Acts 15:22-35 ~ The Jerusalem Council & New Covenant Theology + PDF Discussion Guide

The Jerusalem Council dealt the question of a Gentile believers' relationship to the Law of Moses (whether or not Gentiles had to pass through the gates of Judaism to come to Jesus). The issue here is the New Testament Christian's relationship to the requirements of the Old Testament.

Even after 2,000 years, there are still people who are confused about this. You will still meet prosperity preachers who offer their listeners the material blessings of the Law of Moses, people who feel obligated to keep a Sabbath day (the sign of the Sinai covenant), those who think that keeping the Mosaic dietary law (abstaining from port, shrimp. oysters, lobster) is necessary for sanctification, sincere believers who think they should tithe because things said by Malachi, and Dispensationalists who are convinced that the promised land still rightly belongs to Israel and that unbelieving Jews are still God's people.