Romans 2.26

“So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?”

Ruth did this and she was grafted into Israel to become an ancestor to Jesus.

Though it was pre-law (but post-circumcision), Tamar kept the precepts of some sort and was declared more righteous than a patriach of Israel.  Rahab did it and was ingrafted while Achan was cut off.

Uriah the Hittite is in this class, though his faith in David was misplaced.  Thankfully, one greater than David is faithful and will raise him from the dead.

Namaan did this while the king of Israel assumed that Syria was trying to start a fight.

This is not a hypothetical situation.

5 thoughts on “Romans 2.26

  1. Guest

    You should check out the discussion going on in the comments of Jason Stellman’s last blog post on baptism. Someone has brought up Rich Lusk and several of the FV points. I find it funny that Jason is being accused of FV when he is trying to prosecute Leithart. Cheers!

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  2. Matthew N. Petersen

    Yeah, it’s like we think “love your neighbor as yourself” sums up the law and the prophets. But that’s only the second commandment. You can’t keep the Law, and yet fail to keep the first and greatest commandment.

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