Hello!!! Today we are reading Galatians 1:6-10. I have posted it below. If you have a few extra minutes please share your insights, applications, or thoughts. Here are today’s verses for you to read…I look forward to fellowshipping with you!
Galatians 1:6-10 “6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7 not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.
10 For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.”
“For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.” Galatians 1:10
Paul was surprised to find that the Galatians were so quickly abandoning their faith for a false gospel. Twice he repeats that those who preach another gospel are under God’s condemnation or cursed. The phrase “let him be accursed” means “drop straight into hell.” This might sound unloving, but Paul was protecting them from being led astray and he reminds them that if he was trying to please man, he could not be a servant of Christ.
Paul lived for an audience of one: God. He refused to change his message so that those listening would like him. So, they didn’t just attack his message, but they attacked Paul as well. It can be tempting to water down the gospel so others will be more accepting of us. But we cannot live to please both God and man. If our goal is to please man, then we aren’t a servant of Christ.
My reflection for the day: These verses are interesting to me as they follow the verses of grace. Coming under the grace of God and then quickly deserting it! I love the grace of God and it really bugs me when people seem to take advantage of it and abuse it. The people were turning away from the grace of God, not towards it. In these verses here, Paul is trying to emphasize how we can not mix a deceptive doctrine with the truth of God. ‘Some who trouble you’ means that someone brought this false gospel to the Galatians. False gospels don’t just happen. People bring them, and the people who bring them may be sincere and have a lot of charisma. Gospel literally means “good news.” Paul meant, “There is no ‘good news in this message. It is only bad news, so it really isn’t a ‘different good news,’ it is bad news. This is not another gospel at all.” Enough to make Paul call down a curse on them. Yikes, let’s keep in the Word and always line up everything we believe, with what it says. Vs 10 – Please man, let’s be honest, we all want to do that and at times it is very hard to stand up to the values and word of God. I know for me, my call is not questioned but sometimes how I carry out what I have been called to do here on this earth, is a challenge. I go to the word continually and weigh things and make sure that they line up with and then carried out according to what the bible says. I do not want to be deceived by man or display a distorted view/picture of who Christ is.
Reflection Questions: In what areas are you tempted to be a people pleaser when it comes to your faith? Pray and ask the Lord to help you to stand firm.
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