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Originally Posted by Barnpreacher  So, was the circumcision of the heart a totally new concept post-Deuteronomy 30? Or were OT Saints prior to Deuteronomy 30 circumcised in their hearts at regeneration? |
The apostle Paul quotes Deut.30 11-14 in Romans 10:6-8 as an explanation of Christ being the end of the law for righteousness,to everyone that believeth. After the first Exodus the law was handed down to Moses,
In the New Exodus Jesus verses 4-13 see also Hebrews 3:1-7
The circumcision of the heart Paul had spoken of already in romans 2;
25For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
26Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
27And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?
28For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
29But 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.