Circumcision Of Putting Off The Deeds of the Flesh.
The point of “putting off the deeds of the flesh” is that “flesh and bone does not inherit the kingdom”, but the re-spirited mind of faith does just as expediently as it puts off the needs and the deeds of the flesh, these are antagonistic to the faith, to include fears and doubts to dis-believe the Gospel as pertinent and relevant Today! For “today is the day of salvation.” Tomorrow might not be. And salvation means a full recovery from what was lost in Eden where the wreckage happened that needed to be salvaged, which happened in the spirit of the mind.
And NOT to mean to put off the carnal body itself, as we read from Colossians 2.11 saying “ In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,
It is for us to put off a body of dis-beliefs, and put the correct way of thinking on! For in doing so, this is the restoration of the fall each one of us inherited from Adam and Eve. This is being risen back up.
For it was the flesh that was the innocent bystander. And because the fall happened in the spirit of the mind, for there were no broken bones, bruises or cuts, but just an upside down way of thinking as the only thing needed to restore us back to “that which is from the beginning” BEFORE the Fall.
It is a wayward way of thinking that resulted in the fall that needed to be restored and not the flesh body or a body resurrection, or an end time last days Jesus thing at all.
So lets look further at how we “put off the body of the sins of flesh” and put on righteousness of faith, by faith as the reversal of the fall from the beginning. For this is the salvation of God through His Son, who is also His word (John 1.1). Because (12 to as many as received Him (meaning Christ in Word form), to them gave He power to become the children of God, even to those who believe in His name: 13 Who were born, NOT of blood, NOR of the will of the flesh (as being significant), NOR of the will of man, but of God. 14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
So “He became flesh and dwelt among us” to show us how to “put off the body of the needs and the deeds of the flesh” as being antagonistic to the faith, by us changing our ways of thinking. This is why we are instructed to “Be renewed in the spirit of your mind, that you may know Gods good, acceptable and perfect will. This is our work in the faith, in the invisible realm of spirit and truth, as to how we receive the gift of life given from that cross of Christ, as a job finished and well done.
Paul writes about those in Christ in Colossians 2 saying “11 In whom ye also are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh (as a wayward way of thinking) by the circumcision of Christ:
Showing us that it is NOT putting off the physical body itself, but putting off the body of disbeliefs called sins. That is us trying to protector save the flesh in carnal ways. To mean saving the carnal man is a wayward way of thinking, to include all of your coverages and policies.
These things we put off are promotionals and motivators that are the sins that are antagonistic and not the flesh itself. For if it was the flesh that was antagonistic, then that would mean that Adam and Eve were already sinners the moment they were created even before they committed sin, and that just cannot be so. For Paul to go on and teach us “13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath He (Christ) made us alive together with Himself, having forgiven you all your trespasses;
For Paul to finish this explanation with “25 therefore I thank God through Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God;
We also have Peters perspective where he wrote that “18 For Christ also hath suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, in order to bring us (back) to God, (by) being put to death in His flesh, but quickened by Gods Spirit.” In our flesh.
The spirit becomes our new habitation for us who are born again and borne from above. We have our do-over
To finalize the deal by saying “21 The like figure where unto even (on the picture of) baptism does also save us now (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh (itself), but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: As having happened to us as well.
Of which baptism itself is just a physical ritual to make visible the spiritual realities, and the invisible reversal of Adams fall that happened to us as well, that everyone was born into. So that Baptism negates our association with Adam, to associate with Christ for them to be “born again” and “borne from above” as being newly created, or in bible lingo, born again.
This is our rectification and our salvation from the fall. And this salvation all takes place where the fall happened, in the spirit of our minds.
Even as we read from Hebrews 11 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things are not (carnally) seen. 2 For by faith (in the invisible) the elders obtained a good report (with God the Father).
And this “report” was written down in scripture for our retrieval. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruptible (word), and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality (all by the working of faith), then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
To mean that we have past from death to life in this way, all by our tools of faith in the invisible where the fall took place.
So then to take this at face value, it is when you have “put off”the old habits inherited from Adam and Eve as a wayward way of thinking as having to do with being dead to God, for us to in turn put on the gift of Godliness by faith.
This is the reversal of that fall, the redemption and the salvation from God, given to us just as simply as we inherited sin from Adam and Eve, saying “12 To as many as received Him (who is invisible), to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to those who believe in is name.13 Who were born, NOT of blood, NOR of the will of the flesh, NOR of the will of man, but of God :
And this all takes place by faith to mean the invisible, outside of view of carnal perceptions, ALL in the spirit of the mind where Adam and Eve fell.
Even as we were instructed to “be ye renewed in the spirit of your mind. For He made Him who knew no sin (Christ) to become our sin for us to (in turn) become the righteousness of God (by being found) in Him. “For in Him is no sin.”And we are in Him this is true
Here are some more verses from scripture showing us to put off the flesh by the workings of faith, and to put on the new you in the image of Christ as our common tasks, of who He “was and is and is to come” who is “at hand” right now.
That if you have NOT understood the Gospel like this, it is likely because you expect Christ to perform another type of saving? Like the end times, last day cult do by promulgating the farce of a “second coming Jesus” which in truth is not found once in scripture. Because we are to “put off the old man and its *deeds of the flesh, to include those illusions and lies, to put on Christ one revelation after another to be “renewed in the spirit of your mind”. And only in this way can you be saved. In this way He is “the way the truth and the life.
As for those who sit and wait? Or go to the world for their needs? It is they who like in the Wedding Parable, who went to the world for their attire, who will be regarded as those who went to th to be told “depart from Me you workers of inequity, I do not know you from where you are, for you are not mindful of the things of God (to put on) but the things of man.” And carnal and corporate coverings for your needs and greeds are antagonistic to the gifts given through Gospel. Because the gospel is Gods delivery mechanism for things from Himself. That to go to others for coverages is spiritual adultery.
So unless you want to face these charges, “put on Christ” one revelation at a time as the Gospel demands while the invitation is still at hand. And how? Keep reading, for.
14 knowing that shortly I must put off my tent, just as our Lord Jesus Christ showed me.
And just as we are showing you. Those who put off the deeds and needs of the flesh associated with canal needs, greed, and fears and self protection.
It was as He suffered He set us free from the promptings of fears, short comings and appearing to be naked. So that we NOW being clothed in His Word? This is His original essence of who He was before “The Word became flesh and dwelled among us. And we beheld His Glory, the Glory of the Only Begotten of the Father full of grace and truth”. As is this testimony, to be able to chime in with the rest who have gone before us as “to the spirits of just men made perfect, while they were sojourners seeking this goal. This is an accomplishment that doesn’t require our carnal visual death because that is the price Gods Only Begotten paid for us.
This is the Gospel, and This is The Kingdom of God at hand”. To mean proverbially reachable and attainable like this.
Amen!
The Kingdom of God is at hand.