Freedom from Expectations | Lesson 10 | November 5, 2023

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"Join us on a modern spiritual journey as we explore Acts 15:1–11, a passage that echoes today's themes of inclusivity, cultural diversity, and faith in a rapidly changing world. Discover how early believers wrestled with the question of religious expectations and the relevance of faith in their lives. In this devotional reading, we dive into the historical context while drawing parallels to contemporary conversations about faith, unity, and embracing diversity. Explore the key text, 'God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, and put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith,' in light of current trends."
Devotional Reading: Acts 17:22–34

Background Scripture: Acts 15:1–21

Acts 15:1–11

1 And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.

3 And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.

4 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.

5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

6 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.

7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;

9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.

Key Text

God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; and put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.—Acts 15:8–9

Mark W. Hamilton, Marsella Evans, Connie Chandler, et al., “Freedom from Expectations,” in The KJV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2023–2024, ed. Jane Ann Kenney, Ronald L. Nickelson, and Taylor Z. Stamps, vol. 71, The KJV Standard Lesson Commenta

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