Truth Worth Fighting For
Series: NO OTHER GOSPEL
Speaker: Steve Jeffrey
Date: 3rd September 2017
00:00:00 --> 00:00:04 If you haven't got a Bible in front of you, I'd encourage you to do that right now.
00:00:04 --> 00:00:07 Stick your hand up. Our hosts will come around and give you one to you.
00:00:07 --> 00:00:11 You need it in front of you. Galatians chapter 2 is where we're up to.
00:00:12 --> 00:00:17 Last week we were in Galatians chapter 2. We're moving on a bit further.
00:00:17 --> 00:00:23 We saw in chapter 2 verses 4 and 5 last week that there were certain
00:00:23 --> 00:00:32 professing Jewish Christians from Jerusalem who tried to compel Titus,
00:00:33 --> 00:00:36 a Greek Christian, to be circumcised.
00:00:38 --> 00:00:42 And the Apostle Paul refused to submit to this pressure.
00:00:43 --> 00:00:51 And the reason he gives in verse 5 is that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you.
00:00:51 --> 00:01:01 That is, if Paul had given in for the demand for Titus to be circumcised under those circumstances,
00:01:02 --> 00:01:04 he would have torpedoed the truth of the gospel.
00:01:06 --> 00:01:12 And if he torpedoed the truth of the gospel, the Gentile mission was over.
00:01:13 --> 00:01:14 Christ would have died in vain.
00:01:14 --> 00:01:19 And you and I, I'm assuming the majority of us here are Gentiles,
00:01:20 --> 00:01:23 would be still under the wrath of God for our sin.
00:01:24 --> 00:01:27 That's how crucial this little interaction was for Paul.
00:01:28 --> 00:01:31 Two centuries later, for us, and the impact for us two centuries later.
00:01:34 --> 00:01:40 What's this gospel that Paul saw was so necessary to fight for?
00:01:40 --> 00:01:48 The gospel is the good news that the privilege of getting right with God
00:01:48 --> 00:01:55 was purchased fully when Jesus Christ died on a cross for our sins and rose again.
00:01:58 --> 00:02:01 The gospel is the good news that the privilege of getting right with God,
00:02:01 --> 00:02:03 being justified before God,
00:02:03 --> 00:02:10 was purchased fully for us when Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sin and rose again.
00:02:11 --> 00:02:13 And there is no other gospel.
00:02:14 --> 00:02:15 There's no other gospel.
00:02:17 --> 00:02:23 And the only way to enjoy this privilege is to put our trust in Jesus,
00:02:23 --> 00:02:25 the Son of God who loves us and gave himself for us.
00:02:25 --> 00:02:31 Justification by faith in Christ and what he has done.
00:02:32 --> 00:02:34 And if you add any other requirements
00:02:34 --> 00:02:40 which encourage people to rely upon their own working or their own willing,
00:02:40 --> 00:02:42 you torpedo the gospel.
00:02:43 --> 00:02:44 It becomes nothing.
00:02:45 --> 00:02:48 If justification being right with God is not by faith,
00:02:48 --> 00:02:50 it's not by anything.
00:02:53 --> 00:02:55 And Paul took his stand on that point.
00:02:55 --> 00:03:01 Titus will not be compelled to be circumcised.
00:03:04 --> 00:03:06 The truth of the gospel will be preserved.
00:03:08 --> 00:03:11 Now we launch into verses 11 to 14.
00:03:12 --> 00:03:15 And the truth of the gospel is again at stake.
00:03:15 --> 00:03:19 And the venue shifted now from Jerusalem to Antioch,
00:03:20 --> 00:03:23 the place where the Gentile mission began.
00:03:23 --> 00:03:31 And again, Gentiles are here being compelled to live like Jews.
00:03:31 --> 00:03:33 In Jerusalem, the issue was circumcision.
00:03:34 --> 00:03:37 In Antioch, the issue is Jewish dietary laws.
00:03:38 --> 00:03:42 And in both cases, the gospel is at stake and Paul takes his stand.
00:03:42 --> 00:03:48 In Jerusalem, the truth of the gospel was at stake through the possibility of false teaching.
00:03:50 --> 00:03:58 In Antioch, the truth of the gospel is at stake because of false behavior, false living.
00:03:58 --> 00:04:04 It's Peter's behavior here that denies the truth of the gospel.
00:04:04 --> 00:04:08 And so today, I don't want to focus so much on what the gospel is
00:04:08 --> 00:04:12 as much on how the gospel functions in our lives.
00:04:12 --> 00:04:16 So there's three things I want us to see.
