This episode reads Acts 15 and examines the Council of Jerusalem, where the early church debated whether Gentile believers must be circumcised to be saved. Paul, Barnabas, Peter, and James address the controversy and affirm salvation by grace through faith rather than by the law.

The sermon also draws out the church’s authority and structure, showing how the gathered people of God, under King Jesus, pronounce liberty from legal burdens and call believers into a communal, apostolic faith.