I know that some may struggle to accept some of the things that I will be posting on this thread. I will in absolute terms conflict with what some have been taught as it relates to the scriptures and there true meaning. I hope that all will give me place to explain and reason within the scriptures as to the truth of what I am trying to declare as "truth". First I think we should consider that the "divine" nature is the very nature of God. We have this by the Spirit of God, if any man have not the Spirit of God this thread may not make much sense to you? God would have us live apart from fear, guilt, and shame. He would have us to walk free from all religious bondage and in confidence that we are indeed His beloved children. Perfect liberty is what He desires for us, with no holds to this world, except those which love would tie us to. The doctrines and traditions of guilt and shame are not the doctrines that are given in the New Covenant... this I hope to prove in a clear and biblical way. Blessings- Mitspa
Perfect liberty can only be found in God's Spirit. Those who walk by the law are walking in the flesh rather than the Spirit of God. If we walk by the Spirit we live the commands of God because they are life to us, they are God's perfect love and will acting through us. Only in God's Spirit do we experience life and are alive for it is there we are alive in Christ.
Romans 4 is a good place to find explanation on the circumcision.
Romans 8:1 -8:17-
8 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Sorry, but this is so beautiful I don't want to cut it even now.