00:04:16 --> 00:04:18 Those of you taking notes, three things, put it down in your piece of paper.
00:04:19 --> 00:04:25 The heart of the gospel, the centrality of the gospel, and the power of the gospel.
00:04:25 --> 00:04:27 I see people running, grabbing for notes.
00:04:27 --> 00:04:28 There's no photo you can take.
00:04:28 --> 00:04:29 Get a pen in front.
00:04:29 --> 00:04:33 The heart of the gospel, the centrality of the gospel, the power of the gospel.
00:04:33 --> 00:04:37 And the heart of the gospel we see in verses 15 and 16.
00:04:37 --> 00:04:46 We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles know that a person is not justified by the works of the law,
00:04:47 --> 00:04:49 but by faith in Jesus Christ.
00:04:50 --> 00:04:56 So we too have put our faith in Jesus Christ that we may be justified by faith in Christ,
00:04:56 --> 00:05:02 not by the works of the law, because the works of the law, no one will be justified.
00:05:02 --> 00:05:17 That, those couple of verses there, is the reversal of the order you find in every other religion apart from Christianity.
00:05:20 --> 00:05:23 To be justified there means to be right with God.
00:05:23 --> 00:05:29 And every other religion is it is through some effort on our behalf.
00:05:29 --> 00:05:35 There's always something that we must, some kind of divine law that must be obeyed,
00:05:35 --> 00:05:45 some sort of ceremonial observance in order for us to become pleasing in the eyes of some deity.
00:05:47 --> 00:05:49 And Paul comes along and says,
00:05:49 --> 00:05:52 we're not put right with God through our effort.
00:05:52 --> 00:05:57 We're not put right with God through any form of obedience.
00:05:57 --> 00:06:03 We are justified by faith in Lord Jesus and only by faith in the Lord Jesus.
00:06:04 --> 00:06:07 Now, this doesn't mean that Christians can live however they want.
00:06:07 --> 00:06:14 I mean, because Paul says in verse 17 that Christianity is not about promoting a life of sin.
00:06:15 --> 00:06:20 The issue here is getting the order right.
00:06:20 --> 00:06:28 Last couple of weeks, we've been reading and hearing about this circumcision group that came down from Jerusalem.
00:06:30 --> 00:06:34 They are Jews who believe that Jesus was the Messiah.
00:06:36 --> 00:06:38 They had become Christians,
00:06:38 --> 00:06:48 but they still wanted to keep circumcision and Jewish dietary laws as a way to ensure that you were truly saved.
00:06:50 --> 00:06:51 Completely saved.
00:06:53 --> 00:06:54 That was the problem.
00:06:56 --> 00:06:57 And here we have,
00:06:59 --> 00:07:03 in Galatians, and we see it clearly in these verses,
00:07:03 --> 00:07:06 a battle between two orders.
00:07:08 --> 00:07:13 And the central issue is three steps in these two orders.
00:07:14 --> 00:07:16 The false teachers were saying,
00:07:16 --> 00:07:18 step one, believe in Jesus Christ.
00:07:18 --> 00:07:21 Step two, keep the law of God.
00:07:21 --> 00:07:22 And step three,
00:07:23 --> 00:07:25 then you can be sure you're fully saved.
00:07:25 --> 00:07:30 Paul's gospel vindicated in Jerusalem,
00:07:30 --> 00:07:31 as we saw last week.
00:07:34 --> 00:07:36 Step one, believe in the Lord Jesus.
00:07:36 --> 00:07:39 Step two, you are saved in that moment.
00:07:39 --> 00:07:43 And step three, you are now set free in order to obey God.
00:07:48 --> 00:07:49 You do,
00:07:50 --> 00:07:52 so it's a question I would pose to you now.
00:07:52 --> 00:07:54 Do you say,
00:07:55 --> 00:07:57 I will obey in order to be loved by God?
00:07:58 --> 00:07:59 Or do you say,
00:07:59 --> 00:08:01 I'm already loved by God in Jesus Christ,
00:08:01 --> 00:08:03 and therefore I'm set free to a life of obedience?
00:08:06 --> 00:08:08 One is a religious order.
00:08:08 --> 00:08:11 The other is a gospel order.
00:08:13 --> 00:08:19 These are not two different arms of the same faith.
00:08:19 --> 00:08:22 This is not two different denominations
00:08:22 --> 00:08:23 with slightly different emphasis.
00:08:25 --> 00:08:26 These are two orders.
00:08:27 --> 00:08:29 This is two different worlds.
