WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:14.580 You guys be seated. We are continuing through our study of Romans, Romans chapter 2, if you want to turn there. 00:00:17.839 --> 00:00:27.000 ! And as you are doing it, take a little survey real quick. By show of hands, how many of you have seen the TV show Matlock? Anybody? 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:40.700 I just divided the room by age. Matlock, an attorney from Atlanta, Georgia, wore the gray suit every day, or the same gray suit. 00:00:41.560 --> 00:00:49.840 And almost in every episode, in dramatic fashion, he would make a closing statement that was far superior to the other attorneys. 00:00:49.840 --> 00:00:59.520 In Romans chapter 2, Paul has been making a case against the religious, moralistic Jewish people. 00:01:00.140 --> 00:01:04.920 You know, those that look down on the Gentiles that Paul listed in Romans chapter 1. 00:01:04.920 --> 00:01:13.540 So he's making this argument, making this case, and we come to verse 25 through verse 29. 00:01:14.299 --> 00:01:21.760 And this is Paul's closing argument for the case that he's making against the religious leaders. 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:31.439 So Paul, by the leading of the Holy Spirit, leaves no room for any religious, moralistic person to boast. 00:01:31.900 --> 00:01:34.540 He has removed what they trusted in. 00:01:35.380 --> 00:01:44.439 And what they found their security in, which was their heritage, them being Jewish, their bloodline, being God's chosen people. 00:01:44.439 --> 00:01:51.519 And based on Romans chapter 2, they can also no longer trust in their actions. 00:01:51.719 --> 00:01:53.560 In fact, Paul called them hypocrites. 00:01:54.299 --> 00:01:59.060 They can no longer trust in being better than others, because Paul is making a case that, 00:01:59.439 --> 00:02:03.500 though you may not be Gentiles like Romans chapter 1, you still are just as guilty. 00:02:06.859 --> 00:02:12.280 They can't trust in their security of knowing and having knowledge of the law. 00:02:12.280 --> 00:02:21.900 And this morning, Paul attacks their religious activities or ceremony mainly by discussing circumcision. 00:02:22.780 --> 00:02:25.400 So let's read verses 25 through 29. 00:02:26.060 --> 00:02:28.060 I'll pray and we'll kind of jump right in. 00:02:29.379 --> 00:02:33.580 For circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law. 00:02:34.159 --> 00:02:38.460 But if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision. 00:02:38.460 --> 00:02:46.379 So if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? 00:02:47.000 --> 00:02:56.280 Then he who is physically uncircumcised but keeps the law will condemn you who have the written code and circumcision but break the law. 00:02:57.180 --> 00:03:02.000 For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:09.879 But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. 00:03:10.560 --> 00:03:13.599 His praise is not from man, but from God. 00:03:14.419 --> 00:03:15.340 Let's pray together. 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:20.560 Father, I ask now that you would speak to us this morning. 00:03:21.379 --> 00:03:24.080 The words that are spoken would be your words. 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:30.140 The words that I have written down on a piece of paper would be your words this morning. 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:37.380 That if there's something on there that is false, that you would allow me to pass over those words. 00:03:37.520 --> 00:03:43.260 God, if something false comes out of my mouth, God, I pray that we would forget those words. 00:03:44.100 --> 00:03:48.780 Pray that you are honored and pleased by what is spoken this morning. 00:03:48.780 --> 00:03:59.159 But more importantly, you're honored and pleased by what you do in the hearts of the people here and what we do in response to what we have heard from you. 00:04:00.219 --> 00:04:01.219 God, we love you. 00:04:01.539 --> 00:04:02.580 We thank you for Jesus. 00:04:02.759 --> 00:04:04.159 And it's in his name we pray. 00:04:04.719 --> 00:04:05.000 Amen. 00:04:06.879 --> 00:04:12.699 So what I thought I'd do first is, since circumcision is a word that we don't really throw around very much, 00:04:12.699 --> 00:04:19.039 unless you've had a child or a boy, you probably haven't heard that word in quite a while. 00:04:19.599 --> 00:04:27.500 I thought I would kind of explain, not in detail what it is, but why it's here, why it's in the Bible, what was the point of it, 00:04:27.939 --> 00:04:29.419 and then kind of dig into the text. 00:04:29.419 --> 00:04:33.779 So, Genesis chapter 17, if you guys want to turn there. 00:04:33.779 --> 00:04:44.279 Genesis 17, God has just finished reminding Abraham of the new covenant that he made with Abraham. 