Colossians 1:15 - 20
1) How do I sometimes think I can earn my relationship with God?
2) Why is it a bad idea to try to earn my way to God?
3) Have you accepted God's gift of forgiveness through Jesus?
Acts 15:1 - 34
Psalm 66
Psalm 139
Isaiah 64:6
Romans 3:10
No one is righteous.
A clash of ideas.
Jesus is the atoning sacrifice.
And yet some people think they can't ever be with God.
Acts 15:1, 5
People were saying they must be circumcised and follow the Law.
The Good News - Only Jesus!
Galatians 1:6 - 10
The Good News - You are forgiven through Jesus.
What was being taught.
- A Different Gospel.
- No gospel at all.
- A perversion of the Gospel.
- Something other than Christ.
This threatened the message of the Gospel.
Acts 15:11
Grace.
Differences between Jews and Gentiles.
In the present day, there are differences between church and secular cultures.
And there is the historical context.
Conclusion: Jesus and Jesus alone is the way to salvation.
vs 11
Grace: a major theme in the New Testament.
Ephesians 3:7, 8
Grace: not by our own efforts.
Ephesians 2:1 - 9
Because God loves us and sent Jesus as the atoning sacrifice.
2 Timothy 1:9
Romans 3:21
Legalism is not the way to God.
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