00:08:30 --> 00:08:31 This is two different religions
00:08:31 --> 00:08:35 that result into very different kinds of obediences.
00:08:37 --> 00:08:39 One is an anxious obedience
00:08:39 --> 00:08:43 because you never know whether you've actually done enough.
00:08:44 --> 00:08:46 It's also selfish.
00:08:46 --> 00:08:47 It's a selfish obedience
00:08:47 --> 00:08:51 because the motive for doing every good thing
00:08:51 --> 00:08:52 is to get something from God.
00:08:55 --> 00:08:58 It's an obedience which is anxious,
00:08:58 --> 00:08:58 it's selfish,
00:08:59 --> 00:08:59 it's joyless,
00:09:00 --> 00:09:01 it's a burden.
00:09:04 --> 00:09:05 But what if you obey
00:09:05 --> 00:09:09 because you've already got everything as a gift?
00:09:09 --> 00:09:13 What if you've already gotten love
00:09:13 --> 00:09:13 and intimacy
00:09:13 --> 00:09:16 and a secure future
00:09:16 --> 00:09:18 and you've got acceptance?
00:09:19 --> 00:09:20 What if you've already got that?
00:09:20 --> 00:09:21 And that's what the,
00:09:22 --> 00:09:23 that's a fundamental issue,
00:09:23 --> 00:09:25 the core issue of Christianity.
00:09:25 --> 00:09:27 It's in Jesus,
00:09:27 --> 00:09:28 the God of this universe
00:09:28 --> 00:09:31 who we get to call Father.
00:09:32 --> 00:09:34 We're encouraged to call our Father.
00:09:34 --> 00:09:37 Father affirms us
00:09:37 --> 00:09:40 in a way that no earthly father
00:09:40 --> 00:09:43 can possibly affirm their children.
00:09:44 --> 00:09:45 Always.
00:09:47 --> 00:09:48 In Jesus,
00:09:48 --> 00:09:51 we receive the praise of the praiseworthy.
00:09:54 --> 00:09:57 You are my much loved child.
00:09:58 --> 00:09:59 Always.
00:09:59 --> 00:09:59 Always.
00:10:01 --> 00:10:03 And this is the God who says that,
00:10:04 --> 00:10:06 the God to whom all hearts are open,
00:10:07 --> 00:10:08 all desires known,
00:10:08 --> 00:10:10 and from whom no secrets are hidden.
00:10:12 --> 00:10:13 This is the God who says,
00:10:13 --> 00:10:17 you are my much loved child
00:10:17 --> 00:10:18 in Jesus Christ.
00:10:18 --> 00:10:20 Obedience that flows from that
00:10:20 --> 00:10:22 is totally different.
00:10:23 --> 00:10:25 The motivation would be joy,
00:10:25 --> 00:10:26 not anxiety.
00:10:26 --> 00:10:28 The motivation wouldn't come
00:10:28 --> 00:10:29 from an empty heart.
00:10:29 --> 00:10:31 It comes from a full heart,
00:10:31 --> 00:10:32 an affirmed heart,
00:10:32 --> 00:10:33 a loved heart.
00:10:35 --> 00:10:36 Obedience is not selfish
00:10:36 --> 00:10:38 because I can love and give
00:10:38 --> 00:10:39 and serve for God's sake
00:10:39 --> 00:10:41 and my neighbour's sake
00:10:41 --> 00:10:42 and not for my sake.
00:10:44 --> 00:10:45 It's radically different.
00:10:47 --> 00:10:49 See the difference in these two orders?
00:10:51 --> 00:10:54 Two different ways of living.
00:10:54 --> 00:10:56 And notice verse 20 where it says,
00:10:56 --> 00:10:59 I have been crucified with Christ.
00:10:59 --> 00:11:00 I no longer live,
00:11:00 --> 00:11:01 but Christ lives in me.
00:11:02 --> 00:11:04 The life I now live in the body,
00:11:05 --> 00:11:07 I live by faith in the Son of God
00:11:07 --> 00:11:10 who loved me and gave himself for me.
00:11:12 --> 00:11:13 See when you become a Christian,
00:11:13 --> 00:11:15 you put your faith in Jesus Christ
00:11:15 --> 00:11:16 and it says in verse 20
00:11:16 --> 00:11:18 that you are crucified with Christ.
00:11:18 --> 00:11:22 The Bible also says
00:11:22 --> 00:11:25 that we are raised with Christ.
00:11:25 --> 00:11:26 What does that mean?
00:11:27 --> 00:11:30 It means that when you put your faith
00:11:30 --> 00:11:31 in Jesus Christ,
00:11:31 --> 00:11:34 you are united with Christ.
