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1 | Why did Paul do it? For conscience sake? | Acts 21:23 | DocTrinsograce | 217967 | ||
Dear Humility, Had these things been done in order to achieve atonement, then they would have had a problem. Our righteousness before God is complete in Christ. However, as you have pointed out, the purpose was to eliminate an impediment or criticism of the Jews. When you are functioning within the context of another culture, you sometimes have to accommodate them so as to not bring such offense that they will not listen to you at all. For example, if a missionary family goes to an Islamic country, the women in the family must adjust their attire to comply with local mores. Clothing that might be perfectly chaste and acceptable to Americans, would cause a furor in an Islamic community. The women would not be changing their dress because they thought it would make them more modest. Rather, they would change their dress in order to minimize immediate objections to the message of the Gospel. In Him, Doc |
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2 | Why did Paul do it? For conscience sake? | Acts 21:23 | AWilliamson | 218060 | ||
Dear Humility, Just to add to Doc's point here. I believe when reading the book of the Acts we must remember that it was a transitional period from Judiasm to Christianity, from Jerusalem through Antioch (the second centre of Christianity) to Rome (where the book ends - see Acts 1v8) Acts is also historical not doctrinal as the epistles are (both are inspired of course). When we deal with doctrine things are clear cut. The old Law dispensation was finished at the Cross and with the descent of the Holy Spirit (Acts 20)the New 'Grace' dispensation had begun. When we deal with experience things aren't so clear cut. It's like what the Lord said about no-one immediately desiring the new wine, for they felt the old was better. Most Christians were not as advanced as Paul, thus we have Acts 15, the letter to Galatians, the Roman and Hebrew letters (to name a few) all dealing with the Christian/Jewish divide. Christian liberty, the freedom which we have been brought into in Christ doesn't mean that we forget about love - I must think of building up other Christians, I might do things but because I could stumble a brother or sister who didn't feel they had the same liberty I might just not do them (after all I have liberty not to do them as well). Passages which deal with issues like this are Romans 14-15, 1 Corinthians 6v12-11v1 - a big subject! In Christ, Andrew |
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3 | Why did Paul do it? For conscience sake? | Acts 21:23 | AWilliamson | 218061 | ||
Typo - Reference Acts 2, not Acts 20! Sorry | ||||||