If you would open up your Bibles to Galatians chapter 2, we're going to be looking at verses 11 through 14 this morning,
which is essentially a historic gospel rebuke.
One apostle rebuking another apostle.
And it's for us in Scripture.
You know, anniversaries are special occasions.
It gives us time to pause and reflect and celebrate.
I mean, your birthday is kind of an anniversary.
Every year it rolls around.
And we're told in Psalm 90 to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
And so your birthday rolls around and gives you an opportunity to ask the question,
am I living my life for what matters most?
The days I have left, how am I going to live them?
Well, it kind of applies to kind of a wedding anniversary as well.
You know, your wedding anniversary rolls around.
And you've got to ask the question, am I being faithful to my vows that I made before God to this person?
And are we living out our marriage for the glory of God?
Is our marriage a blessing to those around us?
So it gives you time to pause and reflect.
For a church anniversary, it gives us a moment to pause and reflect.
Are we living for what matters most?
Are we, as a church, walking together according to the truth of the gospel?
So the question I want to ask this morning is, how are we doing?
How are we doing as a church in living for Jesus?
Now, Galatians 2 is going to help us with this.
And just, if you're new with us this morning, just to give you a little background on the book of Galatians generally,
the apostle Paul was the apostle to the Gentiles.
And so he showed up in southern Galatia and started sharing the gospel in cities like Iconium and Lystra and Derbe.
And there was this response to the gospel of these Gentiles, these non-Jews.
And he planted churches in these churches in southern Galatia.
And so he established them on the truth that the gospel, Christ died for these Gentiles.
And the way you respond is by faith alone and God's grace alone and what Christ did on the cross alone.
And so after he leaves to go plant other churches, what followed was a bunch of false teachers.
And these false teachers started teaching these newly converted Gentiles
that in addition to believing in Jesus, they also had to be circumcised
and they also had to eat kosher foods, no pork for you.
They also had to start observing Jewish holy days.
And so in addition to their belief in Jesus,
they had to obey these particular commands from the Old Testament.
And when they would do both, then they would be declared righteous in God's sight.
They'd be accepted by God.
And so they were teaching a salvation by faith plus works equals you're okay with God.
Paul gets wind of this and he writes the letter to the Galatians.
It's what we have in our Bibles.
And he corrects these young Christians on what the gospel is and how to live according to the gospel,
to be living by faith in Jesus, not by the law.
And so what we're looking at this morning is essentially a rebuke.
The Apostle Paul rebukes the Apostle Peter for straying from the gospel.
And so for us this morning, I can sum up verses 11 through 14 in this sentence.
We as a church, on this anniversary Sunday, moving forward,
we must keep in step with the truth of the gospel.
Our freedom depends on it.
We must keep in step with the truth of the gospel.
We must not drift from the gospel.
We must be shaped by the gospel.
And so the way that we're going to walk through these verses is very straightforward.
I want you to see some things.
I want you to notice the calendar.
When this happened.
And then I want you to understand where on the map this is taking place.
And then we got to get down to the kind of what's the hubbub here?
What's the big deal?
The big deal is something that happens basically in a cafeteria in Antioch back in the mid to late 40s A.D.
Something happened there.
And it matters for us now.
And then I want to help you see why this matters.
It's about the gospel.
And so after I walk you through this passage,
I want to help you apply this passage in four ways.
Four lessons.
So let's now get into this passage.
Galatians chapter 2 verses 11 through 14.
Paula, thank you so much for reading this.
So let's walk through this.
Remember, this is about staying true to the gospel as a church.
We must not drift from the gospel.
We must stay true.
Keep in step with the truth of the gospel.
So notice when this takes place.
In verse 11, we read the two words,
But when?
When?
When does this take place?
Well, this is taking place after the historic handshake between Paul, Peter, James, and John,
which we just learned about last week in Galatians 2, 1 through 10.
And so there's this snapshot in verse 9.
Peter, or Paul, has laid out the gospel that he preaches,
that this gospel that Jesus gave himself up for our sins,
when received by faith, God declares that sinner righteous in his sight forever.
It's based nothing on what this sinner does.
It's only based upon their faith in what Christ has done.
And when Paul explains this, Peter, James, and John eventually extend him the right hand of unity,
fellowship.
They're saying, we're on board with that.
Yes and amen.
Amen.
