THE HIDDEN TOKEN

Sunday Morning - March 8, 1998

Text: Genesis 17:9-14 "And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

SPIRIT OF CIRCUMCISION

Romans 2:29 "But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God."

OPEN TOKENS

Genesis 17:11 "And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you."

A HIDDEN TOKEN

Genesis 17:11 "And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you."

CIRCUMCISION IS PRIVATE NOT OPEN

CIRCUMCISION, A SEAL

Romans 4:9-12 "Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.

FATHER OF THEM THAT BELIEVE

Romans 4:11 "And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, [Jew and Gentile] though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:"

Romans 15:13 "Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing [present active infinitive], that ye may abound [present active infinitive] in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost."