Paul's Epistles - Galatians
Part 2 – No Other
Gospel
Pastor Bruce A.
Shields
House of Faith Church | www.PS127.org | www.TruthDigest.org
INTRODUCTION
We have already looked at the Book
of Acts, meaning “acts of the Apostles”, describing the events from the
Pentecost, (when the Apostles
received the Holy Spirit) to the first martyr (named Stephen).
By the way, a true
martyr is not one who kills for his faith, but who has died because of it.
One who kills for his faith is not part or
a religious order, rather a cult.
The book of Acts also showed us the
churches persecution by Saul (later becoming Paul), and his conversion, as well
as Paul’s ministry, seed sewing and church planting, all the way up to his
imprisonment.
We learned from the book of Acts how the
church was founded, established, and operated during good and bad times.
From there we looked at the book of Romans.
This book establishes the doctrines of Christianity.
1. Justification by faith revealed in the Gospel
2. Universal need for justification by faith
3. How we are justified (by being obedient to the faith)
4. How justification is not a new doctrine
5. Blessings that follow justification (peace, joy, glory
in tribulation, love of God in your heart)
We also read of the duties of those who are Justified in Chapters 12-16
From there we looked at I
& II Corinthians.
Here we read of the problems that have
come to a new church which Paul has founded, as well as the correction he has
made, and their turning (repenting) from sin, and forgiveness of those sins,
and being in a right standing with God once more.
We will now examine Paul’s epistle
(letter) to the Galatians whose message is of Christ as the Deliverer, from the Law to Liberty!
SCRIPTURE REFERENCE Galatians 1:6-10
6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the
one who called you to live in 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 them be under God’s curse! 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 them be under God’s curse!10 Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ
I.
QUICKLY DESERTING
THE ONE WHO CALLED YOU TO LIVE IN THE GRACE OF CHRIST
a.
Turning to a different gospel
i. Which is no gospel
at all
b.
Some people are throwing you into confusion
i. The author of
confusion is NOT God!
ii. I Corinthians 14:33 “For God is not the
author of confusion but of
peace, as in all the churches of the saints.”
iii. The difference
between God’s voice and Satan’s...
1.
God is the still and quiet voice, never
contradicting God’s Word, and always using conviction to persuade from sin.
2.
Satan is the loud clanging gong, always
perverting God’s Word, and always using guilt to persuade you away from God’s
presence.
c.
And they are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ
i. Which has been
Satan’s desire from the beginning of mankind
II.
EVEN IF WE OR AN
ANGEL FROM HEAVEN SHOULD PREACH A GOSPEL OTHER THAN THE ONE WE PREACHED TO YOU,
LET THEM BE UNDER THE CURSE!
a.
Even if we (Apostles) or an angel from heaven
(heavenly being)
i. Angel means
literally “messenger of God”
ii. Apostles
were the earthly messengers delivering the gospel
iii. Angel
from heaven meaning heavenly beings delivering the message
iv. Why do
we not “see” angels as they did in the bible?
1.
Sin caused separation between God and man
2.
Man could no longer be in the presence of
God, who is perfect and Holy
3.
Not everyone could receive the Holy
Spirit, through whom God communicates with His followers
4.
Therefore the need for another type of
“messenger” was needed, and we were allowed to communicate with messengers from
another dimension, we call angels (and demons)
5.
In the Temple was A veil, a
very thick, woven curtain, separating the Holy of Holies from the rest of
the temple. When Jesus died
on the cross as a sacrifice for our sins, that heavy curtain was torn from top (representing from heaving or by
God) to bottom (earth).
6.
Now God, through the Holy Spirit can once
again communicate directly with His followers, and the need for messengers such
as angels no longer exists, so the doorway to the spirit world was closed.
a.
This door will be opened again during end
times though.
b.
Revelation 16:12,16 “Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the
great river Euphrates and dried up its water to prepare the way {hodos
<3598>} for the kings from the
east…Now the spirits gathered the kings and their armies to the place that is
called Armageddon in Hebrew.”
c.
Hodos is the
Greek word for “way”, and in this passage means literally “road”.
d.
The “spirits”
(demons)
e.
As of RIGHT NOW,
angels are keeping the spiritual door guarded
Revelation 9:12-16 “12 The
first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.
13 The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a
voice coming from the four horns of the golden altar that is before
God. 14 It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet,
“Release the four angels who are bound at the great river
Euphrates.” 15 And the four angels who had been kept ready for this
very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of
mankind. 16 The number of the mounted troops was twice ten
thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number.”
