Ezekiel 44
Verse 9 "No foreigners, including those who live among the people of Israel, will enter my sanctuary if they have not been circumcised and have not surrendered themselves to the Lord."
Circumcision is surrender, God told the children of Israel that unless a person had been circumcised they could not enter the sanctuary of the Lord. Unless there is a cutting away, there can never be a pressing in. As new testament believers we have been called to a circumcision of the heart, the degree that we are willing to let God work in us, will be directly proportioned to what God can work through us. Circumcision is not optional, it is required. The major difference between circumcision in the old testament and circumcision in the new testament, is that old testament circumcision only happened once, but new testament circumcision is an on going process. So the question is are you willing to stay in the process because the difference between those who go to church and those who do great things for God is determined by staying engaged in the process of circumcision.
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