There Is No Other Gospel

 "I am surprised at how quickly you have abandoned GOD, who called you, according to the grace of CHRIST, and have gone to another gospel.  Indeed, there is no other gospel, but some people, who are sowing confusion among you, want to turn the gospel of CHRIST upside down.

But even if we, ourselves, were giving you another gospel, different from the one we preached to you, or if it were an angel from heaven, I would say: let GOD's curse be on him!  As I have said, I now say again: if anyone preaches the gospel in a way other than you received it, fire that one!  Are we to please humans or obey GOD?  Do you think that I try to please people?  If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of CHRIST.

Let me remind you, brothers and sisters, that the gospel we preached to you is not a human message, nor did I receive it from anyone, I was not taught of it; but it came to me, as a revelation from CHRIST JESUS." - Galatians 1:6-12 

(I am surprised at how quickly you have abandoned GOD... and have gone to another gospel.  There are many ways of preaching the Gospel and making of it a different one, no longer the Good News given by GOD through JESUS.  Some of the Galatians who were of Jewish origin did not understand it.  The style of life, in appearance more religious, that they were trying to impose on the community, was in fact a way of doubting JESUS, who alone is Savior.

The one we preached to you.  Astonishing words for us who are used to receiving different points of view: was Paul then infallible?  He knew he was bearer, not only of the word of GOD, but also of the "truth of the Gospel."  In fact, the faith of the Chruch has always been the faith of the apostles: we believe in JESUS as the apostles believed, understood and taught.  It is impossible to make this a subject of discussion without departing from the Christian faith.  The doctrine received from the apostles and guarded by the Church is what we call Tradition.

The enemies of Paul criticize his authority saying that he was not an apostle like those JESUS had chosen.  Paul will then briefly recall his itinerary: see on this subject Acts 9:1-31.)

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