A Controversy Corrected and then Compromised

I. The Controversy Acts 14:26-15:5

II. A Controversy Corrected

A.   Peter's Discourse  Acts 15:6-11

B.  Peter and Cornelius   Acts 10:9-17, 19, 20-28

III. The Controversy in Galatia

A.  There is only one Gospel    Gal. 1:6-9

    Let them be accursed (anathema).
        Anathema is used in the Septuagint for anything which has been devoted to God for destruction.

 It is used in the New Testament to mean utter destruction without any hope of redemption.

    Acts 23:14;  Romans 9:3;  1 Corinthians 12:3 and 16:22

B.  Paul's Pedigree was better than that of his Opponents   Gal. 1:11-18

C.  The Jerusalem Council from Paul's Perspective  Gal.  2:1-10

    

IV. A Gospel Principle Compromised

A.  The Grave Error  Gal.  2:11-13

B.  Our Focus must be on CHRIST ALONE    Gal. 2:14-16

    1.  The stinging rebuke  v. 14 

    2.  The “sinful” Gentile and “lawkeeping” Jew are both lost without Christ v. 15
    
    3.  The gospel  v. 16
        Our faith has Christ as its object.
        
        Our faith is not a mere assent to the truth – it is a wholehearted belief in the one who himself is the center of truth.
            
        Beware of the error of turning faith itself into a work.