1. Many things are useless:  Double-mindedness (Jas. 1: 6-8).  Love in only word (I John 3: 16-18).  To say and do not (Matt. 23: 3).  Perform ostentatiously (Matt. 23: 5).

2. What Avails In Christ “6: For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love” (Gal. 5).

3. What Avails In Christ “6: For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love” (Gal. 5).

4. Recipients of God’s Blessings “In Christ” God’s grace New creature No condemnation RedemptionChild of God Salvation

5. What Avails In Christ “6: For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love” (Gal. 5).

6. What Avails In Christ “Circumcision: …was peculiarly, though not exclusively, a Jewish rite. It was enjoined upon Abraham, the father of the nation, by God, at the institution and as the token of the covenant, which assured to him and his descendants the promise of the Messiah. (Gen. 17.) It was thus made a necessary condition of Jewish nationality. Every male child was to be circumcised when eight days old, (Lev. 12: 3) on pain of death. The biblical notice of the rite describes it as distinctively Jewish; so that in the New Testament ‘the circumcision’ and ‘the uncircumcision’ are frequently used as synonyms for the Jews and the Gentiles” (Smith’s Bible Dictionary).

7. What Avails In Christ “6: For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love” (Gal. 5).

8. Abraham, the Friend of God Abraham was a man of implicit obedience. Great faith is not only trusting but also obedient (Gen. 12; 22; Heb. 11: 8, 17).

9. What Avails In Christ “6: For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love” (Gal. 5).

10. A Consideration of Great Things Love – The greatest principle in salvation (I Cor. 13: 1-8).

11. What Avails In Christ “6: For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love” (Gal. 5).

12. “IN CHRIST” Believe Repent Confess Baptized into How One Comes to Jesus Outside Christ Gal. 3: 26, 27