September 7 Acts 15 Paul begins his second missionary journey. INSIGHT Inherent within man is a tendency to want to work his way to heaven. Accepting a gift with gratitude does not seem to be enough; human beings want to do something to earn it. While Paul and Barnabas are at Antioch, some men come down from Judea and teach: Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved (v. 1). This issue grows into a major debate involving the leaders in Jerusalem, but in the final analysis, Peters argument wins out: Why do you test God by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? (v. 10). The council in Jerusalem then sends a letter to the Gentile churches encouraging their faith and assuring them that they are not under bondage.
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