 Acts 21:23-25 (KJV) *Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them; Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law. As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.* We’re looking at some mixed up Christians right here. On the one hand, they are glad for the work of the Lord in the world. On the other, they are terrified of the misunderstandings of the people. On the one hand, they wished for Paul to keep up Jewish appearances. On the other, they realized that none of these Jewish laws had anything to do with righteousness. These three verses prove two things for us: **That keeping the Law is a religious act forced upon people That the observation of no such things is necessary for a right standing with God.** Of course, we ought to maintain a testimony and be moral, separate and holy. Beyond that, the law, whose only purpose was to lead us to see our need of Jesus Christ, has become a tool of men to dominate over other men. **To my readers:** First of all, thank you! It is a great joy to me to know you read the thoughts and lessons God has given me in His word. Secondly, I would love to hear from you. Please feel free to leave comments. For this and more than 4500 earlier Daily Visits with God visit https://mckenzie-visit-with-god.blogspot.com. There you will find daily visits going back to 2006. *If you have been blessed by this blog, please subscribe to my feed and share it with others.* For more resources from Pastor Marvin McKenzie visit http://puyallupbaptistchurch.com. My books are available at: My author spotlight at Lulu.com: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/marvinmckenzie My author Page for Kindle/Amazon http://www.amazon.com/author/marvinmckenzie **Acts 21:23-25 (KJV) Not Necessary** *Photos from pexels.com*  Please consider helping our church’s teen department by signing up for cash back shopping at http://www.dubli.com/M04VB. This program has three levels of participation, the first being completely free.
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