From the sermon learn what they need to learn be strengthened and edified and built up in the faith by what's preached in Jesus name
I pray amen
Now in Joshua chapter number five just to give you the story here of course the children of Israel
Have gone out of the land of Egypt. They've crossed the Red Sea
They wanted in the wilderness because of their sin and provocation of God for 40 years and after 40 years
They finally come to the brink of the Promised Land
The waters of Jericho have been parted hither and thither they crossed on dry land and
The Bible says that when they came across the the waters in verse 1 it says how the the keys of the Amorites were
Were scared to death, you know their hearts melted within them when they heard about the miracles that God had done now
I would say that the key event in chapter 5 and the part that I'm gonna focus on this morning is the
Circumcision of the children of Israel for the second time now
Let me explain this to you and and I want to preach a sermon this morning on the doctrine of circumcision
And I'm gonna tie it in of course with our life
But look at verse number seven and we'll read this the Bible says in verse number seven and their children whom he raised up in
their stead
Them Joshua circumcised for they were uncircumcised because they had not circumcised them by the way
So we see here just to forsake of time. I'll just explain this
All of the men who were living in Egypt who were the children of Israel were circumcised
But all the children that had been born since they crossed the Red Sea for the last 40 years
Wandering in the wilderness. They had not been circumcising any of their children
And so here it says that their children in verse 7 whom he raised up in their stead them Joshua
Circumcised for they were uncircumcised because they had not circumcised them by the way verse 8 and it came to pass when they had done
uncircumcising all the people that they abode in their places in the camp till they were whole and the Lord said unto Joshua
And this is where I draw for my first point
It's in the Lord said unto Joshua this day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you
Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this state the first thing I want to show you from this passage is number
one
circumcision in the Old Testament pictured
separation from the world
Separation from the world was the picture that God was trying to achieve when he instituted
Circumcision now here God is saying that not until they were circumcised had the reproach of Egypt fully been
Rolled away from them. You've got to figure that the children of Israel living among the Egyptians
Unfortunately had probably picked up many Egyptian practices
Egyptian culture
Egyptian way of life and God has never wanted the world
And the ungodly and the unsaved to be the same as his people
He's always wanted there to be a difference between God's people and between the world now think about this
Even just reading Genesis chapter 1 you'll see that God is the God of division and separation
Think about the word that occurs again and again in Genesis 1 the first chapter of the Bible God
Divided the first thing he did was he said let there be light and then he divided the light from the darkness
He saw the light that it was good. Okay. He divided the sea from the dry land
He divided the waters above the firmament from the waters beneath below the firm it he divided he created a separation
He said I'm gonna create man
But I'm gonna divide them male and female created he them and we see even from the first chapter in the Bible
God is emphasizing to us division
Separation now we live in a day where division and separation have become almost a dirty word in
Christianity, but I'm going to tell you something separation and division are things that God
Demands of his people now in the Old Testament one of the ways that he achieved this was by instituting the sign of circumcision
Circumcision was something to set apart God's people from the world and the heathen and the ungodly you see
Circumcision was not even just a racial
Separation that only the Hebrews born were used
But the Bible says that even if they bought a servant or even if a man
From another country wanted to join himself to the Lord and wanted to join the nation of Israel
He and all his males were to be circumcised so that he could enter into the congregation of the Lord
Let me read a few scriptures for you first John 2 15 familiar verse don't turn there love not the world
Neither the things that are in the world if any man loved the world the love of the Father is not in him
For all that is in the world the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life is not
Of the Father but is of the world
Do you see a distinction that there are things that are of the Father and there are things that are of the world and the?
Two are never the same and the things that are of the Father are the things that were to love
The things that were to cherish things that were to spend our time with and the things that are the world are the things to
Be shunned and this stage that's what the Bible teaches
Let me read a great verse for you Romans 1 1 you don't have to turn there
But the Bible says Paul a servant of Jesus Christ
Called to be an apostle
separated unto
the gospel of God
You see if you're gonna fully be separated unto the gospel of God
I mean if you're gonna be the sole winner that you need to be the preacher of the gospel that you need to be if you're
Gonna be separated under the things of God the Bible loving God living for winning people to Christ getting people baptized
You must separate from something in order to be separated unto something and in order to be separated unto
God as Paul was you're gonna have to be separated from the world
Think about what Paul said he said I count all things but loss
For the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my lord for whom I have suffered the loss of all things and
You count them but dung that I may win Christ Paul said I've given up everything in order to be separated unto God
He said I've been separated from my religion. He was part of a false religion Judaism
He was separated from that religion separated from the Pharisees the sect
There was a an unrighteous sect who did not believe the gospel who rejected Jesus Christ
He was separated from those who gave him his accolades in the past
He was separated from some of his friends and even some of his relatives
He was separated from worldly pursuits and worldly pleasures. He was separated from worldliness and ungodliness
Why just for the sake of being separated?
No, because he said I want to be separated unto the gospel of God
You'll never serve God like you ought to you'll never win souls like you could God's power will not be upon you
mightily until you're separated unto God and
Separated from the world see the Bible says the Lord has set apart him that is godly for himself
Set apart sanctified made holy
Not intermingled with the things of the world. That's what circumcision pictured
circumcision made a difference between those that were
Separated to God and those that were not now with circumcision salvation
Absolutely not
Salvation has never been by works. The Bible says that unto us was unto them
Was the gospel preached as well as unto us speaking of the children of Israel in the wilderness
In Romans chapter 4, I'll read this for you actually turn to Romans 4
I want you to see this turn to Romans 4 in the Bible
See circumcision never has had anything to do with salvation
Let me let me show you this in Romans chapter 4
Romans chapter 4 verse number 1 if you begin reading one of my favorite portions of scripture
Romans 4 1 the Bible says what shall we say then that Abraham our father is pertaining to the flesh hath found
For if Abraham were justified by works, which of course he wasn't he's saying if Abraham were justified by works
He hath were of the glory but not before God for what saith the scripture
Abraham believed God and
It was counted unto him for righteousness of salvation is by faith
It's by believing on the Lord believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved
The Bible says faith and believe are the same word faith is a noun believe is a verb
Abraham believed God and it was counted unto him for righteousness
Now him that him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace but of debt but to him that worketh not
But believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly his faith is counted for righteousness
He says if you work not no works, but you have faith on Jesus Christ
You will be saved according the Bible verse 6 even as David also described the blessedness of the man unto whom God and Judith righteousness
without works
Those are the two key words without works saying blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven and whose sins are covered
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin
But watch this in verse 9 cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only or upon the uncircumcision also
For we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for rises. How was it then reckoned?
when he was in circumcision or in
uncircumcision not in circumcision
But an uncircumcision and he received the sign of circumcision a seal of the righteousness of the faith, which he had yet being
uncircumcised
That he might be the father of all them that believe isn't that clear?
