Bobservations Column: "Faith Without the Law"

Paul’s controversy with the Judaisers continues into Chapter 2 with decisions that must be made regarding the election of the Gentiles. Many years pass before the debate comes to a head for resolution. We read today of the First Council of Jerusalem, 46 AD. The heads of Christ’s Church in Jerusalem recall how Jesus taught from the Law, and so thought therefore that the Gentile converts should also follow the Jewish Laws. What they missed was that the Mosaic Law was general, and the Levitical Law was quite specifically written to the Jews. . .