Acts 15:1-29 - Defending the Gospel of Grace

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Acts 15:1-29

Paul and Barnabas returned to Jerusalem it discuss a brewing controversy in the church.  A council was convened to determine if a man needed to be circumcised in order to be saved from his sins.  Paul defended the truth of the Gospel that a man is saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone, and not by anything he does, and the apostles in the council affirmed this.   Peter and James then laid down some rules to help Gentile believers not offend Jewish people.  In the same way we must be able to cling to the Gospel of grace alone and grow in spiritual maturity while not adding not needlessly offending the people we are trying to reach and not burdening them with unnecessary rules and restrictions.