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Originally Posted by Praxeas
We don't! I tried to explain that. Acts 15 was a question about the law and gentiles. It was determined that the Gentiles did NOT have to keep all the law. However they wanted them to keep certain laws because the knew that in every city where there were gentile believers there were those that followed Moses (Jews) and Paul elaborate on how you can eat food offered to idols and not be condemned but if your conscious is weak you condemn yourself and if someone else's conscious is weak you make a stumbling block to them.
So this "rule" for the gentiles was NOT about health or salvation but about the other jews who were either believing jews or unbelieving jews they were trying to reach. |
you are taking
Acts 15 out of context! So I can go a kill, covet, steal as those are not mentioned. The point was the minimum to allow them among there fellow Jewish brethren and not be cast out or offensive to them. Thus the point that Moses was read on the Sabbath and they could read more of the
"scriptures" and come to an understanding of his desire for them. Also the yoke was the leaven of the Pharisees that added to. Better know as precept UPON precept or line UPON line.
These Pharisees had set in Moses seat and added to the Word of God made a yoke of bondage. They had done what God had told them not to do. Also the laws in reference to are those of the pharisees of circumcision which they had added all type of stipulations. Also the law of Moses that was mentioned is in reference to the "alleged" law which was oral tradition of the elders. Once you understand what Paul was fighting against you realize he was fighting with the same issues Jesus did and that was the oral traditions that where added that made God's written law void.
Notice also that when James came to Paul he agreed to give money to those help with the sacrifce and take a vow to prove he did not cast down God's laws as many have said he was doing. He wasn't he was just leading them to a deeper understanding of the law that was realized through the Spirit.
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