Though they be not circumcised that righteousness might be imputed unto them also
And I can continue reading the chapter goes into great detail
But what I'm showing you here is that circumcision is not part of salvation circumcision never was part was a part of Abraham's salvation
No when he was uncircumcised. He was born again saved child of God, but
But he received the sign of circumcision just picturing
the righteousness of the faith, which he had yet being uncircumcised and so
Separation from the world is not part of salvation
You don't have to turn from the things of the world to be saved
You don't have to turn your back on the ungodly world to be safe. Otherwise, most people would not most Christians would not be saved
There are many who believe but unfortunately this their heart has never been circumcised
The Bible we'll get into that later the circumcision of the heart right now
We're talking about physical circumcision in the Old Testament and so physical circumcision was not a part of salvation
It never has been it never shall be nor is
separation from the world
necessary for salvation faith alone by grace alone through faith alone to God alone be the
Glory, that's salvation faith alone not of works
Let's say man she blows but number two look back in your Bible at Joshua. Keep your finger in Joshua 5. We may be there
Throughout the sermon Joshua chapter number five and look at you would have verse number two
Joshua 5 to the Bible reads at that time
the Lord said unto Joshua make these sharp knives and
circumcise again the children of Israel the second time and Joshua made him sharp knives and
Circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. And so what do we see here?
Number one we saw that circumcision pictures your separation from the world
But number two we see that circumcision requires a sharp knife
I mean God makes a point here of two times mentioning
Use a sharp knife for circumcision. Why? Well, obviously there's a physical application
But God's trying to give us a metaphorical application as well
Then if we're going to be circumcised spiritually if we're going to be separated from the world like we ought to be separated from the world
It's gonna take a sharp knife
Like how about for the Word of God is quick and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword
Piercing even dividing a center of soul and spirit of the joints and marrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the
heart
This is the sharp knife that you need. This is the tool that will exact your separation the Holy Bible
King James Bible is a sharp two-edged sword that you need in order to be separated like you ought to be separated
How are you gonna draw the sharp lines of distinction that are required by God the division that's required by God if you're trying to
Cut with some kind of a butter knife
I'm gonna tell you some the NIV is a butter knife
The New King James Version is a butter knife the the Living Bible is uh, I don't even know what it's like a spoon
Okay, the message is a butter knife. The New Living Translation is a butter knife
The the NIV the RSV the NRSV the NLTB
Hey, they're the butter knives of this world God's
Holy Bible the sharp two-edged sword the sharp knife that will separate you and it will separate
Right from wrong that will separate light from darkness that has been replaced by the world with the chief
Substitutes of the dull instruments that Satan would put in your hand and take the King James Bible out of your hand
Why would you go to butter knife Baptist Church, why would you go to
Dole instrument baptism
Why would you go to garden tool?
Community Church when you could go to two-edged sword Baptist Church faithful word Baptist Church and other churches that are using the true
King James Bible
You say does it bother you when people leave this church?
It doesn't bother me when they go to a church that preaches the King James Bible and goes soul winning
It bothers me a lot when they go to some NIV Church because you know what I feel like I've failed as a preacher
When I hear about somebody who leaves here and goes to some liberal church
I feel like I've failed as a preacher to teach what needs to be taught that somebody could sit under my preaching and
Walk out of here and go to some charismatic liberal church go to some NIV Church
It
Bothers me, you know, I mean that bothers me, you know, there's a great. Hey, there's a great you ever want to leave this church
There's a great church. Just two miles down the road here
My friend brother Minerva down here you want it you want to leave faith for Baptist you get mad at me drive two miles down
Southern Avenue and go to Trinity Fellowship Baptist Church great church. I'm serious. I like him
He's a friend of mine, but you know what don't leave here and go to some charismatic
Sissified butter knife type of a church at least would you leave here and go to a soul winning King James Bible Church?
I just told you where one is
Okay, don't leave here and go to some liberal mess now
you say pastor Anderson, I
Don't believe that the NIV is a butter knife. I believe that the NIV is also God's Word with these other versions
Let me let me give you some facts about the these other Bibles. Did you know that 31?
Times in the Old Testament
The word hell is removed from the NIV and in fact the word hell never is used in the entire Old Testament of the NIV
Not even one time. I mean you could read Genesis through Malachi. You will not find the word hell one time
Why it's it's it's a little bit too sharp, right?
That's kind of a sharp word. Isn't it? Hell isn't that kind of sharp? Well, uh
Don't worry, we'll dole it down for you and we'll call it she-ole
Now the easy to understand NIV uses the word she-ole
Instead of the difficult to understand word hell and the King James Bible see the hypocrisy of the of the modern Bible movement
Supposedly it's easier to understand. Did you know that nine times in the New Testament they remove hell?
You know, they're kind enough to let us see the word hell
I believe 15 times in the entire Bible in the New Testament alone as if it didn't exist in the Old Testament that doesn't make
any sense
That doesn't make any sense
Well in the Old Testament the word hell is used 31 times in addition to hundreds of references to hell without calling it by name
Did you know that the NIV completely removes the word damnation?
