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The Assembly The Assembly of Worshipersof Worshipers
“For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God
and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh—”
(Philippians 3:3, ESV)
4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERS1. Saved
“For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision
outward and physical.” (Rom. 2:28, ESV)
4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERS“But a Jew is one inwardly, and
circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from
God.” (Romans 2:29, ESV)
4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERS“In him also you were circumcised with a
circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision
of Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of
God, who raised him from the dead.” (Colossians 2:11–12, ESV)
“In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision
of Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of
God, who raised him from the dead.” (Colossians 2:11–12, ESV)
4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERS“In him also you were circumcised with a
circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision
of Christ,” (Colossians 2:11–12, ESV)
“In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision
of Christ,” (Colossians 2:11–12, ESV)
4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERS“…we say that faith was counted to Abraham
as righteousness. How then was it counted to him? Was it before or after he had been
circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised. He received the sign of
circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still
uncircumcised.
“…we say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness. How then was it counted to him? Was it before or after he had been
circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised. He received the sign of
circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still
uncircumcised.
4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERSThe purpose was to make him the father of
all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well, and to make him the father of
the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father
Abraham had before he was circumcised.” (Rom. 4:9–12, ESV)
The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well, and to make him the father of
the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father
Abraham had before he was circumcised.” (Rom. 4:9–12, ESV)
4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERS2. Spirit-Prompted
“For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus
and put no confidence in the flesh—”(Philippians 3:3, ESV)
4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERS2. Spirit-Prompted
“I was glad when they said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the LORD!””
(Ps. 122:1, ESV)
4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERS2. Spirit-Prompted
“not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.”
(Hebrews 10:25, NKJV)
4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERS2. Spirit-Prompted
“We used to take sweet counsel together; within God’s house we walked in the
throng.” (Psalm 55:14, ESV)
4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERS2. Spirit-Prompted
“and many peoples shall come, and say: ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the
LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.’ For out of Zion shall go
the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.” (Isaiah 2:3, ESV)
4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERS2. Spirit-Prompted
“How sweet are Your words to my taste, Sweeter than honey to my mouth!”
(Psalm 119:103, NKJV)
4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERS2. Spirit-Prompted
“The result of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever” (Isa. 32:17, HCSB)
4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERS3. Christ-Exalting
“For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ
Jesus…” (Philippians 3:3, ESV)
4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERS3. Christ-Exalting
Important Truth:Salvation is a gift to be received, not a wage to be earned.
4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERS4. Humble
“…If anyone else thinks he may have confidence in the flesh, I more so:
circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of
the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee; concerning zeal, persecuting the church;
concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.” (Phil. 3:4–6, NKJV)
4 TRAITS OF TRUE 4 TRAITS OF TRUE BELIEVERSBELIEVERS4. Humble
“But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I
also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord,
for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I
may gain Christ” (Phil. 3:7–8, NKJV)
The Assembly The Assembly of Worshipersof Worshipers