Circumcision Is Spiritual Not Carnal

Romans 4:12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.

Paul, two chapters prior, told us and the Romans that circumcision was always presented by God as a spiritual process but Abraham perceived circumcision in his flesh mind as a flesh process and Abraham superimposed that same false narrative unto his children who continued the same process. Women were never excluded from either God’s promises or processes pursuant to God’s will. Circumcision was always the circumcision of flesh thoughts and feelings of a flesh heart in deference to God’s spiritual thoughts and ways, as previously documented in Romans 2:29 “But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God”. Romans 2:29 is entirely consistent with Jesus’ definition of the “first commandment” in Matthew 22:36-38 and Mark 12:28-34 fully explored in previous posts. Consider this: God’s three Hebrew words אַחֵר אֱלֹהִים פָּנִים written in stone as the “first commandment” was translated into Greek, then translated into the 242 English words of Matthew 22:36-38 and Mark 12:28-34, all of which the Spirit of God defined for me subsequent to following God’s 2Timothy 2:15-21 instructions. The crux of God’s spiritual “first commandment” stipulates that we must de-testify the flesh thoughts and feelings of ourselves and every human being we have ever known and all social networks including religion, in deference to God’s spiritual truth, until our heart, soul, mind and strength is entirely God’s spiritual thoughts and ways. Understanding the “first commandment” helps clarify 2Corinthians 3:5-6. I have fully explained God’s definition of faith in prior posts and I want to remind you that our faith is of little consequence to God because our belief and faith is predicated upon who performs the action of Greek verb 3982 peitho which subjectively means to persuade and objectively means to be persuaded.  Greek verb 3982 peitho was correctly translated into English “persuaded” in Matthew 27:20 “But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus”.