11 times is the word damnation used in the King James Bible and many other times are the words damn or damned
You know or those kind of am I offending you? I'm sorry. I'm using Bible words instead of your sissified
Sorry
substitute for the Bible
damnation damned damn
They're all gone from the New King James from the NIV from the New Living Translation
Why because they're trying to dole it down soften it up a little bit. Don't be oh, you know, I hear that word
It's like oh
That they all might be damned who believe not the truth. Ouch. Ooh that can you give me some a little more smooth?
A little softer than that. I'm kind of sensitive
We don't need any sensitive men around here, all right
You know, I've often called that I've often called the NIV. I don't call it the NIV
I call it the HIV and let me tell you why you say why would you do you know you trying to make some kind of?
A sick joke, you know calling the NIV the HIV. No, I called the NIV the HIV because it's a totally gay friendly Bible
It is let me prove it to you. Let me prove to you
Let me prove it to you. Let me prove to you. Did you know that five times in the Bible the word sodomite is used?
Referring to the homosexuals five times sodomite is used. You know how many times the NIV uses it zero?
You look up the the scriptures like the proof text where God condemns
Sodomy God condemns homosexuality in case you don't know I'm talking about the queers
I'm talking about the filthy animals that parade up and down
Indian school road once a week or I mean once a year on Phoenix Pride Day
And they march up and down that the sick pervert child molesters that they are. Yes, they are
Well, did you know that in Romans 1 where God condemns?
Homosexuality in the New Testament and and describes in detail the NIV dumbs it down and doles it down turn if you would to Romans
chapter 1 I'll show you
Romans chapter number 1
You say pastor I understand I'm having trouble understanding what you preaching against
Modern Bible versions and homosexuality has to do with circumcision
I'll tell you exactly what it has to do with it because if you're going to be separated like you ought to be separated
You know what that includes that includes separating yourself from these bunch of TV shows and their sodomite characters
Yes
That's what I'm talking about, how dare you how dare you call yourself a child of God
How dare you have the Holy Spirit living inside the temple of your body and then sit down with the Holy Spirit and show him?
Sodomy on television, how dare you who do you think you are?
Huh?
Who do you think you are to sit down and watch will and grace with the Holy Spirit living inside the temple of your body?
Who do you think you are to sit down and watch movies like both back Mountain and you say why don't watch those shows?
Well, do you watch any movie with Leonardo DiCaprio because he's a filthy sodomite you watch any movie with Keanu Reeves because he's a faggot
Do you know why I'm sorry does that bother you?
I'll apologize later if I feel like it
Do you watch any movie that that has I don't know whoever else, but you know what there's so many John Travolta
Recently was found out that he's a sodomite. Did you know did you hear that in the news about three weeks ago?
You're a little heartthrob, honey
John Travolta
Do you watch any movie with John Travolta?
Do you watch any movie with Keanu Reeves? Do you watch any movie with Leonardo DiCaprio? Do you watch the rest of them are just in the closet?
Do you listen to NSYNC the sodomites that one of them came out as a sodomite?
Do you listen to Elton John the sodomite? Do you listen see you're not separated if you listen
Separated if you watch them you're not separated if you love the world
You're not circumcised in your heart
If you watch the filth that's put out with the Holy Spirit besides you sitting inside you and you expose
God the Holy Spirit to that kind of filth how dare you?
You see your circumcision needs to be exacted by a sharp knife the NIV will not do it
How can the NIV separate you from the from the the sodomite crowd?
The radical gay agenda how can it how can it separate you when it doesn't even
Contain the condemnations of homosexuality that the King James Bible has how you gonna be separated
Let me prove it to you look down if you would in your Bible Romans chapter 1
The Bible says in Romans chapter 1
verse number 26
For this cause God gave them up. There's God throwing up his hands and giving up
Yes, it is for this cause God gave them up on the vile affections
vile
Affections, you know what the word vile means disgusting. That's what vile means it means gross
Disgusting vile
Sickening that's what it means
But see it says this guy's got to give them up in the vile affections for even their women
did change the natural use of that which is against nature and
Likewise in verse 27 meaning in the same way
Also the men leaving the natural use of the woman burned in their lust one toward another
Now is that a sin according the Bible for a man to lust after another man? Yes?
It's a abominable vile sin according to Bible see if you're reading the King James Bible
There's no question in my that even just the lusting is
Bizarre it's it's nothing that any natural man would even do
He has to be given up by God to the lusts of his own heart in order to do it
I was just I was reading the Bible to my children two days ago
And I saw a great parallel to this stay in Romans 1, but I was I was reading the Bible to my children
And I was reading Psalm 81 and it says in verse 12 you not to turn there, but it says so I gave them up
Unto their own hearts lust you know it's the same exact quotation there
That's quoted into Romans 1 so I gave them up under their own hearts lust and they walked in their own
Councils oh that my people talking about the Jews not talking about saved
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me and Israel had walked in my way
So he defines it there for us
I should soon have subdued their enemies and turned my hand against their adversaries the haters of the Lord
Should have submitted themselves unto him, okay?
There's Psalm 81 again talking about people who God gave up to their own hearts lust who?
Hated God says the haters of the Lord that's exactly what we see go down in Romans 1 look at verse number
30 back biters haters of God you see how consistent the Bible is it's very clear
And so we see here that men who lust after one another have been given up to their own hearts
Let's did God dream up homosexuality
No you think God came up with that no, but God gave them up to their own wicked vile hearts
Imagination and lust and only after they've been given up to it
Do they have that kind of a desire in our no normal man has that kind of a desire?
It's sick and twisted and it comes from a reprobate heart. That's been rejected by God, and it says in verse number
27 they burn in their lust one door another men with men
Working that which is unseemly
And receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet and even if they did not like to retain God in their knowledge
God gave them over to a reprobate mind the word reprobate is very important
It's first found in the Bible in Jeremiah 6 30 where the Bible says reprobate
Silver shall men call them because the Lord hath rejected them reprobate needs rejected a
Reject someone whom God has rejected. That's Jeremiah 6 30 or the dictionary
Okay, and so we see that this is a very clear condemnation by God of a man
Who would lust after another man filthy vile disgusting sick?
