The early church faces its first real crisis as Jewish Pahrisaic backgrounded new believers struggle with gentiles becoming 'children of God' without becoming Jewish first. Thankfully with good interaction and each party's willingness to hear God in all this, they agree to Gentiles not having to be Jewish proselytes first. The passage gives us some practical tools in our own disagreements we find ourselves in with believers at times. When we iron them out in a biblically mature manner, then god is glorified as we are unified.
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disagreement, encouragement, God, Jesus Christ, joy, obedience, unity