Different Gospel = No Gospel
Tony Myers
August 11, 2024

Galatians 1:1-9 (ESV)

1 Paul, an apostle—not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead— 2 and all the brothers who are with me, To the churches of Galatia: 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, 5 to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen. 6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7 not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.

LEADERS
Why do leaders matter and why don’t they matter?

GOSPEL
What is the Gospel and what is not the Gospel?

WARNING
When it comes to the Gospel, we cannot fall asleep at the wheel.

YOU CAN PRAY WITH US …
1 - Worship the Lord for his gracious provision of “messengers” whom He uses to proclaim His word and reveal His glorious person and gracious works to us, especially His work of salvation in Jesus.

2 - Confess how easily you are distracted from the Gospel and allow yourself to be troubled by counterfeits that offer no hope and steal glory from God.

3 - Give thanks for the grace of God in Christ that, through His death, deals wholly with the penalty and the power of sin. Recall often how the Cross of Christ is the only way you can get right with God, and the Spirit of Christ is the only way you can walk right with God.

4 - Who in your life do you know who is troubled because the “Gospel” they have bought into is really no Gospel at all. How can you be an instrument of God’s grace, leading to an invasion of His peace in their life?

5 - Ask the Holy Spirit to give you clarity and courage to stand firm in and for the Gospel of God’s grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, as He is revealed to us in Scripture alone, and all of this to the glory of God alone.