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The Message and the Old Covenant: Difference between revisions
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How does an obsolete covenant relate to the new covenant Gentile church? | How does an obsolete covenant relate to the new covenant Gentile church? | ||
===The apostles' letter to the Gentile churches=== | |||
In Acts 15, we find Paul and Barnabas in Jerusalem telling the apostles about their concerns with certain people who were preaching that the old covenant applied to the Gentiles such that they were required to keep the law. The apostles and elders of the Jerusalem church met to consider the issue. | In Acts 15, we find Paul and Barnabas in Jerusalem telling the apostles about their concerns with certain people who were preaching that the old covenant applied to the Gentiles such that they were required to keep the law. The apostles and elders of the Jerusalem church met to consider the issue. | ||
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:''Farewell.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Ac 15:23–29.</ref> | :''Farewell.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Ac 15:23–29.</ref> | ||
This letter raises a number of questions, including: | |||
#Why aren't the ten commandments included? | |||
#What about [[Tithing|tithing]]? | |||
#Why were three of the commands related to food? | |||
==What is sin?== | ==What is sin?== | ||