Grace doesn't simply subdue depravity, it changes the heart. This isn't merely an "earthly issue", it is the essence of the restoration of an individual to a prefallen estate. It is actually an improved restorative state as the individual now is a partaker of the divine nature.
Philippians 3 verse 3; Colossians 2 verse 11; Romans 2 verse 29b ~ For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh. You were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands. Circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code.