Let me read for you out of the butter knife of the NIV in Romans 1 26. It says because of this
God gave them over to shameful lusts
Now is that as strong as vile?
Shameful shame on you shame shame shame for what you do
That's not the same as vile does shameful mean disgusting
Does she will mean sickening and grotesque because that's what vile means
You see how they change everything and just dumb it down and make it milder and then listen to this
Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones
Is that real clear
no, and then it says this in the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with
lusts one for one another
man, it says in the NIV men committed indecent acts with other men and
Received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion now. Let me ask you this does that really say
That men doing anything with men is wrong, or it just says indecent acts with men
You see how it changes it you could really find a way to squirrel around it
Let me show you even more clearly turn to 1st Corinthians 6 9, and I'll show you what they did in the NIV that really
Really twists things look at 1st Corinthians 6 9
Now 1st Corinthians 6 9
Does not even mention anything
About a man who's a homosexual okay in the Kings and his Bible it says in 1st Corinthians 6 9
Know you not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God be not deceived neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers
Now look at this next word nor effeminate
Now is a person what is it feminine mean does a feminine mean that somebody's a sodomite no a
Feminism man who acts girly
Now if there's a far cry right between somebody who's a sodomite
You know these days almost every guy acts a little girly
Because of the culture that we live in because the society we live in I mean I went to Bible College
And every guys were in a pink tie and a lavender tie
They wore their little form-fitting shirts, and they're tight little pants
It's disgusting that they were an Abercrombie and Fitch sweater
If that's not effeminate, then I don't know what is
And so
Effeminacy is a sin according to King James Bible even just acting like a girl as a man being a little bit
Oh, he's just a little girly shame on him
He needs to get right with God and be a man and start dressing like a man have a haircut like a man
Talk like a man walk like a man act like a man. That's what the Bible teaches, but see in the NIV
it's changed to
Male prostitutes
What
So no longer is a feminist
He is saying just being a male prostitute is a sin, and then the next word is nor
homosexual offenders
Now wait a minute
homosexual offender
Means that you could be a homosexual and not an offender right. I mean that's what it say
Why do they add the word homosexual offenders?
You know not just homosexuals are condemned, but homosexual offenders are condemned
Do you see how this is weakening the Bible majorly?
I mean you see how they could look at it and say well as long as you're not an offender
And in the Old Testament where you know I told you they replaced the word sodomite five times
You know what they replaced it with male prostitute
Every time so now according the NIV. It's only wrong to sell it
According to the NIV it's only wrong to be offensive with it, and they this is what this is what the
You say what are you talking about pastor Anderson?
Did you know that the United Methodist Church the United Methodist Church ten percent of their clergy are?
avowed open homosexuals did you know one in ten I
Mean right in Tempe I just drove by a church that was such and such Episcopalian Church. They had a rainbow on the sign
The pastor is a sodomite
This is the day we're living in and this is what they teach you say how can they justify how can they twist it?
How can they believe that I'll tell you how?
Because they don't have the same Bible that you have they've got the butter knife and in the butter knife
They say well, it's only wrong in Sodom and Gomorrah because they were trying to force people
Or it was only wrong in the book of Judges because there was violence involved is that what the Bible says?
Bible says the thought of wickedness is sin
It's disgusting it's violent sick according to the NIV just don't sell it and don't be abusive with it
Do you I mean or am I getting the point across and and please please?
Would you think about this before you trot down?
Before you get some little offended because I hit on your little TV show or your little clothing store
Before you get offended and trot down to one of these NIV churches
Would you just remember that you just heard these things and you say well, okay, that's the NIV
What about the New King James? Well, let me give you some stuff on the New King James
How about this Matthew 7 14 you don't have to turn there
I'll read it for you Matthew 7 14 great verse because straight is the gate and
Narrow is the way which leadeth unto life and few there be that find it. Isn't that a great verse?
Now the word straight there is not spelled s t r a i g h t. It's spelled s t r a i t
Now that's a different word straight is like you've ever heard of the Straits of Gibraltar
You ever heard of the Bering Straits a straight is something that's very narrow
Okay, so when God says because straight is the gate and narrow is the way he's restating the same thing again
He's saying it's it's very straight. It's very narrow few there be that find it
That's what straight means a lot of times people say staying on the straight and narrow
They think it means like straight as opposed to crooked. That's not what it means straight if you look it up
You know you have that you gotta notice that gh is gone, okay?
s t r a i t
but this is what the NIV says because narrow is the gate and
Difficult is the way which leads to life now. Let me ask them is being saved difficult
Is it difficult to be saved is it hard?
No, you have to call on your knees and beg oh god, please save me
Huh you have to be like in the Philippines where they crucify themselves once a year the Catholics there
And they literally call on their knees literally through broken glass in the streets of the Philippines
Do you have to beg God for days on end to be saved
Give to change your whole life around and give up all your sins and start living for God and work really hard
See if you work your way into heaven
By by saying the New King James that salvation is difficult
How can a little child be saved when Jesus said you must come to him with the faith of a little child
How hard is it to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ? That's not difficult
You know there are people that are severely handicapped who believe on Jesus Christ could be saved why because it's easy
What why could small children be saved because it's easy
It's simple confess
You're a sinner believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross for your sins and rose again
Believe that he paid your penalty in hell and that and that heaven will be yours if you completely trust
The finished work of Jesus Christ the death barrow and resurrection is your only way to heaven
Putting all your trust on him. How hard is that?
How complicated is this Jesus paid it all all to him?
I owe sin had left a crimson stain. He washed it white as snow pretty simple
But you know if you had if you had to keep the commandments to go to heaven that would be difficult
In fact it'd be impossible
If you had to live a good life
That would be difficult if you had to do the works and always make it to church and and and do all the things
That would be difficult and the new King James is trying to make salvation difficult
Jesus said the Pharisees won't you scribes and Pharisees hypocrite Chris. He says you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men
It's like you're making it hard for them to get saved
He said you don't enter in and you stop them from entering in you tell them it's too hard
And so it's not difficult. It's just narrow. There are very few people that are saved
Well, what is the way?
