OUR HYPOCRISY HANGUP

•    survey: just 1 in 7 holds Christlike beliefs & actions
•    Peter’s hypocrisy led even Barnabas astray
•    why loggers leave the biggest trees

GOSPEL TRANSFORMATION: FROM PERSECUTOR TO PREACHER

•    Jesus’ encounter with church’s arch-enemy
•    churches surprised to hear Saul/Paul preaching the faith he violently opposed
•    are we set apart by the “Jesus difference”?

GOSPEL TRUTH ESTABLISHED: GRACE FOR GENTILES

•    Paul received revelations by which he learned the truth
•    “pillars” of church corroborated what he’d been divinely shown
•    Paul didn’t yield on “the truth of the gospel”
•    in a nutshell: justified by faith in Christ not by law-observance

GOSPEL TESTED: HYPOCRISY BACK-PEDALS

•    Peter ate with Gentiles, but drew back for fear of Judaizers
•    Paul confronts Peter: clearly in the wrong, as if “ham on breath”
•    legalism attempts to rebuild barrier Christ removed at cross

GOSPEL THROUGHOUT: LIVE OUT JESUS INSIDE

•    King Tut’s tomb: fancy exterior, but...
•    crucified with Christ so He now lives in me
•    sons of God by faith have God’s Spirit in heart, new life

OUR SON HAD TO DIE FOR SOMEBODY LIKE THAT

•    war hero’s sacrifice merited better results