Is Circumcision Required for Christians?

today I want to talk about circumcision it's time to unlearn the lies hey welcome to unlearn my name is Lex and I'd like to invite you to join us each week as we unlearn the lies and dig deeper into the truth of God's Word now let's get started there's a lot of controversy and misunderstanding about circumcision and I felt this is a subject that needs to be addressed many and Christianity teach that circumcision is done away with and they use this premise to conclude that the entire law of God is done away with but in the Hebrew roots and Messianic movement there are many people teaching that we must be physically circumcised being covenant with God however neither of these opinions are consistent with the Bible the argument that physical circumcision is a requirement for salvation was addressed at the Jerusalem Council on acts 15 and certain men came down from Judea and taught the Brethren unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses you cannot be saved therefore when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and dispute with them they determined that Paul and Barnabas and certain others of them should go up to Jerusalem to the Apostles and the elders about this question this topic was just as controversial of a topic in the first century as it is today the Apostles were very troubled by the claim that physical circumcision is required for salvation and they concluded that it was not a requirement for salvation however the claim that physical circumcision has no value and that it has been done away with is also addressed in Romans Paul explains that physical circumcision is profitable if you also have a circumcised heart for circumcision is indeed profitable if you keep the law but if you're a breaker of the law your circumcision has become uncircumcision therefore if an uncircumcised man keeps the righteous requirements of the law will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision and will not the physically uncircumcised if he fulfills the law judge you who even with your written code and circumcision are a transgressor of the law for he is not a Jew who is one outwardly nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh but he is a Jew who is one inward and circumcision is that of the heart in the spirit and not in the letter whose praise is not from men but from God Paul is explaining that a circumcised heart keeps the law of God however if you were circumcised in the flesh but do not obey God then your circumcision is worthless physical circumcision is an outward sign of our covenant with God it's a reminder to us that we are God's people in this way it works like a wedding ring when you get married you put on a wedding ring as a sign of the Covenant but if you're not faithful the ring is worthless it's simply a decoration and has no meaning since you are not committed to the Covenant however if you are faithful in your marriage then it doesn't matter if you're wearing or not because you're walking faithfully to the marriage covenant anyone can be circumcised in the flesh it's not uncommon for an atheist to have been circumcised as a child because his parents were believers but his circumcision doesn't benefit him at all since he has no faith the circumcision of the flesh is a reminder that we need a circumcised heart circumcision of the flesh is a shadow of the true circumcision that takes place in the heart therefore the circumcision of the heart is more important than that of the flesh in him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands by putting off the body of sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ so the big question is what about Passover the Bible tells us that no uncircumcised male can eat the Passover and when a stranger dwells with you and wants to keep the Passover to the Lord let all his males be circumcised and then let him come near and keep it and he shall be as a native of the land for no uncircumcised person shall eat it this is why many people have concluded that we must be physically circumcised to receive salvation because they realized that Yeshua is our Passover and they conclude that we must be physically circumcised to receive the Lamb of God circumcision of the flesh was required to eat of the Passover lamb but we no longer sacrifice the lamb and Passover because Yahshua is our Passover there is no temple and no Levites so even if we wanted to sacrifice the lamb we couldn't so the question is must we be physically circumcised to protec in the Passover celebration of Messiah physical circumcision is required for a physical lamb but the physical points us to the spiritual however the spiritual is not first but the natural and afterward the spiritual we do not physically partake in the Passover lamb of God we worship in spirit and in truth so is physical circumcision required to partake in a spiritual event therefore purge out the old leaven that you may be a new lump since you are truly unleavened for indeed Christ our Passover was sacrificed for us therefore let us keep the feast not with old leaven nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth the true Passover can only be celebrated if you have a circumcised heart because Yeshua is the Lamb of God and we partake of his sacrifice spiritually therefore the circumcision of the heart is required above that of the flesh but that doesn't mean physical circumcision is worthless some people think that the circumcision of the heart is a New Testament invention but that's simply not true the circumcision of the heart was taught from Deuteronomy and now Israel what does your Lord God require of you but to fear the Lord your God to walk in all his ways and to love him to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and to keep the commandments of the Lord and his statutes which I command you today for your good therefore circumcise the foreskin of your heart and be stiff necked no longer and the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul that you may live and you will and you will again obey the voice of the Lord and do all his commandments which I command you today if you obey the voice of the Lord your God to keep his Commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law and if you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul notice the circumcision of the heart is about loving God and keeping his Commandments that is exactly what Paul was saying in Romans about the Gentiles who are circumcised in their heart for circumcision is a deep profitable if you keep the law but if you're a breaker of the law your circumcision has become uncircumcision therefore if an uncertain sighs man keeps the righteous requirements of the law will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision for he is not a Jew who is one outwardly nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh but he is a Jew who is one inwardly and circumcision is that of the heart in the spirit paul is citing the torah to explain circumcision he understood that physical circumcision is not the goal the goal is circumcision of the heart that's why he said circumcision is nothing but keeping the commandments of God is what's important circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing but keeping the commandments of God is what matters so those who say we no longer need to keep the commandments of God are an error but those who say we must be physically circumcised to be saved are also in error the physical points us to the spiritual the physical has a purpose and is beneficial but only if you have a circumcised heart physical circumcision is not what makes us right with God it's an outward sign of the Covenant like a wedding ring but what really matters is that we are circumcised in our heart that we are faithful to God and that we love God and keep his Commandments wearing a wedding ring has significance just as physical circumcision has significance but the weightier matter is the circumcision of the heart for we are the circumcision who worship God in the spirit rejoice in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh thanks for watching if you found this video helpful then share it with your friends and family so they can unlearn the lies with us if you want to see more videos like this one subscribe to my channel and I want to say a special thank you to those who support this ministry we truly appreciate your prayers and generosity thank you so much and remember the truth will set you free we'll see you next time