That leads to destruction and many there be what's going there at there are a few that are saved
But it's not because it's difficult
It's because of the pride of man doesn't want to accept the finished work of Christ as his atonement
but not only that here's another one Matthew 20 20 and I
I'm trying to use different ones than I've previously used
Matthew 20 20 the Bible talks about the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons
Worshipping him worshipping Jesus Christ. It's changed in the New King James to kneeling down. She just kneeled down
No, only the only God in the flesh could accept worship
No one in the Bible accepted worship
Legitimately except God and that's true Jesus Christ is and on I've illustrated before how the New King James
Teaches that instead of being saved we're in the process of being saved in first
Corinthians 118 for example, and they take out the word hell many times in the Old Testament
They also take out condemnation takes out the name Jehovah from the Bible completely the New King James the King James uses seven times
New King James gone
Condemnation is replaced for damnation
The the word heaven is replaced 51 times the word hell is replaced several times
The word Lord is omitted something like 80 times
I don't have all the statistics right in front of me, but you get the point. I need to move on to my next point
number one
Separation from the world is what circumcision represented in the Old Testament number two in order to be separated from the world
circumcision required a sharp sharp knife
Not the dole knife of the modern
Perversions of the Bible that have that are really responsible for the condition that our society is in right now
But number three, you know circumcision was something that could not always be seen from the outside
It's something that is between you and God
I mean and I'm not explaining what circumcision is for sake of children and people that are here and in mixed audience
But if you know what circumcision is then you're old enough to understand what I'm saying right now
Who knows right I mean in the Old Testament could another man or another one really know who was circumcised and who was it
I mean was there really any way for them to know of course not
It was something that was so private that no one knew really except that person and God I
Mean nobody could tell and I'm gonna tell you something nobody really can tell you may look all separated on the outside
Yeah, you may come to church in your dress, right?
You may be dressed right and talk right and smell right and act right, but you know what your heart
We can't see it
How do we know what you're what you're doing in the dark recesses?
You know
That time when it's just you and God alone is what I'm talking about when you're all by yourself in the house
and you flip on the television and become unseparated and
unsanctified in your way of life when you flip on the the music and it's not righteous music when you up when you
Are all by yourself the thoughts of your heart
The Bible says is he thinketh in his heart
So is he the thoughts that come into your mind that what you spend in your private time alone?
That's where you need to be separated God saying God said I'm looking for separation in the inward parts
He wants
separation and holiness on the inside
God said cleanse first that which is within the cup and the platter that the outside may be clean also
But start on the inside
Start within your private time when you're all alone when you shut the door. Nobody's around. It's just you
You know what you got to do? You got to pull out your Bible start reading it
And don't tell anybody and it'll just be between you and God that you were reading about
I mean, let me ask them how much does Pastor Anderson read his Bible?
Do you really know?
Do you really know how much I pray and read my Bible?
Do I really know how much you pray now there are indicators of it
I mean if I know the Bible it's obvious that I must have gotten that knowledge from somewhere if I'm quoting the Bible
I must have memorized the Bible
But really you don't really know and I don't really know how much you spend in your Bible you spend praying
That's between you and God when you're alone when you enter into thy closet and close and shut the door and pray to thy father
Which is in secret and thy father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly the Bible says and so
Circumcision, let me read some scriptures for you
Deuteronomy 10 16 says circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart and be no more stiff-necked
Deuteronomy 36 and the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart and the heart of thy seed to love the Lord thy God
with all thine heart
How are you gonna love God with all your heart if you're not separated
If you haven't been circumcised if you're just like you were back in Egypt
How you love God with our you can't God says you have to circumcise the foreskin of your heart in
Order to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart with all thy soul that thou mayest live Jeremiah 4 4
Circumcise yourselves to the Lord and take away the foreskins of your heart you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem
Lest my fury or anger come forth like fire and burn that none can quench it because of the evil of your doings
When you do wrong God gets angry when you commit sin God's angry when you're unseparated God's angry when you watch filth
God's angry when you when you hang around with with wickedness God is angry
Circumcised the foreskin of your heart to please God
But let me hurry. I'm running out of time number four
So we saw number one circumcision represented your separation from the world not part of salvation of course, but it represented your separation
number two
Circumcision requires a sharp knife that is the King James Bible number three circumcision was something that's in your heart
The way and then even in the flesh and in the days of the Old Testament it was something that no one else could see
It was something that was between you and God, but number four. Did you notice in verse 7 look down at Joshua 5 7?
circumcision
Was something that unfortunately the parents had practiced the parents were circumcised
But did you notice how it said the children were not circumcised look at verse number 7 and their children?
Whom he raised up in their stead them Joshua circumcised for they were uncircumcised
Because they had not circumcised them by the way now. Here's a tragic thing
Here we have parents who are separated
Parents who are circumcised, but the children are not and notice who had to get them who had to circumcise them
Did the parents take him and get him circumcised like they're supposed to on the eighth day as the Bible commanded the Old Testament?
No, Joshua had to do it right the preacher
Had to get I mean God forbid that you bring your unseparated kids to church
And I have to try to preach separation into him would you teach him some separation in the home sir ma'am?
Would you teach them to be separated like you're separated?
I've seen it so many times. You'll look at the parents are dressed, right?
The parents aren't worldly the parents are godly Christians the parents carry the Bible to church the parents read the Bible
It's all marked up and well-worn you can tell that they that they've studied and read the body love the Bible the parents sing out
In church, this is my story
This is my song you see the parents out so winning you see the parents love God
And then the kids walk in and they've got the baggy pants
Sagging down they've got the worldly clothes the boys got an earring. He walks into church
He doesn't want to be there. He doesn't feel like being there. He didn't even bring his Bible
Bring your Bible to church either breeze Bible doesn't sing out doesn't sing the songs man when I was a kid
I didn't sing the songs my dad looked over me and said sing now
I'm not kidding my dad said sing slap me on the head get up and sing or you know in the in the old church
That we're in you know you stand for the singing
Good man, I never would have imagined staying seated
For the singing, but you'll see kids is
Seated we don't stand for the singing this church, but if we did you know I'd expect everybody's kids to stand up lazy
Unseparated you know the dad's got a man's haircut
But little junior he likes to wear it long and shaggy
Well, you know why why why is it that it's not good enough if it's good enough for mom and dad
Why isn't it good enough for the kids?
