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Having a "circumcision of the heart" (Romans 2:29) is to believe the things Jesus Christ taught us in the New Covenant (New Testament). It's the ability to see things not as the world sees them...but how God has told us they are.

Anyone who is "born of God" (born again) is able to understand these things, but ONLY AS GOD HAS TOLD THEM TO US. We can't LEARN how to be a "spiritual" thinker by listening to any MAN. We must be taught by the Holy Spirit through the WORD(s) OF GOD. And the ONLY way we can learn is in a BOOK that is given to mankind. It is inspired by God. MAN has, in time, destroyed much of the meaning and symbolism.

Yet, if we are lead by the Holy Spirit, alone....WE CAN UNDERSTAND IT! We have been given the POWER to become "sons of God"...

John 1:12..."But as many as received him, ("born-again" in Jesus Christ) to them gave he POWER TO BECOME THE SONS OF GOD, even to them that believe on his name:..."

Most Christians don't fully understand this verse or ones like it. Yes, God gave Christians POWER to become His "sons" (and all that come with that honor), BUT ALL CHRISTIANS DO NOT USE THIS POWER. They remain "babes in Christ, and they do not "mature" in their faith to become what they would be IF they used this power.

How to do this is in the Bible. But most Christians would rather hear from the pulpit that they ALREADY ARE "sons of God"....and that isn't the truth! Read I John 2:12-13. There is a PROGRESSION in the Christian life...little children, to young men, to fathers. Little children are not "heirs" to promises made to those who progress to be adult "sons of God".

Salvation is SURE to everyone who believes, and this cannot be lost. We are ALL part of the "body of Christ" and God does not perform "abortions" on Himself. But GROWING UP (maturing) "in Christ" is something that a saved person should be doing. It is a learning, and "growing in Grace" that succeeds in one becoming what God gave us POWER to do....becoming "sons of God". The world is waiting for the revelation of these people:

Romans 8:19..."For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the MANIFESTATION OF THE SONS OF GOD."

It really doesn't matter if you don't understand this now! Our duty as a Christian (believer) is to BELIEVE WHAT GOD HAS SAID!! It's a "spiritual" thing! And NONE of us will fully understand it until it happens!

This is another good article on things that need to be understood in a spiritual manner. God is a Spirit, and we have to learn to understand spiritual things told to us. And, we will, if we pray for understanding. And it is truly a blessing when God puts in our path someone who already does understand....and tells others. FREE OF CHARGE...no fees, "tithes", collections, or donations needed.


http://www.tentmaker.org/articles/whatisajew.htm


Piece of the link article:


You would have thought Adam would have had to leave the Garden and go out into outer darkness in order to find Satan. But no! Satan was in the garden of God! What was the serpent doing when Eve met him that fateful day so long ago? Eve did not meet the serpent in a bar — enticing her to get drunk. She did not meet the serpent at a strip-joint — inviting her to become a nude dancer. It was not in the form of a handsome, smooth talking hunk that Satan appeared — tempting her to lust and seducing her to commit adultery. He did not come out of a criminal world to enlist her in a gang of bank robbers, swindlers, or drug runners. Eve wasn’t tempted that day to cuss, smoke, carouse, lie, cheat, or steal. Oh, no! The gross sins of the flesh were in no way involved in Satan’s activity, man’s sin, or his fall! What, then, was Satan doing? Why, bless your heart, he was preaching! The very first appearance of that ancient serpent was at a religious meeting! The discussion was not wine, women, and song — the discussion was about THE WORD OF GOD! It was about SPIRITUAL THINGS! The subject, in fact, was SONSHIP! "Hath God said?" the serpent hissed. "God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods!" "Ye shall be as ELOHIM!"

Later we meet Satan in the book of Job. It isn’t in the smoky atmosphere of the underworld that we encounter a fiendish, mocking Satan gleefully stoking the fires of hell while sending forth his imps to incite Job to lust, cheat, kill, lie, and steal. Rather, we read, "Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them" (Job 1:6). Satan was among the sons of God in the presence of the Lord! No Al Capone or Charles Manson here! Satan appeared, not in the lowlands of the flesh, but in a high realm of the spirit!

What Satan wrought against Job was instigated and ordained by the Lord who carefully marked the bounds of the adversary’s activity. Job was no baby saint, for no one less than God Himself had given testimony that Job was a perfect and upright man, one that feared God and eschewed evil! God had blessed this man with great wealth and a large family. He had seven sons and three daughters. He owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses. His household was very great with many hired servants so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east. The thing we want to note is that although Job was wealthy in temporal things, rich in spiritual things, and proclaimed perfect by the Lord Himself, he had not been "tried by fire" as sons of God must be — he was as yet UNTRIED, UNTESTED, and UNPROVEN. He was just like Adam and Eve in the Garden! He walked with God in the spirit, but was yet innocent.

In the midst of Job’s ordeal of affliction and suffering the spirit of prophecy came upon him and he opened his mouth and spake concerning the purpose of God in it all, declaring, "But He knoweth the way that I take: when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold" (Job 23:10). Never do I cease to be amazed at how the preachers and teachers, apparently without exception, join their voices in unison with those of Job’s contemptible comforters, indicting and blaming poor old Job, charging that God brought all these calamities upon him because he had sin in his life, or because he was self-righteous, or because of some other appalling fault in Job. The only reliable testimony we have of Job’s true state of being is that spoken by the Lord Himself, and HE declared that Job was a PERFECT MAN! Perfect, yes; but untried! His perfection remained to be tested, proven, and demonstrated.

Now, what does God do but deliberately hand this perfect and upright man into the hands of Satan to do his worst upon him, only that he should not touch his life. It was because that God desired to test Job that He brought forth "the smith to blow upon the fire." Please note that it was not Satan’s idea to persecute poor old Job! It was God Himself who brought up the subject! There Satan was, presenting himself before the Lord, appearing for duty, if you please, and God asked, "Where have you been?" Satan replied, "Walking up and down in the earth." "Well, Satan," the Lord asked, "have you considered my servant Job? Have you noticed that he fears God and eschews evil? Have you noticed that, Satan?" You can be assured, dear ones, that Satan had noticed Job, but he wasn’t doing anything to him.

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This whole world is entirely in God's hands. Nothing happens without God allowing it. Satan only does what God allows. Those who have received "spiritual understanding" can clearly see this. You don't need to go to a "church" to learn how to "fight Satan"....God is already doing this for you. Satan is only used, by God, in His testing of our faith. We are to be "overcomers" through these testing which are called our "tribulation":

John 16:33..."These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have PEACE. In the world ye shall have TRIBULATION: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world."

We just have to trust in Him, just as Job did to become an "overcomer" while passing through this present world. God will try us by "fire" in order to cleanse us....I Cor.3:15.

Arlene