00:04:44.679 --> 00:04:47.639 That he changes his name from Abram to Abraham. 00:04:48.539 --> 00:04:52.939 And he says, you're going to be father to many, many generations. 00:04:53.099 --> 00:04:55.319 I'm going to bless you through your bloodline. 00:04:55.319 --> 00:05:08.480 So, Genesis chapter 17, starting in verse 9, we have circumcision for the first time. 00:05:08.480 --> 00:05:16.459 And God said to Abraham, as for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring, after you throughout their generations. 00:05:16.920 --> 00:05:21.480 This is my covenant which you shall keep between me and you and your offspring after you. 00:05:22.139 --> 00:05:24.339 Every male among you shall be circumcised. 00:05:24.339 --> 00:05:31.339 You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you. 00:05:32.939 --> 00:05:39.419 Circumcision was a ceremony meant to remind the people of the covenant made between God and Abraham. 00:05:40.479 --> 00:05:45.859 It was a reminder of the promise that God made to bless generation after generation. 00:05:46.919 --> 00:05:49.159 That Abraham would be the father to many. 00:05:49.620 --> 00:05:54.319 It was also a way that God was setting apart the people of Israel. 00:05:55.299 --> 00:06:02.079 It was a way that even the Jewish people knew that they were Jewish. 00:06:02.679 --> 00:06:07.399 And they setting them apart from the rest of the people in the area and of the world. 00:06:09.000 --> 00:06:12.979 It also was symbolic of the uncleanness that needed to be removed. 00:06:12.980 --> 00:06:19.680 To communicate in picture form their need to rid themselves of sin. 00:06:19.980 --> 00:06:24.140 By it being the very organ that passed the sin from generation to generation. 00:06:25.500 --> 00:06:30.480 Circumcision was a reminder of the covenant that had been made and the covenant to come. 00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:34.960 A Savior would come and cleanse them from all their unrighteousness. 00:06:34.959 --> 00:06:38.779 Now that of course is what it started out to be. 00:06:38.859 --> 00:06:40.659 That's what God's intention was. 00:06:41.399 --> 00:06:48.560 But men corrupted it into just a religious activity that separated people from one another. 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:54.299 Not in a set apart holiness way, but in a superiority I'm better than they are way. 00:06:54.300 --> 00:06:57.759 We are God's chosen people. 00:06:57.759 --> 00:06:59.579 This act proves it. 00:07:00.199 --> 00:07:01.379 That we are God's chosen. 00:07:02.020 --> 00:07:03.800 And eventually because of their sin. 00:07:04.620 --> 00:07:05.400 Man's sin. 00:07:05.740 --> 00:07:08.420 What God intended to remind them of him. 00:07:08.639 --> 00:07:10.000 Had been watered down. 00:07:11.259 --> 00:07:13.560 And only reminded them of themselves. 00:07:14.720 --> 00:07:17.620 And how special they thought they were. 00:07:17.620 --> 00:07:21.959 So why is all this important? 00:07:22.680 --> 00:07:24.300 Because unless you've had a child. 00:07:25.439 --> 00:07:27.980 Circumcision doesn't happen in our churches. 00:07:29.060 --> 00:07:30.160 For sure. 00:07:31.959 --> 00:07:34.519 Because circumcision to the Jewish people. 00:07:35.040 --> 00:07:36.500 Is baptism to the Baptists. 00:07:37.300 --> 00:07:41.480 Is name another religious activity to another religious group. 00:07:42.120 --> 00:07:45.379 It is important because though we don't have ceremonies of circumcision. 00:07:45.379 --> 00:07:48.600 We in this room have ceremonies of baptism. 00:07:50.219 --> 00:07:55.180 Both are an outward expression of what God has done on the inside. 00:07:55.279 --> 00:07:58.519 Or at least that's what God intended them to be. 00:08:00.159 --> 00:08:03.639 And that is where Paul is leading us in the text this morning. 00:08:04.560 --> 00:08:06.159 There are three points this morning. 00:08:06.259 --> 00:08:13.319 The first being that circumcision or any religious activity in Christianity is valuable and is worthless. 00:08:13.319 --> 00:08:15.740 It is valuable and it is worthless. 00:08:15.879 --> 00:08:19.300 The second being that circumcision is not just for the Jews. 00:08:20.420 --> 00:08:22.680 And the third, circumcision is a matter of the heart. 00:08:23.099 --> 00:08:25.899 Now I'm sorry I didn't get very creative with these three points. 00:08:26.019 --> 00:08:27.100 There's no wordsmithing. 00:08:27.159 --> 00:08:28.319 It's straight from the text. 00:08:29.500 --> 00:08:30.719 So let's go. 00:08:30.920 --> 00:08:31.680 First point. 00:08:31.980 --> 00:08:39.439 Circumcision or any religious activity in Christianity or Christendom is valuable and worthless. 00:08:39.440 --> 00:08:42.480 Verse 25 says, 00:08:42.800 --> 00:08:47.280 For circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law. 00:08:47.960 --> 00:08:53.160 But if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision. 