Jonathan95
Puritan Board Sophomore
I was reading through Acts 15.
A letter is written to the Gentile churches in order that they might understand that circumcision was not required under the New Covenant.
Although, they are told to abstain from blood and things strangled..
The majority teaching from this text seems to be that they were required to abstain from these things in order that they might not offend the Jews in their midst.
If that's the case, why not write to them reassuring them that while they need not be circumcised to be a Christian, it would be a cause of offense/stumbling to not be circumcised? In that way they would be able to avoid offending the Jews in fellowship with them.
A letter is written to the Gentile churches in order that they might understand that circumcision was not required under the New Covenant.
Although, they are told to abstain from blood and things strangled..
The majority teaching from this text seems to be that they were required to abstain from these things in order that they might not offend the Jews in their midst.
If that's the case, why not write to them reassuring them that while they need not be circumcised to be a Christian, it would be a cause of offense/stumbling to not be circumcised? In that way they would be able to avoid offending the Jews in fellowship with them.