Sunday, January 10, 2016

Galatians 1:1-9

There is an attack on the gospel of Jesus Christ today! Paul warns us of people perverting the gospel and preaching a false gospel.  Today there are two great perversions out there that are perverting the true gospel. They are the health, wealth, prosperity gospel and the ultra-dispensational gospel. While a full disclosure of these two heresies would take a lengthy discussion, a simple answer to these is that they both add something to the gospel.  The one is a wrong motive to get safe, the other a wrong means to get saved. You don't receive Christ in order to get rich, you receive Christ so you don't go to a Devil's Hell!  You don't get saved; Old Testament, New Testament or Tribulation by faith and works! Galatians 3:6  Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. We need true Bible believers to stand up for the sake of defending the true gospel that these perverts are trying to destroy. Romans 1:16  For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. Those who pervert the gospel are cursed according to Paul. (v.9)  The gospel message is the most powerful thing in the world. It alone can bring about a transformation in the life of even the most vilest of sinners. Christ died for all! Christ wants all to be saved! Let's stand for the pure, true gospel of grace and live it! Galatians 2:21  I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.  It is Christ's death and His death alone that allows us to become righteous! Amen!!