peter goes back to school galatians 2:11-21

Peter GoesBack to School

Galatians 2:11-21

Peter Goes Back to School

Introduction

Paul Confronts Peter about the Gospel - 2:11-14

Peter Goes Back to School

It was aPublic Confrontation

Paul Confronts Peter about the Gospel - 2:11-14

Peter Goes Back to School

“Now when Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed;” (2:11)

Peter Goes Back to School

Paul Confronts Peter about the Gospel - 2:11-14

Peter had been Prepared Better than This

Paul Confronts Peter about the Gospel - 2:11-14

Peter Goes Back to School

Acts 10:10-12

Peter had Preached Better than This

Paul Confronts Peter about the Gospel - 2:11-14

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Acts 11:17

Peter had Promised Better than This

Paul Confronts Peter about the Gospel - 2:11-14

Peter Goes Back to School

Galatians 2:9

It was aPointed Confrontation

Paul Confronts Peter about the Gospel - 2:11-14

Peter Goes Back to School

“for before certain men came from James, he would eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.” (2:12)

Peter Goes Back to School

“for before certain men came from James, he would eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.” (2:12)

Peter Goes Back to School

“for before certain men came from James, he would eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.” (2:12)

Peter Goes Back to School

It was aPoisonous Confrontation

Paul Confronts Peter about the Gospel - 2:11-14

Peter Goes Back to School

“And the rest of the Jews also played the hypocrite with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.”(2:13)

Peter Goes Back to School

Paul Confronts Peter about the Gospel - 2:11-14

It was aPractical Confrontation

Paul Confronts Peter about the Gospel - 2:11-14

Peter Goes Back to School

“But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, ‘If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, why do you compel Gentiles to live as Jews?”(2:14)

Peter Goes Back to School

Paul Corrects Peter about the Gospel - 2:15-16

Peter Goes Back to School

He Shows Howthe Groups are Separate

Paul Corrects Peter about the Gospel - 2:15-16

Peter Goes Back to School

“We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,”(2:15)

Peter Goes Back to School

Paul Corrects Peter about the Gospel - 2:15-16

He Shows Howthe Groups are Separate

Paul Corrects Peter about the Gospel - 2:15-16

Peter Goes Back to School

Philippians 3:4-5

He Shows Howthe Groups are the Same

Paul Corrects Peter about the Gospel - 2:15-16

Peter Goes Back to School

“knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.” (2:16)

Peter Goes Back to School

“knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.” (2:16)

Peter Goes Back to School

This is forensic – A legal justification;

A imputed righteousness“I am declared righteous.”

Peter Goes Back to School

This is forensic – A legal justification;

A imputed righteousness“I am declared righteous.”

Peter Goes Back to School

2 Corinthians 5:21

This is forensic – A legal justification;

A imputed righteousness“I am declared righteous.”

Peter Goes Back to School

1 John 1:8, 10

This is forensic – A legal justification;

A imputed righteousness“I am declared righteous.”

Peter Goes Back to School

1 John 1:9

Paul Concludes His Argument with Peter - 2:17-21

Peter Goes Back to School

Paul Concludes His Argument with Peter -

He Shows Peter’s Error

Peter Goes Back to School

Peter Goes Back to School“But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is Christ therefore a minister of sin? Certainly not! For if I build again those things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.” (2:17-18)

Paul Concludes His Argument with Peter -

He Shows Why it is Wrong to Return to the Law

Peter Goes Back to School

Paul Concludes His Argument with Peter -

Peter Goes Back to School

“For I through the law died to the law that I might live to God.” (2:19)

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He Points Out that He is Both Dead and Alive

Peter Goes Back to School

Peter Goes Back to School“I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” (2:20)

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Paul is Dead

Peter Goes Back to School

“I have been crucified with Christ;”

Paul Concludes His Argument with Peter -

Paul is Alive

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Paul Concludes His Argument with Peter -

Peter Goes Back to School

it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son…”

Peter Goes Back to School“Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newnessof life.” (Romans 6:3-4)

Paul Concludes His Argument with Peter -

He Shows the Absolute Necessity for the Grace

Gospel

Peter Goes Back to School

Paul Concludes His Argument with Peter -

Peter Goes Back to School

“I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain." (2:19)

Conclusion

Peter Goes Back to School