SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON
THE FIGHT FOB CHRISTIAN
, FREEDOM
. International Sunday School Lesson
for February 19th, 1950
Memory Selection: 'Tor freedom
Christ has set us free; stand fast
therefore, and do not submit again to
-,.,,.. yoke of slavery." jQalatians 6: 1.
Wesson Text: Acts 15: 1-6, 22-29;
Galatians 2: 16.
Our recent lessons have centered in
the early Christian activity which
Sprang up in the city of Antioch. Two
weeks ago we saw how the first or
ganized missionary party was sent
out and the work done in Cyprus and
- f Asia Minor. Shortly after the return
of Paul and Barnabas from their tour
.' a question of ceremony arose to dis-
. turb the church at Antioch.
We have seen earlier how the gos
pel was deliberately carried to the
Gentiles m Antioch and then by mis
, eionaries to Gentiles in other regions.
When the news of the accession of
many Gentiles into the church reached
Jerusalem the conservative group
there has misgivings. These Jews, .who
had followed the law of Moses, recog
nized for centuries, could not bring
themselves to accept Gentiles into
Christianity unless they, too, came
. into the church through the ancient
Jewish avenue of circumcision, and
other ritualistic requirements.
- From Jerusalem then to Antioch
went a group of these critical Jews
to advise the new Christians that their
entrance into the faith had been irreg
ular and their standing was imperfect.
Quite naturally, Paul and Barnabas,
exponent of laterality:, and freedom
within, the faith' cornJbatted this view
point and challenged its wisdom. The
diacussion was involved and led' to
confusion and misgiving of many.
, Therefore, the' church1 of Antioch
,, decided to send a delegation to Jeru
salem, where the recognized leaders
of the 'faith resided, and secure -an
authoritative utterance on the'ques
tlOn. .; .yrri.-vV.,,.;.
To Jerusalem Paul, Barnabas, Titus,
and others proceeded. In his epistle
to the Galatians, It ia generally ac
cepted now-; Paul wrote about this con
ference; The TBrtfeadera from An
tiocK held preliminary conferences
wrtli Peter, the foremost apostle, and
with' James, the earthly brother of
Jesus, who seems to have been accept
ed as the head of the Jerusalem
church. 'So momentous was the ques-
tion involved that a general meeting
v-. of apostles and elders ,was called.
At this meeting, fortunately, the
exponents of the liberal viewpoint
prevailed over the narrow and re
stricted opinion. Peter recounted his
- well-known experience with the Gen
tile Cornelius at Caesarea and remind
' ed the conference that his action there
had been specifically approved subse
quently.
, Paul, Barnabas and probably others,
relatted the outstanding events of their
' ' mieeionary enterprises, dwelling par-
- ticularly upon the fact that, as at
. Caesarea, the Holy Spirit had confirm
,v : ed the conversion of Gentiles leading
- inescapably to the conclusion that, as
.. bad been-said before, -"to the Gentiles
also hath God granted repentance un-
- to life."
, The decision of the conference was
- adopted upon the suggestion - of
k James, who suggested that only a few
sunnle observances be requested from
the Gentile Christians. These, were
particularly 1 necessary with Jefrish
, Christians possible and friendly. The
' verdict was forwarded to1 the church
v at Antioch in a written communica
tion carried by Judas and Silas, .The
latter remained In Antioch and sub-
, ., sequently accompanied' Paul on his
... .': second missionary tour.- .
- ' The decision of the council made no
' ritualistic observance necessary .; for
Isalvatlon. It was a charter of liberty
' for the Christian conscience, although,
in subsequent centuries" "organized
t Christianity forgot the 'principles de
clared. In subsequent ages, with one I
preuomi riant cnurcn, me conunuiuon
of saints was a chaingang t lock-
step with, one long whip cracking
v down the line to prevent any man's
'deviating. ..--"
At length, under the leadership of
outstanding exponents'. of freedom,
. such as Luther, Calvin, Knox, Wesley,
ana others, the nrinciDle of freedom
in Christianity from super-imposed re
quirements and dictated thinking was
achieved. , ' i
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