Galatians 2:14-16 14 When I saw that they were not following the truth of the Good News, I said to Peter in front of all the others, "Since you, a Jew by birth, have discarded the Jewish laws and are living like a Gentile, why are you trying to make these Gentiles obey the Jewish laws you abandoned? 15 You and I are Jews by birth, not 'sinners' like the Gentiles. 16 And yet we Jewish Christians know that we become right with God, not by doing what the law commands, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be accepted by God because of our faith in Christ — and not because we have obeyed the law. For no one will ever be saved by obeying the law." (NLT) Salvation has always been by faith. The law was written to show the Jews that they were sinners and they needed God as their savior. The law and the sacrifices were only a glimpse of what was to come. Jesus came to fulfill the law and He did. Now salvation is faith in Christ because He became the ultimate sacrifice for our sins. Peter new the new freedom he had in Christ but fear caused him to stumble and God used Paul to correct Peter. When we allow fear to rule in our lives God will bring someone alone side of us to correct our behavior. God is our Father and He will correct His children and lead them into doing what is right in His sight. We have nothing to fear because the creator of the universe is our God and Father and no one is greater than He. His ways are perfect and right therefore we can trust Him and love Him as He loves us. Sometimes we are like small children learning to first walk for the first time, afraid to stand on our feet and afraid that we will fall. We do not always recognize that it is God who is holding our hands and keeping us from falling. Faith is trusting God who is holding us. We fall because we pull our hands away from God thinking we can do it on our own and then we fall. But God picks us up, dusts us off and patiently helps us again. God loves us and will never forsake us even when we fall. Take time right now and thank Him for always being there for you. Sponsored by Men’s Ministry Our Mission is to Lead Men into a Growing Relationship with Jesus Christ