Right so there's there's so many things
that Peter has already experienced Peter
probably already thought man I got
busted people saw it I am a hypocrite I
know better than to argue with the truth
I'm pretty sure Peter corrected himself
and did the right thing for Paul to put
it in writing and to declare that it
happened it's not Paul saying I'm better
than Peter no it wasn't it was Paul
emphasizing the importance the
importance of exercising the truth the
truth within this in this context is we
can coexist with the Gentiles it's not a
sin that Jews and Gentiles eating
together it's not a sin we can be
together it's not what we do or obey
what the law said because that's the law
that's in the law that tradition that we
that that Peter was doing was an
exercise of the law because Jews were
not supposed to be eating with Gentiles
that's written down for them so he it
was a commandment for them to keep
that's why Paul is saying this you know
you know it's not about obeying the law
you know it's not about obeying the law
because the minute you try to go back
again to the law you fail you fail it
when you fail in all so if you if you're
sitting here you haven't accepted Christ
as your Lord and you can think you're
following the Ten Commandments think
again because just with Jesus saying if
you look at a woman lustfully you've
committed adultery it's not really the
act of it it's the thought of it and you
already failed in that command saying
with women right so it's there's no
obeying the law that's where Paul was so
frustrated and why Peter exercises
and why he did what he did and praise
God that Peter Paz was did not confront
him back and try to be proud and say and
give an excuse like so there's no
response so it's it's basically given it
was a given right that Peter obeyed what
Paul said but again this is Paul
declaring to the world and to the
legalistic Judaizers the Christian Jews
the hey there is no following the law
there's no need to follow the law
it's by grace by grace alone by faith to
Christ and to Christ alone this is in
acts see see how quick do you know you
guys will agree with me it's so quick to
forget the things that we think we
already know about our faith correct the
things that we've been the things that
God has revealed to us we are so quick
to forget about it because though this
is when this is when Peter had a vision
that he needed to go to this Gentile
Cornelius Cornelius replied four days
ago I was spraying in my house about
this same time three o'clock in the
afternoon suddenly a man in dazzling
clothes was standing in front of me he
told me Cornelius your prayer has been
heard and your gifts to the poor have
been noticed by God
now send messengers to Joppa and summon
a man named Simon Peter he is staying in
the home of Simon a Tanner who lives
near the seashore so I sent for you at
once
and it was good of you to come now we
are all here waiting before God to hear
the message the Lord has given you and
Peter replied I see very clearly that
God shows no favoritism Peter went there
to the Gentile and shared the gospel to
the household of Cornelius in the cup
Cornelius and his family were saved this
happened this is in the book of Acts so
this happened before that caught fire
but then the peer pressure was too much
from the Judaizers that Peter the pillar
of the faith stumbled you know sometimes
as a group I know we're all adults here
I think at least by age right at least
by Laurel Isis it says oh yeah he's an
adult he can go to jail you can go to
war at 18 he can't buy beer til he's 21
you know I don't know if that makes
sense but that's what the law says right
we're all it does when you hit 18 right
so we're all adults
but peer pressure's it hits us
especially when it comes to our faith
you know me as a pastor I feel it I'm
pressured by the church in a good way in
a bad way from time to time because you
can't help what they want to be like
correct yeah this mean maybe it's just
me I don't know what I'm talking about I
want to be like from time to time I
don't really want to be like man you
know our pastor is such a dictator I
wanted this color and he said not this
color I wanted tile flooring he kept the
carpet you know it's it's hard it's hard
to lead a group of people and there's
pressure there and this is all I'm
asking we have to be aware of the
pressure that we apply we put on each
other it's not bad that we pressure
it's about with pressure too much
because of our preference we agree the
preference is personal preferences the
internal internal problems of a church
is because of personal preferences the
drums is too loud the songs are too fast
the songs are too old the drums is too
weak the mics too loud you know we have
all these personal preferences which
ruins something that really isn't
supposed to be ruined because of
pressure we put
pressure just like Peter failed pressure
with something that he already knew it
was revealed to him but yet he failed
because of peer pressure with tween
Christians now it's okay
because no Church is perfect correct
no Church is not perfect for those of
you are visiting us please don't think
that we are a perfect Church we are far
from it and we love it we're okay with
it
but do you know what the saying right
the saying is you find a perfect Church
don't join it because then it's no
longer perfect because you joined it was
good until you came you don't want to be
the person that ruined the good thing so
if you see a perfect Church don't join
it we hear we're not perfect you're
