Galatians 2 v 11 - 21 Glorious Freedom
The Contention -
The Time - 11 But when Peter was come to Antioch,
The Task - I withstood him to the face,
The Truth - because he was to be blamed.
The Convention -
The Past 12 For before that certain came from James
The Partnership - he did eat with the Gentiles:
The Parting - but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself
The Prejudice - fearing them which were of the circumcision.
The Confusion -
The Division - 13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him;
The Diversion - insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away
The Deception - with their dissimulation.
The Confrontation -
It was Personal - 14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly
It was Painful - according to the truth of the gospel,
It was Purposeful - I said unto Peter before them all,
It was Practical - If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews,
It was Powerful - why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
The Contradiction -
Their Past - 15 We who are Jews by nature,
Their Privilege - and not sinners of the Gentiles,
Their Perception - 16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ,
Their Persuasion - even we have believed in Jesus Christ,
Their Possession - that we might be justified by the faith of Christ,
Their Profession - and not by the works of the law:
Their Proclamation - for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
The first is General -
16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law,
The second is Personal - even we have believed in Jesus Christ,
that we might be justified by the faith of Christ,
The third is Universal - for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified
The Law -
Confines - Romans 3:19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law:
Confounds - that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Confutes - 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight:
Confronts - for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
Conforms - 21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets, Mat 17:1-8
Confirms - 22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: Confesses - 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: .....
Conflicts - 28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
The Condition -
The Search - 17 But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ,
The Sin - we ourselves also are found sinners,
The Saviour - is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.
The Condemnation -
The Resolve - 18 For if I build again
The Ruins - the things which I destroyed,
The Result - I make myself a transgressor.
The Response - 19 For I through the law am dead to the law,
The Release - that I might live unto God.
The Crucifixion -
It's Personal - 20 I am crucified with Christ:
It's Practical, nevertheless I live Powerful, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me
It's Perpetual - and the life which I now live in the flesh
It's Profitable - I live by the faith of the Son of God,
It's Purposeful - who loved me, and gave himself for me.
The Conclusion -
Revere Grace - 21 I do not frustrate the grace of God
Respect Guidance - for if righteousness come by the law,
But Receive God's Gift - then Christ is dead in vain.