00:11:34 --> 00:11:36 You have a new life with Christ.
00:11:36 --> 00:11:37 You see,
00:11:37 --> 00:11:39 God sees you free
00:11:39 --> 00:11:41 from all condemnation
00:11:41 --> 00:11:42 condemnation
00:11:42 --> 00:11:44 as if
00:11:44 --> 00:11:46 you were the one
00:11:46 --> 00:11:49 who died on the cross
00:11:49 --> 00:11:51 for your sins.
00:11:54 --> 00:11:56 Your sins are paid for.
00:11:58 --> 00:12:00 But not only does Jesus take my sin,
00:12:00 --> 00:12:01 he also
00:12:01 --> 00:12:04 gives me his righteousness.
00:12:04 --> 00:12:06 On the cross,
00:12:06 --> 00:12:07 God treated Jesus
00:12:07 --> 00:12:09 as if
00:12:09 --> 00:12:10 he had done
00:12:10 --> 00:12:12 everything that I've done
00:12:12 --> 00:12:13 and you've done.
00:12:15 --> 00:12:16 And when you put
00:12:16 --> 00:12:17 your faith in Jesus,
00:12:17 --> 00:12:18 God treats me
00:12:18 --> 00:12:20 as if I've done
00:12:20 --> 00:12:21 everything that Jesus
00:12:21 --> 00:12:22 has done.
00:12:25 --> 00:12:26 And now,
00:12:26 --> 00:12:27 the Christian lives
00:12:27 --> 00:12:29 knowing that God
00:12:29 --> 00:12:31 honors them like that.
00:12:31 --> 00:12:35 two very different
00:12:35 --> 00:12:36 orders
00:12:36 --> 00:12:36 that create
00:12:36 --> 00:12:37 two very
00:12:37 --> 00:12:39 different lives.
00:12:41 --> 00:12:42 That's the heart
00:12:42 --> 00:12:42 of the gospel.
00:12:45 --> 00:12:46 That's how it impacts
00:12:46 --> 00:12:47 our life.
00:12:47 --> 00:12:48 Now let's see
00:12:48 --> 00:12:49 how it functions
00:12:49 --> 00:12:51 in our lives.
00:12:51 --> 00:12:53 Verses 11 to 13,
00:12:53 --> 00:12:54 let's go back to there.
00:12:54 --> 00:12:55 This is the centrality
00:12:55 --> 00:12:56 of the gospel.
00:12:57 --> 00:12:58 When Cephas
00:12:58 --> 00:13:00 came to Antioch,
00:13:00 --> 00:13:01 I opposed him
00:13:01 --> 00:13:02 to his face
00:13:02 --> 00:13:03 because he stood
00:13:03 --> 00:13:03 condemned.
00:13:05 --> 00:13:06 For before certain
00:13:06 --> 00:13:07 men came from James,
00:13:08 --> 00:13:08 he used to eat
00:13:08 --> 00:13:09 with the Gentiles,
00:13:09 --> 00:13:10 but when they arrived,
00:13:10 --> 00:13:12 he began to draw back
00:13:12 --> 00:13:13 and separate himself
00:13:13 --> 00:13:14 from the Gentiles
00:13:14 --> 00:13:15 because he was afraid
00:13:15 --> 00:13:16 of those who belonged
00:13:16 --> 00:13:18 to the circumcision group.
00:13:19 --> 00:13:20 The other Jews
00:13:20 --> 00:13:21 joined him
00:13:21 --> 00:13:22 in his hypocrisy
00:13:22 --> 00:13:24 so that by their hypocrisy,
00:13:24 --> 00:13:25 even Barnabas
00:13:25 --> 00:13:26 was led astray.
00:13:29 --> 00:13:29 This would have to be
00:13:29 --> 00:13:30 one of the most
00:13:30 --> 00:13:31 tense moments
00:13:31 --> 00:13:33 in the New Testament.
00:13:35 --> 00:13:36 Here are two
00:13:36 --> 00:13:37 leading apostles,
00:13:38 --> 00:13:38 one head
00:13:38 --> 00:13:40 of reaching the Jews,
00:13:40 --> 00:13:41 one head
00:13:41 --> 00:13:42 of reaching the Gentiles,
00:13:44 --> 00:13:45 and face-to-face
00:13:45 --> 00:13:47 open conflict
00:13:47 --> 00:13:48 with each other.
00:13:50 --> 00:13:51 So let me remind you
00:13:51 --> 00:13:52 of some of the back story
00:13:52 --> 00:13:53 that's going on here.
