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In Galatians 5 .2, Paul writes, Behold, I, Paul,

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say unto you, that if you receive circumcision,

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Christ will profit you nothing. Will these be

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people who are already professing Christians,

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and then they're going out of their way to be

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circumcised, which is kind of a painful process,

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by the way, to be circumcised in order to prove

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that they are saved, or even prove to themselves

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they are saved? That's what was going on in Galatians

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and Paul today. And Paul says, if you will do

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that, if you will engage in certain activities

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to prove to yourself that you are saved, or to

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be safe and be sure, that you're saved or to

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prove to others that you're saved, then no, no.

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Then your salvation is of no value. Your salvation

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has not actually happened in Jesus Christ. The

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only way to be saved is through Jesus, not through

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certain activities. You can't prove it to yourself

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by certain activities or prove it to anyone else

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by certain activities. On the other hand, there

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are marks of what it means to be God's people

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and being involved in a Bible preaching, Bible

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teaching, Christian church, however you can,

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locally to you. That is a mark of being a Christian.

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Now, you can't do it to be a Christian. You can't

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gain your salvation that way. way, and you can't

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prove to yourself that you're saved that way,

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and no one can tell you that you have to do that

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in order to be saved. But if you are saved, then

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you are God's people, and you must be the body

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of Christ, and you must be in a local church

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that is preaching and teaching and saving the

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best they can the lost and dying world. You will

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give, you will love, you will be kind, you will

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exhibit the fruits of the Spirit, and you will

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grow, not be perfect, but grow daily into the

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image of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. You

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can't take on certain activities to prove that

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you're saved, or even to make you saved, but

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you can live for Jesus.