00:08:53.820 --> 00:08:58.600 The value in being circumcised only occurs when the law is obeyed. 00:08:58.600 --> 00:09:03.759 It is the only thing that justifies the religious act. 00:09:04.159 --> 00:09:05.300 That's what Paul is saying. 00:09:06.019 --> 00:09:07.720 A religious act though is just that. 00:09:07.800 --> 00:09:13.899 It's just an act unless God has already changed the heart by which one can obey the law. 00:09:14.279 --> 00:09:16.980 That's the only way a religious act is important. 00:09:17.740 --> 00:09:22.300 This verse will be considered blasphemous to the Jewish people of Paul's time. 00:09:22.299 --> 00:09:27.500 Because not only has Paul questioned the value of this religious activity of circumcision. 00:09:28.379 --> 00:09:31.740 He has also said that it has no worth. 00:09:32.219 --> 00:09:33.099 It's worthless. 00:09:33.659 --> 00:09:37.679 Like the Gentiles who they thought were worthless dogs. 00:09:38.479 --> 00:09:40.339 If they cannot obey the law. 00:09:40.340 --> 00:09:52.280 So what religious life they have made with self-effort and self-determination is now being destroyed by Paul's letter. 00:09:52.960 --> 00:09:54.879 And for us, by the word of God. 00:09:56.000 --> 00:09:58.500 But this shouldn't surprise us at all. 00:09:59.680 --> 00:10:01.780 Especially up to this point in Romans. 00:10:02.340 --> 00:10:08.660 Paul has destroyed any ability for a religious person to trust in any of their action. 00:10:08.659 --> 00:10:15.579 He's destroyed any ability to trust in our own action that is not around Christ. 00:10:15.659 --> 00:10:19.679 That is not founded in the act and action of God through Christ. 00:10:20.459 --> 00:10:22.100 See, this is what the gospel does. 00:10:22.899 --> 00:10:28.620 It tears apart and destroys any ability of yours or mine to boast in. 00:10:29.000 --> 00:10:35.620 It destroys any ability for you or my own righteousness to make a difference. 00:10:35.620 --> 00:10:42.279 Because the gospel is completely 100% dependent on the work of Christ. 00:10:43.820 --> 00:10:57.560 So what Paul is saying here to us is that our religious activities, our baptism, our singing the songs, if you keep the law, are good. 00:10:57.559 --> 00:10:59.699 But if you don't, it is worthless. 00:11:00.459 --> 00:11:08.979 In other words, it is worthless unless it is a direct result of Jesus Christ in your life by which we obey the law. 00:11:10.219 --> 00:11:14.000 See, the gospel leaves no room for you and I to boast. 00:11:14.779 --> 00:11:15.199 None. 00:11:15.839 --> 00:11:18.199 It is a very one-sided action. 00:11:19.379 --> 00:11:22.879 We respond to the gospel, but after God has revealed himself to us. 00:11:22.879 --> 00:11:26.360 We can't even boast in our own religious activities. 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:28.759 That's the point of Romans chapter 2. 00:11:30.019 --> 00:11:33.559 We cannot boast in anything we do except in Christ. 00:11:33.559 --> 00:11:45.059 And it is Christ who allows us or Christ in us that allows us to obey the law and only that. 00:11:45.979 --> 00:11:50.919 So circumcision or any religious activity is valuable and worthless. 00:11:51.439 --> 00:11:57.279 But not only that, in verse 26 and 27, circumcision is not just for the Jews. 00:11:57.279 --> 00:12:07.480 Now, we're just progressing through the text here, so when we get to the conclusion of verse 29, you'll see that Paul kind of flips everything upside down. 00:12:08.500 --> 00:12:12.439 Verse 26 and 27, circumcision is not just for the Jews. 00:12:14.279 --> 00:12:18.759 Now, originally, circumcision was one of the ways that God set apart the people of Israel. 00:12:19.319 --> 00:12:19.579 Okay? 00:12:19.580 --> 00:12:25.480 But now Paul is saying to all of us that circumcision is no longer just for the Jews. 00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:30.240 So being set apart is not just for the Jews now. 00:12:31.900 --> 00:12:32.920 Verse 26. 00:12:33.920 --> 00:12:43.180 So if a man who is uncircumcised, meaning a Gentile, keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? 00:12:43.179 --> 00:12:54.399 Then he who is physically uncircumcised, but keeps the law, will condemn you who have the written code and circumcision, but break the law. 00:12:55.239 --> 00:13:00.819 Becoming a Christian, becoming set apart, has nothing to do with who you are. 00:13:01.739 --> 00:13:04.099 It has nothing to do with what you have done. 00:13:05.459 --> 00:13:08.819 And this is what Paul is telling the Jewish religious leaders. 00:13:09.219 --> 00:13:11.059 It doesn't matter what you've done. 00:13:11.059 --> 00:13:12.879 It doesn't matter who you are anymore. 00:13:14.019 --> 00:13:15.539 A Muslim can be converted. 