Gospel Authority
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Welcome & Opening Prayer
Welcome & Opening Prayer
Turn to Gal. Ch. 2… V11-14
!! Open in Prayer !!
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Introduction 🎤
Introduction 🎤
A FEW MONTHS AGO, WE WERE SITTING @ HOME WHEN
🚗a REALLY OLD BEAT-UP CAR SHOWED UP in OUR DRIVEWAY. 🚗
HEAR it COMING: MUFFLER = MISSING// SWISS CHEESE
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UNCOMFORTABLE:
NOT a “TURN AROUND” DRIVEWAY…
UNFAMILIAR
MAN GETS OUT—HOLDING SOMETHING
POPS OPEN BACK DOOR & GRABS a PACKAGE.
Resolution: AMAZON DRIVER!
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Fascinating:📦AMAZON WILL WORK THROUGH ANYTHING — GET PACKAGE TO YOU.📦
SUPER NICE AMAZON TRUCKS
RANDOM CLUNKERS THAT MERELY STOP & BRAKE
Relate: DO YOU THINK I CARED?
=> NO I GOT MY PACKAGE!
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REVIEW ISN’T TIED to DELIVERY—⭐️⭐️ IT’S TIED to PACKAGE ITSELF.⭐️⭐️
WAS the PACKAGE WORTH IT??
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Transition: CONSIDER HOW this APPLIES to CHURCH…
Focus: 📸GOD — WORK THROUGH ANY MESSENGER CAN GET the MESSAGE ACROSS—
EVEN IF THEY’RE CLUNKY (FEW DENTS, MISSING MUFFLER) 📸
📜7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.📜
Exhort: 📢GOD HAS CHOSEN to WORK THROUGH COMMON—ORDINARY—FRAGILE CLAY POTS📢
— CARRY the TREASURE of HIS GOSPEL
Takeaway: 🎒GLORY ISN’T in the CLAY POT—BUT in the TREASURE INSIDE… 🎒
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Transition ➡ TODAY’S TEXT— WE’LL SEE HOW GOD WORKS THROUGH CLUNKERS—
BUT the VEHICLE… ISN’T WHAT MATTERS MOST ..… IT’S the TREASURE INSIDE…
LOOK W/ ME @ PASSAGE… (V11-14)
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Passage Reading 📖
Passage Reading 📖
11 But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
12 For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party.
13 And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy.
14 But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
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Transition ➡ CHURCH, THIS is GOD’S WORD FOR US THIS MORNING.
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Context Recap: “Defending Truth” 🛡️
Context Recap: “Defending Truth” 🛡️
Larger Context: PAUL’S GOSPEL = MESSAGE from HEAVEN
HEAVENLY CALL
HEAVENLY MESSAGE
FROM JESUS—NOT APOSTLES
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Last Week: PAUL’S 2ND TRIP to JERUSALEM (14 YRS LATER)
PILLAR APOSTLES AGREED W/ HIS GOSPEL— ADDED NOTHING!
🖼️Piano Tuning Illustration: TUNE 100 PIANOS to SAME FORK—PLAY in PERFECT HARMONY🖼️
Problem: FALSE BROTHERS—TRIED to REQUIRE CIRCUMCISION
PAUL DIDN’T WAVER
TITUS WASN’T CIRCUMCISED
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P. Idea: Gospel-truth is unchanging...
… and we might fight to preserve it.
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Transition ➡ Last Week: PAUL WENT to JERUSALEM
This Week: SCENE SHIFTS… PETER COMES to ANTIOCH
LOOK W/ ME @ VS. 11
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Passage Exposition 🔍
Passage Exposition 🔍
Thought 1: Paul Opposes Peter (v11) 🏛️
Thought 1: Paul Opposes Peter (v11) 🏛️
11 But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
Setting: PETER GOES to ANTIOCH
**SEE P.P. PIC**
APPROX 300-350 MILES NORTH of JERUSALEM
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Antioch Background:
Antioch Background:
IN PROVINCE of SYRIA
(EST. 3RD LARGEST CITY— ROMAN EMPIRE)
90% GENTILE
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Ref. Acts: MANY SAVED in ANTIOCH
📜19 Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews.
