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Spiritual, not physical *Verses in New Living Translation*
Read Colossians 2:11-17
#1. Your spiritual flesh being cut away, not physical.
- Col. 2:11, When you came to Christ, you were “circumcised,” but not by a physical procedure. Christ performed a spiritual circumcision—the cutting away of your sinful nature.
- “Sinful nature” Literally: “cutting away of the body of the flesh”, believers have metaphorical flesh cut away.
- This was the symbol of the covenant that God made with Abraham in Genesis chapter 17, to make him father of many nations. All boys from then on would wear this symbol. This symbolizes removing the old identity, and now being identified as one of God’s children.
- But even for then, this physical act was not intended to be all God required.
- Deuteronomy 10:12-16, 12 “And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you? He requires only that you fear the Lord your God, and live in a way that pleases him, and love him and serve him with all your heart and soul. 13 And you must always obey the Lord’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good. 14 “Look, the highest heavens and the earth and everything in it all belong to the Lord your God. 15 Yet the Lord chose your ancestors as the objects of his love. And he chose you, their descendants, above all other nations, as is evident today. 16 Therefore, change your hearts[c] and stop being stubborn.
- Literally: “Therefore circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and be stiff-necked no longer.”
- Even from the beginning, this ritual was not about the ritual; it’s about what it represents.
- Romans 2:25-29,The Jewish ceremony of circumcision has value only if you obey God’s law. But if you don’t obey God’s law, you are no better off than an uncircumcised Gentile. 26 And if the Gentiles obey God’s law, won’t God declare them to be his own people? 27 In fact, uncircumcised Gentiles who keep God’s law will condemn you Jews who are circumcised and possess God’s law but don’t obey it. 28 For you are not a true Jew just because you were born of Jewish parents or because you have gone through the ceremony of circumcision. 29 No, a true Jew is one whose heart is right with God. And true circumcision is not merely obeying the letter of the law; rather, it is a change of heart produced by the Spirit. And a person with a changed heart seeks praisefrom God, not from people.
- You must “cut out” all of the old flesh, giving it no chance to grow back:
- EXAMPLE: YouTube, Dr. Pimple Popper, you have to remove the whole cyst sack or it will return, and fill up with puss again.
- Romans 6:2, Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it?
- When you are “saved”, it means you are New, and your life should change. You resist sin, and fight against the old sick and sinful flesh!
- 2 Corinthians 5:17, This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!
#2. Spiritual death and burial, not physical.
- Col. 2:12-15, For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with him you were raised to new life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised Christ from the dead. 13 You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins. 14 He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by n...
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Spiritual, not physical *Verses in New Living Translation*
Read Colossians 2:11-17
#1. Your spiritual flesh being cut away, not physical.
- Col. 2:11, When you came to Christ, you were “circumcised,” but not by a physical procedure. Christ performed a spiritual circumcision—the cutting away of your sinful nature.
- “Sinful nature” Literally: “cutting away of the body of the flesh”, believers have metaphorical flesh cut away.
- This was the symbol of the covenant that God made with Abraham in Genesis chapter 17, to make him father of many nations. All boys from then on would wear this symbol. This symbolizes removing the old identity, and now being identified as one of God’s children.
- But even for then, this physical act was not intended to be all God required.
- Deuteronomy 10:12-16, 12 “And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you? He requires only that you fear the Lord your God, and live in a way that pleases him, and love him and serve him with all your heart and soul. 13 And you must always obey the Lord’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good. 14 “Look, the highest heavens and the earth and everything in it all belong to the Lord your God. 15 Yet the Lord chose your ancestors as the objects of his love. And he chose you, their descendants, above all other nations, as is evident today. 16 Therefore, change your hearts[c] and stop being stubborn.
- Literally: “Therefore circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and be stiff-necked no longer.”
- Even from the beginning, this ritual was not about the ritual; it’s about what it represents.
- Romans 2:25-29,The Jewish ceremony of circumcision has value only if you obey God’s law. But if you don’t obey God’s law, you are no better off than an uncircumcised Gentile. 26 And if the Gentiles obey God’s law, won’t God declare them to be his own people? 27 In fact, uncircumcised Gentiles who keep God’s law will condemn you Jews who are circumcised and possess God’s law but don’t obey it. 28 For you are not a true Jew just because you were born of Jewish parents or because you have gone through the ceremony of circumcision. 29 No, a true Jew is one whose heart is right with God. And true circumcision is not merely obeying the letter of the law; rather, it is a change of heart produced by the Spirit. And a person with a changed heart seeks praisefrom God, not from people.
- You must “cut out” all of the old flesh, giving it no chance to grow back:
- EXAMPLE: YouTube, Dr. Pimple Popper, you have to remove the whole cyst sack or it will return, and fill up with puss again.
- Romans 6:2, Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it?
- When you are “saved”, it means you are New, and your life should change. You resist sin, and fight against the old sick and sinful flesh!
- 2 Corinthians 5:17, This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!
#2. Spiritual death and burial, not physical.
- Col. 2:12-15, For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with him you were raised to new life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised Christ from the dead. 13 You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins. 14 He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by n...