Lesson 2059

(Lesson 2059)(06-22-17) 1 Corinthians 7:17-24

"But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches. Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather. For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant. Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God."

Today's quote relates that it makes no difference what a person is, or does, before becoming a child of God. None of that has any bearing on that person as a child of God. Herein, Paul clarified that in order to be a born again child of God one need do nothing more than believe in and be wholly faithful to our Lord Jesus Christ.

In simpler terms, as Paul put it, if one is marked (Circumcised) as a Jew, there is no need to alter those markings. The same applies to those who are not Jews (uncircumcised), there is no requirement to be circumcised.~