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It's Not a Box of Rules Acts Chapter 15 Focus: Christianity is not a box of rules, but a life permeated with Christ who transforms us because He has become the center of our lives. I. The OLD COVENANT was a box of rules! II. Jesus CAME for EVERYONE not just INSIDERS. ROMANS 6:14 no longer under the law, but grace... III. The GRAVITY of GRACE pulls us INSIDE the NEW COVENANT. A. I must CONFRONT the INDEPENDENT REBEL in me. B. I must CONFRONT the PHARISEE in me. C. I must CONFORM to CHRIST in me. Acts 15:1-41 (NET) The Jerusalem Council [15:1] Now some men came down from Judea1 and began to teach the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised2 according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved." [2] When Paul and Barnabas had a major argument and debate3 with them, the church4 appointed Paul and Barnabas and some others from among them to go up to meet with5 the apostles and elders in Jerusalem6 about this point of disagreement.7 [3] So they were sent on their way by th...