Another Gospel – Part 2
Galatians 1
1 Paul, an apostle–sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead– 2 and all the brothers with me,
3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,4 who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
5 to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
No Other Gospel
6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel–7 which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ.8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned!
9 As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned!
10 Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
This week’s sermon was about how we find ourselves turning away from the Gospel. We don’t necessarily intend to walk about, but we do it in subtle ways. Sometimes we let guilt and shame convince us that we are unlovable. Sometimes we believe that we have to earn our way to Heaven in addition to accepting Christ as our Lord and Savior. Sometimes we add rules to follow in order to justify our salvation. All of these are forms of abandoning the true Gospel of Jesus Christ’s grace and mercy.
