Shabbat Shalom, everyone. Open your Bibles, please, to the book of Galatians. Our study today is in the book of Galatians. We continue with the second chapter, Galatians chapter 2 today, and verses 11 to verse 21. Galatians 2, verse 11 to 21. The Apostle Paul, Shaul Paul, is writing to the brothers and sisters in the local assembly in Galatia. He was very much concerned because there were those who came down from the city of Jerusalem and told these Gentile believers, believers from among the Gentile world, and they said to them that they are really not saved except they will be circumcised and keep the law of Moses. And so the Apostle Paul was so concerned with the fact that the truth of salvation is only on the basis of the finished work of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, and not through any man-made rules.

Salvation is entirely on the basis of the death, burial, and resurrection of Yeshua the Messiah. So he wrote the whole letter that we know today as unto the Galatians. We finished chapter 1, we're already almost concluding now for today, for this ministry, the second chapter. And in chapter 1 and chapter 2, Shaul Paul present before the Galatians his personal experience. You might say his own biography, how he himself rejected Yeshua at first, he became a believer, and then how eventually he himself received a revelation from the Lord concerning the truth of the Gospel, the Besorah in Hebrew. And so when we arrive to Galatians chapter 2, notice what he says in verse 11.

"But when Peter said, 'But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. for before that certain came from James, Jacob, he did it with the Gentiles, which the goyim. But when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of their circumcision. And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him inasmuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation. "But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the Gospel" "Amitat ha-Besorah" in Hebrew, "I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, liveth after the manner of the Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compelest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?" "We who are Jews, we who are Yehudim, Jewish, by natural or by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Yeshua HaMashiach." "Even we have believed in Yeshua the Messiah, Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of the Messiah, and not by the works of the law, for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified." "But if, while we seek to be justified by Mashiach, by Christ, by Messiah, we ourselves also are found sinners." "Is therefore the Messiah the minister of sin?" "God forbid!

For if I build again the things which I destroy, I make myself a transgressor. For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. I am crucified with Mashiach. Nevertheless I live, yet not I, but Mashiach liveth in me. And the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I do not frustrate the grace of God, for if righteousness come by the law, then Mashiach, Christ, is dead in vain." Now, beloved brothers and sisters, these are very, very strong words but very clear words that Shaul Paul gave the brothers and sisters of the local assembly in Galatia when he wrote to them this very, very important letter which is known to be as the letter to the Galatians.

If you remember in the first ten verses which we have covered in our previous meeting, Shaul Paul said already to the Galatians there that he went to Jerusalem and he brought with him Titus. And when he brought with him Titus, the leaders in the city of Jerusalem did not demand from him to circumcise Titus. He already had received the approval of their brothers and sisters, I should say, the spiritual leaders of Israel, of the Messianic congregation in the city of Jerusalem. He received from them already the approval that the message of the gospel that he is preaching to the goyim, to the Gentile in Asia Minor was just the same as the message that Peter and James and John and Jude and all the other brethren, the other brethren, Jewish believers preached to the Jewish people.

He didn't preach a different gospel, a different besorah or different message of the grace of God. It was the same message. And they didn't ask from him to circumcise Titus because Titus was a Gentile believer in Yeshua the Messiah who was saved and forgiven by grace through faith in the person of Yeshua the Messiah. So some came down from Jerusalem asking the believers from among the Gentile world that they have to be circumcised and keep the law otherwise they are not saved. And so Paul was very strong. And so now you notice that in these verses of chapter 2, he actually mentioned to them that the brethren in the city of Jerusalem understood that there is a message of the gospel to go on the one hand to the Jewish world.

And they were used by the Lord to preach the message of the gospel to the Jewish world. And that God raised the apostle Paul, Shaul Paul, to preach the very same gospel to the goyim, to the Gentile world. And all came in on the basis of the grace of God. Now it is so easy to know truth, but it is so difficult to practice this truth on a day by day practice. And that's why now in these verses, these verses we find out that the apostle Paul confronts Peter with the truth of the gospel. He is confronting, imagine Shaul Paul, confronting a man, this is Peter, Shimon Petros, whom God used to preach the message to the Jews in Acts chapter 2, to the Samaritan in Acts chapter 8, and to the goyim, to the Gentile in Acts chapter 10.

Imagine Peter that received the keys, you might say, the responsibility to open the doors to the Yehudim, to the Shimonim, and to the goyim, to the Jews, to the Samaritan, and to the Gentile. And Peter in practice had a relapse. Peter in practice, like you and I, in our walk with the Lord, many times we have, you might call it, we have a time in which we need to be corrected, because we don't really live in the light of the truth of the gospel. So imagine now, in these verses of our chapter, Galatians 2, 11-21, we have two major sections. The first section, of course, is verses 11, 12, and 13.

We find out the relapse of Peter in the city of Antioch. Apparently, at some point of time, Peter came down from the city of Jerusalem, and went to Antioch in Syria, where the apostle Paul was ministering, was sharing the word. In fact, Shaul Paul was commended to full-time ministry out of this assembly, local assembly in Antioch of Syria. And Peter came down, and Peter, you remember, Peter was the one that Paul was already visiting him earlier in chapter 15 of the book of Acts. Peter commended Shaul Paul. Peter gave him the right hand of fellowship to Shaul Paul. But now, when he came to Antioch, the vast majority of the believers in the town, in the city of Antioch, were Gentiles.

There were some Jewish believers, but the vast majority was from the goyim. They were believers who have accepted Yeshua the Messiah. So you notice, in verse 11 and 12 and 13, we find out in Galatians chapter 2, he said, "But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed." Apparently, Peter, when he came down to Antioch, he now was sitting or living with the Gentile believers. Remember, let me remind you, brothers and sisters, that Shimon Petos was from the Galil. He was a Galilean. He was a Jewish man. He was walking with Yeshua in his three years, three and a half years of ministry.

He actually was become one of those foundation apostles that Yeshua the Messiah called for the ministry. And now that he was used by the Lord to preach the message in Jerusalem without fear from anybody, he was even placed in prison because of the preaching of the message of the gospel. But now when he came down to Antioch, notice it says here in verse 11, he had to be withstood by Shaul Paul to the face, because Peter had done something that he shouldn't have been doing practically. What he understood positionally in the truth of the gospel, the Jew and Gentiles are united into one body, entering into the body of Messiah on the same ground of faith in the Messiah.

