Discovering the New Covenant by Greg Taylor - exAdventist Outreach
Discovering the New Covenant by Greg Taylor - exAdventist Outreach
Discovering the New Covenant by Greg Taylor - exAdventist Outreach
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CHAPTER TEN<br />
THE SABBATH IN ACTS<br />
A<br />
no<strong>the</strong>r passage I looked at was Acts 15. In this passage<br />
we find <strong>the</strong> leaders of <strong>the</strong> church ga<strong>the</strong>red in Jerusalem<br />
to decide what laws would be binding on <strong>the</strong> Gentile<br />
Christians. There were those, <strong>the</strong> Judaizers, who were<br />
teaching that unless a person is “circumcised according to<br />
<strong>the</strong> Law of Moses <strong>the</strong>y could not be saved” (15:1) These<br />
Judaizers, a sect of <strong>the</strong> Pharisees who had become Christian,<br />
were putting <strong>the</strong> requirements of circumcision and keeping<br />
<strong>the</strong> Law of Moses on all new converts. They wanted all new<br />
converts to become “Circumcised and keep <strong>the</strong> Law of<br />
Moses.” Paul and Barnabas were adamant that such<br />
requirements should not be placed on new believers. Peter<br />
agreed with <strong>the</strong>m and said,<br />
Now <strong>the</strong>refore, why do you test God <strong>by</strong> putting a yoke<br />
on <strong>the</strong> neck of <strong>the</strong> disciples which nei<strong>the</strong>r our fa<strong>the</strong>rs nor<br />
we were able to bear? Acts 15:10.
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