Early Church Problems

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One of the problems that affected the early church was the Jews thought that in order to become a Christian, the Gentiles would have to be circumcised like it says in the Old Law. Barnabas and Paul told the Jews that it was no longer necessary for this action to take placed but they relied to heavily on the Old Law even thought it was out of date. Another huge difference and problem was unity. With the good news of Christ being spread to everywhere and everyone Gentiles were able to become Christians and have a relationship with God. The Jews however, had an issue with this. They believed they were God's chosen people which was true in the old law but was not true at the current time as everyone was able to be God's chosen person. Another issue

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