20 But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Hellenists also, preaching the Lord Jesus.
21 And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.📜
🙌MANY COMING to FAITH in ANTIOCH—INCLUDING GENTILES...🙌
BARNABAS = FIRST BIG NAME SERVING THERE
THEN SAUL (PAUL)
➡ NOW PETER COMES to CHECK on the CHURCH...
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Problem: ⚠️PETER STOOD CONDEMNED… ⚠️
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Transition ➡ WONDER… WHAT’S GOING ON??
WHAT’S PETER GUILTY OF?
LOOK W/ ME @ VS. 12-13
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Thought 2: The Mask of Hypocrisy (v12-13) 🎭
Thought 2: The Mask of Hypocrisy (v12-13) 🎭
12 For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party.
13 And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy.
PETER GUILTY of HYPOCRISY—INCONSISTENCY in WORDS & ACTIONS…
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Peter’s Former Actions
Peter’s Former Actions
Setting: INITIALLY… PETER ENJOYED TABLE FELLOWSHIP W/ GENTILES…
**GK IMPERFECT TENSE: ONGOING—NOT JUST ONE OCCASION**
😬Rising Tension: JAMES (BROTHER of JESUS) SENT OTHER GUYS
Issue @ Hand: JEWISH MEN SHOWED UP—PETER REFRAINED from GENTILE FELLOWSHIP😬
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Explanation:🐖 ISSUE WAS PROBABLY EATING FORBIDDEN FOODS 🐖
Background: Unclean vs Clean Foods
Background: Unclean vs Clean Foods
FOOD LAWS—RENDERED CERTAIN THINGS “UNCLEAN”
see: LEV. 11; DEUT. 14...
Background: DANIEL—NOT DEFILING HIMSELF W/ “KING’S FOOD” in DANIEL CH. 1...
Historical insight: FOOD LAWS = HALLMARK of JEWISH IDENTITY in 1ST CENTURY (ALONG W/ SABBATH, CIRCUMCISION...)
History: SOME JEWS WOULD FACE DEATH BEFORE TRANSGRESSING COMMAND…
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✨N.T. GOSPEL of GRACE—NO LONGER UNDER MOSAIC LAW (FOOD, CEREMONY, SACRIFICE)✨
Irony: GOD REVEALED THIS to PETER in ACTS 10!! PREVIOUS CHAPTER! — RISE,, KILL & EAT!
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Explanation: PETER HAD BEEN CONFRONTED on THIS BEFORE…
📜2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him, saying,
3 “You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.”📜
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Root Problem in Gal. 2: FEAR of MAN…
📜10 For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.📜
Exhort: 📢CAN’T FEAR BOTH GOD & MAN
FEAR of MAN—GET YOU to TRANSGRESS GOD. 📢
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Problem: PETER’S ACTIONS MUDDIED the GOSPEL WATERS…
**IF YOU MUST OBEY FOOD LAWS to BE SAVED—IS THAT NOT WORKS??**
Another Problem: EVEN MORE—PETER SET BAD EXAMPLE—EVEN BARNABAS LED ASTRAY!
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Background: REMEMBER WHO PETER WAS…
CHOSEN BY JESUS
APOSTLE
FOUNDATIONAL MEMBER of CHURCH
“PILLAR”
STOOPED INTO the EMPTY TOMB!!
ATE W/ RESURRECTED CHRIST
RECEIVED H.S. on DAY of PENTECOST
&& PREACHED on DAY of PENTECOST…
Takeaway: PETER = STILL IMPERFECT.
SOME STRUGGLE W/ THIS…
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Encourage: 💡GOD’S WORD DOESN’T PRETTY UP IMPERFECTIONS of BIBLE CHARACTERS…💡
ADAM— FAILED GOD— ONE COMMANDMENT!
