Listening to the Holy Spirit, I felt the heaviness of the Father’s heart over His beloved children who have lost sight of His eternal truth.
I heard Him call, ‘Lean into my Spirit and in every moment throughout your day, allow me to whisper over your choices, the steps you take, what you say, and how you respond to others.” Don’t be tempted to compromise. This heart posture of surrender to the Holy Spirit’s guidance will cost you at times but, as you live in obedience to His truth, the lives of those around you will be convicted and changed. Know who the Truth is, and He will set you, your loved ones, and your communities free! The world around you needs to see truth lived out through your life.
Ask the Holy Spirit to guide you into all truth in every circumstance, relationship, and situation you face. Be aware of the enemy’s schemes and do not be deceived by his lies, or seduced into error by man’s wisdom and clouded judgements. His truth must define the reality of the world you’re living in.
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— which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. 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! 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!
Perversion of the Gospel
6 I am astonished and extremely irritated that you are so quickly shifting your allegiance and deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different [even contrary] gospel;
7 which is really not another [gospel]; but there are [obviously] [a]some [people masquerading as teachers] who are disturbing and confusing you [with a misleading, counterfeit teaching] and want to distort the gospel of Christ [twisting it into something which it absolutely is not].
8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to that which we [originally] preached to you, let him be condemned to destruction!
9 As we have said before, so I now say again, if anyone is preaching to you a gospel different from that which you received [from us], let him be condemned to destruction!
10 Am I now [b]trying to win the favor and approval of men, or of God? Or am I seeking to please someone? If I were still trying to be popular with men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ.Galatians 1:6-10 (AMP)
Footnotes
[a] Galatians 1:7 These people are often called “Judaizers;” they were Jews professing to be believers, who taught that Gentile Christians had to conform to certain OT laws and rituals (especially circumcision) in order to be saved. They denied the saving power of God’s grace alone and also sought to discredit Paul’s apostleship and undermine his ministry. Some scholars question the validity of some or all of the Judaizers’ true faith in Christ and His message of salvation.
[b] Galatians 1:10 Paul’s question indicates that his opponents were accusing him of preaching only to gain a following.
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