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Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Why???



I read this verse and my first thought was why? 

Acts 16:1-5(NKJV)
Then he came to Derbe and Lystra. And behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a certain Jewish woman who believed, but his father was Greek. 
He was well spoken of by the brethren who were at Lystra and Iconium. 
Paul wanted to have him go on with him. And he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in that region, for they all knew that his father was Greek. 
And as they went through the cities, they delivered to them the decrees to keep, which were determined by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem. 
So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.

Why circumcise him?  Who's going around looking at his penis all the time?  The disciples had already said that circumcision wasn't necessary for non-Jews.  I just don't get why Paul felt it necessary. 

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