NOAH—BLACKOUT DRUNK & NAKED
ABRAHAM—DOUBTED GOD,, LIED ABOUT HIS WIFE (2X)
ISAAC—DOUBTED GOD,, LIED ABOUT HIS WIFE
JACOB— CHEATED HIS BROTHER 2X
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MOSES—KILLED SOMEONE
GIDEON—TORE DOWN BAAL’S ALTAR—REBUILT ANOTHER IDOLATROUS ONE!
SAUL—DISOBEYED GOD PLAINLY
DAVID—(Bathsheba) COVET, ADULTERY, MURDER, STEALING…
SOLOMON—LOVED 1000 FOREIGN WOMEN—ABANDONED GOD.
NEARLY EVERY KINGS of DIVIDED KINGDOM = DISASTER
FEW RIGHTEOUS KINGS = STILL IMPERFECT.
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JOHN the BAPTIST— WRESTLED W/ DOUBT
JAMES & JOHN—WANTED to KILL PEOPLE W/ FIRE from HEAVEN— WANTED to BE 1ST
PETER — DENIED JESUS
SAUL (PAUL) — PERSECUTED the CHURCH...
Conclusion: 💥BOTH NARRATIVE & DIDACTIC PORTIONS of SCRIPTURE PRESENT the TRUTH: MANKIND is SINFUL. 💥
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Transition ➡HELPFUL—BC... I KNOW I’M NOT PERFECT
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Gospel Presentation: The Perfect Hero 📣
Gospel Presentation: The Perfect Hero 📣
Good News:
SINNER = GREAT CANDIDATE for SAVING
LOST = GREAT CANDIDATE to BE FOUND
DEAD = GREAT CANDIDATE for RESURRECTION…
SCRIPTURE = SO CLEAR on FALLEN STATE of HUMANITY —
— SO THAT💡 WHEN the PERFECT ONE CAME on the SCENE WE’D KNOW IT… 💡
BIBLE “HEROS” MIGHT DISAPPOINT—
— BUT THERE IS ONE WHO NEVER WILL — JESUS CHRIST
👑HE is the HERO of the STORY.👑
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Exhortation on Sinlessness of Christ
Exhortation on Sinlessness of Christ
HE ALONE NEVER FAILED…
**HE NEVER EVEN SINNED W/ HIS MIND**
On Trial: CONSISTENTLY HELD to BE WITHOUT SIN…
PILATE
HEROD
THIEF on CROSS
CENTURION
=> ALL CONCLUDED HE WAS INNOCENT
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📜15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.📜
📜21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.📜
📜19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.📜
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✝️CHRIST JESUS CAME to SAVE SINNERS. ✝️
LIKE PETER
LIKE PAUL
LIKE ME
LIKE YOU
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BIBLE STORY—HERO DIES…
...NOT the WAY STORIES ARE MEANT to GO…
=> BUT HE WAS RAISED to LIFE AGAIN!
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Christ Died “For Us”
Christ Died “For Us”
✝️HIS DEATH = FOR a PURPOSE—to ATONE for SINS… ✝️
JUSTICE of GOD = SATISFIED…
CHRIST PAID for OUR SINS— GOD = JUST & JUSTIFIER…
📜13 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,
14 by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.📜
✝️SINS WERE NAILED to CALVARY’S CROSS… ✝️
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THROUGH FAITH in CHRIST—YOU CAN BE FORGIVEN—
SEE YOUR NEED
TURN from SIN to CHRIST
PUT YOUR TRUST in HIM ALONE
=> SALVATION = GIFT of GRACE—TOTALLY UNDESERVED…
Invitation: TALK to ME AFTER SERVICE…
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Transition ➡ NOW… INVITE YOU ALL—
LOOK W/ ME @ CLOSE of PASSAGE (v14)
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Thought 3: Not "In Step" (v14) 👣
Thought 3: Not "In Step" (v14) 👣
14 But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
PAUL CONFRONTED PETER: CONDUCT = NOT in STEP W/ GOSPEL…
GOSPEL = SALVATION BY GRACE—NOT LAW-KEEPING
👉**IF WE COULD HAVE BEEN RIGHTEOUS ENOUGH VIA the LAW—
👉👉— CHRIST WOULDN’T HAVE HAD to COME & DIE!!**
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PETER REFRAINING = EFFECTIVELY SAID to GENTILES— “CHANGE: LIVE LIKE THIS”
=> IF SALVATION DEPENDED UPON FOOD LAWS = = NOT BY GRACE
Issue: 😬PETER MISREPRESENTED the LORD...😬
**ISSUE WASN’T LUNCH/LUNCHBOX**
=> REQUIRING OBEDIENCE to FOOD LAWS = FALSE GOSPEL of WORKS <=
Quote: “§ ‘To walk firmly according to the truth of the Gospel is thus to be obedient to the reality of salvation as accomplished by God in Christ.”
