23 They wrote this letter by them: The apostles, the elders, and the brethren, To the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings. 24 Since we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, "You must be circumcised and keep the law"--to whom we gave no such commandment.
The conclusion of the matter in Jerusalem concerning the believer and the Law of Moses.
"You must be circumcised and keep the law"--to whom we gave no such commandment.
There are those that would teach that the conclusion of the meeting in Jerusalem with the Apostles and the elders together with all the Church and the Holy Spirit was that believers should keep the Law of Moses and be circumcised.
How many believe that This Council at Jerusalem concluded that believers should keep the Law of Moses?
JLB
Some eyes do not
see well???
Acts.15
[
1] And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said,
Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
[
2] When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
(about
what matter? and lets skip some of it)
[
4] And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.
[
5] But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
[
6] And the apostles and
elders came together for to consider of [ this matter.]
[
7] And when there had been
much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the
word of the gospel, and believe.
(obey all of it)
[
8] And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost,
even as he did unto us;
[
9] And put
no difference between us and them,
purifying their hearts by faith.
[
10] Now therefore
why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
[
11] But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
[
12] Then
all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
[
13] And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
[
14] Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
[
15] And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
[
16] After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
[
17] That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
[
18] Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
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19]
Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
[
20] But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
[
21] For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
[
22] Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church,
to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:
[
23] And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:
[
24] Forasmuch as we have heard,
[[that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:]]
And if anyone can find a 7th Day Sabbath in this Law
from Moses pen, they are in error!
--Elijah
