Prayer 7's follows the Jewish feasts and includes the weekly Sabbath, which starts tonight at Sunset, but are not legalistic about it. The reason we include the Jewish feasts is God himself ordained and chose to order most of those holidays to be observed, and Christianity has its roots in Judaism. If you look closely at the Jewish Holidays you soon learn they all have prophetic meaning. The disciples had this knowledge, they grew up learning it, they were all Jewish or converts to Judaism. Too much of that has been lost as Christianity moved away from its original roots.

We don't follow need to follow Jewish customs and laws because Gentile laws were different right from the start. Gentiles were to abide by the Noahide Covenant. Basic laws of morality. There are of coarse 7 of these.

1. Set up courts that justly enforce social laws.
2. Do not commit blaspheme (don't mock God.)
3. Do not commit idolatry (don't worship other Gods/idols.)
4. Do not commit sexual immorality (such as incest and adultery.)
5. Do not murder
6. Do not steal.
7. Do not abuse, or be cruel to animals.

The first Christian council, held in Jerusalem with the disciples prayed about whether gentiles should be required to follow the Jewish laws and customs. Today's reading in Acts gives their decision and the reasoning behind it. They decided there should be only 3 rules for Gentiles:

1. Don't commit fornication (no sex before marriage).
2. Don't eat meat that has been offered to idols.
3. Don't eat the unbled meat of strangled animals.

In most western countries the one broken most often is probably fornication, in modern western culture it is actively encouraged, planned for, and viewed as "normal behavior". But it can lead to a loss of innocence, guilt, self-hatred and emotional dysfunction, along with the risks of STD's, and abortion which some view as murder.

Sex is not a fun game - it shouldn't be mucked about with too early or without the emotional maturity to cope with the complications it brings, it is always better to have the protective covering of marriage. With an epidemic of this in the western world it is a very good thing that God is forgiving and merciful and love covers a multitude of sins.