“I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. 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.”
- Galatians 1:6-8
When we change, alter, or modify the gospel of Jesus Christ to fit a worldly social or cultural agenda it is no longer the inerrant and infallible word of God, inspired by the Holy Spirit. It becomes a mongrelized piece of filth! Whether the agenda is about promoting health or wealth or race or ethnicity or sexual orientation it is no longer about the redeeming sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
There is no scriptural support for changing the Gospel of Jesus Christ into a “horn of plenty!” God Almighty never promises us health, wealth, fame or any other worldly possession. God only promises us salvation through Jesus Christ! And what could we ever possess that is greater than that?
God is so incensed by the mere considerations of those who would pervert His holy word that He issues a dire warning to all -
“For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.” - Revelation 22:18-19.
The gospel is the outward call given to us by God leading us to belief in and faith in His Son, our Lord and Savior - Jesus Christ. For those of us whom are blessed with election, we respond to the effectual call of the Holy Spirit and are justified by our Redeemer’s sacred blood. Not all men will respond to this effectual calling. Some will follow ‘false teachers’ purposefully manipulating God’s holy word to make it more appealing to those who will not hear though they have ears and will not see though they have eyes.
“For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ. But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ.” - Galatians 1: 10-11.
There is but one holy and true word - the Word of God. By it and by it alone does God reveal Himself and the “Good News” of salvation through Jesus Christ!
May the holy word of God become the resting place for your heart.
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