But now what we find out that Peter had a relapse and the apostle Paul had to confront him. So you notice it says after verse 11 that Peter came to Antioch and Paul, Shaul Paul had to confront him. In verse 12, Peter had done something wrong. And listen to what we read here in verse 12. For before that certain came from James, this is Yaakov, who was the half brother of Yeshua the Messiah, who was the leader, one of the leaders in the city of Jerusalem. There were some who came from James. It doesn't mean that James sent them. No, they came from Jerusalem. And notice that before certain came from James, he, that is Peter, did it with the Gentiles.

In other words, he was, he had, he sat down to enjoy a meal with the Gentiles. Now, let me remind you, beloved brothers and sisters, that before the gospel was going to the Gentile world, our Jewish people, the nation of Israel was called to be separated from the Gentile world. Not to intermarry with the Gentiles. Not to follow their mannerism. In fact, if you will notice in the book of Joshua, before Joshua ended his life. Notice that, let me just read you a verse in Joshua chapter 23. Joshua told the people of Israel in Joshua 23 and verse 11, he says, "Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the Lord your God, else if ye do any, in any wise go back and cleave to the remnant of these nations." He said, "The leftovers of the people in the land of Israel from among the Gentile world." He said, "Even these that remain among you, and shall make marriage with them, and go in unto them, and they to you, know for certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you, but there shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the Lord your God had given you." He already told them when He gave them the law in Exodus chapter 34.

He repeated it 40 years later in Deuteronomy chapter 7. And He repeating it again when they enter into the land in Joshua chapter 23, before they, as they were conquering the land of Canaan. Separate from the Gentile world, don't let them come in unto you, don't you go in unto them, because they will ultimately lead you to follow other gods." So there was the commandment from the God of Israel for the Jewish people not to mingle with the nations of the world. But now Yeshua came. Israel as a nation did not recognize that He was the Messiah. The Gospel went throughout all the nations of the world. As Matthew chapter 28 said, "Go ye preach the Gospel unto all people." Baptizing them in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Ruach HaKodesh, the Holy Spirit.

Teaching them to live a godly life. Well those apostles began, Jewish apostles, began to preach the Gospel. Many of the nations started to come in. They left their idols. They left all their manner of behavior in past. And they turned their hearts to Yeshua, the Messiah. And as we say today, they got saved, gloriously saved. But, are they equal to us Jews? Are we coming in on the same ground? Are we able to fellowship with each other? Or should we have a Jewish assembly and a Gentile assembly? And we are all going to live separately? Because after all, we are Jewish. And they are Gentiles.

And Paul understood the truth of the Gospel. That we all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. That we all could not keep the law because the law condemned us. Because if we violated one command of the law, we are guilty of death. And the Messiah came. And that he died. So we will not need to die. So the Gentile received it. Just like the early Jewish believers. So when Peter came to Antioch, he sat and he ate with these Gentiles believers. Because he said, listen, we are brethren. We are part of the same body. And so, but what happened? Listen to this.

When, notice that verse 12b. When they were come. In other words, those people who came from Jerusalem. They were Jews. Who some of them may have believed in Yeshua the Messiah. But they were really not giving the understanding. That the Jew and the Gentiles are now on the same ground. A one body. They are united together. And that we are no longer to separate from these Gentiles believers. We may eat things that are kosher if we want. We may eat things that have been given to us by God. If they have the liberty to eat other things. That's fine. But we are coming in on the same ground.

Peter had good time with them for a while. But when those that came from this city of Jerusalem. Notice what he did here. But when they were come. He withdrew himself. And he separated himself. See what Peter did in practice. What he did not believe in doctrinal teachings. Doctrinally. There is no longer that what is known to be as a separation. And as a withdrawing from a Jew and a Gentile who truly belong to Yeshua the Messiah. But in practice. Peter failed. And notice that Apostle Paul is not ashamed to say here in this passage. He said I withstood him to the face. As it says here.

Because he was to be blamed for before that certain came from Jacob. He did it with the Gentiles. But when they were come. He withdrew and separated himself. Fearing not as Peter now feared. According to verse 12 at the end. Fearing them which were of the circumcision. In other words. What he was afraid. And you can understand it brothers and sisters. Because you can't even imagine how embedded. The truth of separation from the Gentile world. Was for our own Jewish people. For the Jewish people. As far as God is concerned. On the basis of Exodus 34. Deuteronomy chapter 7. And other passages. Joshua 23. And Nehemiah. And Ezra. Mixing with the Gentile world.

And adapting their manner of life. Was unacceptable. And it's still unacceptable. To the Jewish conservative men and women today. But when they became believers. And you as a Jewish person became a believer. The truth. Is simply that. That we all come in on the same ground. We all came short of the glory of God. We are all deserved to die. And the fact that we became believers. Is because we fail. To fulfill. And to obey the law of God. And that's why we needed the Mashiach. And we have accepted him. So Paul withstood him. And Peter's blame was. That he withdrew himself from the Gentile believers.

He separated himself from them. And because of fear. Now I'm fascinated with this. Because it's amazing how we are. Peter was not afraid. Peter was not afraid. To preach the message of the gospel. By the power of the spirit of God. In the city of Jerusalem. In Acts chapter 2. He was not afraid to go to prison. In Acts chapter 4. But he was afraid. When some Jewish religious men. From among the nation of Israel. Who came. To force themselves on the Gentile believers. That they must be circumcised. And they must keep the law of Moses. Otherwise they are not saved. From them. At this time of his life.

He was afraid of. We are no different. Beloved brothers and sisters. We know very well. How many times. We are maybe bolded. Or emboldened. To preach certain. The message of the gospel. In some time. But other time. When we have some family issues. And circumstances. With our background. We all of a sudden shiver. And we don't stand. For the truth. That we have learned. In a practical way. When situations arise. And so here. We find. Peter afraid. Because. Which were of the circumcision. And I want to mention. Even though they came from James. It doesn't mean that James sent them. Because in Acts chapter 15. He said.

