by the circumcision of the flesh but he is one inwardly by the circumcision of the Spirit.David is teach that the physical markers were not just evidences of citizenship but they were burdens that were a result of the curse. A person who swears by the covenant curses the Pharisee59 12 For the sins of their mouths, for the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride. For the curses and lies they utter, 13 consume them in wrath, consume them till they are no more. Then it will be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob.The lies spoken by false teachers are evil curses. There are two enemies of Gods people described in the Psalms. The wicked and the self righteous. The axioms are Gods consuming curse that takes away the strength and brings them to judgement.Every word of God is a covenant word. A wicked man is a covenant violator because he does not understand Gods covenant word. When he speaks he violates Gods covenant.The essence of legalism is rooted not merely in our view of law as such but in a distorted view of God as the giver of his law. Sinclair Ferguson Gods revealed law is not all of Gods thoughts. We can only know God by the revealed thoughts. When we know God we acknowledgethat we cannot know Him fully. But if we said that the purpose of God in what we do not know has no relation or reason to revealed knowledge then we are teaching a contradiction. If Gods mysterious thoughts had no reasonable relationship to His revealed pronouncements thenGod could make arbitrary decisions that violate His revealed pronouncements Without the unity of Gods secret providence and his revealed providence our faith would be divided. God is unreasonable sovereign and we have no right to question Him the Psalms are useless.designed by evil men to overthrow Gods kingdom. If the Palmist was just describing a circumstance he would not use words like sin, salvation, Gods righteousness. We must oppose all of our troubles by pronouncing the doctrines of God. law, covenants, curses, statutes and promises3 The enemy pursues me,he crushes me to the ground;he makes me dwell in darkness like those long dead. 4 So my spirit grows faint within me; my heart within me is dismayed. He is teaching that we are gonna face many troubles in this life. We live in a word that has beendesigned by evil men to overthrow Gods kingdom. If the Palmist was just describing a circumstance he would not use words like sin, salvation, Gods righteousness. We must oppose all of our troubles by pronouncing the doctrines of God. law, covenants, curses, statutes and promises