1. Paul opposed Peter (11-16)

Peter had gone to Antioch to meet with the Gentile believers there. He ate and had fellowship with Gentiles there. But when members of the circumcision party came, Peter distanced himself from the Gentiles. Paul rebuked Peter for this hypocrisy. In Christ, there is no division between Jew and Gentile or between circumcised and uncircumcised. We are all saved by faith in Jesus alone. Peter's hypocritical actions went against the very teaching of the gospel of Jesus. So Paul rebuked him publicly.

2. Christ lives in me (17-21)

Paul spoke here of the unification believers have with Christ. Paul recognized that he died with Christ so that Christ could live in him. While his body was alive, he lived by faith in the Son of God. God gave the law, but it is not the law that saves us. It is by God's grace that we are saved through faith in Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us.


Application: Lord, only through the gospel of Jesus Christ are we saved. Thank you, Lord Jesus, for dying for us on the cross.
One Word: Christ lives in me