The True Jew

February 24, 2012
Sermon
Lesson 11
Romans 2:25-29

“The True Jew”

The Jewish Quandary: If I Break God's Laws, Can Circumcision Save Me?
We must all have a “circumcision of heart”!
Physical rites are of value only if our hearts are obedient to God (25)
Obedience shows our true heart (26-27)
Keeping the Law makes uncircumcision circumcision (26)
Keeping the law puts the Gentile ahead of the Law-breaking Jew (27)
Spiritual “circumcision” is what saves us (28-29)
The true Jew is not merely one outwardly (28)
The true Jew is one inwardly (29)
Circumcision is a matter of the heart (29a)
By the Spirit, not by the letter (29b)
His praise is not from man but from God (29c)