian.
Agreed. No wonder then that we have this New Covenant statement
Jer 31:31-33
31 “Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,” declares the Lord. 33 “But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares the Lord, “I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
"what matters is keeping the Commandments of God" 1 Cor 7:19
"the saints KEEP the Commandments of God AND their faith in Jesus" Rev 14:12
Paul says it is only the wicked that "do not submit to the LAW of God - neither indeed CAN they" Rom 8:4-11
And asks the question "do we then make void the LAW of God by our faith? God forbid! In fact we establish the LAW" Rom 3:31
BTW - Paul requires that Timothy be circumcised.
Circumcision is a sign that says "I will keep the law". Gal 5:1-6 confirms that righteousness by faith trumps righteousness by the law (circumcision).
1. Gal 1 says there are not two gospels
2. Gal 3:8 says that ONE Gospel was preached to Abraham
3. Heb 4:1 says that one Gospel was preached to OT Jews.
4. Matt 17 - Moses and Elijah stand in glory with Christ before the cross.
5. That ONE Gospel is "saved by grace through faith" - Eph 2:7-10
6. ALL the giants of faith in Heb 11 are from the OT
The problem in Gal 5 is not "having Jews circumcised" it is -- having gentiles circumcised because no OT or NT text required it. It was a "made up man made tradition" seen in Acts 15:1-2.
Making stuff up... going against scripture - inventing things like a spiritual requirement for gentiles to be circumcised when neither OT nor NT required it... is condemned in Gal 5 as a man-made-works religion because it is not based on the Word of God. Some folks today would argue that failure to oppose the Word of God -- is to reject the Gospel. Matthew 5 Christ said - that is fiction.
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