We haven't sent those people. Those people that came. They crept in. They are forcing themselves. On us. And even on you there. We haven't sent them. But they are the ones. That seek to overlord. Or to lord themselves. Over others. And to expect from them. To do certain things. Which were not. Given to us. In scripture. So Paul. Is standing. For the truth. Of the gospel. And notice what he said. In verse 13. Now. Peter's action. Influence. Even other Jewish people. And you know. Peter was an apostle. Shaliyach. In Hebrew. It says. In verse 13. And other Jews. Dissembled. Likewise. With him. In as much. That Barnabas.

Also. Was carried away. With their. Dissimulation. In other words. With hypocrisy. In other words. Even Peter's action. Influence. Other. Believers. Jewish believers. They can say. Wow. If the apostle. Peter. Is not anymore. Eating with those. Gentile believers. I myself. Cannot do that. Peter. The apostle. Doesn't do it. I should not do it. Even Barnabas. According to verse 13. Paul is telling to us. Even Barnabas. Was carried away. With. Their. Dissimulation. And brothers. And sisters. This. Was. Practically. Wrong. Now. Paul doesn't say. That anyone. Must. Eat. This kind of food. Or that kind of food. No. Because in fact. In. Romans. Chapter 14. And I want to read you.

To Romans. Chapter 14. I want you to see that. In. Romans. Chapter 14. Paul. Understand. That we have. Liberties. Today. As believers. To eat. Certain food. Or not eat. Certain food. To keep. Certain day. Or not keep. Certain day. While we are not. Under the binding. Demands. Of the law. Because we are. Under the law. Of the Messiah. We are still having. Liberties. Today. That we must. Give room. For one another. To uphold. Notice. For example. In Romans. Chapter 14. It says. In verse 1. Him that is weak. In the faith. Receive. Receive. Receive. Ye. But. Not. To doubtful. Disputation. For one. Believe. That he may eat. All things.

Another. Who is weak. Eateth. Herbs. Let not. Him. That eateth. Despise. Him. That eateth. Not. And let not. Him. Which eateth. Not. Judge. Him. That eateth. For God. Hath. Receive. Him. If you notice. A little bit. Further down. Verse 5. He said. One man. Esteemeth. One day. Above another. Another. Esteemeth. Every day. Like. Let every man. Be fully. Persuaded. In his own mind. He. That regardeth. The day. Regardeth. Unto the Lord. And he. That he. Regardeth. Not. A day. He. That eateth. Eateth. For he. Giveth. God. Thanks. And he. That eateth. Not. To the Lord. He. Giveth. God. Thanks. You should read. Romans. Chapter 14. Not. Not.

Careless. In what. He. Was saying. But he. Did not. Want. Anyone. To tell. The believers. And to you. And I. As well. Today. That our. Salvation. Dependent. Upon. The keeping. Of the law. Or being. Circumcised. Food. Or. All sort of thing. Being. Baptized. Or being. Speaking. In tongues. No. Our. Salvation. Entirely. Depended. Upon. The finished work. Of Yeshua. The Messiah. The very fact. That we believe. In Yeshua. The Messiah. Is because. We fail. To keep. The demands. God. And we deserve. To die. Because of our sin. And our failure. So in verses. Eleven. Twelve. And thirteen. Of Galatians. Chapter two. Paul. Presents. Before us. The relapse.

Of Peter. At Antioch. And how. He. Confronted him. Publicly. Because. Shimon Petros. Was an apostle. He was. Shaliyah. But he himself. Had. Failure. In his life. And I'm sure. Paul himself. Had failures. In his life. And I'm sure. Other. Apostles. Had failed. In their life. And you. And I. Had much. Failure. In our lives. And God. Is gracious. To restore. Us. To himself. You notice. Later on. When Peter. Wrote. His epistle. He was writing. About. Paul. How. Paul. To be. Took it. To heart. And he. Understood. That. And he. Sought. To be. A. Continue. To be. A blessing. To the people. Of God. But now.

Notice that. From verse 14. Galatians 2. Verse 14. All the way. To the end. Of the chapter. To verse 21. By. Paul. In the city. Of Antioch. He. Gives us. Now. The manner. Whereby. He rebuked. Peter. And by. Giving us. This rebuke. He really. Dealing. Not only. With practice. But also. With doctrine. With teaching. You know. Sometimes. As I mentioned. Earlier. Believers. In Yeshua. The Messiah. Don't practice. What. They preach. They don't live. Out. Including. Us. We don't live. Out. What we truly. Understand. From scripture. And I noticed. That. Because you and I. Today. Live. The end. Of 2019. When. Paul. Wrote. This letter. There was. Almost. Two thousand. Years ago.

When we look. Today. In the body. Of Christ. The body. Of Messiah. In church. Not Jewish people. Now. Among the gentile. Believers. In the world. And everyone. Has. His own. Ways. And they. Hold on. To their. Manners. Of practices. Manners. And manners. Of the way. They live. They separate. Themselves. For one reason. Or another. Just the same. As our own. Jewish brethren. Have done it. In the first. Century. Read this passage. Make sure. That you understand. That in light. Of this. How does that. Apply. To me. Today. How do I. Understand. That in my. Life. Today. But these. Principles. Are important. To hold. So notice.

When. Paul. Rebuked. Peter. He. Gives us. An answer. And he gives us. Information. Upon some. Doctrinal truth. That. Peter. In a sense. Did not exhibit. By doing. What he did. And notice. The answer. That Paul. Gives us. Here. In the next. Verses. Five. Points. Paul. Is emphasizing. In these. Remaining. Verses. First of all. Verse 14. Paul. Based his. Rebuke. Of Peter. Upon. The fact. Peter. Denied. By practice. The unity. Of the body. Of Messiah. When we. Separate. From each other. And we say. No. No. I'm not going to sit. With the Gentiles. Or. I will not sit. With this group. Of people. And I will not sit.