And so what happens is, this took place in Jerusalem, that handshake,
and just days, weeks, months later,
there's this situation that arises in Antioch
that's really confusing.
So for you to understand, first of all,
Peter has already agreed to what the gospel is.
He himself has been saved by it.
Now I want you to notice where this takes place.
A few days, weeks, maybe even a month or two
after this historic handshake over the gospel
that took place in Jerusalem,
we read in verse 11,
but when Cephas, that's another name for Peter,
so when Peter came to Antioch,
this isn't happening in Jerusalem.
This whole hub-hub happens in Antioch.
Now Antioch was about 150 miles north of Jerusalem,
and where Jerusalem was this highly Jewish area,
Antioch was a highly Gentile area.
In fact, one writer believes that Antioch at this time
had a population of about 250,000 people.
It's two and a half times the size of our city.
And estimates say that a tenth of them,
25,000, were Jews.
And so Antioch was primarily a Gentile city.
And so Peter, the apostle to the Jews,
soon after the handshake of unity on the gospel,
finds himself down in Gentile land in Antioch.
And notice what they're doing.
Verse 12.
He was eating with the Gentiles.
We'll come back to that.
Here's what you need to know about Peter.
In Acts chapter 10,
there's this guy.
His name is Cornelius.
He was a Gentile.
He was a centurion.
A position of great influence.
And God speaks to him.
And says,
He says,
Cornelius,
you got to send some guys to Joppa
to get this dude named Peter.
And so Cornelius,
the Gentile,
in Caesarea,
sends his dudes
to get Peter,
who's in Joppa.
And as they're on their way,
Peter has this vision in Joppa
of descending from heaven
was this huge sheet
filled with unclean animals.
And this voice from heaven said,
Rise, Peter.
Eat it up.
And Peter's like,
No, it's unclean.
I can't.
I'm going to break your law.
But God says,
Eat.
Three times God says eat.
So Peter comes out of the trance
and knocking on his door
are these guys sent from Cornelius
saying,
Come with us to Caesarea
to talk to Cornelius about the gospel.
So Peter's been given this vision
that all foods have been made clean.
He goes to Caesarea.
He walks into Cornelius' door
and he says this,
First thing he says,
You yourselves know how unlawful it is
for me to associate with
or visit anyone of another nation.
This is a Jew speaking to a Gentile.
But God has shown me
that I should not call any persons
common or unclean.
Peter walks into Cornelius' house.
He preaches the gospel to them.
They respond in faith.
The Holy Spirit is poured out on them.
And it is clear.
God is saving Gentiles
through the gospel.
Peter's already experienced this.
That happened before Paul's visit
14 years after his conversion to Jerusalem
in the right hand of fellowship.
So this Peter,
who had this vision,
who saw Gentiles
come to faith in Jesus,
he makes his way
from Jerusalem
to Antioch.
And now we get to
the whole hubbub.
I don't know if it was
in a cafeteria or not,
but it had to be somewhere
where a lot of people
were eating together.
Because Peter comes down,
and we read in verse 12,
for certain men came from James,
Peter was eating with the Gentiles.
Now if you're not familiar
with Jewish eating,
dietary regulations,
they were very strict.
There's certain only things
that Jews could eat
and they could not eat.
It was eating kosher.
And so when we read here
that Peter was eating
with the Gentiles,
there's two things going on.
Not only is he
with the Gentiles,
but he's eating
off of the Gentile menu.
He's not ordering
from the kosher menu.
What you need to know
about these dietary restrictions
was that they're kind of
like circumcision.
It was a way for Jews
to identify themselves
as being God's people.
It marked them
as being belonged to God.
And so one of the
Old Testament dietary laws
meant that Jews
could not eat pork.
So Jews couldn't eat bacon,
they couldn't have
a ham sandwich,
and they definitely
couldn't eat
a barbecued
pulled pork sandwich.
And so when we read
verse 13,
and the rest of the Jews
acted hypocritically,
what we're going to see
is Peter is doing something
that seems strange
to these men
who came from James.
So Peter comes
down to Antioch,
he's eating
with these Gentile Christians
in Antioch,
he's eating
all the barbecued
pulled pork sandwiches
he can get his hands on
because he's like,
I can't believe
that Jesus has made
all these clean.
This is so good.
You know what this means?
Peter's living
in some gospel convictions.
Peter's living out
the gospel.
This Jewish apostle
is eating pork
with Gentile believers
in Antioch.
