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DiscoveringtheChurch/Legalism;FalseTeaching;ConflictovercircumcisioninAntioch;NewCovenant;Newwine;OldTestament/Acts15:1–5ThenaturalinclinationtoinfuseourselvesintoChristisbettersuitedtoallowChristtobeinfusedintous.

Acts15:1–5(ESV)

15ButsomemencamedownfromJudeaandwereteachingthebrothers,“UnlessyouarecircumcisedaccordingtothecustomofMoses,youcannotbesaved.”2 AndafterPaulandBarnabashadnosmalldissensionanddebatewiththem,PaulandBarnabasandsomeoftheotherswereappointedtogouptoJerusalemtotheapostlesandtheeldersaboutthisquestion.3 So,beingsentontheirwaybythechurch,theypassedthroughbothPhoeniciaandSamaria,describingindetailtheconversionoftheGentiles,andbroughtgreatjoytoallthebrothers.4 WhentheycametoJerusalem,theywerewelcomedbythechurchandtheapostlesandtheelders,andtheydeclaredallthatGodhaddonewiththem.5 ButsomebelieverswhobelongedtothepartyofthePhariseesroseupandsaid,“ItisnecessarytocircumcisethemandtoorderthemtokeepthelawofMoses.”

Matthew9:16–17ESV

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16Nooneputsapieceofunshrunkclothonanoldgarment,forthepatchtearsawayfromthegarment,andaworsetearismade.17Neitherisnewwineputintooldwineskins.Ifitis,theskinsburstandthewineisspilledandtheskinsaredestroyed.Butnewwineisputintofreshwineskins,andsobotharepreserved.”

I. God’s Way versus Man’s Way

John3:31ESV31Hewhocomesfromaboveisaboveall.Hewhoisoftheearthbelongstotheearthandspeaksinanearthlyway.Hewhocomesfromheavenisaboveall.

Matthew4:4ESV4Butheanswered,“Itiswritten,“‘Manshallnotlivebybreadalone,butbyeverywordthatcomesfromthemouthofGod.’”

Matthew16:23ESV23ButheturnedandsaidtoPeter,“Getbehindme,Satan!Youareahindrancetome.ForyouarenotsettingyourmindonthethingsofGod,butonthethingsofman.”

Matthew19:26ESV26ButJesuslookedatthemandsaid,“Withmanthisisimpossible,butwithGodallthingsarepossible.”

II. Heaven versus Earth

John3:12ESV12IfIhavetoldyouearthlythingsandyoudonotbelieve,howcanyoubelieveifItellyouheavenlythings?

1Corinthians15:40ESV40Thereareheavenlybodiesandearthlybodies,butthegloryoftheheavenlyisofonekind,andthegloryoftheearthlyisofanother.

1Corinthians15:47ESV47Thefirstmanwasfromtheearth,amanofdust;thesecondmanisfromheaven.

2Corinthians5:1ESV1Forweknowthatifthetentthatisourearthlyhomeisdestroyed,wehaveabuildingfromGod,ahousenotmadewithhands,eternalintheheavens.

III. New Testament versus Old Testament

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John5:22–25ESV22FortheFatherjudgesnoone,buthasgivenalljudgmenttotheSon,23thatallmayhonortheSon,justastheyhonortheFather.WhoeverdoesnothonortheSondoesnothonortheFatherwhosenthim.24Truly,truly,Isaytoyou,whoeverhearsmywordandbelieveshimwhosentmehaseternallife.Hedoesnotcomeintojudgment,buthaspassedfromdeathtolife.25“Truly,truly,Isaytoyou,anhouriscoming,andisnowhere,whenthedeadwillhearthevoiceoftheSonofGod,andthosewhohearwilllive.

Romans7:6ESV6Butnowwearereleasedfromthelaw,havingdiedtothatwhichhelduscaptive,sothatweserveinthenewwayoftheSpiritandnotintheoldwayofthewrittencode.

1Corinthians5:7ESV7Cleanseouttheoldleaventhatyoumaybeanewlump,asyoureallyareunleavened.ForChrist,ourPassoverlamb,hasbeensacrificed.

2Corinthians5:17ESV17Therefore,ifanyoneisinChrist,heisanewcreation.Theoldhaspassedaway;behold,thenewhascome.

Hebrews8:13ESV13Inspeakingofanewcovenant,hemakesthefirstoneobsolete.Andwhatisbecomingobsoleteandgrowingoldisreadytovanishaway.

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