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“For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God

and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh—”

(Philippians 3:3, ESV)

4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERS1. Saved

“For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision

outward and physical.” (Rom. 2:28, ESV)

4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERS“But a Jew is one inwardly, and

circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from

God.” (Romans 2:29, ESV)

4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERS“In him also you were circumcised with a

circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision

of Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of

God, who raised him from the dead.” (Colossians 2:11–12, ESV)

“In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision

of Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of

God, who raised him from the dead.” (Colossians 2:11–12, ESV)

4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERS“In him also you were circumcised with a

circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision

of Christ,” (Colossians 2:11–12, ESV)

“In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision

of Christ,” (Colossians 2:11–12, ESV)

4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERS“…we say that faith was counted to Abraham

as righteousness. How then was it counted to him? Was it before or after he had been

circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised. He received the sign of

circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still

uncircumcised.

“…we say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness. How then was it counted to him? Was it before or after he had been

circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised. He received the sign of

circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still

uncircumcised.

4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERSThe purpose was to make him the father of

all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well, and to make him the father of

the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father

Abraham had before he was circumcised.” (Rom. 4:9–12, ESV)

The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well, and to make him the father of

the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father

Abraham had before he was circumcised.” (Rom. 4:9–12, ESV)

4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERS2. Spirit-Prompted

“For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus

and put no confidence in the flesh—”(Philippians 3:3, ESV)

4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERS2. Spirit-Prompted

“I was glad when they said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the LORD!””

(Ps. 122:1, ESV)

4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERS2. Spirit-Prompted

“not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.”

(Hebrews 10:25, NKJV)

4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERS2. Spirit-Prompted

“We used to take sweet counsel together; within God’s house we walked in the

throng.” (Psalm 55:14, ESV)

4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERS2. Spirit-Prompted

“and many peoples shall come, and say: ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the

LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.’ For out of Zion shall go

the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.” (Isaiah 2:3, ESV)

4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERS2. Spirit-Prompted

“How sweet are Your words to my taste, Sweeter than honey to my mouth!”

(Psalm 119:103, NKJV)

4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERS2. Spirit-Prompted

“The result of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever” (Isa. 32:17, HCSB)

4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERS3. Christ-Exalting

“For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ

Jesus…” (Philippians 3:3, ESV)

4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERS3. Christ-Exalting

Important Truth:Salvation is a gift to be received, not a wage to be earned.

4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERS4. Humble

“…If anyone else thinks he may have confidence in the flesh, I more so:

circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of

the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee; concerning zeal, persecuting the church;

concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.” (Phil. 3:4–6, NKJV)

4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERS4. Humble

“But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I

also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord,

for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I

may gain Christ” (Phil. 3:7–8, NKJV)

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