< Galatians 1 >

The disciples at Galatia were influenced by false teachers to believe a different gospel. Of course, it was not really another gospel but a perversion of the true gospel of Christ. This was very serious because rejection of the true gospel, or belief of a false one, results in never-ending death. Therefore the apostle expressed this in the strongest terms: “Though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed”. Paul wanted to emphasise this very strongly, so he repeated it. We should take careful note of this. The only way to be blessed by God is by believing the true gospel which was preached by the apostles concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ (Acts 8:12)Waiting for response for Acts 8:12 and obeying his commandments.

The world is full of people claiming belief in the gospel but who know nothing of the kingdom of God and are ignorant of the significance of the name “Jesus Christ”. We should make sure that we believe the true gospel, and not “another gospel”, no matter who propounds it.

Disciples in the apostle’s day were led astray by men who set themselves up as authorities in opposition to him and maligned him. This forced him to counteract their influence by listing his qualifications as an apostle of Christ. He did not receive his knowledge of the gospel from men but by the direct “revelation of Jesus Christ”.

It the revelation of Jesus Christ that brought such a dramatic change in Paul's life, from a persecutor of Christians to a preacher of the gospel of Christ, so that disciples declared: “He which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed. And they glorified God”.