Galatians 5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that counts is faith working through love.
Galatians is the book/letter in which Paul probably most clearly and concisely lays out his ideas of the gospel: the free gift of grace that gives life to all who believe regardless of any other human institution or human practice. It's all a gift given to us through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Nothing else matters. Nothing else makes us more valuable or less valuable. Nothing else makes us more important or less important.
Circumcision is not the burning concern for any of us, like it was for Christians in Galatia. We have other theological/moral/political/whatever-ical issues that we deal with. We have other reasons we judge one another. We have other bases we use in which to draw distinctions and say one person is more valuable and another is not. So let's try to translate.
In Christ Jesus neither a large bank account nor a small bank account counts for anything;
In Christ Jesus neither athletic ability nor three left feet counts for anything;
In Christ Jesus neither intellectual prowess nor a lacking counts for anything;
THE ONLY THING THAT COUNTS is faith working through love.
In Christ,
Pastor Seth
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