DAY 315 Read Acts 14 and 15
Today's reading: The report of great numbers of Gentiles being converted brought to the surface an unanswered question in the early church. Should these new Christians observe Mosaic ceremonies?
Memory gem: "We believe that through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they" (Acts 15:11).
Thought for today:
"There is no such contrast as is often claimed to exist between the Old and the New Testament, the law of God and the gospel of Christ, the requirements of the Jewish and those of the Christian dispensation. Every soul saved in the former dispensation was saved by Christ as verily as we are saved by Him today. Patriarchs and prophets were Christians. The gospel promise was given to the first pair on Eden, when they had by transgression separated themselves from God. The gospel was preached to Abraham. The Hebrews all drank of that spiritual Rock, which was Christ."--Signs of the Times, September 14, 1882.
"Shrouded in the pillar of cloud, the world's Redeemer held communion with Israel. Let us not say, then, that they had not Christ. When the people thirsted in the wilderness, and gave themselves up to murmuring and complaint, Christ was to them what He is to us--a Saviour full of tender compassion, the Mediator between them and God. After we have done our part to cleanse the soul temple from the defilement of sin, Christ's body avails for us, as it did for ancient Israel."--Youth's Instructor, July 18, 1901.
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Difficult or obscure words:
Acts 14:12. "Jupiter...Mercurius"--the Greek Zeus, chief of the gods and his son Hermes.
Today's reading: The report of great numbers of Gentiles being converted brought to the surface an unanswered question in the early church. Should these new Christians observe Mosaic ceremonies?
Memory gem: "We believe that through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they" (Acts 15:11).
Thought for today:
"There is no such contrast as is often claimed to exist between the Old and the New Testament, the law of God and the gospel of Christ, the requirements of the Jewish and those of the Christian dispensation. Every soul saved in the former dispensation was saved by Christ as verily as we are saved by Him today. Patriarchs and prophets were Christians. The gospel promise was given to the first pair on Eden, when they had by transgression separated themselves from God. The gospel was preached to Abraham. The Hebrews all drank of that spiritual Rock, which was Christ."--Signs of the Times, September 14, 1882.
"Shrouded in the pillar of cloud, the world's Redeemer held communion with Israel. Let us not say, then, that they had not Christ. When the people thirsted in the wilderness, and gave themselves up to murmuring and complaint, Christ was to them what He is to us--a Saviour full of tender compassion, the Mediator between them and God. After we have done our part to cleanse the soul temple from the defilement of sin, Christ's body avails for us, as it did for ancient Israel."--Youth's Instructor, July 18, 1901.
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Difficult or obscure words:
Acts 14:12. "Jupiter...Mercurius"--the Greek Zeus, chief of the gods and his son Hermes.
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