00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:17.620 A Buddhist can be converted. 00:13:18.059 --> 00:13:19.819 A Catholic can be converted. 00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:21.659 A Hindu can be converted. 00:13:22.059 --> 00:13:24.319 A church-going American can be converted. 00:13:25.279 --> 00:13:26.799 It has nothing to do with us. 00:13:26.859 --> 00:13:31.659 And becoming a Christian is all about Jesus Christ and His call on a life. 00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:38.679 Paul again shakes up the religious Jewish people because they thought that they were the elect. 00:13:38.859 --> 00:13:41.039 They thought that they were God's chosen people. 00:13:41.039 --> 00:13:44.539 Now, for the time they were, but they were representing the spiritual church. 00:13:44.599 --> 00:13:47.379 They were representing God and Christ's church. 00:13:47.379 --> 00:13:54.340 They thought being members of this elite club was an eternal membership. 00:13:54.340 --> 00:13:57.960 They thought that they were part of this elite club in town. 00:13:57.960 --> 00:14:02.660 And like any club, they had control of who was going to be the members and who was not. 00:14:02.820 --> 00:14:07.240 They thought that they were going to be able to send out the invitations and invite who they wanted to. 00:14:07.240 --> 00:14:09.220 But that's not the case. 00:14:09.220 --> 00:14:11.580 Jesus Christ is the gatekeeper. 00:14:12.820 --> 00:14:14.120 He is the one that invites. 00:14:14.620 --> 00:14:17.299 He is the one who sends out those invitations. 00:14:17.879 --> 00:14:22.139 Last week in Philippians chapter 3, we talked about Paul's resume. 00:14:23.279 --> 00:14:24.700 Turn to Philippians chapter 3. 00:14:24.700 --> 00:14:27.120 We're going to stand a couple minutes there and then come back to Romans. 00:14:28.980 --> 00:14:30.280 Philippians chapter 3. 00:14:34.180 --> 00:14:38.440 We're reading verse 7 and kind of go back a couple of verses and then move forward again. 00:14:41.500 --> 00:14:47.040 Starting in verse 7, Paul says, same author, same guy. 00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:53.360 It says, but whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 00:14:53.860 --> 00:15:00.159 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus as Lord. 00:15:01.620 --> 00:15:05.179 So we're not sidetracking here. 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:06.059 We're not chasing rabbits. 00:15:06.159 --> 00:15:08.159 This has to do with our sermon this morning. 00:15:08.259 --> 00:15:10.139 What gain did Paul have? 00:15:10.199 --> 00:15:12.379 But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss. 00:15:12.799 --> 00:15:15.899 Well, that gain is his resume in verses 5 and 6. 00:15:15.899 --> 00:15:31.659 It says, circumcised on the eighth day of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a heaver of Hebrews, as to the law of Pharisee, as to zeal, a persecutor of the church, as to righteousness under the law, blameless. 00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:38.019 So all of that, Paul says, it was gain. 00:15:38.480 --> 00:15:41.120 But I count all of that as loss. 00:15:43.100 --> 00:15:44.699 And why is all that gain? 00:15:44.700 --> 00:15:46.400 Why does he count all that as gain? 00:15:46.460 --> 00:15:49.500 Because being God's chosen has its benefits. 00:15:50.660 --> 00:15:52.420 Like being schooled in the law. 00:15:53.060 --> 00:15:54.720 They were taught God's word. 00:15:55.500 --> 00:15:56.520 They had knowledge of the law. 00:15:56.600 --> 00:15:58.020 That was to point to Christ. 00:15:58.680 --> 00:16:01.720 They were beneficiaries of God's favor up to this point. 00:16:03.200 --> 00:16:04.740 But now because of Christ, 00:16:06.460 --> 00:16:08.780 Paul can write in Romans chapter 2, 00:16:08.779 --> 00:16:13.279 in verse 27, 00:16:13.279 --> 00:16:15.299 then he who is physically uncircumcised, 00:16:15.299 --> 00:16:16.299 the Gentiles, 00:16:16.299 --> 00:16:17.699 but keeps the law, 00:16:18.220 --> 00:16:20.459 will condemn you who have the written code. 00:16:20.799 --> 00:16:21.740 They will condemn 00:16:21.740 --> 00:16:24.339 the Jewish religious people. 00:16:25.079 --> 00:16:26.659 Because the Jewish people 00:16:26.659 --> 00:16:28.240 had all the advantage. 00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:31.159 They had everything set before them. 00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:33.059 God clearly 00:16:33.059 --> 00:16:34.620 moved among them. 00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:37.019 And still they have stubborn hearts. 00:16:37.539 --> 00:16:39.379 And still they refuse to believe 00:16:39.379 --> 00:16:40.460 in Christ. 00:16:42.060 --> 00:16:42.860 That's gain. 00:16:43.659 --> 00:16:45.379 Those things are gain that Paul lists. 