The real Jew

“After all, who is a real Jew, truly circumcised? It is not the man who is a Jew on the outside, whose circumcision is a physical thing.” 
Romans 2:28(GNB)

Our opening scripture is letting us know who the real Jew is in the New Testament. A Jew in this case refers to the chosen people of God. The real Jew in the New Testament is no longer the man who has merely been circumcised in the flesh, his circumcision is only a physical thing. True circumcision is in the spirit. So who is the real Jew?

Romans 2:29(GNB) lets us know who the real Jew is; “Rather, the real Jew is the person who is a Jew on the inside, that is, whose heart has been circumcised, and this is the work of God's Spirit, not of the written Law. Such a person receives praise from God, not from human beings.” The real Jew is the man whose heart(spirit) has been circumcised.

The unbeliever's heart has not been circumcised, making his heart unresponsive to God, but now that you are born again, your heart or spirit is circumcised by God's Spirit and made alive to God so that you may be able to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God.

That is why the Bible calls the born again Christian in 1 Peter 2:9, “a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:” Therefore the born again Christian is like the real Jew in God’s sight. See Exodus 12:48, Galatians 6:15-16.

CONFESSION
In the Name of Jesus, I declare that I am a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a dedicated nation, I am God's own purchased special person, that I may set forth the wonderful deeds, and display the virtues and perfections of Him who called me out of darkness into His marvelous light.

For further study read:
Romans 9:6-8, Galatians 3:29, Galatians 4:22-31, Galatians 6:15, Colossians 2:11-12, Philippians 3:3.

DOING THE WORD
Thank the Father for who He has made us in Christ.