I said to Cephas before them all, If you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews? (Galatians 2:14)
Peter was eating with the Gentiles. When some Jews who insisted on circumcision walked in, he backed away from the Gentiles. A man of faith is free of the law of circumcision. But Peter behaved as if he had been under the law. Paul rebuked him.
In this passage I am amazed by Peters humility. First of all, he submitted to Pauls rebuke. Now all Bible readers will know of this incidence, and Peter knows it, too. But he rejoices in it.
What kind of humility is this? Paul said he rejoiced in boasting his weakness. So does Peter. In letting his weakness known to all the readers of the Bible Peter rejoices. Wherever the gospel is proclaimed, his failure will also be proclaimed. But Peter rejoices in it.
Lord,
The humility of your apostles are beyond my understanding. Even in my best humility I cannot fathom the depth of Peters humility. Help me learn this humility, Lord. Amen.
Peter was eating with the Gentiles. When some Jews who insisted on circumcision walked in, he backed away from the Gentiles. A man of faith is free of the law of circumcision. But Peter behaved as if he had been under the law. Paul rebuked him.
In this passage I am amazed by Peters humility. First of all, he submitted to Pauls rebuke. Now all Bible readers will know of this incidence, and Peter knows it, too. But he rejoices in it.
What kind of humility is this? Paul said he rejoiced in boasting his weakness. So does Peter. In letting his weakness known to all the readers of the Bible Peter rejoices. Wherever the gospel is proclaimed, his failure will also be proclaimed. But Peter rejoices in it.
Lord,
The humility of your apostles are beyond my understanding. Even in my best humility I cannot fathom the depth of Peters humility. Help me learn this humility, Lord. Amen.