With this group. Of people. We really. Deny. The unity. Of the body. Of Messiah. Notice. In verse 14. He says. But when I saw. That they walk. Not. Uprightly. According. To the truth. Of the gospel. The best. The good news. That the Messiah. Have died. I said unto. Peter. Before them all. If thou. Being a Jew. Livest. After the murder. Of the Gentiles. And not. As do. The Jews. Why. Compellest thou. The Gentiles. Live. As do. The Jews. Notice. What he's really saying. To Shimon. Petros. And by the way. He did it publicly. Because Peter. Was an apostle. He rebuked him. Before everyone. And he said.

To them. Peter. You've been Jewish. And you. Not really walking. Because you have. You're the one. Who've given. The world. The message. Of the gospel. Being upright. According to the truth. Of the gospel. What is the truth. Of the gospel. The truth. Of the gospel. That we all have sinned. All have sinned. Jew. And Gentile. Alight. We all violated. The law. That God gave us. We have all coveted. We have all lusted. We have all dishonored. Our parents. We have all lied. We have all stalled. We have all. Done. All the things. That the law. Demended. And if we fail it. We deserve to die.

All of us. Jew. And Gentile alike. So what shall we do? When God says. Now. Because you are guilty. The verdict is. That you are guilty. And you deserve to die. I do something. On your behalf. I will send the Messiah. And the Messiah died. He paid the price. That you. Jew. And Gentile alike. You and I. Jew. And Gentile alike. I deserve. To die. Because we have failed. To submit. Entirely. To the law of God. So the truth. Of the gospel. That we all came in. Guilty. But came in. Forgiven. Accepted. In the beloved. God. So now that we are in. Notice that. As you continue here.

In this verse. 14. He says. Really. You didn't walk uprightly. According to the truth. Of the gospel. The unity. Of the body. Of all. Believers. In Yeshua. The Messiah. This is the truth. Of the gospel. And then I said unto Peter. Before all. If you've been Jewish. And you live after the manner of the Gentiles. You were here in Antioch. You enter into the house of Cornelius. You told the Gentiles about the love of God. You've been with them. And been in their home. Even though it was very difficult for you. Being Jewish. Because we understand it. But yet. Now. You compel the Gentiles. To live.

As the Jews live. In other words. By separating yourself. When the people who came from James. The people who came. And you all of a sudden. Didn't want anymore. To sit with the Gentile believers. What did you really say by this? That there is not really. One body. That there is a body for the Jews. And there is a body for the goyim. For the Gentiles. And that really. We are not united into. One body. We are simply two separate groups. But that's not the truth of the gospel. We all came in. On the basis of the work of Yeshua. The Messiah. We all came in.

You remember what Paul said elsewhere. In 1 Corinthians 12. And verse 12. And verse 13. He said. For as the body is one. And as many members. And all the members. Of that one body. Being many. Are one body. So also is the Messiah. Guf echad in Hebrew. One body. We don't have two assemblies. Jewish assembly. Jewish assembly. And Gentile assembly. And Gentile assembly. We have one single church. Ekklesia assembly. Called the body. Of the Mashiach. Jew and Gentiles. Who believe. On the Lord. Yeshua. The Messiah. Enter into this body. In the same way. In the same way. Notice verse 13. Of 1 Corinthians 12. For by one spirit. We are all.

Baptized into one body. Whether we. Be Jews. Or Gentile. Whether we. Be bond. Or free. And have been. All made. To drink. Into one. Spirit. Jewish. Or Gentile. Bond. That means. Slave. Or free. We all came in. To this. One body. We don't stop. To be Jews. Or stop. To be Gentile. In a practical. Way. Here. In this world. I come from. A Jewish family. Others come from. A Jewish family. Others come from. A Gentile family. We don't stop. To be. What we are. With our. Here and now. In this world. But we all. Enter. Into that. One body. On the same. Basis. And if we will.

Start to separate. Each other. And say. No, no, no. I don't sit with you. For a meal. And I don't sit with you. For a meal. What does they say? Maybe we should have. A different meeting. We'll start a meeting. For the Jews. In the morning. Earlier. And then we'll have the meeting. For the Gentiles. A little bit later on. See how. How wrong. It is. Because we have a head in heaven. The Mashiach. All of us are members of this body. All true believers. And I'm emphasizing. True believers. Are part of that one body. Now. That does not mean. That a Jew. Has to be a Gentile now.

And that a Gentile. Has to be a Jewish person now. If you used to eat. This kind of food. Fine. We have. We have been told. We have been instructed. By the law of Moses. Not to eat pork. For example. Or we have been instructed. Not to. Not to. Let's say. Do certain things. That the Gentile world. Are doing. If it's not. Against the will. Of God. If it's not. Violating. The word of God. Liberties. That we had to give. That's why Romans 14. Had been given to us. But to say. I'm not going to sit with you. That is another story. And by the way.

Brothers and sisters. We need to be sensitive. We need to be very sensitive. Some Jewish people. Are convicted. About certain days. That they want to. Keep in their life. Or certain. Foods. That they want to eat. Or not eat. We need to be sensitive. To each other. And Paul was very sensitive. But. When you are. Afraid. From those Jewish believers. And while you have. Already have enjoyed. The time. With your fellow brethren. And now you withdraw. From them. And you separate. From them. What you're really saying. You're denying. The truth. Of the body. Of Messiah. In practice. Even though. Doctrinally. You know it very well.

You also. Very well. Know how to teach that. It. But how to live it. It's another story. And so. Paul. Said. In verse. 14. He based. His rebuke. Of Peter's. Action. Upon. Doctrine. Of the truth. Of the gospel. And the first one. Is by. Peter's action. Peter actually. Was saying. Was saying. That. There is no unity. In the body. Of Messiah. Now notice. In the second thing. You continue on. And in verses. 15. And 16. We are in Galatians 2. Verses 15. And 16. Again. Paul. based. The rebuke. Of Peter. An action. Upon. The doctrine. Of the truth. Of the gospel. And Peter. By his action. Denied. The justification. Is by faith.

