The Jerusalem Council

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Acts 15
The Jerusalem Council
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Outline of Acts
18
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1st Journey Shifting of the Brotherhoods
Center of Gravity
Jews
Gentiles
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1st Journey Shifting of the Brotherhoods
Center of Gravity
Gentiles
Jews
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The Jerusalem CouncilThe Watershed of the Book
of Acts
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The Book Of Acts
1-14
16-28
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Acts 1428 152

• End of 1st Missionary Journey
• Not everyone was pleased with the success of 1st
  Journey
• Opponents retraced the steps of Paul Barnabas,
  reteaching
• Opponents came to Antioch

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Unless you are circumcised, according to the
custom of Moses, you cannot be saved. (1)
The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to
obey the law of Moses. (5)
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The Issue of the Jerusalem Council
Do Gentiles have to become Jews in order to be
Christians?
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The Writing of the Galatian LetterA.D. 48
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The Letter to the Galatians

• Appeal to his apostleship 11
• Intense Letter no prayer or thanksgiving 16
• You foolish Galatians 31-3
• My dear children 419-20
• If you are circumcised 52

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The Letter to the Galatians

• As for those agitators (512)
• Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision. (615)

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Paul Barnabas Sent To Council (2)

• Both were bridge-builders
• Earlier work at bridge- building (1221-26)

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Peterand theGalileanApostles
Jamesand theJudeanElders
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155 Jewish Christian or Pharisaic
Christian is not a Contradiction
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The Jerusalem Council

• Peter spoke first (Cornelius)
• Barnabas Paul spoke next about miraculous
  signs (12 143)
• James, the brother of Jesus, brought it to a
  conclusion

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• Food polluted by idols
• Sexual Immorality
• Strangled Animals
• Blood

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For Moses has been preached in every city from
the earliest times and is read in the synagogues
on every Sabbath.(1521)
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• All items are associated with idol worship
• Apparently these were about fellowship, not
  salvation!

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The Issue of the Jerusalem Council
No!
Do Gentiles have to become Jews in order to be
Christians?
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The Jerusalem Letter

• The church agreed on James conclusion.
• Letter sent to churches involved
• Paul and Barnabas took the letter
• Judas and Silas went as witnesses
• Gentile churches were glad

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Journal Assignment 7
Reflect on a time in your life when you worked
through a tough conflict and the resulting
agreement turned out to be better than either of
you had hoped.
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Some time later.

• Pauls idea is to retrace 1st trip
• Dispute over John Mark
• Result is 2 mission teams!!

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After the Jerusalem Council, the church was at a
tipping point!(Ready for explosive growth)