Galatians 2:14 - Nobody flies in coach

"But rather when I saw that they are not straight-feeting toward the truth of the Good News, I said to Cephas in front of all, 'If you, being a Jew, Gentile-like and not Jew-like are living, how are you compelling the Gentiles to be judaizing?'"

-Peter (and all the other Jewish believers in Antioch) erred by literally not being straight-footed towards the truth of the Gospel.  They were not walking in a straight course towards what was true.  They - Peter - were saying one thing (you don’t need to be circumcised to be an acceptable follower of Christ), and yet were doing another (only those who are circumcised are acceptable - to us, and by extension, to the Lord).  And they should have known better.  Peter knew better.  He knew full well that the Gospel completely levels the playing field.  All have sinned, Jew and Gentile alike, and all are equally separated from their Creator, an insurmountable distance apart from the grace of God and the blood of Christ, in which trusting all are brought near.  Jews get no closer, get not one ounce more of God’s infinite grace or everlasting love than do uncircumcised Gentiles.  In Christ there is no residual stain or moral filth which might somehow rub off one person and contaminate another.  There is no spiritual second class.  Nobody flies in coach.  It matters not who you are, into what race or religion you were born, where you’ve been, what you’ve done - by trusting in Christ (and by that alone), all are welcome, all is forgiven and washed whiter than snow.  All in Christ become family, sons and daughters of their heavenly Father, brothers and sisters forever.

-So Paul did speak to Peter face-to-face, but did so in public, in the presence of the entire assembly.  They could have been gathered for worship, to break some bread or perhaps more likely for some corporate meal, when Peter would have blatantly disassociated himself from the Gentile believers in an otherwise informal setting.  All the rest of the Jewish believers there had followed his example - even Barnabas(!), and the entire assembly was fractured.  Thus it became an object lesson for all, and a desperately needed one at that.  Imagine how Peter must’ve felt - exposed, embarrassed, humiliated.  No doubt by giving in to his spiritual prejudice and pride he had made many in Antioch feel the same way.  They had been led to believe that he was their friend, this one of ‘the three’, this de facto leader of the twelve.  He had embraced them as brothers... And then he did not.  How disillusioned they must have felt because of Peter, this alleged spiritual leader, questioning his character, perhaps even questioning their very salvation.

-In Christ, all are family, beloved, accepted, acceptable - everyone, all one.  All.  Everyone gets upgraded to spiritual first class - and should be treated as such.  Are there any areas where you and I are not living into this truth?