Inconsistency Blurs the Gospel

The apostolic leadership of the early church had resolved issues that potentially could have divided the church. Many of these revolved around the matters of law and grace. Paul had to confront Peter with his inconsistency concerning his personal practice of some requirements of the law. Peter had brought condemnation on himself by his practice and the very gospel he was actively involved in proclaiming. He was being hypocritical because of his compromise to his Jewish peer pressure. The matter was serious due to the structure of the leadership in the early church centered on the apostles. What leadership does will be practiced by those being led so Paul's concerns and confrontation were necessary, documented by God in the Scriptures for believers to continue to be wary and mindful of.