"In Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision powers anything, but faith working through love," Galatians 5:6.
It's about a new creation! Religious rituals have the trappings of spirituality, they express a form of religion while denying its power. Scripture continues: God's religion makes itself known, like, in visiting orphans and widows. Like in bridling the tongue - what we talk about and how we talk it. Like in honoring (and praying for!) the emperor when we disagree strongly. Loving faith at work. Rites are not ends in themselves. Reading our Bibles and prayer lead to change of our own hearts, our own minds, our own behaviors. We don't read to read, or pray to pray. We read to hear God's truth. We pray to open our own (broken) reality with God. It's not about rituals. It's about a new creation!
We come discouraged, confused, burdened to the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ; we get new hearts, minds, actions. We give thanks. Remind a brother or sister today that God's at work creating new men and new women. New creation!
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