Galatians 2
14But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
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What was their sin? Trying to force Gentiles to live like Jews.
I know we worship different God's and that the scriptures have a greater influence on me it seems than you. But just in case someone else is reading along.
The "Jews" were not following the instructions of the Word which became Flesh. This is a wide spread lie that is at the root of many religious doctrines and traditions.
The Jews were not trying to earn salvation by keeping the Commandments of the God, they were trying to enter in another way, by following their own religion and their own laws.
Matt. 15:
7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with
their lips; but their heart is far from me.
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But in vain they do worship me,
teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Not God (Word which became Flesh)
Matt. 23:
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For they (Not God, the Word which became Flesh) bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay
them on men's shoulders;(Necks) but they
themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
Matt. 15:
1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
3 But he answered and said unto them,
Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God (Word which became Flesh)
by your tradition?
I could go on and on. The Law and Prophets prophesied of Priests who "taught visions of their own mind" Who "speak their own words, not the Word's of God (Word which became Flesh)
Jesus knew this, Peter and James knew this in Acts 15, and Paul knew this truth in Galatians.
The Jews rejected God (The Word which became Flesh) They created their own "Salvation, their own Laws, their own religious traditions and placed them on the shoulders and necks of the people for centuries.
The Word which became Flesh sent them Prophets and they killed them. The Word became Flesh and they killed Him as well.
Paul is speaking to this in Galatians 2.
12 For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself,
fearing them which were of the circumcision. (The Pharisees and Jews and their religion which Jesus rejected)
These were the folks the Word, which became Flesh in the person of Jesus, said were NOT His Children, but the children of satan. These were not teaching people to believe in the God of the Bible, they were preaching their own laws and religion as Jesus, both as the Word, and as the Word which became Flesh told us.
14 But when I saw that they
walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before
them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to
live as do the Jews?
Again, the JEWS had created their own religion, their own laws and Jesus rejected them. Peter was being "bewitched" right along with the Galatians.
These Jews were still pushing their version of the Law of Moses, with their version of the Levitical Priesthood, including the sacrificial "Works of the Law" for remission of sins, which Jesus had replaced with His Blood.
Of course Paul would not try "to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?"
It wasn't keeping the Commandments of God which made Jesus reject the Jews. He rejected them because they "Taught for doctrines the Commandments of Men".
16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the
works of the law,
but by the faith of Jesus Christ,(The Word which became Flesh) even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be
justified by the faith of Christ, and not (Justified)
by the
works of the law
Religious ceremonies and sacrificial blood letting) for by the
works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
But this isn't speaking to the Law and Prophets which hang on the First and Greatest Commandment. Because Jesus said they will be here as long as heaven and earth are here. And I can prove that this earth, is the same earth Jesus was standing on when He made this declaration.