Today: [Galatians 2:] Delivered From Religious Expectations: In chapter 2 of Galatians Paul recounts the controversies that took place in Jerusalem when he visits there after 14 years. He was expected to defer to the racist and legalistic attitudes of the church there which he refuses to do even to the point of rebuking Peter himself for compromising the testimony of Christ because of pressure from those who insisted that Moses’ law must be observed. Paul contends that religious expectation or moral excellence is no substitute for the work of grace that Jesus wrought on the cross to justify and preserve us before God.
