I just received a letter from one of our teams that is reaching out to
Muslims in the UK.  For the past year, they have been dogged by a
distraction that just won’t go away.  It seems that a large number of
the churches in their city have bundled the politics and policies of
Israel into the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 

In Acts 15 the Apostles and other leaders of the Church gathered to
decide whether the law of Moses was part of the gospel package.  Thank
God, the decided it was not and thus set the message of Jesus free from
any one culture or nation. 

To me, it seems so obvious that the Kingdom of God does not marry
itself to the politics or culture of any one nation or people.  It does
offer redemption for all.  There is no doubt that Paul prophecies that
a time will come when the Jews recognize their redeemer and that
turning will be a great blessing to all.  May that miracle come soon! 
But that prophecy does not contain within it any obligation for the
followers of Jesus to bind themselves to any government or piece of
land anywhere in the world.

The Apostles preached “Jesus Christ, and Him crucified”, as Paul put
it.  In Acts 15 they decided to put no further burden on the gentile
converts.  Why are so many reversing that decision today???