Category: Acts for a 21st c. Church
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Preaching Good News then a Parting of Paths to the Gentiles
The Church at Antioch received exciting good news that their First Missionary Journey was successful. Then hey sent a delegation to Jerusalem to clarify some gentile issues in a Council meeting with the Apostles and Church. Barnabas and Paul return to Antioch with a clarification of doctrine and some brothers from the Jerusalem Church. Then…
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Apostles Sent to the Gentiles with a Letter of the Council
Will any of the Twelve travel to Antioch Syria from Jerusalem? Or will the Apostles send their Epistle to the Gentiles with other reliable messengers? A.D. 49 – Jerusalem Judea in Roman occupied Syria Who are these Apostles to the Gentiles? Recall that the current crisis of the Church involves both Jews and Gentiles and…
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Epistle from the Council of Jerusalem – Acts 15:20
The Council of Jerusalem has come to a decision. They will write an epistle of instruction to the gentile churches. Let’s focus for a moment on a HOT TOPIC of A.D. 50 on which future missions of the apostles hinged. (HOW will JEWS worship with other CULTURES?) Church leaders ANSWERED with an EPISTLE from their…
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Truth for Gentiles who turn to God
How will the Jerusalem Council judge Gentiles according to the Jewish Law of Moses? Acts 15 6 The apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider this matter. Simon Peter has testified. “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear…
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A.D. 49 – the Council at Jerusalem
Acts 15 – a council of the Apostles in Jerusalem Arrival of Paul and Barnabas from the Church at Antioch Syria 4 When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they declared all that God had done with them. Historical context: In A.D. 49, nearly two decades after…
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According to the Custom of Moses
Paul and Barnabas have returned from Cypress and the mountain cities of nearby Asia minor after nearly two years of an amazing first missionary journey from Antioch. But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” Acts of…
