Galatians 2:11-16 11 When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group. 13 The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray. 14 When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs? 15 “We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles 16 know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified. Three types of church communities church church church Questions for D group and/or personal study: Opener question: Have you ever been part of a “bounded” or “fuzzy” group? How would you describe the experience? Go to the Source: Read Galatians 2:11-16 What impression do you receive from God in this text? Why do you think Peter caved into the pressure of not eating with certain people? Live it out: Have you known anyone who has given up on their faith in reaction to the judgmentalism or tight boundary lines of being in a bounded church community? Do you think a centred-set approach is a good alternative? Why or why not? Where does your security lie: in a line? Comparing to others? Jesus? What is God asking you to do?