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\u201cBut though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.<\/strong>\u201d
Galatians 1:8 <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Apostle Paul, the great missionary had not given his life to please men\n(see Galatians 1:10-12). He was not\nteaching a \u201cfeel good\u201d doctrine, or a comfortable non-confrontational Gospel.\nPaul had given his life to be the \u201cservant of Christ.<\/strong>\u201d In that, he could\nonly faithfully teach the truth<\/em><\/strong> of the Gospel message that salvation\nis only by faith in Jesus. He then presented his case (see Galatians 1:10-24).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul understood the Law of Moses for he had been trained in\nthat Law; taught to obey that Law. Because of Paul\u2019s belief in that Old\nTestament Law, when he heard of the growing church\n of God, he persecuted it \u2013\nbelieving it to be wrong. He even excelled in his position within that\nreligious system. But then Jesus called upon Paul\u2019s heart, and by His grace,\nPaul was saved. Although Paul knew and understood the Old Testament, when Jesus\ncalled upon his heart, he recognized that there was more for him to learn \u2013\nsomething he had missed. He had not recognized that the Law and all of the Old\nTestament pointed to Jesus. He understood something very important. \u201c8. For\nby grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is<\/em>\nthe gift of God: <\/strong>9. Not of\nworks, lest any man should boast<\/strong>\u201d (Ephesians 2:8-9). He understood\nthat obeying the Law could not save him. Only faith in Jesus could save him. He\nbelieved in Jesus and became a new person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul defended that life-changing Gospel to the Churches at Galatia\n(which he had planted as a missionary). Paul wrote to them when he heard that\nthey had forgotten that salvation is by faith. Instead, the people had become\nlegalistic \u2013 placing themselves back into obedience of the Old Testament Law.\nPaul was shocked. \u201c6. I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that\ncalled you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: 7. Which is not\nanother; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of\nChrist. 8. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto\nyou than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed<\/strong>\u201d (Galatians 1:6-8). Paul revealed that some\nteachers, those who had come in and taught them, had perverted the Gospel of\nChrist. Pervert<\/strong> means \u201cin a bad sense, to turn into something else;\nto change for the worse<\/em>.\u201d It was not another gospel; it was completely\nfalse \u2013 for they had changed<\/em><\/strong> the Gospel message. The\nGospel message can be presented<\/em><\/strong> in different ways, but the\nbasis<\/em><\/strong>\ncan never be changed, or altered. Paul warned that if anyone preached something\nother than Jesus saves by grace<\/em><\/strong>, they were to \u201clet him be accursed.<\/strong>\u201d\nAccursed<\/strong> means \u201cgiven up to the curse and destruction; not punishment intended as\ndiscipline, but given over to divine condemnation (declared guilty and doomed\nto punishment)<\/em>.\u201d   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul continued, in his frustration, over\ntheir quick reception of wrong teaching from a false teacher. Read what had\nhappened. \u201cAnd that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came\nin privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they\nmight bring us into bondage<\/strong>\u201d (Galatians 2:4). False brethren <\/strong>means \u201cthose\nwho had outwardly become members of the church, sharing in fellowship, but\ninwardly they were not Christians, having no right to be counted as brothers \u2013\nfor they were missing the kinship of spiritual life<\/em>.\u201d These \u201cfalse\nbrethren<\/strong>\u201d had come into the church. They had brought in doctrines that were\nintended to destroy the Gospel message along with those who preached the Gospel\ntruth. Those false teachers entered into the church spreading legalism (obeying\nthe Law), opposing the freedom from<\/em><\/strong> the confines of the Law that\nJesus brought. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But does that mean the Law is unnecessary? Remember the purpose of the Law: \u201c19.<\/strong> \u2026 all the world may become guilty before God. 20. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is<\/em> the knowledge of sin<\/strong>\u201d (Romans 3:19b-20). The Law came to reveal<\/em><\/strong> sin, not to save<\/em><\/strong> man from sin. \u201cKnowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified<\/strong>\u201d (Galatians 2:16). Man can only be saved by faith in Jesus who fulfilled the Law, purchasing man\u2019s freedom from the confines of the law. Paul reminded them of this freedom. Remember what Paul wrote in Romans about Jesus delivering Christians from the Law. \u201cBut now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in<\/em> the oldness of the letter<\/strong>\u201d (Romans 7:6). Christians are to live a new life in newness of spirit \u2013 not the confines of the Law. Paul emphasized that because we have God\u2019s Spirit, we are to live our lives unto God. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you believed the true Gospel message of Jesus<\/em> through faith, and that it is not of works?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How to be Saved<\/a><\/blockquote>