And this is where
it gets messy.
Twelve,
for before certain men
came down from James.
Here's what was
probably going on.
Word has gotten back
to Jerusalem
that Peter
is behaving
rather Gentile-like.
And so James,
who was the Lord's brother
and one of the three
that shook
Paul's hand
in the right hand
of fellowship
over what
the true gospel is,
James hears
about this
and says,
okay guys,
you need to go
check this out.
And the question is,
why?
Why does it matter?
Well, one of the
possibilities is this.
Peter's conduct,
his behavior
was getting back
to non-believing Jews
in Jerusalem
and so is making
it difficult
for the Jerusalem church
to witness to them.
That's one possibility.
What we have here though
is these men
from James
come down
and something happens.
for before
certain men
came down
from James,
Peter was eating
with the Gentiles
but when they came,
he drew back
and separated himself
fearing the circumcision party.
There's a dramatic
change of behavior
in Peter
when these men
come down.
Before they come,
he's enjoying
pulled pork sandwiches
with his Gentile
brothers and sisters
but after they come,
he separates themselves
from them.
He's no longer
eating the food
nor is he being
spending time
with these Gentiles
over food.
And Paul said
he did it
out of fear
of the circumcision party.
Those people
who are making
a case
that
in order for
a Gentile
to be converted,
they also need
to be circumcised.
So it was this thinking
that you needed
to be obeying
the law
in addition
to believing
in Jesus
in order to be saved.
We don't know
the details
of how all that
stuff was working.
What we do know
is this.
Peter's action
were not born
of faith in God,
it was born
of fear of man.
And so when someone
acts out of the fear
of man,
it usually
doesn't
end well
and we see that
in verse 13.
And the rest
of the Jews
acted hypocritically
along with him
so that even
Barnabas,
a Jewish Christian,
was led astray
by their hypocrisy.
So apparently
there were other
Jewish Christians
here in this
cafeteria
eating pulled pork
sandwiches
with these Gentile
brothers and sisters
in Christ
and when Peter
withdraws himself
it's a domino effect
because there are
other Jewish Christians
that pull out
including Barnabas.
Barnabas
and he was a good
buddy
of Paul.
And this is why
we've got a problem.
This behavior
was resulting
in division.
Now what Paul
isn't saying here
is that
Peter is some kind
of a false teacher.
He doesn't condemn
Paul in the sense
of
may God's wrath
be upon you
like he says
in Galatians 1,
8,
and 9.
But what Peter
is doing
is he's being
false to the gospel.
His behavior
is inconsistent
with the truth
of the gospel.
Let me put it
this way.
If you were
a newly converted
Gentile Christian
in Antioch
who's been eating
pulled pork sandwiches
with Peter
and all of a sudden
he gets up
and leaves
and doesn't come back
and he brings
his Jewish Christian
buddies with him,
what are you
thinking?
Here's
what I would
be thinking
when I do
wrong.
This is
confusing.
The Jewish
apostle guy
isn't eating
pulled pork
with us anymore.
Do we need
to be eating
differently?
Is believing
in Jesus Christ
not enough?
Do I need
to give up
pork
in order to be
accepted by God?
Do I need
to believe
in Jesus
and
perform
in order
to be
made right
with God?
So you can
imagine how
this confusion
leads to fear.
Peter's
dining
habits
in
Antioch
were not
only confusing
the Gentile
Christians
there,
they were
so in
confusion
among the
Christian
Jews
there too.
Peter
definitely
isn't
connecting
the gospel
dots here.
So you
know who
does?
The
apostle
Paul.
He's going
to connect
the gospel
dots
for Peter
and that
is why
he rebukes
him publicly.
This is a
public event
and there
were multiple
people led
astray and
confused by
this.
That's why
in verse 14
you read
about Paul
speaking to
Cephas
in front
of everyone.
Everyone
needed a
gospel
rebuke
here.
But
so we
get to
now the
why
of this
rebuke.
Here's
the number
of it.
What's at
stake here
is the
very gospel
itself.
How does
a sinner
get right
with God?
That's
what's at
stake.
Is it
a sinner
needs to
trust in
Jesus
plus
obey
laws
and
then
God
will
accept
them
based
upon
their
obedience
and
belief
in
Jesus
or
is it
trust
in
Christ
alone
plus
nothing
else
and
then
God
justifies
you?
