ACTS SERIES: To Circumcise or Not to Circumcise, That Is the Question

March 4, 2015 Series: Acts Series

Passage: Acts 15:1– 16:3

When Gentiles began being saved, a theological issue arose. Should they have to be circumcised to be saved? In Acts 15, a meeting of the apostles and elders was held in Jerusalem to discuss the issue. The church leaders concluded that the answer was, "No." Yet, in the very next chapter, the apostle Paul had Timothy circumcised. Why?