It is interesting how sometimes we would do things to please man even if it is against our good conscience. Sometimes it is because you are employed in a particular organization and you are paid for the job you do. Or, you sense an obligation to stay connected with a particular individual or organization because of some historical ties. In the early church this was also evident. Paul straightforwardly highlights some hypocrisy about the adherence to the law. There were Jewish followers of Jesus who kept the law, including circumcision. There was even references to situations where people will not sit together because there were Gentiles. Paul clearly shows (there are indications in Galatians that he spent 17 years in quiet study of the Holy Scriptures from a new perspective as a follower of Jesus Christ) that if the law was to be fulfilled, then Christ' death on the cross was in vain. We are saved by faith. Old habits die hard. Galatians 2:20-21 I have been crucified with Christ;...