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.
10. This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. 11. And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. 12. And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. 13. He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 14. And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant."
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."
Deuteronomy 10:16 "Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked."
Deuteronomy 30:6 "And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live."
Jeremiah 4:4 "Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings."
Jeremiah 6:10 "To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it."
Colossians 2:11 "In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:"
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."
Genesis 9:12-13 "And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you ...: 13. I do set my bow in the cloud..."
Joshua 4:6 "That this may be a sign [token] among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?"
Deuteronomy 6:8 "And thou shalt bind them [the Word] for a sign [token] upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets [the Word in a phylactery] between thine eyes."
Isaiah 7:14 "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign [token]; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel."
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."
Acts 7:8 "And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; ..."
Ephesians 1:12-14 "That we [Jews] should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted [hoped] in Christ. In whom ye [Gentiles] also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed [verb G4972, as sealing the stone at the tomb] with that holy Spirit of promise, 14. Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory."
Ephesians 4:30 "And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed [G4972, as sealing the stone at the tomb] unto the day of redemption."
2 Timothy 2:19 "...the foundation [the word, v.15] of God standeth sure, having this seal [noun, G4973], The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity."
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.
10. How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
Romans 3:1 "What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?"
11. And he received the sign [token, G4592, Paul's signature, 2 Thes. 3:17] of circumcision, a seal [noun G4973 as on the stone of the tomb] of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe [in the present tense], though they [GENTILE] be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
12. And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised."
Hebrews 11:7 "By faith Noah, ... became heir of the righteousness which is by faith."
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 1:16 "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth [present active participle]; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek."
Romans 3:22 "Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe [present active participle]: for there is no difference [Jew or Gentile]:"
Romans 4:5 "But to him that worketh not, but believeth [present active participle] on him that justifieth [present active participle] the ungodly, his faith is counted [present passive indicative] for righteousness."
Romans 4:24 "But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed [present passive infinitive], if we believe [present active participle] on him [God] that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;"
Romans 9:33 "As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumbling stone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth [present active participle] on him shall not be ashamed."
Romans 10:4 "For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth [present active participle]."
John 6:64-66 "But there are some of you that believe [present active indicative] not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed [present active participle] not, and who should betray him. 65. And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father. 66. From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him."
Romans 10:10 "For with the heart man believeth [present passive indicative] unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession [present passive indicative] is made unto salvation."
Romans 10:11 "For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth [present active participle] on him shall not be ashamed."
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."