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MARCH 21
Sunday


PURE MILK

READ:
Acts 15:1-11, 19-21
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As newborn babes,
desire the pure milk of
the Word, that you may
grow thereby.
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Recently it was discovered that some milk producers in China had been diluting cow's milk and adding the industrial chemical Melamine. This chemical was added because it artificially enhanced protein readings. Several infants died and others became seriously ill. Such adulteration is not new. Other countries have been adding Melamine to animal feed for at lest 40 years for the same purpose, resulting in the death of animals.

Another kind of adulteration is when people add to God's Word, "the pure milk of the Word" as Peter described it (1 Peter 2:2). The word pure means "unadulterated" or "uncontaminated." The early church had to deal with those who considered circumcision necessary for salvation (Acts 15:1). That idea was rejected because it was not in accordance with the Word of God, which says that salvation is by grace alone. Peter encouraged his brethren in the Lord: "Why do you test God by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples?...We believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved" (Acts 15:10-11).

Examine carefully any teaching that asks you to do anything more than what is in God's Word. Otherwise it can be deadly to your spiritual well-being. __ C. P. Hia
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`````````````````The Lord has given man His Word,```````````````
````````````````````His will He has made known;`````````````````
````````````````Let man not try to change that Word```````````````
`````````````With words that are his own. __D. Dee Haan```````````
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God's Word needs no additions or subtractions.

************Today's Bible Reading __ Acts 15:1-11, 19-21**********

1 And certain men...taught
the brethren, "Unless you are
circumcised according to the
custom of Moses, you cannot
be saved." 2 Therefore,...
they determined that Paul and
Barnabas and certain others
of them should go up to
Jerusalem, to the apostles and
elders, about this question....

4 And when they had come
to Jerusalem, they were
received by the church and
the apostles and the elders;
and they reported all things
that God had done with
them. 5 But some of the sect
of the Pharisees who
believed rose up, saying, "IT
is necessary to circumcise
them, and to command them
to keep the law of Moses."

6 Now the apostles and
elders came together to
consider this matter. 7 And
when there had been much
dispute, Peter rose up and
said to them: "Men and
brethren, you know that a
good while ago God chose
among us, that by my mouth
the Gentiles should hear the
word of the gospel and
believe. So God, who
knows the heart,
acknowledged them by
giving them the Holy Spirit,
just as He did to us, 9 and
made no distinction between
us and them purifying their
hearts by faith. 10 Now
therefore , why do you test
God by putting a yoke on the
neck of the disciples....?

11 But we believe that
through the grace of the Lord
Jesus Christ we shall be
saved in the same manner as
they."...

[James answered,]
19 "Therefore I judge that we
should not trouble those from
among the Gentiles who are
turning to God, 20 but that we
write to them to abstain from
things polluted by idols, from
sexual immorality, from
things strangled, and from
blood. 21 For Moses has had
throughout many generations
those who preach him in
every city, being read in the
synagogues every Sabbath."