00:16:45.480 --> 00:16:46.679 But he has to lose them all 00:16:46.679 --> 00:16:46.940 and says, 00:16:47.019 --> 00:16:48.200 I counted all as loss 00:16:48.200 --> 00:16:49.340 for the sake of Christ. 00:16:49.399 --> 00:16:51.360 Because Christ is much better. 00:16:52.500 --> 00:16:54.159 He counts all of that as loss. 00:16:54.279 --> 00:16:55.440 And not in a way like, 00:16:56.159 --> 00:16:57.700 I wish I could have that, 00:16:57.759 --> 00:16:58.720 but I will sacrifice. 00:16:59.560 --> 00:17:01.019 It's not in that at all. 00:17:01.100 --> 00:17:02.460 But in a willingness 00:17:02.460 --> 00:17:04.900 because something is far better. 00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:08.559 Now it's an odd comparison 00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:11.500 because it's not like comparing 00:17:11.500 --> 00:17:14.100 garbage to filet steak. 00:17:14.900 --> 00:17:16.720 Though that's an easy decision. 00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:19.720 Because the stuff that Paul lists 00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:20.539 in 5 and 6, 00:17:20.640 --> 00:17:21.299 his heritage, 00:17:21.579 --> 00:17:22.180 his teaching, 00:17:22.360 --> 00:17:22.940 his zeal, 00:17:23.900 --> 00:17:25.620 those were good things at the time. 00:17:25.700 --> 00:17:26.480 They had value. 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:29.160 What makes it odd 00:17:29.160 --> 00:17:31.000 is that what did have value 00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:32.299 no longer has value. 00:17:32.420 --> 00:17:32.940 It's flipped. 00:17:34.039 --> 00:17:35.480 So what was filet 00:17:36.120 --> 00:17:37.259 is now garbage 00:17:37.259 --> 00:17:40.380 compared to Christ. 00:17:41.140 --> 00:17:41.599 In fact, 00:17:41.740 --> 00:17:43.160 everything compared to Christ 00:17:43.160 --> 00:17:44.980 is far worse than garbage. 00:17:45.460 --> 00:17:46.720 It is worthless. 00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:50.779 And compared to Christ, 00:17:50.940 --> 00:17:53.099 our best is nothing. 00:17:53.099 --> 00:17:57.579 And he says in Philippians, 00:17:58.579 --> 00:18:01.159 the surpassing worth 00:18:01.159 --> 00:18:02.519 of knowing Christ Jesus, 00:18:02.959 --> 00:18:03.439 my Lord. 00:18:04.740 --> 00:18:06.259 The surpassing worth. 00:18:06.879 --> 00:18:08.099 Paul says the worth 00:18:08.099 --> 00:18:08.839 of knowing Jesus 00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:09.619 is far greater 00:18:09.619 --> 00:18:10.500 than anything else. 00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:13.659 Look at that. 00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:16.599 It isn't just a knowledge either. 00:18:17.439 --> 00:18:17.939 He says, 00:18:18.019 --> 00:18:18.759 surpassing worth 00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:19.919 of knowing Christ Jesus, 00:18:20.659 --> 00:18:22.000 my Lord. 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:24.779 It is a personal relationship. 00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:26.279 It is having that intimacy 00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:27.819 that has surpassing worth. 00:18:28.240 --> 00:18:30.079 Not our religious activities. 00:18:30.660 --> 00:18:31.759 Not our baptism. 00:18:32.039 --> 00:18:33.119 Not circumcision. 00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:34.940 Not the songs we sing. 00:18:35.339 --> 00:18:37.059 Not the books we read 00:18:37.059 --> 00:18:41.019 or the five points we master. 00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:42.259 It's none of that. 00:18:43.720 --> 00:18:45.000 Knowing and having a relationship 00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:45.539 with Christ 00:18:45.539 --> 00:18:47.359 is far better. 00:18:48.460 --> 00:18:49.660 Surpassing worth 00:18:49.660 --> 00:18:50.980 of knowing Christ Jesus. 00:18:50.980 --> 00:18:54.160 is an intimate, 00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:54.860 real, 00:18:55.259 --> 00:18:55.700 pure, 00:18:56.200 --> 00:18:56.759 convicting 00:18:56.759 --> 00:18:57.660 knowledge 00:18:57.660 --> 00:18:58.539 of Christ. 00:18:59.140 --> 00:19:00.200 So let's read further 00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:01.460 in Philippians chapter 3 00:19:01.460 --> 00:19:02.500 verses 8 and 9. 