The First Woe The first woe is revealed after the fifth trumpet
judgment. This woe is involves something like locusts that have the ability to
sting like a scorpion (Revelation 9:3). Generally, these are not accepted as literal locusts
because of their description and because they come from the Abyss and have a demonic overlord (Revelation 9:3, 7-8, 11). These creatures are permitted to harm only those
people who do not have the “seal of God on their forehead” (Revelation 9:4). Those bearing God’s seal are the 144,000 (Revelation 7:3-4) or, possibly, all believers during that time (Ephesians 4:30). These demonic locusts are allowed to torment
unbelievers for five months (Revelation 9:5) with painful stings. Although victims will long for
death (Revelation 9: 6), they will not be granted that release.
The Second Woe will be the opening of the door which
keeps the fallen angels out of our dimension.
f.
Until the Lord opens the road again, the
door to the spirit realm has been closed as far as physically seeing, touching,
etc...
b.
Any gospel preached other than the one we preached
before is no gospel at all
i. The true gospel was
preached, and saved/changed you already
ii. Now you
are abandoning it...
c.
Let the false teachers of a fake gospel be under God’s
curse!
i. “God’s Curse” is
the law, law of Moses, the ten commands
ii. Galatians 3:10 “For all who rely on the
works of the law are under a
curse, as it is written: “Cursed
is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the
Law.”
iii. This is
exactly what the “Good News” (gospel of Christ) tells us Jesus came to resolve!
1.
John 12:46-48 "I have come
as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in
darkness. "If anyone hears My sayings and does not keep them, I do not
judge him; for I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
"He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges
him; the word I spoke is what will judge
him at the last day.…”
2.
One of the “books” that is mentioned in
Revelation 20 that will be opened on Judgment Day will be “Jesus’ sayings”, the
“Word He Spoke”
a.
This will take place at “The Great White
Throne”
b.
Where the unsaved (those who names were
NOT in the Book of Life (Lambs Book of Life)
III.
AS I ALREADY SAID,
SO NOW I SAY AGAIN!
a.
There is NO other gospel
i. Gospel means “good
news”
ii. What
“good news”?
1.
There is only 1 gospel that saves us from
God’s curse!
2.
The “good news” that Jesus PAID the debt
we owe!
b.
There is NO other good news! Jesus FREES us from the
Law!
i. Galatians
1:4, 5 “...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 forever
and ever. Amen.”
ii. Ephesians 2:8-9 “For it is by
grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from
yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by
works, so that no one can boast.”
iii. Romans 3:20 “Therefore no one
will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather,
through the law we become conscious of our sin.”
iv. Anyone
believing in ANY other gospel will fall under God’s Curse, which is Judgment of
those living without Christ Jesus.
1.
Remember Jesus says in John
12:46-48, “...If anyone hears My
sayings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge
the world, but to save the world. "He who rejects Me and does not
receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day.…”
a.
If you do not “keep” (or live by) the
Lord’s instruction, you are NOT judged NOW...
b.
However, Jesus says, you WILL be judged if
you continue to reject Him (do not repent)
c.
And you will be judged by His teachings
and the Word He spoke at the Great White Throne, where there is NO escape.
c.
God’s Curse
i. Revelation
20:11-15 “11 Then I saw a
great white throne and him who
was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them.
ii. 12 And I saw the dead, great
and small, standing
before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of
life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in
the books.
iii. 13 The sea gave up the dead
that were in it (meaning even
those who died without proper burial),
and death (the actual ACT and transformation from physical being to
spiritual) and Hades (Sheol - place
of departed spirits) gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged
according to what they had done.
iv. 14 Then death and Hades (Sheol) were thrown
into the lake of fire. The lake of
fire is the second death.
v. 15 Anyone whose name was not
found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.”
vi. Galatians 5:4 “You who are
trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen
away from grace.”
CONCLUSION - “Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings,
or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to
please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.” ~ Galatians 1:10
There is only 1 gospel, 1 “good news” message, which is to be preached,
and that is Jesus Christ died for you.
Jesus calls us to repent of our sins, and live by His Word and message.
If we do not repent (or turn away from our sin), then He says we have
“rejected Him”, and although He will NOT judge you now, (because we are in the
dispensation or age of the church/grace) if you do not repent, you WILL be
judged at the Great White Throne where books will be opened, the lambs book of
life, and if you are not in it, you will be judged by the other books that will
be opened.
Books which both record the Words and message of Christ, as well as
every word, thought and deed by you.
Confess your sin, repent and turn away from it while you are still able,
because once you stand before the judge, you will only be there to receive your
sentence, not plead your case.
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