In Yeshua. The Messiah. Alone. And not by. Any other means. Notice that. Verse 15. And 16. We. Who are. Jewish. By nature. And not sinners. Of the Gentiles. Knowing. That a man. Is not justified. By the works. Of the law. But by the faith. Of Yeshua. HaMashiach. Jesus Christ. Christ. Even we. Have believed. In Jesus. The Messiah. In Yeshua HaMashiach. That we might. Be justified. By the faith. Of the Messiah. And not. By the works. Of the law. For. He listened. What he added. At the end. For by the works. Of the law. Shall no. Flesh. Be. Justified. How much. Can you keep. In order. To be saved.

Or be. Justified. Justified. You know. The word. Justified. Is mentioned. Many times. Here. In this chapter. What does that mean. To be justified. It means. That God. Looks at you. And declare you. Just. As you've never. Seen. But wait a minute. When you said. That I should not covet. I coveted. Have it. When you said. That I should not. Lust. I have. Lusted. When you said. That I should not. Lied. I lied. When you said. That I should. Honor. My parents. My father. And my mother. I have. Violated. This God. And now. You declare me. Just. You see. The problem. Is not that. God's law.

Is a problem. No. No. No. No. God's law. Is holy. God's law. Is perfect. God's law. Is upright. The problem. Is not. With God's law. The problem. Is right here. Is with our human nature. We have sinned. We have inherited. A sinful nature. And that nature. Will die. Because it failed. To obey. To submit. To the laws. Of God. And God said. That's why. It was necessary. To bring. Someone. Who will be. Punished. But he have. Never seen. This someone. The Mashiach. Himself. And if you will only. Believe on him. You will be justified. For Shaul. Paul is saying. To Peter. Peter. By your action.

You deny. The justification. Is really. Only by faith. In Yeshua. The Messiah. And that's why. He said to them. In verse 15. We are Jews. By nature. And not sinners. Of the gentleness. You and I. Peter. You and I. Barnabas. You and I. All the Jewish believers. In Yeshua. The Messiah. The reason. That we came to faith. In Yeshua. The Messiah. Because we. Violated. The word of God. The law of God. We didn't keep. The law of God. We could not keep. The law of God. Because of our sin nature. That's why. God. Have introduced. The sacrificial system. When we sinned. A lamb died. When we sinned.

A ram died. When we sinned. The goat died. He took. Our sins. Temporarily. Covered them. Kapara. Made atonement. For our sins. Temporarily. Until the Messiah came. And once the Messiah came. He died. He fulfilled. All the types. And the pictures. That were given. To our people. Of all. The people of Israel. That pointed. To the Messiah. To the Messiah. The Messiah. You know what. Jeremiah said. In Jeremiah. Chapter 31. Verse 31. He says. Behold. The day comes. Says the Lord. That I will make. A new covenant. With the house. Of Israel. And with the house. Of Judah. Not listen to this. Beloved brothers and sisters. Verse 32. Said.

Not according to the covenant. That I made. With the fathers. In the day. That I took them. By the hand. And bring them out. Of the land of Egypt. Which. Listen to this. Covenant. They break. And because. We broke. The law. Covenant. We deserve. To die. And that's why. The new covenant. Was necessary. Because somebody. Died. But not. You and I. The Mashiach. Yeshua. Who never sinned. And he didn't die. For his own sins. He died. For yours. And mine. He became. A substitute. And that's why. God said. Already. In the days. Of Jeremiah. Long. Before Yeshua. Came. He said. I'm going to make. One day.

A new covenant. With the house. Of Israel. And with the house. Of Judah. I will make. With them. Another covenant. Because this covenant. They broke. And by the way. If you try. To keep this covenant. Even by. Thinking. That you're going to do it. You already broke it. We broke it. We failed. God. We have a sin nature. That does not mean. We are to carelessly. Live. Godless. In this world. No. But with the help. Of the Mashiach. We are able. With his grace. To live a life. That is honoring. To the Lord. But justification. Is not on the basis. Of law keeping. And on the basis.

Of the grace. Of God. And that's why. He said. We Jews. By nature. We are not. Gentiles. Sinners. From the Gentiles. We are sinners. Jewish sinners. We know. That the man. Cannot be justified. By the work of the law. Paul is saying. We know it. Peter. We know it. Barnabas. We know it. We all know it. That we cannot be. Declared. Just by God. On the basis. Because the law. Says. If you violated. In one command. You violated. Them all. And so. He said. But by the faith. Of Yeshua. The Messiah. Jesus. The Messiah. Even. We. We have believed. In Yeshua. The Messiah. That we might be.

Justified. By faith. And by faith. Alone. Brothers. And sisters. No more. No more. Not by works. Of righteousness. Which we have done. But according to. His mercy. Paul said. To Titus. In chapter 3. And he said. To the Ephesians. By grace. Are ye saved. Through faith. And that is not. Of yourself. It is a gift. Of God. Not. Of works. Not. Notice. This statement. At the end. Of verse 16. For by the works. Of the law. Shall no flesh. Jewish flesh. Or Gentile flesh. Shall be justified. It just. Doesn't work. We will talk. A little bit later. Why was the law. Given to our people. Israel. The law.

Was given. To reveal. Our sinfulness. It was not. Given. To improve. Our old. Nature. I'll read it. To you. From scripture. From the word. Of the Lord. This is not. My thoughts. It's clearly taught. In scripture. So. Two things. So far. Verse 14. By doing. What he did. He denied. The unities. Of the body. Of the Messiah. In verse 15. And 16. By separating. Himself. From the Gentiles. Believers. He really denied. The justification. Is by faith. In other words. What he was really saying. That those Gentiles. Are really not. Justified. They are not quite in. They are not quite. Declared. Just by God. Because. I have to separate.

I have to separate. From them. As those who came. From Jerusalem. Who came. And said. That they are really. Not saved. Except they will be. Circumcised. And keep the law of Moses. So really. What we are really saying. Oh yeah. I got to separate. From them. I cannot be with them. Because they are not. Justified. They are still. In a sinful. State. I am okay. But not they. See. That is. How Paul. Is very. Doctrinally. Accurate. Now look. At the third thing. That Paul. Shaul. Is mentioning. There. To the Galatians. In Acts chapter 2. Now notice. Verses 17. And 18. He is continuing. To base. His rebuke. Of Peter.

