{"id":114,"date":"2007-07-18T10:52:55","date_gmt":"2007-07-18T16:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ministryofgrace.org\/blog\/index.php\/2007\/07\/18\/galatians-17-perverted-gospel\/"},"modified":"2007-07-18T10:52:55","modified_gmt":"2007-07-18T16:52:55","slug":"galatians-17-perverted-gospel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/galatians-17-perverted-gospel\/","title":{"rendered":"Galatians 1:7 – Perverted Gospel"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ministry<\/p>\n

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Galatians 1:7<\/o:p><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ.<\/o:p><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Truth to Learn<\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

The gospel (good news) about salvation through faith in Jesus Christ has absolutely nothing to do with obeying rules or laws.<\/p>\n

Behind the Words<\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

As in the previous verse, we have the word \u201canother<\/span>,\u201d but this is translated from a different Greek word. In the current verse it is the word allos<\/span><\/em>, meaning \u201canother of the same kind\u201d whereas in the previous verse it was heteros<\/span><\/em>, meaning \u201canother of a different kind.\u201d<\/p>\n

The word translated \u201cpervert<\/span>\u201d is a form of the Greek word metastrepho<\/span><\/em>. This is made up of meta<\/span><\/em>, denoting \u201ca change of place or condition\u201d and strepho<\/span><\/em>, which means \u201cto turn.\u201d Hence, metastrepho<\/span><\/em> means \u2018to turn into something different, usually for the worse.\u2019<\/p>\n

Meaning Explained<\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

In the previous verse it was noted that Paul was surprised that the Galatians had turned their allegiance to another gospel. In the current verse he seems to contradict himself by saying that it \u2018is not another<\/span><\/em>.\u2019 This confusion is cleared up when we see that he used two different words for \u201canother\u201d in these verses<\/p>\n

What he is saying is: \u201cI wonder that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different kind of gospel, which is not simply another way of expressing the gospel we preached to you \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

In fact, Paul goes on to describe this different kind of gospel which they have been tricked into believing. He says that it has been perverted. There were some among the Galatians who wanted to change the simple gospel of Christ into something totally different, and worse. These \u201clegalizers\u201d had brought the Law from Judaism and tried to cram it into the good news about salvation through faith and faith alone. They were insisting that the Christians in the Galatian churches bear the yoke of the Law, which they themselves had not been able to bear.<\/p>\n

Anytime you add to the simple gospel you make it something less than what God intended it to be. We are not bound by the rules of the Mosaic Law; we have been set free from the Law.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how Paul expressed it in Romans chapter 8:<\/p>\n

There is<\/span> therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did<\/span> by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. (<\/span>Romans 8:1-4<\/span><\/strong>)<\/span><\/o:p><\/em><\/p>\n

Challenge<\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Are you walking according to the flesh, trying to prove your righteousness to God? Or are you walking according to the Spirit, accepting the righteousness that only comes through faith in the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ?<\/p>\n

In God\u2019s service, for His glory,<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Copyright \u00a9 2007 <\/span>Will <\/span>Krause. All rights reserved.<\/span><\/p>\n

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