Parasha: Nitzavim, Va'yelech
Circumcise Your Heart
Tags: circumcision, heart, inner nature, pride, repentance, stubbornness, uncircumcised
Nitzavim / Vayelech- ื ืฆืืื / ืืืื : "You are standing"
Torah : Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20
Haftarah : Isaiah 61:10-63:9
Gospel : Acts 19-20
Thought for the Week:
Moreover the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live. (Deuteronomy 30:6)
Commentary:
Moses predicted that when God restores Israel, He will circumcise our hearts. The Bible uses the term "uncircumcised heart" to refer to a person whose stubbornness and pride makes it impossible for him to obey God's commandments. The uncircumcised heart does not submit to God's will.
A person with an uncircumcised heart is a person whose flesh (physical inclinations) dictates his will. A person with a circumcised heart is one whose flesh has been removed from his will, allowing the Spirit of God to direct the will.
God's promise to circumcise the heart of His people is a pr...
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- Never Will I Leave You
- Circumcise Your Heart
- United We Stand
- The Greatness of Repentance
- Choose Life
- Circumcision of Messiah
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