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By Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi 

"While Paul and Barnabas were at Antioch of Syria, some men from Judea arrived and began to teach the believers : “Unless you are circumcised as required by the law of Moses, you cannot be saved.” Paul and Barnabas disagreed with them, arguing vehemently. Finally, the church decided to send Paul and Barnabas to Jerusalem, accompanied by some local believers, to talk to the apostles and elders about this question."Acts of the Apostles 15:1‭-‬2 NLT

   The believer in Jesus Christ is an embodiment of the righteousness of God. The scriptures describes the Christian as a living epistle . The scriptures say  2Cor 3:3 "Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart." 

   The epistles are about God's righteousness, his peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. Whenever the gospel is challenged,  the  believer is expected to rise in defence of the gospel to avoid the twisting of the gospel by mischief makers seeking to established their false teachings .  

  The bible says " Be sure to answer the foolish arguments of fools, or they will become wise in their own estimation." Proverbs 26:5 NLT and

 ' Dear friends, I had been eagerly planning to write to you about the salvation we all share. But now I find that I must write about something else, urging you to defend the faith that God has entrusted once for all time to his holy people." Jude 1:3 NLT

   On the issue of circumcision being a precondition for salvation by some section of the church the scriptures says the disciples disagreed with that thinking and defended the gospel of salvation by Grace through faith in Jesus Christ " Dear friends, I had been eagerly planning to write to you about the salvation we all share. But now I find that I must write about something else, urging you to defend the faith that God has entrusted once for all time to his holy people."and Jude 1:3 NLT says "We are to defend our faith at all times ".  The bible also says "But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear; For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit," I Peter 3:3‭, ‬15‭- NKJV we are to oppose liars and false teachers in defence of our faith in Jesus Christ.

Prayer : Heavenly Father forgive me of my sins against you I believe Jesus Christ died and was raised again for my salvation I receive as Lord and  saviour and receive the Holy Ghost and power to rise in defence of the gospel with signs and wonders in Jesus name .

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