Lectionary passage: Galatians 1:6-9 - I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— not that there is another gospel, but there are some who are confusing you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should proclaim to you a gospel contrary to what we proclaimed to you, let that one be accursed! As we have said before, so now I repeat, if anyone proclaims to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let that one be accursed!
FALSE PREACHERS BEWARE!
“I find it quite astonishing,”
Paul started off admonishing
the churches of Galatia, for they
were apparently deserting
the true gospel and reverting
to a gospel that was false in every way.
Some people were confusing them,
and Paul thought he was losing them.
“If I or if an angel from on high,
should proclaim a gospel to you
other than the one preached to you,
let that preacher be forever damned. As I
"have bluntly said to you just then,
so now I say to you again:
if anyone should try to preach to you
any gospel different from the
gospel that you first heard from me,
let that person be condemned.” (That means us, too!)
WOE TO THOSE WHO. . .
Woe to those who turn away!
Woe to those who lead astray!
Those who once the truth have heard
but have drifted from the Word
have no sympathy from Paul.
And he has no use at all
for those preachers who depart
from the truth in mind and heart.
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