GALATIANS II (Galatians 2:11)

I HAVE A LOVE/HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH PAUL

I FIND HIM TIRING

BOASTFUL

ALWAYS RIGHT

SAY GOOD MORNING

HE GIVES YOU A LECTURE

ON THE WEATHER

BUT CAPABLE

OF AN INCANDESCENT BEAUTY

OF LANGUAGE

SO WHEN HE SAYS

I WITHSTOOD CEPHAS

TO HIS FACE

I IMMEDIATELY

THOUGHT

OF LUTHER’S ADMONITION

We should fear and love God that we may not deceitfully belie, betray, slander, or defame our neighbor, but defend him, [think and] speak well of him, and put the best construction on everything.

I FURTHER THOUGHT

HE’S TALKING OUT OF BOTH SIDES

OF HIS MOUTH

FOR IN ROMAN’S HE SAID

If your brother is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love

AND IN CORINTHIANS HE SAID

Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to fall

SO IF CEPHAS

IS FOLLOWING PAUL

IS ACTING OUT OF CHARITY

I FIND PAUL AT FAULT

BUT CEPHAS

WITH PAUL’S FINGER IN HIS FACE

HOW DOES HE ACT

THIS POOR DUMB FISHERMAN

THIS POOR DUMB EVERYMAN

HE LISTENS

HE DOES NOT REACT ANGRILY

HE LISTENS AND AGREES

NO LOUD ARGUMENTS

OF BEING RIGHT

THOUGH HE'D RATHER

PAUL

HAD HEEDED

THE MASTER’S VOICE

WHEN HE SAID

If your brother sins, reprove him in private

FRANK A VOLLMER