While Paul and Barnabas were at Antioch of Syria, some men from Judea arrived and began to teach the believers: “Unless you are circumcised as required by the law of Moses, you cannot be saved.” Paul and Barnabas disagreed with them, arguing vehemently. Finally, the church decided to send Paul and Barnabas to Jerusalem, accompanied by some local believers, to talk to the apostles and elders about this question.
Acts of the Apostles 15:1-2 NLT
It’s time for religious business organizations to quit lying to their members.
Are you a non-Jewish follower of Jesus? Then, the Law of Moses was never for you. It was strictly for the Hebrew nation.
How many times have blind guides twisted the Scriptures to manipulate people into giving money? Gentiles were never required to tithe to support the Temple worship system. Tithing was for land owning Jews.
That system has ended. There are no more Levitical priests that need food to eat. If people are using the Old Testament to guilt and shame you for breaking the Law of Moses, it shows they don’t know what they are talking about.
Think about it. There are evangelists that use the Old Testament to try and convict people of sin. That’s not our job. The Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin.
Preach grace. Preach truth. Quit lying. Repent publicly.
God is dismantling false religions, even ones that masquerade as Christianity. Don’t be surprised by the collapse of major denominations as they can no longer afford to prop up a broken man-made system.
God is redeeming His Church from the blind guides leading the blind. The Church is not a building that sits empty all week. The Church is alive.
Reform is coming.
Father in Heaven, protect Your Church from the Antichrist agenda. Amen.
So the apostles and elders met together to resolve this issue. At the meeting, after a long discussion, Peter stood and addressed them as follows: “Brothers, you all know that God chose me from among you some time ago to preach to the Gentiles so that they could hear the Good News and believe. God knows people’s hearts, and he confirmed that he accepts Gentiles by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us. He made no distinction between us and them, for he cleansed their hearts through faith. So why are you now challenging God by burdening the Gentile believers with a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors were able to bear? We believe that we are all saved the same way, by the undeserved grace of the Lord Jesus.”
Acts of the Apostles 15:6-11 NLT
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