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Going around in circles gets you nowhere. Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” ... And on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. Matthew 16:16-18 Coming to Him the living Stone 1 Peter 2:4-10 Whoever believes...

Nevertheless it dawned on him that God saves both Jews and gentiles prior to your random time setting of Acts 15. The point is that there is no private interpretation...they were all under the power of the Holy Spirit. 2 Peter 1:17-21 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called...

It was addressed: To those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: Grace and peace ...2 Peter 1:1-3

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. Rom 8:2

Your speculation was that Peter "refused to accept the change until Acts 15" while ignoring that he received the promised Spirit in Acts 2, But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: “We ought to obey God rather than men. The God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom you murdered by...

Moses gave you the law, Yet none of you keeps the law. John 7:19 For if there had been a law given which could have given life, truly righteousness would have been by the law. Gal 3:21 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is...

You didn't have a question, you just assumed and you know what happens when you assume. The fact is that Peter was consistently proclaiming the good news of salvation. We are His witnesses to the people. And we declare to you glad tidings—that promise which was made to the fathers. God has...

If you hear My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My own people. Ex 19:5 I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God; Jeremiah 24:7 The law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. For as many of...

Peter received the Spirit in Acts 2. Stubborn folks resist the Spirit and are uncircumcised in heart; They neither hear nor see. Wait for the promised Spirit, Acts 1:4 Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured...

It's not as though we don't have examples in Scripture of why they did not obtain a right foundational standing. They were seeking a justification of their own through the works of the law. They ignored the offering provided for sin and were seeking to approach God with their blemished...

So based on your viewpoint that what he wrote is exclusively for Timothy, does that mean that you're not included? The verse states that if you remain in the faith, then you are partakers of the blessing in Christ, if you end up denying Christ then you're on your own. For if they had been of us...

And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. Heb 6:15 He saw my day and was glad. John 8:56-58 Indeed we count them blessed who endure. James 5:11 The hope of the righteous will be gladness, Prov 10:28 Be glad and rejoice in the Lord you righteous; Psalm 32:1-11 Again, I...

I was aiming for 4/4. And fathers! Do not provoke [frustrate] your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord. Eph 2:6 Knowing that your Lord also is in heaven, and there is no partiality with Him. Eph 2:9 [Remember that you receive the inheritance from the Lord...

It was stated by another poster that Peter came to understand the gospel through Paul in Acts 15, but as we know he was already proclaiming that the gift of the Spirit is granted though faith in Christ in Acts 2:38. The account in Acts 10 in which he perceived that it was for both Jew and...

By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith. Rom 3:27 "The Covenant is the Gospel - So we see that this everlasting covenant with Abraham was simply the preaching of the everlasting Gospel of the kingdom, and the assuring to him of a part in its blessings. The promise to Abraham was a...