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Reading: Luke 2:21-40 \\ /Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: “This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed.
And a sword will pierce your own soul too.”
/Luke 2:34-35 (NIV)
!! I.   Did Jesus have to be Circumcised?
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Born Under the Law
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If Jesus was born sinless, why does He have to go through this?
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Why all this religious rigamarole?
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Why should He of all people be subject to such a strange ceremony?
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Jesus becomes fully a part of God’s covenant people.
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God’s covenant with Abraham required that parents circumcise their boys.
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