Well, I know what you think you think that they're gonna be teenagers who dress like the world act like the world
Talk like the world love the world. That's the real problem in the heart. They love the world
They don't love the Lord their God with all their heart because part of their heart loves the world
Then the man loved the world the love of the father is not in him and so what we see is
The children don't love God like they should
Therefore because they don't love God like they should they're totally unseparated and because they're totally unseparated
we think
Well when they turn 18 though, they're gonna grow out of it's just a phase that they're in I
Knew God I have a relative and when he was a teenager used to wear makeup
Okay, this is a distant relative mind he used to wear makeup when he was a teenager, you know
It's his favorite band was the cure. Okay. This is rock band from the 80s and the singer wore makeup. So he wore makeup
And he dressed like a weirdo and he wore makeup
you know what his parents said his dad was a pastor of a church at the time and
I remember listening to his dad say maybe it's just I don't know
Are we just are we just upset about this because it's embarrassing us. I mean, is it just pride?
You know, I mean, I don't maybe
Maybe we you know, and they just they would just let him act this way
Okay, and and they said it's a phase. He'll grow out of it. There's a pastor. Okay. Oh, it's a phase
He'll grow out of it
You know where that you know where that son is today?
The one that was wearing makeup, you know where he's at today. He pastors a church in Southern, California
He started a church. They're meeting in a school. They're running about 700
And you know what?
They do for you know what they just did for a men's activity and he was bragging about this
To another one of my relatives they get together. They play poker drink and smoke cigars at the church activity
You say that's bizarre don't tell me that's bizarre
Do you live if you've been living on another planet because in Sacramento, California where I live there was a Baptist Church
That sold beer after the service number one
You shouldn't be selling anything at church because the house of the father is not a house of merchandise number two
They were selling beer when I went to church and another church across the street from our Baptist Church was a Catholic Church
They had a banner for a church picnic. The banner was provided by Budweiser
it said Budweiser king of beer All Saints Catholic Church Church picnic this and that date and
So this this young man who dressed up like a girl as a teenager now
He's the pastor of one of these liberal charismatic mega churches and he's there with the guys
Smoking cigars drinking liquor and having a good old time wickedness
It's not that bad
well
That shows how unseparated you are if you think it's not that bad to go to a church activity and drink booze and smoke
cigars and gamble
We've come a long way baby because that's not the way it used to be the old-fashioned churches of old
But that's what happens when you let your son dress up like a girl and who knows what else he's into
That's just what we can see on the outside the boozing church activity who knows what else he's into
You see if it's good enough for dad it's good enough for son if it's good enough for mom
It's good enough for the daughter if these old hymns of the faith
Blessed assurance. Jesus is mine. Jesus paid it all in the garden amazing grace
How sweet the sound rock of ages cut for me?
Let me hide myself in thee on Christ the solid rock I stand all other ground is sinking sad
My faith has found a resting place not in device nor creed. I trust the ever-living one his wounds for me shall plead
But then with the kids it's our God
Is an awesome God? Hey if it's good enough for mom and dad it's good enough for the kids
Your kids chanting our God is not some God
5,000 times a song that has about 10 words instead of singing doctrinal songs like oh, what a savior that he died for me
from
Condemnation he hath made me free
He that believeth on the Sun sayeth he has everlasting life
Maybe then they believe it's salvation by faith
This by believe because that's what the songs about he that believeth on the Sun is true
The praise worship songs are devoid of doctrine they're devoid of content. Oh, it's just for the young people
We got to reach the young people. You're right
We got to reach the young people with this and we got to reach the young people with this my pastor back home in Sacramento
Taught me. He said this he said Steve what you win them with is what you'll win them, too
Reach them with the world the music you've reached them to worldly music win them with the King James Bible
You've won them to the King James Bible win them with with righteousness and holiness and godliness. That's what you'll get them to
These kids who go to the Christian rock concert today are not going to be in an old-fashioned Baptist Church tomorrow
It doesn't work that way
You train up a child in the way he should go when he's old
The path that you're on as a child and a teenager is the path in many cases you'll continue on I
Love the hymns is it you know, I went through a phase where I listened to a lot of the worldly rock music
But in church, I always loved the hymns why because my parents taught me to love the hymns
Because I went to a church where we sang the hymns we didn't sing and when I became a teenager and I went to these
Liberal churches and they had the the swinging and swaying and jiving for Jesus
I didn't like it
It went against the grain with me even as a worldly teenager who had rocks music CDs in my car
I knew that that was wrong and I said I don't like this music and
Every once a in a blue moon, they'd sing a hymn in this church. We were going to and I'd be jumping up and down
Hallelujah, we're actually seeing a real song
Not just chanting. Let's sing it for the 500th time our God is an awesome God, you know
You say what's wrong with that song?
Well, it could be sung by a Mormon could be sung by a Catholic could be sung by Jehovah's Witness could be sung by me
Because there's no doctrine doesn't say anything
Our God's an awesome God
Well who doesn't agree with that but you know, some people don't agree with for him that cometh
He will not cast out eternal security the believer
Not everybody believes it
Maybe that's why I haven't heard that song in like 15 years except in faith for Baptist Church to be so divisive. Oh
Man we got to go bow all the way back to being of the sermon divisive equals good
Okay, here's another thing did you know that the New King James replaces the word heretic with the divisive man
Did you know that?
