Jesus Plus Nothing — The Jerusalem Council in Acts 15

In Acts 15, the young church faces its first great conflict: a group insisting Gentile believers be circumcised and keep the whole law of Moses to be saved. Peter, Paul, Barnabas, and James answer with a settled verdict — salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, Jesus plus nothing — while calling believers to lay down their liberties in love so they never cause a weaker brother to stumble. The message calls us to be an iron pillar on the gospel and a reed on the non-essentials, bearing one another's crushing burdens without taking over the load only each person can carry.