harder welcome if you're not perfect you
okay here in a perfect room you welcome
to the club
we are not perfect but we are saved by
grace by a perfect guy amen
we're gonna make mistakes to each other
I'm gonna say the wrong thing and you're
gonna say the wrong thing to me but at
the end of the day we love each other
amen amen amen Peter already knew it but
he still failed because of peer pressure
here we go Galatians 15:2 16 you and I
are Jews still Paul talking to Peter by
birth not sinners like the Gentiles yet
we know that a person is made right with
God by faith in Jesus Christ not by
obeying the law and we have believed in
Christ Jesus so that we might be made
right with God because of our faith in
Christ not because we have obeyed the
law for no one will ever be made right
with God by obeying the law amen
you mean you need another verse when
you're trying to share the gospel here
point them hear me another one write it
down it's here you have an argument with
somebody saying I'm following the Ten
Commandments here what Commandments well
from the Bible here well let me give me
your Bible
give me your Bible and then bring a here
Galatians chapter 2 15 or 16 no one will
ever be made right with God by obeying
the law
why is Paul repeating that to Peter
because we can easily forget we can all
be legalistic right we can all be
legalistic I I just couldn't find my
round neck shirt guys I wanted to wear a
black around next shirt today tonight so
that I will get your judgmental looks
look at this is he's not ready
where is his necktie our pastor is not a
Southern Baptist pastor I'm leaving
church I wanted to come here with my
shorts really and show you my sketch
icahn legs no no no no I'm not gonna do
that not that much but right sometimes
we're so digging this thing we try to
bring the low back to each other
all right you go you go you you're up
you joint let's say you joined his right
ministry you volunteered and then the
person that you're picking up is a
Southern Baptist from birth right gets
in your car you listen to hip-hop music
it come to me and they say pastor Dustin
I don't know if it's such a I don't know
if he's a Christian why still listening
to rap music we're laughing because you
know that's not real nothing doesn't he
listens to Christian rap music
well no but we tend to make small things
right a big deal forgetting about the
main thing correct
we're so nigga we're so ass there's no
longer wearing his suit what's wrong
he's not preaching with a necktie
anymore you know sometimes we tend to
make little things a big thing just like
Peter having meals with Gentiles because
some Zig allistic guys came where's that
oh yeah you know what that was a
description look at the verse the
commentary said that was little by
little Peter slowly did it it was one
Sunday at a time was one praying made
prayer meeting at a time until he was
just only with the legalistic believers
the point is we have to keep our eye on
the main thing but we can easily fall we
can all easily fall I can easily fall in
saying I don't know I've been teaming in
Bible study for quite some time
there's no hunger then not knowing that
the guy was sick for four weeks all
right easy can easy do it no one will
ever be made right with God by obeying
the law that is our message tonight we
will regroup next week and we will be
tackling verse 16 we're just gonna be
tapping verse 16 next week that is our
message tonight and I my prayer is my
prayer and my hope for everyone here
tonight yeah it is clear if you've been
a believer for quite some time then you
agree that it was by grace and by grace
alone and by faith and by faith alone
through Christ Jesus it's nothing about
us obeying the law or not but at the
same time we need to be careful of how
we act and how we conduct ourselves
around other believers because we can
easily be a stumbling block to them
and also we have to be careful to make
to pressure other believers from doing
something that we think is right for us
or for them because it could easily be
not true and for us to be corrected and
for us to be teachable and for us to
learn we need to be humble and not be
proud just like Peter Peter accepted the
rebuke and there was no reaction
recorded from him because we take it
that he just followed it because he
wrote that first verse God opposes the
proud but gives grace to the humble
it's it's join me in the word to pray
father we thank you for your message
tonight we thank you for the truth that
you have laid upon their hearts once
again learn for the truth is father we
really want to be obedient to you Lord
God but you know Lord that from time to
time we do fail like Peter we succumb to
the pressure of people we succumb to
wanting to be liked by others and not
obeying the truth that you have already
laid upon our hearts and I've revealed
veel to us from long ago but I pray that
like Peter will be humble we will be
humble you know we repent of our waste
or God if there are things that we are
still doing to please men rather than
you and I pray father that it's like
Paul with all the love and boldness when
you rebuked Peter father God for the
truth for the sake of truth father I
pray that you give us the same thing
it was the same love that he had with
you and for you and for the truth of
your message that we will just be bold
to just tell other our other brothers
and their sisters who
are making a mistake about to bless your
people tonight guide us Lord in Jesus
name we pray amen
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