00:13:54 --> 00:13:54 Cephas,
00:13:54 --> 00:13:55 who we know
00:13:55 --> 00:13:56 as the Apostle Peter,
00:13:56 --> 00:13:57 was Jewish
00:13:57 --> 00:13:58 and the Jews
00:13:58 --> 00:13:59 had practiced
00:13:59 --> 00:14:00 for centuries
00:14:00 --> 00:14:01 a ceremonial law.
00:14:02 --> 00:14:02 You see it everywhere
00:14:02 --> 00:14:03 in the Old Testament.
00:14:04 --> 00:14:05 There were two aspects
00:14:05 --> 00:14:06 of Old Testament worship
00:14:06 --> 00:14:08 of God.
00:14:08 --> 00:14:10 One was the ceremonial laws
00:14:10 --> 00:14:12 about things
00:14:13 --> 00:14:14 that they could not eat,
00:14:15 --> 00:14:16 things that they couldn't wear,
00:14:16 --> 00:14:17 clothing that they weren't
00:14:17 --> 00:14:18 allowed to wear,
00:14:18 --> 00:14:19 things that they couldn't touch.
00:14:19 --> 00:14:22 They had to stay
00:14:22 --> 00:14:24 ceremonially clean
00:14:24 --> 00:14:28 or they couldn't go
00:14:28 --> 00:14:28 and worship God
00:14:28 --> 00:14:29 on the Sabbath.
00:14:31 --> 00:14:32 And the Gentiles
00:14:32 --> 00:14:34 living around them
00:14:34 --> 00:14:36 didn't have those laws
00:14:36 --> 00:14:37 and didn't obey
00:14:37 --> 00:14:38 those laws
00:14:38 --> 00:14:39 and so they were
00:14:39 --> 00:14:42 regarded as unclean.
00:14:42 --> 00:14:45 And it wasn't hard
00:14:45 --> 00:14:45 for Jews
00:14:45 --> 00:14:47 to consider themselves
00:14:47 --> 00:14:50 morally superior
00:14:50 --> 00:14:52 to all those
00:14:52 --> 00:14:53 unclean Gentiles.
00:14:55 --> 00:14:56 And apart from those laws,
00:14:57 --> 00:14:57 there were also
00:14:57 --> 00:14:58 sacrificial laws.
00:14:58 --> 00:14:59 Animals were sacrificed
00:14:59 --> 00:15:00 to atone
00:15:00 --> 00:15:01 for the sin of the Jews.
00:15:01 --> 00:15:02 It was God's way
00:15:02 --> 00:15:03 of saying that
00:15:03 --> 00:15:04 no matter how hard
00:15:04 --> 00:15:05 you try with the ceremonial laws,
00:15:06 --> 00:15:06 no matter how hard
00:15:06 --> 00:15:08 you try to keep yourself clean,
00:15:08 --> 00:15:09 you're going to fail.
00:15:09 --> 00:15:12 you'll never be good enough,
00:15:12 --> 00:15:14 you're never going to be clean enough
00:15:14 --> 00:15:15 and so there's going to need
00:15:15 --> 00:15:16 to be atonement
00:15:16 --> 00:15:17 for your sin.
00:15:18 --> 00:15:20 And Jesus comes along
00:15:20 --> 00:15:21 as Lord and Saviour.
00:15:22 --> 00:15:23 Number one,
00:15:23 --> 00:15:25 no need for sacrifices anymore
00:15:25 --> 00:15:26 because Jesus
00:15:26 --> 00:15:28 fulfilled them all
00:15:28 --> 00:15:29 with the sacrifice
00:15:29 --> 00:15:30 of himself on the cross
00:15:30 --> 00:15:31 at number two ceremonial laws.
00:15:31 --> 00:15:32 They all pointed to Jesus
00:15:32 --> 00:15:33 and his sacrifice
00:15:33 --> 00:15:34 and him
00:15:34 --> 00:15:36 through his sacrifice
00:15:36 --> 00:15:37 wiping away sin
00:15:37 --> 00:15:38 and making all people
00:15:38 --> 00:15:40 clean in him.
00:15:41 --> 00:15:42 So only in Jesus
00:15:42 --> 00:15:44 can we be truly clean
00:15:44 --> 00:15:45 and acceptable
00:15:45 --> 00:15:47 in God's presence.
00:15:48 --> 00:15:49 Now the twelve apostles
00:15:49 --> 00:15:51 were Jews
00:15:51 --> 00:15:53 and so it was pretty hard
00:15:53 --> 00:15:54 for them in this.
