Bible Study Series Archive

In the previous article, we examined The Error of Legalism. In discussing legalism, one issue that always emerges is the place of the Law (Moral Law) in Christian living. If a Christian is saved by grace through faith and not by works (Eph. 2:8-9), then what is the place of the law or works in the life of the believer? If we are not under the …

Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him, saying, “You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.” (Acts 11:1-3). The background to the text is Acts 10, where the apostle Peter had a vision in which he was instructed …

You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them (Acts 11:3). Peter has run into trouble with his Jewish–“circumcision party” —brethren for heeding the voice of the Spirit to fellowship and eat with Gentiles (Cornelius and his household. Acts 10). They protested. As Jews, they had thought every other person was unclean. In fact, the whole narrative in Acts 10 does confirm this. Even Peter …

As a fellowship, we recently started a study of the Acts of Apostles  and are presently in Chapter 9. This post will be a brief introduction to The Acts of Apostles and then subsequent posts will follow the lessons we have learnt so far. Author The author is identified as Luke the Physician and seen as a sequel to the Gospel according to Luke: “In …