Day 19 - Acts 15:1-29 - 40 Days in the Book of Acts
This chapter is a major event in the future of the church. But to understand why this is happening, you have to know the story about Peter and some Gentiles. The Jewish Christians were still practicing the law of Moses. Many of them, because they had come from strict J udaistic practices, believed that you should follow Christ and obey the Laws of Moses too. Peter, who was at a Gentiles residence eating nonkosher food was challenged by some of these believers. As a result Peter withdrew from the Gentiles and other Jewish believers followed suit. Paul took issue to this and confronted Peter concerning it. You can find the story in Galatians 2. 1 But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” 2 And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elder