How the Gospel is Perverted

Jubilee Temple

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Dec 9, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/9/98

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Already during the lifetime of the apostles, a false teaching arose
which threatened to distort the Gospel. Eventually this teaching was
rejected by the first Christian Council in Jerusalem (see Acts 15). Some
of the Christian Jews insisted that faith in Christ was not enough for
salvation; according to them, Christians also had to be circumcised and
follow the Law of Moses.

This teaching, which also went by the name of "Gospel," heavily
infiltrated the Christians of Galatia. When this came to Paul's
attention, he wrote an impassioned letter to them. In this he wrote:

I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you
by 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 him be eternally condemned! . . .Mark my words! I,
Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be
of no value to you at all. Again I declare to every man who lets himself
be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law. You who are
trying to be justified by law have been alienated from Christ; you have
fallen away from grace (Galatians 1:6-8; 5:2-4).

Paul understood what was at stake. The moment it is taught or believed
that our salvation, our entrance into heaven, or our status as a child
of God depends on our performance (whether circumcision, Bible reading,
prayer life, exercise of spiritual gifts, giving of money, attending
church, avoiding sin, keeping ourselves pure, evangelizing, being
loving, or any other work), we are severed from Christ and are no longer
Christians! And when we call such a teaching "Gospel" we have perverted
the Gospel by turning it into Law! As Paul also writes in Galatians: "I
do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained
through the law, Christ died for nothing!" (Galatians 2:21).

--
Bro. James

Jubilee Temple
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bobe

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Dec 10, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/10/98

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Jubilee Temple wrote:
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> How the Gospel is Perverted

The Gospel is NOT perverted! "For

G-od so loved the world, that he gave his
O-nly begotten
S-on, that whosoever believeth in him should not
P-erish, but have
E-verlasting
L-ife." John 3:16

That's the GOSPEL in minature James. Believe it or not!

bobe

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"Not only does God take you out of Egypt,
He also takes Egypt out of you!"

Bill Green

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Dec 12, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/12/98

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The Gospel is preverted only to the unbelievers . True believers , are not deceited , by the teachings of false believers or satan . For throughout the scriptures of God , it is clearly shown , that God reveals to those He desires to know and understand , His Word .
Once again , false believers , forget that God , first revealed Himself to mankind , and has done so , throughout , mankind's existence .
God has blinded the minds of false believers to have mercy on them .
Bill Green
http://pages.prodigy.net/plentiful/word_of_god/