GoD's WorK - God's Puzzle Solved

418 God’s Workanity, at this point, was considered to be a part of the Jewish faith.In fact, they were looked upon as a Jewish sect.Real trouble within the church started when God revealed howThe Gentiles were to become a part of the church. After that,circumcision and the keeping of The Law became a big problem.Paul wrote the entire Epistle of Galatians to try and keep TheGentiles from following the works of The Law.The First 20 YearsThere had not been much “falling away” from the church duringthe first twenty years. Persecution was mainly from The Phariseeswho believed in Christ but insisted that Gentiles should, also,be circumcised. The reason circumcision was so important, alongwith The Abrahamic Covenant, was because the temple was stillthere, and no one could enter the temple unless he was circumcised.Without acceptance in the temple, a sincere person couldnot keep The Law of Moses, especially The Holy Days. Therefore,circumcision created a serious problem for The Gentile Christians(Acts 15:1).Seventeen years after Paul’s conversion, the problem of circumcisionand the keeping of God’s Law by The Gentiles became aproblem for the church. It became so important that a conferencewas held in Jerusalem with The Apostles and The JerusalemChurch. In Acts 15:5, The Pharisees, who believed in Jesus,insisted The Gentiles had to be circumcised and had to keep TheLaw of Moses. Eventually, after much discussion, they realizedThe Gentiles received God’s Holy Spirit WITHOUT CIRCUMCI-SION AND WITHOUT KEEPING GOD’S LAW (Acts 15:24).As long as the temple existed and “the shekinah” (God’s “glory”)