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Circumcision is both of the flesh (Gen 17:11, Luke 2:21) and of the spirit (Deut
10:16 - ‘heart’ here being used expressively to mean spirit -, Rom 2:28-29). There
is a spiritual circumcision (Rom 2:25-29). This is only achieved by becoming a
Christian (Rom 15:8, Phil 3:3) by means of faith and not the works of the law and
is the only circumcision that counts (Gal 5:6, Phil 3:3, Col 2:13, 3:11). As such
Christians represent, in this sense, a new kind of 'Jewry' (Rom 2:28-29, Phil 3:3).
Circumcision is a sign and seal of faith (Rom 3:1-2, 4:11). It is impossible to be
under the Law and a Christian and those who really regard themselves as fully
under the whole, complete Law are not Christians at all (Gal 2:5, 5:4). This must
be guarded against as otherwise the unforgivable sin could multiply (Gal 5:4).

Sin

All men on Earth are sinners, including Christians (Job 15:14-15, 1 John 1:7-8),
the blood of Christ continually cleanses the flesh of Christians in an ongoing
requirement and process (Eph 1:7, 1 John 1:7). Nobody on Earth is without sin
over time or in a discrete department of their life (Mal 2:9, James 2:10, 3:2, 8, 1
John 1:7). The basic or identity spirit of Christians can not sin (1 John 3:9).

The ‘greats’ of the Bible sinned and this includes the prophets and apostles both
before and after Pentecost (Jer 20:14, Rom 7:23).

Extra-terrestrial or extra-dimensional 'men' need salvation (Job 15:15).

The Great Commission

Evangelism should start with the realisation that man’s basic spirit is aware of its
sin (Rom 1:18-20) and of the need for and existence of Salvation (Rom 1:20).
There is no need for introduction therefore in the fulfilment of Mark 16:15.

Nature of Man

Man is made in the image of God, created by God, which means that he is in this
sense a child of God (Psalm 82:6). This is by being in the dominion image (Gen
1:28) of God and by the fact that Christ, who is God (Mat 28:19, John 20:28), is
human also (Gen 1:26, Mal 3:6, 1 Tim 2:5). This dominion status is then warped
into a desire to be God which is innate in Man (Rom 1:20-21).

By partaking of the Law, Man attempts to be God such that he becomes a kind of
god characterised by a focus on personal sovereignity and self-worship (Gen 3:5,
Psalm 82:1, 6, John 10:34-35), knowing good and evil in a sense (Gen 3:22, Psalm