Acts 15:22-41

The church at Jerusalem sent a letter to the churches where some were saying the new Gentile believers needed to be circumcised. In the letter they stated that the new believers were not bound by the whole of Jewish law. Certain laws were still to be observed, but the Holy Spirit had convicted them that only the essentials needed to be followed.

Christ came to set us free from the law. The law was a burden that was no longer necessary now that He had given Himself as a sacrifice for all sin. This does not mean we are completely free from all law. We are still to lead lives that are moral and pleasing to God, but we don't have to follow the same rituals and ceremonies laid down in the Mosaic Law. We are no longer bound by a set of rules, but rather by love.