Lesson 11 - The Jerusalem Council

Acts 14:8-15:35 After Paul and Barnabas returned from a very eventful first missionary journey, it was not long before false teachers began to disrupt the church in Antioch with their doctrine of circumcision teaching that salvation was only for the Jews. This caused such distress Paul and Barnabas were sent to Jerusalem to speak with the Apostles. The Council of Jerusalem as it came to be known, issued a firm decree confirming that salvation is for both Jew and Gentile alike and that it is given by grace, not by the Law.