Promises, Circumcision and Me

Abraham's faith is a picture of our faith. While his circumstances are different than ours, we are saved in the same way -- by faith -- and we experience the same struggles to hold on to the promises of God while we wait and suffer. God graciously gave Abraham tangible things he could hold on to while he waited: a covenant made by God himself, a change in name and a sign in his own body in the form of circumcision. While circumcision is no longer required of God's people, it points to another reality that is still true of all who belong to Jesus. It points to a much deeper mark that God places on the heart of all who belong to Him. This sermon focuses on the nature and significance of circumcision to Abraham and his descendants, and ties these underlying realities to how we walk with Jesus today.