Studying Through Romans Part 9

2:25-29 "Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised. If those who are not circumcised keep the law's requirements, will they not be regarded as though they were circumcised? The one who is not circumcised physically and yet obeys the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker. A man is not a Jew if he is only one outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. No, a man is a Jew if he is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man's praise is not from men, but from God."

Well, circumcision is a weird topic for a woman to talk about, but I cannot skip it. If I just skip over the parts of the Bible that are uncomfortable to talk about, then I would be studying a very small Bible indeed. But I don't think the main point is about circumcision. I think that the main point is it is not the physical outward signs that make you a Christ follower, but it is the heart. If a non-christian got baptised it would not make him a christian. In the same way if a christian was not baptised he would still be saved. The outward act of baptism is a sign of the inward change.