Peter had been eating with Gentiles in Syria, and he had been eating things that weren’t kosher. Then some Jews came to Syria and he disassociated himself from the Gentiles. He was afraid of what the legalistic Jews would think of him.
Paul confronted him. He said that Peter wasn’t walking in step with the gospel’s message of grace. He accused Peter of being duplicitous. He accused Peter of holding the Gentiles to a higher standard than he was willing to hold himself.
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Stephen R. Burch is the pastor of Green Mountain Baptist Church in Center Rutland, Vermont, where he lives with his wife, Erica, and his five children. He trusted Christ as a young child while growing up in Michigan. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in music ministries from...