Good News! - Acts 15 is not a downsized-Bible-for-Gentiles

[BobRyan]

Interesting discussion on another thread - probably deserves its own thread --

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When the Jerusalem council met in Acts 15, what requirements did they put on the gentiles who came to faith in Messiah?

What was the summary of the Law as per Yeshua in Matthew 22?

Matt 22 - before the cross - we find agreement between Christ and the Pharisees that the summary of the Law was ... (and still is even after the cross)

1. Deut 6:5 Love God with all your heart.
2. Lev 19:18 - Love your neighbor as yourself.

True before the cross...
True after the cross...

No change.

In Acts 15 they do not say "Gentiles should not take God's name in vain".
IN Acts 15 they don't say "Gentiles should honor their parents".
In Acts 15 they don't say "Gentiles should love God with all their heart.. and love their neighbor as themselves"
In Acts 15 they don't say "this short few sentence statement is the new downsized-bible for gentiles"

 

[BobRyan]

Yet how often Acts 15 comes back up "as if" it were a downsized Bible for gentiles