LESSON
65
THE COUNCIL AT JERUSALEM PART 2
Acts 15:7-12New Living Translation (NLT)
7 At the meeting, after a long discussion, Peter stood and addressed them as follows: “Brothers, you all know that God chose me from among you some time ago to preach to the Gentiles so that they could hear the Good News and believe. 8 God knows people’s hearts, and he confirmed that he accepts Gentiles by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us. 9 He made no distinction between us and them, for he cleansed their hearts through faith. 10 So why are you now challenging God by burdening the Gentile believers[a] with a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors were able to bear? 11 We believe that we are all saved the same way, by the undeserved grace of the Lord Jesus.” 12 Everyone listened quietly as Barnabas and Paul told about the miraculous signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.
- THE MEETING: LONG DISCUSSION V. 7a
- PETER’S ADDRESS V. 7b-11
- PETER’S COMMISSION AND ADMISSION V.7b
- PETER’S TESTIMONY V. 8-9
- QUESTION: WHY BURDEN GENTILES? V. 10
- STATEMENT OF FAITH FOR SALVATION V. 11
- EVERYONE LISTENED V. 12
THIS MEETING SETS THE STANDARD FOR CHURCH
MEETINGS.
