A Different Gospel - 08/10/2025

Paul has shared with the Galatians a brief autobiographyHe completed it with a story about his run-in with Peter- when Peter first came to the Gentile church in Antioch,• he allowed the wall between Jews and Gentiles to collapse◦ but when rigid and dogmatic believers arrived from Judea,◦ he broke away from close contact with Gentile believers• how sad, when a person withdraws from generous gestures,◦ ones that represents acceptance and camaraderie,◦ and make the break for fear of being attacked by narrow-minded zealots- somewhere along the way, Paul left off telling his story• it was a backdrop for the point he wanted to make;• namely, Jesus--and not the law--works God’s righteousness into believers