Galatians 1:6 – 7 “I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: (7) Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.”
Satan is very powerful, he is very persuasive, he comes in
the light of Christianity but is a deceiver. He is so sly he can even fool some
Christians. As Christians we need to keep our faith charged up because no one
is beyond being deceived, Satan is just that powerful. If you fail to charge
your spiritual energy every day, if you fail to pray and read your bible every
day, if you fail to attend church every week, you are a target for Satan’s
deception. We must always remember how God saved us, by His grace and
through faith, we had nothing to do with our salvation because it is a gift
from God. We must always remember that God said there is only one gospel,
Paul describes that gospel in 1 Corinthians 15:1 - 4 “Moreover, brethren, I
declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have
received, and wherein ye stand; (2) By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in
memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. (3) For I
delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ
died for our sins according to the scriptures; (4) And that he was buried, and
that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:” It is
without question the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, nothing
more and nothing less. Paul said this is the very gospel that saved him, and it’s
the very gospel that saved every sinner that is ever saved. It is Satan’s
goal through his liars and deceivers to change the gospel for another one that includes
works. Paul clearly states the
message of the Gospel, because it was this message that the Judaizers were
changing. Verses 3 - 5 “Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and
from our Lord Jesus Christ, (4) Who gave himself for our sins, that he might
deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our
Father: (5) To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.” Therefore, Paul made
it a very important point that if your saved through this gospel then never
listen to the Judaizers, who were changing the gospel to include works. Today,
in our time they are called Arminian’s, these people get their name from Jacobus
Arminius who was Protestant who taught based on the theological ideas of the
Dutch Reformed theologian’s that works are part of the gospel. His goal was to
combat the Sovereignty of God with works for salvation. Basically, he was an
arm of Satan’s liars and deceivers to combat the true Gospel of Jesus Christ. Their
still teachers of his lies in the world today, they are everyone who teaches
works for salvation. Anyone who teaches that a person must do anything for
salvation is a deceiver and is preaching Satan’s lies. Ephesians 2:9 “Not of
works…”, Romans 3:20 “Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no
flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.”, 2
Timothy 1:9 “Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not
according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was
given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,”. I could go on and on with
scriptures that call them liars, but my space is limited. God said just how
these deceivers would change the truth into Satan’s lie, “Wherefore God also
gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour
their own bodies between themselves: (25) Who changed the truth of God into a
lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed
for ever.” Amen. Romans 1:24 – 25 Folks, we must understand that Satan is vey
sly, cunning, and deceiving, God said he comes as and angel of light but he is a
liar and a murderer. 2 Corinthians 11:14 - 15 “And no marvel; for Satan
himself is transformed into an angel of light. (15) Therefore it is no great
thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness;
whose end shall be according to their works.” Their messages are always passive,
they teach no doctrine, they always tell people how God want’s them to prosper
in life. But, behind their phony smile is an evil heart spreading lies, and
their reward from Satan is piles of money hid in their houses. Loads and loads
of money, because Satan blesses his own servants, but their destiny is the
eternal fires of hell. There is an old true saying, if you play with fire you’re
going to get burnt. If you play with the devil, if you play in the world’s
system and thinking, you’re going to fall into Satan’s deceptive trap. “No
man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other;
or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot
serve God and mammon.” Matthew 6:24 Always remember the grace that
delivered you and the gospel message that saved you. Because, works takes glory
away from Jesus Christ and gives that glory to man’s works, God warned us of this,
beware!