Action. Upon the doctrine. Of the truth. Of the gospel. And now. Thirdly. Saying. Peter's action. Was. A revelation. Of the denial. Of the freedom. That we have. From the. Condemnation. Of the law. See. The law. Is so holy. That every time. You violate it. It. Condemns you. Every time. We violated. The law. Even driving. Today. One kilometer. Beyond. The allotted. Kilometers. That was given. To us. By the law. Of the land. You violated. The law. And you are condemned. And I as well. Even if you thought. In your mind. Something. That was not right. Even if you were jealous. Or envious. Even if you were proud.

Or proud. Or something. That you have done. The law. Is given. To show us. The holiness. Of God. And the. Sinfulness. Of man. And so. In verses. 17. And 18. By separating. Themselves. From the gentle. Believers. What we really say. That we deny. The freedom. That we have. From the condemnation. That we deserve. From a holy law. Notice it says. In verse 17. Paul points out. To the fact. That. If one. If on. The one hand. We are going. To the law. For justification. And on the other hand. We are going. To the Messiah. For justification. Then really. What we are really saying. What we are really saying.

Notice it. Verse 17. But if. While we seek. To be justified. By the Messiah. And then on the other hand. We. And he doesn't say it here. But we are separating. From those gentle. Believers. He says. We ourselves. Also. Are found sinners. Is therefore. Christ. The minister of sin. God forbid. Notice what he is really saying. See. Because. By his action. Peter. What he did. He separated from the gentle. Believers. Because actually. As far as he was concerned. By his action. That is. They were really not justified. So. In other words. What he was saying. Oh. I better go back. With those people. Who came from.

Jerusalem. Who demanded circumcision. I got to go back. And be with them. As in other words. As being with those people. Who demand you. To keep the law. In other words. What you are saying. You are going to. Back to the law. Trying to be justified. By the law. And then you are going. To Jesus. The Messiah. And try to be justified. By him. What at the end. Is remaining. That you are still a sinner. To Yeshua. And now. If you. You are with Yeshua. We believe in Yeshua. The Messiah. But then. You are abstaining. From those Gentiles. Because they are not. Quite saved. You are really saying.

That it's not really. Only Yeshua. The Messiah. But we need. To keep the law. To be circumcised. Is. Know that. Know that. Avail you. For your justification. And you are really. Still condemned. You see. At the end. Of verse 17. He says. Really. He says. Then Christ. Or the Messiah. Is minister. Of sin. As it says here. But then he said. God forbid. You mean. If I believed. In Yeshua. The Messiah. The Messiah. And then I'm going. Back now. To try to be. As if it were. By my actions. Saying that. I need to be justified. On the basis of. Law keeping. Or. Being circumcised. What you are really.

Saying. That Yeshua. Caused you. To leave. The law. And therefore. Yeshua. Became. A minister of sin. God forbid. The only reason. That we came. To Yeshua. The Messiah. By faith. Is because. The Messiah. And we are no longer. Condemned. When we have trusted. In the Messiah. Because the law. Condemned us. But the Lord Jesus. Who died. And paid. For our sins. He liberated. Us. And you remember. What Paul says. In. Romans. Chapter 8. And verse 1. He said. Therefore. There is now. No. Condemnation. For them. That are. In. Christ. Jesus. In the Messiah. Yeshua. He repeated. In verse 3. For what. The law. Could not do. In that.

It was weak. Through the flesh. God. Sending. His own. Son. In the likeness. Of sinful flesh. And for sin. Condemn. Sin. In the flesh. That the righteousness. Of the law. Might be. Fulfilled. In us. Who walk. Not after the flesh. But after the spirit. In other words. Brothers and sisters. You know what. The law. Condemned us. But when we came. To faith. In the Lord Jesus. The Messiah. Who died. And paid. For our sins. There is no longer. Condemnation. In the believer. So you see what happened. By Peter's action. Which he naturally did. Because of fear. Separating himself. From the Gentiles. Believers. His action. Have given.

The indication. Or the impression. That really. We are still. Condemned. And we haven't been. Freed. From the condemnation. That we deserve. Because we violated. The law. So what's the point. If I believe. That Yeshua. Is the Messiah. And I am. Completely. Forgiven. And being. Justified. By him. And there is. No more. Condemnation. For those. That are. In the Messiah. Why then. In a practical way. We do certain things. We should not do. As believers. In the Lord. Yeshua. The Messiah. Separating. Separating. Ourself. From other. People. Especially. In this. Context. Assuming. Wait a minute. They are not. Quite there. I am. Okay. But they are not.

Quite there. That's why. He says. Listen. That the Messiah. Is. Minister. Of sin. Is Yeshua. A minister. Of sin. He died. For your sin. For my sin. He is not. A servant. For sin. Shall we continue. In sin. Romans 6. That grace. May about. God forbid. The Lord. Will not. Want us. To continue. To live. A sinful life. But. Positionally. He had. Freed us. From the condemnation. That we deserve. Because. We violated. The law. Of God. And so. Verse 14. His practice. Of Peter's action. Was. A denial. Of the unity. Of the body. Of Messiah. Verse 15. And 16. His action. Was. A denial. Of the fact. That justification.

Is by faith. Alone. In Yeshua. The Messiah. Thirdly. Verses 17. And 18. His action. Was a denial. Of the freedom. That we have. From the condemnation. That we deserve. From the law. Because we fail. To submit. To the law. Now notice this. Number four. In verses 19. And 20. Continues. To emphasize. The fact. That Peter's action. Or by his action. He gave the impression. Of the denial. Of the truth. That the Messiah. Died. For. Our sins. According. To the Hebrew scriptures. You see. Brothers and sisters. God. Had predicted. Long. Before Yeshua. Came. That. At certain point. Of time. He will send. To Israel. The promised Messiah. He will be born.

Of the virgin. Miriam. He will. Live. In the city. Of Natseret. He will minister. Among the people. Of Israel. In the land. Of Israel. In Galilee. And in the city. Of Jerusalem. He will die. A substitutionary death. And he will be buried. And he will be. Risen again. You have scripture. Upon scripture. That are teaching. To us. Long before. The Brita Hadashah. The new covenant. Was given to us. That the Messiah. Will come. In order. To fulfill. The law. Which Israel. And the world. Failed to fulfill. And so he says. Now. In these next verses. In 19. And 20. Notice. For I. Listen to what he says.

