http://sermonrant.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/obedience-sovereignty-and-covenant/ "Discovering the truth, one dialogue at a time" Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:14:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://sermonrant.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/obedience-sovereignty-and-covenant/#comment-219 sermonrant Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:20:27 +0000 http://sermonrant.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/obedience-sovereignty-and-covenant/#comment-219 Someone asked me after church re: my point that circumcision, which is done on the male organ was a sign to Abraham that this promise of a son (And subsequent nations, seed, etc.) was not an act of human will and ability, but God's doing, "wasn't Abraham actually virile, since he impregnated Hagar, and his other wife after Sarah?" The main point here is that circumcision was a custom used in this part of the world for many years, and God used the custom as a symbol to indicate that it is not man (Mankind) who brings forth this promise and life, it is God. So my point wasn't necessarily the male, but emphasizing God's sovereignty in the execution of His promises to Abraham, much like He does with us to this day through Christ. Someone asked me after church re: my point that circumcision, which is done on the male organ was a sign to Abraham that this promise of a son (And subsequent nations, seed, etc.) was not an act of human will and ability, but God’s doing, “wasn’t Abraham actually virile, since he impregnated Hagar, and his other wife after Sarah?” The main point here is that circumcision was a custom used in this part of the world for many years, and God used the custom as a symbol to indicate that it is not man (Mankind) who brings forth this promise and life, it is God. So my point wasn’t necessarily the male, but emphasizing God’s sovereignty in the execution of His promises to Abraham, much like He does with us to this day through Christ.

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