Circumcision: NT Survey, Part 1

In this part of the sermon: Martin surveys early New Testament passages (Luke 1:59, John 7:22, Acts 7:8) to demonstrate the continued practice and understanding of physical circumcision, particularly its…

The analogy of a wedding ring being identified with the oath sworn and vows taken is used to explain how circumcision, the token, is identified with the Abrahamic covenant itself.

covenant of circumcision and he gave him the covenant of circumcision and so abraham begat isaac and circumcised him the eighth day isaac jacob and jacob the twelve patriarchs and then he moves on to tell the story of the patriarchs move with jealousy against joseph now here when he says the covenant of circumcision it's clear that he means the covenant which is circumcision in other words circumcision is once again identified with the abrahamic covenant remember we saw in the old testament when he said this is my covenant he identified circumcision with the covenant the sign of the covenant

12:32 - 13:14 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Martin surveys early New Testament passages (Luke 1:59, John 7:22, Acts 7:8) to demonstrate the continued practice and understanding of physical circumcision, particularly its…

The Lord's Supper, where Jesus says 'this cup is the new covenant in my blood,' is used as an example of a symbol being identified with the covenant it signifies, similar to circumcision and the Abrahamic covenant.

is identified with the covenant itself just like a wedding ring the token is identified with the oath sworn and the vows taken so also circumcision the token is identified with the oath which god swore to abraham and you find an identification of the oath sworn promise and the visible token or pledge or emblem of that promise the two are said to be the same thing is true of the elements of the lord's supper where jesus says this cup is the new

13:14 - 13:52 Read in full sermon