(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.
The Apostle Paul, an ex-Pharisee along with Barnabas came to dispute this erroneous doctrine of Salvation not by Grace alone, but by law and grace, (AKA) by Race or flesh through faith.
(Acts 15:5) 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.
In (Acts 15:6-11) The Apostle Peter through his public teaching testified how through his preaching the Gospel that even the Gentiles believed and were filled with the Holy Ghost, and Peter makes a very bold statement in these verses of scripture.
(Acts 15:10-11)
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.
So many today are trying to revive keeping the law of Moses, a Law that was given to Israel alone. This was a law that was not inclusive of the gentile and Arabic nations around Israel, no these nations were strangers and aliens from the common wealth of Israel. The Law given was for Israel and them alone. Yet so many today want to revive law keeping, and circumcision and feats and try to make the disciples of Jesus today live under a yoke of bondage when Jesus came to set them free from the law that was only given as a school master to bring us to Jesus Christ.
(Galatians 3:24)Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. So many today who are retracing the Hebrew roots of the church, end up law keepers and Sabbath keepers and find themselves in the same boat as those who brought divisions in the church. Salvation is not by Law and Grace but by Grace through Faith (Ephesians 2:8-9).
I stand with the Apostles and their statement they published in the bible.
(Acts 15:19) Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God.
On the day of Pentecost Peter told those law keeping Jews that the New Birth Experience of being born again of water and Spirit came by way or Repentance, Water Baptism in Jesus Name and as a result God would fill them with the Holy Ghost (Acts 2:38). This same message was preached to the Gentiles (Acts 10) and they were filled with the Holy Ghost, baptized into the Lord’s body without one mention of the law of Moses or keeping the Sabbath or the Commandments of Exodus 20. To revive law keeping and circumcision, you who subscribe to this will eventually blaspheme Jesus blood when the 3rd temple is rebuilt you add your agreement to animal sacrifices for Israel in that temple. Several years ago, I had an Apostolic Pastor write me and ask me if I wanted to give a $1000.00 offering to purchase a red heifer to use in the rebuilt 3rd temple for sacrifice. I wrote him back and ask him why he wanted to spit Jesus blood in His face and tell Him His Cross wasn’t enough because that is what you are saying.The abomination of desolation will be the anti christ standing in the temple claiming to be God (2 Thessalonians 2:2-12). Continued Next Week......