Hoops and Hypos

Join us as Pastor Matt Smith shares part 2 of our series “Plain & Simple”.

The apostle Paul wrote to the churches in Galatia to call attention to the areas that need
correction and recalibration. These Gentile believers were being burdened by the practices of
Jewish law - hoops that were unnecessary and hindering people from knowing Jesus. When
Peter engaged with the Gentiles, he was warm, welcoming, and friendly, but when his Jewish
counterparts were in town, Peter would separate himself from the Gentiles because he feared
what these Jewish people might think of him. Paul is outraged by this hypocrisy and opposes
Peter to his face. Hypocrisy is dangerous and contagious. We need to ruthlessly eliminate the
spirit of hypocrisy from the Church, which means we need to be honest about what it looks like.