Galatians 1:6-9
6 I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, 7 which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.
6 I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, 7 which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.
The enemy sow tares within the church, hoping to replace the invaluable grace of God in Christ with another “gospel,” which is not good nor new. Deception began with Eve and is alive and well, both in the time this letter to the Galatian churches and in the present. Here we see troublemakers twisting the truth and pulling people away from the simplicity that is in Christ. Paul warns that even if any man or an angel uttered a different gospel, they are cursed by God. He said this emphatically and repeated it to assuage any doubt of the readers or hearers of this message. For us today, we need to be valiant for the truth as Bereans who study zealously to rightly understand the scriptures and avoid these errors. We can then defend the truth of the gospel so others hear the truth and are truly reconciled to God. The truth determines the faith that saves souls.
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