To keep Jewish Torah feasts requires a family to have all males circumcised. Yes! Yet it does not necessarily mean the hearts of the members of the family experience any permanent devotion towards God. The heart of a circumcised man or the hearts of the circumcised man’s family can simply turn away from trusting God. A new kind of circumcision is nothing physical but it turns the heart towards permanent trust in God and devotion to God who works this in the person, irrespective of gender. It happens to those who believe the gospel message of the word given by God and believe in the sacrificial crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ and are baptised into this way. God works miracles among these believers and manifests the Holy Spirit to them, in them, by various supernatural means. They have these things working on the attitudes of their hearts, the innermost leanings towards God who does these things for them as Father, for the glory of the name and reputation and teachings of Jesus Christ His Son. This is the real circumcision to seek in this day of God’s favour. The worship towards God produced this way is what God is seeking and desires: It is worship in spirit and in truth.
Jeremiah 17:5:
‘Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and will lean his arm of flesh upon him, while his heart departs from the Lord.’
Philippians 3:3:
‘For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh.’
Galatians 3:5:
‘Does God lavish His Spirit on you and work miracles among you because you practice the law, or because you hear and believe?’
Acts 2:38:
‘And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.’