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PAUL = COMMITTED to GOSPEL,, NOT PEOPLE-PLEASING…
EVEN WILLING to CONFRONT “PILLAR” WHEN GOSPEL WAS @ STAKE!
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Takeaway: NO MATTER HOW ELEVATED “PILLAR” WAS — STILL CHRIST’S CHURCH
KEY PART of the BODY of CHRIST?? CHRIST ALONE = the HEAD!
EVERYONE ELSE = UNDER CHRIST as KING
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Transition ➡ ALL in ALL—PASSAGE TEACHES US…
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Application 🛠️
Application 🛠️
Passage Idea 💡
Gospel-truth precedes and stands above human authority.
GREAT ENCOURAGEMENT...
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GOSPEL MESSAGE = HEAVEN-SENT…💡Gospel AUTHORITY COMES from ITS “AUTHOR” … NOT its MESSENGERS… 💡
**WE SHOULDN’T TREAT SIN FLIPPANTLY & EXCUSE HYPOCRISY**
=> LET US NEVER FORGET EVERY MESSENGER = IMPERFECT.
Takeaway: The RELIABILITY of the GOSPEL DOESN’T HINGE upon the PERFECTION of its MESSENGERS...
BUT upon the PERFECTION of its AUTHOR.
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Exhort: 📢 MANY = HURT WHEN THEY SEE a SERVANT of GOD FAIL…
😭RAVI — HEARTBREAKING
SO INTELLIGENT, INSPIRING
😭STEVE LAWSON— HEARTBREAKING
I WANT to PREACH LIKE STEVE L…
THEN YOU FIND OUT—THESE SERVANTS = MORE DENTED UP than YOU REALIZED—
— HAVE a HOLE in the MUFFLER…
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I PRAY I NEVER DO ANYTHING STUPID LIKE THAT… BUT I KNOW I’M HUMAN.
=> IMPERFECT REGARDLESS…
I’M HUMAN, NOT SPECIAL,, JUST HAVE a MORE PUBLIC ROLE.
ORDINARY GUY WHO LOVES JESUS & GOD’S WORD… APPOINTED to GOD’S SERVICE…
I’M NO HERO—ONLY JESUS IS...
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Takeaway: 🎒WE CANNOT PUT OUR HOPE in MEN—BUT in the GOD... THEY TRY to REPRESENT🎒
=> EVERY CHRISTIAN LEADER WILL DISAPPOINT YOU SOMETIME if YOUR HOPE is in THEM
🛠️REMEMBER—THAT SHOULDN’T HURT OUR FAITH in GOD— 🛠️
👀— GOD’S MESSAGE DOESN’T GET ITS AUTHORITY from MESSENGERS,,
— BUT the AUTHOR. 👀
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Conclusion: Jars of Clay & Clunkers
Conclusion: Jars of Clay & Clunkers
Exhort:
WE’RE ALL JARS of CLAY
WE’RE ALL CLUNKERS to SOME DEGREE
Good News: IMPERFECTION DOESN’T DISQUALIFY YOU—IT’S the ONLY PEOPLE GOD HAS to WORK WITH…
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JUST REMINDS US: CHRIST ALONE = HERO of the STORY…
NO MATTER WHAT PART WE PLAY:📌 WE’RE ALL BACKGROUND CHARACTERS… 📌
JESUS CHRIST ALONE is the HERO of the STORY… AMEN?
!! Close in Prayer !! 🙏
