alienbill{at}wyoming.com wrote:

>
>
> Bart Goddard  wrote:
>
>> If my Baptist aunt-in-law visits my house and I want to have a
>> beer, there are two scenerios:
>>
>> 1.  Her faith is weak and the presence of beer drinkers
>> challenges her faith.  In this case, I'm bound to hide the
>> beer and refrain from drinking during her visit.
>
> Sounds reasonable to me. But isn't this what Peter was doing when
> chastised by Paul for acting differently in front of Jews from
> Jerusalem than he had acted when among only the former pagans?

I think, rather, that Peter was failing to proclaim the
Gospel by modelling a "faith plus works" theology.  If Jesus'
sacrifice makes us pure, we don't need ritual purity any
longer.  By insisting on it, Peter was denying the efficacy
of Jesus' sacrifice.  So I think this comes under category 2.

Bart

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