Fully Alive in Christ
Galatians 2 - Navigating Relational Disconnect - Ryan Rhoden
May 7, 2023
In Galatians 2, we learn of an encounter between the two primary leaders of the Early Church, Peter, and Paul, that could have led to the end of their relationship. In his zeal to protect the purity of the Gospel of Grace, Paul confronted Peter openly and emphatically for being legalist and racist. How did Peter respond? What happened to their relationship afterward? Was this relational disconnect between leaders fatal to the Early Church? In a season where we have seen or experienced a lot of relational disconnects between friends, family, and believers, what can we learn from Peter and Paul that we can apply here and now? The God of redemption was at work in their relational disconnect, and He is at work in ours - mending, healing, convicting, reconciling, and restoring what the enemy has stolen. A season of conflict doesn't have to spell the end of a relationship. What is God up to right now? How is he drawing us together and forward? How can we overcome massive hurt, offense, and frustration, like Peter and Paul had to work through?
Chapters: 
00:00 - Intro
03:20 - When Jesus Intercepts You
07:19 - The Completed Work of Jesus
11:50 - Paul Confronts Peter: Justified by our Faith in Jesus
16:46 - Our Death out of the Old Covenant
21:18 - Grieving Relationship Disconnections
26:00 - Breaking Relationship Over Lesser Things
28:08 - What Fragments Us Relationally
29:16 - Love Whispers
30:45 - Holding on to Offense
31:42 - Numbing Ourselves to Unforgiveness
34:18 - Altar-ing our Unforgiveness