My Personal Bible Study for today, which I want to share, had to do with the New Testament and the order of the writings. Some believe the earliest writings were the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Actually the letter to the Galatian Churches was the earliest to be penned in about 48-49 A.D. Some experts say it could have been as late as 55 A.D. The events contained in the Gospels of course occurred first but the teachings that the Law was abolished at Christ's death that Paul proclaims to the Gentiles and Jews in Asia came before any one of the Gospel writers began recording their accounts of Jesus and His ministry. From Acts 9 to the end of Acts Paul's teaching is dominant.
The Churches of God (COG) do all they can to avoid teaching Paul's true doctrine of Christ. Paul teaches that believers are saved through Grace by our Faith in Christ and not by deeds of the law (Galatians 3:11). The COG's teach God commands us to keep the Annual Sabbaths or Feasts found in Leviticus 23 and Deuteronomy 16.
Peter and Paul had both seen that God was calling the Gentiles just like the Jews through Faith. The Apostles decided in Acts 15 that the law of Moses, the burden spoken of in verse 10 by Peter was not required any more. He said it was "testing God" to put the burden of the law on the neck of the disciples. It was grace now that replaced the Law of Moses, grace and faith in Jesus offered the only path to salvation. See my self-study guide What The New Covenant Is Not
As the Passover draws near in the COG's, read for yourself what the apostles really teach about salvation...it may surprise you. Better to be surprised now rather than later.
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