The
Apostle Paul says, "Circumcision is that of the heart." We become
sanctified and righteous by believing in the heart, not according to the
deeds of the outer men. Sanctification
does not depend on whether our outer men do as God says or not. Do you
understand this? The problem is that we have both the outer and inner
selves and they coincide. Therefore, we sometimes tend to place more
weight on the outer man. We become confident if
our outer selves do well, but disappointed if they don't. Paul says
this is not the right faith.
"Circumcision is that of the heart." What
is the real truth? How do we know and believe with the heart? In Matthew
16, Jesus asked Peter, "Who do you say that I am?" Then Peter confessed
his faith, saying, "You are the Christ, the
Son of the living God." Peter believed like that with the heart. Jesus
said, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood have not
revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven." Jesus said
Peter's faith was right.
Jesus took away all our
sins through His baptism and blood, we are saved in our hearts, pray to
God with our hearts, the faith lives in our hearts :
"For
with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." Romans 10,10