Which one
is it?
Peter was
sending a
missed
message so
Paul's
going to
make it
clear.
And next
week you
will see
just how
clear Paul
makes it.
But what
Paul is
going to
say is
it's
just
trusting
in
Jesus
plus
nothing
else.
Then
God
justifies
you.
It's
based on
trusting
in
Christ's
finished
work
at the
cross.
And on
the basis
of that
work
God
justifies
you,
completely
forgives
you all
of your
sin,
and accepts
you fully
and totally
based on
the perfect
righteousness
of Jesus.
you're
accepted.
God
declares
you,
the judge
of all
time in
the courtroom
of all
time declares
you innocent
forever based
upon the
finished work
of Jesus.
That's what's
at stake
here.
You think
it's like,
okay,
come on,
just get
over the
food thing.
It's about
the gospel.
So Paul
he
confronts
Peter
and says
in verse
14,
he first
saw that
Peter and
the other
Jewish
Christians
conduct
was not
in step
with the
truth of
the gospel.
It is
this not
in step
with the
gospel,
in step
with the
gospel,
it's a
beautiful
word in
Greek.
It literally
is
ortho
walk.
Have you
heard of
an
orthodontist?
The guy
that makes
your teeth
straight?
ortho
walking
is
walking
straight.
Walking
in
accord
with
the
truth
of
the
gospel.
The
gospel
just
doesn't
justify
me.
The
gospel
shapes
the
way
I
live
my
life.
And
what
Paul
sees
here
is that
Peter's
dining
habits,
his
withdrawing
from
these
Gentiles,
that
is
not
ortho
walking,
it's
confuso
walking.
It's
distorting
the
gospel
of
grace.
So
Paul
says
to him,
Cephas,
what are
you
thinking?
He
says,
if you,
Peter,
though a
Jew,
live
like a
Gentile
eating
pulled
pork
sandwiches
and not
like a
Jew,
how can
you
force
the
Gentiles
to live
like Jews?
Being a
hypocrite,
Peter,
that word
force
shows up
earlier in
Galatians 2
when
Titus
did not
feel
forced
to be
circumcised.
Now we
have other
Gentiles
feeling
forced
that they
need to
eat
according to
Jewish
dietary
regulations
in order
to be
justified
in God's
sight.
And
Paul says
to Peter,
you're being
a hypocrite.
You
can't do
that.
You're
sending a
mixed
message.
I mean,
this is the
same Peter
who had
this vision
in Acts
10.
This is the
same Peter
who saw
the Holy
Spirit fall
upon Cornelius
in his
household.
They were
saved.
This is the
same Peter
who just
weeks earlier
shook
Paul's
hand over
what the
gospel is.
What
happened?
His fear
of man
eclipsed
his gospel
convictions.
Slipped.
Peter
should have
done.
Peter
should have
stood up
to these
men from
James and
he should
have said
something like
this to
them.
Hey guys,
the gospel
of Jesus
Christ has
changed
everything.
You guys
know that?
I have
been set
free by
the gospel
from living
under the
law to
perform for
God.
Jesus has
freed me
to enjoy
pulled pork
barbecue
sandwiches
with these
Gentile
brothers and
sisters in
this cafeteria
in Antioch.
We're all
justified by
faith.
Jew and
Gentile.
Justified by
faith alone
and God's
grace alone
in Christ
alone.
Do you
guys want a
pork sandwich?
I can
imagine if
Peter stood
his ground,
he should
have said,
hey, you
can go back
and tell
James that,
hey, I
understand things
may be confusing
and difficult
in Jerusalem
because of
what the
gospel has
freed us to
do here,
but you
know what?
You've got to
deal with
it.
But I'm
not going
to send
a mixed
message to
my brothers
and sisters
in Christ
here.
what we
see going
on here
is Peter's
fear of
man overruled
his gospel
convictions.
And all of
us in the
room know
what that's
like.
And so
because of
that, Paul
confronts
him that
his conduct
was not
shaped by
the gospel
and it
was distorting
the gospel.
It was
misleading Jews
and confusing
Gentiles and
it required
public
rebuke.
And Paul
does just
that.
Why?
Why would
Paul do
this?
Why does
Paul care?
Why would
Paul get up
in Antioch
in front of
all these
people and
rebuke
Peter like
this?
Why would
he do
that?
In a
word,
love.
Paul loved
Peter.
