Subject: John Baptist's Jewish legal credentials? |
Bible Note: ...you are not under law but under grace. Romans 6:14b (ESV) Or do you not know, brothers—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives?...Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God....But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve not under the old written code but in the new life of the Spirit. Romans 7:1,4,6 (ESV) Reighnskye: No, believers are not under the law of circumcision today, as in OT times. Note that Leviticus 12:2 (ESV) begins: The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, "Speak to the people of Israel." THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL -- not the Gentiles and not the church. 1 Cor. 7:19 (ESV) For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but keeping the commandments of God. Ga 5:2 (NASB) Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you. Ga 5:3 And I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is under obligation to keep the whole Law. Ga 5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love. Ga 5:11 But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been abolished. Ga 6:15 For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. Philip. 3:2-3 (ESV) Look out for the dogs, look out for the evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh. [3] For we are the real circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh— Grace to you, Kalos |