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Day by Day Devotional - Year 4 of 5
Devotional: September 21st

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Acts 15:1-21

The believers of Jewish origin who composed the assemblies in Jerusalem and Judea had experienced great joy on hearing of the conversion of Gentiles; but certain people thought that before becoming a Christian one must first become a Jew: be circumcised and obey the law. Paul and Barnabas immediately realise the danger of this line of argument, the same which later will oblige the apostle to write a stern letter to the Galatians. To return to the slavery of the law, he will tell them, is nothing other than to have fallen from grace (Galatians 5:1-6). This question was in danger of putting a division between Jerusalem and Antioch. God guides everything so that it is discussed at Jerusalem and thus safeguards the unity of the Church. Peter, then James, speak and make it plain that Gentiles and Jews are saved in one and the same manner: by the grace of the Lord Jesus (v. 11). They must be on their guard against enslaving or troubling (v. 19) new converts by what Galatians 4:9 calls "weak and beggarly elements". However there still remain the ordinances instituted by God before the times of the people of Israel; they are valid for all time and for all men. Thus abstention from blood goes back to the flood (Genesis 9:4) and respect for marriage to the creation (Matthew 19:4-8).

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