Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Not Condemned

DEVOTION
GALATIONS
NOT CONDEMNED
Gal 1:7-9
8 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!
NIV
Alright now, this is enough of this. I know I dealt with this issue yesterday why did I not include this conclusion of the thought then? I guess I was not supposed to in order that I could concentrate on the severity of preaching something else other then Jesus Christ crucified. How dangerous it is if I get it wrong. But I have not, of that I am sure. For I preach nothing else than Jesus. It is but faith I was saved and it is by faith everyone else can be saved. True my behavior, my actions do change and I have a responsibility to aline my thoughts and actions with the commands of God. Yes I am supposed to live in a manner that pleases my Lord. Yes I am supposed to be different than I was before accepting Christ as my Lord and Savior. This I have absolutely no argument with. I am supposed to be filled with the Holy Spirit as well. But none of this has anything to do with the gospel, with salvation, with being saved, born again, and co-heirs with Christ. If I were to preach anything else than salvation thru faith in Jesus Christ I would be in such a danger I could not bear. To be eternally condemned because I added something to Jesus is so harsh I cannot understand how anyone would ever preach that, I would not. To be eternally condemned because of telling others they have to accept Jesus and something is fair and just. Yet I am still perplexed, well not actually but I am concerned if I say this to those I know who do, am I putting myself in a position of improperness? Would they accept my words or simply argue their case? If they are already sharing a different gospel they are already not in the understanding of the truth and thus may not even be able to see it. How can people actually think like that? But here I am again, thinking about them when I surely must be careful and make sure I do not make the same mistake and always be so very aware of the gospel I preach is the one true gospel of Jesus Christ. I will not be swayed by any other in my faith, and my thinking. I know what I know is the true gospel of Christ both from the word and from my experience.

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