2:11-14: Conduct Unbecoming: When Our Actions Counteract God's Gospel
Update: 2023-10-01
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2:11-14: Summary:Gospel truth is for living that commends the Gospel. Continuing to advance the truth that his Gospel is the Gospel, Paul recounts an instance in which Peter's actions, and those of others, including Barnabas, counteracted the truth of the Gospel. Fear of disapproval with the circumcision party leads Peter to withdraw from table fellowship with Christians in Antioch. It's hardly an immaterial action. In it, Paul sees a public act of hypocrisy with the power to spread abroad against the Gospel truth of justification. Peter has effectively made living the Jewish life mandatory for these Gentiles in order to be justified, adopted, accepted fully by God. By his action, he's introduced a lie: faith in Christ isn't enough for equal standing with God; and just there, he stands condemned as a hypocrite out of step with the truth. Peter must repent. And for the Gospel, Paul makes sure that he and everybody else knows it.
Sermon Outline:
Conduct out of step with the truth of the Gospel: hearing the account. (2:11-14)
Conduct out of step with the truth of the Gospel: heeding the lessons. (2:11-14)
Sermon Outline:
Conduct out of step with the truth of the Gospel: hearing the account. (2:11-14)
Conduct out of step with the truth of the Gospel: heeding the lessons. (2:11-14)
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