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190 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES Before his conversion Paul had regarded himself as blameless "touching the righteousness which is in the law. ' ' ' But since his change of heart, he had gained a clear conception of the mission of the Saviour as the Redeemer of the entire race, Gentile as well as Jew, and had learned the difference between a living faith and a dead formalism. In the light of the gospel, the ancient rites and ceremonies committed to Israel had gained a new and deeper significance. That which they shadowed forth had come to pass, and those who were living under the gospel dispensation had been freed from their observance. Grod's unchangeable law of ten commandments, however, Paul still kept in spirit as well as in letter. In the church at Antioch, the consideration of the question of circumcision resulted in much discussion and contention. Finally, the members of the church, fearing that a division among them would be tlie outcome of continued discussion, decided to send Paul and Barnabas, with some responsible men from the church, to Jerusalem, to lay the matter before the apostles and elders. There they were to meet delegates from the different churches, and those who had come to Jerusalem to attend the approaching festivals. Meanwhile all controversy was to cease until a final decision should be given in general council. This decision was then to be universally accepted by the different churches throughout the country. On the way to Jerusalem, the apostles visited the believers in the cities through which they passed, and encouraged them by relating their experience in the work of God, and the conversion of the Gentiles. At Jerusalem, the delegates from Antioch met = Pliil. 3:6.