The Covenant of Healing
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People are fond of saying, “That’s just for the Jews.” In fact, in response to almost any good
thing that you find in the Old Testament, people yell, “Well, that’s just for the Jews.” I might
tend to agree with them, because I am one.
If you’ve read Romans or Galatians, then you shouldn’t be surprised by that statement. Romans
2:28 says, “For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is
outward in the flesh.” You don’t have to be able to trace your physical human ancestry back to
some descendent of Abraham. Verse 29 says, “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.” How about us? Does this affect us? Have we been changed inwardly? Has something
happened in our heart? In our spirit?
When somebody says, “Well, that’s just for the Jews.” You should shout, “Glory! I am one!”
Let me establish this some more with you. Galatians 3:7 says, “Know ye therefore that they
which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.” Are you of faith? Are you a child of
Abraham? Well, who are Jews? “Jew” is a shortened version for Judah. Who is Judah? It’s one
of the tribes of Israel. Who is Israel? We’re talking about descendants of Abraham who had
covenant with God. Well, guess what? You are one by faith. I don’t care what color you are, or
what background or language, if you don’t have a clue what your heritage is, you now know
your family tree is able to keep up. I am born of God, and that makes me a descendent of
Abraham. I am a child of Abraham by faith in Jesus Christ. So whatever he has, I have. It
belongs to me. If he had a covenant, and if his descendants had a covenant, then anything that
applies to them applies to me, because I am the seed of Abraham by faith in Jesus.
This isn’t my idea or my thinking. Romans 2:26-28 says, “For ye are all the children of God by
faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female:
for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” How do you get in now? By faith in Jesus Christ. Don’t
complicate it. Just believe it.
He said in verse 29, “And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs,” that means
you inherit, “according to the promise.”
“That’s just for the Jews.” Well, glory to God! Here we are!
Now, if you’ve been thinking differently from this, get back to the Bible—not theories, opinions,
and ideas.
There are many more scriptures like this in the New Testament. In Galatians 6:15, he says, “For
in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.”
How do you get to be a new creature? You are born again. Verse 16 says, “And as many as walk
according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.” Who is the
Israel of God? New creatures. It’s not circumcision or uncircumcision. It’s not being able to trace
your ancestry. It is a new creature, a new creation, and that means it all belongs to us. Don’t let
