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Bible Mysteries

Acts 15 Explained: Did Jewish Believers Still Keep the Law?

Bible Mysteries

Bleav + Scott Mitchell

Mystery, Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Society & Culture, Christianity, History

4.6707 Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Did the early Jewish believers remain under the Law of Moses after Christ? In this lesson, we examine Acts 15 and key passages that reveal why Christ fulfilled the law and established the New Covenant through His sacrifice.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome again to unlock the Bible now. I'm Brother Scott Mitchell. Happy you could join us for another message out of God's Word.

0:22.0

Today's topic comes from a sister in Christ who wrote me, and I'm going to read her question

0:26.6

in just a moment, but I want to start by thanking all of you for supporting us.

0:31.0

We appreciate your prayers. We know that you are out there praying for us. We hear your

0:35.3

testimonies, and we're encouraged to know that you're

0:38.4

thinking of us. We also know that some of you donate, those that are able. We know that many of you

0:43.9

subscribe to Bible Ministries podcast. We appreciate everything you're doing to help us continue this

0:50.8

ministry, and we pray it is a blessing to you. So with that being said, we're going to talk

0:55.8

about the old or new covenant, where the Jewish believers in Jesus under the law. Let's open in prayer

1:01.9

first. Heavenly Father, we thank thee for mercy. We thank thee for the Lord Jesus Christ, who died for

1:07.4

our sins and was raised for our justification. We ask and pray that everything we say today would bring glory and honor to thy name

1:14.4

and to the Lord Jesus Christ.

1:16.9

We ask you fill us with thy spirit and reveal to us by the spirit the things you would

1:21.6

have us learn that it is in one accord with the truth, would be a blessing to those who hear,

1:27.0

and would bring glory and honor

1:28.3

to thy name. We ask it in Jesus' precious name. Amen. So, a dear sister in Christ wrote me and

1:35.0

asked, After Acts 15 were James and the other kingdom believers in Jerusalem living according to the

1:41.3

old covenant or the new covenant. I still don't completely understand what it was they were following.

1:47.9

I think I have a clue, but I am curious to know what you found from the scriptures.

1:53.1

That is a great question, and I thank Carol for submitting that to us. So let's examine a most controversial topic. The end of the law of Moses

2:03.2

and the beginning of the New Testament. For the context, let's take Acts 15, because that's where

2:11.4

this question is based upon. Notice verse one, it says, in certain men which came down from Judea taught the brethren and said,

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