Heretic
Heretic, you know King James Bible the New King James a divisive man. Well, I guess that's me
You better separate from me then because I'm divisive. I'm the most divisive person you've ever met in your life
The Bible only tells you to avoid them that cause divisions contrary to the doctrine which you've learned
Causing division according to the doctrine you've learned is what God commands us to do to be separated from
Unbelievers to be separated from false doctrine to be separated from what's wrong
And so what I'm trying to say with point number four is that we saw that the parents in Joshua 5 were circumcised
Unfortunately, the children were not how tragic how sad when the young generation does not have the same standards of separation at the older generation
Joshua said we need to fix that before we go into the Promised Land before we fight this battle
We need to change and fix before the walls of Jericho are going to come down
We better change your young people's lack of separation
He had to go around and take all the earrings out of their ears
He had to set up a barber chair and give all the Egyptian boy the Egyptian looking boys a haircut
He had to burn all their Abercrombie and Fitch and Urban Outfitter clothes. He had to get him in some manly clothes
He had to get out the the truck of Dickies and Carhartts and actual manly pants and put some real pants on some real clothes
Get some real shoes on him. He said you're gonna March around the walls of Jericho
You know looking like some kind of a sissified little queer punk
Get separated get circumcised. Oh, but it's gonna hurt
Well, we got a sharp knife to take care of it for you. And yes, it's gonna hurt. Yes, it's gonna be painful
Yes, it's gonna be something that's gonna hurt you
But I'm gonna tell you something. It's all gonna be over in a few days. You'll get over it
You know when I first quit watching all the movies and television, you know, look at look at me. I've watched TV
Believe it or not. You can ask my younger sister ass, you know, she comes here all the time when she's in town
She lives in California, but whenever she comes through here, you can ask her I watch TV for five hours a day
My whole life growing up teenager. I
Played video games sometimes for 13 hours a day and not not exaggerating at all. I watched TV
I'd sit down and watch like, you know five movies back-to-back me and my friend one time
I can remember going to the video store five for five dollars and we watched them all night long five movies back-to-back
You know when I first had to separate from some of the wickedness it hurt a little bit
You have the craving, you know of wanting to see those movies
You want to watch this and want to do this you want to you want to listen to rock music so bad
I used to listen to music all day long
Always in my car
Always the headphones when I was at work the headphones while I was at school riding the school bus in class in class
I had the wire going up my arm, you know, so the teacher wouldn't see I had the headphone
I'd lean like this and listen music serious. I
Mean I was going through batteries my battery budget was a lot. I mean I was blown through batteries on my dis man so fast. I
Was keeping Duracell in business during those years. Okay, I was going through batteries so fast
I had everything I had so many seasons up. Hey it hurt when I dumped my CDs in the dumpster. I drove to the church
Building when nobody was there and I dumped my last of my CDs in the church dumpster when nobody was there and I said God
I want to be separated unto you God and I dumped it in the trash
Don't you think that hurt a little bit? I'm at spent a lot of money. I'd love those things in the past
It was almost like a death that occurred a separation had to occur
It was almost like a piece of me was cut off from me
But it's you know, but I'll be honest with you
It doesn't hurt anymore
And that's what we saw in the chapter look down at your Bible in Joshua chapter 5 it said and in Joshua 5
In verse 8 it says it came to pass when they had done
Circumcising I'll do that they abode in their places in the camp till they were whole, you know
There's a few days of injury there as a result of being circumcised. But after that
No big deal fine. Hey get over it take the habits in your life
You know
It's gonna hurt for a while and then just get over it and be done with it and then you can live for God the
rest of your life
Separated unto God you got to go through a little bit of pain
Nobody said it's gonna be easy if it were easy to be separated. Everybody be separated every Christian would be separate
It's not easy endure the pain go through the suffering and be
separated unto God
Now those are my four points in closing. Let me just show you some quick doctrinal things about
Circumcision and then we'll be done
Flip over if you would in your Bible to Galatians chapter 5. That's the the
Second to last place we'll turn we'll just quickly go through this. I have a lot of material this morning
I'm not going to get to all of it
But I just wanted to get through my four points of Joshua chapter 5 and I'm just going to show you some things about circumcision
I'm having to skip a lot of this, but let me just read this for you
Because I want to answer this question before we go is circumcision and I'm talking about physical circumcision as in the Old Testament
Is that something for the New Testament believers to practice today, that's my question now
Let me let me show you from the Bible before you turn there. I'll read some scriptures for you
first Corinthians 7 19
Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing but the keeping of the commandments of God
Okay, listen this Galatians 2 3 but neither Titus who was with me being a Greek was compelled to be circumcised
Okay Titus the great
I mean Titus the great preacher the great pastor was uncircumcised and he never got circumcised and he made a point not to get circumcised
according to the Bible because it says in verse 4 of Galatians 2 and
That because of false brethren unawares brought in who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ
Jesus that they might bring us in to bondage
Titus said I'm not good Titus and Paul Paul said Titus don't get circumcised
Guys, I'm not getting circumcised. No, I'm not gonna let somebody bring me into the bondage of the Old Testament
Law there and so look down if you would it a Galatians 5 1
Of course, we're not saying to disobey the commandments of God in the Old Testament the commandments of God in the Old Testament
But there are certain
Ceremonial things that God specifically repealed in the New Testament
I taught on that
In Malachi chapter of my sermon on Malachi chapter 4 if you want to listen that I taught in that in great detail on Wednesday
Night how the Bible talks about the the meats the divers washings the carnal ordinances
We're done away with in the New Testament
But all the same, you know thou shalt and thou shall not of sin and right and wrong are still in place
Of course, we're to keep the commandments of God
But look at Galatians 5 1 stand fast therefore in the Liberty where with Christ had made us free and be not
Entangled again with the yoke of bondage behold I Paul say unto you that if you be circumcised
Christ shall profit you nothing
For I testify again to every man that is circumcised that he is a debtor to do the whole law
Christ has become of no effect unto you whosoever of you are justified by the law
You're following from grace for we through the spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith
God says that if a person were to get circumcised because they thought it was part of salvation
They're unsaved number one
That's the first thing we established because he says here if you add works to salvation Christ shall profit you nothing
Now if a man is circumcised, that's not saying he's not saved
But if he goes out and gets circumcised as part of his way to heaven
He's not saved because his faith is not in Christ alone
It says we through the spirit verse 5 wait for the hope of righteousness by faith for in Jesus Christ neither
Circumcision availeth anything nor
uncircumcision but faith which worketh by love look at Galatians chapter 6 verse 14
But God forbid at Galatians 6 14
But God forbid that I should glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ
By whom the world is crucified unto me and I unto the world for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything
Nor uncircumcision
But a new creature and as many as walk according this rule peace be on them and mercy and upon the Israel of God
flip over to
Colossians chapter number 2 and while you're turning your cautions 3, I'm sorry
Philippians 2 reads
Philippians 3 to beware of dogs beware of evil workers beware of the concision for we are the circumcision
Which worship God and spirit and rejoice in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh
Romans 2 28 you're turning to Colossians 3 for he is not a Jew which is one outwardly
Neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh?
