Title: Why Did Paul Rebuke Peter Publically?
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00:27 Correcting Leaders Privately Vs. Publically
01:35 Do You Care for Those You're Rebuking?
03:27 Consider Their Public Influence
04:24 Should We Rebuke Leaders on Social Media?
05:49 Not Everything is a Galatians 2 Issue
07:46 Why Didn't Paul Follow the Matthew 18 Principle?
11:10 What's Next?
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Galatians 2:11–16
But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party. And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy. But 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?” We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
Matthew 18:15–20
“If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.” (ESV)
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Pastors Jed and Isaias join Jason to unpack why Paul corrected Peter in public at Antioch. They show that Paul’s goal was care and restoration, not clout. Peter’s withdrawal from Gentile believers was both public and influential, so the harm required a public response. The conversation weighs Matthew 18’s private steps with the reality that some sins already affect many. They caution against turning every dispute into a Galatians 2 moment, especially on social media, and call listeners to pursue correction in relationship, with a posture of love, for the good of the person and the church.
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