00:19:04.099 --> 00:19:04.400 Indeed, 00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:05.440 I count everything 00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:06.019 as lost 00:19:06.019 --> 00:19:07.400 because of the surpassing worth 00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:08.299 of knowing Christ Jesus, 00:19:08.420 --> 00:19:08.839 my Lord. 00:19:09.120 --> 00:19:10.000 For His sake, 00:19:10.099 --> 00:19:10.860 I have suffered 00:19:10.860 --> 00:19:12.319 the loss of all things 00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:13.000 and count them 00:19:13.000 --> 00:19:13.660 as rubbish 00:19:13.660 --> 00:19:15.099 in order that I may 00:19:15.099 --> 00:19:16.640 gain Christ 00:19:16.640 --> 00:19:18.059 and be found in Him, 00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:19.680 not having a righteousness 00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:20.380 of my own 00:19:20.380 --> 00:19:21.560 that comes from the law. 00:19:21.920 --> 00:19:23.100 But that which comes 00:19:23.100 --> 00:19:24.340 through faith in Christ, 00:19:24.740 --> 00:19:25.299 the righteousness 00:19:25.299 --> 00:19:26.039 from God 00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:26.779 that depends 00:19:26.779 --> 00:19:28.400 on faith. 00:19:30.680 --> 00:19:31.779 He isn't just 00:19:31.779 --> 00:19:32.779 losing something. 00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:34.259 It is losing something 00:19:34.259 --> 00:19:35.039 that he saw 00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:36.420 was damaging to him. 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:38.180 That Paul saw 00:19:38.180 --> 00:19:39.700 as a detriment to him. 00:19:40.460 --> 00:19:40.880 Paul saw 00:19:40.880 --> 00:19:41.860 that his religion, 00:19:42.220 --> 00:19:43.560 his self-righteousness, 00:19:43.640 --> 00:19:44.360 in verse 9 he says, 00:19:44.560 --> 00:19:46.000 righteousness of my own 00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:48.039 that came from the law. 00:19:48.380 --> 00:19:49.119 Religious activity 00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:50.119 was damaging 00:19:50.119 --> 00:19:52.339 or damaging to him. 00:19:52.859 --> 00:19:53.599 And it's damaging 00:19:53.599 --> 00:19:54.779 to you and to me. 00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:57.200 Our self-righteousness 00:19:57.200 --> 00:19:58.220 damages us. 00:19:59.000 --> 00:20:00.180 It is what we must lose. 00:20:00.299 --> 00:20:01.880 We must put aside. 00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:03.980 And this is the point 00:20:03.980 --> 00:20:05.099 that Paul is trying 00:20:05.099 --> 00:20:06.480 to get at here 00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:07.519 saying circumcision 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:08.200 is worthless 00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:09.259 unless you obey the law. 00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:10.259 And you can't obey 00:20:10.259 --> 00:20:11.339 the law without Christ. 00:20:11.859 --> 00:20:13.079 So your religious activity 00:20:13.079 --> 00:20:14.180 is worthless 00:20:14.180 --> 00:20:15.539 to the Jewish people. 00:20:17.060 --> 00:20:18.980 We must break 00:20:18.980 --> 00:20:21.620 from our moralistic view 00:20:21.620 --> 00:20:23.440 and gain a kingdom view. 00:20:24.019 --> 00:20:24.980 We must break 00:20:24.980 --> 00:20:26.200 from our religious traditions 00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:27.200 and practice holiness. 00:20:28.019 --> 00:20:28.920 We must break 00:20:28.920 --> 00:20:30.180 from our religious apathy 00:20:30.180 --> 00:20:31.700 and pursue Christ 00:20:31.700 --> 00:20:32.700 no matter where 00:20:32.700 --> 00:20:34.420 that takes us. 00:20:35.700 --> 00:20:36.480 Knowing Christ 00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:37.580 is far better 00:20:37.580 --> 00:20:39.180 than anything else. 00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:40.240 Far better. 00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:43.720 And because Christ 00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:44.539 is far better 00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:45.839 and received 00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:47.940 only by faith 00:20:47.940 --> 00:20:48.880 not by works 00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:50.480 Paul can say 00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:51.640 in Romans chapter 2 00:20:51.640 --> 00:20:53.319 that circumcision 00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:54.660 is for all people 00:20:54.660 --> 00:20:55.900 as long as it is 00:20:55.900 --> 00:20:56.920 a result of Christ 00:20:56.920 --> 00:20:57.980 and not 00:20:57.980 --> 00:20:58.980 a religious activity. 00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:03.400 The pursuit 00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:04.200 of the law 00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:06.220 through religious activities 00:21:06.220 --> 00:21:08.039 gets us nowhere. 