Galatians 2:11-21
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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