1. summerize verses 1-10 (I think they are hard to follow maybe your translation will make it easier to understand.
2. What can you learn from 7-10 about God's calling to ministry?
3. Verses 11-14 show Paul confronting Peter. What prinicipals of confrontation can we take from this account?
4. What is the trap that Peter falls into in verses 11-13?
5. What in the world is circumcision all about?
Acts 10
Acts 15
Rom 3
Gen 17
Gen 34 :)
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ReplyDeleteBefore I jump in with both feet, I'm kinda working through the passage so that's why I haven't said anything yet. Nate or Joe correct me if I'm wrong but I am looking at my ESV and my NIV side by side and it looks like Cephas was another name that Peter had. I guess my question is how many names did Peter have?
ReplyDeletes far as I can think 3ish Jon. Simon was like his given name by his Mom and Dad anouther form of that was Cephas. Peter was given to him by Jesus Matt 16:13-19. So....Simon-Hebrew, Cephas - Greek, Peter - Greek (given by Jesus)
ReplyDeleteSorry for not writing sooner, I'll be honest and say that while I have been working through the passage I haven't been woring as dilligently as I should have been. Anyways, 1. I think that in verses 1-10 Paul is actually introducing his ministry in Galatia for the first time. I mean what we have is basically Paul coming to Galatia, assesing the situation, meeting with the current church leaders to see if the message that he is burdened with is already being proclaimed. Once this is done and figures out that his message isn't being preached Paul proceedes to proclaim the message that God had burdened him with.
ReplyDelete1. To kind of finalize that thought, after Paul met with the church leaders, they sent him out to do the Lord's will with the desire that he remember the poor.
ReplyDelete2. We can learn that if God has equipped and/or ordained us for a specific task or minstry, then He as God will reveal that ordination to those around us or come in contact with.
ReplyDelete3. This is kind of a loaded question, and one that I think requires the rest of the chapter to answer. I guess one principle I would say that we could take from this passage is that when you confront someone, do it out of love, not out of enmity or feelings of malice towards that person.
ReplyDelete4. I would say that the trap Peter falls into is twofold. The first pitfall was that of works based faith rather than Christ based faith and the second was that of hypocrisy.
ReplyDelete5. I think that circumsision, while part of the Old Testament covenant, was more about the setting apart of the Isrealites than anything else. My reasoning behind this statement is that it was part of the Law. However, when Christ died, He dispelled the need to live according to the old system. Now when Paul came on the scene, he also was preaching circumsision. Not in the sense that it was nescessary for salvation, but like baptism, an outward display of your separation from the world once saved.
ReplyDelete4. I think you are right Jon. It is a bit weird because I don't see Peter as a people pleaser throughout the rest of the Bible. I do see him deny Christ which was basically being a coward. Maybe he still had a little streak of chicken in him here.
ReplyDelete4. It is also interesting to see that he was leading other believers astray. That makes me think about being a leader in church my mistakes can effect others in very negative ways.
ReplyDeleteI think it is working now
ReplyDeleteSorry i did not get to this sooner
It would not work last week when i tried it
and i did not get another chance to try until now.
2.I would say he is also saying you can be in the ministry anywhere to anyone whether Jew or Gentile. It should make no difference who you are ministering to as long as God is with you.
ReplyDelete3. I noticed that paul confronted peter in front of every one and did not seem ashamed to tell him what he needed to hear.
ReplyDelete4. he was afraid of what people would think of him if he was with the gentiles. He was more worried about what the world thought than doing what is right.
ReplyDelete3. Yeah that was pretty couragous. I mean Peter was basically the most important person in Christianity up to that point. It would be like one of us confronting John MacAurther haha.
ReplyDeleteAny problem leaving this up a little? I want to make some phone calls and kick a little booty tonight to get some more people on the Job.
ReplyDeleteThat's cool with me.
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