>>13495829Paul is right, and the hypocritical Jews kept certain parts of the law while constantly breaking other parts of the law; they never fucking kept the entire law and God sold them into captivity numerous times for their idolatry. If you're going to walk by the law then you will also die by the law, and once Jesus arrived on the scene it became entirely useless to focus on the law vs focusing on Christ to help you KEEP the law. Paul was never against circumcision, he was against worshipping the law over Jesus, who wrote the law. You cannot keep the law on your own will, and the Jews never did. You need the power of Christ to perfectly keep the law.
I don't know how people freak out about Paul and miss the point of what he was saying. He even says himself that faith and works go hand in hand. If you truly love God and strive for Him then He will give you the works as well and bless you for doing them. Righteousness is by faith in Christ, but in Christ you are able to prove your faith BY your works. So, once you accept Christ and commit yourself to Him THEN you can get circumcised and it will become a good work, but you don't get circumcised and become saved because of the circumcision.
