Between the establishment of a relationship with God and the final resurrection, Christians need to press on to know Christ and be more like him.
While the Old Testament is still valid, we also have the message of the one who was raised from the dead.
As opposition grew toward Jesus, he anticipated that it would reach his followers as well and prepare them for how to live.
As the number of non-Jewish believers in Jesus began to overwhelm the original Jewish Christians, some wanted to make it harder for non-Jews to...
