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.
As we have said
before, so now I say again,
if anyone preaches
any other gospel to you
then what you have
received,
let him be accursed.
Galatians 1: 8 -- 9
How
important are these two verses?
Very! So very important that
Paul reiterated that those who brought a different gospel would be accursed:
two times! It was important then, and
it is important now, for there are many preachers and teachers who call
themselves Christian who are teaching another gospel. I gave a brief overview of the history of the collation people
and how that views within the dispersed traveled into the lands of Galatia and
set up homes and businesses and work now and do the people of that area and
they carried with them the Jewish practices and festivals and began to demand
Christians to abide by them. Once again
Paul's apostleship was under question, things like circumcision, and whether or
not Christians should abide or observed the whole law of Moses as though this
was the gospel of Jesus Christ or without observing the law according to them
they could not be justified or he saved.
They must practice, that is, there is a work oriented gospel and we find
that same mental attitude among some churches calling themselves Christian
whereby they teach in demand that their followers do certain things that when
examined by Scripture are not found to be there. I posted in the blogs examining Second Corinthians this: "He hath made Him to be sin for
us... that we might be made the
righteousness of God... (2 Corinthians
5: 21). There has been over many
years, especially since the Enlightenment, thinking that is contrary to
Scripture, that one must do certain things so that we are to be accepted by
Jesus Christ. There is this modern view
in regard to the death of Jesus that He died for our sins out of sympathy. That is not the gospel, and if it is taught
as gospel that it is a different kind of gospel and not the one that Paul had
preached, and that is not what is to be reached by Bible preaching
preachers. It is not this form of
gospel taught by those false teachers of gospel that we are to abide and
observe. The New Testament has a view
that we must understand; Jesus Christ or our sin not by sympathy, but by
identification. Jesus Christ did not
come to this earth for your sins. Jesus
Christ came to this earth to pay a debt that no man could pay, a debt owed to
God the father, and this debt was original sin caused by Adam and Eve. If man could not pay it, and he can't, then
God by His mercy, and yet must have His justice met, paid the debt owed to
himself by himself. And this he did by
sending himself, the second person of the Trinity, the only begotten son of
God, Jesus Christ to die upon the cross whereby that debt was justified and
paid. Jesus Christ was made to be
sin! Nothing less, nothing more! Jesus Christ came to pay the debt of sin for
the whole world, and noticed that the word sin is singular. Now with this debt being paid and justified
our sins can be removed because of the death of Jesus. It is not by running around doing such
things as some sort of treasure hunt looking for people to whom you can pray
for, or speaking in some sort of gibberish tongue, or doing other acts that
people consider to be a worshiper of God when in fact they are not. People get caught up in these things because
they feel godly and have a sense of piety and this crew of the Galatians who
were being taught to follow one observe certain rituals and festivals and do
certain things so that they would be pleasing to God when in fact this did not
and does not please God. Let me explain
the death of Jesus: His death is His obedience to His Father, not His sympathy
with us. What Jesus taught us by His
life here on earth is that we are to be obedient to God the Father. This we do when we are all obedient to Him
who taught us to bring the gospel, His death, His resurrection, His ascension,
to the father, and now sits to make eternal intercession to all those of father
shows to say from the foundation of the world.
Let us look at this even deeper; we are not acceptable just because we
have obeyed, or have promised to give up certain things, to act in a different
way, no: we are acceptable to God the father because of the death of Jesus
Christ and in no other way. How often
is it said that Jesus Christ came to reveal The Fatherhood of God, the
loving kindness of God, when in fact the New Testament does not teach us that
for the New Testament teaches us that He came to bear a way that is sin up the
world. Any revelation of His Father is
to those to whom He has been introduced as Savior. We are not scot-free because Christ died for you or for me for
this is never taught in the New Testament.
Jesus Christ died for all not that He died my debt, and it is by this
death we are dandified with Him and freed from sin and thereby have His righteousness
imparted to you and to me. This is what
was taught to the churches by Paul and other apostles of Jesus Christ, through
apostles, and this bay and we must remember that it is not by doing something
that God received us and accepts us.
Yes when we have converted to the Lord Jesus Christ our heart goes out
for others, and we respond in love to our brothers and our sisters in every way
possible. To say that we are doing this
is to say nothing for all we are doing is what we have been commanded to do so
we have nothing to add to any pride for doing anything that we are doing for
God's children and possibly for others.
Comes with this is the fact that we must examine the doctrines that are
being taught to us by others, and we do this in the light of Scripture then this
is what we are doing as we are studying these inspired writings. My goal is not to insert my opinion but to
examine Scripture and see whether or not that which I believe to be true is in
actuality true. This epistle sets forth
prominently the importance of the doctrines and those doctrines are not to be
built upon the credit of men but on the authority of the Holy Spirit. We will look at what others have said and
then examine those things in the light of Scripture. My goal once again is so that you will examine Scripture and
wherever there is a need to change in thinking in doctrine, it is so that you
are changed from the inside/out.
Harsh discipline is
for him
who forsakes the way,
and he who hates
correction will die.
Proverbs
15: 10
He/she desires
understanding seeks knowledge
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