Here. Beautiful. Amazing. This is doctrine. This is teaching. This is not feelings. This is not emotion. And human opinion. These are facts. That are taught. To us. By the word of God. By the living word of God. These are divinely. Inspired. Word of God. He says. For I. For I. Through the law. Am dead. To the law. That I might live. That I might live. Unto God. Wait a minute Paul. What do you mean. I. Through the law. Am dead. To the law. He says. Look. God gave us the law. We. Violated the law. Therefore. We died. Do you know what happened. Beloved brothers and sisters.

Because of our sin nature. Because of our failure. To rise up. Because of God's. Perfect. Holiness. Our failure. To rise up. To his expectation. The law. Kills us. That's what the Bible says. That if we violated. One. Law. One command of God. We deserve. To die. And as far as God. Is concerned. You remember. What Paul said. In Ephesians 2. You were dead. Dead. In trespasses. And sin. So we. Because of the law. We have been declared. The verdict is guilty. And when we died. Because we are guilty. We have to be punished. And die. That's why. An unsaved person. Or unforgiving person. Whether it is Jewish.

Or Gentile. Who rejected. The gospel message. Was maybe. Was maybe. Circumcised. Sought the best. To keep the Shabbat day. Was very much. Keeping kosher. In his own home. Never eating pork. Was. Keeping all the holidays. The feast. That God. Have appointed. And yet. Rejected. The Messiah. God. Will declare. That person. Dead. Because why. Somewhere along. He violated. The word of God. Didn't quite make it. So that's why. The Messiah. Had to come. So the Messiah. Will pay. For the sin. Of this person. Who didn't do it. Whether Jewish. Or non-Jewish. I. Through. The law. Am. Dead. To. The law. Violated. By men. Killed. The violator.

You remember. You remember. What Paul said. In Romans. Chapter 10. About. Our own. People. The Jewish people. He said. In Romans. Chapter 10. Brethren. Verse 1. My heart. Desire. And prayer. To God. For Israel. That they might. Be saved. For listen. To this. For I bear. Them. Record. That they have. A zeal. Of God. But not. According. To knowledge. For they. Been. Ignorant. Of. God's. Righteousness. God. Justification. And going. About. To establish. Their own. Righteousness. Notice this. They going. About. To establish. Their own. Justification. Their own. Righteousness. Listen. God. I don't need you. And what you provide. For me. Through the Messiah. I'll do. My best. To achieve.

Righteousness. And you notice. What it said. At the end. Of verse. Three. Have not. Submitted. Themselves. To the righteousness. Of God. For the Messiah. Is the end. Of the law. For righteousness. To everyone. That believe. The Messiah. Was the goal. The Messiah. The Messiah. Sure. Was the aim. The law. Was given. To us. To direct. Our attention. To the fact. That we. Have sinned. And the Messiah. Will be the one. That will fulfill. For us. The law of God. Which we. Couldn't fulfill. And so. Paul says. I. Through the law. Am dead. To the law. What happened. Is that. If a person. Violated. The law of God.

He deserved. To be killed. Now. Let's assume. That he died. And he rose. Again. And to continue. To live his life. The law. Cannot do anything. Against him. Because he's already died. He paid the penalty. For sin. He died. The wages. Of sin. Is death. So what now. Coming. He says. Now that I might. Live unto God. But how can I live. Unto God. Because. I have turned. My heart. And commissioned. Myself. To the person. Of the Lord. Yeshua. The Messiah. Who died. On my behalf. He paid. For my sins. When I violated. The law. Of not. To not lying. I deserve to die. He never lied.

When I was violating. God's law. When the law says. That I should not covet. And I deserve to die. He never coveted. I deserve to die. But he died instead. I deserve to be punished. But he was punished. On my behalf. He fulfilled the law. Which I failed. To fulfill. And therefore. For I. Through the law. Paul is saying. Am dead. To the law. In order. That I might. Live. Unto. God. And now. Notice. In verse 20. This is an amazing. Verse. I don't think. Many of us. Grasp it. Because. We are so. Far away. From the manner. Whereby. Paul lived. His life. I was thinking.

I was thinking. When I was preparing. For the message. Today. You know. Some. Sometimes. Somebody say to us. Get lost. Paul. Shaul. Really got lost. Meaning. That he got lost. In Christ. In a Messiah. It's no longer I. It's no longer me. It's only him. It's only him. It's only. Yeshua the Messiah. Notice what he says. In verse 20. Of Galatians 2.20. I am crucified. With. Christ. I have died. With the Mashiach. Nevertheless. I live. Yet. Not I. But the Messiah. Lives in me. And the life. Which I now live. In the flesh. I live. By the faith. Of the Son of God. Who loved me. And gave himself.

For me. See. Here's doctrine. Beloved brothers. And sisters. Brothers and sisters. I think. I'm honestly saying. We are so far. From understanding this. I am crucified. I am dead. With Christ. With the Messiah. As far as God is concerned. Every true believer. Positionally. Have died. When Yeshua died. God does not look. Yours and my flesh. And old nature. Anymore. He knows. He knows. He knows. It is deserved. To die. And to be punished. So when Yeshua died. We died. When Jesus the Messiah died. I died. Paul is saying. I died. With the Messiah. When Yeshua died on the cross. Some. Two thousand years ago. You know what happened.

You. And I. Died with him. When we have accepted him. We are really. Identify. With his death. With. I know. We don't realize it. In our mind. We don't really. Understand it. No, no. It's not him. It's me. I gotta. Do my own thing. No. I am crucified. With the Messiah. With the Messiah. Paul is saying. And then he says. Though I have died. With the Messiah. Nevertheless. I live. But wait a minute. Paul. You just said that you died. With the Messiah. How come. Nevertheless. You are still alive. You are living. He says. Listen. Yeshua did not only died. And pay for the sin.