00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:10.680 And it is 00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:11.319 why religion 00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:12.460 is damaging 00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:13.319 to our souls. 00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:15.240 Religion leads 00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:15.879 to death 00:21:15.879 --> 00:21:16.680 and Jesus 00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:17.819 is life. 00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:19.879 So we've built up 00:21:19.879 --> 00:21:20.960 to this point 00:21:20.960 --> 00:21:22.599 verse 28 and 29. 00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:24.200 And the third 00:21:24.200 --> 00:21:24.920 final point 00:21:24.920 --> 00:21:25.700 circumcision 00:21:25.700 --> 00:21:26.920 is a matter 00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:28.279 of the heart. 00:21:30.359 --> 00:21:31.259 It says 00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:32.420 verse 28 00:21:32.420 --> 00:21:33.139 For no one 00:21:33.139 --> 00:21:33.899 is a Jew 00:21:33.899 --> 00:21:34.619 who is merely 00:21:34.619 --> 00:21:35.740 one outwardly 00:21:35.740 --> 00:21:37.779 nor is circumcision 00:21:37.779 --> 00:21:39.180 outward and physical. 00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:40.960 In other words 00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:42.180 what makes a person 00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:42.620 a Jew 00:21:42.620 --> 00:21:43.819 is not what they wear. 00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:45.620 It's not what they practice 00:21:45.620 --> 00:21:46.359 or what they do. 00:21:46.440 --> 00:21:47.819 It is who they are. 00:21:47.900 --> 00:21:48.759 They're born into it. 00:21:48.859 --> 00:21:49.519 It's a blood 00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:50.259 thing. 00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:51.779 And likewise 00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:52.579 circumcision 00:21:52.579 --> 00:21:53.400 is much more 00:21:53.400 --> 00:21:54.680 than just a physical act. 00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:55.839 It is more. 00:21:55.940 --> 00:21:56.279 It isn't 00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:58.700 this religious activity 00:21:58.700 --> 00:22:00.059 or religious practice. 00:22:01.339 --> 00:22:02.440 In verse 29 00:22:02.440 --> 00:22:03.759 Paul clearly 00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:05.940 communicates this. 00:22:06.580 --> 00:22:06.960 It says 00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:07.980 but a Jew 00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:09.400 is one inwardly 00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:11.059 and circumcision 00:22:11.059 --> 00:22:11.840 is a matter 00:22:11.840 --> 00:22:12.720 of the heart 00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:14.720 by the spirit 00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:16.660 not by the letter. 00:22:17.600 --> 00:22:18.299 His praise 00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:19.240 is not from man 00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:20.500 but from God. 00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:22.000 See Paul 00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:22.460 if Paul 00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:23.519 hasn't already 00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:24.580 rocked 00:22:24.580 --> 00:22:26.120 the religious 00:22:26.120 --> 00:22:27.059 leaders 00:22:27.059 --> 00:22:28.380 his closing 00:22:28.380 --> 00:22:29.100 statements 00:22:29.100 --> 00:22:29.779 do. 00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:32.539 If they weren't 00:22:32.539 --> 00:22:33.559 mad already 00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:34.579 they're mad now. 00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:35.799 For Paul 00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:36.480 now says 00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:37.500 that circumcision 00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:38.920 is no longer 00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:40.180 a religious action 00:22:40.180 --> 00:22:41.319 but a God action. 00:22:41.819 --> 00:22:42.899 It's no longer 00:22:42.899 --> 00:22:44.099 something you do 00:22:44.099 --> 00:22:44.980 it's what I do 00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:45.639 is what God 00:22:45.639 --> 00:22:46.619 is saying. 