If you look at verse number 11, we have a we have a conflict here between the Apostle Paul and Peter and
What Peter was doing was in the wrong, okay
But what Peter did?
Impacted than other people and they the Bible says here
they got carried away with their dissimulation and the title of my sermon this morning is carried away with
Dissimulation and and one of the goals is to preaching this here today is I don't want you to be carried away with other people's dissimulation. I
Don't want you to be like the Barnabas that's following Peter
That's in the wrong and going off and separating from people
They shouldn't be separating with for stupid reasons because some other wicked person is
Turning their hearts away or because they're afraid or whatever, you know
It's you know, I've heard people it's one of those things
You know people might throw at you. Oh, well, if you if you don't separate from them, then you don't stand with Jesus
Right. I've heard things like that. I've heard comments like that. Oh, well, then you just worship a man. No, not at all. I
Do have a friend?
I have a friend that I see no reason because
I'm not gonna let I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's look down at the passage here first
I look at the dissimulation verse number 11, but when Peter was come to Antioch I
withstood him to the face
because he was to be blamed first of all, I just want to say this if somebody especially a
Pastor and apostle right someone who's who's a teacher that is in the wrong and is to be blamed
What is possible Paul do he was stood him to the face?
He sees a problem with Peter he sees a problem that something's going on
What did he do did he call up a bunch of his friends and say hey, you know what Peter's doing?
Hey, look at what Peter's doing
Hey, what do you think about what Peter's doing? Hey, I just want to get your opinion
Let me say this to what goes along with the sermon last week. It minds being evil-affected
You know people I say oh I wasn't making any accusations. I was just asking questions
You know how many times people can can insert thoughts and just try to get your mind evil-affected by other people by just asking questions
Be aware of that. Okay, watch out for people who want to sour you against someone else and say oh
I was just asking questions
And
When it happens once with one person
I'm gonna give them the benefit of the doubt and see I was involved in this and I was receiving phone calls and
I thought I was the only person receiving phone calls
When I found out that there's a whole bunch of people receiving phone calls
Now all of a sudden I'm starting to question the motivation
What is it what what is your goal? Do you really just need to start asking all it? Oh
Well, what about this and what about that and hey, look at this
What's the purpose of that?
I'll tell you what
The purpose is to drag somebody's name through the mud and drag them down and try to get a bunch of people together
Against someone else who's doing a great work for God. That's the purpose
It's trying to sow discord among brethren that have unity
What else could it be
Because as we get in this I'm going to show you there is no reason for the dissimulation
Just as in Galatians chapter 2 there is no reason for this dissimulation
It was wicked and wrong there was no purpose for it. It was not righteous. It's not right
We need to learn when it's right to separate when it's right to be
You know split apart from people and when it's not right and when you're actually just doing more harm than good by being
Super sanctified and ultra righteous and just so separated that you can't have any friends
Because the Bible doesn't teach that either