From my morning devotion:
Acts 15:24,28,29 Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:...28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; 29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
Salvation is by faith. It always has been, from the time of the fall till now. The law was there for our humility. We were to be driven to our knees by the requirements of a holy God. Instead men thought that they could keep the law and it made them proud.
Acts 15:9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
The gentiles weren't to be commanded to keep the law. What the law means to us is a means of purifying our lives, by following biblical patterns.
John 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
Lord, we are humbled by your law. Give us your grace and mercy. In Jesus name, amen.
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