Galatians 2

[sarah]

1/06:

Ok even though it is looking like we are not going to wrap up Galatians at this time, I thought I would still post on chapter 2. I found this "behind the scenes" look fascinating. I found another account of the story in Acts 15 and would encourage they be read together. I found the letter sent to the gentile churches inspired a fit of giggling. Not certain why, perhaps it's shortness and tone. It is interesting to me to see where the early church got hung up. I also think that it is interesting that three of the four items that they were instructed to avoid were food related.

[michelle]

1/06:

It seems as though Paul was quite the feather ruffler when he started his ministry. I think it's a great argument for how new blood can shake things up in a positive way.

Although, I'm a little disappointed at how he handled the incident with Peter. I'm don't think that he dealt with it in the way that Jesus said to confront people. We are first to go directly to the sinning brother and confront him not jump straight into a public confrontation. Was this incident in the earlier years of Paul's conversion?

[Josh]

1/06:

Paul had probably been a Christian about 17 years as the point he confronted Peter. But, elsewhere (I think in one of the Timothys), Paul explains that individual Church members in sin are to confronted privately, but Church leaders are to be confronted publicly. However, there he says there are to be two or three witnesses of the sin and an accusation is not to be taken lightly. But those words are to non-elders. Maybe because Paul was an apostle he didn't need 2 or 3 witnesses.

Or maybe he was being rash- although his action was motivated by love.

[Josh]

1/06:

Compared to the entire OT corpus of culturally specific laws, only 3 rules is letting the Gentiles off easy- and even those restrictions were eventually eased. And, although a tense affair, it helped avoid an early Church split and put the Judaizers in check.