but he is a Jew which is one inwardly and
Circumcision is that of the heart in the spirit and not in the letter whose praise is not of men
But of God look at Colossians 3 9
Lie not one to another
Seeing that you put off the old man with his deeds and have put on the new man
Which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him
Where there is neither Greek nor Jew?
Circumcision or uncircumcision barbarian city and bond nor free but Christ is all and in all flip back to Colossians 2 verse 10
The last scripture will read Colossians 2 10 and he are complete in him
Which is the head of all principality and power in whom also you're circumcised with the circumcision
Made without hands in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ
Buried with him in baptism
wherein also you're risen with him through the faith of the operation of God who raised him from the dead and
You being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh at the quickened together
Having forgiven you all trespasses now
Let me quickly explain in the Old Testament and I didn't have time to read this
I was I had it down to read Genesis 17 a big part of that where God first instituted circumcision in Genesis 17
And he explained to Abraham it's a covenant between me and the children of Israel between you and your seed
This is a Jewish covenant
And he said that when the people wanted to join themselves to the Lord
They would be circumcised and be part of the nation of Israel now in the Old Testament
Of course salvation was available to everyone
It was available to the Gentiles many Gentiles throughout the Old Testament received Jesus Christ as their Savior many were saved
But there was a difference between the Old Testament in the New Testament in the Old Testament
Only those who were Jews or
Circumcised and would join to the children of Israel were allowed to go into the congregation
Which in the New Testament would be the church. It's translated as Church in the New Testament congregation in the Old Testament
Psalm 22
22 says in the midst of the congregation while I sing praise unto thee that's quoted in Hebrews 2 17 in the midst of the
Church while I sing a church is a congregation of people and so in the Old Testament
Some races were not even allowed to enter into the the congregation at all
Moabites and Ammonites could not enter in for ten generations the Bible says they cannot enter into the congregation in the New Testament
God
expanded that beyond the circumcision of the Jews and
Expanded that to say my house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations, and he said there's neither Jew nor Greek
He said the circumcision and the uncircumcision can come and be a part of the local church
That's why we're not segregated in this church
I've seen churches that are all white churches all black churches all Chinese church
I don't believe in that I think we should all be in one assembly here one common congregation
Of the house of prayer for all nations and so here we are in church
That's the difference now God makes it clear throughout the New Testament if you read the book of Acts
There were people constantly trying to say you these Gentiles must be circumcised
you must be circumcised and
and
It became a point of contention between Paul and Peter at one point it became a point of contention in Acts chapter 15
It became a point of contention where Paul actually circumcised Timotheus
Because he was trying to please these people and he is wrong for doing that
He was trying to please these the Jews who were trying to hang on to the Old Testament
Now there's something in the New Testament. That's similar to
Circumcision it's not the same
But it's we saw it if you were reading there in Colossians 2 he explains, and there's no break in the sentence
He talks about the circumcision without
Hands, and then he says in Colossians 2 12 buried with him in baptism
Okay now baptism is not part of salvation
We don't baptize babies of course because the Bible says in Acts 8 37 if thou believeth with all thine heart thou mayest
So you must believe on Jesus Christ before you get baptized
But see baptism is a sign of separation in the New Testament
Just that circumcision was the sign of of separation. I'll tell you right now my I do not circumcise my children
And I believe that it would be a lack of faith
And it would not be right because I've studied the Bible
I'm not saying somebody's committing a sin when they
Circumcised their child, but you know I said the Bible
And I know what the Bible says and so it would be a lack of faith on my part to circumcise my children
So would be a sin for me to do that and so my children are not circumcised
Because we're living in the New Testament
but there's a sign of
Separation that God has provided in the New Testament just as the children of Israel crossed the Red Sea when they left the pot when they
left Egypt
That pictured a separation from the world there
Not only were they saved by the blood when they applied the blood of the Passover lamb
But they took it a step further
And they said want to be separated from the world and they crossed the Red Sea with Moses
And they became a part of Moses Church in the wilderness Acts chapter 7 and so baptism pictures
separation
Baptism pictures separation in the New Testament, and so if you're saved
But you've not been baptized the first step toward you becoming separated like you ought to be separated is for you to be baptized
That's a step of obedience toward God of separation is
Circumcision a New Testament practice is something that Gentiles are supposed to be circumcised. No read the book of Acts
I'm not time. I had a lot of scripture read the book of Acts read the epistles of Paul
He makes it very clear that it's not
But if you're not baptized the first step of separation
Excuse me the first step of separation for you is baptism, and then there's a long road in your life of being separated of
Separating from the world so that you can be not just so that you can not do this
I don't do this. I don't do this. I don't do this. That's not enough
It doesn't make you a good Christian because of what you don't do okay
Don't just be separated from
Be separated unto God what makes you a great Christian is the good things that you do after you're separated
You know you could you could not drink and not do this and not do this if you don't win souls
Missing the boat if you're not preaching the gospel
Don't just obey the negative command to be separated from
Obey the the positive command that says be separated unto
The gospel of God let's bow our heads and have a word of prayer father
We love you, and thank you so much for everything that you do for us
Thank you for this great chapter Joshua 5 we could learn these these great truths about separation dear God for us for our children for
our church