"All men are like grass,and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the LORD blows on them. Surely the people are grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever."
Isaiah 40:6-8 NIV
We are not much different from a plant that is here today and gone tomorrow.
Is there anything that will last? Can we really do anything that will leave a legacy?
There may be no more important question than this.
We cannot leave any kind of legacy on our own. We just don't have the power or wisdom.
God does have something to say about this, however.
John 6:62-63
The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
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1 Cor 7:19
Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God's commands is what counts.
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Gal 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
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Gal 6:15-16
Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is a new creation.
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Circumcision represents something we do in our own strength, like some good work we think will make us good enough to please God on our own. God is not pleased with that attitude. He will change us on the inside if we let him and becoming a new creation through God's Spirit is often referred to as being circumcised in our hearts by God. He does the good work in us.
It takes something eternal from God (His Word) to create a new person in us who is spiritually alive in order to bring about eternal life in us. This truly counts forever.
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