Paul has a problem
with Peter who formerly went where no Jew had gone before but now under
pressure has changed his behavior, if not his mind. At the heart of Paul’s
accusation of hypocrisy, against the Rock upon which Christ promised to build
his church no less, is the question of what makes one right with God. Jews
sought justification by religiously obeying the 613 laws in the Torah. Paul
sees justification in the invitation to die with Christ which is an invitation
to die to any attempt to justify oneself. It is the invitation to be crucified
with Christ that calls us to speak the Gospel where people might raise their
eyebrows so that one day the rest of their bodies might follow suit.
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