Spiritual descent has to do with faith, not DNA. Anyone who received the covenant sign of circumcision, whether as an adult or an infant, but who did not embrace and own that covenant by faith, was never a true heir of Abraham and did not obtain the promised blessing, which is redemption. God’s people have always [...]
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