00:15:55 --> 00:15:56 Jesus was however
00:15:56 --> 00:15:57 pretty explicit.
00:15:57 --> 00:15:58 Mark chapter 7
00:15:58 --> 00:16:00 where he told them
00:16:00 --> 00:16:01 that in him
00:16:01 --> 00:16:02 they were clean,
00:16:02 --> 00:16:03 they didn't need
00:16:03 --> 00:16:04 the dietary laws
00:16:04 --> 00:16:05 but it was still hard.
00:16:05 --> 00:16:06 All of their lives
00:16:06 --> 00:16:08 they had regarded
00:16:08 --> 00:16:09 themselves as the clean
00:16:09 --> 00:16:10 ones and the Gentiles
00:16:10 --> 00:16:11 as the unclean ones.
00:16:11 --> 00:16:13 It was hard for them
00:16:13 --> 00:16:14 to eat with Gentiles
00:16:14 --> 00:16:16 and yet Peter himself
00:16:16 --> 00:16:18 had heard this teaching
00:16:18 --> 00:16:19 from Jesus' lips
00:16:19 --> 00:16:21 and also in Acts chapter 10
00:16:21 --> 00:16:22 and 11
00:16:22 --> 00:16:23 Peter gave this
00:16:23 --> 00:16:26 massively vivid vision
00:16:26 --> 00:16:28 to show him
00:16:28 --> 00:16:28 to show him
00:16:28 --> 00:16:30 that there was no longer
00:16:30 --> 00:16:32 any racial divisions
00:16:32 --> 00:16:33 and all food
00:16:33 --> 00:16:34 was clean
00:16:34 --> 00:16:35 and that he should
00:16:35 --> 00:16:36 eat with Gentiles
00:16:36 --> 00:16:38 in which case
00:16:38 --> 00:16:38 he immediately
00:16:38 --> 00:16:40 does with Cornelius.
00:16:40 --> 00:16:41 He goes into the house
00:16:41 --> 00:16:42 of Cornelius
00:16:42 --> 00:16:44 who's a
00:16:44 --> 00:16:46 filthy Gentile.
00:16:46 --> 00:16:50 And in fact
00:16:50 --> 00:16:51 in verse 12
00:16:51 --> 00:16:51 here we notice
00:16:51 --> 00:16:52 that Peter
00:16:52 --> 00:16:53 did eat
00:16:53 --> 00:16:54 with the Gentiles
00:16:54 --> 00:16:56 and then
00:16:56 --> 00:16:57 something happened.
00:16:59 --> 00:17:00 Peter withdrew
00:17:00 --> 00:17:03 from the Gentile
00:17:03 --> 00:17:03 Christians
00:17:03 --> 00:17:06 not because
00:17:06 --> 00:17:07 of theological
00:17:07 --> 00:17:08 conviction.
00:17:10 --> 00:17:11 He hadn't
00:17:11 --> 00:17:12 changed his views.
00:17:12 --> 00:17:15 the issue here
00:17:15 --> 00:17:17 according to verse 13
00:17:17 --> 00:17:18 is hypocrisy.
00:17:20 --> 00:17:21 He hadn't
00:17:21 --> 00:17:22 changed his mind
00:17:22 --> 00:17:23 hadn't changed
00:17:23 --> 00:17:24 his convictions
00:17:24 --> 00:17:26 he changed
00:17:26 --> 00:17:26 his behaviour.
00:17:29 --> 00:17:30 It didn't align
00:17:30 --> 00:17:30 with his
00:17:30 --> 00:17:32 theological convictions.