00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:49.819 It is no longer 00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:50.500 something that 00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:51.680 we can do. 00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:52.980 Now 00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:54.079 hear me 00:22:54.079 --> 00:22:55.160 we can do it. 00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:56.639 We can baptize. 00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:57.440 We can 00:22:57.440 --> 00:22:59.119 sing the songs. 00:22:59.119 --> 00:22:59.879 We can read 00:22:59.879 --> 00:23:00.519 our Bibles 00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:01.559 but without 00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:02.439 being born again 00:23:02.439 --> 00:23:03.179 without becoming 00:23:03.179 --> 00:23:03.719 a Christian 00:23:03.719 --> 00:23:04.779 it still leads 00:23:04.779 --> 00:23:05.399 to eternity 00:23:05.399 --> 00:23:06.139 without God. 00:23:07.239 --> 00:23:08.000 And the religious 00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:08.819 leaders were 00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:11.239 banking on 00:23:11.239 --> 00:23:12.039 their action 00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:12.859 leading to 00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:13.339 salvation. 00:23:13.479 --> 00:23:14.039 Their action 00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:15.079 being what 00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:15.839 saved them 00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:18.559 is only 00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:19.219 what God 00:23:19.219 --> 00:23:19.879 can do. 00:23:20.639 --> 00:23:21.679 If circumcision 00:23:21.679 --> 00:23:22.619 represented 00:23:22.619 --> 00:23:23.439 the old 00:23:23.439 --> 00:23:24.599 the dirty 00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:25.359 the fleshy 00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:25.819 filthy 00:23:25.819 --> 00:23:27.039 being removed 00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.619 to show 00:23:27.619 --> 00:23:28.459 a membership 00:23:28.459 --> 00:23:29.139 in God's 00:23:29.139 --> 00:23:29.579 family 00:23:29.579 --> 00:23:31.919 then what 00:23:31.919 --> 00:23:32.379 more is 00:23:32.379 --> 00:23:32.919 circumcision 00:23:32.919 --> 00:23:33.699 of the heart? 00:23:35.619 --> 00:23:36.199 Circumcision 00:23:36.199 --> 00:23:36.679 of the heart 00:23:36.679 --> 00:23:37.079 is God 00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:37.439 removing 00:23:37.439 --> 00:23:38.199 the old 00:23:38.199 --> 00:23:39.199 filthy 00:23:39.199 --> 00:23:40.099 sinful 00:23:40.099 --> 00:23:40.639 flesh 00:23:40.639 --> 00:23:40.979 from our 00:23:40.979 --> 00:23:41.299 bodies 00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:41.819 and giving 00:23:41.819 --> 00:23:42.299 us 00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:43.419 a new 00:23:43.419 --> 00:23:43.959 heart. 00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:45.799 Ezekiel 00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:46.319 11 00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:47.539 verse 19 00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:47.959 and 20 00:23:47.959 --> 00:23:48.279 I'm going to 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00:24:26.840 is 00:24:26.840 --> 00:24:27.360 removed 00:24:27.360 --> 00:24:27.820 by 00:24:27.820 --> 00:24:28.320 God 00:24:28.320 --> 00:24:28.960 and 00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:29.080 in 00:24:29.080 --> 00:24:29.240 its 00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:29.620 place 00:24:29.620 --> 00:24:29.759 is 00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:29.880 the 00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:30.120 heart 00:24:30.120 --> 00:24:30.279 of 00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:30.700 flesh 00:24:30.700 --> 00:24:32.340 a 00:24:32.340 --> 00:24:32.660 new 00:24:32.660 --> 00:24:32.980 heart 00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.160 where 00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:33.300 we 00:24:33.300 --> 00:24:33.519 may 00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:34.259 walk 00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:34.440 in 00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:34.640 his 00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:35.000 way 00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:36.140 obey 00:24:36.140 --> 00:24:36.460 his 00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:36.860 laws 00:24:36.860 --> 00:24:37.060 and 00:24:37.060 --> 00:24:37.720 glorify 00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:38.140 him 00:24:38.140 --> 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