We have seen that true circumcision is inward—it is circumcision of the heart. When faithfully understood by believing Jews, physical circumcision was a sign and seal of the Christ, who alone could provide salvation. When the sign was distorted by unbelief, the signification of circumcision remained, but it remained as the Song of Moses did—as a testimony against the one who bore the sign and seal in hypocrisy. We have also seen there is a true baptism which is identified with the true circumcision. That to which physical circumcision pointed was accomplished for Gentiles in Christ, and their
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