00:17:33 --> 00:17:34 See Paul here
00:17:34 --> 00:17:34 is not saying
00:17:34 --> 00:17:35 Peter
00:17:35 --> 00:17:37 that's a little bit
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00:33:09 --> 00:33:11 our
00:33:11 --> 00:33:12 vision
00:33:12 --> 00:33:13 is for
00:33:13 --> 00:33:13 hearts
00:33:13 --> 00:33:14 to be
00:33:14 --> 00:33:15 changed
00:33:15 --> 00:33:15 by the
00:33:15 --> 00:33:16 power
00:33:16 --> 00:33:16 of the
00:33:16 --> 00:33:16 gospel
00:33:16 --> 00:33:18 as
00:33:18 --> 00:33:18 Paul
00:33:18 --> 00:33:18 went
00:33:18 --> 00:33:19 after
00:33:19 --> 00:33:19 Peter's
00:33:19 --> 00:33:19 heart
00:33:19 --> 00:33:20 our
00:33:20 --> 00:33:21 vision
00:33:21 --> 00:33:22 is to
00:33:22 --> 00:33:22 go
00:33:22 --> 00:33:22 after
00:33:22 --> 00:33:23 hearts
00:33:23 --> 00:33:27 if
00:33:27 --> 00:33:27 people
00:33:27 --> 00:33:28 can see
00:33:28 --> 00:33:28 the
00:33:28 --> 00:33:28 worth
00:33:28 --> 00:33:29 and the
00:33:29 --> 00:33:29 value
00:33:29 --> 00:33:29 of the
00:33:29 --> 00:33:29 Lord
00:33:29 --> 00:33:30 Jesus
00:33:30 --> 00:33:30 and the
00:33:30 --> 00:33:31 worth
00:33:31 --> 00:33:31 and the
00:33:31 --> 00:33:31 value
00:33:31 --> 00:33:32 he gives
00:33:32 --> 00:33:32 us
00:33:32 --> 00:33:32 in the
00:33:32 --> 00:33:33 gospel
00:33:33 --> 00:33:33 it
00:33:33 --> 00:33:34 changes
00:33:34 --> 00:33:35 everything
00:33:35 --> 00:33:36 in
00:33:36 --> 00:33:36 life
00:33:36 --> 00:33:38 this
00:33:38 --> 00:33:38 is our
00:33:38 --> 00:33:39 passion
00:33:39 --> 00:33:39 at
00:33:39 --> 00:33:39 St.
00:33:39 --> 00:33:39 Paul's
00:33:39 --> 00:33:40 this
00:33:40 --> 00:33:40 is our
00:33:40 --> 00:33:41 motivation
00:33:41 --> 00:33:42 to
00:33:42 --> 00:33:44 God's
00:33:44 --> 00:34:08 God's
00:34:08 --> 00:34:09 word
00:34:09 --> 00:34:11 it
00:34:11 --> 00:34:12 our attitude to leadership.
00:34:12 --> 00:34:15 It changes our attitude to even ourselves
00:34:15 --> 00:34:16 and our own hearts.
00:34:19 --> 00:34:21 And in that sense, when that happens,
00:34:22 --> 00:34:27 we become truly transcultural when that happens.
00:34:28 --> 00:34:32 A church that exists, that reflects,
00:34:33 --> 00:34:39 that embraces, that enjoys a rich cultural diversity
00:34:39 --> 00:34:42 and yet because of the power of the gospel,
00:34:42 --> 00:34:44 we rise above all of those things,
00:34:45 --> 00:34:46 our Jewishness, our gentleness
00:34:46 --> 00:34:49 and whatever else you want to attach to that
00:34:49 --> 00:34:53 and we form a new community in Christ
00:34:53 --> 00:34:55 with a new set of gospel-shaped values
00:34:55 --> 00:34:58 that we're pursuing because we are his much-loved children.
00:34:59 --> 00:35:00 That's what it means to be transcultural.
00:35:02 --> 00:35:03 That's our vision.
00:35:05 --> 00:35:08 It is worth us remembering as we close up
00:35:08 --> 00:35:13 that Paul is speaking still in this moment to Peter,
00:35:14 --> 00:35:18 the great apostle Peter.
00:35:19 --> 00:35:24 We are not above receiving this rebuke from Paul ourselves.
00:35:26 --> 00:35:30 Paul finishes by reminding Peter here
00:35:30 --> 00:35:32 that the whole of the Christian life
00:35:32 --> 00:35:36 is about living in line with the gospel
00:35:36 --> 00:35:38 in all areas of your life
00:35:38 --> 00:35:40 for the whole of your lives.
00:35:41 --> 00:35:44 We must continue on as Christians
00:35:44 --> 00:35:45 as we started as Christians,
00:35:46 --> 00:35:48 as we begin by the gospel of grace,
00:35:48 --> 00:35:50 so we continue with the gospel of grace
00:35:50 --> 00:35:52 and so we finish with the gospel of grace.
00:35:52 --> 00:35:54 As Paul affirms here in verse 21,
00:35:54 --> 00:35:58 Do not set aside the grace of God
00:35:58 --> 00:36:01 for if righteousness could be attained through the law,
00:36:01 --> 00:36:03 Christ died for nothing.
00:36:05 --> 00:36:06 There is no other gospel.
00:36:06 --> 00:36:07 You can't add to it.
00:36:08 --> 00:36:10 You add, you nullify it.
00:36:10 --> 00:36:11 It becomes nothing.
