Devotion 830
“Circumcise Yourself Unto The Lord"
Reference: Jeremiah Chapter 4
The circumcision is by blood. It's the circumcision of the heart. The old flesh of the first Adam is cut off, and the individual is placed in the new blood of the Second Adam. The circumcision is a death and resurrection: a death to the old heart of the first Adam, and a resurrection with the new heart of the Second Adam.
Let's read.
Jeremiah 4:1-4 "If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove. [2] And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory. [3] For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. [4] Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings."
In confirmation of his faith, the Lord gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, an everlasting covenant.
Genesis 17:13 "He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant."
It was a covenant in the flesh through physical circumcision. It was a shadow of the covenant in the spirit. Through the spiritual circumcision done by the Holy Spirit, when we are moved from the blood of the first Adam to the blood of the second Adam The Holy Spirit circumcises our heart, making us one with God. The old Adamic nature is removed. We now inherit a divine nature through our union with the new blood. This is an everlasting covenant.
We continue our reading.
Jeremiah 4:5-13 "Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities. [6] Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. [7] The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant. [8] For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us. [9] And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder. [10] Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul. [11] At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse, [12] Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them. [13] Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled."
In uncircumcision of the heart, the Lord allowed Babylon to trample over Israel and brought them into captivity. Today, if we remain in unbelief and do not cross over from the first blood to the second blood, the Lord allows our enemy to take over us spiritually, mentally, and physically.
We continue our reading.
Jeremiah 4:14-22 "O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? [15] For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim. [16] Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah. [17] As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD. [18] Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart. [19] My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. [20] Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment. [21] How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet? [22] For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge."
The sin nature produces evil. It makes us wise to do evil. It's the divine nature that produces good. Without the divine nature, the individual can do no good. Even their good is corrupted.
We continue our reading.
Jeremiah 4:23-28 "I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. [24] I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. [25] I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. [26] I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger. [27] For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end. [28] For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it."
Because He has said it, the Word of God is everlasting. He purposed the universe by his Word. You and I, included in that universe, were purposed in His thoughts even before the foundation of the world.
We conclude our reading.
Jeremiah 4:29-31 "The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein. [30] And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life. [31] For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers."
If we forsake His word in unbelief, He forsakes us. The weary of the world is because we have forsaken the Word of God. Jesus Christ is the Word of God, and we receive this Word through a death and resurrection with Him.
Die and resurrect with Him. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the Word of God, as we revealed Him from the first Adam. Be circumcised, in Christ!
Reference: Jeremiah Chapter 4
The circumcision is by blood. It's the circumcision of the heart. The old flesh of the first Adam is cut off, and the individual is placed in the new blood of the Second Adam. The circumcision is a death and resurrection: a death to the old heart of the first Adam, and a resurrection with the new heart of the Second Adam.
Let's read.
Jeremiah 4:1-4 "If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove. [2] And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory. [3] For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. [4] Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings."
In confirmation of his faith, the Lord gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, an everlasting covenant.
Genesis 17:13 "He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant."
It was a covenant in the flesh through physical circumcision. It was a shadow of the covenant in the spirit. Through the spiritual circumcision done by the Holy Spirit, when we are moved from the blood of the first Adam to the blood of the second Adam The Holy Spirit circumcises our heart, making us one with God. The old Adamic nature is removed. We now inherit a divine nature through our union with the new blood. This is an everlasting covenant.
We continue our reading.
Jeremiah 4:5-13 "Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities. [6] Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. [7] The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant. [8] For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us. [9] And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder. [10] Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul. [11] At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse, [12] Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them. [13] Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled."
In uncircumcision of the heart, the Lord allowed Babylon to trample over Israel and brought them into captivity. Today, if we remain in unbelief and do not cross over from the first blood to the second blood, the Lord allows our enemy to take over us spiritually, mentally, and physically.
We continue our reading.
Jeremiah 4:14-22 "O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? [15] For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim. [16] Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah. [17] As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD. [18] Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart. [19] My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. [20] Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment. [21] How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet? [22] For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge."
The sin nature produces evil. It makes us wise to do evil. It's the divine nature that produces good. Without the divine nature, the individual can do no good. Even their good is corrupted.
We continue our reading.
Jeremiah 4:23-28 "I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. [24] I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. [25] I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. [26] I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger. [27] For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end. [28] For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it."
Because He has said it, the Word of God is everlasting. He purposed the universe by his Word. You and I, included in that universe, were purposed in His thoughts even before the foundation of the world.
We conclude our reading.
Jeremiah 4:29-31 "The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein. [30] And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life. [31] For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers."
If we forsake His word in unbelief, He forsakes us. The weary of the world is because we have forsaken the Word of God. Jesus Christ is the Word of God, and we receive this Word through a death and resurrection with Him.
Die and resurrect with Him. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the Word of God, as we revealed Him from the first Adam. Be circumcised, in Christ!
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