Christ has done what the law could not do. He has carried the burden we could not bear. The church stands or falls on this truth. Christ saves fully. Christ keeps completely. Nothing more is required.
There is a subtle temptation to believe that something must be added to grace to make faith complete.
“But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved in the same manner as they.”
Acts 15:11 (NKJV)
The sharpest conflict in these chapters comes not from outside the church, but from within it. A question presses to the front and will not go away.
Is Jesus enough?
Some were saying, “Yes, but…” Faith in Christ is good, they argued, but it needs something added to it. Something you can measure. Something you can point to. A mark in the flesh. A rule kept. A box checked.
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