00:36:11 --> 00:36:17 Jesus Christ either does everything for you
00:36:17 --> 00:36:19 or he does nothing for you.
00:36:21 --> 00:36:24 We cannot combine our merit and his grace
00:36:24 --> 00:36:26 and end up with a better product,
00:36:26 --> 00:36:27 a better righteousness.
00:36:28 --> 00:36:30 If our right standing before God
00:36:30 --> 00:36:33 is in any way contributed to by our merit,
00:36:35 --> 00:36:38 then Jesus' death is meaningless in history
00:36:38 --> 00:36:43 and it's meaningless for you personally right now.
00:36:49 --> 00:36:51 And yet when we look down on other people,
00:36:52 --> 00:36:53 we're adding to it.
00:36:55 --> 00:36:56 We're adding to it.
00:36:57 --> 00:36:58 It's coming from a heart that says,
00:36:58 --> 00:37:00 I'm superior.
00:37:00 --> 00:37:02 It's not coming from the gospel.
00:37:02 --> 00:37:03 It's coming from a heart that says,
00:37:03 --> 00:37:04 I'm superior.
00:37:08 --> 00:37:11 Let me just drive this home for you.
00:37:13 --> 00:37:14 We can't contribute anything.
00:37:15 --> 00:37:18 Imagine for a moment that your house was on fire
00:37:18 --> 00:37:22 but your whole family managed to escape
00:37:22 --> 00:37:23 and you're on the front yard
00:37:23 --> 00:37:25 and I come over.
00:37:25 --> 00:37:29 I come running over to see what I could do
00:37:29 --> 00:37:30 and you're all on the front yard.
00:37:31 --> 00:37:31 Your dog, your cat,
00:37:31 --> 00:37:33 you've got goldfish out and everything.
00:37:33 --> 00:37:33 You're all on the front yard.
00:37:34 --> 00:37:34 You're all safe.
00:37:34 --> 00:37:36 And I say to you,
00:37:37 --> 00:37:39 let me show you how much I love you.
00:37:40 --> 00:37:43 And I run into the house and I die.
00:37:47 --> 00:37:48 And you would go,
00:37:49 --> 00:37:49 well, that was weird.
00:37:51 --> 00:37:52 That's tragic.
00:37:53 --> 00:37:54 That's stupid.
00:37:55 --> 00:37:57 What a pointless waste of life.
00:38:02 --> 00:38:03 Imagine your house was on fire
00:38:03 --> 00:38:05 and you're trapped inside
00:38:05 --> 00:38:08 and I call,
00:38:08 --> 00:38:09 I come running over
00:38:09 --> 00:38:09 and I call out,
00:38:10 --> 00:38:12 let me show you how much I love you.
00:38:12 --> 00:38:13 And I run in
00:38:13 --> 00:38:14 and I rescue you.
00:38:16 --> 00:38:17 I managed to save the whole family,
00:38:17 --> 00:38:18 the cat, the goldfish, everything,
00:38:19 --> 00:38:20 but I perished myself.
00:38:22 --> 00:38:24 You would think that was true life.
00:38:26 --> 00:38:28 That was true love
00:38:28 --> 00:38:31 to give his life for us.
00:38:31 --> 00:38:36 If we could get ourselves
00:38:36 --> 00:38:37 on the front lawn,
00:38:37 --> 00:38:39 if we could save ourselves
00:38:39 --> 00:38:42 in any measure whatsoever,
00:38:43 --> 00:38:46 Christ died for nothing.
00:38:46 --> 00:38:48 It was pointless.
00:38:48 --> 00:38:49 It means nothing.
00:38:51 --> 00:38:53 If on the other hand,
00:38:53 --> 00:38:56 we realize that we cannot save ourselves,
00:38:57 --> 00:38:59 his death means everything.
00:38:59 --> 00:39:04 It means so much
00:39:04 --> 00:39:06 that we will spend
00:39:06 --> 00:39:07 the rest of our lives
00:39:07 --> 00:39:10 for the one
00:39:10 --> 00:39:13 who has given himself for us
00:39:13 --> 00:39:15 in joyful service of him,
00:39:16 --> 00:39:17 bringing our whole lives
00:39:17 --> 00:39:20 into line with his precious gospel,
00:39:22 --> 00:39:22 or for patio,
00:39:23 --> 00:39:25 straight walking with him.
00:39:25 --> 00:39:25 Amen.
00:39:25 --> 00:39:25 Amen.
00:39:25 --> 00:39:25 Amen.
00:39:25 --> 00:39:25 Amen.