And Paul
did not
want Peter
to live
under the
slavery of
the law
when he
in fact
was freed
by Christ
to live
for God.
Paul loved
the Gentiles
in Antioch
and Paul
didn't want
them living
under
slavery
to the
law
but he
wanted them
to live
in the
freedom
of the
truth
of the
gospel
that they
have been
justified
by faith
alone in
Christ's
law.
But it
doesn't stop
there
because this
account
of what
happened in
Antioch
is an
account
in a
letter
written to
a bunch
of
Gentile
Christians
in
Galatia.
So obviously
this situation
would happen
in Antioch
has a lot
of bearing
what's going
on in
Galatia.
And so
Paul is
using this
story
in order
to love
the Gentiles
in Galatia
and say
to them
do not
be misled
by this
false
gospel.
It's not
faith in
Jesus plus
your works
that make
you right
with God.
It's
faith in
Jesus alone
that makes
you right
with God.
But it
doesn't end
with the
Gentiles
in Galatia
because here
we are
Gentiles
in
Kenosha.
You see
God
moved
through
Paul
to rebuke
Peter
and
Paul
God
moved
through
Paul
in order
to love
those
Gentiles
in
Antioch
and
God
was
moving
through
Paul
through
this
letter
to love
the Gentiles
in Galatia
and God
is moving
through this
letter
to love
us
Gentiles
today
here in
Kenosha
to clarify
for us
that this
same
gospel
is by
faith alone
in God's
grace alone
in Christ
alone.
God
that's
why I
got to
tell you
we
can't
drift
from
this
our
freedom
in
Christ
is at
stake
we
must
live
lives
shaped
by the
gospel
we
must
not
lose
our
gospel
way
we
must
keep in
step
with the
truth of
the gospel
in other
words
we must
live
out
of God's
gracious
work
in us
to justify
us
now I've
got four
lessons for
you
here they
are
this is
sobering
if the
apostle
Peter
can lose
his
gospel
bearings
after
visions
and
dramatic
holy
spirit
experiences
and
picturesque
right hand
of fellowship
meetings
if the
apostle
Peter
can lose
his
gospel
bearings
what does
that mean
for us
we can
lose our
gospel
bearings
too
we can
stray
from the
truth
of the
gospel
we are
prone
to
wander
this is
kind of a
drift
let's call it
gospel
drift
where we
drift
from the
gospel
how do
we
counter
gospel
drift
we
counter
gospel
drift
by
gospel
intentionality
we are
very
purposed
to remind
ourselves
frequently
of what
the gospel
is
and so
let me
give you
a suggestion
of how
you can
start
doing
that
today
you start
memorizing
gospel
Galatians
2
20
Billy's
going to
preach on
this next
week
Paul says
I've been
crucified
with Christ
it's no longer
I who live
but Christ
lives in me
in the life
I now live
in the flesh
I live by
faith in the
son of God
who
gospel
who loved
me and gave
himself up
for me
I don't live
for Christ
in order to
earn Christ's
love
Christ loved
me and so
now I live
for Christ
and it's
this
gospel
centrality
this
gospel
in the
middle
of who
we are
and all
that we
do
that forms
us
personally
it forms
our
life
groups
it forms
our
Sunday
morning
gatherings
we can't
drift
we can't
afford
to drift
because
if we
forget
the gospel
we will
drift
from the
gospel
and when
we drift
from the
gospel
we'll
either
replace
the
gospel
with
something
else
or
add
to
the
gospel
and when
you do
that
you've
got
something
other
than
the
gospel
and
then
you're
enslaved
we can't
afford
drifting
the
gospel
is our
emancipation
proclamation
we've
got to
live with
it
in
hand
like
Christian
and dangerous
journey
on the
way
to
the
celestial
city
Peter
can
lose
his
gospel
bearing
so
can
we
but
God's
given
us
the
gospel
it's
our
compass
that
keeps
us
on
line
with
the
gospel
second
Christian
leadership
is all
about
the
gospel
Christian
leadership
is all
about
the
gospel
Christian
leadership
essentially
amounts
to this
we keep
saying
things like
this is
what the
gospel
is
Christ
gave
himself
up
for
our
sins
and
when
you
believe
that
it
changes
