Paul warned the churches of imposters, who pretended to be fellowcitizens with the saints (Eph 2:19), entering in among them (also see Acts 20:29-30; Matt 7:15, 10:16; Luke 10:3) .... that would draw them away from the grace of Christ (John 1:17b) and put them under the law (John 1:17a):
Gal 2:4-5 And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
5 To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
The contrast IN THE BIBLE is between grace and law ....
not between Peter and Paul.
From what were the saints being pulled away?
Gal 1:6-7 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
Spiritual perverts?! Turning the grace of God?!
Jude 1:3-4 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of
the common salvation, (also see ‘the common faith’ in Titus 1:4)
it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
(There is only ONE faith - Eph 4:5.
Paul preached ‘the faith’ that he once destroyed - Gal 1:23.)
4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Luke recorded Peter’s words before the apostles and elders (Acts 15:6), telling about God chosing HIM to take the gospel of salvation to a group of Gentiles gathered at Cornelius’ house (Acts 10:1,24):
Acts 11:14 Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.
Acts 15:10-11 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
Are ‘Mid-Acts-ers’ turning the grace of God unawares? They are not trying to put saints under the law. But what they are doing, is accusing Peter and the rest of the apostles of it .... even though the SCRIPTURES teach otherwise.
‘Mid-Acts-ers’ deny that Peter and the other apostles taught salvation by grace through Christ, like Paul did.
This is David Dowell saying, "Think about it!"