But he rose again. And he is alive. And therefore. I live. Because of him. Oh yes. My old nature. Deserved. To be separated. From God. But yet. God. Is declaring. Me alive. In the Messiah. I live. He said. But then. He continues. And he says. In the same. Verse 20. Yet. Not I. Not the old man. The old sinful nature. But Christ. The Mashiach. Liveth in me. Do you know. That the life. It is an exchange. What happened here. When we became believers. In reality. There was an exchange. Happened. You and I. Gave our sins. Yeshua. Gave his life. You and I. Gave our guilt. Yeshua.

Gave his love. For us. Willing. To be penalized. On our behalf. On our behalf. You and I. Received. The punishment. That we deserve. But not us. Because he took it. Upon himself. When he died. On our behalf. So when we. When he died. We died. And now. We are not dead. Because he is alive. Because of him. We are also alive. As he said. Yet not. Yet I. Yet. Nevertheless. I live. But. Yet not I. But the Mashiach. Christ lives. In me. In other words. Really. The only life. That we have. Is the life. Of Christ. The life. Of the old nature. Beloved. Brothers and sisters.

Doesn't matter. What you are going to do. With it. It will not. Avail. For your salvation. Because somebody. For our salvation. Because somebody. Have already died. On our behalf. Now notice. What he says now. He continues. He says. In verse 20b. And the life. Which I now live. In the flesh. In other words. God have allowed me. To stick around. He didn't take me. Right away. To heaven. Because I deserve. To go to heaven. Because Yeshua. Finished the work. For me on the tree. But now. The Lord have allowed me. To live here. In the flesh. Where we struggle. Where we fail. Where we stumble.

Where we. Have all this. That is. Happened to us. In our life. He says. He says. Notice. And the life. Which I now live. In the flesh. Look how I'm going. To live it. I live. By the faith. Of the son of God. Ben Elohim. Emunat. Ben Elohim. I live. By the faith. Of the son of God. Who loved me. And gave himself. For me. For me. What he's really saying. Is that. You know what. Brothers and sisters. Of the Galatians. Now. That I'm living. This new life. Because of Yeshua. The Messiah. I really. Live it. By the faith. On the basis. Of the faith.

Of the son of God. God. You see. On the one hand. He used the word. Mashiach. Here. Twice. On the other hand. He used the word. The son of God. The Mashiach. Of Israel. The savior. Of this world. Is much more. Than just. An ordinary man. He is the eternal. Son. Of God. He came from heaven. He was born. To the virgin. Miriam. He lived the perfect life. He became. That anointed. The Mashiach. When he died. And finished for us. The work on the cross. So now. When I'm going to live. My life. Paul is saying. I don't live my own life. I'm not trying.

To please myself. I'm not trying. To work out. For. To gain salvation. I'm already saved. I'm already justified. I'm already. No condemnation. Because the law. Has no power. Over me. In condemning me. Because the law. Isn't holy. I'm sinful. The Messiah. Paid for that. But now. I'm going to live. My life. By the faith. Of the son. Of God. And you notice. His last expression. And Paul always. Was moved. Who loved me. You know. Every one of us. Can say. Today. Not only. Like John. 316. For God. So loved. The world. Not only. Like. Israel. Said. Or was told. To have loved. You. Israel. With an everlasting.

Love. Not like. The body. Of Christ. The body. Of Messiah. Who can say. For Christ. Loved. The assembly. Loved. The church. And gave himself. For it. But every one of us. Can say. Individually. Me. Me. He loved. He loved. He loved. And he gave himself. For me. Oh yes. For the world. Oh yes. For Israel. Oh yes. For the body. Of Messiah. The assembly. But also. For me. He loved. Me. And he gave himself. For me. I don't deserve. To experience. This love. Because of all. What I am. By nature. And what have I done. In my own life. With all the sin. That I have committed.

I can't even imagine. Why the son of God. Loved me. So much. Paul is saying. And you and I. Can say the same thing. What do you think. He found in you. And in me. That he loved us. So much. To die for us. What is it? Is it anything. Good in us? Just think about it. Beloved brothers. And sisters. Whenever you think. That you and I. Are someone. Or somebody. Whenever you pride. Rise in your hearts. And mine. Just look back. And recognize. How much the Lord. Loved you. A sinner. A rebellious person. And he was willing. To give his life. For you. This is amazing grace.

Sweet. The sound. That saved. A wretch. Like me. And so Paul concludes now. With the fifth. Fact. That he mentioned. That he based. The rebuke. Of Peter's action. Upon the doctrine. Of the truth. Of the gospel. And in verse 21. Paul said. Peter's action. Is a denial. Of the grace. That God. Had provided. For men. And notice. This last verse. And I'm reading. Just this last verse. In verse 21. Notice what he says. I do not frustrate. The grace of God. For if righteousness. Comes by the law. Then the Messiah. Is dead. In vain. See. What Paul is saying. When we. Separate. Thinking. That they are not.

Justified. And I'm justified. And they are not. Quiet. They haven't been. Circumcised. They haven't kept the law. They haven't been. Baptized. They haven't spoken in tongue. They haven't. Have man-made. Rules. They fulfill. And therefore. I'm okay. And they're okay. What we are really saying. By this. That we deny. The grace. Of God. And in that sense. What we are really. We are saying. That Yeshua. The Messiah. Died. For nothing. After all. We are not quite there. We haven't quite. Achieved. What we are supposed to achieve. In order to be saved. And justified. And reconciled. We got to do something. Otherwise. God will not accept that person.

What we are really saying. That Yeshua died. For nothing. Because after all. The grace of God. Is not sufficient. We need grace. But we also need the law. We need grace. But we also need. Circumcision. We need grace. But we also need. Baptism. Or man. Made. Works. And Shaul Paul says. No. This is a denial. Of the truth. Of the grace. Of God. By grace. Are you saved. Through faith. That's the way. We were. We were saved. Not a works. Lest anyone. Will boast. It is entirely. The work. Of Yeshua. The Messiah. God. Otherwise. The Messiah. Died. In vain. But praise God. He didn't die in vain.

Because many have turned their hearts to him. And millions over the generation. Have turned to him. And became. Part. Of the body. Of the Messiah. And praise God for that. He's going to come soon. To take us. To be with him. In glory. say amen to that.