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My Song In The Night (Vital Doctrines)
我夜间的歌曲《重要教义-救恩》

My Song In The Night (Vital Doctrines)
我夜间的歌曲《重要教义-救恩》 
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Day 47

Text: Galatians 5

MSITN VITAL DOCTRINES – SALVATION

“Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing. And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law.”

Galatians 5:2-3

THE RITE OF CIRCUMCISION

1. It was the LORD who spoke to Abraham about the rite of circumcision.

2. This was meant to be of great symbolic significance:

a. It was meant to represent the removal of sin.
b. Because of the removal of sin, Israel was God’s holy people.
c. Circumcision was to be performed on the 8th day after birth of every son.

3. The rite of circumcision became much more than that for ancient Israel.

a. It became the beginning of the keeping of the law of Moses.
b. Circumcision was not the only thing the Gentile must do.
c. He is commanded to keep the whole law.
d. He is indebted to keep all the 613 laws of Judaism if he desires to be saved.

4. This was the opposite of what the Lord Jesus came to do.

a. He came to give salvation.
b. He came to bring great blessings from God.
c. He came to free us from everything that makes us bound:
i. From sin that binds.
ii. From Satan who captures all sinners.
iii. From the law to which many were indebted to obey but cannot fulfil.

5. What would circumcision do for the believer?

a. If a person believes that he must be circumcised to be saved, then his “faith” in the Lord Jesus may well “profit him nothing”.
b. Faith in the Lord is all that is needed.
i. Nothing can be added to this faith.
ii. Nothing can be added to the death of the Lord Jesus on the cross of Calvary.

6. A debtor to keep the whole law.

a. This was something that Paul had to point out.
b. Circumcision was not all that the false teachers were teaching.
c. They were subtly drawing people to become debtors to keeping the whole law.
i. They themselves know that no one can keep the whole law.
ii. How could the Gentiles keep all the 613 laws they advocate?

我夜间的歌曲-重要教义-救恩
经文：加拉太书 5

“我保罗告诉你们，若受割礼，基督就于你们无益了。我再指着凡受割礼的人确实地说：他是欠着行全律法的债。”

《加拉太书 5:2-3》

割礼的仪式

1. 割礼的仪式是上帝指示亚伯拉罕的

2. 这具有重大的象征意义：

a. 它是代表罪的除去

b. 由于罪被除去，以色列成为上帝的圣民

c. 每个儿子出生后的第八天都要进行割礼

3. 古代以色列给割礼的仪式添加了其他的意义

a. 它成为遵守摩西律法的开始

b. 割礼不是外邦人必须做的唯一的事

c. 他受命遵守整条律法

d. 如果他想得救，他有欠着行所有 613 条犹太教的律法

4. 这与主耶稣的事功相反

a. 祂来是为了给予救恩

b. 祂来是为了带来自上帝的巨大祝福

c. 祂来是为了让我们摆脱捆绑我们的一切：

i. 从捆绑我们的罪

ii. 从捕获所有罪人的撒旦手中

iii. 从许多人有欠着行但无法履行的律法

5. 割礼对信徒有什么意义？

a. 如果一个人认为他必须受割礼才能得救，那么他对主耶稣的“信心”很可能“对他毫无益”

b. 只需要在主里有信心

i. 没有任何东西可以添加这信心

ii. 没有什么能增加主耶稣在髑髅地十字架上舍命的重要性

6. 一个欠着行全律法的债的人

a. 这是保罗必须指出的观点

b. 割礼并不是假师博所教导的全部

c. 他们巧妙地吸引人们成为行全律法的债务人

i. 他们自己知道没有人能行全律法

ii. 外邦人如何能遵守他们所有 613 条律法呢