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You must be in fellowship prior to your Bible study, so that the spiritual information you receive can become a source, of blessing to your soul and produce spiritual growth. Galatians 1:8 http://www.dailybiblestudy.org
8 But [alla] though [kai] [ean] we, [hemeis] or [e] an angel [aggelos] from [ek] heaven, [ouranos] preach any other gospel [euaggelizo] unto you [humin] than [para] that which [hos] we have preached [euaggelizo] unto you, [humin] let him be [esto] accursed. [anathema] KJV-Interlinear
8 But even though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to that which we have preached to you, let him be accursed. NASB We, is a reference to anyone, including Paul himself. So if we, or anyone who legitimately teaches the truth, and then begin to change that truth into something that it is not, then we are destined to fail in that effort. So if any person teaches false things, and people begin to believe those false teachings or ideas, the result will never be success for anyone. And what Paul is saying here is that people who disregard truth will be easily misled. That should be obvious. And there will be those who will intentionally mislead people for some deceitful benefit for themselves. Anything that is false, or even anything that takes a whole lot of truth, but dilutes it with a bit of false, makes the whole thing false, and therefore impossible. Anything that is false is impossible. So if someone told you that salvation was by believing in Christ, and, doing three summersaults, then that makes the whole concept false. Salvation is not by summersaults. Anything a person can do is works, and works, like doing summersaults or raising their hands, or feeling sorry, or anything else, is adding a lie to truth, making the whole thing false. Where the truth is simply, believe in Christ and you are saved. Belief is a non-meritorious thought, of which there is no credit or work or effort on the part of the person believing. But unfortunately there are far more sophisticated plots out there to get you to part with your money or property or whatever. It wouldn't be the first time that some cult leader got followers to part with their money, their wives, their daughters, and so forth. Sin is always hidden in the agenda if you look for it. Even respectable churches are motivated in works, or social activites, or activism, or politics, or many other things that demand your money or participation or vote or whatever, in order to perpetuate their agenda, whatever that may be. Sometimes the agenda is nothing more than the perpetuation of the organization. After all, if the organization is boring, then who would attend? And we all know that following a daily study is not the most exciting of activities. And then Paul adds one more concept. Even if an angel were to come down out of heaven and preach lies. And why would he mention an angel? Well, an angel could promote his credentials as an angel, as one from heaven. Did not Lucifer, or the devil, come originally from heaven? And we all know that evil, which is the devils game plan, is .. well, evil. And who believes or participate in evil? Everyone. And who would believe an angel, or a smooth talking salesman, or smooth talking spiritual leader, or a smooth talking politician? Well, everyone who lacks truth and therefore lacks discernment in their soul. What do you suppose the spiritual status of people will be in the Tribulation when the smooth talking anti-christ is introduced into history? Think really carefully before you answer that one. You realize that when the Rapture occurs, the anti-christ will already be an adult person, ready immediately to step into the limelight. The Galatians had already heard and accepted the truth, from Paul, on his last trip. In fact there are several churches not just one church that had been established in the Galatia region. Not too many years or time has passed and now they have already turned things upside down. Why so soon and why so easily? Not too long ago we studied the principle of the deceiver and the deceived. The deceiver knows what is wrong and still promotes the wrong. The deceived knows what is wrong, yet accepts the wrong. So there is plenty of blame to go around and no excuses for anyone. If anyone, man or angel, promotes the lies of a false gospel, or a false anything for that matter, then they are accursed. And what does that mean? Accursed, 'anathema,' means banned, censured, an abomination, loathsome, doomed. And this simply means that they will fail, and fail miserably. And even though in this world there are many who promote the lies or false doctrines, and seem to have some successes in gaining the trust or money or sex of others, their destiny is ultimately doomed to failure. If a believer they will enter into heaven of course, but with no spiritual growth and therefore no spiritual reward. If an unbeliever, they will go into the Lake of Fire. Both results have infinite losses ascribed to them. Therefore, there is no eternal reward of any kind, resulting from the promotion of evil, only miserable failure and phenomenal loss. And by application to each individual life, when you pursue evil, or indifference of any kind toward truth, then what can you expect out of life? Nothing. In Galatia, they had truth, but got away from truth, and were therefore susceptible to being deceived by false gospels. You too are susceptible to the lies of the world, if you do not pursue your daily study relentlessly and consistently throughout your entire life. Back in Jesus day, most would argue that they would never, never reject the Messiah, and yet most lacked even the basic concepts of the spiritual life and they did in fact reject, even spit on, the Messiah, and killed Him. Today, most would argue the same, yet look at the world today, even look at Christianity and its innumerable and ridiculous ideas that exist. People do in fact reject the Messiah, by rejecting His written mandates. But could you convince anyone of that?
Now is the time to post a prayer. End Of Lesson Study to show thyself approved (mature) unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing (studying/discerning), the Word of truth. |
