Galatians 2:10-21

Galatians 2, continued

How does verse 10 (remembering the poor) belong in the discussion?
A condition of accepting Gentiles into the church?
- How would one know?
- When would one be accepted?
Was there any indication that it was not being done?
- On the contrary – Acts 11:28-30
Why has Paul included this note?
- Did it change Paul’s behavior or the Gentiles’ behavior?
Conspicuous for what it is not
- Not a burden from Old Law
- Not condition of acceptance
- Not a commandment to Gentiles
- “Take care,” “Drive safe!”
- Paul states he was already eager to do this
- James, Peter, John not exercising authority over him
- Paul on equal footing as apostle

Don’t know when
Prior to writing Galatians
- After the events of Acts 15
How bad did Peter’s conduct appear? Condemnable
Withdrew from Gentiles with whom he previously socialized
- Who were Christians
- Members at Antioch
What power did “certain men” have over him?
- Nothing said
- No negative example
- Presence altered Peter’s behavior
What makes this hypocrisy?
- Acts 10:34
- Acts 11:2-3
What was Peter afraid of?
- Party of the circumcision
- Why?
- Remove their approval of him?
- Whose favor was he seeking?
- Galatians 1:10
- Matthew 10:28
- Matthew 18:6
The effect of Peter’s hypocrisy
- Even the son of encouragement was led astray into hypocrisy
Paul not leads the reader into the heart of the problem in verse 14
What was Peter doing with regards to the truth of the gospel?
- Made them not walk uprightly
- In effect, teaching another gospel
- What had Paul said about that (Galatians 1:8-9)?
Done before all, rebuked before all
- Correct and appropriate
  - Acting contrary to the gospel
  - Carrying away others into same hypocrisy
- How many followed Peter’s wrong path?
- Open versus private rebuke

Part of Paul’s rebuke to Peter, or written only to Galatians?
- “May it never be!” seen ten times in Romans in writing
- Two other times here in Galatians
- More likely written rather than spoken
Our justification must be by faith in Christ Jesus
- Can’t come from works of law
Our obedient faith in Christ admits
- We’ve sinned
- Can’t be saved by works of law
Our only appeal to justification is to Jesus
- Subsequent return to law, no justification from sin
- Would Jesus, then, be a minister of sin?
  - May it never be!

Peter tore down
- Rule of Law of Moses over his life – couldn’t justify
- Departed the Law for Jesus – only source of justification
- Justification by faith, not by the law
- Took an even standing with Gentiles, who received the same justification
He built back up
- Returned to isolation from Gentiles
- Returned to vestiges of the Law
- Dividied the church at Antioch
- Put a burden on Gentile Christians
  - Had to take on Law of Moses to have Peter’s approval
  - Took them back to a non-justifying law
The law itself took the law away
- By Christ fulfilling it – Matthew 5:17
- Life in Christ and death to the Law – Romans 7:4-6
Christ living in us means
- We no longer guide ourselves, but are led by Christ
- Live by faith in Christ, not by works of Law
- Jesus gave Himself toward that end – for our justification by faith
- It was because of his loving kindness toward us
What if the law could justify?
- It would nullify God’s grace
- It would bring to nothing the sacrifice of the Son of God
  - It would not be needed