How To Be Okay

Paul rebuked Peter for a seemingly minor inconsistency: refusing to eat meals with Gentile Christians. However, the heart of the Gospel was at stake. As Paul goes on to explain, no law, whether the Jewish Torah or any man-made standard of behavior, can "justify" sinful people – only faith in Jesus Christ can. Faith unites us to Jesus so thoroughly that we are both crucified and raised with him: Crucified, in that we "die" to trying to keep the law for salvation, and raised, in that we live by his power working in us. And everyone who receives this gospel belongs at the same table in the family of God.