who
you
are
it
changes
your
very
identity
and
so
we
say
to
people
the
gospel
changes
who
you
are
and
so
you
live
out
of
that
you
live
out
of
that
freedom
you
live
for
God
now
we
see
two
examples
of
leadership
in
this
passage
Peter
fear
of
man
exercising
his
leadership
whether
he
realized
it
or
not
and
it
resulted
in
division
confusion
and
fear
but
Paul
gospel
minded
Paul
exercised
his
leadership
with
a
rebuke
resulting
in
unity
clarity
and
peace
because
it's
the
same
Peter
who
speaks
of
Paul
in
2
Peter
3
15
as
our
beloved
brother
Paul
so
here's
what that
means
elders
associate
pastors
deacons
life
group
leaders
moms
and dads
leading
in your
homes
we keep
pointing
people
back
to the
gospel
and what
God
has done
in his
grace
in
sinners
lives
and
we keep
on
making
those
connections
next
week
Peter
is
going
to
preach
on
verses
15
through
21
it's
the
correction
to
this
rebuke
and
Paul
aims
these
Jewish
Christians
at
who
they
are
in
Christ
so
let's
say
that
you're
a
life
group
leader
and
someone
in
your
life
group
is
looking
at
pornography
you know
what you
tell
them
the
gospel
brother
sister
you've
been
changed
by the
gospel
that
doesn't
rule
your
life
anymore
Jesus
does
we
point
them
to
living
life
shaped
by the
gospel
so in
order to
live for
Christ
you've
got to
give
that
up
the
third
lesson
is
right
from
a
text
sometimes
the
most
loving
thing
you
can
do
for
someone
is
to
rebuke
them
out
in
front
of
the
church
is
8th
Avenue
all
around
library
square
is
a
one
way
loop
every
week
I
see
a
car
or
two
driving
the
wrong
direction
and I
go out
and I
say
you're
going
the
wrong
way
that's
a
rebuke
stop
what
you're
doing
lives
are
in
jeopardy
a
Christian
rebuke
is a
loving
rebuke
because
it
aims
us
back
at
the
freedom
in
the
gospel
and
so
when
Paul
rebukes
Peter
he's
saying
Peter
be
free
when
he
rebukes
the
Jewish
Christians
with
them
he's
saying
be
free
and
when
the
Gentiles
in
Antioch
heard
all
this
he's
saying
be
free
the
Gentiles
in
Galatia
be
free
and
for
us
thousands
of
years
later
this
gospel
rebuke
is
a
be
free
from
living
under
the
law
this
is
an
encouragement
we
live
in
close
proximity
with
one
another
let
me
just
strengthen
your
hand
if
you're
seeing
something
in
someone
else's
life
and
it
is
out
of
step
with
the
gospel
it's
confuso
walking
not
ortho
walking
love
them
point
them
to
Jesus
fourth
and
finally
on
this
anniversary
Sunday
of
ours
the
gospel
is to
our
church
as
the
sun
is to
our
solar
system
it
is
the
center
of
all
that
we
do
it's
the
center
with
which
everything
orbits
it's
that
which
gives
us
all
life
it's
that
which
unites
us
all
and
so
let
me
close
by
just
saying
this
when
the
gospel
is at
the
center
of
our
life
as
a
church
not
only
will
we
be
walking
in
greater
and
greater
amounts
of
freedom
to
live
for
God
we're
going
to
have
greater
and
greater
amounts
of
impact
in
this
city
because
everyone
is
enslaved
in
this
city
and
it's
only
the
gospel
that
will
free
them
so
that
they
can
live
for
God
and
find
true
joy
this
morning
I've
tried
to
impress
upon
you
we
must
not
drift
from
the
gospel
but
we
must
stay
true
to
the
gospel
let's
pray
God
in
heaven
we
thank
you
so
much
for
this
rebuke
recorded
for
us
God
if
there
is
rebuke
in
us
that
you
intend
through
this
so
be
it
God
help
us
to
live
in
the
freedom
that
Christ
purchased
for
us
freedom
from
sin
and
fear
to
live
the
freedom
to
live
for
God
to
live
for
you
God
would
you
bring
this
in
greater
and
greater
measures
in
our
church
would
you
release
people
from
false
ideas
of
what
it
means
to
be
saved
and
to
live
in
the
freedom
of
this
gift
of
righteousness
given
to
those
who
receive
it
by
faith
God
help
us
help
us
to
live
according
to
the
truth
of
the
gospel
in
Jesus
name
we
pray
Amen
by
George
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