I've heard some antinomians say before regarding the Jerusalem Council in Acts 15 (vs 20, 29) that the fact that the council instructed the churches to only "abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication" was an evidence that we are not obligated to keep the 10 commandments. I know other ways to destroy the argument about our obligation to the 10 commandments (simply from the fact that obviously having another god, etc, would still be sinful), but I don't know how to address that argument specifically from this text. Why did the Council only instruct them in these matters? This passage obviously is addressing the Judaizer issues, but then I don't know why they would include the part about "fornication" if they were only instructing against Judaizer issues.
I know some commentators have talked of the conscience issue that would be caused by meat offered to idols...and how blood would make a Jew uneasy...and that fornication was very prominent among the Gentiles in these places.
Thoughts? Thank you.
I know some commentators have talked of the conscience issue that would be caused by meat offered to idols...and how blood would make a Jew uneasy...and that fornication was very prominent among the Gentiles in these places.
Thoughts? Thank you.